The Rail Runner Express (Commuter Rail) in New Mexico, USA (Cool Paint Scheme!)

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The New Mexico Rail Runner Express (AAR reporting mark NMRX) is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the Rio Metro Regional Transit District (Rio Metro), a regional transportation agency, while Herzog Transit Services currently holds the contract for the operation and maintenance of the line & equipment. Phase I of the system, operating on an existing right-of-way from Belen to Bernalillo that NMDOT purchased from BNSF Railway, opened in July 2006. Phase II, the extension of the line to Santa Fe, opened in December 2008. Daily ridership, as of February 2019, was 2,200 trips per day.

Rail Runner service was suspended from March 2020 until March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the suspension, Rio Metro continued to run empty trains along the route in order to maintain readiness of the vehicles and crew. Weekday service resumed March 8, 2021, and full service resumed May 24, 2021. ~Wikipedia
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コメント (21)
  • @rickybee
    Nice to see the windows are not covered with wraps. Passengers can still see clearly out the windows!! Great!
  • @sugitetsutabiCH
    Excellent video!😊✨ It's a really good camera angle! I'm glad to see a powerful train!😊👍👍👍
  • @ROTE
    This is a very nice and interesting railroad. Back when I was very little I used to see and ride this train often. The paint scheme is pretty cool and also the door chime is the best!
  • @dirt_lot_photography
    I’m glad you made it out here! I can’t remember if I told you to come this way before or after you did, but glad we’re on the same wavelength lol. Awesome video!
  • @tinytowntrainstv
    Super channel! Just subscribed! Love my model trains and the real ones, too! Have a wonderful holiday season! Thanks. T4
  • @amfm889
    Rail Runner celebrated 15 years of operation in 2021. Not bad for a metro area population (includes Santa Fe) of 923,630.
  • @scottyerkes1867
    Distinctive paint pattern!! Valuable commuter service to Santa Fe Akbuquerque areas!!#!! Thanks Tim for sharing with us😀😀♥️♥️
  • @233CFH
    This train runs at an extremely slow speed it seems. Whatever the reason is, I don't know, but what I do know is that I think this is a pretty unique system.
  • @Fan652w
    Very interesting video! But how frequent is the service?
  • @jonw999999
    Seems a bit more like an intercity rail line than commuter rail line
  • @Unmannedperson
    I always wondered why this system used engine+coach consists rather than DMUs or something given the low ridership, which seem especially silly when you see consists with only two coaches like at the end of this video. In 2016, I had the good fortune to attend a tour of the Rail Runner facilities and I asked about this. The engineer said that back in 2002ish when the service was acquiring the trainsets, there were no production facilities in the US that were producing DMUs. Because of Buy American laws, this restricted the railroad to the oversized off-the-shelf engine and coach stock.