Engines of Amtrak - Budd Metroliner [REMAKE]

The Budd Metroliner was one of the Northeast Corridor's many icons. Prior to it, GG1s from the 1930s paraded the PRR's electrified mainline being the fastest trains in the United States. But during the 1960s, American railroads quickly began to fall behind. While focus was shifting towards the roads and airlines in the US, Europe and Asia continued innovating in the railroad world. With the completion of Japan's brand new Shinkansen in 1964, this caught the attention of the US government which signed into law the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. This would kickstart the development of proper high speed rail in the US. However, Japan's Shinkansen was using all new infrastructure, whereas some of the Northeast Corridor's infrastructure dates as far back as the 1830s, namely stone bridges. Much research and development would be necessary in order to bring high speed rail to the US in the form of new "Metroliner" EMU trainsets. While the idea of the Metroliner seemed optimistic, things weren't completely smooth sailing for them. But you can find out how they performed and where they are today in this remade episode of Engines of Amtrak!

Special thanks to those who provided pictures and videos for this episode:

Walt Loevy
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SantaFe669
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ROKMAN 1445
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Bill Rollin
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Average
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Joseph Cavagnaro
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East of Hudson Railfan
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The_Beltway_Railfan
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Music Used:
Super Mario Galaxy - File Select
Super Paper Mario - Mr. L Green Thunder
Mario Party 2 - Let the Game Begin
Super Paper Mario - Tokens Please
Super Paper Mario - Strange Company
Super Paper Mario - Flipside
PaRappa The Rapper 2 - Unused Stage 8 Bad Instrumental
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door - Petal Meadows
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus - Lets Teamwork
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door - Mail for the Mario Brothers

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