Some bizarre lash-ups but certainly colorful!
coincidentally, i just picked up a Lionel Amtrak F-3 from the mid-seventies on Ebay. Hope for delivery this week. Something charming about that livery, and the price was more than right! I can run it safely with anything.
Dave Warburton posted:Some bizarre lash-ups but certainly colorful!
coincidentally, i just picked up a Lionel Amtrak F-3 from the mid-seventies on Ebay. Hope for delivery this week. Something charming about that livery, and the price was more than right! I can run it safely with anything.
I really like those too - I upgraded mine to TMCC putting the board in the B Unit and running a tether to the lead and trailing A units (I upgraded so both are powered).
I see Brian reawakened this topic this morning. I have a new Empire Builder video that I shot Saturday. My layout will feature EB's from multiple eras. Here's a mid 70's version I put together using parts of two Williams six car Superliner sets and two powered Williams Genesis engines retrofitted with TMCC.
very nice Elliot !!
Amtrak only had eight of these unusual Bo-A1A configured locomotives on the books which were 1750hp rated electro diesels. The third rail pick up visible on the leading bogie being used in the long tunnels under the Hudson River into New York City. Suburban passenger company MNCR (Metro North Commuter Railroad) also operated a larger fleet of 33 of these locomotives over routes into New York City from the north.
No.487 in dire external condition with patches of grey primer paint on a badly faded white undercoat instead of silver is seen stood at Albany-Rensselaer station with a rake of Metroliner coaching waiting to leave with train 256 the "Empire State Express" 11.45 Albany-Rensselaer to New York Pennsylvania Station.
Ex-New Haven FL9s, if I recall correctly.
Mitch
Elliot, enjoyed your video but your timeframe is mid 90s instead of mid 70s. My first modern O gauge set was MTH Superliner, circa 1998.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Genesis
briansilvermustang posted:
Amtrak only had eight of these unusual Bo-A1A configured locomotives on the books which were 1750hp rated electro diesels. The third rail pick up visible on the leading bogie being used in the long tunnels under the Hudson River into New York City. Suburban passenger company MNCR (Metro North Commuter Railroad) also operated a larger fleet of 33 of these locomotives over routes into New York City from the north.
No.487 in dire external condition with patches of grey primer paint on a badly faded white undercoat instead of silver is seen stood at Albany-Rensselaer station with a rake of Metroliner coaching waiting to leave with train 256 the "Empire State Express" 11.45 Albany-Rensselaer to New York Pennsylvania Station.
Maybe, at the time, Amtrak paint schemes seemed attractive. But looking back, I think the powers that be must have had economy in mind. Do just enough to get the ball rolling and worry about stylish locomotive decorating later.
As much as I admire the Amulet coaches produced by BUDD, as someone pointed out, years ago, the trains of today look like they've been squeezed out of a toothpaste tube.
"The third rail pick up visible on the leading bogie being used in the long tunnels under the Hudson River into New York City."
The only RR tunnels under the Hudson is the pair heading into Penn Station, and there are no outside third rails that I am aware of. There are two other "RR" tunnels, built by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company (a/k/a The Hudson Tubes) but they only carry rapid transit cars.
The old NYC/NYNH&H tunnels under Park Avenue into Grand Central do have outside third rail.
The Coast Starlight hit a tree south of Eugene Oregon, 183 passengers were stuck from Sunday night till Tuesday morning when the train was towed back to Eugene. They had electricity and heat and free food and are getting a refund.
I have ridden this train several times, you are way up in the Cascades, deep snow, deep in the forest, no sign of any roads or civisalation.
hobby-go-lucky posted:
still want that amtrak set with the gg1
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