DIESEL FIRST Southbound Train at Branchville!

Diesel operations for Metro-North Railroad are pretty simple on their 3 East of Hudson lines: Trains outbound from Grand Central (Northbound) have the diesel unit leading and "pulling" the consist. On trains heading inbound to GCT, (southbound) the cab car leads and the diesel unit is trailing or "pushing" the consist. That's what makes this event so rare. On July 10, 2024, train 1831 needed to be turned around in Danbury yard and face the "wrong" way due to mechanical failure in the cab car. This event only occurs under these circumstances, which have only been documented a handful of times. Although it's not necessarily exciting, this video is more for its rarity than anything else. Thanks for watching and please like and subscribe!!
Taken July 10, 2024

[@railfannerjs6308]

You know this reminds me of virtual railfan where New Haven P32 was facing southbound into South Norwalk from the Danbury branch

[@railfannerjs6308]

Sussy…… 225 doin some sneaky things that I can’t trust 🤪

[@ellenaturale8080]

225 was on the southbound to south Norwalk or Stamford or grand central

[@MillerRailfan]

To Grand Central

[@bflewis9713]

And none of the people on the platform noticed the difference.

[@MillerRailfan]

Not one