NJT rail line from NYC to Atlantic City

[AlanB]

From my understanding the NYC to AC trains will run on weekends only. All trains will turn at Shore interlocking 10 minutes north of 30th street station. The only reason NJT is running the P40's is because the new NJT diesels don't fit through the hudson river tunnels but the P40's do. Amtrak Leased 4 P40's for the service. Amtrak no longer uses the P40's but leases them to Metro-North, NJT, and Conndot. Amtrak lists the P40's as "Stored as Dead". It's a shame they don't use them any more seeing that they could get another 10-15 years out of them. They only ran for 10 years for Amtrak. Some P42's are 10 years old and Amtrak still runs them, so what in god's name are they thinking.

"Turn at shore tower? Make a right? a left??

Well technically it would be left turn when heading RR west on the NEC, except that there is no switch or track that would allow the train to make that left. Therefore they will proceed past the interlocking and stop on a side track. Then the engineer will need to changes ends and in effect drive in the other direction to go down the AC line. That of course means that everyone who was facing forward for the run down the NEC, will now find themselves facing backwards for the run to AC.