Special interest units, service inaugurations, new renderings, auto mergers and more in this month’s eventful episode of the Pensyfan Periodical, including the top story of the year!
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who is lady pink cecilia.
I was surprised that you didn’t pick Brightline west starting as the top sorry but Caltrain electrifying makes sense- for the month, I’d think the proposed senate bill would be the top story this month rather than the via rail coaches.
Caltrain: The first electrification completed since NEC between New Haven to Boston 25 YEARS
Denver RTD: Am I a joke to you 🫥!? 9:39
My personal thesis on why NS went with the TAG unit is because the unit need to be painted quickly and as the D and H paint scheme is more complicated to apply, they choose the simpler TAG scheme.
Next week I will make a video of the new Siemens BEMU and the Stadler KISS trains in and around Berlin. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
I voted for the TAG and I’m glad that it won I do like the D&H but I just love the TAG
THE RETURN OF THE DOME CAR
One thing that is concerning about Caltrain’s electrification is the fact that it seems to be the last major regional rail/electrification project in the US for the foreseeable future… it’s very disheartening that there are no other major commuter rail modernization projects that are underway or planned… even the few that have considered electrification (ie MBTA, UTA) don’t really have firm plans in motion yet or are fixated on silly and unproven battery tech…
Great video
Phase 7 viewliner: the first passenger car in phase 7
The airo coach: 👁️👄👁️
5:04 love how you threw in the Bluey movie😂
5:24 is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of.
10:22 just wanna clear something up, double stack containers can fit under overhead wires.. you can see this happen very very often in norristown pa where NS operates double stack under Septa wire. UP simply doesn’t want electrification due to the fact that they’d be the ones to take care of it since it’s on their property.
Challenge the class 1s to see how many steamers they can run. Preservation W.
Also in December Metro Trains Melbourne had their first X'Trapolis 2 delivered, due to begin testing this year & potentially enter service.
Remember pennsyfan it’s hurritage now instead of heritage unit
shunter = switcher.
0:55 Technically 22 because most forget the existence of NS 1700. The real reason why NS went with the TAG instead of D&H is plain as day, they did what CPKC did and thats by the votes of Norfolk Southern Employees! Not the general public or railfans who supposedly voted. Otherwise its just another choo choo in a cool paint scheme. This video is BALLIN, Lovely work 👏
i will never understand how you can haul too much grain LOL
Man, at 2:49 The viewliner looks like crap, like they just slaped Phase VII on there and called it a day and (Like I said) It looks like crap.
"Tenrod" 🙏😭
Okay buddy, usually it put on hold due to Double stack Intermodel freight not fitting under the wire 10:19 , that’s not the case, look it up on Double stack Intermodel cars under the wires, they seem to be fine under the wires often in Philadelphia area, the REASON why Caltrain can’t extend wire down south yet is that Union Pacific owns the track and not really cool with Passenger rail authority, and again having “excuses” for Double stacks Intermodel, and also because Class ones don’t have proper schedules, so they don’t like dealing their schedules.
NS has 22 heritage units, including the original 20, 1700, and 4851
I have no problem with which livery NS chose. But the TA&G makes more sense.
6:46 I personally want Amtrak to also purchase some of those cars for their single level long distance order, since the dome cars could be great for routes like the Cardinal, where it's a single level route, but still travels through beautiful scenery.
You don’t mind me asking if you have a discord? (and it’s not Union Station)
3:30
OH COME ON! NOW HOW ARE WE GONNA GET RID OF MIAMI'S CRAPPY AMTRAK STATION?
Maybe we could have Amtrak stop at MiamiCentral instead?
As always, I found this quite an informative video! Now, I know about Norfolk Southern's TAG heritage unit (I never even heard of the TAG before), several new rail vehicles, the opening of the metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, the Phase VII Viewliner (I was wondering how it would look on the older passenger cars, and I like it), and even Via Rail's proposed new cars (I look forward to seeing them built).
Thanks for the video, and Happy New Year!