Passenger Trains > 125 mph Silver Meteor through Princeton Junction

Amtrak's Silver Meteor is usually limited to 110 mph on the NEC due to having at least one Viewliner I in the consist, as the first gen Viewliners still haven't been certified for 125.  But Sunday's Miami bound Meteor passed through Princeton Junction at 125 mph with an all Amfleet II and Viewliner II consist.

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Good sound, no picture. Ross Rowland 

It worked for me.   Do you use a radar gun?  Or have you just developed the feel?   

Tominde Wrote:
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> It worked for me.   Do you use a radar gun?  Or
> have you just developed the feel?   

No radar gun, I can normally judge pretty well by feel but I looked it up on the tracker and it was doing about 122 just to the north of here.  So, maybe not 125 exactly but close.

hsr_fan Wrote:
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> Amtrak's Silver Meteor is usually limited to 110
> mph on the NEC due to having at least one
> Viewliner I in the consist, as the first gen
> Viewliners still haven't been certified for 125. 
> But Sunday's Miami bound Meteor passed through
> Princeton Junction at 125 mph with an all Amfleet
> II and Viewliner II consist.

Cool video. It was definitely hustling. Also the usual mix of clean and dirty cars. So weird that that train is never all clean, or all dirty.

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Excellent!  Cooking right along.  Nice that you got a couple toots.

Andy

Love your highspeed videos, sure can feel the speed!  What's the hold up on certifying the Viewliner I's for 125mph?  Or will that just never happen at this point?

Nathan

Thanks for the video.
But that's a sad, short, filthy, little train.

atsf121 Wrote:
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> Love your highspeed videos, sure can feel the
> speed!  What's the hold up on certifying the
> Viewliner I's for 125mph?  Or will that just
> never happen at this point?
>

Thanks, and that's a good question!  I don't understand what the difference is between the Is and the IIs that prevents the former from being certified for 125, as they appear to ride on the same trucks.  And Amtrak ran some 125 mph test runs a while back with the Viewliner Is, so I don't know why they haven't been certified for 125 mph.

I thought the Viewliner I's did get certified for 125 mph service, and that they were only limited to lower speeds by the heritage equipment that is in the consist (e.g. Heritage Diners and Heritage Baggage Cars). Heritage equipment is now of course a thing of the past on the NEC. I also say that with the fact that knowing consists can be switched out with Viewliner I and II sleepers at any time, technically. So not having Viewliner I's at 125 mph in any long distance consist now takes an extra "review" to go through when travelling the NEC. Interesting.....

nsrlink Wrote:
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> Thanks for the video.
> But that's a sad, short, filthy, little train.

And it's the best of the bunch now.  The Crescent doesn't even get a dining car anymore.