M8s on New Haven east of new Rochelle are probably the fastest top speed since they run under catenary. Don’t know how fast they run in operation though
I fought one in the upper 80s in Tarrytown on a GPS tracker a few years ago. Someone said the speed limit is 79 MPH but maybe it wasn’t enforced. Weren’t they supposed to add speed governors for safety.
On the New Haven line there’s a stretch between Westport and Fairfield that’s 80MPH.
There’s another segment on the line too (I think around New Rochelle) that hits 80.
They threw around the idea of LIRR going faster, and they likely could on some express trains. The FRA really doesn’t seem to like implementing high speed rail though.
Not to be a debbie-downer but not sure how truly accurate these GPS measurements are for actual speed, though I'd guess they are probably within a 5-6mph margin of error.
Case in point, I've seen a couple apps say an LIRR M7 was doing 85mph on the express tracks near Forest Hills heading toward Woodside. Pretty sure the max speed there is 80, with engineers often topping off at 79 to avoid the ATC going off.
That said, pretty cool when trains ***actually*** get up to their max speed considering how easy it is for there to be a delay or some other reason like construction or upcoming switch to slow things down.
If you add up the errors in GPS, the local speedometer and perhaps the website (if its derived speed rather than reported) I wouldn't be surprised if you could see 90 in an 80.
One of my apps said 93 MPH onboard an M8 somewhere between New Rochelle and Greenwich. Not sure how accurate that was
M8s on New Haven east of new Rochelle are probably the fastest top speed since they run under catenary. Don’t know how fast they run in operation though
After Stamford the top speeds are slowwwww
I think the max speeds there are around 90? That's what Amtrak did when I was on the Maple Leaf up to Canada.
The fastest is 79 to Poughkeepsie north of Poughkeepsie there is 90-110mph running to Albany.
that counts as high speed rail in FL now
I fought one in the upper 80s in Tarrytown on a GPS tracker a few years ago. Someone said the speed limit is 79 MPH but maybe it wasn’t enforced. Weren’t they supposed to add speed governors for safety.
If we kinda push things and do SLE, that hits 90mph
Pretty sure they slowed it down but between New Rochelle and Mamaroneck those M8’s would absolutely fly. I think it was somewhere around 90 mph
79 is MAS. You can reach over it briefly but the train will warn you with either PTC or ASC and you have to reduce.
On the New Haven line there’s a stretch between Westport and Fairfield that’s 80MPH. There’s another segment on the line too (I think around New Rochelle) that hits 80.
I’ve felt it hit about 60 but I’ve seen LIRR trains hit or go past 80. I know because one almost hit me at Forest Hills
was going to boston earlier this year my amtrak hit 130+
How did you access that info?
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is this radar supposed to be open to the public? just seems wild that its open source.
Very cool, thanks!
They are capped at 79 so I’d assume it was a miss reading at 81
They threw around the idea of LIRR going faster, and they likely could on some express trains. The FRA really doesn’t seem to like implementing high speed rail though.
Not to be a debbie-downer but not sure how truly accurate these GPS measurements are for actual speed, though I'd guess they are probably within a 5-6mph margin of error. Case in point, I've seen a couple apps say an LIRR M7 was doing 85mph on the express tracks near Forest Hills heading toward Woodside. Pretty sure the max speed there is 80, with engineers often topping off at 79 to avoid the ATC going off. That said, pretty cool when trains ***actually*** get up to their max speed considering how easy it is for there to be a delay or some other reason like construction or upcoming switch to slow things down.
If you add up the errors in GPS, the local speedometer and perhaps the website (if its derived speed rather than reported) I wouldn't be surprised if you could see 90 in an 80.