Amtrak High Speed 125 MPH to 150 MPH Northeast Corridor Trains @ Princeton Junction (5/31/22)

[@therealrailfangamingboi]

We will miss the old Acela trains one day 😢

[@Trooper10extra]

I know 😢

[@raeonardobak]

I had a good look thanks. In order for Acela to run faster than it is now, the Northeast Main Line needs to be speeded up, but the answer is to build a dedicated high-speed train line between Washington DC-New York-Providence.(When upgrading existing railroads, there must be absolutely no railroad crossings in all areas.) If you have to make it underground inevitably along the existing route along the beach, you have to boldly make it an underground route. In addition, the routes are extended to Ottawa-Scranton-Maryland-Washington D.C., Providence-Portland-Bangor-Holton, and Washington D.C-Richmond-Goldsboro-Wilton. . Washington D.C-Charlotte-Atlanta-New Orleans-Galveston-Corpus Christi-Mexico City-Acapulco I hope that the high-speed rail will be built to make Washington D.C-Mexico City faster and closer. For the success of the high-speed rail construction in the USA!

[@AtlanticRailYT]

This is a place I absolutely need to get to again since the speed limit for Acelas has increased

[@CrazyDash9]

It’s a lovely sight to see the Acela at 150

[@dangunn6961]

When you learn to drive, one of the first things taught is to travel at a speed that you can get stopped from in the distance you can see ahead.

[@NoTraceOfSense]

kid named CBTC: skill issue

[@Nuke12342]

You can see the tracks under the train moving 6:11

[@maas1208]

Wish we could have something like this in Chicago (besides the Metra Electric)

[@asphalt_98_gamer76]

Poggers bro these video are always so cool keep up the work

[@Martin_Trainspotter]

7:50, very nice!

[@MAL1GNANT]

What even was that?

[@FanRailer]

Lite engine move for a work job.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Who love's those PRR Catenary? I do

[@Troopbus]

Love seeing them.

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

My question is, why can't they just use the Keystone cab cars on Northeast Corridor Regional services? It would be much easier than having to run around with the loco. That's what cab cars are designed for...

[@S4b_3r]

well they just added another sprinter to the back of a consist instead of a cab car

[@matthewhanna9115]

It’s a shame that Amtrak didn’t keep the X2000 or buy some sort of Pendolino train, they would’ve really helped with a number of issues like sharp curves and time management.

[@reckless.6543]

We gotta fix the new Rochelle to new haven section to at least 100-125 at least

[@banksrail]

Gotta tell Metro North to get their sh*t together lol

[@FFred-us9tw]

Good luck. It’s Metro North. Grossly mismanaged on every level with an MOW department that doesn’t work nights and works at best 4 hours a day.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

The tracks on Metro North are too close together to allow high speeds, and there are too many sharp curves.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

13:36 thats a lot of Viewliners

[@ProtonBusLeo]

12:16 RARE acela with 1 pantograph down and 1 up I think it really wants to be avalia liberty

[@TrainandFriends]

amazing capture

[@Troopbus]

Nice footage

[@Acela2000]

HAPPY

[@anthonypecoraro5472]

Taking longer than 3 seconds to pass by. I counted 5 seconds.

[@blakefilippi9612]

I see additional Amtrak trains stop here than the normal 2 in the morning and other 2 evening

[@kptrains]

Nice Amtrak catches

[@MBT06]

If only all of the US could be high speed rail

[@StormerKiing]

and they said tranis in the United States were slow

[@falalala83]

Compared to other countries yeah. But in the last few years Amtrak has really stepped up their game. It’s harder for us since public transportation doesn’t get as much government subsidy as other countries, not to mention it’s a private sector lol

[@northeastcorridorrailfan6732]

Bro i was here. Same time he was and caught power car 2011 and another i forget

[@fruitberry4302]

Did Amtrak increase the amount of keystone trains on the line? You caught a lot.

[@lightningbot85]

Are those the ones with the metroliner looking cab-cars?

[@CrazyDash9]

@@lightningbot85 yes

[@Troopbus]

I thought the same thing. Surprised how many Amtrak trains stopped at Princeton Junction

[@reckless.6543]

how much travel time does it cut from NYC -Washington?

[@banksrail]

A whopping 90 seconds!!! lol It’s okay though. Improvement is improvement.

[@triadrailfanproductions]

Can I use this video for a edit?

[@railfannerjs6308]

Amtrak still stops at Princeton Junction? What’s with Amtrak at NJT stops? 7:45 edit: Thought that was a BL20GH/M

[@TheMayorOfPrimeCity]

Trenton, Princeton Jct, New Brunswick, MetroPark, and Newark.

[@davidng2336]

Once the Avelia Liberty arrives, I wonder if they will go any faster.

[@CrazyDash9]

They’ll be able to go 165mph

[@trijetz3562]

it will

[@banksrail]

@@CrazyDash9 160mph*

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@CrazyDash9 165 was just for testing. Actual service will be 160

[@auzziecrunt8538]

@@banksrail a feet in a American rail history

[@angelarusso4797]

7:20 The acela train was thundering by!= without warning

[@richardturk7162]

That damn bell is annoying.

[@PomboFurro]

Amtrak end all outhers trains in usa

[@xOogieBoogie3x]

I'm pretty sure Acela only tops 135mph through the Trenton-New Brunswick straight away.

[@FanRailer]

you seem to have failed to read the description.

[@postalfnj]

is it non stop trains?

[@njtrailfan4508]

Cool

[@kevinhoward9593]

They upgraded the tracks for a train they are scrapping in a few months. lol.

[@FanRailer]

... and what of the trains that are replacing these ones? hmmm?

[@kevinhoward9593]

@@FanRailer LOL my brain didnt think that far ahead.

[@TroublesomeSlateTruck]

Wow.

[@kl6361]

Whoa

[@realethanangell]

Carolinan or Pennsylvanian at 6:07

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Carolinan. The Pennsylvanian never has a baggage car mostly

[@TransitOfNJ]

amazing footage! How do you hear the radio of the trains in some clips? (What is the name)

[@jordanplays-transitandgame1690]

When 185 mph operations

[@earlknightjr.1341]

The 150-160mph is fast enough!! You don't need a airplane on the tracks!! GERMANYS ACS64F LOCOMOTIVE Hit 225mph in a test run, with no trouble!! It outweighs the one AMTRAK has!! It's a BRUTE!! STRONGER TOO!! A Locomotive is to scary to go at those 150-160mph speeds, that's mainly why they build ACELAS and multiple unit cars to hit those speeds!! They're less scarier, if they're doing high speed on the local tracks for some maintenance reason!! The force a locomotive exerts is phenomenal!! Anyhow the our AMERICAN MADE METROLINER OF THE 1960'S-1979 WERE WAY MORE SWIFTER THAN THE ACELA OR THAT NEW UGLY AVELIA. There top speed on there odometer was 160mph!! But they could do more. Also our GG1 LOCOMOTIVE could easily do over 200mph and hold the road too!! It weighed almost 480,000 lbs!! We had HIGH SPEED GO-GETTERS BEFORE THIS NEW STUFF CAME OUT!! THAT'S just two aspects of AMTRAK THAT WERE WAY AHEAD OF THERE TIME!! They should be roaming now, if the ELECTRICIANS could keep up, in reinventing the wheel, to keep them running,modifying their components here and there!! But they failed to do so!!! Earl of EL BARRIO,NYC,NY.8:03 PM. 6/1/22

[@FanRailer]

Not for a LONG time

[@jordanplays-transitandgame1690]

@@FanRailer America moment

[@TBF_1J]

Gonna guess 2030

[@KDapple]

Definitely not on the corridor. You can only upgrade a conventional rail line for high speed running at 150 to 160 mph but after that, you’re going to need to build a new railroad because running trains at 200 mph on track shared by slower regional and commuter trains would be incredibly dangerous and irrational. Which is why in countries like Germany that along with dedicated high speed rail lines has upgraded conventional rail lines to run at high speed, the trains on those lines are limited to 155mph

[@chrisjct]

Why no NJT

[@falalala83]

Cuz I think NJT almost always stops at PJC so there’s no real action there

[@rebooted.jupiter_]

yo

[@TransitOfNJ]

first

[@mikesanders878]

those trains are going too fast, thats how accidents happen amtrak is reckless you know that

[@FanRailer]

The only reason this comment got approved is so that people can flame the shit out of you for your idiocy. Have at it boys.

[@Noodle_Train]

So if Amtrak is “reckless” then what are the British, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and all other high speed trains then??

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

Mike Sanders is definitely an expert in railway signalling guys, I guess every high speed railway in the world is wrong...