i like doing them when the opportunity presents itself, trying to get the entire NEC done before they switch to the Airo trainsets

Yes. They are better than Front view. If you find something that you like, then you can keep looking at it until it fades. With front view, by the time that you see something good, then it's gone behind. I sketch track layouts, because I'm crazy, and it's easier from the back of the train; I'm less fanatical at sketching the tracks now at 67 years old now. I LOVE ELECTRIC RAILWAYS !!! Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario

more and more of the line is being upgraded to 110 mph so I certainly hope so

@@nathanjiang100it really feels satisfying seeing construction work upgrading these antiquated lines with new bridges and tracks

我不认识日语，但我可以用简体中文回答，比英语容易翻译： 哈里斯堡到费城的铁路挺美的，但美国东北部最美的铁路是纽约到奥尔巴尼那条线，沿着哈德逊河边开200多公里，又有山又有水。

@@nathanjiang100 Chinese is more difficult for me than English. In Japan, foreign place names are not written in kanji.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@luvplyI see, we always joke that at least we can read when we’re in Japan even if we can’t speak, but anyways here’s the english: Harrisburg to Philadelphia is a pretty scenic route but the most scenic route in the Northeast US is along the Hudson River for 200+ km from New York City to Albany.

@@nathanjiang100 ..............the Empire line out of Penn.......up thru Hells kitchen....I walked those tracks on a sunday ,,,way back in the mid ninties....Me and a friend took the subway [D train ] to the end of Manhattatan.....I new the area by the Spyten Dyvel bridge ; so we found an opening ,, and walked many miles till we got near Penn station ; then we left the tracks just after Hells kitchen.......To avoid being arrested.......Wanna make a unique rail video,,,,In the hike thru the Riverside Park tunnel [ 125st -64 st or so ],,,we witnessed an abundance of murals painted on the walls by rebel artists........Unforgetable....this was not basic graffitti,, but portraits of people,,,I remember one of Ted Williams,,,a famous baseball player ,,,from 80 years ago.....,,In that tunnel the walls speak history...It is an unknown NYC treasure.......

I live in Elizabethtown... They have steadily been replacing the ties and tracks in segments between Lancaster and Harrisburg through the fall... Don't know where they stopped for the winter.

this is the third one I’ve done on the Pennsylvanian and I’ve never had any issues. you will need business class on the Northeast Regional but coach is at the rear of the Pennsylvanian west of Philly so all you really need is a ticket

yep

the trains reverses out of philadelphia so instead of needing to attach an ACS-64 at both ends of the train, they only attach one at the opposite end of the P42. since the Pennsylvanians also meet between PHL and HAR, it means they only need one ACS-64 that can run both Pennsylvanians instead of four

funny enough the Pennsylvanian is the only diesel train on the line but it provides the best rear view and runs express. I'm not sure about the turnouts but the whole line is being upgraded so I wouldn't be surprised if they are.

you can't do a round-trip as the Pennsylvanians meet somewhere near Paradise. when I filmed the eastbound I took 661 west and when I filmed the westbound I went all the way to Pittsburgh, but I probably would take 656/672 back if I were to re-record it. yeah I print out my ticket from the blue machines so they just scan the ticket and I tell them my seat is like the first or second row from the back (and I leave some stuff there so no one else takes the seat but I can easily watch it from the rear vestibule) and they just stick the seat check there. you can probably hear them scanning the ticket in both recordings. I'm 3 for 3 so far with no issues on the Pennsylvanian but that doesn't mean all crews would allow it, there's still a chance they tell you to go back and you would have to comply. I will say though, that you do have to find a way to maintain balance back there when going over tight curves and rail joints.

I hope so too, but the wooden ties provide a unique view across the coatesville high bridge and it just won’t like the same with concrete ties, though the ride would definitely be smoother

@@nathanjiang100and a bit faster

I believe it is no longer active with the new Mount Joy station but it is still on the employee timetable

I have seen it on the Time table since 1990. But it was just a station name, (maybe had a platform at one time but I have never seen one) not an interlocking. @@nathanjiang100

I assume they would

Yes, they’re working on it

Between Glen and Coatesville #2 has been rehabbed to handle NS H83/H84 local from Abrams to Coatesville and return. The old PRR 152lb jointed rail was removed and replaced with welded rail. This way the NS local can go faster over Amtrak and not use 1 and 4 tracks.