Why are trains...?
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2021
- This is just a fun little video that I started working on last year. Please keep in mind that I obviously love trains, and this is meant to be (slightly) educational!
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This video was a joke and not meant to offend anybody.
@@TheFourFoot but i love trains too much you have not RESPECTTTT the trens
I do respect trains that’s why I’ve spent the past year traveling around the country to document passenger rail construction projects. Literally my entire life is trains.
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1:30 clearly shows that the person making this video is a train engineer 😂
RR: "we're sorry our trains are blocking crossings and delaying traffic."
Also the RR: "We'll now be allowing maximum train lengths up to 18,000 feet."
You got it lol
Okay but if you're traveling inter-city or long distance taking a train is so much better than a Greyhound or Megabus
Obviously lol. I’m a big fan of Amtrak [see past videos] but I also want to be somewhat objective about the situation
10:47 “If you want the delays to end, you’re going to have to spend”. Some way, somehow, we need to spread this word to the government. And they should be less concerned about spending money when they’re losing it through delays and accidents.
Absolutely!
Here here!
Amtrack: Our trains are so old.
Via Rail Canada: Hold my beer.
Toucher lol
I’m offended. Ok that one clip of a dude yelling at the BNSF local made me laugh so hard
Lol that guy was a truck driver. At the beginning of the video he shows that he was already annoyed because the forklift driver unloading his trailer had gotten stuck. It was all downhill from there lol
lol
@Kz he can't lol
lmao that USDOT paper using the Scotrail(?) dmu is hilarious. Also I like this format of making this accessible to non-foamers.
Yeah if they want to bring UK DMU’s over, I’m totally fine with that, but yeah, it made me laugh
@@TheFourFoot anything but the pacers. Philly already experienced that...
I have seen [somewhat unofficial] Amtrak ads with British EMUs and Alaska Railroad Geeps in the background...
That is a class 323 EMU and is a Northern Trains
reminds me of that time Network rail decided to put Amtrak locos on "freight trains"
My aunt lives next to the tracks and she is so used to them, she doesnt even realize it lmao
But my other aunt also lives near it, and she loves the sound of them
I’ve definitely heard that can happen lol
I used to spend some time working in the Mt. Pleasant, IA area & stayed a few blocks from the BNSF main, it got to where I barely noticed them at night.
The “train blocking road for nine hours” is about 15 seconds from my house. Those tracks run behind it. It’s a pretty common occurrence there as there’s a little over a mile between that level crossing and the next. It’s the mainline into Indianapolis and one of the last large stops before the city. The others get clogged, so this one gets blocked. Fun stuff!
As somebody from outside the USA I found this video refreshingly honest about the state of your railroads and the fact that its observations coincide with my own only serves to make me more conceited than than I really am 😊
Haha you even used a clip from my video, great explanations. Yes many people getting annoyed without even knowing a trains purpose.
It blew my mind how busy that area is when I first took a train out of there lol
They are Good they have their issues there not bad they get there in less then 2 days
Faster than box shipping
*PSR has entered the chat.*
I feel in order to improve our rail infrastructure, especially for passenger service, they should receive *a lot* more dedicates funding from state and federal governments (something Biden is trying to do but is often met with political opposition), or privately fund companies like Brightline who could receive much more private investment than the government will.
For sure!
This Video is Loaded with a Lot of Great Information. Thanks for your Strong 💪 Efforts. 👍🙏
1:01 i railfanned a NS train and that was my reaction when it kept going foward, back, stopping etc lol.
I rail fanned a couple CSX trains that went sooo slow and the line was 3 blocks long.
This video explains the questions I've had on why it slows down. I've always thought bc the signal changed like in a car you slow down when you see a yellow light.
The people who hate trains dont even know what they are they just see them as big machines that are slow and pull random stuff
Yes lol. That’s why I made this video. I think a lot of people think high speed rail is just more expensive Amtrak trains, which is why it’s so important for 1 actual HSR line to open somewhere in this country!
Amtrak trains here do 80 mph as I know
I live at Brunswick and those yard work trains ANNOY people. It’s so funny to see them rage while I am just recording lol!
"Why are they so annoying?" *Thats the neat part, the arent*
Yes, bring back the timetable! Having airline style "it gets there when it gets there" attitudes towards this mode of transport is by all means *BAD* when it comes to incentivizing passengers.
Likewise, a rant for freight railroads - bring back terminal railroads! Your whole shtick on PSR ain't mean shit when the locomotives meant to pull those cars to the destination have to set up the train themselves! And perhaps you could take some looks at upgrading your railcar designs for higher speeds; Amtrak easily accomplished this with priority mail and piggyback freight in the early 90s, if y'all are gonna wax poetic about DPUs allowing you to function more as a "freight as a service" company with PSR, perhaps upgrading frame or bogie design could help provide you more functionality for higher speed freights without sacrificing efficiency or safety.
Heck, maybe the best way to do that is just make the trains shorter and run more often. Flexibility is the major benefit of railroads compared to other mediums of transport, so focusing hard on train length and carload velocity at specific hours isn't going to help drive new customers to the system due to them missing a date from any number of issues setting up cars for classification and movement. BNSF manages to compete extremely well against other PSR-adopting railroads not by following suit, but by improving the basic systems it runs on! More reliable locomotives, more general upkeep on cars, keeping good track on headcount and line usage gives a much better capability to provide faster and more consistent service, without killing thousands of jobs and increasing danger by reducing inspections.
Agreed. They need a public timetable so not only can all trains passenger or freight have a better on time performance and also help railfans like me
PSR is just cringe
6:37 If I were making this, I would use the Hillsdale grade separation instead. Thankfully, Caltrain was and still is spending money to improve track it actually owns, including replaced century-old grade separations in San Mateo.
Absolutely!
We don't want to spend, so the train delays will not end.
Pretty much lol
We'd rather spend on more Murican things such as highways and football stadiums for teams that don't make the playoffs!
Quiet Zones are the worst! You knew the rail line was there when you bought the house deal with it! Or where I live in Florida if there is a grade crossing issues they got to drive 40 miles from Tampa when it is hit by a lightning strike. It’s also great when csx comes through downtown Clearwater blocking all the beach traffic it’s fun to see how pissed the drivers get!
ABSOLUTELY THE WORST
They could get their cities to pay for grade separation. The rail companies would actually love that. But they're too cheap to.
I have a quiet zone near my house and trains stop there a lot. It’s a detour from a busy road close to it but if to many cars go in it it blocks traffic.
When we first moved to Largo the local seemed to always come through in the middle of the night. Now I never know when the damn train is gonna come through. Funny thing is, having worked for NS for ten years, I still catch myself doing a trackside inspection whenever I get caught by it. Is that sad or what? 😂
@@TheChoochooboy99 like the hoppers in North Greenwood today! Yes I remember this.. as I live close to the rosary crossing. Now it’s between 1 and 2 pm.. I come from an PRR, PC, conrail and Amwreck family.. it’s great seeing the ns black at largo Central Park!
0:49 yes its gonna stop ITS A LOCAL SWITCHING LE YARD
I'm still waiting for the Boston to Honolulu train to come
This is very well thought out and helps out a lot of people better understand the railroad. Also I saw that clip from Main Street in Fremont, you operate on UP around here?
That was right before the 844 came through lol
A subdivision in my town gets cut off by trains. They've worked something out, after a man in the subdivision had a heart attack and EMS had to climb between cars to load the man on a stretcher and climb back with him.
True everything you said once a Grain train blocked Tucker ST Crossing for 1 week due to the crew getting sick
great video 🚄🚄👍
I love trains I love to be stopped, and watching trains at grade
Tbh I missed liveing beside the tracks so I can railfan plus respect the CW44AC and p42DC and et44ac and etc
Great information. Having a place at Lake McConaughy I've been saying for years that they need to put in no train horn crossings to make the place more enjoyable to camp at and so those that have cabins next to the tracks don't have to be blasted multiple times a day. Your explanation helps make sense of it. My place is far enough away that it doesn't affect me and I actually love hearing them chug along in the distance when the wind is blowing the right direction. I'm high enough too that you can see the entire length of it that looks like a model train set. 👍
Awesome lol. Yeah that would get old if you were closer. Fortunately I’m far enough away from the Nebraska City line in Lincoln to not really be affected either, but I totally sympathize with the people that live close to it. I can see Lincoln converting a few like 27th and 40th, but I sincerely doubt they’re gonna do all 11 lol. I think just the study was going to cost $200k.
@@TheFourFoot I grew up on Stonecliffe Dr back when there was alot more trains everyday and loved it. As teenagers we even got to see the inside of the caboose one time after talking to the workers for a while, and then the train started moving and you could hear the slack being taken out of the cars so we held on and had to jump out with it moving. No way that happens no days. Lol.
Seeing how quiet zones are set up at other crossings in town it blows me away they would cost that much considering every main intersection from Pine Lake to Pioneers Boulevard has medians, so wouldn't pylons/dividers be the only thing left to add to keep people from going around the arms? The Ready Mix Concrete entrance, Southwood Dr, and Calvert St would be a different story with how those crossings are set up. 70th and 84th are too but far away enough where it wouldn't affect as many people.
I’m sure that was fun! You’re right about the medians of those crossings, and the crossing on north 70th, just south of cornhusker is very similar to those. It doesn’t have the slightly higher square medians that make it impossible for cars to drive over that are often mandated for quiet zones. My biggest complaint is that if a study is done and new raised/square medians are deemed necessary for quiet zones, they why weren’t those installed when the crossings were rebuilt, considering nearly all the crossings on that line in Lincoln were rebuilt within the last few years. I have noticed that 84th was recently rebuilt with this new median, after trains started running again. I know the city doesn’t want to spend money on things if they don’t have to, but this just seems a bit short sighted. I would imagine the crossing at 56th/old Cheney may have to have automatic warning devices installed like the Adams street crossing, but you’re right many of the crossings could probably be done fairly cheaply. I think the largest cost is engineering/insurance costs behind the scenes.
Trains never piss me off, I mean, if you are complaining about the horn then don't live near the tracks lol, they blow the horn for people's safety cause sadly idiots don't no when to like... Not cross the tracks lmao
Yep used to live near the CSX tracks in VA i used to see like 5 trains a day there
Great video!
Thanks a lot!
That was a very well put together video and as you talked about there are so many reasons why trains irritate people.. it's not fun getting flipped-off by either Capitol Corrider/ACE/Caltrain riders at stations when they realize it's my UP engine headlight and not their pass. train going thru.. Keep up the nice work and funding by government is at least one answer... 🤗
Hahahaha I’ve spent so little time operating about passenger trains that I haven’t had that experience, but I’m sure it’s annoying. I did go through Santa Fe springs once on a Z and I couldn’t believe the platform was absolutely packed. Thanks a lot!
@@TheFourFoot Thxs for the response, your videos are great and come across w/ great inteligence.. take care!
Thanks a lot! Glad you like em! You take care too.
The solution for the chaotic national rail infrastructure in the USA, is for the Federal Government to acquire all the track infrastructure (track, bridges, tunnels, stations, signalling, and train control) from the freight rail companies and create a federal 'not for profit' open access entity to maintain and upgrade the federal rail infrastructure as a federal strategic 'steel highway' public asset for all freight and passenger train operators to use. If Australia being a similar land mass size to the USA can do it through ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation) being a federal funded entity in association with the respective state government own operations.
I fully support that lol
4:30, holy fuck why are the tracks soo deformed, i bet they never replaced those tracks, original tracks that was set from day 1
As of now, they have started to upgrade the track and ties one by one. Slow and steady.
Okay I am not American, so I have no idea in this regard. Can someone tell me why they are not building underpass or overpasses on railway track if delay due to rail crossing is such a major issue?
The most problematic crossings have already been removed. There are still tens of thousands from crossings across the country that haven’t. Except in a few places like Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and New York, most states/cities would have to implement a tax to raise money to remove crossings en mass, and it simply isn’t a big enough priority for most people to want to pay for it.
Metra and the CTA are rarely late and I use them every day. Well, I used to use Metra daily when I lived in the suburbs. But still, I think Metra is awesome at keeping to it's time tables. So is the L.
For not being on the NEC and having to constantly battle the freight railroads, Metra is a fantastic system!
Let's invest in removing all level crossings.
I support that, but it sure isn’t gonna be cheap lol
_”Yay, mass death risk!”_
This is a laudable goal we should be moving toward, but it is going to take a big sack of $$$...
China has been building an amazing new rail system, but they don't seem to have "imminent domain" issues there.
Dumbass move, but ok
What is your opinion of "Precision Scheduled Railroading"? I've read that it's just a scheme to run ever longer trains with fewer personnel....Employee downsizing.
Basically. I need to make a video on it. Basically it’s the railroads racing each other to the bottom, and I just hope it doesn’t cause too much damage to the network.
@@TheFourFoot PSR will result in unsafe operation eventually.
Unfortunately, yes
We need Grade separation and double tracking! woo!
yes lol
trains are safer then cars
Yes, they absolutely are. I’m not pro car. I hate driving, and I want more passenger trains in this country.
4:30 that track is jacked!!
Yeah even by American standards, that’s pretty bad lol
You still have flags for your form A's?
Its funny how at 1:00 it cuts off right before a swear word in the video lol
This video should help drivers understand why trains cause them to be late
lol the cursive font 1:06 🤣
Soooo fahncy
6:21 lol a British train on a US Train paper
play transport fever 2 or railroad tycoon 3 those games more or less simulate everything in this video.
Theres going to be one of those foamers in this comment section saying 'i hate this'
Trains = Bad
Car = Good
JK
That perfectly sums up federal funding and public opinion for our infrastructure.
Sooo because railways are privately owned and short term profits are placed on top of time performance and longer term investments on infrastructure
Yes lol
What about Brightline?
In every way, Brightline is the exception, not the rule lol
@@TheFourFoot Although there are more companies like Brightline which are being proposed throughout the U.S. Texas Central Railway (Dallas to Houston at 200mph), Cascadia Rail (Portland to Vancouver being funded by Microsoft), XpressWest [now Brightline] from Vegas to LA, and other services from St. Paul to Eau Claire, New Orleans to Baton Rouge and St. Paul to Duluth [Northern Lights Express operated by BNSF] (the last two could be owned by Amtrak but I'm not sure.)
Well then there will always be delays no one wants to spend any money to make things good Just safe enough to use lol rail roads and highways are the same everyone wants to use them noone wants them fixed till many people are dead or inconveniced by delays lol.
Quiet zones are obviously a good thing. The whole ‘you knew the tracks were there when you moved in’ argument is stupid. Somebody will live near tracks that run through a city or town. Unless cities decide to allow no houses or apartments to be built like two miles on either side of a rail line, noise will be an issue for whoever does live there. That line of argumentation basically amounts to ‘I don’t care about the fact that the quality of life of people living near tracks is impacted by the noise’ when there is no reason railroads should not have to do something to mitigate their noise pollution. They have the money. They were often given the land for free by the US government. They need to be held accountable. Noise pollution is still a major problem on much more advanced rail networks, eg along Shinkansen lines so it’s also not a uniquely American problem, just that the US rail industry and regulators do very little to address it.
Yeah people that like hearing train whistles and then vote against quiet zones/grade separations is essentially the same thing as people wanting to live in the country and then actively work to keep feedlots/chicken farms/windmills. “I’m a sociopath, but I want a hand in how society is built because I want it to benefit me...”
meh i dont mind the quiet zones but if something happens like a car accident its 100% the city's fault
...unless there’s anything wrong with the crossing equipment. But yes, cities have to take on liability when implementing quiet zones.