CT rail Hartford Line: The First Weekday
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- June 18th, 2018
After a weekend of free rides to crowds of people and many others turned away, today begins the first weekday of regular service on the new CT rail Hartford Line, with Amtrak and commuter rail service operating between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, MA.
CT rail is using push-pull equipment from the Shore Line East pool as well as surplus MBB coaches leased from the MBTA to operate the service. Amtrak continues to use their normal Amfleet and Metroliner cab cars on the Shuttle trips, which are incorporated into the CT rail schedules.
Video was shot on this first weekday in Meriden, with the following trains:
Amtrak 451 - at Meridan station
CT rail 4452 - at the S. Colony St/E. Main St crossings
Amtrak 141 - at the S. Colony St/E. Main St crossings
CT rail 4401 - at the S. Colony St/E. Main St crossings
CT rail 4454 - at Meridan station
Amtrak 471 - at the Cross St crossing
I like that ConnDot kept the Black White and Red scheme on the Bombardier coaches as a holdover from the NH RR along with the GP 38 NH McGuiness
1:06 that's the shortest train I've seen with a rebuilt metroliner cab car! I thought they were all used on the Keystone corridor!
2:22 that's a nice K5LA!
2:42 I wonder if locomotives in the New Haven livery will be common on this line?
6:03 that horn sounds like it's from a modern Australian locomotive!
8:39 do the cab cars have old Alco bells?
The cab cars are used on both the Shuttles and the Keystone services.
The New Haven livery is going away... all the locomotives, including the Metro-North pool units, are to eventually wind up in the new CTrail scheme.
Nope, they aren't old Alco bells... those were new with the cars. MARC cab cars have the same bells.
8:39 those cars are from mbta
The camera quality is def man it almost looks like it was either taken in the 90s or 2000s
Well, it was a 2010-vintage digital camera. lol
That line is going to do very well.
The Amtrak P40s are showing their age. I don’t imagine they’ll get a repaint before retirement. On the other hand, the CTrail P40s look great. Can’t beat the McGinnis livery. That’s about the only good thing Pat McGinnis brought to the NHRR.
4:04 Amtrak ge p42dc with emd steel bell?
I really want to film the Hartford Line sometime.
some nice new stations on this line, but i am glad the restores the one in Windsor, also reopening Springfield Union Station!
Ummm springfield has been open for a while now lol
This is a new day in Connecticut. Rejoice for Connecticut citizens!
What was this filmed on?
A digital camcorder of 2010 vintage.
6694 looks like it has an Australian K5UL-AU-LS...
They are. And they're fuckin' awful especially compared to NJT's worst K5LAs. Is it me or the cab cars have K3HLs
I think the horns sound pretty good.
Help, looking for CT rail DECALS in ho scale for 2 GP 38 locomotives.
It is sad to see Mbta 1500 series go to a new home 😢
The trains sound like coaster.
I am a New Yorker it would be nice if the New Haven shoreline east like this Metro-North in New York is going to get new graphics on the m9's in Long island to I have only rode on the m8's one time to Bridgeport they are nice better then metro North's m7's but the graphics in nice on these CT transit it'd be nice if the Connecticut department of Transit size to upgrade the graphics it will give them a unique look
Wait did Metro North turn into CT Rail?
No. But CDOT owns all the locomotives and coaches they funded for Metro-North services in Connecticut.
6:02 worst horn I have ever heard
It is not the worst. It's a horn from Australia. It's called the K5UL-AU-LS.
If you think this is bad then see some of them in Europe
Do the Amtrak NER shuttle trains only use two cars?
Generally, yes.
@@trainman1971 And I'm assuming they're both coach class?
Yes. a coach and cab car. Only the through Washington-Springfield trip and the Vermonter run full consists and have business class on the route.
When are the M8 stocks going to be running on the Shore Line East?
There is not even a timetable set for testing them on SLE yet. Things have to wait until the additional M8 order is delivered, since every car in service now is needed to handle Metro-North's ridership needs.
@@trainman1971 M8s are obsolete now that the LIRR has M9s.
M9's can not run under catenary. They are third-rail only. Nothing obsolete about them.
The M9's will be replacing the M3's on LIRR and the M3a's on Metro-North, and provide fleet expansion for both railroads. Technologically, they will have the same features as the M8's except for being third-rail only.
What kind of camera do you film with?
I have a Sony Handycam.
Not sure why, but even though I download directly to my computer, whatever editing programs I have, combined with whatever RUclips and Facebook use, they degrade the video quality to a point where it looks like it is movie film.
Ah, I see, I honestly thought it was Hi-8. The film quality combined with the GPs and coaches gave me a mid 90s Long Island Railroad vibe, just cleaner!
Does Amtrak plan to stop shuttle services then?
No. The shuttle services will not only continue, but are integrated into the CTrail schedule for number of trains on the line, and the shuttles accept CTrail tickets.
Ah, thanks. But if I may ask, why does Amtrak continue them? Does CTRail not have a frequent schedule yet?
Amtrak continues the shuttles as part of the national network, as each shuttle has a designated NEC connecting train for continuing riders. Service was always going to be a mix of the two services.
Ok, thanks! Good shots!
It will be nice when the C-dot P40s get the same Coke-zero paint scheme to match with everything else....
Is CTRail part of MTA?
No, and neither is Shore Line East. Both are all CDOT.
@@trainman1971 thank you for answering what I posted in the I was just wondering if CT rail was part of the New Haven line I guess it's not the college game is pretty cool the way did the graphics. Heard the M9 they're going to have new graphics I'm both the Long island & Metro-North
Why don't they just expand the Metro-North?
If they had bid on the contract and won, they could have gotten it.
trainman1971 For trackage rights you mean?
No, operating crews. It's like how Amtrak has the CDOT contract to operate Shore Line East trains New Haven to New London, while Metro-North crews run the SLE trains between Hew Haven and Stamford.
In this case, some private outfit (I forget the name but they are affiliated with Herzog) got the contract to provide crews for the Hartford Line trains.
If you ask me all new rail lines should be electrified if possible
MTA already has their hands tied up with all their projects in New York, ConnDOT owns the territory and is looking for more revenue.
How was ridership?
Under the circumstances, not bad, I think. There were a couple dozen on my return train to New Haven, and several waiting to board each train that came through, be it Amtrak shuttle or CT rail consist, as Hartford Line tickets are accepted on the Amtrak shuttles now, and Amtrak tickets for points between New Haven and Springfield are accepted on the CT rail trips as well.
10,000 in their first week. Pretty good, I'd say
Excellent!
:06 CT Rail doesn't own the line. it has no business saying that.
CT Rail is responsible for the stations, however, just as the commuter agencies up and down the NE Corridor are responsible for their stations along Amtrak's NEC, which they do not own either. Nothing wrong at all with their logos being on the signs.