I saw a picture that surfaced sometime in January of 3 units getting scrapped in Bear. 952 is seen with its guts out and 949 is seen barely intact and lying on its side. In the background of those pictures was another unidentifiable AEM-7 likely meeting the same fate. 3 questions arose from these photos:
1) Why has it taken them this long to scrap the obsolete DC units? I would assume that while they were in storage Amtrak had to pay some sort of tax on them which eats up some funds.
2) Are there any more DC units surviving on property? (besides 915 and 945 in museums).
3) Have they started scrapping AC units? I do remember that 3 were cut up a couple of years ago.
There was also a photo of 2 AEM-7 cabs on the back of a flatbed truck traveling down the highway, I was surprised that they didn't chop those up on site.
Thanks for taking the time and reading all this, I know I just bombarded you all with so many questions. Please don't answer anything that might possibly get you in trouble/leak any information that is classified. I'm new to this site and I don't want to get anyone in trouble for any reason.
1) Why has it taken them this long to scrap the obsolete DC units? I would assume that while they were in storage Amtrak had to pay some sort of tax on them which eats up some funds.
2) Are there any more DC units surviving on property? (besides 915 and 945 in museums).
3) Have they started scrapping AC units? I do remember that 3 were cut up a couple of years ago.
There was also a photo of 2 AEM-7 cabs on the back of a flatbed truck traveling down the highway, I was surprised that they didn't chop those up on site.
Thanks for taking the time and reading all this, I know I just bombarded you all with so many questions. Please don't answer anything that might possibly get you in trouble/leak any information that is classified. I'm new to this site and I don't want to get anyone in trouble for any reason.