Back in 2019 when this was recorded, 448/449 usually ran with an Amfleet I club-dinette as the food service car and the business class seats were sold as a third fare class option. This train must have had the car swapped out for a full dinette Amfleet I, all of which have the NER logo.
This uses a different ESU base file for the non-HEP mode 7FDL that does have notch 7 and 8. I’m not sure why ESU chose to remove those for their P42 file, but it’s completely inaccurate. For HEP mode, my file uses completely new custom sounds that transition from ESU’s idle to 900 rpm HEP mode.
@amtrak706 Thank you for the reply! I do have more questions regarding the sounds. I'll probably ask them later when all my remaining P42s get esu lok v5. Your right about the notching being inaccurate. HEP to 7 with one speed step is painful.
Does Amtrak own the former NYC from Manhattan to Albany or does Metro-North own part of it? And Albany to Buffalo and west and toward Boston is CSX owned?
Amtrak only owns the Empire Connection from Penn Station to CP 12 just north of Spuyten Duyvil. The old NYC from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie is owned and operated by Metro-North. From Poughkeepsie to Hoffmans (west of Schenectady) it is owned by CSX but long-term leased and operated by Amtrak. From Hoffmans west it is owned and operated by CSX.
Hi, I have watched many of your tutorials and I thank you for sharing your knowledge, they are very good. Maybe it is not the video, however, I have some MTH Dash 9 proto sound locomotives, and all of them, they run 10 seconds, stop, run for 1 more second and repeat it a lot, do you know why it does this? I have restarted the loco several times!
So how do you actually download the file to the unit? PC or a USB or something? Because I’m interested to install this on my new P42 I got, this is pure awesome stuff!
@@eclipz4129 You would pay for the file that is opened and written to the decoder using the LokProgrammer software on a Windows PC. A LokProgrammer device is required to connect to the PC via USB. If you are looking for general familiarization I would suggest you go on ESU’s website.
I cannot believe no railroad company is put any cameras up in the area it's amazing I've been telling several different ones put up a camera in Amsterdam nobody wants to listen
My son really loves trains 🚆🛤🚋🚞🚝🚊🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃🚂 especially steam locomotives like that and he hopes that real soon that the other 3 Reading T1's 2100, 2101, and 2124 are restored to operation especially 2101 even though it was damaged in a roundhouse fire he believes that if someone tried hard enough and asked FMW Solutions to help they could get it running again.
Remember that it's a lot bigger than your car. Bigger something is, the harder it is to know its speed. That's why cargo ships look like they're crawling but they're probably doing 30-35 mph over the water. It's very believable that Amtrak can do 110, and very reasonable to say most of these shots show such cases
Excellent video. Your filming procedure is thorough and meticulous. Now I want to visit the Amsterdam area even more. Though I can't help but wonder what you meant by a "NEC P42?" Do all those have their original steel noses? Or are they all based out of that corridor?
Several Northeast locations including Albany-Rensselaer and Washington DC have dedicated P42 pools, around the 85-120 road number series. Nowadays this is more important since only those units are ACSES equipped.
The hooter was used back when she was built. The 6 chime I believe was only added after they started the rambles, since she was mostly a freight locomotive beforehand If it's her exact whistle, I'm not sure
They should electrify the corridor in the future together with an new regional rail. And concrete ties should allow 125 mph on some parts. The corridor should also be straightend.
The NYC - Albany is a great modernization candidate for sure, 125 on most of the route with electrification is certainly possible with some zones of 110 and 90 on the more pricier curves to realign. Alan fisher actually mentioned that corridor in one of his videos.
It's all in their maintenance. Remember that trains have been doing that speed for decades on wood ties. Just concrete lasts longer and is more stable.
