SecaucusJunction wrote:Speeds east of Port Jervis are higher than ever. For most of my life, chasing And catching trains on Rt 17 was no problem. .....
You must not have chased any of the 614 trips.....talk about speed, there was no way to chase those trips, you had to chose a spot and wait....I have heard some stories about how fast some of those trips ran; but I will leave that for someone else to post....
The person on the Yahoo Groups that posted the info on the eventual speeds between Binghamton and Port Jervis works for the NYS&W. The NS lease stated 40mph. I don't think they are to that point yet, but with the current track work they may be getting close.
Remember too, originally the signal system in that segment was to be abandoned but it has actually been upgraded. Not sure if that gives the NYS&W a credit against other work, but there was some substantial costs involved with the new system and removal of the old code line.