Odd coincidence that this video shows up in my recommendeds in the twilight of these trains' careers. Haven't rode the real thing in service (I walked through one during a Nat'l Train Day Display in Grand Central). I was the second RU-vidr to post a video of the O-Scale Lionel version when it shipped. Seeing a pair of power cars coupled together for shipment reminded me of the time my model versions were sitting in my under-construction test track coupled in the same way while testing the track configuration. Hard to believe it's been 12 years since I last ran it.
Nah bombardier has been gone for close to 20 years. What you're seeing on Google maps are BUDD Cars a business man purchased. He rented part of the building for getting them back to service condition.
What you are seeing is Allearth Rail Budd RDC cars. They are/were bought for a attempt at commuter/regional rail here in Vermont. Almost all Budd cars owned are there at Barre with two more ex VIA cars being at the NECR round house in St Albans
Crazy Vermont was supposed to have it’s own commuter rail maybe another startup could pop up soon in the future but what do you guys think? And are those RDC’s just abandoned?
It looks odd seeing the Acela cars in plain silver being towed by an ALCO! 2:05 so that's what the couplers look like! one just broke at speed a few months ago! it also seems odd that they have european-style buffers!
No european style buffers. European style buffers are spring loaded, double the size of the things on ACELA, carry one convex plate on one side and one flat plate on the other side. And - european trains dont have buffers under the roof - dont know what these things should be good for....
