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Two different styles. Fixed Tension vs Constant Tension. Different voltages too
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west point wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:17 am What caused the 2 - 3 hour delays Monday between Newark and PHL?3 trains (nearly) simultaneously broke their pantographs at Metuchen or east of there.
bellstbarn wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 8:26 pm What happened that caused grief for Amtrak and NJ Transit during the afternoon today Wednesday May 22.2024? The radio reports sounded as if wires on the Meadows were down. Passengers were told to ride PATH.It hit national news. Wires were down between New York Penn and Newark. They had to stop trains from Philly to NYP. If NJ Transit trains could go into Hoboken, they did (thus, take PATH). Eventually they got a track open and were single-tracking everything. Things are still a mess so expect delays today.
STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 6:38 amCorrect. There were reports of equipment being out of position causing issues today.bellstbarn wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 8:26 pm What happened that caused grief for Amtrak and NJ Transit during the afternoon today Wednesday May 22.2024? The radio reports sounded as if wires on the Meadows were down. Passengers were told to ride PATH.It hit national news. Wires were down between New York Penn and Newark. They had to stop trains from Philly to NYP. If NJ Transit trains could go into Hoboken, they did (thus, take PATH). Eventually they got a track open and were single-tracking everything. Things are still a mess so expect delays today.
bellstbarn wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 9:55 am WABC said "Kearny," so we know it's not Harrison or Secaucus. Public relations could have given a milepost number but that may require an explanation of milepost numbers and where zero is.I'm just a guy sitting here listening to NEC road radio. On April 15th I don't believe they said much beyond "Amtrak overhead wire issues near Metuchen" when within 5 minutes I already knew the severity of the issue: 3 trains broke their pantographs (either all or some). One left maybe an hour later with its other pantograph, but the other two on tracks 2 and 4 weren't even towed away until after midnight. The catenary on track 1 was the only one left and was begging for its life, so every train ran through track 1.
CNJGeep wrote:-Wires down at Swift and Hunter, no catenary power east of MidwayI think you missed one thing, according to what I read:
-Signal power loss A-Midway
west point wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 5:06 am What happened in WASH Thursday?. 19, 81, & 97 all took 1 hour + hit/Probably a power issue around Halethorpe through West Baltimore. Track A may of been off-line then. Plus there was a lot of out-of-place equipment going through.
05/23/24 6:45pm EDT
_ Mechanical Issues: As of 6:42 pm ET due to overhead power
_ issues Train 91 is currently stopped in Washington (WAS).
_ Updates to come as more information becomes available.
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_ 05/23/24 6:57pm EDT
_ Service Resumption: As of 6:54 pm ET Train 91 has departed
_ Washington (WAS) and is currently operating approximately
_ 3 hours and 45 minutes late.
At 5:05 p.m. on Wednesday, just as the evening rush hour picked up steam, an overhead wire that transmits traffic signals fell and struck a cable that provides electrical power to trains on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in Kearny, N.J., a few miles west of New York City.
That contact caused a “blowout” that halted service on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains in both directions between Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan and Newark. With no trains moving into or out of New York across the Hudson River, the disruption rippled down the line to Philadelphia and beyond, leaving passengers stranded along the tracks and stations full of disgruntled travelers.
With delays stretching to over four hours, many commuters gave up on the railroads and paid hefty fares to Uber and other ride-hail services to get home. Service was not restored until after 10 p.m., and the residual effects carried over into Thursday morning’s commute.
Amtrak officials still had no explanation on Thursday for what had caused the wire to break. But the meltdown appeared to be unrelated to a problem on Tuesday morning with wires in a tunnel under the Hudson that led to delays of up to 60 minutes. Separately on Thursday, New Jersey Transit warned of delays as long as an hour because of signal problems at Amtrak’s Dock Bridge in Newark.
west point wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 12:16 pm No, this problem that I noted was the trains arrived WASH then took the big delay hit, Had to happen at WASH Union Station.Let me be clear: the NY Times article no way is related to the issue down in WAS.
Amtrak changes schedule in the Northeast Corridor due to heat
Amtrak passengers traveling in the Northeast Corridor — the busy rail line linking Boston, New York and other cities in the region with Washington, D.C., — could face delays because of high heat this summer.
Departure times of trains in the corridor have been adjusted to compensate for anticipated heat order delays, Amtrak Northeast said Tuesday in a post on X.
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Passengers traveling in the Northeast Corridor should expect delays from 5 to 20 minutes when track owner and maintainer CSX issues a heat order reducing the maximum speed of trains. The orders frequently occur between May and August, Amtrak said.
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