DAY ONE, TRIP DNE Amtrak's "Day One" Siemens ALC42 Charger locomotive departs Chicago trailing a 21-year-old General Electric P42 engine leading the Capitol Limited to Washington, D.C., on July 20,2021. Charger No. 301's livery honors the short-lived paint scheme applied to a former Pennsylvania Railroad E8 for the launch of Amtrak in 1971. The "Day One" design is a one-off among the 75 units that comprise Amtrak's initial ALC42 purchase. They will eventually replace P42s on all long-distance trains. The new locomotive had arrived from the Siemens plant in Sacramento, Calif., early that morning on a 121/2-hour-late California Zephyr. It was on the way to its official handoff to Amtrak in Wilmington, Del., where testing will continue.
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