MARC Express Trains at High Speed (100MPH+) #2!

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More MARC Trains at high speed, featuring a cameo by an ACS-64, many chargers, and even more MP36s. Enjoy! Videos were taken at the Bowie State and Seabrook MARC Stations.

[@charonsferryold]

Man I love MARC's express trains. One could argue they're the only state-owned trains in the country that hit 125 so regularly. My favorite part of this video is how much wind the trains kick up every time.

[@ericschwartz3559]

Those Siemens SC-44's really haul ass, they're very powerful and fast locomotives, good work.👍

[@kirkzevola5004]

Sweet MARC express catches my favorites were the ones with Marc HHP-8s 4910, 4912, & 4913

[@R3VStudios]

Me too man! There's too many MP36s haha

[@ericschwartz3559]

1:02, I recall NJ Transit having very similar double-decker coaches in service. I wish we had those here in Boston. But, MBTA also has Kawasaki double-deckers, different than MARC’s which were built in 1989-91, 1996-98 and 2004-06, which are 700s, 900s (blind trailers) and 1700s (cab cars). There are also Hyundai-Rotem double-deckers which are 800s and 1800s, built by Rotem in two batches: first-gen 2011-2014 and second-gen 2021-2024. I think those MARC coaches were built by Bombardier, am I right?

[@jessicaburdell7779]

I can almost smell the sparks from the catenary, after the one with the ACS-64

[@ericschwartz3559]

0:06, what, ACS-64 pulling Marc coaches? 🤔

[@R3VStudios]

Yep. MARC used a few of them over Thanksgiving. One heck of a sight.

[@tweakingedgewinder]

0:35 thats a nice red acs 64

[@humanityvortex]

The wrap on it is gone

[@Northeast-Regional-172]

That's when I dranked Coca-Cola (Soda) a week

[@ericschwartz3559]

I always wonder what happened with Amtrak’s units? Why were they retired after only 15 years of service? Who agrees that Amtrak should’ve rebuilt them like MARC did. It’s going to be sad when the HHP-8’s are gone, given that they’re MARC’s only electric locomotives still in service, all the others are diesel.

[@R3VStudios]

You can blame Amtrak for charging huge amounts of money for overhead wire use which has contributed to Marc only using diesels for the most part. As for Amtrak HHP8s, they were highly unreliable and there was not enough of them to make keeping the fleet around worthwhile. At least they'll be cabcars soon to replace the metroliner equipment, which is ancient.

[@SoulGames78]

No one: I like trains: gets hit by a train going almost probably 300 mph

[@Oh_well339]

I'm moving to Maryland sometime next month, can't wait to see the trains up close.

[@nah_144]

Very nice!

[@R3VStudios]

Thank you!

[@vitaliyandflyder766]

2:10 That sounds like an acela train

[@flreyes717]

Wow

[@larryellisreed280]

Now score these videos to the likes of Rob EG's "55 Days at Peking" for serious "wow" effect....

[@retroguy1976]

I see marc has the same bi-level cars NJ transit has but some cars I noticed had graffiti on them

[@TPB-ONJ]

The graffiti cars are bike cars

[@FastFreightStudios]

Nice thumbnail lol

[@jacobschwartz2158]

R3V Studios what did MARC do with their HHP-8’s?

[@R3VStudios]

Rebuilt them but they still have issues unfortunately

[@engineerminded3388]

I wonder why Amtrak retired their HHP-8 but Marc kept theirs.

[@R3VStudios]

I think Amtrak got a deal from Siemens for the new locomotives

[@CrazyDash9]

The HHP8 is unfortunately very unreliable.

[@flreyes717]

Amtrak is faster more

[@flreyes717]

Cheese