0:00:01 Springfield Station 0:01:15 Spring I/L 0:02:50 Sweeney I/L (Diamond cross CSX to Pan Am) 0:04:33 Riverfront Park Xing (Closed) 0:08:54 Emerson Road Xing 0:09:46 Birnie Road Xing 0:11:32 Field I/L 0:10:47 Mass/Conn Border 0:12:00 Thompsonville 0:12:32 Enfield Lumber Industrial 0:13:38 Bridge Lane Xing 0:14:15 Parsons Road Xing 0:15:28 Warehouse Point Siding 0:16:20 Connecticut River 0:16:48 Windsor Locks Canal 0:17:47 CSO Airport Branch 0:18:12 Future Windsor Locks Station 0:18:23 Old Windsor Locks Station 0:18:35 CT-140 Xing 0:19:00 Dexters Xing 0:22:08 Current Windsor Locks Station 0:23:55 Hayden I/L 0:24:34 Hayden Station Road Xing 0:25:06 Macktown Road Xing 0:26:18 Pierson Lane Xing 0:26:31 Farmington River 0:29:10 Windsor Station 0:29:22 Central Street Xing 0:30:32 Island Road Xing 0:32:27 East Barber Street Xing 0:32:31 Windsor Defect Detector (MP 40.2) 0:32:52 Meadow Road Xing 0:33:13 Midland I/L 0:33:50 CSO Hartford Yard 0:35:34 Hart I/L 0:35:42 CSO Engine House (On right behind the trees) 0:36:11 CSO to East Hartford / Hartford Switch Tower 0:36:30 Main Street & Albany Avenue Tunnel 0:36:43 CNE Switch 0:37:12 CNE Hartford Yard (Interchange with CSO) 0:40:35 Hartford Station 0:42:00 Hartford Courant Industrial 0:44:13 Parkville Industrial (Still Single Track) 0:44:24 Hamilton Street Xing 0:45:44 Oakwood Avenue Xing / Wood I/L (Begin Double Track) 0:50:06 CWPM Industrial (Trash loads) 0:50:12 Willow I/L 0:51:25 Pan Am to Plainville & Waterbury (On left) 0:53:20 Berlin Station 0:53:52 Unconnected wye segment 0:56:00 Berlin Defect Detector (MP 24.4) 0:57:45 Norton Lane (No access) 0:58:16 Siding 1:00:35 North Colony Road Xing 1:00:43 Britannia Street Xing 1:00:49 Meriden Yard 1:01:52 Cross Street Xing 1:03:47 Meriden Station 1:04:23 East Main Street Xing 1:04:28 Colony Street Xing 1:05:08 Cooper Street Xing 1:07:23 Holt I/L 1:09:21 Pent Highway Xing 1:09:35 Infra-Metals Industrials 1:10:17 North Plains Highway Xing 1:11:16 Parker Street Xing 1:12:32 Wallingford Station 1:13:37 Hall Avenue Xing 1:13:42 Quinnipiac Street Xing 1:14:08 Ward Street Xing 1:15:51 Allnex Chemical Industrial 1:16:09 Toelles Road Xing 1:17:58 Private Xing (No access) 1:18:25 Cedar I/L 1:18:38 Siding 1:18:54 CSX to Cedar Hill Yard 1:19:13 Devine Street Xing 1:19:18 Stiles Lane Xing 1:19:45 Sackett Point Road Xing / Connecticut Container Corp. Industrial 1:19:47 Siding 1:20:15 Winchesters Xing (Modern Materials Corp.) 1:21:24 Siding 1:21:41 Lead to Amtrak Yard 1:21:45 Benton Street Xing 1:21:50 Amtrak / P&W Yards 1:22:13 PVS Minibulk Industrial 1:22:57 Lead to CSX Cedar Hill Yard / NEC (NHB) on Right 1:23:37 Lead to Amtrak / P&W / CSX Yards 1:24:12 P&W to Docks / Amtrak Division Post Approach Signals 1:24:20 Mill River I/L Signals 1:25:26 Amtrak/Metro-North Division Signals / CP 274 (Chapel) 1:27:16 New Haven State Street Station 1:27:33 CP 273 (Fair) 1:29:30 New Haven Union Station
Im building Springfield ma. WYE and station soon in HO scale. Thanks for the view. I couldn't tell if their was a track connecting the north and south tracks. ❤
New station construction just north of … Milepost 47.50 - Windsor Locks Station Two-track resumes Milepost 43 - Windsor Station & Freighthouse 39:17 - Rte 91 - Hartford Station Two-Track resumes 44:22 - Loram Rail Grinder 45:30 - MOW Milepost 25.9 - Berlin Station 59:57 - Overhead trackbed - abandoned? MOW Milepost 18.7 - Gantlet Track, Meriden Station Milepost 13.1 - “Parker”(Street?), Wallingford Station Milepost 11 - Sand or Dust kicks up “New Haven” style Catenary poles precede… Milepost 2 - Catenary starts, NEC Joins… New Haven - State Street Station New Haven Station
Nice train ride looking out from the rear. Are they going to replace those wooden tracks with cement tracks, and when will that happen? They look quite old. I also noticed they're empty streches on the right where tracks used to be (?). That's valuable track space.
It used to be all double-tracked to Springfield but Amtrak tore it out in the 1980s to save maintenance costs. It is slowly being rebuilt in spots, with the eventual goal to restore it all the way. Amtrak needs to replace the CT River bridge first and that's a few years down the road. Soon Amtrak/CTDOT will be adding double track up to Windsor Locks and as a passing track near where the Enfield station will be built, at 12:18. The canal wall in Windsor Locks needs to be strengthened first and route 159 moved slightly to the west to accommodate the rebuilt track.
I have a technical question since I'm not a railroader. What makes the wheel RPM sound variation at @25:15-25:20? I have ridden a number of Amtrak trains across America and have enjoyed standing at the back. I have even heard the same sound from Superliners. It's like the wheels are suddenly speeding up and then slowing back down. I know they aren't powered trucks. Maybe a stupid question but just wondering for the past 20 years why I often hear that sound. Thanks
You hear that sound after rails have been “grinded” and reprofiled using a rail grinder. Wheels rolling over those sections will make interesting sounds. Over years, the sound goes away. They did this all over the NYC subway in 2015. It was so annoying to hear in tunnels.
That is the new Windsor Locks station, being moved from south of town. Will include a shuttle bus connection to Bradley Airport. Enfield will be built at 12:18 in the Thompsonville section of town.
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0:00:01 Springfield Station
0:01:15 Spring I/L
0:02:50 Sweeney I/L (Diamond cross CSX to Pan Am)
0:04:33 Riverfront Park Xing (Closed)
0:08:54 Emerson Road Xing
0:09:46 Birnie Road Xing
0:11:32 Field I/L
0:10:47 Mass/Conn Border
0:12:00 Thompsonville
0:12:32 Enfield Lumber Industrial
0:13:38 Bridge Lane Xing
0:14:15 Parsons Road Xing
0:15:28 Warehouse Point Siding
0:16:20 Connecticut River
0:16:48 Windsor Locks Canal
0:17:47 CSO Airport Branch
0:18:12 Future Windsor Locks Station
0:18:23 Old Windsor Locks Station
0:18:35 CT-140 Xing
0:19:00 Dexters Xing
0:22:08 Current Windsor Locks Station
0:23:55 Hayden I/L
0:24:34 Hayden Station Road Xing
0:25:06 Macktown Road Xing
0:26:18 Pierson Lane Xing
0:26:31 Farmington River
0:29:10 Windsor Station
0:29:22 Central Street Xing
0:30:32 Island Road Xing
0:32:27 East Barber Street Xing
0:32:31 Windsor Defect Detector (MP 40.2)
0:32:52 Meadow Road Xing
0:33:13 Midland I/L
0:33:50 CSO Hartford Yard
0:35:34 Hart I/L
0:35:42 CSO Engine House (On right behind the trees)
0:36:11 CSO to East Hartford / Hartford Switch Tower
0:36:30 Main Street & Albany Avenue Tunnel
0:36:43 CNE Switch
0:37:12 CNE Hartford Yard (Interchange with CSO)
0:40:35 Hartford Station
0:42:00 Hartford Courant Industrial
0:44:13 Parkville Industrial (Still Single Track)
0:44:24 Hamilton Street Xing
0:45:44 Oakwood Avenue Xing / Wood I/L (Begin Double Track)
0:50:06 CWPM Industrial (Trash loads)
0:50:12 Willow I/L
0:51:25 Pan Am to Plainville & Waterbury (On left)
0:53:20 Berlin Station
0:53:52 Unconnected wye segment
0:56:00 Berlin Defect Detector (MP 24.4)
0:57:45 Norton Lane (No access)
0:58:16 Siding
1:00:35 North Colony Road Xing
1:00:43 Britannia Street Xing
1:00:49 Meriden Yard
1:01:52 Cross Street Xing
1:03:47 Meriden Station
1:04:23 East Main Street Xing
1:04:28 Colony Street Xing
1:05:08 Cooper Street Xing
1:07:23 Holt I/L
1:09:21 Pent Highway Xing
1:09:35 Infra-Metals Industrials
1:10:17 North Plains Highway Xing
1:11:16 Parker Street Xing
1:12:32 Wallingford Station
1:13:37 Hall Avenue Xing
1:13:42 Quinnipiac Street Xing
1:14:08 Ward Street Xing
1:15:51 Allnex Chemical Industrial
1:16:09 Toelles Road Xing
1:17:58 Private Xing (No access)
1:18:25 Cedar I/L
1:18:38 Siding
1:18:54 CSX to Cedar Hill Yard
1:19:13 Devine Street Xing
1:19:18 Stiles Lane Xing
1:19:45 Sackett Point Road Xing / Connecticut Container Corp. Industrial
1:19:47 Siding
1:20:15 Winchesters Xing (Modern Materials Corp.)
1:21:24 Siding
1:21:41 Lead to Amtrak Yard
1:21:45 Benton Street Xing
1:21:50 Amtrak / P&W Yards
1:22:13 PVS Minibulk Industrial
1:22:57 Lead to CSX Cedar Hill Yard / NEC (NHB) on Right
1:23:37 Lead to Amtrak / P&W / CSX Yards
1:24:12 P&W to Docks / Amtrak Division Post Approach Signals
1:24:20 Mill River I/L Signals
1:25:26 Amtrak/Metro-North Division Signals / CP 274 (Chapel)
1:27:16 New Haven State Street Station
1:27:33 CP 273 (Fair)
1:29:30 New Haven Union Station
Im building Springfield ma. WYE and station soon in HO scale. Thanks for the view. I couldn't tell if their was a track connecting the north and south tracks. ❤
Just viewed a video on the powered Metro liner cars, always wondered what happened to them, now I know!
Lovely video with beautiful rural areas! Thanks!
I still remember the first time I saw a Metroliner car back in 2005. I was like, "What is that? I didn't know Amtrak had control cars!"
Lucky you got a smooth ride. I was stuck earlier today on 6401 CTRail from Hartford to New Haven because of the ATV crash.
I always wondered how a trainride from Springfield to CT would look like thanks for letting me see without actually taking the trip thanks👍.
New station construction just north of …
Milepost 47.50 - Windsor Locks Station
Two-track resumes
Milepost 43 - Windsor Station & Freighthouse
39:17 - Rte 91 - Hartford Station
Two-Track resumes
44:22 - Loram Rail Grinder
45:30 - MOW
Milepost 25.9 - Berlin Station
59:57 - Overhead trackbed - abandoned? MOW
Milepost 18.7 - Gantlet Track, Meriden Station
Milepost 13.1 - “Parker”(Street?), Wallingford Station
Milepost 11 - Sand or Dust kicks up
“New Haven” style Catenary poles precede…
Milepost 2 - Catenary starts, NEC Joins…
New Haven - State Street Station
New Haven Station
The bridge at the 1 hour mark was part of the Meriden, Waterbury, and Connecticut River Railroad. It's now abandoned.
Here’s a camera location. Windsor, CT right by the railroad crossing.
Nice train ride looking out from the rear. Are they going to replace those wooden tracks with cement tracks, and when will that happen? They look quite old.
I also noticed they're empty streches on the right where tracks used to be (?). That's valuable track space.
It used to be all double-tracked to Springfield but Amtrak tore it out in the 1980s to save maintenance costs. It is slowly being rebuilt in spots, with the eventual goal to restore it all the way. Amtrak needs to replace the CT River bridge first and that's a few years down the road. Soon Amtrak/CTDOT will be adding double track up to Windsor Locks and as a passing track near where the Enfield station will be built, at 12:18. The canal wall in Windsor Locks needs to be strengthened first and route 159 moved slightly to the west to accommodate the rebuilt track.
You can film from Springfield to Greenfield.
I have a technical question since I'm not a railroader. What makes the wheel RPM sound variation at @25:15-25:20? I have ridden a number of Amtrak trains across America and have enjoyed standing at the back. I have even heard the same sound from Superliners. It's like the wheels are suddenly speeding up and then slowing back down. I know they aren't powered trucks. Maybe a stupid question but just wondering for the past 20 years why I often hear that sound. Thanks
You hear that sound after rails have been “grinded” and reprofiled using a rail grinder. Wheels rolling over those sections will make interesting sounds. Over years, the sound goes away. They did this all over the NYC subway in 2015. It was so annoying to hear in tunnels.
Thank you for the explanation. @@TEMPLE7D
station under construction north of Windsor Locks is ENFIELD.....(based on website CT rail)
Windsor Locks. Enfield isn’t even out for bid yet.
18:21 what are they building? A new station?
i believe the new windsor lock station
ENFIELD....do not yet know when it will open...BUT it is ahead of schedule(original plan said construction would start in 2025)
That is the new Windsor Locks station, being moved from south of town. Will include a shuttle bus connection to Bradley Airport. Enfield will be built at 12:18 in the Thompsonville section of town.
Still lots of single track on the north part of the line.
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how i like seeing this route aside regular windows
Who owns this track?
Amtrak for the majority until the end just before State Street Station. Then it's the MTA.
@@TrainGal247 Thanks. Do you know if they are planning to electrify it?
@@jimcolleran1804 Not in the immediate future as far as I know. The line still isn't completely doubletracked and that's more of a priority.
@@TrainGal247 Thanks
@@TrainGal247 Ct DoT, not MTA. MTA is a New York State organization. CT contracts with it to run New Haven Line trains on CT DoT owned tracks.
I'd take amtrak if the staff weren't so surely.