Amtrak's New Haven Line: Rare Shot in East River Tunnels and on Hell Gate Bridge

[@8avexp]

Mighty Hell Gate Bridge. Still strong as ever after 106 years.

[@acelaboy123]

great video im going to newyork on 175 tomrow!!

[@sonnydean3187]

Thank you for sharing your video. I'm always amazed at the scenery up in the Northeastern parts of the Country. I live in Fort Worth, Texas.

[@raysand2557]

I live in the vicinity of the Hellsgate Bridge and I see it from the street. I always wanted to view it from the perspective of a rider on the train. You've helped me do that. THANKS!

[@Millenniumforce]

I LOVE IT!!!

[@JohnnyRehabb]

i walked hells gate alone day after new years it was surreal, but explorers beware they installed cameras on the bridge structure

[@MohaveDesetMike]

I liked seeing the traffic in the rain on the Major Degan Expresway around 5:13. It maked me happy to be relaxing inside a warm train, going somewhere, without having to put up with any glaring lights or other driving stresses.

[@OregonRailfan83]

Well done! A lot of fun to watch. I used to ride the LIRR from Auburndale to New York Penn daily for many years and always stood at the rear door. It was real hoot.

[@dougkaiser7336]

Went that route going to see me daughter and shot with digital camera and thought this would be great in video.......This was...was thrilling to watch, and am going to store to re watch over and over. Thank you for this. I enjoyed when you did the changes and going to a wide angle (?)......cool transition.... Once again thank you fro a exciting and thrilling ride on Amtrak.

[@goodeye03]

Wow , this is a great video. It brings back many memories for me as II use to work for Amtrak as a LSA , so what you filmed is what I saw all the time. When I had a break I would go and look out the rear window when ever I could. It was cool going in the tunel. Thanks again..

[@mytfy1]

I know this stretch of track by heart on the Metro North New Haven line. I used to inspect it in a hi rail truck from CP212 (Bronx NY) to CP 241 (Norwalk CT.) it was a great job. Nice video.

[@MohaveDesetMike]

Very good clip. I was inspired . The last time I took AMTRAK from New Rochelle to Virginia I went to the back of the train and viewed the bridge crossing (in reverse). It was cool. Thanks for giving me the idea.

[@rutheliz75]

Enjoyed the ride - first time through the East River tunnel ! Thanks for the trip.

[@Spetsop]

I simply love the sound of the wheels on the tracks. So awesome to sleep to :)

[@Millenniumforce]

Reminds me of a train going through the tunnels from New York To New Jersey. I used to hang out in those tunnels with my friends back in the 80's Lots of wind

[@ACLTony]

Good job! I know that it's challenging trying to hold a camera steady on a speeding train. Neat shot on your zooming in on the subway train below the NEC line at 3:38. Was looking forward to seeing the Bruckner Blvd thru Westchester Ave section of the line as this was my neighborhood back in the day, but you cut it out at 5:44 which jumped way ahead to what appears to be either the extreme north Bronx or southern Connecticut.I recognize I-95 paralleling the line. A+ on catching the pacing with the Cosmopolitan train next to yours.

[@joansanchez4383]

I really love this video as the train is a screamer. Looking back at where you've just travelled and all the sounds of the trains running over the switches and cuts in the rail is very interesting. You must be leaving the city for a trip home after a hard days work. Great post! I subbed your channel as well.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

They gotta re install the fourth track and add wiring and remove the graffiti on the bridge

[@stevefromPA2]

Ive carried many new toyota products into Conn...and the first thing i noticed when I first started running 95 north was how many times the corridor criss crossed 95, with its bridges with its New Haven style catenary and how busy, congested and tight it was..nice video..especially hells gate..

[@scottcarlson6246]

Look at the spring points snap back around 2:27 after the train ran through the switch with the points set against it. Great catch on a spring switch in operation.

[@FFred-us9tw]

Their are no Spring Switches anywhere on the NEC between NYC and Boston. The switch shown at 2:27 is a very much a power switch and the points do not move at all in this video. It was lined for the movement as this train was coming off the track to the left (looking back)

[@quinnschmidt1771]

Very cool bridge !

[@joansanchez4383]

I saw something recently how they built those tunnels so many years ago. very interesting. I do like this video and have come back to it many times. I 'm glad it is still in your lineup.

[@charleskesner1302]

Great vantage point thanks for shating.

[@joeyoung19475]

great perspective...you actually see more longer that way...thank keep up the good work...

[@PKingman]

One of the best railroad videos that I have seen.

[@Harveycartoonlvr11]

I've seen footage from when this well traveled line had passenger trains from the old New Haven, and I've always wanted to cross that bridge,,,I forgot, if one were to look at TV Shows shot in the 60's/70's near the viaduct where the New Haven line ran, you'd at least see the catenary supports if not the trains! Great capture! :) I sure do miss seeing the former New Haven M.U. Pullman-Standard Washboard "Pups" as the trainmen used to call them!

[@Finetales]

Awesome video just like all your videos. I like the filming out the back of the train, I've never seen that before. Very well done!

[@scdevon]

Rainy evening train rides are the best.

[@murjax]

Excellent video. The meet at the end was awesome too. I might do a video like this on 164 in a few weeks.

[@jasperedwards81]

Super video. Great job.

[@LouieGMDesign]

Great footage, especially when going through the Hell Gate bridge and with the view of the RFK bridge in the distance. New York City is a great city.

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

Yeahhhhhh, this comment didn’t age well

[@jeffdavis13]

Great stuff. It would be cool to see that point where the NEC re-joins the New Haven Line at New Rochelle NY. I looked for it but didn't see it.

[@ACLTony]

Cody, after the tracks cross the bridge, on section splits off that leads to Penn Station while the other continues east to Long Island. There was a good number of rail freight customers on Long Island. There is still freight service today, just not on the scale it was back in the 60s. As a kid I remember seeing the big boxy New Haven EF-4 orange & white electrics running then on that line. Those were the days.

[@PoetryETrain]

Well done, Bravo, loved this, thanks, added to a playlist...

[@pdxrailtransit]

Very cool, felt like I was there.

[@2000Ajjet]

Great clip, don't mind the weather, makes it more evocative!

[@lawrencekeesler7369]

Fun to download and run backwards, too. Fine video!

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

Impressive engineering from a society which at one time really built quality infrastructures...

[@chud1able]

Excellent video. i foamed through da whole video. Charlie Muller Jr.

[@fnm9908]

look at all the cars on the interstate,all this people is missing out on a great ride,i wish i could go there and experience a great train ride like this 5stars my friend

[@Thom518]

Very nice video. Thanks !

[@Imor76]

Nice video, i like the view looks if we are riding on a poor rainy friday....

[@ladymarie63]

Great ride, thanks !

[@davidsmith4567]

Very cool! I really enjoyed your video!

[@Charonview]

That was way cool. Liked it a lot. Would have stood there during the whole trip myself.

[@ERIELACKU34CH]

awsome! nice view of sunnyside yard.

[@optimus4800]

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing it.

[@luckyshow]

The second elevated line we pass under is also part of the elevated freight connector. It comes down a ramp on the south side of this part of the yard, the westerly sections of Sunnyside Yards. This connector does relate to the original routes that make up the LIRR in its infancy. One of these lines was the Flushing and North Side.

[@IsaiahVerseRailfanning]

Thorough! Thanks for the view.

[@MattAttack54]

Very nice train ride!!!!

[@maurice5977]

60 mph in the tunnel huh , and it looks like about 90 or so the rest of the way, great video.........

[@notanignoramus]

MetroNorth Railroad's New Haven Line goes into Grand Central. AMTRAK's Northeast Corridor (NEC) (here, called "New Haven Line") goes into Penn Station. All AMTRAK trains into/through New York (city) now go into Penn Station. For some time, AMTRAK's trains headed up the Hudson Valley used to go into Grand Central, but once the Hudson River tunnels were rehabilitated the trains resumed service from Penn Station.

[@masrod94]

When I film out of the rear window I all ways press my camera on the window so it doesn't shake. In Feb. 2008 I was filming on the end of a PATH Train out of Newark and it was so bumby I nearly fell down several times! I couldn't hold to the handle because I needed both hands to keep the camera still. Great Video 5 stars favored. Keep up the good work!

[@SteamCrane]

Great video! I need to get back on a train soon!

[@apodino]

NJ transit I think uses some space in the Yard, but that yard is the Sunnyside Yard, which is one of the most important Amtrak facilities around.

[@directormontero]

Excellent video an great shots. Kudos on remain quiet the whole time lol thanks

[@jamesrogala]

It's named for the tidal straight it crosses. At that area, the East River, Harlem River and Long Island Sound converge, and the name (going back to the Dutch) was, by some accounts, given due to the strong currents in the area. It was originally called The New York Connecting Railroad Bridge.

[@taxicart1]

Excellent Video, felt like I was onboard.

[@duxberry1958]

A very good video Amtrak

[@Charonview]

I liked this one. It was way cool. I would have stood there on the whole trip also!

[@Lenairs]

Great video enjoyed it alot, a bit embarrassing a metro north train passing like that, (the highlight of the video TRAIN RACE)..great shoot of the highway passing the cars, just teriffic man

[@luckyshow]

@phantomlord54 The ramp that we see curving above, comes down into the yards that were known as the North Side Division Freight yards, which harkened back to that road that I think merged with the LIRR in 1878. Between the two ramps run two of the LIRR tunnel approaches (inbound and out).. I believe the tunnel we were viewing is from 31st Street and was (is?) known as Line F. As the southerly of the 6 tunnel tracks, this train must do a lot of switching and crossing to get to the Woodside Y.

[@tejasnite]

BOY THAT RIBBON RAIL AND CONCRETE TIES. SWEET DREAMS

[@luckyshow]

@phantomlord54 This is Long Island City. The LIRR Hunterspoint Avenue Station is just past the tunnel exit, to the right above past the freight el. We can see the North Side Div. ramp I see now. 49th Avenue is still called Hunterspoint Ave. before Skillman enters it.

[@alx292520362017]

Excellent job, I need to do that the next time i go to NYC!

[@Lukelr]

vids like this one is why i subscribed to yer channel. very good.

[@randallbanks1589]

@1537trainman2 - It's called "Hell gate Bridge" because it crosses over Hell gate strait which, to this day, is a very hard place to boat through due to very strong tidal flows..

[@IsaiahVerseRailfanning]

I lived in Norwalk, CT before I moved to Ohio and I'm guessing that is the line I took from Norwalk to/from NYC. Vintage!

[@s2v8377]

I'm happy the crew didn't have a problem with you making your video on this particular train. However this might not always be the case especially since I read in the comments below that other people want to make the same kind of videos. As far as the title goes even though the Met's doesn't refer to the New Haven Line as the NEC it is still a good term to use for the area covered. BTW I know the territory were you filmed, and am I'm probably more familiar with it than you'd think.

[@MattAttack54]

Many Years ago it was the NEw Haven Railroad which ran through these tunnels via the Hell gate Brigde aka the Ny Connecting Railroad.

[@cygnusixion]

Thanx for the info mikemonahan and AmtrakFanNEC927

[@FlyBikes089]

This video is OUTSTANDING!

[@luckyshow]

@phantomlord54 As we leave the tunnel we are passing under the Elevated Freight Line, the connection to the Montauk Division. This was, I believe, the only section of LIRR or NY Connecting Lines to run left side running (I forget the technical term for this, like British roads). This connector line had both third rail and catenary. The Montauk Division in Queens was not ever electrified, but this elevated connection was [to be continued, my answer is too long to fit...]

[@bmxboy2468]

this is a hell of a video keep up the good work

[@vze428s7]

wow!!!! so basically even though the Metro north and and Long railroads are on different track their kinda connected via the northeast corridor, because if u notice the LIRR splits from the line at sunyside yard in queens and then affter the nec cross the the bridge it then aligns wit the MNRR at new rochelle!!!

[@rwhitenight]

Great video.

[@mrrobertdimaio]

Hell gate bridge can support 18 gg1 locos all parked together. That's about 2500 tons of dead weight above the east river. Amazing!

[@ShelterDogs]

Ya, no tunnel on Kingston - NH. Already took the trip. Very nice scenery, though. Great views of the ocean.

[@LDTrains]

I love how you can hear the "excellent" amtrak electronic door trying to stay closed on the curves....lol

[@masrod94]

It is so hard to get to the rear car north of New York because they usually close it. When I took a short trip to New London coming back I was lucky because the last car was open. I watched out and the conductor said you have to in to the car. So I did but after New Rochelle I recorded on my camera from the Bronx freight yard to the tunnels entrance.

[@ebtmikado]

Good vid! Not the least bit boring, especially when compared with 7,573 views at Hamilton station.

[@bfs1888]

love this video,,,the dark tunnel,,,,i'd love to be stoned standing there watching that

[@tsjgas18y]

I notice they have moveable frog switches at 5:56 & 5:57 never seen this before, usually it a fixed peice for the flanges to go through.

[@WaefanChang]

Love the dolly zoom at 3:30

[@LionkingCMSL]

I don't know where he ends up, but he starts the video inside "Line 1", the tunnel Amtrak normally uses eastbound, from New York Penn Station and Sunyside Yard, the yard seen a little later n the video.

[@NWPhotographyDirect]

Outstanding video. 5 stars.

[@malikrthr1]

The MTA made a plan in 2008 to bring the metro north new haven line on the hellgate bridge into pennstation to stop all the train traffic in grandcentral. They said that it should be done by 2011. I wonder if progress has been made.

[@busog97641]

@phantomlord54 It is between the Avenues of 47th and 49th and the Avenues of Jackson and Skillman. If in Google Street View you enter '24-93 Skillman Ave Queens, NY 11101', and you pan to your left until you see a little shed behind the 'No Standing Anytime' sign, that is the entrance to the 'East River Tunnel', just east of the Hunterspoint Avenue MTA station. I hope this helps. Cheers

[@alfie9876]

On TS2015 I had the Acela do a reverse move back into the tunnel to the station at 150 mph. It wasn't pretty when it arrived xD

[@ACLTony]

OK, that's why it looks a bit famiar. . My dad was a carpenter and used to drive to his job from the Bronx up to New Rochelle. I remember riding with him sometimes in our 68 LeMans. The highway we took ran parallel to the New Haven RR line. Was so cool seeing an occasional "red and silver flash" whipping by at speed.

[@amtrakatsfnyc]

Great video. It captures the true essence of the NE Corridor north of NYC into CT. There is no excuse for profane language on this site. SHAME. Thank you for the posting.

[@swane321]

excellent view .would like to see more if that's alright

[@therealjoebloggs]

Hell Gate Bridge, when seen from the ground at a distance, resembles the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and it's no wonder-- HG was the prototype, built in the 1910's, for the longer and wider SH, a decade-odd later.

[@Daprotegi]

yo u can see EzAf's graffiti on the hell's gate!!! nice vid!

[@tarmac2001]

Thank you for your response. To be honest, I wasn't expecting the bridges name to be connected with the first coloniel settlements in any way. I suppose there were alot ships wrecked and lost along with the sailors in this area.

[@dani4girl]

@phantomlord54 It starts at Hunts Point Avenue in Long Island City

[@luckyshow]

In the video, the elevated line being passed under first goes across all the tracks and comes down facing east on a ramp on the far side of the yards. Since most of the yards to the east were for MUs and Pullmans, perhaps freight then backed into LIC or went towards the Hells Gate, or LIRR. That I don't know.

[@ERA3733]

@AmtrakFanNEC927 Hunterspoint Avenue Station on the #7 Subway is right next to all four Portals.

[@masrod94]

Wow!!!!! That's great! I'm we probobly saw each other there! I live on 215 st. Close to the tracks.

[@jeffrey9130]

nice video, thanks!