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You can also always head over to railpictures.net to see pictures from each spot, something I did a lot of trying to figure out where I wanted to go.

Another vote for Riverdale Park. It's a great little spot that stays busy throughout the day and night. It's been years since I was there, but loved to go. Signals in each direction and lots of variety, considering. Seabrook was my favorite spot on the NEC that close to DC. I visited each of the oth...

Champaign-Urbana, by itself, isn't a very easy place to watch trains. The downtown depot's platform is open only to ticketed passengers, though you can get a pretty decent view of all rail traffic as passes the Champaign Police Department's parking lot on 1st street. CN/ex-IC is the dominant player ...

Here's a link to a page that covers some basics...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Amer ... ad_signals

Can anyone tell me if there are any spots left for April's tour?

That's an interesting point. In the study that they did on the integrity of the structure, I'm sure they must have spent some time studying the part of the bridge that burned. The things I've read suggest access to the bridge at Washington Street. If that's the case, are they going to control access...

Russ,

Is this a relocation in Poughkeepsie, or a siding?

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I'm also wondering about this spur coming off of the main here:

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After reading about the CNE Tour for 2008, I was poking around on the Dutchess Rail Trail website, looking at maps. I was interested to see on this map http://www.dutchesscountytrails.com/_resources/documents/LaGrange_Meeting_Feedback-Northern.pdf That there is a spot marked "Old Rail Yard"...

Don't sacrifice your safety for the sake of a "good shot". Do not sacrice your safety OR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS for the sake of a "good shot." COMMENTARY: If you hazard an Employee who is concerned for your safety while you are railfanning, your action is unacceptably outrageous! ...

Union Station in DC is worth a visit. It's not the greatest for watching trains come and go but it's a neat place, and is a good place to hop a train to where-ever. The New York Ave. Red Line Metro stop IS a great place to watch from. There is a non-stop parade of movement between the coach yards an...

So from purely a traffic perspective, where's the spot in Northern Jersey that's going to see the greatest number of Amtrak/NJT of trains, regardless of speed, that's a good place to go considering the other variables already discussed? Many thanks again to those who have offered their knowledge. Be...

So the question is...

Is Edison station a "high speed location"?

Safe? Parking?

Hot coffee, bagels, and a few hours of trains sound like a GREAT morning.

We were thinking of trying to be on site, wherever that is, by 7:30am.

Would Jersey Ave. be a good place to catch any freight at the station? RP.net had pictures of NS power there?

Also,

Is anyone aware of extra equipment being used by Amtrak during that holiday period?

Thanks again

Jersey Avenue sounds like a possibility. Is that still 135 territory for Acela? If not, what is the max speed thru that area? Also, This may be a bit naive, but is JA a SAFE place to spend a few hours? I would imagine that PJ is, but I'm so unfamiliar with New Jersey, that I'm not sure which areas a...

No, no photos for this trip. Just a few hours of fast trains and hopefully, no parking woes!

If anything, a little-used station that sees mostly thru traffic would be ideal. Could possibly get away with parking at somewhere like that too.