Awesome man, I went to Wilmington on Acela 2103 and then took 2107 to Baltimore it was really fun and fast. 46 mins between Wilmington and Baltimore. An 1h 59 mins between New York & Wilmington
you could have been way faster than that, was there delays or something? NYP-WIL is usually just under an hour and a half and WIL-BAL is around 40 minutes. nonetheless the Acela still feels really cool to ride in and they’ll be gone (maybe) in a year
well throughout the NEC really. we passed crews at Portal, Fair, Grundy, Shore, Bacon, B&P, and Lanham with most of those being interlocking upgrades for the Avelia Liberty but yeah it was definitely more concentrated on the NY-Philly side
Lanham is Carroll interlocking. Extends through the station. Landover is actually Hanson (new and finally going into service) and where landover is is getting straight tracked and removed. (Wasn’t a track foreman long but Phil to CP Avenue was my territory)
yeah I'm going off of various employee timetables west of Philly and some might be out of date/inaccurate. I regularly fan the NY-Philly portion so I'm better with that but thanks for the info!
I sit on the left side to see the passing trains, and usually when I come back from Philly or DC, I use Newark Penn since it's easier for me to get home, but from my trip into the city yesterday, it's moving along. a few supports on the east end are already in place.
At 3:13 you mention the "CSAO Passaic & Harimus" line - is "Harimus" actually supposed to read "Paramus"? That would make more sense as Paramus is a NJ city like Passaic. Otherwise, it's great.😃
it sure is fast, but unfortunately it's normally super expensive (I got this ticket on sale so it was better but still not as cheap as the northeast regional)
I am glad that the USA has high-speed trains! This is good for the environment also no stress with car or airplane! The fastest route is unfortunately "only" between New York union station (Penn Station) and the capital city Washington D.C. The old Acela Express (AE) can show what it's capable of! But with the new Acela Express, much more is possible- the last kick- up to 190 mph (305 km/h)! For this, the tracks would have to be built so that they do not rest on sleepers, but lie in a continuous concrete casing! This can be seen in France's new high-speed lines, for example, Paris-Lyon or in Germany (Bavaria) between Nuremberg and Ingolstadt. Greetings from Fürth, Germany!
the Duckcelas will max out at 270km/h in service and are capable of 300. New Haven-Boston is quite fast too but New York-New Haven is holding the northern section back. I’d like them more if they wouldn’t have so many issues. I’ve been on high speed trains in China and Spain. No comparison with what we have here in the US
@@nathanjiang100it was. I was up in newark NJ when that train derailed. We didn’t participate in the repair as we were way east of it. We were on standby if needed.
Stupid going with high speed trains on a non high speed route like NEC, and then also non EMU high speed trains, the Acela 2. Should’ve gone with something like the Alstom Coradia Stream instead, a 125mph EMU with S train level acceleration, so the train can quickly decelerate and accelerate when the curves change, it would have a way better average speed, and would also be great for the northeast regional, for making a lot of stops, instead of the current loco hauled trains. And then Amtrak should just focus on getting on the slowest sections of the NEC speed upgraded first, getting the whole line up to 110mph, then 125mph, then 150, and so on. Average speed is what matters.
Fair points, but also, there is the unfortunate situation where the strict crash rating standards against freight cars make it harder for EMUs to be around. CalTrain got lucky they were able to bring some for their fleet and get a waiver to run their new KISS EMUs
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Thanks for noting the various Interlockings along the way!
Awesome man, I went to Wilmington on Acela 2103 and then took 2107 to Baltimore it was really fun and fast. 46 mins between Wilmington and Baltimore. An 1h 59 mins between New York & Wilmington
you could have been way faster than that, was there delays or something? NYP-WIL is usually just under an hour and a half and WIL-BAL is around 40 minutes. nonetheless the Acela still feels really cool to ride in and they’ll be gone (maybe) in a year
@@nathanjiang100 yep we had to stay in Philly for a while so that added like almost 10 mins and also our engineer approached Metropark very slowly
Wow an American enjoying public transport you don't see that everyday😮
That 35mph slow down between Trenton & Morris Interlocking killed the fun i would’ve booked another 2107 trip lol
yeah it did, I’ve taken 2205 before and that was fun except we made Metropark
I Really Have A Serious Crush On You Amtrak Acela Express Trains ❤️🚆❤️
You may have bell confused with holly. Bell is after the 2 track jump over. And where bell is is right after the rail train.
I corrected it in timestamps in the description as soon as I caught it in the premiere
Lol I recently was up on keystone through there, lots of working being done on the northern end of the route.
well throughout the NEC really. we passed crews at Portal, Fair, Grundy, Shore, Bacon, B&P, and Lanham with most of those being interlocking upgrades for the Avelia Liberty but yeah it was definitely more concentrated on the NY-Philly side
Lanham is Carroll interlocking. Extends through the station. Landover is actually Hanson (new and finally going into service) and where landover is is getting straight tracked and removed. (Wasn’t a track foreman long but Phil to CP Avenue was my territory)
yeah I'm going off of various employee timetables west of Philly and some might be out of date/inaccurate. I regularly fan the NY-Philly portion so I'm better with that but thanks for the info!
1:55:07 That’s my home station when I was riding the MARC Train to Washington DC this summer 2023! Martin State Airport Station!
I don’t know that airport too well, anything cool up there?
Magnolia interlocking was after wood and edgewood station
thanks
I hope to see the new portal bridge construction
I sit on the left side to see the passing trains, and usually when I come back from Philly or DC, I use Newark Penn since it's easier for me to get home, but from my trip into the city yesterday, it's moving along. a few supports on the east end are already in place.
At 3:13 you mention the "CSAO Passaic & Harimus" line - is "Harimus" actually supposed to read "Paramus"? That would make more sense as Paramus is a NJ city like Passaic. Otherwise, it's great.😃
it’s “Harsimus” that’s a typo, but not Paramus as the line terminates in North Bergen where the CSX river line begins
Cool, just subbed
Can u do a train ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic city
I have no immediate plans to do so but have been thinking about it for a while
Why is it that it’s 2/5 hours to go from Washington to New York, but 3/5 between New York and Boston
@@Nerdy_dude the short answer is Metro North
11:57 Why is the Amtrak Acela Train Ride arriving on track 2?
not sure but my guess is that we were running around workers on the westbound tracks 3 and 4
@@nathanjiang100
Or maybe both of those two tracks, track 3 and track 4. Could be occupied. I saw that happened before.
I love the acela because it's an express train
it sure is fast, but unfortunately it's normally super expensive (I got this ticket on sale so it was better but still not as cheap as the northeast regional)
Winans interlocking right at the end of halethopr
who noticed 642 in the thumbnail?
it took 111 that day and was waiting to head to the yard to be turned for 184
I am glad that the USA has high-speed trains! This is good for the environment also no stress with car or airplane! The fastest route is unfortunately "only" between New York union station (Penn Station) and the capital city Washington D.C. The old Acela Express (AE) can show what it's capable of! But with the new Acela Express, much more is possible- the last kick- up to 190 mph (305 km/h)! For this, the tracks would have to be built so that they do not rest on sleepers, but lie in a continuous concrete casing! This can be seen in France's new high-speed lines, for example, Paris-Lyon or in Germany (Bavaria) between Nuremberg and Ingolstadt.
Greetings from Fürth, Germany!
the Duckcelas will max out at 270km/h in service and are capable of 300. New Haven-Boston is quite fast too but New York-New Haven is holding the northern section back. I’d like them more if they wouldn’t have so many issues. I’ve been on high speed trains in China and Spain. No comparison with what we have here in the US
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29:52 Turboliners
yep
Broken loco was being scrapped.
that broken engine was 601 from what I heard
@@nathanjiang100it was. I was up in newark NJ when that train derailed. We didn’t participate in the repair as we were way east of it. We were on standby if needed.
Stupid going with high speed trains on a non high speed route like NEC, and then also non EMU high speed trains, the Acela 2. Should’ve gone with something like the Alstom Coradia Stream instead, a 125mph EMU with S train level acceleration, so the train can quickly decelerate and accelerate when the curves change, it would have a way better average speed, and would also be great for the northeast regional, for making a lot of stops, instead of the current loco hauled trains. And then Amtrak should just focus on getting on the slowest sections of the NEC speed upgraded first, getting the whole line up to 110mph, then 125mph, then 150, and so on. Average speed is what matters.
Fair points, but also, there is the unfortunate situation where the strict crash rating standards against freight cars make it harder for EMUs to be around. CalTrain got lucky they were able to bring some for their fleet and get a waiver to run their new KISS EMUs