Mta Metro North Hudson Line Poughkeepsie-croton Harmon

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  1. subzero169

    subzero169 Member

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    The Hudson Line Poughkeepsie-Croton Harmon would consist of the diesel Genesis P32AC-DM and the Shoreliner IV. The route is roughly 40.2 miles. Since its not only the train company that uses this line it is also shared with 5 different Amtrak services (Empire Services, Adirondack, Maple Leaf, Lake Shore Limited, and Ethan Allen Express). Between both terminal stations there are 8 stations (New Hamburg, Beacon, Breakneck Ridge, Cold Spring, Garrison, Manitou, Peekskill, and Cortlandt). The journey is about an hour and there is a train in both directions once every hour. The route is on the PC (TS 2019) and I think this would be a lovely touch on TSW2 in the future.[​IMG]
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    Electric trains end their runs one stop beyond, at Croton–Harmon, a terminal shared again with Amtrak just south of Harmon Yard and east of Croton Point. The tracks veer inland, closely following US 9, to the next and newest stop, Cortlandt, the only non-New York City station on the line where the Hudson River cannot be seen. The Hudson River reappears at Peekskill, the last stop in the county, where the Bear Mountain Bridge can be seen to the north. North of Peekskill the river narrows as the Hudson Highlands begin. Dunderberg and Bear mountains can be seen across the river. The train passes through two short tunnels, one under the Bear Mountain Bridge abutment. Putnam County's first station, Manitou, serves a small hamlet. Just north of Garrison, there is another tunnel and then a view of the stone buildings of West Point; the riverside village of Cold Spring is the next stop, last in the county. The Dutchess County line is crossed in a pair of 842-foot (257 m) tunnels under Breakneck Ridge at Breakneck Point; across the river Storm King Mountain is seen. The Breakneck Ridge flag stop marks the end of the Highlands as the river once again broadens around Newburgh Bay. At Beacon, ferry service is available during peak hours to Newburgh, whose skyline is visible across the river, and shortly after leaving the train passes under the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Just upriver is New Hamburg, a hamlet of the Town of Poughkeepsie and a station closed in the NYCRR days but eventually reopened. The last 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to Poughkeepsie's recently renovated station, including the vast Tilcon quarry, is the longest distance between any two stations on a Metro-North main line. upload_2021-8-7_13-24-6.png
     
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    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    M7A and M3A if made they're simply reskinned LIRR Versions. Because almost all the US Canada route locomotives are simply reskins of the original version SD-40 Clinchfield base is SD40-2 CSX
     

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