4K - Union Pacific Freight Train Operations at the West Colton Yard
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Last month, I spent a good part of one morning at the Pepper Ave. overpass in Bloomington, California. This lightly used road passes over one of the busiest train action places in all of Southern California, being the East end of the Union Pacific West Colton yard. It's a rather busy place... everything from yard switching trim jobs, power being switched onto outbound manifests, and thru trains passing on the mainline!
The up close vantage point from above makes it a really unique place to relax and watch the bustling action going on below, with nobody bothering you about trespassing!
Thanks for watching!
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Nice! No stupid music, no voices, just that wonderful sound of large diesel engines!
As a retired Up engineer watching these videos helps me to cope with my loss of income seeing my 41.7year friends and my love of trains I took down my massive ho scale up/bnsf/ns layout to give the space to a family member I miss my job,retirement $ is hard to live off of,keep putting out the fine work that yall do it's a great help to us that need it
Hope you are ok Reginald
What happened Reg? Bad ordered?
That's sad!!!! I drive for hallcon and I have much respect for the train conductor and engineers I transport
I hope you don't miss the company more than the co workers.
If you save 5% from your payment every month. At the end, you'll retired as a rich man. But,
These huge features are just amazing. We can only dream of something like this in Germany. Really nice to look at.
Greetings from North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
If y'all could come up with something like this..it would be perfect to the mm!!
German engineering is is quite an art of perfection.
@@patrickmollohan3082I'd like to disagree on that, American engineering is better, think about it, who made the atom bomb: USA who made the biggest locomotive: USA etc
@@KingOp0ssum_III’d like to disagree with you. your argument cannot be made when it comes to comparing a ford to a Volkswagen.
Awes me. The amount of power in motion. Always had a fascination with train power.
I hate graffiti.
Perfect footage ! And what a souvenir !! In 2012 we visited the Southwestern US from Belgium. Thanks to Google Earth I discovered that very spot on the bridge of Pepper Avenue !
An impressive and busy beehive, this huge Colton Yard ! Much obliged for the memories.
That was splendid, great video, I can watch this and NEVER get bored, you sure know how to get my attention, now that's what I call a BIGG yard with LOTS OF TRAINS COMN & GOING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. Great job 👍👍 👍 Merry Christmas🎄🎄🎄 Let's see more!!!
Great video. So good to see so much rail traffic moving!
Wonderful footage from a great location. Plenty busy. Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia
Love seeing trains at work. When I was eight years old I was standing much too close to a passing train. The neighbor lady (in her seventies) came out of her house and screamed at me 'what are you doing? Get the hell away from there.' Now I know why!! But she made me cry. If Mrs Montfort was alive today I'd give her a hug....
Modern HO looks so realistic
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Welcome believe me I really spend a lot time in watch of railroads or usually cold train lines as I call it rail road . Although Looking at chanalles but really it takes me to a show that makes me more affectionate to loco natives views and encourage me to mix my thinking with trains .I'm not culling up mind train show .My belief is train in the world is a gift from God to let people to be interested with trains ,.Really I like to see trains carry cargoes and loads from town's to another's .Meanwhile Iran train is acceptable to catch and be up in it and travel on board from town to town .I We can engoy cavetriva and else .We would like to have enough interest and wish peace to you to reach safely .
Amazing rail movie! Awesome images with trains and locomotives in action! Good work, Michaell! Thumbs Up & Subscribe! ;-)
Greetings from Romania
Andrew
7:15 All I can think of: The competition rolls through to "check on" their greatest rival. 😂
All I can think of is why do taggers get to disrespect property not belonging to them?
Hi Michael! Just subscribed to your channel. Fantastic videos! I'm in Australia and watching these 4K videos is great entertainment. I just had a new computer built with a 4K video card and a 4K monitor, so for me it's almost like being there!
Thanks for sharing!
Stew.
I worked there in '73 when it was SP. It was state of the art then.
That is some very sweet video. I am amazed how "lightly" those locomotives seem to glide over the tracks.
Very good sequence of movements of locomotives, wagons ... trains in general..
Cheers from Brazil..
I like watching these on playback speed x2, reminds me of model trains in a way lol
I lived fairly close to that yard. UP trains are my faves!
Colton ca. Best hot spot on the west coast...trains from here goes all over the U.S.A...😜miss you SP...born in my home town...
KCS visits here a lot there once a KCS GHOST was here , only a few of us saw it ! To bad I didn't have my camera ! Darn IT !
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John Robert Fox, you went to the UP West Colton Yard, without a camera? but John it is a must man!!!
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Awesome trains. Thanks for being here. You just don't see them like this on the east coast
Really great action! Nice to get some horn shows too! New subscriber!
Awesome video, would love to go here one day to watch trains.
Excellent video. Lots and lots of engines. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed. I might mention too about your great photography and editing.
Some of those trains are massive! How long do they even get? A mile long? (not American btw, trains here are a shameful bunch of junk)
I worked the work train that laid the first carloads of ballast when the yard was being built in 1973. Us SP people called the yard West Clowntown or malfunction junction.
Amazing footage! Keep it up :)
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Yes. really great
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Couldn’t have said it better myself!
I love trains I could watch them all day long
Looks like a fantastic place to be, especially for a UP fan. Great video!
It looks like that's an extremely busy yard! Thanks for the great videos.
Those poor tagged up BNSF units :( Seriously, amazing footage! I'm hoping to get out that way one of these days.
Hey I recognize you!
Its just a thing. I dont think it has feelings or cares whether or not their is writing on it
dope tags 🔥 🔥
I work for them in Houston and I'm just amazed how nice the tracks are. Ours are horrible in comparison.
You work for UP?
@@rack_9 I plead the fifth.
@@opiumextract2934 I'll take a guess. Is your territory by any chance Navasota or the Glidden Sub?
@@rack_9 used to be in 2006, I work east end now
It seems more and more locos are becoming victims to the moronic graffiti scrawlers. It beats me why good money is spent on spray cans only to daub crap on railway rolling stock. Wouldn’t be so bad if some artistic talent was involved instead of the scribble of a two year old . Great video. Stay well Mick. This Michael loves trains to.🇬🇧
This is one of my all-time favorite railroad videos. Thanks for your great work!
I'm really surprised the police didn't kick you off that overpass. They can be obnoxious buggars at times.
There is hardly any traffic on this overpass. As long as you don't park on the bridge, the police don't care if you're standing around watching trains.
Do the railroad police still refer to cars carrying military hardware as "manhole covers?" The SP police at West Colton used to do that...
Great video, good job, thanks. I've already read about the West Colton Yard - very interesting. Best regards from Germany. :-)
Oh Stupid kids, who paint on trains. See 7:30 to 8:30 look not very nice !! I want nice original paint of trains. Leave alone nice trains. I'm Model Hobby Trains fan.
É trem que não acaba mais! Ferrovia nota 10:)
Watching videos like this honestly makes me want to join the railroad.
Marktheartest if you’re single and don’t mind basically being “owned” by UP, go for it. The pay and training(no pun intended) is great. If you have a family and/or a life I wouldn’t recommend it.
Amazing footage I really love it
the best I have seen on this yard. great action and the yard is well illustrated.
THANKS FOR SHARING THAT AWESOME VIDEO.
BEAUTIFUL.
Great vantage point. I've been looking for a good spot to film UP Hinkle yard in Oregon.
at the beginning i was confused "wtf are 4 es44's and an sd70 switching op's" but then i relized they were pulling out
They really updated train sim didn’t they.....
Hi MLT, why is BNSF at the Union Pacific Freight Train Operations at the West Colton Yard? that is the part I don`t get.
Interstate between west colton and barstow
4:42 I originally thought the "stop" on the ground was an upside down text box
I lived uphill from a rail yard. I used to love the distant creaking sounds of the freight trains coupling and uncoupling at night especially when it was raining. Very relaxing sleep
Fran I get that! I grew up on Air Force bases and the sound of jet noise to me is a lullaby. The louder the better.
I'll bet. I could go to sleep comfortably listening to that. Cheers digger. 🇦🇺🚝👍
4:09 birds had a hard time finding out where to go
pigeons like flying in circles
CraftyFoxe Lmao why are you here
That video was excellent!! It makes me feel relaxing!!
Biden wants battery operated trains! Duracell or Eveready?
KCS in California? That's unusual.
P.S. Should be a felony spray painting trains... especially the locomotive engines.
Shipmate it is...
Even the plow they got!.,
It is mate
It is a felony. Vandalism is what the charge is.
Goes to show that theres little or no security at our rail yards, otherwise these people wouldn't be in the yards painting the cars.
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Awesome video! Great modern railroading content! Crisp, clear picture and great sound! What camera are you filming with?
Great video. I mus say, UP is a lot more interesting in their use of locomotive brands then BNSF which is largely GE
shnimmuc it’s because BN cares about their business and their employees and buys the best. UP just keeps using junk that should of been retired long ago. Look how much cleaner the BN units are. Cuz they actually wash em. UP’s COLTON wash rack was shut down years ago. UP recently voted worst company in the USA to work for. And I can attest for that.
Is BNSF really "largely GE"? They have literally hundreds of SD70s, and most of their yard and local power is Geeps and SD40s.
Both companies are largely GE, specifically GEVO’s.
Top demais, ferrovia americana que mais curto é a UP.
Love the SD70AH catch!!!
Que máquina incrível parabéns!!!
Not really sure what not finished own a here now Don t up to by Australian
I just love how the train companies work together on hauling freight. Respect!
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Great stuff Micheal awesome power and enormously long trains enjoyed it just subscribed to your channel. I have my own channel in England were we have plenty of steam on charters but they are all postponed at the moment because of covid
Look forward to seeing more of your work thanks. Brian
I love it when the videos are of only locomotives
Funny the name says "West Colton yard", But doesn't 'show 'West Colton' at all ! Maybe 'Micheal" doesn't know there is a "Colton Yard" and "West Colton yard. Everything shows action at the East end of Colton yard, where it 'splits to go East and North under Interstate 10 climbing to go over Cajon Pass. Good video though ! I used to ride the freight trains thru there (back and forth) over the years. And I'm Damn glad I don't 'ride' trains anymore ! LOL
Michael didn't make a mistake. The departure yard shown here is on the east end of "West Colton yard," as defined by the UP Los Angeles Area Timetable. Even though the bulk of the yard is in Bloomington, this part of the yard physically resides in West Colton. Why they didn't officially name it Bloomington Yard I'll never know, but I'm sure there's some history there.
Yard work is so fascinating to watch...and avoid!
(Surabaya-INDONESIA) Thank you so much for Michael and thank's for sharing this Awesome video High Locomotives Operations 👈👈👍👍😁😃💜🚘🚌
My Brother James worked SP LA and UP Colton Ca. Trains is all he talked about. I miss my Brother James..R.I.P❤
LOOKS LIKE MY LAYOUT ROOM NORFOLK SOUTHERN RULES MY RAILS. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS 👍👍👍👍👍💢☝
I love train also Michael , ( since I was 6 yrs old ) !
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Nothing beats the sound of an SD70ACe.
I worked out of this yard many years. Brings back good memory’s. ..lots of good men.
I’m grateful to have had the experience of being a part of “ building America”
Looks like a very busy day at the train yard
Excellent video! I wonder what the average daily dollar amount is on the goods that roll through just this yard. The sheer volume of goods moved is awesome.
Lots and lots of trains. Probably one of the busiest yards in the country. Really enjoyed it. Cool video. 👍👍👍❤️ Decided to subscribe. Thanks
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I wonder if this yard is still open with the U.P. closing down their yards all over..
So, where are the Gen-sets ?? Can I assume they are a failed attempt to lower pollution ? Don't see 'em around L.A. much if any, either...(Not that I care)....
Great camera work Michael !! I live in S. Pasadena and plan to make it out to Pepper Ave. !! Thanks, M
UP got a good one when they got W Colton Yard
Thanks for that.... Loved the whole thing...
Great video.
Can someone explain to me why some of these engines have extended catwalks in the front
i suspect that you referred to the sd40s, they were built with the same frame of longer 20 cylinder sd45, the sd40 have 16 cylinder ewngines so the carbody is shorter, and have these long porches at the front and in the end
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Man...those idiots even tagged up the locomotives? Here I was wishing there was at least some sort of level of respect these taggers had.
I agree. Very sad lack of respect for anything or anybody.
Thanks. I prefer watching yard ops vs a long line of cars going by.
Meanwhile on the island of sodor...
Amazing the train of rangkaian
I have never seen so many trains. Cool as to how they switch tracks to hook up with certain lines of cars. I swear that one train was at least over a mile long.
Most long-distance US freight trains are significantly over a mile. Anything up to about 2.5 miles is pretty common, and most are well over 1.5 miles.
I'm guessing the little green/yellow lights are switch position indicators?
Yes i noticed them.
Just subed so nice to see my local yard in action.
Charles Loenker You work for UP?
RailRoamer no I use to work nearby
The BNSF (AT&SF) LOCOMOTIVES ARE RUNNING OFF HOURS OWED TO SP (UP) OR THEY ARE ON LEASE TO UP FOR POWER EQUALIZATION ! OR THEY ARE ON A RUN THOUGH ! ALSO THE KCS LOCOMOTIVE COULD BE IN A RUN THOUGH ! OR ON IT'S WAY HOME OR TO GE FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE ! ANY WAY ! SP LIVES !
No, all BNSF locomotives in this video are of 2005 or newer manufacturing dates and are Foreign Power on UP.
@@AVeryRandomPerson TRUE THEY ARE FORIGN POWER ! BUT THEY ARE A RUN THROUGH ON ANOTHER ROAD ! THANKS !
@phillyslasher Thanks Philly , it's just another run through !
Thanks airing the outstanding vid.Bliss
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Jet fighters and locomotives, two of the greatest inventions!
I'll have to check out that location the next time I'm in CA. A lot of great action there, really nice video editing!
6:35 nice t4 leader right there
Show a little pride and wash your engines.
Agreed.
Just found this video; very very nice, thank you for uploading, and for the work you did to it.
I downloaded sound and video to play on the background when doing model railroading. Playing this hrough my Logitech Z906 5.1 (500W RMS) sound system my spouse thought that a whole railroad yard had moved down our cellar where mu setup sits :).
Cool video! Funny how we have the same name almost. I didn't know any other channels with a similar name when I named my channel.
Great quality and excellent camera work