Railfanning Adventures: Action on the Metro-North Hudson Line

For the first day of August, I decided to head on up to the Bear Mountain area to catch some Metro-North action. I wound up stopping at several stations as I made my way down the line on my way back home.

1: A Deadhead train races past Manitou with P32AC-DM 207 leading 7 Shoreliners. Cab Car 6225 brings up the rear.
2: Cab Car 6320 leads Train 8840 into Peekskill a few minutes behind schedule. P32AC-DM 220 provides the power on the back. in addition, Cab Car 6309 is behind 6320.
3: Train 8739 arrives at Irvington with 8 M7As. 4105 is on the point, and 4180 is trailing.
4: M7A 4120 leads Train 8742 and a set of 8 M7As.4277 brings up the rear.
5: Train 8839 races past with P32AC-DM 210 on the point and Cab Car 6304 at the end.
6: Lake Shore Limited 49 rushes through with P32AC-DM 713 leading.
7: Train 8745 flies by Riverdale with a set of 6 M7As.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MTA
• Metro-North
• Amtrak
• Lake
• Shore
• Limited
• Manitou
• Peekskill
• Irvington
• Riverdale
• P32AC-DM
• M7A
• Shoreliner
• K5LA
• S2M
• RS2M

[DJGENEX71]

Awesome shots Richard AND some truly beautiful scenery!!! Yea the girls on the platform waiting were easy on the eyes too! LOL! Were those P40's or P42's???

[GenesisSanctuary]

@DJGENEX71 Thanks Gene! These locomotives are P32AC-DMs. They are dual-mode locos that can run on both diesel and electric power. This allows them to run in and out of Grand Central Terminal and New York Penn Station.

[DJGENEX71]

@GenesisSanctuary Humm maybe that's what Amtrak needs to get! They need something new for sure with the darn P42's breaking down constantly, and now they've resorted to pulling the old P40's out of storage!!! EMD save Amtrak!!! LOL!

[GenesisSanctuary]

@DJGENEX71 Actually, Amtrak does have quite a few of them that they use on their trains up to Albany.

[Train538]

Fantastic video Richard! 5 stars! Nice to see you railfanning on Metro-North! Hopefully someday you can make it down here to the New Haven Line.

[GenesisSanctuary]

@Train538 Thanks William! I definitely will go back to the Hew Haven line again one of these days, most likely to Stamford.

[boberttrain831]

Great vid, dude!

[Trainlover4ever2006]

Nice video.

[GenesisSanctuary]

@boberttrain831 Thanks!:)