This train was to long for most of the sidings on this line!!! Train was 241 cars long & 982 axels!!

Should they make trains even longer? NS made 1 train out of 2 and the train was 241 cars long!!!
NS 199 was combind with NS 15Q making this train over 13,000 feet long with 982 axels.
Filmed in Delphi, Indiana on 2024-03-02

[@lesterlattig]

Thanks for showing the whole train, friend. I love to count cars. As a kid growing up in NJ by the Lehigh Valley tracks I always did!

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@lesterlattig I did that as a kid on the Conrail line in Canton Ohio back in the 80s. I always got so excited to see the helpers on the end of the eastbound trains.

[@mlkekooistra8011]

I like all the box cars

[@TheSilentKCRailfan]

An awesome video and that definitely was an long train!

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Nice to see the light power running long hood forward and dropping the signal, I think the blue engine is CEFX, GE power!🛤🚂

[@tommyhunter1817]

That first one with all boxcars was cool. The blue one is a leaser.

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@tommyhunter1817 that first train was NS 181 and it’s usually mostly boxes cars.

[@BeeLineEast]

Cool you got the Interstate.heritage. Yes I still capture those monster size trains on the Harrisburg East. That sure looked like a patched unit. Nice catches. Just got the Interstate last week

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@BeeLineEast thank you for watching

[@nancyhodges444]

You know today's trains are too long when most sidings can't hold them. I never thought i'd ever see a train 200+ cars long!! Pretty cool seeing the NS Interstate HU leading that monster. And 1072 leading the roadrailer.

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@nancyhodges444 it was a really cool day for filming and yes my grandpa was so upset when N&W started running trains over a mile long then started running without a caboose. He used to say I have to put them back on the tracks when they come off because they’re too long.

[@zackman86]

I saw 256 that day as well. When they got to Tolono, they had to wait behind 32N for almost 2 hours because CN ended up running several trains before NS was able to run.

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@zackman86 I was trying to catch 30N yesterday because they had mow equipment on the tail end and over 13,000 feet long but they stopped on a siding because of a dragging chain just down one crossing from where I was sitting I waited 3 hours and it never moved and I had to leave for work. So disappointed. 😆

[@shaunrobertson1857]

was a ex cefx ac4400cw now purchased by NS there going to end up buying all old ex cefx units to painted/rebuilt to ac44c6ms

[@RICKCOPE-q9d]

, Awesome video

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@RICKCOPE-q9d thank you Rick for watching

[@robertdean9392]

The Blue engine is from a group of engines that NS bought earlier this year. It will be eventually be painted at NS Shop at some time in the future

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@robertdean9392 I really like them in blue. Lol

[@guyfranks4354]

5:50 Tgey were frightened by the locomotive, so they ran home.

[@DavidHickmon-j7y]

If they do trucking companies and ltl companies need to increase Leigh. It is proven doubles and triples have less wrecks and when they do it is either weather or other driversm

[@Treysrailfanning]

awesome video!

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@Treysrailfanning thank you for watching

[@kens.3729]

Greed has and Always will Run the World. Inconvenience PSR causes is the Least of the Railroad’s Concerns. 🤪 They’re ALL about their Shareholders and Wall Street.

[@tommatt2ski]

A far BETTER explaination is that "economics of scale" is at play here........BIGGER TRAINS move more at a single time, and bigger trains are more efficient than smaller trains, so if one train can do the work of two, than you have become more efficient .

[@fredeisen7401]

I have a theory that the number of vehicles running grade crossings and grade crossing accidents is the result of the long trains. Who wants to wait as long as 15 minutes or more for a train to pass? Not only that any issues with the train causes undue delay of the train.

[@mxtxs]

Axles

[@Lawrence-j8e]

I’m not against long freights per se… I am strongly against “building a train” (consisting/arranging the freight cars) in a way that doesn’t account for safety and common sense. Aside from local switching and transfer runs, freight trains with a mixed bag of light and loaded cars whether they’re placed seemingly at random, out of true ignorance, or out of future convenience/convenience only is a recipe for one derailment after another. Keep it Heavy up front, long and light in the rear or eventually you’ll have cars on the ground. I’m a railfan and a model railroader keep that in mind as I further this statement… I simply can’t tolerate a train being stopped for hours at a crossing, whether it’s due to length, whether it’s due to crappy employees in the operations center, or a combination of the two. Yeah I realize railroads have both a right of way and clear right of passage but it shouldn’t be at the detriment of safety.

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@Lawrence-j8e sense the big derailment last year in Ohio NS has been adding a bunch of new defect detectors.

[@Lawrence-j8e]

@@therailroadtiespiker Yes it’s a great start

[@JackRisvold]

WHY'S did chicken cross the track Vote for kamala Harris for president 2024-2028 love video thanks for sharing Have a safe Evening ✌️

[@therailroadtiespiker]

@@JackRisvold thank you Jack for watching

[@JackRisvold]

@@therailroadtiespiker your welcome