Amtrak metroliner passenger cars

Elliot Welz.

Also made straight Amfleet cars. Long time ago, possibly the late 1980's was the last production run. I was able to get some replacement end caps for my 5-car set of his Amfleets through him a few years ago (the original plastic had a tendency to shrink). He said at the time that the tooling was up for sale.

Evidently I was lucky I did get them when I did (2012 CTT forum link, last post)

---PCJ

I had a set of the Amulet cars.  They were very nice.  Much nicer than the cars Williams made.

I am a fan of the Metroliner and have a set of the Williams cars. Lionel made some very nice cab control cars to go with the HHP8 set they made. These would be a great start to some Metroliner cars. I don't k ow why Lionel has not re run these cars or made the alterations to turn the cab control car into a Metroliner. 

I am originally from Upstate NY...BTW. are you saying Lionel made these??

The set you have is made by Elliot Welz, not Lionel.  

Silver Lake was suggesting that Lionel should make Metroliners using the previously made and hard to find Amfleet Cab Control car.  

I have Welz Amfleet cars.  I also have Williams Amfleet and Metroliners.  All nice in their own ways.  Pictured are Williams Metroliners. 

Thanks for clarifying me. Sometimes My thoughts are lost in translation. 

That Pennsy Metroliner looks sharp. As much as I do appreciate  the sturdy extruded aluminum of the Williams cars I wish they were not all Cafe window placement. 

Would love to see MTH or Lionel do a Metroliner set in PRR,PC and Amtrak. I know MTH was going to do a set back in 2001 but canceled it because of lack of preorders if I am correct about that.

Ok guys... Thank you very much. I was so disconnected with this one and now have a lot of understanding. I have heard of Elliot being the one who did an awesome job restoring the GG1s but had no idea! Thanks again for all the replies

Chris

I have an earlier production Weltz Metroliner set and a late Williams set.  The Welz cars are much more interesting in my opinion.  The pantographs are better and while their proportion is not scale, the extrusions are little smaller so they feel more realistic.  The motor is a single Lionel Pullmor on the lead unit and cars have both coaches and lounge cars in the set.

Here are some videos of both sets running.

The Weltz set

The Williams set

MTH Amfleet 20-6556 4 car set & 20-6656 2 car add on set delivered Aug 2000. Sometimes on ebay

Larry S

Silver Lake posted:

Thanks for clarifying me. Sometimes My thoughts are lost in translation. 

That Pennsy Metroliner looks sharp. As much as I do appreciate  the sturdy extruded aluminum of the Williams cars I wish they were not all Cafe window placement. 

I agree on the window issue on Williams.  They could have easily done three of the four cars as all coach windows.