Vids are ALWAYS on point. I used to stay overseas and seeing TGV and ICE when my dad was in the military…I can’t even put it words how it blew my mind off when I was a kid. Anything with wheels and a engine I’m like a fat kid at a candy store that loves candy more than cake itself!! Keep filming 💪🏾 🚊
It wasn’t really my intentions to even come out to PJC untill weather gets warmer but being i got word on the Aveila & HHP8 testing back to back i just HAD to force myself to PJC lol
Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass at the station, I like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, like 73 and subbed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
@user-dv4xt2: Those Geeps are as use to High speeds as any Electrics on the Northeast corridor!!! Years ago, they had 2 GEEP40'S doing a passenger train service trip on the Northeast corridor for some reason, in the 90's or early early 2000's and boy did it put on a show ,passing RAHWAY STATION!!! It blew pass there as if it was an ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE!!!! It was doing well over 100mph!!! I was so taken aback by that,that i never forgot that day, till this day!!!!Dont get me wrong: I knew they could rumble at any speed, because they Always had the weight to hold thep road at higher speeds!!! But to see it in action ,was a BIG WOW!!! Oh by the way:That's NJ Transits go to Engine, when they want to go or move things around at Highspeed!!! It always has been for years!!!! Earl of ElBarrio,NYC,NY. 6/5/24
Great catches! Been trying to figure out a source for when Amtrak's been testing the Avelias, since I'd love to get footage of them. Is it just known the day of the test, or is there a general source for it?
@@SteveGettingAroundPhilly 2 Amtrak groups called Amtrak Northeast Corridor Railfans & Amtrak Next Generation Equipment Updates, if you have fb you can join them
It's an Acela bonanza! I love seeing those Avelia test units being put through their paces. When they finally enter revenue service, what do y'all think should happen with the older Acela Express trains?
@jayydarailfaner549 What else is new I guess, right? :/ I hope that the Acela Express fleet gets some kind of refurbishment and is able to stay in service somewhere. Maybe sell them to another agency or use them to replace the Northeast Regional sets.
@@jayydarailfaner549 Horns arent ment to sound nice, they are meant to alert people. The current high speed acela has a 2 tone so it can alert people better. Higher frequency tones travel further, thats why they usally put them on high speed trains.
@@chicagoelevatorphotography746the origional Acela is a high speed train too and the horn sounds WAY better that horn should’ve been put on the new ones not that subway like type shit
An Amtrak group that im in informed they will be testing back to back on 2/5. To answer the 2nd half of the question no not every night, sometimes they don’t give a heads up when they’re going to be testing sometimes they keep it to themselves
@@jayydarailfaner549 Ok that's quite good in American numbers, I hope they start service soon, I've heard there have been several problems. Greetings from Spain! 🇪🇸
@@jayydarailfaner549 slow where? Haaaa,ha,ha,haaaa lol!!! Aaa hell no wonder the United States of America is decades behind the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Dude you better look up the trains of the far east and Europe and watch them videos...lol!!!!
@@jayydarailfaner549 Oh you need an eye opener! You wanna understand. You must be a fellow american and ofcourse, americans have no clue. I'll be glade to let you in. First of all, Japan, not the mighty United States of America, but Japan came out with the opening of the world's first bullet train on October 1 1964. Today over 50 years later, Japan has one of the greatest bullet grids on the planet, second to china. Today the United States of America is still operating trains at speeds beneath the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Now in Europe the AGV operates at speeds of 223 mph. The Siemens Velaro E operates at speeds of 217 mph. Also Talgo at 217 mph. Now one of Europe's slower trains is the ICE 3 which operates at speeds of 205 mph. These are some of Europe's bullet trains. In the far more advanced countries of the far east, they are taking the next step in bullets. This is called, Maglev technology. These trains run on magnetic levitation which is far above the american grade and understanding. China's current fastest train operates on magnetic levitation and reaches speeds of 286 mph. The fastest train on earth belongs not to the mighty United States of America but to Japan's Cho Shinkansen. This maglev super train is currently under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya and then Osaka. The cho Shinkansen maglev super train has been tested at speeds of up to 374 mph. After visiting Japan a few years ago and experiencing highspeed bullets, im going back to be one of the few americans to experience this great technological modern marvels of transportation. Since our mighty country is to stupefied to develop in these modern marvels. The Acela wich is operated by Amtrak USA, can reach speeds of up to 150 mph. Once the Acela reaches this speed, it can only do so for a short while. So again!! Slow compared to the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Highspeed bullet train technology which is also, fully electric should of been installed in the United States of America, decades ago. Now you understand, ii hope......
@@jayydarailfaner549 Since you really don't see, let me open your eyes. If the fastest train in the United States operates at 160 mph, it only has this ability to use this for a short time due to track ages and a shared occupation of freight trains. 160 mph is fast but slow compared to, The French TGV (Train `a Grande Vitesse) can reach speeds of up to 320 km/h or (186 mph) This train connects France to Belgium, Lexembourg, Germany, Italy and Spain. AGV 500 Has an operating speed of 300 km/h or (190 mph) non tilting. The Eurostar e320 is named for its top speed of 320 km/h or (200 mph). Some of Japan's trains operate at 200 mph and the cho Shinkansen maglev super train which is currently under development and construction can reach speeds of up to 505 kilometers per hour or (314 mph) China is also developing maglev super train technology which is (sorry to say), above the american grade. So now let's go back to the American Amtrak Acela which operates at speeds of up to 160 mph for only a few shot distance. Compaired to many trains around the globe, this is nothing... Now any other questions
![Amtrak HHPC [HHP-8 Cab Car Conversion] & Avelia Liberty Test Trains @ Princeton Junction (2/8-9/24)](/img/n.gif)
3:41 that NJTransit Equipment Move looked like Snowpeircer for a brief moment
Salutations from Australia!
I SEE IT OMG 😂😂😂
12:13 God its so awesome to hear the HHP-8's hybrid K5LA on the rails once again!
I wasn’t even aware that HHP 8 has a K5LA bell
They are now called HHPc's
Vids are ALWAYS on point. I used to stay overseas and seeing TGV and ICE when my dad was in the military…I can’t even put it words how it blew my mind off when I was a kid. Anything with wheels and a engine I’m like a fat kid at a candy store that loves candy more than cake itself!! Keep filming 💪🏾 🚊
thanks man, expect more videos comin soon
Great video and to the avid railfanners there! Great horn 📯 shows, too! 👌
That night was an amazing night indeed! Thanks for letting me know about it because it was clutch and epic!! I nearly went straight home from work.
It wasn’t really my intentions to even come out to PJC untill weather gets warmer but being i got word on the Aveila & HHP8 testing back to back i just HAD to force myself to PJC lol
@@jayydarailfaner549
It was too much to pass up on.
Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass at the station, I like it 5 stars.
Thumbs up.
Keep up the perfect work, my friend, like 73 and subbed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Thanks very much
@@jayydarailfaner549 anytime.
@@jayydarailfaner549 in Portugal, we have electric train around most of the time, but we have diesel-electric locomotives.
Sup Jayy! Yo! Still loving that HHP8, wish they were still in service under their own power. Great catches my dude.
The Amtrak ones will most likely be in service in a few months to replace cab cars on Keystones. The MARC ones are still up & running
Great video, also really great to see so many folks railfanning!
Makes the day better
Enjoyed this so much, Jayy! Well done!!
Thanks Ms Loving Jackiee
that gp40 is fast
@user-dv4xt2: Those Geeps are as use to High speeds as any Electrics on the Northeast corridor!!! Years ago, they had 2 GEEP40'S doing a passenger train service trip on the Northeast corridor for some reason, in the 90's or early early 2000's and boy did it put on a show ,passing RAHWAY STATION!!! It blew pass there as if it was an ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE!!!! It was doing well over 100mph!!! I was so taken aback by that,that
i never forgot that day, till this day!!!!Dont get me wrong: I knew they could rumble at any speed, because they
Always had the weight to hold thep road at higher speeds!!! But to see it in action ,was a BIG WOW!!! Oh by the way:That's NJ Transits go to Engine, when they want to go or move things around at Highspeed!!! It always has been for years!!!! Earl of ElBarrio,NYC,NY. 6/5/24
@@earlknightjr.1341 thx for description👍
Os speed são muitos bacana regional e acela 👍👍🇧🇷
Best AL vids I've seen...Thnx!
17:07 Poor Arrow III engineer probably got blinded
Fantastic catches
Great catches!
Thankss
Can't wait to see the new Amtrak Airos testing at 125mph. How fast was that Avelia going at 15:43? Sounds faster than 160mph.
At least 165
@@jayydarailfaner549 So excited these are coming out this year. I'm tired of riding the old ones.
@@TheRailwayDrone
The old ones are S-Tier! They made my childhood!
@@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy I appreciate that. But they're now old and obsolete and keep breaking down, and being canibalized for parts.
well in fairness the new ones have been breaking down as well, for the most part, old is gold and old is sometimes better@@TheRailwayDrone
finally NJTS knows speed is strength 4:40
@@YshellMarte this was really a fun semi cold night
Dude! Somehow you have more views and couple hundred subscribers then me but both of those are nearly 1000 or more
Yup & love that profile pic of that classic AEM 7
Great catches! Been trying to figure out a source for when Amtrak's been testing the Avelias, since I'd love to get footage of them. Is it just known the day of the test, or is there a general source for it?
the day of testing is normally posted a day before testing or at least 12 hrs before testing begins
@jayydarailfaner549 gotcha. I imagine it's a dedicated site for posting it? Haven't been able to find where it would be posted.
@@SteveGettingAroundPhilly 2 Amtrak groups called Amtrak Northeast Corridor Railfans & Amtrak Next Generation Equipment Updates, if you have fb you can join them
It's an Acela bonanza! I love seeing those Avelia test units being put through their paces. When they finally enter revenue service, what do y'all think should happen with the older Acela Express trains?
Probably put in storage, love seeing these new Acela units running at top speed too but problems keep arising
@jayydarailfaner549 What else is new I guess, right? :/ I hope that the Acela Express fleet gets some kind of refurbishment and is able to stay in service somewhere. Maybe sell them to another agency or use them to replace the Northeast Regional sets.
I believe they’ll keep the beaut that is the Acelas, they look nice!
@@SoCalHighIron i wouldn't want nothing replaced honestly, refurbishment sounds great
15:47 No way, it can't be the new Amtrak Acela train can't be twice as faster than the old Amtrak train. Those has to be equal with their top speeds.
the newer ones are designed to either go 165 or 200 mph from what i was told & read
Do you know if they are still testing and what times they would most likely test?
not sure on the days but usually Mon-Fri only and usually between 9pm and midnight
14:16 definitely my favorite horn
Are you serious ? 😅Stop the cap, that horn very sucks the horn on the current Acela Express trains sound way better
@@jayydarailfaner549 it’s your opinion on the horn, not mine, i don’t agree with the opinion, but what am i gonna do 🤷🏻♂️
@@jayydarailfaner549 Horns arent ment to sound nice, they are meant to alert people. The current high speed acela has a 2 tone so it can alert people better. Higher frequency tones travel further, thats why they usally put them on high speed trains.
@@chicagoelevatorphotography746the origional Acela is a high speed train too and the horn sounds WAY better that horn should’ve been put on the new ones not that subway like type shit
@@jayydarailfaner549 Just completely ignore what I said.
Awesome trains 👌👍
thanks lovely ma'am
Is the Availia always testing around 9? Does it go through Hamilton?
It does go through Hamilton and yes testing usually starts around 9pm between HAM & County Interlockings
How yk Acela Liberty was testing? Do they test at Princeton every night? And the HHP-8?
An Amtrak group that im in informed they will be testing back to back on 2/5. To answer the 2nd half of the question no not every night, sometimes they don’t give a heads up when they’re going to be testing sometimes they keep it to themselves
@@jayydarailfaner549 might be hard to ask but do you got like any dates of when they test at Princeton, wanna catch some of that myself
16:55 The ACS-64 has red lights on in the front?!
Those are the tail lights they just didn’t turn them off
Amtrak and Acela
@@DejSmith-oe1up ?? Acela IS Amtrak
15:45 How fast the Acela Liberty is going there??
It's pretty close to what I see in my country so I'm curious about the comparison
@@juanmontull8550 testing is up to 165mph
@@jayydarailfaner549 Ok that's quite good in American numbers, I hope they start service soon, I've heard there have been several problems.
Greetings from Spain! 🇪🇸
@@juanmontull8550 you heard correctly but it’s been way more than several to tell you the truth
@@jayydarailfaner549isn’t like the max speed there 135mph?
5:19 I thought that was a Nathan P5 horn for a sec
@@xavierkunzavi5209 i don’t really know what that sounds like so i wouldn’t know if i heard it or not during my time of railfanning lol
@@jayydarailfaner549 Look up "Nathan P5 Horn" see if you find any
@@jayydarailfaner549 look up "Nathan P5"
The ending!
like it ?
@@jayydarailfaner549 That looked more than 165 MPH
@@zanethexdevelevators232 how do you actually know what 165 look & doesn’t look like? Especially when the cars aren’t 85 ft. That’s my question
Idk, I’m just guessing because I saw another video that was like 176 MPH
@@zanethexdevelevators232 testing is only up to 165mph as far as testing goes
What was the reason the Geometry train stopped?
The subtitles in the video explains
@@jayydarailfaner549oh ok thank you
Acela liberty are French train
12:11 13:33 16:56
To slow. Come on America, step it up......
Lol slow where ??
@@jayydarailfaner549 slow where? Haaaa,ha,ha,haaaa lol!!! Aaa hell no wonder the United States of America is decades behind the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Dude you better look up the trains of the far east and Europe and watch them videos...lol!!!!
@@carlsmith5545 that doesen't quite answer my question lol, too slow where brother ??
@@jayydarailfaner549 Oh you need an eye opener! You wanna understand. You must be a fellow american and ofcourse, americans have no clue. I'll be glade to let you in. First of all, Japan, not the mighty United States of America, but Japan came out with the opening of the world's first bullet train on October 1 1964. Today over 50 years later, Japan has one of the greatest bullet grids on the planet, second to china. Today the United States of America is still operating trains at speeds beneath the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Now in Europe the AGV operates at speeds of 223 mph. The Siemens Velaro E operates at speeds of 217 mph. Also Talgo at 217 mph. Now one of Europe's slower trains is the ICE 3 which operates at speeds of 205 mph. These are some of Europe's bullet trains. In the far more advanced countries of the far east, they are taking the next step in bullets. This is called, Maglev technology. These trains run on magnetic levitation which is far above the american grade and understanding. China's current fastest train operates on magnetic levitation and reaches speeds of 286 mph. The fastest train on earth belongs not to the mighty United States of America but to Japan's Cho Shinkansen. This maglev super train is currently under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya and then Osaka. The cho Shinkansen maglev super train has been tested at speeds of up to 374 mph. After visiting Japan a few years ago and experiencing highspeed bullets, im going back to be one of the few americans to experience this great technological modern marvels of transportation. Since our mighty country is to stupefied to develop in these modern marvels. The Acela wich is operated by Amtrak USA, can reach speeds of up to 150 mph. Once the Acela reaches this speed, it can only do so for a short while. So again!! Slow compared to the far more advanced countries of the far east and Europe. Highspeed bullet train technology which is also, fully electric should of been installed in the United States of America, decades ago. Now you understand, ii hope......
@@jayydarailfaner549 Since you really don't see, let me open your eyes. If the fastest train in the United States operates at 160 mph, it only has this ability to use this for a short time due to track ages and a shared occupation of freight trains. 160 mph is fast but slow compared to, The French TGV (Train `a Grande Vitesse) can reach speeds of up to 320 km/h or (186 mph) This train connects France to Belgium, Lexembourg, Germany, Italy and Spain. AGV 500 Has an operating speed of 300 km/h or (190 mph) non tilting. The Eurostar e320 is named for its top speed of 320 km/h or (200 mph). Some of Japan's trains operate at 200 mph and the cho Shinkansen maglev super train which is currently under development and construction can reach speeds of up to 505 kilometers per hour or (314 mph) China is also developing maglev super train technology which is (sorry to say), above the american grade. So now let's go back to the American Amtrak Acela which operates at speeds of up to 160 mph for only a few shot distance. Compaired to many trains around the globe, this is nothing... Now any other questions