MARC VRE Iceberg Explained

[@Pensyfan19]

Some updates: - The proposed Crystal City stop for Amtrak was considered for a proposed Amazon development in the same town. -The other ex-Conrail GP40 that VRE leased is #3268, found at 3:46 of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6Ksq6pufbGff8ksi=z3m2ACa-9ix1Wvy5:

[@josephmassaua5486]

Long Bridge over the Potomac just had its groundbreaking this week!

[@scottydude456]

Riding Marc back in the days must’ve been wild, never knowing what equipment you’ll be riding on next week 😂

[@Parborway]

Finally years of MARC being overlooked by this youtube channel has ended.

[@gloryannbatista6211]

CANNON THAT ONE IS CANNONED

[@modeltrainmaster0838]

Finally he's talking about Marc the best commuter rail on earth

[@republicofoctania9571]

I can’t wait for the MBTA iceberg

[@theoldbayrailfan]

Yesss!! This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!!

[@erichhouchens3711]

I'll add a few things - The use of MP54's by MDdot ended in 1979. After that MDdot used leased Jersey Arrows. I started working at Landover tower in June 1977 and remember the MP54's making the station stop right in front of the tower. A year later in June 1978 I was working 2nd trick at Landover when MARC 400 running with Jersey Arrows rear-ended Amtrak No.60 at Seabrook. There's a nice long NTSB report on this incident. Abandoned stations - add Cheverly to the list. This station was located right next to where the DC Metro Orange line Cheverly station is located. I believe it closed when the Metro Orange line to New Carrollton opened. High speed commuter rail. The fastest MARC train is No.408 which leaves DC at 705am chasing the 700am ACELA non stop all the way to Baltimore. This of course is just a positioning move back to Baltimore for a southbound MARC local. MARC has pledged to go all electric on the Penn line when the new Baltimore tunnel opens. The plan from what I've heard is for MARC to buy used ACS64's from Amtrak once Amtrak's Siemens Airo trainsets go into service. They could also possibly buy new locomotives (ALP45's) or even EMU's. Once Amtrak and VRE are separated from CSX between DC and Alexandria (new Long Bridge) this section could be electrified. Run-through service. MARC trains from all three lines (diesel powered) could run through to Alexandria but VRE train could only run through to the Brunswick line. This is because VRE uses low level boarding Chicago style gallery cars. MARC stations on both the Penn line and the Camden line have high level platforms. The Camden line stations with high level platforms are Greenbelt and Camden station in Baltimore. I'm surprised you didn't mention MARC's Bike Cars. These are single level cars that have had most of their seats removed and replaced with bike racks. These cars run on the weekends. MARC still has the four AME7's. They are stored at MARC's Riverside shops in Baltimore. There's talk of one of them going to the B&O museum which is more or less the unofficial Maryland state railroad museum. I hope they take better care of it then they have with the 4876. The worst MARC accident occurred on February 16th 1996 just west of Silver Spring when a DC bound MARC train blew past a RED signal and collided with Amtrak's Capital Limited. The MARC train had passed a signal at Approach (Yellow) and then made a station stop. The engineer forgot about the Approach signal and accelerated at full speed. That day however CSX was single tracking between "QN" just outside of DC and Silver Spring. Normally the two trains would pass each other at that control point. This resulted in the FRA "Delayed in Block" (DIB) rule. There's a Wikipedia entry as well as an NTSB report on this. Remembering my NEC tower operator/train dispatcher days ....

[@gloryannbatista6211]

You know, I actually attended the national train day in Manassas It was insane and I loved it so much

[@eccentric_traveler]

40:00. I've never seen phase 3 that thick on an E60 before.

[@overly7997]

Hey Pensyfan, great vid, haven’t finished it yet, but I wanted to say, I think you need to include more pictures. I got to the Manassas Train fest or whatever and when you said 611 I was kinda hoping to see a picture of it there

[@Pensyfan19]

I understand your recommendation, but I usually include fewer photos in order to make editing easier, and to follow the styles of other iceberg videos that don't have too many photos. Although, every other video on my channel has a different every no more than 9 seconds.

[@gloryannbatista6211]

And also, I am not sure if they are still doing it Virginia Railway express is doing a special promotion where I think on Fridays and weekends passengers can ride for free between Union Station, and Manassas

[@nfsgod4308]

8:12 they just got the founding this week & about to start construction

[@jadex1200]

I dunno how this ended up in my recommended, but I am not complaining in the slightest. FUCK YEAH, TRAIN LORE.

[@Pensyfan19]

Assuming you're new to the channel, then welcome! Feel free to check out some of the other videos on this channel, as te recommended playlist at the end of the video (Northeast Commuter Railroad Icebergs) has several more train lore icebergs. If you're interested in something more watchable (under 10 minutes), then I also recommend checking out my Remarkable Engines series that covers histories of several obscure trains.

[@salluparello7297]

You never mentioned about the Marc Capital Limited collision

[@Pensyfan19]

I tend not to cover derailments of any sort of in any of my videos, as I try to focus more on the positives.

[@marcleslac2413]

34:18 is it me or is the car behind 20 one of the roger willams's cars

[@alexisdespland4939]

if they ever did extend mar north of camden yards it should gain a new metro connection staion at clifton no justnorth of johns hopkins hospital station.

[@brendanu1680]

Will non NEC commuter rail agencies get their own videos?

[@Pensyfan19]

Some of them might at some distant time in the future, although many of those commuter agencies don't have much to discuss that would make a whole iceberg.

[@scottydude456]

@@Pensyfan19if you can’t do a whole iceberg on those maybe just a shorter vid on those railroads histories would be cool

[@brendanu1680]

@@Pensyfan19 Maybe do the ones without much together as Mics commuter rail?

[@jade-a7990]

22:38 i notice pantograph is locate way to forward lol

[@jade-a7990]

also 29:21 *Amcoach*

[@alexisdespland4939]

why dose matrc not have any trains going west from baltimore.

[@Pensyfan19]

Likely due to not having high ridership between Baltimore and Brunswick.

[@nfsgod4308]

14:56 its pronounced (hey-gers-town)

[@streamlinedtransit]

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