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» Amtrak (more..)
» Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset (more..) |
» Portal Bridge
» Secaucus, New Jersey, USA (more..)
» September 25, 2012 |
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Photographer |
» Unknown
» 2103 (more..) |
» Eric Williams (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| The first Acela Express of the day leaves New York behind and crosses the obsolete Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River bound for Philadelphia and points beyond. The Pennsylvania RR constructed this bridge in 1910 and due to its age has a speed restriction that causes a major chokepoint on the NE corridor. On top of it's age, the bridge was built low and water traffic has bridge opening rights which happen to coincide with the peak train rush in the morning and afternoon further causing delays to the nearly 400 trains that cross each weekday. This train was in fact delayed by almost 25 minutes as the bridge slowly opened and closed to allow a tug and barge to pass. Amtrak has started groundwork on a new bridge and hopes to have it opened by 2017. |
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