Amtrak #142 at Emeryville, California on April 10, 2007

I was traveling for work through Emeryville, California, on April 10, 2007, when I spotted Amtrak #142, a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in January 2001, at 65th Street approaching the Emeryville depot.

Amtrak Coast Starlight in Salem, Oregon, on April 7, 2007

I took these pictures of Amtrak’s southbound Coast Starlight at the Amtrak depot in Salem, Oregon, on April 7, 2007. Leading the train, Amtrak #119 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in September 1997. 

The trailing unit, Amtrak #188 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in September 2001. 

The baggage car, Amtrak #1710, was built by the Budd Company in 1953 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #2836, a 48-seat leg-rest chair car. After Amtrak took over passenger service on May 1, 1971, it became Amtrak #4828. In March 1980 it was rebuilt for head-end power and became Amtrak #4715. In September 1996 it was rebuilt as Specialty Baggage Car #1710 with centered rollup baggage door and retaining its vestibule. 

Amtrak #39022 is a Superliner II transition sleeping car that was built by Bombardier in 1996. This car wears its original Phase IV lettering, which Amtrak introduced in 1993.

Amtrak #32084 “Kansas” is a Superliner II sleeping car that was built by Bombardier in 1994. This car wears the new Phase VI lettering scheme, which Amtrak introduced in 2002.

Here is a close-up view of the diaphragms between the Superliner II transition sleeping car and the standard Superliner II sleeping car. This also shows the slight difference in lettering between the Phase IV on the right and the similar Phase VI on the left.

Here is a close-up view of the door of the Superliner II sleeping car, and the new Phase VI Amtrak logo covering the former location of the car name.

Here is a close-up view of the connection between two Superliner II sleeping cars. Amtrak #32104 “Oklahoma” is a Superliner II sleeping car that was built by Bombardier in 1994. Note that the word Superliner only appears on one end of the cars.

Amtrak Pacific Parlour lounge car #39975 was built by the Budd Company in 1956 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Hi-Level lounge car #580. 

After Amtrak took over passenger service on May 1, 1971, it became Amtrak #9975. In August 1981 it was rebuilt for head-end power. 

In 1995 it was rebuilt as a Pacific Parlour first-class lounge car for the Coast Starlight. 

 

After the sleeping cars were a dining car and a Sightseer lounge car

The dining car was the midpoint of the train, and was right in front of the depot.

The dining car and the sightseer lounge car were both Superliner II cars built in 1994 and 1995.

After the Sightseer lounge car were three coaches.

Here is a closeup of the details at the door of one of the coaches.

This old Chicago sticker was on one of the coaches.

The last car of the train was an ordinary coach.

Amtrak #34052 is a Superliner I Coach that was built by Pullman-Standard in 1979.

Here is one last view of the train at the depot.

Trains in Salem, Oregon, on April 6, 2007

I took these train pictures in Salem, Oregon, on April 6, 2007.

Leading the northbound Coast Starlight at the Amtrak depot is Amtrak #119. 

It is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in September 1997. 

The trailing unit is Amtrak #507.

It is a 3,200-horsepower Dash 8-32BWH.

It was built by General Electric in December 1991.

A total of 20 of these locomotives were built for Amtrak.

Further south, a number of Union Pacific locomotives were at the Salem yard.

Union Pacific #536 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in June 1974 as Union Pacific #2036. 

It was renumbered to Union Pacific #536 on December 16, 2000. 

Union Pacific (UPY) #568 is a 1,500-horsepower GP15-1 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in July 1976 as Missouri Pacific #1568. 

After the Missouri Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific in 1982, this locomotive was renumbered to Union Pacific #1568 on April 15, 1991. 

It was transferred to Union Pacific’s new UPY reporting mark for yard locomotives as UPY #568 on June 15, 2000. 

Union Pacific #300 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in January 1972 as Missouri Pacific #658 under a 15-year lease. As part of a 1974 system renumbering it became Missouri Pacific #2009. 

It was returned to the lessor at the end of the 15-year lease in 1987 and was sold to Helm Financial to become Helm Leasing #2009. It was leased by Union Pacific in February 1989 and became Union Pacific #1800 on October 2, 1989. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #300 on April 1, 2001. 

Union Pacific #549 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1975 as Union Pacific #2049. 

It was renumbered to Union Pacific #549 on July 22, 2003.

Amtrak Trains in Salem, Oregon, on April 3, 2007

I took these train pictures at the Amtrak depot in Salem, Oregon, on April 3, 2007. 

First is Amtrak’s northbound Coast Starlight.

Leading the train is Amtrak #114.

It is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC.

It was built by General Electric in September 1997. 

While making the station stop, the train temporarily blocked Mill Street.

The trailing unit is Amtrak #192.

It is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC.

It was built by General Electric in September 2001. 

Leading southbound Amtrak Cascades Train #507, Amtrak #461 is one of 15 3,200-horsepower F59PHIs built for Pacific Surfliner service between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, California. 

It was built in August 1998 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors with final assembly by Super Steel Schenectady of Schenectady, Pennsylvania. 

Aside from the paint scheme, it is identical to the Cascades F59PHI locomotives. 

It was presumably filling in for a Cascades unit in need of maintenance in Los Angeles, where all Amtrak’s F59PHI locomotives were maintained. 

Amtrak Cascades #7101 is a Talgo Series 6 Baggage Car from the Mt. Baker Cascades trainset, built in 1999 for the Washington State Department of Transportation. 

Bringing up the rear of the Cascades train is Amtrak Cascades #90250, a Non-Powered Cab Unit or NPCU.

It was rebuilt in February 2000 from Amtrak #250, a 3,000-horsepower F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in October 1977, using components from traded-in Amtrak SDP40F locomotive #560.