Penn Station Emergency Repairs: Trackwork, etc.

[GirlOnTheTrain]

I do not know the status of the lower level pay phones. As for the 'no Wi-Fi' listing, I would be quite skeptical of that as well. There are too many iZombies wandering through Grand Central for me to believe there is no connectivity therein. WARNING: you WILL be run over by the walking undead!

Stationmaster's Office has wifi - albeit crappy, and the Apple Store is one giant hotspot you can pick up throughout the entire main concourse.

[STrRedWolf]

Idea: Amtrak strikes a deal w/Apple for a kiosk right at Apple's steps, consisting of an iPad that's restricted to Amtrak's check-in/print system and an AirPrint capable printer... or any printer with a Raspberry Pi 3. Just have someone travel up from Penn Station with a few reams of paper to refill the kiosks.

[Backshophoss]

Any Public Wi-Fi is not very secure,and favorite spot for ID theft hackers,and Apple does not always play well with Windows.
Amtrak tickets on public wi-fi, scary thought.

[STrRedWolf]

This is why we have VPNs. Besides, Apple has smart folk, and they already have the tools and resources.

[mtuandrew]

They've definitely been smart with me whenever I've visited an Apple Store

(Posted from my iPhone SE )

Anyway - unless we are talking Tracfones, we are a bit afield

[GirlOnTheTrain]

Certainly wouldn't be difficult for them to set up a secure network for Amtrak to use...but alas...it's doubtful to happen.

[TCurtin]

Saw #63 (I think it was 63 anyway) going through Harmon this morning about 8:20, with TWO locomotives. Is that any kind of a normal move or do you think it was a power move?

[Jeff Smith]

Mr. Curtin, that's how they're servicing GCT; P32 on one end; P42 on the other as a cab car.

Amtrak Grand Central Operations: http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=22368" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Gilbert B Norman]

So far, so good:

http://nytimes.com/2017/07/10/nyregion/ ... ersey.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Two months of train disruptions began today on New Jersey Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak, with track repairs underway at Pennsylvania Station. See our commuting guide.

• There were brief delays, but no major problems this morning getting into Manhattan.

• Your commute home might have to be different from your commute in.

There were crowds, but bearable commutes.

Regular commuters confronted thicker crowds than usual on some routes this morning.

“Confusion? No,” Whit Waterbury texted us from a New Jersey Transit Morris and Essex line train. “Being herded like cattle & squished in? You bet"

[Ridgefielder]

Just stepped over to Grand Central to take a look.

-The 2:15 to Albany was posted as a Hudson Line departure both on the main board and on the TV monitors, with a note that says "Amtrak Train 235"
-Gate sign on Track 38 was in Hudson Line green, all stops listed.
-Couple Amtrak personnel standing around by the train gate.
-As I was walking out, the announcer was calling over the PA "Attention passengers! Amtrak train 235, the 2:15 departure for Albany, making stops at Yonkers, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff, Hudson and Albany-Rennselaer, will be receiving passengers on Track 38." Haven't heard that announcement in GCT in a long time...

[STrRedWolf]

WNYC's Brian Lehrer interviewed Wick Moorman this morning (day 1).

[TCurtin]

Mr. Curtin, that's how they're servicing GCT; P32 on one end; P42 on the other as a cab car.

Amtrak Grand Central Operations: http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=22368" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sorry, I guess I was not clear enough i my post. The train (I believe 63) that I saw Monday morning was running with double units at the head end, and #63 wouldn't have been a GCT run anyway.

In any event I think I figured out the answer: 63 and 69 are departing NYP as one train. That explains the two units, or so I would surmise. If so, it will have two units every day

Tom

[Railjunkie]

This is correct 69/63 combo till the track work ends in Sept. They come down at night as normal sets.

[EuroStar]

Is the repair job being done under extended hours, i.e. is there work activity going on for more than 8 hours a day? Is anything done overnight?

[east point]

Well it certainly seems odd. Suddenly there seems to be very little media coverage about this being the start of the " Summer of hell " No problems ?