Amtrak High Speed 125 MPH to 150 MPH Northeast Corridor Trains @ Princeton Junction (5/31/22)
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On Saturday, 5/28/22, Amtrak finally upgraded the stretch of track on the Northeast Corridor through Princeton Junction for 150 mph operations. Therefore, Tuesday, 5/31/22, marked the first weekday of 150 mph Acelas in New Jersey.
To mark this occasion, I decided to spend the day at Princeton Junction. Seen here are the majority of Amtrak trains between 0600 and 1830. Enjoy the assorted action =)
Speed calculations:
OG Acela trainset = 663 feet
150 mph = 220 feet per second
663 / 220 = ~3 seconds
Therefore, if the Acela trainset passes a fixed point in the frame in 3 seconds, it is traveling at around 150 mph. At 135 mph, it takes the same trainset 3.3 seconds to pass a fixed point.
150 mph Acela supercut: • Amtrak Acela Express 1... 
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25 MPH can sure make the difference. Here's to hoping we can get that extra 50 and finally reach the gold (silver?) standard!
Not even silver, the Bronze standard! Lol🤣
@@dburt909 I’d say 200mph is gold. Not like it’s going to happen though. Lol
@@dburt909 Shut the fuck up. As if YOU have anything to do with engineering a railway. Fucking dumbass little kid.
@@banksrail Maglev 268mph (431kph) is Platinum, 220mph (350kph) is the Gold, 200mph (320kph) is Silver, 155mph (250kph) is Bronze. That's my scale, because those are common standards around the world now. Anything less (all of the US) barely gets a participation trophy.
@@jdmrc93 The US is third-world in this and many other ways.
We will miss the old Acela trains one day 😢
I know 😢
I had a good look thanks. In order for Acela to run faster than it is now, the Northeast Main Line needs to be speeded up, but the answer is to build a dedicated high-speed train line between Washington DC-New York-Providence.(When upgrading existing railroads, there must be absolutely no railroad crossings in all areas.)
If you have to make it underground inevitably along the existing route along the beach, you have to boldly make it an underground route.
In addition, the routes are extended to Ottawa-Scranton-Maryland-Washington D.C., Providence-Portland-Bangor-Holton, and Washington D.C-Richmond-Goldsboro-Wilton. .
Washington D.C-Charlotte-Atlanta-New Orleans-Galveston-Corpus Christi-Mexico City-Acapulco I hope that the high-speed rail will be built to make Washington D.C-Mexico City faster and closer.
For the success of the high-speed rail construction in the USA!
Poggers bro these video are always so cool keep up the work
amazing capture
Wish we could have something like this in Chicago (besides the Metra Electric)
This is a place I absolutely need to get to again since the speed limit for Acelas has increased
Nice Amtrak catches
It’s a lovely sight to see the Acela at 150
Nice footage
When you learn to drive, one of the first things taught is to travel at a speed that you can get stopped from in the distance you can see ahead.
kid named CBTC: skill issue
HAPPY
Who love's those PRR Catenary? I do
Love seeing them.
13:36 thats a lot of Viewliners
Amtrak still stops at Princeton Junction? What’s with Amtrak at NJT stops?
7:45 edit: Thought that was a BL20GH/M
You can see the tracks under the train moving 6:11
Bro i was here. Same time he was and caught power car 2011 and another i forget
It’s a shame that Amtrak didn’t keep the X2000 or buy some sort of Pendolino train, they would’ve really helped with a number of issues like sharp curves and time management.
Wow.
I see additional Amtrak trains stop here than the normal 2 in the morning and other 2 evening
My question is, why can't they just use the Keystone cab cars on Northeast Corridor Regional services? It would be much easier than having to run around with the loco. That's what cab cars are designed for...
well they just added another sprinter to the back of a consist instead of a cab car
Cool
7:50, very nice!
What even was that?
Lite engine move for a work job.
is it non stop trains?
12:16 RARE acela with 1 pantograph down and 1 up I think it really wants to be avalia liberty
Whoa
amazing footage! How do you hear the radio of the trains in some clips? (What is the name)
Can I use this video for a edit?
Taking longer than 3 seconds to pass by. I counted 5 seconds.
We gotta fix the new Rochelle to new haven section to at least 100-125 at least
Gotta tell Metro North to get their sh*t together lol
Good luck. It’s Metro North. Grossly mismanaged on every level with an MOW department that doesn’t work nights and works at best 4 hours a day.
The tracks on Metro North are too close together to allow high speeds, and there are too many sharp curves.
If only all of the US could be high speed rail
Did Amtrak increase the amount of keystone trains on the line? You caught a lot.
Are those the ones with the metroliner looking cab-cars?
@@lightningbot85 yes
I thought the same thing. Surprised how many Amtrak trains stopped at Princeton Junction
how much travel time does it cut from NYC -Washington?
A whopping 90 seconds!!! lol
It’s okay though. Improvement is improvement.
7:20 The acela train was thundering by!= without warning
and they said tranis in the United States were slow
Compared to other countries yeah. But in the last few years Amtrak has really stepped up their game. It’s harder for us since public transportation doesn’t get as much government subsidy as other countries, not to mention it’s a private sector lol
Amtrak end all outhers trains in usa
Once the Avelia Liberty arrives, I wonder if they will go any faster.
They’ll be able to go 165mph
it will
@@CrazyDash9 160mph*
@@CrazyDash9 165 was just for testing. Actual service will be 160
@@banksrail a feet in a American rail history
That damn bell is annoying.
yo
I'm pretty sure Acela only tops 135mph through the Trenton-New Brunswick straight away.
you seem to have failed to read the description.
Why no NJT
Cuz I think NJT almost always stops at PJC so there’s no real action there
They upgraded the tracks for a train they are scrapping in a few months. lol.
... and what of the trains that are replacing these ones? hmmm?
@@FanRailer LOL my brain didnt think that far ahead.
Carolinan or Pennsylvanian at 6:07
Carolinan. The Pennsylvanian never has a baggage car mostly
When 185 mph operations
The 150-160mph is fast enough!! You don't need a airplane on the tracks!! GERMANYS ACS64F LOCOMOTIVE Hit 225mph in a test run, with no trouble!! It outweighs the one AMTRAK has!! It's a BRUTE!! STRONGER TOO!! A Locomotive is to scary to go at those 150-160mph speeds, that's mainly why they build ACELAS and multiple unit cars to hit those speeds!! They're less scarier, if they're doing high speed on the local tracks for some maintenance reason!! The force a locomotive exerts is phenomenal!! Anyhow the our AMERICAN MADE METROLINER OF THE 1960'S-1979 WERE WAY MORE SWIFTER THAN THE ACELA OR THAT NEW UGLY AVELIA. There top speed on there odometer was 160mph!! But they could do more. Also our GG1 LOCOMOTIVE could easily do over 200mph and hold the road too!! It weighed almost 480,000 lbs!! We had HIGH SPEED GO-GETTERS BEFORE THIS NEW STUFF CAME OUT!! THAT'S just two aspects of AMTRAK THAT WERE WAY AHEAD OF THERE TIME!! They should be roaming now, if the ELECTRICIANS could keep up, in reinventing the wheel, to keep them running,modifying their components here and there!! But they failed to do so!!! Earl of EL BARRIO,NYC,NY.8:03 PM. 6/1/22
Not for a LONG time
@@FanRailer America moment
Gonna guess 2030
Definitely not on the corridor. You can only upgrade a conventional rail line for high speed running at 150 to 160 mph but after that, you’re going to need to build a new railroad because running trains at 200 mph on track shared by slower regional and commuter trains would be incredibly dangerous and irrational. Which is why in countries like Germany that along with dedicated high speed rail lines has upgraded conventional rail lines to run at high speed, the trains on those lines are limited to 155mph
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those trains are going too fast, thats how accidents happen amtrak is reckless you know that
The only reason this comment got approved is so that people can flame the shit out of you for your idiocy. Have at it boys.
So if Amtrak is “reckless” then what are the British, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and all other high speed trains then??
Mike Sanders is definitely an expert in railway signalling guys, I guess every high speed railway in the world is wrong...