is there a battery installed, how do they manage to stay on why they're out of both territories, case and point, the m8's in the vid, when they waited until they hit the platform to raise the pantograph
Actually, the wires themselves continue a number of catenary towers from where the changeover occurrs - then the towers continue, minus wires, pretty close to Woodlawn Jct.
I mentioned that in a post below... that the current constant-tension wire in service ends right about the changeover point and the old New Haven wire then continues for a number of towers, but I was told that old wire is out of service.
@transitRus No, wires continue to Penn Station and are used by Amtrak. Metro North changes to over-running third rail for the trip into Grand Central Terminal where it is the sole tenant for now at least.
No. Amtrak does not run on the stretch through Pelham; Amtrak's line to Penn Station via Hell Gate branches off at CP-216 just west of New Rochelle; Pelham station is perhaps another mile and a half or so beyond CP-216 on Metro-North's own trackage . The wires end at the point where the third rail begins, however a short stretch of the old original wire (not in service) remains in place beyond the end of the operating catenary.
@transitRus Thanks, and yes, the wires end where the third rail begins. The changeover point used to be in the middle of the interlocking at Woodlawn where the New Haven Line joined the Harlem Line, but when Metro-North installed new constant-tension catenary in the mid-to-late 1990's, they moved the changeover to a tangent section of track just west of Pelham and extended the third rail to that point (current location).
nice
whatthefuck9000 1 month ago
GREAT video!!!
suzzex 1 month ago
@suzzex Thanks
trainman1971 1 month ago
@tazamack12
Probably in the spring. I may make it to Mount Vernon by the end of this week though.
trainman1971 2 months ago
@tazamack12
I think I should go back for another hour one day when it is not raining... lol
trainman1971 2 months ago
is there a battery installed, how do they manage to stay on why they're out of both territories, case and point, the m8's in the vid, when they waited until they hit the platform to raise the pantograph
vze428s7 3 months ago
@vze428s7
They just coast through the gap. Batteries keep the lights on and there is still air pressure for braking into the station stop.
trainman1971 3 months ago
Nice!!
Emergencymedic1 4 months ago
4:00 : Hi gorgeous!!!
nyshortline 4 months ago
@nyshortline
*grins* Oh yes, she was!! VERY!! I was actually looking the other way as I held the camera and saw when she got off the train ;)
trainman1971 4 months ago
That M8 said "No Passengers", Who were the people inside the train then?
YourNeighbor1000 5 months ago
@YourNeighbor1000
It was actually a Stamford Local... I rode that train from Pelham to Stamford. The destination signs and internal announcements were not operational.
trainman1971 5 months ago
Nice! I have a cab video of the M8s doing the change over
gregorygrice 5 months ago
Do they always drop the pans BEFORE they enter dc territory? Do they ever just coast into it then drop them?
enginedave 6 months ago
@enginedave Yep, they drop the pans before the lead car hits DC territory; the wire ends just about where the third rail begins.
trainman1971 6 months ago
Actually, the wires themselves continue a number of catenary towers from where the changeover occurrs - then the towers continue, minus wires, pretty close to Woodlawn Jct.
travelsonic 6 months ago
@travelsonic
I mentioned that in a post below... that the current constant-tension wire in service ends right about the changeover point and the old New Haven wire then continues for a number of towers, but I was told that old wire is out of service.
trainman1971 6 months ago
nice shots do the wires end when the third rail begins.
transitRus 6 months ago
@transitRus No, wires continue to Penn Station and are used by Amtrak. Metro North changes to over-running third rail for the trip into Grand Central Terminal where it is the sole tenant for now at least.
JuiceJackNut 6 months ago
@JuiceJackNut and @transitRus
No. Amtrak does not run on the stretch through Pelham; Amtrak's line to Penn Station via Hell Gate branches off at CP-216 just west of New Rochelle; Pelham station is perhaps another mile and a half or so beyond CP-216 on Metro-North's own trackage . The wires end at the point where the third rail begins, however a short stretch of the old original wire (not in service) remains in place beyond the end of the operating catenary.
trainman1971 6 months ago
@transitRus Thanks, and yes, the wires end where the third rail begins. The changeover point used to be in the middle of the interlocking at Woodlawn where the New Haven Line joined the Harlem Line, but when Metro-North installed new constant-tension catenary in the mid-to-late 1990's, they moved the changeover to a tangent section of track just west of Pelham and extended the third rail to that point (current location).
trainman1971 6 months ago
nice
SuperNJTRANSIT 6 months ago
@SuperNJTRANSIT
Thanks :)
trainman1971 6 months ago