Rare Final Road Railer Trains, Train Without Freight Cars Slamming The RR Diamonds, Triple Crown
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- One Of The Last Triple Crown Road Railer Trains Slams The Railroad Diamond In Logansport, Indiana! Train With Heritage Unit DPU Hits The Diamond. Fast Train Knocks Down The Signal & Gets A Speed Check With My Radar Unit. 4 Norfolk Southern Trains & Small Town Fire Department.
I was told that the Norfolk Southern Triple Crown Road Railers would finally cease operation at the end of this week so I went to Indiana to catch one of the final ones. I went on Thursday but was unable to get any that day so I got a motel and tried for Friday. On Friday I got a Road Railer train ( 255 ) hitting the railroad diamond in Logansport, Indiana. Listen to the awesome sounds of the train hitting the diamond on its run from Detroit to Kansas City. I also got another westbound train at the diamond there. This is an awesome long train with a Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit as a mid train DPU. That was a lucky catch.
After these two trains we see a couple more trains at a small town between Logansport and LaFayette, Indiana. These trains are on the same NS line. I saw this town on the map and thought it looked interesting. The trains absolutely fly through here! The town also has a small fire station that faces the railroad crossing. After the first train went booking through I decided to use my radar gizmo on the second one. Look how fast that train was going! I also got it knocking down the signal. That is railroad jargon for causing the signal to drop from green to red as the train passes. I used 160.860 and 452.9375 to monitor the trains.
I also decided to spend another night in Indiana so that I could go to Wabash and Warsaw. On Saturday I got some street running trains in Warsaw on the Norfolk Southern Marion Sub. I will get that video out soon.
Don't miss the Live Action Pets and the slide show that comes from the video.
Filmed Friday, August 23, 2024 in 1080p with 60fps. Thanks for watching!
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How come they are stopping the road rail trains, they seem like a good idea to me?
Because they're not a good idea, after all. The trailers have to be strengthened a lot to allow them to be coupled together like that. That adds a lot of weight to the trailer, which means they can carry less load, because trucks have a maximum allowed weight on the road. Despite the extra strengthening, the trailers still aren't strong enough to go with other cars, so they have to be in dedicated trains. Because of the way they're connected together, those trains can't be switched, so you have to take all your trailers from one start point to one destination. That basically kills all the possible advantages. Ultimately, they're just a worse version of containers or TOFC.
@@beeble2003 Thanks for your comments! I had been wondering also
A viewer gave an excellent answer below
@@JawTooth looked it up. Apparently they reckon it's because the road rail fleet has reached end of life. They are switching to double stickers citing economics. Doesn't really make sense to me as the cost of new yards, infrastructure and running costs don't seem to stack up. They must know their business I would assume.
@@chashouse8511 Thanks for the additional information! I use to see them pass through Cincinnati area. One of my first videos on my channel was one of the last ones going through Walton Ky in 2015. Today is supposed to be the last one ever
I will never forget a video I watched about 20 years ago which I downloaded off the Internet before RUclips was a thing. It hailed the road railer as the future of railroading.
We had a fabulous mixed freight with lots of coil steel! Most were in covered cars, but some were in gondolas. There was also a load of long and large steel pipe, and untagged UP and GATX box cars! Great catch, my friend! 😀😀😀😀❤❤❤❤
Thanks Gary!
@@JawTooth You're welcome, JT!
Thank You Jaw Tooth Railroading at its finest great show I Say! Trains and Trucking too, the livestock is always pleasurable
I love seeing the live action pets, JT! I'm not too sure how brave Loki would have been if the fence hadn't been between him and the goat! Please tell them all I said hello. 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤
I totally agree! He is brave with the fence lol
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This is really awesome seeing the last of the road railers and with DPU'S going over the diamonds always something exciting with
the trains in Indiana, the always amazing live action pets and the
rocking music slide shows take care and thanks Jaw Tooth.🚂🚃🇺🇲
With NO weight from a flat car, this set up makes PERFECT sense...I mean ONE locomotive pulling over 90 trailers? DAMN!! thank You JT!!
Thank you so much for catching last Triple Crown. Something I would never have seen living in UK. Much appreciated
You are welcome! I will have one more video of the Triple Crown. I got this train in a town named Delphi also and I will post that one with some other trains in that small town
On that last train JT that double stack that engineer had those two GE’s and that SD 70 ace hammering down but anyway, my friend another awesome video and I like that little town you was in there at last and as always you stay safe out there my friend and watch your back and we’ll see you on the next one
FABULOUS!
JT used his radar!! THANK YOU!!!!
I keep hoping to see more radar readings - not certain why I'm so intrigued by it, but I am.
Always sad to know a piece of railroading history is being pushed out, and I'd think the Road-Railers would be economical enough to keep, but I guess the intermodals are taking over.
I for one am very glad you document so many things on video - you're making a huge contribution to the history books of railroading, as well as the life story of America. Thank you!!!
May God's blessing be heaped upon you, my friend..
A long, fast intermodal speeding through Rockville. That's cool 😎, JT!! 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤
Sure is
Thanks JT! Really nice trains in a small town. Even caught the signal dropping!
Hey jaw tooth cool trains. Never seen road railer train in real life. Like the small town in second half of video. The less people in town the better I like it. Have a great railroad day. 🚂🙋♀️
Thanks for preserving a unique piece of railroad history!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
The siren was probably for the volunteer fire dept. In rural villages, before cell phones, a siren was used to call the volunteers to come to the station.
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Great video as always 👍👍
Enjoy watching
I remember in the various library books about railroad when this idea was promoted as the wave of the future for deliveries in congested cities.
Those trains used to be a pretty common sight at my sons fast pitch softball games. The tracks were about 50 feet from the outfield fence. They were so cool 😎! It's too bad they're going away. 😢 😄😄😄😄❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching my video and commenting!
@@JawTooth You're welcome, JT!
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Cool. My first time seeing a road-railer. Lots of great trains and info. TY. Wow, that intermodal train was bookin'. Gotta love the live pets and kiddos at the end. Your music rocks.
Thanks for watching! A couple years ago and also last fall I filmed a couple of them. Back then they were talking about doing away with them but they made it to today. I filmed them in a few spots so if you have time check out one of those videos also. They might pop up on the right side of the screen
Awesome train action, Brian!! RIP Triple Crown. I’d never of known of them had I not watched your RUclips channel. That NS was bookin’!
I guessed 54 mph.
How good lookin’s that yellow ‘Virginian’ DPU in the first train of this video. Great find Jaw Tooth!
I’ve been hearing about and seeing ‘Last Roadrailer’ videos for years.
I love trains
That was fun, thanks😎🚂
Loved the beritage locomotive.
Loki was being pretty bold e6ith that gia6t until the goat made a move in his direction!
When you showed the church by the tracks I pictured you jumping up during a sermon to run out and video a train. 😊
Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work
The way those road railers connect together its basically like one really long articulated rail car. Neat.
SD70 lead on one train, and a good look in SD70 DPU... Good catch!!!
Thanks for watchibg!
Nice job on catching those trains jaw tooth keep it up and be safe while Railfanning out there please
Fantastic video JT! Awesome catches! Thanks for catching the road-railer!..kinda sad, one more thing going into the history books.
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Thank you very much!
Best music. Best pics. ❤❤❤edward of jaw tooth😊
I saw the RoadRailer on the Interstate and caught some pictures...never thought how memorable those pictures will be.
Awesome! Those will be historic photos someday. Add to the list of the last New River Train, the last circus train etc
That Virginian paint scheme on that DPU is a great looking paint job.
Agree 👌
It sure was a nice surprise
That NS was really booking! Thanks for the great videos! I don't get to see many trains here in Enterprise, AL
Back in the 70s I worked for Flying Tigers which was a an all cargo airline. Our parent corporation was Tiger International who was heavily involved in developing the rail roader concept. I was surprised it was still being used.
Yeah!Truly got engrossed with this Video, Excellent,plain and simple,loved it.. Thankyou JT... blessed be..🙏🐨👍🎶
Thanks for watching my videos! I will have more from this trip
The cat with glowing eyes . Perfect for Halloween.
Amazing freight train, have a good Sunday. l like seeing your shots of different towns you visit, great to see America!
Thanks! I appreciate that. I also visited a few more towns that I have never been to and I filmed trains there also including Warsaw, Wabash, Lafayette and another one
Absolutely fantastic and stand out video the road railer the awesome location can't give enough thanks for this one!!!!
Thank you very much!
Hey JT great vid…. The Virginia dpu was awesome also always like how you give a little history tour of the town you’re in nice touch 😊it is sad to see the triple crown ending it’s run 😞
Mr. 🦷 gets the good ones again!
Thanks for watching!
I remember when the Roadrailer concept first came out and the truckers didn't like it because each trailer had its' own set of rail wheels with a heavier trailer frame which increased the tare weight and ate into the weight you could actually carry. Roadrailer II was supposed to correct that by having removable rail wheels but then you had the issue of getting the wheelsets back to the shipping point plus the time to set the trailers back on the wheels and the railroads didn't like the wasted time. The idea should have died out years ago. I certainly won't miss it.
Thanks JT awesome quality and content as always have a great day greetings from Scotland 😊
Time has passed that town by. Thanks JT
😅nice glowing eys,🐱thanks for the video,til the next one. greetz:🍐Peer.😅👍👍👍👍
Heya Brian
Good seeing you
Every item I see open boxcar or gainers, I still look for and miss shoestring.
God bless
Take care
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in Logansport, Indiana, I like them, they're awesome, I already uploaded the video of mine, that has the CSX I142 and CSX M575 in Covington, Kentucky, my birthday is coming up, it's on the 2nd of September, on Monday, which is Labor Day, @JawTooth, Brian, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.
Great video! I just caught the last 2 this morning here in Michigan. 255 (The westbound) came through around 2:20 am. 256 came through around 4 am which I chased to their termination point. Truly sad to see these unique forms of shipping freight go away.
Nice video
That last train was really moving..that would be a good guesstimate of the speed!
I wish we knew you was coming. Saturday 256 had the Nickel Plate leading
☹ I never got to see one. Great vid 👍
Sorry to hear that. I hate seeing them go. We keep losing cool stuff like this and the circus train
Awesome video. Nothing lasts forever. NS is restructuring is royal crown and 200 people will lose there jobs i read. Sad😢 it said it will continue between Kansas city and Detroit? I guess not with NS. You know more then i do on that. Thanks for the video Brian stay well roll on
So sad to see it go. A couple years ago it almost went and made it this far. I wish they would keep it. Thanks for the Super Chat support! I got back late last night and it took a lot of gas. I appreciate your support again Mark!
At my first meeting mechanics job, the fire siren/tornado alarm, was mounted on our building. It would go off every day at noon. Just before it sounded, we could hear the relays engaging, while it got up to speed. The boss, as a volunteer fireman, would be heading out the door as soon as he heard the relays activate.
Dang dude I didn't realize that logansport was so darn famous.lived here all my life and honesty next time your in town feel free to look me up. I will totally buy your lunch...
OK... 11:34 was that train like 2 miles long? started off with tandem NS 1097 and 7706 with NS 839 amidships. LOLS @ downtown "whatever this is" That train with the double stacked well cars was cool to see too!! Catahoula Leopard dogs? HEH!! this was one of your BEST vids JT!! TY 4 sharing man!!
Wow. Exactly 100 Roadrailers on that first train.
Happy Sunday JT & railfans. One word. WOW! 👍👍👍
Happy Sunday and thanks for being here!
@@JawTooth I love Indiana JT. I wanted to say so much about your video today, but I thought wow sums it up! So glad you made it to catch one of the last triple crowns, it's a historic weekend. Thanks for what you do to entertain us all. 😊❤👍
Even at the end the Roadrailer still looked sharp. When the Ford plant was still in operation to St Paul MN the roadrailer ran at capacity but later there was not enough traffic to replace it. Nice to see the VGN unit and no weird gestures from an unhappy TP&W crew. Plenty of other good fast moving NS trains out in the farm fields and through the small towns. Looking at what's left of it and then the map of the town showing how the main Highway goes around it now rather than through it's pretty much in that downhill spiral. There probably aren't that many younger children in the area and they leave for better job opportunities and social life. A very nice broadside of the NS unit with the grain elevator the biggest structure for miles around. You sure have that wistful look as I think you wanted to hear the siren operate. Still young at heart
Great video today! Big trains through a small town. Thanks for the extra effort.
I was in Logansport Indiana on August 17th for Train Watching and I caught Norfolk Southern Triple Crown Train 256 in Peru Indiana on the Same Day.
Awesome! I also got the Triple Crown in Delphi. I will post that soon
@JawTooth I wish the Toledo Peoria and Western Trains were Running that Day I was There but Unfortunately they weren't Running that day.
@@skylermeddtrainvideos Me too. I have only got them once at the diamond
Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! 👍🙏
I always thought that was awesome on how they move those semi trailers like that.
I really enjoyed this video JT, another little place I’d like to visit. Despite the stink of piggies! We used to live with that too until the farmer packed it in.
Thanks for watching my videos! We had pigs once a few years back
Dude, nice catch on 1069!
Will miss the Roadrailers, nice video and catch on the EMD SD70ACE VA HU and IM booking!🛤🚂
Thank you very much!
Sad to hear they’re discontinuing the road railers. This was my favorite train to watch go through Berea, OH. It looks like the trailers are floating.
That was pretty cool to see the Virginian Heritage unit
Same here. How often does anyone see that . Cool Cole scheme
It was an awesome surprise. I don't know when I saw it last
OOO! I caught a Jawtooth video just after it was uploaded! I feel special. I love your videos!
Thanks for another great video, JT! We appreciate your hard work and love the way you present your content. Stay safe out there!
Thanks, will do!
I love this town, it's so cute! I especially like that Virginian locomotive at the end. Hope we'll be seeing more of this town. Awesome video. Have a nice day 😊🌈
I will have a bunch of good videos from this trip and I will have a few more towns like that. Thanks for watching!
Wowwwww that's cool how that one norfolk southern engine was pulling those triple crown trailers. I'm glad the landing gear on those trailers was secured cause the bottom of the landing gear looked close to the railroad track as they were in motion. Awesome video, Jawtooth and thanks 😊
Great video as always Mr. Jaw Tooth! Bubba and I are finally getting caught up on your videos, we’ve been out on our own train adventures. We can’t help but quote you in our videos, he and I will always be big fans of yours! We definitely still hope to meet ya. We’re currently getting ready to wrap up our Train adventures for awhile as bubba is now in school! One of our last adventures together will be this Friday August 30th which is also my birthday! Hope to see you sometime soon sir and I hope bubba is with me when I see ya! Hope you are doing well!
- Daryl!
WOW! I remember when we (NS) began that service. I’ve been retired over 24 years now. Think about how many trailers are being pulled by 1 locomotive ( 1 engineer/driver)!!! A real savings of wear and tear on the highways.
I remember when they ran them through Cincinnati. They stopped that route about the time that I started my channel. I got one of them back then. Thanks for watching!
Wow, that one was bookin’
I always get a kick out of those speed checks, really great video Brian👍👍
Thanks 👍
@@JawTooth Thank you
Very nice catch !
Thank you very much!
I always never liked these trains when I was younger. Now that they are going away, I feel sad. It's like the last days of F units working main lines. lol
Couldn't tell you the last time I saw a Road Railer Train or those type of cars on trains here in Charleston, SC. Thx for the rare catch!!
I love the yellow eyes on your new cat. That makes me laugh. Great video nonetheless.
Thank you! 😊
The little town you were in the train with the DPU was roaring 🔊 loud and you said WOW that sure was a WOW nice one JT 👍👍👍👍👍
Nice snapshot of rural America! Always enjoy reading the informational signs and plaques you show us. Hey, with all the dogs, cats, horses, chickens, and goats in your videos, maybe we should call you Dr. Toothlittle! 😄
Cool! I used to see Triple Crowns come across High Bridge alot but haven't seen any for a few years now, always wondered if any were still around!👍
Very cool! 2015 was the last year for that route. This is the last route and after today they are supposed to be history
@@JawTooth 👍
Hi I really love to watch your show you really do a great job keep up the good work ok can you do more new show for all of us please we will be waiting for you ok I will praying 🙏 for you 🙏 ok love Lorilee
i just loved the whistling that last train was making as it was speeding by
i have seen the Road Railers many times Going through Tiffin Ohio also seen the Virginia pass through toledo a few times
I sure gonna miss them road railers.
Awesome Virginian DPU looking shiny.
For those of you who like interurbans see this article about the interurbans going through Rockfield www.carrollcountycomet.com/articles/looking-back-847/ - the interurbans used to stop in front of the site now occupied by the fire station. This was an interurban between Ft Wayne and Lafayette, IN. Cheers Mr and Mrs Jaw Tooth!
Nice work JD 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Incredible videos Mr JawTooth me and my dad wil watch it everyday your videos DPU I see you!
Thanks to your dad and you Connor for watching my videos!
Great Video Sad to see this type of freight moving operation discontinued Love all your videos Waiting for you to film in Chesterton IN @Reilys Railhouse
Thanks for watching! I might be there soon. I got a few other Indiana towns including Wabash and Warsaw on this trip
@@JawTooth Love trains and all things transportation as I'm in the maritime industry
Wow Triple Crowns and that nice Virginian DPU
Thanks for watching!
We used to see these all the time in Conway Pennsylvania...great videos
That yellow & black Virginian was *pretty.*
Counted an even 100. That’s by far the longest RoadRailer I’ve ever seen!
Thanks for watching and counting! I got one a couple years ago that was so long it needed a DPU
@@JawTooth Wish I’d seen that!
@@russlange6047 If you have time check out that video. I posted it about two years ago I think. It was a monster train
@@JawToothThanx!
I always watch a road railer - they look so different :) I caught some fresh paint on the NS stack train too - which was booking down the rails :)
Thanks for watching!
I live in Michigan and got to stay up until 3 am to try to see it
55 mph. That was warp 15. Lol it seem like it was going faster then that. That train was moving. Good video especially info on that small town! I always said out in these remote area where there are barely and crossing and towns trains go thru, they be moving.
Thanks 👍. I love visiting small towns. They are peaceful and there is usually easy parking. I went to a bigger city nearby called Lafayette and got a parking ticket on Thursday for being 20 minutes over the 2 hour limit. I prefer the smaller towns
Cool an entire truck stop going down the tracks interesting train sun
For suree! They were a really cool idea and only one person moves all those trailers
Good seeing the roadrailers again. It was on one of your videos where I saw them before. I’ve been to Logansport. Intermodal train 55 mph really moving! Then we have a goat with really long ears, Norfie and Chessie and Thomas. Always a pleasure JT. Thank you. ❤
Very cool! Logansport has some good railroad stuff. I want to see the transfer table the next time I go