That summer marked the midpoint of my high school years, and I took the Raritan Valley line and then PATH to school most days. Seeing those pre-overhaul Comet IIs, I can still see the orange-and-brown seats, the carpeted aisles, and the woodgrain wall panels. I always took the mismatched sets of Comet II's and IBs we got on the RVL to mean we were unloved compared to the other two lines of the Newark division, which got full sets of either Comet IIIs or IVs for their push-pull trains, and of course had the Arrow IIIs that I was so jealous of. I know everybody (except me) hates them now but having grown up along a diesel-only line they were very impressive to me when I was a kid.
I had just graduated from college. I grew up along the NEC, so the roar of the RVL diesels was the novelty for me, compared to the usual parade of Arrows and AEM-7s. It was, I'll admit, always a treat when one of those Comet III or IV trainsets showed up inbound from Edison, but the Arrows were (and are) my favorite, too!
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That summer marked the midpoint of my high school years, and I took the Raritan Valley line and then PATH to school most days. Seeing those pre-overhaul Comet IIs, I can still see the orange-and-brown seats, the carpeted aisles, and the woodgrain wall panels. I always took the mismatched sets of Comet II's and IBs we got on the RVL to mean we were unloved compared to the other two lines of the Newark division, which got full sets of either Comet IIIs or IVs for their push-pull trains, and of course had the Arrow IIIs that I was so jealous of. I know everybody (except me) hates them now but having grown up along a diesel-only line they were very impressive to me when I was a kid.
I had just graduated from college. I grew up along the NEC, so the roar of the RVL diesels was the novelty for me, compared to the usual parade of Arrows and AEM-7s. It was, I'll admit, always a treat when one of those Comet III or IV trainsets showed up inbound from Edison, but the Arrows were (and are) my favorite, too!
And R.I.P. HHP-8s and AEM-7s😭😭😭😭 You will be never forgotten.
R.I.P. Comet I, IB, II, and VI cab cars. 😭😭
Comet IB operates on Amtrak Caltrans
@@Dislynn ??
@@Dislynn But cab car, aka control cars are not in service.
The cabs were converted into coaches
@@Dislynn cool
By the way you can still see Amtrak trains in phases II-IV paints in 2004
This was filmed on the day I was born...
Wait really?
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All the cars and locomotives looked so old back then.
A blast from the past. Definitely nostalgia for me. I wish NJT would bring back the older trains from yesteryear. :(
Great video! BTW I like how the engineer of train 5707 had his arm hanging out the window lol
thats a phase II AEM7
i was on 1491 arrow 3 train 430 to gladstone 2 weeks ago
that arrow 1 car sheesh
How come Metroliners didn’t run in that year 2001?
They did,
yeah, the cab cars :)
915 was the last aem-7
That Was Before 9/11 Right?
Yes two months before 9/11
Nice video
Why didn't you catch any Comet Vs or ALP-46s?
thecooltrainguy Please read the video description; in 2001 those didn't exist yet.
You're right, I just saw they started running in between 2002 and 2004. I thought they started running somewhere in 2001.