Great video, I spent a nice afternoon there in 2008 when they were still using the SD9 to hump cars. There were also a bunch of GP30s still on the property. Not many hump yards are this accessible from a public right of way!
Outstanding footage. Seems like a few hard couplings there lol. Too bad the one yard switcher was hit with graffiti……don’t see too much of that in my area. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you! Yeah, there were a couple bumps for sure - you should check out the one I just posted too - just one hard coupling, but it was a good one! Must be nice to not have much graffiti - it seems like the engines usually stay clean up here, but obviously not always...
Who does the connecting of all the air hoses in that type of operation? Is it the oncoming train crews responsibility or do they have hump yard workers to go and make all the connections?
Great video but always hold up "notch 8 please" sign to get better smoke and do the apartments on the hillside have to pay extra for the view of the freight yards?
looking at that lead loco where it got knocked around some after the coupling yea i'd say you are right... but that is a consequence of not having a human in the cab anymore... if a person was in the cab that coupling would not have been that hard... with RCO, any rough coupling effects aren't transferred to the RCO operator on the ground
Sure, so at 3:12 you can see the hump, or hill, that gives a hump yard its name. The locomotives push a car to the top of the hill then uncouple it, so that it rolls down the hill on its own. The yard tower lines the switches to send the car onto the right track, then mechanical retarders slow the car down before it couples onto (hits) the other cars already on the track. You can see/hear the retarders at 1:15. Does that make sense?
@@lucasrailfanning3305 I was a switchman brakeman in the 1990s. I remember a derailment when a piggyback train set out cars to the south end near Galer st.long flat cars pushed through the spring loaded retarders,derailed and flopped over dumped semi trailers upside down breaking them open like eggshells.
I think GN Really wanted to have Hump yard In the Northwest. But just built the small one. Maybe it wasn't in the budget. The BN merger, Planned Long before the actual merger May have affected that also.
Thanks for the post. I lived next to the D&RGW East Yard in Grand Junction, Colorado. I'm very familiar with the wheel pressing type of retarder. I've never seen the type of retarder you've shown us. Very Interesting!
I haven't played Train Sim World 2, but I agree it would be a fun yard to model! There are also a lot of industrial tracks to the south and west of the yard.
@@lucasrailfanning3305 look up TSW 2 on RUclips here, will blow your mind.... CSX Sand Patch Grade Cumberland, LIRR, Canadian Oakville, Clinchfield, upcoming Cane Creek Union Pacific...... tons of UK, German, French, Swiss routes
At the 03:33 mark, you captured a Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Aerial Refueling/Military Transport Aircraft (developed and built by Boeing Aircraft from their Boeing 767 airliner, at the nearby Boeing Field, primarily for the US Air Force but also for Air National Guard units nationwide) ... that said, and knowing that the KC-46 Pegasus are rolling off of the assembly line daily there at Boeing Field, this particular aircraft is probably undergoing an airworthiness trial. They spend a couple of hours in the air and conduct repeated "touch-and-go" landings there during it's testing. Your video is fantastic in it's "close up in-your-face reality"!
Great video... Thanks for making and sharing...
Great video! My eardrums are dead now.
Thanks and sorry? I try to even it out so that it's not suddenly louder, but that's not always possible in the train yard...
@@lucasrailfanning3305 No problem. Haha
Great video, I spent a nice afternoon there in 2008 when they were still using the SD9 to hump cars. There were also a bunch of GP30s still on the property. Not many hump yards are this accessible from a public right of way!
Nice video!
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Loved the variety of trains but I like yard videos.
Thanks for watching - I'll try to get some footage of UP's yard in south Seattle soon!
Great video. Lots of good shots and angles. You don't see too many hump yards. Fantastic work. I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks again...
Thanks for watching and subbing - I really appreciate it!
Outstanding footage. Seems like a few hard couplings there lol. Too bad the one yard switcher was hit with graffiti……don’t see too much of that in my area. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you! Yeah, there were a couple bumps for sure - you should check out the one I just posted too - just one hard coupling, but it was a good one!
Must be nice to not have much graffiti - it seems like the engines usually stay clean up here, but obviously not always...
This was jus getn interesting, and THEN you ENDED IT😭😭😭. MORE PLEASE👌
Thanks for watching! They'd put the last of the cars down the hump when I left, but I'll try and see if I can catch them using it again.
As a kid I lived on Queen Anne hill. My cub scout troop got to ride the turntable there.
That sounds like it would have been awesome - thanks for watching!
Who does the connecting of all the air hoses in that type of operation? Is it the oncoming train crews responsibility or do they have hump yard workers to go and make all the connections?
That's a great question, I'm afraid I don't know. I would guess it's the job of the crew that takes out the completed train, but I'm not sure.
the carmen do that
@@25mfd Thanks for the info!
Great video but always hold up "notch 8 please" sign to get better smoke and do the apartments on the hillside have to pay extra for the view of the freight yards?
Lol, good idea - thanks for watching!
what does notch 8 mean?
That’s a pretty small hump. The one in Northtown Minneapolis is much larger. I’d say 4 times the size of this one.
Yeah, it's not a huge yard - just looked up Northtown on google maps and they definitely have an impressive hump. Thanks for watching!
Nice shots! I heard they shut down the hump in 2019, I guess not! :D
Thanks for watching! I'd also heard that it was shut down for a while, but I guess they changed their minds 🤷♂️
@@lucasrailfanning3305 Yeah, never gonna complain about a hump yard staying open. :)
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It looked to me like a hard coupling at 4:48.
Yeah, a few of them seemed pretty hard, but I don't work for the RR so I'm not sure 🤷♂️. Thanks for watching!
looking at that lead loco where it got knocked around some after the coupling yea i'd say you are right... but that is a consequence of not having a human in the cab anymore... if a person was in the cab that coupling would not have been that hard... with RCO, any rough coupling effects aren't transferred to the RCO operator on the ground
I SAW a car moving on its own. How is that possible? Do you mind explaining the mechanism?
Sure, so at 3:12 you can see the hump, or hill, that gives a hump yard its name. The locomotives push a car to the top of the hill then uncouple it, so that it rolls down the hill on its own. The yard tower lines the switches to send the car onto the right track, then mechanical retarders slow the car down before it couples onto (hits) the other cars already on the track. You can see/hear the retarders at 1:15. Does that make sense?
Air breaks Can be released, By pulling a rod under the car. It will roll free if No hand Break Is has been applied.
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"Bumming around." Classic! Did you decide to catch a freight? ;)
Hah, maybe if I was younger & single ... thanks for watching!
Is this former GN Hump yard, Is probably one of the smallest ones in existence. I used to work there long ago.
Oh cool - what did you do when you worked there?
@@lucasrailfanning3305 I was a switchman brakeman in the 1990s. I remember a derailment when a piggyback train set out cars to the south end near Galer st.long flat cars pushed through the spring loaded retarders,derailed and flopped over dumped semi trailers upside down breaking them open like eggshells.
South end of hump yard.
I think GN Really wanted to have Hump yard In the Northwest. But just built the small one. Maybe it wasn't in the budget. The BN merger, Planned Long before the actual merger May have affected that also.
Tulsas BNSF Frisco yard has a hump, they used to let you watch, but now they aren't as friendly
Bummer - that seems to be a common theme; I guess too much liability risk these days... Thanks for watching!
Union Pacific Is North plattyard If I think still has an observation area , Is to watch trains and hump Is yard operations.
Boy, they have big fuel tanks!
They do - thanks for watching!
Thanks for the post. I lived next to the D&RGW East Yard in Grand Junction, Colorado. I'm very familiar with the wheel pressing type of retarder. I've never seen the type of retarder you've shown us. Very Interesting!
Thanks for watching Dave, I appreciate it!
Would be great having this yard and routes on Train sim world 2 for PS4 Xbox and PC
I haven't played Train Sim World 2, but I agree it would be a fun yard to model! There are also a lot of industrial tracks to the south and west of the yard.
@@lucasrailfanning3305 look up TSW 2 on RUclips here, will blow your mind.... CSX Sand Patch Grade Cumberland, LIRR, Canadian Oakville, Clinchfield, upcoming Cane Creek Union Pacific...... tons of UK, German, French, Swiss routes
Yeah, too bad BNSF's international licensing wouldn't allow DTG to release it with their logos.
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At the 03:33 mark, you captured a Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Aerial Refueling/Military Transport Aircraft (developed and built by Boeing Aircraft from their Boeing 767 airliner, at the nearby Boeing Field, primarily for the US Air Force but also for Air National Guard units nationwide) ... that said, and knowing that the KC-46 Pegasus are rolling off of the assembly line daily there at Boeing Field, this particular aircraft is probably undergoing an airworthiness trial. They spend a couple of hours in the air and conduct repeated "touch-and-go" landings there during it's testing. Your video is fantastic in it's "close up in-your-face reality"!
Oh cool, thanks for the info (and thanks for watching)!!
And you wonder why so many broken knuckles….