When Amtrak was first formed in 1971, it was EMD that primarily got into the passenger power game, with the SDP40, followed by the F40PH. Then, in the 1990s, GE won the next contract with Amtrak with the P42DCs, beating out EMD's F59PHI. Fast-forward another 30-ish years, and neither EMD or GE (well, now Wabtec) are in the passenger game! Siemens is in the process of building 125 ALC-42 "Chargers" to supplements (or, in some instances, replace) the aging P42DC fleet. The units will be numbered 300 to 424.
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