3 Metrolink cars on the rear of Amtrak Hiawatha 331 at Lake Cook Road

[@toysallyear]

We will miss you old cab cars from 2009…

[@F59PHI]

Those were Metrolink’s original BBL cab cars, built in the early 90s

[@Happyfacee763]

​@@F59PHIWHAT NO WAY

[@T128Productions]

@@Happyfacee763 Yes way. They served the entire Metrolink system since they started in 1992.

[@paulmoreno6279]

Awesome Ethan! These are the same model of coaches that Tri-Rail uses down here in South Florida

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Same Model used by GO transit in Toronto (they were the original buyer and have the largest fleet)

[@Grupocondorrfs]

It isn’t the same model if you look closely those coaches have 4 windows on the side tri rail UTDCS have 5

[@paulmoreno6279]

@@Grupocondorrfs Good catch! I'll rephrase, they generally look and feel alike lol

[@paulmoreno6279]

How ya been Ethan? Obviously I took a break from social media lol. No reflection on you whatsoever. Hope all is well

[@RailfannerAviation]

@paulmoreno6279 been doing well, thanks!

[@mtarailfilms]

rare catch! awesome!

[@IERailfan]

Nice catch! Caught the same coaches myself when they initially left LA on the Southwest Chief.

[@gloryannbatista6211]

Not the cab cars honestly, those Metrolink cab cars until the Hyundai Roadom cars arrived to supplement them. Also, Metrolink borrowed some cars form an Utah commuter rail. which retired

[@maas1208]

I thought Metrolink sold these guys to Metra 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@SIMULATIONALLI007]

Great video I subscribed

[@RailfannerofIllinois13]

That has to be California

[@RailfannerAviation]

No, it passed on Hiawatha 331 before u came

[@RailfannerofIllinois13]

Oh

[@R162A-1-train]

But why is a NER café in the Midwest of all places?

[@RailfannerAviation]

Amtrak is short on regular café cars, so they “borrowed” a few from the northeast

[@LakeCountyRails2022]

When will these come back to Chicago?

[@RailfannerAviation]

At least 2 weeks from now, they still have to be rebuilt and inspected

[@GTKCF2023]

@@RailfannerAviationthose Gen 1 bombadier bi levels are turning into coaches

[@ChicagoRailLines]

OMGAH SO RARE

[@coleallen3895]

Too mad Metra never ordered Bombardier bilevels - that’s what they should have done in the early 2000s for their busiest lines instead of having more gallery cars (they can travel at higher speeds and are more wheelchair accessible, plus they’re faster to load and unload passengers with multiple side doors instead of one center door)

[@Lucrativecris]

I hope they back to leading trains

[@BCAmtrak1]

Mare they being rebuilt or retrofitted?

[@TracksideKitchener]

They’re being converted into coaches

[@tiffinyleonard4144]

What are they passenger cars?

[@RailfannerAviation]

Yes, but in need of refurbishment. They are all dead going to the plant in Milwaukee to be rebuilt

[@RailfannerofIllinois13]

Ethan is right

[@BCAmtrak1]

❤

[@sptrainfreak_27]

Hey give those back

[@njtrailfan4508]

Rare

[@CammyTheCamera]

i just want the cabcar functional T-T

[@chrispasini5870]

I understand that METROLINK retired These and sold some to Amtrak and Cal Train

[@davidng2336]

Amtrak won’t buy these ever. Metrolink is refurbishing some of the ones they still have.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

metrolink never sold their bombardier cab cars to Caltrain, Caltrain bought the cab cars and coaches from Sounder but Metrolink only sold regular coaches to caltrain.

[@s21763]

@@sixfifty_sebbMetrolink sold 15 of their Cars to Caltrain. A easy way for this is if you see the Caltrain Baby Bullet service. There is EX-Metrolink cars with the old livery but instead with the metrolink logo, the Caltrain logo is imprinted in the cars.

[@s21763]

@@sixfifty_sebbnot the Cab Cars, but rather the other cars where you can walk through them into another car.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

@@s21763 I’ve been knowing that since like 2015 I’ve lived next to the Caltrain cars since I was born