Amtrak Acela Cabride Part 1 Canton Jct-departing Providence

[littlefield19]

Great video.  What is an "interlocking"?

[trinityct]

@littlefield19 Thanks! ;D An interlocking is a segment of track where a train can switch over from one track to another. A perfect example of this is the number of switches at the beginning of the video, from :04 to :28 is an interlocking and a junction. most railroads name their interlockings. For example: in my town of North Andover Massachusetts, there is an interlocking named FROST interlocking. (the name is always fully capitalized) :) although, most interlockings are (cont)

[trinityct]

@littlefield19 (continued) although most interlockings are named after the town that the interlocking is in :) I originally though that the interlocking in my town was named "North andover" interlocking, but I was wrong! XD :) anyway, that is what an interlocking is :)

[littlefield19]

@trinityct Thnx for getting back to me. Sometimes a friend and I train spot in Palmer or Bellows Falls VT. I'm in P-Town - not much train action here!

[trinityct]

@littlefield19 sure! :D although I gave a rather long description of what in interlocking is :) I've been to palmer twice, and I must say it's definitely a place I want to go to again! :D I loved the steaming tender, the restaurant that is right next to the CSX and the NECR trackage! :D

[SuperNorfolksouthern]

is it fun to drive?

[trinityct]

@SuperNorfolksouthern Yeah! There's no coffee break though... :P :D

[SuperNorfolksouthern]

@trinityct lol

[SuperNorfolksouthern]

@trinityct do u go home every day?

[trinityct]

@SuperNorfolksouthern Nope. I sleep in the cab. :) (just kidding! :D the video is reversed!!) lol ;)

[SuperNorfolksouthern]

@trinityct your on the back of the train right

[trinityct]

@SuperNorfolksouthern Yup! I reversed it to give a more realistic view of the route :)

[jblucio3177]

The catenary wires are not supposed to be straight. It has to go side to side do to that if it goes straight, then you get a sawing action on the pantograph and the wire will cut through it and Amtrak has to replace the pantograph and thats costly.

[robertgift]

NIce! Thank you.

Why blowing the horn?

[lailasalas]

WOW I am now the engineer of America bullet train.

[trinityct]

@lailasalas Haha! Yeah! :D

[acelakid94]

I think the catenary is "un-straight" because if it was straight, the friction of it rubbing against the pantograph would wear the pantograph out much quicker and unevenly.

[trinityct]

@acelakid94 Yup. NYLifeInNJ gave me a good description as of to why the catenary isn't straight too.

[NYLifeInNJ]

Constant Tension Catenary at straight sections are never straight in order to even out the wear of the carbon strips on the train's pantographs.

[trinityct]

@NYLifeInNJ Ah, okay, that makes sense. I've seen catenary south of New Haven that's straight or curved so the I thought it a bit odd to have zig-zag catenary like on the Boston-New Haven section.

[NYLifeInNJ]

@trinityct That's what it is!

[trinityct]

@NYLifeInNJ Cool. :)

[NYLifeInNJ]

@trinityct Nothing beats the wonders of engineering!!!

[trinityct]

@NYLifeInNJ Haha, you can say that again! :D

[murjax]

Thanks for doing this. It actually came out really well. Just looks like a regular cab ride from the front of an MU.

[trinityct]

@murjax You're welcome! The last clip of the train heading out of Providence was taking a while to reverse itself in the editing, and unfortunately, my imovie project crashed twice. It was all saved though, so nothing was lost :)

[sethamtrak]

why did it run the red signal at 8:10?

[TNT314159]

Read the description lol

[trinityct]

@sethamtrak Oh, haha well, this video is from the back of an Amtrak Regional train only I reversed it to become a cabride.