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Dual Mode GENESIS along the Hudson

GE’s dual mode P32DM-AC is a highly specialized locomotive model built during the mid-1990s for Amtrak and Metro North.

Similar in appearance to the more common P42 employed by Amtrak and VIA Rail in passenger service across the United States and Canada, the P32DM-AC dual mode variation was designed to draw current from third rail when operating on electrified lines in New York City.

Kris and I had the opportunity to watch these engines race up and down the Hudson from our vantage point at Mine Dock Park.

I exposed these photos using my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm lens. I’ve enlarged a few photos to get a larger view of the GE diesels.

Amtrak P32DM-AC number 707 leads train 235 near Manitou, NY.
Enlarged version of the top photo.
Metro-North 234 leads train 839 toward Poughkeepsie.
Metro-North 234 near Manitou, NY.
Metro-North 227 works at the back of Grand Central bound train from Poughkeepsie.
Metro-North 227 works at the back of Grand Central bound train from Poughkeepsie.

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