Heritage Geeps on the NJT Main Line and a whole lot more. 12/21/22
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Fantastic day seeing a great variety of motive power at several locations such as Hohokus, Glen Rock, and Ramsey. Numerous trains are seen powered by the CNJ and NJDOT Heritage GP40PH-2’s. The locomotive cycles for these engines were suddenly changed resulting in them operating on the Main Line. You will hear the lively RS3L and SU3L horns on the 4109 and 4101 respectively plus other sweet sounding K5LA horns on other trains. This was a nice early Christmas present. (At 26:03 that is actually an RS3L. Ignore the SU3L graphic)
Always enjoy your vlogs! The Ramsey stop was perfect - where else could you eat, drink, stay warm, and rail fan from a single seat! Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄
Excellent video
But last year I did see Norfolk Southern on the Pascack Valley line working by Teterboro 2 GP38-2s on Norfolk Southern those trains run Local freight service to Emerson Nj
Still like the original blue NJ DOT scheme the best. And I like the brutish looks of the 4500's.
When I was in Clifton Nj I did hear Norfolk Southern Eastern Dental I was at my Dentist appointment and I like hum that's strange there not normally out on the Abandoned Railroad that ends up in Suffern NY
Glen Rock Station is my favorite spot to catch NJ transit trains up close by the tracks
It’s a unusual perspective unusual site from sitting inside the bar window that 2 or 3 car Constance blasted by
4906 is my favorite
Nice
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Tim!
actually, the ALPs are to replace the PL42s. as i am aware, NJT/MN has absolutely zero plans of retiring the Geeps and F40s.
Yes that’s true. They should get rid of those PL’s. Supposedly the DP’s are tremendous fuel guzzlers while the EMD’s are more fuel efficient surprisingly. Go EMD!!!!
To think the oldest active locomotives in the country have a far better reliability record than their replacements...that says a lot
@@ENYoriginal oh absolutely
@@evangouldtransit I’m always proud to watch those dinosaurs do the job day in, day out.
@@3985uprr oh same here. i put on my community tab a photo of 4109 i edited a few days ago from Hoboken when it ran the Railmen's train.
Cool video!!! I actually was on train 1159 that day which had the 4101 leading!!!! I got off at Ridgewood tho.
23:10 i saw 4903 on a trip up to Port Jervis in 2021. Still has that amazing horn
My childhood home was on the top of hill on the other side. We used to watch trains on the other side of the track. Wow theres a crossing gate now! And the signals got moved they used to be several hundred yards north of the crossing. But that was 50 yrs ago
Once again, a beautiful job. Have a happy holiday to you and your family!
Epic winter NJ Transit & Metro North catches on NJ Transit's Main Bergen County Lines & Metro North's Port Jervis and awesome job with your commentary
MERRY CHRISTMAS! I rather watch prototypical operations than trains around the tree.
Happy Hornadays and a Healthy New Year ahead to you and your Family Tim. Thanks for making 2022 just a little bit better and more fun by sharing your videos and knowledge with us. Cheers!
Great video and commentary. I never thought of New Jersey as a mellifluous place until now!
Interesting word!!!
Interesting array of trains and motive power. Thanks Tim. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year🎄🎄
I lived on Hillcrest Rd. in Ridgewood, NJ (about 1000 feet from Hollywood Av. crossing) from 1966-1976) in the Erie-Lackawanna era. There were 4 tracks back then from Ridgewood Junction to Suffern, NY. Then it was double tracked to Port Jervis, NY on the old (now abandoned) passenger mainline thru the downtowns of Monroe, Goshen and Middletown, NY. Plenty of RS-3s, E8s, GP-7&9s and later U-34s when commuter trains transitioned from E-L to NJDOT about 1974 or so. I think E-L used the old Stilwell commuter coaches up to 1976. Maybe even a little after NJDOT takeover. Not 100% sure when last Stilwell disappeared from roster. I even rode on some of the six passenger coaches that E-L bought from the Santa Fe around 1970 or so. They were long distance coaches so they only had a door at one end and the seats were 2X2 and individual. Comfy and roomy! I think it was an easy (and cheap) purchase by E-L because Santa Fe and E-L long distance passenger trains both used Dearborn station in Chicago before AMTRAK. Lots of freight on that line back then using anything from FA-2s to SDP-45s! The E-L put welded rail on the Waldwick S-curve in the late 60s-early 70s, but only on the curved sections. The tangent track remained jointed rail. BTW. That storage area on Hollywood avenue was a textile bleachery up to the end of the 60s when it was forced to shut down because it was polluting Ho-Ho-Kus Brook! They used to blow their factory air whistle every morning! It was my alarm clock for waking up on school days! I hated that whistle. Also BTW. U r about 1 year older than me. In case u were wondering. I also lived in Mastic Beach, NY for 2 years in the late 1980s when I worked at Grumman in Calverton. The LIRR was using FA-2 control units and GP-40s (I believe) back then on the Montauk line. I only remember switchers on the Greenport line. Great videos! Love your insights!
A Comet IV, a Comet II and a Comet V...now a rare sight in Hoboken Division....
Yeah, Comet IIMs/IVs don’t run on the Hoboken side that much, they seem even rarer lately….
Hoboken terminal is like the NJT version of LIRR's LI City?
retired railfan where does the hoboken line start? or are there multiple origin stations?
The diesels start right out of Hoboken terminal
@@3985uprr and do they all go to the same destination or are there multiple branches?
I forgot to mention that I listen to the horns differently. I base them on vocal ranges of opera singers. High pitch I call them tenors. Low pitch I call them, baritones. And very deep, I call them bases. I live near the West Shore Line so I can have fun.
Hello Horn Guy
Your train videos classic.
Your comments are very educational,
And I love train Horns,
I collect train whistles.
Small ones that you can blow,
Have you seen many.
Happy Holidays.
Brother Ron
Train Nerd
Keep up the great train trackers
Do u know when these heritage units will be here again?
Varies from day to day. They should appear fairly often. That line sees the most diesel trains.
At 3:11, I love those cell towers made to look like trees. Since they blend in so nicely and you made no comment, you probably didn't even notice it.
I would have sent you one of my transit Christmas cards if I had contact info.
I take those towers for granted, so no mention.
It sounds like Alex in couple minutes early in the video
Did u see French onion soup engineer
No. On other line earlier in day
What kind of horn do you consider the "gold standard" among train horns?
RS5T