Electric Ballast Conveyer Car Move. Plasser American describes that the MFS40 has the "ability to transport, store, load and unload up to 41 cubic yards of ballast, spoils, or other material in train formation to and from various work sites." Working in various configurations, it can clean or distribute ballast using sets of cars or an individual car. As Amtrak has purchased more of the larger MFS60, and its MFS40 cars are being moved for storage. In the early morning hours of February 13, 2024, Amtrak ACS-64 609 is seen leading the consist passing through the MTA Metro-North Railroad Old Greenwich, Connecticut Station. On this segment of the trip, the crew brought the train to New Haven, CT, where the locomotive would be changed for a diesel and subsequently moved to the Cedar Hill Yard for storage.
