Quest for Metro North’s Conrail heritage locomotive plus Harlem 125 heavy rail action. 8/24/23

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 69

  • @deaconmichael4255
    @deaconmichael4255 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You give the best videos on train travel. Interesting on the Conrail equipment . Years back this railroad was Conrail before Metro North.

  • @rawgem5356
    @rawgem5356 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:47 The casual roast of the Harlem Line Local, lol.
    8:18 XD That's true! Another great roast, lol.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a good subject to roast

  • @trainswithnickyt
    @trainswithnickyt ปีที่แล้ว +8

    6:28 i'll never get enough of the M7 sound, no matter how many times I hear it

    • @ariesarethebest271
      @ariesarethebest271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love it when they echo.

    • @trainswithnickyt
      @trainswithnickyt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ariesarethebest271 there's one later in the video where it's perfect, sound waves bouncing off the buildings

    • @ariesarethebest271
      @ariesarethebest271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trainswithnickyt Nice. I'll try to search for it when I have the time. When I watch videos of LIRR, I usually time stamp where a M7 echos.

  • @docphillips5153
    @docphillips5153 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great shots of 201 for modelers. Thanks for the ride

  • @TBF_1J
    @TBF_1J ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Been waiting for you to see 201!!! Great catch!! Would love to see 208 next.

  • @MrCubsfan3
    @MrCubsfan3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving the comments about the North White Plains "milk run" (or mail run)! As always, an entertaining, informative video, Tim!

  • @Ostermond
    @Ostermond ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really was a gray day yesterday. Glad you got to catch the Conrail unit!

  • @ariesarethebest271
    @ariesarethebest271 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:48 nice catch of the Metro-North Conrail heritage unit. On another note, with that paint scheme we now have an idea of what the P32 would look like on the LIRR. 😂

  • @evangouldtransit
    @evangouldtransit ปีที่แล้ว +3

    15:27 i caught 9734/9735 on a test train at Stamford back in December. they had yet to enter service. that is a very new pair right there.

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great review. Thanks Tim💚😀

  • @davelowenstein73
    @davelowenstein73 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great location with a lot of interesting traffic. Thanks for another great video!

  • @brenrob7403
    @brenrob7403 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice heritage unit 😁

  • @c.j.w.0863
    @c.j.w.0863 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool, I have yet to see Metro North's Conrail heritage unit. And another close call to you, I was actually going to White Plains on Train 639 to Mount Kisco that day, the first train you filmed. Another close call to you, Tim!!!! I saw the Push pull train trailing me as we pulled out.

  • @Northeast_Railfan
    @Northeast_Railfan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how he always tells you what the train id is

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      If I don’t know it on the spot, I research it later and post captions. I don’t care to show mindless runby’s.

  • @bryantarailfan
    @bryantarailfan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    41:47 I caught Conrail heritage unit and also I caught a beach ball 208 and New Haven 230!

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still haven’t gotten 208. More of those coming

  • @vincentzablocki4930
    @vincentzablocki4930 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff Mister Retired Railfan Horn Guy...it's been awhile being given the chance to watch your videos due to work, work, work, work...I remember the FL9's painted in that Conrail scheme with quite a few of them having the yellow so 'sun' faded that it appeared white back when I was attending Cardinal Hayes high school from 1979-1983. And some were so beat up, the Penn Central emblem was seen on them. Thank you and be well, Vincent Zablocki

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish my granddaughter was as enthusiastic about this 😀😀

    • @vincentzablocki4930
      @vincentzablocki4930 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are referring to Miss Alyssa, I will have Jeremy talk to her...Tee Hee !@@3985uprr

  • @carlossanchez-kz4wh
    @carlossanchez-kz4wh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Tim I enjoyed it 😊

  • @connorgoin
    @connorgoin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @Retired Railfan Horn Guy let me know next time your on one of the Metro North branches, and I'll be there. I live very close to NYC.

  • @PeterMigliorini-x4o
    @PeterMigliorini-x4o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In a previous comment, I mentioned how I hate planes but love trains. That being because I was surprised by your connection to the airline industry. Today, this posting simply confirmed your your love of trains & why I watch your adventures. Great cinema; as always. One final thought, why would the GE Locs filmed in this give off such a "dark" exhaust upon departure? Why are they imitating old diesel ALCO's???? I leave it to you to explain. Thanks again for this enjoyable posting!

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Basically their mechanics create smoke. They are somewhat old locos which aren’t as reliable as they once were. They are experiencing more breakdowns in recent times. Soon they will be replaced by Siemens Chargers

  • @Perseverance1987x
    @Perseverance1987x ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saved the best for last.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      Almost didn’t get it

  • @victoryleadership1
    @victoryleadership1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Conrail unit is pretty sharp. I think the yellow nose would fair better (more readable) with blue lettering instead of white. IMO.

  • @trainnut179
    @trainnut179 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out train 853, after leaving GCT, it’s first stop is Beacon!! Bypasses Harlem-125th 😎

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      I left before it came.

  • @christophercancel934
    @christophercancel934 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The M3s on the Hudson line should have their stripes painted green. That way I won't get confused thinking it's a Harlem Line. Also is Conrail a commuter train service like NJ Transit, Amtrak and Metro North?

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No. It was just interim operator but mainly a freight railroad. As for the stripe, they run them on both Harlem and Hudson so they could be green on one side and blue on the other 😊

  • @johntitterton4840
    @johntitterton4840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Conrail locomotive color was referred to during the design of Conrail inconography as Bright Future Blue - a color that was not used by any of the main predecessor railroads that went into Conrail.

  • @CoastersBolts
    @CoastersBolts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    15:35 didn't know the M3s had front lights that could strobe.

    • @AlexanderPerez-hv4nu
      @AlexanderPerez-hv4nu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually those weren’t strobe lights. If you look closely there was a sign at the end of the platform that blocked the light, which looked like the light went off/on, but the light was just blocked by a sign.

  • @michaelscott7706
    @michaelscott7706 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Metro North M3As look way better than the LIRR M3s.

    • @de-fault_de-fault
      @de-fault_de-fault ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LIRR should have kept the stripes on the sides of theirs. The shape of the cars is just better with the stripes (same goes for the similarly-shaped R46 for the subway, by the way).

    • @ariesarethebest271
      @ariesarethebest271 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@de-fault_de-faultAgreed.

  • @jmream2618
    @jmream2618 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @ 3:33 those coaches need a repaint

    • @de-fault_de-fault
      @de-fault_de-fault ปีที่แล้ว

      All the Bombardier cars of this era are looking pretty sorry at this point (speaking from experience of riding NJT's similar Comet IIM and Comet IV regularly). Not sure when the Shoreliners were last painted, but the Comet IV have been repainted never (built in the mid-'90s) and the Comet IIM were last repainted when they were refurbished to Comet IV-like specs (hence the M) in the early 2000s...and it shows.

  • @mattdiaz1006
    @mattdiaz1006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mount Vernon East is on the New Haven Line. Mount Vernon West is on the Harlem, so those trains that you said going to North White Plains actually stop at Mount Vernon West first.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Freudian slip

    • @mattdiaz1006
      @mattdiaz1006 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@3985uprr Haha! It happens! Thanks as always for the fantastic content!

  • @mygins5820
    @mygins5820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    13:54 It's honestly really weird and sacrilegious to me the operate dual power trains and diesel mode in electrified territory

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those engines do not operate reliably in electric mode.

  • @railfannerjs6308
    @railfannerjs6308 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel as if they don’t need to retire M3As

  • @jrbergsten
    @jrbergsten ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you have all of these train numbers, sources, and destinations memorized?

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of them. Most I get tips from other fans or I research them after the fact.

    • @jrbergsten
      @jrbergsten ปีที่แล้ว

      @@3985uprr your dedication to your craft is awe inspiring. 😁

  • @Mahees_230
    @Mahees_230 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember the locals to North White Plains and Stamford from my days of hanging out in GCT and watching the Solari board. Seems like the local to Mount Vernon West no longer operates. Oh well. I still refer to Southeast as Brewster North. Some things will never change. Just like the express to Brewster North making White Plains the first stop. Yankees are below .500 for the first time this year and I'm not happy about it. And they got turtle waxed by the Red Sox. But that's okay. We'll return the favour before the season is over. I think MN M3's are better maintained than the LIRR version.

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      I did an SLE ride from New London to New Haven in Summer 2021.

  • @mmanisr22
    @mmanisr22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alot of M3a's out

  • @williamralph5442
    @williamralph5442 ปีที่แล้ว

    Busy is an understatement..how are the Acelas routed ? Thanks..

    • @MrCubsfan3
      @MrCubsfan3 ปีที่แล้ว

      All Amtrak trains separate at an interlocking just south of New Canaan, then go over the Hell Gate bridge, then wind around through queens before ducking under the East River for the east/west through tracks at Penn Station. (GCT tracks 1-99 and 101-150 are terminus tracks)

  • @harolds1559
    @harolds1559 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your intro! 08:-:12 where did you film those shots from love the framing!

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Around Denville NJ

  • @nosaya3
    @nosaya3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When do the pantographs rise?

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      No pantographs. They glide thru gaps or sometimes use diesel

  • @CarterAdames123A
    @CarterAdames123A 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are the new cannan

  • @NYRProductions
    @NYRProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What track is this on??

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      Metro North main out of GCT

    • @NYRProductions
      @NYRProductions ปีที่แล้ว

      Hudson line???

    • @3985uprr
      @3985uprr  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NYRProductions Hudson/Harlem/New Haven Lines services combined but considered Hudson Line as the interlockings do not have a 1 or a 2 in front of them. Interlocking are numbered based on milepost from GCT

  • @mecca2k15
    @mecca2k15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    201

  • @RampageRod-kt8mj
    @RampageRod-kt8mj ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @3985uprr ( Retired Railfan Horn Guy) I was down in Beacon this very day catching it at night around 9:26. 230 also came buy. Also Amtrak Adirondack With 702 leading