by amtrakhogger
IIRC, the 654 was one of the last ones in revenue service.
You just shook the hand , that shook the hand, that shook the hand of John L. Sullivan!
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Gilbert B Norman wrote:Mr. Vogel, me thinketh one means Warrington, vice Boardman.Time flies when you're having fun! Thanks for the correction, Mr. Norman.
chuchubob wrote:Bob: I was going to mention the same thing as GBN is that the ill-fated Acela Regional conceptGilbert B Norman wrote:Mr. Vogel, me thinketh one means Warrington, vice Boardman.Time flies when you're having fun! Thanks for the correction, Mr. Norman.
amtrakhogger wrote:IIRC, the 654 was one of the last ones in revenue service.Took the bronze. 655 had the silver, and then 651 narrowly by an hour or two had the gold.
Tadman wrote:That might be public info, try the google machine.*googles*
Matt Johnson wrote:How then is Amtrak saving any money by not using them?Because it "costs" 60k a day to keep them in service, and 20k a day to not use them but maintain the lease agreement.
Backshophoss wrote:Wilmington used to work on the MARC Hippo's,now it's BBD's problem to keep them running, Amtrak will not service MARC Hippo's.I won't be surprised if some of the Wilmington staff were down in Ivy City or MSA bapping BBD's engineers on the nose on all the stuff they had to put up with on the MARC Hippo's.
STrRedWolf wrote:Word is 4910 is running well and a second HHP-8 has entered the program.Backshophoss wrote:Wilmington used to work on the MARC Hippo's,now it's BBD's problem to keep them running, Amtrak will not service MARC Hippo's.I won't be surprised if some of the Wilmington staff were down in Ivy City or MSA bapping BBD's engineers on the nose on all the stuff they had to put up with on the MARC Hippo's.
That said, any word on how 4910's been running?