Amtrak Clocker, SEPTA Bomber and Acela Express

[stationmaster12]

Great video! Thank you!!!!

[Crazytrainkid]

are the amtrak clockers & the septa bomb trains still around today?

[oaksmodelrr]

@Crazytrainkid, Amtrak Clockers are gone, those trains are now NJT and run only between Trenton and NYC. The SEPTA bombers may not be around much longer as they have been on the block for a couple years with delivery to the new owners dependent on them being replaced by Silverliner V's.

[Crazytrainkid]

@oaksmodelrr that is SO SAD!!!

[nyshortline]

Great catch with the Clocker with the ALP-46.

[TheDylanJoyce]

why soo many Amfleets?

[MrZkr123]

amtrak should have bought some of the ALP-46's they are way more powerful then the AEM-7's and are just as fast. Also with the new ALP-45DP's coming out they don't have to worry about switching power for the extended Northeast Regional service, i.e. Springfield and Virginia Beach. Also they can take the Pennsylvanian from NY to Pitt without having it to be diesel the whole way and save so much fuel and money.

[GintaPPE1000]

@MrZkr123 While the ALP-45's dual-mode capability is a certain advanatage over the ACS-64, the latter has greater pulling power-6400KW compared with the ALP-45's 4400KW. The advanced safety system installed on the ACS-64 gives it an edge in the high-speed intercity rail market, where a high-speed crash is much more likely to happen. The AEM7AC is close enough to the ALP-45's pulling power-4300KW for the former and 4400KW for the latter.

[MrZkr123]

@MrZkr123 then why didn't they just order more HHP-8's now that they are less problematic

[MrZkr123]

Those ALP-46's are just as powerful if not more powerful than the AEM-7's the fact that they didn't replace them with these is a mystery. Plus they go just as fast which is 125mph.

[Acela1a]

I don't Know if it is too late to answer what the Clocker is. The reason it's called the Clocker is because It runs service between New York Penn Station to 30th Street Station every hour. They may not have have clockers, but the next clocest thing would be some Amtrak Keystone runs that only run at a certian time of the day that only goes between NYC to Phila but with less stops.

[tkandme3]

njt sucks. also, the clocker will never ever come back. SEPTA rocks.

[drmayo99]

what are clockers

[phantomlord54]

What the hell kind of engine is that on that first train?? Was that an Amtrak engine?

[MSTSboy38]

It's a New Jersey Transit ALP-46 being borrowed by Amtrak.

[sideslide23]

I don't know but the first train is totaled tollet but the third one is the best train in the U.S.

[TEMPLE7D]

if the first train goes any slower its going to stop

[epiCnIGraRiNSeOUt]

NOT FAST ENOUGH

need to upgrade this entire friggin line to 150+

[sideslide23]

I gues your right because this line has been here since 1910, and ther sutable for old electric freight train.

[DeltaPhi79]

Do you have the money for us to redo the track?

[epiCnIGraRiNSeOUt]

The feds have it, they just choose to spend it on building and rebuilding four-lane bypasses around Podunksville, Wyoming

[DeltaPhi79]

Prove it.

[epiCnIGraRiNSeOUt]

Google the funding allocations for roads/transit. FHWA subsidizes new interstates to an 80-90 percent match. FTA, on the other hand, does not take kindly to rail projects that require a more than 50 percent federal match.

[Jeff4098]

nice

[stakeee]

interesting how the catenary in the us is at a higher altitude

[mugshotesp]

It is due to freight running on the same track which is why the acela kind of stinks.

[sideslide23]

California is getting the faster train than this Acela express in 3 years from now.

[mugshotesp]

If they solve there budget crisis (hopefully soon!)

[sammydenyc]

Amtrak has ALP-46's?

[56yuoi]

well theer will be NJT trains going form NYc to atlantic-city real soon and it will go through between trenton and frankford junction under (the market-frankford EL.)

[XDared45X]

Weird, every Sunday I see a 3-carred diesel(the one that looks like a freight engine) and it says Atlantic city.

[DeltaPhi79]

Maybe because it's a NJT going to Atlantic city? And most of the time they use 4 cars.

[alx2925]

3 trains, wow!!

[SkIttle2The0]

beautiful place

[waldron728]

Can someone please explain what a "clocker" is to us non-train buffs? Thanks. By the way, I LOVE your videos Oaks...please keep 'em coming!

[oaksmodelrr]

The Pennsylvania Railroad had trains called Clockers between New York and Philadelphia departing at the top of each hour almost all day. The number gradually dwindled until the last ones running under Amtrak were turned over to NJT in October 2005. The replacement trains now only run between Trenton and NYC.

[ibook133]

Alpy's got some muscle. o.O!  I think we might see ALP-46a in amtrak livery.

[murjax]

Wow, beautiful triple train meet!

[ucvgabe]

I still love that scheme with the ALP46 and the Amfleets! Great job!

[murjax]

I think they need to bring back the Clocker. NJT never really replaced it with more service because NJT doesn't serve PA. I don't recall any more SEPTA trains replacing their part of the service.