This comment is here to let people know the errors in the episode. 8:27 the text for the engine's height is supposed say 16 ft. 4 in. and not 6 ft. 4 in. 20:09 The text was supposed to say Rebuild, not Bebuild. Simple Error grammar that I didn't see. 30:58 This video was suppose to play but glitched out and didn't show. ruclips.net/video/mCakyHV6FtM/видео.html
24:12 I know the manager personally of the Nebraska Railroad Museum. When he told me he's trying to get a Centennial here to Nebraska, at first I thought he was crazy. But he's serious. And now I'm all for it. Glad to see him being backed up here.
I remember seeing these locomotives speeding through Pomona, CA in the 1970s. Together with Southern Pacific tunnel motors, these "double diesels" made a lasting impression on me.
The Centennials were not used on Donner Pass because the UP did not own the route over Donner until 1996 with the acquisition of the SP. However, they could be seen in Feather River Canyon over the former Western Pacific for a couple of years as UP had acquired the WP in late 1982.
I'm just a novice RR fan. DDA40X, GTEL 8500 and Big Boy are my favorites. My Dad and Grandfather worked for UP in Cheyenne as machinists from the 20's thru the 50's. As a small kid, I remember sitting in the cab of some modern diesel. Dad and Gramps took me into their work. I remember huge wheels on axles and sitting in that cab. Thanks for your video.
I don't know why, but in the last few weeks I've started to find trains very interesting. Maybe it's the big numbers, maybe it's the history of their applications, I don't know. But I know I love 'em!
Thanks so much. The DDA40X is such a sight to see! I’ve seen it and the Big Boy, before they gave the BB back to the UP for restoration, at the railway museum at The Pomona Fairgrounds.
The siren did not have a rotator unlike the ones on poles they just had a chopper and a stator and a motor but i also thought it was interesting that a siren was on one of the
One of the last places they were used in regular service was the Blue Mountains of Oregon. I watched two of them, along with a SD40-2, rerail five box cars that had derailed and wrecked a switch at Motanic near Meacham. They were the closest power to the derailment and came off an intermodal that they left at Hilgard near LaGrande.
Thanks for including metric measurements for weights for us European viewers but please in future also include metric measurements for lengths love you videos keep up the excellent work
I got to see one in Pocatello, Idaho unit of 6901. It was sad to see it getting rust and paint coming off. I’m happy there’s others in better condition and one in service. My great grandfather worked as an engineer for Union Pacific for long time, he unfortunately passed away 2 years before the big boy 4014 was in Ogden Utah. I wish he was still alive and to witness it, he would’ve love to see it.
They should restore a dd40x and run it as big boy’s second engine, the biggest steam engine running with the biggest diesel engine would be an amazing pairing
One of the most impressive displays I ever saw was in the late 1970s, west of Rawlins, WY. The UP ran what they called "mail trains" consisting of a long string of UPS semi trailers on flatcars. Eastbound on this day was a string of four Centennials with an 8000-series SD40-2 spliced in the middle powering the mail at track speed. The earth shook with almost 30,000 horsepower in run 8.
lucky, the only one i ever got to see was the 6911 which is actually the first locomotive from the usa i ever saw in my life right now its displayed on the dump aka the museum of technology, why am i calling it a dump? well it was going through a remodelization but i guess it got cancelled and now it remains there with another locomotive
The DDa40x is an impressive example of a diesel locomotive, you have to love the development of the large steam & diesel locomotives that have been purchased by the Union Pacific rr.
The GTELs were certainly the oddball. Awesome Locomotives, but sadly, all 3 Generations had less than 10 years of Mainline Service for each Generation.
I know you must be a where that 3985,5511 and 6936 has been moved east to another museum. Not sure which one. But rumors are about restoring all three. There was a few of the yellow passenger cars went as well as a early F unit. Steven Sipes
There is a huge error that needs correcting: when they returned to service in 1984, all 25 revived Centennials ran on the point of trains (not "all but five"). UP began limiting their use on the head-end in 1985. Even then, 6936 led the very last 1985 freight run of a Centennial, from LA to North Platte, before joining the UP heritage fleet. Thanks for this video about my all-time favorite locomotive, which I've been very lucky to experience since being a kid. High hopes that 6936 will run again after her donation to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America.
The DDA40X could not be used on Donner because of clearance problems, but they did get used often on the Feather River Route. Used to love watching them come through the old WP yard in the south part of Sacramento. That is why is is appropriate that one is in Portola.
I know it needs a good cosmetic restoration, but remember its the policy of the Illinois Railroad Museum that each piece must "earn" its keep / place for either its spot under cover or in a paint stall. Every piece of rolling stock in the barns had money donated specifically to them just to put them there - same with the few REALLY good paint jobs that have happened. So if you and I want the Centennial cleaned up, then we need to start a fund drive or write cheques on the regular so it adds it over time.
IRM’s centennial recently was moved indoors, into Barn 9. Unfortunately a retention pond will be required before anymore barns can be built over current yards out between Boot Creek and the road.
I remember back in 2005 taking a drive up to the Feather River rail museum and having the chance to see the 6946 on display. And WOW! That was an incredible sight and glad that i was able to see it. A fine piece of American Railroad history!
Sounds like the UP had a very good run out of the DDA40X. Over 2 million miles up those grades with that tonnage is impressive. The 3rd of the 3 most fantastic engines ever built following the 4000 class & the Daddy of them all, the 1-30 class.
We just received 6936 in Silvis this past Saturday, November 19th, 2022. I have video of it along with UP 5511, UP 3985, and several other pieces for restoration by Railroading Heritage of Midwest America
One location you don't mention. One a number of occasions 6900 series Centennials were used on run thru freights on the Western Pacific and after the merger into Oakland, Ca. I'm going to try to find some pictures. The practice was stopped after a runaway hit a Centennial powered freight in the Feather River Canyon, and the safety board raised issues about the trucks thru Williams loop.
The Union Pacific has some strange fascination with huge locomotives from the steam era to the diesel era they did things that other railroads did not do. The Union Pacific diesel locomotive would become short of breath at high elevations and lose power going up the mountain. It was the railroad experiments with turbocharging the diesel locomotive so we would always have an adequate supply of air for going up the mountains regardless of how high it went up to. They went through different turbos until they got a reliable set up and they told EMT this is how you're going to make our locomotive and EMT adopted they're turbocharging knowledge to their own locomotive.
They had cabs identical to F45 and FP45's. The Canadian comfort cab had yet to be designed when the DDA40X's were delivered. As far as "Big Jack" goes, "jack" is railroad slang for locomotive, so it's natural for the biggest ones ever built to be called "big jacks". 6900 moved all the way to Kansas City for its repaint before being put in Kenefick Park. The move back was behind 6936, which you featured a photo of at Omaha. The 6936 is only labeled a "DD40X" on the cab because of overall unfamiliarity with the model designation when it was overhauled. It is still a DDA40X on the blue card. Fortunately they had another DDA40X sitting across the parking lot at Jenks Shop to pattern replacement steel from so it was a fairly easy repair project for a well equipped facility like that. Also, 6936 was equipped with ditch lights well before the dump truck collision in 2000. The cab air conditioner was indeed part of the 2001 refurbishment/life extension program carried out on the unit. The main issue with 6936 at the current time, is that it is not equipped with PTC, therefore cannot lead a train, and it's not exactly a priority for UP during the PSR phase. They would like to eventually equip it with PTC and ZTR NexSys control system, which is basically the replacement for the EMD Dash-2 solid state circuit boards that are becoming hard to find, and are no longer stocked in most UP locomotive shops. NexSys is what the "N" in SD40N, GP38N, GP15N, etc. stands for.
If the Centennials existed today, when they would be put in storage they would have never been thought of by UP again and then all scrapped like 5 years later
Great video, this has been one of my favorite UP engines, another powerful engine💪 that I would love to meet in person one day, maybe travel to Pomona, CA. to work his horn, he would be very happy🤗 Seriously, to this day, I am finding out that # 6911 is in the MUTEC - Technological Museum of the Federal Electricity Commission😲, I will have to go one day too👍 Very interesting all the information, very relevant, concise and great work, I subscribe👌🔔 I hope to live until the year 2069 and know, without a doubt, the new “Bi-Centennial” model...
Have two model 6900 DD40AX, one in O Scale, the other in N Scale. Have not compared them side by side to see the difference between “O” & “N” Scale models of the same locomotive. Will have to view a photograph of 6900 at the 100th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad to see how to make a depiction of the Steam and Diesel locomotives that joined together at that event. Will have to view the preceding video again to hear the road number of the Steam Locomotive that 6900 accompanied. Making the display in N Scale first would be the most economical place to start, as well as portability to move the display if successful.
great film and history, i do recall when the feather river route was closed temporarily in 1984 and saw a centennial through newcastle, ca., don’t recall if it was compass east or west now, but it sure was on the Donner route.
At 18:06 it should have been Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa, I have no idea why it is always Omaha becoming part of Iowa when people mess it up. Omaha is the bigger city.
I've been one the biggest fans of the big engine's and you definitely have done the best explanations ive ever heard, ☝️ my compliments sir coolest video so I subscribed to your channel
Your first episode caught my eye. I then went through the other episodes until this one. This might hold a special interest for me, but I'm not sure exactly why. :-) U.P. strong! Thanks for your efforts.
I recently saw that a centennial was planned to be the basis of Zack from Chuggington but was later made into a GE Dash 9 also like how Hank from Thomas & Friends was planned to be a challenger but was made into a Pennsy K4
Several of th 6900's were used on the exWP from Salt Lake to Oakland. I was surprised to see a 6900 there(I didn't have my camera). I have seen a couple of pictures of 6900's in Oakland on the ex WP line. Also one of the 6900's was involved in a wreck in the feather river canyon, when another freight train rear ended the freight it was pulling. Their was considerable talk about the effect of the unit having had it's governor cut back to 70 mph. Some of the crews were of the opinion they could have outrun the runaway.
A railroad would never, ever increase a locomotives MAS so it could potentially outrun a runway in some bizarre scenario. It's a completely ridiculous suggestion.
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This comment is here to let people know the errors in the episode. 8:27 the text for the engine's height is supposed say 16 ft. 4 in. and not 6 ft. 4 in. 20:09 The text was supposed to say Rebuild, not Bebuild. Simple Error grammar that I didn't see. 30:58 This video was suppose to play but glitched out and didn't show. ruclips.net/video/mCakyHV6FtM/видео.html
I Own a centennial in TRS 2019. Even a DD 35 A and B, F7 and SD70Ace, Mac and Dash 9 and SD40-2. Also a G.T.E.L. All UP
A locomotive offered to be used as a road bridge? Never heard that before
UP 6925 was not used for fuel storage. It was accidentally fueled at the DSRC yard. At one point.
You did a great video sir. Thank you!
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So that's why only UP #6936 is the only DDA40X that has the wings logo. I love the look
24:12 I know the manager personally of the Nebraska Railroad Museum. When he told me he's trying to get a Centennial here to Nebraska, at first I thought he was crazy. But he's serious. And now I'm all for it. Glad to see him being backed up here.
10:27, I gotta say that would work pretty well. If I heard that down the tracks I would run away in fear for 10 miles straight.
To me it sounded like the engine was firing up at the start.
You got that right, back in our day that was a sound no one wanted to hear. That sound was more associated with missiles rather than trains.
Yep
That’s a pretty terrifying sound! I’d run too!
I remember seeing these locomotives speeding through Pomona, CA in the 1970s. Together with Southern Pacific tunnel motors, these "double diesels" made a lasting impression on me.
The Centennials were not used on Donner Pass because the UP did not own the route over Donner until 1996 with the acquisition of the SP. However, they could be seen in Feather River Canyon over the former Western Pacific for a couple of years as UP had acquired the WP in late 1982.
I was thinking that to myself "UP didn't own Donner Pass until the merger in the 90's"
@Metra212Productions If I remember correctly, UP used trackage rights on ATSF from Barstow (Yermo Yard) to Riverside to access LA.
@@gusterposey UP 6936 ran over Donner after the merger.
How did they perform on the pass?
I'm just a novice RR fan. DDA40X, GTEL 8500 and Big Boy are my favorites.
My Dad and Grandfather worked for UP in Cheyenne as machinists from the 20's thru the 50's.
As a small kid, I remember sitting in the cab of some modern diesel. Dad and Gramps took me into their work. I remember huge wheels on axles and sitting in that cab.
Thanks for your video.
I don't know why, but in the last few weeks I've started to find trains very interesting. Maybe it's the big numbers, maybe it's the history of their applications, I don't know. But I know I love 'em!
Thanks so much. The DDA40X is such a sight to see! I’ve seen it and the Big Boy, before they gave the BB back to the UP for restoration, at the railway museum at The Pomona Fairgrounds.
As a siren enthusiast, I was glad to hear that 1003 blaring as loud as it could.
The siren did not have a rotator unlike the ones on poles they just had a chopper and a stator and a motor but i also thought it was interesting that a siren was on one of the
One of the last places they were used in regular service was the Blue Mountains of Oregon. I watched two of them, along with a SD40-2, rerail five box cars that had derailed and wrecked a switch at Motanic near Meacham. They were the closest power to the derailment and came off an intermodal that they left at Hilgard near LaGrande.
So far I've seen 2. 6944 at the museum of transportation and 6930 at Illinois railway museum. They are huge and never fail to impress!
Love 6938! I work in LR, AR so i pass by Jenks yard often and get to see the beautiful beast. She always looks ready to hook up and go to work 😀
Excellent! This is the best and most complete documentary I've seen yet in the iconic DD40AX. Congratulations!
Thanks for including metric measurements for weights for us European viewers but please in future also include metric measurements for lengths love you videos keep up the excellent work
Great job on narration and history of an older once again American ingenuity. Always really appreciated these engines.
I got to see one in Pocatello, Idaho unit of 6901. It was sad to see it getting rust and paint coming off. I’m happy there’s others in better condition and one in service. My great grandfather worked as an engineer for Union Pacific for long time, he unfortunately passed away 2 years before the big boy 4014 was in Ogden Utah. I wish he was still alive and to witness it, he would’ve love to see it.
Amazing locomotive. It would awesome to see a DDA40X and Big Boy together on a tour.
You can see both of them at the Museum of American Railroading in Frisco, TX
I'll drink to that!
You can also see both of them on static display in Kenefick Park as I-80 enters Omaha from Iowa.
They should restore a dd40x and run it as big boy’s second engine, the biggest steam engine running with the biggest diesel engine would be an amazing pairing
Truly the titan of trains
Ah yes, the familiar sound of the Thunderbolt siren. We use them in my state for severe weather warnings.
Got 3 of these in HO! Beautiful creatures.
Great Video i have personally seen the 6946 in Portola California and now I own a N scale version of this locomotive
One of the most impressive displays I ever saw was in the late 1970s, west of Rawlins, WY. The UP ran what they called "mail trains" consisting of a long string of UPS semi trailers on flatcars. Eastbound on this day was a string of four Centennials with an 8000-series SD40-2 spliced in the middle powering the mail at track speed. The earth shook with almost 30,000 horsepower in run 8.
That's an awesome display of super power!
That must have been quite an awe-inspiring sight to see, hear and feel! Sheer power!
I’ve seen 3 of them in person, first 6944 in 2019, then 6900 and later 6922 on the same day, this summer
Where at?
Hah 6900 nice
Lucky
lucky, the only one i ever got to see was the 6911 which is actually the first locomotive from the usa i ever saw in my life right now its displayed on the dump aka the museum of technology, why am i calling it a dump? well it was going through a remodelization but i guess it got cancelled and now it remains there with another locomotive
An excellent fun video to watch if you're a rail road and American history buff (enthusiasts). Good entertainment.
You do great work. Please keep on doing it.
I used to work right next to the UP Omaha Shops. I was able to take a lot of slides of these units as they were being parted out.
The DDa40x is an impressive example of a diesel locomotive, you have to love the development of the large steam & diesel locomotives that have been purchased by the Union Pacific rr.
The GTELs were certainly the oddball. Awesome Locomotives, but sadly, all 3 Generations had less than 10 years of Mainline Service for each Generation.
I know you must be a where that 3985,5511 and 6936 has been moved east to another museum. Not sure which one. But rumors are about restoring all three. There was a few of the yellow passenger cars went as well as a early F unit. Steven Sipes
Well researched and nicely edited. You've done well with this series. Thanks for the hard work!
Great history session! I love UP trains!
The audio at 10:27 is audio of a 1003 with a messed up flasher causing a solenoid to shut, hence the single tone.
There is a huge error that needs correcting: when they returned to service in 1984, all 25 revived Centennials ran on the point of trains (not "all but five"). UP began limiting their use on the head-end in 1985. Even then, 6936 led the very last 1985 freight run of a Centennial, from LA to North Platte, before joining the UP heritage fleet. Thanks for this video about my all-time favorite locomotive, which I've been very lucky to experience since being a kid. High hopes that 6936 will run again after her donation to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America.
That’s certainly the plan, to have 6936 run again, probably with MILW 261.
The dd40ax is one of my favorite locomotives ever I'm gland you made this video ottomatic thank you very much
Outstanding series ! Thank You !
This is the best one yet!
I’ve seen 6913 in frisco it’s HUGE!
The DDA40X could not be used on Donner because of clearance problems, but they did get used often on the Feather River Route. Used to love watching them come through the old WP yard in the south part of Sacramento. That is why is is appropriate that one is in Portola.
Apparently the clearances must have improved, as 6936 lead an excursion over Donner Pass after the merger with SP.
Pretty cool history of the DD40. I enjoyed it, thanks.
I ran a few of these at the beginning of my career and thought the ride was extremely rough, wondering at times how they stayed on the track.
Lots of great information. Nicely done.
I know it needs a good cosmetic restoration, but remember its the policy of the Illinois Railroad Museum that each piece must "earn" its keep / place for either its spot under cover or in a paint stall. Every piece of rolling stock in the barns had money donated specifically to them just to put them there - same with the few REALLY good paint jobs that have happened. So if you and I want the Centennial cleaned up, then we need to start a fund drive or write cheques on the regular so it adds it over time.
IRM’s centennial recently was moved indoors, into Barn 9. Unfortunately a retention pond will be required before anymore barns can be built over current yards out between Boot Creek and the road.
It will definitely be quite a sight seeing 6936 with big boy 4014.
6:43 NSWGR AD60 class garratts had a similar story. 6002 got introduced before 6001
I remember back in 2005 taking a drive up to the Feather River rail museum and having the chance to see the 6946 on display. And WOW! That was an incredible sight and glad that i was able to see it. A fine piece of American Railroad history!
Alway glad to help again
Wow that opening jingle really brings back memories :-) That will be stuck in my mind for a while.
I'll be having 6936 in a series of mine, named Boford. BTW, congrats on 5K subs.
These videos keep getting better and better!
Very impressive! Well done with the Narrations too!
Sounds like the UP had a very good run out of the DDA40X. Over 2 million miles up those grades with that tonnage is impressive. The 3rd of the 3 most fantastic engines ever built following the 4000 class & the Daddy of them all, the 1-30 class.
Thanks for this video love these mighty locomotives
The Siren they added on 6918 and 6924 makes me fell like there’s a tornado coming
Thank you for the awesome detail and information you have researched and provided for us☺️☺️☺️☺️
We just received 6936 in Silvis this past Saturday, November 19th, 2022. I have video of it along with UP 5511, UP 3985, and several other pieces for restoration by Railroading Heritage of Midwest America
Awesome! I have a few Lionel locomotive train engines and manuals vintage toy collectibles. Great video! Thanks for sharing
One location you don't mention. One a number of occasions 6900 series Centennials were used on run thru freights on the Western Pacific and after the merger into Oakland, Ca. I'm going to try to find some pictures. The practice was stopped after a runaway hit a Centennial powered freight in the Feather River Canyon, and the safety board raised issues about the trucks thru Williams loop.
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9:44 Leslie rs3l
10:34 fs thunder bolt 1003
One will be delivered to the Silvis Rail Yard in the fall of 2022 and transferred into the hands of the 261.
10:27
Omg that’s worse than a tornado siren. Lol
To be honest with you Kyle if I heard that I would either run away in fear,freeze in fear or pass out In fear
The Union Pacific has some strange fascination with huge locomotives from the steam era to the diesel era they did things that other railroads did not do. The Union Pacific diesel locomotive would become short of breath at high elevations and lose power going up the mountain. It was the railroad experiments with turbocharging the diesel locomotive so we would always have an adequate supply of air for going up the mountains regardless of how high it went up to. They went through different turbos until they got a reliable set up and they told EMT this is how you're going to make our locomotive and EMT adopted they're turbocharging knowledge to their own locomotive.
More power,
@@kelvintorrence5994 you must be a real fan of Tim the toolman more power more power more power
28:50 6936 Horn sounds a bit lake like Ferrosur 4418 Horn.
Very neat video, Otto!
About 11 years ago my brother and I chased 6936 out of Portola Cal, that last clip when your movie ends is the Feather River canyon
They had cabs identical to F45 and FP45's. The Canadian comfort cab had yet to be designed when the DDA40X's were delivered.
As far as "Big Jack" goes, "jack" is railroad slang for locomotive, so it's natural for the biggest ones ever built to be called "big jacks".
6900 moved all the way to Kansas City for its repaint before being put in Kenefick Park. The move back was behind 6936, which you featured a photo of at Omaha.
The 6936 is only labeled a "DD40X" on the cab because of overall unfamiliarity with the model designation when it was overhauled. It is still a DDA40X on the blue card. Fortunately they had another DDA40X sitting across the parking lot at Jenks Shop to pattern replacement steel from so it was a fairly easy repair project for a well equipped facility like that. Also, 6936 was equipped with ditch lights well before the dump truck collision in 2000. The cab air conditioner was indeed part of the 2001 refurbishment/life extension program carried out on the unit.
The main issue with 6936 at the current time, is that it is not equipped with PTC, therefore cannot lead a train, and it's not exactly a priority for UP during the PSR phase. They would like to eventually equip it with PTC and ZTR NexSys control system, which is basically the replacement for the EMD Dash-2 solid state circuit boards that are becoming hard to find, and are no longer stocked in most UP locomotive shops. NexSys is what the "N" in SD40N, GP38N, GP15N, etc. stands for.
I guess the upgrades will make it a DDA40XN.
If the Centennials existed today, when they would be put in storage they would have never been thought of by UP again and then all scrapped like 5 years later
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Great video, this has been one of my favorite UP engines, another powerful engine💪 that I would love to meet in person one day, maybe travel to Pomona, CA. to work his horn, he would be very happy🤗
Seriously, to this day, I am finding out that # 6911 is in the MUTEC - Technological Museum of the Federal Electricity Commission😲, I will have to go one day too👍
Very interesting all the information, very relevant, concise and great work, I subscribe👌🔔
I hope to live until the year 2069 and know, without a doubt, the new “Bi-Centennial” model...
My favorite Union Pacific diesel locomotive type, I would really love to see one of these engines up close in person for myself.
If you come to IRM, or one of the other museums that has one, you can!
Glad I could help and great job
I wish these things lasted long enough to be on Donner’s Pass in ‘96
Bootiful Amazing Awesome episode
23:04 thanks for taking my suggestion
23:23 I always see that centennial at the Los Angeles County Fair
I love the half life music in this video! Although its hard to here!
Great video! 👍
I wish it can be back into service pulling intermodal consist or freight.
Excelente relato, gracias por compartir este video de esta EXEPCIONAL locomotora 👍☝️👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🙋
I would love to see a photo of 6936 helping the Big Boy 4014 with excursion trips
Have two model 6900 DD40AX, one in O Scale, the other in N Scale. Have not compared them side by side to see the difference between “O” & “N” Scale models of the same locomotive. Will have to view a photograph of 6900 at the 100th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad to see how to make a depiction of the Steam and Diesel locomotives that joined together at that event.
Will have to view the preceding video again to hear the road number of the Steam Locomotive that 6900 accompanied.
Making the display in N Scale first would be the most economical place to start, as well as portability to move the display if successful.
great film and history, i do recall when the feather river route was closed temporarily in 1984 and saw a centennial through newcastle, ca., don’t recall if it was compass east or west now, but it sure was on the Donner route.
great video too big for the home layout but after joining the local club with a big layout have brought 6900 and 6922 where they fit in nicely
At 18:06 it should have been Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa, I have no idea why it is always Omaha becoming part of Iowa when people mess it up. Omaha is the bigger city.
No kidding. Omaha doesn't claim Iowa FFS.
Great video!!!!
I've been one the biggest fans of the big engine's and you definitely have done the best explanations ive ever heard, ☝️ my compliments sir coolest video so I subscribed to your channel
UP 6936 was moved to Silvis, IL kinda recently, not sure where specifically in Silvis, but its somewhere around that area
Your first episode caught my eye. I then went through the other episodes until this one. This might hold a special interest for me, but I'm not sure exactly why. :-) U.P. strong! Thanks for your efforts.
I have been waiting for this
10:33 sounds like a tornado siren
that's because it is. lol.
Really like this video
I wonder how those engines ran thru sharp curves with four axels instead of three.
10:27 If I saw a DDA40X blaring the Thunderbolt 1000 siren (and honking it’s horn at the same time), I would’ve just ran away instantly.
Request for the next engine in line: U30C
What is the music?
I recently saw that a centennial was planned to be the basis of Zack from Chuggington but was later made into a GE Dash 9 also like how Hank from Thomas & Friends was planned to be a challenger but was made into a Pennsy K4
Several of th 6900's were used on the exWP from Salt Lake to Oakland. I was surprised to see a 6900 there(I didn't have my camera). I have seen a couple of pictures of 6900's in Oakland on the ex WP line.
Also one of the 6900's was involved in a wreck in the feather river canyon, when another freight train rear ended the freight it was pulling. Their was considerable talk about the effect of the unit having had it's governor cut back to 70 mph. Some of the crews were of the opinion they could have outrun the runaway.
A railroad would never, ever increase a locomotives MAS so it could potentially outrun a runway in some bizarre scenario. It's a completely ridiculous suggestion.
when is next engines of union pacific coming out i have benn waiting it sooo long
6936 or UP E9 A & B could be the diesels behind BigBoy 4014 whenever it goes out.
6936 (and all centennials) are all pretty much the big boy in diesel form.
They should pair it with Big Boy 4014
the dd40x is my favorite locomotive
I also love the TF2 theme at the end it's called rocket jump waltz.