Reply to "METROLINERS - Let's get them made!"

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@GG1 4877 posted:
No photos, but I have these videos of first the Williams models and then the Welz ones.

I couldn't agree with you more with regard to the Welz set! I have a strong preference for it. Part of my bias is that it was my first Amtrak model. The pantographs are superior to the Williams set and I thought the "depth effect" on the silhouette was pretty cool.

Funny enough, I tried to find a photo of the set and all I could find was a shot from a year I also had it on Christmas Tree Duty. I guess it looks at home on tight curves.

I would love to pick up a scale set if it was made although I've never actually taken a ride in one.
I have used the metroliner's diesel cousin, the Budd SPV 2000.

13 SPV2000's were built between April and July 1980 by Budd. Intended to be a modern RDC, the name SPV stood for Self Propelled Ve… | Train, Amtrak, Railroad photos

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