The Trains of the Obama Express January 17 2009

High Quality - Amtrak ran a track and catenary inspection vehicle over Track 2 on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and then a pilot train before sending The Obama Express south to Wilmington DE, followed by the protect/press train. First the police let us stand on the platform, then Secret Service told them to clear the platforms, moving the crowd back about 5 feet, then Homeland Security told them to move everyone from the inbound side to the outbound side, given another 10 minutes and another government agency, we could have wound up trying to see the train from New Jersey. Norwood Station, Norwood Pennsylvania January 17 2009

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• Obama
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• Inauguration
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• Northeast
• Corridor
• Norwood
• Pennsylvania
• trainday09

[MrTechspex]

why did they use a p42?

[oaksmodelrr]

@MrTechspex, Security reasons. Electric engines could lose power if the catenary was cut, diesel runs on its own power.

[FanRailer]

first time seeing 10 single level cars on a single consist in Amtrak!

[oaksmodelrr]

Search for "NJ Chamber of Commerce train" and you can see 18 single level Amtrak cars.

[trainutjob]

look at those security guards,so full of themselves that they cant wave.

[oaksmodelrr]

Those aren't security guards, they are SEPTA and Norwood police. I have to say all the ones I talked to were polite, even when they were telling us to move. It was not their fault, we understood it was the higher ups that were making the assinine decisions. Reminds me of the scene from the movie "Aliens" where the soldiers are doing their best at the direction of their clueless lieutenant.

[Squawk7600]

Has ANYONE noticed that the AMTK P42 pulling the Obamma train is P42 #44... ??? If it still hasn't clicked-- Obama = 44th President of U.S. Tell me that is a coincidence... I don't think so, LoL!!!

[Squawk7600]

America and trains-- it just doesn't get ANY better than that... I agree!!

[jfsa380]

now why did the decoy trains need two engines? really. or even why not use electrics?

[jfsa380]

@Squawk7600 entire point, they thought it a good idea for that to be so.

[Trainlover4ever2006]

Who did the trains have 2 P42s instead of just 1? And I don't think The Obama Express needed 3 cafe cars.

[sideslide23]

I hope that Ron Paul would take a ride on this train when he runs for president.

[jfsa380]

...and they just keep all those amfleets lying around the tri-state area, why?

p.s. where did the train start? (my guess chicago)

[jfsa380]

@oaksmodelrr so i assume they avoided penn station, ny?

[MilwaukeeSDman]

@cab4 AWWWW SHIT!!!!!!!

[cab4]

@MilwaukeeSDman I am unfortunately, but the GG1 was capable of such a feat.

[MilwaukeeSDman]

@cab4 your kideding!!!

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