4K - Union Pacific Freight Train Operations at the West Colton Yard

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @Sirphil-dj9dh
    @Sirphil-dj9dh 2 года назад +8

    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....

  • @reginalddavis2521
    @reginalddavis2521 5 лет назад +48

    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

    • @patkelly6349
      @patkelly6349 2 года назад +2

      Hope you are ok Reginald

    • @donstarr7261
      @donstarr7261 2 года назад +2

      What happened Reg? Bad ordered?

    • @RadarFromTha305
      @RadarFromTha305 2 года назад +2

      That's sad!!!! I drive for hallcon and I have much respect for the train conductor and engineers I transport

    • @donstarr7261
      @donstarr7261 2 года назад +1

      I hope you don't miss the company more than the co workers.

    • @rafaelartavia2289
      @rafaelartavia2289 Год назад +2

      If you save 5% from your payment every month. At the end, you'll retired as a rich man. But,

  • @kens.213
    @kens.213 2 года назад +28

    Nice! No stupid music, no voices, just that wonderful sound of large diesel engines!

  • @netdoctor1
    @netdoctor1 4 года назад +30

    Awes me. The amount of power in motion. Always had a fascination with train power.

  • @anthonymichael1075
    @anthonymichael1075 4 года назад +7

    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”

  • @ronaldballard9787
    @ronaldballard9787 4 года назад +4

    Awesome trains. Thanks for being here. You just don't see them like this on the east coast

  • @craig4867
    @craig4867 2 года назад +3

    Jet fighters and locomotives, two of the greatest inventions!

  • @scottiebartz2534
    @scottiebartz2534 4 года назад +7

    I love trains I could watch them all day long

  • @douglasjones5880
    @douglasjones5880 Год назад +1

    My Brother James worked SP LA and UP Colton Ca. Trains is all he talked about. I miss my Brother James..R.I.P❤

  • @charliebrooks2570
    @charliebrooks2570 3 года назад +4

    I lived fairly close to that yard. UP trains are my faves!

  • @trainspottertv2240
    @trainspottertv2240 4 года назад +45

    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.

    • @patrickmollohan3082
      @patrickmollohan3082 2 года назад +1

      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.

    • @KingOp0ssum_II
      @KingOp0ssum_II Год назад

      ​@@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

    • @lisasettles1804
      @lisasettles1804 Год назад

      @@KingOp0ssum_III’d like to disagree with you. your argument cannot be made when it comes to comparing a ford to a Volkswagen.

  • @Lakeside1943
    @Lakeside1943 2 года назад +9

    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.

  • @jhardman4534
    @jhardman4534 4 месяца назад +2

    Great shots. Since UP has taken over the SP yard they certainly have cleaned everything up. COLTON use to be quite messy and dirty when SP had it. Looks great. My last visit here goes bac some forty years. I miss it.
    Jim
    Hatboro, PA

  • @michaelleftwich8186
    @michaelleftwich8186 2 года назад +2

    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.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 2 года назад

      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.

  • @dannygayler3164
    @dannygayler3164 2 года назад +1

    I love train also Michael , ( since I was 6 yrs old ) !
    👍

  • @nitetrane98
    @nitetrane98 5 лет назад +12

    I worked there in '73 when it was SP. It was state of the art then.

  • @scotttaylor8498
    @scotttaylor8498 4 года назад +18

    I just love how the train companies work together on hauling freight. Respect!

  • @vanessamenard4134
    @vanessamenard4134 3 года назад +9

    That is some very sweet video. I am amazed how "lightly" those locomotives seem to glide over the tracks.

  • @gerryroncolato8895
    @gerryroncolato8895 4 года назад +18

    Great video. So good to see so much rail traffic moving!

  • @franm.k.5832
    @franm.k.5832 5 лет назад +15

    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

    • @dfrost6573
      @dfrost6573 4 года назад +2

      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.

    • @mort8143
      @mort8143 8 месяцев назад

      I'll bet. I could go to sleep comfortably listening to that. Cheers digger. 🇦🇺🚝👍

  • @mattyfilmstrains7421
    @mattyfilmstrains7421 2 года назад +15

    This is one of my all-time favorite railroad videos. Thanks for your great work!

  • @gregturner5890
    @gregturner5890 4 года назад +4

    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...

  • @deetjay1
    @deetjay1 3 года назад +2

    Yard work is so fascinating to watch...and avoid!

  • @mazuk33
    @mazuk33 5 лет назад +12

    Very good sequence of movements of locomotives, wagons ... trains in general..
    Cheers from Brazil..

  • @stephenhartrick4486
    @stephenhartrick4486 Год назад +1

    I could watch these all day long...Awesome job on filming...

  • @AbelG8781
    @AbelG8781 3 года назад +3

    Nothing beats the sound of an SD70ACe.

  • @additudeobx
    @additudeobx 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for that.... Loved the whole thing...

  • @jaredklock8754
    @jaredklock8754 5 лет назад +8

    Awesome video, would love to go here one day to watch trains.

  • @bradfordamison7928
    @bradfordamison7928 5 лет назад +13

    I like watching these on playback speed x2, reminds me of model trains in a way lol

  • @Perfusionist01
    @Perfusionist01 5 лет назад +8

    Looks like a fantastic place to be, especially for a UP fan. Great video!

  • @sd90mac61
    @sd90mac61 5 лет назад +9

    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!!!

  • @mikehughes7335
    @mikehughes7335 5 лет назад +6

    the best I have seen on this yard. great action and the yard is well illustrated.

  • @j.m.youngquist419
    @j.m.youngquist419 5 лет назад +10

    It looks like that's an extremely busy yard! Thanks for the great videos.

  • @TrainLordJC
    @TrainLordJC 5 лет назад +7

    Wonderful footage from a great location. Plenty busy. Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia

  • @glyphs3
    @glyphs3 5 лет назад +7

    Mesmerising & Fascinating at the same time. One very busy yard. Quality video.
    If it were not for the backdrop scenery (mountains) & highway traffic, you could almost imagine this being a model layout.

  • @gingerbread6614
    @gingerbread6614 4 года назад +1

    We have watched this video several times. Great video. Thank you.

  • @ronvanhoose2130
    @ronvanhoose2130 3 года назад +3

    Amazing footage I really love it

  • @whoamianymore.3061
    @whoamianymore.3061 4 года назад +5

    Love the SD70AH catch!!!

  • @cq7415
    @cq7415 4 года назад +3

    Excellent video. Lots and lots of engines. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed. I might mention too about your great photography and editing.

  • @АлександрМорозов-р1п

    This life is not endless. Great video.

  • @Marktheartest
    @Marktheartest 5 лет назад +5

    Watching videos like this honestly makes me want to join the railroad.

    • @xXBuckOFiveXx
      @xXBuckOFiveXx 5 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @jimkammerer8028
    @jimkammerer8028 3 года назад +1

    LOOKS LIKE MY LAYOUT ROOM NORFOLK SOUTHERN RULES MY RAILS. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS 👍👍👍👍👍💢☝

  • @travisburton2948
    @travisburton2948 Месяц назад

    Its nice seeing the SD40's doing solid work, even if its in the yard. My childhood memories are of watching those beasts on the open road in the feather river canyon.

  • @YahiaSaoudi
    @YahiaSaoudi 3 года назад

    Very nice video and excellent horn.
    A friend from Tunisia.

  • @derricktherailfan
    @derricktherailfan 3 года назад +3

    That video was excellent!! It makes me feel relaxing!!

  • @opiumextract2934
    @opiumextract2934 5 лет назад +18

    I work for them in Houston and I'm just amazed how nice the tracks are. Ours are horrible in comparison.

    • @rack_9
      @rack_9 4 года назад +1

      You work for UP?

    • @opiumextract2934
      @opiumextract2934 4 года назад

      @@rack_9 I plead the fifth.

    • @rack_9
      @rack_9 4 года назад

      @@opiumextract2934 I'll take a guess. Is your territory by any chance Navasota or the Glidden Sub?

    • @opiumextract2934
      @opiumextract2934 4 года назад

      @@rack_9 used to be in 2006, I work east end now

  • @adamlang7480
    @adamlang7480 5 лет назад +6

    I love it when the videos are of only locomotives

  • @stephencarey9536
    @stephencarey9536 2 года назад

    Thanks for posting this! I'm going to have to go check this spot out!

  • @xavierthomas8311
    @xavierthomas8311 Год назад

    Jolie vidéo avec de tout dans tous les sens. Merci de nous l'avoir transmise. Amicalement.

  • @orgcoast5990
    @orgcoast5990 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks. I prefer watching yard ops vs a long line of cars going by.

  • @AlbertaBoundRailfanning
    @AlbertaBoundRailfanning 5 лет назад +6

    Really great action! Nice to get some horn shows too! New subscriber!

  • @locoman44.86
    @locoman44.86 4 года назад +5

    This is one seriously awesome video dude,so many locomotives in 1 place,absolute heaven.Thumbs up from New Zealand.

  • @dmorgan28
    @dmorgan28 2 года назад +1

    Lots and lots of trains. Probably one of the busiest yards in the country. Really enjoyed it. Cool video. 👍👍👍❤️ Decided to subscribe. Thanks

  • @brentritchie6199
    @brentritchie6199 4 года назад +2

    Great quality and excellent camera work

  • @rolpfeiffermuller935
    @rolpfeiffermuller935 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks airing the outstanding vid.Bliss

  • @dalebowker3025
    @dalebowker3025 2 года назад

    My brother retired UP Engineer Doc Bowker (2015 retired) spent a major part of his life in this yard.

  • @brice3011
    @brice3011 5 месяцев назад

    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 :).

  • @eaxnitro
    @eaxnitro 4 года назад +10

    Modern HO looks so realistic

  • @chrisfrazier1168
    @chrisfrazier1168 5 лет назад +22

    7:15 All I can think of: The competition rolls through to "check on" their greatest rival. 😂

    • @Prolificposter
      @Prolificposter 4 года назад +1

      All I can think of is why do taggers get to disrespect property not belonging to them?

  • @Slimdog27
    @Slimdog27 5 лет назад +3

    Keep doing the 4k videos!!! Looks awesome!!!

  • @terrellhoward5231
    @terrellhoward5231 5 лет назад +15

    THANKS FOR SHARING THAT AWESOME VIDEO.
    BEAUTIFUL.

    • @trains3107
      @trains3107 5 лет назад +2

      Great vantage point. I've been looking for a good spot to film UP Hinkle yard in Oregon.

  • @JDA0826
    @JDA0826 6 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like a very busy day at the train yard

  • @jleveille2
    @jleveille2 6 лет назад +1

    LOVE THIS VIDEO THANKS ENJOYED WATCHING ALL THE ACTION. HERE IN MAINE THE PAPER MILLS ARE CLOSING NOT MUCH ACTION WHERE I LIVE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME

    • @Chrisf206
      @Chrisf206 5 лет назад +1

      Joe Leveille live in maine as well, about the only rail action we see here now is Amtrak

    • @paname514
      @paname514 5 лет назад

      I have plenty of action near where I am now but it's mostly and increasingly electric mutliple units.... sighs.
      I guess by 2035 only freight trains will use locomotives. And electric or hydrogen ones, that is. Passenger trains will be EMUs or hydrogen multiple units by then. No more Diesel.

  • @tomschmidt3165
    @tomschmidt3165 4 года назад +12

    Wow! This was one of the most loco action packed videos I've ever seen. Thanks for posting it.

    • @mikelowery5741
      @mikelowery5741 3 года назад

      This video had the coolest consist of locomotives I’ve ever seen each train was staked massive power n length

  • @doublediamondrailroad5949
    @doublediamondrailroad5949 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome Action Video. Nice variety of Road names and Power!

  • @mochamadhusairi6490
    @mochamadhusairi6490 5 лет назад +2

    (Surabaya-INDONESIA) Thank you so much for Michael and thank's for sharing this Awesome video High Locomotives Operations 👈👈👍👍😁😃💜🚘🚌

  • @andersongoncalves7463
    @andersongoncalves7463 5 лет назад +11

    É trem que não acaba mais! Ferrovia nota 10:)

  • @trainlens3789
    @trainlens3789 Год назад

    That is a nice location to shoot from. Reminds me of the pedestrian bridge over the yard in Springfield MO.

  • @thomaspahlke731
    @thomaspahlke731 5 лет назад +5

    Great video, good job, thanks. I've already read about the West Colton Yard - very interesting. Best regards from Germany. :-)

  • @borisbentley2296
    @borisbentley2296 5 лет назад +3

    Absolutely brilliant- love it

  • @Goldchucker1
    @Goldchucker1 2 года назад

    Excellent quality video.

  • @AKawalski
    @AKawalski Год назад +1

    Great work! Rewatched already lol 😅

  • @heatherallan2695
    @heatherallan2695 4 года назад +1

    what a fun place i'd be in my element here so many trains

  • @ginkumpow3726
    @ginkumpow3726 5 лет назад +5

    When I'm stuck at a crossing gate in my auto by a long train, I like to watch the art painted on the side of the railcars pass by. It makes my wait as a motorist less painful.

    • @shyryTsr2k
      @shyryTsr2k 5 лет назад +1

      It's vandalism though, that's a felony.

  • @teddybeareleventeen
    @teddybeareleventeen 6 лет назад +19

    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.

  • @jimg6476
    @jimg6476 8 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @davidzaenglein6725
    @davidzaenglein6725 4 года назад +1

    Fantastic footage!

  • @r.c.j6358
    @r.c.j6358 5 лет назад

    Brilliantly captured...

  • @jamesstallings2007
    @jamesstallings2007 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent video !!!!

  • @markmc9
    @markmc9 5 лет назад

    Very fine one, with good music to boot. Only a drone can capture the vastness of Englewood.

  • @ИгорьБатуревич-р1ю
    @ИгорьБатуревич-р1ю 3 года назад +1

    Мощно и красиво - ничего не скажешь....

  • @charlesloenker8971
    @charlesloenker8971 6 лет назад +7

    Just subed so nice to see my local yard in action.

  • @xavierthomas8311
    @xavierthomas8311 Год назад

    Vraiment géniale toutes ces vidéos. Merci de la France. Amicalement;

  • @lynneurbanik8703
    @lynneurbanik8703 Год назад +2

    Trains, trains everywhere a train, why one can truly lose his train of thought by watching so many trains at once lol.

  • @StevenWalker-p1p
    @StevenWalker-p1p 11 дней назад

    Good video way to get the work done

  • @dozerblade
    @dozerblade Месяц назад +1

    Amazing filming, your American trains are so fascinating, how do they know which container is going where, I suppose they are loaded all over then marshalled into their respective trains here.

  • @EdWhizAviationTrains
    @EdWhizAviationTrains 4 года назад +1

    This is one busy place, loved it Michael & Just Subscribed 👍😎

  • @johnwisniewski6862
    @johnwisniewski6862 3 года назад

    Man...Always wanted to be a train engineer..Should have pursued it

  • @shnimmuc
    @shnimmuc 5 лет назад +7

    Great video. I mus say, UP is a lot more interesting in their use of locomotive brands then BNSF which is largely GE

    • @carrion4435
      @carrion4435 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 2 года назад

      Is BNSF really "largely GE"? They have literally hundreds of SD70s, and most of their yard and local power is Geeps and SD40s.

    • @AnontheGOAT
      @AnontheGOAT Год назад

      Both companies are largely GE, specifically GEVO’s.

  • @NosTrilhos
    @NosTrilhos 4 года назад +6

    Que máquina incrível parabéns!!!

  • @gregjohnson1890
    @gregjohnson1890 3 года назад

    Lots of action. Thanks.

  • @jimkammerer8028
    @jimkammerer8028 3 года назад

    VERY GOOD VIDEO VERY INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE I APPRECIATE YOU AND IT THE 4 K IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

  • @ldegmtrainspotter
    @ldegmtrainspotter 4 года назад +7

    Amazing rail movie! Awesome images with trains and locomotives in action! Good work, Michaell! Thumbs Up & Subscribe! ;-)
    Greetings from Romania
    Andrew

  • @RailFanRob
    @RailFanRob 2 года назад

    Pretty awesome footage man!!

  • @thirdengineer
    @thirdengineer 3 года назад +2

    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

  • @DarnosChanel
    @DarnosChanel 3 года назад

    Nice video guys,👍

  • @BrokenFootRailfan
    @BrokenFootRailfan 4 года назад +15

    Those poor tagged up BNSF units :( Seriously, amazing footage! I'm hoping to get out that way one of these days.

    • @iaev2500a3
      @iaev2500a3 3 года назад

      Hey I recognize you!

    • @mtparkourartist
      @mtparkourartist 2 года назад +1

      Its just a thing. I dont think it has feelings or cares whether or not their is writing on it

    • @jet4356
      @jet4356 2 года назад

      dope tags 🔥 🔥

  • @traingawker2121
    @traingawker2121 5 лет назад +9

    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!

  • @michaelmorgan7893
    @michaelmorgan7893 3 года назад

    I like those little lights down by the switch point motors. I wonder if there's a clear picture of one of those, so as to build a model of that lamp?

  • @intercity1971
    @intercity1971 4 года назад +1

    Very interesting video! 👏👏