Quest for Metro North’s Conrail heritage locomotive plus Harlem 125 heavy rail action. 8/24/23 

You give the best videos on train travel. Interesting on the Conrail equipment . Years back this railroad was Conrail before Metro North.

6:28 i'll never get enough of the M7 sound, no matter how many times I hear it

Been waiting for you to see 201!!! Great catch!! Would love to see 208 next.

1:47 The casual roast of the Harlem Line Local, lol. 8:18 XD That's true! Another great roast, lol.

Loving the comments about the North White Plains "milk run" (or mail run)! As always, an entertaining, informative video, Tim!

Great shots of 201 for modelers. Thanks for the ride

Really was a gray day yesterday. Glad you got to catch the Conrail unit!

15:27 i caught 9734/9735 on a test train at Stamford back in December. they had yet to enter service. that is a very new pair right there.

Nice heritage unit 😁

Great location with a lot of interesting traffic. Thanks for another great video!

I like how he always tells you what the train id is

41:47 I caught Conrail heritage unit and also I caught a beach ball 208 and New Haven 230!

@Retired Railfan Horn Guy let me know next time your on one of the Metro North branches, and I'll be there. I live very close to NYC.

Great video Tim I enjoyed it 😊

Saved the best for last.

The M3s on the Hudson line should have their stripes painted green. That way I won't get confused thinking it's a Harlem Line. Also is Conrail a commuter train service like NJ Transit, Amtrak and Metro North?

Great review. Thanks Tim💚😀

In a previous comment, I mentioned how I hate planes but love trains. That being because I was surprised by your connection to the airline industry. Today, this posting simply confirmed your your love of trains & why I watch your adventures. Great cinema; as always. One final thought, why would the GE Locs filmed in this give off such a "dark" exhaust upon departure? Why are they imitating old diesel ALCO's???? I leave it to you to explain. Thanks again for this enjoyable posting!

The Conrail unit is pretty sharp. I think the yellow nose would fair better (more readable) with blue lettering instead of white. IMO.

Good stuff Mister Retired Railfan Horn Guy...it's been awhile being given the chance to watch your videos due to work, work, work, work...I remember the FL9's painted in that Conrail scheme with quite a few of them having the yellow so 'sun' faded that it appeared white back when I was attending Cardinal Hayes high school from 1979-1983. And some were so beat up, the Penn Central emblem was seen on them. Thank you and be well, Vincent Zablocki

Check out train 853, after leaving GCT, it’s first stop is Beacon!! Bypasses Harlem-125th 😎

Metro North M3As look way better than the LIRR M3s.

13:54 It's honestly really weird and sacrilegious to me the operate dual power trains and diesel mode in electrified territory

15:35 didn't know the M3s had front lights that could strobe.

@ 3:33 those coaches need a repaint

@3985uprr ( Retired Railfan Horn Guy) I was down in Beacon this very day catching it at night around 9:26. 230 also came buy. Also Amtrak Adirondack With 702 leading

I feel as if they don’t need to retire M3As

The Conrail locomotive color was referred to during the design of Conrail inconography as Bright Future Blue - a color that was not used by any of the main predecessor railroads that went into Conrail.

7:48 nice catch of the Metro-North Conrail heritage unit. On another note, with that paint scheme we now have an idea of what the P32 would look like on the LIRR. 😂

Alot of M3a's out

How much ridership does each of those Lower Harlem Line stations get? Could MNR theoretically consolidate without negatively impacting too many people?

Do you have all of these train numbers, sources, and destinations memorized?

I remember the locals to North White Plains and Stamford from my days of hanging out in GCT and watching the Solari board. Seems like the local to Mount Vernon West no longer operates. Oh well. I still refer to Southeast as Brewster North. Some things will never change. Just like the express to Brewster North making White Plains the first stop. Yankees are below .500 for the first time this year and I'm not happy about it. And they got turtle waxed by the Red Sox. But that's okay. We'll return the favour before the season is over. I think MN M3's are better maintained than the LIRR version.

Busy is an understatement..how are the Acelas routed ? Thanks..

Where are the new cannan

When do the pantographs rise?

What track is this on??

201

Cool, I have yet to see Metro North's Conrail heritage unit. And another close call to you, I was actually going to White Plains on Train 639 to Mount Kisco that day, the first train you filmed. Another close call to you, Tim!!!! I saw the Push pull train trailing me as we pulled out.

Your intro! 08:-:12 where did you film those shots from love the framing!

Mount Vernon East is on the New Haven Line. Mount Vernon West is on the Harlem, so those trains that you said going to North White Plains actually stop at Mount Vernon West first.