Amfleets are legendary! If they modernize that concept, I would be on board. When they upgraded the seats, I wouldn’t mind another 10 years. Great vid!
Compliments to Budd for a hearty, fast (125 mph!) and long lasting design, and compliments to Amtrak for keeping the Amfleet cars working and well maintained. Amfleet cars have been around almost as long as Amtrak has.
I will miss the Amfleet cars when they're gone. I hope a few will wind up in preservation and/or private ownership to find their way onto trains now and then.
As someone who's never been to the USA and therefore never had the honor of sitting on an American train, I think the Amfleets are really great. They look totally futuristic with this corrugated iron look in shiny silver, but also so classic. I also think it's great that they have survived to this day and have already outlived several generations of locomotives that pulled them, such as the F40PH and the AEM-7. I think it's sad they will be replaced completely within the next few years. However, I think it's good that Amtrak has ordered classic passenger cars with real locomotives. In Europe, locomotive-hauled trains are usually replaced by multiple units. The ordering of single cars brings the hope that we can still see mixed trains on Amtrak with Horizon or Viewliner cars in Airo consists in the future. I just hope the Siemens equipment works better in the USA than in Germany.
I will miss the Amfleet cars when they are retired just as much as I miss Silberlinge cars and the ETA 150 "Akkublitz". I commuted between Landsberg am Lech and Augsburg for three years on a Akkublitz, and I can still remember the sounds it made.
@@kenoverbay-baker4653 Ah yes, the acid bomber. Unfortunately too young, never had the pleasure of traveling with them. The infrastructure for the ETA 150 has been completely scrapped, so we'll probably never be able to enjoy their characteristic howl again. However, I know the Silberlinge very well, I grew up with them and I still enjoy every trip today. There's nothing better than pulling the windows down on a hot summer day and enjoying the wind on your face.
While going to college in the 70's I rode the Chicago-Carbondale run frequently. Heritage cars were notorious for no climate control. The coming of Amfleet was a huge upgrade.
I just recently rode in the refurbished coach class and it was super nice, the seats were great the coach was well lit ect. Everything looked clean (including the bathrooms) and nothing looked tired or worse for wear
About half the Metroliner cars were rebuilt to locomotive powered cars to supplement the Amfleet. Mostly cab cars but also 8 coaches without cab control, paid for by the state of Michigan. The 492 Amfleet l cars were ordered in several successive batches, not all at once. Many Cafe cars were originally built with 55 coach seats including one single seat for handicapped use, near a wheelchair accessible restroom. Before ADA this was the only handicap accommodation on Amfleet. Other Cafe cars included European type first class seating, table or lounge seating. Most coaches were built with 84 seats though some had 60 seats for long distance use. Many later configurations included full business class seatings and minimal tables and seats similar to Acela bistro cars, since removed and the cars repurposed. Some 30 Cafe cars were actually rebuilt to full coaches with windows installed in the centers of the carbodies that held the food service area.
I've never been to the US. But these Amfleets are some of the most iconic railway equipment I have seen. To me, they're THE American passenger cars. Most likely because of their distinctive shape as the cross section is much more round than traditional railway cars. I hope they can be refurbished and stay in service for longer, and that plenty of them are preserved after end of service.
I remember l 50 something years ago and a teenager fascinated with trains some old timers were saying because of old unweilded wooden tracks being so out of date blaming the old roadbed that these amfleet cars will be shaking apart
I love the sleek look of the Amfleets. It's a pity that their windows are so narrow. I f you look at the space above and below each window, there's enough room to enlarge them to twice their size. That would had made a huge difference without altering the look of the car too much.
Pennsylvania railroad was the one who actually invented the metroliners in 1967 until it merged with New York central in 1968 and then penn central put them to service in 1969 so yeah
The name Metroliner came from the Pennsylvanian Rail Road. But it's design came from a combination of the US Department of Transportation, PRR, Budd Company, Ge, and Westinghouse. President Lyndon Johnson wanted a train to rival the Japanese Shinkansen. So, off course, he rushed the project and it turned out to be a lemon.
The am-fleets are trash compared to the venture coaches. Venture looks more modern and more appetizing interior. The am-fleets make you feel like you’re in a small tube
![Engines of Amtrak - Budd Metroliner [REMAKE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lXs8uaeQNRM/mqdefault.jpg)
Amfleets are legendary! If they modernize that concept, I would be on board. When they upgraded the seats, I wouldn’t mind another 10 years. Great vid!
Compliments to Budd for a hearty, fast (125 mph!) and long lasting design, and compliments to Amtrak for keeping the Amfleet cars working and well maintained. Amfleet cars have been around almost as long as Amtrak has.
I will miss the Amfleet cars when they're gone. I hope a few will wind up in preservation and/or private ownership to find their way onto trains now and then.
As someone who's never been to the USA and therefore never had the honor of sitting on an American train, I think the Amfleets are really great. They look totally futuristic with this corrugated iron look in shiny silver, but also so classic. I also think it's great that they have survived to this day and have already outlived several generations of locomotives that pulled them, such as the F40PH and the AEM-7. I think it's sad they will be replaced completely within the next few years. However, I think it's good that Amtrak has ordered classic passenger cars with real locomotives. In Europe, locomotive-hauled trains are usually replaced by multiple units. The ordering of single cars brings the hope that we can still see mixed trains on Amtrak with Horizon or Viewliner cars in Airo consists in the future. I just hope the Siemens equipment works better in the USA than in Germany.
I will miss the Amfleet cars when they are retired just as much as I miss Silberlinge cars and the ETA 150 "Akkublitz". I commuted between Landsberg am Lech and Augsburg for three years on a Akkublitz, and I can still remember the sounds it made.
@@kenoverbay-baker4653 Ah yes, the acid bomber. Unfortunately too young, never had the pleasure of traveling with them. The infrastructure for the ETA 150 has been completely scrapped, so we'll probably never be able to enjoy their characteristic howl again. However, I know the Silberlinge very well, I grew up with them and I still enjoy every trip today. There's nothing better than pulling the windows down on a hot summer day and enjoying the wind on your face.
While going to college in the 70's I rode the Chicago-Carbondale run frequently. Heritage cars were notorious for no climate control. The coming of Amfleet was a huge upgrade.
I just recently rode in the refurbished coach class and it was super nice, the seats were great the coach was well lit ect. Everything looked clean (including the bathrooms) and nothing looked tired or worse for wear
About half the Metroliner cars were rebuilt to locomotive powered cars to supplement the Amfleet. Mostly cab cars but also 8 coaches without cab control, paid for by the state of Michigan.
The 492 Amfleet l cars were ordered in several successive batches, not all at once. Many Cafe cars were originally built with 55 coach seats including one single seat for handicapped use, near a wheelchair accessible restroom. Before ADA this was the only handicap accommodation on Amfleet. Other Cafe cars included European type first class seating, table or lounge seating.
Most coaches were built with 84 seats though some had 60 seats for long distance use.
Many later configurations included full business class seatings and minimal tables and seats similar to Acela bistro cars, since removed and the cars repurposed. Some 30 Cafe cars were actually rebuilt to full coaches with windows installed in the centers of the carbodies that held the food service area.
Love the Am-cans.
I've never been to the US. But these Amfleets are some of the most iconic railway equipment I have seen. To me, they're THE American passenger cars. Most likely because of their distinctive shape as the cross section is much more round than traditional railway cars. I hope they can be refurbished and stay in service for longer, and that plenty of them are preserved after end of service.
Can't wait for the Viewliner video!
Any plans for Amtrak Express Trak Hi-Cube box cars, refrigeration cars, baggage cars and etc?
Any plans for the heritage equipment?
I remember l 50 something years ago and a teenager fascinated with trains some old timers were saying because of old unweilded wooden tracks being so out of date blaming the old roadbed that these amfleet cars will be shaking apart
I love the sleek look of the Amfleets. It's a pity that their windows are so narrow. I f you look at the space above and below each window, there's enough room to enlarge them to twice their size. That would had made a huge difference without altering the look of the car too much.
Budd made some awesome cars and Amtrak has really taken care of them. It's incredible that they've been in service nearly 50 years
@@himbourbanist Is a testament to their design and quality of work at Budd and Amtrak.
I will be sad to see amfleet go 😢 I grew up with the genisis pulling amfleet
You literally sound like AmtrakGuy365!
Cool song🤣
Pennsylvania railroad was the one who actually invented the metroliners in 1967 until it merged with New York central in 1968 and then penn central put them to service in 1969 so yeah
ehh, fair point. However I count the company that put them into service as the one that introduced them.
The name Metroliner came from the Pennsylvanian Rail Road. But it's design came from a combination of the US Department of Transportation, PRR, Budd Company, Ge, and Westinghouse. President Lyndon Johnson wanted a train to rival the Japanese Shinkansen. So, off course, he rushed the project and it turned out to be a lemon.
Any chance or time to do the viewliner fleet?
Yuk with a jingle like that I wouldn’t ride either
Before there was "America's getting into training, training the Amtrak way."
The am-fleets are trash compared to the venture coaches. Venture looks more modern and more appetizing interior. The am-fleets make you feel like you’re in a small tube
I’m not going to like the corny song if you don’t know the difference between “your” and you’re”.