by RandallW
Besides paint and colors, how do these differ from the VIA sets? (I understand VIA already has at least one set in revenue service.)
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bostontrainguy wrote:This equipment isn't coming for a long time. No reason a sleeper (and even a baggage car) couldn't be added/removed in D.C. with the required engine change.The engine change in DC is going away with these new trainsets. It will only remain for the LD services
rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:35 am I look at these images and wonder how hard it would be to make a commuter variant. The dual mode functionality would be great to expand commuter services.It would be, but for DMV, Marc and Vre jointly buying dual mode MUs (with a bathroom) would make more sense.
KTHW wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:55 amMaybe in five to seven years.bostontrainguy wrote:This equipment isn't coming for a long time. No reason a sleeper (and even a baggage car) couldn't be added/removed in D.C. with the required engine change.The engine change in DC is going away with these new trainsets. It will only remain for the LD services
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:39 pm Again; the Night Owl Sleeper; Amtrak tried to resurrect it; it flopped (outside the railfan community); it's time to move on.Yeah, I was so willing to get up on a Night Owl sleeper, but they killed it. I still would want an "all roomette, save 1 handicap room" sleeper on the Night Owls. Ether way, between Washington to Boston is over 9 hours, so... more of a study is needed first.
STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:45 pmDo you remember the Executive Sleeper? It ran on the "Night Owl" between D.C. and New York Penn. When my wife was pregnant in 1985 we were traveling between D.C. and Boston in the regular sleeper. When we got to our room it was occupied! They double sold it. The attendant told us we would have to ride coach. Since my wife was very pregnant I knew she would have a difficult night in the coach. Then I got a brainstorm. What if we rode in the Executive Sleeper to NYP and then took the first train out of Penn Station to Boston in the morning? They said sure and that's what we did. We woke up in the bowels of Penn Station early the next morning where the lone sleeper was spotted. An Amtrak Redcap came down to get us and escorted us to the train to Boston. Have to say it was a unique experience.Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:39 pm Again; the Night Owl Sleeper; Amtrak tried to resurrect it; it flopped (outside the railfan community); it's time to move on.Yeah, I was so willing to get up on a Night Owl sleeper, but they killed it. I still would want an "all roomette, save 1 handicap room" sleeper on the Night Owls. Ether way, between Washington to Boston is over 9 hours, so... more of a study is needed first.
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:28 pm Do you remember the Executive Sleeper? It ran on the "Night Owl" between D.C. and New York Penn. When my wife was pregnant in 1985 we were traveling between D.C. and Boston in the regular sleeper. When we got to our room it was occupied! They double sold it. The attendant told us we would have to ride coach. Since my wife was very pregnant I knew she would have a difficult night in the coach. Then I got a brainstorm. What if we rode in the Executive Sleeper to NYP and then took the first train out of Penn Station to Boston in the morning? They said sure and that's what we did. We woke up in the bowels of Penn Station early the next morning where the lone sleeper was spotted. An Amtrak Redcap came down to get us and escorted us to the train to Boston. Have to say it was a unique experience.Sadly the Exec Sleeper wasn't during a time where I could take it. I was only 7 at the time.
Brochure:
https://history.amtrak.com/archives/amt ... chure-1985