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Passenger Trains > Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at MetroparkDate: 07/31/14 21:24 Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metropark Author: Mgoldman I've been meaning to shoot this station for some time - dodging clouds on more then
one visit almost got the better of me! Acela Express #2022 splits the 90 mph speed restriction signs above as it navigates the bend through Metropark in Iselin, NJ at about 2:30 PM. From Wiki: Metropark was first proposed in late 1968, under a plan by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). The plan was part of the larger Metroliner Service being rolled out by the Penn Central Railroad and (later) Amtrak. As businesses and people fled the urban cores the Metropark station was conceived to serve this suburban market. The location was right off of the Garden State Parkway to allow for easy access by automobile and a large business park was built next to the station to entice riders. Metropark station opened to Amtrak trains in November 1971. Commuter trains began stopping at Metropark in 1972 and the nearby Iselin station was closed (and, a few years later, Colonia). /Mitch Date: 07/31/14 21:39 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: DelMonteX Nice Mitch! You sure froze that train, looks like 0 mph rather than 90 ;-)
Steve Carter Gig Harbor, WA My Photography Date: 08/01/14 05:25 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: Lackawanna484 Nice picture, thanks for sharing it.
Metropark's location on a curve causes issues from time to time in the "mind the gap" department. It's especially an issue with wheelchairs or people with mobility issues. Date: 08/01/14 05:37 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: hsr_fan The Acelas are typically doing 105 or 110 there in my experience....the 90 mph sign signals where trains are supposed to start slowing I guess, but the Acelas with tilt can go faster than the normal equipment. (I know the speed goes down to 80 mph for the curve in Metuchen for normal trains, and 95 mph for Acela on the same curve.)
Date: 08/01/14 05:48 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: knotch8 The 90 mph sign is for the next curve west of Metropark. The signs are old and don't apply to the Acelas, which have higher speeds around the curves.
Nice photo. Thanks for posting it. Date: 08/01/14 06:21 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: njmidland After Metropark opened, it was named the Harrison Williams station, an early example of New Jersey's need to deify politicians while they are still alive and bringing in the pork. True to New Jersey's enlightened political class, Williams was caught red handed in the Abscam bribery case.(A local political cartoon had a rat with Williams head on it shown caught in a trap angrily saying "Entrapment!"). Williams resigned from the Senate in 1982 just before the Senate was going to vote to expel him. He spent 3 years in prison and then tried to get one of Bill Clinton's spree of presidential pardons, coming up short. He died in 2001. What was interesting was that Metropark officially remained the Harrison Williams station for a number of years after his conviction - maybe that was the lasting symbol of New Jersey.
Date: 08/01/14 06:27 Re: Acela #2022 splits the 90 mph speed signs at Metrop Author: Lackawanna484 njmidland Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > After Metropark opened, it was named the Harrison > Williams station, an early example of New Jersey's > need to deify politicians while they are still > alive and bringing in the pork. True to New > Jersey's enlightened political class, Williams was > caught red handed in the Abscam bribery case.(A > local political cartoon had a rat with Williams > head on it shown caught in a trap angrily saying > "Entrapment!"). Williams resigned from the Senate > in 1982 just before the Senate was going to vote > to expel him. He spent 3 years in prison and then > tried to get one of Bill Clinton's spree of > presidential pardons, coming up short. He died in > 2001. What was interesting was that Metropark > officially remained the Harrison Williams station > for a number of years after his conviction - maybe > that was the lasting symbol of New Jersey. Williams was also the model for one of the characters in the recent movie American Hustle. Thanks for the picture. That's definitely Brendan Byrne in the middle. Still doing fine and cracking jokes at any opportunity. Maybe Judith Stanley on the right? |