First off, hello everyone.
It's been a little while since I posted here, or rode Amtrak. It's nice to be back on track (pun intended ).
Now as for the topic, recently I took an Amtrak train to NYP. It was a Keystone to be precise, so it terminated in NYP.
As we were pulling into the station I noticed the train was diverging east / to the right rather than seemingly going "straight" into the station.
When I exited the train, I noticed it actually stopped on track 4, which is one of the four (Tracks 1-4) stub end tracks in NYP. As there was a wall & bumper blocks there instead of the East River Tunnels in the distance.
I had 4 questions on this, the irony:
1. How often do Amtrak Revenue trains actually use tracks 1-4? I've boarded a number of NJT trains from there, but only a handful of Amtrak trains.
2. If an Amtrak train uses tracks 1-4, does it simply go OOS and sit, then just start a new journey from there?
3. Or does it reverse & then head to Sunnyside? This seems dangerous and highly unnecessary.
4. Has any non Keystone train ever used tracks 1-4?
I will say that the only departing Amtrak trains I've boarded from tracks 1-4 have been Keystone trains. Which makes sense imo. It doesn't seem practical to back an Amtrak train into tracks 1-4 whether from Sunnyside or the nearby yard that has the protect engines. Maybe the train could deadhead south / west to Philly, etc after stopping on tracks 1-4 but I'm not privy to Amtrak's deadhead movements.
If anyone could give me some insight or background on this it would be appreciated.
It's been a little while since I posted here, or rode Amtrak. It's nice to be back on track (pun intended ).
Now as for the topic, recently I took an Amtrak train to NYP. It was a Keystone to be precise, so it terminated in NYP.
As we were pulling into the station I noticed the train was diverging east / to the right rather than seemingly going "straight" into the station.
When I exited the train, I noticed it actually stopped on track 4, which is one of the four (Tracks 1-4) stub end tracks in NYP. As there was a wall & bumper blocks there instead of the East River Tunnels in the distance.
I had 4 questions on this, the irony:
1. How often do Amtrak Revenue trains actually use tracks 1-4? I've boarded a number of NJT trains from there, but only a handful of Amtrak trains.
2. If an Amtrak train uses tracks 1-4, does it simply go OOS and sit, then just start a new journey from there?
3. Or does it reverse & then head to Sunnyside? This seems dangerous and highly unnecessary.
4. Has any non Keystone train ever used tracks 1-4?
I will say that the only departing Amtrak trains I've boarded from tracks 1-4 have been Keystone trains. Which makes sense imo. It doesn't seem practical to back an Amtrak train into tracks 1-4 whether from Sunnyside or the nearby yard that has the protect engines. Maybe the train could deadhead south / west to Philly, etc after stopping on tracks 1-4 but I'm not privy to Amtrak's deadhead movements.
If anyone could give me some insight or background on this it would be appreciated.
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Be good & cheers.
Check out my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@northeasttrainman for various Train Videos, both virtual & real life.
Be good & cheers.