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Thanks to all for the great information. It's always amazing how much of this 'lore' exists, but really isn't documented anywhere.

I have some questions regarding Rensellaer. 1) Where was New York Central's station in Rensellaer vs. today's AMTRAK station? 1a) Some trains which did not stop in Albany changed crews and performed service at the Rensellaer yard, and used the Livingstone Avenue Bridge to continue. Was the yard loca...

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Pe ... 53303.html

Local TV (NBC) news report.

A New Jersey Transit train has derailed entering New York's Penn Station. The train was heading for track 9, according to the local news. There's no online link yet. NYP shut down (again!).

[quote="twropr"]After the all-Pullman Broadway was discontinued (trains 28/29), the General (trains 48/49) had a few Pullmans added and was renamed the BROADWAY LIMITED. 48/49, both before and after the change, had twin unit diners and a 6-bedroom lounge, but none of the other amenities of...

Also, BUDD had initially termed the cars as SIESTA COACHES. (The Denver Zephyr's SILVER SIESTA may have been a hint to this.) Interestingly, NYC never actually owned the cars, but were on lease from BUDD. They proved to be quite popular, and when NYC's converted 22 roomette cars entered service, the...

The October 25, 1959 timetable shows the 24-8 SLEEPERCOACHES assigned to both the 20th Century Limited and the New England States. The April 29, 1962 is the first timetable to show the 16-10 Sleepercoaches on several trains, now including the New England States.

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the CENTURY still operated multiple sections on occasion. Sufficient equipment was ordered for only one section of the 1948 CENTURY. The BROOK-series high window observation cars operated on the SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED from approximately 9/1949 thru 4/1955, at whi...

A video on YouTube [Spuyten Duyvil to Penn Station 1994 (PT2) ] is an FL-9 cab ride down the Empire Connection. Switches are located at approximately 43rd street, but are largely obscured.

In the early days of AMTRAK, the westbound BROADWAY LIMITED required 100 mph running to keep its schedule. #41 left NYP at 4:55, Newark at 5:10, and Trenton at 5:50. The Trenton departure required an arrival time of 5:48, for a 38 minute run (48 miles) from Newark. The time was just about always kep...

Thank you all for your inputs! I looked at the bedroom prices and WOWEEE! They are expensive! We leave for Florida on April 6, is there any way to see a Roomette in person? There are several videos on YouTube which show the various Amtrak sleeping accommodations. Do a YouTube search on "Amtrak...

Here's a link to the NY Daily News article. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-bound-metro-north-passenger-train-derails-bronx-article-1.1533963 The derailment is just south of the junction from the west side line used by Amtrak (visible in some of the pictures shown). It looks clear, but the i...

The (old Amtrak) NATIONAL LIMITED once served 5 ... Trenton, Harrisburg, Columbus, Indianapolis and Jefferson City. The Washington DC connection/thru cars omitted Trenton, but added Baltimore. BTW, at the time, there was a through sleeper to Los Angeles on the Southwest Limited; the Southwest did no...

With regard to the sleeping cars on the Broadway (and other east - west trains of the period), I seem to think that at least a few of the New Haven Point Series 14-4 sleeping cars also wound up running between New York and Chicago. There were way more of them than the New Haven service required and...

After the summer of 1970, the BROADWAY's sleeper complement was reduced to a 6 DBR lounge (usually a FALL-series car, sometimes a STREAM-series car), and a couple of 10-6s (whatever could roll, but usually stainless steel). The twin diners were replaced by ex-NYC cars. By the time I rode again, AMT...