Machines | Tour of Amtrak's Wilmington Shops! MUST SEE!!
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On May 5, 2013 I was lucky enough to be able to tour Amtrak's Maintenance Facility in Wilmington, DE. Built in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Wilmington Shops were the primary maintenance facility of the PRR for their electric locomotive fleet and passenger coaches. Today, the Shops are one of Amtrak's three main back shops, the others being in Bear, DE and Beech Grove, IN. Amtrak currently performs heavy maintenance, overhauls, wreck repairs and modifications to the AEM-7 AC and DC locomotive fleets as well as the HHP-8 electric locomotives. The Wilmington Shops also maintain Amtrak's work diesel fleet. Component overhauls and repairs for a wide variety of components are also performed at the Wilmington Shops. As well as maintaining Amtrak equipment, the Wilmington Shops also maintain MARC's (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) electric locomotive fleet. Soon, these shops will also maintain the new ACS-64 locomotives being built for Amtrak. This tour was sponsored by the Electric Railroaders' Association (www.erausa.org). The tour was given by Amtrak managers from the Wilmington Shops. These Amtrak employees were fantastic! They were very friendly and informative. They reflected very well on Amtrak and its maintenance facility in Wilmington. Contents: 0:10 Diesel Locomotive Shop - here Amtrak maintains its work diesel fleet 1:11 Electric Locomotive Shop - this is where Amtrak maintains all of its electric locomotives as well as MARC electrics 3:11 Truck Shop - here you will see HHP-8 and AEM-7 trucks 5:02 Components Shops - there are many shops at Wilmington that maintain many different components. These include HVAC units, wheels, traction motors, electronic components, and much more. 11:12 Horizon Coach 54564 - this car is used as a test shell for mockup interiors. Viewliner 2300 is also kept at Wilmington for this purpose. Unfortunately it was getting its wheels worked on so we did not get to see it. 12:46 Outdoor Yard - you will see various locomotives in the yard that are at Wilmington for the moment 14:37 NEC Mainline adjacent to Shops - you will see a SEPTA Silverliner V and a Northeast Regional pass by the shops Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy! If you like my videos, please subscribe for more great videos like this in the future! If you have any questions about what you saw in the video, please ask! I will do my best to answer.
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My brother worked here on Vandever Ave.. he took me up here.. great memory!
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travel sonic, the buildings are 1903 era!
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Great narration Bob👍
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I worked here 36 years ago as a hostler before going to engine man school upstairs with Al Graf. It seems like another life now, thanks for the memories, by the way operated most of the locomotives shown at one point or the other. I was the last to move "Old Ironside" the riveted GG1 before it went to railroad museum: a lot of history was made at this facility by a lot of great men.
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I just toured this same shop 1 month ago on the Farewell to the AEM-7 excursion.
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Nice cheers Steve ..
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You gotta slow down on panning, and stay on subject a little longer.
Interesting subject, but mediocre camera work
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Are any of Amtrak's E8s still around?
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I loved your video. I wish there had been more 'conversation' in regard to the areas which we were fortunate enough to see, as guest viewers! I was fascinated by the motor-rewinding facility-among others. The wheel shop was very interesting. Joe Boardman, we know you have a very busy operation on your hands, but in all sincerity, I believe, that a really informative film-documentary should be made, of "What Makes Amtrak"! We support Amtrak in many ways, and, through the efforts and generosity of folks like 'acelaphillies', and the other 'Societies" and folks, which were mentioned, (to be able to have arranged this tour), I believe that 'Your Public', needs to get a better feeling for what you and Amtrak are all about! Great video. Please keep them coming if you can.
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+Tonys Amtrak Train Videos
I can't reply directly to your comment because of your Google+ settings, so hopefully you get this. The tour did cost money, however your bigger issue is actually finding a tour. Amtrak does not directly offer tours, rather this took place through a 3rd party: the USA Electric Railroaders Society. (www.erausa.org) Your best bet if you want a tour is to monitor the trips that are taking place with the local RR associations (ERA, NRHS, etc.). That's what I did. It took a few years of waiting, but sooner or later a tour will probably pop up. Thanks for watching, and I hope this helps! -
+acelaphillies
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Doesn't cost anything for the tour or what? I'm just curious a little. Because I really want to take a tour. Then I'll upload them to my channel. Please let me know. Thanks!
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why is thare a marc hhp-8 thare?
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My friend lost a medium sized bolt in that shop. So if you find one, it's probably his.
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awesome video.
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Awesome video!!!!
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amtrak uses genset's?
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Assembled using metric threaded fasteners & components. Big chuckle on my face.
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the toasters are being stored here once ACS testing is complete the toasters will be cut up and scrapped some of them will go to museums.
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Nice thanks for uploading this. I really like the AEM-7 train. One of my favorite Amtrak passenger locomotives. I use this train a lot on Microsoft train simulator for the NEC missions.