Taken: August 09, 2018
Nearby Crossings: (Northbound End Closest to Woodbine Yard): Main Street, (Southbound End before Station): Dutch Lane
Rolling Stock: EMD GP40PH-2B Locomotive, Bombardier ALP-45DP Locomotive, and Alstom PL42AC Locomotive, and Alstom Comet V Cars
At 0:00 - 0:20, please excuse me saying "quick brief tour" as it was a slip of tongue. Funny thing was that this is the first small station that has a restaurant attached to it; it was a Golden Krust restaurant that I believed that was block away, but it turns out it was right where I was.
I initially thought it was a waiting room, but it turns out, it wasn't. At around 25:20, you can hear a couple of guys say "you filming" and I was like "hell yeah" and I pan towards their car and they were chill about it too. This was taken during the PM Rush Hour between 6:30 and 9:00 PM.
Due to the combination of the PM rush hour and the fact that this line is completely single tracked, I was stuck here until 9:00 PM, so I decided to make good use of my time and my money by cooking up a quick video with the time.
The station is more like a bus terminal as opposed to a train terminal because if you look around, there are bus stops around the station, hence the name "Spring Valley Transit Center." Overall, this seems like a shady area because of the condition of the area of the station.
On the way here, I wasn't proud of the video I have filmed of the on-board trip of Train 1629 (the weekday PM Rush hour Metro-North Express train to Spring Valley making stops at Hoboken Terminal, Secaucus Junction, Pearl River, Nanuet, and Spring Valley), so I might redo it some other time, but I don't know when.
At 5:09, you can also hear a girl scream because she was scared of the G40PH-2B's Unrestricted K5LA blast. Honestly, I really do enjoy this locomotive's horn since it sounds amazing due to the lack of restriction. If I left anything out in the description, don't hesitate to let me know because I may have left some information out, but I hope what I left in the description box and my commentary will do the trick.
Feel free to use the timestamps as a reference for each train in the video:
Brief tour of Spring Valley Transit Center (benches, railroad crossing signals, Golden Krust, Bus Terminals, high level platform, etc) @ 0:00 - 5:08
1. NJ Transit Train #1631 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Hoboken Terminal, NJ to Spring Valley, NY) - Pulled by EMD GP40PH-2B #4205 (HELL OF A HORN) with NJT Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6006 trailing @ 5:09 - 8:40
Quick tour of the surrounding area of the Spring Valley Station @ 8:41 - 11:30
2. NJT Train #1633 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Hoboken Terminal, NJ to Spring Valley, NY) - Pulled by Alstom PL42AC #4017 (NICE HORN) with MNCR (Metro-North Commuter Railroad) Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6709 trailing @ 11:49 - 16:04 (Extra Horn Action from the PL42AC)
2nd tour of Spring Valley @ 16:30 - 17:26
3. NJT Train #1635 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Hoboken Terminal, NJ to Spring Valley, NY) - Pulled by Alstom PL42AC #4015 (NICE HORN) with NJT Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6052 trailing @ 17:26 - 20:18
Looking around the train station @ 20:19 - 24:30
4. NJT Train #1637 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Hoboken Terminal, NJ to Spring Valley, NY) - Pulled by Bombardier ALP-45DP #4523 (DECENT HORN) with MNCR Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6705 trailing @ 24:40 - 28:00 (My bad, I forgot to cut the empty shit out of this clip, plus peep the lady crossing the tracks while a train arrived at 25:15) (THANKS TO THE FRIENDLY ENGINEER FOR THE HORN ACTION)
FINAL CLIP of the Spring Valley Train Station before I leave (I Meant to say "Golden KRUST" MY BAD PEOPLE) @ 28:10 - 34:40
5. NJT Train #1641 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Hoboken Terminal, NJ to Spring Valley, NY) - Pulled by Bombardier ALP-45DP #4501 (DECENT HORN) with MNCR Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6706 trailing (RETURNS TO SERVICE LATER TO HOBOKEN AS TRAIN #1634) @ 34:35 - 37:40
6. NJT Train #1634 at Spring Valley (Pascack Valley Line: Spring Valley, NY to Hoboken, NJ - Led by MNCR Alstom Comet V Cab Car #6706 (COOL HORN AND BELL) - Pushed by Bombardier ALP-45DP #4501, which provides Power (Peep the guys walking across the tracks while the train is coming and the gates lowering; featuring a run to the train, a brief on-board video to show the interior horn and bell sound, and a departure at Secaucus Junction @ 38:57 - 46:46
There was no Train #1639 because Positive Train Control installations required many trains, including this one (the Metro North Express) to be axed until early 2019. I realize this video is long as hell, but I was bored so I wanted to feature some extra clips of the horn, bell, and departure since it would be too short by itself and also because I would not return to this line anytime soon.
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