More Crazy American Transport: This passenger train thinks its a tram and stops at red traffic lights in this city! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jcZGibrplkmsk
@videonut19882 жыл бұрын
It has to follow red lights on street level just like their buses. It’s Jersey law.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
@@videonut1988 I’m referencing the train shown in the link in the original comment. The full on train literally runs with car traffic!
@piemadd2 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 Road running isn't an unheard of thing, it actually used to be quite common. It stops at red lights to avoid being in a crash, which i would say is a good thing.
@jsea19672 жыл бұрын
The River Line is more of a tram train than an ordinary streetcar
@marutherailways2 жыл бұрын
From 1958 to 1967, diesel streetcars ran in Sapporo, Japan, but due to electrification of an unelectrified line, those cars were remodeled to electric streetcars except for a couple of them and an unremodeled car has been exhibited at Sapporo City Transportation Museum (temporarily closed for renovation).
@johnwalker67362 жыл бұрын
And that is exactly what the Camden (River Line) should be doing right now.Converting all their diesel units to electric power as soon as possible.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
@@johnwalker6736 I wonder what the price would be for making this conversion and what would happen to the cars already in use (certainly they cannot be repurposed for electric use)
@johnwalker67362 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 If Sapporo can do it, (see other reply) I feel sure Camden can.
@StreamHunger2 жыл бұрын
Japan is wonderful country i❤Nihon
@scottyerkes18672 жыл бұрын
Unique light rail line using diesel power. Nice scenery along the Delaware Rivet. This follows a former commuter rail line. I've ridden the River Line many times and enjoyed the ride. Thanks Tim for sharing. 😀♥️♥️
@centredoorplugsthornton41122 жыл бұрын
Former commuter line last had passenger service in the late 1960s.
@scottyerkes18672 жыл бұрын
@@centredoorplugsthornton4112 Absolutely. I knew people who used that commuter line
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
@@centredoorplugsthornton4112 What was that former commuter line? Was it a private company following the same exact route?
@centredoorplugsthornton41122 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 Pennsylvania Railroad.
@losh3302 жыл бұрын
I see these more as modern diesel interurbans or tram trains.
@transitcaptain2 жыл бұрын
You’re sort of right, that is what they are both considered an act like
@carkawalakhatulistiwa2 жыл бұрын
Because usa hate cable
@losh3302 жыл бұрын
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa cabel?
@carkawalakhatulistiwa2 жыл бұрын
@@losh330 cable .because many people in the United States consider dangling wires to be an eyesore and dangerous
@losh3302 жыл бұрын
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa a freight line also uses the tracks the river line is on and the electric wires would get in the way of freight operations. That's why most passenger train lines aren't electric in the US. Also almost all tracks owned by freight companies and not the government like the highway system. It's terrible.
@dannyboy346772 жыл бұрын
Tim I’ve been on this train many times in the past and I will tell you it’s quite a ride and it’s quite the alternative from having to go on SEPTA through the northeast side of Philadelphia up to the Trenton and I’m in NJ the whole time. Though there are certain parts of Camden that are not nice though I’ll just say that much.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Certainly $1.60 vs something like $8 on SEPTA train is better...And it seems to run more frequently...
@transitcaptain2 жыл бұрын
I like the Riverline, it helps serve communities and I am interested in it enough to keep a good eye on it
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Hopefully it is expanded more!
@sgtdebones2 жыл бұрын
These are customized Stadler GTWs for those who didn't know. Designed to traverse like a streetcar and operates like a regular GTW on a mainline for it's railroading segment, which is also why it has a Graham White e-bell for a gong. It's literally you're normal American light rail vehicle but with diesel and no electrical catenary power
@sandraschwarz6662 жыл бұрын
This "Custom" GTW Is from Stadler it is a original Stadler product :) because in my country in germany Stadler gtws are on the "Usedomer Bäderbahn" in Service and on Our "Heidebahn"
@sgtdebones2 жыл бұрын
@@sandraschwarz666 That's what I just said. These are GTWs customly built for New Jersey Transit.
@sandraschwarz6662 жыл бұрын
@@sgtdebones ye i think its a special Version of gtw 2/6 🤔
@sgtdebones2 жыл бұрын
@@sandraschwarz666 It is indeed
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they went diesel instead of electric - probably price? and time savings for building?
@pantograf460channel2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video my friend, I love all the shots you shown us in it😉 To be honest, I never ever seen diesel "trams", but I really enjoyed the ride, seen around 4:00😉 Well done and cheers to US🙋♂
@richardmarshall59602 жыл бұрын
The BART system in the San Francisco Bay Area has an extension of almost 10 miles that uses diesel light rail trains. Extension starts at transfer staton about a quarter mile past the Pittsburg Baypoint BART station. Regular 10 car BART trains leave the PIttsburg Baypoint station and travel the short distance to the transfer station. There they change tracks and align on a platform that accommodates the entire train. On the other side of the platform will be the diesel light rail train. It may consist of either one or two unit cars. Only way to get to this transfer station is via train. The diesel trains then service two stations, Pittsburg Central at Railroad and Antioch at Hillcrest. Travel time on the diesel route is only 10 minutes. Each of the diesel trains has Diesel engines located in the center section. Passenger can walk the length of the unit but the center section with the diesel unit has two sets of closing doors that help isolate the noise from the engines. The route runs in the medium of Highway 4 on rails anchored onto slabs of concrete. Originally this extension was planned to use the regular BART trains. It was found, however, that cost was cut in half by using the smaller diesel trains.
@Kiwibirdman17012 жыл бұрын
Yeah but at the same time it gets less and less necessary to haul a 700' long train for just a handful of people at the end.
@richardmarshall59602 жыл бұрын
I’ve ridden the extension just a few times. Impressive during rush hour when trains goes 60 mph while the rush hour traffic on the freeway bottlenecks. Going in the direction of San Francisco the wait period for the transfer is over five minutes whereas in the Antioch direction the wait time for the transfer is only a couple of minutes.
@sgtdebones2 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting stranded at the Pittsburgh/Baypoint transfer platform
@Kiwibirdman17012 жыл бұрын
@@richardmarshall5960 Yeah it’s a fair trade off. Tiny blood vessels in our fingers, big near the heart.
@adithyaramachandran74272 жыл бұрын
I'm ok with the light rail, but calling it eBART while using a more polluting source just doesn't sound right to me. Why Didn't they use a battery powered train of some sort, especially in a region that's highly intent on moving to electric transportation.
@233CFH2 жыл бұрын
I love these light rails. I just wish they weren't so loud in the interior. This is the longest light rail line in the Garden state, followed by our Light rail system here in Jersey City and the light rail in Newark is the shortest.
@sonnythatguy77482 жыл бұрын
SAAME
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Interesting how it literally parallels the SEPTA line that runs from 30th street to Trenton (both hug the river as they head to Trenton)
@goldie442 жыл бұрын
SEPTA operates on the Northeast Corridor (former Pennsylvania main from Washington DC to New York City) from 30th street to Trenton
@MrEricSir2 жыл бұрын
The distinct sound of AC traction motors is a dead giveaway that these are diesel-electric hybrids.
@metropolitantransit72762 жыл бұрын
I would consider this interurban and a train as I never heard of diesel trams and it acts like a commuter rail connecting the two cities.
@diztinger Жыл бұрын
Tram-trains could easily be considered diesel trams
@metropolitantransit7276 Жыл бұрын
But do they run on the mainline? That they would be considered tram-trains?
@hirampriggott16892 жыл бұрын
It's a fascinating train because it is both a street runner and it shares tracks with freight trains. I've never ridden it even though I ride NJ Transit all the time.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Which NJ Transit line are you riding (one of the heavy rails?) You should definitely have a ride - actually has a few beautiful spots...
@hirampriggott16892 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 NEC and Main line up north. yes I have taken NJ transit to Trenton to transfer to SEPTA. I'll check out the river line one day.
@OliversElevators2 жыл бұрын
Weird to think that these GTWs were the first trains Stadler ever built for the North American market. They look so much different than all the other GTWs in America, and around the world. Austin, Texas was the second city in the USA to receive Stadler trains, with 10 GTWs being delivered between 2007 and 2017. Austin’s GTWs look much more like their European counterparts than the Riverline ones do.
@ghftzvfth2 жыл бұрын
These are still first generation GTWs. The rounded design was not available until the second generation. Similar looking railcars also exist in Switzerland and Austria.
@jmpales2 жыл бұрын
I used to work in Camden NJ a few years ago. I parked near the River Line. I always wanted to take a ride on the line but never got around to doing it.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Would you then proceed to PATCO for Philly?
@sitdowndogbreath2 жыл бұрын
At least in Philadelphia you can carry a gun
@Fenix-MU2 жыл бұрын
That’s actually a pretty common thing in my country, a lot of cities adopted this kind of system, the only difference is that they’re high floor
@nixcails2 жыл бұрын
Brasil and parts of Europe have DMU light rail trains. Although electrification is improving. All Northern Ireland railways and Translink buses are Diesel (including the Belfast-Beal Firste 'Glider' BRT) My city's S-Bahn is all diesel with 'Sprinter', Express Sprinter, HST and IET's - though the Class 800/802's are Electric and diesel they don't hit the Overhead line equipment until 60 miles outside London after over 200 miles under DMU power!
@mattbosley35312 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the diesel engine is in the middle with a walkway through it between the two tram cars. Looks like it can be driven from both ends so it doesn't have to be turned around. I saw this briefly in another video from someone who was traveling by train and transferred in NJ at the station where the River Line ends, but it's nice to get more information.
@sxflyer54102 жыл бұрын
Nordhausen in Germany has a diesel tram too! (line 10, while the other two lines are electric)
@Jytami2 жыл бұрын
Kassel and Chemnitz in that case too
@sxflyer54102 жыл бұрын
@@Jytami Kassel and Chemnitz have “Regio-Trams”, but they are electric as far as I know.
@Jytami2 жыл бұрын
@@sxflyer5410 on non-electrified parts they have diesel engines.
@yoyobass1002 жыл бұрын
There's also the NCTD Sprinter, which is a hybrid rail, but it's close enough.
@yoyobass1002 жыл бұрын
I completely forgot about the eBART train which is also a diesel light rail.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
@@yoyobass100 But eBART doesn't run like a streetcar in certain sections of its route?
@yoyobass1002 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 True, but it's classified as a light rail nonetheless.
@sepruecom2 жыл бұрын
There are some other tram-like systems using Diesel power around the world. There is that weird cable-car-simulation in Portland/Victoria/Australia, which is supposed to be an old Melbourne Cable car and runs on Diesel Power. Then there are the Tram-Trains in Kassel, which have both DC-power and Diesel engines. And the tram in Nordhausen has Rt. 10, which runs on a narrow-gauge railway to Ilfeld, also with diesel power. It uses 17-metre long Combino trams, and the engine takes up most of the low floor area in that tram...
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@frglee2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how, but someone did the math and determined that a diesel tram was better value than an electric one. Not very green, though. When the time comes for replacement I'd guess there'll be pressure to put up the overhead wires, or maybe there'll be very economic batteries and inductive charging by then.
@mariusdufour91862 жыл бұрын
Probably less capital investment. Not having to put up wires and install transformers saves a bit of money on construction, and I would expect the purchase price of a diesel tram to be similar to that of an electric one. Running cost is where this decision bites them in the behind: Diesel rail vehicles tend to be heavier than electric ones because the Diesel ones need to carry a big tank of dinosaur-juice and a big engine to burn it in. This means rails wear out a little faster, and your vehicles have worse performance. Then we get to vehicle maintenance. An electric train needs just an electric motor and a pantograph to run, but a diesel train has a much more complex diesel engine on top of an electric motor or complex hydraulic transmission to power the wheels. Unless you only run two trains per day, the electric system is going to require less total maintenance when you include the trains, the trains/trams are going to last longer.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
A battery might be an interesting alternative to solve this issue and have a few sections of the route have wires hanging to recharge...
@mariusdufour91862 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 You're again adding weight and complexity to the system for little benefit. The shelf life of your vehicles now becomes dictated by the life of the batteries, making it significantly shorter, and the vehicles become more expensive to buy in any case because batteries aren't that cheap. All so you can save on putting up wires over half of the line? That seems like a needlessly compromised solution, what's so problematic about just putting up tram wires over the entire route? With modern installation they are barely visible in the streetscape, definitely less visible than heavy rail OHLE. The poles can be built in such a way that they look the same as lighting and/or traffic light poles, they could even have street lights attached, thus removing the need for separate lighting poles.
@_tsiatsiaros.k2 жыл бұрын
The DMU's of the "tram" look just like the Stadler Railbuses we have here in Greece lol
@gdbcraftful2 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand how can it be efficient to run a regional diesel train (yes, that’s what it is, not a tram) through a city. The running costs must be crazy high
@sitdowndogbreath2 жыл бұрын
For diesel fuel
@Malo-TheFlyingFrenchman2 жыл бұрын
Damn, the "Clack-clack" is so damn loud! Don't they know "long welded rails"? Literally all trams lines (at least in Europe) have that to prevent loud junction sounds.
@teddawg3272 жыл бұрын
much of the line was once the Camden and Amboy and later Pennsylvania RR Now NS When I take my dog to the county park I might get stopped by same train twice....once in my town, Riverside and then the next town over, Delanco.
@memesiclekickflip2 жыл бұрын
yeah we fucken love oil
@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks2 жыл бұрын
The Trams a very pretty. Nice video.😊😊😊👍👍👍
@matei59292 жыл бұрын
I mean they have something similar in Zwickau, Germany (and other cities that have the "Zwickau model") that have regional diesel trains run on tram lines in the center of the city (although the trams themselves are electrified)
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Oh interesting! Wonder why this city has it as well? Why not convert those diesel trains to electric...
@johnsmart9642 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this very interesting and informative video presentation which is very much appreciated by the people.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
The people deserve only the best! Transit transit transit!>
@Sven_Okas19672 жыл бұрын
That also has something to see the GTW ́s as a tram. For me in Berlin, they run as RE line 6 between Berlin and Wittenberge as Prignitz Express. Now a question about the tracks: are they actually welded?? That gets when driving over as if they are just lyinglled. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
@centredoorplugsthornton41122 жыл бұрын
Connections with PATCO at Camden Walter Rand Transportation Center stymied by PATCO closing the west head house right next to the River Line platforms.
@stanislavkostarnov21572 жыл бұрын
Motorak (basically thesame) were very popular in Czechoslovakia, as suburban trams... also, see the midlands railway "tram", not to mention pacers and the many slightly heavier but similar sized "BMW-Wanman series (1-man)" trains in existence in Japan
@pavelkajetan8882 жыл бұрын
Really? I have lived in Czechoslovakia for about 60 years and I have never seen anything like it here ... 😀
@drepark22942 жыл бұрын
I love the river line. I live5 mins away and used to take it daily.
@ravisriram67462 жыл бұрын
I wish we had something like this here in northeast Queens which is a real transit desert.
@sitdowndogbreath2 жыл бұрын
Even on Throgs Neck the Whitestone Bridge you cannot walk over I know how you feel
@Lucius_Chiaraviglio2 жыл бұрын
Amazing that the diesel engine isn't very loud, actually being mostly obscured by the sound of the inverters. Thanks for the interior footage. I notice that the passage through the center section is off-center -- how do they balance the center section in the left-right direction? Heavy batteries in the small side?
@mikeyconngz60342 жыл бұрын
very neat train, i take it all the time to rutgers camden
@bee_happy99692 жыл бұрын
Wie have a almost same System in Chemnitz and Zwickau (Germany). One is a tram which rides with electricity on the streets and then with diesel on the mainline. And the other one are normal diesel trains who ride through the city centre on the street before they go on the "normal" train tracks.
@shekib082 жыл бұрын
A Diesel Tram is in Germany too. Its in Zwickau
@theczugeundmehr99152 жыл бұрын
No ,thats a regional train on tram tracks.
@MilMilkian2 жыл бұрын
In brazil there is the inverse, diesel tram on regional rails.
@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks2 жыл бұрын
The River Line looks very nice. 👀👀✔✔
@Xardom2 жыл бұрын
Wow, weird to see for a Dutchman! They use the very same colourscheme the NS (Dutch Railways) use at their sprinter-trains!
@officialness67252 жыл бұрын
I was realliy thinking what is a SLT train doing on the road? It looked like was the SLT train 🤣
@StefanWithTrains2 жыл бұрын
Andrew nee de GTW wordt niet gebruikt door de NS de GTW wordt alleen gebruikt door regionale vervoerders de NS heeft alleen als sprinters de SLT, FLIRT en SNG
@jauraa77962 жыл бұрын
qbuzz arriva & breng
@Xardom2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanWithTrains bedankt voor je hulp, alleen bedoelde ik de kleuren (blauw-geel-wit) lijkt op die van de NS Sprinter, niet het type trein 😉
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about the yellow ones and thinking what are you all talking about then remembered the white blue color scheme...
@goatgamer0014 ай бұрын
This is the goat of metros: It is compatible with the mainline railway, it is flexible as it can run on street without requiring huge station buildings, it is fast and big as it is a train and can reach speeds up to 75 or 100 miles per hour outside of the city, and it is not outrun by buses or even cars optimally.
@JayTubeYT_The_3rd2 ай бұрын
People keep saying it speeds up past 65 mph. I thought it had a limit of 60-65. I had a speedometer tell me 79 mph. Another said 65 mph. Another article said 90 mph. What's the real speed limit?!
@Javirenfe2512 жыл бұрын
good video, I subscribe to your channel I liked it a lot, greetings from Spain😃😃
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment! Where are you from in Spain? :D I've only been to Barcelona but would love to visit more places in the future...
@sonnythatguy77482 жыл бұрын
This has gotta be the only light rail with a Graham White E-Bell ngl
@DanielsUKT Жыл бұрын
The trams look like they are made by stadler so that is good and despite being diesel it sounds the same as an electric tram like if there is no engine
@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars2 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done ♐
@warrencrosby26202 жыл бұрын
Only in this area it runs on the street, the rest of the route runs with freight trains and it runs at a high speed
@7DenshaMaster Жыл бұрын
River line is a hybrid Diesel Commuter Light Rail
@dijikstra82 жыл бұрын
Very weird. Wouldn't the capital cost savings of not installing wires be offset by the need to buy a very specific and rare type of train rather than an off-the-shelf model? Not to mention the operating costs of diesel vs electric over time..
@jamesl89282 жыл бұрын
No, the line is over 30 miles long and is lightly used. Electrical infrastructure at a cost magnitude in the seven figure dollar range makes diesel more economical.
@wicky2012 жыл бұрын
While NJ Transit owns the trains and railroad, the employees of the River Line are contractors, not NJ Transit employees. Same applies to Hudson Bergen Light Rail. Newark City Subway operators are NJ Transit employees.
@watertriton2 жыл бұрын
I was just there a couple weeks ago those things are huge and quite shocking to see coming down the road.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Good catch as they run only once every 30 minutes for most of the day!!!
@trenomanis2 жыл бұрын
Ναι, είναι εξαιρετικά!
@czlowiekstarejdaty2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video!
@二十一世纪新青年-n3d2 жыл бұрын
looks like the americans are living in stone age. and happily ever after.
@ellego6612 жыл бұрын
Not at all. Their buildings are awesome. And so many things are beautifil in USA. But, as you said. Some things are, like in the stone age
@bouli35762 жыл бұрын
There are quite a few lines in Germany : Nordhausen, Chemnitz, Kassel, ...
@kanchanananayakkara89592 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the coverage! Enjoyed the video..this is a tram-train right..?
@KEIO-qd1zx2 жыл бұрын
Why is it noisy? It feels as it was going constantly going through a switch
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Perhaps because of the diesel motor placed in the middle of the train/tram
@trenomanis2 жыл бұрын
Ωραία και η πόλη χωρίς καλώδια! Άρα, οι συρμοί μπαταρίας έχουν μέλλον!
@cindydott4522 жыл бұрын
I ride the Riverline a lot!
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Have you ridden the SEPTA train on the other side, which literally runs parallel to this line
@cindydott4522 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 I have, but not recently. Have you ever heard of the Patco line? It's an electric train that runs from the Jersey side into Center City Philadelphia. From Lindinwald NJ ( not sure of the spelling) to I think 3rd Street in Philly. I'm actually taking Patco tomorrow morning to meet friends in Collingswood NJ.
@cindydott4522 жыл бұрын
Live text from Patco train! Just passed Ferry Ave station. Collingswood next stop. 🚂
@fauzirahman32852 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the engine noise isn't louder, like a bus. I wonder why they didn't just go with electric. Also, are these diesel-electric or regular transmission diesel?
@deepnation100092 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, cost and NIMBY's stopped it from being electrified.
@goldie442 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Late at night a local frieght train operated by Conrail Shared Assets (Norfolk Southern and CSX in Southern NJ and a few other areas in the Eastern US) goes north along the NJT River Line from the frieght yard in Camden, NJ (Camden Pavonia Yard) paralleling the light rail until just north of Cove Rd. before going on to the light rail to a small yard in Burlington, NJ
@afcgeo8822 жыл бұрын
Who told you that was fun? Go demand a refund.
@goldie442 жыл бұрын
@@afcgeo882 The word "fun" is used figuratively here
@afcgeo8822 жыл бұрын
@@goldie44 I’m not sure you know what “figurative” means.
@Rickyrab2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: those trams came from Switzerland.
@avijitgoswami30822 жыл бұрын
Is diesel tram efficiency is better than diesel bus ?? Or better than battery bus ? Specially lithium also create pollution
@franklinmontan3832 жыл бұрын
It is diesel indeed but its still electric. the diesel part is a generator for the electricity this Tram is powered
@themoviedealers2 жыл бұрын
You gotta record the Sprinter in San Diego County California.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
That is more of a train isn't it?
@YukariAkiyama2 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 It is classified as a DMU Hybrid rail (wikipedia.)
@lmlmd27142 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, America. You've successfully taken a brilliant form of public transport, and made it suck.
@javonbrandon2 жыл бұрын
Do you think Newark NJ would switch to these trains and ditch electric ones even though they made them longer
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
what would be the benefit of such a switch? How would it work underground (all that diesel trapped in the tunnels?)
@marcogeurts98812 жыл бұрын
@Timosha21 those GTW's sound like the NS EMU SLT Sprinter
@naththoau2 жыл бұрын
With no mess of electric line overhead looks much better.
@RealConstructor2 жыл бұрын
It has the length of a tram and the width of a commuter train/metro.
@goatgamer0014 ай бұрын
I wish that in Athens there was an electric version of this instead of a slow tram that is outrun by buses
@moover1232 жыл бұрын
Stadler GTW as "trams" :)
@nicolasblume10462 жыл бұрын
This also exists in Chemnitz, Germany
@sonnythatguy77482 жыл бұрын
Missed it but got in it as it ended
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
Always check at 11am (ET) as that is when I consistently premiere videos on most days
@sonnythatguy77482 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 oh alr tysm
@midmichiganemdrailfan.41872 жыл бұрын
Cool horn & the one with 4 cars better two me 😷 .
@librarian162 жыл бұрын
I think that Karachi had diesel trams many years ago.
@shauntakata17622 жыл бұрын
Why do the trucks make so much noise? Basically a bus on rails.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
There seems to be a lot of streetcars/trams/light rail in America that have this issue (I can think of the streetcar in Portland, Oregon that is incredibly loud when in motion) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpiqiH5qf9umbqs
@mybigjak2 жыл бұрын
we had a kind of thing like that in portugal , the mirandela metro service
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
had? Is it not in service anymore?
@mybigjak2 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 the 08/15 economic crisis killed it , but there is some talks of reviving it but in full electric mode and with some modern tram trains and not 9500 series
@fwfiojhq32 жыл бұрын
Anybody have an idea what that blue flashing is at 5:07? Doesn't seem to be the reflections of e.g. a police car strobe or something... Some weird artifact maybe?
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
actually that is a police van (transport?)
@marsaeolus92482 жыл бұрын
Why everything looks so old over there?
@QuarioQuario543212 жыл бұрын
Double track it. And electrify it. And then automate it.
@herlescraft2 жыл бұрын
from my understanding the only automated metro/trams are those with dedicated right of way
@fermitthekrog63182 жыл бұрын
It has double track in many sections where its needed already. but the cost to electrify it and automate it is far to great. especially when it shares a right of way with freight trains in some sections.
@Rickyrab2 жыл бұрын
I kinda like that idea
@videonut19882 жыл бұрын
Leeets not Automate it. Wait until the year 2222 for that.
@QuarioQuario543212 жыл бұрын
@@videonut1988 why
@holnrew2 жыл бұрын
The generator is very quiet during street running
@transittown78912 жыл бұрын
I never knew trams could run on diesel. I thought they were all running on electricity
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
They did run on horse power at one point...
@catenaire2 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 as well as cables and compressed air
@the_yesnt13582 жыл бұрын
Not many people on it 😢
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
It depended on the train to be honest - sometimes they were busy and sometimes not - the section in downtown Camden (aside from WalterRand) is usually pretty empty as most people get off/on Walter Rand for connections to Philadelphia
@mischaprice2 жыл бұрын
Seems strange to only have one set of doors per side per Car, is reminiscent of some other other Stadler designs for mainline trains
@videonut19882 жыл бұрын
It has double sided doors. I’ve been on those when I used to come home from Sesame Place.
@MatecaCorp2 жыл бұрын
Of course New Jersey is the one with a diesel tram
@MCHEEMY2 жыл бұрын
Of course because it's my home city of camden :) what more could you need
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
NJ does have two other light rail systems that oddly enough run on electricity!
@robfriedrich28222 жыл бұрын
Does the Diesel engine drive the train or does it generate electricity?
@thedoeguy2 жыл бұрын
Sorry. What's a "GTW"?
@metropolitantransit72762 жыл бұрын
Do they have plans to electrify the line?
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
It probably is cost prohibitive...
@TransitAndTeslas2 жыл бұрын
Fuck if the oil industry decided on these instead of putting it all towards cars I’d be somewhat ok with this as a compromise.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
An interesting thought indeed - wonder how things would have been different in the 50s or 60s if this mentality was put into use (instead of killing of clean electric streetcars in mass)
@HaoweiChen2 жыл бұрын
Another one in San Diego !
@YukariAkiyama2 жыл бұрын
Which part of San Diego? We only have the Trolleys, powered by overhead wires.
@JayReed2 жыл бұрын
I have some unpublished drone video of it's Camden sections if you'd like it
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
That is so cool! Where can I check out that footage?
@JayReed2 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21 I guess I can put it on a Google drive?
@robertkirchner79812 жыл бұрын
It's weird that they signal turns when they can only go where the track goes.
@videonut19882 жыл бұрын
Lights On, Blinkers On, Wipers On. NJ State law.
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
I guess as a pedestrian it makes you more aware of where the train is going...
@timosha212 жыл бұрын
@@videonut1988 This NJ state law or Federal?
@videonut19882 жыл бұрын
@@timosha21, state.
@BeavKsam9 ай бұрын
❤
@durece10010 ай бұрын
Why diesel? This might harm trees and people.
@deepnation100099 ай бұрын
NIMBY opposition to cat wires through some of the river towns.
@TheWillystyla2 жыл бұрын
Also in Germany. Zwickau
@snoopyloopy2 жыл бұрын
how fast do they normally go?
@233CFH2 жыл бұрын
55 mph, especially when running express during AM and PM rush hours when they're away from the street.