Amtrak & NJT HD 60fps EXCLUSIVE: 12 Hours of NEC Holiday Trains @ Princeton Junction 11/25/2015

Welcome to the main event of my Wednesday-before Thanksgiving 2015 railfan trip: 12 friggin' hours at Princeton Junction (6 a.m. to 6 p.m. [Sunrise @ 6:52 a.m. & Sunset @ 4:31 p.m.]) on the Northeast Corridor. I manage to stay from sunrise to sunset without a single issue. The surrounding geography also makes for great horn action and doppler effect.
My main focus on that day while I was there was to capture all of Amtrak's stopping services (which I did) and at least most of its passing services (of which I only missed 2) All clips were shot with my Apple iPhone 6 with the 60 FPS setting on. More information in the table of contents, as there are over 100 trains in total. Enjoy =)
Table of Contents (w/ timestamps):
0:00 - NJ Rail 3811 (my ride to Princeton Junction) w/ Arrow IIIs.
0:58 - AEM-7AC 921 stops w/ Northeast Regional 111 (9 cars)
3:10 - NJ Rail 3914 w/ ALP-45DP 4534
4:04 - NJ Rail 3813 w/ ALP-46A 4654 & friendly horn
6:21 - ACS-64 603 on 110 (9 cars)
6:47 - NJ Rail 3918 w/ 4649. The Princeton Dinky
9:19 - Acela Express 2103 w/ horn
9:45 - NJ Rail deadhead move w/ 4634
10:14 - 639 on 89
10:39 - NJ Rail 3918 w/ 4635
12:13 - 630 stops w/ 1181 (10 cars); Acela 2150
13:20 - NJ Rail 3920
14:45 - NJ Rail deadhead w/ Arrow IIIs
15:28 - NJ Rail 3815 w/ 4639
16:42 - NJ Rail 3924 w/ 4632; ACS-64 Veterans Unit 642 on 170 (9 cars).
17:23 - 648 on Cardinal 51
17:55 - NJ Rail 3828 w/ 4630
18:32 - Acela 2107 w/ horn; 940 on 640 ; NJ Rail 3817 & NJ Rail 3926 arrive w/ Arrow IIIs & ALP-46 4612.
21:45 - 653 on Carolinian 79
22:03 - 622 on 180
22:26 - Acela 2100
22:45 - 643 stops hot w/ Keystone Service 641 ; NJ Rail 3830 w/ Arrow IIIs. Another fan is set up on the other side.
24:30 - 607 shoves 642 w/ horn
24:59 - Acela 2109 comes through; flagmen are present for next few hours
25:19 - 649 on a late 183 (9 cars) w/ horn
25:58 - 633 on 130
26:17 - 651 on 185 (10 cars) w/ horn; NJ Rail 3934
26:42 - Acela 2154 w/ horn
27:05 - NJ Rail 3832 w/ Arrow IIIs & horn
28:14 - 634 destroys Princeton Junction w/ its horn on 600
28:31 - Acela 2251
28:58 - 627+655 lead 172 (9 cars) in the day's double header
29:35 - NJ Rail 3834 w/ 4663
31:24 - NJ Rail 3917 w/ 4652
32:15 - 652 on 643
32:38 - 628 on 644 as the Dinky pulls off for a break
33:15 - NJ Rail 3836 w/ 4534
34:14 - 619 on Vermonter 56
34:36 - 631 on 141 (9 cars)
35:00 - NJ Rail 3829 on; Acela 2153
35:54 - 623 on Silver Meteor 98 (12 cars)
36:25 - NJ Rail 3833 w/ 4641; 614 on 1195; Acela 2158
38:26 - NJ Rail deadhead w/ 4510
38:58 - 611 on 86 (9 cars)
39:18 - 625 on 646 w/ an extra cab car & horn
39:40 - EMD GP40-2 4302 on shop move; 4619 on NJ Rail 3840; 636 on Pennsylvanian 43 (7 cars)
41:28 - 610 on a late 95 (9 cars)
42:00 - Acela 2155
42:18 - 618 on 184 (9 Cars) w/ deadhead Viewliner II bag car
42:38 - 617 on Silver Star 91
43:02 - Acela 2160
43:14 - 603 on 125 (9 cars)
43:38 - 942 on 648
44:00 - 646 on 174 w/ Horizon car 54503 & horn; Acela 2117
44:37 - 628 on 645
45:00 - 637 on late 1174 (9 cars) w/ 2 Amfleet IIs
45:22 - NJ Rail 3839 w/ 4609; NJ Rail 3846 w/ 4641
47:10 - Acela 2162 w/ a friend at the controls
47:41 - 939 on 171 (9 cars)
48:04 - 940 on train 609
48:27 - Acela 2159
48:50 - 644 on Crescent 20 (10 cars)
49:12 - 645 on 133 (9 cars); NJ Rail 3850 & 3843 w/ 4659 & 4630
51:43 - 4302 on another shop move
52:05 - Acela 2164; NJ Rail 8845 w/ 4635
54:26 - 921 on a late 84 w/ Horizon car 54574
54:50 - NJ Rail 3852 w/ 4529
55:37 - NJ Rail 3845 w/ 4663
56:28 - 630 on 176 (9 cars)
56:51 - NJ Rail 8847 w/ 4636; Acela 2161
58:34 - 643 on 650
58:49 - 942 on 647
58:58 - Acela 2166
59:15 - 640 on late 83 (10 cars); Dinky in the background
59:39 - NJ Rail 8849 w/ 12 car Arrow III EMU set
1:00:42 - 641 on Crescent 19 (10 cars)
1:01:09 - NJ Rail 3856 w/ 4609
1:02:18 - NJ Rail 8851 w/ 4624; 607 on 649
1:03:06 - 622 on 85 w/ horn
1:03:38 - Acela 2168
1:04:00 - 606 on Silver Meteor 97 (12 cars)
1:04:33 - NJ Rail 3896 w/ 4617
1:05:30 - NJ Rail 8855 w/ Arrow IIIs
1:07:05 - 649 on 1186 (9 cars) w/ lots of horn
1:07:29 - 634 on 651
1:07:53 - NJ Rail 3855 & 3862 arrive w/ 4619 & unknown ALP-46A unit
1:10:05 - NJ Rail Arrow III 80 mph deadhead w/ horn
1:10:32 - Very late NJ Rail ???? w/ 4612
1:11:36 - 633 on 127
1:11:58 - 923 on a late 173 (9 cars)
1:12:15 - Late Acela 2165
1:12:33 - Acela 2170
1:12:46 - 646 on 148 (9 cars)
1:13:06 - 618 on 129
1:13:20 - 639 on late 94 (9 cars)
1:13:42 - 624 on a late 1173 (10 cars); unidentified late NJ Rail
1:14:16 - 652 on train 652 stops @ the station; NJ Rail 3949; unknown ACS-64 on 653.

[@staycgirlsitsgoingdown2]

Can we just appreciate the fact that this guy stood on a platform for 12 hours in the cold so we can have this video

[@ruka7198]

Yep

[@unvoiced4151]

Yes very much so

[@RDramatica]

Yup

[@Wes8761]

Reasons why Princeton Junction is an awesome station 1. Constant high speed NEC action 2. Rich history 3. 150 years old 4. Constant EMU action via the dinky 5. Access to Princeton via the dinky 6. It has active railway crossings 7. Has the USA railway speed record as well as 2 other speed records (UAC turbotrain has the high speed record for the usa and metroliners have the other 2 records) 8. NJT bus access 7. NJT train access 9. Amtrak access 10. 24 hour heated room 11. Business hour cafe and ticket area 12. Large high level platftom

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

100% agreed ive been there 4 times and every time was splendid.

[@lennysvideoz]

i agree.. i wanna go there. but thats kinda the foaming stop ya know, But i wanna visit it. maybe when i go back to jersey with my grandma we could go to princeton junction, Linden is also pretty good too

[@unvoiced4151]

I’m suppose to be going there on Wednesday on NJ transit

[@Zeffers716]

97 trains wow! That's 59 more than what I get on a weekday up here. Awesome video!

[@FanRailer]

It's more than 97... there are a quite a few entries with more than 1 train.

[@TheRandomRailfan]

If you want AEM-7's, they're at 43:39, 47:42 pushing at 48:04, 54:27, again pushing at 58:50 and at 1:11:58 Great video Fan Railer!

[@staycgirlsitsgoingdown2]

And 1:38

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

Thank you

[@jwslijm7278]

At least the 939 and 942, but word is that as a single locomotive could not pull / push much load compared with the locomotives numbered 600 and higher.

[@William_sJazzLoft]

As usual you do some of the most superb railfanning. I'm just amazed that it's with your phone. Then again now that I think of it my LG K20+ doesn't do 1/2 bad for a similar job. I'll have to try it next time I come up North. In the meantime, thank you for all you do!

[@amtrakharry]

WOW ! Excellent video ! Thank you for sharing... :)

[@Wes8761]

Im gonna do something this summer, Im calling it the Northeast Excursion. Im going to go to hamilton station (my station, lot of nostalgia) at 5:00 in the morning and watch trains until about 7 when i will hop on a njt train to Princeton Junction. I will grab breakfast and lunch at PJs pancake house in Princeton via the dinky and watch trains all day long. Gonna be great.

[@MultiRyan2112]

Great video! Definitely committed hahaha sunrise to sunset you must be crazy!

[@Trainmaster909]

I like to say that the line from Trenton to Monmouth is America’s railroad equivalent to the Boneville Salt Flats. So many rail speed records were set here, and everything is tested on this stretch of track.

[@ipswichdaddy1]

excellent video........

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Damn, 12 hours? That is insane. Still, you got to see a ton of trains with some pretty good stuff. It was cool that the Cab Car leading Train 3918 had flashing ditchlights. That's an incredibly rare sight on NJT. Shame to see that NJT screwed you over a couple of times, especially with 642 and 1181 departing.

[@RedArrow73]

I dearly wish the Arrows, when finished at Non Judicial Transit, can find a home across the river.

[@thenewjerseyrailfan9460]

29:14 I have never seen those Amtrak engines double head. That's a cool catch and I like the affect of daylight

[@meeperfive]

ACS-64

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

I’ve seen it three times. Metropark, Rahway, and Trenton.

[@phillywhateverguy]

You sir are committed. Any njt workers watching this. Im not an Engineer. Thats my Dad of the same name. He could have been running any of these. Ill have to ask.

[@evertech2883]

Love it 😊

[@imeggy1147]

Can we just appreciate how good his iPhone 6 quality is? I thought it was like a Canon or something,

[@dicktaylor9952]

if we only had that video equipment 70 years ago........

[@jackpez]

Dick Taylor we did it just sucked

[@raheimmartin525]

Congratulations.

[@sccrdude22]

Holidays. The few days when rare catches everyday other day are common

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

wait. what if there was an amtrak ALP-45DP & ALP46DP passing this station and a PL42AC & a P32ACDM and some different kinds of amtrak train

[@TheRailfanningBirdwatcher]

Great video Fan Railer! Just a question, how do you know all of the names and numbers of the Amtrak trains? Do you use some type of database?

[@FanRailer]

lol thanks. And it's called reading the public schedule =P

[@TheRailfanningBirdwatcher]

@@FanRailer Wow XD, I thought you used the Amtrak Train Tracker website, (it sucks though lol). Even I can't spend 12 hours at Princeton Junction, even with the passing Amtrak trains with their awesome hornshows.

[@trainboy15]

@fan railer , how do you stitch the videos together ? I have the 6+ but I didn't know you can switch the video settings to 60 FPS also ... What exactly does that mean ?

[@FanRailer]

windows movie maker.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

What kinda horns do those arrow III's have? They sound beautiful

[@FanRailer]

Wabco AA2

[@Northeast-Regional-172]

28:32 That's #2151 it's a weekday train. #2251 is a weekend train.

[@supersoniclion5225]

I think the unknown engine at 1:09:48 was ALP-46A 4634

[@trainboy15]

Excellent video , how many gb's do you have ? I have tons of videos I need to upload check them out sometime .

[@FanRailer]

It's a 64 gb iPhone 6. In total, I shot 15 gb of video in 110 separate clips that I stitched together for this upload.

[@trainz3982]

44:42 My Favorite" 16:43

[@rdgk1se3019]

That railfan on the other platform looks like Lenny Shaner.

[@thenewjerseyrailfan9460]

33:01, I never knew NJ Transit had those types of electric trains

[@thecooltrainguy5920]

Those are Arrow iii EMU(Electric Multiple Unit) trains. They were running since the 80s and you'll see those cars on every electrified NJT line!

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

Not in a couple years. They’ll be replaced with the Alstom-Bombardier Mulitilevel III

[@thetrailermakerwheretraile5149]

The dinky

[@johnli8471]

The locomotive in the thumbnail really looks like br101. I don't know it is or not

[@physetermacrocephalus9986]

It's a Bombardier/Adtranz ALP-46, which is based off the DB Class 101

[@thenewjerseyrailfan9460]

39:52. EXTREMELY RARE CATCH!!!!!!!

[@meeperfive]

True I've never seen a GP40PH-2 pull the multi level cars and I've also never seen an ALP-45 so that has to be rare

[@thetrailermakerwheretraile5149]

Atlantic city express service returns

[@thecooltrainguy5920]

Was that an amtrak palmetto at 10:30?

[@FanRailer]

yes

[@hectorhardy6703]

Like train

[@blind_gamer16]

What are deadheads on trains?

[@AaronTheEagle1]

Angel GmIng a not in service train that goes back to the yard at top speed

[@Aero__08]

17:14 Why does the Amtrak train drives on the left?

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

Because it’s going faster than the train on track 3 so it goes on track 2. Fan Railer is standing on the track 1 platform

[@meeperfive]

Why are Amtrak amfleet cab cars are rare on the northeast corridor and on every train on the keystone corridor

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

Because they are Keystone Services

[@calvinh2196]

nice! but 12 hours, damn! if you have a powerbank, it'll be helpful

[@FanRailer]

lmao... how do you think I made it the full twelve hours. I'm way ahead of you. =P #3banks

[@thenewjerseyrailfan9460]

Calvin H I can't believe you caught a Acela racing a NJ Transit and another Amtrak racing Nj Transit

[@lennysvideoz]

about 12 hours :0

[@raspergrey4935]

like train