From: shadow@alycia.andrew.cmu.edu (Derrick J. Brashear)
Date: 22 Jan 93 01:59:14 -0500
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In article M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org, M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org () writes:
> The "Metroliners". The "true" Metroliners were high speed electric
> multiple unit trains operated between New York and Washington by the
> Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1960s (and by Penn Central in the 70s).
> Amtrak has kept the name, but the trains are equipped with the same
> locomotives and cars that run the "normal" Corridor trains except that
> they tend to have more Club Cars. Seat reservations are required, and
> generally speaking they make fewer stops - a "Non-stop Express" runs
> between Washington and New York in 2 hours 35 minutes. If I have
> counted correctly, there are 17 round trips between New York and
> Washington on weekdays, 3 from New York to Washington and 4 from
> Washington to New York on Saturdays, and 8 round trips on Sundays.
> One weekday round trip is extended to/from New Haven. It operates
> TO New Haven also on Sundays and through to Boston on Fridays.
>
The Pennsy never ran the Metroliner cars as Metroliners in regular service. They had their inaugural run as Metroliners after the Penn Central merger. There was a good article in Trains, I think February 1969.
> 2.) Old Saybrook - New Haven: operated by Amtrak as the contract
> operator for the State of Connecticut. Relatively new service -
> about two years old. I think it is still running only in weekday rush
> hours but there has been talk of expanding service, and shoppers'
> specials have been run at Christmastime. Coaches are I think built by
> Bombardier. Locomotives are a variety, including a couple of ex-New
> Haven Railroad FL-9 Diesel Electric-Electrics refurbished and painted
> in their original New Haven color scheme.
If I'm not mistaken, this is the service which was initiated with the former Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) PaTrain sets. 2 control cab coach cars, 2 rebuilt F-9's, and I think 10 coaches. I saw one of our former F-9's on point of a string on the coaches last spring when going through New Haven on the Night Owl to Boston. The engine was in New Haven colors but still carried it's Pittsburgh # (6690 or 6691)
-D
<shadow@alycia.andrew.cmu.edu>
>Len Bachelder Archives Committee, Boston and Maine RR Historical Society
>MITRE Corp. Secretary, Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
