Engines of Amtrak - EMD AEM-7 [REMAKE]

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By the late 1970s, Amtrak had a bit of a motive power struggle on the Northeast Corridor. Their choices were: the old 1930s-era GG1, serviceable but mostly mechanically unreliable Metroliner EMU, or the rough riding and heavyweight E60. In short, there really weren't any great options. With that said, Amtrak turned to the more railroad-innovative Europe for answers. Help arrived in the form of Sweden's Rc4 and France's CC21000 locomotives. Both were given trials throughout 1976 and 77, but only one came out on top. I'm sure you probably already know the answer, but watch the video anyway to find out more about the AEM-7's history!
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Deltarune - Lancer
Deltarune - WELCOME TO THE CITY
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Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe - Title
Yume Nikki - Martian Underground
Deltarune - Cyber Battle
Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards - Race Game (Gourmet Race)
Deltarune - Friendship
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door - Mail for the Mario Brothers
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@harrisonofcolorado8886 2 года назад

I still remember when the Wikipedia page on Amtrak's rolling stock still had the AEM-7 as "active fleet".

@MatthewTheRailfanner 2 года назад

Wouldn't surprise me if they're backup units, but I'm doubtful that they are. They still have a bunch in storage.

@NickelPlateMxne 2 года назад

It’s Wikipedia man, they always spread false information, what do ya expect

@MatthewTheRailfanner 2 года назад

Jesus christ, no need to capitalise on a simple misunderstanding, lmfao

@harrisonofcolorado8886 2 года назад

@@MatthewTheRailfanner I'm sorry, I got irrational and didn't think clearly.

@NickelPlateMxne 2 года назад

@@MatthewTheRailfanner but anyway some AEM-7s still exist, but are not in Amtrak’s modern locomotive roster with the chargers, ACS-64s, Bombardier Acelas and the other engines

@ironhorsehistorian9871 2 года назад

2:38 Sure most don’t care but as a fan of old geopolitics, I liked that you used an accurate map for the time period. :)

@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 2 года назад

Same.

@jordandorsett3106 8 месяцев назад

I also like that too

@JamesJones-bp3bc 2 года назад

The AEM7s will always be remembered.

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

That’s Right.

@traincrash7099 11 месяцев назад

Yea

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 9 месяцев назад

Amtrak's AEM-7s did so well on Amtrak's intercity services on trains such as.... 1. Keystone Service. 2. Carolinan. 3. Cardinal. 4. Crescent. 5. Three Rivers. 6. Fast Mail Services 7. Montrealer. 8. Twilight Shorliner. 9. Rainbow Service. 10. Acela Regional. 11. Palmetto. 12. Pennsylvanian. 13. Northeast Direct. 14. Northeast Regional. 15. Metroliner Service. 16. Vermonter. 17. Limited-stop Silver Service.

@niagarafallstechnician9029 7 месяцев назад

That is a very great poem about the AEM-7, isn’t it AmtrakGuy365?

@speedborb3324 Год назад

Id ride with my dad down to NY from Boston all the time by train. Nothing can replace the sight of seeing the AEM7 staring you down as it pulled into the station. I miss those engines.

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

I saw Amtrak EMD AEM-7 915 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania back in September 5th 2021. Along with Amtrak E60 603. Quite amazing video of the Amtrak electric locomotive used for it’s system.

@amtrakproductions-mx9ib 2 года назад

Me too

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

@@amtrakproductions-mx9ib I live in San Jose, California. I only went to the Strasburg Railroad and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania twice. I first went there when I was young child. Then I returned in September 5th 2021. But I do hope to come back.

@atlantis0v-104 2 года назад

@@nathancorcoran5347 Hi Corcoran. Do you Make videos?

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

@@atlantis0v-104 no. But sometime in the future I will.

@System6VideoProductions 2 года назад

I have a picture of it.

@Monothefox 2 года назад

It would be nice so see a video on the highspeed trails too. Amtrak borrowed an X2 tilting train, built by the same swedish companies that made the Rc locomotives.

@elijaha773 2 года назад

Peter Dibble has a good video on the X2.

@dennisyoung4631 Год назад

NoDag?

@Trains-With-Shane 2 года назад

I love the 8-bit music you're using in these videos.

@philipgraziano5577 Год назад

I am a retired Amtrak engineer, hired in 1974. Got to run my favorite, GG-1 at 110 mph. Then, got to run the hunk of crap E-60! The AEM7 was a BIG upgrade. Small but powerful.

@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer Год назад

Was the AEM-7 an upgrade to the GG1 as well as the E60, or was it just an upgrade to the E60? Also, how the heck did you see out of the GG1's tiny cab windows?

@MJstudioversion2024 2 года назад

AEM-7’s had the best K5LA’s ever!

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 года назад

The F40PHs horns were so good as well. Think about it. Both do/did actually

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

Also CalTrain is in the city that I live in. San Jose, California.

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 года назад

@@nathancorcoran5347 Caltrain has cool horns as well, but no lt as good as Amtraks

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 it’s the same like Amtrak.

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 года назад

@@nathancorcoran5347 yes

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 года назад

I'm excited for the Dash-8 episode. I actually have a video clip back in 2019 when it trailed behind P42 #137 on Amtrak Coast Starlight 14 when it pulled into Albany Oregon very late. And I have another one of another Dash 8 on Amtrak Coast Starlight 11 in Vancouver WA in February of same year

@RailsofForney Год назад

Man, 2019 was such a hopeful and positive year for me…then COVID-19 ruined it for me the next year, ironically the DAY BEFORE my birthday…so just thinking back to pre-COVID always makes me nostalgic, this here is just another testimony pointing there.

@demonorca9539 2 года назад

Could you please do vids on Amtrak's E and F-units? I know they weren't made specifically for Amtrak itself, but they played a huge role in its history and development since they were some of the first locomotives they had.

@Sourcemaster1 Год назад

This and gg1s

@A_Lazy_dude 6 месяцев назад

Listen in his first engines episode the SDP40F back in 2017 he said “he won’t do the F and E units” and you beg him to do so he will not allow it

@A_Lazy_dude 6 месяцев назад

Plus the GG1’s too

@atomsmash100 9 месяцев назад

Great video. The AEM-7 is remembered fondly by railfans and by Amtrak. Definitely the locomotive "that could"!

@Syracuse_rail_product 2 года назад

AEM 7s were the best locomotives in the 1980s and 2000s wish the amtrak aem 7s where still in service

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

They are pretty cool.

@anthonyholroyd5359 2 года назад

Being from the UK I love these trains - I think because they kind of remind me of our class 86 & 87s An 87 with a Rake of Mk3 coaches and a mk 3 DVT . . . That is the iconic west coast mainline stock in my mind (90s + Mk3 & DVT aswell)

@RedArrow73 2 года назад

Better to have an AEM7 at each end as is standard American practice these days.

@HNMusic13 2 года назад

Just realized this video was uploaded on my birthday. AEM-7 is one of my favorite power cars, even if I never got to ride a train pulled by one.

@nigelrichardson4327 2 года назад

I will forever thank myself from 2015 for snagging a video of AMTK 919 on an inbound keystone, mere months before it’s retirement. In September 2020 my brother and I would locate the storage line in Davisville RI and pay our respects to the veteran engines. Wish I had submitted one of my photos in time for the video but excellent content as always!

@SethMarcell Год назад

As a MARC rider, this made me feel real good. Great vid!

@Souleii 2 года назад

I never stop learning about learning about the railroad, but you make learning both easy and interesting. It’s fun to learn new things about locomotives, and your method of presentation works so well, especially when information is not attained for long. It was a few weeks back when I watched the ACS-64 vid that I found out that the AEM-7s were long retired, but it also lead me to find out that I can still see one at the Illinois Railway Museum nearby :D I can’t wait to see what else is in the making!

@CSXIV 2 года назад

I didn't realize Caltrain repainted one of the old AEM-7's before sending her out to try out the Peninsula Corridor. Especially since the current plan involves just using it for testing (Caltain has gotten away with not painting secondhand equipment; see all the old Metrolink Bombardier bilevel cars). Last time I saw them, they were still parked in San Francisco in the Amtrak livery (though with logos removed), ready to test out the first electrified heavy rail corridor on the west coast. And I think it's now sitting next to the first of the new EMU's. Kinda fitting since Caltrain looked into the viability of the AEM-7 when they first looked at electrification back in the early 90's.

@patrickmcarter6244 2 года назад

Amazing job AmtrakGuy365! the EMD AEM-7 will be missed.

@jimmymakmta 2 года назад

I will always love the AEM-7s

@himbourbanist 6 месяцев назад

The ACS-64 units are such respectable successors to the AEM-7s. They're actually one of my favorites Amtrak has ever run.

@thatsicilian787 2 года назад

Love it! And I haven’t even watched it yet!That’s how good this channel is, you know the video’s gonna be good before you even watch it.

@Railfan166 Год назад

I have climbed on 945, probably my favorite engine at the IRM besides the UP 1848 that I blew the horn on

@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 2 года назад

While I miss the AEM-7s, I don't think we could have asked for a more worthy successor than the ACS-64.

@j.sterling9167 2 года назад

For those of us who rode the Northeast corridor, the AEM-7 will always be remembered as the Greyhound of the Rails.

@trainenthusiast7695 2 года назад

As a swede this video made happy and it made me realize that now I need to hunt for Rc4 1166.

@christopherjohnson5236 Год назад

I actually got number #901 in my model layout. Got a piece of history

@spcridge2012 2 года назад

Amazingly done! Thank you so much for using my video! I will always remember the AEM-7 as the locomotive that pulled my first Amtrak train ride!

@hmhobbies 2 года назад

One thing to mention is that MARC keeps their AEM-7s in operational condition in the case of a mass power shortage.

@hmhobbies 2 года назад

@Commodore Cardinal not that I know of, but the hippos are unreliable as always and the mp36s are scheduled for a mid life overhaul, so they may need them

@cnwproductions 2 года назад

Very nice video, I was at the Illinois Railway Museum on the 11th of September, 2021 and saw AEM-7 #945, great engine

@anthonyhunt701 8 месяцев назад

Loving the remakes!👍🏻🚂

@Pozafria 2 года назад

Very good video! Definetly much better than the original. I've always been interested in railways and the story of Amtrak electrics fascinates me, good job! Also that Deltarune music tho, just makes the video x10000000 times better.

@lippa79 Год назад

Just to add a little information: the bodies of NJ Transit's ALP44 locomotives were made in Finland at Taivalkoski 😎

@haaseshouseoscience6377 2 года назад

Well done, this was abolutely Fantastic! Also, for the MARC AEM-7's, despite them being retired, All 4 of those Toasters are still in Storage at Balitmore Camden yards in Baltimore, MD. I've seen them a lot whenever I'm railfanning in that area.

@russellgxy2905 2 года назад

No way! They’re still in Camden??

@PotomacRails 2 года назад

@@russellgxy2905 2 of them are sitting in Riverside yard. Not sure about the others though.

@haaseshouseoscience6377 2 года назад

@@PotomacRails huh, I wonder if they were moved once again.

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio 2 года назад

This is the most greatly changed remake yet -- definitely adds to the original. 2nd horn sample -- sounds almost like an honorary steam locomotive whistle . . . .

@ericmiller9067 2 года назад

Another great video, Jared!

@chez069 2 года назад

never thought this would get a remake

@Rex_The_Railfanner 2 года назад

Sweet, saw some of my clips in here. Glad I could help out by sending them in!

@micahgotracksplays2875 2 года назад

My favorite electric engine of Amtrak

@AviationCommercials 2 года назад

There were rumors last year that some might end up here in Massachusetts when there were plans to test out electrification of the MBTA commuter rail lines. I think some were even towed out this way - but as of 2022 the MBTA seems less interested now in electrification and nothing came of it.

@randomrobloxmagician 2 года назад

I have been waiting for this video and it has finally come out. Now I can use some updated information for Amtrak timeline locomotive/ history timeline or something like this.

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 11 месяцев назад

Amtrak's AEM-7s did well on intercity service, and they would always be remembered.

@Markthomas007_ 2 года назад

It will be cool to see these engines run on Caltrain once electrification is done. I live not too far away so it will be a cool thing to see.

@Transportationfan1421 Год назад

Sadly septa’s AEM-7s have been unfortunately scrapped in may 2022 they will really be missed 😪

@Track_Tranzit 2 года назад

the fact that these had more horsepower then the AC6000's is pretty cool

@danielferrovias 2 года назад

Dude. I was just rewatching your EOA remakes and now you released a new one.

@Gravity461 Год назад

I actually saw AEM-7 915 and E60 603 yesterday at the railroad museum of PA!

@StationRailfan 2 года назад

Great video 365! I sure wish i was able to get some photos of the AEM-7s while they were in operation.

@Trainboy3982 2 года назад

Amazing Job

@AmtrakFlareon 2 года назад

Nice job with the video Jared!

@ptsr_93 2 года назад

Nice video AG365! wish I had got video of these guys in service..

@noahzel6085 2 года назад

It was actually 3 Conrail engines. One Conrail engine 5045 was in the back when the Amtrak train slammed into it making that engine explode. Anyways nice remake.

@mgr_video_productions 2 года назад

They were also GE B36-7s

@noahzel6085 2 года назад

That is true guys.

@noahzel6085 2 года назад

Could he make a remake of the P32-8BWH?

@xavierjackson3796 2 года назад

Hell ya a new episode of my favorite Series

@augologo 2 года назад

ii'm going to the Strasbourg this summer! excited to see 915!

@railfangarrett6313 2 года назад

I rode behind an aem-7 in July of 2015 from BWI Airport Station to Wilmington and it's number was 925

@glhx2112 2 года назад

AEM-7 # 915 that is on outside display at the Railroad Museum in Strasburg, PA, is in pretty rough shape. They really need to drag it inside and clean it up.

@RowanSimpson-pi4ll Месяц назад

I live in SE Pennsylvania. So I get to see AEM-7 915 a lot.

@RowanSimpson-pi4ll Месяц назад

#915 #AEM7

@triple7gaming243 2 года назад

Awesome dude! Can’t wait for the next vid of engines of New York central! Also can’t wait for the dash 8 remake

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

Me too.

@nathancorcoran5347 2 года назад

Amazing.

@kyletroknya2419 3 месяца назад

I can’t believe how amazing these electric locomotives are. Amtrak knew how to make locomotives back then compared to today

@user-ky5iy2cw7l 10 месяцев назад

Fun fact, 903 and 900 were involved in a collision on the north east corridor

@happyburger23 3 месяца назад

That was mentioned in the middle of the video

@johnathonmcjohn3 2 месяца назад

thats not a fun fact D:

@TripleMofficial15 2 года назад

Yaaaaay! Yay! Thx for this epic vid!

@BraydonSCR 2 года назад

One of my favourite Amtrak trains

@sjokomelk 2 года назад

Cool to see you include info about the Rc4 1166 still being in service to this day. And will most likely be for many years to come.

@RockstarRomania 2 года назад

Until Sweden gets its upgrade to 25kV ~ 50Hz, which will render all of the Rc locos useless.

@sjokomelk 2 года назад

@@RockstarRomania That will most likely not happen any time soon.

@Cupertinorail 2 года назад

Still gets to me that I wish GG1 are still in service.

@Josephcavagnaro 2 года назад

9:59 Riko Sakurauchi 10:20 You Watanabe

@Tobu9105F 2 года назад

yes

@SCL6054Prouctions 2 года назад

another amazing video amtrakguy

@jimmypetrock 2 года назад

love this series

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

Like the F40s and Metroliners, I think the AEM7s could also be refurbished into cabcars by removing all the electrical power and one cab or maybe they could be converted to single car railcars or (possibly) emu sets.

@jacobdolman3831 2 года назад

Looks very nice Amtrakguy365

@AdurianJ Год назад

I see the Rc4 predecessors of these every day here in Sweden

@swedishlevelcrossingchanne2745 2 года назад

Great video! X995 is indeed still in service! Saw it today!

@nasanierulastname2997 2 года назад

Strikes me as interesting that we’ve retired our (derived) Rc4s from primary service, while the granddaddy of them all, 1166, continues to ply Swedish rails, though as a freight locomotive.

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

@@nasanierulastname2997 is 1166 the oldest? If not how's it the granddaddy of all RC4s???

@thecringeboys9941 2 года назад

thanks ❤️ for the video

@socalledfreethinker Год назад

5:23 is a bit incorrect. The keystone corridor Metroliner sets only had catenary poles up for electricity and ac/ heating inside the car. The only reason they used them from 1981-1984 was for the ability to run push-pull operations, and they where never broken down because they where never applying any traction.

@mas1305 2 года назад

I miss seeing the aem-7 on the NEC

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 2 года назад

Correction: there were actually 3 Conrail locomotives that got hit by the Amtrak engines. the 3rd locomotive 5045 was completely destroyed while the others 5044 and 5052 survived the wreck and are now working in Brazil

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

I think @AmtrakGuy365 must've missed it bcz it was destroyed he must've not seen it.

@user-jq8uu3oe4n Год назад

The chase Maryland collision

@CentralMassRailfan 2 года назад

Amazing!

@lspdunit234 Год назад

Every other locomotive : that is one small toaster

@vakane 2 года назад

Thanks for the video and your work. As a frenchman, even for me I found them beautiful and i like the AEM 7 locomotives. For the story of CC 21003 in america, i think it was not the good locmotive to send for SNCF. This class of locomotive were almost half prototype and had some problem. I think a BB 15000 would have been a better choice. First they had an outstanding reliability. Second with their lighter conception and an better suspension than CC 21000 class, I think the running on american track would have been smoother. But history is history. BB 15000 were younger, and SNCF had less experience with it than CC 21000 (certanly the reason to not send a BB 15000), and finally the swedish choice gave amtrack another amazing locomotive. I will just add a little correction. CC 21000 class and their sister, CC 6500 class, are not passenger locomotive only. These locomotive had an double gear system which can be switch at stop. On passenger gear, you can run at 200 km/h, and on freight gear you can run at 100 km/h only but with an better tractive effort.

@PhantomBeamNG 2 года назад

As a swedish guy myself. The Rc4 is more of a freight train now in sweden and we use Rc5 and Rc6 but the rc5 isn't really seen so often

@LaggyKar 3 месяца назад

There aren't any Rc5's anymore, since all of them were rebuilt into Rc6 (i.e. shifted up to 160 km/h instead of 135 km/h) in the mid 90's.

@OXN-RailProductions 2 года назад

awesome!

@miroslavtordaj5852 5 месяцев назад

I love the "All Aboard Amtrak" song!

@yeahman70 2 года назад

9:43 actually, Septa recently announced they are selling all of their AEM-7s and single ALP-44. They will most likely be sold to scrap

@danius_huganius Месяц назад

took "Cigars kills" to a whole new level

@yomikaianimator4689 2 года назад

I love they get the Nickname of the AEM-7’s, called the “Toaster” I eat Toast. *nom*

@AmtrakFan130 Месяц назад

5:45 makes me wanna cry🥺

@crazyjoe4247 2 года назад

I love the sound of a train horn

@mrsaturngamingandstories 2 года назад

Nice

@Swissair171 Год назад

1:43 Well, of course the Rc4 handled cold weather well! It was from f***ing *Sweden*!

@Sdp40fguy Год назад

i love how america knows the food of the countrys the meatball from sweden ikea and french fry

@Railfaning_in_canada 2 года назад

God like as always!

@TheLongIslandRailfan 13 дней назад

UPDATE: NJTR ALP-44M No. 4424 is preserved at the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey in Boonton, NJ and AMTK AEM-7 #917 was acquired and moved to the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, CT.

@Sillykittycat951 3 месяца назад

i searched up "amtrak toaster" and this showed up lol

@jbf19kd Год назад

When Amtrak bought more toasters, they effectively got more toasters to toast toast which means more toast for everyone!

@BnuuyBoi2005 2 года назад

Today is my birthday

@nolantherailfan5048 Год назад

Happy birthday

@somedude9620 2 года назад

You forgot the fact that Amtrak went to Sweden, brought a meatball, went to France, and brought a french fry, and they liked the meatball better and made toasters based of those meatballs.

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

Check the original

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

He knows it

@satyakamadvocate1273 2 года назад

Lmao