--- In BRHSlist@egroups.com, "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@p...> wrote:
> FYI
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NYC-Railroad] Aerotrain?
> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:00:27 -0500
> From: "rail pipe" <railpipe@h...>
> Reply-To: NYC-Railroad@egroups.com
> To: NYC-Railroad@egroups.com
>
> In NY City, currently, there is a rail photography art show at the
> Robert
> Mann Gallary with classic Black & White shots from the 50's mostly
by
> some
> of the greats in rail photograpy. Some of this can be seen on
their
> website: http://www.robertmann.com -click: Current Show, then
click on
> the
> photo of the Rio Grande Zephyr for more pics. This leads to a page
that
> includes a photo of the NYC AEROTRAIN. What is the history of that
wild
> futureistic looking loco?
>
> -railpipe
The Aerotrains ended their days in Suburban service on the Rock
Island. I know. I rode them from Beverly to LaSalle Street Station
many times. The were really not suited for suburban service, the
acceleration sucked. And they weren't suited for mainline service
either. They were too light and it was a common occurrence for it
not to shunt the signal circuit. There was a fairly extensive
article in one of the rail publications, Trains, I think a few years
ago. A Bibliography should aim you in the right direction.
BRAD
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