EMD E8A Amtrak(R) Phase I #322 (Model Train) - HobbySearch Model Train N Store

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[Amtrak E8A Phase I]
- When Amtrak began operation in 1971, it did not have its own rolling stock, and like passenger cars, it received locomotives from various railroads and operated them with the same livery.However, starting in 1972, most of the rolling stock gradually changed to Amtrak's livery. Repainted in (Phase I) E8A was also repainted in the same way.
- Amtrak paint (Phase I) had a light gray body with Amtrak's [Pointless Arrow] logo on the side, and the front nose part was painted red, so it was nicknamed [Bloody Nose].
- At the time, Amtrak did not name its car body paints, but model railroaders called the first paint scheme Phase I, and numbered all subsequent phases using Roman numerals. It was a.
- Later, Amtrak adopted the phase numbering system as its official terminology.

Item Size/Weight : 19.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm / 199g