Love the Pennsylvania countryside. I was born in Pa. Other side of Valley Forge, and watched the former READING R/R run alongside of Pennsylvania R/R through Norristown back in the late sixties. Great catches.
Thanks for this video! This brings back a lot of childhood memories. I’ve known Irishtown Rd crossing since kindergarten, as a small boy I always used to go there with my grandma to spot some trains. Now that I’ll be turning 18 years old in January... I’m starting to feel old already just by watching this video! 😆 Really a shame they closed all three remaining RR-crossings about 6 years ago, although I can understand why...
I love the sleek trains with the rural backdrop. Very reminiscent of the heyday of passenger rail. I'd almost expect to see a Pennsy GG1 with a long consist of streamline cars.
0:18 that is just beautiful! B32-8WH's were taken off the Pennsylvanian service due to newer speed restrictions that BWH's can't handle. 512 is my favorite Dash-8 on Amtrak. Also whats up with the ditch lights?
I rode a Keystone train On August 6th, I guess they are also replacing Catenary poles too. Don't worry, The AEM-7's will be on the Keystone Corridor for a year or two more, I had a chat one time with a Engineer.
They're doing a major track upgrade between Harrisburg and Lancaster, bringing the rails to the same specifications of the Keystone Corridor east of Lancaster (CWR and concrete sleepers). This is going on between now and before Thanksgiving, 2024.
Awesome Video! It's sad to see them get rid of the crossings. These crossing have some classic signals! RIP crossings! Also nice catch of that hertage unit!
Yes, Norfolk Southern serves a couple of industries on that siding. They even have their own switcher which can be seen at 18:40, though I have never been fortunate to see it operate.
I just found and posted a link in the description that says everything one needs to know about the project. The main goal of removing the crossings to allow the possibility of 125 MPH track. Due to construction time, Eby Chiques and Newcomer Road will be around until fall 2014.
Every time iwatch any Amtrak zipping up and down the rails I wish I was behind the wheel call me for a test drive....I watch train videos almost daily......
0:22: How strange it seems to me. Normally, the indicator position lamps flash intermittently. Why are they both blinking at the same time? 3:50: No horn zone? Because the train hasn't done the honk sequence. 15:36: Is it me or is it a two-tone horn? 19:06: The Dash 8 seems to have a Norfolk Southern horn, since the tone is not the typical one used by the P42, for example. 21:59: I love the classical railroad crossing bell.
The Amtrak maker's should make a rare keystone with an aem-7 leading surfurliners and & a dash 8 coupled in the back with a baggage and observation cars
That seems to be normal for most railroads in the east. By me on the NYS&W Railway, the bells shut off once the gate is lowered, and usually stay off, but some crossings begin ringing again when the gate rises.
I guess it's only a matter of time before they take these last few out of a service, but on the upside the 125 MPH will be quite the sight if they do go as far as upgrading to as fast as the toasters can operate. This was a nice example of how much creativity can be expressed in three locations for a solid 24 minutes, lot of nicely composed shots here. I especially liked the one of 953 at Irishtown and the 646 at Newcomer. The final parting shot of the vehicular traffic closed out the era well.
Indeed over this side of the pond Network Rail have got rid of all of the level crossings on the west coast main line so that the Virgin Pendolino trains can do 125 mph runs from London Euston to the West Midlands and then up to Glasgow Central
Ive been hearing people talk about ditch lights, there are three modes for ditch Ditch lights: flash Ditch lights: freeze Ditch lights: flash ( both ) Those are the three modes for ditch lights [your welcome] > _ >
nice video and catches! sad to see there getting rid of the crossings up there :( also i can see the freight spur switcher at 18:40 is a 44 tonner and also 19:30 nice to see you caught a amtrak heritage unit!
They are Keystone trains that are "push-pull" consists using the old Metroliner m.u. cars from the PRR/P.C. era as cab-coaches. AMTRAK has used them since taking over the NEC and Keystone Corridor in 1976, using them primarily on the NEC in New England and for the Keystone Service since 2008-09 when the entire Keystone Corridor was overhauled by AMTRAK and PennDOT. It was also used by AMTRAK for its short-lived Atlantic City-Philadelphia "Gambler's Express" Service (since taken over by NJ Transit).
They only took out the crossings because on highspeed lines, trains are restricted to certain speeds depending on the crossing concrete filler/track pad's functioning, or the types of level crossings it has.
@@Thatonerandomguy1331the road pavement is still at all 3, but the path has been removed and now there’s alternate ways to the crossings. And the Crossing Gates are gone as well.
Those old grade crossings go back to the days of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. What Amtrak calls the Keystone Corridor, was the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line that ran from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and whose name (Main Line), became synonymous with the high-end suburban Philadelphia residential area (stretching from Paoli to the Philadelphia City/Montgomery County line) that was originally called the "Welsh Tract" by William Penn (thus if you look at a SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line timetable - which SEPTA trains share with Amtrak - you will see a lot of stations with Welsh-sounding names).
RIP 943...that was some great horn at 15:22. And the doppler effect on 921 at the end was awesome!
Wow! That was a great video of the amtrak keystone corridor!
1:23 8:08 12:14 22:48
These are the best K5LAs because of the amtrak doppler effect!
That K5LA on 921 is so incredibly.. I can't even describe.. Awesome video.. shame these crossings are on their last days
Great video work: rock solid tripod, minimal zooming and panning and when done - done smoothly! My compliments to the videographer!
I only clicked cause I saw toast
West Of Hudson LOL
What's toast?
@@larailfan1714, thats the nickname for the AEM-7
Same
You know what they say,
6:41 that’s the horn for the Prarieland Flyer in Rails Unlimited!
Yes that is Right
5:24 Beautiful scenery around the crossing.
Looks like the crossing in unstoppable with the little girl scene when the triple 7 speeds by her
@@NortheastCorridorFilms true
22:27-22:54
BEST K5LA EVER
markusdude1 That's what you'll here on an F40PH. I never knew AEM-7AC's could have 1990s K5LA's like that.
K 🔥🔫💰💵💴
921 was killer✌️
0o81
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Oh yeah the AEM-7 nathan k5la got into the P42
Love the Pennsylvania countryside. I was born in Pa. Other side of Valley Forge, and watched the former READING R/R run alongside of Pennsylvania R/R through Norristown back in the late sixties. Great catches.
Thanks for this video! This brings back a lot of childhood memories. I’ve known Irishtown Rd crossing since kindergarten, as a small boy I always used to go there with my grandma to spot some trains. Now that I’ll be turning 18 years old in January... I’m starting to feel old already just by watching this video! 😆
Really a shame they closed all three remaining RR-crossings about 6 years ago, although I can understand why...
I love the sleek trains with the rural backdrop. Very reminiscent of the heyday of passenger rail. I'd almost expect to see a Pennsy GG1 with a long consist of streamline cars.
Or the old Silverliner III m.u. cars that the PRR/P.C. owned before SEPTA took ownership of them for Airport Line service.
He defend
He on tracc
But most importantly
He Amtracc
Underrated as hell
6:41
rails unlimited moment
I am confused 😐
0:18 that is just beautiful! B32-8WH's were taken off the Pennsylvanian service due to newer speed restrictions that BWH's can't handle. 512 is my favorite Dash-8 on Amtrak. Also whats up with the ditch lights?
those ditchlight looks like there blinking
FNAFAndtrainfan 2017 They are, they are not supposed to blink at the same time...
RiversideRailProductions true
There supposed to alternate, strange.
Old style ditch lights
We need to see more corridors in the United states like this where trains run with overhead wires and can go up to 100-125 mph that would be great
I rode a Keystone train On August 6th, I guess they are also replacing Catenary poles too. Don't worry, The AEM-7's will be on the Keystone Corridor for a year or two more, I had a chat one time with a Engineer.
6:41 Rails Unlimited horn
Gotta love that quill done by the engineer on 943
OMG the rails unlimited amrail/amtrak f40ph horn 6:40
You know why because the video made in 2013 and rails unlimited was created in 2017
The ditch lights in the first train are like the old days
6:41 anyone heard that familiar horn before?
Hell yea lol
Its a horn from rails unlimited
Right now it's 110 MPH at some places.
They're doing a major track upgrade between Harrisburg and Lancaster, bringing the rails to the same specifications of the Keystone Corridor east of Lancaster (CWR and concrete sleepers). This is going on between now and before Thanksgiving, 2024.
Amazing K5LA’s from the AEM-7’s
Anyone notice at 0:30 both ditch lights flash
yep
NPCU #90220 also had that pattern of flashing on it's ditch lights.
22:27 who ever the engineer was operating 921 on that day, did one of the coolest 19B I ever heard.
Wonderful video.
I write a song about a crossing.
FRIENDLY CROSSINGS (C)2006
Amazing Video of the final days of the Keystone Corridor Crossings. Sad to see them go.
Thanks. Great catches by the way.
At 6:40 is a Roblox Audio from an Amtrak F40PH or some other Amtrak train on rails unlimited
Awesome Video!
It's sad to see them get rid of the crossings. These crossing have some classic signals!
RIP crossings!
Also nice catch of that hertage unit!
It's so weird seeing Irishtown Road like that now.. Just a couple years since I was there and captured a couple videos of my own of the 42 and 43
6:41 I just remembered that this horn is used in Rails Unlimited.
Yes, Norfolk Southern serves a couple of industries on that siding. They even have their own switcher which can be seen at 18:40, though I have never been fortunate to see it operate.
Amazing catches!
I just found and posted a link in the description that says everything one needs to know about the project. The main goal of removing the crossings to allow the possibility of 125 MPH track. Due to construction time, Eby Chiques and Newcomer Road will be around until fall 2014.
Yes, one of those is a private lane to a farm and the other is owned by Amtrak as a service road to a power sub-station.
6:36 the iconic train game horn!
Rails unlimited
The ditch lights on 512 were broken I think
Every time iwatch any Amtrak zipping up and down the rails I wish I was behind the wheel call me for a test drive....I watch train videos almost daily......
8:09 I really love that kind of sound of the amtrak horn!
K5la
nice videos. sad those crossings are decommissioned.
0:22: How strange it seems to me. Normally, the indicator position lamps flash intermittently. Why are they both blinking at the same time?
3:50: No horn zone? Because the train hasn't done the honk sequence.
15:36: Is it me or is it a two-tone horn?
19:06: The Dash 8 seems to have a Norfolk Southern horn, since the tone is not the typical one used by the P42, for example.
21:59: I love the classical railroad crossing bell.
6:41 ROBLOX HORN!!!
Well done. Lot of time and effort put into this production.
6:42 sounds like the classic Amtrak locomotive the F40PH
its stupid that they used that for it
20:40 With the headlights turned off, This looks exactly what the Amfleet Cab Car looks like back in 1990
They're all like that around here, and thank goodness too. Only UP and BNSF and corresponding commuter rails out west have started doing that.
Doing what?
I get the kreeps whenever I see a tanker truck going over these tracks!
The Amtrak maker's should make a rare keystone with an aem-7 leading surfurliners and & a dash 8 coupled in the back with a baggage and observation cars
Never seen ditch lights flash in sync like that. I wonder how many other locomotives do that?
Great video!
That seems to be normal for most railroads in the east. By me on the NYS&W Railway, the bells shut off once the gate is lowered, and usually stay off, but some crossings begin ringing again when the gate rises.
Reminds me of Nostalgia...
Thanks Bill, had to do this before the AEM-7's are gone too.
Nice Video Eric .... Plenty of K5LA ... Just the way I like it ... :)
Why That B40 IS FIRST ON HIGH SPEED LINE COOL
Ceiling Pro those are P32-8BWHs
6:41 has a familiar audio
6:40 Little did that engineer likely know, they made history by honking that horn.
What history?
@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast That specific horn sound was used in train sims (or at least in Rails Unlimited on Roblox idk).
@@amtrakpepsiproduct1605 That’s….not even close to historical lol.
@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast this is a joke.
6:41 - 6:45 hey that's the sound of one of the roblox rails unlimited train's horn!!
Interesting! Btw thanks for subscribing!
@@CentralPennRailProductions You're welcome!
6:41 the horn used for the Amtrak keystone cabcars used in roblox rails unlimited
not anyone they made it ike the dash 8
I guess it's only a matter of time before they take these last few out of a service, but on the upside the 125 MPH will be quite the sight if they do go as far as upgrading to as fast as the toasters can operate. This was a nice example of how much creativity can be expressed in three locations for a solid 24 minutes, lot of nicely composed shots here. I especially liked the one of 953 at Irishtown and the 646 at Newcomer. The final parting shot of the vehicular traffic closed out the era well.
Indeed over this side of the pond Network Rail have got rid of all of the level crossings on the west coast main line so that the Virgin Pendolino trains can do 125 mph runs from London Euston to the West Midlands and then up to Glasgow Central
Someone go get the signals from Irishtown Road!
They'd look epic with 50's signs and gates.
I love those cab cars used on the keystone I’ve been in the cab of one while going 110mph
6:41 Roblox rails unlimited horn
Only I do
Ive been hearing people talk about ditch lights, there are three modes for ditch
Ditch lights: flash
Ditch lights: freeze
Ditch lights: flash ( both )
Those are the three modes for ditch lights [your welcome] > _ >
I'm by the Northwestern Pacific in Redwood Valley, up here in Mendocino County in NW CA, the Skunk train crossings are all regular ones too.
nice video and catches! sad to see there getting rid of the crossings up there :( also i can see the freight spur switcher at 18:40 is a 44 tonner and also 19:30 nice to see you caught a amtrak heritage unit!
6:41 RAILS UNLIMIED HORN
6:41 Rails Unlimited Horn?
And on 19:35, that's the Phase III Heritage Unit #145!
Its a shame that they are getting rid of these crossings.
Sadly the AEM-7 of Amtrak retired at 2016.
I sure miss those crossings
Why do some of the Amtrak trains have Nuclear Flask tape on them.
They are Keystone trains that are "push-pull" consists using the old Metroliner m.u. cars from the PRR/P.C. era as cab-coaches. AMTRAK has used them since taking over the NEC and Keystone Corridor in 1976, using them primarily on the NEC in New England and for the Keystone Service since 2008-09 when the entire Keystone Corridor was overhauled by AMTRAK and PennDOT. It was also used by AMTRAK for its short-lived Atlantic City-Philadelphia "Gambler's Express" Service (since taken over by NJ Transit).
They only took out the crossings because on highspeed lines, trains are restricted to certain speeds depending on the crossing concrete filler/track pad's functioning, or the types of level crossings it has.
Still some high speed crossings north of New Haven.
What do you mean the farewell crossings? Are they still there? I never been to that area yet. I wish! ☹
Tonys Amtrak Train Videos no they arent
michelle furch why are they gone?
@@Thatonerandomguy1331the road pavement is still at all 3, but the path has been removed and now there’s alternate ways to the crossings. And the Crossing Gates are gone as well.
Must have been a circuit error with the ditch lights in the first clip. Great video!
What decade would these RR crossings built? I'm guessing the 1980s
Those old grade crossings go back to the days of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. What Amtrak calls the Keystone Corridor, was the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line that ran from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and whose name (Main Line), became synonymous with the high-end suburban Philadelphia residential area (stretching from Paoli to the Philadelphia City/Montgomery County line) that was originally called the "Welsh Tract" by William Penn (thus if you look at a SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line timetable - which SEPTA trains share with Amtrak - you will see a lot of stations with Welsh-sounding names).
Shouldn't have Irishtown Rd been removed already?
6:41 Sounds familiar………OH YEAH RAILS UNLIMITED K5LA FROM THE BUDD METROLINER
Also as of 2019, the concrete foundations for the signals along with the crossing grade still exist at Irish town Road
AMTRAK EMD AEM-7~
15:40 Another Roblox horn audio from literally from the good old AEM-7
4:02 he didn't sound his horn. Runaway train? XD
Maybe he was distracted
Could have been a stupid quiet zine
Erich Diebold and also no ditch lights
Erich Diebold I was just about to say that
So I'm not the only person who noticed that 😂
Alot of crossing in the northeast do this. NJ transit crossing do this.
2:05 my fav toaster #944 sounded epic.
Same here since when i was 5 -8 i learned about it so sad that it got removed
I just build my first AEM-7 yesterday and today
Maybe tomorrow
@@shuntarabaker-brown6191 good luck
Why are they getting rid of the crossings? Just to by pass them?
0:25 wait... anyone realise both ditchlights were flashing? WTF
15:40 Jeez, that really does sound like a 30 year old locomotive...
Rip the aem 7’s I hope they reused some of the crossing equipment
6:41 I FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE RAILS UNLIMITED SILVER STREAK HORN
Is there any Railroad Crossing for the Keystone anymore just Bridges Now???????
Are the crossings still up or have they been dismantled?
The first train sounded like it had a Old cast P5 HORN
Thank god Aussie drivers don't hang off their horns like the yanks...
6:41 Rails Unlimited Metroliner Cab Car Horn
Amazing video!
Ferromex no invertía a Amtrak sin locomotoras de diesel y Nacionales de México tampoco invertía Amtrak sin locomotoras eléctricas
Did they get rid of all the crossing on the keystone
The first train has a rare engine