EMD F69PHAC

EMD F69PHAC
Type and origin
Power type Diesel
Builder Electro-Motive Division and Siemens
Model EMD F69PHAC
Build date June 1989
Total produced 2
Specifications
Configuration:
 ​
 • AAR B-B
 • UIC Bo'Bo'
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m)
Loco weight 262,000 lb (118,841 kg)
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity 1,800 US gal (6,800 l; 1,500 imp gal)
Prime mover EMD 710
Engine type Two-stroke diesel V12
Aspiration Turbocharged
Cylinders 12
Train heating 800 kW HEP inverter
Train brakes Air
Performance figures
Maximum speed 110 mph (177 km/h)
Power output 3,000 hp (2.237 MW) (No HEP)
1,930 hp (1.439 MW) (Max HEP)
Career
Operators US DoT
Numbers Amtrak 450–451
Nicknames Winnebago, Zephyr
Locale United States
Retired 1999
Disposition Both units sold to National Rail Equipment Co.

The EMD F69PHAC was an experimental locomotive built in a joint venture between EMD and Siemens. It was designed to test AC locomotive technology. Only two examples of this locomotive were made. The engine used the same carbody as the EMD F40PHM-2, with just a few spotting differences.

Amtrak 451 in ICE livery

They were built in 1989 for the United States Department of Transportation and loaned to Amtrak in 1990, sporting Phase III paint. They were returned to EMD and later used with the German ICE train demonstration that was on loan to Amtrak in 1992–1993. They were repainted in ICE paint. The two F69PHAC locomotives were again returned to EMD, where they were finally retired in 1999. Both of the locomotives still exist in a scrap yard, more specifically National Railway Equipment, in Mount Vernon, Illinois stripped of numerous parts.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Pictures of NREX 451". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

References

  • Marre, Louis A.; Withers, Paul K (2000). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Halifax, Pennsylvania: Withers Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 1-881411-25-7. LCCN 99069543.

Further reading

  • Fischer, J. W. (1989). "AC three-phase power transmission system for Amtrak's new locomotives F69PH-AC". Proceedings., Technical Papers Presented at the IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi:10.1109/RRCON.1989.77275.


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