Railroad Model Craftsman Product Review
Rapido Trains has recently released premium-quality super detailed ready-to-run replicas of Amtrak’s Horizon cars for HO scale.
Rapido Trains Amtrak Horizon Passenger Cars
Review by Harry K. Wong/photos by the author
In the late 1980s Amtrak was in desperate need of new equipment to operate new state-sponsored regional corridor trains in the West and Midwest. However, Amtrak’s traditional sources for new passenger cars namely Budd and Pullman-Standard had either exited or were in the process of exiting the passenger car manufacturing business. Bombardier Transportation answered the call by taking an existing commuter car design the Pullman-Standard Comet I/Bombardier Comet II and adapting it for longer-distance corridor services. The earliest Comet I cars date to 1970-1973 and were built for Erie Lackawanna’s suburban service (paid for by New Jersey Department of Transportation). They quickly became the standard for commuter o
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Morris County Commissioners issued a rare public rebuke of a municipality Thursday when they accused Morris Township leaders of quashing a bid for federal funds to advance a long-planned realignment of the Route 24-Columbia Turnpike interchange. It is with significant disappointment that we must announce an indefinite delay in moving forward because the unique opportunity to secure that federal aid, specifically for preliminary engineering, design and right of way acquisition phases, was lost last week, the commissioners statement read.
Studies to remedy the dangers of the heavily trafficked interchange have been in the works for about a decade. Located on the borders of Hanover, Florham Park and Morris Township, the Route 24 exit to Columbia Turnpike south creates a hazard as it feeds directly into the multi-lane intersection of Columbia Turnpike and Park Avenue.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 7
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 7
Ongoing
Look for signs on Route 206.
Volunteers are needed, age 18 and older, will clean both sides of Route 206 between New Amwell and Homestead Road.
Volunteers are asked to wear masks and socially distance from other volunteers.
Throughout May
The 2021 season of the Brook Arts Center in Bound Brook continues on May 8 with the return of “Winslow, An Evening of the Eagles.”
May 9 will be an afternoon of music to celebrate mothers with American’s Tenor Dominic Mantuano.
On May 22, Amani will perform jazz, blues, ballads and bop.
The Closet Carpenters will perform the songs of the duo Richard and Karen Carpenter on May 30 at 7 p.m.
Multi-vehicle wreck shuts Route 22 East for 50 minutes near Route 57 cutoff in Lopatcong Township (UPDATE)
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
A multi-vehicle crash about 7:20 a.m. May 4, 2021, shut Route 22 East in Lopatcong Township.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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A multi-vehicle wreck about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday shut Route 22 East for nearly an hour near the cutoff to Route 57 in Lopatcong Township.
Injuries were reported and at least one person was taken away by ambulance, according to a report from the scene.
A red car sustained significant front-end damage and stopped in the left lane while two black cars with less damage were on the right side of the highway.