3.4 mile-long UP double-stack freight, 1-10-10
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- On January 10, 2010, Union Pacific operated a double-stack container train that was 18,061 feet in length, or about 3.42 miles long. The total weight was 15,498 tons. This train was a test of sorts for the Union Pacific. It had several locomotives distributed throughout the train, also known as DPUs, or distributed power units. It originated in Dallas, TX on January 8, and was destined for Long Beach, CA. I was able to see it at the San Timoteo Canyon in the Beaumont Pass area located at the border of San Bernardino County and Riverside County, about 65 miles east of Los Angeles.
Amazing. Here in the Pacific Northwest, for a long time the longest train I ever way was 132 cars. Then one time I saw a 230 car train and it just amazed me how long it was (because I could almost the entire thing at once along the highway).
The "TSAR BOMBA" of freight trains!
Definitely
Thank You for getting this from a different location. Awesome video.
Wouldn't want to wait for that one to clear the level crossing on my way to work ...
Dispatcher: "UP 7454 west, You got a medium clear, you're goin in the siding!!" Engineer: "Dispatcher, UP 7454 west, we're gonna need a bigger siding!"..... here's a better one.
"UP Detector, milepost 412.6, hot box detector, axle 3,278, DEFECT, DEFECT, stop your train, stop your train!" It's never axle 12 or 7. Lol. PS.... I'm a retired conductor
nice video and great catch of the 3 up engine's on the stack train.
3.4miles freight train? Longest than Narita International Airport's A runway and Kansai International Airport's B runway!
And longest than 1
World Trade Center and Willis Tower and Taipei 101!!
wow i counted 292 cars thats really long!
It ran from DIT in Dallas TX to the LA Basin, 4 sets of 3 engines, spaced 6000 ft apart, all empty containers returning to the port. It was a test run.
I saw 3 engines at the front, then 3 sets of 2 engines :)
That was nice. I have read that once UP makes the sunset route double track, that we will see more n more of the super long intermodal trains. I can't wait!!!!
It seems to follow that tunit rains of this length only works on double track routes.
Thats an entire cargo ship
Nah, it's about 5% of one (ULCC) cargo ship. Even the smallest feeder ships can carry at least twice this many containera
This is a common occurrence nowadays.
Fact. We catch a 10,000ft manifest and we brag about how small it is. Lol
This train has 9 engines pulling and pushing. It matches a Maersk train that was 3.4 miles long as well!
Look forward to seeing more 3+ milers!
@tmartin27069 I apologize. I made a significant typo on my last reply. Train weight, even with loaded cars of the same commodity, can vary depending on how heavily individual cars can be loaded.
However, to "Roughly" estimate a unit train weight of 120 cars, take the number of cars (120) and multiply by 130. That will give you the approximate weight of the train. Again, this is approximate.
SP used to run lumber trains over Tehachapi in the seventies that topped out at over 16000 tons with 14 3600 hp locomotives.
And those were the days of manned helper units. When we had to wait for one of them, you knew that they wouldn't clear anywhere so from the time they left Bakersfield, they were going non-stop and you? You were in the hole for hours
SP was a special breed of railroad. I worked for them in the 1980s and part of the 90s until the UP takeover, first in signal, then as conductor in that area. We ran some amazing power back then. The oil can trains coming from bakerspatch were heaviest. Coming down the mountain from mojave into Rosamond and Lancaster was fun on a 14,000 ton 12,000 foot monster at 60 mph. The good old days
10/10 train long
WOW ~ that is a mighty load!
Now thats what we call a double stack
Only thing missing is a caboose
gotta carry a bicycle on one of the lead units for the crew...that's a long train to walk...
My guess is that they had a service truck or a trainmaster running along with the train to transport a crewmember should there be problems.
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Awesome video 5 stars!!!!
Why is it that UP always creates new records like this and not BNSF? As a part of the Buffet empire BNSF probably has a lot more financial muscle.
I think BNSF have two already 🤔🤔
one big boy can handle such a load
Awesome, to say the least.
Was this a train of empty containers? I would expect a full train to be going east, empty going west to send all these containers back to the Chi-coms for refilling.
Close to 15.5 thousand tons, cool train but I'm guessing UP had all the DPU's because of the length. UP's unit coal trains are probably about the same weight with 120 full hoppers powered with 3 engines. How much would a fully loaded coal train of this length weigh?
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@Twurk when it might be "cool" to see. The rr is only running trains like that for one reason. To use less crews. Longer trains mean less trains and fewer crew. There is always a reason behind all that they do.
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poor person who was stuck at the rr crossing with that train
5.44 km 🤣🤣😃
what speed did this train run up to ?
112 km/h (70 m/h) ?
Is there any reason why the train was a hand full of containers shy of been a full double stack train ?
There maximum speed is 112km/h (70MPH) but mainly they will do 80 to 100km/h (55-60MPH).
In credible train
There is no one in the world that would try to duplicate this manifest in any scale sized train set just imagine how many train scale cars one would have to buy and how immense the layout would have to be. As a kid in the 1980's I always felt that no matter how close scale sets reminisce the real trains in America there is no way to actually capture manifests like this at least I have never seen before in any scale.
very true longest I ever ran (HO scale) was 204 up 2.2% grade lots of helpers
$8500 using HO scale Intermountain 5-unit well cars. This price does not include any containers or locomotives.
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Odd flat spots on some of the wheels
Of course there is a reason behind what they do. That is what they are paid to do....come up with ways to move freight efficiently so as to keep it off the highway.
I have a question. Let me know how to make such a long train at the container yard. I think most of the yards have only 2 miles long or less.
The yard in Dallas has a long main line track with no crossings so it’s easy to put the train out on the main line and put it together
Thank you for your reply. Now my understanding is that to make a 3 mile-long train, they make three 1 mile-trains with engines on the yard one by one and then put together them on the main line. Is it correct?
@@jackyn6093 Yes that’s correct. I live in Dallas and I see them do it all the time. They’re currently running two mile trains from Dallas to LA now.
That's great! I like American container train very much but it not close to me. So I am collecting the N-scale models. Thank you.
@@jackyn6093 You’re welcome 😉
Why did UP make this test? It's interesting to know ;) Wait for this train at a level crossing XDXD You're gonna sleep.
Looks like its about to fall
totall containers?? and speed ?? plz tell me anyone
934 containers. Roughly 40ish mph
Taking trucks off the road.
micglobal trucks will never be as efficient at transporting goods as trains are
@@stretchlimo7275 I read recently that modern locomotives can move 1 ton of freight at least 500 miles on 1 gallon of diesel fuel. There isn't a trucking solution that can get anywhere close to that number. A truck's only advantage is that is can reach locations not served by rail.
ive seen longer.
295 cars
panther590 i counted 296 you are mistaken
@@ducktapediva4057 297, lol
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Maybe instead run a train that is a pain in the ass to run let's make them shorter and more of them. Jobs are more important than a 3 mile long train. Don't kid yourself when they are doing it efficient. They are doing it for less man hours.
That is what the railroads are referring to when they use the term "Efficiency of Operation".