It’ll be cool I don’t even have to explain myself it will just be cool here’s a picture for anyone is wondering it’s 48 miles
Route rolling stock is the same as the Raritan Valley Line diesel equipment Rolling Stock Comes With the Route ALP-45DP Build Dates 2010-2014 first Batch 4500-4534 entry into service 2011-2012 & 2020-present 4535 seen in the picture Ordered from July 16th, 2020. 4535 was ordered to replace 2002-2006 PL42ACs which are in need of rehab Comet V Coach These are pulled by GP40, F40PH PL42AC & ALP-45DP on RVL services coupled to a comet IV or a formation of the entire Comet V sets Comet IV Ordered for Morristown Line Midtown Direct services in 1996 alongside ALP-44M. In Raritan Valley Line Service these are mixed with Comet Vs or fixed Comet IV formations while pushed by PL42AC GP40 F40PH & ALP-45DP like 4506 Here is my personal picture of Comet IV 5244 at Annandale Bombardier Multilevel Coaches Most services on RVL including the New York Penn Station & Hoboken bound trains from Raritan and High Bridge stations are operated by this coach in a solid formation. For a formation headed by ALP-45DP & PL42AC, it's 6 car trains. MLV 4 car trains are operated by GP40 & F40PH from the Hoboken Division Main Bergen Montclair-Booton Pascack Valley Lines and from Atlantic City Line Newark Division if rotated to serve the RVL. These are built from 2006-2014 and the third batch with power cars for the NJT Electrified network from 2022 onwards. MLV III will run with locomotives on RVL instead of Power Cars. Personal Picture is MLV I-III 7523 PL42AC The MainStay of the RVL Diesel service and is found pulling a set of mixed Comet IV & V or in the 2000s & up to mid-2010s a set of made up comet I-Vs. Currently found pulling a 6 car train of MLV I-IIS in fixed formation. As of April 2021, these are due for replacement by a 2nd order of ALP-45DPs Tier IV like 4535 which in the picture above. The reason for this is that they're expensive to rebuild in order to meet Tier IV Emissions 2015 standards. DLC Must be Purchased to play on this route and provide layers on Other NJ Transit Train Sim World 2 routes in addition to trains that come with base route Comet I Built by Pullman Standard for Hoboken Division Lines in the 1970s due to their low-level platforms and started to serve RVL in 1987 after a rebuild that made them compatible with high & low-level platforms. In the Raritan Valley Line Cranford Roselle Park Plainfield Somerville Union, Westfield & Newark Penn Station have High-Level Platforms. Never served NY Penn Station due to comet Is retiring in 2007-2010 due to their age. Comet IB Originally built by the St. Louis Car company as Arrow Is for use on NEC & NJCL South Amboy Services in 1968-1969 and went out of service by 1980 on those routes due to electrical faults. In 1987-1989 Morrison-Knudsen converted these Arrow Is into Comet IB coaches by removing the traction units in order to be pulled by electric and diesel locomotives owned by NJ Transit. In the case of the Raritan Valley Line, these were found inserted onto a mixed comet I-IV formation pulled by PL42AC F40PH & GP40p from the years 1989-2008 when the comet Is are retired by NJ Transit F40PH F40PH was the common RVL diesel locomotives from the 1980s all the way to 2009-2014 when PL42AC & ALP-45DP replaced them on High Bridge/Raritan to Newark Penn Station & Hoboken. Found pulling comet I-Vs until 2006-2010 when Comet Is are retired. Currently found on Hoboken Division Lines where they're painted in either NJ Transit and Metro-North Paint. DTG can make the F40PH for Raritan Valley Line by reskinning the Caltrain version into NJ Transit Paint. Comet II Built by Bombardier Transportation from the years 1982-1987 after obtaining the rights from the Bankrupt Pullman Standard Corporation the makers of Comet I Coach. The difference between Comet IIs and Is is that comet IIs are built from the factory with trapdoors for use with low-level platforms and doors for high-level platforms. In the Raritan Valley Line service, these are pulled by PL42ac GP40 F40ph in the 2000s & early to mid-2010s. GP40P Built in 1968 and was purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in order to serve Bankrupt Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter lines like the Raritan Valley Line and North Jersey Coastline south of South Amboy predating the 1982-1988 electrification project towards Long Branch. The locomotive was rebuilt in 1990-1994 for a Cost of $900,000 and increased its max speed to 100 mph (160 km/h) to operate on NJCL & RVL towards Hoboken. GP40 pictured here is 4109 painted in Heritage CRRNJ Paint. In the years 2010-2018, some of these locomotives got their HEP units removed in order to work as switchers. However, in 2019 4109 got its HEP equipment reinstalled to operate in revenue service on NJ Transit Diesel Services. Notes Trains Magazine has a paywall and free viewing is only up to 7 articles https://www.trains.com/trn/ on the other hand https://www.nj.com/ doesn't have a paywall for NJ Transit related articles
I would not say no to this, of course, being from Jersey originally from New York, but I would wait and see after the new Trenton to New York, Penn timetable looks like first. I want to see if the new timetable gets a overhaul like southeastern, high-speed did then I would say heck yeah. I have not seen a North American route so far that's blown me away, but Trenton has a lot of potential of being the best if they really try this time. If not, then we end up with a repeat for this route, which would be a waste.
