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Either it's back so soon or it never really stopped nightly testing. Dormancy is over... KP2022 (Acela Test Train) was testing last night (night 5/16 - morning 5/17) in NJ, County - Ham. KP2022 is out again tonight. It was stopped right on the PRR Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill...

Completing backlogged radio summaries. There are hilarious conversations sometimes. As a reminder, I capture almost all dispatcher messages in CETC-8 (Union [at Rahway] exclusive to Ham [at Trenton] exclusive) and most train/cab transmissions north of the Adams Yard at MP 35. There appear to be...

Night of 5/14 ~8:33PM Unidentified train crossing Schuylkill river ~8:45PM Same passed Torresdale. Couldn't get a good look but definitely looked like Avelia Liberty

Night of 5/13, Avelia Liberty (KP2022) spotted again on PADOT cameras. This time it was bright enough to be distinguishable rather than just deduced by shape, lights and timing. It's hit or miss with where the cameras are pointed (none pointing at Schuylkill bridge today) but good success so...

Saturday 5/11 10:15PM KP2022 asked to call dispatcher at County Another rogue Saturday test... didn't even document the last day yet.

Started tracking train movements with traffic cameras on I-95 and I-76. Details later. A mystery train was parked on the bridge near Zoo for 20-30 minutes until 9:02PM. An Acela-shaped train with LED headlights (who else could it be?) passed near Eddington at 9:15PM.

Night 5/8 - morning 5/9 9:31PM KP2022 needed signal from CETC-8 to go west 9:34PM (what was probably the engineer of #3855 asked if Acela 2 was "fixed yet or still broken") 11:11PM #3742 out of Jersey Ave (deadhead to EWR) needed to wait for signal run-down due to test train (probably just...

5/7 night - 5/8 morning... it's back! 9:45PM KP2022 asked CETC-8 to return back west [from County/Delco] 10:45PM KP2022 was asked by CETC-8 to give a call when stopped at HAM 1:01AM KP2022 asked CETC-8 to return back west; CETC-8 said CETC-7 was "clearing up a foul" - not sure if that's the last...

Radio night of 4/23 11:20PM - #3742 asked dispatcher if KP2022 was holding up departure from Jersey Ave. #3742 is the 11:34PM from Jersey Ave. It deadheads to Newark Airport and is allowed to depart its origin early. I could not clearly hear CETC 8's response as the dispatcher used a "far"...

That's cool information, thank you. Never heard them run on a Saturday until this weekend. Regular update... this was last night's radio traffic since it wasn't complete when I last posted. 4/22 night - 4/23 morning radio log (New Jersey - KP2022 Acela II test train - County to Ham) 10:34PM...

KP2022 is out again tonight, April 22nd. CETC 8 needed a call at 10:34PM before it returned [west].

Evidently the (a?) trainset has been in Boston from 4/1 and has returned. I've been intensely listening to the radio for a few months and I thought I should start sharing when I hear KP2022 is out. Some nights it's just the CETC 8 dispatcher saying one single message. https://www.youtube.com/...