group of railfans on board. He checked with the engineer and soon he was cycling members of our group through the cab for photos from the head end. As I had just recently ridden the cab of Amtrak’s German ICE train that was being tested (the ride was for an article in Railpace Newsmagazine), I let others squeeze into the cab of the m.u. for the ride through the tunnel under the Hudson River into the Big Apple. Penn Station can be a sea of confusion for non-New Yorkers like our motley crew. With three railroads (Amtrak, NJ Transit, and the Long Island Rail Road) and numerous subway lines,
getting
out of Penn Station while heading in the direction you want to go can be a challenge. Nonetheless, after a few minutes of confusion, we found our way to the proper subway line and departed towards Brooklyn.
We knew we wanted the F line out to Coney Island. As it works out, the F train also serves the oxymoronically highest point on the subway system at Smith-9th Street in Brooklyn, just after leaving Manhattan. The elevated line provides great views of the Manhattan skyline, so we paused for photos here. Once we were finished at the elevated subway station, we continued on the F train to the West 8th Street station near Coney Island. This is a multi-level station that also has some good photo
BELOW: A SEPTA Silverliner IV blows through Marcus Hook, Pa., on the Northeast Corridor as members of the Wilmington Chapter wait on the platform. The following SEPTA train would be a local, and the group would board to head to 30th Street Station.
BOTTOM: One of the highlights of the trip was a cab ride in a New Jersey Transit m.u. Our group was cycled through the cab by a friendly conductor and engineer. A westbound Amtrak AEM7 pair hustles past our Jersey Arrow just north of the Elizabeth, N.J., station.
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