This footage is PURE gold!!! E60CH's; LRC locomotive and cars; E8A #499; F40PH's; GG1's; SPV-2000 RDC's; brand new AEM-7's; just, absolutely priceless footage! Thank you so very much for sharing it with us!
Also, to think that 40 years ago we had old GG1 electric locomotives pulling new Amfleet cars, and now we have newer ACS-64 electric locomotives pulling old Amfleet cars! (Though to be fair, the Amfleet cars have been refurbished several times, so on the inside they look much newer than they really are.)
ApatheticCareBear i wonder if Amtrak planned on having LRC’s instead of amfleets and that’s why they painted the AEM-7’s with similar looks to the LRC’s
The E8 you see in the Phase 3 paint scheme is #499, the only unit to be painted so. She was retired in early 1983 along with sisters 496 and 498. The 495 and 497 continued to operate through 1983.
I had a cab ride to NY and back with a friend and his Father in the late 80's in an AEM-7 at 110mph. It was great and interrupted only by the ac/dc change when the breakers trip and had to be reset.
I still often see AEM-7s at South Station in Boston, but in the "Phase V" colors. Once in a while I'll see one of their shiny new ACS-64 electric locomotives. And this is their non-Acela trains (as I usually see a LOT of Acela Express trains there.) The MBTA still uses F40PH locomotives, but the only Amtrak diesels I see in Boston nowadays are the Genesis series.
The "Vomit Comets", the 4400's had to go when the NH Line was converted to 60 hz...they were not able to operate on that power...I rode on the last run of the Washboard MU's.....They were quite beat up by that time....
Amtrak RS-3 114 is ex Pennsy 8604. After serving several years as ConRail 4020 and 4021, E-8's 498 and 499 eventually became the property of Bennett Levin, yeah, THOSE E-8's! The 496 was cut up in North Haven in 1985 or 86. The RDC-2 looks like the 30, origionally NP B-30, the only RDC that kept it's origional number.
@AJBMP43 oh cool..i didn't recognize it because it looks just like the amfleets tht distance.i've never seen the bolted on patches were the restrooms are...maybe i did and never noticed them..i see the metroliner cab cars everyday since i live next to the harrisburg line..the only patches i see are were the traction motors vents use to be and roof patches..but i have seen one metroliner car completely turned into a coach and it look like the one at 6:50..they even plated over old windows on it
Phase 3 is still around on the new viewliners baggage cars and new viewliner 2 sleepers & on P40DC 822 & P42DC 145 & F40PHR 406 & the 40th Anniversary train
what kind of train cars were behind the f40ph at 2:07?..they look to be old NH EMU's but i can't tell..i didn't know amtrak painted an E unit into phase 3 paint!!..thts awsome and at 6:50 the second amtrak car has a different type of truck then normal...i've seen the other type but not tht one..very cool..awsome vid!!
4400's, the so called "Vomit Comets" due to the bouncing around when running. Long gone, could not operate on 60 HZ and did not have ATC....Too bad, they were very interesting units.....
The three E8's shown here are a group of five that were rebuilt in 1975 with HEP so they could run with the Amfleet cars. But the AEM-7's could not operate without the E8's yet? Was this shot with video or 16mm?
Great "vintage" stuff erie, thanks for posting. If you have any more, feel free to post.Haha. Do you work for the railroad? I guess it was alot easier to gain access onto railroad property then, compared to today with homeland hysteria that we have today.
AMTRAK had some ugly colors.. The RS3 ruined in PC livery. at least the caboose was still in NH livery. Nice old video. I remember when you could just go down in that yard. No gates, no security. I use to go sown & take pics all the time. Had my nephew climbing on the locos. LOL No one came around. Over the years did a lot of hauling const. material in there,
This footage is PURE gold!!! E60CH's; LRC locomotive and cars; E8A #499; F40PH's; GG1's; SPV-2000 RDC's; brand new AEM-7's; just, absolutely priceless footage! Thank you so very much for sharing it with us!
Awesome videos with my favourite trains!
Love the RDCs!!! Classic footage!
I really enjoy this memory down lane
And to think the AEM-7s are now gone from Amtrak...
I came back to this video to say that same thing.
Cry cry cry say that to hhp8 to
Also, to think that 40 years ago we had old GG1 electric locomotives pulling new Amfleet cars, and now we have newer ACS-64 electric locomotives pulling old Amfleet cars! (Though to be fair, the Amfleet cars have been refurbished several times, so on the inside they look much newer than they really are.)
ApatheticCareBear i wonder if Amtrak planned on having LRC’s instead of amfleets and that’s why they painted the AEM-7’s with similar looks to the LRC’s
The E8 you see in the Phase 3 paint scheme is #499, the only unit to be painted so. She was retired in early 1983 along with sisters 496 and 498. The 495 and 497 continued to operate through 1983.
I had a cab ride to NY and back with a friend and his Father in the late 80's in an AEM-7 at 110mph. It was great and interrupted only by the ac/dc change when the breakers trip and had to be reset.
Washboards in the background. Sigh. I grew up on those 4400s.
I still often see AEM-7s at South Station in Boston, but in the "Phase V" colors. Once in a while I'll see one of their shiny new ACS-64 electric locomotives. And this is their non-Acela trains (as I usually see a LOT of Acela Express trains there.)
The MBTA still uses F40PH locomotives, but the only Amtrak diesels I see in Boston nowadays are the Genesis series.
Very sharp eye ! I would never have caught that . Bob
The "Vomit Comets", the 4400's had to go when the NH Line was converted to 60 hz...they were not able to operate on that power...I rode on the last run of the Washboard MU's.....They were quite beat up by that time....
Amtrak RS-3 114 is ex Pennsy 8604. After serving several years as ConRail 4020 and 4021, E-8's 498 and 499 eventually became the property of Bennett Levin, yeah, THOSE E-8's! The 496 was cut up in North Haven in 1985 or 86. The RDC-2 looks like the 30, origionally NP B-30, the only RDC that kept it's origional number.
This was during the Catenary upgrade on the Hell Gate Line.
Wow very old amtrak 1981 vs 2019
Whoever recorded this realizes he found a super rare thing, 2 bells on a multi header train.
@AJBMP43 oh cool..i didn't recognize it because it looks just like the amfleets tht distance.i've never seen the bolted on patches were the restrooms are...maybe i did and never noticed them..i see the metroliner cab cars everyday since i live next to the harrisburg line..the only patches i see are were the traction motors vents use to be and roof patches..but i have seen one metroliner car completely turned into a coach and it look like the one at 6:50..they even plated over old windows on it
At about 6:48, check out the trucks on that Amfleet coach! Those aren't the normal Pioneer trucks.
I was working Tower 75 that day...
Dale in Alabama
this is cool thanks!
I miss the phase III
Phase 3 is still around on the new viewliners baggage cars and new viewliner 2 sleepers & on P40DC 822 & P42DC 145 & F40PHR 406 & the 40th Anniversary train
yeah I knew they were NH but didn't know the type..thanks for that..yeah indeed they look to be cool
Amtrak should have kept their Budd RDC'S
Wish I could have seen all this early Amtrak action...still a fair amount of former New Haven equipment being used...sad
wow a phase three E unit. I know what I plan on failing to do...
those F40PH's are sexy as hell
what kind of train cars were behind the f40ph at 2:07?..they look to be old NH EMU's but i can't tell..i didn't know amtrak painted an E unit into phase 3 paint!!..thts awsome and at 6:50 the second amtrak car has a different type of truck then normal...i've seen the other type but not tht one..very cool..awsome vid!!
Hey What Happend to all those old washboard MU's New Haven had they only lasted for a short time ?
and to think, those "new" electrics will be replaced over the next couple of years.
4400's, the so called "Vomit Comets" due to the bouncing around when running. Long gone, could not operate on 60 HZ and did not have ATC....Too bad, they were very interesting units.....
The three E8's shown here are a group of five that were rebuilt in 1975 with HEP so they could run with the Amfleet cars. But the AEM-7's could not operate without the E8's yet? Was this shot with video or 16mm?
Great "vintage" stuff erie, thanks for posting. If you have any more, feel free to post.Haha. Do you work for the railroad? I guess it was alot easier to gain access onto railroad property then, compared to today with homeland hysteria that we have today.
Was this when they first introduced the AEM-7s?
the amtrak aem7 was first introduced in 1979
AMTRAK had some ugly colors.. The RS3 ruined in PC livery. at least the caboose was still in NH livery. Nice old video. I remember when you could just go down in that yard. No gates, no security. I use to go sown & take pics all the time. Had my nephew climbing on the locos. LOL No one came around. Over the years did a lot of hauling const. material in there,
New Haven before it became a sterile yuppie station, when it was still a real railroad!!