Amtrak’s fleet of 20 P32-8 locomotives are not quite obscure but not as widely known as, say the F40PH or the P42DC, both of which served as the backbone of the passenger carrier’s national network. The P42 is, of course, still playing that role and looks to continue doing so for some time.
All 30 P32-8 units were built in late 1991 by General Electric and wore for several years a unique iteration of the Phase III livery. The P32 was the only locomotive to have this livery although Amtrak last year painted a P42DC into the scheme to help celebrate its 50th anniversary.
No. 503 is shown at Glenview, Illinois, on May 25, 1999, on the point of a Hiawatha Service train to Milwaukee.
Although the P32-8 did help pull some long-distance trains, it most often was used in corridor service.
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Amtrak in the Heartland 
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