Variety abounds at the 18th Street Locomotive Shop. The Siemens Testing Charger prepares to make its first run. The 406 heritage unit rests nearby.

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Four-day-old Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotives WDTX 1402 and 1403 were found in Amtrak’s Redondo Junction engine facility in downtown Los Angeles o... (more)

It Had that “New Locomotive” Smell!

Just four days out of the factory, and not yet in service, Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric... (more)

So Clean You Could Eat Off the Floor – But We Opted Not To

Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotive, rolled out of t... (more)

No, this is no April Fool's joke...there really are two, brand new Siemens SC-44 Chargers sitting in Los Angeles on this sunny afternoon. Rather than heading north to begin their service on Amtrak... (more)

With the overly wet winter in Northern California just about over, CDTX 2103, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger awaiting service on the Capital Corridor and San Joaquin lines, sits quietly in the privat... (more)

CDTX 2101, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger sporting the Amtrak California paint scheme, shoves a cab car out onto the wye and becomes the first unit of its class in the state of California to operate ... (more)

After a two hour wait, i was able to witness the future of passenger locomotives on a test train between Portland and Seattle. Built in 2016, the "Charger"locomotive was very quiet and pretty slee... (more)

The old and the new in focus. Originally opening in 1896, Portland, Oregon's Union Station has hosted a variety of railroads and their interesting motive power over the years, and today, it got a ... (more)

I believe this is the first Charger (Siemens SC44) to operate on a train on the West Coast. Here the 4611 destined for service with IDOT, pulls a test train with AMTK 467 on the tail end. It wi... (more)

"Siemens Charger at New York Penn" Illinois DOT's brand new Siemens SC-44 "Charger" locomotives takes a rest at New York Penn Station during the height of the rush hour ... (more)

Illinois Department of Transportation Siemens Demonstrator SC-44 # 4604 brings up the markers of an Amtrak/FRA/Siemens test train at Mansfield, MA. This marks the first time a SC-44 has been on Zo... (more)

One of the new Chargers in the Midwestern paint scheme visits the NEC for testing, but sister units are destined for MARC service in the future. This MARC MP36 tows the "Charger X" to the yard aft... (more)

The hind end of one of the new Chargers in the Midwestern paint scheme visits the NEC for testing is seen as it is shoved to make the hand off to an Amtrak yard engine. Sister units are destined ... (more)

Siemens shows off the new Charger locomotive in Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.