Passenger Trains > In-the-cab video from NCDOT

A compressed video from Raleigh to Charlotte, annotated with highlights of NCDOT's passenger rail improvements program.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article58775013.html
 

Very nice.  You can see the equilateral turnouts that still remain on the Greensboro-Charlotte segment.  

is there any way to slow these high speed videos down to normal speed ??? ...

Like Virginia, North Carolina DOT spends its rail improvement monies on long term, incremental improvements rather than flash-in-the-pan razzle dazzle that evaporates without continued support at the state level.  

Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> is there any way to slow these high speed videos
> down to normal speed ??? ...
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Download the video (it is in mp4 format).

Replay it from the downloaded file using the media player in your computer.  Most can play slow-motion.
I use VLC which even slows down the music without altering the pitch...to a point (1/4 speed), after which
the audio goes silent.

The same technique is useful for making the videos of the Iowa Pacific/Memphis NRHS excursion "City of Grenada"
look like the train  is going 70mph!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/16 09:46 by GenePoon.

That's a great video, thanks for posting the link.  It was interesting to see how the double-tracking jumps from one side ot the other on the existing line more than once.  I'm glad to see North Caroline investing in their passenger rail system, hope it continues to grow.  Do they have any updated plans about moving the Charlotte station to Uptown?  I've been out to the existing station but haven't seen the NCDOT equipment yet, maybe I'll get lucky one of these trips.  But that station is a ride from Uptown, would be much better if it was just a walk.

Nathan

Not much being said about a new Charlotte station at present, but it remains the long-term intent of NCDOT and Charlotte/Mecklenburg. The focus now is completion of the second track segments and construction of the Raleigh station, with an additional train frequency to follow. The Charlotte station and the Norlina-Weldon alternative to SEHSR (79 mph Raleigh-Norlina-Weldon) would come after that, as funding allows. I believe the original vision of SEHSR as 110 mph Raleigh-Norlina-Petersburg parallel to I-85 is totally dead.

GenePoon Wrote:
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> Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> > is there any way to slow these high speed
> videos
> > down to normal speed ??? ...
> =================================================
>
> Download the video (it is in mp4 format).
>
> Replay it from the downloaded file using the media
> player in your computer.  Most can play
> slow-motion.
> I use VLC which even slows down the music without
> altering the pitch...to a point (1/4 speed), after
> which
> the audio goes silent.
>
> The same technique is useful for making the videos
> of the Iowa Pacific/Memphis NRHS excursion "City
> of Grenada"
> look like the train  is going 70mph!

​when i try to download the vid it wants me to install a JW Video player ... not doin that

Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> ​when i try to download the vid it wants me to
> install a JW Video player ... not doin that

No such problem here (Windows 7).   Can you bypass or close the demand to install JW Video Player?

Do you use an ad blocker?  They can often block such "interference."