Quite amazing how far that train actually makes it. Then again, it is heavy and has a lot of power. It always amazes me how the things don't get pushed of the rails. Trains and boats amaze me :D
Duh! I never thought about trains and snow. I just assumed... I went over to your little website, too. Really appreciate the work you guys did to share this with people like me, who otherwise would never know this aspect of the great lore of railroads. :-)
The steel on steel thing makes sense. The size doesn't matter though because friction is exactly the same as you change the size of contact. Pounds per square inch goes up as you decrease contact size. You can experiment with this if you have a pull type scale. They must carry a lot of sand.
The one guy keeps asking a bunch of questions and the guy recording the video just gives him one worded answers like he's annoyed by the other guy haha.
3 Locs and getting stuck? Awsome, dont see that here in Holland lol When there's some snow every train driver runs as a chicken without a head screaming: snow on the rails,snow on the rails !
steel on steel has a lot less grip then what you're comparing it to. each wheel only contacts the rail over maybe a quarter sized surface area...takes a lot to stop a train, but if one is stuck like that, wheelspin is your main enemy. that is why locomitives are equipped with silica sand...when they are starting out, a lot of the time the train operator will release silica onto the track surface where the wheels touch to give more grip.
Great Video! Only S.P. & Rio Grande used the SD45-T2 Tunnel Motors. I remember seeing them coming up Banning Pass in the 70s & 80s hauling the sugar beet trains from the imperial valley.
It takes incredible amound of force to move as much snow as those three locomotives did. They had the power to do it but had no traction, especially when the rails have became icy and wet.
Listening to the units throttle down once they got stuck makes it feel as though the big machines were disheartened at not being able to get through the drift.
My Dad is the engineer in this one! Should have been out there today. We busted some pretty good drifts right there and in Genoa. Hitting drifts is pretty cool from inside the cab
I remember when this happened, pick up loads in acroos 70 from Genoa every few days, saw the buried train a day after it happened, took you guys a few days to get her unstuck if I recall.
No, the turbos are engine-driven to a certain speed, as these are two stroke engines and cannot run without some form of forced induction. This is why you hear the turbos screaming so loud.
I don't know anything about trains, or train plows or whatever. But I think train plows should be heated, so when it hits the snow, the heat melts it enough to move faster, so less stress on the train, or when it gets stuck, turn up the heat and start moving again.
actually it roughly runs along the KS/NEBR border into Colorado.the line runs from Belleville, KS to Limon, CO, with branches from Belleville to Stockton and Solomon, KS you can look it up on Rail America's website
I'm surprised it couldn't just back out. I remember we used drive yukes (aircraft tow trucks) into the snow. It took about a 6 feet of hard packed drift to stop a yuke but you could always back out over your cleared path.
All the engines are connected to the head unit. When he nails the throttle they all power up to full traction. snow/weight & ice = no traction for steel wheels on steel track
What an INCREDIBLE Video. Me and family loves seeing trains. My daughter who is 5, LOVES all kinds of train scenes. I was planning to move to ND for oil field truck work, and seen some of these snow train plow clips, and all I could say is 0_0.... Kimmyskunk Thank you for these clips, adding these to my favs.
Really want someone to post the clip from the VHS "Assault on Snow". Who wouldn't want to see 2 F7s trying to do this same thing but without a snowplow?
2 tunnel motors and a 3rd engine couldn't pull it out. that's when you know you REALLY got it stuck that drift looks like it's over a half mile long! maybe Kyle should invest in a rotary?
They said in the video "How do you get it unstuck? Bring more power out?" the other guy goes: "Yup." They just have to get more engines on the track and pull it out I guess.
wow. i love the way they jump to the rescue by obviously ringing the local authorities to report a blockage on the track, and i love the way they run over to see if the driver can actually get out. lol.
Could they not pull out? Did the plow derail? If the plow were longer at less of an angle, would it have worked? -so that the snow weight would push down on the rails and prevent a derailment as the snow is thrown more upwards? Thank you,
I LOVE the sound of the train turbo when he tries to back out! Makes the turbo on my 22 wheeler big rig sound like a sports coach whistle.
Man those sound amazing. Always loved the sound of an SD-40.
The first two are SD45-T2s (20 cylinder, 3600HP version of the 40) The third one is a GP40.
More than 11 years later, I still crack up when he goes, "Uh-oh, UH-OH!"
Wait for it, wait for it…..
Now what?
Man’s trying to back out, and the snow is like nope😂
Call Mr. Plow, that's my name. That name again, is Mr. Plow.
Quite amazing how far that train actually makes it. Then again, it is heavy and has a lot of power. It always amazes me how the things don't get pushed of the rails. Trains and boats amaze me :D
5 stars, and a favorite!
Played about 6 times, just to hear those locos ramping up power like that!! Fantastic video, thanks for posting!
Duh! I never thought about trains and snow. I just assumed...
I went over to your little website, too. Really appreciate the work you guys did to share this with people like me, who otherwise would never know this aspect of the great lore of railroads. :-)
lol i love the guy giving directions "you bettur pour'er to'er" LOL thats great and then "holy smokes" i wonder if those engines are repainted UP now
LOOOOOOVE the sound of those engines. That's some seroius power there. Pity it didn't stack up to frozen water! Surprised they got as far as they did.
Boaaaaaa, I love the sound of the Engines!!! It's really like Music!
Well, I love also the Sound of my 5.9 Cummins TD in my Dodge ;)
The steel on steel thing makes sense. The size doesn't matter though because friction is exactly the same as you change the size of contact. Pounds per square inch goes up as you decrease contact size. You can experiment with this if you have a pull type scale. They must carry a lot of sand.
Back up and give it hell! lol Great videos, thanks for posting them!
.... am I the only one who cranked up the bass and volume on my speakers? love the roar of EMD
I love the sound of those EMD 16-645E3 engines on those SD40T-2s/.
I worked for CP/D&H and never saw something as sweet was this! thanks for sharing
The one guy keeps asking a bunch of questions and the guy recording the video just gives him one worded answers like he's annoyed by the other guy haha.
when it was plowing through before it got stuck....reminded me of that movie Tremors.
this is one of the first things i ever watched on youtube
Man, that is a lot of snow =O I got my farm tractor stuck today when plowing snow... thank god i had the track loader near ;D
Well that was not smart. Using a snow plow instead a Rotary snow plow!
they might call that rotary thing a plow but a plow just shoves the snow, the rotary is a snowblower
+Rob Nielsen to expensive to run
That's all we have on the Kyle!
@@railroad33where was this vid taken?
Gotta love the plow car going airbourne when it hit the deepest part of the drift; looked almost like a plane taking off on a runway
They used a tank of Mapp Gas and melted the snow/ice to get the choo-choo outta there. Love this footage.
Heroic effort, the only way to get a feel for the limits.
keep taking vids of this, this is a cool aspect of keeping a railroad running.
0:22 "Holy Smokes!" LOL
I just love the sound of those turbos!
Best Video on RUclips !! Better each time I watch it !
Love the "Now What"--more power--like AAA???--Thx for the cool clip.
@plumbers69
the sound of a proper turbo is one of the best sounds in the world! and these are quite a few turbo's which makes it even better!
Dude..i can watch this clip over n over again..i just love it..and the sound of the engines :)
I love this clip ... the EMD turbos and SNOW...
3 Locs and getting stuck? Awsome, dont see that here in Holland lol
When there's some snow every train driver runs as a chicken without a head screaming: snow on the rails,snow on the rails !
The sound of horns and engines is outstanding
Wow,
What a way to plow snow.
thanks for the video.
steel on steel has a lot less grip then what you're comparing it to. each wheel only contacts the rail over maybe a quarter sized surface area...takes a lot to stop a train, but if one is stuck like that, wheelspin is your main enemy.
that is why locomitives are equipped with silica sand...when they are starting out, a lot of the time the train operator will release silica onto the track surface where the wheels touch to give more grip.
So this is what happened to the SP Line - wondered where they went, lol! Thanks for sharing!
bloody hell! glad we dont have to worry about snow on our railways here in australia!
Nah, you're not the only one.
What I want to know is if this line stayed open with this winter from hell we've had this year!
Great Video! Only S.P. & Rio Grande used the SD45-T2 Tunnel Motors. I remember seeing them coming up Banning Pass in the 70s & 80s hauling the sugar beet trains from the imperial valley.
It takes incredible amound of force to move as much snow as those three locomotives did. They had the power to do it but had no traction, especially when the rails have became icy and wet.
Listening to the units throttle down once they got stuck makes it feel as though the big machines were disheartened at not being able to get through the drift.
My Dad is the engineer in this one! Should have been out there today. We busted some pretty good drifts right there and in Genoa. Hitting drifts is pretty cool from inside the cab
This has to be the best thing on i have seen on you tube in a long time.
wow I never thought about what a train does during the winter. :) Thanks for showing us (me). :)
I remember when this happened, pick up loads in acroos 70 from Genoa every few days, saw the buried train a day after it happened, took you guys a few days to get her unstuck if I recall.
this video is awesome, this is something we don't see living in southeast texas.
No, the turbos are engine-driven to a certain speed, as these are two stroke engines and cannot run without some form of forced induction. This is why you hear the turbos screaming so loud.
Excellent video 33. Show the "foamers" it's not all sit back relax and and call boards. Grab a shovel boys! JD
This is so cool, all that power and still not getting through the snowbank.
SD45T-2 38-40 years old, 3600hp. Still alot of power.
love the sounds of the turbos
I don't know anything about trains, or train plows or whatever. But I think train plows should be heated, so when it hits the snow, the heat melts it enough to move faster, so less stress on the train, or when it gets stuck, turn up the heat and start moving again.
gotta love them 2 stroke diesels lots of power about 15000 to 20000 hp.
man! 3 locomotives! what a power they can deliver but there is just to much snow
urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! haha the trains probably like "TOO MUCH FRIGGIN SNOW! PUSH! LOL
This is a great video, and I love the follow up videos on DropShots
Thats some tall drifts and heavy snow on the rails. Wow
Nice, I never saw a train get stuck, but here we dont get that much snow!
Great video. Love the sound of the engines on this one. 5***** and favorite.
actually it roughly runs along the KS/NEBR border into Colorado.the line runs from Belleville, KS to Limon, CO, with branches from Belleville to Stockton and Solomon, KS
you can look it up on Rail America's website
@HarryTurboo The two first locomotives have 3600hp each. The rear locomotive has 3000hp. Total 10200hp.
"Holy smokes" - sounds like the guy off Blazing Saddles !
:)
Move over, superman.... All it takes to stop this speeding train is some snow!
I could watch this for hours.
I'm surprised it couldn't just back out. I remember we used drive yukes (aircraft tow trucks) into the snow. It took about a 6 feet of hard packed drift to stop a yuke but you could always back out over your cleared path.
Turbocharged, 20-cylinder two-stroke-cycle 645 cubic inch/cylinder EMD diesels. The unit in the rear has a 16-cylinder version of the same engine.
They should have brought in a MOASP. The Mother of all snow plows!
Man those train sound awesome spooling down!
The two SP units have 20-645E3 engines - the little red one has a 16-645E3.
The engineer must have Balls of Steel to do this job
do you know the train schedule to make these videos?
dude that is so sick!!!
soooo nadly wish i could have been there, the sound of the train, wow
Thanks for posting this vid, I've been looking for it for a while.
That was quite the storm :)
That's some serious snow driftage! With about 20 cars in tail: They may have made it.
All the engines are connected to the head unit. When he nails the throttle they all power up to full traction. snow/weight & ice = no traction for steel wheels on steel track
Awesome video and powerful engine sound!
Greetings from Belarus!
Love these videos. Thanks from Denmark
@BelgianEvo The front two units are SD45T-2 at 3600hp each. I think the red unit on the back is an SD40 at 3000hp.
The sweet sound of the EMD turbo two-stroke diesel engine.
It's the EMD two-stroke turbo diesel, they sound like this on any railroad, not just SP.
Is this train powered by jet engines or turbine engines? It sounds AMAZING!!!
16V diesel electric engine
What an INCREDIBLE Video.
Me and family loves seeing trains. My daughter who is 5, LOVES all kinds of train scenes. I was planning to move to ND for oil field truck work, and seen some of these snow train plow clips, and all I could say is 0_0....
Kimmyskunk
Thank you for these clips, adding these to my favs.
Really want someone to post the clip from the VHS "Assault on Snow". Who wouldn't want to see 2 F7s trying to do this same thing but without a snowplow?
Imagine big boy with a load of weight behind it and one of these ploughs on the front. That would be awesome!!!
2 tunnel motors and a 3rd engine couldn't pull it out. that's when you know you REALLY got it stuck
that drift looks like it's over a half mile long! maybe Kyle should invest in a rotary?
Should have 4-2er'd a little harder as Cletus pointed out at the beginning. Also, *Cranks bass knob as the EMDs go notch 8*
What does that mean 4-2 er’d?
Awesome shots!!!!!
What a great idea. Thank God for you.
What happened to the train did it derail or was the snow to deep for the train to keep going?
Its not the depth of the snow that stopped it....it was the length.
Nice Vid!
ha ha ha....I like how the guy at 1:44 says "now what?"....ha ha ha
They said in the video "How do you get it unstuck? Bring more power out?" the other guy goes: "Yup."
They just have to get more engines on the track and pull it out I guess.
@TigerDude84 If you mean GM, like EMD, then yes all three are Gm/EMD. The lead 2 units are tunnel motors, the third I'm not sure.
wow. i love the way they jump to the rescue by obviously ringing the local authorities to report a blockage on the track, and i love the way they run over to see if the driver can actually get out. lol.
The two SD45T-2s weigh about 210 tons each and the GP weighs about 130-135 tons.
Could they not pull out?
Did the plow derail?
If the plow were longer at less of an angle, would it have worked? -so that the snow weight would push down on the rails and prevent a derailment as the snow is thrown more upwards?
Thank you,
So do they add more engine cars on the back of the train and push harder?
Do the connectors ever break from the stress?
Had to rewatch awesome!!!
Best line of the entire video....
"Now what?"