engineman1028 wrote:when i was first broken in on the NEC it was running metroliners between washington and nyc. i posted with an oldtimer from PC days and let me tell you, for the year and state of things, these things would fly.
We opened them up in NJ and sometimes we would be off the meter as far as speed. Today you cant do this because of FRA and radar and other things, but i have to tell you it was the greatest rides of my life.
Nice!!!!
I was in junior HS when I last saw them rolling through my town (Edison, NJ). All I can say is that they seem (unscientific supposition) to go by at least as fast as the Acela Express does now, though I have no doubt that the AE is smoother.
Although the Acela is a beauty, I really do miss seeing the Metroliner EMUs.
However, I seem to recall seeing an analog speedo in the cab; did they have digital ones as well??
Nice pic hsr. I take it you were on the Acela Express.