So why is the entire route single track, why dosn't NS restore the entire southern tier from Hoboken all the way to Chicago using the Erie's tracks and right of way. It's pretty lonely up there, and There's forest everywhere, Sounds scary, but to make sound even more scary I heard that there was an abondon slaughterhouse maybe some 43 or 55 miles further northwest in a town called Fleetville in Pennslyvania, it's just over the mountains in the background. Pretty rural and creepy at night.
I don't know. I live in Ohio and was going through here on a trip to New York. You'd probably be bored because it only gets occasional NJT service and almost no freights. It takes a little over 2 hours to go from Port Jervis to Hoboken by train.
@cbehr91 I rode on this train Saturday and might ride it again next weekend! I loved the entire ride from Secaucus to Port Jervis. The Moodna Viaduct and the Otisville Tunnel was Great! But the scenery doesn't start until you get to Ramsey Route 17 Station. It was a Great Trip and I didn't even get bored not one bit.
@TheLastBrainLeft Those were the Comet 1A's that were vandalized in Port Jervis and were scrapped back in 2005 not the Comet 1B's the 1B's went out of service back in 2008. Then the Comet I's the following year.
So why is the entire route single track, why dosn't NS restore the entire southern tier from Hoboken all the way to Chicago using the Erie's tracks and right of way. It's pretty lonely up there, and There's forest everywhere, Sounds scary, but to make sound even more scary I heard that there was an abondon slaughterhouse maybe some 43 or 55 miles further northwest in a town called Fleetville in Pennslyvania, it's just over the mountains in the background. Pretty rural and creepy at night.
Zillion43 1 year ago
@Zillion43 Because they don't need it. Why have redundant lines? It would just cost more to maintain them.
cbehr91 1 year ago
not much left of the place. ive got some books about the EL and Port Jervis used to be quite active; even when i was a kid.
ERIELACKU34CH 3 years ago
There were low-door Comet Is in storage there when I was there in the summer of 2004 and the turntable looks very much out of place.
cbehr91 3 years ago
Is Port Jervis a nice place to live and I really want to go here in the summer but that is a long train train ride.
NJT4211 2 years ago
I don't know. I live in Ohio and was going through here on a trip to New York. You'd probably be bored because it only gets occasional NJT service and almost no freights. It takes a little over 2 hours to go from Port Jervis to Hoboken by train.
cbehr91 2 years ago
but i'll get on in Secaucus but that is still a long ride
NJT4211 2 years ago
Yeah, that's not taking much time off of your ride. It'll still be about 2 hours.
cbehr91 2 years ago
@cbehr91 I rode on this train Saturday and might ride it again next weekend! I loved the entire ride from Secaucus to Port Jervis. The Moodna Viaduct and the Otisville Tunnel was Great! But the scenery doesn't start until you get to Ramsey Route 17 Station. It was a Great Trip and I didn't even get bored not one bit.
NJT4211 6 months ago
Port Jervis is where the NY suburbs and the Southern Tier meet. It's a mix of suburbanites and poor white trash. But at least it's not Newburgh.
I would not want to live in Port Jervis and work in NY. It's really too long of a commute.
TheLastBrainLeft 2 years ago
port jervis makes Newburgh look like Beverly Hills. at least the waterfront area in newburgh is trying to improve.
ERIELACKU34CH 2 years ago
Port Jervis fell apart a lot
metroktransit 3 years ago
Those were the Comet IB's, which were removed from the area and scrapped in 2005 after suffering from heavy vandalism.
TheLastBrainLeft 2 years ago
@TheLastBrainLeft Those were the Comet 1A's that were vandalized in Port Jervis and were scrapped back in 2005 not the Comet 1B's the 1B's went out of service back in 2008. Then the Comet I's the following year.
NJT4211 6 months ago