Me waiting for the tubular cars to come out in HO scale: (it's never gonna happen)

I rode on the Keystones on the NEC between Washington DC and Philadelphia in the late 60s. The ride quality gave new meaning to the term “rock and roll.”

4:04 Pennsy cars and the Twin Towers! EPIC!! And great time stamp.

Nicely done with good research and images.

Great video 👍Enjoyed watching these captures

YES! A video on these funny fellas!

Totally tubular! I never knew these cars existed, so thank you for the education.

I remember in the movie 2018 film The Commuter. The Metro North fictional EMU in that film look like they are based of the Pioneer passenger car and mix with Njt Arrow iii emu features.

Quick clarification regarding the EMU derivatives: In 1958, the PRR ordered six new EMUs based on the Pioneer III design, which were thus named Pioneer III. They were incompatible with older rolling stock due to their innovative rectifier controls. These were the last new passenger equipment acquired solely by the PRR using its own funds. In the early 1960s, the city of Philadelphia financed the acquisition of a new set of EMUs of a derivative design for both the PRR and the Reading (as well as the last-ever order of RDCs for the Reading's remaining unelectrified services). These were initially referred to simply as "Silverliners". However, the original six EMUs were subsequently retroactively dubbed "Silverliner I" with the newer cars classified as "Silverliner II". The two classes can be relatively easily distinguished by looking at the side doors. Silverliner II doors do not extend into the roof at all. These two types of cars were not compatible-the Pioneer III/Silverliner I used conventional knuckle couplers and MU hoses while the publicly financed "Silverliner II" featured new automatic couplers that integrated air brakes and MU connections into the coupling mechanism. The older cars also had smaller motors, which meant that they accelerated slower, creating further complications in a possible mixed consist. This status as a small batch of inferior, incompatible, oddballs lead to their (comparatively) early retirement in the early 1990s. Philadelphia subsequently helped finance a THIRD batch of EMU, appropriately dubbed the Silverliner III. However, bidding led to this batch being contracted out to Saint Louis Car Co. instead of Budd. SLCC ran massively behind schedule, leading to this batch being referred to as "Lateliners". In order to avoid patent infringement, SLCC did not use a tubular body structure like the earlier batches. This can be seen in the photograph at 8:00-the second car back in the train has a more angular, boxier, appearance, with a distinctive seam between the car side and the roof. As the photograph demonstrates, the Silverliner III was compatible with the Silverliner II. Finally, in the mid 1970s, a fourth, significantly larger, batch of EMUs arrived to replace the bulk of the older PRR and Reading EMUs. The Silverliner IV was immediately distinguishable through the massive hump/"blister" on its roof for its dynamic braking system, as well as an obvious plug in the middle of the car intended for future replacement with central doors to speed up high-level boarding (but never used). It, too, was compatible with the prior two classes of Silverliner (but not the Pioneer III/Silverliner I). The three classes continued to operate together in service until the end of the 2000s, when the now-elderly Silverliner II and Silverliner III were finally retired. The Silverliner IV, however, continues in service (now approaching its 50th birthday!) at the time of writing, with no immediate, definite, plans for replacements in existence as of July 2024 ("wish-list" line-items in the long-term budget being the only evidence of said replacements existence).

Excellent program Nicely done Adam Brooklyn ny

Great documentary covering these interesting cars!

Thank you for getting this video out. I ran a train in an RO Scale game with these and was wondering what the hell these were.

Imagine if it had taken off, it might have saved passenger service on the PRR.

I knew these cars existence before because of Northeast Corridor Train Simulator (Roblox) which they have a gamepass set featuring a GG1 with its rake of Keystone coaches

Another interesting, comprehensive and informative video. Nice work.

Actually pretty interesting stuff to see. Especially as most modern trains in Europe now deploy the same overall design with a low floor center of the carriage. The main difference here though is that the doors are in the lower part of the carriage to enable level boarding with the lower platforms across Europe. The newest examples being the Railjet 2 sets by the Austrian state railways ÖBB.

Those are some tubular cars, dude.

Just one thing. The GG1s weren't HEP compatible. They only had steam boilers. Amtrak had to create HEP cars when they accepted the Amfleets in the 70s.

The pioneer III trucks were modified and used on the SPV-2000 self propelled replacement for the RDC. The Detroit Diesel Engines under the car drive the trucks .

the pennsylvania worked with their good *bud* the *budd* company

I only knew about those cars thanks to the Northeast Corridor Simulator game by Roblox.

0:15 dollar store emd

Maybe weird thing to say, but they kind of remind me of Shikishima's dining and lounge cars. With stairs down and high ceilings, not very common :O

This guy completely ignores the fact that Pennsylvania is called the Keystone state which is why the Amtrak Keystones are named like that.

tried to watch this video on my tv on KZfaq but get black screen :( desktop video worked i restarted my tv KZfaq on tv works now

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Nice video but could hardly understand you cause you talked so fast .