I'll start things off with this view of Amtrak Acela power car #2036 departing the BWI Airport station. Not sure why I was there, but this was a few days before heading up to Philly.
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Saturday, February 18, 2023
23-02-18 PHOTOS: WINSLOW Exposed
I'll start things off with this view of Amtrak Acela power car #2036 departing the BWI Airport station. Not sure why I was there, but this was a few days before heading up to Philly.
Friday, February 10, 2023
23-02-11 PHOTOS: Albany Jct
As the years pass it has been getting harder and harder to find new signaling in the New York Capitol Region to cover. This has been both due to be success in covering said signaling and the ongoing march of replacements. Efforts to tackle Amtrak Hudson Line surveys via day trips from the NY Metro had only gotten me up to Milepost 110, with some gaps. Day trips working south from Albany had similarly only gotten me to Milepost 125. However after mode shifting my Albany trips in the Covid era from train to car I was able to fill in most of the remaining locations leaving my 2023 up in the air. Now in hindsight I should have hit up some locations on the old B&M Main Line, but instead I looked west to CPF-499 on the former D&H route. This is where SMS lines Albany Division interchanges with NS and is notable for its fairly recent vintage searchlight signaling. I also found one additional location at Hudson Line Milepost 118 and went back to check on what was up with CP-SK and related signals near Selkirk, NY. Lastly to fill things out will be a selection of DC and Baltimore area photos taken on an adjacent weekend. The full set of photos can be found here ( mirror ).
Kicking things off we find the Hudson Line Milepost 118 intermediate signal located adjacent to a park at the mouth of the Stockport Creek. The NY Central searchlight signaling north of Hudson, NY was largely replaced during the Conrail era, but with that now 25 years in the past and need for photographic preservation has only increased. Here Amtrak P32AC-DM #709 passes the location with an Empire Service train.
Cutting back to the Maryland area, here we find MARC Kab Kar #7853 at BWI early in the morning.
WMATA 3k car #3122 at Union Station.
Well that about wraps it up. Come back next time as I return to Winslow Jct to see what's been going on there.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
23-01-29 PHOTOS: The Wave
Friday, January 20, 2023
23-01-21 PHOTOS: GLX
Starting things off at Washington, DC, the Acela platform was populated with two trainsets with #2016 being my scheduled 10am departure with #2028 standing by.
Acela power car #2016 at NY Penn.
While en route to the Seaport District I caught MBTA Silverliner trackless trolley #1124 at the World Trade Centre station.
I was staying in the new Seaport District, and although it lacks the ambiance of the Old Towne, it does have some quirky bits.
The next morning I managed to catch one of the new Type 9 LRV's at Park St on a D Branch routing to Union Square. The small order of Type 9's will cover the GLX expansion and are planned to replace the Mattapan PCC's after the Type 10 order.
Passing Type 8 #3890 on the Lechmere Viaduct.
The GLX included the construction of a new yard and shoppe complex located adjacent to the existing MBTA commuter rail heavy maintenance facility.
Passing Type 8 #3877 approaching Union Square. Both legs of the GLX were built to light rail standards as opposed to streetcar operation.
MBTA Type 9 #3903 at Union Square along with Type 8 #3838.