Hello and Welcome to Miller Railfan! Miller Railfan is comprised of my brother and I, who are both passionate train enthusiasts. We have been filming trains since our childhood. Together with all of our videos from the past and the present, we decided to create a RU-vid channel. Seeking heritage units, horn shows, meets, and rare catches, we predominantly produce content covering Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines (including the 3 CT branch lines.) We additionally film Amtrak, Long Island, Housatonic, CSX, and more in the Tri-State Area. Finally, we livestream at train stations at least once a year! Ultimately, we hope to capture rail history in the making. Thanks for checking us out, and please like & subscribe! P.S. Forgot to mention, GO 231! Hope you enjoy, Miller Railfan 🚂🔴⚪🔵
Probably one of the older steam locomotive residents on the valley Railroad it’s nice to see old number 97 in operation and now the 97 has worked alongside Chinese SY class 2-8-2 locomotives back in the early 90s it was the 1647 now Susquehanna 142 today number 97 operates alongside her relative engine former Knox and Kane Railroad 1658 now reborn as New Haven 3025 spot on job on this video I like seeing the crossing signals included as well
I heard that all stations in Waterbury Branch, Derby/Shelton, Ansonia, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Waterbury, and Naugatuck will be renovated and have improvements starting construction in 2025.
Yes, I have had a hand in the research/design portion of this project. The stations will be high level platforms (similar to those of the Danbury branch) and will have accessible ramps as well as additional parking spaces. All stations except for Waterbury (which already has these capabilities) will be upgraded.
Ngl I know Amtrak is Amtrak for a reason, but I can think of a few stops they can share with Metro-North’s Hudson Line: -Riverdale The reason for Riverdale is to partly help mainly with people that live there only, possibly can only take M7-A’s due to extensive diesel express trains passing. Amtrak can make a quick stop there, and then go until Croton Harmon and on -Ossining: I feel it can stop there because it does look a transit center, similar to Croton-Harmon and New London, and could make a quickly stop for anyone just off the bus or doesn’t want to transfer to Croton Harmon one stop for an Amtrak. It makes sense. Peekskill: I feel like instead of flying by, it makes that one quick pit stop, and everyone starting in that are and neighborhood don’t have to go local the rest of the way. I know people will disagree, this will never happen, and this is unreal, but to my opinion, Amtrak makes more stops on New Haven line than the Hudson. Hudson can have more than just the Spuyten Duyvil junction, Croton-Harmon, and Poughkeepsie. I know, just get a card, drive/Uber or get to Amtrak stops only, but just a considerable idea to have 3-4 stops extra like New Haven Line.
@@railfannerjs6308 Amtrak does not stop at Spuyten Duyvil, only Yonkers, Harmon, and Poughkeepsie. I personally think Amtrak is fine being limited service because Metro-North operates locally. I understand some stations don't have trains stopping a whole lot, but that's because not a whole lot of people get on. Per your example, Riverdale, there are only 543 daily riders. Compare that to Croton-Harmon which has almost 5,000 daily riders, it just doesn't make sense for Amtrak to add on an extra 5 minutes to their trip for that. Also, that would mean running on the platform tracks vs the inner express tracks like it currently does. This would create a logistic nightmare for MNR communications and switching. However, it will be nice to see Metro-North go into Penn Station someday which would be virtually the same thing as amtrak stopping at said locations.
217’s fast bell kinda freaks me out. Makes my heart race just as fast as the bell rings each time I like the ding….. *tick* ding….. *tick* But this one’s bell is like DING..DING..DING..DING..DING..DING.. *ticks off*😈 🛎️🛎️🔔🛎️🔔🔔🛎️🛎️🔔🔔🛎️🔔🛎️🔔🛎️🔔🔔🛎️ It’s just so awkward how fast that GE bell is going 😵💫
@@greaternyrailfan MNR didn't want to invest in aging equipment, they'd rather just put it towards new locomotives. All the FL9s needed was some TLC, something MNR didn't provide. Plus they needed more reliability than this excursion train
