City of Greensboro

NCDOT 1810 City of Greensboro (Debut February 23, 2012) is an EMD F59PH Piedmont train.

She and 1869 City of Durham are the most active and appearing Piedmont trains after 1792 City of Raleigh was destroyed in a wreck. She was the 3rd F59PH train to enter service, but is rarely ridden unless used southbound.

Appearance
1810 is a EMD F59PH, with N C in front of her in yellow, and under that is a large, white Star. Her front gate is white, her front is mostly blue and her back is white with NORTH CAROLINA written in black.

Above her wheels is a red stripe and a yellow stripe above that. All of the F59PH's are identical, except for the number and name.

Piedmont Service (2010 Testing)
1810 was rebuilt and was the first actual EMD F59PH engine, followed by City of High Point. The locomotive was used a few times in 2010 and 2011.

The horn on 1810 is reused from former Amtrak FL9 unit 486. The engine was rarely used during testing. The early use and testing was only experimental, and the locomotive did not actually enter service. Instead, the unit debuted in 2012.

Debut
1810 debuted suddenly in 2012. The christening of the locomotive was not photographed or caught on tape. The debut date is not entirely specific, as 1810 appeared very often during its debut period.

Piedmont Service (2012 -)
Not much is known about 1810. She was the third F59PH to enter service, following 1893 City of Burlington. She was built in 2010, running several tests with 1859 City of High Point and was used for testing, but didn't enter service until 2012.

This unit is not as popular as the rest, and is likely the least notable (After City of Charlotte) engine. Had City of High Point not entered service afterwards, this unit would have been the last F59PH unit to enter service until 2017, when two new engines, 1984 City of Kannapolis and 1871 Town of Cary entered service.

2012 Incident
1810 City of Greensboro was involved in a crash, when lead engine 1893 City of Burlington crashed into a truck trailer carrying limestone. 1810 was attached behind 1893, but survived the crash with minor limestone dust on the locomotive.

1893 was replaced by another engine bearing the same name and number, although that engine did not become christened until 2016.

2017 Incident
In February 2017, 1810 City of Greensboro was carelessly maintained and possibly sabotaged by a maintenance worker. While travelling through Carrboro NC, the front plates fell apart, and were blown off the engine by the wind.

Although the engine was believably totaled due to exposed and possibly out of place parts, repairs were successful.