by davinp
realtype wrote:I didn't know MARC mixes different types of cars in one set. One of the reasons VRE sold the Kawaski's to MARC is becuase they are not compatible with the gallery cars.davinp wrote:Here is a video of a lady singing on one of VRE's Inaugration trainsWow. You know, the MARC/CSX station manager at Germantown (who I know since I take the train there) asked me (jokingly) if we were gonna sing songs on the train, and I just laughed...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26065026@N02/3216982264/
btw Those new gallery car interiors look pretty nice. Much nicer than the dim interiors with thin, low-back "school bus seats" on the ex-Metra gallery cars MARC uses. Coincidentally (and unfortunately) the train I got (both ways!) was one of the two gallery car sets and had three gallery cars, and a Kawasaki bilevel cab car (thankfully). When I boarded (in the secong gallery car) I immediately shot to the Kawasaki. Ironically though, most of the first time passengers didn't realize they could pass through the cars , and the gallery car was packed with people while the Kawasaki was practically empty. This was the case on both trips.