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Yesterday morning.NS 38E had a white and blue passenger car on it as it headed North on the Detroit Line to Livernois yard.

Here is a pic of it.I did not see the train but a person i know sent me a pic of it..OR should i say part of it since the 78 year old man has to have the crossing in the photo lol

Thats the new car for the new Detroit to Ann Arbor high speed rail service which is supposed to get started in October.

RRTTF wrote:Thats the new car for the new Detroit to Ann Arbor high speed rail service which is supposed to get started in October.

From the picture it looks a tad old to me? werent they going to use double decker cars or something for that?

JANGAJONGA wrote:

RRTTF wrote:Thats the new car for the new Detroit to Ann Arbor high speed rail service which is supposed to get started in October.

From the picture it looks a tad old to me? werent they going to use double decker cars or something for that?

Yes they are, which are currently being restored by GLC, I think RRTTF was joking.

GTWChris wrote:

JANGAJONGA wrote:

RRTTF wrote:Thats the new car for the new Detroit to Ann Arbor high speed rail service which is supposed to get started in October.

From the picture it looks a tad old to me? werent they going to use double decker cars or something for that?

Yes they are, which are currently being restored by GLC, I think RRTTF was joking.

ahaha oh i see lol.

IIRC It looks like one of the old LIRR Commuter Coaches. And the plus? Its not being taken by flatcar so its good as far as the truck bearings go... Oddity to say the least.

I was the tail end of the car poking out from behind cuts of cars in the Departure yard in Elkhart. Location made it Impossible to get a shot of it. From what I could tell it looks like it has a faded Metro North logo on it it was left in the departure yard for 2-3 days but was always un-photographable.

that sure is an old long island railroad coach used on the non electrified lines.some of those coaches were

converted old electric mu's to be used on the diesel hauled lines when the m-1's replaced them in the 1970's. hopefully

they refurb them nicely because they were not very comfortable to ride in.

I saw that car in Swanton on the Chicago line about 2 weeks ago.

nssd70m-2 wrote:I saw that car in Swanton on the Chicago line about 2 weeks ago.

That was exactly one week ago from today. It was on the tail end of a westbound manifest.

It would be alot easier to track with a car number.

RRTTF wrote:Thats the new car for the new Detroit to Ann Arbor high speed rail service which is supposed to get started in October.

There was never high-speed rail planned. It was a commuter train between the two cities. It was cancelled many months back last I heard.

M.D.Bentley wrote:It would be alot easier to track with a car number.

I had a video of it but it got erased from my camera.

ptrain56 wrote:that sure is an old long island railroad coach used on the non electrified lines.

Glad to see I still know my passenger cars But what makes it odd is if it made it to Wayne or it was left at Oakwood. If it was left at Oakwood it might be headed to Canada. I do not know of any passenger car rebuilders here in Michigan, and from the photo atleast a few rows of seats are still in the car.

TrainWatcher wrote:

ptrain56 wrote:that sure is an old long island railroad coach used on the non electrified lines.

Glad to see I still know my passenger cars But what makes it odd is if it made it to Wayne or it was left at Oakwood. If it was left at Oakwood it might be headed to Canada. I do not know of any passenger car rebuilders here in Michigan, and from the photo atleast a few rows of seats are still in the car.

38E doesn't go to oakwood...It was either set off at Livernois or taken to Wayne

Car was on track #1 in the Recieving yard at North yard. Not sure where it is now .

Yesterday (Wed) a coworker reported seeing a old passenger car on a CP trains at NS's Oakwood yard. He said it was a Long Island car , no direction was given.

That's the new "Recession Era" office car as NS officials set an example for the employees.

Here is a pic of it.I did not see the train but a person i know sent me a pic of it..OR should i say part of it since the 78 year old man has to have the crossing in the photo lol

And who might that be, young feller?

LIGHTS, CAMERA, and ACTION................ The oddball passenger equipment roaming around Detroit is for the next Transformer movie being shot around the old Packard plant on East Grand Blvd. That is all.

hoborich wrote:That's the new "Recession Era" office car as NS officials set an example for the employees.

Here is a pic of it.I did not see the train but a person i know sent me a pic of it..OR should i say part of it since the 78 year old man has to have the crossing in the photo lol

And who might that be, young feller?

Kurt!