Hi Mike! I am a new subscriber, and I Love riding with you in the CSX Cab on your videos! It's So Cool!! Thank you for sharing, so we can go along with you on your trips! Merry Christmas!!
I have just found your videos,,,, I'm curious if you ever had the Opportunity to run 'The Santa Train" Sponsored by Food City CSX etc,,,from Elk Horn, Ky to Kingsport,TN? I live in Kingsport and we always look forward to seeing it run with all the Volunteers passing out Gifts to all the underprivileged Kids in the Area. Thanks for the Videos, I hope that you had the chance to run the rails here in East Tennessee & SWVA. I do a lot of photography and one of my favorite tresels is in Clinchport,VA off I-26/23
Fantastic video I come across your channel a few days ago and I also film train videos as well be safe and thank you and the rest of the CSX Crew for all you guys do if it wasn't for every single train company with freight trains things would not get to where they need to go and that includes foods and vehicle's thank you to CSX Canadian National Norfolk Southern Kansas City Southern Union Pacific Illinois Central Indiana Railroad Canadian Pacific thank you everyone for all you guys do
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 thank you stay safe and I appreciate all your hard work I appreciate the hard work that CSX does if it wasn't for any train company we probably wouldn't have food shipped here or cars keep up the good work u may see me doing train videos if you are ever sent this way
u r the best mike...i have a request...u can put the type of the locomotive u r drivin in the title of the video...like sd60/70...es44ac...sd40...nd take care 🤗
@@mctherailfan not sure, at 2:58 I heard a "whoop" which makes me think it might be an evolution series locomotive. Like a GE ET44AH. I don't know locomotives too well, so that's just my thoughts lol. You could be right :)
It’s a C40-8W. There was a nother video of him driving this engine and the number was 7676 and I looked it up and it was a C40. It’s definitely not a ET44AH because this engine got gauges
I am a veteran engineer with 50 years of experience. On my railroad that I work for when taking a siding to meet another train the crew members are to be silent and only converse about the movement of the train at restricted speed. Mike handles the train well..a true professional.
Awesome video Mike! It never gets old watching these! But 1 question, CSX up in Boston where I am does not let crews film or take pictures in the cab, it is the same with amtrak and some other railroads, how did CsX let you film this?
Hey like I have to questions. How come engineers or conductors talk like “Yes this is i138 we just pasted milepost 73” in like a British/ fishermen accent if you know what I mean. 2nd question. How do you know when to honk your horn at the right time at crossings? With the cab kinda blocking your way mine as well just look out the window haha!
At 70, one of my Dreams has been to Ride in a Real Actual Railroad Engine Cab, and maybe even have an Opportunity to sit at the Controls and Engage the Whistle / Horn. 👍😊😷😍👌🙋😂
Goto do that as an Operation Lifesaver Presenter. 8-mm videoed grade crossing behaviors athe many grade crossings between Goleta (Santa Barbara) and San Diego. As the train approached the Taylor Street crossing in Old Town at 59 mph (49 mph?), a Mexican-looking grandma ignored the mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* and gates and crossed the track. Camcorder frame-by-frame shows that she stepped off the westrack 2.9? seconds before the locomotive arrived at her spot. She had timed perfectly! Of course, had she tripped and fallen, her death would have been in myideo.
Do locomotives have a gauge to tell you whether the locomotive is on an incline or decline or do you get that information from the locomotive speeding up or slowing down?
There is no such gauge on a locomotive. An engineer has to qualify on the route before he's permitted to run on the line. The grades, curves, bridges, signal locations, rules and special instructions, etc. are observed and noted during qualification.
Theres a new roblox game its called rail sim universe and when im the engineer i act like you because youre an inspiration for people that want to work on the railroad
Great video, Mike! I gotta ask what does the “B” mean in your train symbol here? Is it for a second section? I’m still trying to learn CSX train symbols as much as I can.
After a few vids the sound of that horn gets stuck in your head , another thing to get used to as an engineer and some may not be able to handle the horn on it's own
Good Morning Mike, what city is the siding located? I saw the houses to the side & I'm looking to buy a home trackside as well as a career change into the railroad as a conductor leading to an engineer & yardmaster. Aslo what nearby cities to look for to place resumes?
I started csx conductor training nov 6 I’ll be on my second week nov 13 I hired out of Manchester ga I’m wondering if anyone knows anything about Manchester
Hey mike. At 1:14 in the video, i noticed you applied the automatic brake but then purged it right away with the independent. I never saw this before what is the reason for doing this?
I can't explain thanks for your observation. I won't comment on train handling, the videos are just for enjoyment I'm sure someone will give an answer along the way 😉
The locomotive independent brake should always be released during an application of automatic train brakes. This allows the engineer to control slack through the train.
applying the automatic starts a braking process that puts the brake shoes on the wheels, starting at the lead engine and eventually to the entire train, bailing the independent keeps the shoes off of the engines wheels only allowing them to roll freely
This looks like a very complex and serious job Mike. I’ve just completed a series of interviews with CSX , is there a way I could reach you email wise or something with a few questions?
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 oh it wasn’t an employment question but I thank you for your response just wondered from an actual locomotive engineer what the balance of work/home life was like from an actual engineer seems a rewarding career but I hear the other part is rough but thanks
@@MrATL27 well the balance is what you make it there is an extremely high divorce rate amongst people who travel on freight trains for work. During my earlier years on the RR some of my coworkers would have boats only to wind up selling them because the weren't home enough to enjoy them on the other hand there were those who could not work enough and even tried to work their vacation had no use for personal days just had to work work work. I doubt if anyone could paint the picture better than you could actually experience it for yourself. On the RR you enjoy the moment but maybe not the whole thing ...Its a job and the company will make sure the workforce knows that. The way I summed it up in my head is when I couldn't see light at the end of the tunnel I resigned to believe that I still would make it through and just because I saw light didn't mean I had it made. I know I'm all over the place with this but that is the reality of the RR and everyone's experience is different. I had many days that couldn't wait to go to work and I had many days that just didn't think I could go to work another day...Again I thank God for the RR and that He got me through.
@@MrATL27 I'll share this with you Mr ATL I've been retired almost 7 years and I still can't get a good nights sleep after the many years of working through the night when my body was begging for rest ...so if I sleep more then 3 or 4 hours I've had a good night .Some nights I surprise myself and sleep about 6 hours.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I can relate from military life to civilian working odd hours and sleep pattern completely non existent. The work looks rewarding that you keep the economy going. But it just seems like it’s no time to marvel in the fact you are apart of what keeps America going. And you’re not all over the place I understand every word.
I certainly wish you the best but I've been retired for nearly 10 years all of the upgrades and technology changes that have taken place has me unable to be of much help.I've become a mariner now enjoying life on the waters 💧
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I’m about to retire from the military. I’m really interested working for the railroad. What advice can you give for applying and what position to apply for that pays well?
@made-in-the80s That’s very encouraging news about military. I’m am willing to move where they need me. Pretty much like the military and where we get stationed. In the Navy we are constantly on the move so I should be a good fit. I really appreciate you breaking it down like that for me.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Sweetie, I ran rail crews for a few years. There were few and far between that didn't have a deathwish in front of them. If you are one of those ones that avoided it, you are truly blesses by angels. I talked to guys that it ruined. And not by their fault. God bless you all! You are the backbone of our society. Few know that to be true. I do.
Mike looks like he’s an awesome engineer, would of loved to ride with him.
I love these videos! I've been watching CSX trains in Virginia on the Portsmouth Subdivision since I was a kid! Truly amazing machines!
Awesome to see you retired doing something you loved man! Awesome footage also! Stay safe and thanks for sharing the footage!
Excellent video Mike! 👍🏾
Best ride along vids on TH-cam!!💯👊🏽
Take me with you, great view Mike!
Stay safe Mike!
20 years old & in florida. Hope to start working for CSX soon.
Thank you Mike! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Hi Mike! I am a new subscriber, and I Love riding with you in the CSX Cab on your videos! It's So Cool!! Thank you for sharing, so we can go along with you on your trips! Merry Christmas!!
Thank you Mary continue to enjoy and Merry Christmas as well.
Love the horn.
Great videos mike, I really enjoy them!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
heck yeah another great ride! You have the best job
Loveing it mike I can never get enofe of you drive some trains...i live right beside norfolk tracks three of them just went by hahahah
Another great video Mr. Barnett!
I have just found your videos,,,,
I'm curious if you ever had the Opportunity to run 'The Santa Train" Sponsored by Food City CSX etc,,,from Elk Horn, Ky to Kingsport,TN? I live in Kingsport and we always look forward to seeing it run with all the Volunteers passing out Gifts to all the underprivileged Kids in the Area. Thanks for the Videos, I hope that you had the chance to run the rails here in East Tennessee & SWVA. I do a lot of photography and one of my favorite tresels is in Clinchport,VA off I-26/23
I never ran in that part of the RR I'm now retired and live in Florida.
Awesome video Mike. Thanks for sharing 👍
Fantastic video I come across your channel a few days ago and I also film train videos as well be safe and thank you and the rest of the CSX Crew for all you guys do if it wasn't for every single train company with freight trains things would not get to where they need to go and that includes foods and vehicle's thank you to CSX Canadian National Norfolk Southern Kansas City Southern Union Pacific Illinois Central Indiana Railroad Canadian Pacific thank you everyone for all you guys do
Thanks, you too!
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 thank you stay safe and I appreciate all your hard work I appreciate the hard work that CSX does if it wasn't for any train company we probably wouldn't have food shipped here or cars keep up the good work u may see me doing train videos if you are ever sent this way
Another awesome video Mike! I see you filmed this just from just North of and through Kingston.
How cool is this, thanks for taking these videos. Really neat!
Good video as always Mike! I enjoy seeing these 🙂
Mike! your videos are spectacular! my friend lives in Newark and sends me a lot of CSX videos! continue with the videos
u r the best mike...i have a request...u can put the type of the locomotive u r drivin in the title of the video...like sd60/70...es44ac...sd40...nd take care 🤗
I think its a C40-8W
@@mctherailfan not sure, at 2:58 I heard a "whoop" which makes me think it might be an evolution series locomotive. Like a GE ET44AH. I don't know locomotives too well, so that's just my thoughts lol. You could be right :)
i guess in a c40-8w u cant find 2 counters in front of the locomotive brake! u find just 1 counter...
It’s a C40-8W. There was a nother video of him driving this engine and the number was 7676 and I looked it up and it was a C40. It’s definitely not a ET44AH because this engine got gauges
I am a veteran engineer with 50 years of experience. On my railroad that I work for when taking a siding to meet another train the crew members are to be silent and only converse about the movement of the train at restricted speed. Mike handles the train well..a true professional.
Another amazing video as always
Nice cab ride in the C40-8W.
Awesome video Mike! It never gets old watching these! But 1 question, CSX up in Boston where I am does not let crews film or take pictures in the cab, it is the same with amtrak and some other railroads, how did CsX let you film this?
It's not allowed anywhere that I know of
Why we are thankful for Mike uploading these videos 📹
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Hello. Is your csx company training to be a train driver?
I love watching you mike keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
Hey like I have to questions. How come engineers or conductors talk like “Yes this is i138 we just pasted milepost 73” in like a British/ fishermen accent if you know what I mean. 2nd question. How do you know when to honk your horn at the right time at crossings? With the cab kinda blocking your way mine as well just look out the window haha!
hi mike merry chrstmas good job driving
At 70, one of my Dreams has been to Ride in a Real Actual Railroad Engine Cab, and maybe even have an Opportunity to sit at the Controls and Engage the Whistle / Horn. 👍😊😷😍👌🙋😂
At 70, i want to do the same thing.
Goto do that as an Operation Lifesaver Presenter.
8-mm videoed grade crossing behaviors athe many grade crossings between Goleta (Santa Barbara) and San Diego.
As the train approached the Taylor Street crossing in Old Town at 59 mph (49 mph?), a Mexican-looking grandma ignored the mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* and gates and crossed the track. Camcorder frame-by-frame shows that she stepped off the westrack 2.9? seconds before the locomotive arrived at her spot.
She had timed perfectly! Of course, had she tripped and fallen, her death would have been in myideo.
I see some dammn good train handling skills there brother looks like you've done this before Hahahaha .... Young hogger from Southern Ohio out
Do locomotives have a gauge to tell you whether the locomotive is on an incline or decline or do you get that information from the locomotive speeding up or slowing down?
There is no such gauge on a locomotive. An engineer has to qualify on the route before he's permitted to run on the line. The grades, curves, bridges, signal locations, rules and special instructions, etc. are observed and noted during qualification.
Makes me feel I'm in the cab with you
Thank you for sharing
1:25 At a grade crossing witho mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* , more horn warning is needed. His longest warnings are at crossings with *(o)T(o)* .
Nice train horn. What kind is that? K5HL?
Good stuff ol' chap!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey
What fire department were u at?
I was a fireman for 12 years in Columbus ga AT STATION 4
Engine 4 Station 4 Montgomery, Al 1984 while layed off from RR
Nice Video! 04:05 Is that a standard cab Dash 8 leading that Autorack? Are those still around?
Yes that is one! This must be old footage as CSX retired all of them.
@@kansasstatealerting2874 Thanks for the info!
Keep it up love the videos
Theres a new roblox game its called rail sim universe and when im the engineer i act like you because youre an inspiration for people that want to work on the railroad
Thinking about joining. Is it good money?
Nice K5LA on that engine ...
Nice cab ride. How fast is that train?
Interesting video what was your favorite engine to run and favorite freight to pull just wondering
Had no favorite engines. Intermodals were my favorite trains at times.
I got an interview with csx for a conductor job any thing I should
Great video! I enjoyed.
Best job in the world .. . .
My dream job. But I couldn't do it at this point in my life. Great video! Have fun.
my dream job also.
Nice video. What was your cargo? Just curious
Automobiles.
How does one get a position like yourself to be a locomotive engineer?
Apply
Great video, Mike! I gotta ask what does the “B” mean in your train symbol here? Is it for a second section? I’m still trying to learn CSX train symbols as much as I can.
Were you and the conductors best friends on the trains you rode?
This is a dumb question but do modern-day locomotives have AC in them?
Absolutely, airconditioned.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 sweet. I’ve always wanted to be an engineer and always wanted to know this
After a few vids the sound of that horn gets stuck in your head , another thing to get used to as an engineer and some may not be able to handle the horn on it's own
Cool video. What train are you driving
Q211
Good Morning Mike, what city is the siding located? I saw the houses to the side & I'm looking to buy a home trackside as well as a career change into the railroad as a conductor leading to an engineer & yardmaster. Aslo what nearby cities to look for to place resumes?
Kingston Ga.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Good Morning & Thank You sir.
Are These Old Videos ? I Thought You Retired Years Ago ? You Reposting Them ? I'm Confuse !!!
Yes I retired in 2014
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 You Are A Genius !!! Smart Move Mike ...
Need a longer video
Do a video with csx in ns train
Go to bali mike?
I want to be a engineer just like him
I started csx conductor training nov 6 I’ll be on my second week nov 13 I hired out of Manchester ga I’m wondering if anyone knows anything about Manchester
Hey mike. At 1:14 in the video, i noticed you applied the automatic brake but then purged it right away with the independent. I never saw this before what is the reason for doing this?
I can't explain thanks for your observation. I won't comment on train handling, the videos are just for enjoyment I'm sure someone will give an answer along the way 😉
The locomotive independent brake should always be released during an application of automatic train brakes. This allows the engineer to control slack through the train.
applying the automatic starts a braking process that puts the brake shoes on the wheels, starting at the lead engine and eventually to the entire train, bailing the independent keeps the shoes off of the engines wheels only allowing them to roll freely
@@thomasdupee1440 okay thx a lot much appreciated
@@k2stack thx bro appreciate it
Do you ever with the Chicago area ?
No I'm retired.
Thanks for responding... enjoy your retirement... I retired from USPS this year
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This looks like a very complex and serious job Mike. I’ve just completed a series of interviews with CSX , is there a way I could reach you email wise or something with a few questions?
I wouldn't be available to answer employment issues ...wishing you the best.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 oh it wasn’t an employment question but I thank you for your response just wondered from an actual locomotive engineer what the balance of work/home life was like from an actual engineer seems a rewarding career but I hear the other part is rough but thanks
@@MrATL27 well the balance is what you make it there is an extremely high divorce rate amongst people who travel on freight trains for work. During my earlier years on the RR some of my coworkers would have boats only to wind up selling them because the weren't home enough to enjoy them on the other hand there were those who could not work enough and even tried to work their vacation had no use for personal days just had to work work work. I doubt if anyone could paint the picture better than you could actually experience it for yourself. On the RR you enjoy the moment but maybe not the whole thing ...Its a job and the company will make sure the workforce knows that. The way I summed it up in my head is when I couldn't see light at the end of the tunnel I resigned to believe that I still would make it through and just because I saw light didn't mean I had it made. I know I'm all over the place with this but that is the reality of the RR and everyone's experience is different. I had many days that couldn't wait to go to work and I had many days that just didn't think I could go to work another day...Again I thank God for the RR and that He got me through.
@@MrATL27 I'll share this with you Mr ATL I've been retired almost 7 years and I still can't get a good nights sleep after the many years of working through the night when my body was begging for rest ...so if I sleep more then 3 or 4 hours I've had a good night .Some nights I surprise myself and sleep about 6 hours.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I can relate from military life to civilian working odd hours and sleep pattern completely non existent. The work looks rewarding that you keep the economy going. But it just seems like it’s no time to marvel in the fact you are apart of what keeps America going. And you’re not all over the place I understand every word.
How do you know when to blow the horn, and how long and how many times .
It's all done according to rules and instructions.
I was wondering the same thing but if you just remember all the twists & turns and crossings from years of doing it.
The twist and turns are a big part of it as well.
What state is this?
Georgia
Georgia
Dosent get any cooler then engineer Mike
I need some help and need your fountain of wisdom Mike. Please
Hit me up.
I certainly wish you the best but I've been retired for nearly 10 years all of the upgrades and technology changes that have taken place has me unable to be of much help.I've become a mariner now enjoying life on the waters 💧
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 I’m about to retire from the military. I’m really interested working for the railroad. What advice can you give for applying and what position to apply for that pays well?
@made-in-the80s No not yet. I retire next summer and was looking at high traffic locations like Barstow with BSNF or UP in El Paso, TX area.
@made-in-the80s Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I can get hired on after military service.
@made-in-the80s That’s very encouraging news about military. I’m am willing to move where they need me. Pretty much like the military and where we get stationed. In the Navy we are constantly on the move so I should be a good fit. I really appreciate you breaking it down like that for me.
hello
Mike my man... I have to ask did you ever hit anything? 😔.... sounds like you and trouble are together again 🤣🤣
Nope
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 you airbrush how many years on the rails?
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Sweetie, I ran rail crews for a few years. There were few and far between that didn't have a deathwish in front of them. If you are one of those ones that avoided it, you are truly blesses by angels. I talked to guys that it ruined. And not by their fault. God bless you all! You are the backbone of our society. Few know that to be true. I do.
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