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learmoia

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Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« on: June 25, 2026, 10:35:03 PM »
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That 2nd unit sure looks like a D&H PA  :o
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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2026, 10:46:30 PM »
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One of the six pixels looks like it could be, yeah...   :trollface:
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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2026, 10:57:29 PM »
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Doing more digging...

Apparently, D&H PAs were used to power the Adirondack with a mixture of D&H and Amtrak equipment in the late 1970s...
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/comments/11r5cb1/dh_pa4u_18_waits_at_amtraks_albanyrensselaer/#lightbox

And apparently they wandered west (Through New York and likely southern Canada) as far west as Detroit.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/5083904164/

I guess similar to Amtrak using GM&O and SCL E7s in the early years..
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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2026, 10:57:51 PM »
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Embiggened so I can figure out what's going on...


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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2026, 12:16:29 AM »
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Certainly looks like the picture was taken in St. Thomas Ontario to me.
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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2026, 08:48:33 AM »
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Definitely seems like The Adirondack in that case. If it were somewhere West or South in the US the other possibility would've been in transit to/from MK for their PA-4 rebuilds. I hope to someday pick up one of the Kato D&H PAs to run on point of one of my train show Amtrak trains with that very justification, lol. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Is that a PA in an Amtrak Consist?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2026, 06:39:55 PM »
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Quote from: turbowhiz on June 26, 2026, 12:16:29 AM
Certainly looks like the picture was taken in St. Thomas Ontario to me.

Bingo. And that certainly makes the PA an even better catch... no PA's on a Canadian road. Though the D&H units made it to Montreal iirc. This would be an eastbound Niagara Rainbow.

Wiki pic is also St Thomas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Rainbow
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