90 MPH Platform Ride - AAPRCO American Autumn Explorer II - Albany to Schenectady, NY

The American Autumn Explorer II was an Amtrak special train of all private passenger cars that are members of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO). The cars and passengers were on their way to Burlington, VT, for the 43rd Annual AAPRCO Convention. The cars would visit several destinations on the Vermont Railway over a few days before heading to their final destination. They would remain in Burlington during the convention and returned to Albany at its conclusion.
We placed a camera on the back of the platform and made it through high-speed section of track between Albany and Schenectady, NY, with our train reaching a speed of 90 MPH. We made it past the former ALCo Assembly Plant, before our camera battery died.
The camera had to be left unattended as Amtrak doesn't allow platform riding and there was no access to it.
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[@mattc528]

Cool that was awesome seeing the trackage on the rear of the train never seen before on cam. I caught this train at the first crossing in the blurr on Lincoln ave in Colonie,NY 14:20. Then I see cheating railfans on railroad property before Mohawk yard SMH. The end of the video is not Schenectady. I think it's somewhere before Clifton park.

[@AAPRCO]

You're right. The end is north of Schenectady but pretty much a random spot in the woods.

[@3506Dodge]

wooden rail ties!

[@Robbi496]

I was under the impression that this line was completely double track again?

[@AAPRCO]

It's double track between Albany-Rensselaer and Schenectady. The train takes the northern route that goes up the Canadian Pacific to Montreal. This train would turn at Whitehall to Rutland, VT. From Schenectady it's single track.

[@tomwarger7209]

@@AAPRCO The former NYC tracks that this train used from Rennselaer to Schenectady veered off to the left just after the Schenectady station to cross the Mohawk river and then head due west. The train merged right to pick up former Delaware and Hudson rails north, the track on the left margin of the video just before the Schenectady station.

[@michaelchristie6830]

Rensselaer to CPC24 (Control Point for the Canadian Connector located in Ballston Lake).
There is a wye that begins at CPF480 (Glenville) that heads east towards Mechanicville. At CPF477 (CliftonPark), the Canadian Connector joins the Freight Main (New England - Binghamton and points south).
Great video!!