The GE Dash 8-32BWH, also known as the P32-8WH or B32-8WH, is a modern diesel-electric passenger train locomotive used by Amtrak. It is based on GE's Dash 8 series of freight train locomotives.
Twenty of these locomotives were delivered to Amtrak in 1991 and numbered 500 through 519. They were nicknamed "Pepsi Cans" by many railfans, due to being delivered in a wide-striped red, white, and blue livery. They have since been repainted in more recent Amtrak liveries.
Today, the Dash 8-32BWH has been relegated to yard switching (mainly in Los Angeles, Oakland and Miami) and transfer service, displaced by the newer and more powerful GE Genesis, but the Dash 8s occasionally substitute for the Genesis units if necessary and Pacific Surfliner units as well during Del Mar Horse Racing Season. They are usually used in the west coast for the Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, Capital Corridor and Cascades trains.
An Amtrak California 8-32BWH locomotive. This locomotive was once AMTK #501 and is still used on Amtrak routes outside of California during certain occasions.
An Amtrak \P32-8WH locomotive in the most recent Phase V livery.
Two of the locomotives, 501 and 502, were purchased by the California Department of Transportation and renumbered 2051 and 2052, and received the Amtrak California paint scheme. They are used on the Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin trains.
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