Summer of 2011, one day in July, the new haven line of Metro North suffered catrastriphic failure due to overhead loosening due to heat. Some trains were stuck with no power, no air conditioning, no ventilation in the middle of nowhere in intense heat during rush hour (so trains full) until trains behind could be cleared and a diesel shunter could get to them and bring then to the next station. I beleive after that, the overhead wires were updated to have weights instead of springs to provide the tension even in hot weather. Surprised this wasn't done to the new York to Trenton line.
3:06 "shooting upwards of 100 ⁰F for days on end" but the TV screenshot at 3:09 shows Central Park having a peak **heat index** of 96 ⁰F even Newark Airport, a local hot spot, only hit 100 ⁰F (air temperature) just once so far, on 22 June given the overhead power lines can start sagging well below 100 ⁰F, it doesn't help to exaggerate...
@@hyphen5322 what insight? He literally asked one question, about it returning after the election. Pretty much everyone thinks it will. That's not very insightful.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Plenty of incompetence all around, no doubt about it. It’s a politically driven, state- run institution operating locally. So what’s your solution? Another cleaning house of personnel?
@@mirzaahmed6589 Sorry Mirza Ahmed 6589. I was just trying to spread some positivity in this dark, cruel world. People can be really mean to each other sometimes so I just wanted to spread some kindness.
Summer of 2011, one day in July, the new haven line of Metro North suffered catrastriphic failure due to overhead loosening due to heat. Some trains were stuck with no power, no air conditioning, no ventilation in the middle of nowhere in intense heat during rush hour (so trains full) until trains behind could be cleared and a diesel shunter could get to them and bring then to the next station. I beleive after that, the overhead wires were updated to have weights instead of springs to provide the tension even in hot weather. Surprised this wasn't done to the new York to Trenton line.
the intro goes HARDD
3:06 "shooting upwards of 100 ⁰F for days on end" but the TV screenshot at 3:09 shows Central Park having a peak **heat index** of 96 ⁰F
even Newark Airport, a local hot spot, only hit 100 ⁰F (air temperature) just once so far, on 22 June
given the overhead power lines can start sagging well below 100 ⁰F, it doesn't help to exaggerate...
I wish we still had Andy byford
At least I hear he's going to Amtrak.
We even miss him in Toronto as well
4:47 THE MEME
Keep building more highway lanes that will solve the issue for sure
One more lane bro
Helluva lot better than canceled trains. I moved from NYC to Florida and never looked back.
Is anyone proposing ANYTHING to replace congestion pricing? Are there any signs it will return after the election?
Great question, Stephene Neson. I was wondering the same thing. Wonderful insight into this issue. Please respond DTransit
Congestion pricing isn't going to fix incompetence.
@@hyphen5322 what insight? He literally asked one question, about it returning after the election. Pretty much everyone thinks it will. That's not very insightful.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Plenty of incompetence all around, no doubt about it. It’s a politically driven, state- run institution operating locally. So what’s your solution? Another cleaning house of personnel?
@@mirzaahmed6589 Sorry Mirza Ahmed 6589. I was just trying to spread some positivity in this dark, cruel world. People can be really mean to each other sometimes so I just wanted to spread some kindness.