You caught 255 at a good spot, Triple Crowns are 60 mph trains. Not a whole lot of spots between Peru and Tilton where you can actually get them up to 60, unless they actually bless you with two burners on the point. I only got a Triple Crown with two engines once when I was at NS.
@@therailroadtiespiker I've been railfanning the West End of the ex-Wabash line since the late 1980's. Originally Roadrailer trains only needed a single GP50 or GP60 for power because the trains were so short. When the trains got longer in the late 1990's and early 2000's, NS would assign enough horsepower for them to move at track speed. That meant one unit for shorter, lighter trains and two units for longer, heavier trains. It stayed that way until Hunter Harrison and CP tried to force NS into a merger agreement in late 2015, early 2016. It's been a race to the bottom ever since. Love your channel!
@@matthewharrell8645 Thank you.... I've only caught the Roadrailers once with double power in the past three years and that was back in the fall of 2020.
Great video and catches of the NS trains. The Roadrailer train was definitely moving through and quite odd to not see Graffiti on them. In the beginning I wasn't a fan of Graffiti but it certainly grows on you. Thanks again for sharing this video with us along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
I think I only saw a roadrailer at speed once and I think it was in Western Ohio. Saw a Conrail one go past the stadium in Cleveland and a West Coast one with Swift trailers in Tehachapi and the ones I saw on UP with the NS equipment was in the city probably never over 35 mph.
Some of the engineers don't blow the horn nearly as much in advance as they should, especially the high speed RoadRailer. I see this a lot in many places. They are not even sounding the last long blast until they are at the grade crossing. This concerns me. BTW, very good video.
You caught 255 at a good spot, Triple Crowns are 60 mph trains. Not a whole lot of spots between Peru and Tilton where you can actually get them up to 60, unless they actually bless you with two burners on the point. I only got a Triple Crown with two engines once when I was at NS.
I've only seen two on the point once back in 2020 in Lafayette.
@@therailroadtiespiker I've been railfanning the West End of the ex-Wabash line since the late 1980's. Originally Roadrailer trains only needed a single GP50 or GP60 for power because the trains were so short. When the trains got longer in the late 1990's and early 2000's, NS would assign enough horsepower for them to move at track speed. That meant one unit for shorter, lighter trains and two units for longer, heavier trains. It stayed that way until Hunter Harrison and CP tried to force NS into a merger agreement in late 2015, early 2016. It's been a race to the bottom ever since. Love your channel!
@@matthewharrell8645 Thank you.... I've only caught the Roadrailers once with double power in the past three years and that was back in the fall of 2020.
Near me on the Springfield Hannibal District 255 and 256 runs around 65 on the line.
That roadrailer was bookin jack, zoom, zoom, zoom.👍🏼pretty cool.
Yes it was Nancy
Yeah man that was cool ! Ole RoadRailer was moving on ! I guess he already made it by the hill at Clymers? That was great , thanks! best Chuck,
Yes this is west of the hill in Rockfield they all fly through there at a pretty good clip.
Good video, wow that road railer was sure hauling the goods lol
Thank you Dan and yes it was. Lol
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Great video and catches of the NS trains. The Roadrailer train was definitely moving through and quite odd to not see Graffiti on them. In the beginning I wasn't a fan of Graffiti but it certainly grows on you. Thanks again for sharing this video with us along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
Thank you Shawn
Yesterday, 5'22-2023, I watched a roadrailer train passing from Berkeley, MO heading east heading to the yard in downtown St. Louis
NS 256 is what you saw.
I think I only saw a roadrailer at speed once and I think it was in Western Ohio. Saw a Conrail one go past the stadium in Cleveland and a West Coast one with Swift trailers in Tehachapi and the ones I saw on UP with the NS equipment was in the city probably never over 35 mph.
@@paulbergen9114 I seen them back in the 90s on the fort Wayne branch in Massillon Ohio doing a pretty good clip though there. Probably 40 or 50 mpr.
That is one fast roadrailer train I ever seen
She was booking, nice end train DPU Alright!🛤🚂
I love the uniformity of the roadrailer and no graffiti.
You do realize that rail workers also do the graffiti right?
High speed freight at its finest.
Yes don't see it very much on this line
Don't these trains run at night? Do they have predictable schedule?
They start around midnight in Michigan and for the east bound around noon.
Some of the engineers don't blow the horn nearly as much in advance as they should, especially the high speed RoadRailer. I see this a lot in many places. They are not even sounding the last long blast until they are at the grade crossing. This concerns me. BTW, very good video.
Thank you Sam
Track speed not a rocking anywhere. Engineer quote from Michigan No problem until the gap goes wide. Just plenty of slow spots
This is one of the only spots I've seen them open up and it only for about 15 to 20 miles.
Ribbon rail helps with safely going faster? Maintenance on track ?
hello the railroad tie spiker its is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
Thank you for watching Randy