Headed over to Downtown Burbank Station after a long week and decided to take some video. One thing you notice is the different equipment that Metrolink is now utilizing as compared to the first purchase of F59PHs and Bombardier bi-level equipment. Enjoy the video and leave comments
A unique assortment of Metrolink and Amtrak equipment on display this evening. First off an EMD F59PH #865 leads a set of Bombardier equipment on Metrolink train #221 bound for Lancaster, and is quickly followed by a Metrolink MP36PH #890 leading train #123 bound for the Ventura Subdivision. The last car is one of the newly received Rotem built cabcars #647. Next up is Antelope Valley train #223 with Metrolink F59PHI #862 in peeling paint departing the station while train #222 arrives being pushed by repainted but unfinished #871. A little later, Amtrak train #798 arrives with control cab 90218 on the point and being pushed by an Amtrak #509, a General Electric P32-8WH (Dash 8.) Finally, the last train of our outing is the famous Amtrak Coast Starlight, led by a pair of GE P42s and a visiting Sounder F59PHI headed to the Los Angeles Amtrak Shops for maintenance. Not bad for two hours, eh?
