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Music while admiring the
Scenery of the
New York to
New Haven Route!
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New York to
New Haven Route Information:
The sprawling
Big Apple and the bustling city of New Haven come together in the exciting new
NEC: New York-New
Haven route for
Train Simulator, featuring many of
New York's famous landmarks and advanced signalling throughout.
Joining the
USA's most populated city, New York, to
Connecticut's second largest city, New Haven, the original line was completed in 1849; classic
American steam trains were the first to use the line before it was electrified in the early
20th century. It also forms part of the longer
Northeast Corridor, which runs from
Boston to
Washington D.C.
The 75 mile (120km) route for Train Simulator features two of New York's most famous train terminals,
Grand Central Terminal and
Penn Station, both within four blocks of each other but serving two different routes through
The Big Apple.
The stunning and imperious
Grand Central Station in New York -- once home to the great passenger trains of the
New York Central - is Metro-North's southernmost
point of its
Harlem Line. An underground station, trains depart
Grand Central via the
Park Avenue Tunnel and
Park Avenue Viaduct to
Harlem along third-rail lines towards
Mount Vernon and
New Rochelle.
New York Penn Station -- otherwise known as
Pennsylvania Station -- is
Amtrak's mainline
New York station for Northeast Corridor services.
Running through the
East River Tunnels underneath the
City, the line passes the imposing
Sunnyside Yard -- a
192 acre Amtrak coach yard -- towards New Rochelle, crossing the stunning
Hell Gate Bridge, through
Astoria Queens and
Upper Manhattan.
At New Rochelle, both Metro-North and Amtrak lines merge and continue north on overhead catenary, keeping in sight of
Long Island Sound, offering impressive views across Connecticut
State, and through
Stamford,
Bridgeport and
Milford, before arriving at
New Haven Union Station.
Many branch lines duck and dive off the main line through New York, including the
Yankee Branch, which serves the
New York Yankees Stadium on baseball match days, and the
New Canaan Branch north of Stamford, serving one of the wealthiest communities in the US.
Long-distance Amtrak passenger services along the New York-New Haven line are increasingly operated by ultra-modern
ACS-64 electric locomotives, which first entered service in
February 2014.
Built by
Siemens for Amtrak, the ACS-64 is designed to replace the existing fleet of
AEM-7 and
HHP-8 locomotives on the route. With a maximum power output of 8,600hp, the locomotive is capable of accelerating 18 Amfleet cars to a maximum speed of 125mph in little over eight minutes and is fitted with advanced, state-of-the-art safety systems.
Freight operations on the line are a common sight too, often being pulled by
CSX Transportation locomotives. The
EMD SD40-2, included with this route, was introduced between
1972 and
1986 and was an upgrade to the
SD40 series.
Modular electronic control systems give the locomotive more reliability and economy than its competitors, even though it is not as powerful, making it one of the best-selling locomotives of all time.
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- published: 13 Apr 2014
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