A peek into the North River Tunnels and West Side Yard from Penn Station - August 2026
The west ends of Tracks 9 - 14 in Penn Station (New York) have good views of the tracks coming out of the North River ...
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A peek into East River Tunnel Line 2 before it re-opens - August 2026
The East River Tunnel Line 2 has been closed for rehabilitation since May 2025 and should re-open this week. The eastern end of the platform ...
Cant deficiency diagrams
Vector graphics (SVG) files are in the archive.org item. Cant deficiency is one of the static legal limits limiting train curving speeds. I made some ...
Sunrise partial solar eclipse from Iselin, New Jersey over New York City - June 10th, 2021
The solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 was partial and annular. In the New York City area, the eclipse started before sunrise and reached maximum ...
Northeast Corridor catenary and pantograph damage in Metuchen, New Jersey - April 15th, 2024
These are pictures and videos taken shortly after a pantograph/catenary damage incident. Some of these pictures and videos were used in this article: https://livonius.substack.com/p/nec-catenary-madness-metuchen-april-15-2024-article Tags: ...
Portal North Bridge signal testing at Secaucus Junction - March 5th, 2026
Amtrak started testing Portal North Bridge signals during the week of March 1st, 2026. Signal work generally took place after 8PM and signaling employees were ...
Amtrak's eerie transmission lines at Princeton Junction, New Jersey - May 10th, 2024
While this was actually intended as an "Avelia Liberty night", the test train didn't end up running any faster than 125 MPH on any of ...
NextGen Acela first revenue runs at Princeton Junction, New Jersey - August 27th-28th, 2025
These videos are from the first revenue runs of the NextGen Acela (Avelia Liberty) on August 27th and August 28th, 2025 at Princeton Junction. Tags: ...
Avelia Liberty testing at Princeton Junction, New Jersey - March 7th, 2025
These videos are from the night of March 7, 2025 at Princeton Junction while track 1 was out of service. Note the platform cars and ...
Conrail North Jersey Santa Train 2025 Tracker
This year's tracker is up: https://whirledtc.me/conrail-santa-train-2025/ Santa will be riding in his magical caboose through several New Jersey towns: Newark, Hillside, Roselle Park, Roselle, Cranford, ...