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Passenger Trains > ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PADate: 10/20/14 10:07 ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: birdman Motor No. 608 made the first run in revenue service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Here we see it at Leaman Place near Paradise, PA on the return trip from Harrisburg.
 Date: 10/20/14 10:31 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: nm2320 Think about it. The ex-Metroliner cab car at the end of the train is 50 years old!
Date: 10/20/14 10:32 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: birdman Good point. I hadn't thought about it. Thanks for that interesting factoid.
Date: 10/20/14 10:48 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: NSClevelandLine Good looking engine for sure!
Posted from Android Date: 10/20/14 11:55 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: BlackWidow How fast can they go there?
Date: 10/20/14 12:57 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: hsr_fan BlackWidow Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How fast can they go there? 110 mph! Apparently the route is completely grade separated now, with the last 3 grade crossings being taken out of service. With all the hype surrounding other projects, Amtrak has quietly turned the Keystone route into a nice high speed electrified railroad over the last decade or so! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/14 13:02 by hsr_fan. Date: 10/20/14 16:54 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: tmurray nm2320 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Think about it. The ex-Metroliner cab car at the > end of the train is 50 years old! Close, 45. Date: 10/20/14 18:13 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: mp109 So,is this a test run or are they going to be using these on the Keystone trains from now on?
Date: 10/20/14 18:37 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: Lackawanna484 hsr_fan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > BlackWidow Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > How fast can they go there? > > 110 mph! Apparently the route is completely grade > separated now, with the last 3 grade crossings > being taken out of service. With all the hype > surrounding other projects, Amtrak has quietly > turned the Keystone route into a nice high speed > electrified railroad over the last decade or so! There's been a huge investment in the line over the last 20 years. I believe the PennDOT and federal government contributed much of the cost, although Amtrak's rules required it to do much of the work. Date: 10/21/14 07:08 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: twropr What was the train number that #608 returned on?
Understand it went west on train #605, which took 3 hours to make the PHI-HAR run - 15" longer than scheduled Andy Date: 10/21/14 08:12 Re: ACS-64 No. 608 at Leaman Place, PA Author: birdman twropr Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What was the train number that #608 returned on? > Understand it went west on train #605, which took > 3 hours to make the PHI-HAR run - 15" longer than > scheduled > > Andy I think it was Train 644. |