Comet I 5113
Location: Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
Operator of Vehicle: New Jersey Transit
Date of Photo: January 19, 2020
Railcars can sometimes wind up far from where you expect them to, especially in their retirements. The “Comet” railcar is a locomotive hauled commuter rail car, originally developed by Pullman-Standard. They entered service for New Jersey Transit in 1970. However, they were only able to serve low level platforms and only some of the fleet received modifications to serve high platforms in 1987. Therefore, New Jersey Transit opted to lease or sell them to railroads in the western United States that exclusively have low level platforms on their commuter rail systems. This particular cab car, along with some other Comet Is, were sent to Metrolink in the Los Angeles area. Following their final retirement by Metrolink, some of them were acquired by the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California, where they are now part of the museum collection.
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