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Amtrak @ GCT yesterday

Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Oct 26 07:25:51 2010

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With the fixes to the Spuyten-Duyvil drawbridge done, more drama hit Amtrak service on the Empire Line thanks to the derailment of a NJT train in Penn Station yesterday (#6621 if I remember the number correctly). As a result, to my knowledge (and thanks to very last second info, my chances to get photos blew up in my face!!! >:-P), only 1 Amtrak train did end up arriving at Grand Central Terminal. At 1345 (1:45 PM), Amtrak #280 arrived on Track 42 in GCT, engine #707 on the point with 5 Amfleet Is. It was taken around the loop after unloading its passengers, and at the same time, a huge busload of passengers from Penn Station was brought in to GCT to catch this train up to Albany and points beyond.

Now, the drama grows, and the Amtrak people become awfully pissed, as GCT supervision basically kicked the Amtrak equipment out of the terminal after it completed its trip around the loop on the Upper Level. There were issues, as I have heard, with the #707's radio having trouble communicating on Channel 2 (78/78), and for the reason which sadly was unknown (radio communication sucked!!!), te Amtrak equipment, rather than be backed back in to Track 42, was ordered to continue on northward up the line and to the Hudson Line and on its way, leaving several hundred Amtrak passengers pissed off and pretty pissed off!! Especially when they were all loaded onto Train #737 to Croton Harmon (yep, all regular stops were to be made!!!!), and some even got on Train #835 to Poughkeepsie.

And how ripped off I was to await it being backed in to Track 42 and me to get my shots, only to hear the equipment was kicked out and sent northward on its way!!! Sorry I couldn't get the photos out!! But it made for another story to tell, especially yours truly would end up assisting the Amtrak passengers in their queries (and yes, I did try to get myself on a train they were considering using as a shuttle to get Amtrak passengers up to Croton Harmon, but they didn't gimme the extra $$$$-make chance!! Can't say I didn't try!!) :-)

But more so ripped off at a missed photo op for you good folks!!! Grrr!! >:-(

So, yep, #707 with 5 cars @ 1345, Track 42 yesterday.

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