Amtrak unit on freight train at Flagstaff

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Hope Amtrak send them the bill for the damage to that units frame. Those Amtrak units are not designed to pull that much weight and frame will be twisted from the forces applied.
 
Hope Amtrak send them the bill for the damage to that units frame. Those Amtrak units are not designed to pull that much weight and frame will be twisted from the forces applied.
I have seen Amtrak dead in tow engines in that position in freight trains before, and all of them seemed to have survived the ordeal so far.
 
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I do recall when Amtrak was pulling all those express cars that they were having problems with the frames. So maybe a short time will not cause any issues.
The static and dynamic forces in a locomotive frame that is dead in tow I would expect is very very different from one that is powering a train.
 
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