What a difficult day for railfanning! A good mix of Amtrak and NJ transit trains though. Sorry it turned sour and you experienced a very late arrival home. Thanks Tim
Thank you for keeping the camera rolling even when the trains started to slow down. Most importantly, glad you were able to get home safe! I heard there were about 500 people waiting for Uber/lyft at Newark Penn and many commuters were stuck in NYC overnight. Crazy crazy evening for sure!
I was actually coming in to Penn station after the Hudson rail excursion and saw a whole crowd waiting for Nj Transit. Didn’t know what happened until seeing your video makes a whole lot more sense to why there was so many people. Great video and some awesome catches.
Aside from your personal inconvenience in "taking the bus" home, I truly enjoyed the documented "chaos" of Northeast Railroading at its least finest! This was a joy to watch & thank you for sharing. This is Peter; out!
It was a rough day for sure. But hey, I got a rare opportunity to use the Newark Light Rail as I abandoned Newark Penn Station where there were no trains in favor of catching the #59 bus over by the Newark Museum. That bus hits some of the same spots as the Raritan Valley Line as it makes a long, 23-mile journey to Dunellen (which when you think about it is very far for a local bus to run, stopping every couple blocks). It didn't actually take as long as I thought it would, at least to get as far as I needed to go, but there were people on the bus with me who were going at least to Dunellen and even beyond, and I really felt for them. And then I got home just in time to watch a fairly depressing hockey game, which had me wondering how upset I would be if I had gone to the game upstairs at MSG, then wanted to go downstairs to Penn Station to get home and forget about the game, only to have no trains running.
Love that station. I live about the same distance from S.Amboy and Metropark, but used Metropark for the year I worked in Jersey City. Usually caught 3708 going in and either 3721 or 3723 (which was almost always Arrows) coming back from Newark. Parking there is pretty good and I always found the NJT crews to be mostly very friendly and professional. And nice seeing Amtrak ACS-64 608. I think have the HO scale model of that.
I felt bad for everyone that was stuck out in Jersey and NY trying to I get home or their destination . Yesterday was REALLY BAD! Good morning brother from bklyn ny 😊
They were talking about the situation yesterday evening on the major news channels WABC-7 WNBC-4 & WCBS-2 some of the lines actually got their service to or from Penn Station suspended like the RVL. The good news is there was a NJ Transit website that tells passengers of the affected train line alternate transport options. New Brunswick Coach USA 100 bus also the station does get RVL passengers as alternative option. If you look at the replacement trains the MLV III they might be formed of two existing multi-level I-II cabs with MLV III power car
I was on 85 from NY to Richmond that day and i’m so happy i just missed the mess that was caused by the power issues. I was sitting on the left side of the train so I didn’t see you.
Hello retired Retired railfan horn guy big fan of yours been Been doing some real fan videos of my own From metro park Princeton junction Did a few from jersey avenue did some from Trenton New Jersey Levittown probably doing more after I come back from London Maybe maybe if you're not busy of your time schedule Maybe we can meet up Do some do some real videos love your videos Tim especially the part where you talk about those Septus Center door that they And they don't have the K5LA horn or they rusting house horns that the New Jersey transit and the paco trains have I agree everything you said about those cars they had a full Based car and a western house AA2 horn They would be more enjoyable My name is Jimmie and big fan of yours
I was railfanning yesterday afternoon at Rahway. Unfortunately, or so I thought at the time, I had to head back home earlier than planned - about three hours earlier. I left rahway near four instead of around seven. Turns out my equipment being annoying was a blessing in disguise. Edit: I believe I was actually on the same westbound train as you.
Back Bay is in Boston but the final station stop is in downtown Boston its called South Station. Between each stop is 5 minutes and the trains usually do a slow crawl between the two. Why the short stops for a long distance train? Not sure.
This was the second catenary issue on Amtrak in the past few days. My guess is the extreme heat of 90 + degrees caused the wires to sag and stretch. But tensioned or 'weighted' catenary is supposed to compensate for that. Maybe a pantograph broke. If Amtrak had the dual mode locomotives I heard they are buying, they could have helped in the emergency. NJT should have pressed their dual mode locomotives into service on the NEC.
I'm sorry that you had a rotten experience on that day Tim. On the plus side you made it home safely despite arriving very late. Having said that with the announcer. At least he/it mentioned all the intermediate stops where as here in Sydney depending on which line you travel on here's an example T2 Inner West line the announcer say first stop Redfern then all stations to Strathfield then all station to Granville then Harris Park and Parramatta.
I just returned from a trip back east that had me riding all up and down the NEC for a week. This made me glad I left when I did. Good on you for sticking it out and keeping the camera rolling. Hopefully with new projects like the Portal Bridge and Hudson River Tunnel, things like this will happen less often in the future.
The squealing of Amfleet wheels as they brake is so iconic. It's gonna feel so weird not hearing them anymore when the Amfleet I and II cars are eventually retired.
I was gonna be buffing at Newark Airport yesterday afternoon but my train to Newark hit a car! what a day yesterday! felt a shock and then went straight into emergency. they held us on the train for an hour so police could clear the scene and they had to shut off the catenary so it was steaming in the car by the end. almost glad that I didn't make it out because the corridor wasn't good either, for a completely unrelated reason.
I saw the news stories last night; I'm glad I'm here in Georgia! Why would a passing train cause lines to come down, and if it happened in the meadowlands, why couldn't inbound trains have been able to at least get to Newark? Then passengers would at least have been able to switch to PATH. I guess there is an advantage to third rails.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Yes, it was a bad situation. However, you took some amazing pictures. The back to back NJ Transit multilevel pictures wouldn’t have been possible had there been no delay. Furthermore, it’s not like you had to get up and go to work the next day. And for the record, the Rangers lost- not that I find hockey interesting.
Love how NJT just turned their heads and just blamed Amtrak, acting like they have enough money to fix the system. Ummm, Mr. US government can money be provided, transit is a public service it's not meant to make profit. The highways and roads don't why does transit have to in order to get money?
It was a New Jersey transit train that caused the problem. If it was the mechanics of the New Jersey transit train that caused the problem that’s one thing, but if the infrastructure caused the problem, then that’s Amtrak’s problem.
hey Retired Rail fan i really like your content here. Question the Amtrak Roanoake train that heads to new york they swap engines in dc correct? Also do you know if they use the same engineer or is it a different person? Not sure how that works
Well, I know from Washington New York they use one and they do change engines at Washington. I would think from Roanoke to Washington they would use no more than two crews
@@Bothomas-vm5hz just learn something new about the diesels / electric engine for you for example Springfield Massachusetts to New Haven Connecticut they use diesel from New Haven to New York they switch to electric cuz I can't run diesels in the tunnel of New York so to answer your question so any trains going into Norfolk newsport News Roanoke Richmond they use diesel
from Washington to Boston they use electrical engines which is good put from Springfield Mass to New Haven to Norfolk Richmond Newport News in Roanoke they use diesel at Washington
@@3985uprr yeah I'll agree to that especially that announcement when I was at Trent the other day especially for the one that was Boston I do not like how they say Boston
@@3985uprr play Tim said if you seen some of his videos if you listen to the announcements they crucify some stations like how he says Baltimore international airport can you hear him say New York as curly New Yurk turn the final thing that irks me is how do you say Boston that's a Boaston the last time I checked back Bay is in Boston and South station is in Boston
Can personally attest that the misery of being stuck in The Garden State is only compounded when the place you're marooned at happens to be lovely Newark Liberty International!
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What a difficult day for railfanning! A good mix of Amtrak and NJ transit trains though. Sorry it turned sour and you experienced a very late arrival home. Thanks Tim
Great job and Iove it
The LIRR announcer is worlds better than the NJ Transit one. She actually announces names properly!
"Garden State Parking Lot" 🤐
my home station two minutes from home for me
Sorry to hear about such a bad day, Tim... Always grateful for you and the amazing videos, though!
Thank you for keeping the camera rolling even when the trains started to slow down. Most importantly, glad you were able to get home safe! I heard there were about 500 people waiting for Uber/lyft at Newark Penn and many commuters were stuck in NYC overnight. Crazy crazy evening for sure!
Reminded me of the Jack Lemmon movie, The Out of Towners.
I was actually coming in to Penn station after the Hudson rail excursion and saw a whole crowd waiting for Nj Transit. Didn’t know what happened until seeing your video makes a whole lot more sense to why there was so many people. Great video and some awesome catches.
Aside from your personal inconvenience in "taking the bus" home, I truly enjoyed the documented "chaos" of Northeast Railroading at its least finest! This was a joy to watch & thank you for sharing. This is Peter; out!
It was a rough day for sure. But hey, I got a rare opportunity to use the Newark Light Rail as I abandoned Newark Penn Station where there were no trains in favor of catching the #59 bus over by the Newark Museum. That bus hits some of the same spots as the Raritan Valley Line as it makes a long, 23-mile journey to Dunellen (which when you think about it is very far for a local bus to run, stopping every couple blocks). It didn't actually take as long as I thought it would, at least to get as far as I needed to go, but there were people on the bus with me who were going at least to Dunellen and even beyond, and I really felt for them. And then I got home just in time to watch a fairly depressing hockey game, which had me wondering how upset I would be if I had gone to the game upstairs at MSG, then wanted to go downstairs to Penn Station to get home and forget about the game, only to have no trains running.
It was a rough day for everybody, but I at least was happy about the outcome of the hockey game
Great job and I love it
Great job and I love it
Love that station. I live about the same distance from S.Amboy and Metropark, but used Metropark for the year I worked in Jersey City. Usually caught 3708 going in and either 3721 or 3723 (which was almost always Arrows) coming back from Newark. Parking there is pretty good and I always found the NJT crews to be mostly very friendly and professional. And nice seeing Amtrak ACS-64 608. I think have the HO scale model of that.
Does the 608 model have all the insects splattered on it. That would make an authentic model.
@@3985uprr😂😂😂
Another great video. Glad you made it home.
Are you going to catch the cannonball express on the LIRR
Regarding the announcements, in the morning, it always sounded like Newark Peeyen. I always assumed it was bad A.I.
It’s sickening.
Great job and I love it
I felt bad for everyone that was stuck out in Jersey and NY trying to I get home or their destination . Yesterday was REALLY BAD! Good morning brother from bklyn ny 😊
Great job and I love it
They were talking about the situation yesterday evening on the major news channels WABC-7 WNBC-4 & WCBS-2 some of the lines actually got their service to or from Penn Station suspended like the RVL. The good news is there was a NJ Transit website that tells passengers of the affected train line alternate transport options. New Brunswick Coach USA 100 bus also the station does get RVL passengers as alternative option.
If you look at the replacement trains the MLV III they might be formed of two existing multi-level I-II cabs with MLV III power car
I was on 85 from NY to Richmond that day and i’m so happy i just missed the mess that was caused by the power issues. I was sitting on the left side of the train so I didn’t see you.
Great job and I love it
At least you were able to get some weird track placements and strange stack ups on the line... Still good action
Hello retired Retired railfan horn guy big fan of yours been Been doing some real fan videos of my own From metro park Princeton junction Did a few from jersey avenue did some from Trenton New Jersey Levittown probably doing more after I come back from London Maybe maybe if you're not busy of your time schedule Maybe we can meet up Do some do some real videos love your videos Tim especially the part where you talk about those Septus Center door that they And they don't have the K5LA horn or they rusting house horns that the New Jersey transit and the paco trains have I agree everything you said about those cars they had a full Based car and a western house AA2 horn They would be more enjoyable My name is Jimmie and big fan of yours
I was railfanning yesterday afternoon at Rahway. Unfortunately, or so I thought at the time, I had to head back home earlier than planned - about three hours earlier. I left rahway near four instead of around seven. Turns out my equipment being annoying was a blessing in disguise.
Edit: I believe I was actually on the same westbound train as you.
Great job and I love it
Back Bay is in Boston but the final station stop is in downtown Boston its called South Station. Between each stop is 5 minutes and the trains usually do a slow crawl between the two. Why the short stops for a long distance train? Not sure.
This was the second catenary issue on Amtrak in the past few days. My guess is the extreme heat of 90 + degrees caused the wires to sag and stretch. But tensioned or 'weighted' catenary is supposed to compensate for that. Maybe a pantograph broke. If Amtrak had the dual mode locomotives I heard they are buying, they could have helped in the emergency. NJT should have pressed their dual mode locomotives into service on the NEC.
Yeah there was the down wires which I heard was really bad good that you made it home.
I'm sorry that you had a rotten experience on that day Tim. On the plus side you made it home safely despite arriving very late. Having said that with the announcer. At least he/it mentioned all the intermediate stops where as here in Sydney depending on which line you travel on here's an example T2 Inner West line the announcer say first stop Redfern then all stations to Strathfield then all station to Granville then Harris Park and Parramatta.
Too wordy. I hope I get to Australia before I die, but I may need to rob a bank to get there.
I just returned from a trip back east that had me riding all up and down the NEC for a week. This made me glad I left when I did. Good on you for sticking it out and keeping the camera rolling. Hopefully with new projects like the Portal Bridge and Hudson River Tunnel, things like this will happen less often in the future.
Good thing I stayed at home yesterday.
The squealing of Amfleet wheels as they brake is so iconic. It's gonna feel so weird not hearing them anymore when the Amfleet I and II cars are eventually retired.
@@DanknDerpyGamer does anybody know when the Amtrak metroliner cars are going to get retired
LOL @ Garden State Parking Lot 🤣
It’s basically a parking lot, especially between Paramus and Elmwood Park and the I78 junction in Union
@@MichaelN12 and I thought it was bad around Toms River and Lakewood area in the summer
I was gonna be buffing at Newark Airport yesterday afternoon but my train to Newark hit a car! what a day yesterday! felt a shock and then went straight into emergency. they held us on the train for an hour so police could clear the scene and they had to shut off the catenary so it was steaming in the car by the end. almost glad that I didn't make it out because the corridor wasn't good either, for a completely unrelated reason.
Fantastic good Video! Thumbs Up!
Great job and I love it
Love the sandwich regionals now…
I saw the news stories last night; I'm glad I'm here in Georgia! Why would a passing train cause lines to come down, and if it happened in the meadowlands, why couldn't inbound trains have been able to at least get to Newark? Then passengers would at least have been able to switch to PATH. I guess there is an advantage to third rails.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Third rail is bad if you have deep snow but overhead is not really affected.
Did you film Montauk Branch summer trains the weekend?
It is a remote possibility.
What's with all the "double engined" Amtrak trains(small consists and longer)?
Power moves?
For fast turn arounds.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Yes, it was a bad situation. However, you took some amazing pictures. The back to back NJ Transit multilevel pictures wouldn’t have been possible had there been no delay. Furthermore, it’s not like you had to get up and go to work the next day. And for the record, the Rangers lost- not that I find hockey interesting.
Boy I bet you could use some "Spaghetti & Meatballs" after that trip.😋
I had to settle for a ham sandwich and wine at home at 11om
I hope you have made home.
Could be 30 minute-2 hour delay
i like those 2020 MCI D4500CTs that CoachUSA has, but the circumstances were pretty sh*tty.!!!!! I'm sorry this had to happen.
What a disaster! Started out great tho
Love how NJT just turned their heads and just blamed Amtrak, acting like they have enough money to fix the system. Ummm, Mr. US government can money be provided, transit is a public service it's not meant to make profit. The highways and roads don't why does transit have to in order to get money?
It was a New Jersey transit train that caused the problem. If it was the mechanics of the New Jersey transit train that caused the problem that’s one thing, but if the infrastructure caused the problem, then that’s Amtrak’s problem.
For a perspective on the weird day, what time did you start filming? Thanx
About 250pm
How did you get home?
Bus and LIRR
hey Retired Rail fan i really like your content here. Question the Amtrak Roanoake train that heads to new york they swap engines in dc correct? Also do you know if they use the same engineer or is it a different person? Not sure how that works
Well, I know from Washington New York they use one and they do change engines at Washington. I would think from Roanoke to Washington they would use no more than two crews
@@3985uprr yeah that's what I thought too thanks for the reply
@@Bothomas-vm5hz can I just learned something new about the diesel electrician
@@Bothomas-vm5hz just learn something new about the diesels / electric engine for you for example Springfield Massachusetts to New Haven Connecticut they use diesel from New Haven to New York they switch to electric cuz I can't run diesels in the tunnel of New York so to answer your question so any trains going into Norfolk newsport News Roanoke Richmond they use diesel
from Washington to Boston they use electrical engines which is good put from Springfield Mass to New Haven to Norfolk Richmond Newport News in Roanoke they use diesel at Washington
I really don't like those animated voices for Amtrak to Boston
They suck
@@3985uprr yeah I'll agree to that especially that announcement when I was at Trent the other day especially for the one that was Boston I do not like how they say Boston
@@JMlodzinski you would hate the BART station announcements. They are soulless!!
@@3985uprr play Tim said if you seen some of his videos if you listen to the announcements they crucify some stations like how he says Baltimore international airport can you hear him say New York as curly New Yurk turn the final thing that irks me is how do you say Boston that's a Boaston the last time I checked back Bay is in Boston and South station is in Boston
The biggest nightmare is being stuck in NJ
Can personally attest that the misery of being stuck in The Garden State is only compounded when the place you're marooned at happens to be lovely Newark Liberty International!
@@Ryan-on5onbetter NJ compared to Connecticut, everything closes early
Wouldn’t wish gettin stuck in Jersey on my worst enemy
Well, it could’ve been Connecticut
Marc is the fastest cummuter train in the country, I believe nj is second
I think NJT goes a little faster between certain stations although Marc on the Penn Line moves fast. The other lines not quite so fast.
@@3985uprr I hear you, but marc does close to 150mph
@@mtasubwaymartasubway Maybe 100. Not nearly as fast as that
@@3985uprr My mistake on the 150, I did research, they do 125 on one line
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