Amtrak High Speed 125 MPH to 150 MPH Northeast Corridor Trains @ Princeton Junction (5/31/22)

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On Saturday, 5/28/22, Amtrak finally upgraded the stretch of track on the Northeast Corridor through Princeton Junction for 150 mph operations. Therefore, Tuesday, 5/31/22, marked the first weekday of 150 mph Acelas in New Jersey.
To mark this occasion, I decided to spend the day at Princeton Junction. Seen here are the majority of Amtrak trains between 0600 and 1830. Enjoy the assorted action =)
Speed calculations:
OG Acela trainset = 663 feet
150 mph = 220 feet per second
663 / 220 = ~3 seconds
Therefore, if the Acela trainset passes a fixed point in the frame in 3 seconds, it is traveling at around 150 mph. At 135 mph, it takes the same trainset 3.3 seconds to pass a fixed point.
150 mph Acela supercut: • Amtrak Acela Express 1...

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@trashrabbit69 2 жыл бұрын

25 MPH can sure make the difference. Here's to hoping we can get that extra 50 and finally reach the gold (silver?) standard!

@dburt909 2 жыл бұрын

Not even silver, the Bronze standard! Lol🤣

@banksrail 2 жыл бұрын

@@dburt909 I’d say 200mph is gold. Not like it’s going to happen though. Lol

@michlo3393 2 жыл бұрын

@@dburt909 Shut the fuck up. As if YOU have anything to do with engineering a railway. Fucking dumbass little kid.

@jdmrc93 2 жыл бұрын

@@banksrail Maglev 268mph (431kph) is Platinum, 220mph (350kph) is the Gold, 200mph (320kph) is Silver, 155mph (250kph) is Bronze. That's my scale, because those are common standards around the world now. Anything less (all of the US) barely gets a participation trophy.

@jaymum23 Жыл бұрын

@@jdmrc93 The US is third-world in this and many other ways.

@therealrailfangamingboi 11 ай бұрын

We will miss the old Acela trains one day 😢

@Trooper10extra 3 ай бұрын

I know 😢

@asphalt_98_gamer76 2 жыл бұрын

Poggers bro these video are always so cool keep up the work

@raeonardobak Жыл бұрын

I had a good look thanks. In order for Acela to run faster than it is now, the Northeast Main Line needs to be speeded up, but the answer is to build a dedicated high-speed train line between Washington DC-New York-Providence.(When upgrading existing railroads, there must be absolutely no railroad crossings in all areas.) If you have to make it underground inevitably along the existing route along the beach, you have to boldly make it an underground route. In addition, the routes are extended to Ottawa-Scranton-Maryland-Washington D.C., Providence-Portland-Bangor-Holton, and Washington D.C-Richmond-Goldsboro-Wilton. . Washington D.C-Charlotte-Atlanta-New Orleans-Galveston-Corpus Christi-Mexico City-Acapulco I hope that the high-speed rail will be built to make Washington D.C-Mexico City faster and closer. For the success of the high-speed rail construction in the USA!

@TrainandFriends 2 жыл бұрын

amazing capture

@maas1208 9 ай бұрын

Wish we could have something like this in Chicago (besides the Metra Electric)

@kptrains 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Amtrak catches

@Troopbus Жыл бұрын

Nice footage

@AtlanticRailYT Жыл бұрын

This is a place I absolutely need to get to again since the speed limit for Acelas has increased

@CrazyDash9 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a lovely sight to see the Acela at 150

@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial 7 ай бұрын

My question is, why can't they just use the Keystone cab cars on Northeast Corridor Regional services? It would be much easier than having to run around with the loco. That's what cab cars are designed for...

@rhin0pillz 3 ай бұрын

well they just added another sprinter to the back of a consist instead of a cab car

@railfannerjs6308 2 жыл бұрын

Amtrak still stops at Princeton Junction? What’s with Amtrak at NJT stops? 7:45 edit: Thought that was a BL20GH/M

@triadrailfanproductions 5 ай бұрын

Can I use this video for a edit?

@blakefilippi9612 2 жыл бұрын

I see additional Amtrak trains stop here than the normal 2 in the morning and other 2 evening

@matthewhanna9115 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that Amtrak didn’t keep the X2000 or buy some sort of Pendolino train, they would’ve really helped with a number of issues like sharp curves and time management.

@Acela2000 2 жыл бұрын

HAPPY

@dangunn6961 Жыл бұрын

When you learn to drive, one of the first things taught is to travel at a speed that you can get stopped from in the distance you can see ahead.

@NoTraceOfSense 10 ай бұрын

kid named CBTC: skill issue

@postalfnj 2 жыл бұрын

is it non stop trains?

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 жыл бұрын

Who love's those PRR Catenary? I do

@Troopbus Жыл бұрын

Love seeing them.

@TransitOfNJ 2 жыл бұрын

amazing footage! How do you hear the radio of the trains in some clips? (What is the name)

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 10 ай бұрын

13:36 thats a lot of Viewliners

@fruitberry4302 2 жыл бұрын

Did Amtrak increase the amount of keystone trains on the line? You caught a lot.

@lightningbot85 2 жыл бұрын

Are those the ones with the metroliner looking cab-cars?

@CrazyDash9 2 жыл бұрын

@@lightningbot85 yes

@Troopbus Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Surprised how many Amtrak trains stopped at Princeton Junction

@Nuke12342 5 ай бұрын

You can see the tracks under the train moving 6:11

@njtrailfan4106 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@reckless.6543 2 жыл бұрын

how much travel time does it cut from NYC -Washington?

@banksrail 2 жыл бұрын

A whopping 90 seconds!!! lol It’s okay though. Improvement is improvement.

@TroublesomeSlateTruck 2 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@northeastcorridorrailfan6732 2 жыл бұрын

Bro i was here. Same time he was and caught power car 2011 and another i forget

@Martin_TrainSpotter Жыл бұрын

7:50, very nice!

@MAL1GNANT 9 ай бұрын

What even was that?

@FanRailer 9 ай бұрын

Lite engine move for a work job.

@anthonypecoraro5472 Жыл бұрын

Taking longer than 3 seconds to pass by. I counted 5 seconds.

@reckless.6543 2 жыл бұрын

We gotta fix the new Rochelle to new haven section to at least 100-125 at least

@banksrail 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta tell Metro North to get their sh*t together lol

@FFred-us9tw 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck. It’s Metro North. Grossly mismanaged on every level with an MOW department that doesn’t work nights and works at best 4 hours a day.

@OntarioTrafficMan 2 жыл бұрын

The tracks on Metro North are too close together to allow high speeds, and there are too many sharp curves.

@kl6361 Жыл бұрын

Whoa

@ProtonBusLeo 10 ай бұрын

12:16 RARE acela with 1 pantograph down and 1 up I think it really wants to be avalia liberty

@davidng2336 2 жыл бұрын

Once the Avelia Liberty arrives, I wonder if they will go any faster.

@CrazyDash9 2 жыл бұрын

They’ll be able to go 165mph

@trijetz3562 2 жыл бұрын

it will

@banksrail 2 жыл бұрын

@@CrazyDash9 160mph*

@OntarioTrafficMan 2 жыл бұрын

@@CrazyDash9 165 was just for testing. Actual service will be 160

@auzziecrunt8538 Жыл бұрын

@@banksrail a feet in a American rail history

@richardturk7162 Жыл бұрын

That damn bell is annoying.

@StormerKiing Жыл бұрын

and they said tranis in the United States were slow

@falalala83 5 ай бұрын

Compared to other countries yeah. But in the last few years Amtrak has really stepped up their game. It’s harder for us since public transportation doesn’t get as much government subsidy as other countries, not to mention it’s a private sector lol

@MBT06 Жыл бұрын

If only all of the US could be high speed rail

@angelarusso4797 Жыл бұрын

7:20 The acela train was thundering by!= without warning

@xOogieBoogie3x 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Acela only tops 135mph through the Trenton-New Brunswick straight away.

@FanRailer 2 жыл бұрын

you seem to have failed to read the description.

@PomboFurro Жыл бұрын

Amtrak end all outhers trains in usa

@chrisjct Жыл бұрын

Why no NJT

@falalala83 5 ай бұрын

Cuz I think NJT almost always stops at PJC so there’s no real action there

@realethanangell Жыл бұрын

Carolinan or Pennsylvanian at 6:07

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 10 ай бұрын

Carolinan. The Pennsylvanian never has a baggage car mostly

@kevinhoward9593 2 жыл бұрын

They upgraded the tracks for a train they are scrapping in a few months. lol.

@FanRailer 2 жыл бұрын

... and what of the trains that are replacing these ones? hmmm?

@kevinhoward9593 2 жыл бұрын

@@FanRailer LOL my brain didnt think that far ahead.

@rebooted.jupiter_ 2 жыл бұрын

@jordanplays-transitandgame1690 2 жыл бұрын

When 185 mph operations

@earlknightjr.1341 2 жыл бұрын

The 150-160mph is fast enough!! You don't need a airplane on the tracks!! GERMANYS ACS64F LOCOMOTIVE Hit 225mph in a test run, with no trouble!! It outweighs the one AMTRAK has!! It's a BRUTE!! STRONGER TOO!! A Locomotive is to scary to go at those 150-160mph speeds, that's mainly why they build ACELAS and multiple unit cars to hit those speeds!! They're less scarier, if they're doing high speed on the local tracks for some maintenance reason!! The force a locomotive exerts is phenomenal!! Anyhow the our AMERICAN MADE METROLINER OF THE 1960'S-1979 WERE WAY MORE SWIFTER THAN THE ACELA OR THAT NEW UGLY AVELIA. There top speed on there odometer was 160mph!! But they could do more. Also our GG1 LOCOMOTIVE could easily do over 200mph and hold the road too!! It weighed almost 480,000 lbs!! We had HIGH SPEED GO-GETTERS BEFORE THIS NEW STUFF CAME OUT!! THAT'S just two aspects of AMTRAK THAT WERE WAY AHEAD OF THERE TIME!! They should be roaming now, if the ELECTRICIANS could keep up, in reinventing the wheel, to keep them running,modifying their components here and there!! But they failed to do so!!! Earl of EL BARRIO,NYC,NY.8:03 PM. 6/1/22

@FanRailer 2 жыл бұрын

Not for a LONG time

@jordanplays-transitandgame1690 2 жыл бұрын

@@FanRailer America moment

@TheBronxFanner 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna guess 2030

@KDapple 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not on the corridor. You can only upgrade a conventional rail line for high speed running at 150 to 160 mph but after that, you’re going to need to build a new railroad because running trains at 200 mph on track shared by slower regional and commuter trains would be incredibly dangerous and irrational. Which is why in countries like Germany that along with dedicated high speed rail lines has upgraded conventional rail lines to run at high speed, the trains on those lines are limited to 155mph

@TransitOfNJ 2 жыл бұрын

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