I realized the area between Pomona and Covina is the perfect testing grounds for the new locomotives, since it's a relatively high-speed section on a grade. The train traveling from Covina to Pomona will test for power and acceleration as it brings the train up to speed going uphill, whereas the train traveling from Pomona to Covina will test its braking capabilities.
If you look very closely within the Bombardier Cabs within the Test Train, you may be able to notice that one of them is 617, which was the unit involved in the Chatsworth Collision.
So? There are still a lot of people out there who think it was actually scrapped. Also, ever since I first posted that comment, 617 actually has been sent out for rebuild, and once it comes back, then seeing it will be a normal thing again and people will finally realize with certainty that it's still around.
It is gonna be sad to say goodbye to the f59s. I grew up seeing those engines go by when I lived in Covina. I've rode metrolink several times just to get to Covina to visit my grandmother after i moved to Riverside. It's indeed The end of an era of the f59s.
Thomas Mitchell I know my response is late but it’s now happening to me (from the surfliner) the last service to have the f59s and we have less than a month left. It really makes me sad to see the electric locos take over. Seeing such a great era end is really sad.
I call the EMD F125’s “Bird Trains” because on the front, the way the lights are arranged to look like the eyes and the orange triangle in between the lights is the beak. Time 3:52 gives off the best example.
normal five-chime horns form a minor seventh chord. this is a two-chime horn that forms a tritone, a very ear-grabbing (but extremely dissonant!) interval
I hope these prove to be good engines! It's kinda sad that Metrolink may be the only one's who uses this model. I'd love to see them on Metra and/or VRE, but that just maybe a dream.
@@thejacksonfam124 Hmm...hard to say. If Metra had them I think they would share a similar paint scheme to the MP36PH units. Though, I'm aware that the SD70mach's don't.
7:10 who makes that e bell? I heard it a few times, but i don't know the model name of it! So all Metrolink locmotives and cab cars have odd horns, not just the F125!
@@hakeemsd70m No they don't. Leslie, WABCO, and Nathan are all American Horn Manufacturing companies. India just gets some of our not so good work (Wabco; not nathan or Leslie)
TrainSF It's testing its high speed. Also, metrolink's bullshit detector turned on. They decided to use Bombardier cars, as they're better than Rotem sets.
From what I’ve read locomotives powered by CAT prime movers have generally been failures. I hope that’s changed, because I really, really, REALLY like the way this thing looks, and I want them to stick around for as long as the F40PH has.
Well these things have CAT motors in them, and so far in the 2 and a half years that they have been on Metrolink property only 2 or 3 are running revenue service. I like these things too but these things have been nothing but failures so far.
Sad thing is, after these went into production with their high horsepower (what is it, like 4,700 or so?) EMD went back to making their "J" engine (formerly the failed "H" engine) with I believe 4,600hp using 4 fewer pistons. If they'd just waited another couple of years, these might have been "genuine" EMDs.
FreihEitner No kidding. There must have been a meeting at some point where someone said something along the lines of,” Okay, we need a power plant for our new passenger locomotive.” At which point someone piped up and said,” well, we’re with Caterpillar now, why don’t we use a CAT?” And instead of throwing pens at him, they all went,” Hmm, Caterpillar,... good idea.”
It makes sense really. All the Bombardier cars are old cab cars, and since they are not in revenue service anymore, might as well give them something to do before they are sold and scrapped. Throw a bunch of non-revenue cars on the back, so revenue services aren’t disrupted, and at the same time stress test the engine. As for the horn, has Metrolink ever really been correct or consistent at all? I mean, they have only been consistent in their inconsistency, why change now? :P Awesome video, it also confirmed to me that they are allowing the totem cabs to run again without a BNSF, I appreciate the news!
.. How good would it be to resume the use of "Super Chief" style aerodynamic passenger cars like those used in the 1950s-1960s with the use of current technology which would optimize the economy and speed of these excellent locomotives.
They look good, sound good, hopefully the will be reliable. And they can do 125 mph, but sadly we'll never see them running that speed in SoCal. @ California Rail Productions: great video!
0:45, why does that Metrolink train have 12 passenger cars? It’s more than usual than that Metrolink train at 1:47 which only has 3 passenger cars. 2:18, there goes the 12 passenger car Metrolink train again passing a railroad crossing.
quick question. I recently got a radio scanner so i could listen to the train drivers and dispatch talk when im riding the metro link. But does anyone know how to find what frequency they transmit on?
Those horns sound like maybe they're being overblown? The low tone warbles and sometimes changes pitch. They'd sound alot better if they produced a solid chord and didn't sound like they were about to blow themselves apart!
Trains78sAndMore very possible safety improvements was the key too design but look at the stuff Amtrak wanted, stayed that could physically lift them up and we got the iconic AEM-7 and F40ph and some other cool things like the P30
Benjamin King yes but the PHI is only about 20 years old and not many modern passenger railroads take good are of there stuff, not Amtrak and Metrolink either, though they do a bit of a better job. But these aren’t even mechanically sound. The big unveiling party of the locomotive broke down half way on its journey and they have done it a good number of times to where it could be deemed “unreliable”.
Brandon likestrains wait, the MP36PH-3C? Those locomotive are being replaced??? I've never get to see one except for the VRE(Virginia railway Express), uta front-runner and Marc(Maryland area Reginald commuter)
I realized the area between Pomona and Covina is the perfect testing grounds for the new locomotives, since it's a relatively high-speed section on a grade. The train traveling from Covina to Pomona will test for power and acceleration as it brings the train up to speed going uphill, whereas the train traveling from Pomona to Covina will test its braking capabilities.
What % grade is it?
If you look very closely within the Bombardier Cabs within the Test Train, you may be able to notice that one of them is 617, which was the unit involved in the Chatsworth Collision.
Superbaddy4 dang. That’s pretty cool
They just need to bring 617 back to service as a Deactivated Cab Car.
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So? There are still a lot of people out there who think it was actually scrapped.
Also, ever since I first posted that comment, 617 actually has been sent out for rebuild, and once it comes back, then seeing it will be a normal thing again and people will finally realize with certainty that it's still around.
@@superbaddy4 All metrolink needs to do in put PTC in them.
The new Locomotive's horn is very loud!
In fact MUCH louder in person.
I agree
Its Nathan K2A AirChime AirWhistle
I know it's weird
Sadly idiots are still deaf to the sound of a railroad horn.
I was right next to one when it blew its horn. (I shid)
It is gonna be sad to say goodbye to the f59s. I grew up seeing those engines go by when I lived in Covina. I've rode metrolink several times just to get to Covina to visit my grandmother after i moved to Riverside. It's indeed The end of an era of the f59s.
Thomas Mitchell I know my response is late but it’s now happening to me (from the surfliner) the last service to have the f59s and we have less than a month left. It really makes me sad to see the electric locos take over. Seeing such a great era end is really sad.
I agree. I lived in Corona, & La Sierra. I loved seeing these kiddies ride thru with P2's and K5LA's.
Thomas Mitchell u and me both
10,000 Subscribers with no videos? P
I saw an f59 once being lead by a Hyundai Rotem Cab
I call the EMD F125’s “Bird Trains” because on the front, the way the lights are arranged to look like the eyes and the orange triangle in between the lights is the beak. Time 3:52 gives off the best example.
It actually looks like a bird
At 4:12 it kind of sounds like an electric version of the coned K5LA’s on Amtrak Surf cab car 6906
I love very long passenger train cars just like GO in Canada. Also, I love watching ditch lights keep continue flashing entirely the trips too.
Metrolink has some funky sounding horns. Unique, but weird.
Agreed.
They sound closer to freight (I know they have F59s but even the F59PHIs horns sound closer to freight trains
Same
it’s something you’d hear before you get stabbed from behind in a movie
normal five-chime horns form a minor seventh chord. this is a two-chime horn that forms a tritone, a very ear-grabbing (but extremely dissonant!) interval
I hope these prove to be good engines! It's kinda sad that Metrolink may be the only one's who uses this model. I'd love to see them on Metra and/or VRE, but that just maybe a dream.
It would me interesting to see them on Marc.if Metra had them,what do you think they would look like?
@@thejacksonfam124 Hmm...hard to say. If Metra had them I think they would share a similar paint scheme to the MP36PH units. Though, I'm aware that the SD70mach's don't.
I wanna be able to drive one of these just for the horn lol
Lol
Lol
Fr, that horn looks nice, yet everybody hates it
1:32 holy WOW! that is cab car 617 from the Chatsworth wreck, and on the end too!
They fixed it?
@@Lucrativecris No, I think it hadnt been preserved at the time of recording
@@Lucrativecris the cab car didint get destroyed it was only the f59 and I think a coach too
That horn sounds like a cry for help rather than a sound of authority. Must be for a bystander's sensitive hearing purpose... ??
Bro that horn is awful.
MJofLakeland1
"That horn sounds like a cry for help....."
*lol*
MJofLakeland1 I think it sounds fine.
It is designed to fuck your ears up.
they finally found a way to get people out the way
Great collection Nathaniel. Glad things worked out.
7:10 who makes that e bell? I heard it a few times, but i don't know the model name of it!
So all Metrolink locmotives and cab cars have odd horns, not just the F125!
It's a Safetran Type 3 Electronic bell with the pitch raised. They're taking over Florida as I speak!
Lol wat?
Yeah that horn sounded like it had a sore throat
It is a Safetran Type 3 High Pitched. @East Coast Multimedia it already took over Southern California and most of Central and North.
Metreolink f125 comapny
The Horn Sounds Like An Indian Locomotive's horn.
Horns are made by Indian comapny
The Nathan Airchime K2 (F125 Horn) is made in America by Nathan Manufacturing. Leslie Controls' horns are supposedly made in India.
@@hakeemsd70m it sounds so bad though, u wouldn't hear that awful noise on a Dash 8
@@ThunderboltFan2000 I agree, doesn't sound so great. Dash 8's had amazing horns. A K5L or K5LA would sound so much better on the F125.
@@hakeemsd70m No they don't. Leslie, WABCO, and Nathan are all American Horn Manufacturing companies. India just gets some of our not so good work (Wabco; not nathan or Leslie)
Nice to hear something other than the ubiquitous K5LA \m/
Fantastic capture ! Great compilation.
Why are they using the bombardier Cabcars for coaches?
TrainSF It's testing its high speed. Also, metrolink's bullshit detector turned on. They decided to use Bombardier cars, as they're better than Rotem sets.
Those old gals are getting used at least.
They wont be used for revenue service again sadly.
JP Amtrak 6905 Productions How about they give the rest Metrolink cab cars to Caltrain
Ethan Campbell no
Great train and video! Very nice scene! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano :-)
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From what I’ve read locomotives powered by CAT prime movers have generally been failures. I hope that’s changed, because I really, really, REALLY like the way this thing looks, and I want them to stick around for as long as the F40PH has.
Well these things have CAT motors in them, and so far in the 2 and a half years that they have been on Metrolink property only 2 or 3 are running revenue service. I like these things too but these things have been nothing but failures so far.
California Rail Productions™ Ah, crush my dreams, why don’t you? Oh, well. I suppose we can still hope...
Sad thing is, after these went into production with their high horsepower (what is it, like 4,700 or so?) EMD went back to making their "J" engine (formerly the failed "H" engine) with I believe 4,600hp using 4 fewer pistons. If they'd just waited another couple of years, these might have been "genuine" EMDs.
FreihEitner
No kidding. There must have been a meeting at some point where someone said something along the lines of,” Okay, we need a power plant for our new passenger locomotive.”
At which point someone piped up and said,” well, we’re with Caterpillar now, why don’t we use a CAT?”
And instead of throwing pens at him, they all went,” Hmm, Caterpillar,... good idea.”
@@FreihEitner Except here for I won’t allow them to use their tried and true two strokes. Metra only wants to mess with those type of prime movers
Cool video of the Metrolink train
It's Wide World of Trains :)
Can't wait for these to get into service!!!!
YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Where? In Santa Ana I hope cus that’s where I live and I see plenty of other metrolink trains
How are y’all excited after they replaced the old Metrolink Engines?
Nice video I heard 1 is in service already
TrainFan8444 More will be in service at the end of the month.
x тғw yeah
TrainFan8444 they are I think
At Notch8 u can barely hear the lomomotive
MassDotFan1062 Productions That's the most ironic feature of this F125. Nothing is better than hearing GE's in Notch 8! *CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG*
Probably done on purpose to reduce the noise, and thus the amount of complaints from residents living near the tracks.
SleepTrain456 I hope there is still some F59PH's.
SleepTrain456 true.
they already are gonna make upland and Claremont Q zone and get rid of Claremont metrolink depot to make room for the stupid gold line
a sight for Sore eyes seeing Those Cab cars.. What does metrolink plan on doing with em?
Ameridas 45 probably removing the horns and bells and using them as coaches
Ameridas 45 not as bad as our cascades thy look like a 5 year old designed thim.
Most likely to be used until further notice
Great Video. The F125's are awesome but the horns are horrendous! Hurray for V-20's again!
Well the first horn sounded really nice but idk
It makes sense really. All the Bombardier cars are old cab cars, and since they are not in revenue service anymore, might as well give them something to do before they are sold and scrapped. Throw a bunch of non-revenue cars on the back, so revenue services aren’t disrupted, and at the same time stress test the engine.
As for the horn, has Metrolink ever really been correct or consistent at all? I mean, they have only been consistent in their inconsistency, why change now? :P
Awesome video, it also confirmed to me that they are allowing the totem cabs to run again without a BNSF, I appreciate the news!
RamosXN40 It’s Rotem Cab Cars
I think they are sold to Utah Transit Authority.
COASTER should keep them
.. How good would it be to resume the use of "Super Chief" style aerodynamic passenger cars like those used in the 1950s-1960s with the use of current technology which would optimize the economy and speed of these excellent locomotives.
I remember seeing something like this in person and it scared the crap out of me, I was waiting for a Metrolink train and it speed by me like this
Did it have like 1000 cars?
1:45 f59 meeting its replacement😢
3:43 looks like the horn is fixed...
0:47 looks like the horn is fixed...
They look good, sound good, hopefully the will be reliable. And they can do 125 mph, but sadly we'll never see them running that speed in SoCal. @ California Rail Productions: great video!
OldSchool1500 what they should do is sell them to someone like MARC they could use them with their Siemens Charger
0:45, why does that Metrolink train have 12 passenger cars? It’s more than usual than that Metrolink train at 1:47 which only has 3 passenger cars. 2:18, there goes the 12 passenger car Metrolink train again passing a railroad crossing.
It’s a test train with 12 cars they are testing the speed of the train that’s why they put 12 cars
But that’s too much
No one is in it, they are just testing it and the other train that has 3 is not a test train it’s just in the vid
I see a couple of the cab car's horns are missing? Wonder if they got stolen since they store them in LA
I know these locomotives are capable of 125mph but is there anywhere on the Metrolink system that they can get close to that speed?
90 mph on the Surf Line between Santa Ana and Oceanside.
I love the loco but they could have put on a better horn lol
Yea literally anything is better than a K2
I’d take a single note clogged K5LA than a K2
The sound of engine like EMD F7!
2:14 the train horn sounded like some thing. But I think the horn was going fast motion mode🙂🇺🇸
Looks like a mix between a HSP46 and a MP36Ph-3C
How long before these break down and they have to call bnsf again?
Special edition solutions two locomotive Front and back F125 ! Is very logic , You can Running Front or you can do it for running Back 🙏
Hey, I love that the opening shot is Upland station.
The horns sound like the fouled p2s the bombarder cab cars would get.
Metrolink 2017 Brand New EMD F-125 Diesel-Electric locomotives # 910 & 911 with 12 Coaches & Cabcar # 710 along With American Nathan K2A AirChime AirWhistle
They should make coaches to go with these trains it looks so weird like that
You mean bombardier coaches cuz Ik rotems just ruin everything
Why does its horn sound so foul and discordant though? Can't they put a 90s K5LA on it?
It's either a K2, or an overblown K3LA that was rescued from a junkyard.
I think some cities Metrolink serves have noise ordinances that limit the horn's loudness, a K5LA might be too loud.
Too loud for regulations. 90's K5s can get up 152 db and the max allowed today is 110 db.
the color scheme is awesome.
I just found your channel, new sub and great vid 😎
7:02 This is my favorite crossing sound in America(アメリカの踏切音がこれがいちばんすきです)
The horns in the first 2 clips don't sound bad, but the rest of them sound like crap. Wonder why.
Awesome video man!!
911's horn sounds like a K3LA without the 1 bell.
Reminds me of an overblown K3LA (I like overblown K3LA's).
DM Multimedia same
quick question. I recently got a radio scanner so i could listen to the train drivers and dispatch talk when im riding the metro link. But does anyone know how to find what frequency they transmit on?
When will the F125s be running on the Orange County line?
Unsure
We saw the loco several times on the Orange County line
They started running on the 91 Perris Valley line but consists switch everyday so you gotta get lucky
It depends if the engine passes the test
Anyone know what horn that is? It sounds creepy but cool at the same time
airchime k2
Those horns sound like maybe they're being overblown? The low tone warbles and sometimes changes pitch. They'd sound alot better if they produced a solid chord and didn't sound like they were about to blow themselves apart!
is it like 1 cab,bunch of bombariders,ad 2 engines?
Why does Metrolink have weird horns on all of their locomotives??
those old bombardier cabs tho O_O
They are all cab cars too! I miss them so much
Metrolink #883 and sheriffs wrap coach 191 is the same train.
The horn sounds like a spooky overblown K3LA, I'm not crazy about the way the cab looks though...
I like how long those coaches are. :-)
85'
8:04 trains have voice cracks😂😂😂
They do have voice cracks
sd40s
Ugh why do these need to replace the f59phi and ph, I just am not a fan of the design at all, I had faith in emd
the f-59 is EMD also.
rear speaker I didn’t say they weren’t
I'm not a fan of the design either, to me it looks top heavy and too long. Perhaps this had something to do with safety improvements.
Trains78sAndMore very possible safety improvements was the key too design but look at the stuff Amtrak wanted, stayed that could physically lift them up and we got the iconic AEM-7 and F40ph and some other cool things like the P30
Benjamin King yes but the PHI is only about 20 years old and not many modern passenger railroads take good are of there stuff, not Amtrak and Metrolink either, though they do a bit of a better job. But these aren’t even mechanically sound. The big unveiling party of the locomotive broke down half way on its journey and they have done it a good number of times to where it could be deemed “unreliable”.
7:12 what horn?
happygerman443 Nathan P-12 (Commonly referred time as P2)
The new cars look and sound so much better!!
Great video, what is the location at about 3:30 with the Eucalyptus trees?
pdxrailtransit thanks! That is Pomona, CA on San Dimas Rd
California Rail Productions™ My old stomping grounds and I didn't recognize it, but it's been 25 years since I left LA.
let's just bring all the roots blown noisy f units back and I will be in heaven.
Great coverage !
How are the two F125s Pulling 1 Hyundai Rotem Coach Car And 10 Bombardier Bi-level Cab Cars, And 1 Hyundai Rotem Cab Car?
Alex Lindberg they have engines :)
in the f125 I see that the white bombardier cars are cab cars
3:45 my favorite horn
great vid man
This video is @ 30fps btw.
No one cares.
DM Multimedia 👍
MassDotFan1062 Productions its 60fps
First Coast Railfan !
@@floridianrailauto9032 good to know
The cab cars on Metro North Commuter line are also very funky and weird. I think Metro North & Metro link have the weirdest sounding horns ever.
Metrolink also has weird cabcars
3:05
👆 click Doppler affrct
Nice video!
What kind of horn is that?
A Nathan K2
Why did that first horn sound like a musical sting when something goes wrong in a movie or something hahaha
Whats the spot @7:52
Nice Video!!! Can't wait to see these new guys in action soon.
Does metrolink insist on having the worst horns?
Nice video man
What horns do the Rotem cab cars and the F125 locomotives have?
Nathan K2
Plus, are the f125 are the replacement of the old Locomotive?
FNAFAndtrainfan 2017 the mp36ph?
Brandon likestrains wait, the MP36PH-3C? Those locomotive are being replaced??? I've never get to see one except for the VRE(Virginia railway Express), uta front-runner and Marc(Maryland area Reginald commuter)
All of the F59PH's and half of the F59PHI fleets are being replaced
California Rail Productions™ are they being scrapped? Or being ship to somewhere else?
Brandon likestrains the mp36 still has a long life ahead it's not even been in ten years if service
Did anyone realized that cabcars were in the testing train?
I like the horn! It sounds like the start of a James Bond movie.
Weird sounding horns on these locomotives
Absolute Amazing
Metrolink test train 2 f125 is 910 911 Metrolink Hyundai cab car is 652
Dam these are fast now the old ones were slow but these are sooo fast
Where are the horns located?
In 1:20 all of them were bommeder cabcars
Why can't they put all 22 of em into service?
Because not all of them are ready for service yet.
With some of them not yet delivered as well too.
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Why should he he is a great youtuber
I see someone name taco stacks everywhere on music and he isn't asked to stop so that's not fair is it? No
@Reuben Thatcher lol
Is that a new engine?? Looks better then other metro links
Yes these are new locomotives.
This is the ugliest piece of garbage I've ever seen, how can you say it looks better than an F59PH?!
Luke Schneider's planes your right they are nice locomotives(:
Metrolink has a new look f125 910 Metrolink Hyundai cab car 652 and rest of the cab cars Metrolink f125 911
Sounds and looks like the gray cab car a lot! I think that's where Metrolink got the Idea from!
I heard it has a few issues, is EMD working on addressing those?
Is there something not right with 910? I hear the engine screaming!
Nope, thats how its supposed to sound.
But it sounds like a high-pitched horn btw