The following nearly 15-minute video shows a PATH train ride from Journal Square to Penn Station in Newark, shot from the side window. On part of the route, the train runs on the left track because track work was taking place on the right:
I only took a handful of pictures in Newark:
Amtrak 2016, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
NJT 4513, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
Interesting: "Position Color Light Signals" (PCLs), which Amtrak has been installing since the 1980s as a replacement for the old "Position Lights" of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Some background on this can be found in a posting by Jersey Mike, the signal terms are explained on this page:
Signals, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
Signals, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
Here is a rail with bolted joints. It's not clear to me why they are necessary there—the opposite rail is (or seems to me to be) continuously welded:
Rail joint, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
Rail joints, Newark Penn Station, 25.2.2024
After a short stop, I rode all the way back to Journal Square, passing the track construction crew mentioned above:
Translated partially with DeepL.com (free version)
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