4K/60p: LIRR M3 Front Window Jamaica to Penn Station

[@Necromonger69]

I remember growing up in NYC and I always tried to jump on the first car. At 52 yrs old, I feel like a child watching these videos. Many memories, never get old.

[@notallthatbad]

Reminds me of what I used to do as a kid. Love all the sounds and sights. Nice video. Kind of makes you realize how small you are. All those houses and people living their lives doing all these things. What a world.

[@tomy.1846]

Absolutely! :) Fun to see!

[@tafsibhuiyan8730]

Same lol

[@aeoliankid1]

Superb video! No annoying zooming or panning, just a straight realistic film. More!

[@ronaldharvinjr636]

Exactly the way our eyes wud see it 👀👍🏼

[@davidsteiner243]

Good job regarding

[@1940limited]

It's mind boggling how such a system is built, operated and maintained with all the track work, signaling system, stations and tunnels. What an engineering marvel. It leaves me speechless. I loved this ride!

[@enzhus]

That's before, but not now. Now it will take 1.9 billion and 4 years to build 9.8 miles 3rd track between Floral Park to Hicksville. Of course, this assumes you believe they can finish the project on time and within budget.

[@1940limited]

@@enzhus Asking government to do that is a tall order they are unlikely to fill. Within budget with taxpayer money. What a laugh!

[@cats0182]

And this was built by PRIVATE industry; PRR/LIRR. Couldn't duplicate the effort today.

[@Pisca-kk5cs]

@@cats0182 ohh let’s not forget this was done in the early 1900s …no computers and not with today’s machinery

[@davidsteiner1921]

I love it a lot 💗 good look for you be safe be careful

[@jonnybeck6723]

That was something else! I've been on the West coast for 50 odd years but still remember the sound of the NYC subway... and the plunge near Penn station was like star wars... amazing! thanx so very much

[@scottyerkes1867]

Mind boggling!! All those tracks. All those trains. Signals. People. I've changed trains at Jamaica many times without incident or missed connection. Thank you for sharing.👍👍

[@danielgolus4600]

I take this ride almost every week day. Never seen it from the front, until now. Awesome!

[@a_coleman11]

Rode LIRR far too many times and always wondered what it looked like from the very front. Just looks so cool!

[@rajeevk.pathak771]

Thanks for putting us all, virtually, in the "Driver's Seat" !!! Excellent !!!

[@Wallydaft]

Always used Liberty Newark when arriving into NYC, so this is a very different perspective. Its excellent.

[@cats0182]

For me this is one heck of a video. Brought me home for a short while.

[@baynewmsn9892]

Great Sneezing!! Awesome gesture of God bless you!! And a Humble "Thank you!!"

[@litlgrey]

The civility... so reassuring!

[@charleyhorsie]

Spotted our old apartment on Burns St at 5:04. That first morning the first diesel from the East End woke me up about 7. You could hear it coming for 5 miles...sounded like it was coming right through the bedroom. By the second morning I slept right through it.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@ new York City is a shithole. Overrated, overpriced, overcrowded

[@BryanNadal]

Central Scrutinizer My wife and I used to live around there, we settled further back in Kew Gardens by the station. The apartments are not depressing, you’re just looking at the rears of many buildings, which wouldn’t be all that exciting anyway.

[@johngullo9420]

Watched a video of the 7 train yesterday that showed up on my recommended list. Now I’m hooked! Watched A train and the CTA in Chicago. Trains there are within feet of the houses. Being sheltered gives you a lot of spare time. Viva la KZbin!

[@billg7813]

Nice vid. When I look at how people are living on top of each other there, it reminds me how glad I am that I left that place and made a life elsewhere

[@spikespa5208]

Reminds me of how glad I am that I never did live there. Interesting ride and video, though.

[@chrisruss9861]

Love that soothing clickety clack, clickety clack. In Australia I avoid planes as much as possible and take the long haul train.

[@bradbassett1240]

Amazed at the amount of construction happening in Long Island City!..

[@Bobs2cents]

This is about some of the best filming I’ve seen! Camera quality is on point. Keep up the great videos!

[@MrMaster767]

Absolutely! Thank you!

[@wadders65]

Happy reminder of a holiday spent with friends. We made this journey every day for a week

[@eattherich9215]

Great video, especially the views of the New York City skyscrapers. I flew into JFK in July 2018 and decided to take public transport into the City. My LIRR train trundled along the line and only made a stop at Woodside. I'm back in the City in July this year and will be taking the LIRR again.

[@haweater1555]

The straight tunnel with lights flashing by must give a very hypnotic effect for the engineer, doing it over and over all day, everyday...

[@MrMaster767]

It can sometimes.

[@samperry8558]

Makes you realize TSW’s super attention to detail.

[@DPrime215]

To an extent. Overall it's good, but a few key differences. The road bridge supports near Woodside, approach on the East River Tunnel, the lighting in Penn Station, and the interlocking approaching it. The interlocking in TSW is wide open and pitch black. Still enjoyable nonetheless.

[@johnblower7232]

Thanks so much for posting this, exactly what I was looking for. Great quality 👍🏻😃

[@repulser93]

I think I took this route after I flew in to get to my dad’s funeral back in February. Never been on a New York commuter train before then.

[@AmbientWalking]

Love ride on trains with you. It's so nice and peaceful and calm. Thanks! : )

[@vincentm614]

I use to go out to Freeport by taking the E train to Jamaica then the N4 bus to the last stop. I no longer have the patients for all the noise and weird crap that goes with local transportation. I simply take the LIRR from Penn Station and its faster and more peaceful. Its worth the extra fare. Im too old for the madness!

[@waltershan]

4:20 Salud!!

[@Quasihamster]

Cheers!

[@jkrspecnet]

Another excellent video in your outstanding series of documenting M3 cab views before they are all retired. Especially interesting on this one is to see all the changes that are being incorporated with Harold Interlocking in preparing for East Side Access.

[@walterulasinksi7031]

Having grown up in Kew Gardens, I found it interesting how the LIRR brass (ad to. Re lengthen the Kew Gardens and Forrest Hills platforms. The Kew Gardens platforms originally reached to the Onslow St. Bridge and a stair case came down both sides from the bridge to the platforms. lIRR removed half of the platforms in the 1970’s. You can tell where they had to extend them again, . Look to the lower right and see where they have temporary steel structures support the platform.

[@fpvm4k3r]

Why am I watching this on my day off? Pretty cool to see from the front for the first time tho

[@kemeticsoul5919]

This is relaxing...👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@BaldwinBay]

LIRR! Highly recommend a ride on this fantastic train.

[@williamlodge2422]

I love this video

[@seand5517]

I grew up on Long Island. Thanks for this.

[@lachietod3918]

Excellent, thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@mechi9661]

Great video and great city!

[@theschiznit8777]

Great video, nice to get out of the house during these troubled times. Stay safe everyone.

[@MrMaster767]

This was last year lol, glad you liked it!

[@jdl7211]

Awesome! This answers a lot of questions I have when I ride the LIRR. I always thought there was a building over the tracks...

[@joebessette6565]

Ya that's the first time I've ever seen anything like that. That's crazy

[@derrickgreen9020]

Brilliant...can’t wait to try this on my Train Simulator World! Thank you.

[@etpslick100]

4K video! Beautiful!😌

[@learkingofalbion8520]

Building at Yellowstone and Austin in Forest Hills with heat visibly on is what we call a “heat pylon”. Was a goto heated building through the 1980s too.

[@daniel2gud]

Thank you for the very good quality video, no zooming! This is very cool.

[@SurvivorsQuest1]

"We're delayed due to switch problems up ahead" what I hear practically every day on this train. . .

[@bradbassett1240]

The 7:14 Kew Gardens stop was my stop for years!...Good times!

[@CookShay]

I like the sound Of the train honking

[@paulbryan2611]

As a person from the Southeastern US, that looks COLD!!!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

excellent journey. really good to view. thank you

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Subscribed! Great video :) I visited NY for the first time in May/June last year and it was amazing. Filmed plenty of content for my channel. Keep up the good work. From Phil in Australia :)

[@etpslick100]

I’m retired from Philly Transit (Septa) working in Fern Rock yard (orange line subway). One of my bucket list is to ride the LIRR from Penn to Jamaica Station. Already rode the New Haven Line to Stamford on the Old trains tho not the new M8’s. But that’s coming. Love that 4K clip.😌👍🏾🚄

[@dennispersson9466]

Why not call the MTA or Amtrak, see if the Big Cheeses can set up a tour for a ret. 'Hogger' of the Sunnyside Yards.

[@etpslick100]

Dennis Persson Thanks Dennis. That’s a thought. I’ll look into it. Just be safe and hopefully this Covid-19 nightmare will be over SOON!😷

[@ArnelleX-us9yo]

Im entering the locomotive Engineer training program now...This is good eye training...Watching those signals and understanding their indications...

[@MrMaster767]

Best of luck. Everything must be verbatim.

[@ArnelleX-us9yo]

@@MrMaster767 Yeah my memory skills is on point!!!

[@ArnelleX-us9yo]

@@MrMaster767 Thankyou...Can you share additional advice??

[@MrMaster767]

@@ArnelleX-us9yoThat's all I can think of.

[@ArnelleX-us9yo]

@@MrMaster767 Ok...No problem...I have been a Third Rail Electrician for 10 years...But my heart has always been in Locomotive Engineers..My window of opportunity has finally arrived and Iam READY!!!

[@markvogel5872]

Wow train sim world 2020 did a good job, looks real close to the real deal!

[@MrMaster767]

If you put them side by side, it's nearly perfectly created to real world specifications.

[@draganpetreski7706]

I used to love this trip mann ,lotta memories southside to madison word up

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Man, how many times did I "change at Jamaica"? Sheesh, and I didn't even live on long island.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@Bobby Brady Jamaica is in Queens, New York City.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@Bobby Brady Ok

[@thompson9451]

@Bobby Brady you don't live in Long Island... You live on it

[@ciarananything]

@Bobby Brady I’m afraid there is no such thing as “America”. It’s either “North America”, “South America” or the “United States of America”. “America” does not refer to any real-life location. Learn your fucking geography.

[@oussematrabelsi9429]

@@ciarananything cringe. America is common abbreviation of United States of America used by contemporary media, literature and film. Check the dictionary if you don't believe me

[@smedleybutler8787]

In the city 🎶

[@calvnnhobs]

14:06 Threnody to the Riders of LIRR

[@AndyL6]

Great video! LB trains usually don't stop at Kew Gardens or Forest Hills..

[@efxru]

They do sometimes.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

What about Hollis?

[@efxru]

Long Beach Trains NEVER stop at Hollis. It goes straight to Locust Manor, which isn’t the direction to Hollis at all.

[@dischargedarrowgetback4322]

The video without any directing is the best.

[@as-gf9pc]

Top video,echt ohne scheiss.

[@derekalexander4030]

Thank you, really enjoyed the ride.

[@erichanhauser3190]

Why do I find this so cool? It just is.

[@Jimmy_Walshy]

The projects everywhere hood hood.💯

[@cats0182]

White Pot Underjump at 8:06 where the Rockaway Beach Branch joined the mainline and where the Rego Park Station, served only by the Rockaway Beach Branch was located. You see the abandoned trackway on the overpass at 8:23. Very haunting.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

That is interesting. So many places like that in the city. Like at Ditmas Ave on the F train. The spur closed years before they took that part of the elevated tracks down.

[@cannon440]

Funny I lived in Queens for 46 years and never did take the LIRR. I worked on the NYCTA for 37 years, except for the signals it looks pretty much the same..

[@beardedmillennial82]

Line 4 of the Penn Central tubes!

[@aprilallen6121]

I always fall asleep before I get to Penn never see how long the tunnel was

[@geraldgreen5371]

The tracks are already laid for EASTSIDE ACCESS TO GRAND CENTRAL, HOW LONG B4 WE SEE A CABRIDE TO GCT THRU HAROLD INTERLOCKING????

[@alexmarte4836]

LONG LONG TUNNEL, LOVE IT

[@davidsteiner568]

I love it Good job on Long island real road Long island ny

[@coachloubrown-22]

Great stuff... I only wish you guys would have 'points of interest' titles... like IRT #7 line, BQE, etc. so you get a better idea of where you are

[@bobbender2922]

Another enjoyable posting from you!

[@Mr77Texas]

It would interesting to teke a ride and see all the country side.

[@davidsteiner1921]

I love it a lot ❤️

[@glendenig9962]

That's actually very cool!

[@Olizimm]

beautiful video!!

[@efxru]

14:00 Fun Fact; People's ears get tighter when they enter the New York Penn's Tunnel!

[@MrMaster767]

Happens every time.

[@tmalone2530]

Thought it was just me!

[@tigo01]

It's called a "pressure transient" the train is like a piston, and all the air it is displacing as it enters the tunnel is being forced ahead and around it to the rear rapidly raising the pressure all around the train, and that's why you feel that pressure on your ears. This effect can be mitigated by gradually reducing the tunnel portal area, unlike what you see in the video where the portal is a flat opening in the wall.

[@efxru]

B train Roleplay, challenges, and gameplay I’m not even sure, it really hurts my ears a lot though

[@efxru]

tigo01 You must be a scientist or something, you had a good description about the pressure transient and you gave good evidence. ¡Nice Vocabulary!

[@StevenTorrey]

Wow, impressive!

[@travelingtom923]

Last time I rode these trains was almost 20 years ago. Much has changed. Hard to believe you come into those stations and there isn't a single piece of trash on the rails. It sucks that so much has been modernized with the concrete ties and everything. Still pretty fun ride and at least not much has changed in the tunnels.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Traveling Tom What has been modernized (or what was lost because of modernizing), and how do the concrete ties fit in? Looks I guess

[@travelingtom923]

@@rudolphguarnacci197 To me the concrete ties makes the railroad look very European. European railroads are very modern and extremely boring to look at. When I rode these trains 20 years ago many of the buildings and structures were very old. Much of the subway infrastructure was just as it was 60 years ago. It was dirty, gritty, old. In short it was like riding in a time machine. Although there is still many old structures it doesn't feel the same. It's so much more sanitized, upscale, and proper.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@@travelingtom923 I understand. I like old things. The only change I can accept is if it's beneficial. As much as I loved the original St Vincent's Hospital, I was okay with them tearing it down in 1985 for a bigger, modernized facility. But then how do you justify turning it into condos 10 yrs ago? Bloomberg made a promise to his billionaire friends. They couldn't save a hospital in the heart of lower Manhattan because it was $700 million in debt? What horseshit. I don't feel sorry for these brainwashed kids today, either. They deserve what's coming down the pike for them. I just hope when they soylent green us that it's quick and relatively painless.

[@davidsteiner6267]

I LOVE IT

[@railfanallen]

Has anyone else besides me spot that Amtrak heritage locomotive to the right around the 12:57 mark?

[@dennispersson9466]

Yessir, that's the Sunnyside Yards, Amtrak, N.J. Transit, and LIRR all share the service facilities there for engines and cars between runs.

[@ElectronicsTech09]

Great Video.

[@mikeyo1990]

I’m sure gunna miss these vids when the m3s are gone

[@_extra9126]

Outstanding quality! What was the freight line at 9:35?

[@MrMaster767]

That, not sure. Might go somewhere tomorrow.

[@kennethtaylor2355]

csx from the Bronx yard going to new York Atlantic railway fresh pond yard queens ...

[@johnkraemer5505]

Very nice ride! 😎👍🏻

[@giovannicenturino1310]

Man i miss Queens great video

[@sasababhyena4799]

This is from Train Sim World. Excelent.

[@MrMaster767]

Sure are! Thanks for watching!

[@sasababhyena4799]

@@MrMaster767 no problem :)

[@5argetech56]

Watching this on March 24th 2020... The World Has Changed... :(

[@kevinhoward9593]

What you guys think of the M9s? I think they look great. Kind of a marriage of a M7 with an M8.

[@MrMaster767]

The M9s definitely are a smoother ride than M7s.

[@TrainsBoatsPlanes]

Great filming

[@jwb60]

Nice Video! I haven't been on Lirr in a long time!

[@MrMaster767]

Come on out!

[@PastorRoberts]

Can you do Amtrak ride along? Like from NYC to Boston, Boston to NYC?

[@solohoh]

So much faster and better than the E Train ($2.75 vs $7.75 off peak----$10.75 peak hours)

[@MarkInLA]

What's that high continuous whistling sound enters about 7mi. in (which happens to be the same pitch as the horn but 1-2 octaves higher !) ?!

[@lohphat]

0:16 isn't that switch signal on the right at the wrong aspect? It looks like it's indicating a direct (straight ahead) indication not a switch to the right.

[@legendary39500]

You were stationed right next to track 18, that’s normally the train that takes you to Ronkonkoma, am I right?

[@wmdouglas3]

I’m not a LIRR expert by any means, so please forgive a dumb question.....why did this train blow right past the 61st-Woodside station? Is there a separate LIRR train that would stop there?

[@saxmanb777]

Yes.

[@mutantplants1]

At 12:20 we have catenary and third rail. Does this train switch from 750VDC from the third rail to the catenary lines, or does it simply share the track with trains that can't use the third rail?

[@MrMaster767]

For Amtrak and NJT, Yes.

[@daciatravel.647]

Very good video!!!

[@trainluvr]

Well done.

[@MrMaster767]

Thanks!

[@5410th]

The fastest way to get to Manhattan from JFK. Air Train to Jamaica Station, and from there, LIRR to Penn Station. $7:75 for Airtrain. $7:50 for LIRR. Please make sure to buy your ticket before getting on the LIIR train; otherwise, $15:00 when you buy your ticket from the conductor.

[@WalkingArchive]

Awesome video!

[@johndonohoe3778]

My first time to Penn Station by train. All be it by video! Rode Metro North to GCT for 20 years. Too bad they had to tear down the old Penn Station. The rape of the 20th century in NYC. The Romans never tore down the colosseum.

[@bartonpercival3216]

Be happy. You got the beautiful new Madison Square Garden Center in its place. A far cry better than the old warehouse of an arena that use to sit up on 50th street and 8th avenue