That's one great trainset. A lounge car and the speeds attainable, great show!

Hey thanks for using my footage of the electroliner at IRM! This is a nice collection!

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I wanted a clip of each set in preservation and yours was the best of those at IRM. My last visit there was when it was still under restoration.

Ironically, both trains have now been owned longer by museums than while in regular service on the North Shore and Red Arrow combined.

Fantastic film. Congratulations from Spain. It is very interesting see these takes of top interurbans trains that soon sadly disappeared but soon will come again.

Thanks for the video. It was nice to see them at speed at their original home in Illinois land Wisconsin. I got to ride them here in Pennsylvania on the Norristown line as Liberty Liners. I enjoyed the fact that SEPTA kept the bar cars in use. I always rode in the evening to my job in Stratford, Pa. Changing to a bus at Villanova. I happened to turn 21 during my travels and decided to have a party on the Liberty Liner to celebrate. I enjoyed my first alcoholic drink in the bar car on the Liberty Liner with some of my friends. Many of them had never been on this train and could not believe SEPTA had such a nice train on that line. By the way I never heard the horn on the Norristown line since there were no grade crossings and no other reason for the operator to sound it. But in the video I heard it and it does remind me of the sound of the GG-1 horn.

Great video. While I've never had a chance to ride the Liners, I did ride the Brill Bullets, including a three car fan trip back in 1989.

@Jeff-uj8xi

Жыл бұрын

I was on that three car Bullet fan trip in 1989 Are you sure it wasn't earlier than that? I think it was in the late 1970's or very early 1980's. I believe I have a post card of it.The motorman really wound it up to a high speed on that trip. And in those days, the track wasn't in very good condition. In recent years, the track is rebuilt, but SEPTA reduced the super-elevation on the curves. They've also reduced the top running speed on the modern cars. I rode the line when it was better than a roller coaster. I've been on Bullet cars where the passengers actually crossed themselves and said a Hail Mary.....lol... My favorite seat on a Bullet car was the back motorman's seat.

I love those Electro-Liners!

4.42 Love the single bell horn! Can even hear the air.

Great stuff once again, superb collection of really interesting units.

Very cool old school video

Great historical video👍👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome to see them being pushed by the Baldwin to the P&W interchange on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Cardington branch. I believe that footage was at the old Sears/Millbourne Mills site where they just built a C.H.O.P. distribution center.

I enjoyed riding the car sets on the Red Arrow Norristown Line when they were Liberty Liners. I have Liberty Liner drink coasters and cocktail napkins in my collection. I could usually be found at the front window seat. I'm glad both car sets have been saved. The IRM has done a great job with theirs in North Shore colors and lettering. Rock Hill has theirs in the Red Arrow Liberty Liner scheme. Last I heard, the IRM set isn''t fully restored yet. Rock Hill's set, also in need of further restoration operates, but I hear it draws an awful lot of power and puts a real strain on the substation. One prize in my collection is a North Shore lunch check for one Electro Burger.

@RedArrow73

7 ай бұрын

Funny, people familiar with the North Shore said mgmt reckoned the power draw of an Electroliner to be equivalent to a two car train. The center truck was only fitted with brakes. Total: 5.

On the P & W, as a 10-yo kid I watched a 'Liner hit 80 for about one second.

If you uploaded this three days ago this would be perfect

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

Why is that important? What happened 3 days ago?

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

Жыл бұрын

@@fmnut The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee's last full day of service was on January 20th, 1963. Would have been perfect for the 60th Anniversary.

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory sorry, didn't realize that or I would have pushed harder for that date. Thanks for watching.

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

Жыл бұрын

@@fmnut It's alright. Cool seing more Electroliner footage.

@Dorpmuller

Жыл бұрын

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Would've been perfect if the auto industry hadn't destroyed everything.

excellent video my man

These are really well built trains

Wow. Efficient electric city center to city center transport. Thank god we got rid of that.

@maas1208

9 ай бұрын

Please tell me you're being sarcastic

About the sound track: The 'liners in real life had silent gears, may have had PCC drive couplings between motor and axle.

@fmnut

7 ай бұрын

Some of the sounds were from actual liner recordings, others from generic traction sources. I did the best I could to match the soundtrack to the perceived speed in the film. My goal is plausibility when 100% accuracy isn't possible. Thanks for watching.

@RedArrow73

7 ай бұрын

@@fmnut Your sync work was outstanding.

@fmnut

7 ай бұрын

@@RedArrow73 thanks.

@user-wk8vi3zo6e

6 ай бұрын

The Liners have Westinghouse-Nuttle gear boxes, like the Red Arrow Brilliners and St Louis cars as well as West Penn 832. Silent and no rumbling of universal joints!

would have been neat to see them do all ahead full!!!!! 110 mph.

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

Only happened once, a speed test right after delivery. They overran the timings at grade crossings, the gates not descending until after the train passed. There was also some pronounced oscillation due to the jointed rail. The chief mechanical officer ordered the field shunts (which allowed higher speeds) to be disconnected for safety's sake.

Nice footage but what is going on at 7:57 to 8:11 the single car is dangerously close to the Liner it is following, did it run a red signal?

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Being a transit operation rather than a common carrier line, there may have been different rules in effect than the ones with which we're familiar.

I saw one those before

Was this interurban electrified at 660v dc throughout or did it have 1500v dc sections?

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

600V DC throughout.

2:00 sounds almost like a GG1.

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

Similar type horn, but it's a WABCO E2B rather than the Leslie Tyfon A200 of the GG1'S. Slightly different pitch.

@michaelXXLF

Жыл бұрын

@@fmnut Wee bit higher, isn't it? Thanks for clearing that!

@fmnut

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelXXLF well, I take back what I said earlier. Both horns sound the same note. I based my earlier statement on a few samples from my own audio files. A more complete study revealed the error. Any variations in pitch were probably due to adjustments of the diaphragms or lack thereof. Thanks for watching.

@michaelXXLF

Жыл бұрын

@@fmnut Thanks for diving into that! 😅👍