Its great to see the US updating the look of its stations!

Growing up I was listening to all the talk about the day the LIRR would go to GCT. Year after year. Delay after delay. A part of me wondered if it would ever happen or if I would experience it. But then it finally opened. I will never forget the first time I took the LIRR into GCT. The emotions I felt when I entered that tunnel for the first time were just so surreal. And then all the emotions came over me when that train rolled into Grand Central. Walking through the new Madison Concourse and then walking up into Grand Central Terminal through the lower dining concourse was really somethingI don't think I fully made sense of what it was I experienced until the next day. I guess the kid inside of me who loves trains was awaken. What a great moment!

@3985uprr

11 ай бұрын

Felt similarly when I rode the first run ever to GCT

@kobyschechter8163

3 ай бұрын

I was also on the first LIRR train into GCT. My grandmother talked about this project a lot. She was from Melbourne Australia but left the country when she was 19. She and my grandfather died from Covid 24 hours apart in March 2020. My grandmother would’ve loved to see the day when the LIRR finally arrived to the east side of Manhattan. I was thinking about her when I was on the first train into GCT.

By the way… I appreciate, very much, your NARRATION, and the subtitles! That goes for lines that I have ridden (and even ones that I am quite familiar with!), and lines that I have not ridden. Thank you!

Its amazing how the entire line from Jamaica to Harold was at least semi-graded for six tracks. Aside from that later intrusion of the "basement", all of the overhead bridges clearly have room for at least six, and overbridges have room on the abutments, with ample RoW on both sides of the main.

I was impressed with my trip to Grand Central Terminal. It seemed like a long walk from LIRR (Grand Central Madison Concourse ) to Grand Central Terminal but was like going through a time portal upon arriving they seemed to have cleaned and preserved everything from the past. Cant wait to go back!

Thanks for calling out the signals.

You said it right Mr Tim! Spanking new tunnel 😮😮😮😮 Niceeee

Love these cab vids..especially with proper narration.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

It is an essential ingredient!!!

@railfanner-MaxPlati

8 ай бұрын

thanks for making this, as the LIRR M3s don’t go to Grand Central

Nice trip. I think that it's funny that the last railroad using the old Pennsy position signals is the LIRR.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Amtrak still uses them on the NE corridor

@intrepidfox37

7 ай бұрын

They still have position light signals in Chicago, I've seen them while riding Metra trains.

@frederickschulkind8431

5 ай бұрын

Not really. The yellow bezels have been replaced by vertical green and horizontal red although they are the same signals. That was done after an accident at Chase, Maryland in 1987.

I'm from UK and I have relatives in Woodside, Forest Hills and Kew gardens. I love that this line goes through all those areas, even though I've never had to use LIRR before. Great upload!

Brilliant Video Buddy! Thanks for sharing!!

Now, this is awesome. A proper front view. Good job!!

Awesome RFW ride. Takes me back to my youth. Thanks

I love seeing the look of the tunnels

Very nice view. I can tell when it's in the 63rd st tube. Looks like a subway tunnel in that area as well as knowing you're under Roosevelt Island at the very bottom.

Fantastic video thanks for sharing 👍

Beautiful ride into GCT

🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 THE LION WAS HERE 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 No. 597 ---> LIRR has been putting in new switches. These are moving frog switches. Both points and frogs align to the route of travel and as a number 40 switch, you are clear for 80 mph on the diverging route.

Love seeing updates on how Harold is coming along!

Excellent, quality video! 👍🏼

Great ride to Grand Central Terminal!! Thanks Tim😀💚

Amazing Engineering and Construction. Unfortunate that it took at least 5 (maybe 6?) decades to complete the "east side access". But hey, at least it's now finished. Great video. It's "Clear" you've been studying your BOR.

Great content. Thank you

Thanks! One of the first things I’m going to do when I move back is ride this line

Awesome!!!

Those PRR Type signals are still around in 2023

Cool😎😎😎😎😎

Nice video 😊

That seems to be a local service.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

At that time it was

Followed the whole rebuild of HArrold Interlocking and Midday Storage through the MAT's photo stories on flickr. Actually having a virtual drive trough it and those new tunnels is a relly cool thing! Also good and percise commenting, better than only written remarks. Keep that up! One question that is boiling for quiet a while: those blie lights along the tracks, what do they mark in the system (LIRR and MTA Subway)?

@3985uprr

6 ай бұрын

Not sure

@LydonThorpe

5 ай бұрын

On the MTA Subway, blue lights in the tunnel mark locations where there's an emergency phone (usually a 3rd rail emergency power cut button). Other subways use the same system as well, like Toronto. (Though they have power shutdown buttons on the platform too, also with a blue light.) LIRR probably follows the same standard.

Sweet! No foggy window.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t think my other RFW’s videos were that bad. The windows weren’t perfect but they were OK.

@ariesarethebest271

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr No, they aren't bad at all, but being able to railfan through one door beats doing it through double doors.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

@@ariesarethebest271 Yeah. Sometimes double doors are the best I can do but I try to compensate in some ways

@ariesarethebest271

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr Understandable.

Wonderful! Thank you! By the way, did you know the late Roger Arcara, author of the definitive work on the NYW&B?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

No I didn’t.

Tim, what a pleasure the head end shots are. Frankly, as well known as you are with the number of crews you personally know on the LIRR and Metro NORTH, I'm surprised you don't have much more of the RFW shots. Not to belabor the point, to me side window shots are next to useless for all of the obvious reasons. One major reason is the view of the signals. Another is Sun angles and a view of what's on both sides of the right-of-way. What good are side window shots in the tunnels? And many more that I could mention. I think you're slowly beginning to agree with me. I hope you'll agree with me on the radio scanner too. I've been meaning to ask you to please leave the subtitles up on the screen a bit longer.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Many others are satisfied with other types of videos I do. I do what I am able to do within reason and what I’m allowed to do. I can’t just snap my fingers and do head end rides. I will do what I can do when I can do it- and it seems to be working!!!! I love doing head end rides. It’s nothing new. I’m hoping to go out to San Francisco in the Fall and do Caltrain. Plenty of head end videos potential there before it’s electric.

They still haven’t changed the Grand Central announcement smh

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Since then they have. It’s like MN

Here is a quick question, How many LIRR tunnel portals are there that go to Grand Central Madison from Sunny Side yard?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

3 portals wind down to 2 tracks to GCT

Was an option left on the table to take a LIRR from GCT to Penn?

How about a grand central-Babylon express ride

Does anyone know why the fourth track from the left @ Kew Gardens is designated as "track 3". Thanks.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

They number them 3-1-2-4 right to left. Every railroad has their own way of numbering tracks

@strafrag1

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr Got it. Thanks.

Tim is the GCT tunnels 4 lines like Penn or 2?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

2

@carlossanchez-kz4wh

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr They sure go fast just like on the Atlantic Branch

How fast was the train going in between intervals?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Up to 80

@oofyalDAMMIT

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr so from fh to Woodside was 80 and from kg to fh was 50 mph?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

@@oofyalDAMMIT Not sure but stations too close

@oofyalDAMMIT

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr that coulda been 50 tho maybe 40 if not

Are there any plans to enhance or increase maximum speed limits at GCT 6 interlocking and further towards the station? Felt like the train slowed too much once passing GCT 6 interlocking upon approachment to Grand Central Station.

@3985uprr

9 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard anything at the moment

Enjoy your vids but some narration is covered by rail noise.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

I hate to yell 😀😀

What's replacing the position signals?

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Restricted aspect signals.

@mattygtheoneandonly

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr never heard of those

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Small ground level signals with limited signal aspects.

@mattygtheoneandonly

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr oh okay that makes sense

@Railoffroader2

Жыл бұрын

Because the preexisting low home signals that essentially provided for the same speeds weren’t cool enough 😂

Off on aspects

@3985uprr

10 ай бұрын

My captions corrected.