How It's Made - Locomotives

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @brianhenderson9470
    @brianhenderson9470 Год назад +44

    My father designed, and sold locomotives for 36 years for General Electric. he was a genius.

    • @golfberg1
      @golfberg1 6 месяцев назад

      Wasn't he with Alco ?

    • @NortOfficial
      @NortOfficial 4 месяца назад

      Then answer me this please, why the hell is a north american locomotive designed so diffent to the Europeans, ours are square, american are not

    • @jaylenjackson2403
      @jaylenjackson2403 4 месяца назад

      @@NortOfficialFr I won’t lie some of your fright locos look pretty cool, but others just look strange - as they’re pretty much just a giant a box 😭 I love my American locomotives 🤩

    • @golfberg1
      @golfberg1 2 месяца назад

      Alco correct ?

  • @RickJando
    @RickJando 6 лет назад +82

    I am in awe of the engineers that actually design and build those massive loco motors.

    • @mikelowery5741
      @mikelowery5741 2 года назад +3

      I still scratch my head as to how they have 3 1/2 mile long trains! It’s amazing how much these locomotives can pull n the amount of power they create!

    • @Wooburnmusic
      @Wooburnmusic 2 года назад +2

      @@mikelowery5741 They almost move half of America in one go eh mike !

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans Год назад +2

      ​@@mikelowery5741 it's because American locomotives are built more heavier and taller than most locomotives ik tbeh world, for example..
      Compare a amrican ES44AC that's 16,1
      And a British class 59 thats 12ft tall,
      The American one is (obviously) taller than the British, because America is such a big continent, The locomotives done here has to be more larger and heavyer to cover far distances, which allowes them to pull tons, This was a thing with steam locomotives too, that's why the big boy(the world largest steam locomotive) is what it is now,
      If you we re to try to put a American locomotive on the British loading gauge, it won't fit and it would cause the rails to sink in.

  • @christianlipinski3223
    @christianlipinski3223 Год назад +16

    This particular segment of this episode was filmed at EMD's London, Ontario plant, which closed back in 2012. It depicts the production of CN SD70M-2s and was filmed sometime in 2009-2010. I actually remember the first time I ever saw this episode.

    • @WingIdRat
      @WingIdRat Год назад +2

      I work at the london plant, today I was offloading I beams from gondola cars in the western highbay ( the bay in the video) my dad worked here for 26 years.

  • @aydanborbely331
    @aydanborbely331 3 года назад +71

    Wow, can’t believe this only takes them 5 minutes.. amazing what technology can do🤯🤩

    • @DamacusSquared
      @DamacusSquared 2 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @TyDeSimone
      @TyDeSimone 2 года назад +1

      Funny because these things take like months to make

    • @SilasWasHere
      @SilasWasHere 2 года назад +5

      @@TyDeSimone funny you don’t get the joke

    • @llluuuyyyooo
      @llluuuyyyooo 2 года назад +2

      LMAOO ..and amazing how they achieve the full build and not losing any focus with that woman talking there. 😂

  • @Jag-Soft
    @Jag-Soft 11 лет назад +216

    genius of filming when they show a completely different train at the end instead of the one they were showing being built.. lol

    • @mrgone658
      @mrgone658 6 лет назад +16

      People who work in media believe in their own self-delusional measure of superior intelligence, when more often than not they prove the opposite.

    • @tonythomas7511
      @tonythomas7511 6 лет назад +10

      They didnt make a train. They made a LOCOMOTIVE

    • @ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45
      @ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 6 лет назад +2

      robert retka Get off the stage.

    • @riproar11
      @riproar11 4 года назад +3

      I had a major WTF moment at the end.

    • @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890
      @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 4 года назад

      When you weld something wrong but you had a have a video

  • @danepittman1383
    @danepittman1383 11 лет назад +111

    Love how they show the engine that they said was different from the one they showed them building

    • @samsngdevice5103
      @samsngdevice5103 3 года назад +3

      Stupid comment.

    • @amtrakisveryepic
      @amtrakisveryepic 3 года назад +5

      @@samsngdevice5103 Bro you replied to a 7 year old comment stfu with your "stupid comment" b.s. lmfao

    • @beringstraitrailway
      @beringstraitrailway 2 года назад +3

      Sarcasm detected!

    • @0kh0b07
      @0kh0b07 2 года назад

      @@amtrakisveryepic get over yourself

  • @FrostyAUT
    @FrostyAUT 5 лет назад +59

    "750 HP, 3 times more than a typical car."
    What? The typical American car has 250 HP?

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 5 лет назад +8

      I'm guessing this was uploaded to RUclips around 1968 or so.

    • @jakeanthony7672
      @jakeanthony7672 5 лет назад +5

      Joseph Astier I’m taking one for the team
      RUclips was made in 2005

    • @PFAlt
      @PFAlt 4 года назад +9

      avg yes. The people who go mad with hp bring up the average.
      Typical? Naw. Most guys got compact cars or compact suvs with 110-150 and 130-200hp respectively today. Back when this was filmed, even less, 10 to 20 less.

    • @supermegadestroyerpoopmylo
      @supermegadestroyerpoopmylo 4 года назад +1

      I dbout it

    • @paddydu5113
      @paddydu5113 4 года назад +1

      Yes

  • @jennifergodin67
    @jennifergodin67 2 года назад +10

    I work at one of their plants. It's an awesome job

  • @richardjayasinghe7238
    @richardjayasinghe7238 3 года назад +2

    Thank you sir for vedio. Thank you your effort to forward this.
    Now Railway torn her dark veil.
    29 years in Locomotive driving Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) { Sri Lanka Railways}.
    I salute to you for this wonderful work. Thank you.

  • @joegardiner4220
    @joegardiner4220 4 года назад +13

    I cant help but think how strong the steel that the crane runs off must be.

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 8 лет назад +7

    This video made my RUclips-day. Very nice to see how these locs are build up.

  • @adrianneils2727
    @adrianneils2727 7 лет назад +10

    Usually, short haul trains, by tonnage have 1 or 2 loco possibly of different class, but take a train 2 or more miles pulling straight tonnage for over 1,000 miles and the train could have 1-8 locos on point and still have 1 intermediate and 1-2 pushers. It all goes by tonnage and terrain. Here in the midwest, most trains can only be 2 miles long. Out west, it's a whole different game. They have mountains.

    • @Ben31337l
      @Ben31337l 2 года назад +2

      Well, you have problems with coupler strength. Too much power and you will overwhelm the couplers breaking them.

    • @kennethtomaszewski3795
      @kennethtomaszewski3795 2 года назад +2

      Fuzzy mountains

  • @adrianneils2727
    @adrianneils2727 7 лет назад +5

    Electromotive Division's or GE's EMD technical term for the engine is a Prime Mover. They can be ordered with what spec's the Railroad wants. Only prototypes come by EMD's choice. More railroads are also going away from the DC power converter, AC traction motors do better at low speeds and are easier to maintain.

  • @tsgmultimedia
    @tsgmultimedia 5 лет назад +42

    There's a fair amount of questionable "information" in this program.

    • @503railfan
      @503railfan 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah and also they show complete different locomotives at the end of the program then they were building.
      Stock footage woo....

    • @howlingwolven
      @howlingwolven 5 лет назад +1

      Not everyone's a foamer.

    • @KUPHSER
      @KUPHSER 4 года назад +2

      whats a good loco doco for me to watch? im going through a phase at the moment i want the good stuff

    • @richardaitkenhead
      @richardaitkenhead 4 года назад +2

      "How it works" is aimed at primary school education and the intelligent level of unemployed sofa surfers of similar iq,
      Works well for what its intended.

    • @SouthJerseyRailfan
      @SouthJerseyRailfan 4 года назад +1

      @@howlingwolven how does that matter

  • @dwrjr27
    @dwrjr27 Год назад +2

    It blows my mind that people learned how to program and build machines specifically for building a particular product like this. People create machines to build or manufacture almost anything the imagination can come up with.

  • @kristiefeldman2684
    @kristiefeldman2684 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great job you guys

  • @lightskinche
    @lightskinche 7 лет назад +8

    i like how it ends before she stops talking XD

  • @robertbowman3406
    @robertbowman3406 7 лет назад +2

    The reason for a diesel unit/s, called DPU or Distributed Power Unit, to be on the back of a train is for added pushing power and more braking when needed. It also is less wear and tear on the rail head. It gives the engineer a good feeling to know that he has that extra power on the end of his train when needed.

  • @justinhoyt3036
    @justinhoyt3036 9 лет назад +4

    @Robin Andreasson, you need to change your settings so people can reply to your posts.
    Anyway "fuel driven" locomotives are also electric, the diesel engine being a generator, not actually directly powering the locomotive. They can't use a pure electric system for freight in the US or other large countries due to just that, the size and remoteness of the rail systems.

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 Год назад

    I've been to g.e. s plant in Erie pa,many times and have been thur there trying to deliver 1 piece 1 time I seen everything.

  • @railfanner3764
    @railfanner3764 4 года назад +3

    Hey guys,its craftyfoxe!

  • @BruceBoschek
    @BruceBoschek 7 лет назад +18

    There is more wrong information in this video than in most on RUclips and that is saying something. The footage is nice, however.

    • @joekrim6557
      @joekrim6557 Год назад +1

      an explanarion to your corrections would make your arguement valid. until then, video was accurate and concise.

  • @DeathValleyDazed
    @DeathValleyDazed 2 года назад +3

    Trains powering by never grow old as a sensation of awe.

  • @ats6136
    @ats6136 10 лет назад +8

    The fuel tank size is immense!

  • @rodrigoevangelista85
    @rodrigoevangelista85 11 лет назад +4

    Thank you very much! more please!

  • @NPminnetonka
    @NPminnetonka 10 лет назад +34

    SD70ace!

  • @trailwayt9H337
    @trailwayt9H337 Год назад

    Thankyou for giving this different of view for experience of this information 😍 👍👍

  • @Max-Television
    @Max-Television 7 лет назад +2

    The US actually use 1435.1 mm gauge, one of only two countries (Finland) to retain imperial units for railways. It is therefor 0.1 mm broader than in most countries.

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 6 лет назад +2

      0.1 mm (0.04") is meaningless to a railway track gage.

    • @victoriousrufus6747
      @victoriousrufus6747 4 года назад

      Indian Railways track width is 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge!

    • @Max-Television
      @Max-Television 4 года назад +1

      @@algrayson8965 Meaningsless as it is, that's still how they do it.

  • @asafegous
    @asafegous 6 лет назад +1

    You're telling me the only reason a choo-choo has a combustion engine is to produce electricity? Mind. Blown.

  • @muhammadzulfadzlihajimatal8833
    @muhammadzulfadzlihajimatal8833 10 лет назад +2

    Passenger train locomotives include EMD F3s, EMD F7s and EMD F9s. Freight train locomotives include JNR Class DF50s.

    • @glenpower1677
      @glenpower1677 6 лет назад

      And FP7, FP9 GP40P F40PH'S.

    • @nicholaslokos7949
      @nicholaslokos7949 6 лет назад

      also EMD SD40, EMD SD40-2, EMD SD70, EMD SD75, GE AC4400, GE AC6000, etc

  • @privateerbouncher9622
    @privateerbouncher9622 6 лет назад +2

    That time were How It's Made was worth watching.

  • @madwilli3205
    @madwilli3205 7 лет назад +3

    is there a how it's made for the automated welder and strong press?

  • @railroadhistoryarchives
    @railroadhistoryarchives Год назад +1

    Awww yes, the GE SD-HEAVY HAUL-ACe

  • @bestamerica
    @bestamerica 6 лет назад +6

    '
    train company should making strong alloy aluminum on the locomotive trains and trailers

  • @yotsuball
    @yotsuball 3 года назад +2

    I LOVE THESE THINGS

  • @CrazyPetez
    @CrazyPetez 2 года назад +2

    It would be nice if you included American Freedom Units ( inches, feet, miles, etc.), instead of just metric.

  • @billmorris2613
    @billmorris2613 2 года назад +2

    The locomotive they were building can pull a lot more than 480 metric tons. More like 9,000 American tons on flat ground. An SD-40 with its 3,000 horsepower can pull a little over 7,000 American tons on flat ground. It can also run around 50 MPH while pulling 3,000 American tons. The engine they were building can probably run 50 MPH with 4,500 American tons on flat ground. Generally 1 horsepower per American ton can run 50 MPH on flat ground.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 2 года назад +1

      You have to forgive them Bill, they have no concept of that kind of weight in a European train. And they have no clue as to how long our trains are. @ locos on a train? Try 4 on the front, one or two in the middle, and another one or two on the rear. All controlled by the engineer in the cab of the lead loco.

    • @Ben31337l
      @Ben31337l 2 года назад

      @@gravelydon7072 the DDA40X could haul a train single handedly!

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 2 года назад

      @@Ben31337l DDA40Xs often ran with a smaller unit or two. Two smaller units of today out perform one DDA40X. And they don't act as track straighteners.

    • @Ben31337l
      @Ben31337l 2 года назад

      @@gravelydon7072 Well, that's because the DDA40X was built using 2 SD40s.
      Also, the fact that you claim they were 'track straighteners' si interesting since the wheelbase between the first and last wheels should be smaller than the wheelbase cound on a regular steam locomotive.
      Unless the DDA40X weren't equipped with flangeless wheelsets.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 2 года назад

      @@Ben31337l All wheels on the DD35s and the DDA40Xs were flanged.

  • @pokemonpreadythepokemonmaniac
    @pokemonpreadythepokemonmaniac 4 года назад +1

    Most of the world uses standard gauge (4 feet 8.5 inches/1.435 meters), some countries use broad gauge (>4 ft 8.5 in/>1.435 m), and some use narrow gauge (

  • @joekrim6557
    @joekrim6557 Год назад

    awesome video. straight to the point without the distractions due to unintelligable content developers...

  • @عمادعبدالوهاب-ذ3ب

    nice job

  • @DavidWsTrainVideos
    @DavidWsTrainVideos 12 лет назад +4

    Not anymore....that plant shut down

  • @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569
    @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569 2 года назад +2

    I miss these shows from Discovery

  • @splengey
    @splengey 5 лет назад +2

    its funny how in the states 250 horsepower is a "regular car" where in europe a regular car is prob anywhere from 50-200 horsepower, 200 being a pretty fast car

  • @METX210
    @METX210 11 лет назад +11

    What a very informative video. I love it!

  • @RickJando
    @RickJando 6 лет назад +3

    A really good and interesting video, thank you.

  • @stansaju4392
    @stansaju4392 2 года назад +2

    Amazing Hard work 😍

  • @SGuySMW
    @SGuySMW 10 лет назад +2

    I see some CN locomotives!
    One sole ES44DC
    And an SD75I leading an SD70

  • @dg-if8gx
    @dg-if8gx 7 лет назад +2

    what is welding process name used for pivot pin.

  • @kelvinmallory4101
    @kelvinmallory4101 8 лет назад +8

    I Love Trains be it freight or passenger

  • @oron61
    @oron61 5 лет назад +2

    America has wider tracks? I don't think so. The US uses standard gauge, while the Russian, Irish, Iberian, and Indian railroads are wider.

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans Год назад

      However locomotives at heights, America and Russia has far larger locomotives Designs.
      Both having 16ft and 17ft.

  • @davidney2412
    @davidney2412 2 года назад

    BOY OH BOY SHE TRULY REALLY TRULY DOES HAVE A FANTASTIC SOUNDING VOICE .

  • @aaronsegal6052
    @aaronsegal6052 2 года назад +1

    Train locomotives are small and insignifcant.
    Wow, train locomotives are significantly larger than I'd've thought.

  • @tracynation239
    @tracynation239 3 года назад +3

    An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.

  • @Garlic227
    @Garlic227 4 года назад +3

    they're beautiful!

  • @Imintune...
    @Imintune... 7 лет назад +3

    Made at the former g m plant London

  • @hansknutson2327
    @hansknutson2327 Год назад

    I would have never guessed it
    Until you told me how it works

  • @NPTNReddek
    @NPTNReddek 6 лет назад +3

    They made my idea into a reality, YES

  • @ShanHFernandes
    @ShanHFernandes 10 лет назад +38

    20000 litres fuel tank ! Here in India just 6000 litres on 4500 HP locomotives .

    • @livingpiano
      @livingpiano 9 лет назад +2

      Shan H Fernandes The US has plenty of oil from the middle east , as they say, y not flaunt it when u got it !!!! but in under a decade or so when the dollar gets de-linked from the oil trade , they will switch over to electrics completely ...like the rest of us

    • @xxgolddoesmcxx
      @xxgolddoesmcxx 9 лет назад +2

      Harsha Jade I'm excited for Electric Trains, adds an extra track on the rails and stops people from walking on them! If they touch them, they are dead.. Electric Locomotives are quiter and faster anyways, which will be good for the economy and the ecosystem.

    • @CST1992
      @CST1992 9 лет назад +3

      +xXGoldDoesMCXx Seems all electric trains you've seen are subways. There are other ways of conducting electricity to the train, too.

    • @SaviourSword995
      @SaviourSword995 8 лет назад

      +Corey Williams Dude Indian tracks are 18% more wider than American ones.
      Don't listen to that lady

    • @kittuete
      @kittuete 7 лет назад +2

      Goddamn! You Indians have crazy locomotives!

  • @panikumarkr127
    @panikumarkr127 5 лет назад +2

    Wow...amazing work
    I love locomotive engines 😍😘👍😎

  • @lorenzobeckmann3736
    @lorenzobeckmann3736 2 года назад

    I didn't hav the strong "tongue" when changing/inserting traction motor fields. Setting brushholders also fun

  • @swiftengine
    @swiftengine 4 года назад +2

    "locomotives pulling mail are n=bigger and stronger" Me: thinks of percy the small engine

  • @KaciCooperations
    @KaciCooperations 3 года назад

    I heard a New Amtrak Train well make it today!

  • @bffs4lifeliz
    @bffs4lifeliz 9 лет назад +6

    Nice job, _How It's Made_!!!

  • @JohnMuise
    @JohnMuise 2 года назад +1

    Yay! I run those :D

  • @zagi988zap
    @zagi988zap 9 лет назад +2

    Great video!

  • @sudathdevanarayana3416
    @sudathdevanarayana3416 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for the nice explanation

  • @frankmosch877
    @frankmosch877 5 лет назад +1

    They make it look so easy course they have all the right tool,s and equipment, pretty neat/cool process!!! 🚆🛤️😐😐...FWM...

  • @TheRealLucifer-Morningstar
    @TheRealLucifer-Morningstar 11 лет назад

    awesome train video i thought that you could not find this on youtube thanks

  • @srikrishnajana7665
    @srikrishnajana7665 2 года назад

    Is that urlon tape insulation of mp and ip?

  • @homeandelectronicsstop1599
    @homeandelectronicsstop1599 4 года назад +1

    very enlightening

  • @daywalker________7677
    @daywalker________7677 2 года назад +1

    Does anyone happen to know the torque specs for the D100 traction motor wheel mounting bolts? 840 ftLB? 900 ftLB? Or something else?

  • @irasthewarrior
    @irasthewarrior 11 лет назад +1

    Thank you for explaining it using the metric system, it makes sense now :D

  • @Mabakes021
    @Mabakes021 4 года назад

    I love that as she is busy talking it ends

  • @waynehawkins2157
    @waynehawkins2157 2 года назад

    Great info👍👍👍👍

  • @MrKfq269
    @MrKfq269 4 года назад +2

    Are they called bogies? I thought they were called trucks.

    • @BNSF4749Railfan
      @BNSF4749Railfan 3 года назад

      They are called trucks. The freight cars have bogies

    • @jamtuazon5216
      @jamtuazon5216 Год назад +1

      Basically the same thing, depends on which culture is referring to that term. In NA we call it trucks but in some other places they are referred to as bogies

  • @hallieg3926
    @hallieg3926 4 года назад

    the one you built is a emd built sd70ace diesel locomotive

  • @TheWizardGamez
    @TheWizardGamez 2 года назад

    i get a weird feeling not hearing the monotone male voice actor, the pitch of the voice just isnt right. anyway good video

  • @ClearSignalProductions
    @ClearSignalProductions 11 лет назад +10

    Great video but kinda bad how you show how to make SD70ACe's then show running shots of F59's and P42's. Just saying...

    • @trout378
      @trout378 10 лет назад

      Exactly what I thought

    • @Haveyy
      @Haveyy 10 лет назад

      No there sd70ace

    • @Island_Line_Rail_Productions
      @Island_Line_Rail_Productions 9 лет назад

      +Jordan Havelal SD70M-2 and SD70ACe's look very close to I identical but slight differences

    • @vermilionrailfan5651
      @vermilionrailfan5651 6 лет назад

      K-396 -1 well the video they build an SD70ACe, but other train clips show:
      SD70 (standard cab)
      SD75i
      ES44AC
      F59PHI
      and a P42

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 6 лет назад

      I think it's called artistic license.

  • @irasthewarrior
    @irasthewarrior 10 лет назад +53

    North America has standard gauge which is found in Europe, China, Australia, etc, except for Russia which uses broad gauge (wider gauge). The female voice is annoying...

    • @Magnus44711URI
      @Magnus44711URI 8 лет назад +1

      Here in UK and IRL it's narrated by Tony Hirst, who has a much better voice :)

    • @ToolinAround
      @ToolinAround 7 лет назад +1

      goagăl minus in soviet america, train drives you..

    • @adrianneils2727
      @adrianneils2727 7 лет назад

      The former Soviet Union rail system has the largest and heaviest equipment in all the world. Everything has to be double in height and strength.

    • @pradeepsharma_1962
      @pradeepsharma_1962 7 лет назад +3

      In India also we use broad gauge which is 5 feet 6 inches and is broader than American standard gauge 4 feet 8 1/2 inches . Passenger trains have in general about 24 to 25 coaches the length of train is in excess of 600 metre.

    • @Magnus44711URI
      @Magnus44711URI 7 лет назад

      Also, here in Ireland, track gauge is 5 foot 3 in, which is also found in Australia and Brazil.

  • @TheAdamRides
    @TheAdamRides 9 месяцев назад

    The term "bogie" is only used in Europe and other countries besides Canada and the U.S. In North America it is a "truck", as in a truck frame assembly that the traction motor combos ride in.

  • @cheath8705
    @cheath8705 6 лет назад +2

    That's a tiny looking alternator compared to the engine!!

  • @kdmq
    @kdmq 7 лет назад

    The narrator is pretty swag if her idea of a "typical car" is 250 HP hahaha!

  • @MichaelRubenGonzalez
    @MichaelRubenGonzalez 8 лет назад

    Cool beans! I'm questioning about the SD70ACE's horsepower...

  • @TheUPmodeler
    @TheUPmodeler 11 лет назад +4

    It's odd how during the episode a EMD SD70ACE is being built but the episode finishes with a GE P42

  • @truthseekeryouri
    @truthseekeryouri 6 лет назад +2

    wait what, 750 horse power ''3 times more then a typical car''? typical cars have like 70-100 horse power right??? 750 is 8/10x more power.

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 6 лет назад

      Ford Fiesta DOHC Hemi 1.6 - 120 HP.

  • @wannasaka
    @wannasaka Год назад

    teacher: " no building Electro Motive Division's SD70ACE-T4 locomotives in the back " kids in the back:

  • @rclendening
    @rclendening 3 года назад +1

    But they didn’t show them converting it to DCC 😜

    • @BNSF4749Railfan
      @BNSF4749Railfan 3 года назад

      I can picture them using a DCC controller

  • @brunoignaciogi
    @brunoignaciogi 8 лет назад +22

    0:25 "where tracks are wider and stronger than in most parts of the world"
    what a false statement, gauge in argentina is 1,676mm with 3.2m wide trains, so track are wider in my country. stronger, well, they resist corruption, that someting u.s. rail couldn't resist

    • @josephheston9238
      @josephheston9238 8 лет назад +2

      When Bombardier was producing the ALP-45DP locomotives for N.J. Transit in Germany, they couldn't be tested in Germany because the rails were weaker, and were shipped untested to the U.S., so while the guage may be wider or narrower in some countries, the rails are definitely weaker elsewhere because the U.S. (and Canada, because they want to be comparable to the U.S.) rail regulations are stringent (they mandated Positive Train Control sometime ago).

    • @Hockeyking86
      @Hockeyking86 8 лет назад +10

      ". . . than in MOST parts of the world." Listening must be hard in your country.

    • @brunoignaciogi
      @brunoignaciogi 8 лет назад +3

      +Will Schilling i don't fully master English. you know, there is other languages and countries

    • @petarpasajlic
      @petarpasajlic 8 лет назад

      brunoignaciogi

    • @robertr7923
      @robertr7923 8 лет назад +2

      brunoignaciogi lesson for you: only complain about sentences you fully understand you know, every single fucking word

  • @samanli-tw3id
    @samanli-tw3id 3 месяца назад

    Tracks in North America aren’t wider than most part of the world, they use 1435mm gauge.

  • @j.m.youngquist419
    @j.m.youngquist419 2 года назад

    Week referred to them as trucks not bogies but maybe I'm wrong

  • @lorenzoboyd6889
    @lorenzoboyd6889 10 лет назад +3

    2:16 - Magnetic field, NOT an electric field.

    • @arni291
      @arni291 6 лет назад

      WROOOOONG, its an electric charge

    • @xygomorphic44
      @xygomorphic44 6 лет назад

      It's both. Electric fields create magnetic fields and everything happens in right angles to each other. Hold you right hand palm up. If the electric field goes forward (in the direction of your fingers), then the magnetic field goes right (in the direction of your thumb) and the actual pulling magnetic force goes up, out of your palm.

  • @DavidWsTrainVideos
    @DavidWsTrainVideos 12 лет назад

    Your welcome. I suggested they do this one episode in 2008

  • @ivrgn1720
    @ivrgn1720 7 лет назад +2

    Your car have 900 horse power? that's cute.

    • @nicholaslokos7949
      @nicholaslokos7949 6 лет назад

      cars that get 900HP are ridiculously expensive...
      my Mom's Toyota Yaris gets about 100HP ,_,
      I want a Challenger Demon someday...
      maybe get to ride in the cab of a GE AC6000 ,_,

  • @k11ll33rr
    @k11ll33rr 10 лет назад +18

    "Wider and Stronger than the other parts of the world" Meanwhile in france, trains reaching almost 500km/h, that's 312.5m/h, plot twist.

    • @DigitalLonestarX4600
      @DigitalLonestarX4600 10 лет назад +14

      thats high speed lrt's over here we specialize in heavy duty mass transportation of freight

    • @thelol1759
      @thelol1759 10 лет назад +2

      Two completely different things. Those fast ones are for passengers.

    • @MrFakit
      @MrFakit 10 лет назад +2

      "than in MOST other parts of the World"

    • @chessiesystemrailfanman3741
      @chessiesystemrailfanman3741 10 лет назад +1

      TheEvilResidue This may sound silly but I know that most people fly because obviously it is the fastest way, but for people who do not like to fly then it would not be a bad idea to have this in the United States. But then again the cost of such a high speed rail network especially going from New York to Los Angeles would not be worth the investment I believe especially in the free market capitalism sense.

    • @All_Noing
      @All_Noing 9 лет назад

      ***** Maybe if AMTRAK could run without constant government bailouts.....

  • @jake47
    @jake47 Год назад

    the gear goes to the pipion gear

  • @cdp200442
    @cdp200442 2 года назад

    They only go by gallons in US .. for each locomotive has a gallon fuel gauge.

  • @anrox____x282
    @anrox____x282 10 лет назад +2

    Okay, I don't really get it, can any train-enthusiasts tell me one thing, In Sweden where I live, i'm used to see electric driven trains only, I've never seen a fuel-driven train in whole my life (except for the old ones they keep at the museums). I thought they had electric trains in US? Or is it just for the big trains?

    • @douglasfrazier2856
      @douglasfrazier2856 8 лет назад

      +Anro 智慧 the US has some electric systems for passenger trains, but in in more densely populated regions like the east coast -- to cover long distances and haul big loads, diesel engines fueled by diesel oil are the standard haulers, the tracks aren't even rigged for electricity. We have less hydroelectric capacity, and so far more fossil fuels.

    • @appleintosh
      @appleintosh 6 лет назад +1

      Anro X____X There are no electric freight trains in the US. That’s a lot of expensive infrastructure that would need to be built.
      Some light rail passenger trains in cities are electric, but a great deal are diesel powered. The national passenger rail system, Amtrak, is all diesel powered except for one line on the east coast.

    • @josephheston9238
      @josephheston9238 6 лет назад

      +Anro X____X You'll love Philly then. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and SEPTA's entire commuter rail system is electrified.

  • @terrycrabbe5364
    @terrycrabbe5364 4 года назад

    Its kinda of funny they are talking about heavy haulers and when they show the final product they show passenger locomotives.

    • @BNSF4749Railfan
      @BNSF4749Railfan 3 года назад

      They built an EMD sd70ace and then they show EMD f59phi at the end

  • @brianlee5649
    @brianlee5649 5 лет назад

    Nowadays, there's no more steam trains, only diesel-electric now. I miss the good old days of steam trains now. Now wherever I go, there's not a single steam train in my state now, only diesel.

    • @blackham7
      @blackham7 5 лет назад

      How are subway trains made?

    • @oregonrailfan7046
      @oregonrailfan7046 5 лет назад

      Brian Lee what state do you live in that doesn't have a single steam locomotive?

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans Год назад

      Steam locomotives are still around but they wer preserved, most of them ar even but there may be still some out there, And the good thing is the PRR T1 is being built from ground up

  • @CoCojoy420
    @CoCojoy420 6 лет назад +6

    Damn interesting!