Poetry in motion, 4000tons, 70mph, 4 locomotives, 17000 horsepower ... While tornado chasing in Texas we were overtaken by this train after keeping up with it for a while...
@@amessman On the C44-9W’s, the air conditioning unit is located behind the cab on the conductor’s side. The engine he is referring to is a C44-9W and not an AC4400CW
Glad to see this video is still here. So cool seeing machines like this running at speed hauling heavy tonnage. A well maintained mainline makes a difference.
Oh man, Loved this, must have been good track, I live on the main CP line (the old SOO Line) from Canada to the US at North Portal, SK. into Portal ND. And I have never seen the freights running wide open like this, It is a beautiful thing to see, thanks fr sharing it!
That first leader, BNSF 5843, has been renumbered to 5532. Good thing you caught it like that! BNSF 5841, 5842, and 5843 were part of a 2004 warranty protection order only consisting of 3 engines. They were renumbered 5530, 5531, and 5532 respectively. Most of the 5800s nowadays are ES44ACs.
@EWS60500 We still use the EMD GP-38 as a yard switcher sometimes but not usually on the mainline or as a road engine. GP-38s are supercharged, and have 16 cylinders to get 2000 HP. The AC4400 is turbocharged and gets 4400 HP from 12 cylinders and the AC6000 is twin-turbocharged and get 6250 HP from 16 cylinders.
@EWS60500 EMD SD80s and 90s use 20 cylinders, SD80s have 5000 hp from 1 turbocharged 20 cylinder engine and SD90s have 6250HP from 1 turbocharged engine. They're almost the same except for the engine inside. MP-15 switchers of ours only have 12 cylinders and a supercharged engine and they have 1500HP and more starting TE than a GP38. They use the same engine except the GP38 has 16 cylinders and the MP15 has 12. The new genset switcher has 3 engines and 2100HP with them in a switcher!
@EWS60500 One AC4400CW or Dash 9 could out pull one of your class 60 or 70s. More Horse power, more starting TE and more continuous TE. We put extra motive power on encase another engine fails, or just to accelerate and stop faster.
That happened to me in Aus Once, it was a SD70AceLH (Low Headcode) carrying Iron Ore from Calgoolie, and it had 5 Units up front and an extra 2 on the rear But thats nothing to what my friend saw, he saw a BHP Ore Train Derail in the middle of the Aussie Desert
@EWS60500 Now what America needs is better high speed passenger trains. Just about the only good one is the Acela, in Europe there are a lot more high speed tracks and trains. In Britain how many locomotives do y'all use to pull 70 cars? In America maybe 3 or 4 to get them over the mountains.
@EWS60500 I both model and rail-fan and Some engines like AC4400s or AC6000s can pull 60 cars depending on there type alone. Do y'all use natural aspiration or turbocharger/supercharged? Most of our modern ones are turbocharged. But now GE is came out with this ES44 series that isn't good in high speed power but it is tier 2 environmental.I'm not a fan of it. Some of our engines have upwards of 200,000 lbs Starting tractive force, and could start 100 cars.
Love it! do I take it you are the passenger :P Nice zooming, Where is this ? I've got a few similar I took of UP but now there are so many stoplight that I can never keep up with them. Thanks.
Those are some mightly locomotives speed and power I live in the city where the locomotives are like 25 mph at the most I never knew til now 4 locomotives can pull a train a mile long or so 70 mph.
4th Loco is backwards for opposite travel. That train being intermodal with UPS fright prolly was very short but limited to 70 mph max. 2 of those road units would be plenty of power to accomplish that. Seriously doubt all for jacks were on line.
these engines could be made 4 foot shorter if you got rid of step front and back. you are not climbing up the stairs to bed, you are getting into a work place.
I just love the trains at speed. The power, speed and the storm. Great Video.
Got love the orange air conditioning unit on the war bonnet.
I think that's part of the electrical system. The Dash 9's have a shorter one compared to the AC4400s as that's where the inverters are on the AC4400.
@@amessman On the C44-9W’s, the air conditioning unit is located behind the cab on the conductor’s side. The engine he is referring to is a C44-9W and not an AC4400CW
I can’t believe this was 10 years ago!! Awesome video! Also, American Pie 👌🏼
Glad to see this video is still here. So cool seeing machines like this running at speed hauling heavy tonnage. A well maintained mainline makes a difference.
Also, I am DEFINITELY gonna come down here to see these 70 mph trains!
Oh man, Loved this, must have been good track, I live on the main CP line (the old SOO Line) from Canada to the US at North Portal, SK. into Portal ND. And I have never seen the freights running wide open like this, It is a beautiful thing to see, thanks fr sharing it!
That first leader, BNSF 5843, has been renumbered to 5532. Good thing you caught it like that! BNSF 5841, 5842, and 5843 were part of a 2004 warranty protection order only consisting of 3 engines. They were renumbered 5530, 5531, and 5532 respectively. Most of the 5800s nowadays are ES44ACs.
That is so cool, I love it. I always love trains when I was a kid. This is great video !
Same
Pretty sweet pacing video, wish there was some sound but some awesome footage none the less with the dark storm clouds in the background.
Faster then the speed I expected . Good one.
I saw a warbonnet without my camera but I loved the red and silver paint scheme!
Bruce Tharpe Yeah, I see War Bonnets all the time, I’ve seen old B40-8w units in the war Bonnet paint.
I love old train videos from the 90s-2000s
Blowing the horn sounds likie fun. Being a freight train driver in America is fun.
Fantastic machines, those big loco's.
Beautiful, simply love 'em high speed hot pursuit stuff........
no tornado? no problem. this is great footage of a high speed freight!!!
NICE video. Just like my favorite railfanning outings - turn the oldies station on, find a train to chase, and away we go!
He ain't hitting nothing but the high spots....ROLL ON ROLL ON!!!!!!
Also, that horn is awesome!
Great job pacing. Thanks for posting.
belo video ,muito bom sou um brasileiro apaixonado por ferrovia
@EWS60500 We still use the EMD GP-38 as a yard switcher sometimes but not usually on the mainline or as a road engine. GP-38s are supercharged, and have 16 cylinders to get 2000 HP. The AC4400 is turbocharged and gets 4400 HP from 12 cylinders and the AC6000 is twin-turbocharged and get 6250 HP from 16 cylinders.
@EWS60500 EMD SD80s and 90s use 20 cylinders, SD80s have 5000 hp from 1 turbocharged 20 cylinder engine and SD90s have 6250HP from 1 turbocharged engine. They're almost the same except for the engine inside. MP-15 switchers of ours only have 12 cylinders and a supercharged engine and they have 1500HP and more starting TE than a GP38. They use the same engine except the GP38 has 16 cylinders and the MP15 has 12. The new genset switcher has 3 engines and 2100HP with them in a switcher!
Love the war bonnet paint.
@EWS60500 One AC4400CW or Dash 9 could out pull one of your class 60 or 70s. More Horse power, more starting TE and more continuous TE. We put extra motive power on encase another engine fails, or just to accelerate and stop faster.
1:30 to 1:55 looks like a cartoon!
Great vid!
Cndr. Simpson, Out
1:30 1:55
You don't see a 737 on a train very often! *_badum tssssss_*
The workers must be late for something???? Going that fast ....awesome video
Minimum 12.000 tons by 125 cars great video
Turn it back up! That's my jam!
Warbonnets and Heritage1 units are gettin hard to find, so it must be about time for another new paint scheme.
Holy shit!!! What kind of camera were you guys using and the codec used to create the video before uploading to youtube?
That happened to me in Aus Once, it was a SD70AceLH (Low Headcode) carrying Iron Ore from Calgoolie, and it had 5 Units up front and an extra 2 on the rear But thats nothing to what my friend saw, he saw a BHP Ore Train Derail in the middle of the Aussie Desert
Very Nice
@EWS60500 Now what America needs is better high speed passenger trains. Just about the only good one is the Acela, in Europe there are a lot more high speed tracks and trains. In Britain how many locomotives do y'all use to pull 70 cars? In America maybe 3 or 4 to get them over the mountains.
was this up in the pan handle of TX. Great video I added it to my FAVS!!!
nice video what town were yall near.still trying to catch my ist bnsf chasing. real nice stuff.
@spartan0738 Thats how you drive like a BOSS
Great footage!
that was allsome that what i like to see
Beautiful!
It looks like North Texas. Around the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
I love BNSF TRAINS.
@RODALCO2007 indeed, they are crazy when they go by you in full throttle!
high balling
Super train!!!
Sweet video!
@bachaddict that prehystoric software showing something so real? please! ... but sometimes i thought that it was a model train instead
Great video. Are all the locomotives powered on?
That was a fun ride.
where was this? Reminds me of US30 following the UP line in Nebraska. Was chasing one going a slow 56mph. :p
That would be so fun to freight hop on!!
70 mph = 112 kmh....
WOW!
nothing can stop these monsters except another monsters.
***** indeed
now that is "Droppin the Hammer !!!"
@EWS60500 I both model and rail-fan and Some engines like AC4400s or AC6000s can pull 60 cars depending on there type alone. Do y'all use natural aspiration or turbocharger/supercharged? Most of our modern ones are turbocharged. But now GE is came out with this ES44 series that isn't good in high speed power but it is tier 2 environmental.I'm not a fan of it. Some of our engines have upwards of 200,000 lbs Starting tractive force, and could start 100 cars.
awesome chase enjoyed.
Brillient video! Can you please tell me why the forth loco is running backwards...what is the purpose for this?
Cheers, John.
Johns Amazing Trains - chambs123 more power
great chase video!
Love it! do I take it you are the passenger :P Nice zooming, Where is this ? I've got a few similar I took of UP but now there are so many stoplight that I can never keep up with them. Thanks.
Hey, was that by the I-10?
Those are some mightly locomotives speed and power I live in the city where the locomotives are like 25 mph at the most I never knew til now 4 locomotives can pull a train a mile long or so 70 mph.
love the warbonnet (2nd loco)
Lots of power each- diesal locomotive that you see that pull those long, heavy trains will mostly have 4300hp to 4400hp X 4 = 17,000 horse power
Advice: Save the singing for the shower!
4th Loco is backwards for opposite travel. That train being intermodal with UPS fright prolly was very short but limited to 70 mph max. 2 of those road units would be plenty of power to accomplish that. Seriously doubt all for jacks were on line.
Hey, in Texas you're never gonna get there if you don't put the hammer down!
Impressive speed. Reminds me a little bit ofvthe Jkint Line in Colorado. Was ghat a tornado inghe distance? Sure looked ominous!
Wish BNSF would have kept the silver and red scheme when the merger happened.
How are you driving so fast? Whare is this?
power of the bnsf
Awesome! It would be a really bad day for anything that got in the way of that!
they are brillliant machines
Hammer down high speed Z train !
I've not seen freight this fast in US in my 2006 visit.
@nikosjk1 There is sound. It is left channel only.
there is a bnsf warbonnet on that train
RailroadChasers2005 It is actually a heritage unit or a Fake-bonnet.
they like throwing on the power down there. over here in ontario there usually 8000hp for a 8-10000 ton train
Awesome!
looks like somewhere near hereford Tx
Great
High speed zone...Rare...
Would you mind if I added some music into the background of this video?
awesome!
ENQUANTO QUE NO BRASIL É UMA TRISTEZA OU LERDEZA.
Love 70 per pacing.
Love the BNSF heritage
damn he was moving
Are you a 'spotter' Geoff, or was this a 'sieze the moment' shot ?
Velocidad máxima es lo mismo conducir en el día que en la noche o hay restricción
did they have all 4 locomotives running just to stay away from the twister?
How does one set of controls in the leading locomotive synchronise the motors of the other trailing units? Pneumatic, electronic?
electronically because they are dpu's and they can be manually conttolled
Que belleza
drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry :)
its trying to beat the storm
pshhh...that storm is running away from this beast...
Awesome K3LA on BNSF!!!!!
WOW!!
why do they look like a cartoon up close and real from far away?
only 4000tons? shes a light one, the trains i run in bc, canada are 20,000 tones!
these engines could be made 4 foot shorter if you got rid of step front and back. you are not climbing up the stairs to bed, you are getting into a work place.
nice warbonnet btw
Dillon Jones It is a fakebonnet