Recent content by Mike Calo

Can anyone tell me the consist of the Senator back in the mid to late 1970s? As always, thanks in advance for any help; it is greatly appreciated.

I want to model the trains I watched as a teenager. I know the locomotive I want is the AEM-7 (intro 1976), but I need to know which diners and sleepers I can safely use with Amfleet II coaches, which - like the AEM-7 - were introduced in Phase III. Many thanks in advance for all help given. :)

Hi - This is a very good document regarding paint schemes and logos: https://history.amtrak.com/archives/amtrak-livery-and-logo-guide-2018/%40%40download/item/Amtrak%2520Livery%2520and%2520Logo%2520Guide%25202-8-19.pdf

The author seems to be down on public transportation as a whole; HE couldn't find the electrical outlets on the bus, HE got the ticket date wrong, but it's everyone else's fault? AMTRAK could run state-of-the-art, high-class trains like the 20th Century Limited or the Broadway Limited and he'd...

Thank you all very much for your responses and for the pictures.  I'll print one of the pics to show my father-in-law, who is a WWII vet. Best regards, Mike Calo Odenton Maryland - the town a railroad built www.navpooh.com/odenton.html -Odenton Maryland railroad history...

Hello group - I was at the Odenton (Maryland) station (not a stop on the Northeast Corridor since Penn Central became AMTRAK) this morning recording AMTRAK trains going through and I saw an AMTRAK locomotive with a fancy design on the side.  I didn't get a good look at the design because the...