One way yes great units but they are camera equipped so you are watched constantly no I like my old days of railroading and my SD40 gp40 C and b 36-7. And 8s. You knew how to use the air and you wasn’t getting watched on your train handling you worked with experience not by a book
I'm planning to become an conductor for cm railways and hopefully a engineer hoping they won't be as hire to fire in 2 years but I'm planning on starting a TH-cam series where I document my experiences and I will be telling my stories and etc
I'd definitely like to hang with this Cool Hot Shot for a Real Cab Ride!! Love this stuff! Cool Job, lucky Man!! Love the sound of the train rolling through and the Horn, especially at night as it goes through the crossing near to me in Sparta NJ. The train either goes up, or comes down Sparta mountain and I can always tell if its going up if those engines are roaring loudly!! Thanks for this vid!!
When I was an over-the-road trucker, I used to layover in Rochelle. If you watch closely, you'll see the railroad park pavilion on the right (red, white and blue banners). I walked through that town more than a few times. They no longer blow the horn in town.
Where was the hot shot. It all looked normal from what I could see. None of the signals were visible so the aspects were not available. They had just called an approach when it stopped the video.
Rochelle, IL at the railroad park. It’s the intersection of the UP and the BNSF. Here’s a link to a webcam that is aimed at the cross. www.rochellerailroadpark.org/webcam
When there is a grade crossing coming up and there is another train like in this case, it’s a warning to drivers who might “jump the gun” when one train clears without noticing another train is about to enter the same crossing. In this video you see that the train being met is just clearing, so if it was maybe 200 feet shorter there would have been a lag and, potentially, an impatient motorist at a crossing without gates might decide to proceed without noticing “our” train is right there.
This is the only job I ever wanted to do in life but instead I'm a cook something went terrible wrong in my life well back to my atlas collection and big dreams.
It is Required by federal regulations. Below quote is from the Federal Railroad Administration website page on train horn rules and quite zones. railroads.dot.gov/highway-rail-crossing-and-trespasser-programs/train-horn-rulequiet-zones/train-horn-rule-and-quiet “Under the Train Horn Rule (49 CFR Part 222), locomotive engineers must begin to sound train horns at least 15 seconds, and no more than 20 seconds, in advance of all public grade crossings. If a train is traveling faster than 60 mph, engineers will not sound the horn until it is within ¼ mile of the crossing, even if the advance warning is less than 15 seconds. There is a "good faith" exception for locations where engineers can’t precisely estimate their arrival at a crossing and begin to sound the horn no more than 25 seconds before arriving at the crossing. Train horns must be sounded in a standardized pattern of 2 long, 1 short and 1 long blasts. The pattern must be repeated or prolonged until the lead locomotive or lead cab car occupies the grade crossing. The rule does not stipulate the durations of long and short blasts. The maximum volume level for the train horn is 110 decibels which is a new requirement. The minimum sound level remains 96 decibels.”
@@lindabingham394 it means it’s the hottest train on the rails. No other train is more important on that stretch of track. Every other train except passenger trains will take siding to let him pass.
It’s referring to the train, not the engineer. It’s an old railroad term for high priority traffic. “Hotter” trains run with a higher horsepower per ton rating and are able to maintain higher speeds, and lower priority trains are moved out of the way for them. Today, “intermodal” trains (carrying truck trailers and containers with perishables and time-sensitive general merchandise) are the hotshots, especially those with domestic UPS, FedEx, Amazon, and JB Hunt traffic. BNSF runs them 70 mph across the desert with 4 or 5 4400 horsepower locomotives up front, and they are the hottest thing on rails out there with all other trains being moved out of the way for them. They are also referred to as Z or Z9 trains, as that is the highest priority designation on the railroad timetable.
@@oooltra and where do those batteries get their charge? Coal power plants. The more drones there are the more coal has to be burned to keep up with all the power consumption. Not to mention when you charge a battery, some of the charge is lost, wasting that amount of energy per charge. mining the material to make batteries puts out harmful emissions.
@@oooltra I see what you are trying to say, but there is no real way to reduce total emissions until we find a realiable and clean energy source. As of now it doesn’t really matter what you use, you are still leaving a carbon footprint
@@45showdown well actually it doesn’t matter if the crossing is occupied or not you still have to blow two longs a short and a long!! I’ve been an engineer for 28 years !!!👍🇺🇸
This is one of my favorite TH-cam videos. Ever. Honestly, this brings back memories.
Thank you. I always wondered what the engineer's POV at open throttle was like.
Gotta love rule 14L. Also loved the diamond pounding. Thanks for sharing!
Wished I was 50 Years younger love to have been a engineer on these locomotives 🚂
It would have been fun, for the first three days.
One way yes great units but they are camera equipped so you are watched constantly no I like my old days of railroading and my SD40 gp40 C and b 36-7. And 8s. You knew how to use the air and you wasn’t getting watched on your train handling you worked with experience not by a book
I'm planning to become an conductor for cm railways and hopefully a engineer hoping they won't be as hire to fire in 2 years but I'm planning on starting a TH-cam series where I document my experiences and I will be telling my stories and etc
I'd definitely like to hang with this Cool Hot Shot for a Real Cab Ride!! Love this stuff! Cool Job, lucky Man!!
Love the sound of the train rolling through and the Horn, especially at night as it goes through the crossing near to me in Sparta NJ. The train either goes up, or comes down Sparta mountain and I can always tell if its going up if those engines are roaring loudly!!
Thanks for this vid!!
Kinda weird watching a train video without derailing or hitting something
Wow!!! Love this!!! Makes me feel like i finally drove a locomotive 😁😁
When I was an over-the-road trucker, I used to layover in Rochelle. If you watch closely, you'll see the railroad park pavilion on the right (red, white and blue banners). I walked through that town more than a few times.
They no longer blow the horn in town.
Love the honking with the oncoming traffic
A man who loves his job!
always wondered what it was like going through the double diamond at Rochelle
wish you'd have kept filming, would have went through my hometown. Milledgeville, IL
"would have went"? My goodness please don't mangle the language I love!
That was awesome to see from that vantage point. Another hour would be awesome too.
Gosh, why didn't BNSF pick a nice GN style five chime?
Very good video!!
I liked the part where they blew the horn :P
Great POV!
BONUS!! Diamond-pattern crossing!! 🛤❤
Rochelle Illinois
Nice Shot That looks awesome I love that Horn man stay safe and hit the bell and subscribe button ✅
Was Herbie the dispatcher? It sounded like him.
Cool video!
Rochelle, IL. Spent alot of time there.
Love from RailRoad CrossingOntario
the hooters on him!
Where was the hot shot. It all looked normal from what I could see. None of the signals were visible so the aspects were not available. They had just called an approach when it stopped the video.
Does anyone know where this double diamond is located as I would like to look it up in an overhead view? Any information would be appreciated.
Curt Nicholson Rochelle, Illinois
Rochelle just sounds like a crossroad 🚂🚃🚃❤
Rochelle, IL at the railroad park. It’s the intersection of the UP and the BNSF. Here’s a link to a webcam that is aimed at the cross. www.rochellerailroadpark.org/webcam
Ahh good ol Rochelle Illinois
I want a horn like that for my truck...
They make them just don't get caught lol
They're on Ebay
Had a buddy mount an old F unit single note horn on his truck. Made that whole damn truck vibrate like hell when he blew it!😂😂
They sell them every day
A K5HL?
what is up with that 2 horn blasts at that other train?
Robert Rushing On the railroad it’s a way of saying hi to other trains.
When there is a grade crossing coming up and there is another train like in this case, it’s a warning to drivers who might “jump the gun” when one train clears without noticing another train is about to enter the same crossing. In this video you see that the train being met is just clearing, so if it was maybe 200 feet shorter there would have been a lag and, potentially, an impatient motorist at a crossing without gates might decide to proceed without noticing “our” train is right there.
he is just sayin hi
Back when 320x240 256 colors was impressive video.
What do you mean hotshot? It looks like just normal driving
Cool
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
This is the only job I ever wanted to do in life but instead I'm a cook something went terrible wrong in my life well back to my atlas collection and big dreams.
This must be in England because you’re on the wrong side of the road , lol
Hey Pete, look at the vehicles on the roads, this is definitely North America ! You related to Forrest Gump ?
@@cpierce3277 he was definitely making a joke, and you completely missed it
You sure I missed it Tanner ? Perhaps you missed mine ! LoL
What’s the point of blowing the horn even when he is AT the crossing?
They blow the whistle through the crossing.
It is Required by federal regulations. Below quote is from the Federal Railroad Administration website page on train horn rules and quite zones. railroads.dot.gov/highway-rail-crossing-and-trespasser-programs/train-horn-rulequiet-zones/train-horn-rule-and-quiet
“Under the Train Horn Rule (49 CFR Part 222), locomotive engineers must begin to sound train horns at least 15 seconds, and no more than 20 seconds, in advance of all public grade crossings.
If a train is traveling faster than 60 mph, engineers will not sound the horn until it is within ¼ mile of the crossing, even if the advance warning is less than 15 seconds.
There is a "good faith" exception for locations where engineers can’t precisely estimate their arrival at a crossing and begin to sound the horn no more than 25 seconds before arriving at the crossing.
Train horns must be sounded in a standardized pattern of 2 long, 1 short and 1 long blasts. The pattern must be repeated or prolonged until the lead locomotive or lead cab car occupies the grade crossing. The rule does not stipulate the durations of long and short blasts.
The maximum volume level for the train horn is 110 decibels which is a new requirement. The minimum sound level remains 96 decibels.”
He knew it would annoy your wimpy ass, that's why, genius.
Because the second crossing was 10 meters away
All of you stupid, it is to warn people that a train is coming.
I was waiting for someone to shoot the horn off. Maybe that's on another video.
Why "hotshot"? Why is the hood in sharp focus but beyond not?
Sorry, what makes him a hotshot? Tooting a horn?
Piggyback(container) trains are the hottest thing on the rails.
@@redrock717 so is he hauling containers what makes him a hotshot he a firefighter or what?
@@lindabingham394 it means it’s the hottest train on the rails. No other train is more important on that stretch of track. Every other train except passenger trains will take siding to let him pass.
It’s referring to the train, not the engineer. It’s an old railroad term for high priority traffic. “Hotter” trains run with a higher horsepower per ton rating and are able to maintain higher speeds, and lower priority trains are moved out of the way for them. Today, “intermodal” trains (carrying truck trailers and containers with perishables and time-sensitive general merchandise) are the hotshots, especially those with domestic UPS, FedEx, Amazon, and JB Hunt traffic. BNSF runs them 70 mph across the desert with 4 or 5 4400 horsepower locomotives up front, and they are the hottest thing on rails out there with all other trains being moved out of the way for them. They are also referred to as Z or Z9 trains, as that is the highest priority designation on the railroad timetable.
Those locos waste gas
Would you rather they used trucks and waste even more gas? If that freight train was spit into 100 + truckloads, even more gas would be used
@@thatoneguy611 Trucks? Ever heard of drones? Drones will deliver our products daily with ZERO gas. They use electric batteries.
@@oooltra and where do those batteries get their charge? Coal power plants. The more drones there are the more coal has to be burned to keep up with all the power consumption. Not to mention when you charge a battery, some of the charge is lost, wasting that amount of energy per charge.
mining the material to make batteries puts out harmful emissions.
@@thatoneguy611 nevermind
@@oooltra I see what you are trying to say, but there is no real way to reduce total emissions until we find a realiable and clean energy source. As of now it doesn’t really matter what you use, you are still leaving a carbon footprint
Well the first crossing, the horn was wrong. Trust me, I'm not a real engineer but I play one on computers. But I liked the video.
I think the audio is a little glitchy at the beginning, then it’s fine all the way
@@45showdown well actually it doesn’t matter if the crossing is occupied or not you still have to blow two longs a short and a long!! I’ve been an engineer for 28 years !!!👍🇺🇸
@@scarface-39 Rubbish
Sound was distorted because of the passing intermodal boxes on the other track
You are wrong and only the real railroaders will know why.