Amtrak In the 1990's & Beyond

Purchase a complete DVD or BLURAY of this program at:
www.greenfrog.com/HA_Amtrak19...
Camera of Harold Holmes
On this program we go back in time to the Bloomington / Normal, ILL. area, starting in the 1990’s!
See trains 22, 21 “The Texas Eagle”, 303, 304, 305, 311 & 312 also known as “The Loop”. Trains 311 & 312 ran from Chicago to Springfield, ILL. and 312 used an Am-fleet cab car. Also featured is the X2000 & the ICE Train in Normal, ILL. in 1993!
Please note, the footage of the X2000 and ICE Train was shot using the VHS tape format. One shot of the ICE train flutters as the engines go by as the tape was bad in this section. The ICE train was pulled by the only two Siemens built engines that Amtrak owned at the time, #450 & #451. This program features a majority of Amtrak trains using the F-40PH loco’s!
We start out on the Santa Fe’s Chillicothe Sub. Here you will see Amtrak’s Southwest Chief #3 & #4 pulled with “800 class” AMD-103’s, and a few By “500 class” loco’s. Most power is in the phase 3, and some in phase 4 paint schemes. In the later part of the program we will be back in the Bloomington / Normal, ILL. area. Approx. 97 Minutes

[@sharksman20rocks]

0:40: AMTK 829, the second unit destroyed in the Bourbonnais train wreck in 1999. RIP.

[@MattKhosrowRailfan]

2:53 nice catch of the f69phac’s!!

[@tonytins]

Back when they had a more consistent livery. xD Phase III was always my favorite.

[@AmtrakFunkandDiscoFan]

Amtrak 4 life!!!

[@FourDollaRacing]

Bankrupt 4 life....

[@derrickwong5337]

Fantastic and terrific! I love Amtrak for 52 years.

[@accountname1651]

sitting here in 2023 with my 30 year old Lego Metroliner on my chest closely watching how I can improve the look coming close to the real ones - my wife will kill me - but that's worth it

[@markusdude1]

1:14 Videos of the Metroliner cab cars that looked like this don't seem easy to come by. Glad I could find another one.

[@oaktree6986]

0:50 this is exactly why wide font k5las are the best

[@HarrisonPeloso]

I’m a huge Amtrak nerd and wanting some toast

[@likestallwomen]

This version of Amtrak will always been the best, Amtrak was doing awesome in the 90s, why didn't that keep going (Downs relying on Mercer that is)

[@coleallen3895]

0:57 - what train is this?