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Amtrak EMD F59PH1 No 456,San Diego,California 10 July 2007 |
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Apart from the few,famous long distance passenger trains,such as The Southwest Chief and The California Zephyr,the railways of the United States are dominated by continuous heavy freight flows,but around major population centres there are a growing number of suburban passenger services.One of the best known of these is The Pacific Surfliner which runs for 128 miles down the coast from Los Angeles to the delightful city of San Diego,just north of the Mexican border. These trains work in
push-pull mode and comprise five double-deck coaches.one of which
is known as a cab car,similar to the British Driving Van Trailer,and are
hauled by General Motors Electro Motive Division F59PH1
locomotives.Fifteen of these 3200 hp diesel electric engines,Nos 450 to
464,were introduced in 1988 and are based at Los Angeles for this
service.A further 15 identical locos are allocated to Seattle to work
all Talgo services in the Pacific Northwest. |
