Railfan window view from the front of an M3 trainset as it runs express from Ossining to Grand Central Terminal. Shot with my Go Pro. Starts off a little dark, but eventually the dawn breaks and the video looks great.
My cousin told me when he walked outta Sing Sing a free man in 2000 after serving 5 years, he didn't ask nobody to pick him up. He said he wanted to get home on his own & enjoy it. So he walked from the prison 20 mins to the Ossining station & hopped that Metro North on the Hudson Line back home to the Bronx. Got off at 125th Street then took the 5 back Uptown. He said it was a beautiful crisp cool morning when he did that. It changed him. He started appreciating the simple things & the beauty of life just with that trip. He stayed an honest working man from that day on. Now he live in Florida with a family & a nice house.. I was 14 at the time & hearing that, that's all the more I fell in love with trains & subways. This is a beautiful route.
Enjoyable ride! It was interesting to see trains passing by in the opposite direction on both the left & right side. Safety is no "accident". It takes a lot of careful coordination and detailed logistics for the system to run so smoothly!
25:15, the building to the left behind the trees (John F. Kennedy High School). Went there from 2010 to 2014. Enjoyed the years of hearing and seeing trains pass the school. Occasionally would watch diesels pass by from class.
I love it !! Head end shots sure beat side window shots. I'm old enough to have ridden the old New York Central electric MU cars on the Hudson Line, all the way to Croton-Harmon. You could open the windows and the cars had rattan seat upholstery. The whining sound of the gears and traction motors at speed along the river was something I'll never forget. What a sad shame a train set of that old equipment wasn't saved and preserved for fan trips and special events. People today will never be able to experience it, unfortunately. Same with the LIRR, some of those wonderful old MU cars should have been saved. And that goes for PATH too. I loved the Hudson & Manhattan 'Black' cars !! I begged the Port Authority to save some of them, but my pleas fell on deaf ears. Except for one or two in museums, all I have are my memories now. And by the way, I was in the old Penn Station in Manhattan many times before it was tragically torn down.
That is a very long way underground. It is like traveling through the netherworld. It's real. Someone could get lost in there probably for years. This was a very unique and eye opening video.
That is REALLY COOL. Thanks for posting Mike. I was always curious of how that specific rout paralleling the Harlem River looked. You solved the mystery!
Just a little more scenic than the Babylon line on the LIRR.. Sometimes I'm not sure if those that live in the Hudson Valley realize how lucky they are.
Thanks for the video. I grew up in Ossining and took the train to NYC nearly every weekend. Ossining wasn't a bad place but not the most exciting place either.
Awesome. Can you do one in the full day, so that we can see the tracks ??? I'm a track nut. I'm touched in the head, and sketch track layouts of railways. Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario
I only saw a handful of wayside signals, mostly at crossovers. Is this line operated under cab signal, ATC, or PTC protocol? Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Im scratching my head trying to figure out which station we actually arrived at, The intro says the train will be arriving at GCT yet we pulled into PENN Station. ??????????
+Jersey Mike's Rail Videos I know, but I'd most likely be riding a train with blurred cab glass, so id have to do a side window. I do agree a cab ride video is much much better though.
First of all, I wonder why GCT is the only station on the MNRR where trains don't sound their horns approaching the platforms. Also, which trains use the upper level platforms, and which trains use the lower level platforms?
Speed restrictions when you are that deep in the tunnel (tunnel starts at 100th st.... platforms are at 48th). No diesels/diesel hybrids on the lower level. (some diesels can switch to 3rd rail electric)
@@darkstarharry2947 Still doesn't answer why this station is the only one where trains don't sound their horn coming into GCT? I know you said diesels can use the upper level platforms, but not the lower level. But which trains use the upper level platforms, and which ones use the lower level?
@@Spaceshotx7 Regarding upper/lower levels: both are used interchangeably at all times (all 3 lines [Hudson, Harlem, New Haven] use both levels). Again, the only limitation is there are no diesels on the lower level. The selection of which train uses which platform is up to the stationmaster.
@@Spaceshotx7 I know im late sorry about that but the reason why they dont blow horns into GCT is because the station is underground, MNRR trains use pretty loud unrestricted horns and if you do that in GCT it creates an echo It's the same with New York Penn station
So where do these NMRR lines sit historically? Are they the remains of GC's suburban/interurban network or did they underlie the lines out of GC station as a feeder network of the MTA's predecessors? From a Pom living in Australia...who loves all your NY stuff , especially the RFWs.
Due to geography the NY Central only had two major commuter lines out of the city, Hudson Division and Harlem Division. Today they are the Hudson and Harlem lines. Metro North has seen surprisingly little schedule and route change since the 1950's/60's.
Excellent video. Best I've seen on RU-vid of a Metro North train ride through the tunnels. Thank you for sharing. Might I ask how you were able to get in the front of the cab?
+Jersey Mike's Rail Videos what do you mean by rail fan Windows? I know they have three Windows on the front, and on the door to the cab it has a little box window, but that one is all distorted. Are you referring to the old or new M-3's?
Obviously not an attack on your video, which is great! It's just strange how a station with such a magnificent booking hall has such grim looking platforms.. I understand they are underground, so there's not much scope, but they still look more depressing than they need to.
trainrover, That is done when they pull the local tracks out of service for track or platform work. Trains arrive on the express tracks and are loaded via spans. Got a solid engineer on this trainset as well. Nailing his marks at those stations.
Shocking to realize just how inadequate and largely useless are the Headlamps on this train. Can't see much ahead of the train at all, no wonder they hit cars and people.
I remember when i was 8 yrs old asking my brother where in the hell is Harlem as in the globetrotters basketball team cause if you don't see it close up on a map ,your not going to know Then what ta you know ,itool the metro north right down these same tracks coming from New Haven 25yrs later
I’m not watching the whole video but an easy way to find out would be to look at this rail line on wikipedia and there’s generally a comprehensive list of all current and former stations on a vertical “map” so if it was I’d hedge my bets it’s on there
They're far likelier to live in the Riverside Park Tunnel (on the West Side). That tunnel is both much longer and much safer and more spacious. (It was built wide enough for 4 tracks, but first only had 1, then none, and even now only 2.)
