As a truck driver having been all over the country for 20 years. I've never seen a train that long! And with a total of ten locomotives!! Just wow!!! Makes me wish I chose a different career.
Thank goodness for the railroads hauling all those containers. I drive a tractor trailer for a living and would hate to have all those containers out on the highways at once . It would be gridlock 100%
Ever seen a Roadrailer? 53' trailers mounted nose to tail directly onto the rail wheel assemblies. It's the dangdest thing. It's here on le Tube de You, "Roadrailer up close"...someone said they counted and it was 500+ trailers long. All one company, too. Yowza.
My Goodness, I've never ever seen anything like that before in Railways anywhere in my life. What a beast pulling 16,000 ft long weight string ain't a joke man. Thanks for sharing I'm really impressed 👍👍👍
The thing that amazes me about these trains is how the couplings can be so strong, especially at the front of the train. Think about that first connecting coupling! All the weight that’s on it. It’s amazing how strong steel actually is
Think about the small piece of steel rail that supports these monstrosities, it has to bear all the weight, AND must be perfectly aligned for thousands of miles. One inch out means derailment
That's why they add 3 engines in the middle + 2 in the back, to distribute power along the train, so the couplings are under less stress. Still amazing, though, I agree, as is all tech stuff.
TV Mohini there’s a reason for that it’s called wind restrictions that means they can’t double stack those cans as there called I know this because of the company I work for
@@hammerdragon4321 i always thought it was about the weight restrictions, as one container could be heavier loaded than the others. thanks for clarifying it :-) have a good one.
Hammer Dragon Thank you for the explanation. I learn something every day from these videos and more importantly the comments from knowledgeable folks such as yourself. Thank you again.
@MrChickenhauler8502 im a reefer truck drive long haul. The scary thing is, if something goes wrong on our government breaks, we dont know until we inspect the truck the next shift after the 10 hour break. But depending on the product, the temp of the box may get to be warm but the product may remain good because of how tight they pack the trailers.
OMG That is the longest train I have ever seen it’s brilliant we never see anything like this in the UK 🇬🇧 and it was travelling at a good speed, great video
CP Rail runs 180 car stack trains through the Rockies with 5 GE AC4400’s in distributed power. Two in the lead, 2 in the middle and one in the rear. Also they are about 90% double stacked. This one was about 50% single stack and running flat ground. They might have been testing length in regards to traffic tie-ups at level crossings. CP did this a few years back. 14,000 foot trains are getting pretty regular. This is tougher sledding through the Rockies.
Got a cab ride several years back on CP from Revelstoke to Golden with my PV ( private varnish passenger car ) on the rear. Went through the Connunett Tunnel ( built with Chinese labor. Three new GEs up front. Engineer let me drive as he stepped outside to 'take care of some business. Also on the climb he blew the horn, opened his window & in a few minutes several ravens came by & he hand fed them a treat. Can tell this story now as I'm sure the statute of limitations is in affect. DJT
The train was a monstrous 280 cars, 16 cars away from the monster that traversed UP's Sunset Route in January 2010 and 22 cars more than my longest train in September 2016 (my profile picture is that train). I love this and I think this a going-concern strategy for BNSF. Interestingly, the videos I have see of this mega train are in just Kansas and Illinois so far. What about California or Arizona or New Mexico?
ABALLAM3 they go all the way out to Los Angeles I believe, they supposedly are going to try a 20,000 footer in the future, it makes more sense for BNSF and UP to do this due to the longer distance.
It totally makes sense to run huge trains. CN does it between Toronto and Vancouver or Prince Rupert everyday. It's just weird that there is no videos of these monsters through Cajon Pass, Abo Canyon, the Arizona Divide or Mojave Desert, but I guess it is a matter of time. UP's only huge intermodal is between Global 3 and Long Beach and it runs along the Overland Route and through Las Vegas. Oddly, there is no huge eastbound intermodal in return. They still have yet to run 10,000 foot intermodals on their Sunset Route between Texas and California as well as to the Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco.
Haha Im a retired conductor and the longest I've ever worked on was a 15,000 ton 14,000 footer. I can just hear the hot box now, stop your train defect, axle 1946. Lol
@@stripervince1 .. 14,000 footer what's that in plain English coupla mile? I used to make the freight trains up in the yard from the siding to the main track line for them to haul ass outta there, and when they arrived I had to walk around them (1-2mile) bleeding the brakes manually in them days by pulling the wire around near the rear of the wagons underneath, and releasing any foot brakes that were left on, two of my buddies from safety school got killed by freight trains one on night shift and the other on a twilight shift, I got put off and went back to the goods sheds where I started, got myself certified and drove fork hoists for the rest of my employment, I absolutely loved the Railways Department [New Zealand Railways Freights Logistics Services * Goods Shed Checker Supervisor * Shunter/Switcher * Gov Certified Fork Hoist Operations 1975-78]
^^^@David Johnson .. Why what did you do for the railways department? imagine having to walk around a 2-3mile train bleeding the brakes of all wagons, box cars, open air carriages with tarps tied down and platform trailers by hand and releasing all foot brakes that were on, I was very young so it was a breeze, now day's it's all done by computer in the engine, I have 3yrs to go for my retirement, actually I've been semi retired for the last 20yrs in any case Lol:P * [New Zealand Railways Freights Logistics and Services]
@@deetjay1 .. Your are a legend Man, Amarillo Texas home of the Gun-slingers back in the day or was there a Civil or Revolutionary War there? Lol:P Take it easy and stay well friend - [I Loved the Railways and Especially the "Big Boys" Long Haul Freighters]
I used to work at a small hospital in Alabama. We had this old white lady who had the last name Holmes as a patient. One of the techs would always ask her if she knew John Holmes. She'd always politely reply that no, people would ask her about him but she didn't know him, and thought he must live in the next town over.
Another interesting bit of longest train info: General Cargo: Union Pacific, United States. Run from 8-10 January 2010, consisting of 296 container cars and hauled by nine diesel-electric locomotive spread through the train with a total length of 18,000 feet (3.4 mi; 5.5 km), from a terminal in Texas to Los Angeles. Around 618 double-stacked containers were carried at speeds up to 70 mph/112 km/h. Ref: Wikipedia
It always baffles me that idiots in cars willingly dodge barriers in front of THIS to save a couple of minutes... your chances against this thing are hopeless.
Jams Monster imagine if a knuckle broke on the second to last car. The newbie would have to carry a new one all the way down there, and then walk back.
Awesome shot! Different story to when I've came up to the Chilli sub to watch trains length wise. the CN down here has been known to run trains over 10,000 feet just with two locomotives!
I have, it was necessary in mountain climbing areas like pennsylvania, up state newyork, and the rockies! even with steam engines! one pulls, the other pushes!
This is a wow. I live in Banning, Ca. And normally the trains run four engines. Even then, if you are stopped at a railroad crossing, you might as well turn off your motor and wait.
Kevin Finn, now imagine an equally long train going the other way. Can you say, "Double saw-by"? I know you can. Now say it without using profanity . . .
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471, as I understand it, it's a maneuver that is complicated, time-consuming, & ultimately costs RR companies money. It's likely to get both crews & corporate management angry with dispatchers that let it happen, hence the possibility of foul language in several quarters.
@@ElecTricksCity My name is Anthony too. I'm in Wisconsin, next door to you. I have 3 questions: What is your job at BNSF? How is the pay and benefits? What are the hours?
@@shauntrailskinner9645 I'm a Carman. Basically a railcar mechanic. Make sure the brakes are working, anything else that's wrong on cars gets fixed before they head out. Pay is pretty good $25-30$ an hour, benefits are pretty good too. 8 hour shifts
You can move it by train, plane or ship but when it comes off of that it's got to get on a truck to make it to it's final destination . I've been driving trucks since 2007
Holy mackerel! Now that is the longest I have ever seen. It boggles the mind of the amount of goods being moved at one time by the least amount of people!
That subdivision you were on starts near Richard J. Daley Park near S. Western Boulevard and I-55 on Chicago's west side, then runs to Fort Madison Iowa to join the (BNSF Marceline Subdivision) into Kansas City Mo. You are filming this train on the northeast side of town on CR E 2900 N. The FRA data on that crossing is [004500L] Amtrak's California Zephyr and Southwest Chief will pick up this sub in Galesburg Illinois. The Southwest Chief will continue on the (Chillicothe Subdivision) into Fort Madison Iowa, then pick up the (Marceline Subdivision). The California Zephyr will follow the (Ottumwa Subdivision) to Creston Iowa. The Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr begins at Chicago's Union Station. The Southwest Chief will run to Los Angeles, the California Zephyr will run to Emeryville California, near the San Francisco Bay region. The California Zephyr serves the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. The Southwest Chief will serve the states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Now if I know that particular run correctly, If anyone has any ideas please let me know. The run will begin in the (BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision) from Chicago to Fort Madison Iowa where it will pick up the (BNSF Marceline Subdivision). From there it will run into Kansas City and join the (Kansas City Terminal Subdivision) until it passes through the (Kansas City Argentine Yard), then join the (Emporia Subdivision) into Wellington Kansas. From there, it will join the (Panhandle Subdivision) until it arrives in Amarillo TX, then pick up the (Hereford Subdivision) into Texico New Mexico on the (BNSF Southern Transcon) At this point, the (Slaton Subdivision) will come up from Lubbock Texas to join the transcon . From there it will pick up the (Clovis Subdivision), run through the (Clovis Yard) then continue west to Belen Junction near Los Lunas New Mexico where it will join the (Gallup Subdivision). It will remain west to Winslow Arizona until it picks up the (Seligman Subdivision) to Needles California. At Needles California the line continues west as the (Needles Subdivision) to Barstow California. From Barstow, it will run through the Barstow Yard and drop south on the (Cajon Subdivision) until it arrives in San Bernardino California. It will follow the (San Bernardino Subdivision) until it comes into the (Alameda Corridor) southeast of downtown Los Angeles near the (River Subdivision), then continue to the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (Company, yards, and subdivisions in parenthesis) [FRA Data in Brackets]
Spreads out coupling stress both accelerating and braking, wonder what the limit is. Wonder if computers control syncing of engines to optimize workloads. Wonder how many couples in front of the middle and rear engines are in push before the switch to those in pull from the front?
Holey Smokes. Huge, long train. Have never seen a train before with Locos in the middle? Usually pullers and pushers at the Rear. Could have turned my car off and taken a Nap at that crossing. LOL
I have seen a few BNSF trains with mid DPUs. Usually loaded westbound grainers or oil trains coming over Tehachapi pass in Tehachapi, CA (I see them on the Tehachapi Live Train Cams on RUclips), and occassionally in Bakersfield, CA where I live.
OMG Could not believe it and yet there it was. Can't imagine the concentration of pure power it took to haul that monster on down the tracks. Forget trying to stop it!
I used to live about 75 yards from that line. Cool train spotting but it's crazy busy at all hours of the night. I'm enjoying the silence now that I've moved...
280 cars I think. That is an impressive train - I imagine the engineer needs great skill to safely run something that long. I do wonder though how **short** it could have been if they had fully double-stacked it. Either way it’s trucks OFF the roads! 👍
That train was heading West (to a container port in LA, Seattle, San Fran, etc). Mostly empty containers (which must go back to China / Asia to be refilled). Also, all the "Stackertrain" rail cars (separates and combos- sharing a common bogie) need to go pick up more containers (West coast ports) to take them back East (where 80% of the continental US Population resides / consumes). Two + trains like that each week, cross America, (East-full) then back (West-mostly empty, to the ports).
I was driving south though Illinois and saw a train in the distance, being in no particular hurry I did not race it to the crossing, it was still passing the crossing ten minutes later, I counted ten locomotives. You cannot appreciate the scale of these till you actually see them.
I wonder if these are the same ones that pass through Riverside CA. I hate it when they pass through. They cause such a grid lock in the area. At least they're moving at a decent speed of 55 MPH. I cought a 5 engine (3 front, 2 rear) going eastbound and seconds later a 9 engine (4 front, 3 mid, and 2 rear) going westbound. As annoying as it is, it's still incredible to see all this freight being moved all at once.
I like some of the intermodals, especially in distributive configuration... You know those locos in the middle are coming (and sometimes, at the end, too), but you don't know when or where! Almost like a cereal box with a "free inside"... This one has 10 total - 5 front, 3 mid, 2 end... Largest I've seen in real life was a few years ago only by chance, a UP distributive Intermodal through southwestern Minnesota headed towards what must've been the Twin Cities metro area with a total of 15 locos (5 front, 5 center, and 5 at the end)... I lost count with the stackable container cars and the piggybacks (And I can't for the life of me recall whom the all the logistics carriers were)! You don't realize that an urban area and probably points surrounding actually needs a steady supply of consumer good distribution that damn large until you see the load in transport!
BNSF and UP can lug these huge stack trains in the Midwest because it's less populated there. But holy moly, 16,000 feet?!? Good gracious! At least was good to see the train apparently on a speed restriction due to the length.
I have a question that I should know the answer to, but don't. My dad worked for EMD for 35 years and Im not into trains at all. Question is.. why don't all engines face forward? Why are they flip flopped? Nose to tail, then tail to nose. What is the reason/thinking behind this? Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The short answer is, so they can operate in units. Without having to turn around. Get to the end of the line. Switch locos and you are facing the correct direction. Hope that helps.
The front of the train entered at 0:21 and left at 4:20. The time elapsed was 3:59, which is 60*3 + 59 = 239 s. The train's average speed was 16,000 ft / (5,280 ft/mi) * (60 min/hr) * (60 s/min) / (239 s) ~= 45.6447318 mi/hr. Assuming that the train maintaned a constant speed, it traveled at 45.6 MPH throughout, precision/sig. figs. accounted for. FYI, 16,000 feet is 3 1/33 miles.
Thank you for sharing this video. I am originally from Illinois. I came from a small farming community that is located about 65-70 miles west of Chicago. I have been living in another state since November 1988. Long story about how I wound up where I currently live. I will not go into now. Way to much to tell. Anyways again thank you for sharing this video.
I was a conductor for CSX in S.C. the longest train I ever worked on was around 170 cars .. it was 2 coal trains we put together with 4 locomotives. I couldn't imagine a train that's 3 miles long... with 10 friggin locomotives.. geez
If anybody wants to see how they breakup long trains like this one. There is a multi tracked rail yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma that breaks up train cars and reattaches them to other trains. Each going to different destinations. The train cars are positioned at a top of a hill then pushed. As the cars roll down the hill they are switched to one of the many holding tracks. Then a new train is connected. All you can hear is the sound of switching tracks as the cars roll down the hill. Wouldn't be surprised if this one train makes ten trains.
There is a yard in St. Paul MN, where this happens. I live about 3 miles away, and I can hear them when the conditions are right. The slamming of couplers can keep me up at night, not that I am complaining. Trains fascinate me.
I work in the natural gas storage fields in ancona and see these trains and .just say idont think there is a line I the country that moves more freight these are amazing haven't seen one this long wow. Very cool till quitting time and gotta go north. Looooong waits!
As a truck driver having been all over the country for 20 years. I've never seen a train that long! And with a total of ten locomotives!! Just wow!!! Makes me wish I chose a different career.
Train driver
Become freight loco pilot… I like the horn sound
Really? No way😮
Me too! 😂
Trainspotting is a fantastic career.
5 engines in the front, 3 in the middle, 2 on the end. That is real power.
You bet ^^^@Michael Prosperity, "Freight Trains Are The Most Powerful of All Land Machinery" Guzzling Gas and Hauling Ass -
But.. How long would it take to come to a stop from full speed?
Stonks quick because of the dead weight
@@xreconusmc3156. Even if it's fully loaded? Seems like a lot of momentum would keep it going for awhile even with the brakes on.
Stonks a loaded train stops faster than a unloaded one
Thank goodness for the railroads hauling all those containers. I drive a tractor trailer for a living and would hate to have all those containers out on the highways at once . It would be gridlock 100%
Ever seen a Roadrailer? 53' trailers mounted nose to tail directly onto the rail wheel assemblies. It's the dangdest thing. It's here on le Tube de You, "Roadrailer up close"...someone said they counted and it was 500+ trailers long. All one company, too. Yowza.
that long train could tie up road crossings in 3 counties at one time
You count over 140 before even getting to the middle engines. That is unreal weight, and unreal power!!!
Not really, That train is 3.03 miles long
You mean 3 states at one time........ just kidding.......
🙄
Ever heard of this thing called a joke, Grandpa Jones?
If it crossed through 4 corners on a diagonal it would be 4 states simultaneously.
I count 290 cars. This has got to be one of the longest trains I have ever seen.
Less cars, since a lot of them were 5 segment wellcars.
The video is over but I am still counting!
@@jeffreyg3831 Chuckle
Better you do the counting than me. Im already dizzy
Saved me from counting them. Thanks
My Goodness, I've never ever seen anything like that before in Railways anywhere in my life. What a beast pulling 16,000 ft long weight string ain't a joke man. Thanks for sharing I'm really impressed 👍👍👍
The thing that amazes me about these trains is how the couplings can be so strong, especially at the front of the train. Think about that first connecting coupling! All the weight that’s on it. It’s amazing how strong steel actually is
engines pushing on the back is how
Think about the small piece of steel rail that supports these monstrosities, it has to bear all the weight, AND must be perfectly aligned for thousands of miles. One inch out means derailment
That's why they add 3 engines in the middle + 2 in the back, to distribute power along the train, so the couplings are under less stress. Still amazing, though, I agree, as is all tech stuff.
@@stripervince1 Technically the rail only carries the weight of the car riding on it, not the whole train.
@@stripervince1 Rails are actually fairly flexible.
I'd love this to be filmed from above. Someone needs to get a drone up there!
I was just wondering, what do aliens looking down from far above, think about those "long snakes" winding their way through the countryside?
That's definitely the longest train run I've seen, just fascinating! Thanks for sharing
Funny to see a lone double stack Maersk in the middle of a row of single stacks!!
TV Mohini there’s a reason for that it’s called wind restrictions that means they can’t double stack those cans as there called I know this because of the company I work for
@@hammerdragon4321 i always thought it was about the weight restrictions, as one container could be heavier loaded than the others.
thanks for clarifying it :-) have a good one.
Hammer Dragon Thank you for the explanation. I learn something every day from these videos and more importantly the comments from knowledgeable folks such as yourself. Thank you again.
That one was refrigerated...if it had perishable cargo that arrangement allows the reefer unit to cool better while running cooler itself.
@MrChickenhauler8502 im a reefer truck drive long haul. The scary thing is, if something goes wrong on our government breaks, we dont know until we inspect the truck the next shift after the 10 hour break. But depending on the product, the temp of the box may get to be warm but the product may remain good because of how tight they pack the trailers.
OMG That is the longest train I have ever seen it’s brilliant we never see anything like this in the UK 🇬🇧 and it was travelling at a good speed, great video
try looking for the Guinness book of records longest train its a monster from Australia
That's because America has so much flat and wide open area. And we have oceans on both sides.
Brian, look up UP Monster train. I forgot the length, but it was about equally as long. This was a nice vid and catch!
@@candlestyx8517 Last time I looked, Oz had oceans on FOUR sides!
Last time I looked, Oz had an ocean on FOUR sides!
CP Rail runs 180 car stack trains through the Rockies with 5 GE AC4400’s in distributed power. Two in the lead, 2 in the middle and one in the rear. Also they are about 90% double stacked. This one was about 50% single stack and running flat ground. They might have been testing length in regards to traffic tie-ups at level crossings. CP did this a few years back. 14,000 foot trains are getting pretty regular. This is tougher sledding through the Rockies.
Got a cab ride several years back on CP from Revelstoke to Golden with my PV ( private varnish passenger car ) on the rear. Went through the Connunett Tunnel ( built with Chinese labor.
Three new GEs up front. Engineer let me drive as he stepped outside to 'take care of some business.
Also on the climb he blew the horn, opened his window & in a few minutes several ravens came by & he hand fed them a treat.
Can tell this story now as I'm sure the statute of limitations is in affect.
DJT
Simply amazing, it makes you wonder where all this stuff is going to and the time it takes to assemble a train of such a length.
Yes, this is incredibly long. Amazing to watch the speed at which the engines pull the mega cargo loads.
The train was a monstrous 280 cars, 16 cars away from the monster that traversed UP's Sunset Route in January 2010 and 22 cars more than my longest train in September 2016 (my profile picture is that train). I love this and I think this a going-concern strategy for BNSF. Interestingly, the videos I have see of this mega train are in just Kansas and Illinois so far. What about California or Arizona or New Mexico?
ABALLAM3 they go all the way out to Los Angeles I believe, they supposedly are going to try a 20,000 footer in the future, it makes more sense for BNSF and UP to do this due to the longer distance.
It totally makes sense to run huge trains. CN does it between Toronto and Vancouver or Prince Rupert everyday. It's just weird that there is no videos of these monsters through Cajon Pass, Abo Canyon, the Arizona Divide or Mojave Desert, but I guess it is a matter of time. UP's only huge intermodal is between Global 3 and Long Beach and it runs along the Overland Route and through Las Vegas. Oddly, there is no huge eastbound intermodal in return. They still have yet to run 10,000 foot intermodals on their Sunset Route between Texas and California as well as to the Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco.
Mega trains are not good for anyone
I counted 278 carriages plus 9 engines. Lots of double decks too, that’s the biggest train I’ve ever seen. Great vid.
That was a ridiculously long train Engines in the front middle and bringing up the rear
Hell you could put the car in park, kick back and get a fairly decent nap waiting on that guy!
Just think of how many 18 wheelers this train kept off our highways. We need more trains like this. Harold Coleman
Still gonna need the trks idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless your gonna deliver freight in your Toyota. Dumass!
A three mile long train...Glad I'm retired!
Haha Im a retired conductor and the longest I've ever worked on was a 15,000 ton 14,000 footer. I can just hear the hot box now, stop your train defect, axle 1946. Lol
@@stripervince1 .. 14,000 footer what's that in plain English coupla mile? I used to make the freight trains up in the yard from the siding to the main track line for them to haul ass outta there, and when they arrived I had to walk around them (1-2mile) bleeding the brakes manually in them days by pulling the wire around near the rear of the wagons underneath, and releasing any foot brakes that were left on, two of my buddies from safety school got killed by freight trains one on night shift and the other on a twilight shift, I got put off and went back to the goods sheds where I started, got myself certified and drove fork hoists for the rest of my employment, I absolutely loved the Railways Department
[New Zealand Railways Freights Logistics Services * Goods Shed Checker Supervisor * Shunter/Switcher * Gov Certified Fork Hoist Operations 1975-78]
^^^@David Johnson .. Why what did you do for the railways department? imagine having to walk around a 2-3mile train bleeding the brakes of all wagons, box cars, open air carriages with tarps tied down and platform trailers by hand and releasing all foot brakes that were on, I was very young so it was a breeze, now day's it's all done by computer in the engine, I have 3yrs to go for my retirement, actually I've been semi retired for the last 20yrs in any case Lol:P *
[New Zealand Railways Freights Logistics and Services]
@@splash5150izy I worked at BNSF HQ Fort Worth in Customer Service...Started out on the old FWD at Amarillo TX...
@@deetjay1 .. Your are a legend Man, Amarillo Texas home of the Gun-slingers back in the day or was there a Civil or Revolutionary War there? Lol:P Take it easy and stay well friend -
[I Loved the Railways and Especially the "Big Boys" Long Haul Freighters]
I use to drive for BSNF, moving crews around, I had heard about this but never got to see it.. WOW
I do that now. Get to see some cool stuff...
I used to drive for BNSF too. But since im married now, I chose to become a truck driver foe Taylor Heavy Hauling. I loved being a railroad engineer.
Wow! Impressive video. It was pretty neat to see the 5-3-2 arrangement of the locos
That's the John Holmes of trains!
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I used to work at a small hospital in Alabama. We had this old white lady who had the last name Holmes as a patient. One of the techs would always ask her if she knew John Holmes. She'd always politely reply that no, people would ask her about him but she didn't know him, and thought he must live in the next town over.
Good one !!
Another interesting bit of longest train info: General Cargo: Union Pacific, United States. Run from 8-10 January 2010, consisting of 296 container cars and hauled by nine diesel-electric locomotive spread through the train with a total length of 18,000 feet (3.4 mi; 5.5 km), from a terminal in Texas to Los Angeles. Around 618 double-stacked containers were carried at speeds up to 70 mph/112 km/h. Ref: Wikipedia
The Dynamic Energy that is in this train at 65mph is incredible.
It always baffles me that idiots in cars willingly dodge barriers in front of THIS to save a couple of minutes... your chances against this thing are hopeless.
I've NEVER seen a single consist THAT long!! That is insane!!
Great catch I love the beauty of intermodal giants between BNSF an UP just awesome display as they define an top each other one train at a time
I don't belive! Incredible...
Would hate to do the air test on this beast
We lost DP can you walk back and check the remote motor.
Jams Monster imagine if a knuckle broke on the second to last car. The newbie would have to carry a new one all the way down there, and then walk back.
They should have an atv or something for stuff like that
@@jake-qn6zy emergency crews everywhere the trains go
Or the defect detector detected a hot wheel at about car 150.
Awesome shot! Different story to when I've came up to the Chilli sub to watch trains length wise. the CN down here has been known to run trains over 10,000 feet just with two locomotives!
Thanks!!
I've done 15000 with two.
I counted 280 Cars 😮😮 I wish we had monster trains like that here in Ohio
Oooh i got 279 !!!!
I think I have seen one train with a DPU a few years ago here in central Ohio. I see more trains transferring engines.
@@lonnyyoung4285 I am seeing DPUs on the CSX more and more; west of Cleveland.
I got 288 cars
@@smoldovahkiin2884 the same as me
Wow! That’s a big ass train! Thank you for sharing! 😎👍🏻
I have never seen a train with locomotives in the middle before. Insane
I have, it was necessary in mountain climbing areas like pennsylvania, up state newyork, and the rockies! even with steam engines! one pulls, the other pushes!
I stared at the the train for too long made me dizzy😵 I almost threw up...Awsome....love trains👍👍😁
That was a serious train!! Thanks for video
Its amazing how much horsepower these trains have
This is a wow. I live in Banning, Ca. And normally the trains run four engines. Even then, if you are stopped at a railroad crossing, you might as well turn off your motor and wait.
1:04 OCD is going crazy
The sounds at 2:36 screams Fire and Force.Thanks sharing
We’re running these long trains all the time over on the UP. They aren’t hard to run as long as you’ve got good power.
Guess which train has the right of way....there isn't a siding in the country that can hold onto that one...
Kevin Finn, now imagine an equally long train going the other way. Can you say, "Double saw-by"? I know you can.
Now say it without using profanity . . .
@@donaldthomas7070
What?!?
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471, Google "double saw-by."
@@donaldthomas7070
I know what a double saw-by is. I was confused when you mentioned profanity.
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471, as I understand it, it's a maneuver that is complicated, time-consuming, & ultimately costs RR companies money. It's likely to get both crews & corporate management angry with dispatchers that let it happen, hence the possibility of foul language in several quarters.
It’s hard to imagine how long it must have taken just to LOAD that whole train.
I counted an even 280 cars plus 10 engines. Fantastic train and video.
The trains I work on in Minnesota have a maximum length of about 7,200 ft. Air testing them alone some days is never fun haha
@Anthony GDB
Let me guess....the trains you worked on in Minnesota were BNSF trains?
@@shauntrailskinner9645 Yup, working on BNSF trains
@@ElecTricksCity
Incidentally..., what does GDB stand for?
@@ElecTricksCity
My name is Anthony too.
I'm in Wisconsin, next door to you.
I have 3 questions:
What is your job at BNSF? How is the pay and benefits? What are the hours?
@@shauntrailskinner9645 I'm a Carman. Basically a railcar mechanic. Make sure the brakes are working, anything else that's wrong on cars gets fixed before they head out. Pay is pretty good $25-30$ an hour, benefits are pretty good too. 8 hour shifts
My wife Christina and her girlfriends were cheering me on as I was driving a train similar to this one
Think of all the eighteen wheelers who missed out on the loads...great savings.
You can move it by train, plane or ship but when it comes off of that it's got to get on a truck to make it to it's final destination . I've been driving trucks since 2007
Truck drivers take it the final mile, without truck drivers, all of this is for nothing.
This is just one link in the logistics chain. It will get to the drivers, dear heart. Patience.
That was simply sensational. That train was over 3 miles long!
Bet this consist takes up several zip codes!
Dispatchers nightmare.
Holy mackerel! Now that is the longest I have ever seen. It boggles the mind of the amount of goods being moved at one time by the least amount of people!
That subdivision you were on starts near Richard J. Daley Park near S. Western Boulevard and I-55 on Chicago's west side, then runs to Fort Madison Iowa to join the (BNSF Marceline Subdivision) into Kansas City Mo. You are filming this train on the northeast side of town on CR E 2900 N. The FRA data on that crossing is [004500L] Amtrak's California Zephyr and Southwest Chief will pick up this sub in Galesburg Illinois. The Southwest Chief will continue on the (Chillicothe Subdivision) into Fort Madison Iowa, then pick up the (Marceline Subdivision). The California Zephyr will follow the (Ottumwa Subdivision) to Creston Iowa.
The Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr begins at Chicago's Union Station. The Southwest Chief will run to Los Angeles, the California Zephyr will run to Emeryville California, near the San Francisco Bay region. The California Zephyr serves the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. The Southwest Chief will serve the states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Now if I know that particular run correctly, If anyone has any ideas please let me know. The run will begin in the (BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision) from Chicago to Fort Madison Iowa where it will pick up the (BNSF Marceline Subdivision). From there it will run into Kansas City and join the (Kansas City Terminal Subdivision) until it passes through the (Kansas City Argentine Yard), then join the (Emporia Subdivision) into Wellington Kansas.
From there, it will join the (Panhandle Subdivision) until it arrives in Amarillo TX, then pick up the (Hereford Subdivision) into Texico New Mexico on the (BNSF Southern Transcon) At this point, the (Slaton Subdivision) will come up from Lubbock Texas to join the transcon . From there it will pick up the (Clovis Subdivision), run through the (Clovis Yard) then continue west to Belen Junction near Los Lunas New Mexico where it will join the (Gallup Subdivision).
It will remain west to Winslow Arizona until it picks up the (Seligman Subdivision) to Needles California. At Needles California the line continues west as the (Needles Subdivision) to Barstow California. From Barstow, it will run through the Barstow Yard and drop south on the (Cajon Subdivision) until it arrives in San Bernardino California. It will follow the (San Bernardino Subdivision) until it comes into the (Alameda Corridor) southeast of downtown Los Angeles near the (River Subdivision), then continue to the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
(Company, yards, and subdivisions in parenthesis)
[FRA Data in Brackets]
Sounds about right. My main focus is Belen to Needles.
Amazing. Thanks for posting, and great quality.
You're welcome and thank you
Great video!!! 👍
5 - 145 - 3 - 135 - 2
Spreads out coupling stress both accelerating and braking, wonder what the limit is. Wonder if computers control syncing of engines to optimize workloads. Wonder how many couples in front of the middle and rear engines are in push before the switch to those in pull from the front?
Holy cow, that was a super awesome train
Packing some power to keep this monster train moving... Great video bro. !!!
Holey Smokes. Huge, long train. Have never seen a train before with Locos in the middle?
Usually pullers and pushers at the Rear.
Could have turned my car off and taken a Nap at that crossing. LOL
I have seen a few BNSF trains with mid DPUs. Usually loaded westbound grainers or oil trains coming over Tehachapi pass in Tehachapi, CA (I see them on the Tehachapi Live Train Cams on RUclips), and occassionally in Bakersfield, CA where I live.
Then you wake up, the gates come down, then a similar length train comes along. Happy Christmas (London)
That’s a lot of freight! Great catch!
Wouldn't be surprised that the 2 pushers at the rear were still in Streator when the lead units passed in front of your camera.
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This is the longest Container Trains powered by 10 BNSF powerful engines I have ever seen.
OMG Could not believe it and yet there it was. Can't imagine the concentration of pure power it took to haul that monster on down the tracks. Forget trying to stop it!
DAYUM !!!! Monster Train is an understatement !!! Monster Behemoth
Excelente video saludos desde Querétaro México buena velocidad 😮😮😮
Wow! That bad boy is really moving
I used to live about 75 yards from that line. Cool train spotting but it's crazy busy at all hours of the night. I'm enjoying the silence now that I've moved...
That's a damn beast of a train!
"Let's build one three miles long, put two guys up in the pointy part, and hope it all goes to plan."
"Sounds good, Chief!"
What a monster train, nice catch!!!
What a splendid train, I like it o lot.
The extra locomotives are used for additional power as well as dynamic braking on grades.
280 cars I think. That is an impressive train - I imagine the engineer needs great skill to safely run something that long. I do wonder though how **short** it could have been if they had fully double-stacked it. Either way it’s trucks OFF the roads! 👍
290 cars in fact.
That train was heading West (to a container port in LA, Seattle, San Fran, etc).
Mostly empty containers (which must go back to China / Asia to be refilled).
Also, all the "Stackertrain" rail cars (separates and combos- sharing a common bogie) need to go pick up more containers (West coast ports) to take them back East (where 80% of the continental US Population resides / consumes).
Two + trains like that each week, cross America, (East-full) then back (West-mostly empty, to the ports).
Holy cow. Def the longest i have seen. Great work
I was driving south though Illinois and saw a train in the distance, being in no particular hurry I did not race it to the crossing, it was still passing the crossing ten minutes later, I counted ten locomotives. You cannot appreciate the scale of these till you actually see them.
Engineer to the Brakeman: “That broken coupler is on the 275th car.......”
Brakeman to Engineer: “I will be back in 9 hours it’s a bit of a walk.”
Would have to 'dog catch'.
I wonder if these are the same ones that pass through Riverside CA. I hate it when they pass through. They cause such a grid lock in the area. At least they're moving at a decent speed of 55 MPH. I cought a 5 engine (3 front, 2 rear) going eastbound and seconds later a 9 engine (4 front, 3 mid, and 2 rear) going westbound. As annoying as it is, it's still incredible to see all this freight being moved all at once.
Damn. How do you even unload a train like that? Or do they split it into several trains near the end of the track?
They split the train into multiple sections at the yards.
Thank you... Was wondering the same about how they break it up
That is definitely a monster! Great catch
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2 trains engines are on the back rear train...
both engines are useing neutral or push push
I think i missed a day of work just watching that. Wow.
Holy wow 😱 that is absolutely immense! Not even sure the trailing locos are running?
Oh my God!! What a Wonderfull!! Here in Brazil, I've never seen a train so longest like this!!! Uauuu!!! 😲😲😀
I like some of the intermodals, especially in distributive configuration... You know those locos in the middle are coming (and sometimes, at the end, too), but you don't know when or where! Almost like a cereal box with a "free inside"... This one has 10 total - 5 front, 3 mid, 2 end... Largest I've seen in real life was a few years ago only by chance, a UP distributive Intermodal through southwestern Minnesota headed towards what must've been the Twin Cities metro area with a total of 15 locos (5 front, 5 center, and 5 at the end)... I lost count with the stackable container cars and the piggybacks (And I can't for the life of me recall whom the all the logistics carriers were)! You don't realize that an urban area and probably points surrounding actually needs a steady supply of consumer good distribution that damn large until you see the load in transport!
Nice train & beautiful view 👍
BNSF and UP can lug these huge stack trains in the Midwest because it's less populated there. But holy moly, 16,000 feet?!? Good gracious! At least was good to see the train apparently on a speed restriction due to the length.
I have a question that I should know the answer to, but don't. My dad worked for EMD for 35 years and Im not into trains at all. Question is.. why don't all engines face forward? Why are they flip flopped? Nose to tail, then tail to nose. What is the reason/thinking behind this? Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The short answer is, so they can operate in units. Without having to turn around. Get to the end of the line. Switch locos and you are facing the correct direction. Hope that helps.
The front of the train entered at 0:21 and left at 4:20. The time elapsed was 3:59, which is 60*3 + 59 = 239 s. The train's average speed was 16,000 ft / (5,280 ft/mi) * (60 min/hr) * (60 s/min) / (239 s) ~= 45.6447318 mi/hr.
Assuming that the train maintaned a constant speed, it traveled at 45.6 MPH throughout, precision/sig. figs. accounted for.
FYI, 16,000 feet is 3 1/33 miles.
What a beautiful vehicle!
Unbelievable good catch
Thank you for sharing this video. I am originally from Illinois. I came from a small farming community that is located about 65-70 miles west of Chicago. I have been living in another state since November 1988. Long story about how I wound up where I currently live. I will not go into now. Way to much to tell. Anyways again thank you for sharing this video.
Now THAT, was a long train!
I was a conductor for CSX in S.C. the longest train I ever worked on was around 170 cars .. it was 2 coal trains we put together with 4 locomotives. I couldn't imagine a train that's 3 miles long... with 10 friggin locomotives.. geez
If anybody wants to see how they breakup long trains like this one. There is a multi tracked rail yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma that breaks up train cars and reattaches them to other trains. Each going to different destinations.
The train cars are positioned at a top of a hill then pushed. As the cars roll down the hill they are switched to one of the many holding tracks. Then a new train is connected. All you can hear is the sound of switching tracks as the cars roll down the hill. Wouldn't be surprised if this one train makes ten trains.
They call that a "hump" yard.
There is a yard in St. Paul MN, where this happens. I live about 3 miles away, and I can hear them when the conditions are right. The slamming of couplers can keep me up at night, not that I am complaining. Trains fascinate me.
A hump yard?
Wow- COOL VIDEO!!!
Thank you- I would love to know the haul fee for all of the freight. It must be insane! . .
I work in the natural gas storage fields in ancona and see these trains and .just say idont think there is a line I the country that moves more freight these are amazing haven't seen one this long wow. Very cool till quitting time and gotta go north.
Looooong waits!
That has to be the longest train I've ever seen., cool!
Wow! This is the longest train I have ever seen so far!! DPU alright!!
I stayed in Joliet for a few days...visited Chicago for the weekend...
I’m curious as to where it started from and ended up.
281 cars. Just 14 cars less than the legendary UP test train in 2010