Amtrak & NS

[steveiez]

When Amtrak needs the assistance of NS for a locomotive due to a breakdown who runs the NS engine? On several occasions NS has supplied engines on the Pennsylvanian out of Pittsburgh. Usually it has been a set of SD 40-2'S.
Thanks!

[krt11]

I CANT SAY FOR SURE ABOUT NS BUT WHEN IT WAS CONRAIL IT DEPENDED ALOT WHERE THE POWER WAS ADDED, IN A STATION  AS PITT MUST TIMES AMTRAK CREWS RAN THE TRAIN, THEN OUT ON THE ROAD WHEN AMTRAK HAD A PROBLEM THE CREW THAT WAS SENT TO HELP RAN THE TRAIN.  I WOULD THINK THE SAME POLICY WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT WITH NS WHO KNOWS