I deliver the steel and sheet metal to the Kawasaki plant here in Nebraska. Huge plant. I watch sometimes but only for a few them working and moving trucks and car bodies. Amazing. I drive for state steel and work in Omaha but we deliver the steel to Lincoln to Kawasaki. BTW i was born in DC and rode the subway the day it open from Benning Road to the end of the line with my cousin and back. Many times on the Orange as my mom lived in New Carrollton and before the military did a lot of the red line. Nice to see you guys moving up in the transit world and wish i could come back and drive for metro. Good luck and your new trains are beautiful.
My first ever ride had that sweet soprano noise of the GE motors in the background. The sound really matched the space age look of the cars and experience of going under for the first time. I remember pleading with my late uncle for more rides with that sound in particular 😂
I was born in late '06 but I have been on these older models plenty of times! Good memories from my early childhood, I always liked them and the 5000's the most. Hopefully this new era of 7000's and 8000's will become great sucsessors. They should have preserved set cars 1000 and 1001 though, same with 2000-2001 and so on and so forth in like one big Metro musem. I think there are still some 1000's being used as "Money Trains" with the 8000 number id's but I am not too sure about that...
We still soldier on with mid 1970s rolling stock with our commuter trains in Finland. 50 years of service can be expected if the trains are well maintained and the reason rail transport kicks ass when you think about lifecycle cost versus initial capital investment.
The Rohr 1000 Series Trains Have an Italian Cousin here on the west coast. Yes, (I Think you Already Know) Los Angeles, CA, home of Hollywood, has a Subway car that’s related to the 1000 Series Trains on the EAST coast. They’re related by their GE AC Traction Motors.
As a 9 year old in about mid 2019 after riding the system when I got back home to Houston I was really interested in all the old dc videos like 2016 to the 90's
1000 and 5000 did not really deserve to retire (including the 5k because they were around 2001 - 2018 but the 4000 deserved to. The 4K was WAY too unreliable.
@@DMVRailfan While I dont think that the 1000's should stay in service, there was zero reason to retire the 5000 series. Those and the 3K's and 6K's would be able to run the system fine. However the 5000's are gone so now that the 7000's are also put out of service (""Temporairly"") Metro has a severe shortage of trains, instead of putting all of these older models to scrap. They should have been kept just in case if a situation like this happened. Of course Metro didnt do this and here we are now...
Interesting how they removed the third rail current collectors from the wheel trucks as well as the couplers from the front of the railcar before putting it on the flatbed to be trucked off to scrap.
Just Like the Nippon Sharyo P865 & P2020s Here In Los Angeles, CA. They getting replaced by newer trains By Uglier Kinkisharyo Named The P3010s like the Uglier Kawasaki 7000 Series Trains on the East Coast
So why do railroad cars which can roll on regular railroad tracks and have a freight rail line right next to metro tracks have to be removed by road truck??
+regould221 They can't, actually. Metro's gauge is not quite standard gauge, and subway cars are built very differently from regular rail cars, and there are a lot of regulatory issues with putting them on regular rail lines. Not to mention that there may not be any rail line at the place they're scrapping them, which would mean you've have to put them on a truck anyway.
+regould221 The gauge isn't the problem, it's that they aren't FRA certified rolling stock. The very first cars (indeed these 1000 series) were sometimes transported to DC by rail, but special waivers and permits were required. All of the subsequent series though, came on road trucks. Also CSX would charge them as much as the trucking company - so in this case it just costs less to move them by truck.
+Salmagundiii And btw the trucks are standard gauge, the tracks were put 1/4" closer than normal to reduce hunting and swaying since the system was designed...at the time...for very high speed operation compared to most subways. (no long reached I believe, but I remember in the early 1990s seeing Orange Lines trains hit almost 80 mph around Dunn Loring, as verified by the seeing the digital speedometer on the operator's panel) The diesel switchers WMATA uses in yards are standard gauge freight equipment.
They should have been retired many years ago (when you bought the 6000 series). You do not need to wait until they are 40 years old to retire them. Now it is time to retire the 2000 series which are about 35 years old even though they have been rebuilt. Also, the 1000 series should be not be connected/mixed with the 6000 series. They don't work well and is wrong to mix new and old railcars together.
+Davin Peterson My understanding is that a 40 year lifetime is typical for rail cars. Scrapping them before that means you've spent a lot of money on a railcar without fully using it.
+CrazyPilot757 I looked into it, and the oldest cars New York is using are the R32's, which are 50 years old. However they were supposed to have been replaced by now. The reason they haven't been is a combination of delays in the order for the replacement cars, and problems with later cars that they decided to solve by replacing other, newer cars sooner. Of the 600 R32's that were originally ordered, over half have already been scrapped.
wmata needs to get these cars off their tracks. I heard from a Metro official that they're willing to get rid of them for almost any use for a reasonable price. If you tell them what you want to do with it, and give them a fair offer, they will likely give you a rail car along with a set of tracks and you can do what you plan to do with it
I miss them the train I road most before 2016 was the 1000 series.THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE WARNING I WILL BE FORCED TO STOP RIDEING AM I CLEAR!
WMATA, your subway system is amazing. Been making lots of videos about WMATA rides. But to be honest, when it comes to trains and reliability, your not very good at that (not to be rude). You retired the 5ks and they were not that old. And now there is a shortage gap because 60% of the fleet is 7k. Should of kept the 5k and refurbished them. If I could go in just ONE more ride on the 5k, I would love that. I know it would be hard but you should bring in the remaining 5k left back into service. It would make me happy and reduce the shortage gap. 5k was my favorite train. If the 6k retires, I’m just gonna stop making WMATA videos.
@Owly123 if they want safe and reliable than they should make more cars like the 6000 series they do their job very well I don't understand why they have to make a black and silver one when they could just make more cars like they 6000 but more capable to do it than before
I disagree the 7000 series and the 8000 series is cooler than those older WMATA trains which are Bart legacy fleet car rejects. then interiors look ugly with warm colors being the main color being a disgrace to my tastes of train interiors. the carpeting is just downright pathetic as cleaning will be difficult and their appearance, which is why I prefer silver and black, brown and silver, it looks like a pile of sh!t brown as poop. and they are overrated,boring, and dull just like bland redbirds.
Goodbye Rohr class 1000. Your space age unique an iconic frame design and livery shall be carried on by the relatively new class 6000. 😊
I deliver the steel and sheet metal to the Kawasaki plant here in Nebraska. Huge plant. I watch sometimes but only for a few them working and moving trucks and car bodies. Amazing. I drive for state steel and work in Omaha but we deliver the steel to Lincoln to Kawasaki. BTW i was born in DC and rode the subway the day it open from Benning Road to the end of the line with my cousin and back. Many times on the Orange as my mom lived in New Carrollton and before the military did a lot of the red line. Nice to see you guys moving up in the transit world and wish i could come back and drive for metro. Good luck and your new trains are beautiful.
My first ever ride had that sweet soprano noise of the GE motors in the background. The sound really matched the space age look of the cars and experience of going under for the first time. I remember pleading with my late uncle for more rides with that sound in particular 😂
I' grow up riding these today kids will never know about these 😭
im a kid and I have ridden one before
omg me too
2002 kid(me): dammit! These old train retired! I ain’t ride on a new Chinese made CRRC train ever!
I was born in late '06 but I have been on these older models plenty of times! Good memories from my early childhood, I always liked them and the 5000's the most. Hopefully this new era of 7000's and 8000's will become great sucsessors. They should have preserved set cars 1000 and 1001 though, same with 2000-2001 and so on and so forth in like one big Metro musem. I think there are still some 1000's being used as "Money Trains" with the 8000 number id's but I am not too sure about that...
@@RobloxianX 1000-1001 is preserved as well as 4000-4001 and 5000-5001
Goodbye a piece of my childhood
RIP 1000 series January 26 1976 june 28 2017
So all of the 1,000 series railcars are being removed from service? That stinks. I like these oldies but the new ones are cool as well.
We still soldier on with mid 1970s rolling stock with our commuter trains in Finland. 50 years of service can be expected if the trains are well maintained and the reason rail transport kicks ass when you think about lifecycle cost versus initial capital investment.
R.I.P The trains that started Metro back in 1976
1976-2017
Wish the 1000 series stayed longer, then we could hear their GE AC propulsion longer.
Same
The Rohr 1000 Series Trains Have an Italian Cousin here on the west coast. Yes, (I Think you Already Know) Los Angeles, CA, home of Hollywood, has a Subway car that’s related to the 1000 Series Trains on the EAST coast. They’re related by their GE AC Traction Motors.
They use the same ones in fact.
As a 9 year old in about mid 2019 after riding the system when I got back home to Houston I was really interested in all the old dc videos like 2016 to the 90's
im gonna miss this series badly, as well as the 4000 series.
1000 and 5000 did not really deserve to retire (including the 5k because they were around 2001 - 2018 but the 4000 deserved to. The 4K was WAY too unreliable.
1000 series deserved to retire because it was old and not structurally sound at all.
@@DMVRailfan While I dont think that the 1000's should stay in service, there was zero reason to retire the 5000 series. Those and the 3K's and 6K's would be able to run the system fine. However the 5000's are gone so now that the 7000's are also put out of service (""Temporairly"") Metro has a severe shortage of trains, instead of putting all of these older models to scrap. They should have been kept just in case if a situation like this happened. Of course Metro didnt do this and here we are now...
Interesting how they removed the third rail current collectors from the wheel trucks as well as the couplers from the front of the railcar before putting it on the flatbed to be trucked off to scrap.
I road 1286/1287 last week. Glad to see them retired. Safetrack has made everyone's commute hell but it is necessary.
Just Like the Nippon Sharyo P865 & P2020s Here In Los Angeles, CA. They getting replaced by newer trains By Uglier Kinkisharyo Named The P3010s like the Uglier Kawasaki 7000 Series Trains on the East Coast
The 4000 and 5000 series are also retiring
This was the railcar in the June 2009 crash! Which was terrible!
I hope you will save some for museums...
It sounds like they are scrapping all of them unfortunately.
They've already given some to training facilities, so there's still hope...
+jayo1212 2 of them are going to Loudoun County Fire Rescue training center, which is next to where I have an event every Tuesday
1000-1001 are being preserved though
Katz Studios LLC. Nope! 1000-1001 have been preserved!
They forgot to flick the strap and say "that's not going anywhere."
OMG I HAVE TWO VIDEOS OF THESE ON MY CHANNEL THEY GO BY MY HOUSE EVERY SINGLE WEEKDAY
Watch the wheels on the trailer as the truck makes turns!
Mommy, can I have this for my birthday and another one for Christmas?
Wtf
I'm hearing folks saying retire the 2000 but keep the 3000 their both the same car and was overhauled withe the 3000s
Goodbye early childhood
Rip 1000
About time! Bring on the new trains.
The 1000 series are the best
Nadim Allen Not when they are structurally the worst in the fleet.
For me No!
The 7000 Is the best
@@nicolepierson4416 I say the 1000 series
@@trainnadimamtrakthomasalle9037 THE 7K IS THE BEST NOT TH 1K
So why do railroad cars which can roll on regular railroad tracks and have a freight rail line right next to metro tracks have to be removed by road truck??
+regould221 They can't, actually. Metro's gauge is not quite standard gauge, and subway cars are built very differently from regular rail cars, and there are a lot of regulatory issues with putting them on regular rail lines. Not to mention that there may not be any rail line at the place they're scrapping them, which would mean you've have to put them on a truck anyway.
+regould221
The gauge isn't the problem, it's that they aren't FRA certified rolling stock. The very first cars (indeed these 1000 series) were sometimes transported to DC by rail, but special waivers and permits were required. All of the subsequent series though, came on road trucks.
Also CSX would charge them as much as the trucking company - so in this case it just costs less to move them by truck.
+Salmagundiii
And btw the trucks are standard gauge, the tracks were put 1/4" closer than normal to reduce hunting and swaying since the system was designed...at the time...for very high speed operation compared to most subways. (no long reached I believe, but I remember in the early 1990s seeing Orange Lines trains hit almost 80 mph around Dunn Loring, as verified by the seeing the digital speedometer on the operator's panel) The diesel switchers WMATA uses in yards are standard gauge freight equipment.
I was on a silver line train two summers ago that hit 74-75 mph as measured by GPS. Driver kept trying to make it go faster.
Salmagundiii I was on one of the new trains that hit 75-76 mph between Rockville and Shady Grove a year ago.
They should have been retired many years ago (when you bought the 6000 series). You do not need to wait until they are 40 years old to retire them. Now it is time to retire the 2000 series which are about 35 years old even though they have been rebuilt. Also, the 1000 series should be not be connected/mixed with the 6000 series. They don't work well and is wrong to mix new and old railcars together.
+Davin Peterson My understanding is that a 40 year lifetime is typical for rail cars. Scrapping them before that means you've spent a lot of money on a railcar without fully using it.
The latest NYC cars are designed to 50yrs.
MTA is still using 40-50 year old rail cars. So this is an average lifespan.
+CrazyPilot757 I looked into it, and the oldest cars New York is using are the R32's, which are 50 years old. However they were supposed to have been replaced by now. The reason they haven't been is a combination of delays in the order for the replacement cars, and problems with later cars that they decided to solve by replacing other, newer cars sooner. Of the 600 R32's that were originally ordered, over half have already been scrapped.
David Rosenberg Yes, well as MTA proved you can use a Metro/Subway car reliably for 40-50 years.
Dang...Gonna miss these. PLEASE save some for muesem? PleasE?????
Well, some are going to emergency training centers so maybe there's still hope...
Ethan Carter they're gonna preserve 1000-1001
Those wheels are better then the 7 k in looks and in preformace they should tale theses notes with the 8k
I herd some of the Breda 4000 series cars are retiring.
Coco Key rules Hostinger drools All of them are retiring.
What are the difference between the 1000 and the 3000
wmata needs to get these cars off their tracks. I heard from a Metro official that they're willing to get rid of them for almost any use for a reasonable price. If you tell them what you want to do with it, and give them a fair offer, they will likely give you a rail car along with a set of tracks and you can do what you plan to do with it
I wonder how much would they sell them for a set of cars
When is the 1000 series and 4000 series railcars comeing back?
Never
@@CRFProductions2023 All of them all trains belong in the strap yard
All of the old metro trains Be long in the scrapyard
The 1000s were interesting the 7000s are cool and lame at the same time but I still miss the 1000s and the 4000s
Why didn't they use the perfectly good freight railroad lines that intersect Metrorail at many points on the system to ship these cars away?
They don't have third rails
@@transitschuykill Attach a locomotive
@@benjaminbrown3939 they would have to change the track guage as well
I miss them the train I road most before 2016 was the 1000 series.THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE WARNING I WILL BE FORCED TO STOP RIDEING AM I CLEAR!
Huh?
There goes 1114-1115 on the remaining 1000 cars left
+Mr. Awesome
That was 1115, 1114 will be shipped tomorrow 04 13 2016.
The train probably broke down before it was built.
Jim Quinn That’s just preposterous. The 1000 series had an average of 74,918 miles traveled between delays.
0:12 is weird
I heard not all of them were retired
Only 1000-1001 are still in the system. They will be preserved.
Can't These Old Railcars Be Preserved Or Something?
1000-1001 are being preserved.
I thought 4000 were older
The 4000 series is technically the oldest because it's the only set of cars that didn't get rebuilt.
@@acrvids And they got replaced by the 7000 series
@@nicolepierson7710 the 7000s takes over the whole wmata until October when they derailed i heard they won’t be coming back until April 2022
@@acrvids Forgot about the 5000 series
cool
they should have given this to New York
Salim Mchinda Why? And don’t say for the subway system.
The 1000 series were ruled unsafe and beyond repair.
WMATA, your subway system is amazing. Been making lots of videos about WMATA rides. But to be honest, when it comes to trains and reliability, your not very good at that (not to be rude). You retired the 5ks and they were not that old. And now there is a shortage gap because 60% of the fleet is 7k. Should of kept the 5k and refurbished them. If I could go in just ONE more ride on the 5k, I would love that. I know it would be hard but you should bring in the remaining 5k left back into service. It would make me happy and reduce the shortage gap.
5k was my favorite train. If the 6k retires, I’m just gonna stop making WMATA videos.
All the 5k's have already been scrapped. That idea is as dead as a dinosaur.
@@benjaminbrown3939 Most of them yes. Not all. Some are still stored. But still, your right.
The 7000 series are ugly. Seriously, the older cars were much cooler.
Billsofat I know
agree
@Owly123 if they want safe and reliable than they should make more cars like the 6000 series they do their job very well I don't understand why they have to make a black and silver one when they could just make more cars like they 6000 but more capable to do it than before
@Owly123 the 7000 are ugly and don't match the system everything has to be black and silver they should just keep what they have going
I disagree the 7000 series and the 8000 series is cooler than those older WMATA trains which are Bart legacy fleet car rejects. then interiors look ugly with warm colors being the main color being a disgrace to my tastes of train interiors. the carpeting is just downright pathetic as cleaning will be difficult and their appearance, which is why I prefer silver and black, brown and silver, it looks like a pile of sh!t brown as poop. and they are overrated,boring, and dull just like bland redbirds.