>>1440925MILW had five FP45's originally for passenger power, but 1971 Amtrak came along demanding everyone turn over their passenger equipment so government-backed service could get off the ground.
MILW was already having problems (their sad downfall started mid 1960's), and so gave the finger to Amtrak by gutting all the HEP/steam generators out of the FP45's. This meant they were now officially regular freight engines, and so they gained a new life.
Problem was MILW's track was already going to shit and retards in charge insisted on repairing the lines with lighter rail, which didn't play nice with the heavy-assed FP45's. The nine FP45's owned by AT&SF had decent enough careers without the problems MILW had.
