Gosh, so well-produced, and I can watch train shop videos like these for hours. Just ask my wife! Thanks so much to the museum, which we both visited when in Sacto so many years ago . . . . We spent nearly a whole day there, thanks to our Uncle Steve Cowie, whose idea it was to pass through Sacto on the way to Grass Valley to visit Fran and George Boyd. We had such a great time on the whole trip. One of those trips that just put itself together by accident. We loved the museum and all the old locos, and walking through the old train cars, and the whole darn museum itself. Owe it to yourself to go see this amazing place.
As always, UP staff show great professionalism and efficiency! Also a wonderful thing to see a major corporation willing to support activities like this - we'd never see it in the UK! I'm sure it's cheaper and safer to do this on the relatively rare occasions that a link is needed than maintain a full crossover with signalling, etc. but still great to see.
@John Stanley Apparently the whole connection track wasn't built in one hour. The part beyond the gate seems quite permanent. 'In a hour' was -built- assembled from ready parts the short section over the main tracks: sleepers placed, rails laid and secured. And then promptly removed to let that impatient Amtrak train proceed.
I've been to that museum & it is just first rate. When I lived in Sacto the parents drove cross country & visited. The old man & I spent one of the most enjoyable Saturdays of my life in that museum. He even ran mom off when she got bored with & told he'd catch up with her later; said it was probably the most fun of the trip & he was gonna by God take his time there.
Western Pacific 913 sure is one BEAUTIFUL diesel! Takes me back to the fifties when I was growing up. Very well put together video, absolutely outstanding, entertaining and educational! Thank you for the upload!
That video is a great capture of our old "150" track - now replaced by a pair O.W.L.S (one way low speed) diamonds crossing both the #1 and #2 main tracks at RV 98.8, complete with absolute interlocking signaling. I was brakeman that day on the move. It's so much easier now - just a call to UP dispatch on radio channel 46-46 and we are in the line-up. The interchange track is now the 560 track; and we continue to move both museum equipment as well as freight (to/from Setzer Forest Products). There is a lead off the 560 track to the south end of the transfer table. Freight service will probably terminate sometime in 2016 when the mill closes.
As someone who is insanely passionate about trains and railroads (and has also visited the California State Railroad Museum), I think it is amazing that such a large locomotive could be moved with a little bit of grit and ingenuity. It's also quite different from the "three strokes to the spike, ten spikes to the rail, 400 rails to the mile" mentality espoused by two hardware store owners, a grocer, and an iron forge operator nearly 150 years ago.
Stussmeister Something I find entertaining is that the F is a fairly small engine, all things considered. When they ruled the rails it was normal, but they're small even compared to the "little" GPs...
Some of those old F units were still in service when i was a boy of ten or so, i remember the shape and it stuck with me. They just look fast...a very nice design. Love the note of that horn!! very expressive.
I have seen this transfer table-but not in operation. The building of the 'Jump-Track' is a reminder of how they switched the cane cars in the field, without the use of switches.Very ingenious ideas. The crew had it dismantled in time so as not to delay the Passenger no doubt! Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
I am surprised at the number of "Dislikes." I would assume if you came to this video it is because you like trains and everything that goes along with them, so how could you not like this. Keep up the good work Don, most of us appreciate it.
+Randy Gaines I think it might have something to do with the title. If you like trains, it's a good video but for people that may stumble across it and see 'most amazing' and 'must see', well they may feel a little mislead. I love my trains and enjoy route building in my train sims but even I wouldn't call it 'must see'......'nice to see' maybe, but, well anyway.....I'm giving the vid a thumbs up but if I could rate the title, I'd give that a thumbs down :)
Thanks Mr. Mccuaig for the nostalgic trip. My Great Grandpappy and Grandpappy worked for the Michigan Central/ New York Central R.R.'s. While the other kids played with their toy trains I got to play with these big boys. You brought me some very good old memories. Thanks again.
This is a good demonstration of how rail building and/or repair goes so much faster than a concrete or asphalt road. In wartime, rail traffic can be up and running quickly.
Yes, it's all real. I was there to film some making of parts in the loco shops. Someone ran over and told the crew they moving a F unit to this shop. We stopped what we were doing and ran, and I mean ran over to film all this. The Amtrak train had a regular stop in Sacto but the crew had to finish their job fast to not hold up the train. They have done this many times. It was the first transfer table I ever saw also. Glad most of you liked it. Don
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to learn about how do i get a job with the railroad try Tarbetti Rail Work Tutor (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my colleague got great results with it.
Truth is... this was scheduled weekly on Wednesdays for a very long time. I used to work the West Sac Job to deliver and pickup cars from the museum RR. If you return or use GOOGLE Earth you will see diamonds and new turnouts installed now. The entire mainline was re-allighned.
+Don Mccuaig "Transfer table" I was wondering what that was called, never heard of one before, all I'd seen were turntables. Cool video, although the drama at the beginning was a bit overdone, that Amtrak train obviously wasn't going anywhere until the track was clear.
EMD F7 needs help crossing the mainline before Amtrak's Capital Corridor departs. They build more tracks over Union Pacific mainline to let the emd F7 across. It gets across before the Capital Corridor is departing. How clever.
The Sbrhs have the transfer table from the San Bernardino shopsif you're interested next time you're in la take Amtrak and go over the fly over and you'll see it by the steam engine
Absolutely fascinating. One of the best train related videos I have seen on RUclips. I had never seen the equipment used to transport an engine sideways to line it up with the repair bay. Thanks to those who created and posted this.
That horn is nice. Awesome that they were able to lay down a temporary crossover rail for this unit so quickly..then take it off to allow amtrak to go through
Great stuff. One of the things I love about engineering is that the principles and forces necessary to move something big are fundamentally the same as those scaled up for moving a smaller version of the same shape.
+hughvane Well old boy, you have to call them as you see them. We only had one camera there so I chose to film the F unit on the transfer table and not the guys taking up the track. We already saw them put the track down I think it was more interesting watching the transfer table in operation.
Very Nice !! great capture and great comments through out as well ! Thanks for the upload . The Sacramento museum is worth the day trip - absolutely amazing !
That was genius and creative! I'm surprised, though, that Union Pacific allowed this but glad that they helped out the museum.. Had this been CSX (paranoid management), there's no way it would have happened.
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Don, thanks for the share. Loved seeing the transfer table at work and the old girl on the move to restoration. Some great photos on the web of the restored loco.
+ganymedeIV4 You are an uncouth, unenlightened ass. Don't take shots at people unless and until you've done more for the world than their generation has. And no, promoting online porn and developing smartphone video game apps doesn't count.
A. I don't own a drone. B. I wasn't "speaking" to you. I was speaking to my wife. C. You "co invented" 802.15.1? Does telecom giant Ericsson know that? They seem to think it was their development. D. I am not at liberty to discuss what I do. I will go so far as to say that my designs directly or indirectly enhance the safety of literally millions of human beings. E. Most importantly, speaking of human beings, I treat them with respect and am not so mind-numbed that I make low-life comments to strangers who don't deserve it. Work on it.
Without a doubt this had to be one of the most exciting videos I have ever seen.....the suspense!!!! My heart was pounding....I was sweating profusely....wow !!!!!
Yes I agree! Also curious that it wasn’t a straight beep, (bap-b-b-b-ap!) Sounds like a Tuba recital I recorded decades ago in Melba Hall, Melb Australia. The performer finished his recital with a hugh blast, the sound echoed and subsided to silence. I observed dust falling from the ceiling of the 100yo concert hall !!!
It may have been a Leslie A200 or such, like this: /watch?v=AqffIZQ1Gy8 Early horns were low pitched, I forget the other makes, but they are very rare now.
a great engineer and technical speacialist railroadwork. It is interest to see how teamwork is success to do anything. And this cross- over looks like so simple to make it.
"Most of us are OLD !" A young engineer who shared my office for a couple of years once commented about how fixed my outlook was. I told him it was fixed because i tried the other ways of doing things and knew they didn't work. Getting old is part luck and part keeping out of the way of things that will kill you. For 20 years I worked on high voltage radar power supplies, one mistake and your gone.
I remember when there was still track in the old yards, about 10 years ago. Now, there are streets and signals going through it. A friend of mine said there are still a lot of unfinished locomotives inside those shops, along with thousands of tools, parts, etc
To be a true railway man you have to have the right kind of blood running in your veins like the two building the crossover.......a wonderful video.....well done to you!
Beautifully done video! Terrific editing. I'm wondering how long it actually took guys to lay the additional track, from start to finish? I've never seen that done, or knew it could even BE done. Great job.
Series of streamlined locos by GM Electro Motive Division (EMD) - includes FT, F3, F7 and F9, A and B units (B units don't have cabs, used in multiple with at least one A unit). But you could have Googled that.
Series of streamlined locos by GM Electro Motive Division (EMD) - includes FT, F3, F7 and F9, A and B units (B units don't have cabs, used in multiple with at least one A unit). But you could have Googled that.
traindad77, that's great that you saw this every Wed. but I have never or most of the viewers have never have seen anything like this. I don't think anyone thought to film it. Now it's on video for all to see. Don
+Don Mccuaig श्री राम जय राम जय जय राम' - यह सात शब्दों वाला तारक मंत्र है। साधारण से दिखने वाले इस मंत्र में जो शक्ति छिपी हुई है, वह अनुभव का विषय है। इसे कोई भी, कहीं भी, कभी भी कर सकता है। फल बराबर मिलता है।
Don Thank you for allowing the sound of all this to be just of the train engine and it’s bells and whistles. Your choice of music was right on along with the lack of. Thank you
being fascinated by the existence trains...but, knowing little about the industry...i found that system that delivered the locomotive into the repair bay to be the best part.
This is the kind of 'get the job done' lateral thinking I love about Americans. This would never be allowed in Europe. Here in Ireland the Rail Safety Officers would shut down the network. Yet you guys do it while an express passenger train is waiting. Amazing!
Ironic you say that, as a lot of Irish diesels are actually EMD products too nowadays :D ...Although that MetroVick A1A-A1A thing with the Sulzer engine was a very handsome diesel.
The most amazing railroad video... Well, that's quite an overdone promotion. This is a must see... Well, that's for sure! Thanks for sharing, that was interesting, I've never seen a trick like that before, that was a clever solution.
DaringDramis they do that with trams in Melbourne, a temporary set of points is laid on top of the tracks in the road so the tram can crossover at that point. This was done because of roadworks and this enabled the trams to go back the way they came. Only downer was some officious employee shooed me away saying “this is a construction site”.
I’m glad they did, I remember riding in a excursion with the F unit, along with the switcher. 913 is currently running excursions rn, I think as of October 2019. Or I’m going crazy, idk
So what is so marvellously wonderful about this operation?? It's the kind of thing rail enthusiast groups in the UK do all the time. Usually on a Sunday afternoon, before teabreak and without fanfare.
MrMatt3751 Ok. Well in the UK there are quite a few privately owned railway systems, some of them with only a few miles of track, some of them still connected to the national network. Most are manned and operated by enthusiasts and retired people who can still remember the days of steam and often have the skills needed to rebuild, maintain and run steam locos. Most, if not all of these companies have open days, some indeed run scheduled services and all of them have the knowledge and enthusiasm to keep their, sometimes antique, locomotives and rolling stock going.
MrMatt3751 I believe I encountered one when I was in California awhile ago, part of it running alongside highway one I think. In the UK I would say it was the sense of outrage at the loss of something so vital as much as anything which got the enthusiasts going initially. Dr. Beeching, the minister tasked with making the railways profitable had a hidden agenda anyway. His family owned a road haulage business. Other people on his team had similar, anti rail interests. At his recommendation lines were closed wholesale, stations were lost and many communities stepped backwards a hundred years. Much of the infrastructure was not so much closed as vandalised, viaducts and tunnels deliberately destroyed so they could never be used again, trackbed sold off for motorways or housing development.
John Smith That could be Niles Canyon or just another museum. I think that I've heard of that guy. The US didn't have a situation like that because the RRs were always private (ignoring a couple wars and AMTRAK). When the RRs abandoned something they didn't destroy the right of way unless something was being built so that's like tourist lines like the Grand Canyon Railway still exist. RR enthusiasm never caught on like it did in the UK and it doesn't make much sense.
Or you know, just let the Amtrak go first? The suspense then turns into "This Amtrak is holding up the job. Will Union Pacific have to pay these guys overtime? Find out after this..."
Nothing against U.P. personally, but they are the only railroad to threaten to have me arrested... My previous job required me to work along R.O.W. occasionally to access the utilities, ect. we were contracted to. BNSF were really easy to work with...
Nice video. Moved for repairs, but repairs for what? She moved on its own power, great looking and very clean exterior. Very nice for a museum piece for real. Reminds me of the engine used in the movie Silver Streak in the mid 70's.
+colliecandle When looking at Google Earth satellite images of now and then, it have been done since October 2012. Now : www.google.ca/maps/@38.5858179,-121.5046535,47m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=fr
+DaringDramis They redesigned the intersection. The original tracks used in this video ran along the bike path before cutting over to the north side of repair sheds and crossed main line at 90 degree angle underneath the bridge. The redesign cuts away from bike path earlier, is not underneath the bridge anymore (why you can see it from google) and enters the repair sheds on the south side.
Thats it , Im moving to Cali. trading my sunrise for the sunset; my 2 weeks notice of hurricanes to spontaneous earthquakes; my 82 degree Atlantic to the freezing Pacific. Why? Because Cali got the BigBoy & alot of other cool and long trains. FEC 121 is on its way and I need to get trackside. Im soooooooo glad you caught this. This is something thats rare. Almost as rare as a turntable , (if they still exist). Great Catch. This has made my morning.
I remember these stream-liners coming and going out of St. Louis to Chicago. This one looks fresh out of the factory. The cross over transfer is new to me it's the round table is the one I remember good post.
@@trainzguy2472 How would they signal the diamond so as to protect traffic using the "main line" from the occasional/random movements across it: in the U.K. such a crossing would need all kinds of associated hardware that would add no end of costs to a relatively-simple bit of track-work.
It would just make it so much easier. The funny part of the video is that they show the Amtrack train three times, but they never show their crossing being removed. Oops!
Diamonds need a lot of maintenance because the constant impact of passing wheels over the gaps in the diamond tends to pound the diamond to pieces. So diamonds usually only last 3 to 5 years in high-traffic areas and then need replacing at a cost of around $1 Million in total. So if you only need to move a few trains over a track each year, this is far cheaper and more cost effective. But I would have 2 rails made out of ultra-light titanium, that way they would be light enough that 4 men could carry each one into place ; no need for any heavy machinery.
According to google maps, it turns out they installed a pair of diamonds after the installation of a second commuter line. www.google.com/maps/@38.5858172,-121.5046706,47m/data=!3m1!1e3
I don't know if I'd have said it's a "must see", but BOY what that ever cool!! And the coolest, that platform that moves an entire diesel locomotive sideways! Man, I should have gone into railroading, dang that was great!
Chris Yost we call them traversers, a lot of larger depots use them.I don't know why a track has to be built temporarily to access the workshops etc though.
Don, that is great back ground music. Whats the name of it ? The music adds a sort of dramatic urgency to the video. This is the videos Hollywood makes. I worked in production enginnering for a top 2 railroad company. This would be a video that NS or CSX would do. Piss on the rest if they don't like it. Your whole video is a welcomed refreshment !
Keith, thanks. I did these video to help out the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. I worked in TV for 36 years and still love shooting and producing. We live in Maui now and work with the narrow gauge train here to get it back running. Always wonder why there are so many hateful comments. Why take the time to show your hate. Just don't watch if you don't like it. I don't know the name of the music. It's a track we own from a commercial music library. Life is good here on the island.
i like the way this video shoots the Amtrak train several times as if it was impatiently waiting
Katherine Perez the Genesis locomotives even look naturally upset. Just fits so well
Hahaha!
The genesis locomotive: old timers these days huh?
The F unit: I HEARD THAT!!!
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Gosh, so well-produced, and I can watch train shop videos like these for hours. Just ask my wife! Thanks so much to the museum, which we both visited when in Sacto so many years ago . . . . We spent nearly a whole day there, thanks to our Uncle Steve Cowie, whose idea it was to pass through Sacto on the way to Grass Valley to visit Fran and George Boyd. We had such a great time on the whole trip. One of those trips that just put itself together by accident. We loved the museum and all the old locos, and walking through the old train cars, and the whole darn museum itself. Owe it to yourself to go see this amazing place.
As always, UP staff show great professionalism and efficiency! Also a wonderful thing to see a major corporation willing to support activities like this - we'd never see it in the UK! I'm sure it's cheaper and safer to do this on the relatively rare occasions that a link is needed than maintain a full crossover with signalling, etc. but still great to see.
@John Stanley Apparently the whole connection track wasn't built in one hour. The part beyond the gate seems quite permanent.
'In a hour' was -built- assembled from ready parts the short section over the main tracks: sleepers placed, rails laid and secured. And then promptly removed to let that impatient Amtrak train proceed.
I've been to that museum & it is just first rate. When I lived in Sacto the parents drove cross country & visited. The old man & I spent one of the most enjoyable Saturdays of my life in that museum. He even ran mom off when she got bored with & told he'd catch up with her later; said it was probably the most fun of the trip & he was gonna by God take his time there.
Western Pacific 913 sure is one BEAUTIFUL diesel! Takes me back to the fifties when I was growing up. Very well put together video, absolutely outstanding, entertaining and educational! Thank you for the upload!
That video is a great capture of our old "150" track - now replaced by a pair O.W.L.S (one way low speed) diamonds crossing both the #1 and #2 main tracks at RV 98.8, complete with absolute interlocking signaling. I was brakeman that day on the move.
It's so much easier now - just a call to UP dispatch on radio channel 46-46 and we are in the line-up. The interchange track is now the 560 track; and we continue to move both museum equipment as well as freight (to/from Setzer Forest Products). There is a lead off the 560 track to the south end of the transfer table. Freight service will probably terminate sometime in 2016 when the mill closes.
As someone who is insanely passionate about trains and railroads (and has also visited the California State Railroad Museum), I think it is amazing that such a large locomotive could be moved with a little bit of grit and ingenuity. It's also quite different from the "three strokes to the spike, ten spikes to the rail, 400 rails to the mile" mentality espoused by two hardware store owners, a grocer, and an iron forge operator nearly 150 years ago.
Stussmeister
Something I find entertaining is that the F is a fairly small engine, all things considered. When they ruled the rails it was normal, but they're small even compared to the "little" GPs...
Some of those old F units were still in service when i was a boy of ten or so, i remember the shape and it stuck with me.
They just look fast...a very nice design. Love the note of that horn!! very expressive.
Great video! I love those old F units. I rode behind Santa Fe War Bonnet A-B-B-A units in 1963. And a working transfer table as a bonus.
I have seen this transfer table-but not in operation. The building of the 'Jump-Track' is a reminder of how they switched the cane cars in the field, without the use of switches.Very ingenious ideas. The crew had it dismantled in time so as not to delay the Passenger no doubt! Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
I am surprised at the number of "Dislikes." I would assume if you came to this video it is because you like trains and everything that goes along with them, so how could you not like this. Keep up the good work Don, most of us appreciate it.
+Randy Gaines I think it might have something to do with the title. If you like trains, it's a good video but for people that may stumble across it and see 'most amazing' and 'must see', well they may feel a little mislead.
I love my trains and enjoy route building in my train sims but even I wouldn't call it 'must see'......'nice to see' maybe, but, well anyway.....I'm giving the vid a thumbs up but if I could rate the title, I'd give that a thumbs down :)
+Randy Gaines This video is not a "must see", sorry. That's why I pressed "dislike".
I got tinnitus by the bell
For once, that wasn’t RUclips clickbait. Very good, the shots of the Amtrak waiting was stressing me out
This is one of my favorite videos on RUclips. I have watched this at least 3 times. It is so unusual. Thanks for posting
Thanks Mr. Mccuaig for the nostalgic trip. My Great Grandpappy and Grandpappy worked for the Michigan Central/ New York Central R.R.'s. While the other kids played with their toy trains I got to play with these big boys. You brought me some very good old memories. Thanks again.
This is a good demonstration of how rail building and/or repair goes so much faster than a concrete or asphalt road. In wartime, rail traffic can be up and running quickly.
My Grandpa operated one just like it as a 37 year engineer with WP. His engine is THE one presently on display at the Railroad museum in Portola CA
Yes, it's all real. I was there to film some making of parts in the loco shops. Someone ran over and told the crew they moving a F unit to this shop. We stopped what we were doing and ran, and I mean ran over to film all this. The Amtrak train had a regular stop in Sacto but the crew had to finish their job fast to not hold up the train. They have done this many times. It was the first transfer table I ever saw also. Glad most of you liked it. Don
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to learn about how do i get a job with the railroad try Tarbetti Rail Work Tutor (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my colleague got great results with it.
Truth is... this was scheduled weekly on Wednesdays for a very long time. I used to work the West Sac Job to deliver and pickup cars from the museum RR. If you return or use GOOGLE Earth you will see diamonds and new turnouts installed now. The entire mainline was re-allighned.
+Don Mccuaig "Transfer table" I was wondering what that was called, never heard of one before, all I'd seen were turntables.
Cool video, although the drama at the beginning was a bit overdone, that Amtrak train obviously wasn't going anywhere until the track was clear.
+Don Mccuaig Maybe I'm just naive, but if they had to do that crossing many times before, why not just install a crossover and leave it?
+Element of Kindness
I think Amtrak might be pretty anal about people putting crossovers on their mainline just for their convenience.
I remember this video, I tried looking for it, and thought about it for hours
If I was the Amtrak driver, I would've been insanely jealous. That is a beauty.
EMD F7 needs help crossing the mainline before Amtrak's Capital Corridor departs. They build more tracks over Union Pacific mainline to let the emd F7 across. It gets across before the Capital Corridor is departing. How clever.
Great to her those old F-unit horns. Great post
I spent my late teens & 20' s in Sacramento and spent a good amount of time in old sac which makes this video very special. Well done.
That's just about the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing that!
The Sbrhs have the transfer table from the San Bernardino shopsif you're interested next time you're in la take Amtrak and go over the fly over and you'll see it by the steam engine
Absolutely fascinating. One of the best train related videos I have seen on RUclips. I had never seen the equipment used to transport an engine sideways to line it up with the repair bay. Thanks to those who created and posted this.
The F Series is one of the best locomotives ever!
I'm freaking out, man! This is so amazing!
I've seen this twice, and I love it. But WHY choose not to include the track breakdown? That would have been fun to see.
I agree
I watched the whole video, hoping it would come back to the track dismantlement :(
I was hoping for that as well.
@@AmandaGeyerSnobahr Just watch the video in reverse.
That horn is nice. Awesome that they were able to lay down a temporary crossover rail for this unit so quickly..then take it off to allow amtrak to go through
And 8 years later, they build an actual track into the main line. A permanent solution
Great stuff. One of the things I love about engineering is that the principles and forces necessary to move something big are fundamentally the same as those scaled up for moving a smaller version of the same shape.
This was the coolest train related thing that I have ever seen! Thanks for the video! :)
Yes, it appears the track crew knows exactly what they're doing. Cool video.
Glaring omission was video of the temporary track disassembly, after the old unit had crossed over.
+hughvane, Agree.
+hughvane That's exactly what I was going to post (-:
+hughvane Well old boy, you have to call them as you see them. We only had one camera there so I chose to film the F unit on the transfer table and not the guys taking up the track. We already saw them put the track down I think it was more interesting watching the transfer table in operation.
Don Mccuaig ł
I'd imagine if you reversed the film, that would be pretty close to the disassembly.
Very Nice !! great capture and great comments through out as well ! Thanks for the upload . The Sacramento museum is worth the day trip - absolutely amazing !
Gotta love that engineer look :d when you do your thing and then stand back, hand on hip, watching it do its thing :D
Watched your video 4-2018 and was totally amazed. Thank God you were there to film it. Take care.
That was genius and creative! I'm surprised, though, that Union Pacific allowed this but glad that they helped out the museum.. Had this been CSX (paranoid management), there's no way it would have happened.
Don, thanks for the share. Loved seeing the transfer table at work and the old girl on the move to restoration. Some great photos on the web of the restored loco.
Hopefully the Horn was on the service list. Sounds like my son when he was learning baritone...😜
This train horn is actually supposed to sound like this. Horns like these are some of the first ever air horns and are no longer regularly used.
Wow that is so accurate to beginner baritone players
My father worked in that shop for close to 25 years, thankfully it was given to the museum. Nice to see the WP unit getting some TLC.
There are still people in America who know how to do things. Most of us are OLD !
+ganymedeIV4 What a cheery comment.
+ganymedeIV4 You are an uncouth, unenlightened ass. Don't take shots at people unless and until you've done more for the world than their generation has. And no, promoting online porn and developing smartphone video game apps doesn't count.
A. I don't own a drone.
B. I wasn't "speaking" to you. I was speaking to my wife.
C. You "co invented" 802.15.1? Does telecom giant Ericsson know that? They seem to think it was their development.
D. I am not at liberty to discuss what I do. I will go so far as to say that my designs directly or indirectly enhance the safety of literally millions of human beings.
E. Most importantly, speaking of human beings, I treat them with respect and am not so mind-numbed that I make low-life comments to strangers who don't deserve it.
Work on it.
+Capt Larry
Capt Edward Smith of The Titanic was old too
+ganymedeIV4
hands you some Prozac
Without a doubt this had to be one of the most exciting videos I have ever seen.....the suspense!!!! My heart was pounding....I was sweating profusely....wow !!!!!
I love that wabco E2 horn that's my favorite Horn of all time
How does a guy get a job like this? Working around trains always has been a dream.
Bob M find a preservation group near you and ask to volunteer is a good start.
Sad to see 913 locked in but she'll be a great addition to the museum and visitors.
Very cool. Nice quick build on the crossover, double bonus on the shed delivery.
That would be a cool job to work on those engines!
The guys that pulled this off are awesome! I'd love to hand around that shop for awhile!
Nice. "If there is will, there is a way"
I'm a 'Brit' with our own steam-based Heritage but... that was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I hope the repairs went well.
That f-unit horn sounds like a tuba on steroids.
Yes I agree! Also curious that it wasn’t a straight beep, (bap-b-b-b-ap!) Sounds like a Tuba recital I recorded decades ago in Melba Hall, Melb Australia. The performer finished his recital with a hugh blast, the sound echoed and subsided to silence. I observed dust falling from the ceiling of the 100yo concert hall !!!
It may have been a Leslie A200 or such, like this: /watch?v=AqffIZQ1Gy8
Early horns were low pitched, I forget the other makes, but they are very rare now.
a great engineer and technical speacialist railroadwork. It is interest to see how teamwork is success to do anything. And this cross- over looks like so simple to make it.
"Most of us are OLD !"
A young engineer who shared my office for a couple of years once commented about how fixed my outlook was. I told him it was fixed because i tried the other ways of doing things and knew they didn't work. Getting old is part luck and part keeping out of the way of things that will kill you.
For 20 years I worked on high voltage radar power supplies, one mistake and your gone.
well said
The coolest thing was that little building pulling that locomotive all by itself. Very nice video.
where was this done?
Love the rolling road! Never seen one like that before. I was expecting a sector plate. Really fun movie.
I remember when there was still track in the old yards, about 10 years ago. Now, there are streets and signals going through it. A friend of mine said there are still a lot of unfinished locomotives inside those shops, along with thousands of tools, parts, etc
I liked the music even some didn't! Love watching anything about trains!
especially the riff at the end
To be a true railway man you have to have the right kind of blood running in your veins like the two building the crossover.......a wonderful video.....well done to you!
Beautifully done video! Terrific editing. I'm wondering how long it actually took guys to lay the additional track, from start to finish? I've never seen that done, or knew it could even BE done. Great job.
for those of us that don't know much about railroads what the heck is an F unit. That's fast work thank you for posting
Series of streamlined locos by GM Electro Motive Division (EMD) - includes FT, F3, F7 and F9, A and B units (B units don't have cabs, used in multiple with at least one A unit).
But you could have Googled that.
Series of streamlined locos by GM Electro Motive Division (EMD) - includes FT, F3, F7 and F9, A and B units (B units don't have cabs, used in multiple with at least one A unit).
But you could have Googled that.
Very ,very awesome man! Thank you for sharing that!!
Greetings from Mexico!
+David Medina this made my day!
What a great soilution!! Clearly a "we can do this" attitude. And the unit looks brand new!! Great job!!
traindad77, that's great that you saw this every Wed. but I have never or most of the viewers have never have seen anything like this. I don't think anyone thought to film it. Now it's on video for all to see. Don
Don Mccuaig Its ingenious.
***** yes any doubt
+Don Mccuaig and I for one thank you for filming it :)
+Don Mccuaig श्री राम जय राम जय जय राम' - यह सात शब्दों वाला तारक मंत्र है। साधारण से
दिखने वाले इस मंत्र में जो शक्ति छिपी हुई है, वह अनुभव का विषय है। इसे
कोई भी, कहीं भी, कभी भी कर सकता है। फल बराबर मिलता है।
+Don Mccuaig, I did 44 years on British Railways , and I have never seen anything like that !
Don
Thank you for allowing the sound of all this to be just of the train engine and it’s bells and whistles. Your choice of music was right on along with the lack of. Thank you
Of course by this point the Capital Corridor was already over 24 hours late so it wasn't that big a deal. :)
greg55666 and the Coast Starlight was 36 hours late
And don'y forget about the Pacific Surfliner, 2 days and 14 hours late
Lmao
greg55666 XD
LMAO I thought trains on Indian Railways only run Late😂🤣
I don't know much about trains but I do know they are cooler than all get out!!! AWESOME!!!!!!
How are my old L&NW F-units doing? Are they coming along well?
being fascinated by the existence trains...but, knowing little about the industry...i found that system that delivered the locomotive into the repair bay to be the best part.
This is the kind of 'get the job done' lateral thinking I love about Americans. This would never be allowed in Europe. Here in Ireland the Rail Safety Officers would shut down the network. Yet you guys do it while an express passenger train is waiting. Amazing!
Ironic you say that, as a lot of Irish diesels are actually EMD products too nowadays :D
...Although that MetroVick A1A-A1A thing with the Sulzer engine was a very handsome diesel.
Thomas Sheridan there's nothing American about California it's a communist state
Thank you for not instantly being all "oh! The USA sucks!" It's nice to see an optimist for a change.
Wouldn't a turntable cost more? Also, I'm not sure if it's safe to go over turntables at high speeds, so...
Thomas Sheridan thx :)
Thanks Don . Noting the shadows , this didn't take much time AND that transfer table is unique in its entirety !
The most amazing railroad video... Well, that's quite an overdone promotion.
This is a must see... Well, that's for sure! Thanks for sharing, that was interesting, I've never seen a trick like that before, that was a clever solution.
DaringDramis they do that with trams in Melbourne, a temporary set of points is laid on top of the tracks in the road so the tram can crossover at that point. This was done because of roadworks and this enabled the trams to go back the way they came.
Only downer was some officious employee shooed me away saying “this is a construction site”.
Clever solution?????Clever would to make a normal rail to that repair station or museum what ever it is.
I’m glad they did, I remember riding in a excursion with the F unit, along with the switcher. 913 is currently running excursions rn, I think as of October 2019. Or I’m going crazy, idk
So what is so marvellously wonderful about this operation?? It's the kind of thing rail enthusiast groups in the UK do all the time. Usually on a Sunday afternoon, before teabreak and without fanfare.
+John Smith This is pretty rare to happen in the US. Doesn't happen that often anymore.
MrMatt3751
Ok. Well in the UK there are quite a few privately owned railway systems, some of them with only a few miles of track, some of them still connected to the national network. Most are manned and operated by enthusiasts and retired people who can still remember the days of steam and often have the skills needed to rebuild, maintain and run steam locos. Most, if not all of these companies have open days, some indeed run scheduled services and all of them have the knowledge and enthusiasm to keep their, sometimes antique, locomotives and rolling stock going.
John Smith We have those too but not close at all to the amount in the UK.
MrMatt3751
I believe I encountered one when I was in California awhile ago, part of it running alongside highway one I think.
In the UK I would say it was the sense of outrage at the loss of something so vital as much as anything which got the enthusiasts going initially. Dr. Beeching, the minister tasked with making the railways profitable had a hidden agenda anyway. His family owned a road haulage business. Other people on his team had similar, anti rail interests. At his recommendation lines were closed wholesale, stations were lost and many communities stepped backwards a hundred years. Much of the infrastructure was not so much closed as vandalised, viaducts and tunnels deliberately destroyed so they could never be used again, trackbed sold off for motorways or housing development.
John Smith That could be Niles Canyon or just another museum.
I think that I've heard of that guy. The US didn't have a situation like that because the RRs were always private (ignoring a couple wars and AMTRAK). When the RRs abandoned something they didn't destroy the right of way unless something was being built so that's like tourist lines like the Grand Canyon Railway still exist. RR enthusiasm never caught on like it did in the UK and it doesn't make much sense.
That was nice. It was good that you were there to video the process. I do like 'F' units.
I've had several tours of the shops area and never saw the transfer platform working.
Way, way too cool for words!
I love the deep "fog Horn" like horn!
kevin O yeah, it's great! It's called a Leslie A200 by the way. It's "cousin" is called a WABCO E2.
Sounds more like a fart to me
Nice to see professionals at work, not one of those track workers on their phones, they are getting the job done and loving it. Thanks guys.
Or you know, just let the Amtrak go first? The suspense then turns into "This Amtrak is holding up the job. Will Union Pacific have to pay these guys overtime? Find out after this..."
Union Pacific hates Amtrak anyways so this is nothing new and would do anything to hold up Amtrak
union pacific would get right of way because they own the track thats a big reason to why passenger trains suck in the us
They got the loco across and the video footage and then went for lunch and left the track there
Nothing against U.P. personally, but they are the only railroad to threaten to have me arrested...
My previous job required me to work along R.O.W. occasionally to access the utilities, ect. we were contracted to. BNSF were really easy to work with...
There´s a lot of clever people out there and that was not a simple task. Well done to everyone who made it work.
Nice video. Moved for repairs, but repairs for what? She moved on its own power, great looking and very clean exterior. Very nice for a museum piece for real.
Reminds me of the engine used in the movie Silver Streak in the mid 70's.
+javacup912 It may move at yard speeds on its own power, but still need scheduled servicing and repairs.
javacup912
Thank you for sharing. It is grand to see the old F unit.
Wonders why a permanent crossing is not installed ?
+colliecandle
When looking at Google Earth satellite images of now and then, it have been done since October 2012.
Now :
www.google.ca/maps/@38.5858179,-121.5046535,47m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=fr
+colliecandle I, too!
+DaringDramis They redesigned the intersection. The original tracks used in this video ran along the bike path before cutting over to the north side of repair sheds and crossed main line at 90 degree angle underneath the bridge.
The redesign cuts away from bike path earlier, is not underneath the bridge anymore (why you can see it from google) and enters the repair sheds on the south side.
Too expense to opreate an interlocking and maintain a diamond fo a movement twice a year.
Thats it , Im moving to Cali. trading my sunrise for the sunset; my 2 weeks notice of hurricanes to spontaneous earthquakes; my 82 degree Atlantic to the freezing Pacific. Why? Because Cali got the BigBoy & alot of other cool and long trains. FEC 121 is on its way and I need to get trackside. Im soooooooo glad you caught this. This is something thats rare. Almost as rare as a turntable , (if they still exist). Great Catch. This has made my morning.
That is pretty incredible! Though that makes me wonder why UP and the CSRRM don't make some kind of agreement to put an actual diamond there.
They probably can't justify creating one due to probably it being rarely used
I remember these stream-liners coming and going out of St. Louis to Chicago. This one looks fresh out of the factory. The cross over transfer is new to me it's the round table is the one I remember good post.
I'm so glad I saw this old diesel farting its way into the shed...my life is now complete!
Always wanted to see the transfer table in action from my times on the Amtrak platform in Sacramento. Thanks!
This was cool. Wonder what it'd cost for them to actually build a permanent diamond.
They did.
@@trainzguy2472 How would they signal the diamond so as to protect traffic using the "main line" from the occasional/random movements across it: in the U.K. such a crossing would need all kinds of associated hardware that would add no end of costs to a relatively-simple bit of track-work.
Awesome video. I want to visit a train museum now! Lol
Love the 'Can do' mentality. This would require an act of feckin parliament over here !!
This was really great whatta find and to see a transfer table in operation - looked brand new! Thanks for sharing
They built it maybe 5-10 years ago. Members of the Museum (myself included) got to ride it on one of the "Behind the Scenes" day a few years ago. Fun.
They should make a diamond there in the future.
Brandon Cahill there is now a new diamond and signaling.
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You just don't see that everyday! Nice video.
It would have been nice to see the track being dismantled also.
Pandrol rail clips are a marvelous thing!
You guys should really get a diamond crossing. That way neither company would ever get held over again.
Thomas E S Thomas ..yes, why not a diamond? why all this trouble?
It would just make it so much easier. The funny part of the video is that they show the Amtrack train three times, but they never show their crossing being removed. Oops!
Diamonds need a lot of maintenance because the constant impact of passing wheels over the gaps in the diamond tends to pound the diamond to pieces. So diamonds usually only last 3 to 5 years in high-traffic areas and then need replacing at a cost of around $1 Million in total. So if you only need to move a few trains over a track each year, this is far cheaper and more cost effective. But I would have 2 rails made out of ultra-light titanium, that way they would be light enough that 4 men could carry each one into place ; no need for any heavy machinery.
According to google maps, it turns out they installed a pair of diamonds after the installation of a second commuter line. www.google.com/maps/@38.5858172,-121.5046706,47m/data=!3m1!1e3
Beside the cost of a crossing and its installation, there is a cost for signalling. Apparently the museum bit the million-$ bullet 5 years later.
I don't know if I'd have said it's a "must see", but BOY what that ever cool!! And the coolest, that platform that moves an entire diesel locomotive sideways! Man, I should have gone into railroading, dang that was great!
Chris Yost That is a Transfer Table
John Robinson You don't say. Man, they think of everything!
Chris Yost we call them traversers, a lot of larger depots use them.I don't know why a track has to be built temporarily to access the workshops etc though.
Don, that is great back ground music. Whats the name of it ? The music adds a sort of dramatic urgency to the video. This is the videos Hollywood makes. I worked in production enginnering for a top 2 railroad company. This would be a video that NS or CSX would do. Piss on the rest if they don't like it. Your whole video is a welcomed refreshment !
Keith, thanks. I did these video to help out the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. I worked in TV for 36 years and still love shooting and producing. We live in Maui now and work with the narrow gauge train here to get it back running. Always wonder why there are so many hateful comments. Why take the time to show your hate. Just don't watch if you don't like it. I don't know the name of the music. It's a track we own from a commercial music library. Life is good here on the island.
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Thanks for posting, I watched this about 10 times, so cool those old F units. Train guys are hot rodders too!