40th Anniversary
For Amtrak's 40th Anniversary a number of locomotives are receiving a special version of historic paint schemes. The engines will tour the country in regular service as well as serving on a special museum train Amtrak has put together. From January through April 2011, Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops outside Indianapolis released the units and sent them north on the Hoosier State (Train 851). The Anniversary locomotives were selected from units scheduled for repainting or recent wreck rebuilds.
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