Metropark, NJ
Photos By
Pierce Haviland
| I was traveling to
Wilmington to look at the Amtrak Training Facility. It made
sense to take the Metroliner from Metropark. I brought my
digital camera and found some limitations. The speed limit
through the station is in excess of 100 mph, with a 90 mph
speed restriction through the curves south of the station.
Blink and you miss the train. The digital camera had
difficulty freezing the action. Hopefully, newer cameras will
have speed adjustments that will correct this. |
You can click on the thumbnails to download the
larger picture.
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An Amtrak E60 heads south towards
Philadelphia. I thought these units were retired. I was
wrong. |
Metropark serves both Amtrak and NJ
Transit. An Amtrak AEM7 made a brief stop.
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A southbound (westbound) Amtrak train
roared through the station at high speed.
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A rebuilt AEM7 heads towards Philadelphia. |
An Acela engine is a blur passing by. The
limitations of my digital camera are evident here. |
NJ Transit does lots of business at
Metropark. There is a 5,000 space parking garage. This
express will be in NYC in 37 minutes. |
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Some interesting links:
Amtrak
NJ Transit
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January 10, 2008
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