Today at Friday at 1100 . Amtrak had a failure of their CAT between New Rochell and NYP. It is not know exactly where as Amtrak has not specificed where. Probably not the replaced CAT from New Rochelle and Gate where voltage changes from 12. 5 Kv 60 Hz but more likely the 12 Kv 25 Hz on into NYP. However it does not appear that Sunnyside to NYP is affected ? The failure happened sometime before 0900 according to earlier Amtrak blogs. The following link as of 1100 makes it appear that there is going to be extensive delays north of NYP. No delays noted for MNRR aroun New Rochelle.
EDIT Evidently Acela 2150 north bound last train thru at about 0840.
The MNRR replacement of CAT to Constant tension ( Caled auto tension by MNRR ) is not scheduled to be complete until mid 2021 FY, Source Amtrak 5 year plan page 24 !
The point that concers us is======= CAT replacement on MNRR to constant tension ( called auto tension by MNRR ) is now scheduled to not finish until 3rd quarter FY 2021. That is almost 2 years longer than originally planned. now what is FY 2021 actual dates is unknown here. What is a worry is that the replacement work closes up to 1 or 2 tracks so along with the Walk bridge work that has 2 tracks closed can really constrain MNRR and Amtrak trains.
Amtrak owns New Rochelle to Harold Tower in Woodside, Queens, and the LIRR, two tracks, and Amtrak, two tracks, Woodside - Penn Sta. Metro North doew not even operate on those tracks except when exchanging equipment with the fellow Metro Transit LIRR. There are plans for New Haven line trains to run to :Penn, but at the present time the only users of the Hell Gate Bridge are Amtrak and the freight railroads CSX, CP, and P&W, for interchange with NY&A (LIRR-freight) at Fresh Pond Junction in Queens.
Currently all Metro North trains into Manhattan run only to GCT.
Ooooops, there is always an exception, and MN did operate over the Hell Gate Btidge with dual-power NJT locos for special trains to and from the stadium in New Jersey, with the cooperation of Amtrak.
The OP was about "Amtrak had a failure of their CAT between New Rochell and NYP. ", and then the subject got expanded to the MN line north of New Rochelle. Other posters seem to be conflating the two.
Penn - N. Rochelle Amtrak with some LIRR Penn - Woodsided. Woodlawn - N/ Rochelle - NY-CT Boarder, MN. NY-CT Boarder - New Haven ConnDot New Haven - Boston Amtrak
GCT - Mt. Vernon East, MN 3rd rail, overlap catenary Woodlawn - Mt. Vernon East
Feb 04, 2020 01:15:03 AM NEC train #3895, the 12:46 a.m. arrival into Trenton, is up to 75 min. late due to earlier Amtrak overhead wire issues near PSNY.
Feb 03, 2020 11:57:44 PM 2/2: NJ TRANSIT rail tickets/passes are being cross-honored by PATH at Newark Penn, Hoboken and 33rd St., NJ TRANSIT Bus and private carriers.
Feb 03, 2020 11:57:39 PM 1/2: NJ TRANSIT rail service in and out of Penn Station New York is subject to up to 60-minute delays, with residual delays to trains enroute, due to earlier Amtrak overhead wire issues near PSNY.
One statement in the nj.com article got me - to the effect, with one tunnel shut down traffic is limited to 6 trains per hour. WTF. Maybe if you are going both directions on a train for train basis - since it was Rush Hour - everything would fleeted outbound and there would not be the down time of reverseing traffic,