Narration is time-intensive and I still wanna post some non-narrated stuff also for those who want just the trains and none of the babble - of course I make sure to write up a good description as well. Plenty more narrated pieces in the pipeline, I can promise you that!
Let the people who want to just watch trains and fish bowls go someplace else! It's just a train if we don't know what's happening? This is free stuff, let those people pay a shrink if they need peace!
+ Rich206L. I'm sorry if I offend the "true" railfans. The fact is I'm a beginner, and Alex's narrations are exceptionally helpful. He puts everything into perspective, and he uses RR argot in context so I can understand the meaning of it. The fact is I really don't know what is happening, which is why I watch Alex's videos. On my own RUclips channel, I welcome newcomers, and treat every question as a serious question, no matter how trivial it might appear at first glance. Rich, I suspect you were once a newcomer too, if you can remember back that far.
I used to live in South Ogden, UT and watch these go up and down the Wasatch all day and night. It’s a shame you didn’t follow it down through Echo Canyon into Uintah. That’s the best part of the stretch. Great videos, gang. Live here in W Michigan nice to see local flavor and the big manifests back home.
Those are used to make it obvious where wires cross over the tracks. There are several spots in that area with them. I'm sure there's a good story behind why that section of the line has them.
Nice video. I've driven between SLC and Evanston a number of times and have seen eastbound trains climbing out of the canyon. There are lots of turns and twists along the line. I often wondered if trains have to work harder to pull uphill around bends in the tracks.
Curves do indeed add to the "effective gradient". So you have the gradient caused by change in elevation, and then the resistance due to curves. Engineers scratch their heads to come up with the maximum "effective" gradient when it comes to figuring out how much power is needed to pull a train, alas as trains get longer it changes the calculation! Inexact science, therefore, to some degree. UP is good about providing enough power given a margin of safety so stalling is very rare.
It isn't a dash cam...it was my normal camcorder (at the time, a Sony PJ790V) mounted upside-down with a suction cup mount, with the active image stabilization (mechanical, not digital) turned on, with me steadying it with my hand. I bought the beefiest suction cup mount but that camera is huge, requiring additional handholding. I must say that Sony's active image stabilization mechanism is top-notch for applications like this and handholding in general. So this was actually shot upside-down and flipped in the editing phase.
Dear Thornapple, A very nice video. My good friend Roy Smith, Who lives in Panama City.Has been modelling Echo Canyon and putting link's to the progress he's making on his channel. N scale Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision. He's almost finished, soon he will do a final overview of the series. I've been wondering if you would give permission to use about 1min. 20 seconds of this video to make an introduction for his video? The part required would be from 5 min 55 seconds to 7 min 10 seconds. I know he would put a link to your channel when the video is broadcast. I thank you for your time and a happy New Year to you. Chris Perry.
Please have him email me at the address listed on my channel page. Go to the "about" tab and hit the button that says something like "business inquiries". Thanks!
Dear Thornapple, Thank you for getting back to me so soon after my enquiry as I know a lot of people would have thought it was some sort of windup of your time. More so when Roy lives in Panama and I live in New Zealand. So I've passed on your reply to Roy and I hope it comes to something, anyway thanks again for getting back to me. All the best for the New Year, Cheers, Chris Perry.@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries
Sorry, if I unloaded on the video's .spelling if the guide you were using contained the odd spellings. At least half the videos on RUclips which have words appearing on the screen, fail to use proper spelling or grammar. I'm not speaking of a slip, switching letters, but real nutty mistakes, such as- "This was tooken when we was in California" "If an we doed it, we would no, wooden you think". Seriously, you carefully edit your footage, blending scenes skillfully, but you failed to stop and correct your writing, shows little regard for your audience. In your video place names were spelled in very strange ways, as if someone was trying to phonetically spell a word you heard spoken. Below I placed references to the origin of those place names. Wasatch County /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,530. Its county seat and largest city is Heber City. The Wasatch Range /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a mountain range that stretches approximately 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idahoborder, south through central Utah in the western United States. The Wasatch Front /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. Emery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. The county was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875. Emeryville is a small city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay
Emery is in Southern Utah, nowhere near where this video was shot. Emory is a small town located along the Lincoln Hwy in NE Utah where this video was shot.
J Ochs covered Emery vs Emory. And yes there are two, pretty much equally valid spellings of Wahsatch. The Railroad uses Wahsatch, and so because this is a railroad video, I will use that spelling.
Seriously, one or the best train nerd videos I've ever watched. Well done. I will watch it again!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Watch one when he talks, you'll eat your words!
I wish you had added some narration!
Narration is time-intensive and I still wanna post some non-narrated stuff also for those who want just the trains and none of the babble - of course I make sure to write up a good description as well. Plenty more narrated pieces in the pipeline, I can promise you that!
Let the people who want to just watch trains and fish bowls go someplace else! It's just a train if we don't know what's happening? This is free stuff, let those people pay a shrink if they need peace!
+ Rich206L. I'm sorry if I offend the "true" railfans. The fact is I'm a beginner, and Alex's narrations are exceptionally helpful. He puts everything into perspective, and he uses RR argot in context so I can understand the meaning of it. The fact is I really don't know what is happening, which is why I watch Alex's videos. On my own RUclips channel, I welcome newcomers, and treat every question as a serious question, no matter how trivial it might appear at first glance. Rich, I suspect you were once a newcomer too, if you can remember back that far.
I used to live in South Ogden, UT and watch these go up and down the Wasatch all day and night. It’s a shame you didn’t follow it down through Echo Canyon into Uintah. That’s the best part of the stretch. Great videos, gang. Live here in W Michigan nice to see local flavor and the big manifests back home.
Amazing footage. I've backtracked to Part One, and have been watching one a night. Thanks for putting these up.
What is the red ball hanging above the train at 15:08?
Those are used to make it obvious where wires cross over the tracks. There are several spots in that area with them. I'm sure there's a good story behind why that section of the line has them.
I'm glad I could watch this on a 50 inch screen so I could experience more of the bigness. Excellent video.
This is a cool video following the train and the camera is very steady too. Nice post!
Thanks, Mark!
I'd forgotten how scenic this UP route is. Traveled on Amtrak when it used this route back in the early 1980s.
Nice video. I've driven between SLC and Evanston a number of times and have seen eastbound trains climbing out of the canyon. There are lots of turns and twists along the line. I often wondered if trains have to work harder to pull uphill around bends in the tracks.
Curves do indeed add to the "effective gradient". So you have the gradient caused by change in elevation, and then the resistance due to curves. Engineers scratch their heads to come up with the maximum "effective" gradient when it comes to figuring out how much power is needed to pull a train, alas as trains get longer it changes the calculation! Inexact science, therefore, to some degree. UP is good about providing enough power given a margin of safety so stalling is very rare.
Wow, just beautiful scenery.
I like train videos videos on RUclips 👍
14:54 there is a bee or fly going crazy for trains in your car lol.
TheTrainMan1997 I was going to instinctively going to swat that fly until I realized it was on the camera. Ha!
haha ok then.
You have no idea how annoying that was, since I couldn't go after it while I was running the camera!
Yeah I know that is but a cool video anyway.
awesome video & catches.
Do they still use the pole line
Nope, it is not out of service, replaced by ATCS.
Great video of a great country
what kind of cars do they haul in the auto cars on the trian
What brand and model dash cam are you using? I want one of those. Absolutely great video.
It isn't a dash cam...it was my normal camcorder (at the time, a Sony PJ790V) mounted upside-down with a suction cup mount, with the active image stabilization (mechanical, not digital) turned on, with me steadying it with my hand. I bought the beefiest suction cup mount but that camera is huge, requiring additional handholding. I must say that Sony's active image stabilization mechanism is top-notch for applications like this and handholding in general. So this was actually shot upside-down and flipped in the editing phase.
upon closer inspection I think you have documented a new variety of Panicum Vergatum !
Dear Thornapple, A very nice video. My good friend Roy Smith, Who lives in Panama City.Has been modelling Echo Canyon and putting link's to the progress he's making on his channel. N scale Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision. He's almost finished, soon he will do a final overview of the series. I've been wondering if you would give permission to use about 1min. 20 seconds of this video to make an introduction for his video? The part required would be from 5 min 55 seconds to 7 min 10 seconds. I know he would put a link to your channel when the video is broadcast. I thank you for your time and a happy New Year to you. Chris Perry.
Please have him email me at the address listed on my channel page. Go to the "about" tab and hit the button that says something like "business inquiries". Thanks!
Dear Thornapple, Thank you for getting back to me so soon after my enquiry as I know a lot of people would have thought it was some sort of windup of your time. More so when Roy lives in Panama and I live in New Zealand. So I've passed on your reply to Roy and I hope it comes to something, anyway thanks again for getting back to me. All the best for the New Year, Cheers, Chris Perry.@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries
Sorry, if I unloaded on the video's .spelling if the guide you were using contained the odd spellings. At least half the videos on RUclips which have words appearing on the screen, fail to use proper spelling or grammar. I'm not speaking of a slip, switching letters, but real nutty mistakes, such as- "This was tooken when we was in California" "If an we doed it, we would no, wooden you think". Seriously, you carefully edit your footage, blending scenes skillfully, but you failed to stop and correct your writing, shows little regard for your audience. In your video place names were spelled in very strange ways, as if someone was trying to phonetically spell a word you heard spoken. Below I placed references to the origin of those place names.
Wasatch County /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,530. Its county seat and largest city is Heber City.
The Wasatch Range /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a mountain range that stretches approximately 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idahoborder, south through central Utah in the western United States.
The Wasatch Front /ˈwɑːsætʃ/ is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah.
Emery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. The county was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875.
Emeryville is a small city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay
Emery is in Southern Utah, nowhere near where this video was shot. Emory is a small town located along the Lincoln Hwy in NE Utah where this video was shot.
J Ochs covered Emery vs Emory. And yes there are two, pretty much equally valid spellings of Wahsatch. The Railroad uses Wahsatch, and so because this is a railroad video, I will use that spelling.