Engines of Amtrak - Budd Metroliner

[@AmtrakGuy365]

Please go watch the remake of this episode here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oonWaaiXmraBiK8 In my opinion, its a lot more watchable and well written than this one lol. I'll still be keeping this episode up if you wanna come back to it but still, please check out the remade version too!

[@tom-and-mom]

9:33 9:48 9:51 9:52 8:02 8:04 7:44 7:50 2:20 11:41 9:39 8:37 1:57 2:01 3:23 3:56 3:57 3:41 3:40 8:49 9:14 9:15 9:07 9:12 10:22 10:32 10:34 10:38 10:23 10:24 9:13 7:52 7:53 7:59 8:00 2:02 7:43 3:16 3:22 3:28 8:44 8:43 3:03 3:04

[@tom-and-mom]

4:21 Electrical arcing issue 4:25

[@tom-and-mom]

4:26 LOL!

[@tom-and-mom]

6:13 Westinghouse

[@tom-and-mom]

5:04 Output: 1200 horsepower

[@rohanrohan8317]

I love how old regeared GG1s could meet almost similar speeds of the metroliners while the GG1s were really old and outdated

[@cnguy3948Official]

Some gg1s had related ship horns

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

GG1's top speed is 135mph, but they restricted to 100mph.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

GG1s were a jack of all trades for the corridor. They could literally do anything. High speed passenger trains, intercity freight, heavy long distance trains, you name it the GG1 could do it. They were also extremely reliable despite being such an ancient locomotive. That "Ship horn" also known as the Leslie A200 which was a popular horn throughout the 40s and 50s for ships and locomotives was also quite the distinct sound on the corridor earning the nickname "honker" The only reasons the AEM-7 took the GG1's crown was age and the AEM-7s while on par with reliability were much faster and a little shorter in size. Quite a few old hands I've met that work with Amtrak say the GG1 was the best engine they ever had. Heck if Amtrak decided to spend some cash on rebuilds and replacing the PCB based transformers the GG1s could of lasted for quite a few more years!

[@maxsido2149]

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren The GG1 was and Still Remains an NEC Icon

[@onecolossalrubikscube2554]

Well what if the metroliner was a dmu instead of an emu

[@seanmaxwell3319]

Those just look like commuter trains! Can’t believe they were supposed to go as fast as the Shinkansen...

[@saturnarmy3636]

But they did

[@n.y.6798]

3:26 you look like ur right

[@mikegaskin5542]

@@saturnarmy3636 The Metroliners might have briefly topped out at speeds comparable to the 0 Series Shinkansen in a few spots like Princeton Junction, but the brand-new dedicated right-of-way for the Tokaido Shinkansen ensured that Shinkansen trains could maintain much higher platform-to-platform average speeds

[@Big73Bang]

Unfortunately, the northeast corridor is not able to run a train as fast as the Shinkansen unless there are major changes to the route. There's just too much development along the line now. Railroad and government will get fierce resistance if they try to pull eminent domain and kick out people near the route so they can make the needed modifications.

[@tom-and-mom]

3:05 3:06

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

I see those on the Keystone all the time. so easy to notice that bee stripe paint on the front. I love how they still have their original mechanical bells on them! also the K5LAs they have sound WAY better than their ear piercing originals

[@halofan6785]

Hi thunderbolt I love your videos 😁

[@vsetfortysevenproductions]

Hi go on #EnginesOfAmtrainYTP

[@colamations5066]

And Also When Is There Going Be A Engine’s Of Septa Video

[@Boypogikami132]

Yo Thunder! Someone said that SEPTA was the Society of the Elimination of the Train of America and not Southeast Pennsylvania Authority but I don’t know what T in SEPTA means

[@rwboa22]

@@Boypogikami132, the running joke is that SEPTA means "Slowly Eliminating Public Transportation Altogether." Nearly happened under former Pennsylvania Governor (later U.S. Attorney General) Dick Thornburg and until dedicated funding was in place (using toll revenue from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, increased gas taxes, and licensing and registration fees from PennDOT). SEPTA's push-pull consists are mostly rebuilt Comet coaches purchased from NJ Transit, although their Silverliner IV m.u. coaches were built by G.E. for the Penn Central and Reading Railroads (Conrail after 1976) under SEPTA funding. SEPTA took over from Conrail in 1983 and tried to convert the Regional Rail System (connected by the Center City Tunnel in 1984) into a rapid-transit system akin to Germany's S-Bahn, but didn't work out due to the various labor disputes between the railroad unions and the Transportation Workers Union (whose motormen were operating the Fox Chase-Newtown Rapid Transit Line; the former Reading Railroad line connecting Newtown in Bucks County and the Fox Chase station in Philadelphia), as well as the deteriorated conditions of the Reading Viaduct between the tunnel portal in Northern Liberties and North Broad Station (where the Norristown Line splits from the SEPTA Main Line).

[@MrExec3549]

I worked the Metroliners from 1974 through 1981 as a field technician. Ran every day between New York City and Washington, and also between New Haven and Washington. Thinking back on 50 years of personal railroading, this was the Greatest job ever. Paul Messina, New York City.

[@joesiciliano5280]

Great video ! Metroliner cab cars are still in Keystone service between Harrisburg and Phila / NYC.

[@RRansomSmith]

@benas rasickis No they're Metroliner cab cars with the pantographs removed. Amfleet cars were never built with cabs and followed the exterior design of the Metroliner as both were built by Budd.

[@janmelantu7490]

@@RRansomSmith …yeah, they’re Metroliner Cab Cars. Just because they aren’t powered anymore doesn’t make them not Metroliners. Joe isn’t wrong here

[@RRansomSmith]

@@janmelantu7490 Look at the comment again. I didn't reply to Joe. I replied to someone who has since removed their comment. Reading is fundamental.

[@samplays3971]

I loved those cab cars. They still run and I used to go up into the cab and "drive" I learned to drive it and the scheduled Friday service that stopped at Downingtown at around 6:00 always had the same driver and I always went to the cab and hung out, sounded the horn, etc. It was so fun, now I don't ride trains weekly so I don't get that experience. I was young, and it was very fun. Around 2012 to 2014 is when I did all this. I was maybe 8 or 9, and that has led me to such a train fanatic now. I'll miss the AEM-7 that I used to see daily on the end of my train, and I'll miss the AEM 7 #910 and #917 that I hopped into the cabs of on two different Sundays, and blew the horn so loud out of Philadelphia 30th street. I blew people's hearing out I think... haha those were the days .

[@FrehleyFan3988]

Lucky! I got to switch the switches at mo interlocking when I was young. And I still have a mug with mo printed on it

[@DudeBrainsTV]

Whoa! That sounds like a ton of fun!

[@annep845]

M

[@Reading3412Studios]

Sam Play cool

[@TrainMann]

How the heck did you get in there?

[@speedskiff2]

Glad I got to ride on one from Baltimore to NJ. Was at home before others I worked with who opted to fly landed at Newark. Watching tracks blur out back car and leaning in banked curves was memorable.

[@JamesEllison69]

5:16, pretty damn fitting horn for such a strange ass vehicle.

[@Mnrr6131]

Yeah they were pretty odd.

[@capitollimitedproductions211]

1:02 *HWOOSH* said Toby “Shh shh, Bridgette. You’ve offended him!” Said her brother

[@Fadhiil5112]

"Toot toot" said Gordon

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

Gotta love the Doppler effect of the horn as it beats past you.

[@anthonyholroyd4338]

So America had the same problem with the metroliner as my native UK seems to have with projects like the APT Great idea, poor execution.

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

Anthony Holroyd also they where put into service too quickly

[@anthonyholroyd4338]

Nick Apples as was the APT.

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

Anthony Holroyd it is a shame what happened to the APT because for it's time it looked promising

[@lorumipsum1129]

Nick it kind of made a return though. With similar tech being used in the Acela.

[@rasmusjonsson1348]

Sweden have a train that tilts that was first tested 1989 and there are still a few in service today called X2000.

[@CraftyFoxe]

Lol is the music from Railroad Tycoon 3?

[@dislikemyvids9222]

Hi

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

I love that you watched this like 3 years later

[@Keither754]

I was about to comment the same thing XD So yes, I'm pretty sure it's from RT3

[@donetrainboi6031]

Ah, got it

[@jacksonskyline]

The description says Railroad Tycoon, and Railroad Tycoon 2.

[@jedlikestrains7599]

I have been watching his newer videos. And his mic is so much better now

[@halofan6785]

7:58 the song in the background is “the battle of New Orleans” by Jonny Horton

[@76gregs]

The shot of the Reading unite at Wayne The engineer is Robert Morton my great uncle.

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

76gregs wow that's amazing ! God bless him

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

Wow.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Americans: Aerodynamics never heard of it, let's just make an unbelievably ugly tube with bits of corrugated roof stuck to it, to enhance the falling apart aesthetic and incredibly unsafe look of the tube, I'm sure that will inspire confidence in the public to use it.

[@KaiDiesAgain]

it looks like its made out of tin foil and proves it if involved with crashes

[@melonsoda4743]

what is wrong with pay to win? its fine

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@melonsoda4743 can cause addiction like gambling additions, it excludes people from poorer backgrounds, it causes huge problems with new people not being able to play the game properly due to mismatches in the amount someone has bought/gained, it's money grubbing and greedy.

[@MichaelN12]

GE Genesis? F59PHI? ACELA EXPRESS?!

[@ajf5745]

@@MichaelN12 those are nothing compared to shinkansens

[@1cmman]

I am european and don´t know so much about U.S. trains but these Metroliners were really nice and their topspeed were especially impressive with an almost none aerodynamic front like that. They are a little aerodynamic though with a slightly sloping front and round corners.

[@railfanallen]

I'm really liking these Amtrak history videos so far. Keep up the good work.

[@mrspooks5287]

5:35 *_who needs ears anyway?_*

[@russellgxy2905]

You'd need some way to get people's attention with speeds like that. You gotta remember, the NEC still had a lot of grade crossings during the Metroliner's reign

[@hobog]

@@russellgxy2905 Japanese & Euro railways still have tons of level crossings too, it's just that N America commonly requires TRAIN HORNS FULL *SUSTAINED* BLAST FOR NEAR EVERY CROSSING see Florida dash cam footage of the Brightline to see how well that has worked :/

[@kaifriedrich1763]

best comment 😂😂

[@Fadhiil5112]

CM20EMP : *MY WORTHY RIVAL APPEARED*

[@VapingLobster]

Russell GXY o

[@shortliner68]

I remember well hearing those Metroliner horns blowing for the Knecht Ave. grade crossing on the NEC in Arbutus, MD. I lived about a mile away during the years 1964 to 1979, but still could clearly hear the horns and could always tell what units were pulling a train - Alcos, E44s, GG1s, etc. - by the sound of the horn. Didn't know the Metroliners had so many issues back then until seeing this video.

[@RockstarRomania]

While I really love the quality of your new videos, watching your old videos is making me more... comfy. I dunno why.

[@DaytonDistrictRailfan]

Nothing gets me more excited for a video than that intro.

[@billnye7183]

BEEN WAITING FOR THE VIDEO ON METROLINERS FOREVER I LOVE THE METROLINER

[@glenatkinson1230]

I got an HO Metroliner set for my 12th birthday 40 odd years ago. Sadly, I never got to ride the real ones. Great video.

[@acegarr22]

Oh. Now I know why the metroliners are round. Thanks for the video

[@tom-and-mom]

9:48 In March 1978, Amtrak sent some Metroliner sets to GE for a complete overhaul.

[@M1chael42O1]

at least these engines had a future and were not gotten rid of completely, always enjoy these videos

[@mityace]

They were also used for a time on the San Diegan service. When I took one in 2000, it was still using Amfleet equipment and still had an ex-Metroliner cab car.

[@towringer]

At 5:52, that is Newark, NJ. At 7:44, the Metroliner next to the GG1 looks like it was in Elizabeth, NJ.

[@NJBKATL]

Yes, I agree it was Elizabeth's Broad street station.

[@Squid1562]

What a great video to wake up to. Keep making great videos

[@Trainlover1995]

The converted Metroliner cab cars were also common on the San Diegan in the 1990s until they pretty much disappeared in 2001-2002 when the Surfliner bilevels were introduced. One set of Amfleet/Horizon cars remains, but with all the Metroliner cab cars now serving on the Keystone Service and the New Haven-Springfield Shuttle, NPCUs (F40PH locomotives stripped of their engines and converted into a combination of a cab and baggage car) are used on this set now, primarily during race season at the Del Mar Racetrack.

[@themidlandcompoundarchive9430]

This was a very enjoyable video.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

I love how the horns on these things sound diffirent every time

[@goober8925]

I just realized that at 0:23 the train in the back is a monon f7

[@MJofLakelandX]

5:41... Was that the old Halethorpe station in Baltimore, Maryland?

[@mr.paranormal8045]

YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOREVER

[@DolphinLegend-bg8ph]

The old Metroliner 165mph and Acela 150mph

[@physetermacrocephalus9986]

The UAC Turbotrain did 171 mph. The Acela can also do 165, but is limited to 150 mph in service, like how the Metroliners are limited to 120 mph.

[@Wes8761]

Physeter macrocephalus when i saw the plaque at PJC i wasnt even sure the turbotrain could fit under the wire.

[@PGHammer21A]

Note that it was track conditions - not the trainsets. (The Metroliner trainsets were actually rated on-par with Skinkansen - and AHEAD of the later TGV; Acelas were designed to match track conditions.)

[@danielr.l.mccullough600]

@@PGHammer21A The TGV was rated 50kmh faster than the shinkansen, so youve got something wrong there

[@wharris302]

@@PGHammer21A rated on par with what? theyre slower, ugly as hell, and nowhere near as reliable....

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

September 20, 1967 was the day my father was born! My mother was born exactly 6 years later on September 20, 1973.

[@jamesten]

This was an interesting chapter to me because I rode the Amtrak/Budd Metroliner from DC to Philly in March of 1976. I was a kid of 13 traveling with an adult companion who was a transportation enthusiast ("nut" in his parlance, I'd even say). What I remember most was the Club Car with swivel seats, where we had dinner - prime rib of beef from a real galley. The tracks, I recall, were kind of rough - especially at high-speed. There was a pay phone in a booth on the train, and I had to try it. I do remember that the connection to my parents phone was static-laden. I'm still not sure how that connection was achieved. The waiter, incidentally, resembled an old-fashioned Pullman Porter (very much ingratiating), and I'm guessing that he almost certainly had to have been of those ranks. It was fun, is all, and memorable. The Acela is great, but entirely without the character of those Penn originals.

[@davidreyes2298]

My dad says your voice is insresting it's kinda like those old fashion radios

[@davidreyes2298]

Whoops interesting I meant

[@stampycatfan01lol]

1:01 or so: ELECTRIC INDEED!!! -Toby (in background)

[@johnpinckney4979]

You've touched on the Swedish Rc4 locomotive a few times. Didn't Amtrak also test an SNCF electric in the 1970's? How about a separate review of both imports?

[@AmityBlightAndSP4449Fan]

finally you did the budd metroliner and YES!!! THE P30CH IS NEXT!!!

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

MicsØ He says what's next at the end of the video.

[@mercury7590]

Woop Woop! Time for the “Pooch” next!

[@paisleepunk]

That's called foreshadowing.

[@Surfliner450]

I have the “Amtrak’s Superliner is Something Special” poster w/ a P30CH

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

"Electric". (Shows Toby in the background)

[@susgamingidk3662]

Steam electric lol

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Toby: *Triggered*

[@kjrehberg]

Small correction: While the Metroliner service brand officially ended in 2006, they had been Amfleet cars hauled by AEM-7 locomotives since 1982. The original EMU Metroliner had been long gone since the early 1980s.

[@astromotive6047]

1:02 In this frame you will see an Ex-LNER J70 tram by the name of Toby who appears to be *TRIGGERED!*

[@macsdaddy3383]

What are the Amtrak Engine and units in the depicted/captured in the background of the video beginning at 8:23 ? Thank You!

[@macsdaddy3383]

@ffairlane57 Thank You. I remember it now, as I had seen a pic of one years ago in a CN livery.

[@ACLTony]

Very good video. Just one tidbit. The SPV 2000 was designed but in 1976 but did not roll on the rails until 1978. I still remember the big fan-fare in the news about it. The first unit had a streamlined fiberglass nose piece that, while it looked attractive, was not well liked by locomotive engineers due to visibility being restricted. Ironic that they weren't as successful as the Budd RDC's that they were designed to replace.

[@doucettealexander98]

Japanese high speed train : we'll build a electric locomotive that is aerodynamic to allow for high speed and it will also give the engine a very sleek look American High Speed train : B O X

[@Qazwsxedc165]

The Metroliners/ Amfleets are actually tubes but ok.

[@paulw.woodring7304]

One obscure footnote to the Metroliner story was the conversion of one car into a conference/first class configuration, numbered 9800. It was meant to be an end-cab car only, as the front was solid, without any kind of exit door for mid-train placement. It saw sporadic service, ending up being used only for specific charters, rather than operating for regular fare purchase on a given train couplet. I don't know it's ultimate disposition, although I doubt it is still in service at all or even exists.

[@kevinwong6588]

863 is now 9800. It appears in charter and excursion service, often for sports teams.

[@Stanf954]

I ride those old Metroliner NPCUs on the Keystone trains btw PHL and NYP. Good that Amtrak gave them a purpose to this day.

[@HarryWarren1223]

I love your videos...just one correction, in 1968, the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads merged to form the Penn Central Transportation Company. The New Haven Railroad did not join the merger until 1970.

[@AmtrakGuy365]

Glad you like my videos! Thanks for the correction too.

[@LosAngelist]

Dude these videos are great and so informative. Keep up the good work.

[@DK-nv9zu]

Recognized that guitar at the beginning from Railroad Tycoon 2 straightaway. Great old 90s game!

[@5eliazer]

The intro song is Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me. I was wondering this for a while because I watch a lot of your videos and you don't have the song in the description. Hope this helps people

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great rail work....Regards from Romania...Thumbs UP!!!

[@Gryphon1-1]

Wow I just learned so much about trains right now.

[@bobby3033]

They need to come back,seriously!!!!!

[@JerryDoesThings_1604]

11:18 Elizabethtown station? Elizabethtown,PA

[@xyzzzify]

oh my God, that Railroad Tycoon 3 music though! Such memories

[@Jediwolf75]

Quality video also I loved the railroad tycoon3 music playing in the backround loved that game as a kid

[@jonathanaman6573]

Amtrak should make commercials now. Regardless of the recent spat of tragedy, taking the train still beats the heck out of driving in some areas.

[@kuroneco-j4n]

9:57 110 MPH is actually 180 KMH.

[@DanTDMJace]

okay what’s your source

[@marcogentile3392]

@@DanTDMJace he is right, 125 mph is 200 km/h so it's impossible that 110 mph is 180 km/h (if you want a precise number 110mph is 177,028 km/h)

[@bluebellsfan8704]

This was incredible. I loved it!

[@katzenware]

1:02 AmtrakGuy365: "Electric" Toby: *TRIGGERED* "I M A S T E A M T R A M"

[@davidreyes2298]

LeTrain still dunno why he put it there

[@lorumipsum1129]

The silverliners and thier variants are still around today in the septa system, but not for high speed

[@sleeksilver]

What is the train in the background at 8:26?

[@TheRepublicofKnowledge]

Turbo Train

[@railsofsoutheastmichigan8254]

Awesome video! I really enjoy this series!

[@rrxing]

5:28 what kind of horn is that

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Hah funny i used the "car vs train" commercial in a school project just yesterday!

[@AmityBlightAndSP4449Fan]

Also budd Metroliner snack bar car #860 will be moved from the railroad museum of Pennsylvania and also it will go under a restoration in Altoona Pennsylvania and also some NS GP-40s will take 2 amtrak a mfleets and one metroliner from New haven, CT and also the metroliner will be rebuilt into a budd Metroliner snack bar car and the 2 amfleet will be repainted into PRR/Penn Central amfleet and the 2 metroliners will have a new speed limit up to 195mph

[@AmityBlightAndSP4449Fan]

AmtrakGuy365 after you do the GE GE P30CH you will do the Alstom hhp-8

[@Surfliner450]

2:18 Railroad Tycoon 3 music yay i like that game

[@matthewcrump8213]

5:18 - 5:38 - How do you switch the horn off?

[@BenandMylesMom]

I like all of these engines of Amtrak

[@travelsonic]

Don't forget about the service on the west coast that used ex-metroliner cabs for a while, as well as the ex-Metroliner snack car that is now a conference car, and there are a couple of others out there in other odd uses.

[@seanthepugproductions1335]

How many engines of amtrak do you plan on making

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

9:11 - 9:14 … oh, ho, ho, the unreliability of the SPVs is mocked by employees of Metro-North, who also had SPVs for a time, to this day!

[@jaysmith1408]

Ahh the Spare Parts Vehicle

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

On your next video of engines of Amtrak can you do the AEM-7s?? It would be great to document these electric locomotives since they have been recently retired in 2015

[@finmueller7827]

I love the look of the metroliner

[@dannylittle6766]

8:20- is that bullet holes on the front of that Metroliner?

[@KCDash4400cw]

1:01 who saw Toby?

[@arifakyuz7673]

I sincerely wish that the Metroliner would have worked. It would have been the fastest train in the world running between Boston and DC. That would have been so cool!

[@eiansmemesanddumbstuff9710]

1:02 hidden toby

[@TTTEFAN-ke3xp]

1:02 hello Toby

[@DanielJ_00]

What's the name of the white train at 8:27 ?

[@Lucky-yc3vp]

UAC TurboTrain

[@Wes8761]

DanielJ_00 *United Aircraft Company* just so u know

[@bradfordgordon6552]

A very informative video. good job

[@joshroller9449]

As always, Great Job!

[@TracksideIsaiah]

Amazing, I've never seen a video like this before!

[@travelsofmunch1476]

8:30 In the name of God, what is that train in the background?!

[@anniebellemiller2986]

Amtrak UAC TurboTrain

[@ginogalante]

Another failed attempt unfortunately.

[@swainer8014]

I was looking in the comments to see if anyone knew what the hell that thing was too!

[@howardian8829]

got ptsd every time you said, "Shin-can-sen"

[@fiddlerpin]

My dad and I used to watch the test trains go thru Princeton Junction at 150 to 165 mph. We rode one and went up to the engineer. He was doing 120-125

[@trainsofaustralia9081]

I thought I was going to die of old age before it came out!

[@donetrainboi6031]

At 1:02, what is toby doing in the background

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

"Electric Indeed! Electric Indeed!"

[@TheRepublicofKnowledge]

Surprised to see u here

[@donetrainboi6031]

@@TheRepublicofKnowledge what

[@TheRepublicofKnowledge]

@@donetrainboi6031 I was talking to Thunderbolt

[@donetrainboi6031]

Now that I think about it Im supriz ed thunderbolt is here.

[@juanratliff3169]

I remember of watching the high-speed Metro liners on the Northeast Corridor in New Brunswick New Jersey back in the 1970s and early 80s right along with the GG1 and the E 60s and the owl face mu

[@sunsetwolf1553]

my favorite Amtrak engines are: 1. F40PH 2. F59PHI 3. GG1 4. Metroliner 5. GE Genesis 6. AEM - 7 7. F Unit and EMD series engines 8. P30CH 9. Tuboliner 10. Acela Express

[@TrainMann]

Sunset Wolf of course the F40PH

[@ethancampbell6076]

5:35 the last horn is really messed up XD

[@zangryomani1257]

0:29 why were there so many B units!? what was the unit pulling, 900 coachs!?

[@padprtasrt6858]

what train is that on the right 8:34?

[@iiLuxis]

1:01 anybody saw toby from Thomas and friends?