Locomotive Engineer Bill With Over 40 Years Experience! Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 11 июл 2023
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    Part 1. Fascinating Stories With Bill Broadus, engineer for over 40 years!
    Pics & stories of some of the unique engines he has run.
    Photo research: Ron Bohin.
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  • @egbutler114
    @egbutler114 11 месяцев назад +5

    Great interview. As a former engineer, Bill is right about the 3 second rule. After a collision with a loaded dump truck, I'm still alive to talk about.

  • @bearowen5480
    @bearowen5480 11 месяцев назад +10

    Dying to hear his story about how he nearly had a "train get away from you". He got sidetracked and didn't tell the story.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +2

      I sent him an email and we’ll try to get that info out there

  • @mrdisco102
    @mrdisco102 11 месяцев назад +5

    WE MUST GIVE THIS MAN HIS OWN CHANNEL!!!!!

  • @railwayjade
    @railwayjade 11 месяцев назад +5

    I love that 3 second rule, if I was still training drivers, I'd use it!

  • @georgehasler142
    @georgehasler142 11 месяцев назад +4

    DJ very good interview with Bill enjoyed it can’t wait for the next one as always work safe

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @Christiane069
    @Christiane069 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this very interesting interview. It is always great to learn about The "real" trains.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @MrBusdriver958
    @MrBusdriver958 11 месяцев назад +3

    Bill and i worked together in Washington DC for a few years then i shited my flag to Baltimore, Philly and back to NY where I started and finished my locomotive locomotive career.

  • @davidschick6951
    @davidschick6951 11 месяцев назад +2

    Operating a locomotive is a special talent which, sadly, I do not have. I admire these guys.

  • @fleotusbing
    @fleotusbing 11 месяцев назад +3

    Wonderful interview! Thank you, Bill and DJ!

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @GF6CBCRAIL
      @GF6CBCRAIL 11 месяцев назад

      Thank you

  • @momandsontrainrailfans
    @momandsontrainrailfans 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for the share 😊

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for watching!

  • @kennedygauger4680
    @kennedygauger4680 11 месяцев назад +2

    Fascinating! Thanks for another excellent video.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @devo_yahson
    @devo_yahson 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is awesome. I just got accepted into the program at my local community College for the locomotive engineer and conductor program. Thank you both for this interview it has help a lot

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  6 месяцев назад +1

      Where?

    • @devo_yahson
      @devo_yahson 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@djstrains bucks county in Pennsylvania

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  6 месяцев назад +1

      Ok, let me know how things go

    • @ellisjackson336
      @ellisjackson336 4 месяца назад

      Good luck bro congrats

  • @H3avyHaul3r
    @H3avyHaul3r 11 месяцев назад +3

    i’m an engineer myself with 20yrs experience in freight, DP coal trains (with electric locos) and now suburban/inter urban train opts here is Australia…i like hearing others experiences up front…unfortunately the culture isn’t one of sharing such stories as its seen as too rail fanning….

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 7 месяцев назад +1

      Well the problem with railroaders, is when we DO share stories we're usually too drunk at the time to either make sense or remember! lol

  • @mikehowey4869
    @mikehowey4869 11 месяцев назад +2

    I enjoyed listening to his information,can't wait to hear part 2. So much to learn from guys like this with all their experience.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      You’ll love part 2

  • @39djscottie
    @39djscottie 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great video DJ. We all can see videos on how to model. It's very special to have two experienced engineers and hear about life on the railroad. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @RScesium
    @RScesium 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bill is great.
    Could listen for hours.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      25 more minutes to go

  • @ronjohnson6406
    @ronjohnson6406 11 месяцев назад +1

    Oh, These are the best. There is so much knowledge inside guys like this. Certainly it benefits engineers early in their careers, but even for us that will never operate a train to get a glimpse inside the mind set of what it takes to be an engineer is worth watching.

  • @simonetaormina7080
    @simonetaormina7080 11 месяцев назад +3

    Great video, so much people don’t think about what an engineer’s job is really like. That car story at the tail end that we didn’t get maybe for the better. I was in an O scale club and there were 2 engineers that worked for the LIRR. they would say cars at RR crossing were not the worst that can happen as bad as they were, the other that is much worse I’ll leave for everyone’s imagination. Lot of stuff doesn’t always make the news. Don’t mess with a train you will lose. Once again nice job look forward to part 2.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Coming soon

    • @openeyes-411
      @openeyes-411 11 месяцев назад

      That wasn't Wrong Island RR on Lake Ave by any chance, was it?
      Just curious.

    • @simonetaormina7080
      @simonetaormina7080 11 месяцев назад

      Do you mean the interview?

    • @openeyes-411
      @openeyes-411 11 месяцев назад

      @@simonetaormina7080
      No, I meant the O scale club...
      Guess it wasn't, lol.

  • @Vector_QF8
    @Vector_QF8 11 месяцев назад +2

    Great interview. Bill is amazing! Such deep knowledge and willingness to share. His students are very lucky!

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Yes they are!

  • @jamesnichols2188
    @jamesnichols2188 11 месяцев назад +2

    Great interview nice to here some interesting stuff with the engines we don't see anymore thanks for sharing God bless be safe

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @brettany_renee_blatchley
    @brettany_renee_blatchley 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great Stories Engineer Bill & Awsome Interview DJ 😊💜😊💜😊

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much

  • @openeyes-411
    @openeyes-411 11 месяцев назад +1

    Good stuff DJ... Bill sounds like good people - looking forward to the rest of the interview!👍

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Awesome person

  • @trapdriver7006
    @trapdriver7006 11 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent video which I enjoyed watching.👍😁😁😁😁😁🚂🇬🇧

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @conradcovington119
    @conradcovington119 11 месяцев назад +1

    Really cool to see! Just wanted to say thank you, these interviews with those in the craft and with yourself helped push me to apply to be a conductor. I’m currently in training with BNSF. Hoping I can pass my final and mark up!

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Best wishes for a safe and healthy career

  • @rickmiller4202
    @rickmiller4202 11 месяцев назад +1

    One word about this video. Fantastic. Can't wait for the other, 'sections' coming down the line.

  • @55tmilam
    @55tmilam 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great interview!!!!! Hopefully the next one will be longer! Thanks

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      More to come!

  • @eliabraham6918
    @eliabraham6918 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow I can't wait to see part 2

  • @SD45-ET44AC
    @SD45-ET44AC 11 месяцев назад +1

    “Have you hit a car?” … my heart goes out to every train crew when they hit a car or worse a person! I have stories, from >20 yrs. Fire and EMS calls, but I don’t want to make others have to feel anywhere near as how sick I get from reliving those calls. Young or old, in a car or not the train always wins but the crews often lose.

  • @patleclerc7227
    @patleclerc7227 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bill is crazy cool to watch/listen, I just wanted to go have a seat with you guys...can't wait for part 2

  • @galethomas3995
    @galethomas3995 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent interview DJ, thank you. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you and Bill.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      More to come!

  • @roncrook8656
    @roncrook8656 11 месяцев назад

    Wow, I've watched so many of your videos DJ, and really enjoyed them, but this one is absolutely FASCINATING!

  • @BB63
    @BB63 11 месяцев назад

    Very interesting conversation. I enjoy the time you spend with other railroad people. Reminds me of stories my father would tell me about his trips from our home town to Milwaukee WI. Some weren't the happiest for him or the people he hit.

  • @CSXOhioRailFanPlus752
    @CSXOhioRailFanPlus752 11 месяцев назад +2

    Nice Video

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the visit

  • @richgreene7043
    @richgreene7043 11 месяцев назад +1

    DJ,
    Super awesome interview. I am looking forward to the next one.
    Thanks
    Rich (Egypt, PA - not far from Bethlehem)

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/rkZPKjUEZsA/видео.html

  • @silverado5469
    @silverado5469 11 месяцев назад

    Great video. Thanks. John in Ohio

  • @mikelowery5741
    @mikelowery5741 6 месяцев назад

    I miss the AEM-7

  • @sparky107107
    @sparky107107 11 месяцев назад +2

    Canada? ok you have my attention., hope this is a ten parter

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад

      Another 25 minutes coming.

  • @BLAMBERRY
    @BLAMBERRY 11 месяцев назад +3

    If you are or were an Amtrak engineer… you know this guy.
    And there’s alot of mixed emotions when it comes to B.B.

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +4

      I can't speak on this, as we are all human, and not everyone has same interactions with people in work, vs personal relationships. I found him to be a very kind, honest, and interesting person. I also have heard some stuff about me, that was solely from other person's perspective that was negative, but the person didn't ask me about what predicated that experience and how I viewed the situation; Part of being human, I guess.

    • @MrBusdriver958
      @MrBusdriver958 11 месяцев назад +2

      I know Bill very well for over 30years. I'm a retired Amtrak . BILL Certified me back in 92 for Washington terminal. I've many good and bad things and I only believe what I know and he's one of the good guys. We shared many stories together.

    • @ellisjackson336
      @ellisjackson336 6 месяцев назад

      @@djstrainsgood answer

  • @njcurmudgeon
    @njcurmudgeon 11 месяцев назад +1

    As a "civilian," I've wondered about the differences between freight and passenger. It seems to me that the range of variables would be smaller for passenger? With freight, the lengths and weights of your trains on any given day depends on the changing needs of the customers. Passenger trains tend to run the same number of cars. Passengers are self-loading and unloading, whereas entire freight cars need to be dropped off and picked up. So the physics are going to be different over the course of a freight run as the consist changes, even if everything else were the same (load, weather, terrain). If you run passenger and don't have the same number of cars by the last stop, you've done it wrong! His comment about how a freight engineer is thinking a mile or two behind and a passenger engineer a mile or two ahead seems to sum up the apples and oranges of the comparisons. Same fundamentals, but the specific challenges are different. Looking forward to the next part of this!

  • @SweetSunrising
    @SweetSunrising 11 месяцев назад

    5:10 Wait a minute. Is that our GG1…🤔

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  11 месяцев назад +1

      Our?

    • @SweetSunrising
      @SweetSunrising 11 месяцев назад

      @@djstrainsYES!!! ❤what a surprise seeing 926 on your show, my RR club owns that loco (on static display). I can’t wait to share this with everyone, DJ thank you so much. I’ll walk over & give her a big hug for you next time I’m up there!

  • @notthatguy1736
    @notthatguy1736 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is there anyway to find out/ask this gentleman if RS-3M ever ran a revenue run?

    • @GF6CBCRAIL
      @GF6CBCRAIL 11 месяцев назад +1

      Work trains for Penn Central and Amtrak

    • @GF6CBCRAIL
      @GF6CBCRAIL 11 месяцев назад +1

      The Terminal and AutoTrain used them in yard service.

  • @jeffreykupetz4930
    @jeffreykupetz4930 2 месяца назад +1

    Is it a requirement to have big bellys and tight shirts to become an engineer?

    • @djstrains
      @djstrains  2 месяца назад +1

      Actually, it’s insignificant but way better than being a jealous, insecure, troll in life like you are, that will never live his dream like we are doing. We will wave at you while you foam us