I recently rediscovered this video. I just got home from working overnight, and watching this while sipping a hot drink on this chilly wet morning was a great way to unwind.

That first five minutes through the underground is the best video on KZread ever... the train is speeding up. (By the way, that track is as smooth as butter.)

Feels so strange now to see the area just west of NY Penn no longer be open air.

@CiaranAnything

2 жыл бұрын

This. I loved how you could look down and see the A interlocking from street level.

When the train gains speed in the tunnel i bet the wind underneath the train stirs up dirt,debris and possibly garbage bags. Sir you're very brave. I tip my hat to you.💪🏽😎

Great quality for the video nice seeing other types of trains too while on the journey thank you for sharing

Would love to take a trip, riding on the rear platform like this. Awesome views, thank you for sharing!

Walter thank you for an outstanding presentation!

at1:15 the north philly station i remember catching southern railways the southerner from there in1966 back to greensboro nc i was 12 years old all alone it was excitement and fear at the same time

@UnionCountyPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

That’s New York Pennsylvania Station

@johnwireman2660

3 жыл бұрын

He meant 1:15:00. North Philadelphia was still an important intercity station.

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnwireman2660 it's a station that both Amtrak and SEPTA need to part ways with, as SEPTA has the Temple University and North Broad stations on the former Reading side of its Regional Rail system, and Amtrak rarely uses the station, except for one or two "Keystone" trains stopping there (and to the fact is that all "Keystone" trains go to 30th Street, "change directions", which is the engineer going to/from a brand-spanking new ACS-64 locomotive a 50-year old refurbished Metroliner cab-coach and vice-versa, then head out to Harrisburg from there). If Amtrak was to restore direct NYC-Harrisburg service using the NY-Pittsburgh "Subway" tunnel at ZOO Interlocking, those who take such "Keystone" trains to Philadelphia can either transfer to either a "Regional" train at Trenton ("Keystone" or "Pennsylvanian" at Paoli), or onto SEPTA at Trenton, Cornwell Heights, or Paoli to continue on.

Great set of videos❤❤❤!!

Happily reminds me of my trip down the NEC from NY-WAS last year. I especially remember the aerials you pass shortly after coming out the Hudson Tunnel. Thanks from England.

@OregonRailfan83

7 жыл бұрын

Those are the transmission towers for New York and New Jersey radio stations.

Excellent Quality, thanks for posting!

Oh my goodness! The Hudson River tunnel REALLY does need fixing!!!

@djp6191

3 жыл бұрын

Fix what

@DrRichard33

3 жыл бұрын

doesn't need fixing.

@William_sJazzLoft

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrRichard33 so does it not need replacing?

@tomb4575

3 жыл бұрын

Hey it hasn't leaked in over 100 years. It took Boston's big dig less than five to soring a leak.

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrRichard33 not as much as the tunnel tubes themselves, but all of the hardware that needs replacing. Plus NJ Transit adding more "Midtown Direct" service (using dual-powered locomotives) on its Hoboken Division lines also demonstrate the need to both bore another tube and rehabilitate the original tunnel.

Hallo from Germany. Amtrack looks different from what we Germans perceive US railroads to be. Thank you for sharing from Duisburg.

i filmed the leg of the carolinian from 30th st in philadelphia to charlotte nc. a fun trip. ty for taking me along.

Cool video of a great railroad! Happy that I was able to spot the "Zoo Tower" and "Highline" while heading into Philly. Thanks for posting!

@juanratliff9000

7 жыл бұрын

Charonview I used to live near the Northeast Corridor in New Brunswick New Jersey near County interlocking and I saw a lot of the gg1 e 60 s high-speed Metro liners and a lot of freight on the corridor back in the 70s and early 80s that's where I got my interest in trains from the Northeast Corridor was my stage and seeing those beautiful gg_1s

@Charonview

7 жыл бұрын

Juan, when I lived in NJ I mostly watched EL stuff, with a bit of CNJ, CR and NJT. Unfortunately I missed out on the NE corridor. I knew it was there, just never had a good opportunity to really check it out. It was after I moved out west and started reading about it that I (sadly) realized what I missed!

Fine video Walter!!....luv it!!

Well done Walter!!...luv it!!

Old CNJ station now a restaurant to the left of the Elizabeth station @ 19:13

Thank you for leaving the natural sound of the ride, too many videos with dumb music ruining it.

@mindlessgonzo

7 жыл бұрын

Kinda wish the sound quality would be a bit better but eh, can't complain too much.

@froggleggers1805

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly Joe.

@ubago79

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Kennedyp

@allfulloldmovies.4491

4 жыл бұрын

I know. That is what you think.

@lechiffre1914

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

This is like the greatest footage ever

Great video Walter. Travelled the Metuchen to Newark, NJ route many times growing up and saw the Metuchen station fly by at 27:28. Nearly got clocked by a GG1 one day at the Metuchen, station, probably scared me and the engineer that day. Loved to watch the Acela fly by now. Thanks Walter.

@MidnightAspec

2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience in Edison during my middle school days back in 1980….except almost caught the business end of a Metroliner EMU. Those things really had a way of sneaking up on you.

this is a great vedio. i always wanted to see how the train ride in the tunnel under the Hudson River

Sure would love to see a southeast corridor-especially Atlanta-Savannah-Jacksonville corridor, and mid west corridor from Detroit-Toledo, Dayton, Cincy, Lexington. Nashville-Atlanta would be so wonderfully awesome!!!

Amazing trip!

Wow! NYP to Jersey Ave in 33 minutes; I've never experienced anything like that on an NJT New Brunswick express.

@ploopy5235

7 жыл бұрын

The NWK-PHL Nonstop Acelas can do that in 25 minutes

thx 4 posting

Very nice! I like it!

Twlight zone exit out..oh man what a trip!

Nice to get the old rear brakeman's view !

In 1970 when I was 15, my parents were renovating my grandparents house in Elizabeth for sale. I would entertain myself at a nearby Caldwell park, I wandered near the tracks where there was a tower on the opposite side. The switching mechanisms fascinated me. I wandered (trespassed) onto the tracks quite a few times to look into the distance for any oncoming GG1 or MUs, It must have been around July because there were kids on the north side behind a supermarket one day throwing firecrackers at a train and the police came and questioned me on the south side of the tracks. later that summer they were doing maintenance of way. They had one machine pulling spikes and plugging the holes with hardwood sticks that they fed into the machine about a yard long if i recall. There appears to be no tower there today and the switches are gone from this location. I spent a lot of my summer school vacation at this spot at 19:58

nice video! thank you! seems the sun also rises not everyday ...

Great video! You should film the Northeast Regional from Boston to New York.

I love the track noise

What a great video. Thanks for posting. We used to live near the NEC in East Brunswick, NJ. Many Sundays my then six-year old daughter and I would ride the train to New Brunswick to Trenton, watch the Broadway Limited, Silver Meteor and few regionals stop, then retunr to New Brunswick. Many times we stood at the front of the train and one time the engineer let her blow the horn as we cruised through the NJ countryside about 100MPH.. Fun days and fun memories. Thansk for helping us relive them.l

This is just too heart pounding… I…I….I can’t take it!!!!

This is what I see everyday running on the NEC.

@jameswatson5304

8 жыл бұрын

+james watson Also I will add to this Walter you are so right they really do need another Hudson River Tunnel. those tunnels during the morning and evening rush hours be pack with trains waiting to get into New York and trains waiting to leave New York when the tunnels are used for all inbound trains a third or even a fourth would ease the congestion. But I give this video a perfect 10 because one I run this route as a Engineer and two the NJT trains really makes this video in the beginning amazing to watch.

Amazing/ Was That the Hudson River Tunnel Between N.J and Nyc ' Once Walked Through the Tunnel With Friends Years Ago '

Once again, the fixed plant clearly displays the excellence of the vision and engineering associated with the PRR. 2023/10/15. Ontario, Canada.

It would be nice to have a running clock - it seems that the trains in the opposite direction can't be more that 10 minutes apart - that cutting it close going 70 mph station to station - just an interesting perspective - very nicely done.

Like how you can hear the brakes grinding, and the "triple" beat the three axle trucks make. Compared to the usual two axles.

@shortliner68

Жыл бұрын

I used to enjoy hearing that triple beat on fan trips aboard older heavyweight cars.

That has to be the smoothest track in the country. Would love to know a little about the PV,nice video.

@de-fault_de-fault

3 жыл бұрын

Even compared to other commuter lines in NJ (most of which are owned and maintained by NJ Transit and are in better shape for passenger service than pretty much anything else in the US) the Amtrak-maintained NEC is almost otherworldly smooth. It's unfortunate that a couple of pinch points (mainly the two-track line from Kearny to NYP, featuring the incredibly broken Portal draw and the water-damaged North River Tunnels) create congestion that makes it impossible to take full advantage. It'll be an even bigger wasted opportunity once the catenary improvements in South Jersey are done and track speed can increase to 160mph on that segment...they'll just catch up faster to the tail end of the queue waiting to access NYP.

Wow! the Carolinian is really haulin tail through Jersey! It's gotta be doin north of 100 MPH. Much of that track is straight

@WalterKebalo

8 жыл бұрын

You'r right the top speed is 110 mph, that is the permitted top speed for trains with private cars.

Alas, no more daylight finds the tracks west of NYPenn with the construction of the Hudson Yards project.

Awesome

Those catenary supports are hypnotic...

@kevinhoward9593

6 жыл бұрын

and ancient. older then our grandparents in some places.

@JessicaKasumi1990

5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhoward9593 Considering the Pennsylvania Railroad electrified to New York in the 20s, and 30s, it's not surprising.

@NS9213

5 жыл бұрын

I believe the Cat Poles and Electrification of that portion of the NEC was 1933? PRR really knew what they when they built this Masterpiece in railroad design.

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

A little history lesson on PRR electrification on the NEC.... From Arsenal Junction (at the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field) to 30th Street, that dates back to the original 1915 electrification from Philadelphia to Paoli (on the PRR Main Line) in which a PECO power plant generated the 44 kV/25 Hz AC supply feeds for the catenary at Powelton Yard, Bryn Mawr (now a "switching" substation), and Paoli (since retired and replaced with the 1930's 144 kV/25 Hz AC substation). From 30th Street to North Philadelphia, that section came under wire in 1919 for Chestnut Hill Local (now SEPTA's Chestnut Hill Line). Like the 1915 electrification, that line was also fed by the same 44 kV feed lines. From Arsenal Junction to Wilmington, the line (along with the West Chester Line, now SEPTA's Media-Elwyn-Wawa service) was electrified in the 1920's and was the first to utilize the 144 kV/25 Hz transmission architecture, with the supply coming from the Lamokin Rotary Converter in Chester (at substation on the left at 1:33:22). The rest of the electrification, using the 1920's architecture, but with I-beam catenary towers instead of the round poles used on the Philadelphia-Wilmington section, came in the 1930's as part of FDR's WPA Program.

My hometown of Colonia, N.J. at 24 minutes.

i rode betweehn 30st philly to greensboro NC. that was a monster video lol.

Man thanks for the videos, an interesting run. It took me a little to realise it was being filmed from an open verandah type vehicle (A private car?) and it must have been quite exhilarating riding on the platform at the speeds shown in the video. I was hoping we'd get a glimpse of the vehicle at the end of the run. Can you let me know where I can see a photo/video of the vehicle used? Unfortunately, we don't have verandah fitted carriages (cars) on the mainline here in England but I did get a ride in a verandah fitted guard's van (a much smaller version of a caboose) on the Ecclesbourne a valley preserved line in Derbyshire several years ago....great fun! Many thanks again for your video presentation. rob

I am sure that there are some that like this but I would much rather prefer to see where I'm going than where I've been.

A better title might be A Caboose Car Ride. I travelled a good many times through the Hudson River tunnel without paying attention. This video demonstrates how long it is and what an astonishing achievement it was to build.

@kevinhoward9593

6 жыл бұрын

Hes not riding in a caboose. hes riding in a Private Rail Car.

Trenton 9:34 Levittown 9:41 Bristol 9:45 Croydon 9:51 Eddington 9:54 Cornwells Heights 9:57 Torresdale 10:00 Holmesburg Junction 10:04 Tacony 10:06 Bridesburg 10:09 North Philadelphia Amtrak 10:16 Gray 30th Street 10:26 Suburban Station 10:31 Jefferson Station 10:37 Temple University 10:43 Wister 10:53 Germantown 10:55 Washington Lane 10:58 Stenton 11:01 Sedgwick 11:04 Mount Airy 11:07 Wyndmoor 11:10 Gravers 11:13 Chestnut Hill East 11:16

I have added this video to the playlist 'long cab rides'. I have reviewed hundreds of cab ride videos and added the ones I think are the best.

The ugly yellow building to the right at 1:13:04 is the back of Harrowgate Plaza. I remember when I was a little kid like 35 years ago my dad would go to the beer distributor at the far right of the shopping center and we would always go around the back and watch the Amtraks go by.

33:30 is pretty interesting. That's a great catch.

@danielwaldron2635

5 жыл бұрын

That was pretty cool. it was like 2 meets at the same time. Funny how you can go so long without seeing another train, then see 3 at exactly the same time in the same spot.

@UnionCountyPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Really long Arrow iii set

Right about on that bridge (over Booth St. in Chester, PA) at 1:34:15 is where the sb Palmetto hit that backhoe/ballast cleaner/whatever on 4/3/2016.

Diamonds...daisies...snow flakes...That Girl (oops, wrong video) :)

30th Street Station 9:52 Suburban Station 9:56 Jefferson Station 11:01 Temple University 11:09 Jenkintown Wyncote 11:24 Noble 11:28 Rydal 11:30 Meadowbrook 11:32 Bethayres 11:34 Philmont 11:37 Forest Hills 11:40 Somerton 11:42 Trevose 11:45 Neshaminy Falls 11:49 Langhorne 11:54 Woodbourne 11:58 Yardley 12:03 West Trenton NJ 12:07

NJT's North Jersey Coast Line connects to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor at Rahway interlocking just south of Rahway Station! (@ 23:30)

Exactly the need for new rail infrastructure in the NY metro Tri-state area is extreme

The view when it’s passing through Secaucus>>>>

СПАСИБО!

Very cool! Plus I love the Fall weather and the colors, reminds me of Thanksgiving. Which car was on the end?

It is the northern part of this route I want to travel when Acela 21 (Avelia Liberty) comes online, as I have never been to NYC - ever. In my case, I want to do it as either a day trip or an overnight (Union Station - NYC Penn Station - Union Station) because it is practical for me (MTA commuter bus comes north to the Capitol area daily, and from that point it's a VERY short walk - and one that I have - in fact - done before). The Philly run portion I HAVE before - I did it three times a year for two years.

VERY GOOD

Can you or are you going to another one of these HD rides - wonderful video!

@WalterKebalo

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have Amtrak's Cardinal from Huntington Virginia to Washington DC, I'll be publishing it soon.

Are you planning to do any more of these wonderful videos? Thanks, Dog

1:12:40 SEPTA's Market-Frankford Elevated. Runs as an elevated from Bridge St. in Frankford (Northeast Philly) to Olde City (the Independence Hall/Betsy Ross House/Constitution Center neighborhood), runs under Market St. through Center City and University City (home of U of PA and Drexel U), then regains daylight in West Philly before terminating at 69th St. in Upper Darby, Delaware County.

I remember the days when the Hudson Yard approach was not covered like it is today.

Thanks for the fun ride! I particularly enjoyed it as your train entered the Dock Bridge between Harrison and Newark, watching the PATH train climbing its ramp beside you. Such a remarkable stretch of railroad! I also had no idea how long the platforms actually are at NYP, nor how long it actually is from departing the platform to entering the Hudson tube - and what an iconic view - the ESB against the twilight-blue sky - from track level! From the overhang, guessing you were on a private car?

NJT must pay Amtrak a fortune to run their 60,000 trains on its tracks.

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

Same with SEPTA (for Trenton and Wilmington-Newark service), although the Keystone Corridor (for SEPTA Paoli-Thorndale service) between ZOO Interlocking in Philadelphia and Harrisburg is heavily subsidized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, although that line's future is up in the air as the GOP-controlled General Assembly has a bill right now to strip Amtrak of ownership (in place since April 1, 1976 when Penn Central became Conrail). Would not be too surprised if that happens (if a member of the GOP gains back control of the Governor's Mansion in 2022), the Harris-Biden "Administration" takes the Commonwealth to Federal District court in Harrisburg or Philadelphia.

Great video! I wish it had been a sunnier day, but then you probably do too!

It would be very informative to let the viewer know the location every so often.

@choptanktuxent2

8 жыл бұрын

1:20:06 Approaching 30th St. Station, Philadelphia.  That's the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) on the right.1:21:51 Arriving at 30th St. Station.  Here you can transfer to various SEPTA steel wheel transit routes: the commuter rail lines, the Market-Frankford Subway, and the so-called subway-surface trolley cars running west from City Hall loop and fanning out in several directions in West and Southwest Philadelphia.  A couple of subway-surface routes go on to Darby, Delaware County (not to be confused with Upper Darby where the Market-Frankford Subway has its western terminus).  Plus of course, you can transfer here to AMTK's Keystone Service to Lancaster and Harrisburg and the Pennsylvanian to Pittsburgh (of course, the Pennsylvanian originates at NY Penn).This train passed several SEPTA commuter stations on the Trenton to 30th Street segment, and will pass some more between 30th St. and Wilmington.  In Part 2, you'll see a couple more SEPTA stations between Wilmington and Newark, DE which is the outer end of SEPTA's commuter train territory.

Route: 30th St to WEST TRENTON

Route: 30th St to West Trenton

Route: Malvern to Chestnut Hill East

that's the former HQ building of the Baldwin Locomotive Works on the left at 1:31:33

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

It's now the corporate office for one of the three credit rating companies. Most of the old factory grounds is now a shopping center.

33:33 Those two trains would be squeezed from this train

Route: Trenton to Chestnut Hill East

Route: Penn Medicine Station to Warminster

Penn Medicine 10:55 30th Street 10:58 Suburban Station 11:03 Jefferson Station 11:08 Temple University 11:14 Fern Rock Transportation Center 11:24 Melrose Park 11:27 Elkins Park 11:30 Jenkintown 11:35 Glenside 11:38 Ardsley 11:42 Roslyn 11:46 Crestmont 11:50 Willow Grove 11:54 Hatboro 11:59 Warminster Ivyland Station Loop 12:04

1:34 interesting how that bit hasn't been covered up yet in that video.

@DrRichard33

3 жыл бұрын

What part?

@JoeyLovesTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrRichard33 the bit above the tracks where you can see the skyline. They’ve covered that up and have built something over it

@Nlogax

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeyLovesTrains Yeah, Hudson Yards development has completely stolen that view.

@JoeyLovesTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nlogax yeah, big L

Malvern 10:48 Paoli 10:51 Daylesford 10:55 Berwyn 10:59 Devon 11:04 Strafford 11:07 Wayne 11:10 Saint Davids 11:13 Villanova 11:16 Rosemont 11:20 Bryn Mawr 11:22 Haverford 11:25 Ardmore 11:28 Wynnewood 11:29 Narberth 11:31 Merion Station 11:34 Overbrook 11:39 30th Street 11:49 Suburban Station 10:54 Jefferson Station 10:59 Temple University 11:06 Wister 11:16 Germantown 11:18 Washington Lane 11:22 Stenton 11:25 Sedgwick 11:28 Mount Airy 11:31 Wyndmoor 11:34 Gravers 11:37 Chestnut Hill East 11:40

Id definatly pay to ride a early train on the platform with a steaming hot cup of coffee and a pastry or two.

@WalterKebalo

2 жыл бұрын

Too late! Amtrak doesn’t allow platform riding anymore. It was fun while it lasted!

@marcleslac2413

2 жыл бұрын

@@WalterKebalo oof

30th Street Station 10:43 Suburban Station 10:48 Jefferson Station 10:54 Temple University 11:00 Noble 11:19 Rydal 11:21 Meadowbrook 11:23 Bethayres 11:25 Philmont 11:28 Forest Hills 11:31 Somerton 11:33 Trevose 11:36 Neshaminy Falls 11:40 Langhorne 11:45 Woodbourne 11:50 Yardley 11:55 West Trenton 12:00

Chestnut Hill West 11:03 Highland 11:06 St Martins 11:10 Richard Allen Lane 11:13 Carpenter 11:16 Upsal 11:18 Tulpeckon 11:21 CHELTEN Avenue 11:24 Queen Lane 11:27 North Philadelphia 11:32 Gray 30th Street 11:42 Suburban Sta 11:46 Jefferson Station 11:51 Temple University 11:56 Olney 12:06 Lawndale 12:09 Cheltenham 12:11 Ryers 12:13 Fox Chase Loop 12:16

Many trains using lane 3

NYP to New Brunswick in 31:53. If only an NJT Trenton Express could do that. (Sigh)

Route: Fox Chase to 30th St

Fox Chase 11:00 Ryers 11:02 Cheltenham 11:04 Lawndale 11:06 OLNEY 11:09 Temple University 11:19 Jefferson Station 11:26 Suburban Sta 11:31 Gray 30th Street 11:36

Manayunk 11:15 Ivy Ridge 11:18 Miquon 11:23

Media 9:45 Moylan Rose Valley 9:48 Wallingford 9:51 Swarthmore 9:54 Morton 9:57 Secane 10:00 Primos 10:03 Clifton Aldan 10:07 Gladstone 10:10 Lansdowne 10:12 Fernwood Yeadon 10:15 Angora 10:18 49th Street 10:21 Penn Medicine 10:27 30th Street 10:30 Suburban Station 10:35 Jefferson Station 10:40 Temple University 10:47 Bethayres 11:20 Philmont Forest Hills 11:22 Somerton 11:24 Trevose 11:27 Neshaminy Falls 11:30 Langhorne 11:35 Woodbourne 11:41 Yardley 11:46 West Trenton 11:51

Station Names would've been cool.

Shows why we need a brand new Penn Station layout. Those platforms are wayyy too tiny.

@kevinhoward9593

6 жыл бұрын

The station was built in 1910 during a time when PRR trains were like 16 cars long. if anything they are to long. The Broadway Limited alone could be 25 cars.

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhoward9593 in those days, Broadway Limited trains would terminate at the old Exchange Place station in Jersey City. Only after the PRR retrofitted the North River Tunnel with the overhead catenary (eliminating the need to transfer to the third rail-powered e.m.u. trains at Manhattan Transfer east of Newark Penn) would GG-1-hauled trains head straight to New York Penn from Harrisburg (where the steam or diesel-electric locomotives were exchanged for a "G").

Route: Trenton to Chestnut H East

Route: Media to West Trenton

47:32 thats my station. Hamilton

Wow, @ 1:12:00 .. that was the curve, wasn't it? Where the recent accident was ..

@FanRailer

9 жыл бұрын

corkyn34 Yes, that is the Frankfurt Junction curve.

@Wes8761

5 жыл бұрын

Fan Railer amtrak regional 188

@rwboa22

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wes8761 it was also the location of the PRR "Congressional" (Train No. 152, pulled by GG-1 No. 4930) derailment on September 6, 1943, due to a "hot box" causing the front axle on the seventh car to seize; the seizure of the axel causing the seventh car to "launch" into the air and hit a signal gantry, peeling the roof off, while the eighth car got twisted into a figure "U" by same signal gantry.

i just FF thru this, no commentary, no crawlers, no info,,

There seem to be no signs identifying the station stops. How is a passenger to know where he is?

who want to watch train going backwards, for 1 hour and 42 min