P370/P371 off to a boring start in 2023...
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:18 pm
Remember when the Pere Marquette showed up with a new locomotive almost every day? Well, those days are gone. Compiled from your posts on railroadfan.com:
2023 year-to-date
3 locomotives
Every P370/371 run has had a Charger. No other locomotive type or NPCU has appeared.
IDTX 4603 - one run, P371-01 on New Year’s Day
IDTX 4615 - 26 runs, 1/1/23-1/14/23
IDTX 4630 - 22 runs, 1/14/23-1/25/23
June 29, 2020-December 31, 2022 (6/29/20 was the resumption of service after the pandemic hiatus)
38 locomotives - 28 Chargers, 10 others
Chargers - 1,767 runs
P42s - 58 runs
P32-8s - 2 runs
December 1, 2013-June 28, 2020
186 locomotives - 24 Chargers, 138 P42s, 6 P40s, 6 P32s, 9 NPCUs
Chargers - 778 runs
P42s - 1,951 runs
P32-8s - 84 runs
NPCUs - 1,036 runs
Cumulative, 1/1/2013-1/24/23
IDTX 4619
First revenue Charger on P370-09 of November 9, 2017.
Has the most runs on P370/371 - 238 to date*
IDTX 4627
The only IDTX Charger that has never run on P370/371
(If it has, it wasn't recorded on railroadfan.com.)
AMTK 27
P42 with most known runs - 130 known, certainly more went unrecorded*
AMTK 822
P40DC with most known runs - 12*
AMTK 506
P32 (Dash with most known runs - 34*
AMTK 90229
NPCU with the most runs - 249*
Other Firsts, Lasts, & Noteworty
Last revenue run of a Dash 8: AMTK 518 on P370-09 of January 9, 2022. The HEP died overnight in GR and the Superliners froze; P371-10 was a non-revenue move back to Chicago.
Last known run of a Cabbage: AMTK 90229 on P371-07 of January 7, 2019. The data can be sparse in this era, and I will keep digging, but at the moment, this is the last recorded run of a NPCU. No more vegetables.
Last known run of a P40: AMTK 822 on P371-16 of December 16, 2016
First revenue Venture coach: P370-15 of September 15, 2022.
Baggage Cars have run twice: (1) P370-03 of April 4, 2015 had four Superliners, one of which was a Coach/Baggage car. Someone said they thought Hope College had a group going skiing and added it for that. Four cars were on the train at least through P371-13. (2) P370-01 of July 1, 2017 and the next morning’s P371 had a Viewliner baggage car for unknown reasons.
There's a lot more to note--private varnish, the exhibit train, Ocean View, the Sightseer Lounge on the anniversary train, notable service disruptions--but it's time to call it quits for the night.
*June 29, 2020 was the date the Pere Marquette returned after its pandemic hiatus. Since then, practically every run has been recorded. The data gets less complete prior to that, but I have done at least one pass through the archives as far back as 1/1/2013.
2023 year-to-date
3 locomotives
Every P370/371 run has had a Charger. No other locomotive type or NPCU has appeared.
IDTX 4603 - one run, P371-01 on New Year’s Day
IDTX 4615 - 26 runs, 1/1/23-1/14/23
IDTX 4630 - 22 runs, 1/14/23-1/25/23
June 29, 2020-December 31, 2022 (6/29/20 was the resumption of service after the pandemic hiatus)
38 locomotives - 28 Chargers, 10 others
Chargers - 1,767 runs
P42s - 58 runs
P32-8s - 2 runs
December 1, 2013-June 28, 2020
186 locomotives - 24 Chargers, 138 P42s, 6 P40s, 6 P32s, 9 NPCUs
Chargers - 778 runs
P42s - 1,951 runs
P32-8s - 84 runs
NPCUs - 1,036 runs
Cumulative, 1/1/2013-1/24/23
IDTX 4619
First revenue Charger on P370-09 of November 9, 2017.
Has the most runs on P370/371 - 238 to date*
IDTX 4627
The only IDTX Charger that has never run on P370/371
(If it has, it wasn't recorded on railroadfan.com.)
AMTK 27
P42 with most known runs - 130 known, certainly more went unrecorded*
AMTK 822
P40DC with most known runs - 12*
AMTK 506
P32 (Dash with most known runs - 34*
AMTK 90229
NPCU with the most runs - 249*
Other Firsts, Lasts, & Noteworty
Last revenue run of a Dash 8: AMTK 518 on P370-09 of January 9, 2022. The HEP died overnight in GR and the Superliners froze; P371-10 was a non-revenue move back to Chicago.
Last known run of a Cabbage: AMTK 90229 on P371-07 of January 7, 2019. The data can be sparse in this era, and I will keep digging, but at the moment, this is the last recorded run of a NPCU. No more vegetables.
Last known run of a P40: AMTK 822 on P371-16 of December 16, 2016
First revenue Venture coach: P370-15 of September 15, 2022.
Baggage Cars have run twice: (1) P370-03 of April 4, 2015 had four Superliners, one of which was a Coach/Baggage car. Someone said they thought Hope College had a group going skiing and added it for that. Four cars were on the train at least through P371-13. (2) P370-01 of July 1, 2017 and the next morning’s P371 had a Viewliner baggage car for unknown reasons.
There's a lot more to note--private varnish, the exhibit train, Ocean View, the Sightseer Lounge on the anniversary train, notable service disruptions--but it's time to call it quits for the night.
*June 29, 2020 was the date the Pere Marquette returned after its pandemic hiatus. Since then, practically every run has been recorded. The data gets less complete prior to that, but I have done at least one pass through the archives as far back as 1/1/2013.