Man I love MARC's express trains. One could argue they're the only state-owned trains in the country that hit 125 so regularly. My favorite part of this video is how much wind the trains kick up every time.
1:02, I recall NJ Transit having very similar double-decker coaches in service. I wish we had those here in Boston. But, MBTA also has Kawasaki double-deckers, different than MARC’s which were built in 1989-91, 1996-98 and 2004-06, which are 700s, 900s (blind trailers) and 1700s (cab cars). There are also Hyundai-Rotem double-deckers which are 800s and 1800s, built by Rotem in two batches: first-gen 2011-2014 and second-gen 2021-2024. I think those MARC coaches were built by Bombardier, am I right?
I always wonder what happened with Amtrak’s units? Why were they retired after only 15 years of service? Who agrees that Amtrak should’ve rebuilt them like MARC did. It’s going to be sad when the HHP-8’s are gone, given that they’re MARC’s only electric locomotives still in service, all the others are diesel.
You can blame Amtrak for charging huge amounts of money for overhead wire use which has contributed to Marc only using diesels for the most part. As for Amtrak HHP8s, they were highly unreliable and there was not enough of them to make keeping the fleet around worthwhile. At least they'll be cabcars soon to replace the metroliner equipment, which is ancient.
Man I love MARC's express trains. One could argue they're the only state-owned trains in the country that hit 125 so regularly. My favorite part of this video is how much wind the trains kick up every time.
Those Siemens SC-44's really haul ass, they're very powerful and fast locomotives, good work.👍
I can almost smell the sparks from the catenary, after the one with the ACS-64
Sweet MARC express catches my favorites were the ones with Marc HHP-8s 4910, 4912, & 4913
Me too man! There's too many MP36s haha
I'm moving to Maryland sometime next month, can't wait to see the trains up close.
1:02, I recall NJ Transit having very similar double-decker coaches in service. I wish we had those here in Boston. But, MBTA also has Kawasaki double-deckers, different than MARC’s which were built in 1989-91, 1996-98 and 2004-06, which are 700s, 900s (blind trailers) and 1700s (cab cars). There are also Hyundai-Rotem double-deckers which are 800s and 1800s, built by Rotem in two batches: first-gen 2011-2014 and second-gen 2021-2024. I think those MARC coaches were built by Bombardier, am I right?
0:35 thats a nice red acs 64
The wrap on it is gone
That's when I dranked Coca-Cola (Soda) a week
Very nice!
Thank you!
I always wonder what happened with Amtrak’s units? Why were they retired after only 15 years of service? Who agrees that Amtrak should’ve rebuilt them like MARC did. It’s going to be sad when the HHP-8’s are gone, given that they’re MARC’s only electric locomotives still in service, all the others are diesel.
You can blame Amtrak for charging huge amounts of money for overhead wire use which has contributed to Marc only using diesels for the most part. As for Amtrak HHP8s, they were highly unreliable and there was not enough of them to make keeping the fleet around worthwhile. At least they'll be cabcars soon to replace the metroliner equipment, which is ancient.
2:10 That sounds like an acela train
No one:
I like trains: gets hit by a train going almost probably 300 mph
0:06, what, ACS-64 pulling Marc coaches? 🤔
Yep. MARC used a few of them over Thanksgiving. One heck of a sight.
Wow
Now score these videos to the likes of Rob EG's "55 Days at Peking" for serious "wow" effect....
R3V Studios what did MARC do with their HHP-8’s?
Rebuilt them but they still have issues unfortunately
Nice thumbnail lol
I wonder why Amtrak retired their HHP-8 but Marc kept theirs.
I think Amtrak got a deal from Siemens for the new locomotives
The HHP8 is unfortunately very unreliable.
I see marc has the same bi-level cars NJ transit has but some cars I noticed had graffiti on them
The graffiti cars are bike cars
Cheese
Amtrak is faster more