The Atlantic City Line Thread

chuchubob wrote:Trains 4628 and 4631 each had five cars on Friday. This time of year they normally have three cars in the absence of something special happening in Atlantic City.

Most every train on the ACL has had five cars in the consist for a few months now. WITH nothing special happening in Atlantic City.
Ben

liftedjeep wrote:

chuchubob wrote:Trains 4628 and 4631 each had five cars on Friday. This time of year they normally have three cars in the absence of something special happening in Atlantic City.

Most every train on the ACL has had five cars in the consist for a few months now. WITH nothing special happening in Atlantic City.
Ben

That's not really completely true.

The last several trains I've seen going back about 2 months have had 5 car sets.

-NJ Transit Atlantic City Line #4682 (with five cars) northbound past the abandoned Winslow Junction interlocking tower:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4670583" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ben

Five-car trains were running earlier this week. The two trains that I saw this morning, trains 4668 and 4669, each had three cars.

Saw a train go through Pennsauken with only two cars last night. I wonder why?

ConrailRailfan wrote:Saw a train go through Pennsauken with only two cars last night. I wonder why?

Could've been an equipment move.

Maybe, but it was heading towards the Pennsauken Transit center when a train was scheduled to arrive there.

ConrailRailfan wrote:Maybe, but it was heading towards the Pennsauken Transit center when a train was scheduled to arrive there.

It's not uncommon for an equipment move to follow behind a scheduled train.

Just saw another two car train last night with 4213 leading, I think one or two trains may have only two cars.

Atlantic City Line #4620 to Philadelphia just crossed over Kensington Ave on the NEC with #4213 leading a single coach and one cab car.

NJT Atlantic City Line Action - 6/10

-NJT Cab Car #6041 leads Atlantic City Line #4673 into the Pennsauken Transit Center and past NJT Atlantic City Line #4670:

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-NJT Geeps at the Atlantic City Rail Terminal:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4730840" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ben

Very anecdotal and an odd time immediately after the holiday, but on the Tuesday after Memorial Day I happen to be waiting on the platform at 30th st. for an Amtrak train an saw the ~6:30am PHL-ACY departure with about 8 people on board a 3 car set.

A #TBT of sorts, but still appropriate for this thread.

I stumbled on this video from YouTube showing the ACL when NJT & Amtrak operated on it back in 1990.
This is the only video I saw where it shows both NJT & Amtrak trains at the Atlantic City Terminal, right at the 3:47 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWa0QoHCG2w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Notice how at the terminal the trains are all facing different directions, NJT's cab cars face the terminal as where Amtrak's vary.
Plus the wall is lacking near track 5 I think, it's just a wide open space. Quite different from today.

Everything relevant is from to 1:54 to 5:03. There's some PATCO action prior to that, and after 5:03 it's the AC boardwalk.

Nonetheless I figured this was something you guys should check out, I found it pretty interesting.

On Saturday train 4673 had five cars.
Train 4670 had the usual three cars.