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Saw a Bl20 attached to a few m3s on the New Haven line today between Pelham and Mount Vernon. Anyone know what that’s about?

Re: M-8 Cars

 by mamaroneckrailfan ¦  Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:33 pm ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: M-8 Cars - Delivery and Acceptance ¦  Replies: 3101 ¦  Views: 528381

Does anyone know when they will be used on SLE?

Re: M-8 Cars

 by mamaroneckrailfan ¦  Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:56 pm ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: M-8 Cars - Delivery and Acceptance ¦  Replies: 3101 ¦  Views: 528381

http://mta.info/mnr/html/newM8.html
56 in service.
I think they're updating the page more frequently because they're trying to reach the goal they set of 60 by the end of the year.

Re: Empire Corridor Lease-Poughkeepsie-Schenectady

 by mamaroneckrailfan ¦  Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:44 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Empire Service (New York State) ¦  Replies: 3051 ¦  Views: 202741

I would love to see it happen and then an Acela a day up to Albany. (Probably do ALB-NYP-WAS, leave ALB at 7:00 AM, arrive NYP 9:20, leave at 9:30 and arrive at WAS at 12:17, in time for an afternoon lunch.) The problem with running trains between Albany and Washington is that both routes enter/lea...

Re: Empire Corridor Lease-Poughkeepsie-Schenectady

 by mamaroneckrailfan ¦  Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:22 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Empire Service (New York State) ¦  Replies: 3051 ¦  Views: 202741

Is there any chance that the line will be electrified or am I just dreaming? (By electrification I mean catenary from Penn. to Albany, not an extension of the third rail)