FULL Express Ride Aboard Acela 2150 from New York to Boston 11/11/22
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2022
- Taken from Car 2 (3502) of Acela Trainset #20 (#2026/#2029)
Relatively super fast 3 hr 40 min run, pretty good considering the Metro-North section is so crappy. This train only stops at Stamford before running non-stop to Providence, making it one of only 3 trains and 2 eastbounds to skip New Haven.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:36 Acela 2150 at New York Penn Station
00:00:51 Partial Walkthrough of the Train
00:01:31 Departing NEW YORK PENN STATION Track 8 (on time); Regional 180
00:03:42 Entering Line 1 Tunnel (East River Tunnels)
00:04:09 Harold Interlocking
00:05:59 Sunnyside Yard with HHP-8 NPCU #90691
00:06:25 East Side Access Joins Up
00:06:59 LIRR Main Line Diverges
00:10:17 Hell Gate Bridge
00:14:40 Paralleling the IRT Pelham Line
00:14:57 Bronx River
00:18:48 Pelham Bay
00:19:48 Acela 2151
00:23:01 New Haven Line Joins Up; CP216 Interlocking
00:23:38 Bypassing New Rochelle Station
00:24:23 CP217 Interlocking
00:26:36 Larchmont Station
00:28:11 Mamaroneck Station
00:30:23 Harrison Station*
00:32:58 CP223 Interlocking
00:34:19 Rye Station
00:36:30 Port Chester Station
00:37:33 Entering Connecticut
00:38:15 Regional 141
00:39:37 Greenwich Station
00:40:45 CP228 Interlocking
00:41:44 Cos Cob Station
00:42:07 Mianus River
00:43:17 Riverside Station
00:44:45 Old Greenwich Station
00:46:31 CP232 Interlocking
00:47:28 STAMFORD STATION (arr. 5 mins late; dep. 6 mins late)
00:50:33 Acela 2153; New Canaan Branch Diverges
00:51:49 Noroton Heights Station
00:53:06 Darien Station
00:54:24 Rowayton Station
00:56:45 South Norwalk Station
00:57:39 Danbury Branch Diverges
00:57:47 Norwalk River
00:59:27 East Norwalk Station
01:00:46 CP243 Interlocking
01:02:11 Westport Station
01:05:03 Greens Farms Station
01:05:24 MNCW Equipment Move with GP35R #101 Trailing
01:05:57 CP248 Interlocking
01:06:28 Southport Station
01:07:55 Fairfield Station
01:09:27 Fairfield Metro Station
01:13:12 CP255 Interlocking; Switching to track 2
01:13:39 Bridgeport Station
01:17:12 Meeting Regional 95
01:18:02 Stratford Station
01:19:46 Housatonic River
01:20:09 Waterbury Branch Diverges
01:20:30 CP260 Interlocking; Switching to track 1
01:21:54 Meeting Acela 2155
01:22:53 Milford Station
01:26:35 CP266 Interlocking
01:33:21 New Haven Motor Storage Yard with Heritage P42DC #145
01:33:39 New Haven Union Station
01:34:32 New Haven State Street Station
01:36:16 Mill River Interlocking; Springfield Line Diverges
01:37:42 Shore Line Junction Interlocking
01:42:43 Branford Station
01:43:00 Branford Interlocking
01:44:19 Pine Interlocking
01:44:33 Orchard Interlocking
01:48:18 Guilford Station; Guilford Interlocking
01:50:28 Madison Station
01:52:49 Clinton Station
01:55:27 Westbrook Station
01:57:10 Brook Interlocking
01:57:59 Saybrook Interlocking
01:58:05 Old Saybrook Station
01:58:35 View Interlocking
01:59:16 Connecticut River
02:03:02 Regional 171
02:03:28 Plattaganset River
02:06:45 Niantic River; Nan Interlocking
02:11:30 Shaw's Cove Interlocking
02:13:04 New London Station
02:15:08 Thames River
02:16:08 Groton Interlocking; P&W Line to Worcester Diverges
02:19:27 Palmers Interlocking
02:20:38 Acela 2159
02:22:47 Mystic River
02:23:13 Mystic Station
02:29:55 Rhode Island
02:30:02 Westerly Station
02:30:59 High Street Interlocking
02:30:35 Regional 93
02:39:28 Entering 150 mph Territory
02:40:02 Liberty Interlocking; Kingston Station
02:40:38 Kingston Interlocking
02:43:42 Wickford Junction Station
02:43:58 Stony Lane Interlocking
02:44:29 Davisville Interlocking
02:48:53 Packard Interlocking
02:49:37 TF Green Airport/Warwick Station
02:52:16 Cranston Interlocking
02:55:09 Atwells Interlocking
02:56:23 PROVIDENCE STATION (arr. 6 mins late; dep. 7 mins late)
02:57:32 Orms Interlocking
02:58:51 Regional 85
03:00:21 Lawn Interlocking
03:01:13 Pawtucket Station (Opened Jan 2023)
03:02:29 Entering Massachusetts
03:03:33 South Attleboro Station (Closed)
03:04:30 Hebronville Interlocking
03:05:52 Thacher Interlocking
03:06:12 Bypassing Attleboro Station
03:06:40 Holden Interlocking
03:08:55 Mansfield Interlocking
03:09:05 Mansfield Station
03:12:12 Sharon Station
03:13:39 Canton Junction Station
03:13:48 Junction Interlocking
03:15:40 ROUTE 128 STATION (arr. on time; dep. 1 min late); Acela 2163
03:18:18 Transfer Interlocking
03:18:50 Readville Station; Franklin/Foxboro Line Joins Up; Fairmount Line Originates
03:18:59 Regional 173; Read Interlocking
03:19:26 Hyde Park Station
03:21:03 Forest Interlocking
03:21:07 Forest Hills Station; Needham Line Joins Up; MBTA Orange Line Originates
03:21:29 Plains Interlocking
03:25:37 Ruggles Station
03:27:47 BOSTON BACK BAY STATION (arr. 3 mins late; dep. 5 mins late)
03:29:20 Cove Interlocking; Framingham/Worcester Line Joins Up
03:31:17 Tower 1 Interlocking; Old Colony Lines Joins Up
03:32:14 BOSTON SOUTH STATION (4 mins late)
03:32:58 Acela 2150 at Boston South
03:33:09 Outro
Description has been updated with all interlockings from New Haven to Boston
Did you hold the camera the whole way? I’m going to bring my suction cup mount. I believe I have a window seat in the quiet car up forward.
@@3985uprr yeah it's a good idea for you to bring your suction cup. I should probably get one but I never get around to buying one. I did handheld the whole way and Stamford-Providence was 2 hours with no break
@@nathanjiang100 thank heavens for electric outlets. If my video is successful, I’ll have a huge job of editing it but it’s fun
I like how you can hear what is presumably the tilting hydraulics in action, pretty neat.
I did a complete ride last year from New Haven to Boston on the Acela. Honestly, I get turned off by the slow running between New York and New Haven. I was hoping to do another Acela express ride to Boston in the snow but so far there hasn’t been any snow. I think Amtrak should market a nonstop to Boston that stops at Stanford Route 128 Back Bay in south station running time in the morning about three hours and 10 minutes and an evening train back. I’d like to see Boston in New York closer by rail than what it is.
I think Providence should be served instead of Route 128 because it's a major city and the approaches on both ends are already really slow. Until the New Haven line is completely reworked, I don't know if we'll get schedules under 3 1/2 hours purely due to Metro-North-related delays. 77 miles in 100 minutes in unacceptable for the NEC, especially considering that they can do the 91 miles from New York to Philly in 80 minutes or less.
@@nathanjiang100 I’ve heard of Acela express rides being done and as little as three hours and 10 minutes, but that’s if everything falls into place. Overall, I am not impressed with the running times on those trains New York to Boston. My favorite part is between New Haven and Boston because they can really rocket on that stretch.
@@nathanjiang100 keystone train I ride did it in 73 minutes
yeah my fastest ride clocked in at 73 mins as well. they tend to be a little faster on weekends because there's less congestion between Newark and New York.
@@nathanjiang100 That was a weekday. Cab car forward.
The acela is a real example of just how much potential high speed rail has in the US. I just wish the section coming out of Penn was faster
well really the entire New Haven Line should be faster. The Acelas are scheduled for 100 minutes for the 75 between New York and New Haven. By contrast, 91 miles from New York to Philly takes 80 minutes on the Keystone and under 70 minutes on the Acela
@@nathanjiang100 really everything from new london to the hell gate should be redone and/or bypassed with dedicated HSR trackage but that's a pipe dream in the current political climate...
Yo I always forget that there are 3 Acela trains that skip New Haven on weekdays. My mind still cannot associate New Haven as a station any trains would bypass. The stretch between Stamford and Providence isn't the longest station gap I've seen but it definitely is pretty long. I enjoyed seeing this video!
I can't actually think of a station gap larger than STM to PVD off the top of my head other than the Acela nonstop. Actually BRP is the largest city in CT by population but yeah I feel like if anything they should skip STM instead of NHV
@@nathanjiang100 None of the longest station gaps I was thinking of are in the United States lol. I was thinking of Lumo in the UK. They have a few trains during rush hour that run nonstop between London's King's Cross and Newcastle (3 hour station gap). Needless to say I was able to watch this entire video without needing to take a break or having to add it to my watch later playlist.
oh ok. wow lol even I couldn’t watch these long videos all in one long sitting
Do you know the interlocking between New Haven and Boston because I’m gonna be riding 2150 to Boston on Wednesday. I’m trying to find information on it.
Here's what I found:
01:36:18 Mill River
01:43:00 Branford
01:44:19 Pine
01:44:33 Orchard
01:48:22 Guilford
01:57:10 Brook
01:57:59 Saybrook
01:58:35 View
02:06:47 Nan
02:11:30 Shaw's Cove
02:16:10 Groton
02:19:27 Palmers
02:30:59 High Street
02:40:02 Liberty
02:40:38 Kingston
02:43:58 Stony Lane
02:44:29 Davisville
02:48:53 Packard
02:52:16 Cranston
02:55:09 Atwells
02:57:32 Orms
03:00:21 Lawn
03:04:30 Hebronville
03:05:52 Thacher
03:06:40 Holden
03:08:55 Mansfield
03:13:48 Junction
03:18:18 Transfer
03:19:00 Read
03:21:03 Forest
03:21:29 Plains
03:29:20 Cove
03:31:17 Tower 1
Sourced from www.openrailwaymap.org/
@@nathanjiang100 Hey that’s pretty cool. The interlockings are in black. That’s a great site. Thanks.
@@nathanjiang100 Some are missing on map like Davis in Newark. You overlooked Shore Line Jct. It’s good though. Better then I could imagine
@@3985uprr Davis is there. sometimes you have to zoom in a bit more. yeah this website is great, and it shows speed limits as well though some are a little out of date (like Hartford trains can do 110 in some places now)
8:54 seems nuts to me as an Australian that the corridor goes through all these dense neighbourhoods with poor or extremely slow subway connections yet there's still no service or stations along this entire corridor until New Rochelle, and most of the subway lines just end in the middle of nowhere rather than extending to terminate at rail lines which aren't that far away.
that will change in 2028 when the Penn Access project is completed and some New Haven Line trains will be rerouted to Penn Station with new infill stations between New York and New Rochelle
I saw 2029 leading 2167 the same day so I technically saw your train. Wait you saw 90691!?
yep it's in Sunnyside kinda tucked towards the back! I saw it again on Friday!
@@nathanjiang100 WHAT!
Thank you for this great video but the Acela should be f a s t e r !!! Greetings from the nuremberg/fuerth area (Germany)
the Acela should absolutely be faster. Just took Renfe for the first time today in Spain and it makes the Acela look like a joke. I’ve also been on the CRH trains in China that can be 50 km/h faster than the fastest European trains and can be up to 16 cars long!
Lp
2:56:51
CP216 Interlocking...Otherwise known as "SHELL".
Why do these NYC to Boston vloggers always sit on the left side of the train when everything (except NYC skyline) is on the Right Side of the train?
so you can see all the passing westbound trains
What a pity to see this copy of the French TGV going as fast as a snail I don't understand why amtrak hasn't invested in a high-speed line 320 kilometers per hour can make boston like a suburb of new york
acela is beautiful especially the brand new america is a beautiful country that does not spend a lot for its rail network unlike the aeronautical environment 🧐
yeah a lot of it is just politics and a broken system here. people just have a super stingy mindset these days and everyone goes straight to the price tag rather than the potential economic impact. I've been on High-Speed trains in Spain and China, and recorded the rides in Spain like this one. Flying at 300-350 km/h is super amazing compared to a measly 250 km/h top speed here, and even that is only reached in very few areas. The Acela averages around 108 km/h which is depressing at best.
@@nathanjiang100 😅 108 km/h! It's not crazy! in France distances of 460 miles are done in 3 hours! But beware, it is indeed expensive! very expensive ! but we have tickets at 20 euros in second class and in first class you can count 180 euros which is expensive in the train, it's the bar car! if you want a coffee you have to leave your salary lol! I saw that in California they are building the first real high-speed line I don't think you need high-speed everywhere in your country given the distances but on certain routes of 450 or 600 miles having a fast train is is an alternative to flying
@insinty it only hits those speeds in a small portion of the whole route. only about 65 km out of the entire 730 km route.
Tell you you need video in front driver train and car trains
if i were allowed in cabs, I totally would but I’m not looking to be the reason someone loses their job. when the rear window is accessible to me, I do them, but if it’s business class, I also can’t go in there and I’ve tried
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