Rohr RTL III Turboliners: Status, Location, Disposition

STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:18 am Is there a metal scrapyard or scrapper nearby? Maybe it's on it's final journey.

they've literally been parked there for years.

As reported here, there is, or was, another somewhere along the Corridor in NJ; also for Police SWAT training.

They should have brought them to Quantico and let Uncle Sam's Misguided Children use them for gunnery practice.

JUNK

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:09 am As reported here, there is, or was, another somewhere along the Corridor in NJ; also for Police SWAT training.

Correct, a set is at Amtrak's Adams Yard in North Brunswick.

TWo sets are in adams yard. There is one set connected to wayside 480 and has been lit up for the last 3 years. One of these days, it will be a ball of fire.

Found this drone vid with GREAT FOOTAGE of the RTL III!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0INml57cB8I

That is SWEET! Thanks for sharing!

Other than somewhere on the New Haven, "wherzzat"

Amtrak's MoW yard near Cedar Hill.

Those rtls are in better shape than I thought

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BortCobain wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:19 pm Found this drone vid with GREAT FOOTAGE of the RTL III!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0INml57cB8I

It doesn't look so good anymore. What a huge waste!

Was just at Adams yard today. The one set that is on power is slowly loosing its lighting. The other set looks really terrible with the paint.

I still for the life of me can not understand the fascination with these things. They were nothing but trouble, the rebuilds by Stuper Steel were nothing but trouble. The last set that was "running" before Pataki and his make work project spent more time being towed by a dual mode than it did running under its own power if it ran at all. The only time I was happy to see one was when it was pieces on the back of a flat bed truck going to its final happy hunting ground. Let them turn into dust good riddance.

JUNK

Railjunkie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:45 am I still for the life of me can not understand the fascination with these things. They were nothing but trouble, the rebuilds by Stuper Steel were nothing but trouble. The last set that was "running" before Pataki and his make work project spent more time being towed by a dual mode than it did running under its own power if it ran at all. The only time I was happy to see one was when it was pieces on the back of a flat bed truck going to its final happy hunting ground. Let them turn into dust good riddance.

JUNK

I am not going to suggest the Turboliners were great, good, or terrible trains. But as for why there is a fascination over them, well New York State did buy them, refurbish them, for Amtrak to use on the Empire Corridor. Ever gave a gift that the receiver was so unhappy to get they refused to use it? Ouch, that does sting!

NYS buying these and doing the rebuilds always seemed like political favors being repaid more than a sound strategic move....