Metro-North at Cold Spring, NY

[ChooChooTrain500000]

I perfer the P-32s.

[jfsa380]

P32-ACDM

[fgjfdgjf]

The Hudson line is by far the most scenic commuter line in the tri-state area! Only thing I dont understand is why did they only put m7s on the lower part of the line that makes local stops and not the upper half where the express trains go. Thats stupid to me if you commute to Riverdale or Yonkers which is just outside of the city you get to ride an m7 and if you have to commute to Beacon or poughkeepsie which is almost 2hrs you have to ride the older trains? How dumb is that!

[JeffOrnstein01]

@fgjfdgjf - The reason why the M-7's run on the lower half of the line is because electrification ends at Croton-Harmon. There's no third rail beyond that point. The MTA doesn't seem to have any plans to electrify this part of the former New York Central mainline. But I agree, it would be nice to ride an M-7 all the way to then end!

[xmodrelic]

marker light out

[jfsa380]

Where is the escape hatch?

[malikrthr1]

amtrak, metronorth, via canada rail, uses these. nj transit use to have these. now they have pl42ac's.

[klabkebash]

Cold Spring, Beacon, New Hamburg, & Poughkeepsie..

[crazykidd47]

i thought amtrak was the only company that used these engines. i guess i was wrong

[SparkWater]

Genesis dual mode with C3 cars would rule.

IMO LIRR F up..

[TEMPLE7D]

njt now have p40s or p42

[southplnk]

what about the s9 or the ts3? why wont anyone talk about those?

[darkyoda]

I remember reading that when the Genesis locomotives first came out, they were designed to only run at 30 mph max in reverse, but companies like Metro North that wanted to do push pull services, caused the Genesis to be redesigned to remove the limiter.

[TEMPLE7D]

at the end you cane see peaces of debris falling of the trees from the p32 exaust

[TimothyRed1990]

metro north rules!

now get me some double deckers!

[Heyde1979]

My favorite restuarant is in this town right next to the tracks

[BlackieGirl]

Would that be The Depot?

[Heyde1979]

yes it is they make great burgers

[RCdash9]

I was inside the cab of a P32AC-DM once. Other than that, the head end power generators sound like vacuum cleaners. On P42s the radiator fans are smaller and have a humming sound.

[izod1360]

Yes those are the trains in War of the Worlds. Actually parts of that movie were supposed to be filmed in Cold Spring but they decided to film in Carmel for certain reasons which I will not say on here!

I know this because I live in Cold Spring... Those trains are SO annoying!!!

[samanli1]

Isn't this the type of train seen on fire in Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds?

[SPAMPOLICE89]

yes it is according to wikipedia.

[R160A]

Those Genesis locos really are the giants of the railroad, aren't they. Also, dosen't NJ Transit have some of the same coaches on these trains?

[SPAMPOLICE89]

yes NJT have some but it is called comets and here it is called shoreliners.

[FL9AC]

LIRR diesels have had problems since the start. The P32AC-DM's on MNRR have been running with extremely high reliability since they were purchased. And gratwicker...if you don't like the sounds of them, or think it's noisy, move further away from the R.R. It's been here longer than you.

[furryfurball1221]

i love there new color scheme

[gratwicker]

You wouldn't love this sound if (1) you lived in the era of steam engines or (2) you lived near the tracks. Hi Jeff! Mike

[olegutn]

so what? i don`t care if i have lived 10metres from the tracks. i have enjoyed that a lot

[realdeal156]

(1)We don't live in the era of steam engines and i live about a 1 mile from the tracks and I can still hear the trains.

[olegutn]

i just love the sound of these locomotives