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

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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

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@user-zv3ej4hx5w Жыл бұрын

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

@user-rx1qf7qx6l Жыл бұрын

Great job 👍

@DanknDerpyGamer 3 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Be careful on the train

@user-rx1qf7qx6l Жыл бұрын

Great job 👍

@robinzinsmaster2754 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

be careful on the train

@user-rx1qf7qx6l Жыл бұрын

Great job 👍

@jameshowitt2463 6 ай бұрын

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

@user-rx1qf7qx6l Жыл бұрын

Great Job 👍

@sarasotasage6135 3 жыл бұрын

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

@thefrase7884 3 жыл бұрын

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

@sarasotasage6135 3 жыл бұрын

@@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... 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@slimonion1975 7 ай бұрын

Love the scenery thanks for sharing

@user-rx1qf7qx6l Жыл бұрын

Great job and be careful on the train

@dave3216 3 жыл бұрын

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

@PinkLaffs 8 ай бұрын

Terrific video! Even better when played in reverse 😏

@Vegas3662 2 жыл бұрын

The view of the Bear Mountain Bridge is unreal!

@nolantherailfan5048 5 күн бұрын

I've taken this route before to Penn station

@Robbi496 2 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@lauracoons865 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@aeoliankid1 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

@jg-7780 3 жыл бұрын

Great footage, thanks for posting.

@sclm046 2 жыл бұрын

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).

@jwslijm7278 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@johnrobinsoniii4028 2 жыл бұрын

We were at that station two weeks ago!

@doowopsoprano9867 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jiovaniloncarevic 11 ай бұрын

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

@VideoNOLA 2 жыл бұрын

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

@keystonetuscanred4921 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

1:24 Going through Sing Sing Prison

@huncho1057 3 жыл бұрын

1:18:55 NJT comet cars

@deepnation10009 Жыл бұрын

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

@ravonnadamson9021 Жыл бұрын

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

@deepnation10009 Жыл бұрын

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

@unassumption1027 Жыл бұрын

@@deepnation10009 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

@deepnation10009 Жыл бұрын

@@unassumption1027 Exactly!

@alanstevens1296 3 жыл бұрын

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

@alanstevens1296 3 жыл бұрын

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

@michaausleipzig 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty decent speed for a US train...

@alanstevens1296 3 жыл бұрын

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

@michaausleipzig 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ianblox69 7 ай бұрын

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

@VideoNOLA 2 жыл бұрын

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.