Post by backshophoss on Apr 2, 2017 21:35:15 GMT -5
Starting on pg 36 of the April '17 issue of MRN is their review of the Rapido NH 8600 series coaches used
by the New Haven RR,PC,CR,MN,and MBTA.
The 8600's were the mainstay of the New Haven passenger car fleet till the PC "shotgun" wedding/merger
and were cascaded into commuter service,with the last "stands" were the 2 Danbury Conn thru trains on PC/CR/MN,
and out of Boston South Station for PC/MBTA till 1988!
What killed off most of the fleet was internal corrosion of the "cor-ten" steel structure under the
stainless steel sheeting by water,and lack of proper maintaince by NH/PC due to "Bankruptcy".
They reveiwed samples of NH "red",NH "green",and MBTA "purple" with and without the "skirts"
A BIG Thank You needs to be given to the NHRHTA for the help given to Rapido to make these models.
In the same issue on pg 69 is the annoucement of the 86xx series Parlor and Parlor/Lounge,
with 1 or 2 cars picked up by Amtrak in ph I.
For those who model PC,the coaches were renumbered into the 25xx series.
The "McGinnis" red scheme is a NHRHTA exclusive model.
At the end of NH/early PC eras,the cars were used on NY(GCT) to Pittsfield Mass weekend trains
till "A" day as well as "borrowed" on the PC Metro Region trains to Poughkeepsie (Hudson line)
or to Brewster (Harlem line)
by the New Haven RR,PC,CR,MN,and MBTA.
The 8600's were the mainstay of the New Haven passenger car fleet till the PC "shotgun" wedding/merger
and were cascaded into commuter service,with the last "stands" were the 2 Danbury Conn thru trains on PC/CR/MN,
and out of Boston South Station for PC/MBTA till 1988!
What killed off most of the fleet was internal corrosion of the "cor-ten" steel structure under the
stainless steel sheeting by water,and lack of proper maintaince by NH/PC due to "Bankruptcy".
They reveiwed samples of NH "red",NH "green",and MBTA "purple" with and without the "skirts"
A BIG Thank You needs to be given to the NHRHTA for the help given to Rapido to make these models.
In the same issue on pg 69 is the annoucement of the 86xx series Parlor and Parlor/Lounge,
with 1 or 2 cars picked up by Amtrak in ph I.
For those who model PC,the coaches were renumbered into the 25xx series.
The "McGinnis" red scheme is a NHRHTA exclusive model.
At the end of NH/early PC eras,the cars were used on NY(GCT) to Pittsfield Mass weekend trains
till "A" day as well as "borrowed" on the PC Metro Region trains to Poughkeepsie (Hudson line)
or to Brewster (Harlem line)
