Amtrak 19 Through the Hudson River Tunnel
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2010
- Train 19, The Crescent, from New York Penn Station Track 12, through A interlocking, and into Hudson River Tube 1. An NJT train arrives on track 13 as we leave, and a Amtrak Keystone train arrives as we go through the open section just outside Penn Station.
This was shot from the tail end of the train in a Viewliner sleeper. It was shot on May 3rd, 2010. Enjoy! 
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Nice video...very cool you show the entire run from leaving Penn Station all the way to the exit of the tunnel. Bravo!
GREAT Thinking! I just happened to be exploring that exact route from Penn Stn. to the tunnel exit in New Jersey last night on Google Earth (I mean I had to visualize a straight line across the Hudson and into NJ quite a ways to FIND the exit). Can't believe I happened upon this! Well Done! Long Live Amtrak! -Greetings from Omaha...
Nice video! I took a round trip ride on the Crescent between New York and New Orleans back in '06. Had a Viewliner Roomette for my first overnight train trip, it was a great experience!
Clapham, right! I was there only once waiting to meet something to Portsmouth, but remember a westbound freight stop on a yellow, then proceed at restricted until he got a high green out beyond the platforms, once his route lined over. That's usually the way an ATC works. You have great system in England, never a dull moment.
Nicely done,thanks!
Nice to see a video from a rear brakeman's view. I get so tired of belt buckle view tours of the interior.
Reminds me of leaving the city after a long family vacation.
NJT shares two tubes with Amtrak from NJ->NY.
From there, LIRR/Amtrak/NJT share four tubes to Queens, but only Amtrak and LIRR carry passengers through those (except for a few NJT football specials run from CT to the Meadowlands, NJT moves are to the maintenance complex at Sunnyside.)
@evansgt1961 These tunnels along with the East river tunnels are literally a century old...they were built to last and with proper upkeep will last another 100 years at least. Of course, that is the key....PROPER UPKEEP.
It's common to have mid-platform crossovers at major-city stations to add/subtract cars, locomotives etc. from consists for repairs, transfer to other trains, or for placement on mail/express/baggage tracks. Granted Amtrak doesn't carry mail/express anymore, but this and other stations hosted that activity for a hundred years, and may do so again. But the other mid-platform switching activities are still quite common here and at other big stations.
Great video! It had to be difficult steadying your camera against all of the train's movements, but you managed to do so very well. Thanks for sharing.
nice video,thanks!
Its part of the block signalling system yes. But an interlocking is a control point, ever so many miles. A train can not pass an interlocking without authority, either written or by signal indication. Before centralized control, they were manned by an operator in a tower with communication originally via telegraph and later a phone line with the dispatcher. Nowadays they are about all controlled by a centralized dispatching facility. Theres a few that are still manned, but not many left.
I understand what you mean, in Britain the interlocking is after every signal which will cause the trains breaks to be applied if passed when told to stop. I have seen cases before where signals are sighted midway along a platform here, I think it is so either, one long platform can hold a number of shorter multiple units or if a train is deviding at the station, the signal is positioned for the rear portion of the train.
Nice catches
I am trying to imagine sunlight coming down to the platform like during the golden age of Pennsylvania Station and I can't.
I cannot get over how cool this engineering is. I guess that's why I'm studying to be a civil engineer....
***** It is truly a masterpiece of American engineering that is rarely seen today. Considering the hardships of building these and the East River Tunnels, it is a blessing that they have lasted over 100 years. I am very interested to see what is done within the next 50 years to either supplement, or replace, these tunnels.
***** When I was in JrHS, my class took a boat trip around Manhattan Island. I was fascinated by the bridges. This inspered me to be a Civil Engineer. I went to RPI and became a geotechnical engineer. That was over 50 yeras ago. Its been a good profession. I wish you the best.
Technically, a series of signals and switches interconnected so as to allow their movements and indications to follow each other in a proper sequence, either manually or automatically. Short answer, signals and switches that allow safe train movements safe within defined limits, such as a station or. section of track controlled by a leverman in a signal cabin.
Ah yes! I think Ive seen that at the big junction in Lambeth. Is it Balham Jct.? We have something similar to that also, ATC, automatic train control,Canada has it also, I'm quite certain.
So like a singalling block system basically?
what is the length of tunnel pls
Did you see the Penn Central baggage car just begore you leave the station tunnel?
Wow!!!
The tunnel What is deep from bottom of river?
Question why can’t all videos be this big screen on a smaller screen is hard to look at
Thanks for the share. That was a really cool video. Do you know if this is the same way the Crescent enters Penn Station?
Hi There-
NY1 would like to request permission to use your video on our air and website. We would obviosuly courtesy you. Thanks.
I think mean you mean Clapham Junction (which is very near Balham Junction), I've passed through that station almost every day since my childhood haha. Suprsingly, I'm not sure if this is still the case, but some railways in mainland Europe do not have any form of signal protection. If I am correct certain trains on the Belgian railways can simply pass through a red signal without being stopped.
Nice video! Aren't the tunnels old?!
Oh I've seen those, most likley for locomotives to run round.
whats interlocking? I haven't heard that phrase used on our railways in Britain
Actually Penn Station and the PRR tunnels were built in 1905-09.
I know. They were built in 1906. Why cant they update...
engineering masterpiece marvel
I don't understand. I took the train several times from Penn Station to Seacaucus Junction. Is there a bridge connecting the two states or does it go underwater?
It runs underwater for 3 miles
+The Train Maniac How can you tell when riding it? I never saw any underwater.
+Robert Weich It was built in the early 1900s so there would be no way to built a transparant glass wall
Are pantographs raised or lowered automatically when leaving or entering a tunnel?
Looked like there was a third rail in the tunnel so that is why I am asking.
The Amtrak electric engines have pantographs and no third rail equipment. Tracks 5-21 in Penn Station have third rail for LIRR and the Amtrak P32ACDM locomotives in Empire Service. LIRR trains use 13-21, and will occasionally arrive on tracks 11-12 if there is an issue.
There is overhead catenary in the tunnel as well as 3rd rail.
Yes, btu what I am asking is that change done automatically from one to the other or does the train operator have to actuate the change?
Oh gotcha. It'd have to be the operator, it's not automatic.
Is there different tunnels for the NJT, LIRR, and Amtrak?
Yes and no. LIRR uses the East River tunnels only while NJTransit uses them only to access Sunnyside Yard in Queens. Amtrak uses both regularly for revenue service (North River and East River Tunnels)
they're over 100 yrs old and there are reported leaks
@howardkevinm More like PRR, but yeah it would seem like something Amtrak would do lol
@MassTransitLover
Too many things, politics, money, delays. I guess they will just get minor upgrades until something bad happens.
He’s doing like 80
Track speed in this tunnel is 60 MPH.
@MassTransitLover
Oh just 100 years young.
Talk about outdated infastructure lol
With the way the money hungry crooks are at the Port Authority, I'm very surprised that there's no toll booth before you enter the tunnel.
There is. That's why the tickets cost so damn much. It's built into the fare.
fast long
was this destroyed in 911 if not which one was
my god - i think i can walk faster than this train!
@evansgt1961 Not enough money...simple enough. I guess them liberals don't understand.