Amtrak Rear Facing Track View, southbound from Hudson Station to NYC, with railroad sound and all!

Amtrak's Empire Corridor Train, video recorded from the back of a private passenger car from the Hudson Station to New York City, then on to Sunnyside Yard, Queens, New York

[@user-zv3ej4hx5w]

Thank you for this incredible video! The ride through the Empire Connection tunnel is awesome.

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Great job 👍

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

I like how the view through the Freedom Tunnel part of the Empire Connection going into Penn shows all the old right of way space from when the west side was covered in freight yards. Given how they seemed to just cover it over with buildings, I wonder how much space (and track embedded in the mud) still exists. NGL if I were brave, and not afraid of getting arrested, I'd do some urban exploring, mainly by the wye between W. 39th and W. 42nd street, and the area between W. 66th street and W. 72nd street.

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Be careful on the train

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Great job 👍

[@robinzinsmaster2754]

I just happened upon this video for viewing while bicycle riding on a stationary trainer. I didn't realize that you posted this one, Walter. Thank you for doing these videos (referring to your Gallup to Trinidad video)! They are much appreciated by this railfan!

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

be careful on the train

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Great job 👍

[@jameshowitt2463]

bump bump bump goes the flat tyre! Lovely video. Thanks for posting.

[@sarasotasage6135]

Wow! Queens has a skyline! Who knew? Long time since I've been in NYC. Much has changed I see! Great video!

[@thefrase7884]

No Einstein…..Queens doesn’t have a skyline

[@sarasotasage6135]

@@thefrase7884 Care to explain the bldgs. on the right side of the video from 2:06:00 to the end of the video? They weren't there 30 years ago when I was last in NYC. Those bldgs. are a bigger skyline than in most American cities. Maybe they're small by Manhattan standards, but they're bigger than most anywhere else.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@sarasotasage6135 don't pay attention to him. Yes, long island city has grown exponentially. Lot's of highrises have and are coming online. They're even plans for decking over sunnyside yards like they did at hudson yards and many others in the city with highrises. Greenpoint has a decent amount of highrises too.

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Great job and be careful on the train

[@user-rx1qf7qx6l]

Great Job 👍

[@slimonion1975]

Love the scenery thanks for sharing

[@dave3216]

Awesome footage. I didn't want it to end. New subscriber. 👍👍👍👍

[@jg-7780]

Great footage, thanks for posting.

[@Robbi496]

I look at the Poughkeepsie Bridge and my vertigo kicks in! I could NEVER have been an engineer, fireman or trainman on that line when freights crossed it!!!

[@PinkLaffs]

Terrific video! Even better when played in reverse 😏

[@lauracoons865]

Great video!

[@Vegas3662]

The view of the Bear Mountain Bridge is unreal!

[@aeoliankid1]

Hello, Walter, I really enjoy your videos filmed from the end of the train, I prefer them over head end films. Keep up the great work!

[@WalterKebalo]

Thank you, I will

[@jwslijm7278]

So electric is till / from Croton-Harmon. Trains to and from Poughkeepsie by Metro North have to be diesel. This is the next best thing after having the camera in front of the train. Good video!

[@sclm046]

Thank you! I enjoyed the "ride". Got a glimpse of Bannerman Castle (Pollepel Island) at 54:53 in the far left of the frame. Also, if my calculations are correct, at 58:44 the train is directly across the Hudson from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (just out of view, though).

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

We were at that station two weeks ago!

[@jiovaniloncarevic]

It wouldn't be Poughkeepsie Station without making a 3min dead stop a quarter mile down the track.

[@VideoNOLA]

That sucker books! Wonder how they keep the track bed nearest the water's edge from falling in?

[@doowopsoprano9867]

Idk about anyone else but going thru those Amtrak tunnels to & from Penn Station scare tf outta me. I'm a New Yorker too & love the subway. Subways arevone thing. Amtrak tunnels are completely different to me. I think it's cuz I know I am under water instead of under the city I guess. I can't explain it.

[@keystonetuscanred4921]

Could this be Brightline in early or mid 2023 from West Palm Beach to Cocoa, FL. ? If this is the speed it will travel on the Florida East Coast Railroad right of way before the switch over to the Orlando Line then forget it Interstate 95 or the Florida Turnpike. The cars even traveling at maximum speeds without being given citations do not have a chance. Brightline wins! The positive is you will not hear the noise like in this video. Instead every video will be on the inside when Brightline video goes into revenue service.

[@DanMeyer80]

1:24 Going through Sing Sing Prison

[@ravonnadamson9021]

Do you think it's possible that Amtrak Acela express can run on the empire connection within the next few years?

[@montyb10009]

No. The Empire Line has no catenary wire and is only 3rd rail electrified to Croton.

[@unassumption1027]

@@montyb10009 not to mention not economically feasible as thereis a much greater incentive for nyc to dc or boston high speed rail connection than there is one for albany

[@montyb10009]

@@unassumption1027 Exactly!

[@alanstevens1296]

How fast is it going on the open stretches ... 100 mph?

[@alanstevens1296]

@Daniel White That is what I estimated, assuming that the video was played in real time speed.

[@michaausleipzig]

Pretty decent speed for a US train...

[@alanstevens1296]

@@michaausleipzig You can cover a lot of ground at 100 mph.

[@michaausleipzig]

@@alanstevens1296 definitely! And even though we do have high speed rail over here, the majority of the system looks pretty much like it does in this video. Except for overhead power lines perhaps...

[@alanstevens1296]

@@michaausleipzig We have medium-high-speed rail Washington-Boston with the high rural speeds around 150 mph and frequent service. Some rail advocates complain about that, but the costs of building full HSR are so high that there really is not much incentive to rebuild or relocate the corridor. Washington-Boston is 390 miles. Washington-New York is 205 miles. The new Avelia Liberty trainsets will be able to go up to 165 mph on this corridor using tilting techology.

[@huncho1057]

1:18:55 NJT comet cars

[@montyb10009]

Haha! I wonder if they were getting ready to be painted to MN style.

[@ianblox69]

WHY AREE THERE NJT COMEETS IN ONE OF TH Yrds????!!!!

[@VideoNOLA]

As a Southerner, I can hardly picture train tracks not being lined with rusted-out pickup trucks and old men fishing from the adjacent shoreline. Without the horn sounding once, how do those NY folks know when to saunter across the tracks and get hit for insurance money? Down here, with our alluvial soils and no bedrock, the trains move at only 5-10 MPH so there's plenty of time to get ready.