Railfanning Hamilton, NJ. Amtrak, NJT, and Martian reminders. 4/4/24

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Күн бұрын

We see lots of fast Amtrak trains in addition to several NJT trains at this pleasant station for trainwatching. We also get a good serving of “Donuts” in addition to the NJT “Disco” ALP46A. The handsome GE Arrow MU’s also make an appearance. This station and surrounding area gives reminders of Martian invasions.

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@mrvwbug4423 6 ай бұрын

Acelas are doing 135mph past Hamilton, between Hamilton and Princeton Junction the northbound trains will enter the 150mph zone and will usually be up to 150mph by Princeton as the Acelas live up to their name and accelerate very quickly for a high speed train.

@scottyerkes1867 6 ай бұрын

Great place to railfan!! Trains, trains, buses and sculpture. 💚💚👌👌

@Westlander857 6 ай бұрын

Always loved how the Grounds for Sculpture artworks are integrated into Hamilton station.

@frankmcdonough3351 6 ай бұрын

Took a trip from Milford,CT to the Yankee game yesterday. haven't been on a train in a long time, the M8's are a pretty nice MU. The conductor told us that there was an 4.8 magnitude earthquake.

@keithanddianevanhorn241 23 күн бұрын

I just watched War of the Worlds for the 100th time. It does sound like the machines in the movie

@mygins5820 6 ай бұрын

Great video! Those arrows can accelerate nauseatingly quickly and some engineers will definitely give you the feeling that you're flying 🪽

@matd3791 6 ай бұрын

At Hamilton you can see the trains coming far away down the tracks.

@jayydarailfaner549 6 ай бұрын

Great vid man, gotta change the video to 4/4/24 cuz 4/5 is today which is today the earthquake in NJ struck, 173 doesn’t stop in Trenton, i first visited Hamilton & Princeton Junction in March/April 2012 loved my visits

@ryanstevens2722 4 ай бұрын

The problems with Hamilton are: 1. The lack of a big sign on nearby I 295 that Sloan Avenue is the exit for the station and 2. There are no direct access ramps from I 295 to the station parking lot like the Woodcrest interchange 40 miles south on 295 in Cherry Hill to the PATCO parking lot.

@JoeyLovesTrains 20 күн бұрын

My fav style station

@michaellittlejohns7968 6 ай бұрын

I don’t think the Portland rose engineer saw u

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

Either that, or he wasn’t on that train

@dreck32 27 күн бұрын

4:09 as I kid I “hated” the metrolink/amtrack trains because they were fake trains to me. I was so into steam trains and having the caboose, And there none of that with those trains. ALSO not to mention they literally drive the train backwards. It was so odd to me. 6:15 this is what I’m talking about!!! And I guess looking back it now as a 19 year old. I was kind of on to something because these modern trains didn’t fit the setting of grand Union Station (my home station) It just felt off if you know what I mean? But as I see this train go by which you took a beautiful shot of! They really are stunning and am coming around to technological achievement of them. I love the cars on them it’s slick.

@richmondrailfan8444 6 ай бұрын

You caught me!!! I was on Train 85 headed back home to Richmond 😃

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

I’ll have to look. Was that coach or business class?

@USArailfan2000 6 ай бұрын

Nice catch of the ALP46A in Classic NJT "Disco" Livery @ 20:53

@mariovieira838 6 ай бұрын

Nice video, as always.The NEC is indeed a nice place to see trains flying low (I think top speed in that location is 135 Mph for Acelas, and 125 for conventional trains, this last limit being imposed by rolling stock type). I've noticed that some NJT trains seem to have cars with lots of flat wheels. It doesen't seems to be sonethig generalised, but in some cases seems to be quute promounced. So that maens a need for a truing session. The cause for the uneven 'flat wheel pjonomena'i might be to much pressure being applied to the wheels. That needs to be adressed. Those Commuter trains are kmown to be quute fast, and judjing by the way they enter platforms, break applicstions are quite strong but don't seem to be excessive. These might cause the odd flat spot, but not só pronuncend as some heard on some of these trains cars. By the way, you used to do some combined train & plane spotting videos, or just the plane thing. It would be nice to see one of those again. ;)

@terrymarshall8874 6 ай бұрын

Another GREAT video. When are you taking us on an Acela cab ride?

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

Don’t hold your breath too long 😀😀

@mrvwbug4423 6 ай бұрын

A couple of my co-workers in the northeast felt the quake this morning (one in eastern PA and one on Long Island). If you ever wanted the experience of driving trains on this route without getting hired on an engineer, it is in Train Sim World, NYP to Trenton, and you can drive 3 different trains, the ACS-64 and amfleets, the ALP-46 and multi-levels and the Acela. I've heard MARC has some trains that run to 125mph with their HHP-8s and Chargers, and SEPTA has some 125mph trains led by their own ACS-64s, and the Silverliner 5s run at up to 110mph. Also did you know that Denver has it's own mini-SEPTA, RTD commuter rail runs a fleet of Silverliner 5s though they're a newer version than the SEPTA ones and only go 80mph.

@thefanridrshow1967 6 ай бұрын

Nice station love your videos.

@ELAlcoRS3 6 ай бұрын

Nice shots with the spring blossoms. Geez, it seemed that almost every NJ Transit train had at least 1 flat spot on a wheel. Is the “War of the Worlds” alert as obnoxious in person as it was on the video? Why don’t other stations have this? Thankfully, they don’t! Glad you survived the great Jersey quake of 2024.

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

The date was put in for today by mistake. I changed it to 5/4

@richmondrailfan8444 6 ай бұрын

4:45 I caught that NJT at Princeton Junction and we met 184 with the 642 at Trenton which I was able to get a video from the back of train 85 of! I posted it

@nickcef 6 ай бұрын

In all my trips down to Philly from NY, I never understood why trains slow down so much after passing the Hamilton station. There's still a ways to go until you hit Trenton, but I guess there must be a good reason?

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

As you approach “Ham” they slow for Trenton area

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 6 ай бұрын

I been to Hamilton station Before. The spot I do is right down the eastbound with the parking space. Unfortunately I don’t go there no more cause the close off the parking space and during 2022 catching Amtrak 662 in Phase iii with tsw. My bud was there and while I was getting ready to go onto the platform. A parking authority guy in a pickup to park it in the parking deck. I give up $8 to park and all to watch trains. I never went back ever since. Only once in 2023 for amtrak 42 with three private cars on it and that was it since I was bring my dad since we were going to a indoor auto race in Trenton and that was it. I like Princeton Jct better since it’s much closer to my town. I can’t comment about the West Windsor parking authority. Nice catch and action.

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

I took the train there, so I had no such worries about parking

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 6 ай бұрын

@@3985uprrI know.

@Kidney7661 6 ай бұрын

I’m in Long Beach and things were shaking pretty good over here.

@mattheww2797 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like NJT needs to build a better wheel shop, holy flat spots everywhere

@jimpern 6 ай бұрын

I remember when the non-Metroliners in this area were limited to 110, now the Northeast Regionals do 125, just like the Metroliners used to go! Do the long-distance trains like the Silver Meteor and the Crescent do 125 in the high-speed zone as well?

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

Their equipment allows it to

@mrvwbug4423 6 ай бұрын

Yes, the Viewliner 2s are rated for 125mph. All of the viewliner 1s have been retired at this point.

@AaronJrBrundidge 6 ай бұрын

come swing by to West Haven, CT sometime, i live around there

@MetroMenTransitProductions 6 ай бұрын

I’ve always been wondering, how do you make that intro? What software do you use?

@liamvalinote1503 6 ай бұрын

I have gotten the NJT at that station by way I've seen your video there's another great train watching location the next time you take the Wilmington/ Newark line is the Prospect Park Moore Station on the Southbound platform you long vantage points it's great I recommend it.

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

I’m aware of that location and being on that platform you have better visibility