Amtrak NPCUs(Cabbags)

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Amtrak NPCUs(Cabbags)

Beginning in 1996 Amtrak took a bunch of aging F40PH engines, removed the prime-mover (engine), replaced the traction motors and trucks with compatible passenger trucks, filled the fuel tanks with cement and put in baggage doors. They called them non-powered baggage and control units, but the public called them Cab-bags or Cabbages. The 406 is here because it has no traction motors. Read more about it on it's page.

Videos

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Amtrak 86 and 90224 take Downeaster 681 through Hillside in Brunswick on January 15^thof 2021.
Video by John Erickson. This video is also on youtube.
Amtrak 97 and 90220 with Downeaster 683 at Mountain Jct beside a rail train on April 20^th of 2023.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 696 at Dover with 90406 on the lead and 145 on the rear on August 3^rd of 2024.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 695 northbound at Exeter Station with 90213 on the rear on August 3^rd of 2024.
Video by John Erickson.

Pictures

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Definition
Term	Defined As
Wrecking Crew	Crew assigned to the duties of rerailing and cleanup after a wreck. Relief crew. Derogatory term derived from the difficulty first crews sometimes experienced in rearranging a caboose after it has been used by a relief crew. Relief crews would often ride in the caboose until their turn to operate the train, then the first crew would take it up.

Definition

Term

Defined As

Wrecking Crew

Crew assigned to the duties of rerailing and cleanup after a wreck.
Relief crew. Derogatory term derived from the difficulty first crews sometimes experienced in rearranging a caboose after it has been used by a relief crew. Relief crews would often ride in the caboose until their turn to operate the train, then the first crew would take it up.

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