Yesterday Aug 26th I was on Amtrak Keystone 642 to NYP, and the cab car was leading.
All was smooth until we started the approach to North River Tunnels, that's when we dropped to restricting. Most of the time my trains zoom into the tunnel between 40 & 60 MPH.
Then we came to a dead stop and we were informed that a NJT train ahead of us was disabled and we had to reverse (to Bergen interlocking).
Here's a link to a tweet from NJT regarding the incident:
https://twitter.com/NJTRANSIT_NEC/statu ... FfT9XJ2VhQ
Anyways, the full move took just under an hour. Of course there were riders that didn't understand that we couldn't magically overtake or go through the NJT train.
Crew members had to verbally tell riders more than once not to walk towards the engineer's cab when we were stopped in the tunnel. People I tell you.
So my question is, how exactly do reverse moves work with the locomotive is in push mode in a tight situation like that?
Is there a video feed that the crew has access to in order to see from the other end?
I'm not sure if a crew member climbed into the ACS-64 cab in that incredibly tight & dark tunnel. Does Amtrak keep a crew member in the locomotive just in case for times like this?
I commended the crew on the reverse move when we got to NYP. First time I ever had a train do that, especially in one of the largest bottlenecks in the country.
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