schlimmGreat pics! Thanks for sharing. Did the B&O call those Speedliners?
https://www.classicstreamliners.com/npt-daylight-speedliner.html
Originally operated between Philadelphia & Pittsburgh and was truncated to Baltimore & Pittsburgh when the B&O eliminated passenger service East of Baltimore in April 1958.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
wanswheel
What is more amazing is that one manually operated crossing gate is down and it's companion is still in the raised position.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2975379
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2944349
Excerpt from Baltimore Sun, Jan. 8, 1993
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/news/1993008201_1_budd-cars-diesel-cars-passenger-cars
"They are the last and oldest Budd car fleet in daily use in this country," says John Hankey, curator of the B&O Museum and a former railroad engineer…
"There was an interesting little quirk about car No. 9913," says Hankey, a former B&O-CSX engineer. "There was a low-level conspiracy about it on the railroad. Even though the name Baltimore and Ohio had ceased to be, the car's name was never painted over. Officials looked the other way. It was a sentimental thing."
zugmann Maybe that's the whole idea with all the baggage cars? No seats = lots of people room.
Maybe that's the whole idea with all the baggage cars? No seats = lots of people room.
Mystery solved! Cordwood.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
daveklepper So some seats have passengers trying to see the scenery though the posts between the windows? Somebody better male that point to both bosses very quickly.
So some seats have passengers trying to see the scenery though the posts between the windows?
Somebody better male that point to both bosses very quickly.
Good points. Amtrak did do a bunch of heritage coaches back in the late 1980s for Harrisburg and Clocker service. 100 seats, rubber floors, no recline. They were very tolerable for < 2hr trips.
If Amtrak can do legroom with the equivalent of airline 32" seat pitch, that should be fine. Airlines do less than that on their long haul 15 hour flights in coach.
https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Delta_Airlines/Delta_Airlines_Boeing_777-200ER.php
In my experience the passengers in the NEC could care less about the scenery. The first thing some of them do when they get in their seats is to close the curtains to lessen the glare on their PC or tablet screens. Some even choose the end seats that don't have any windows. These days only railfans care about what is outside the windows.
BaltACDC,
That is a nice looking RDC!
runnerdude48 In my experience the passengers in the NEC could care less about the scenery. The first thing some of them do when they get in their seats is to close the curtains to lessen the glare on their PC or tablet screens. Some even choose the end seats that don't have any windows. These days only railfans care about what is outside the windows.
oltmannd https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amtrak-idUSKBN19X2UJ Amtrak considering reducing seat pitch to create economy class. Okay. If you can't afford new equipment.... Also, the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget that keeps Amtrak pretty much as-is plus a big chunk of money for Gateway.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amtrak-idUSKBN19X2UJ
Amtrak considering reducing seat pitch to create economy class. Okay. If you can't afford new equipment....
Also, the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget that keeps Amtrak pretty much as-is plus a big chunk of money for Gateway.
What would youexpect when you hire an airline exec to run a railroad? To be able to stretch out in your seat and move about the train is one of the plusses of train travel.
243129 oltmannd https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amtrak-idUSKBN19X2UJ Amtrak considering reducing seat pitch to create economy class. Okay. If you can't afford new equipment.... Also, the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget that keeps Amtrak pretty much as-is plus a big chunk of money for Gateway. What would youexpect when you hire an airline exec to run a railroad? To be able to stretch out in your seat and move about the train is one of the plusses of train travel.
Johnny
conrailman Amtrak is not thinking with they head. They are thinking with Butt.
Amtrak is not thinking with they head. They are thinking with Butt.
That has been S.O.P.since inception. I speak from experience because I have operated their trains on the NEC since 1971
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