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Walthers HO Metroliner electric passenger train
After Amtrak substituted trains hauled by separate locomotives for these MU’s in Metroliner service, some of the original Metroliner equipment went into service between Harrisburg, PA and Penn Station in New York City. The “Valley Forge” had such a fast schedule eastbound in the early morning that it didn’t even stop at the main station in Philadelphia, Thirtieth Street. In the early 1980’s I rode it many times between Ardmore, a suburb west of Philadelphia, and the Big Apple. I’d walk from my parents’ house to Ardmore, board the train around 7:30 a.m., ride the subway to Columbia University and put in nearly a full day of research there before catching the return trip about 5:45 p.m.; that train did stop at 30th Street and reversed direction. I liked to stand at the front of the lead MU, where I could look forward through the window in the end door and also into the engineer’s cab, where the speedometer would read 115 mph or more for considerable stretches.
Article says that the pans can be locked down, but is there a way to limit the rise. As shown in the full up position, that pan looks like it will smack into any low bridge or tunnel portal. What is the height above rail? I would think that most modelers would need to limit the height to a Plate C clearance.
Roger Thomas