Nothing beats the comet's and the blue birds. They were good looking and sounding trains!

@JerseyRailProductions

2 ай бұрын

Thats for sure!!!!

The Comet 1s are the low door only version. They were retired from NJT by 2005. I'm not sure which lines as I think every line had at least 1 station a high level platform by then. They've been abandoned for 20 years now. The high door version remained in NJT service until 2009.

My Uncle Al was an engineer for Erie-Lackawanna. I remember he was furious when ConRail was proposing the merger back in the '70s

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

Everyone seems to be against the con rail era 😭 😆

Utah Transit bought up to 30 Comet l low platform slider cars for Frontrunner commuter service in the 2000s. Couple years ago 25 cars were auctioned off. 13 ready to run, 4 needing major work, 8 fit only to be scrapped on site. The 13 in good condition were bought by an excursion line in Abilene, Kansas and moved there. Amtrak got its first material handling cars in 1986 and another batch in 1990. The so called boxcars you showed were actually mail and express cars with HEP pass through. Later Amtrak freight type cars were several hundred box cars, over 100 refrigerator cars and several hundred RoadRailers. Amtrak ended all express service 2003-05 including even mail carrying.

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

Now that’s a history lesson right there! I hope these two comets get saved from further destruction one day by C&O, but the Amtrak Mail cars I’ve never even seen or heard of before seeing them and researching them, was so cool to see them

pretty cool stuff, i bet it was peaceful being out there with those abandoned railcars

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

It was definitely peaceful but a historical sight to see

What a shame to see them like that. NJT should donate them to one of many grateful museums out there.

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

Indeed they should, i know whippany musuem would love restoring them to EL or DOT schemes

@davidng2336

3 ай бұрын

Whippany Railway Museum and Southern California Railway Museum already have some.

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

@@davidng2336 these should be restored as well! Bringem back to former glory for excursions

I'm sure C&D has something planned for them. Maybe for Operation Toy Train or an excursion service

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

I sure hope so, that would actually be a Great idea for them and I would love to see that excursion roll around here, would be sick to see

@seantoris1763

3 ай бұрын

Nope those cars are scrap. The whippany railway museum took a bunch of spare parts to keep their feet running and all the copper was stolen so they are basically shells

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

@@seantoris1763 they shouldve forseen the vandalism before storing them there so they maybe couldve had a chance but i didnt know whippany took parts so i guess they really are destined for scrap now 😞

What happened to Amtrak box car unit 1547???

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

Is it seen in this video? Idk if that one was in the line up

@graphtonix6607

3 ай бұрын

I will rewatch the video and check all of those Amtrak box cars and then I will let you know.@@JerseyRailProductions

@JerseyRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

@@graphtonix6607 i tried but i dont think its in the lashup

@graphtonix6607

3 ай бұрын

OK.@@JerseyRailProductions