The FRA Visits: Metroliner Geometry. The U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Railroad Administration DOTX 216 was built by Budd in 1967 as Penn Central Metroliner 803, and was later converted to Amtrak 9642 before coming to the FRA. The DOT states that it "supplements track geometry inspections performed by the Office of Safety Cars". On June 18, 2025, it made its first run of the year on MTA Metro-North Railroad. The train is double-ended to facilitate changing ends, and on this day covered New Haven, CT to Grand Central Terminal round trip.

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/nwp85JZ8HD0

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Consist: S-MNCW 106 (GP35r)-MNCW 6365 (Shoreliner IV)-DOTX 216 (Metroliner)-MNCW 125 (BL20GHM)-N