| 词条 | Flying Yankee | ||||
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| name = Flying Yankee | powertype = Diesel | image = General Electric Flying Yankee advertisement, February 1938, train only.jpg | imagesize = 250 | caption = | builder = Budd Company and Electro-Motive Corporation | buildmodel = BM-MEC 6000 | builddate = 1935 | totalproduction = 1 | aarwheels = B-2 | gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}} | bogies = Jacobs Bogie | primemover = Winton 201-A | enginetype = Diesel | cylindercount = 8 | operator = Boston & Maine Railroad | locale = North America | deliverydate = February 1935 | lastrundate = May 7, 1957 | restoredate = On going project | currentowner = State of New Hampshire | disposition = Under restoration }}{{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = Flying Yankee | logo = | logo_width = | image = | image_width = | caption = | type = Inter-city rail | status = Discontinued | locale = | predecessor = | first = 1935 | last = 1957 | successor = | operator = | formeroperator = Boston and Maine Railroad Maine Central Railroad | ridership = | start = North Station | stops = | end = Bangor Union Station | distance = {{convert|254|mi|km}} | journeytime = 5 hours | frequency = Daily, except Sunday | trainnumber = | line_used = | class = | access = | seating = | sleeping = | autorack = | catering = The Armstrong Company | observation = | entertainment = | baggage = | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = | el = | speed = | owners = | routenumber = 15 | map = | map_state = }} The Flying Yankee was a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the Maine Central Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from Electro-Motive Corporation. It was also the name of a passenger train, the third streamliner train in North America after the Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr; the Flying Yankee was, in fact, a virtual clone of the latter, except that it dispensed with the baggage/mail space to seat 142 in three articulated cars.[1] It ceased passenger service in 1957 and the train is now owned by the state of New Hampshire, which has plans to open it to public viewing some time in 2017. HistoryThe lightweight train was constructed with welded stainless steel using Budd's patented process. The engine was an 8-cylinder Winton 201-A diesel, driving a generator;[2] the lead truck was equipped with traction motors. It was fitted with air conditioning in all cars. No dining car was provided; instead, meals were prepared in a galley and served to passengers in trays that clipped to the back of the seat in front.[1] The train was delivered in February 1935, and toured the BM-MEC railroad system before entering service on April 1.[1] The daily route served began in Portland, Maine, then to Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a return to Portland and continuing to Bangor, Maine, returning through Portland to Boston and finally returning to Portland late in the day, a distance of 750 miles per day. This schedule was kept six days a week; the trainset spent Sundays undergoing maintenance. The train proved extremely successful, attracting new ridership and earning a profit for its owners. Later on, as newer equipment replaced it on one route, it would be switched to other routes, bearing the names The Cheshire, The Minuteman, The Mountaineer, and The Business Man.[1] As railroad passenger ridership declined in the 1950s the Yankee was also getting old, and thus the trainset, as The Minuteman, was retired, running its last on May 7, 1957.[1] Most of the train's route is currently operated by Amtrak's Downeaster, which runs as far north as Brunswick, Maine. Current locationThe railroad donated the trainset to the Edaville Railroad tourist/museum operation in Carver, Massachusetts, in 1957. The train remained on static display there for about 35 years until it was moved in 1993 to Glen, New Hampshire, after being purchased by Bob Morrell, then owner of Story Land. In 1997, the train was moved to the Claremont Concord Railroad's shops in Claremont, New Hampshire, for a restoration after it was purchased by the state of New Hampshire. By 2004, the major structural restoration had been completed, and detailed restoration of components is ongoing with the goal of restoring the train completely to running condition. The train was moved on August 10, 2005, to the Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Plans to move it to Concord, New Hampshire, site of a former Boston & Maine railyard, fell through in 2017. The state hopes to open the train to public viewing in Lincoln.[3] ModelsHO scale
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_and_Maine_Railroad_Magazine_May_June_1957_Flying_Yankee_retires.JPG|title=Two Veterans Retire|publisher=Boston and Maine Railroad Magazine|date=May–June 1957|accessdate=May 18, 2012| via=Wikimedia Commons}} 2. ^Story of the flying Yankee 3. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/flying-yankee-train-railroad-B-M-Concord-10393885| website=Concord Monitor| title=Flying Yankee train won’t be returning to Concord| date=June 3, 2017}} Further reading
External links{{commons category|Flying Yankee}}
8 : Boston and Maine Railroad|Maine Central Railroad|Budd multiple units|Named passenger trains of the United States|North American streamliner trains|Articulated passenger trains|Railway services introduced in 1935|Railway services discontinued in 1957 |
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