A Ride on the Atlantic City Express Service ©

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In February of 2009, New Jersey Transit and 3 Atlantic City Casino/Resorts began operating the ACES Train (Atlantic City Express Service). We saw the train being tested in January of this year. (See video link below). With a few weeks of planning and lots of camera preparation, this trip turned out to be excellent. Starting off at NJT's Hamilton Station, we'll skip ahead to Newark Penn Station. At Newark, we'll board Westbound ACES Train 7171. With some great train races, along with two crossings of the Delaware River -- the ride to Philadelphia is action-packed. But the ride gets even better upon switching onto the Atlantic City Line. With an unbelievable amount of grade crossings, the K5LA horn on our train is busy the whole way through. However, there were a lot of passengers on the trip to Atlantic City. The less-crowded return trip to New York yielded MUCH better K5LA audio!
So come along with us on a journey from Hamilton to Newark to Atlantic City... and return! With ex-Amtrak P40's, ex-Conrail / CNJ GP40's and much, much more... this is one Trainiac Production you won't want to miss!


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http://kjacobs.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=48934
http://kjacobs.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=48933

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[retroguy1976]

i just never understood why the alp 44 they should just use the genesis engine all around

[TrainiacProductions]

@retroguy1976 Because the ALP-44 is needed to take the train through the tunnel into New York Penn Station; They don't allow diesels to operate through there. If it was a P32AC-DM on ACES it'd work out!

[mysticmetfan]

What is the average speed of the train? were you able to find out?

[TrainiacProductions]

Not sure. I'd guesstimate at 90-100 on the NEC and 60-80 on the ACL.

[vze428s7]

when you say the electric is in mu mode did u ment to say cab mode meaning the electric is jus acting as a cab car, or is the electric engine is still able to operate by having the diesel powerplant operating the electric loco's traction motors

[TrainiacProductions]

It's acting as a cab car

[MachintoshCJ]

You know what? Why do we need amtrak to controll our intercity rail, when you could just do what NJ Transit does.

[wheelwatch13]

@SuperNJTRANSIT now it does but only seasonaly 

[wrrn411]

Thank you for sharing this video found it to be very enjoyable. What memories this video brings back when I was living in up state New York. No cars needed just ride the train to where I wanted to go. Again thank you for sharing.

[trainzrok]

@SuperNJTRANSIT It runs seasonal, and returns to service tonight, May 13

[SuperNJTRANSIT]

DO ACES STELL RUN

[cyndie26]

Did you know?

The ACES was originally called the Blue Comet.

[cyndie26]

You forgot to capture when the train stops at Philly.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@nichols15 Train reverses direction at Frankford interlocking. Back in the day, service provided by the PRR to AC used what is now the River line, which was once physically connected at Trenton to the NEC and the ACL in Pennsauken.

[sennasam]

Nice ride!

[nichols15]

what i dont understand is how can the NJT ACES go from NY to AC if they are no southbound tracks on the NEC that connects to the tracks that go to AC