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I wish the MTA would pony up some money to get better locomotives like they did with the comets.

Im still waiting on a late evening weekday eastbound from Port Jervis/Middletown to close the 7+hour gap between trains, although its not hard (for me at least) as it stands now to take ShortLine to the PABT or drive an extra 20 minutes to Suffern. That probably wont happen until 2023 when the passi...

Orange and Rockland also could conceivably gain rail access to the shore if this ever were to materialize. I doubt if the MTA bureaucrats would jump on that, however. A quick transfer in Secaucus should suffice for them as well as for Bergen County commuters. A better idea would be to increase fundi...

Where exactly was the South Paterson station on the Main Line and when did it close? Could not find any info on Google.

That answers my question. So it is the freight companies that maintain the tracks, not the towns.

What exactly is Housatonic Railroad HRRC and do they have sufficient political and financial clout to sway MNRR?

Forgive me if this has been posted already, but I have heard that track maintenance and rights are appropriated to individual municipalities as opposed to fed govt. south of Washington, DC. Would someone confirm, disconfirm or elaborate? Also, it is understandable if this is the case, as snowstorms ...

As Amtrak was conceived in 1971, more or less the nadir of American railroading, and keeping in mind the fact that new businesses tend to incur large deficits in their first few years, major hardships wouldnt surprise me. Throw in the fact that its a federally operated enterprise in what was and is ...

The Harlem Line is generally speaking more convenient than the Danbury spur, that is, if one is willing to drive that distance. My cousin lives in Bethel and she takes the train from Purdys often, as many of the trains are not direct to GCT. While a connection may potentially save people like her fr...

Are you referring to the Lackawanna electrics? Those were built with quality

Phila 30th street station said goodbye to its solari board and while commuters were sad to see it go they didnt put up a hissy fit.

I never understood why the Newark Division trains ever stopped at Hoboken, except as perhaps a remnant from CNJ days. Hoboken passengers (at least on the erie side) use hoboken to path to WTC. If youre going there, then path already provides service from Newark Penn.

Just my two cents: driving or taking the bus is generally going to be faster than the train, unless of course you hit traffic. And thats the rub: people like the convenience of not dealing with traffic. From what I understand about NJT, and someone correct me if im wrong, is that there is too much r...

I am going to go out on a limb here but I don't think anyone from the Gov on down wants good train service from Rockland/Orange into the city. If there was, there would be trains/light rail (or at least provisions for the future) on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Why 2 bridges instead of one that could...

I think the Suffern Station is actually owned by the MTA since there is an MTA style canopy there as well as waiting shelters-plus the station is in NY State obviously. I believe that Suffern Yard is owned by NJT. It would be nice if there were MTA crew members that were qualified to operate the We...