Why does Amtrak 48 need 3 then 5 locomotives? Is an sd70acu not enough power to pull 11 passenger cars? And then it seems like 2 more Amtrak locomotives are added? What is this power management? This isn’t even the longest or heaviest Amtrak train out there.
Outstanding catch of NS 7258 leading 48!!
Amazing
Why does Amtrak 48 need 3 then 5 locomotives? Is an sd70acu not enough power to pull 11 passenger cars? And then it seems like 2 more Amtrak locomotives are added? What is this power management? This isn’t even the longest or heaviest Amtrak train out there.
It’s because the sd70acu does not have ASCES control system so it needed the P32s to lead