Aug 5th-8th Lackawanna F3 exscrusion

TSTOM wrote:OC / Carter -

Looking at NJT's ML-BC Line schedules, it appears logical the routing will be via the Main Line.

It should be right on the heels of BC Line train #1201 which arrives Ridgewood at 7:09 am and terminates at Waldwick.

TSTOM ..thanks for the heads up!!!! I will try to get some photos. At that time of am in Waldwick with the sun just rising, anyone want to suggest whether the overpass on Wyckoff Ave. at the S curve or further up just past the Waldwick Station would be better location for photos?

TSTOM wrote:UPDATE !

NOTE ROUTING CHANGE !!

Been advised by a reliable source that the the BERGEN COUNTY LINE will be the route out of Hoboken. The E8's will reportedly follow train # 1201/X11 from Ridgewood Jct. to Suffern.

* See additional info in the Juniata Terminal thead....

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 27&t=25734

Thank you very much for the update. This really helps!

CarterB wrote:

TSTOM wrote:OC / Carter -

Looking at NJT's ML-BC Line schedules, it appears logical the routing will be via the Main Line.

It should be right on the heels of BC Line train #1201 which arrives Ridgewood at 7:09 am and terminates at Waldwick.

TSTOM ..thanks for the heads up!!!! I will try to get some photos. At that time of am in Waldwick with the sun just rising, anyone want to suggest whether the overpass on Wyckoff Ave. at the S curve or further up just past the Waldwick Station would be better location for photos?

i will be just past the Waldwick station, getting a shot of the E8's and WC tower. maybe i'll see you there. i will be there at 6 for the morning rush. should be a great morning!

If anyone is looking for it today, it rolled through Trenton at 12:55 pm - so it's going about 30 mph, I'd say (assuming it left at noon from Philadelphia). Video to be posted later tonight.

Hooray! I'm the first!!!!! Can't believe I beat chuchubob!

Rolled through Princeton Junction at speed at 1:33 pm!

And a short video clip of the E's and 3 cars kicking up some dust en route to the MMC.

Indeed! Thank you TSTOM for the heads up!

Tom, the only thing that would have been better for me was if it were 2 NJDOT E-8's with 12 matching 'Coastline Coaches'

When was the last time any kind of passenger train went up
The Erie side to Binghamtom ?? A 1980's excursion ??

NJT4272 wrote:Hooray! I'm the first!!!!! Can't believe I beat chuchubob!...

You da man!
Circumstances precluded my timely posting of my 12:39 photos of the train running through Holmesburg Junction at what appeared to be 90 mph.

chuchubob wrote:

You da man!

Thank you, Bob! That means a great deal to me coming from the master of "being at the right place at the right time......every time"!

And yes, it certainly appeared to be 90 mph, especially coming down the hill into Princeton Junction!

I'm rather proud of my little snapshot and video. That's the first time I've been out buffin' seriously in many, many years. Can't believe I was able to shoot the video and the still at the same time and not screw the whole thing up. I'm really out of practice.

I was also thinking that this was the first time I've videotaped E-8's running since a pair of fake 'Erie' E-8's last departed Hoboken Terminal for Port Jervis. Had to be the early 90's. I was still shooting 8mm video! Wow, I'm getting old!

Here's a quick clip of the E8's crossing the Delaware River into Trenton, NJ on the NEC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozq6U8eMCtY

Through waldwick, 7:33

I saw the train roll through Rutherford shortly about 7:15 this morning. The train looked great. I also saw a few of the old CNJ engines, so it was a win-win. Photos and video to come later. I need some sleep now.

Thanks again TSTOM for the information stating the train would take the Bergen County Line.

I was on PRR 120 from Hoboken to Port Jervis (I am a friend of Mr.Levin) you can see me on the left-side of the car wearing a greenish-yellow PE hat and a PE vest when I got off in PJ,I'll post my pictures tomorrow of course I can't post all of them because I took 555,lol. We got held at CP Sterling for NJRail 54 and at CP Central Valley for NJRail 56.

PICTURES/25 photos/Hoboken-Port Jervis 8/5/11!
Hoboken
5711/5809 next to NJT 4109.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0866.jpg
4200 the engine that brough or train into Hoboken.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0877.jpg
Secaucus Junction
NJT 4104.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0886.jpg
HX draw
Looking across the bridge from PRR 120.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0899.jpg
Radburn-Fairlawn
NJT 4101.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0908.jpg
Ridgewood JCT with a PL42AC in the back round.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0923.jpg
Ridgewood JCT with MNCR 4907.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0924.jpg
Ridgewood
NJT 4109.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0927.jpg
Waldwick
The station and tower.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0934.jpg
Railfans!
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0935.jpg
Waldwick Yard with Railfans!
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0939.jpg
Suffern Hillburn Yard
NS crews waiting to sign up in Hillburn.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0952.jpg
CP Sterling
NJRail 54 with MNCR GP40FH-2 4903.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0959.jpg
Harriman
Harriman station.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0973.jpg
CP Central Valley
Me!
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0982.jpg
The Pacific Express on the curve.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0978.jpg
NJRail 56 with MNCR GP40FH-2 4900 which nearly knocked me and another gentelman on the observation deck over,lol.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_0985.jpg
Moodna Viaduct
Crossing over the Viaduct.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1003.jpg
Looking I believe North.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1000.jpg
Looking I believe South.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1005.jpg
Campbell Hall
Middletown and New York RR B23-7 7811.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1026.jpg
Port Jervis
Looking out of the back of the train at Port Jervis with Railfans.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1064.jpg
PRR E8As 5711 and 5809 next to the MNCR Port jervis yard.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1070.jpg
The train beginning to pull away.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1080.jpg
PRR 120 on the back. (The car I rode in).
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv14 ... C_1089.jpg

^THANKS!

Wow, great pics Arrow2!!

I hope you have some idea how lucky you are to have been on that trip! There are im sure going to be LOTS of jealous railfans (including myself!) looking at your pictures!

I passed the train yesterday when it was getting inspected in Hudson Yard and finished up a "shave and a haircut" that someone on the E8 started that was fun! hahahah