Talk:Metroliner (train)

message: This catch-all article is more about the Metroliner service and is very short on details.  The Budd Metroliners themsevles have operated services other than the Metroliner; towards the end of their lives as multiple units, they operated between New York and Harrisburg PA as the Capitoliners, and when all remaining MUs were converted to push-pull cab cars, they were put into service on NYP-HAR as Keystone Corridor trains.  Therefore the history of the Budd Metroliner trainsets themselves warrants separate treatment.
71.241.88.34 (talk) 21:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, the article covers two separate things, Metroliner EMUs, and Metroliner service, which was originally run with the EMUs, but later with standard loco-hauled coaches. The current combined setup has a high potential of causing confusion.oknazevad (talk) 18:09, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

text: Agree We'll need to scoop up some more information for it to be a good article but it's definitely worth doing. Murjax (talk) 18:46, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should create separate ''Budd Metroliner'' article 

message: both articles seam rather small, this one is essentially just a more detailed peace of history on the cars. I think we should throw this hole article into a new section in the Budd Metroliner article.
anyone else think so?--Alex at kms (talk) 06:11, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Budd Metroliner]]? 

message: Not covered in this article are some of the branded Metroliner services, such as the New England Metroliner and the San Diego Metroliner. Goldberg mentions them in his Trains article and there are other resources available (see this official brochure for the New England service). They may warrant a separate section under History. Mackensen (talk) 16:21, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Branded service 

message: This article is about the Metroliner service and not the actual Budd Metroliner rolling stock, right? The lede states that the Acelas did not replace Metroliner service fully until 2006 due to the Acela trainsets being taken out of service. There are two issues with this, as I see it:
* What was the service run when the Acela trainsets were removed from service called? Was it called Acela Express but with different rolling stock?
* This replacement was temporary and the Acela service and trainsets fully replaced Metroliner service until for years. The lede, as written, makes it sound like Amtrak ran both services or trainsets until 2006.--Overturn 91 (talk) 20:23, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Metroliner was Amtrak's premium service on the Northeast Corridor. After the retirement of the Budd Metroliners it was handled by EMD AEM-7s hauling specially-refurbished Amfleets. The Acela Express was meant to replace this service, but full rollout of the Acelas was delayed by technical issues. Amtrak ran both Acela Express and Metroliner service until 2006. See e.g.  from 2004. Mackensen (talk) 23:04, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Interesting. I've never seen that documentation before (Thanks!) and nothing I've ever read made it clear that Acela and Metroliner co-existed. Thanks for response! --Overturn 91 (talk) 01:40, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update Lede to better reflect when metroliner service was phased out