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Posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Jul 1 07:37:34 2025 Amtrak's 30th St Station complex has two storage areas, the Race Street Engine House and the Penn Coach Yards, where equipment can congregate for photos. The Penn Coach Yard have seen a marked decline in the amount of stored equipment since its heyday in the 1940's and 50. It wasn't that long ago when the yards were almost completely empty save for a spare Metroliner cab car or string of MoW hoppers. Same with Race St, as power changes at Philly became a thing of the past, so did the need for the spare motive power to support them. However in May of 2024, an alignment of the stars seems to have rejuvenated both facilities with new equipment in ready view of the photographer friendly parking structure. This set will cover both 30th St Station facilities along with a grab bag of other railroad photos.On my way over I caught a meet between NJT and PATCO at the Haddonfield station. Southbound NJT Atlantic City Train led by Comet V cab car #6039 and pushed by GP40PH-2B #4209 met a westbound PATCO local with class leading married pair #1001 in front. The star attraction of the Coach Yards that day were the 4 series production and one unnumbered prototype Acela II's that were were hanging out due to contract issues with the vendor, Alstom. Unlike Bombardier, Alstom really doesn't need Amtrak's business and was working to the letter of its contract, delivering the sets to Amtrak as they were made ready. Amtrak on the other hand was running its playbook of demanding free changes for an improperly specified design by claiming the equipment was built poorly. The result, delivered trainsets that couldn't be placed in service.  The Acela II equipment is far more "off the shelf" than the bespoke Acela I's, however this exposes the European spec equipment to the demanding conditions of North American spec track conditions and maintenance practices, thus the need for changes and modifications.   The Acela II's will consist of two power cars with coaches in between like the Acela I's, except the coaches will be of an articulated design with adjacent cars sharing a single truck. The power cars will be numbered in the 21xx series.   The sets will have 9 cars, up from the current 6, order to expand capacity, however the cars will be slightly shorter with only a single door and vestibule. Coaches will be numbered in ranges between 3200 and 3999 depending on car type.   Also in the yard that day was PRR business car #7503, the "Francis L.Suter" and HHP-8 cab car conversion #9751 that was undergoing testing.   The Race St Engine Terminal had the usual smattering of electrics and diesels to support the Pennsylvanian's power change, along with MoW engines, but also a cut of new ALC-42 Chargers on delivery. In all this consisted of P42DC's #120 and #131, ACS-86's #613, #636 and #663, GP38-3H's #723, #725 and #729, MP15D #579 and ALC-42 siblings #351 #352 and #353.      My trip involved going to Washington, DC where I ran into Acela Express power car #2015 and ACS'-86 #667 and #607.    I'll wrap things up with another round of trains at the Dorsey MARC station, where new ties were piled up for a switch replacement project. Single level cab car #7760 was leading a train with MP36PH-3C #22 and MP36PH-3C #29 leading a train with ML cab car #8052.     That's all for now, tune in next week as I take a road trip back down the RF&P to Richmond. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Jul 1 21:13:01 2025, in response to PHOTOS: NEW POWER AT PENN YARDS, posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Jul 1 07:37:34 2025. Very, very nice. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 2 07:34:16 2025, in response to Re: PHOTOS: NEW POWER AT PENN YARDS, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Jul 1 21:13:01 2025. Only how many years late? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 2 16:33:39 2025, in response to PHOTOS: NEW POWER AT PENN YARDS, posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Jul 1 07:37:34 2025. Funny enough, the MARC MP40s and BBD MLVs look pretty good together. Now maybe MARC should get some MLV EMU power cars for the trailer cars on the Penn Line . . . ? |
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