I have always liked the Budd Metroliner trainsets. When looking up their history, I noticed that there were some with a roof blister, while most don't have that. I think it is tied to one of the rebuild efforts. Can anyone tell me more? Was this for dynamic brakes or something?
Thanks in advance,
Glenn
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if I recall, some original trainsets had overheating problems with underbody mounted electrical equipment. the solution was to move that equipment up top.
there's more technically to this story, but that's the short version.
Some photos I took many years ago.
This book has all the details on the Metroliners - both the original self-propelled MU's (including the rebuilds which added the roof humps) and locomotive hauled Amfleet versions:
Preserved at Strasburg. I loved seeing these as a kid racing along the NEC at 100 mph! The metroliner is really what got me into trains as my first "toy train" was a battery operated Metroliner in Penn Central paint. When I grew up I was lucky enough to ride one several times between DC and Philly. Very exciting to see things at track level. I wish somebody would come out with a decent O scale model of these like the ones offered in HO a couple years ago.
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