This is probably the first time I've heard someone say they had a burning desire to go to New Jersey. Lolz!

New Jersey has the best trains, coming from a Long Islander! Thanks for the best Rail Fan video!!

It's so nice to see F40PH's (and GP40FH's) still in regular use.

6012 had the Raised Letter K5LLA. That one they you heard from the Long Island Locomotives DM/DE30AC’s

Great content brother, thanks for sharing

[9:05] It's fascinating to know that tacks on the upper and lower levels are connected via the Morris Line between the interlocks of 'West End' and 'Hudson'!

Invasive Lantern Fly you saw.

Interesting array of trains. Upper level, lower level at Secaucus and Rutherford. I've only been through Secaucus on upper level AMTRAK and NJTransit trains. Thank you Tim😀💚

11:42 track layout is actually 3, B, A, 2. There’s no track 1 since tracks 2 and 3 are through tracks used by Amtrak all the way to at least past Philly. also 17:09 those things are Spotted Lanternfiles. they are invasive to the area and should be killed as soon as possible

I remember watching a DVD of your Production on Railroad video Productions called the CSX River line in New York starting from Valley cottage NY to the West shore showing Bear mountain NY Iona Island NY West point Ny oh Newbugh Ny Stoney Point Ny Storm King West Park Ny Kingston NY Saugerties Ny Cocksackie Ny and CPSK at Selkirk ending in the Selkirk yard

Nice video. Love the commentary and jocularity as always! Better come back for the CNJ 4109 and newly painted NJDOT 4101 when it enters service! Both now feature RS3L and SU3L Leslie horns!

[0:26] You don't need any kind of 'Rail-rehab"... Just keep railfanning until you get it right!

Amazing day it seems you had

Since those two interlockings (LACK and ERIE) were built only when the Secaucus (not-a-)Junction station was built, I guess it made sense to give a tip of the hat to the Hoboken Division lines downstairs. The next one towards Penn Station, where it goes from three tracks back to the two you find along most of the route from Kearny to New York, is called ALLIED, referring to the original plan for the station to be the center of a larger real estate development called Allied Junction, which is only now really starting to take shape.

As somebody who's worked in TV my entire adult life, I was very impressed with your standup and you're a true pro! And how did you become a Leafs fan? I figured you would've been an Islanders fan.

Hey Tim, if I wanted to drive from Akron to see the best commuter train action, including NJ transit and Acela, where would you suggest? Also, where is best place to see the New Haven genesis locos in McGinnis livery with lots of action? Thanks so much for your expertise Tim!!

NJTransit’s automated station announcements almost sound like Stephen Hawking’s voice computer. (RIP)

Ya gotta do your civic duty and stomp those spotted lanternflies!

You should do another video of CSX River line in New Jersey from South Kearney to North Bergen yard and Ridgefield Park Nj CP5 and Teaneck Nj and CP10 in Bergenfield Nj and Automatic 10 in Dumont Nj Haworth Nj Closter NJ Harrington Park Nj Norwood North Vale Nj and State of Ny state Tappan NY Orangeburg Ny Blauvelt NY at CP26 ik Valley Cottage NY and Congers Ny and Haverstraw Ny and West Haverstraw NY

It would be great if Amtrak would stop at Secaucus 😀!

Great videos! Where are you from originally? That accent sounds like Long Island

What a shame! Hardly any coverage of the Old Erie Main Line that some of us remember. Many rush hour trains went that way when I was a kid in Paterson. That old main line was the original Paterson and Hudson River Railroad. When the track was torn up through Passaic, in 1963, that ended the vibrant history of the original Erie main line commuter service. I grew up at the River Street station, old main line. Just south(east) of Hawthorne station.

at 17:12 that's the spotted lantern fly you see on the news

Where on the MN system do you plan to visit? Woodlawn is a nice spot if you don't have it on the itinerary already, same goes for Manitou.

Are the double window passenger cars (coaches) bi level or gallery?

Great stuff, Mr. RR(HG). Where were those Arrow MU's coming from at 7:40? My first line was the old Montclair Branch. I was 12 years old and my friend and I after school would catch the 3:30pm train to Hoboken whenever we could. 65¢ round trip in 1974. I've watched many of your videos but I don't ever remember you giving a shout out to Montclair, NJ, my hometown with a rich railroad history. Granted, the Montclair Branch, now Montclair-Boonton line is kinda boring and not very photogenic, I know as I've been riding it for 50 years, but with your encyclopedic knowledge of how things were, I'm sure I would probably learn something new about it. I paused this video right after you didn't give the origin of those MU's, I'm going to hit play now and hope I hear you say Montclair at some point. I genuinely enjoy the way you spend your free time. I want to be like you when I grow up. Wow! That didn't take long. I guess it was inevitable that the "M" word would get uttered (11:30) in the episode. Now, this is somewhat of a surprise. (26:20) My wife and love to dine at Blarney Station. She's from Scotland via England and I always try to find her places here that remind her of home. I always get the Fish & Chips and she likes their authentic Shepherds Pie. We always dine outside in the sidewalk area which is great for hearing those horns. We were last there on the Sunday evening prior to Labor Day at around 6:15pm. In the hour-plus that we were there, five(5) trains came through. That Fish & Chips was delicious that night!

So does NJT not do "push-pull" configurations on their trains, with engines at each end? I would think that drivng in reverse for a "push" would be both difficult and dangerous.

Nice catch brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know this is late but those bugs are lantern flies. Highly invasive kill them on sight.

I got an awful lot of responses about the lantern fly. Now I know they should be exterminated. They look pretty and I was reluctant to kill them but I didn’t know much about them until now

0:26 what train was that?

give me the trains

I killed a few lantern flies this year they are invasive