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I spotted some ALC-42s handling the Silver Meteor and Silver Star down in West Palm Beach this past weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xwy6Cqgki4

I took a joyride this weekend to see what all the buzz is about!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qNaey5eUJc

I think with Europe it's a cultural thing, and aside from low-cost carriers, here it's expected with airlines. Most people take the train to avoid airline-style conditions. Personally I enjoy assigned seating in business and first classes, but I don't see a need for it in coach. I tend to agree. I ...

Signs of life:

Can we expect continuing problems with PANs snagging on the old style PTT CAT? IMO time for Amtrak to bite the bullet and finish constant tension CAT on all sections where no improvements planned for speed increases. They're still working on completing the segment between Princeton Junction and Tre...

Watching the Silver Star and Silver Meteor roll by on the railcams, I'm reminded of why I was not a fan of the Phase III color scheme revival that coincided with the Viewliner II order. As I suspected, all these years later the sets are still unmatched and it makes them look worse imo than if Amtrak...

Limited stop Regionals seems to be the only real option. The only question is how many business class Amfleets can Amtrak scrounge up and do they resurrect the Metroliner name?

Also, "road worthy at 160" - wasn't the limit 125? The Budd Metroliners were intended to run at 160 mph, which would have made them the fastest trains in the world beating the first generation Shinkansens by a solid 30 mph. They attained speeds in excess of 160 mph in test runs, as commem...

I've been really confused about this coverage, because it makes it sound like the Avelias haven't turned a wheel on the NEC (except perhaps to get to Philly). My understanding is they were doing a lot of testing last year and the year before. And what exactly did the computer model testing cover? T...

So long Princeton Dinky?

That was most interesting, thanks for sharing! I would note that upon looking up more info on this project, it appears that the max operational speed will be 50 mph, so hardly high speed despite using "HST" equipment. That being said, the concerns expressed are still quite valid.

I was originally a fan of the in-room toilet in the Viewliner roomettes but a 2013 cross country trip aboard Superliners converted me to the opposite view. I do prefer the Viewliner II configuration, but I can see the arguments on either side. Incidentally, in October I took a ride aboard an old Pul...

I just returned from the Dallas metroplex after a week of visiting relatives in both Dallas and Fort Worth, and boy let me tell you, I thought New Jersey drivers were bad but driving in the DFW metroplex is at a whole other level! That whole region, while benefiting from some recent transit improvem...

I certainly can't complain at 17 years and 179k miles! (The mileage isn't quite a record for me - I put 220,000 on my 1997 Saturn SL2 but those were mostly highway miles over a shorter period of time.) Those rtls are in better shape than I thought Sent from my SM-S911U using Tapatalk They still look...

I think in this case, using turbos in the engines wasn't as refined back then... and it needed a decade to test, refine, and make reliable. Worth it? Yes, if to help fuel economy... but I don't know how long the engine back then was in development. Having a turbo'ed engine now, applying cars to tra...