Part 2 Amtrak's great Pennsylvania Railroad, Northeast Corridor

Train 79, the morning "Carolinian". From NY to Wash. DC. It's the entire railroad! (also see part 1) • Part 1 Amtrak's great ... Impressive NJ Transit commuter action, watch as dozens of inbound trains receive approach and clear signal rushing their way into the big apple. Politicians note, see the big bottleneck, this is why we need a new Hudson River tunnel! Watch as another bottleneck develops because of downed wires in the Baltimore tunnel. As repairs are being made, both Acela and a Marc train have to wait their turn to transverse the ancient tunnel. Recorded Sunday 2011 from WHI to BAL and autumn of 2013 BAL to WAS

[@choptanktuxent2]

Well done, Walter. One hundred 85 minutes of great RR video. Watching those catenary poles streak rhythmically by calls to my mind "Love Train". :) BTW I've ridden AMTK (cumulatively) from Wilmington to Back Bay, the T commuter rail from South Station to Back Bay (the NEC's northernmost mile), and SEPTA (again, cumulatively) from Jefferson (formerly Market East) Station in Center City Philly to Newark, DE (as well as in from Elwyn to Suburban and from Reading into Reading Terminal [showing my age]). Plus the LIRR from NYP to Bethpage.

[@villanp]

Looks like this left Wilmington, DE

[@user-ci2sh2ym5i]

NICE electrification! 11kV single phase at 25 Hz!

[@NS9213]

Wow! The Pennsy sure built a Masterpiece from NYC to D.C. And no wonder it was called "The Happy Hunting Ground" below Wilmington for running fast freights back on the PRR and PC. That track was built for speed. There's an old story in the late 70's that a Trio of GG1's had a 100+ car mixed freight and did 110mph between PERRY and DAVIS.

[@barroningram7286]

that would be something to see , standing track side dust and trash flying , i wish someone had a video of that to post

[@PGHammer21A]

And why MARC still has a rep as the fastest commuter line in the US - despite sharing with CSX between BOWIE and WAS.

[@ajjj4wood1]

6:09 chuchmas crossing needs to be renamed Christina Mall cuz the station is next to Christina mall

[@patrickcalabro8718]

BETTER THAN WATCHING “FORREST GUMP!” thanks 🧑‍🎤 🏁 👩‍💼👩‍🎓

[@jeffreygrove]

Baltimore Penn Station is funny - the southbound trains leave the station to the north, and the northbound trains come in/leave toward the south. It's a beautiful building, though; here's hoping they find the funds to do another round of improvements/renovations (and, you know, take care of the godawful ancient tunnels on either side of the station).

[@PGHammer21A]

The tunnels are on the National Register of Historic Places. (Really!) Even with the the assistance of the State of Maryland - not to mention the State's Department of Transportation - which owns MARC - it took TWO Acts of Congress to get the funding to overhaul those tu8nnels.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

i filmed on this train a year ago. from philly to greensboro nc. this was a fun trip for me. only my second rail trip. ( excluding metra in chicago)

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

It would be appreciated by those not familiar with the area, to have location identifiers in the video. 2023/10/17. Ontario, Canada.

[@simki1]

Thanks, that was Awesome!

[@fusoyaff2]

Great video! I'm crossing my fingers that there's a part 3 that goes the rest of the way to North Carolina!!!

[@ConrailQuality]

The regional cant hop off the corridor becuase of its pantograph so he would have to get on another train for that

[@ConrailQuality]

carolinian*

[@jamesb120]

@@ConrailQuality all they do is cut the electric motor off in WAS, and slap a diesel on the front.

[@cornerstonestrategicpartne7957]

willysmb44: the old trackside structure to which you refer is a wooden clapboard house, boarded up, which can be viewed on Google Earth along E. Michaelsville Rd. and Johnson Lane. it is in a very small community of residential homes.

[@jimcolleran1804]

I have added this video to the playlist 'long cab rides'. I have reviewed hundreds of cab ride videos and added the ones I think are the best.

[@satenderanita]

Hi Jim Colleran, I enjoy watching your long cab rides. Thanks for uploading so many cab ride videos in one place.

[@hmitchell8618]

34:56 Martin State Airport MARC station.

[@bobwyman3743]

loved the videos, a little commentary here and there would have been helpful...miss the station calls over the intercom.

[@loadiegirl48]

hope to be on amtrak to washington soon...will try to visit the african-american museum as soon as i can...

[@BigSam3788]

That's Newark, Delaware's station at 8:43.

[@Kilud]

1:04:46 I saw this in the video from 1985. I thought they were working on a realignment. But no, 30 years later it´s still there two tracks one way, one track the other. Does it have any sense (or did someone think it had any sense when they made it)? Or is it simply the case of not enough money for NEC modernization?

[@Willysmb44]

Great video. I was curious if anyone knows what the wood structure to the immediate East side of the line is at 26:32, somewhere south of Aberdeen or Edgewood, Maryland. Maybe it's a old depot? I lived in the area for while when I was in the Army and never knew anything like that was so close to the tracks there.

[@jamesclucas3119]

THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, AND, THE EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, AT ONE TIME, HAD THEIR OWN STATION, VERY CLOSE THE TRACKS !!!!!

[@JermaniBurroughs]

11:57 abandoned station at elkton

[@barroningram7286]

at 56:25 is the crescent or the silver star they both had two sleeping cars and a diner then, the star lost its diner

[@rock4u197335]

How long did you end up waiting for outside of Baltimore?

[@hmibus531]

I know that pv had some maintenance issues when it got wherever. you can hear the blown seals and bearings.

[@WalterKebalo]

No, there are no blown seals or bearing problems, this pv is in tiptop shape! Besides all the typical RR noise, you maybe hearing side bearing noise (in curves, switches) and the sound of brake shoes being applied.

[@sparks1504]

im guessing theres no part 3 :)

[@hmitchell8618]

22:24 Target style color light signals?

[@TheDMacxExpress]

Would have been nice to get a caption detailing where you started from and ended at. Just so some of us, not as well versed in the NEC, could be better at recognizing the video. Good vid though.

[@K1_Trains]

The whole 2 parts were NYC - DC this 2nd part was Wilmington,Delaware to DC

[@hmitchell8618]

53:13 West Baltimore MARC Station

[@thomasabramson100]

45:38 arriving in Baltimore rode train 81 to BronyCon so many times just want to step off on the platform and get some crabcakes at Pratt St Ale House

[@hmitchell8618]

45:30 Baltimore Penn Station

[@dougkordek9236]

I love this video. But can you play it in reverse so it looks like we are going to NY?

[@hmitchell8618]

29:52 Edgewood MARC station

[@jamesclucas3119]

THIS IS REAL NICE VIDEO, BUT, I'D RATHER SEE "WHERE I'M GOING, THAN SEE WHERE I'VE BEEN !!!! RODE THIS PENNSYLVANIA R.R. LINE A THOUAND TIMES, AND, IT IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING JOURNEY !!!!! 30TH STREET STATION,IN PHILLY,WAS LIKE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME " !!!! BACK IN THE DAY, IN THE "TRANSPORTATION CORPS", I SAT/STOOD IN THE ENGINE, WHEN WE TOOK A TROOP TRAIN FROM FORT G.G. MEADE, TO INDIANTOWN GAP,, PA . !!!!!

[@hmitchell8618]

56:47 Halethorpe MARC station

[@hmitchell8618]

20:49 Susquehanna River.

[@hmitchell8618]

24:29 Aberdeen Amtrak/MARC station.

[@hmitchell8618]

1:12:57 Landover Interlocking

[@hmitchell8618]

28:03 Bush River.

[@hmitchell8618]

20:38 Perryville MARC station.

[@hmitchell8618]

31:47 Gunpowder River

[@Mnrr6131]

28:00 trooper mode

[@rd3ster]

What route? Not the Main Line, I guess, for I do not recognise any of the stations. No Ardmore, no Bryn Mawr, no Berwyn, no Paoli, no Harrisburg.

[@Bowfinger10]

This is the Northeast Corridor.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

This route is Amtrak's Northeast Corridor from New York's Penn Station to Washington's Union Station. Historically, Part 1 of this two-part video would have begun on the New York Terminal Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Then, down the New York Division to around Trenton and briefly venturing onto the Philadelphia Divison before reaching the Philadelphia Terminal Division. Continuing south, we enter the Maryland Division. Then, we conclude on the Washington Terminal Division (some PRR sites list it as the Southern Division). The route you are referring to is the Keystone Corridor, which includes the Pennsylvania Railroad's Philadelphia Terminal Division and Philadelphia Division.

[@charlesburnaford7591]

The stations you mentioned are on the septa suburban line not on the NEC.

[@TheDMacxExpress]

Charlea, whole the other stations he mentioned were on the line, Harrisburg is not on the SEPTA network. He assumed when the OP titled the video Pennsylvania Railroad, he was assuming it was Amtrak Train 42/43 or at least the Keystone service.

[@PGHammer21A]

@@JessicaKasumi1990 He is thinking of the Keystone Corridor - the NEC's ancestor - which is electrified from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. (From Thorndale to Philadelphia, AMTRAK and SEPTA - along with Norfolk Southern between Harrisburg and Merion, share the Keystone Corridor.)

[@hmitchell8618]

58:46 BWI Airport Station

[@hmitchell8618]

1:11:50 New Carrolton MARC/Amtrak Station

[@Ms-ej2vb]

Wilmington? Its Amtrak though not the Pennsylvania RR

[@rwboa22]

It was the Pennsylvania R.R./Penn Central that built the Wilmington Station and the viaduct leading to and from the station. Amtrak took over ownership of the Northeast Corridor when Penn Central and other bankrupted Northeastern Class I railroads were merged together (in 1976) by the Federal government to form Conrail. After the merger Conrail (1976 to 1999 when Norfolk Southern took over), and after 1983, NJ Transit, SEPTA, and MARC would become tenants of Amtrak, operating their trains via trackage rights hashed out between them.

[@hmitchell8618]

1:06:15 Bowie State MARC Station

[@hmitchell8618]

1:10:32 Seabrook MARC Station

[@jeffreygrove]

I'm guessing that's the northbount Crescent (Amtrak 20) at @56:24

[@hmitchell8618]

Sorry for the spam. I just want everyone to have waypoints.

[@hmitchell8618]

1:03:08 Odenton MARC Station

[@White-Man]

20:57 river?

[@brianspurrell9670]

Perryville and Havre De Grace I guess, dont know the river

[@ConrailQuality]

Susquehannah river

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

This is the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad swing bridge across the Susquehanna River. It is between Perryville and Harve de Grace, Maryland. On the Perryville side of the River, the Norfolk Southern Railway's Port Road (ex-Pennsylvania Railroad, Columbia and Port Deposit Branch) splits from the NEC to parallel the Susquehanna River to Columbia, PA where the Enola and Columbia Branches meet. The Enola Branch goes to Enola Yard, whilst Columbia Branch connects the Philadelphia - Pittsburgh main line.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

Plus, the Port Road is freight only! Though for a time, a Washington section (usually a single coach) went to Washington via the line on the now discontinued Amtrak version of the National Limited. A lone coach pulled a GG1 while jockeying for position amongst Penn Central freight trains pulled by both diesels and electrics.

[@larryagbezuge55]

@@brianspurrell9670 You and we were viewing the mouth of the Susquehanna River! Hopefully you noticed the US 40, or Thomas Hatem Memorial, Bridge to the left ( Often during 1986, 1987, and January 1998-- by bus and in 1998 ONLY by former neighbor's car, respectively-- I most recently traveled through that area. ).

[@loadiegirl48]

what a piece of crap tunnel leaving baltimore...hope they fix it...