User:Amtrak Fan

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Hello wikipedia visitors. My name is:Amtrak Fan Obviously I am an Amtrak fan. When I was 2 I rode the X2000 and the ICE Train. Both Trains were experimental from Europe the X2000 from Sweden, and the Ice Train from Germany. When I was 6 I took my first memorable train trip to Boston,MA, on Amtrak train #172. Which was a Northeast Direct at the time which is now known as a Regional, and the first words out my mouth to my dad were "Dad are there seat belts in here." When I was 9 the first ticket holder for America's First High-Speed Train Acela Express which was a once in a life time experience. In the year 2001 in April I went to Chicago on the Three Rivers Which at the time ran with Heritage Equipment, and it was the first time I slept on the train, it was great. A year later I rode the Three Rivers Again but this time it had the newer Viewliners on the train, and I love the Viewliners much more than the Heritage equipment. Now the Three Rivers was removed from service in early 2005, and four cities and towns in Ohio and Indiana were left with out service. But the question remains will Amtrak restore service to these cities and towns. I believe they should because you are leaving towns and cities and towns no access to Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York. But the history of these trains, where does it come from? Really it all goes back to the Pennsylvania Railroad, also known as the pennsy or the PRR. The PRR was and still is one of the favorites among rail fans, even though it's been gone for years. The PRR ran trains from Washington, D.C. up to New York in to Boston, In what is known as the Northeast Corridor or NEC. Now the NEC was rolling with freights and passenger trains in it's early days and the passenger trains were mostly pulled by the GG-1 and was the most popular locomotive among rail fans in the NEC. The most popular train was the Broadway Limited. The Broadway had one major rule if you crossed any train in front of it, you were fired on the spot. The Broadway was number 2 among train fans when the Metroliner cars came along and were MU (Multiple Units) type cars and ran at very high speeds, in excess of 100 MPH (Miles Per Hour). Most of those cars are scraped, but some still exist in America, There are a few cars in Strasburg,PA in the Pennsylvania Railroaders Museum, and some run as non electrified Push-Pull cars on Amtrak. Please Come Back for more Criteria and Photos When Available Sincerely, Amtrak Fan Stephen Anderson