Would the following be appropriate representation as a consist for the modern keystone line?
Amtrak #607 Siemens ACS-64 HO Locomotive w/DCC Sound by Bachmann
HO 85’ Budd Amfleet I Business Coach,Amtrak/Ph VI by Bachmann
HO 85’ Budd Amfleet I Coach Class, Amtrak/Ph VI by Bachmann
Walthers 920-14821 AMTRAK, Budd Metroliner Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Parlor Car # 889,DCC & SOUND, HO
For when they have to turn around in Philadelphia
Thank you!
If you want to get picky about it, none of the Metroliners still existed as Metroliners by the time the ACS-64s came into service. They’ve been extensively modified to the point that they resemble the Amfleets more than their original lives as Metroliners. Their pantographs, for instance, are long gone. Plus, they were converted from coaches, not parlors. Some parlors did get converted to coaches, but not to cabs.
I know of two services. The Amtrak Keystone Corridor and Keystone Service. Since you’re probably talking about the Keystone Service.
ACS-64
4 Amfleet I coaches
Metroliner cab car (rebuilt)
I couldn’t find any parlor or business cars.
The Keystone trains do not carry parlor cars. They are strictly coach trains. The only train between NY & Harrisburg with a businrss class car is the NY - Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian. The Pennsylvanian is diesel powered Phil - Pittsburgh and has 4 coaches, cafe car and a business class car. No cab car. The Keystone trains are ACS - 64, 4 Amfleet cars and a converted Metroliner car. By the way, due to safety concerns, seats are not sold for the Metroliner car. The train is sold as a 4 car train, even though they are actually 5 cars.
I grabbed a pic of this cab car in NY Penn Station last week…
Thanks, I ended up purchasing a Budd Metroliner Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Coach - Tsunami(R) Sound & DCC – Amtrak(R) (Phase II: red, white, blue; Large Name)
to eventually convert it.
I work near Harrisburg, Pa so I will have to make a trip to see if I can get a good photo or two myself.