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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 13:11:20 2013 Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes TodayMay 21st, 2013 Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak train service will resume this afternoon between New York and New Haven, followed by regular service on Wednesday, MTA Metro-North Railroad, the Connecticut Department of Transportation and Amtrak announced. With one of the two damaged tracks rebuilt and returned to service, beginning with the 3:07 p.m. departure from Grand Central Terminal, Metro-North will operate about half of the regular eastbound PM peak service and regular hourly westbound service with the 4:23 PM train from New Haven. Metro-North will continue to operate on a regular schedule between Grand Central and South Norwalk in both directions. On Friday, May 17, a Metro-North train derailed in Bridgeport and was struck by another train going in the opposite direction. “We recognize the critical importance of both Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak to the regional economy,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut. “Although reconstruction and testing of the second track will not be completed until late tonight, enough work has been completed to allow us to operate this limited service in advance of resuming our regular schedule on Wednesday.” The operation will require a reduced speed of 30 miles per hour, standard for all new track installations. Trains will only be able to use a single track for a distance of seven miles in the area around Bridgeport, CT. Metro-North expects there will be delays as a result. Metro-North will reinstate regular weekday service to-from New Haven on Wednesday morning. The track has been rebuilt from the ground up to current Federal Railroad Administration standards using all new materials. After the track was rebuilt, it underwent rigorous testing. The track was subjected to a stabilizer machine, which simulates heavy rail traffic using vibrations. This machine compacts the stone ballast and stabilizes the new track. All signal testing was conducted by Metro-North forces and observed by the FRA and the National Transportation Safety Board. Metro-North is actively supporting the NTSB, which is conducting a thorough investigation of the derailment and subsequent collision Friday night in Bridgeport. The new track also was subjected to ultrasonic testing designed to detect internal defects in the running rail with no exceptions. In addition, the track geometry car was utilized over the new track to verify that the track is in the proper vertical and horizontal alignment. The speed of the rebuilding effort was the result of the extraordinary efforts of hundreds of skilled people in multiple crafts working around the clock since Saturday night. Service Plan Limited train service resumes to New Haven at 3 PM on Tuesday, May 21 and for the remainder of the day. Customers should expect delays. To New Haven Regular train service from Grand Central Terminal (GCT) to South Norwalk station; with limited service to New Haven Station (representing 50% of regular service) The first train is the 3:07 PM train leaving GCT and arriving in New Haven at 5 PM To Grand Central Terminal Regular train service from New Haven Station to Grand Central Terminal The first train is the 4:23 PM train leaving New Haven and arriving in GCT at 6:17 PM Regular train service continues on the branch lines. For train information on which trains will run through to New Haven and which will terminate at South Norwalk, please refer to the schedules page at mta.info. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 13:57:27 2013, in response to Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 13:11:20 2013. Once again, Metro North pwns the LIRR. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 14:03:31 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 13:57:27 2013. No surprise there really ... MNRR=NYCentral, LIRR=Pennsy. 'Nuff said. :) |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 18:38:08 2013, in response to Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 13:11:20 2013. Having rode the Babylon line from 1981 to 1990 and the Harlem after that, it is like night and day comparing LIRR to MNRR. AND MNRR took on much older infrastructure, filthy FL9's, filthy roach infested coaches when they took over the RR from Conrail who let it rot. |
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Posted by J Trainloco on Tue May 21 18:54:39 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 13:57:27 2013. Sadly, you're right. |
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Posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:10:59 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 14:03:31 2013. Come on now, we all know that Penn had the balls to go through with the Hudson River tubes and wasn't afraid of the costs either. Pennsy back then in that age was a railroad of sheer brilliance. Let us not forget that. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:16:21 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:10:59 2013. It's all good ... I *had* to do that since the Pennsy never ran up here. Just be glad I'm not an Erie Lackamoney guy. :) |
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Posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:17:34 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:16:21 2013. LOL, we need people who aren't afraid to think BIG again. Our cities are becoming victims of infrastructure stagnation. If we don't expand, we cannot grow. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:23:10 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:17:34 2013. Hate to say it, but look to who's running congress now and who their friends are. They can make more money in India and China and so that's where the big thinking is going to be. :( |
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Posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:35:43 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:23:10 2013. There's money to be made through innovation! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:36:49 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by ClearAspect on Tue May 21 19:35:43 2013. In China ... that's the problem. I'm praying that enough people see what's going on, eschew the megacorps and start doing their own garage things again. It is that which made this country great, not the money changers. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 19:56:12 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:16:21 2013. Unlike the other 2, there were times the E-L actually turned a profit after 1960, even in the 70's. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:02:14 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 19:56:12 2013. Yeah, but in the end, wowsers. :( |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:23:59 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:02:14 2013. Agnes was a BITCH!!!! |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:26:03 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 19:16:21 2013. Erie Lackawanna > ALLthe rest. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:33:24 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:23:59 2013. So was Dereco. :( |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:33:50 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:26:03 2013. Heh. Now you know who I was trolling for. :) |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:46:39 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:33:24 2013. TRUTH!!! |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Tue May 21 20:58:33 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by RockParkMan on Tue May 21 20:26:03 2013. "Erie Lackawanna"The Erie was a bitch ass railroad that was too broke to electrify or build a tunnel to Manhattan. The Lackawanna should have been merged into the PRR. Midtown Direct in the 1920s. :-) |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 21:04:39 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Tue May 21 20:58:33 2013. I guess before the DC Centenary was built they could have. It took the age of the cars and public funds to convert the ex Lack & Western lines to AC which made midtown direct possible. |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 21:04:39 2013. centenary ? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 21:29:54 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013. Yeah, the Erie Lackamoney used really really cheap wire, made from stretched pennies. :) |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue May 21 21:34:04 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013. centenary ?Isn't that a place were they bury dead people? Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 21:43:51 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013. CANTENARY . windows 7 spell checker changed it.. I didn't catch it. everyone feel better now? |
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Posted by nostalgia on Tue May 21 21:59:51 2013, in response to Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 13:11:20 2013. Amtrak returned to Metro North. #177 arrived New Rochelle 35 minutes late. I can tell the difference between an AEM7 horn and commuter equipment. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Tue May 21 22:16:22 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 21:43:51 2013. One too many N's, I reckon! :-) |
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Posted by 3-9 on Tue May 21 22:17:20 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 21:29:54 2013. So which came first, the trains to stretch the pennies, or the "wire"? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 22:22:42 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by 3-9 on Tue May 21 22:17:20 2013. Diesels to stretch them out on the rails, then hang them. No chickens required. :) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 22:40:15 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 20:33:24 2013. Even with all that, E-L made the decision to surrender to the Wrath of Conrail literally at the last minute. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 22:53:56 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 22:40:15 2013. Because they couldn't break the union after trying to get them to join what became CSX. Sadly, Chessie would have ground them up even faster than Gonerail. Damn shame ... one of the few railroads that didn't give up the ghost like the worms did. :( |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 21 23:00:14 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013. Come on, good buddy, you made MANY a grammatical error yourself!! ;-) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 22 01:46:31 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 21 22:53:56 2013. Chessie made little sense. That was a mid-Atlantic system. Conrail would have stolen all it's northeast business. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 22 01:49:25 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 22 01:46:31 2013. And yet, EL wanted to go with them for a quick exit with the cash. That's what the union wanted to stop because they KNEW they'd all be out of work the second the ink dried. I worked for Gonerail as a temp for refitting old GE radios with new ones. They weren't bad at all to work for. Then came the idjits from Jacksonville. :( |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 22 02:32:14 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 22 01:46:31 2013. Conrail the government railroad? They had the authority to steal whatever they wanted. |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Wed May 22 04:42:19 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by seabeachexpress on Tue May 21 21:43:51 2013. CATENARY, skip that first N ;-) |
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Posted by Mtk52983 on Wed May 22 06:28:29 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue May 21 21:24:47 2013. What does a New Jersey (or Louisiana) college have to do with this? :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed May 22 07:35:45 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by nostalgia on Tue May 21 21:59:51 2013. What time did you hear this arrival?? If it was sometime after 10:30pm, it might have been A179, BOS to NYP, I did see 179 last night at Stamford at about 10:15pm. Saw no other Amtraks. The lead motor was an HHP-8. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed May 22 07:46:14 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 13:57:27 2013. Don't we always?????? :-DI mean..... With the exception of certain work/yard assigned locomotives (namely the Brokevilles), MNR locos perform better (Gennies haven't been top star performers, but they sure do better than LIRR's Lemons!!), our EMUs of similar age (M-7As) look in way better shape, our M-3As look in phenomenal shape as opposed to LIRR M-3s (probably run better too), our stations look way nicer, we bounce back from system outages quite possibly THE BEST and fastest in the whole MTA system, and passengers who ride both the LIRR and MNR will say upfront the quality of service and the quality of MNR crews FAR EXCEEDS the LIRR!! (People do talk, ya' know!!), and now on top of all that, MNR is #1, top dog in the country, in ridership!! :-) |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 22 09:02:13 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by nostalgia on Tue May 21 21:59:51 2013. I think the AEM7s and the Gennies that MN have, use the same horns. |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Wed May 22 12:48:25 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed May 22 07:35:45 2013. I passed westbound Acela at Darien at 18:12 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 22 13:58:28 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 21 22:40:15 2013. Conjob: Ruining the Northeast's rail network since '76. |
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Posted by Train2104 on Wed May 22 16:41:10 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed May 22 07:46:14 2013. When asked management likes to chalk up MNR's better service reliability, frequency, and recovery speed to the fact that LIRR has more single and double track sections. But that can't explain fleet reliability...On a side note, Poughkeepsie-GCT monthly (quite common) is more expensive than Montauk-NYP monthly (very rare). |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 22 16:55:10 2013, in response to Re: Limited Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak Train Service Resumes Today, posted by Train2104 on Wed May 22 16:41:10 2013. But that can't explain fleet reliabilityIn the case of the MUs, I wonder if the LIRR running 24/7 has anything to do with that? Metro North pretty stops running for a couple of hours overnight. |
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