La Plata Rail Days 2023 -- VERY long westbound "S"tacker train with two mid-DPUs; around 13,500 feet

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

Комментарии • 24

  • @kelkel228
    @kelkel228 Год назад +5

    I watch this virtual rail fan LaPlata all the time

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад

      I try to check in most evenings when I'm not working. It's a great camera location for VRF.

  • @AdanEsparza-ii2oe
    @AdanEsparza-ii2oe 5 месяцев назад +2

    I counted 271 total railcars and the 2 middle dpu locos were between railcar # 132 & 133.

  • @strongman410
    @strongman410 Год назад +4

    Nothing like an American railroad that train was a beast

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад

      We tend to grow 'em pretty big over here.
      I've seen a video from Germany touting the country's longest train (several times).
      --It had about 40 cars (or "wagons"). :)

  • @durachrome
    @durachrome Год назад +8

    I thought that was a really long train. And then I saw the DPUs!

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад +1

      Yep, that was a good one. I think they split it up to the West and let the second portion with its locos go separately...either to different yards, or to the same yard but with a shorter length so they fit easier.

  • @pattystathem1893
    @pattystathem1893 Год назад +3

    Wow!!!

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад

      And that "wow" is coming from the spouse of a driver! :)

  • @kayjoe7237
    @kayjoe7237 10 месяцев назад +2

    They should have stuck an extra locomotive on the back also.

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  10 месяцев назад

      BNSF used to run monster 16,000-foot stack trains and those had end-DPUs. Nowadays they run two sections together and often split them near the destination, with the mid-DPUs becoming the head-end of the second section.

  • @j.m.youngquist419
    @j.m.youngquist419 Год назад +3

    Most likely, this is 2 trains in one.

  • @TicTacToe3511
    @TicTacToe3511 Год назад +4

    I think that the lady closest to the tracks to her life in her hands being that close to the Loco…Peter W Australia

  • @JZ-gr1tz
    @JZ-gr1tz Год назад +2

    When train get to pass by little faster is more clear

  • @paulc7226
    @paulc7226 11 месяцев назад +1

    I think I saw Stobe.....

  • @jonr3809
    @jonr3809 Год назад +1

    LOTS of freight. They collected a big check for that one.

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад

      Maybe not as much as a shorter Z or Q train, though. These "S" stackers are not priority and have no specified transit times. Z trains (UPS less-than-truckload) and Q trains (guaranteed-service intermodals) have tight transit times, like 58 hours from Chicago to/from L.A., and shippers pay a lot more for that guaranteed faster service.

  • @andrewcrane2786
    @andrewcrane2786 Год назад +1

    That was long train

  • @j.m.youngquist419
    @j.m.youngquist419 Год назад

    What is La Plata Raildays?

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman  Год назад +1

      It's an annual gathering of railfans in La Plata, in June. The 2023 observance was "unofficial" because the property where the Amtrak/RR displays are, and where the outside events were scheduled, is up for sale.

    • @j.m.youngquist419
      @j.m.youngquist419 Год назад

      @@PaulCashman Thanks for the reply, Paul.