Throwback: Amtrak in the 90s
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
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Some classic Amtrak catches from the mid to late 90s.
00:00 Amtrak ICE Train Porter, IN
01:34 Three Rivers East Conemaugh, PA
02:58 Pere Marquette Burns Harbor, IN
03:16 Capitol Porter, IN
03:30 Lake Shore Waterloo, IN
04:42 Illini and City of New Orleans Homewood, IL
06:05 Pennsylvanian Cresson, PA
06:36 Hoosier State Roselawn, IN
06:50 Broadway Cresson, PA
07:38 Twilight Burns Harbor, IN
07:48 International Burns Harbor, IN
08:21 Wolverine Porter, IN
09:11 Three Rivers Lilly, PA
09:52 Hoosier State Chase on the P&E
11:19 Capitol Otis, IN
12:00 Three Rivers Altoona, PA
13:58 355 Battle Creek, MI
15:24 Empire Builder Duplainville, WI
15:59 Pere Marquette Indiana Harbor, IN
16:26 Twilight Indiana Harbor, IN
16:50 Three Rivers Mapleton, PA
17:26 Ann Rutledge Springfield, IL
18:23 Lake City Porter, IN
19:42 Illini Gilman, IL
19:54 City of New Orleans Gilman, IL
20:43 Lake City/International Combo Porter, iN
21:10 Pennsylvanian MG Tower
21:42 Southwest Chief Highlands, IL
22:21 East and West Cal Zephyrs Highlands, IL
23:26 Pennsylvanian West of MG Tower (AG Fill)
24:06 Three Rivers Wellsboro, IN
24:52 Three Rivers Nappanee, IN
25:30 Three Rivers Nappanee, IN
27:08 Empire Builder Duplainville, WI
27:53 Broadway Wellsboro, IN
28:46 Southwest Chief Streator, IL
30:23 Illini Effingham, IL
30:53 Talgo Special Porter, IN
31:18 Capitol Porter, IN
32:26 Illinois Zephyr Galesburg, IL
32:59 Capitol Hyndman, PA
34:30 Ann Rutledge Dwight, IL
35:24 Southwest Chief Ancona, IL
36:17 Texas Eagle Brighton Park, IL
38:53 1996 POTUS Specials Burns Harbor and Porter, IN
43:51 Three Rivers East Conemaugh, PA
44:42 A clip I forgot to edit of a Santa Fe WB, obstructed view of the State House and a Metra at Joliet, IL. No extra charge for the bonus trains.
Feels like I went through a time machine. Both by the video quality and the footage itself. I swear I was born too late.
I still say I was
Amtrak CD: the game where you have to get an ACS-64 up to 88 MPH to change the past so that Amtrak never scrapped the P30CHs.
It still amazes me how many people who make videos like this came to Highlands, and still do to this day. It was always just "across the street from grandma's house" in my mind, despite how much time I spent there just watching trains.
Didn't know Amtrak had ICE trains, they looked so futuristic even for its time
it was a message to let the folks of the east coast and the whole USA together "we're getting a high speed train"
Loved Amtrak so much!! Their F40s were beautiful
I love the how it was scenes! I so wish I would of had the forethought back than to get more shots! Glad you did so the rest of can relieve the glory days of Amtrak.
The good ol’ days!
8:48 you can still see the pantograph mount and the radiators on top
Wow, thx for this!
You're welcome, I forgot Amtrak used to have some cool stuff running around
Excellent footage! That's crazy seeing the Three Rivers blast through Nappanee without stopping. AFAIK, it was always a published stop.
It certainly was, however the train got so delayed on CSX that the passengers were bused and the equipment deadheaded to Chicago. It was over 12 hours late that night.
@@ChadsRailfanExperience Okay, that explains it.
Back when amtrak was cool!
I miss the MHC cars. I don't know why, but it added something to the consist.
Yeah and not like a hot garbage ball like rn days
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,51 seconds in and awesome new stuff........
Absolutely beautiful footage!
Thank you
Phase 3 is the best paint scheme of Amtrak.
Yeah
that was neat.
I liked the VIA led International.
Fantastic compilation! Thanks
Thank you kindly
I came here for the Michigan trains and was not disappointed! If only I was alive for the era of Metroliner cabcars on the Wolverines (and Lake Cities and Twilight Limiteds)... but the Geeps caught me by surprise!
Glad you enjoyed it, it was a fun time for variety on Amtrak for sure
@@ChadsRailfanExperience Also was interesting to see some train numbers that I recognize which were once applied to differently-named trains - for example, Amtrak 354 in this video being the Twilight Limited, but today one of the 3 eastbound Wolverines. From now on, I'll always think of 354 (which I've ridden myself multiple times) as the Twilight Limited in spirit (just as I already think of the overnight Northeast Regionals as the "Night Owl" in spirit)... just references that remain today of Amtrak trains of a prior era.
4:05 why they removed the strobe lights from the genesis still puzzles me to this day, they were always the Amtrak signature.
Very good video!
Awsome
I saw that same GP40X you caught leading that Santa Fe intermodal in the yard in Galesburg in September of 2014, still wearing Santa Fe blue and yellow but lettered for BNSF and wearing the number 3033. Far as I'm aware, that's the only GP40X I've ever seen.
Awesome throwback
Thank you!
Wow man, great stuff. Thanks for sharing Also, 28:46 would be at Streator, IL (pedestrain bridge and glass plant are visible in north end of shot)..
That darn middle of the night editing got me again! I fixed it, thanks
16:37-16:40 I ❤️ that Dash 8 double header
I wish those were still in regular service
An Amtrak Metroliner Cab Car 9800 Train Appears In The Video Thumbnail
It's actually rare to see a VIA Rail F40PH-2D on Amtrak.
I'm kicking myself for not recognizing Ridgley at 17:37
18:03 Looks Like Amtrak Metroliner Conference Car (Phase III)
ok That Amtrak Conference Car Phase III was removed.
Back when Amtrak had phase 2, 3 & 4 paint schemes on Amfleets & superliners 😔
even on their locomotives
@@vientheimpostorandtrainfan8508 yup miss those too
27:38 I wonder why that metrloink car was on the back of its train
3:23 didn’t think they still ran the dome cars into the 90’s
7:54 That coach just after that Horizon coach, and before that Amfleet II coach ... that's definitely an ex-Metroliner - I first noticed the roof which had metal pieces still on there where the pantograph assembly would go, then I played that piece again, and noticed the tiny, 10th window that Metroliners had, but Amfleet Is didn't.
edit: 8:42 Another one that - looks like these were the Metroliners that were converted not to cab cars, but to coaches - which I guess based off of the cab window being sealed off, as well as the door adjacent to the cab.
Good eye!
Correct. They were called Michigan Coaches and lasted from the early 90s to the mid 00s, with some even making it into the current Phase VI paint scheme.
@@amtrak706 IIRC there are still some in the Michigan Coach config (w/ blanked out cab windows) to this day.
@@DanknDerpyGamer No, they were all removed from service and stored by 2006 at the latest.
@@amtrak706 Stored as of July 2005.
5:40 What was he saying? I could hear him yell but i didn't understand a thing lol
Man, how come the Wolverine cant run cab cars now with the new chargers. Now that would be awesome!
That'd be cool, but I did see 351 on 1/20 with one of the new Venture cars on the rear
Is that conrail at 12:53?
It is
My only favourite part is that the southwest chief was in streator led by 3 p40dc locomotives and every superliner coach was in phase 3 scheme and the heritage transition car in the front and their was only one hi level
Well that's a bummer, I thought I put together some quality programming there.
What is that Metrolink car doing here 27:37
Why did all the metroliner cab cars not get the paint job the one in the thumbnail got?
There was something special about that cab car and I don't recall what.
20:56 First DPU?
In a Amtrak sort of way, yes.
I am a kid and use not min so pls do 80s and 2000s pls do it kid
I still don’t get why Amtrak doesn’t just make venture cab cars or amfleet cab cars specifically for the Midwest commuter services. They don’t need two engines, they only need one and a cab car.
One charger is bound to fail
@@ChadsRailfanExperience haha true
@@mdnsubdiv and right on cue, the only one on Amtrak 350 died today
@@ChadsRailfanExperience haha
Don’t tell me that is a Amtrak German train
Why does Amtrak have boxcars
They used to haul mail, Express freight and perishable traffic.
Now all they do is haul passenger trains