106-8002 Amfleet I Coach Set (2) Amtrak PhVi Brand_Mainline The powerful five pole motor

The powerful five pole motor is fitted with a large flywheel driving the centre wheelset via a precision 40:1 gearbox

with British Railways completing its construction

with the addition of four propellor units

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The notable feature is that the two outer wagons have screw link couplings and buffers on the outer most edge of the train

106-8002 Amfleet I Coach Set (2) Amtrak PhVi Brand_Mainline The powerful five pole motorDuring its beginnings, Amtrak inherited its passenger cars from other railroads. Old, steam heated and in dire need of upgrades, Amtrak set out to replace these cars in 1973 with the purchase of the first Amfleet cars from Budd. This initial batch of 492 cars were the Amfleet I with a door and vestibule on either end (unlike their single doored successor), these cars fell into a few different varieties but essentially broke down into coach and dinette