VistaDomeScott posted:Alanrail, If you go with phase IV the locomotives would be Genesis locomotives in the current "blue wave" scheme or any of the Amtrak 2011 anniversary Genesis locomotives. The selection just released this week by MTH would all be candidates. There is a phase IV painted Heritage unit that has the same stripes, as MTH likes to call it, "5 stripe." Trains with this consist would include, Lakeshore Limited, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Cardinal, Crescent, and the discontinued Three Rivers.
As far as GG1, they would never have pulled any phase IV painted cars as they were retired before that. I'm not even sure they would have seen the phase III Viewliner equipment but maybe, I would have to verify GG1 retirement date vs Viewliner rollout dates. The phase III Amfleet would likely have had GG1 power, but if GG1 is your power goal, go Amfleet phase 1 & 2, that's the common matchup. Viewliners were not even an idea yet during phase 1 era Amfleet.
The AEM7 would have pulled phase III, phase IV. There could have been a few Amleet phase 1 cars in the mix when the AEM7 first rolled out.
GG1s were gone loooooooooong before VLs appeared. The GG1s were gone around 80-81 and the first viewliners were delivered in the early 90s. For GG1s and amfleets you need the HEP car, which is a scratch build job.
In those early years of AEM7s, Phase 1, 2 and 3 were all mixed together. Theres lots of photos of toasters with phase 1 cars mixed into the trains. Just remember that through the 80s, AEM7s did NOT have ditch lights... that means finding either the Proto 1 version, or an Atlas one and probably doing some kind of electronics upgrade.
I'm still waiting for clarification of the paint job offerings. Phase VI is being shown as Phase III for the viewliners but actual Phase III for the Amfleets on the site.
Are phase IVb and phase VI going to be added for orders?
