Those former F40 locomotive frames are pretty cool, the used to be the regular power for many years as powered units until around 1997. What was really neat, was just a few weeks ago when there was a derailment near Waterloo, Indiana and the NS ran the Amtrak Lakeshore and Capitol Limited through Michigan. Well, it needed to be led by an ITCS (cab signals) equipped unit through, MI to run on the high speed portion of track West of Kalamazoo. Enter the former F40 NPCU, that same unit in this video 90225 to pull two big combined long distance trains! I am betting that this rare catch was the first time in the recent Amtrak era that the good old face of the F40 has got to be on the point of a long distance Amtrak train, since none of them are powered anymore, and none of the long distance trains operate push pull style!I like that bell and im diggin that cab car at the front of the train
Thanks for the comments. We have called the NPCU's cabbages in Michigan for a long time, since they were originally meant to be cab / baggage units, hence the rolling door on the side.
Mike
