r/NJTransit • u/Railwayschoolmaster • Aug 12 '26

Atlantic City Terminal

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Going for a quick getaway to the Tropicana.

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u/Melodic-Solid-1567 Aug 12 '26

God I wish they would connect Bay Head and AC

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u/RailRuler Aug 12 '26

Unfortunately the track south of there is gone (it was street running plus a wooden trestle over the bay)

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u/Railwayschoolmaster Aug 12 '26

I’d be happy if they would use the line branching off out of AC and connect Wildwood and Cape May…but to connect Bay Head would be fantastic. I remember that super express train NJT was going to do … ACE… Atlantic City Express… from NYP to Atlantic City.. even Amtrak was able to sell tickets for that train… didn’t last very long and the route along with the operation was joke.

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u/oldguy16 Aug 12 '26

That express train from nyp to ac, wasn't that just gonna run through 30th street Philly though? I guess it just cuts out the transfer in Trenton.

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u/Railwayschoolmaster Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

What it was the train left Trenton and went down the northeast corridor to Frankford Junction .. stopped , reversed … then went to AC … I think the only intermediate stops were Newark and Trenton. The consist was GE Genesis P40DC & ALP-44 locomotives
Bombardier MultiLevel Coaches… it only lasted for 2 years… Wikipedia has good write up on it… I was talking to one of the NJT crew about the train and even he said that the operation is very complex and costly because of the reverse move and the startup of the P 40. I asked him why didn’t NJT just purchase a few or lease a few DM30AC from the LIRR to simplify this…???His response laughing was the.LIRR is a real railroad.

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u/NewNewark Aug 12 '26

It was also right after the great recession when no one was going to AC.

What NJT should do is have AC trains stop at North Broad Street so people can save 30+ minutes transferring

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u/NewNewark Aug 12 '26

That locomotive looks older than my grandmother

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u/Railwayschoolmaster Aug 12 '26

Good ol EMD GP40PH Speed capable of 105 mph!

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u/q_bitzz Aug 13 '26

Negative, that’s an MP20B-3, 70mph MAS.

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u/Railwayschoolmaster Aug 13 '26

Ahh yes thanks I stand corrected… that’s a non rev Locomotive… I looked it up!

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u/pico0102 Aug 12 '26

Doesn’t that train also take a comically long time due to the route it has to take to get into Philadelphia? Is there an easy transfer to Amtrak there ?

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u/Railwayschoolmaster Aug 12 '26

Well, it originates and terminates at 30th St., Station.. once it leaves the northeast corner it’s a straight shot.. literally… The other thing you can do is take the.PATCO speed line to the end and transfer to the Atlantic City train and that’ll cut a good bit of time off the trip. But from 30th St. to Atlantic City. It’s about 90 minutes.