@@vandariuscowan6879if you are at least 18 yrs or older submit an application for employment online and if accepted CSX will give you the rest of the requirements if any and all of the training .
Mr. Mike, I am a daily Runner. How do train personnel keep in shape with these hours. If I work 3:30pm-12MN, I run in morning am. If I work 7:30am-4pm, I run in the evening. How do train personnel keep in shape. When do you all eat. Do you all bring food on to the train?. I am very impressed with your videos. Do enjoy your retirement. God Bless 🙌 🙏 .
Lonely nights driving my semi on US 54 between Wichita and Tucumcari, the bright three headlights on the parallel track always made feel better because I wasn't the only one toiling until dawn. Edit: Can I get train horns (I've seen them at Morrill, NE in a box! Not the fake ones!) blaring when I pass to the other side? It would be my honor to know that the power of the locomotive would carry me home.
Just subscribed and started watching your videos...like them a lot! CSX lines are close to where I like and I love freight trains...keep posting please!
If you have a good computer, an Xbox One or newer, or a PS4 or newer, you should definitely check out Train Sim World 2. One of their routes is set on the CSX Sand Patch Grade route, if you're familiar. Great video by the way, and happy late Thanksgiving!
How lame are the six dummies that didn't like this video....I know in order to do this job you have to put your whole life into it.... I could imagine many cold dark nights like this you've had to deal with over your career.... You're an inspiration to all that think they might be able to do this someday
I can't imagine driving a loco at night was fun.... I don't care for driving my car at night. Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours. Thanks for the video too. 🥰
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 yes sir, was wondering why operating at night would be an issue since he isn’t having to steer the train like you would a car. I obviously don’t operate a train but as long as you can see the signals you would be ok.. so yes I was referring to Richards comment. It’s cool I like right where you are going through on most of your videos. I live in Marietta. Cool to see from your perspective since I watch the train come through all the time with my son.. thanks for uploading
Thanks Mike for another great video. Love the night time ones, console all lit up and the lights outside just add to whole experience. Livin my dream through your vids. Lol
Mike, ever ran the Abbeville Sub through Athens,Georgia? That sub's been real quiet lately. Back in the day,I used to watch locos stop and take off with monster speed across the Athens trestle over North Avenue! Legend has it that some dude dared an engineer the he could out run that loco side by side across that trestle. And then there's the legendary 'Rail Rotter'. Some unidentified dude who's cursed to walk across the Earth. He decided to walk the rails because he realized he's off the rails. (Dead/Zombie.)
Those are the cab signals. They are to correspond with the wayside signals. I skipped through the video but, i think they were cut out as we call it. Or temporarily inoperative,
When you were a engineer Did you ever drive the same engine back to back, or is there 5 to 10 engines that you're usually going to be driving, or is it usually a different engine every time and rarely ever drive the same one again?
It also depends on what job you're running, what end of the line you're on and the availability of power. Like some power will go right back out on the counterpart of train they came in on.
Hey man I Love You video I live down here in Savannah Georgia y'all got to CSX y'all right around the corner from me by Amtrak do you ever come to that yard over there and Waycross yard
Your welcome mike I love all trains and all kinds of train engines..I own a HO Scale loco yard with sd 60 sd 70mac sd70Ace sd 40 sd45 SD40-2 SD35 sd40E an old GG1 GP60 Gp35 Gp38-2 C40-8 B40-8 9-44cw you know haha all them haha...I'm levein the videos
Ride seems a little bit rougher than I expected it to be. Rode commuter trains in Long Island Ny growing up but always in the passenger cars obviously.. didn’t expect the ride in the power to be that rough.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I had a teacher make me write a letter to the RR asking to ride in the engine. They said they don’t let people because of insurance but made an exception for me and I got to ride a GP-38 from port Jefferson to Huntington , about a 45 min ride.. was such a cool experience. I got to push a few levers and blow the horn. Time of my life.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 that’s cool I work up there all the time .. one time I saw the second engine back all of the sudden go to like full power.. the wheels were throwing insane amount of sparks but the rest of the train was still doing it’s slow creep over the area where the coal is dumped. I had always wondered what happened. Any idea?
wow you're mainly in not quite snow coming the choo choo to the big a. however for those that run rails and icy winter conditions and if the wipers get all messed up do you have to radio in and say like if you're in your car or truck I need to stop for a minute go wack the wiper so I can see where I'm going? cuz yours are just one person in the locomotive nowadays for like the last 10 years with all the remote stuff going on or was there always still too at the same time engineer/ conductor even on freight lines. who could get out on the catwalk at slower speeds and try to get the windshield cleaned cuz I know it's defrosters can only do so much but when you're in like freezing rain or ice just made me wonder.
Good video Mike! I honestly hope I can be in your shoes one day as of now I’m 18 bout to move on 19 and soon into 20’s lol. What’s it like to hire out?
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 probably was.. what year did you hire out? I’m pretty sure as of now it wouldn’t be great experience as I’ve heard few things
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Well Not literally TRI tracks lol, I meant like South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, csx usually drives on that line along with amtrak
Just one of the many blessings the make up the story of my life God is Good. I didn't do anything didn't even know the RR was hiring a fellow just happened to mention it to me one day on the phone back in 1976.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 mike,we’re looking for an opportunity on the Railroad in the United States but we don’t know how to get insolved , my dad is a road Driver in kcs in mexico and we’re looking for an opportunity for me. Do you know how to engage in the railways n the United States?
@@valdezgarciajoabisai2983 Joab I am retired and have no current contacts with the RR in that way. You would have to go online and search for railroad job openings and apply online . If you are trying to get into train service the includes conductor and engineer you would need to search for railroads hiring conductor trainees or hiring for engineer trainees. All of this is done online and you have to be patient some years railroads do a lot of hiring and other years it can be slow or not at all, best wishes.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 ok mike thank you very much for the information I hope to find an opportunity since I am a great fan of trains, greetings
Mr engineer Mike you must love train horns my favorite train horn is the beastly K5lla!!!!!
I've never heard that horn so much in one video! I went into horn overload!
I wish you a speedy recovery.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 mr mike Requirements to be in the CSX
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 what* are. The requirements to be in the CSX
@@vandariuscowan6879if you are at least 18 yrs or older submit an application for employment online and if accepted CSX will give you the rest of the requirements if any and all of the training .
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I hope the rain wasn’t bad when you drove through it safe inside the cab of the train
Great video, a fraternal greeting from an Italian high-speed driver, I'd love to try one of those beasts you use in the united states
very cool! You should post some engineer POV videos too!
@@nutbean7794 That'd be amazing.
these videos are so calming to watch , I love trains😭
All I have to say is thanks for sharing these Mike enjoy your retirement
Thanks 👍
Amazing horn sounds..very clear and musical! In Canada our most common horns are the Nathan K3L, P5, and K5HL 👍💯
Mr. Mike, I am a daily Runner. How do train personnel keep in shape with these hours. If I work 3:30pm-12MN, I run in morning am. If I work 7:30am-4pm, I run in the evening. How do train personnel keep in shape. When do you all eat. Do you all bring food on to the train?. I am very impressed with your videos. Do enjoy your retirement. God Bless 🙌 🙏 .
Mr Barnett , Love your videos!!! Keep them coming !!!!!
Thanks
Jay
Lonely nights driving my semi on US 54 between Wichita and Tucumcari, the bright three headlights on the parallel track always made feel better because I wasn't the only one toiling until dawn.
Edit: Can I get train horns (I've seen them at Morrill, NE in a box! Not the fake ones!) blaring when I pass to the other side? It would be my honor to know that the power of the locomotive would carry me home.
As a person who always railfans the New England section of the Northeast Corridor, this is AMAZING
Thanks for the ride-along Mike.
I always enjoy hanging out with ya man.
I loved watching your train videos Mike.. hello from columbus ga!!
Hello Tony.
Just subscribed and started watching your videos...like them a lot! CSX lines are close to where I like and I love freight trains...keep posting please!
If you have a good computer, an Xbox One or newer, or a PS4 or newer, you should definitely check out Train Sim World 2. One of their routes is set on the CSX Sand Patch Grade route, if you're familiar. Great video by the way, and happy late Thanksgiving!
This is my dream to operate at some point in my life. Thank you so much for the cab rides, I love them
Edit:changed drive to operate
How lame are the six dummies that didn't like this video....I know in order to do this job you have to put your whole life into it.... I could imagine many cold dark nights like this you've had to deal with over your career.... You're an inspiration to all that think they might be able to do this someday
Very well said...thanks
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 from the hart my friend...🚂
I love driving the train. Hello, this is Alex Elevators and Trains from Jasper, Alabama.
I could watch your videos all day ...
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Glad you like them! and pleas do by all means thanks !
Thank you for your videos. They give me so much enjoyment and give me insight to a career I’ve always wanted to experience.
Hope you had a great thanksgiving, young man. Be safe out there! Love the videos, keep up the good work!
Beast horn.. Well driving Mike.. Love from India..
Hello India thanks Prasanna.
Them Pecan Sandies slowly disappeared lol
I can't imagine driving a loco at night was fun.... I don't care for driving my car at night. Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours. Thanks for the video too. 🥰
Happy Thanksgiving to you after so many years day and night are all the same.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042
I hear you. I worked shift work my whole life. ☹️
Why? You don’t have to steer or anything
@@derekrohan9619 I think you are referencing the comment Richard made correct?
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 yes sir, was wondering why operating at night would be an issue since he isn’t having to steer the train like you would a car. I obviously don’t operate a train but as long as you can see the signals you would be ok.. so yes I was referring to Richards comment. It’s cool I like right where you are going through on most of your videos. I live in Marietta. Cool to see from your perspective since I watch the train come through all the time with my son.. thanks for uploading
Nice video Mr. Barnett!
Woo! Keep on rollin' bud
Thanks Mike for another great video. Love the night time ones, console all lit up and the lights outside just add to whole experience. Livin my dream through your vids. Lol
Enjoy Doug thanks.
Now that's what I'm talking about: night time, tunnels and bad weather on a train cab ride.
Engineer Mike, did those windshield wipers actually clear the windows? I always wondered if they did the job or not.
Nice video, I enjoy these types of videos, especially rail enthusiasts like me. Thanks for uploading!
Railroad fan from Brunswick county Virginia
I love your csx train videos
Thanks Eugene.
Guten Morgen Mike.... deine Videos sind echt klasse und es fasziniert mich immer wieder... mach weiter so liebe Grüße aus Deutschland
Happy late thanksgiving mike! What unit number was this? The horn on it sounds amazing!
Csx 5103 AC44CW-9
Now this is a hot video! Great work!
Thanks 🔥
Mike, ever ran the Abbeville Sub through Athens,Georgia? That sub's been real quiet lately. Back in the day,I used to watch locos stop and take off with monster speed across the Athens trestle over North Avenue! Legend has it that some dude dared an engineer the he could out run that loco side by side across that trestle.
And then there's the legendary 'Rail Rotter'. Some unidentified dude who's cursed to walk across the Earth. He decided to walk the rails because he realized he's off the rails. (Dead/Zombie.)
Never ran the Abbeville.
Awesome video Mike!
Very Nice Video, Thanks for sharing 👍
Great video Mike!
Mr. Happily Now Retired Engineer Barnett: did you have a favorite among the equipment you ran?
kewl cab ridin'.
Love your videos Mike!
Great video as always.
What is the light tree between the windshields for?
The one with the red lights lit on the bottom.
Last signal passed indicator i think
Those are the cab signals. They are to correspond with the wayside signals. I skipped through the video but, i think they were cut out as we call it. Or temporarily inoperative,
Hope you are having a great retirement
We love trains
Train hopper here thanks
May I use the horn audio for a train simulator sound pack? I love these vids!
Sure.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Thank you very much!
When you were a engineer Did you ever drive the same engine back to back, or is there 5 to 10 engines that you're usually going to be driving, or is it usually a different engine every time and rarely ever drive the same one again?
Mostly it's different engines but occasionally you work the same locomotive multiple times.
It also depends on what job you're running, what end of the line you're on and the availability of power. Like some power will go right back out on the counterpart of train they came in on.
Gosh I love your videos 😍😍😍
Thank you
hope youre enjoying retirement, mr. barnett!
Damn no coffee cup holder and air suspension, heated seats in the Loc :)
Wonder if shoestring is riding in one of your cars back there haha
Well if he is he's purring like a Chessie Kitten .
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 haha.. you know of him?
Very awesome video
Hey man I Love You video I live down here in Savannah Georgia y'all got to CSX y'all right around the corner from me by Amtrak do you ever come to that yard over there and Waycross yard
No Jeremy I didn't . I retired in 2014.
Y’all got to CSX? Hun?
Great vídeo...
Not sure why your picture kept getting darker and lighter. Your camera settings seem to be off.
Running in the dark at night very little light.
Your welcome mike I love all trains and all kinds of train engines..I own a HO Scale loco yard with sd 60 sd 70mac sd70Ace sd 40 sd45 SD40-2 SD35 sd40E an old GG1 GP60 Gp35 Gp38-2 C40-8 B40-8 9-44cw you know haha all them haha...I'm levein the videos
Is the loco a GE AC4400?
Ride seems a little bit rougher than I expected it to be. Rode commuter trains in Long Island Ny growing up but always in the passenger cars obviously.. didn’t expect the ride in the power to be that rough.
It san be rough from time to time ,that freight is heavy and puts much wear on the tracks.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I had a teacher make me write a letter to the RR asking to ride in the engine. They said they don’t let people because of insurance but made an exception for me and I got to ride a GP-38 from port Jefferson to Huntington , about a 45 min ride.. was such a cool experience. I got to push a few levers and blow the horn. Time of my life.
What engine number was this? 5105?
Hey Mike! Did you ever come through St Louis Mo. and what is the farthest you go on a train before a rest period?
Hi never been to St Louis the maximum trip is 12 hours.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 and i am sure you got them 12 hours to
I like Pecan Sandies too.
Hi Mike I am Derek I like trains to
Hi Derek enjoy.
Thank you mike
How did you get away with recording in the cab ?
Mike Buddy ! Hello from Edmonton 🇨🇦. I had understood you retired from the railroad. Did they entice you back somehow? Regards.
Hello Edmonton thanks Rick no just older footage.
Carry me and my family on the train one day
Question what’s with that red light? Isn’t that supposed to be the upcoming signal.
That light doesn't work on the tacks we run on.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 ahhh thanks
Watch your vids all the time,
Have you ever driven coal trains to Virginia
Operated coal trains in Tn. and Ga. only.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 ever take coal through plant Bowen ?
@@derekrohan9619 Yep quite a few.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 that’s cool I work up there all the time .. one time I saw the second engine back all of the sudden go to like full power.. the wheels were throwing insane amount of sparks but the rest of the train was still doing it’s slow creep over the area where the coal is dumped. I had always wondered what happened. Any idea?
@@derekrohan9619 I don't know perhaps a severe wheel slip while the lead engine maintained contact with the rail.
Looks like the cab of a Dash 9-44CW
At 2:09, where you starting the locomotive? Or where you taking over for another crew? Coming back from dinner?
Resuming movement after a delay for a train working near by.
That’s awesome!
Mr Mike is that an AC4400CW your operating
Yep
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 nice
wow you're mainly in not quite snow coming the choo choo to the big a. however for those that run rails and icy winter conditions and if the wipers get all messed up do you have to radio in and say like if you're in your car or truck I need to stop for a minute go wack the wiper so I can see where I'm going? cuz yours are just one person in the locomotive nowadays for like the last 10 years with all the remote stuff going on or was there always still too at the same time engineer/ conductor even on freight lines. who could get out on the catwalk at slower speeds and try to get the windshield cleaned cuz I know it's defrosters can only do so much but when you're in like freezing rain or ice just made me wonder.
K5HL horn
Good video Mike! I honestly hope I can be in your shoes one day as of now I’m 18 bout to move on 19 and soon into 20’s lol. What’s it like to hire out?
For me it was a great experience.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 probably was.. what year did you hire out? I’m pretty sure as of now it wouldn’t be great experience as I’ve heard few things
@@Trainman1776 1976
Hi Mike, What was your cargo here? I was just wondering.
Containers intermodal.
Have you operated csx along Tri-Rail’s line?
Where is it known by another name,I have operated on lines with three main tracks and lines shared by other railroad .
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Well Not literally TRI tracks lol, I meant like South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, csx usually drives on that line along with amtrak
What cities did you drive trains to and from
Chattanooga Tn. to Atlanta Ga.
Nice
What type of locomotive are you operating in this video?
Csx 5103 AC44CW-9
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 love the old GE chugging sound!
I love it
Thanks Cory
Hey mike! How do you get a Job like that is the United States?
Just one of the many blessings the make up the story of my life God is Good. I didn't do anything didn't even know the RR was hiring a fellow just happened to mention it to me one day on the phone back in 1976.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 mike,we’re looking for an opportunity on the Railroad in the United States but we don’t know how to get insolved , my dad is a road Driver in kcs in mexico and we’re looking for an opportunity for me. Do you know how to engage in the railways n the United States?
@@valdezgarciajoabisai2983 Joab I am retired and have no current contacts with the RR in that way. You would have to go online and search for railroad job openings and apply online . If you are trying to get into train service the includes conductor and engineer you would need to search for railroads hiring conductor trainees or hiring for engineer trainees. All of this is done online and you have to be patient some years railroads do a lot of hiring and other years it can be slow or not at all, best wishes.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 ok mike thank you very much for the information I hope to find an opportunity since I am a great fan of trains, greetings
Either AC44CW 593 or 588.
ES44
Ah ok.
Is that a dash 8
Yes
Nice video. Also mind if I grab a couple of cookies
Where were you headed?
From Chattanooga to ATL.
So when you made round trips between Chattanooga and Atlanta did you have to spend the night?
@@stantaylor524 Yes most times other times I would return to home at the end of the assignment be it hours or one of more days.
Are you driving a sd70ace
Ge CW44 AH
ive always wondered, how do train engineers know where crossings are? if theyre coming around a bend, how do they know where they are
Practice practice practice
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 oh lol
Whistlepost
Whistle post don't work well in fog blizzards and very poor visibility, just saying .
Why do you blow the horn when entering a tunnel?
It's required to sound the horn prior to entering a tunnel.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 never knew that I guess it’s for anyone who would be in the tunnel trespassing
@@southerncrescentproductions Yes its highly possible a person caught in the tunnel can be a fatality but there were none that I was aware of.
Seems like common sense no?
Where is that tunnel at?
Tunnel Hill Georgia.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Okay, thank you.
Film trains at emporia Virginia
Hello i am from Indonesian
Hello Indonesia
Eugene Kleis train videos
Hi mike
Hi Moorman.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 well im actually corey im on my moms account but hi and are you still working with csx
@@latosharose8005 He's retired now and has a video of it.
@@donhurst8459 oh ok thanks
Thought you retired Mike?
I did in 2014.
Someone came up with more footage.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 love any in cab footage 👍👍
So I guess the conductor doesn’t need a clear windshield to look out of
Conductor doesn’t need to really see outside I wouldn’t think. Engineer does tho..
@@derekrohan9619
Conductors watch the signals my man. Why would he want an obstructed view? 4 eyes on the rails are better than 2.
Well...that's not true.
@@BossSpringsteen69 actually it is true
@@Trashman702 I agree, I mean if I was up there I would want a good view out the front even if I didn’t necessarily need a good view
I would have to wear ear plugs that cannot be good for your ears!
I could watch your videos all day ...
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Wow, thanks and all night is all right !