The 2003 Harmon Shop Open House.

[AMTRAK-P42]

I dont believe I can make it, Amtrak-Railfan.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

I was at the Open House today who also was there at the Open House?

 

[AlanB]

Sadly, I missed it since I was riding an Acela Express back to NY from Washington DC.

Perhaps you could give us a little report on what you saw there.

 

[F59 PHI]

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 M2s. Fall foliage train consisted of about 7 Shoreliners. 7002-3 were in the shops, without LIRR or MNR markings- mo yellow on the front either

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

What time F59 PHI you was there at the shops in the Morning or in the Afternoon?

 

[F50-PHI]

I was there from 1 ish on. on the topic of FL9s, they had them painted in New haven, MNCR and NYCentral colors. there was talk about a LIRR one too, but i didnt see that one

 

[Bill Haithcoat]

Was there any mention made whatsoever of Harmon's former role as the place where long distance New York Central trains changed to small electrc engines to get them into Grand Central?(so as not to pollute the underground any more than necessary).

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does somebody have photos of the Open House?

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Can we lock this topic because the open house was over.

 

[AlanB]

There's no reason to lock the topic, just stop posting to it. Then it will gradually fall to the bottom of the list and be forgotten by everyone.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Ok Keep it open.