Evening Amtrak intrigue at New Haven Union Station. 1/11/24

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  • čas přidán 11. 01. 2024
  • After arriving from Springfield spent a few hours watching trains at New Haven, and Amtrak really put on an interesting show.  You see a few trains arriving and departing including a Vermonter engine change and a surprise engine add on. I then had to catch a Metro North train to Bridgeport to catch the ferry back to Long Island.
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Komentáře • 31

  • @mariofilippi3539
    @mariofilippi3539 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Wow, lots of action at that time. Good to see how many there are, coming and going. Interesting to see the change of locomotives. Thank you very much.

  • @richmartin1427
    @richmartin1427 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I lived in New Haven about 25 years ago right when the electrification was extended to Boston. I remember going to Union Station often to see the engine changes (they only started electric service to Boston running two AEM-7 hauled trains a day, the rest were still swapped in New Haven). Never gets old seeing it, and at the same time it is a throwback.
    New Haven in my opinion is one of the great stations on the Northeast corridor and is among my top 5 favorites in that region.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Agreed. Worthy of the home of Yale University.

    • @HMS-sk2gp
      @HMS-sk2gp Před 5 měsíci

      I cast my vote for 30th St Station in the birthplace of the nation....Philadelphia PA

  • @PeteDJPJ
    @PeteDJPJ Před 5 měsíci +1

    Some place near that police car was the New Haven Tower. It was in service until sometime in the late 1990s or early 2000s, then torn down. I believe the old Fair Street Tower (on the east end) is still standing but not in service.

  • @johnmoore7926
    @johnmoore7926 Před 6 měsíci +2

    2008 was the last time I had taken the Vermonter train. Out of all my time taking the Vermonter train bypassing New Haven, I never saw a coach attach to the engines being swapped.

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Awesome. Busy location. It was the end of overhead power many years ago.
    Thanks Tim💚👌

  • @egbutler114
    @egbutler114 Před 6 měsíci +2

    That was good. Going to be seriously Cold next week!

  • @MrCubsfan3
    @MrCubsfan3 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Good memories from my many trips out of New Haven Union Station during my two years as a grad student at Yale - thank you, Tim!!

  • @NeedtoSpeak
    @NeedtoSpeak Před 6 měsíci +4

    This was a great episode.

  • @HarrisonPeloso
    @HarrisonPeloso Před 6 měsíci +1

    i was up there yesterday afternoon and evening, went to new london for a bit then union for my return trip to stamford. ended up seeing the freight train on the way back down, sadly was to dark for pictures and our own train was moving the opposite direction

  • @mikesullivan9554
    @mikesullivan9554 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Love New Haven!

  • @AA_8184_1
    @AA_8184_1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    New Haven is just bustling all the time. Great video!

  • @MatthewSmith-cv7op
    @MatthewSmith-cv7op Před 6 měsíci +1

    New Haven is also a crew change point for Regionals and I believe the Vermonter.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 6 měsíci +1

      I know the Acela crews go thru but I thought now Regionals did too. I’ll find that out in a couple of weeks.

  • @grommit700
    @grommit700 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Hi, can you take the train to Waterbury, CT and talk about the history of the railroads there? Also, can you talk about how new rail service can be implemented there (in the same video)?

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 6 měsíci +2

      I did a video there last year, but I didn’t mention too much about history

  • @AaronJrBrundidge
    @AaronJrBrundidge Před 6 měsíci

    welcome to my neck of the woods, Tim

  • @jmream2618
    @jmream2618 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Amtrak need to repaint their Amfleet coaches back into Phase III

  • @railfannerjs6308
    @railfannerjs6308 Před 6 měsíci +1

    14:45 very much.
    Amfleet screech will always be a marker of Amtrak. Such does Shoreliner and its funny gaps
    16:16 uh oh.

  • @TheBronxFanner
    @TheBronxFanner Před 6 měsíci +2

    1:08 So do i!!

  • @MatthewSmith-cv7op
    @MatthewSmith-cv7op Před 6 měsíci

    Love railfanning this station.

  • @Jeff-uj8xi
    @Jeff-uj8xi Před 6 měsíci +1

    I have been told that Amtrak has or soon will order dual mode locomotives to eliminate time consuming and costly engine changes in places like Washington, D.C., Harrisburg, New York City, New Haven, Boston, etc.

  • @Touchybanana
    @Touchybanana Před 5 měsíci +2

    Once they replace the ACS-64's there wouldn't be a need for an engine change at all. Not at New Haven, Philadelphia and Washington DC.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I’ll miss those engines. I love them

  • @CTTrainsAviation
    @CTTrainsAviation Před 6 měsíci +1

    That was me on 137

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Which one?

    • @CTTrainsAviation
      @CTTrainsAviation Před 6 měsíci

      @@3985uprr 667 with the cab signal failure. declared it at CONN. was going 77mph. Approach limited at the distant signal. Didn’t put any brake on and acknowledged the Approach Medium 45 MPH drop and that suppressed the penalty

  • @evangouldtransit
    @evangouldtransit Před 6 měsíci +2

    you "had to leave the scene," did they kick you out at the end.? or ferry schedule

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  Před 6 měsíci +2

      I had to catch a certain train so I could catch the desirable ferry to get me home at a respectable hour after having dinner getting off the ferry