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    Amfleet Food Service Cars Get Rebuilt

    I dont think they are in the reman cafes, although im not quite sure if im remembering things correctly. the reman cafes are nice, ubt the seat backs of tan and yellow and brown really dont fit in wioth the Blue-Gray of the rest of the car. Another thing about the remans--- they dont have a...
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    Amtrak Bilevels

    Thanks. Do you know their number series, or how many amtrak had? Could they hook up to single level cars, or could they only run in trains of their own kind? Thanks --F59
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    Heritage Coaches

    Does anybody know what (or where I could find)the history(AMTK #s and Historical #s names, and railroads) of the Amtrak heritage coaches? I know that at least some of the heritages assigned to the adirondak recently were from PRR.
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    Amtrak Bilevels

    On a website( I think it belongs to a Jim Hebner) I saw a photo of what looked like Gallery cars painted in amtrak phaze 3 colors. What was thew duration of their amtrak service, and what lines did they run on? I would link to the picture, bu thte site is down.
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    First Time on Train

    I am not sure if this counts, but my first train trip was in 1988 on the NYC subway, probably the B or C lines(A slant R40 if it was the B or a redbird R30 if it was a C). I can remember some cars(unrebuilt R32s) that were last used in 1990, so i would have been 2 at the time. My first Amtrak...
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    MTA New York City Transit R142's.

    Anybody else here looking forwards to the impending doom or the R44 fleet? I certainly am :-)
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    Heritage Cars

    PS. I already have obtained the current CrewDorms and the slumbercoach info.
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    Heritage Cars

    Does anybody have a roster of the Heritage Amtrak cars(ie diners,coaches, etc. ) I am currently trying to build a database of the entire amtrak fleet, Past and present. What I need is the HEP number, the Non HEP amtrak # and the Pre amtrak railroad numbers and owners. Thanks. Linc-- F59
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    MTA Metro North/Long Island Railroad Ticket Info.

    I know that almost all stops on the new haven line have the daily ticked machines. I also know that no lirr stations except possibly jamaica have daily machines. I think Croton Harmon has daily machines, and i dont know where else does.
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    Amtrak Viewliner Sleeper Cars.

    Quick Question.....: Have any Viewliners been in wrecks? If so, What are their car #s. Thanks -- Linc
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    A MTA New York City Subway Stuck on the Tracks.

    talk.nycsubway.org for their forums, SubTalk, and BusTalk. Is anyboody here a poster there?
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    A MTA New York City Subway Stuck on the Tracks.

    now maybe theyll take that R142 set out, and replace it with a spare R33ML
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    MTA New York City Transit R142's.

    While law may require that every train may have a horn, that is not FRA as NYCTA is not an FRA railroad.
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    MTA New York City Transit R142's.

    The 2 line voice is Diane Thompson The 4/5/6 line voice is Jessica Ettiger-Gottesman The voice used for corrections is Mellissa Kleiner The Guy is Charlie Pellett
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    MTA New York City Transit R142's.

    Currently there are 4 types of cars assigned to the IRT. R62, R62A, R142, R142A. The current assignment of cars is 1(Van Cortland): R62A 2(Wakefield):R142 3(Lenox/Livonia):R62, R62A,R62A 4(Jerome/Livonia/Concourse):R62, R142, R142A 5(Bronx Park/Unionport/Wakefield):R142 6(Westchester)...
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    The 2003 Harmon Shop Open House.

    I was there. The shop was full of Fl9s... MNR scheme, NYC scheme, NH scheme, a number of M1s/M3s. an M1 had all of its undercar parts labeled. the M1 used for interior display had a weird new floor... grey and glow in the dark... sorta cool. no M4s that i could see, one M6 set and a number of...
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    More NYC Subway Fantrips

    this upcoming saturday , the SMEEmuseum cars will be running. on sunday the AMUE/ R1-9s will be running. Check the upcoming events secton of NYCSubway.org for more details. the DTypes will run in late september
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    Equip Diagrams... Hurry, only 3 left

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6&category=1445 I Am getting one... it looks very interesting
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    NJ Transit Consists

    Seeing one of those Comet 1As mixed into a train of comet Vs and IIIs looked REALLY bad
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    Most number of Engines every spotted on an Amtrak

    A while ago, I saw a 7 engine train in sunnyside yards... E60- Phaze 3 AEM7AC- Phaze 5 AEM7-Phaze 4 AEM7-Phaze3 HHP-8- Phaze 5 P42- Phaze 5 It had no cars, and probably didnt move together, but it was a really interesting sight to see. No cars in the train
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