Nice shot of the CSX Open-Hopper set. [43:50]

The Classic Amtrak Silver Meteor [pre-2015] is one of my favorite Amtrak service and consist of all time. My personal pick over the Amtrak "Stupid Star"! 😂

Interesting array of MARC and Amtrak trains. The Penn line has always been the busiest commuter line in Baltimore/Washington area. MARC and SEPTA have talked about joining the lines at Newark DE or Perryville MD Thanks RR for this video 😀💚

Well Done, Thanks for sharing!!!

I was just talking to another fan yesterday about how nice the ACS-64s sound.

Tim, great trips you take keep up the great work, I watch all of them and will in the future

The Capital Ltd. used to swing around that wye going east and then back into Washington Union Station in the mid 60's. Then after making station stop would head east to Baltimore. I was there for one of those moves. Thank you for really great videos. I'm going to pour me another cup of coffee.

I've always thought that combining double-decker cars with smaller ones looks odd.

The Maryland flag is the coat of Arms of Lord Baltimore.

MARC decided that the electric bill Amtrak was charging was excessive. In addition the service of the electric locomotive was also high so they decided that it would be cheaper to buy diesel locomotives and service it themselves.

My wife and I traveled through BWI (air to rail) a couple years ago. Highly convenient for our trip and a decent facility.

Love your videos keep up the great content,go trains😃‼️

I recognize both Capitol and World Airways. I flew on a Capitol charter to Vietnam in 1970. I moved from N.J. to Peachtree City, GA in 1994 where World Airways had its H.Q.. CSX has a line not far from my house but no passenger rail within a reasonable drive, so I rail fan vicariously here!

Great footage man!! I see MARC cars come through here in Wilkes-Barre Pa on the tail end of NS-11Z occasionally ...I guess they deliver them to MARC

I love Union Station. I sometimes park there if going into DC on a weekday and take the Metro. I’m pissed that they closed my favorite place to eat right next to the postal museum across the street.

That csx train is a ballast train aka rock runner awesome video

These stations on the old B&P (Baltimore and Potomac) are not JUST ones like Odenton, Marshall BWI, and Halethorpe - which postdate the B&P going away - but espeecially MARC Bowie State University - because it is home to the relocated Bowie Tower - I prefer the MARC stations for railfanning (MARC Seabrook and MARC College Park - MARC College Park is at the eastern end of Fraternity Row).

The reason Amtrak combined the Silver Star and Meteor into one train is alleged to be because of staffing issues. I've heard they're possibly splitting into two trains again but I can't confirm. I would believe the staffing problem especially since Amtrak had the Night Owl off the timetable for 8-9 months, only now brining it back minus the sleeper and baggage service.

I remember seeing the old GG-1's on these tracks....with Penn Central logos.

the Chargers are like submarines on the inside, a bunch of doors, compartments and passageways all the way to the back. The air intake area, where the big "X" is is where I hang out and smoke cigarettes when on layovers lol

15:30 MARC used to have a lot more. They had a bunch of AEM-7s and a few HHP-8s. They got rid of all of their toasters in 2014 but they still own a few of their hippos. They have been saying over the years several times that they want to go full diesel claiming it's because only one of the 3 lines has electrification despite the fact that that one line gets far more activity than either other line combined (and the only one with weekend service). In my opinion, they should've gotten ALP-45s.

To explain the Silver Star train: The truth is it's actually merged with the Meteor due to low amount workers (pandemic effect) which is why the postponed the Silver Meteor service. I heard however is supposed to come back on October 3rd of this year. I'm taking it in November to Florida. Hope it clears it up for you.

I miss the flip board that used to be there! It had blinking yellow lights when the train was called by the person at the desk, who correctly pronounced "Amtrak" and all the stations on the route, WITH commas.... The HHP-8's are rarely in service, I caught one the other week. Definitely can tell the difference between those and the diesels by their smooth, quick acceleration and sustained speeds of 125mph. The diesels don't do more than 70. MARC service on the Penn Line is operated by Amtrak under contract the MTA (contracted to CSX on Brunswick and Camden). I do not understand why MARC is purchasing the diesel Charger replacements instead of some ACS-64s (I have seen some SEPTA ones waiting @ Trenton sometimes) - Penn is fully electrified and as you said, has all-day hourly service with 15-20 minute rush hour interval service with express runs etc. i would think they would be more economical and environmentally friendly than the diesels.... There is also the World Airways DC-10 that landed hard on the runway and buckled the frame. You can see it if you walk up the hill from the Dixon airpark and cross the road at the traffic light. Still sitting there

The Siemens Chargers are horrible in the Midwest. The reliability issues are ridiculous. Much quieter than the GEs though. Wish Siemens would have gotten the reliability right, they would have good potential.

I guess maybe they did it for flexibility (since they can run on their other two diesel only lines) but it seems weird to me that MARC effectively replaced their AEM7s with Chargers only to run them under the wires anyway. Like “we don’t want that electricity up there, we’re going to make our own and haul the prime mover around with us to do it.”

The newer MARC Multilevel Cars are the same year-model as those owned by NJT.

The Baltimore Penn Station is in better shape now than it was in 1977, but miss the Solari Board

Ahh yes ... The ole Philly to Baltimore on MP54's yuck

San Fransisco Bay Area's Caltrain nicknames their fleet of MP40PH-3C as "Baby Bullets".

31:46 is the ACS-64 towing P42DC #89 as a rescue or in preparation for the NHV - Springfield leg so they remove 1 step of the NHV locomotive switch?

London is a very train dense area, good place to be a train spotter (UK for rail fan)

"Duckcela" - Love it! ;-) I'm sure they'll be fine, but, as much as I look at videos of their test runs, I just don't get that same "solid" vibe as when looking at these original Acela trainsets. There's also that odd non-continuity of line between power cars and rest of consist that (aesthetically, at least) fights with the whole aerodynamic thing. Plus, I hope, for your sake and mine, Amtrak goes with a more serious sounding horn when they go into revenue service! Meantime, you are SO right - see them, ride them, shoot them while we can.

The “stupid star” Was a result of crew shortages combining a consists of the star of the meteor for everybody below Savannah, and they also added cars onto the palmetto for those communities above Savannah It’s all the meteors passengers were put on that train instead i rode on that stupid star consist several times it also takes a different route in land through the Carolinas. I have also seen videos of it, making its maneuver into Tampa union station If you had Distant signal(who lives in FL) calling it the superstar

I think Marc needs a fleet of alp45dps

The toasters or meatballs were not aerodynamic. These are much better.

The freight you caught at Seabrook is definitely headed for Popes creek secondary

You ended your day at my usual spot though I do caution you I have had a few homeless bother me until they realized I don’t fool around. I was just there yesterday afternoon to see 29 head out with charger 322, the other day I saw 321 and 325 come in with train 30 from Chicago.

What will be interesting is comparing the two different sets of ACS-64s - in AMTRAK and MARC trim - both operated by AMTRAK crews.

When the new Acela trains start running ? what are they going to do with the passenger cars?

Just an off beat question, but are airline employees covered under a government retirement like railroad retirement?

Always enjoy your videos. Maybe I’ve missed the video you’ve done but just wondering have you ever done a train ride on the Marc Camden line between Washington DC and Camden Yards near the inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore? A few years ago Marc decided to add weekend service and they did so along the northeast corridor. I always thought it might be more useful to use the Camden line since it went to the highly touristy area of the inner harbor instead of the more uptown Penn station in Baltimore

Why doesn't MARC use more electric service on the NEC? Always struck me as odd that services like MBTA run diesel service over the NEC. Or maybe I'm just used to it in Philly where we have all-electric service.

Aparently they did away with the silver meteor because of crew issues in the pandemic that Amtrak hasnt been able to overcome

Duckcela 😅😅

I thought the Silver Meteor and Silver Star alternated days??

Any idea why the Springfield train out of Washington has the diesel tucked in behind the Sprinter? (31:49)

Just an FYI it's pronounced Gal u det .

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my guess for the CSX is coke

My bad, short staffing issues?

Septa saposed to be gitting double deck cars

You should railfan on the new brunswick line

Kinda look like a porpuss not a duck

MARC is as bad as the MBTA, running diesels under catenary. What did MARC do with their electric locomotives? The Feds should pull their funding for doing stupid things like this. But they get away with it.

still wearing those damn maskd