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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 06:26:04 2016 Amtrak to bring back 'Autumn Express' this fallSeptember 28, 2016 WILMINGTON, Del. – Back by popular demand, the Amtrak Autumn Express will operate this year on Oct. 29 and 30 through parts of New York, New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. Once again, the train will operate through small towns, historic tunnels and past key landmarks including parts of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley not traversed by passenger trains since the 1960s. This year’s Autumn Express departs New York Penn Station, passing under the Hudson River and stopping in Newark, N.J., to accept passengers and transition from electric to diesel power. From Newark, the train heads west along the former Lehigh Valley Railroad, through the famous Musconetcong Tunnel, opened in 1875, and across the Delaware River en route to Allentown, Pa. Following the former route of the Queen of the Valley passenger train, which hasn’t seen regularly scheduled passenger service in decades, the train changes direction in Harrisburg, Pa., and returns to Philadelphia along the route of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Blue Ribbon Fleet. The train then rejoins the Northeast Corridor at Zoo Tower for a high-speed run back to Newark and New York. Tickets can be purchased starting Monday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. on Amtrak's website or by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL. Seating is limited. Tickets are $149 for adults. Children aged 2 to 12 ride for half price with each adult ticket. Customers also receive a boxed lunch, souvenir tote and complimentary lapel pin with the purchase of their ticket. — An Amtrak news release. September 28, 2016. |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Sep 30 08:49:33 2016, in response to Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 06:26:04 2016. Has to be frustrating for you...going to all the trouble just to take a train past your house.I'll be attending on the 30th. Anyone want to team up as I'll be flying solo. |
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Posted by JumpInTheTrainCHIEF on Fri Sep 30 10:37:47 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Sep 30 08:49:33 2016. Big tizzy about it in the Lehigh Valley. A newspaper poll had a narrow margin against making the trip to NY to ride on it.B |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Sep 30 11:06:11 2016, in response to Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 06:26:04 2016. Following the former route of the Queen of the Valley passenger trainNo, it can no longer operate via Bayonne and Elizabeth. Nor can it run via the RVL either thanks to the state of things between High Bridge and Bloomsbury. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 16:49:41 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Sep 30 08:49:33 2016. I'll be chasing it brah! I didn't ride the 2014 trips when I lived in Jersey anyway: 
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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 16:57:20 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Sep 30 11:06:11 2016. Won't leave from Jersey City Terminal either or run via Temple Hill in the Reading area. Just a trail now:
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Sep 30 18:20:43 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 16:49:41 2016. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for these 2 pictures.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Sep 30 20:49:50 2016, in response to Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 06:26:04 2016. How much of this is going to be on the RVL. Just to Roselle Park, or will it go farther? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Sep 30 21:04:17 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 16:57:20 2016. Right of way looks wide enough for two tracks, but that bridge only for one. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Fri Sep 30 23:07:35 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Sep 30 21:04:17 2016. I get the feeling that bridge is relatively new. |
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Posted by NJCL2308 on Sat Oct 1 05:40:30 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Sep 30 20:49:50 2016. Just to Roselle Park, then it will veer left at Aldene instead of taking the ramp towards Raritan. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Oct 1 16:05:24 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by NJCL2308 on Sat Oct 1 05:40:30 2016. Ah. Was hoping for at least Bound Brook. Thanks! |
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Posted by Hamilton Express on Sat Oct 1 16:10:05 2016, in response to Amtrak Fall Excursion, posted by kp5308 on Fri Sep 30 06:26:04 2016. This is good news to know. Since this is happening during the weekend, I'm expecting massive railfan gatherings in all 3-states. XD |
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