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I can't really say what my favorite pre-Amtrak train was, because I was too young at the time to go wandering off by myself when I was living in New York City. When I started junior high school, I would sneak up to Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal in Man-hattan after school to watch the parade of long distance in their afternoon departure time slots. My mother would freak every time for coming home late from school, know-ing fully well where I was, but she was more relieved to know that I wasn't doing any drugs, drinking or committing crimes. Some of those trains were still very long (16-20 cars) and would sport several lounge cars and twin unit diner combinations. I've seen on rare occasions where they had to run 2 GG1's on some of the southern trains be-cause of the length (20+ cars) and the steam capacity to reach the rear most cars. Even at Grand Central Terminal, when one of the trains still ran to Chicago, there were some occasions I witnessed 3 FL9's to pull the train up the Park Avenue tunnel. That was true and real railroading at it's best, even if it was at it's worst. <br /> <br /> <br />Glenn <br />A R E A L RAILROADER...A T R U E AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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