According to an ex Amtrak engineer out of LA, 229 was the best loading engine on property at the time, and he wanted to have it on his retirement run. So he got his wish, SBA-LAX, sometime in the mid 1990’s (can’t remember the year)…

I like trains

Cool machines 😎👍

Lookin' good.

The only reason this engine holds any place in my brain is because in the late 80s, my family got our first HO scale train set, and it had an electric Amtrak 229, with a gray hopper car and a lime green box car. Had enough track for a single oval. Toys R Us or Play Co, San Diego, circa 1989.

I now have an HO model of 229, so this is even cooler!

Look up "Amtrak 90229 heartland flyer" and you've got the best p5 ever.

The Amtrak F40PH is amazing.

Got her in HO scale!

The horn sound like WABCO AA2, but the shape are not like it either. So, what is the horn on that locomotive

I caught Amtrak 590 not that long ago sad to see it has a different horn

That was the best locomotive that Amtrak ever had.Its a shame it was retired.A true classic locomotive.

That reminds me of going back in time to see Amtrak F40ph number 229 with P5a horn.

Great work. I just Don’t like the Design of it. Did SP buy any of these .?

I can't help but find it hilarious how this loco has had not one, not two, but THREE bad horns. What are the chances?

About Maybach engine-building: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaXXn2eInJebrKc . In this documentary, the MD-engine is treated.

Nice work ! Very interesting to see, as a European with interest in North-American railways. More about the history of Maybach: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZiXfICbbLt9fK8 . Later in this documentary, rail applications are treated, and near the end hydraulic transmission is mentioned.

Draw?

As the locomotive is reversing through Brightside on the return journey, there's a close-up shot of the headlamps. They look like their swiveling in some rotating fashion, is this just an optical illusion or do they actually move like that for some reason?

I like the other body design

Thank You for sharing this video not all f40 units were the same because they did n t all have the K5LA horn ones that did n t suck

I've also seen 90229 in Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, CA) and passing through the Carlsbad Bluffs in the late afternoon.

At least it isnt getting scrapped

Amtrak F40PH 229 has a P5A train horn, a Very good one!

That newer P5A in the late 1990s on 229 is killer. I have a few of the DVD sets from America by rail featuring it

I have an HO scale model of that locomotive.

Looks like 299 was squawking then going through the crossings because of the bad air horn

I wish the 229 is no longer a cab car and now a locomotive again

Looks like she has a real roomy cab!

but it isnt a bad p5a to us moderntiers(to me)

God this locomotive looks so cool in that grey and red paint.

It's mid 2019, is she restored yet? Running under it's own power?

Last year the 9010 moved under her own power does anyone know the status of her rebuild??

Very nice video except at 0:42. How could you hate that horn?!

Sounds like metra lol

Cool to see how everything looked like in 1980! Not just the F40, but how we lived.

I love that OP thrum and the blower howl at higher throttle settings. It's such a shame there aren't any Trainmasters still running.

90229 retained its P5 when converted into a NPCU up until the repaint

Well because in September of 2018 90229 hit a car crossing the tracks and 90229 is off to the scrap yard

RIP 90229

WHAT ABOUT F40S WITH THE NATHAN K5LA THE BEST THE VERY BEST

its got one of the most gorgeous horns ever I love it but I hate Amtrak California its soooooo ugly and plain. BUT THAT K5LA OOOHHH YOUCH. Otherwise k5la is the best horn ever so is phase 4, 4b, and phase 5 for the engines. my fav is phase 4 superliner cars with the superliner across the side and the phase 4b is sweet to for the supers but not as nice. phase 4 and 5 for the engines are all awesome. specially the cabbage looks sweet in 5.

i use to have 229

Any update on the Kraut? It looks wonderful!

Model railroaders will also recognize 229 as the number Lifelike used on their old F40PH model.

Hey, i know this person is pretty healthy even though he is about 30 years old, but why don’t we take all all their organs out but computerize the head for ear, mouth, and vocal cord response? Good idea right? (Basically what happened to the F40PH’s.

Wow 229 goes way back. Good job

Any fans of the "America by Rail" video series will recognize this engine immediately, it was in the opening scene of the San Diegan train pulling out of San Diego. I never noticed what number the engine was until today. Nice video!

It breaks my heart to see 229 go to waste. I mean it didn’t really but they could’ve just gave him a tune up and a new horn but why paint him? That would be cool to just have a phase I f40 rolling around right? I’m a fan of NPCU units but I mean a blast from the past would be awesome!!

Why is there a giant train station in the middle of a busy road anyway? Who's the moron that designed Jack London Square Station?