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<p>[quote user="oltmannd"]</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Paul Milenkovic:</strong></div> <div> <p> </p> <p>Perhaps the 150 MPH rating was just bragging rights as I am not sure they operated much over 120 MPH in revenue service.  Something closer to a production Silverliner probably could have done the job more reliably and with less fanfare, but that was the era of Moon landings.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>I think 120 was it, but the engineer would cheat a bit.  I recall seeing 127 on the speed indicator on one trip.</p> <p>Moon Landings?  I rode a Metroclub car the day the first landed on the moon.  I was 13. [/quote]</p> <p>My brother was a Westinghouse electrical engineer as the time the Metroliners were being developed. He told me that they tested 150 mph on a test run somewhere in New Jersey. He did not witness the test. So what he said, at least from a legal perspective, is hearsay. Having said that, he is not know for exaggeration. </p> <p>Whilst living in New York I made numerous trips on the Metroliner to Philadelphia and Washington.  If I remember correctly, several of the crew members (I ask because I am essentially noisy) told me that the train was authorized for 125 mph in regular service for short sections of the run. Again, this is what I was told. I don't have any hard data to support it.</p> <p> </p>
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