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- Nostalgic for bar cars? Metra may introduce ‘café cars’
Passenger Trains > Nostalgic for bar cars? Metra may introduce ‘café cars’ Date: 07 17 25 13:17 Nostalgic for bar cars? Metra may introduce ‘café cars’ Author: PacificElectric1961 Daily Harold 7 16 25 Back in the day, Metra riders could fortify themselves after an arduous day at the office in what was known as a bar car
- A trio of Metrolink Plain wrapper F59s. . . .
Right now is probably one of the more interesting times in the history of Metrolink motive power The new MP36's are delivered and firmly entrenched in service, the standard fleet of the original F59PH and F59PHi models are still going, and F40PH 800 occasionally makes an appearance Add to that
- Depot Friday : The Survivors of Albert Lea
Albert Lea, Minnesota was once home to three railroads: the Rock Island's Twin Cities to KC (Spine Line), the Milwaukee's branch from Ramsey to Jackson, MN and the M amp;St L's Marshalltown, IA to the Twin Cities Main taken over by the CNW in 1960 Two lines remain; the Spine Line no
- Tossback Tuesday – A Steady, Reliable Mule to Go West
I remember Mop's two car Missouri River Eagle trains as being mere austere shadows of the great streamliner era and I remember a ride a few years back on this very line with a consist of dirty and filthy cars - both inside and out Yes, you caught a sweet spot here - a nostalgic moment when things appeared to be better Thanks!
- Hebron, IN, Panhandle depot
Oh, yes, the reason I detoured off I-65 was to have a nostalgic meal in the Country Kitchen restaurant My family used to stop there for a meal or for the homemade pie when we made the trip to and from Rensselaer, Indiana, where I went to school at St Joseph's College back in the 60s The food is still good and the pies are still homemade
- Passenger Trains - Trainorders. com
Discussion of the national Amtrak system and other passenger services including VIA Rail, commuter and transit
- EF65 Electric Locomotive (Japan)
Railroads in Japan tend to repaint locomotives, EMUs, and DMUs into nostalgic colors when they anticipate their retirement A recent example is a repainting of a Shinkansen E2 set into nostalgic Class 200 era beige green Another sleeper train I rode behind EF65 in 2006 was the Sleeper Rapid "Moonlight Matsuyama "
- Lookin Out the Back Door
Wish I could smell that smoke Would bring back my youth Back to the days of coal furnaces and steam engines Nice nostalgic shot Those 3500s were good looking switch engines
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