Those extremely long trains are ridiculous. To block a crossing for hours is nuts, what happens if there is an emergency around that area. Dont get me wrong, I love watching trains its just that they're way too long
I live in New Mexico and we have a yard miles south of where I live. I have seen long trains come into the yard that have 283 cars with 9 locos, it's fun to watch
Saw that happen in a jaw tooth video, fire truck couldn't thru in Kentucky I believe. A lot of street tracks down there also right down the middle of main street. You can still drive left or right of them most of the places but not all. I agree that they should have follow code and city laws as well as vehicle drivers. Put a couple of men on the damn train so they break a car off if they need to to open an intersection. It isn't hard. they are just to damn cheap to pay any one to be on the train in the event of an issue. Most of these trains are conductor/ engineer only unless it's local operations.
Dagnabbit! I've wondered for years why I never see any monsters. Today I learned they're all delivered to Indiana! Adds a whole new dimension to railfanning... The question becomes, where are they shipped from?
got a buddy that is a engineer for BNSF and he tell us all the time how no one wants to work and he no sooner get off and rest up he out again. They won't fire the guys that don't want to work and won't hire
The maximum length of a train is set by the FRA at 5 miles, in the documentation for the new Positive Train Location (PTL) system. PTL resides in the FRED and gives very accurate GPS locations for use in the new automated control system (driverless trains)
I drove for Renzenberger/Hallcon for a year (like the one seen here!). Would pick up crews at the yard and take them out to trains to swap crews. Many times, I'd go out to meet a train with no crew, take them to the yard or hotel. Pick them up 12 hours later, return them to the same train to continue! One crew did this for 4 days. Only made it 20-30 miles a day! I asked the crew about blocking crossings. They said as long as the public can go another route and cross the tracks, it is OK to block them like this!
Always wondered what train workers do when their wasn't a crew ready used to see Conrail trains when conrail was truly still around in the trainyard back in my hometown be running, but not active at the moment
@@SMPark6981 for the most part the trains stop for a crew change where they get the trains moving again but sometimes they don’t have a crew to take over and the trains can sit for hours
Always, except the railway I worked at the newest locomotive was built in 1968....when we got bought it was then 81....then got a 12 new locomotives....only shut them down when their 90 day inspection was up or during warm nights were they would sit for 3 days ...
@@user-lq4mo8dw1p Any GE Dash 9 (or newer) and EMD MAC (or newer) from the factory will auto shutdown under many conditions and start back up periodically to recharge the main res and/or batteries
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would be nice people could count the cars, that's a hobby of a lot of people, I like your videos but leave the camera in one place so people can count the cars. Just saying
@@rickgreen9743 tonight’s video you’ll be able to do that. I wished I would have had my drone when I shot this video I could have ran down past the parked train so you could have seen and counted how many cars it had. Thank you for watching
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Those extremely long trains are ridiculous. To block a crossing for hours is nuts, what happens if there is an emergency around that area. Dont get me wrong, I love watching trains its just that they're way too long
I live in New Mexico and we have a yard miles south of where I live. I have seen long trains come into the yard that have 283 cars with 9 locos, it's fun to watch
It sucks to walk them too
What do the boss3s call it precision train something or another. Longer trains,less people they have to pay.
Saw that happen in a jaw tooth video, fire truck couldn't thru in Kentucky I believe. A lot of street tracks down there also right down the middle of main street. You can still drive left or right of them most of the places but not all. I agree that they should have follow code and city laws as well as vehicle drivers. Put a couple of men on the damn train so they break a car off if they need to to open an intersection. It isn't hard. they are just to damn cheap to pay any one to be on the train in the event of an issue. Most of these trains are conductor/ engineer only unless it's local operations.
Interesting video & film of crew change Spike. ❤😊👍
@@Carolb66 thank you Carol for watching
Tying down a monster manifest because theirs no replacement crew ready? Who's to blame for that i wonder. Nice job.
Must be a low priority train.
@@sroevukasroevuka 19K and 18K are a Elkhart Indiana to Decatur IL daily train I see it a lot so you’re probably right.
@@therailroadtiespiker that might be the reason it's tied down. It also could be piss poor scheduling, from management.
Dagnabbit! I've wondered for years why I never see any monsters. Today I learned they're all delivered to Indiana!
Adds a whole new dimension to railfanning... The question becomes, where are they shipped from?
got a buddy that is a engineer for BNSF and he tell us all the time how no one wants to work and he no sooner get off and rest up he out again. They won't fire the guys that don't want to work and won't hire
Seen a Crew Tie-Down a Train up on Colorado Big 10 Curve and they’re very Methodical on the Number and Location of Cars that have their Brakes Set. 👍🙏
The maximum length of a train is set by the FRA at 5 miles, in the documentation for the new Positive Train Location (PTL) system. PTL resides in the FRED and gives very accurate GPS locations for use in the new automated control system (driverless trains)
@@tonyburzio4107 I want a crew on trains I don't trust a computer to run it solo.
Nice footage and shot of crew change!🛤🚂
@@ChainsawNW1218 thank you so much for watching
Sounds like a dodgy cylinder at idle. What's that popping noise? A compression leak?
@@sawspitfire422 I’ve heard that a lot on BNSF power.
How long will it just sit there? Interesting catch.
@@johnalder6028 sometimes only an hour or so but I’ve seen them sit like that for hours.
I drove for Renzenberger/Hallcon for a year (like the one seen here!). Would pick up crews at the yard and take them out to trains to swap crews. Many times, I'd go out to meet a train with no crew, take them to the yard or hotel. Pick them up 12 hours later, return them to the same train to continue! One crew did this for 4 days. Only made it 20-30 miles a day! I asked the crew about blocking crossings. They said as long as the public can go another route and cross the tracks, it is OK to block them like this!
I thought they were supposed to break up the train so they didn’t block crossings.
@@byrongilbert3720 I believe in some towns they have to but that’s a great question. Thank you for watching
The sensible thing would be to ave a road underpass next to the level crossing.keep the trains long because that makes economic sense?😊
Long train Enjoyed the video
@@user-dz9iq7ud2m thank you Rick for watching… I’ll probably go to Peru on Saturday morning
Always wondered what train workers do when their wasn't a crew ready used to see Conrail trains when conrail was truly still around in the trainyard back in my hometown be running, but not active at the moment
@@SMPark6981 for the most part the trains stop for a crew change where they get the trains moving again but sometimes they don’t have a crew to take over and the trains can sit for hours
so how many cars are locked down?
@@carlballinger844 about 130 cars on that train.
Wow, they just leave it running ?
The unit will shutdown and then start back up automatically to recharge the main reservoir (to keep the brakes set).
Always, except the railway I worked at the newest locomotive was built in 1968....when we got bought it was then 81....then got a 12 new locomotives....only shut them down when their 90 day inspection was up or during warm nights were they would sit for 3 days ...
@@newpylong Thank you for that information, that's pretty cool.
@@user-lq4mo8dw1p Any GE Dash 9 (or newer) and EMD MAC (or newer) from the factory will auto shutdown under many conditions and start back up periodically to recharge the main res and/or batteries
When they tie down a monster train, do they have to use monster brake wheels ? ?
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@@randydobson1863 thank you Randy for watching
would be nice people could count the cars, that's a hobby of a lot of people, I like your videos but leave the camera in one place so people can count the cars. Just saying
@@rickgreen9743 tonight’s video you’ll be able to do that. I wished I would have had my drone when I shot this video I could have ran down past the parked train so you could have seen and counted how many cars it had. Thank you for watching
How is that a monster train with one engine leading
@@mikelowery5741 I see it all the time on trains like NS 120 and 121 where they’ll have double mid power DPUs and only one on the head end.