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I was born too late to see many PAs in action, but when I was nine and living in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont my dad took me over to Plattsburgh where we caught the D&H's Adirondack down to Grand Central (It was the summer of 1976, I believe--I remember my disappointment the next year when we rode the new turbo train). When those blue and silver PAs rolled into the station I was in total awe--it was the most beautiful train I'd ever seen in my life. Anyway, we headed right for the vista dome car, which was one car back from the locomotives. And I remember being struck by how much smoke came out of those bad boys. Since then I've read that PAs were notorious for belching black smoke. Why was that? I realize they had some monster diesel motors inside, buy why so smoky? I was kind of hoping I'd get lucky and somebody on this forum might have operated or maintained PAs in their career. Were they prone to breakdowns and fussy mechanically? Just curious--thanks. And if anybody here remembers the Adirondack and maybe has some photos, I'd love to see them! (there's a few in "A Decade of D&H" but not much). I didn't start taking serious train pictures until the next year.
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