Canadian Pacific Coal Train Stalls Cresting the Continent
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- A loaded CP coal train, bound for Thunder Bay Ontario, has stalled approaching the Continental Divide. Watch as the RTC and the crew from another train come to the rescue.
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That's a sweet one for sure ! 😊
I wonder Grant... what would be the rules to engage the rescue set toward the stalled 9679 ? 🤔
No signals, ctc or such over there right ? So I guess orders are the way. But what about speed restrictions or such for a safe approach of the stalled train ? I mean both in real railroading, and your way to do it on the layout ?
I know IRL on my Railroad we do warrants with the restriction built in. "Between x and x make all movements at restricted speed limits occupied by train"
Great question Seb and you're right... no signals, all dark territory with warrants issued. Up here it's called OCS (Occupancy Control System). If I was dispatching I would likely issue the rescue crew a work warrant from their initial location to a milepost just beyond the stalled train with instructions to proceed at restricted speed from MP? to the stalled train. In this case the bottom narrows bridge to just beyond MP 71.2. That's why the power was moving slowly and laying on the horn across the bridge. Restricted movement and letting everyone know where they were. With a work warrant they wouldn't need permission to get back up the hill or return to their train. Once the job was done they would release the track in the work limits and the railroad would return to normal. Cheers. -grant
Ok thanks ! I figured something like that.
Trying to get how you guys do this kind of stuff with the way you operate. Pretty different from my day to day life on the railroad here (France) where mainline is all about ctc, block signals, and so on.
Did you really stalled with the coal train ? Or was it just for fun ?
I do remember you add a spring into the trucks but do you add weight to the cars ?
Was reading an interesting thread on the Mrh forum about that lately. Especially Mike Confalone approach about heavy car weightening and how he likes the way it enhance prototypical operations, and the real need to use multiple engines on a train.
And then you show up with your vid ! So was wondering your approach on that. I guess N scale makes it different though.
The mainlines up here are CTC Seb but this is a secondary main and is mostly dark. Under CTC it would definitely be a different scenario. The stall was staged. The train does require 4 units however to make the grade because of the extra drag on the axles and the weight of the loads, which have steel washers epoxied into them for magnetic unloading. The trains on the layout usually do need all the power that is assigned to them. Cheers.
What an excellent scenario, you have created an additional aspect to the ‘believability’ of your wonderful layout! Thanks for posting this 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! This was a fun vid to make. Cheers. -grant
That was Awesome!!!! I could sit and watch these all day.❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video of helping a stalled train..thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. -grant
The realism is just extraordinary. Absolutely magnificent.
Thanks!
Beautiful layout. A real joy to watch trains on your layout. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Glad you enjoyed it Dave. Thanks so much for the comment! -grant
I could almost hear the River when they crossed that bridge!
Thanks for watching. Really appreciate the comment! Cheers. -grant
What an outstanding video/audio presentation!! I could not wipe the smile off my face for 7 minutes of this 6 minute video!
Really appreciate that. Thanks so much for watching!
Fantastic as always Mr Eastman - thanks for sharing! Loved the radio chatter.
Thanks AJ. Took some promises I may regret to get Heather to be the RTC but overall I think it played out!! Cheers. -grant
Oh, the drama! At least I know what to do if I ever have a stall on my layout, lol. Well done and entertaining - everything looks fantastic. Cheers!
Thanks Mark, I appreciate that Hope all is well down South. -grant
What makes this railroad so cool beside the obvious scenery, being in N scale and great production value is the fact you can maintain cool operations on a track plan not riddled with track and forced sidings everywhere on the layout. Good work.
Thanks Joe. One of my primary goals was to avoid the "spaghetti bowl" effect that plagues many layouts. I wanted operators to feel they actually cover distance. Cheers. -grant
Always excited to tune in, kick back and enjoy!
Happy to hear that! -grant
Hi Grant, great video, I love watching the trains run through your fantastic layout, hope you and the family are all well, cheers, John
Good to hear from you John. Family is well and hoping yours is as well. Appreciate the visit and comment. I'll pop over and check out progress on the harbour! Cheers. -grant
Reminds me of the time a loaded grainer stalled heading into town, they had the local crew (in two SD40-2s) couple onto the rear end and push.
Shoutout to the crew, their bad day provided much entertainment.
Always fun from an outside perspective when piles of HP save the day.
Love the audio mixing in on this Grant. You must've had fun with this video for sure. Good to hear Heather and Brogan joining in on this. Hope you don't regret coercing Heather into RTC duty... 🙂
Thanks Jon. Yah this was a fun one to put together but quite time consuming. Luckily I'm the cook in the house so the crew can be coerced somewhat easily!! Piles of work going on at Crowsnest so next op session there will be lots of new stuff to look at. Cheers Pal.
That was pretty awesome. I love the radio chatter too
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! -grant
Amazing. Nearly had me fooled. I thought something was a little off and then I saw the river. Also didn't know why anyone would be there filming this.
Hey thanks. Made me laugh out loud there.
That was a great scenario Grant. I especially enjoyed the loco sounds. Great job to all your crew.
Thanks John glad you enjoyed it! I'll pass on your praise to the crew! -grant
Wow! Just wow! I’m speechless. Amazing video!
Thanks so much, glad you liked it!
Fantastic,great job.
Thank you! Cheers!
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Essa Maquete é sem dúvidas uma das mais belas!!!!
Obrigado Brasil!! -grant
Another great video , good to see ya back
Hey Dan thanks! -grant
Love the scenery! Great job on the video!!!
Thanks for stopping by and having a peek! -grant
Is the layout n-scale? If it is that’s even more impressive!
Yes it's N scale.
fantastic as always !
Hey thanks! Cheers. -grant
Great video as always Grant - I love the combination of fabulous scenery, wonderful trains and a great narrative element. Thanks for sharing and greetings from the UK!
Many thanks Ian, glad you enjoyed the video! -grant
Nice save UP 5727. Over.
The kids voice is quite a bit lower than the last time yall ran ops. Gonna be shaving soon.
Yah he's kinda shot up in the last year or so. Glad you liked what you saw and thanks for tuning in. -Cheers. grant
Exactly how its done! Awesome video.
Thank you! Cheers!
@@SouthernAlbertaRail Has happened to me many times in my short railroad career. Cheers!
Awesome video. Being a railroader, I have laid down on our mountain in the ozarks. Our grade is 2.86%. If we have less than 4 motors and over 8000 tons, we can lay down based on the length, weather or grease on the rails. We cut the train and take the first cut with the midtrain DPU to the summit and then come back down light motor to pick the rest of the train and double it back up at the summit. In this situation I guess you won't have to MU the head motors unless you can program the DPUs from the head motor. Love the realism!
On the sub I model this happens all too frequently. Crews will sometimes double the hill as wel as receive help from an opposing train. Either one makes for a long day! Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback. Cheers. -grant
Awesome action
Thanks David! Good to hear from you. -grant
Greetings from Winterpeg. Awesome scenery and great improvements over the past couple years. Great video shots and nice action. Thanks for sharing.
Thank a bunch! Glad you got a kick out of it. Cheers. -grant
Outstanding !🇺🇸
Thanks!
I think the individual who calculated the motive power... needs... a little talking to. 😂
Normally it's a steady 11 mph climb but one unit goes offline and here we are... Thanks for stopping in for a peek Colin. -grant
@@SouthernAlbertaRail I didn't hear the unit was offline 🙄 Maybe I should reevaluate my previous statement. 🤡
So Cool!🎉
Thanks a bunch!
Great Op's video.
Thanks for the visit Bob. Glad you liked it. -grant
Great video Grant, always good to see your layout in action. Cheers
Many thanks Don!
Awesome idea for a video!
Thanks!
This is awesome, my first video viewed on your channel and I'll be back for more. 2 Questions: 1. Who produces those excellent coal cars? 2. Where can we find a track plan of this wonderful layout? Thank you!
Thanks Greg, glad you found the channel. The ribbed coal cars are Kato and the smooth sides are LBF (Now Intermountain tooling). Both heavily modified for better operation. Cheers. -grant
That was a fun little video! Now my wife and I have questions - is the dialog something you recorded and added in to the video? Are the train sounds actual sound decoder sounds from one or more of your locomotives, or again - is it recorded sound that you've added to the video? The whole thing, from the sound, the dialog, and your camera angles an editing really make for a great video. You've got some HIGH production values! Gives us something to aspire to, although I think it'll be a little less majestic in 3 feet by 9 feet.
The dialaog is scripted and added afterwards. The coal train crew is my 13 year old son and the RTC is my wife. If I make her a latte or two she's usually game to play along! The sound files are from prototype recordings. There are 60+ sound files in this video overlapped and edited together to get the proper mix of both GE FDL's and the lone EMD SD70mac with it's 710 prime mover. Thanks so much for the comments. Greatly appreciated! -grant
That was Cool
Thanks a bunch. Cheers!
Nice idea. Greetings
Glad you like it! Cheers. -grant
Very nice video
Thank you! -grant
very cool😎
Thanks! Glad you like it.
This layout would be perfect for BIG STEAM.
Did you see my video with UP 844 in it??
all in a days work.. or fun ?
A wee touch of both!! Cheers.
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Thank you Tom! Cheers!
excellent video folks !!!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for tuning in. -grant