Amtrak & NJ Transit Railfanning at North Elizabeth

Went out to the NEC on a Thursday and visited North Elizabeth for the first time tanks to FreedomTowerman for inviting me to this trip. Tons of action were out there including Amtrak's Keystone, Northeast Regionals, Crescents, Silver Meteor, Pennsylvanian, Acela Express, & Ballast train and the powers are ACS-64, Acela, Metrolink Cab Cars, & GP15D. New Jersey Transits including MU Arrows, ALP46, ALP45DP, Multilevel Cab Cars, Comet Cab Cars, & a equipment move. New Jersey Transit trains to Trenton, Long Branch, Bay Head, Jersey Avenue, and New York Penn.

[@TheRailfanningBirdwatcher]

Always love waving to the engineers!

[@mreditor9669]

Same

[@MidwesternRailfan]

3:10 Amtrak "David L. Gunn" Memorial Unit 600 leading. 7:27 Amtrak 606 before being painted in it's iconic Coca Cola livery. 4:10 NJ Transit Veterans Unit 4641 . 4:30 NJ Transit Veterans Unit 4635 . 1:53 ALP-46A sandwich. 10:10 Horn Salute from Amtrak 617 with Ex-Santa Fe train car and Phase III baggage. 11:50 Amtrak MP15B 579 with MoW Train. 16:18 NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. 18:40 NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. 19:20 Amtrak "David L. Gunn" Memorial Unit 600 trailing. 19:46 NJ Transit horn salute meeting Amtrak with Ex-Santa Fe train car and Phase III baggage. 25:05 NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. 28:59 NJ Transit Veterans Unit 4635. 29:24 Horn Salute from Amtrak 668 with Ex-Santa Fe train car and Phase III baggage. 31:27 Horn Salute from NJ Transit Veterans Unit 4641 35:46 Horn Salute from very old NJ Transit 1443. 39:48 Horn Salute from very old NJ Transit racing an ALP-46A. 42:50 Horn Salute from very old NJ Transit 1528 46:53 NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. 50:40 Horn Salute from very old NJ Transit 1374. 51:24 Three train meet. 52:52 Very old NJ Transit 1352. 53:35 Horn salute from NJ Transit Operation Lifesaver Cab Car 7054. 54:11 Horn salute from very old NJ Transit 1490. 56:24 Horn salute from NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. 57:05 Horn salute from very old NJ Transit 1396. 58:15 NJ Transit train with Operation Lifesaver coach car. (I can't edit comments with this computer btw so that's why I have two other comments.)

[@rxttwxler]

thank you

[@timosha21]

Chugga choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video!

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

Awesome Video Alex!!! Glad you were able to come out!! We gotta do it again

[@avasic1995]

Thanks Vincent and yeah definitely

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

avasic1995 Your very welcome, i'll let you know when the next trip is!

[@njtrailfan4508]

I subscribed keep up the great work

[@davidsims200trainstranspor5]

9:05 jeranimos! got em

[@theautofreak6020]

Great video friend

[@avasic1995]

Thanks

[@theautofreak6020]

No problem and thank you so much for subscribing to my channel

[@avasic1995]

No problem

[@theautofreak6020]

I also reached 16 subs

[@composerlecturer]

Such a great place to watch! Relatively few trains stop at North Elizabeth, so you get them all in fast action. Let me recommend the purchase of a tripod. After awhile, the unsteady camera work is tiring. But your love of railfanning is obvious, so just make that one equipment upgrade and you'll be a complete winner !!!

[@avasic1995]

Paul Somers I already have a tripod and I use it on some stations

[@JTC2227]

28:19 That's The Shortest Train I've Ever Seen!

[@mreditor9669]

1:49 is short too

[@copmoncur6131]

I Really Have A Serious Crush On You Amtrak Acela Express Trains ❤️🚆❤️

[@NoahTrainFanandMore]

New Subscriber!

[@rdnaskela_volinad8037]

one thing I can 't understand is why you have traction locomotives located at the back? and in front of the driver sits in some strange "miracle car". certainly not in Russian

[@MidwesternRailfan]

They're called "Cab Cars" not "Miracle Cars". They do that because whenever a commuter train is at the end of it's route, the engineer gets in the cab car and controls it from there instead of having to flip the entire train or switch the locomotive to the back.

[@rdnaskela_volinad8037]

@@MidwesternRailfan I see. but it still looks strange, at least for Russia

[@masontherailfan]

12:41 you got scared of the Horn

[@mreditor9669]

You mean 12:50?

[@TRRailfan]

1:48 I’ve never seen a train like that before.

[@gottalilrazzledazzle]

TrainRider Railfan it’s is the NJ transit

[@davidsims200trainstranspor5]

Me nither

[@jdoggez2083]

It’s an equipment move

[@frederickhurst8813]

I swear at one point I think I saw a spark on the electrical overhead wires

[@pcmusicradio4198]

Hello, I love your videos. Is there a particular name for the passenger cars that are mostly white color, with black horizontal line through the windows, such as at 4:57 ?? I see that a few of them have a door in the center as well. There doesn't seem to be any engines that match those cars. Thanks!

[@avasic1995]

Thanks and that's how they're made

[@TRRailfan]

Those are Comets. Search it on Wikipedia for more info.

[@MidwesternRailfan]

I'm pretty sure Amtrak has some of those kinds of train cars running on inner-city trains like the Downeaster and River Runner.

[@maximshelupenko4962]

As far as I see, the locomotive of the first train has two cabins. Why don't they re-couple it on a terminal station?

[@mreditor9669]

39:54 Arrow iii: Get back Nj transit: GET BACK HERE BITCH

[@amtraker8171]

i saw that NJT equipment move

[@avasic1995]

NJT Amtrak Railfan Cool. Where did you saw it?

[@avasic1995]

NJT Amtrak Railfan You're not answering my question. I said where

[@amtraker8171]

avasic1995 sry my device died but i saw it at secaucus (if thats how you spell it)

[@videomaker133]

Why is an amtrak pulling freight cars?

[@avasic1995]

Work train

[@WalkmanRevolution85]

What do the lights on the sides of the trains mean (orange / green)?

[@WalkmanRevolution85]

thx!

[@blind_gamer16]

1:45 What is that?!

[@avasic1995]

Elijah Grant an equipment move

[@CSXJustin]

Work train