Metro-North's Hudson Line: A Bit of Ludlow

Here we see the diesels that came through during our time at Ludlow station. Enjoy a bit of horns and a meet on this peaceful afternoon. Thanks for watching and please like and subscribe!!
Taken May 16, 2024

[@johnthechoochooaddict796]

BL20GHM 114 is back in service!

[@railfannerjs6308]

Ngl I know Amtrak is Amtrak for a reason, but I can think of a few stops they can share with Metro-North’s Hudson Line:
-Riverdale
The reason for Riverdale is to partly help mainly with people that live there only, possibly can only take M7-A’s due to extensive diesel express trains passing. Amtrak can make a quick stop there, and then go until Croton Harmon and on
-Ossining:
I feel it can stop there because it does look a transit center, similar to Croton-Harmon and New London, and could make a quickly stop for anyone just off the bus or doesn’t want to transfer to Croton Harmon one stop for an Amtrak. It makes sense.
Peekskill:
I feel like instead of flying by, it makes that one quick pit stop, and everyone starting in that are and neighborhood don’t have to go local the rest of the way.
I know people will disagree, this will never happen, and this is unreal, but to my opinion, Amtrak makes more stops on New Haven line than the Hudson. Hudson can have more than just the Spuyten Duyvil junction, Croton-Harmon, and Poughkeepsie.
I know, just get a card, drive/Uber or get to Amtrak stops only, but just a considerable idea to have 3-4 stops extra like New Haven Line.

[@railfannerjs6308]

If you don’t respect my opinion it’s ok, just a fictional debut thought

[@MillerRailfan]

​@@railfannerjs6308 Amtrak does not stop at Spuyten Duyvil, only Yonkers, Harmon, and Poughkeepsie. I personally think Amtrak is fine being limited service because Metro-North operates locally. I understand some stations don't have trains stopping a whole lot, but that's because not a whole lot of people get on. Per your example, Riverdale, there are only 543 daily riders. Compare that to Croton-Harmon which has almost 5,000 daily riders, it just doesn't make sense for Amtrak to add on an extra 5 minutes to their trip for that. Also, that would mean running on the platform tracks vs the inner express tracks like it currently does. This would create a logistic nightmare for MNR communications and switching. However, it will be nice to see Metro-North go into Penn Station someday which would be virtually the same thing as amtrak stopping at said locations.

[@RampageRod-kt8mj]

218 sounds like 206’s horn a little bit