Passenger Trains > Train Racing - on the NEC 7/2/15

Caught this as I was riding the NJT 3951 to Hamilton NJ, on the afternoon of 7/2/15. My train (a set of NJT Arrow MU's), which was running express to Princeton Jct. Next to me was a probably a NJT Arrow MU Jersey New Brunswick express.  At the ending is my train pulling into my stop at Hamilton. Shot it with my Ipad. I had some fun composing a soundtrack for it as well (I'm a pro musician and music teacher). Enjoy!

Charles Kadyk

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Interesting video.  I especially like the music.

rfprr

way cool as a complete cinema presentation - images, continuity, music, and implied story

I concur. I'm a drummer so the up tempo rhythm was spot on. Good job!

Way beyond excellent!!!!

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

nice work

Video of the day?

John
 

Definitely VOTD material.   Great job with iPad, and a nice presence of mind to pick it up and shoot the video. 

Awesome video!

You did good!  Real good!  Maybe next fall you can teach video editing.  

Marty Bernard

Really well done, capturing well one of the fairly-common experiences on the Northeast Corridor during rush hour that most people don't even notice.  For all the negative press about Amtrak and other passenger railroads, the NEC each day is a fantasticly complex and fascinating operation.  

Well done, congrats on VOTD!

~RGDave
 

Very enojyable and from a unique perspective.  Well done!

Many thanks. I teach a course on Garage Band Composition and have given serious thought on teaching one on video editing. Thanks to all of you for your kind words!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/15 11:54 by twinvalleyfiddler.

Excellent... Very interesting...

Well done Charles, nice music to go with an interesting video.  I've only ridden the NEC once.  Was your train and the other one on the middle two tracks while locals were then on the outer tracks?

Thanks,

Nathan

Thanks. I'm guessing we were on two of the inner express tracks. In the video it looks like there is another track over to the west side.

Reminds me of the "Star Guitar" music video by the Chemical Brothers.

Looks like the "race" took place between Elmora and Union (Elizabeth to Metro Park) in the 6 track section.  The MU you were filming was on track 4 and your train was on track 3.  The track in the background is B track and the platform was Linden.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/15 17:26 by MW4man.

twinvalleyfiddler Wrote:
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> Thanks. I'm guessing we were on two of the inner
> express tracks. In the video it looks like there
> is another track over to the west side.

Thanks for the video, and the great music.  It came together very well.

As MW4MAN mentions up thread, the video starts at Linden NJ, and we also get glimpses of Rahway station, the area around the one time Colonia station. Rahway has been extensively rebuilt, but retains its Pennsy era duckunder from B track into the tunnel. At Rahway, 4 and B both have westbound platform access, while only A track has platform access. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 don't currently have access to platforms in that area (Rahway and Linden).

Again, very neat, Charles.  Your music made me think of Tangerine Dream.

Jim in KS