The name Beech Grove is actually where Amtrak restores and refurbishes all of their equipment. Beech Grove is found on the P42's and P40's since they've all been serviced their. I'm pretty sure that the Chargers don't have that labeling at this point.
Video notes: 1) This video has chapters if you want to skip around. 2) Beech Grove is where the locomotives are refurbished and serviced. 3) 3-rail track is more realistic than 2-rail track! 🤣
Eric, Lionel has already has been doing the red markers on certain new passenger cars, I have some and you can select which end you want the red markers lighted on or switch them off. So, its actually even better.
I don't know if it was the train or the camera, but I couldn't stop watching this video! It's beautiful and I've watched a lot of your videos! Something about this one really spoke to me. Thanks Eric for taking the time you do as always to put out such great images!
That set makes me want an O guage set! That's truly a cool set indeed. Ahh I'm happy I have a N Scale set of Acela and many others, but an HO X2000 and Amtrak6 car RTG set. So seeing this makes me wanna buy this O Guage set to have it. I don't know if they make a Metroliner Cab Car in that scale, but that would be an awesome addition if they did.
NJ Transit had purchased 4 from Amtrak for their ACES train. Beast of a locomotive. I did get to move one in my time with Transit. Love the sound they make when pulling for power.
I love how you are now doing your unboxing on a separate table instead of your train layout. Many of us had anxiety issues watching the boxes getting too close to your layout items. LOL! Keep doing great work!
I bought this version as well as the midnight blue one. I didn't get the matching coaches since a significant chunk of my Amtrak collection (over 100 pieces) became mix-and-match around the time I built my Auto-Train. The five GGD Viewliners I bought play into this as well since they're way too expensive to only use in one consist :D
@@felixthetrainfan4819 well they did not go out of business all together. They did sell off some models and molds to Lionel and Atlas and maybe a few others
I have the 4 pack of Superliner cars Lionel made from years back, My Lionel cars do have the marker lights feature though. Sadly they are only 18" and not 21" like they should be. This engine would look AMAZING pulling those cars
Amazing set. I have this same one on order. Looking forward to getting it on my layout. And yes, Atlas/MTH does not make it easy to get inside these. I have an original amfleet set from circa 1999/2000 and it’s just as much of a pain.
I will say, it looks like the Amfleets are harder to open up than my streamlined passenger cars from MTH. I think it's something like six screws for those.
The MTH Amfleet cars always had the Red Marker lights with the Switch, don’t think they flicker free interior lights just Leds .I have the MTH as well . Awesome Review(:
It would be interesting to compare the 2 rail vs 3 rail versions of these engines. Oftentimes the MTH 2 rail units had fixed pilots and ladders for a more realistic appearance.
I’ve been looking for some amfleet cars for my layout since i got my genesis engines (one powered and one not) like i want to say maybe 6-7 years ago i might have to go either to atlas or some second hand model train site to get some of these if i can find them
Wow absolutely beautiful locomotive and cars! Very crisp details in the paint. What an eye for detail Atlas has! Love Atlas stuff. Everything they do is so well done. Yep I am with ya. Too easy to take the car apart a bit and add a few more passengers. I like full car’s especially now that the pandemic is over! Love your night lighting affects as well. I think the horn on the locomotive sounds great too. Great Video Big Guy. Thanks for sharing 🙂Ohhhhh… nice to see they still got the trail derailment sound affect at Atlas😜always loved that feature. Good luck 🍀 with that one in the tunnel 🤣
Really enjoy watching your videos. I have the Menards beta 4.5 and a 031 circle of tubular track. Before I purchase anything else, I'd like to know your suggestion on minimum curve on a 4x8 layout. I would go bigger but space is limited. If I use my space wisely could maybe get away with a 6x10.
That's almost exactly how my Amtrack engine sounds and it's an older Mth has the proto 2 sounds I always liked those sound clips but this one has different start up sounds mine has the load baggage sound to the pfa sounds almost identical..my engine don't look like this tho mine has the 3 windows in front I never actually knew what model Amtrack it was called the only thing I do know is whenever you hit PFA first sound says now arriving from San hosezay the capital maybe you might???
When the New York and Atlantic took over freight service from the Long Island railroad they started with eight thousand carloads a year now he has 37000 car loads a year. They're better customer service brought back people who would not use Long Island railroad anymore.
Eric,loved this setup. My question is, can you hook the billows together between the cars? And will you be getting an extra power engine behind the locomotive? Have an awesome weekend. Guess I should've watched the whole video before I ask questions about the video.....lol
Fortunately I thought of this a couple of decades ago. I may have the only O-gauge Auto-Train on TH-cam, if not just the first. 9 Superliners and 13 autoracks at the time of filming. Since I made that video, I've acquired 10 more autoracks, and can actually add another five Superliners from my collection. Only problem is the train would be longer than my house 🤪
@@RailRide I have one F40PH from Lionel and that's in phase 3. My superliners are phase 4 but it's the four pack they offered that were 18 in. They have the ability to change the red light either end of the car. I'm looking to add some Golden gate Depot scale ones to my collection. And then I only have one Amtrak box car and one Amtrak auto rack. It's really tough to find Amtrak stuff in O in general let alone For a decent price My superliners from Lionel cost me $125 per car
@@doubleutubefan5 Yes, in recent years it has become the case. I started buying the MTH auto-train autoracks as they came out, initially the Phase III striped ones, then switched to the Phase IV versions. I had a couple of the CSX fantasy scheme ones custom repainted into the Phase V versions, them MTH came out with the same, so I ordered the six-pack they offered in 2019-ish. So I spent a bit more than a decade building an MTH Auto-Train. As for Superliners, I have shorty Williams ones from when they were offered in a six-pack (1992), then bought 18" MTH, K-Line and Lionel versions while building the Auto-Train. I actually overshot the number needed to match the number of coaches in the A-T consist (and I don't have room to run a train that long anyway), so my K-Line and Lionel superliners just sit around waiting for me to make up a random consist with them. I don't think I ever ran the Williams cars, or the MTH + K-Line F40PH's I got when those came out either.
@@RailRide If you ever want to check them out, head over to sunset models/golden gate Depot and put your order in because they are running a one-time only Amtrak extravaganza right now with superliners, am fleet, budd cars, p40/p42/ AND the seimens chargers in all paint variants
@doubleutubefan5 Yes, I'm on their mailing list. I'm currently considering two more sleepers, but in phase IV (already have two in the 'Amtrak America' phase 3 scheme), and one of the Chargers. I'm not going after the GGD Superliners since I already have almost 30 of the 18" ones and am not bothered by their not being completely scale.
I have the same engine in the plain phase 6 paint scheme. Who do you think makes the best detailed Amtrak phase 6 cars? The new lionel 2 car set? MTH or Atlas? Thanks.
Atlas Premier line locos made from purchased MTH tooling use Protosound 3. AtlasO is also selling the DCS hardware under it's own name going forward (once electronics supplies permit building them again) AtlasO locomotives that predate the MTH tooling purchase (i.e. their Master Line) will as far as I know, continue to use TMCC (or DCC for 2-rail versions)
Beautiful train but I have a question, how many times a day do you drop and lose screws? I am always dropping screws and making my wife come in and find it for me. Ha ha, you don't have to answer.
Ah Amtrak 50 years of service, 35 years of "attention passingers were going to be delayed for a bit for a freight train to pass" When will amtrak build there own passinger hish speed main line in other parts of the country besides the NEC.
When we turn into China and do away with property rights, not to mention spend $$$ like drunken sailors doing crack+meth on pure vanity projects with zero opposition :D
The name Beech Grove is actually where Amtrak restores and refurbishes all of their equipment. Beech Grove is found on the P42's and P40's since they've all been serviced their. I'm pretty sure that the Chargers don't have that labeling at this point.
Thanks 😊
May the P42’s live on in the history books. They did their deed after 3 faithful decades.
Video notes:
1) This video has chapters if you want to skip around.
2) Beech Grove is where the locomotives are refurbished and serviced.
3) 3-rail track is more realistic than 2-rail track! 🤣
Just bought blk and yellow 203 - “see tracks -think trains”. 50th anniversary.. it’s awesome
Beautiful engine
Eric, Lionel has already has been doing the red markers on certain new passenger cars, I have some and you can select which end you want the red markers lighted on or switch them off. So, its actually even better.
Cool!
This
what a handsome set of cars and engine !!
Hey! I saw Amtrak #108 in person recently when it helped pull the 2023 Toys For Tots Train in the Capital District of NY! Nice video!
Sweet Loco!!. Cant wait to have mine in HO!
Wow…..gorgeous engine and cars!!
Eric is the "Bob Ross" of the Model Train World!!! 😅😅😅 Happy Trains!!!!
Ha thanks!
The paint on the engine is awesome and passenger cars are beautiful 😊
Totally gorgeous 50th Anniversary P42 DC, I thoroughly enjoyed this video, thanks Eric!!🤘🤘
This New Amtrak 50th anniversary Train is Incredible!, and these Passenger Cars are so Cool, Very Awesome Eric.
Outstanding set 🛤️🛤️🚆🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🏫
I don't know if it was the train or the camera, but I couldn't stop watching this video! It's beautiful and I've watched a lot of your videos! Something about this one really spoke to me. Thanks Eric for taking the time you do as always to put out such great images!
That set makes me want an O guage set! That's truly a cool set indeed. Ahh I'm happy I have a N Scale set of Acela and many others, but an HO X2000 and Amtrak6 car RTG set. So seeing this makes me wanna buy this O Guage set to have it. I don't know if they make a Metroliner Cab Car in that scale, but that would be an awesome addition if they did.
NJ Transit had purchased 4 from Amtrak for their ACES train. Beast of a locomotive. I did get to move one in my time with Transit. Love the sound they make when pulling for power.
Beautiful engine and passenger cars. By the way I really like the music in the background of the unboxing
Thank you very much!
That horn is damn good
I love how you are now doing your unboxing on a separate table instead of your train layout. Many of us had anxiety issues watching the boxes getting too close to your layout items. LOL! Keep doing great work!
Thanks!
24:25 aye welcome to my town!
I bought this version as well as the midnight blue one. I didn't get the matching coaches since a significant chunk of my Amtrak collection (over 100 pieces) became mix-and-match around the time I built my Auto-Train. The five GGD Viewliners I bought play into this as well since they're way too expensive to only use in one consist :D
Pretty cool Eric, especially the night time shots as well
You took the passenger car apart like a surgeon
I could do that
Putting it back together is another story 😂
Always great video from you
I really want to see that thing attempt 30 passenger cars and I feel like you’re the only person that can do it
That blue looks sharp, very nice looking set!
What an outstanding set Eric!
That is a beautiful paint scheme.
Enjoy it! 😊
Thanks a bunch!
Fantastic, Eric! Wonderfully comprehensive video as usual.
Glad you liked it!
Awesome Amtrak set Eric!!!
Great video
What a superb locomotive and cars !
Have a blast
Eric awesome review! This is one great set! Atlas really did it right!! I have this same set in the Midnight Blue color.
Awesome!
I ended up getting the standard blue / silver, but that 50th looks really nice! congrats on that set.
Nice!
I find it amazing Atlas made matching Amfletts for the 50th anniversary units
Now all you need are some Horizon and regular colored Amfleets and this’ll be a proper Amtrak train!
Yes!
Nice review! Makes me wanting to reevaluate the O scale again, all my collection is HO.
Mission accomplished!
Doublehead the P42 with the Amtrak F40PH
It's pretty sad that MTH went out of business, but now thanks to Atlas for making the best O Guage trains ever!
They didn’t go out of business. They’re still making trains.
@@Ericstrains oh, I thought they're out of business because the owner was retired three years ago.
@@felixthetrainfan4819 well they did not go out of business all together. They did sell off some models and molds to Lionel and Atlas and maybe a few others
I have the 4 pack of Superliner cars Lionel made from years back, My Lionel cars do have the marker lights feature though. Sadly they are only 18" and not 21" like they should be. This engine would look AMAZING pulling those cars
Amazing set. I have this same one on order. Looking forward to getting it on my layout. And yes, Atlas/MTH does not make it easy to get inside these. I have an original amfleet set from circa 1999/2000 and it’s just as much of a pain.
Thanks!
I will say, it looks like the Amfleets are harder to open up than my streamlined passenger cars from MTH. I think it's something like six screws for those.
The MTH Amfleet cars always had the Red Marker lights with the Switch, don’t think they flicker free interior lights just Leds .I have the MTH as well . Awesome Review(:
Stunning is right!
Magnificent video of the model train, I like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, my friend, i subbed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA
Thanks!
@@Ericstrains no problem, mate.
@@Ericstrains i have some great videos of the trains that you will enjoy a lot.
It would be interesting to compare the 2 rail vs 3 rail versions of these engines. Oftentimes the MTH 2 rail units had fixed pilots and ladders for a more realistic appearance.
💪😎
I’ve been looking for some amfleet cars for my layout since i got my genesis engines (one powered and one not) like i want to say maybe 6-7 years ago i might have to go either to atlas or some second hand model train site to get some of these if i can find them
Wow absolutely beautiful locomotive and cars! Very crisp details in the paint. What an eye for detail Atlas has! Love Atlas stuff. Everything they do is so well done. Yep I am with ya. Too easy to take the car apart a bit and add a few more passengers. I like full car’s especially now that the pandemic is over! Love your night lighting affects as well. I think the horn on the locomotive sounds great too. Great Video Big Guy. Thanks for sharing 🙂Ohhhhh… nice to see they still got the trail derailment sound affect at Atlas😜always loved that feature. Good luck 🍀 with that one in the tunnel 🤣
Thanks!
Nice.
Really enjoy watching your videos. I have the Menards beta 4.5 and a 031 circle of tubular track. Before I purchase anything else, I'd like to know your suggestion on minimum curve on a 4x8 layout. I would go bigger but space is limited. If I use my space wisely could maybe get away with a 6x10.
Use the widest curve possible, which on 4x8 would be O42 I think. On 6x10 you could comfortably do O63
Cool I love it
I have friends that work at beach Grove amtrak in Indiana.
TY
Nice
The hobo union called. They said, that you're missing the hobo camp..
That is nice.
Awesome set up. I'm assuming you can utilize features from the different sequences of horn and bell buttons using it conventional ? Thanks Eric. 👍
Yes
Like the audio
Thanks
That's almost exactly how my Amtrack engine sounds and it's an older Mth has the proto 2 sounds I always liked those sound clips but this one has different start up sounds mine has the load baggage sound to the pfa sounds almost identical..my engine don't look like this tho mine has the 3 windows in front I never actually knew what model Amtrack it was called the only thing I do know is whenever you hit PFA first sound says now arriving from San hosezay the capital maybe you might???
When the New York and Atlantic took over freight service from the Long Island railroad they started with eight thousand carloads a year now he has 37000 car loads a year. They're better customer service brought back people who would not use Long Island railroad anymore.
Thanks, Frank
No. Beech grove is where these were painted Eric.
Good to know
Eric,loved this setup. My question is, can you hook the billows together between the cars? And will you be getting an extra power engine behind the locomotive? Have an awesome weekend.
Guess I should've watched the whole video before I ask questions about the video.....lol
Billows - not easily but anything’s possible. Extra power - yeah, I ran a double header for a couple shots in the video. Thanks!
2:12 next time can you put the locomotive on the layout before you put the box on the table in a kind way🫣 2:51 don’t want you to drop it
Now, if they have a matching Baggage Car...
This is more accurate than the Lionel ones
Everything Atlas makes is more accurate than anything Lionel makes.
@@Ericstrains I agree
The older lionel passenger cars light up and illuminate passengers i dont know about the rest
Ps.....I love all the ground level video shots...what camera are you using.
iPhone
Cool
The Amtrak Auto train is longer than 30 cars. good luck finding enough Amtrak auto racks though
Fortunately I thought of this a couple of decades ago. I may have the only O-gauge Auto-Train on TH-cam, if not just the first. 9 Superliners and 13 autoracks at the time of filming. Since I made that video, I've acquired 10 more autoracks, and can actually add another five Superliners from my collection. Only problem is the train would be longer than my house 🤪
@@RailRide I have one F40PH from Lionel and that's in phase 3. My superliners are phase 4 but it's the four pack they offered that were 18 in. They have the ability to change the red light either end of the car. I'm looking to add some Golden gate Depot scale ones to my collection. And then I only have one Amtrak box car and one Amtrak auto rack. It's really tough to find Amtrak stuff in O in general let alone For a decent price My superliners from Lionel cost me $125 per car
@@doubleutubefan5 Yes, in recent years it has become the case. I started buying the MTH auto-train autoracks as they came out, initially the Phase III striped ones, then switched to the Phase IV versions. I had a couple of the CSX fantasy scheme ones custom repainted into the Phase V versions, them MTH came out with the same, so I ordered the six-pack they offered in 2019-ish. So I spent a bit more than a decade building an MTH Auto-Train.
As for Superliners, I have shorty Williams ones from when they were offered in a six-pack (1992), then bought 18" MTH, K-Line and Lionel versions while building the Auto-Train. I actually overshot the number needed to match the number of coaches in the A-T consist (and I don't have room to run a train that long anyway), so my K-Line and Lionel superliners just sit around waiting for me to make up a random consist with them.
I don't think I ever ran the Williams cars, or the MTH + K-Line F40PH's I got when those came out either.
@@RailRide If you ever want to check them out, head over to sunset models/golden gate Depot and put your order in because they are running a one-time only Amtrak extravaganza right now with superliners, am fleet, budd cars, p40/p42/ AND the seimens chargers in all paint variants
@doubleutubefan5 Yes, I'm on their mailing list. I'm currently considering two more sleepers, but in phase IV (already have two in the 'Amtrak America' phase 3 scheme), and one of the Chargers. I'm not going after the GGD Superliners since I already have almost 30 of the 18" ones and am not bothered by their not being completely scale.
I have the same engine in the plain phase 6 paint scheme. Who do you think makes the best detailed Amtrak phase 6 cars? The new lionel 2 car set? MTH or Atlas? Thanks.
Do the passenger cars also run on o31 track?
Yes
Forgot MTH had accident sounds
Yeah I triggered it by accident and just kept it as an outtake
Eric, do you still make content for your other channel?
yep
I've seen a real Amtrak 50th Anniversary locomotive a few times before.
Awesome!
Where did you get the coaches from??? I can't find them anywhere!
Got them when they first came out. They’re probably sold out by now ☹️
Is this o scale or traditional
What control system for this?
MTH?
MTH DCS
Atlas Premier line locos made from purchased MTH tooling use Protosound 3. AtlasO is also selling the DCS hardware under it's own name going forward (once electronics supplies permit building them again)
AtlasO locomotives that predate the MTH tooling purchase (i.e. their Master Line) will as far as I know, continue to use TMCC (or DCC for 2-rail versions)
How do you power an atlas locomotive? That's my number reason for being concerned about buying any atlas power
They have passengers in them unlike Amtrak.
But did you know that the Amtrak P42's but I I didn't make them when I grow up I wanna make a new P40 P41
Is anyone making an HO version?
I think Kato has one.
i wonder he never buy newer amtrak couch set
NVM now have amfleet
I see the Made in China text quite clearly....
Everything’s made in China these days, that’s just reality.
Beautiful train but I have a question, how many times a day do you drop and lose screws? I am always dropping screws and making my wife come in and find it for me. Ha ha, you don't have to answer.
All THE TIME. I purchased one of those rolling magnet pick up tools from Home Depot to help get lost parts out of the carpet.
@@Ericstrains Ha ha, thanks for the reply, I will follow your example.
@@rogerstrate5727 I bought one of those magnetic parts bowls so you can just drop them in and they stay put.
Ah Amtrak 50 years of service, 35 years of "attention passingers were going to be delayed for a bit for a freight train to pass"
When will amtrak build there own passinger hish speed main line in other parts of the country besides the NEC.
When we turn into China and do away with property rights, not to mention spend $$$ like drunken sailors doing crack+meth on pure vanity projects with zero opposition :D
Complicated question with a complicated answer
am I crazy, or are these prices 35% cheaper than Lionel?
Everyone is cheaper than Lionel lol.
A very fuel, conscious,low carbon footprint for the planet locomotive😂 designed by a 5th-grader
Just being honest: Your knife skills are a little scary. Cut away from your body!
Beech Grove is a suburb of Indianapolis as well. I've taken the IndyGo city bus service and seen the Amtrak maintenance facility there, from the road.