Silver Line Ride Along: Wiehle-Ballston (real time)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • The full Silver Line ride, between Wiehle-Reston East and Ballston, in real time with natural sound. Service begins July 26 at noon.

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  • @tanithrosenbaum
    @tanithrosenbaum 10 лет назад +202

    A cab ride without music added to "improve" it, with full original sound, and full length real time without someone cutting out "the boring bits". Finally someone gets it. THANK YOU! Perfect!

    • @LucarioFan550
      @LucarioFan550 10 лет назад +9

      IKR

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  • @SharlenesJourney
    @SharlenesJourney 13 дней назад +1

    I really love trains thank you 😢🙏🏾♥️ I feel like I’m the operator driving with this POV 9:04 I used to work near Greensboro and I would hear that alarm

  • @geraldgreen5371
    @geraldgreen5371 6 лет назад +101

    I like how they designed the train to run between the highways, so that when its backed up like in LA , you see exactly what your paying for. I also love the speed...in NYC we don't have that, we got other shyt!!!!

    • @K1_Trains
      @K1_Trains 5 лет назад +14

      there are some places in nyc were the subways do go at fast speeds like that

    • @Netbook451
      @Netbook451 4 года назад +11

      We could've had a line in the median of the Long Island Expy in the 70s but then the city went broke.

    • @davidnissim589
      @davidnissim589 4 года назад +2

      We have the same in SF

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 4 года назад +6

      There aren't that many median tracks in DC, mostly the ones you see in this video (Orange and Silver lines west of Ballston-MU). On the other side of the Potomac you don't really have expressways radiating out from the city. The Blue and Yellow Lines below Reagan Airport (except the portion of the Yellow Line from King St to Huntington) follow the CSX tracks, so they can be above ground. Most of the above ground portions on the MD/DC side also follow CSX tracks, such as the Red Line from Union Station to Silver Spring and from Twinbrook to Shady Grove, the Green and Yellow Lines from College Park to Greenbelt, and the Orange Line from Minnesota Ave to New Carrolton.
      Obviously there are exceptions, such as some of the farthest out portions of the Blue and Silver to Largo and the Green to Branch Ave, and a few elevated tracks in dense urban areas if there is a big highway underneath to build it over.

    • @johnvargo7338
      @johnvargo7338 4 года назад +2

      @@victort.4798 National Airport

  • @markydee48
    @markydee48 4 года назад +23

    I would love to see more videos like these even if it's underground. DC's Metro is a crown jewel. That ride out to Dulles and beyond in the nearer future is gonna be quite long. It may require a trip to the bathroom before riding!

    • @TSquared2001
      @TSquared2001 4 года назад +1

      Imagine that

    • @GILLIGFAN
      @GILLIGFAN 3 года назад +3

      Would be nice if METRO Could take a page from some agencies and offer restrooms in a handful of stations or at least nearby Port-A-John’s

    • @sleeken
      @sleeken 2 года назад +1

      Maybe connect all their cabs in a safer way so we could have restrooms

  • @TripHacksDC
    @TripHacksDC 7 лет назад +67

    Very cool POV that few Metro riders ever get to experience!

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 6 лет назад +4

      Sometimes I find a train where the conductor is at the back. The door to the cab has two positions, one of which gives you access to two more passenger seats adjacent to the cab. A few times I've been able to sit there at the front of the train and enjoy the view (though you do have to sit awkwardly to make it work).

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 5 лет назад

      @Zachary Potter If you have to open a door to get there I'd say no but the times I've sat there the door was in the position where you could just walk over and sit down. The door still seals off the control area, just opens up the seat adjacent to it.

    • @PGHammer21A
      @PGHammer21A 5 лет назад

      Wanna bet? The ride is similar to Vienna.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 4 года назад

      @@Rhacman You actually saw the conductor at the back? I know most (or all) trains have a conductor's cab at both ends so they can switch directions without rotating the train, but I've never actually seen the conductor in the back cab. I think they have to be able to see in front

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 4 года назад

      ​@@victort.4798 It's been a while so perhaps I was mistaken but I seem to recall I could see into the area where they would have been and didn't see anyone. Odd they'd have the door in the position where I could sit up front if they were in there. Perhaps I was sitting next to them and staring right at them without realizing it lol!

  • @robertmason7553
    @robertmason7553 8 лет назад +6

    Friggin awesome to watch. I was born in DC and i took a ride from Benning RD to wherever my cousin took me the day it opened. Now i live in NE and regularly deliver steel to the Kawasaki plant where they are building your new cars. Incredible plant and operation.

  • @SuperWorldRailFanProductions
    @SuperWorldRailFanProductions 9 лет назад +24

    It takes a total of 7 and a half minutes to get from Wiehle-Reston East to Spring Hill Stations. That is my favorite part of the Silver Line.

    • @brian_brennan42
      @brian_brennan42 6 лет назад

      SuperWorldFan360 long gap between McLean and EFC too

  • @susankuhn9426
    @susankuhn9426 2 года назад +2

    There will always be something magical about trains. This is enchanting.

  • @davidthaler7018
    @davidthaler7018 4 года назад +21

    Interesting to see the difference in trackage when the newer tracks of the Silver Line merge with the older tracks of the Orange Line as you approach E. Falls Church.

  • @VidviewerV000
    @VidviewerV000 3 года назад +19

    0:00 Wiehle-Reston East
    7:27 Spring Hill
    8:52 Greensboro
    10:35 Tysons Corner
    11:56 McLean
    18:15 East Falls Church
    22:30 Ballston-MU

  • @LoveStallion
    @LoveStallion 10 лет назад +48

    Man is that a haul to Spring Hill.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 4 года назад +3

      Longest in the system! 5.65 miles (at least for now, maybe the silver line extension will have longer ones)

    • @Toast0808
      @Toast0808 3 года назад +1

      That’s what I thought too!

  • @bebo2good1
    @bebo2good1 10 лет назад +8

    Great work! Can't wait to check out the SV, with also the 7000s.

  • @benjaminoconnor1687
    @benjaminoconnor1687 8 лет назад +36

    I like the concreted rail ties.

    • @chrisc.6405
      @chrisc.6405 8 лет назад +3

      Same.

    • @hobog
      @hobog 7 лет назад +7

      unlike the rotting wooden ties that line the rest of DC metro over ground

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 лет назад +2

      16:14 very disturbing track condition.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 4 года назад +2

      @@benjaminbrown3939 Yes, but it makes sense considering it opened in 1986. I actually think the metro rehabilitation project for that area in the last year or so involved new rail ties, but don't quote me on that

  • @timothystark4475
    @timothystark4475 5 лет назад +3

    I love to watch POV cab ride with this new silver line from Wiehle to Ballston. I hope to watch that POV video until Largo (end of silver line). I had watched many POV cab ride videos on NYC subway system and CSX railways.

  • @josephlopez4871
    @josephlopez4871 4 года назад +3

    I took this train everyday while attending Georgetown...before I left VA they were almost finished extending the line past Dulles Int.

  • @Mr_Prospector_
    @Mr_Prospector_ 10 лет назад +6

    This should be exciting.

  • @markschrock774
    @markschrock774 4 года назад +7

    The Metro is the best way to around the DC area, and the most enjoyable.

  • @jayo1212
    @jayo1212 10 лет назад +19

    @9:38 I wish the rest of the system's tunnels were that well lit!

    • @thosecoolvids1157
      @thosecoolvids1157 10 лет назад +1

      That light was the metro car headlights

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 9 лет назад +1

      +jayo1212 some of new york's tunnels are 100% dark lol

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 9 лет назад +1

      +ThoseCoolVids I don't think it was the metro's headlights. And +jayo1212 I dont think it was actually a tunnel at 9 minutes if that's what you mean. I think it was just a little thing dug in right under a building...well...a tunnel but not like the rest of them lol

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 лет назад +1

      It most certainly is a tunnel. It goes under the large hill in the middle of Tyson's Corner.

    • @charonsferryold
      @charonsferryold 6 лет назад

      Always hated the low light in Metro tunnels

  • @njadakaboles9999
    @njadakaboles9999 10 лет назад +6

    love it its music to my ears

  • @mimoys11
    @mimoys11 9 лет назад +34

    I wish Miami would build a true rail system like the metro.

    • @Zarastroika
      @Zarastroika 9 лет назад +1

      +ira moyse But Miami already have··· Isn't the Metrorail?

    • @w41duvernay
      @w41duvernay 5 лет назад +11

      Too bad you are under Republican rule. The don't believe in developing Mass Transit. Keep lobbying for it. We finally started working on it in the early 70's. DC was a mess before it. If Metro has to shut down, the Streets here in DC are a mess. I just wish we had done the extension lines in the 70's as well. This has been a God send.

    • @markydee48
      @markydee48 4 года назад +1

      too bad Miami didn't do things right because they could have had a Metro system twice the size of DC with all the open space Dade county has.

    • @insertchannelnamehere8685
      @insertchannelnamehere8685 4 года назад

      @@markydee48 Because of the density required to support metro, more open space usually means a smaller metro system.

    • @spider_hoss
      @spider_hoss 4 года назад

      They're very similar in rolling stock to DC.

  • @hobog
    @hobog 7 лет назад +26

    MORE CAB VIDS FOR REST OF METRO PLS

    • @timothystark4475
      @timothystark4475 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah. I would love to watch cab ride videos on other entire lines like in NYC cab POV videos.

  • @papadop
    @papadop 2 года назад

    As a lifelong Boston resident, this makes me envious. Wish our subway infrastructure was as good to allow those high speeds.

  • @derrickwilson7467
    @derrickwilson7467 10 лет назад +3

    Excellent! Thanks!

  • @cps2204
    @cps2204 5 лет назад +13

    This is great! Can you guys do the same format for the rest of the system (like CTA does)?

  • @srinip
    @srinip 4 года назад +4

    Loved it!!

  • @beebeesfuntasticadventures6110
    @beebeesfuntasticadventures6110 5 лет назад +3

    so beautiful.

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 4 года назад +3

    I'd love to see this for the whole system!

  • @alext442
    @alext442 10 лет назад +3

    Nice ride. We need that in the Chi.

  • @SuperRip7
    @SuperRip7 10 лет назад +11

    It was worth 22 minutes and 42 seconds.

  • @wootnik
    @wootnik 10 лет назад +34

    super long gap between wiehle and spring hill

    • @Salmagundiii
      @Salmagundiii 10 лет назад +7

      There was talk of a stop at Wolf Trap, using the event parking lots during the day for commuter parking, but obviously that would be fraught with huge logistical problems. What if everyone decides to work late one day and there's a concert that night. Do you tow their cars or something?

    • @wootnik
      @wootnik 10 лет назад +3

      Salmagundiii That is a problem, but how many times a year are there concerts? There would be a bigger benefit in using it the lots for commuters year-round, and just banning them on event days, I guess? It would be hard to enforce, but I trust that people would do the right thing in most cases. People would just have to find alternatives.

    • @thosecoolvids1157
      @thosecoolvids1157 10 лет назад +1

      Does it matter

    • @pixelsandbacon
      @pixelsandbacon 7 лет назад +12

      It's the longest distance between any two stations on the network.

    • @LIG87
      @LIG87 6 лет назад +1

      imagine having to lay all that track with pinpoint accuracy for that distance!!!

  • @JohnSulu14
    @JohnSulu14 3 года назад

    The phase 2 stations look near done, but it has been taking forever and ever for them to open for passenger service.

  • @kristianjelm6900
    @kristianjelm6900 8 лет назад +6

    So cool

  • @HackleFlyer
    @HackleFlyer 6 лет назад +5

    You guys should do more videos like this. How about a Red Line Video?

  • @lolfunnycp
    @lolfunnycp 9 лет назад +22

    its really hauling @$$ lol

  • @3985uprr
    @3985uprr 3 года назад +2

    Do all of the lines in their entirety please.

  • @AllAmericanRailfan
    @AllAmericanRailfan 2 года назад +1

    Hope there will be a new video when Phase II opens up!

  • @SchuminWeb
    @SchuminWeb 10 лет назад +13

    What was with that siren sound as the train left Greensboro station? Was that a sound from Metro (like a fire alarm test or something), or is it from elsewhere?

    • @petep4peace
      @petep4peace 10 лет назад +4

      To me it sounded like a police siren coming from Rt. 7.

    • @mvp2307
      @mvp2307 10 лет назад +15

      No it was a siren that a train is coming into the tunnel so the trians wont have to honk their horn anymore!

    • @SuperWorldRailFanProductions
      @SuperWorldRailFanProductions 9 лет назад +4

      +JC SanK It's some type of alarm warning a train is coming, but operators would still have to honk.

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 9 лет назад +2

      for anyone whos wondering it comes at around 9:00

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 6 лет назад +3

      That siren sounds when a train passes it

  • @karenholmes2764
    @karenholmes2764 2 года назад

    Five seconds to get on or off. Reminds me of a bus I took in Guadalajara.

  • @PGHammer21A
    @PGHammer21A 5 лет назад +1

    Since this was filmed, the entire Silver Line is now in operation from Reston to Lanham. The Silver Line shares track with the Orange Line from East Falls Church to Armory - Audi Field, and with the Blue Line from there to Lanham.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +5

      You mean Stadium-Armory and Largo Town Center?

  • @aaronmanchester3194
    @aaronmanchester3194 2 года назад +1

    9:01 What's the siren for? Is it alerting that there is another train ahead or something?

    • @dcd19844
      @dcd19844 Год назад +1

      SAME I WAS WONDERING TOO

    • @jordanfgfox7237
      @jordanfgfox7237 10 месяцев назад

      As a person that lives near by the Tysons station I still dk why it's been used for

    • @SuperWorldRailFanProductions
      @SuperWorldRailFanProductions 2 месяца назад

      To alert that a train is coming, especially if workers are in the tunnel.

  • @3985uprr
    @3985uprr 3 года назад

    In New York City they have someone who closes the doors plus the operator and that saves time. It kind of drives me nuts that there’s a delay between the time the doors close and the time the train moves and a delay between the time the train stops and the train doors open. in New York City it happens immediately. I guess it saves on labor costs but it can slow the ride a bit over time. Well the Metro Trains travel at a higher speed than the New York subway so I guess it balances out.

  • @hrysivjt67
    @hrysivjt67 2 года назад

    Did you guys really tape this on a car with a dead spot?! Wow.

  • @fbernard08
    @fbernard08 6 лет назад +4

    This is great...when will the silver line extension be completed!

    • @benjaminoconnor1687
      @benjaminoconnor1687 6 лет назад +1

      fbernard08 by 2022

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 4 года назад +1

      @@benjaminoconnor1687 You stated the year that Potomac Yard Metro is expected to open

  • @William_sJazzLoft
    @William_sJazzLoft 9 лет назад +5

    As long as the ride to Dulles evidently is, it does seem like this train ought to be going much faster than the vehicles on the freeway

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 9 лет назад +4

      +smoothjazzaxe They're going like 55mph

    • @404-d1t
      @404-d1t 9 лет назад +1

      +Ethan Carter (EliteTech) You should see NYC, they almost had to cut speed limits in HALF.

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 9 лет назад +2

      +404Gaming wow that's slow lol

    • @mattwardpictures
      @mattwardpictures 8 лет назад +1

      +smoothjazzaxe To say nothing of Virginia's general attitude on speed...

    • @hoodboyzAtl
      @hoodboyzAtl 6 лет назад

      @@ethancarter4388 No they go 70Mph Just like Marta in Atlanta

  • @KudaanDaGreat
    @KudaanDaGreat 10 лет назад +3

    Reminds me of my home town Chicago max out at 55mph on the 95th Dan Ryan Red line , Eisehower and Kennedy Expwy Blue line Forest pk to O'Hare and Southwest corridor the Midway Orange line

    • @hoodboyzAtl
      @hoodboyzAtl 6 лет назад

      D.C Metro train go 70Mph Just like Marta in Atlanta

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 года назад

      Qam Yasharahla 59mph except green line 65mph on certain stretches

  • @jessewatson3850
    @jessewatson3850 8 лет назад +2

    smooth ride

  • @TrainSounds
    @TrainSounds 10 лет назад +5

    As the train left Greensboro, there was a siren and what was that supposed to be?

  • @yilibobchris
    @yilibobchris 10 лет назад +3

    I ride the second train of the silver line!

  • @stickmen7117
    @stickmen7117 7 лет назад +3

    7:00 it sounds like a star wars plane

  • @louiszhang3050
    @louiszhang3050 3 года назад

    That’s what tysons corner looked like before? How times have changed.

  • @aznfriedrice415
    @aznfriedrice415 4 года назад +5

    BART's Twin System

  • @blackdemonevo9
    @blackdemonevo9 3 года назад

    Now can you guys do this for phase 2 soon

  • @stargazer2504
    @stargazer2504 5 лет назад +4

    Look how new and clean the tunnel is. Wait 20 years for the brake dust (and other crap) to build up. It'll be like a coal mine.

  • @cts3696
    @cts3696 3 года назад +2

    9:01 why do I hear a police siren?

  • @ma-ge-mel4907
    @ma-ge-mel4907 2 года назад

    That’s awesome ❤😂

  • @easonmurphree4353
    @easonmurphree4353 9 лет назад +5

    please make more

  • @andrewlikestrains4138
    @andrewlikestrains4138 3 года назад +1

    Are you guys going to do something similar for Phase 2 of the Silver Line?

  • @FeartheCyr611
    @FeartheCyr611 2 года назад +2

    What was the siren at 9:00 for?

    • @dcd19844
      @dcd19844 Год назад +1

      SAME I WAS WONDERING THAT TOO

    • @SharlenesJourney
      @SharlenesJourney 13 дней назад

      I always wonder about that I think it’s some kind of signal that train is approaching it does that near Greensboro

  • @spacepeanut
    @spacepeanut 3 года назад

    weird cut at 16:54, not sure why it's there...

  • @TSquared2001
    @TSquared2001 4 года назад +3

    Where did that siren come from?

  • @jayo1212
    @jayo1212 10 лет назад +7

    Is this taken from a 7000 series train? I like these Ride Alongs MetroForward ! I'd like to see you do one of the rest of the trip to Largo, and maybe one of the Yellow Line, too!

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer 10 лет назад +7

      no. this was an Alstom powered car, most likely a 6000 series.

    • @benjaminoconnor1687
      @benjaminoconnor1687 8 лет назад +1

      No, it was not taken from a 7,000-series train.

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 7 лет назад +1

      This video might have also been taken from a 2000 or 3000 series railcar

  • @justinballetta1269
    @justinballetta1269 6 лет назад +2

    Did anyone notice the 2 flashes at 9:35?

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 лет назад +2

      Electric arcing on the third rail.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 4 года назад

      It’s a flash of electricity relating to the connection between the train and the third rail when it crosses between third rail segments I believe

  • @PhillyFan20
    @PhillyFan20 10 лет назад +1

    So how does terminating at Wiehle work? I didn't notice a crossover near the station.

    • @DarkEnzanArikado
      @DarkEnzanArikado 10 лет назад

      I would guess either one before the station or it relays even deeper in the future route with a crossover at some point.

    • @khroe
      @khroe 10 лет назад +2

      There is a pocket track on the other side.

    • @PhillyFan20
      @PhillyFan20 10 лет назад +1

      khroe It still seems like a bizarre engineering decision. The lack of a crossover will require all trains to offload at the platform to reverse. A pocket track is designed to allow trains to short turn (i.e. Red line). Since Wiehle will be a terminal, a crossover should've been designed on the inbound side. Perhaps it was due to budget costs.

    • @DarkEnzanArikado
      @DarkEnzanArikado 10 лет назад +1

      PhillyFan20 Well it is a temporary terminal at most so I guess they felt like the the pocket track is fine which generally it is since at least the hope is the line will extend pass this stop some point within our lifetimes.

    • @DaWolf805
      @DaWolf805 10 лет назад

      PhillyFan20 If you think about it, the pocket track on the opposite side allows space for four trains to wait at the end of the line, and is a crossover, all in one - while remaining useful after Wiehle is no longer a terminus. It does require trains to take a bit more time to reverse, but that's not unheard of - take, for example, the Ashmont terminus of the Red Line in Boston. I think it's pretty well-designed, personally.

  • @relorzen
    @relorzen 6 лет назад +1

    My nearest station is Huntington main area

  • @elevatortoiletandtransitfa9258
    @elevatortoiletandtransitfa9258 3 года назад +1

    10:31 The train sounds like an engine or machine shutting down

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 6 лет назад +1

    Is that Washington DC Metro?

  • @sleeken
    @sleeken 2 года назад

    I never ride this thing cus who rides a metro to Reston?

  • @martinbreslow1401
    @martinbreslow1401 10 лет назад

    We need a video on how to recognize the elevator building you just parked in. The levels have the same numbering Gn n 1 to 8 or 1 to 6, I forget. #Wiehle

  • @usstiger_cd4165
    @usstiger_cd4165 4 года назад +1

    do you know how fast the average speed is?

    • @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs
      @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs 3 года назад

      Like 40 - 30 in local dc tunnels. 50 - 60 in far distances like the first one. I think it goes 100 mph

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 2 года назад

      Max is 59mph except certain stretches on Green L

  • @petterzachrisson6500
    @petterzachrisson6500 3 года назад +5

    Interesting to discover the DC metro system. To me, as a European, it looks more like a commuter rail similar to the Paris RER. More an more European commuter rail networks are connected with tunnels through the city centers... combining speed with connectivity.

    • @xavierdomenico
      @xavierdomenico 3 года назад

      That is because this video is showing the metro going out to the suburbs. The metro from Ballston (Arlington) into DC is much more like a traditional subway system.

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 2 года назад +4

      In the inner portions, this very much acts a bit more like a subway system, much like the RER or S-Bahn type systems. That is very much what this system is, in essence.

  • @LIG87
    @LIG87 6 лет назад +3

    what are those long, rectangular things in between the tracks @ 21:13??

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 6 лет назад +1

      Those are either rails or third rails

    • @LIG87
      @LIG87 6 лет назад

      thanks

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 лет назад +2

      They are pieces of broken third rail protection, but they have been fixed.

  • @raymondrodriguez45
    @raymondrodriguez45 7 лет назад +13

    They only recorded it to Ballston because the rest of the line is ghetto, dark and loud all the way to Maryland.

    • @stickmen7117
      @stickmen7117 7 лет назад +1

      terry jay not really, i live near glenmont station and its really nice there... if only they cleaned up the station

    • @lawrencelu1876
      @lawrencelu1876 6 лет назад

      I did know that the Silver Line metro is extending and coming to Dulles Airport as well as Loudoun through Reston and Herndon area, but the problem as well as my concern is that it's very long and slow. The speed, etc with the Metro trains is slow. In my opinion, the Silver Line Metro coming to DC from Loudoun area is too much time and it's too slow.

    • @charonsferryold
      @charonsferryold 6 лет назад +2

      Rockville is actually really nice, now that it exists

    • @stargazer2504
      @stargazer2504 5 лет назад

      "ghetto, dark"... I see what you did there.

  • @kellandbailey2970
    @kellandbailey2970 8 лет назад +2

    wonder why they elected to use footage from a train with flat spots...

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 4 года назад +1

      The spare test train is spare for a reason.

  • @hobog
    @hobog 7 лет назад +10

    16:04 return to regular shit tracks in 3, 2, 1, ...

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 6 лет назад +1

    Why are the cars on the highway beating this train? are they built for 80mph running?

  • @Gregq96
    @Gregq96 2 года назад

    Why is it so slow??

  • @leatherman88ch
    @leatherman88ch 7 лет назад +1

    I think it was on automatic Train control that's why I was flying so fast

    • @tubeman2010
      @tubeman2010 6 лет назад +1

      Chris Hoff
      Unfortunately, there are currently no DC Metro lines running automatically.

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 5 лет назад +1

      @@tubeman2010 Correction! Mclean-Reston-East Runs on ATC. So will phase 2 when it opens this year

    • @tubeman2010
      @tubeman2010 5 лет назад +2

      @@dreamyyx_3762
      The entire system is under ATC, of which ATO is a subsystem; and, currently, there are no lines on the DC Metro system that are utilizing ATO.
      It's also doubtful that the Silver Line Phase 2 will run ATO, because even if it's working, there are hundreds of operators with no experience with ATO. Training must come first.

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 года назад

      No ATO at the moment. No plans for ATO either.

  • @k.h.4698
    @k.h.4698 5 лет назад

    I am all in support of public transit, but this video doesn’t sell the concept very well. The relatively little traffic (that there is) is going a lot faster than the train. Why would anybody need this extension line? It seems the money would have been better spent in a more populated corridor where mobility is virtually at a standstill on the surface.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +3

      That traffic was midday traffic, not rush hour

  • @LeprousThang
    @LeprousThang 6 лет назад

    where are the people?

  • @desalpagesgator4988
    @desalpagesgator4988 3 года назад

    Infrastructure démesurée pour un trafic voyageur inexistant, un gaspillage financier énorme.

  • @justinballetta1269
    @justinballetta1269 6 лет назад

    The siren at 9:01 is just weird

  • @benjaminbrown3939
    @benjaminbrown3939 5 лет назад +1

    16:11 Returning to regular shit tracks in 3, 2, 1. Metro really needs to replace these with concrete ties.

    • @videonut1988
      @videonut1988 4 года назад +1

      Metro was built in the mid 70s before concrete ties were mainstream. That’s why the “regular shit tracks”.

  • @khroe
    @khroe 10 лет назад +1

    I think that car has flats on it.

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 6 лет назад +1

    The cars on the highway at the right are traveling fast4er than the train? Figures.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 5 лет назад +2

      Cats01 Wait until Rush hours. It’s a different story.

  • @erikhyrkas2955
    @erikhyrkas2955 10 лет назад +3

    This is a bit zen.

  • @dongshuowu3454
    @dongshuowu3454 6 лет назад +2

    What was the top speed of the train?

  • @ArinGokdemir
    @ArinGokdemir 7 лет назад

    How long before it falls apart?

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 лет назад +1

      But the rest of the system is actually falling apart right now!

  • @njadakaboles9999
    @njadakaboles9999 10 лет назад +1

    oh this thing is hauling butt

  • @robertgreen6492
    @robertgreen6492 7 лет назад +6

    Thd silver line is a slow moving train. Every auto passed it on the highway.

    • @jameshiroki1
      @jameshiroki1 7 лет назад +17

      Robert Green Metro train operations are restricted to 59MPH, the trains normal operating speed is up to 75MPH

    • @mrrobot5963
      @mrrobot5963 5 лет назад

      @@jameshiroki1 Ever since 2009 right

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 года назад

      Limited to 59mph every where except parts of the green line where speeds are 65mph. But speed commands lower all the time depending on what’s going on.

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 4 года назад

      I've timed it to be over 65 MPH on the Silver and Orange Lines. The car drivers are speeding.

    • @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs
      @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs 3 года назад

      What about the cars behind?

  • @DeryaBaygan-Robinett
    @DeryaBaygan-Robinett 4 года назад

    huh i thought it was gonna be for 3 hours cause of delays and single tracking. this must be set up.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +1

      It was a new line that wasn’t open to passenger service at the time of filming so no delays.

    • @DeryaBaygan-Robinett
      @DeryaBaygan-Robinett 4 года назад

      so it was a set up!

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +1

      Derya Baygan-Robinett No.

    • @DeryaBaygan-Robinett
      @DeryaBaygan-Robinett 4 года назад

      ok then.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад

      Derya Baygan-Robinett Then lets stop spreading this conspiracy that things are being set up.

  • @sandal_thong
    @sandal_thong 2 года назад

    Playback x2, baby.

  • @egorleschev
    @egorleschev 8 лет назад +1

    9:00 WTF?

    • @MrMKH2010
      @MrMKH2010 8 лет назад

      No one go on board or go off, so there was no reason to wait.

    • @DJeimaXe
      @DJeimaXe 8 лет назад +2

      It is a clearance alert.

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 лет назад

      It's the building emergency alert at the station. I heard the same alarm go off at Whiele-Reston the other day, followed by a recorded announcement.

  • @drnubian1
    @drnubian1 9 лет назад +1

    cars are just whizzing by speed is slow...test run

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 9 лет назад +2

      +howardkevinm just be glad its not the new york subway which goes like 35 lol

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 лет назад +2

      Hahah, no, BART doesn't go 80 MPH. It's limited to 70 MPH because they designed the braking system incorrectly. Washington Metro goes up to 75 MPH. This Silver Line train goes up to 65 MPH when I measured it yesterday.

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 8 лет назад +1

      Kris Rehberg 68mph was the fastest i saw on the bart's speedometer lol

    • @baetsimpson
      @baetsimpson 7 лет назад

      Kris Rehberg I have heard of Metro going full speed out near EFC a while ago.

  • @franklinshaffer2382
    @franklinshaffer2382 11 месяцев назад

    Flat spot on wheel

  • @Delta922
    @Delta922 3 года назад

    I will never ride DC metrorail again. The service sucks, security is insufficient, attendants are rude and the trains are disgusting. Crackheads even do and deal illegal drugs in the trains and on the platforms.

    • @swampfoxIX
      @swampfoxIX 2 года назад

      But still 1000x better than most subway systems.

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 9 лет назад +1

    Why do most American cities look so desolate? Yet another example here of how ghostly American roadways and transit stops more often appear around that country..oh well.

    • @lazamair
      @lazamair 9 лет назад +7

      trainrover cities like Tysons Corner show the most traffic during the morning and evening commutes. True they appear desolate, but by no means are they ghostly.

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman 9 лет назад +7

      I lived in Reston and Tysons this video looks like it was taking on an early Sunday morning! During the week and later in the day on the weekend is busy! DC is a very populated city and this is more or less outskirts in Virginia

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman 9 лет назад +3

      +lazamair come let me take you on a ride up Dulles toll road to 66 to the Capital Belt way thru the Springfield mixing bowl up 395 in to DC this Monday morning!!lol

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 4 года назад

      @trainrover Hey! Are you from Britain? You like like on of thoses dumass people who think britain is better than everything so shut up

  • @rockvilleraven
    @rockvilleraven 10 лет назад +2

    Metro is full of BS, first you say you don't have the money to fix up the system, but you have money to run ads for the Silver Line. If I took over Metro, I'd cut the radio/tv/print ads and use it to fix up there rest of the system.

    • @hobog
      @hobog 7 лет назад +1

      The airport authority is building the silver line tracks, actually

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 5 лет назад +1

      rockvilleraven That joke is getting too old.

  • @DugEphresh
    @DugEphresh 7 месяцев назад

    Garbage POV, edit it so we know WTF!