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AmtrakFan wrote:Have any of the BN cars been preserved yet? Also why can't the BN Cars run on any other line?Some 700's have run on SWS from time to time. The BNSF cars have minor differences in electrical systems which make the cars incompatible with cars on other Metra lines, unless they recieve electrical modifications.
AmtrakFan
metraRI wrote:Thanks!!!!!!!! I thought it had to do with safety from that tragic 1947 Expedition Flyer accident headend collison I read somewhere.AmtrakFan wrote:Have any of the BN cars been preserved yet? Also why can't the BN Cars run on any other line?Some 700's have run on SWS from time to time. The BNSF cars have minor differences in electrical systems which make the cars incompatible with cars on other Metra lines, unless they recieve electrical modifications.
AmtrakFan