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How do I identify train models on the NJ transit?

Ephraim Becker

Ephraim Becker

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It's very easy for me to identify a train model on the NYC Subway, for example, the trains with the display that displays the next 10 stops are r160s. The NJ transit is way more complicated to identify. For example, I was just looking up on Wikipedia if there are any 2-floor trains on the North Jersey Coast Line and it says by rolling stock:


However, if I want to check on Wikipedia if there are any A trains that have automated announcements and displays that display the next 10 stops, the rolling stock is much more simple.
  • 10 R32s (1 train, AM rush)
  • 296 R46s (37 trains)
  • 8 R68As (1 train, PM only)
  • 20 R32s (2 train, PM rush)
Here I see that there are no A trains that have automated announcements or displays that display the next 10 stops.
 
I'm guessing a rail fanning forum would be of more use to you. I admire the passion however. As a young kid trains were an obsession of mine. At 9 years old I would have been able to name and identify a multitude of North American diesel freight locomotives and be right most of the time. These days I still have a fascination and appreciation but far from an obsession with the topic as obsessing is an aspie trait I have outgrown.

An interest in trains seems to be a common reoccurring interest among aspie/autistics. I wonder what the specific reasoning is for that.
 
Pariah Dog said:
I'm guessing a rail fanning forum would be of more use to you. I admire the passion however. As a young kid trains were an obsession of mine. At 9 years old I would have been able to name and identify a multitude of North American diesel freight locomotives and be right most of the time. These days I still have a fascination and appreciation but far from an obsession with the topic as obsessing is an aspie trait I have outgrown.

An interest in trains seems to be a common reoccurring interest among aspie/autistics. I wonder what the specific reasoning is for that.
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I never memorized anything about trains but still have always had a bit of a thing for them. I have pulled off the road much, much too suddenly to see an Amtrak station and then stuck around to watch it pull in and people get on. I vividly remember when I was 11 seeing an Amtrak for the first time. I love riding the Metrolink in St. Louis so much that I sometimes sound like I get paid to tell people about it. Anyhoo, my love of trains is about my constant wanting to go somewhere else(though I do enjoy the sounds and feel of trains as well). I used to get really excited about maps, Uhauls(they have various state represented on the side, oh I used to love those), Youtube videos that people take with a camera stuck on the dash, ect. I never would have described any of that as an obsession exactly, it's more of a craving. Still have it to some degree, but not as much in the last few years.
 
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