Rainy but highly entertaining afternoon/evening railfanning at MN Riverdale station. 2/16/23

[@davidng2336]

27:24 for the Penn Central-patched New Haven P32

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

10:14 The one passing by that was 229 going to Poughkeepsie.

[@sevenspinner87]

It's always interesting to see what Amtrak 290 has for power. For a while, it seemed like they left both P32-ACDMs on each end for the whole trip, but the one you caught had the rear unit taken off at Albany. I wonder if it's an equipment-availability thing.

[@3985uprr]

Not sure but now that you mention it, that train supposedly had 2 units. Perhaps they can turn the train in Burlington

[@sevenspinner87]

​@@3985uprr The closest wye to the Burlington station is up in Essex near where I live, but the lower leg of the wye hasn't been used in years. It's about 7 miles away from Burlington, on a line where most trains are limited to 15mph, so I don't think they're turning it up here. They *could* turn it at the old wye in Rutland (there's enough time in the schedule), but they didn't when I took 290 back in Sept 22. I rode in the business class section, and it was odd being right behind the engine and facing backwards the whole way down the Hudson!

[@Perseverance1987x]

Your videos always help with the little bits of homesickness that come and go.

[@steveember8972]

Loved the reference to Cary Grant and "North by Northwest," an all-time favorite movie - especially as, just this (Friday) morning, I booked a trip in the NYC "Hickory Creek" Observation car in autumn, NYP to Albany and back. Too bad, of course, that the trip cannot originate at GCT ;-) You make even the gray rainy train videos entertaining.

[@robertcantore330]

Awesome!!! Love the views of the Hudson and the Palisades on the Hudson Line!!!

[@straighft]

I have finally checked out the new GCM LIRR yesterday and wow it’s beautiful & it’s been so long since I’ve been to GC

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

I think 230 is pc logo is honoring 40th anniversary of Metro North Railroad.

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

And also There is 208 painted into a fl9 beach ball paint scheme

[@TBF_1J]

Wow!! More friends railfanned at Riverdale too yesterday. Thats awesome.

[@isleman9473]

Thanks Tim! Love the Hudson Line. Wish I had railfanned it back in the NYC days.

[@flashcar60]

I lived a short walk from Riverdale Station, many moons ago. After the evening rush hour, between trains, it was a quiet and peaceful place to be, with just the sound of the Hudson, lapping against its bank. Thanks for the memories.

[@JG347Tv]

What was the tracks behind the station was used for?

[@scottyerkes1867]

Wow. Great variety of trains. Amtrak, Metro North. Thanks Tim😀💚

[@TEMPLE7D]

My old High School railfanning stomping grounds lol. Many fun memories at that station. Miss when they had a triple joint on track 1 on the north end of the platform. Lots of clickety clack. I have some old videos of it.

[@evangouldtransit]

I've heard people call the MAIN concourse now Grand Central Madison. whenever i hear that i feel like my hearts about to give out.!

[@SSantana82]

Wish me luck, man, cause I'm heading down from Hamilton station from the NEC to Penn Station and walking all the way down to GCT, tomorrow.

[@Mahees_230]

I agree that putting the mating worms on a NH locomotive is sacrilegious! Whoever did that should be fired and thrown out of the tri state area. That's a slap in the face to Train Man Paul, Ghost Engineer, and everybody else that works the NH line. And back in the day, I used to volunteer at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale. You might be able to see it from the platform since its on the bluff. Many moons ago, the last train from GCT for the night was the 12:56am local to Poughkeepsie. Don't know if that train still runs.

[@3985uprr]

There’s a 1243am thru train but there is 150am all stops local. Change at CH.

[@DonaldFGuest]

Agreed. Grand Central Madison is hokey. I believe this came from your governor. Most New York commuters will call it Long Island RR Grand Central Terminal.

[@3985uprr]

That’s one thing I disagree with about our Governor.

[@kirkzevola5004]

Awesome catches of MN's Bomb trains & Amtrak.

[@michaelscott7706]

That NH Genesis has flats like crazy.

[@paulviera8971]

Love the videos , had a question What is the meaning of an equipment train? What camera equipment do you use for your videos. thank you

[@3985uprr]

Equipment is a non revenue train to get the train set to another location. Use an iPhone 12 Pro

[@wallybacon22]

Well poop. I just learned the Madison part was named after a corridor. I was going to make a light hearted joke at least it’s not Grand Central Trump.

[@3985uprr]

Ohhhh God!!!!!! You must have been watching my videos for a long, long time 😂

[@wallybacon22]

@@3985uprr don’t know. Some time yes. I always try and support fellow vets. Even if we might have different opinions in certain areas.

[@davidvanbuskirk6471]

Was wondering if you know of any good train books with pictures and beautiful train rides.

[@3985uprr]

To numerous to mention, you might want to try morning sun publicatiins website

[@proudpirate1236]

Is that a MoW storage track on other side of the platform?

[@3985uprr]

I think that’s what it is

[@CTrail1711]

Railfanning the Hudson on Saturday or Sunday afternoons is best because you get all the refueling and mantiance trains running on locals

[@ZachTheRailfannerYT]

I so much agree! In my opinion there is a good amount of trains every hour even for a weekend which I like. I have been to Irvington twice on a Saturday. I have caught two of the moves you described. The first was a Branch Shuttle set coming from Croton Harmon after being refueled (it had 3 Shoreliners and a MNCW BL20GH). Then the next time caught a move of another Branch Shuttle set, but this time it has a doubleheader at the rear with a CDOT BL20GH & MNCW GP35R faced nose to nose.

[@CTrail1711]

@@ZachTheRailfannerYT I've gotten doubleheaders as well, it's better to railfan the HUD Line on Weekends than Weekdays during peak in my opinion.

[@ZachTheRailfannerYT]

@Westchester Railfan yep, plus depending on what days you go, the TSRHS puts their Hickory Creek and Tavern Lounge Car #43 on Amtrak Empire Service trains

[@PurpleWorldOrder]

with the LIRR trains now being able to access Grand Central is there anything, other than politics, that is preventing a Metro North route continuing down the LIRR and creating kind of a super-regional route?

[@3985uprr]

It’s in the works

[@evangouldtransit]

and let us not forget the LIRR conductors that have been calling it Grand Central STATION, i bet a certain Paul isn't too happy about that.

[@losh330]

Do they only use M8s on the New Haven line or are they just not running on the Hudson line that day?

[@3985uprr]

Pretty much. Sometimes they run them to harm in shops, or in case of extenuating circumstances.

[@dawanpascoe8433]

I have a couple questions, why doesn’t Metro North extend their M7As to 10 or 12 cars like the LIRR? And why do they only do push pull trains and not have engines on both ends?

[@3985uprr]

A lot of push pull operations don’t have an engine on both ends. Pre pandemic MN ran long trains. Not since.

[@dawanpascoe8433]

@@3985uprr oh ok and what about the M7As? I would think during rush hour they should run 10-12 car trains for extra volume of people

[@Kidney7661]

@@3985uprr I heard that Amtrak made the lirr use a dual mode on each end because they were concerned about the 3rd rail gaps and only having one engine with a 3rd rail shoe could cause the train to get stuck in a gap. Not sure how true it was.

[@michaelscott7706]

That NH Loco with the penn central looks repainted.

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

Did u get a cap for the flying Yankee engineer

[@3985uprr]

No

[@johnburke1317]

Nice video

[@mistersurogat]

nice station

[@RailfanUS]

What do you use for your camera?

[@3985uprr]

??????

[@RailfanUS]

Oh I’m sorry, I meant to say what do you use to record

[@RailfanUS]

@@3985uprr oh I’m sorry, I meant to say what do you use to record?

[@3985uprr]

@@RailfanUS IPhone 12 plus

[@RailfanUS]

Ohhhhh, ok

[@anthony3246]

Aww why don't you like the Genesis

[@carlossanchez-kz4wh]

Grand Central Station is more beautiful than Penn Station!

[@3985uprr]

The old Penn Station gave it a run for the money

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

@@3985uprr indeed. There’s a group campaigning to tear down Madison Square garden and completely rebuild the old Penn station building

[@carlossanchez-kz4wh]

@@3985uprr Im takiing the LIRR to Grand Central direct on the 1st may do some MN railfanning possibly from White Plains

[@3985uprr]

@@JoeyLovesTrains I would personally like to witness them, tearing that building down

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

@@3985uprr trust me, I’d be there in the blink of an eye

[@MrPedroramos8911]

The first train ruined the view of Amtrak

[@wenopyuhe6742]

Are you going to do a video with the flying yankee anytime soon? because it’s been a while

[@3985uprr]

At some point