Tremendous camera angle, watching that train back through the tricky switches. Frontal angles (or rear) of trains threading switches are always winners. Nice paint schemes, too. Don't know which is better; Wine red or bright red.
I watch the locomotives almost daily with oil cars a mile long. Along hwy 55 Buffalo zone,, but always wonder how they sync the power of locomotives inserted randomly within the load. Is it radio controlled power % added to help push? Cheers and interesting hobby, when as a kid I was Gandy Dancer with spiking track all day for the Soo Line, no different than they did 200 years ago. .
Ok lets logically look at what you just said. The GE C30-7’s in consist (rebuilt by Santa Fe into SF30C’s) were built between 1976 and 1986. The MLW M630 in the middle of the consist was built sometime between 1969 and 1973. Tier-1 emission standard legislation wasn’t implemented until 1991 and that only applied to NEWLY designed products having to meet those newly implemented emission standards. Any locomotive built prior to 1991, or any production of locomotives built off of designs patented before 1991 had until 1996 to be completed before a federally mandated cutoff of all older designs was implemented. Prior designed and built units, like what was shown in this video, are categorized as Tier-0 and exempt from any EPA related emission requirements as they were built before even entry level emission laws existed. Much less modern laws. Given how production on the C30-7’s and M630’s had ended anywhere between one and two plus DECADES prior to the 1996 cut off date, they are perfectly legal in every aspect to operate as they are exempt from any federal emission laws. Hence how the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad with a entire roster of ALCo/MLW based units still is legally allowed to operate as is any other shortlines (such as the Minnesota Commercial Railroad pictured in this video) with older power. Furthermore the M630 in this video was rebuilt with a Caterpillar 3608 prime mover in 1988 and reclassified as a M630CAT. Yet, it’s prime mover, even being built and installed in 1988 still supersedes any North American Tier related emission laws. Still making it legal to operate. Let it also not be lost upon you that this video was filmed in 2011 and you are complaining about a shortline railroad which shortlines have a notorious habit of hosting older power for a multitude of different reasons. Not the least of which because they don’t often have the financial capital, or track conditions to warrant modern emission complaint power. So, yes, the “junk” you are referencing isn’t Tier-4; because it doesn’t have to be. Common sense 101
Tremendous camera angle, watching that train back through the tricky switches. Frontal angles (or rear) of trains threading switches are always winners. Nice paint schemes, too. Don't know which is better; Wine red or bright red.
It should be a law that all locomotives sound like those beautiful ALCO’s.
I'll bet that last scene smelled so good!
one looks like a former CP m636 ...nice alcos
Awesome 💚 👌 👏 👍 😊
I’m sad to say that these engines aren’t in service at the moment. But some of them are in the MNNR storage, I’ve got footage of them in storage.
I watch the locomotives almost daily with oil cars a mile long.
Along hwy 55 Buffalo zone,, but always wonder how they sync the power of locomotives inserted randomly within the load.
Is it radio controlled power % added to help push?
Cheers and interesting hobby, when as a kid I was Gandy Dancer with spiking track all day for the Soo Line, no different than they did 200 years ago. .
How would they get the sand out of the cars?
Right by my house there's a rail road and that same train goes by every day but in 4 miles there's a cp rail rail road
Putting a caterpillar powered locomotive in with 4 get locomotives is asking for trouble
Great Video, i like!
THEY NEED SOME NEW POWER
No, no! This is great!
Randall Funk New power? That would be a sad day. Almost as sad as when the SW-1500s went away.
How can you tell Minnesota Commercial needs new power
from this video?
You watch your tongue young man.
Junk locomotives , what year are some of them 1957. Tier 4 NOT .
Ok lets logically look at what you just said.
The GE C30-7’s in consist (rebuilt by Santa Fe into SF30C’s) were built between 1976 and 1986. The MLW M630 in the middle of the consist was built sometime between 1969 and 1973. Tier-1 emission standard legislation wasn’t implemented until 1991 and that only applied to NEWLY designed products having to meet those newly implemented emission standards. Any locomotive built prior to 1991, or any production of locomotives built off of designs patented before 1991 had until 1996 to be completed before a federally mandated cutoff of all older designs was implemented. Prior designed and built units, like what was shown in this video, are categorized as Tier-0 and exempt from any EPA related emission requirements as they were built before even entry level emission laws existed. Much less modern laws. Given how production on the C30-7’s and M630’s had ended anywhere between one and two plus DECADES prior to the 1996 cut off date, they are perfectly legal in every aspect to operate as they are exempt from any federal emission laws. Hence how the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad with a entire roster of ALCo/MLW based units still is legally allowed to operate as is any other shortlines (such as the Minnesota Commercial Railroad pictured in this video) with older power.
Furthermore the M630 in this video was rebuilt with a Caterpillar 3608 prime mover in 1988 and reclassified as a M630CAT. Yet, it’s prime mover, even being built and installed in 1988 still supersedes any North American Tier related emission laws. Still making it legal to operate. Let it also not be lost upon you that this video was filmed in 2011 and you are complaining about a shortline railroad which shortlines have a notorious habit of hosting older power for a multitude of different reasons. Not the least of which because they don’t often have the financial capital, or track conditions to warrant modern emission complaint power.
So, yes, the “junk” you are referencing isn’t Tier-4; because it doesn’t have to be. Common sense 101