SunRail Orlando Commuter Train
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- SunRail is a commuter train for the greater Orlando, Florida area. The train serves downtown Orlando as well as communities to both the north and south. Service began in 2014 and continues to increase in popularity each year. In this video, we will explore the SunRail system as we watch commuter trains zipping by various different locations on the SunRail system.
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I took SunRail a week before you uploaded this video!
My famous quote: “Much better than it was two months ago, and great weather!”
Awesome!
CoasterFan2105 As of now, things are getting better. I wanted to do the trip for spring break, but it got postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The weather was great when I did the trip, but it rained a few hours after I was home
Sun rail has unique sounding horns
Garrett the train guy p5
Yes, they do sound pretty unique
That cab car horn is one the most satisfying horns if ever heard.
They are so satisfying. Apparently the Cab Cars are equipped with P3 Air chimes, while the MP32’s have P5 Air chimes. Very interesting equipment
@@RosLounge 2 of the cab cars have p2's, however one of them either got replaced with a p3 or the bell was just fouled
I really like SunRail. They have a unique feel with those short consists, funny horns, strange but interesting MP32PH-Q locomotives, and the very last Non-CEM Bombardier Bi-Level Cab Cars ever built. I would like to go to Orlando and see them in person.
Though, imagine how the P5s on the MP32s would sound if they got rid of the boxes and moved them up to the roof!
Now that would be cool. SunRail is a really neat operation. Interesting equipment, a nice paint scheme, and a good route. It'll be neat to see how it grows in the future.
Bombardier should just make the CEM behind the cab and keep the old design.
I agree with you on the P5s, they sound too quiet under the locomotives as shown in the video
Non cem xab cars are still being produced
Those are P5's on the MP32's? I thought they were K5LL's like what LIRR uses. They definitely need to be mounted outside and folks just need to live with the horns.
The MPXpress locomotives are one of my favorites
They're neat locomotives!
I find it kinda wierd how the body isn’t a full width cowl body like most of these are. But cool nonetheless
@@Matsumoto77 They are rebuilt Ex-Marc GP40WH-2 locomotives
David Torrey wow! I’m comparing pictures and I never knew that. Very interesting!
Incredible video!! I love the SunRail. Tracks are only about a mile away from my house, so I see it just about daily. SunRail recently wrapped some of their passenger cars in giant advertisements, and personally I really like them!
Thanks so much! Sunrail is pretty awesome! I really like the paint scheme.
This video is unusually short. Beautiful trains.
They do look nice
Now that’s Illumination!
Nice! I hope I can ride Sunrail in the not too distant future
Thanks, Alan! That sounds like fun!
I saw the thumbnail and I clicked faster than the speed of light! Great video!
Thanks so much!
@ENJOYTHESIREN911 hi :3.
TheAlmightyDoge YT, Heyo
I love the way the SunRail horns sound.
You finally got to Sunrail :)
Yup! :)
@@CoasterFan2105 finally you got the sunrail trains
The horn not bad I will give it a 9/10
That's certainly fair
I always find it interesting that instead of using high platform boarding and DMUs, the used a full locomotive to tow two bi-level low platform cars. Beautiful livery though
Sunrail is my favourite american commuter train
The colors are nice
They are!
Awesome! Sun rail is a nice train
Best and most-unique commuter train in my opinion!
Good video, I haven’t gone on sun rail but hopefully I will in the future🚂
Thank you! And that sounds like fun!
I have been on it many times and boy is it fun!
You must have grandparents in Florida or something. No other railfan account gives this much love to FL trains. I live in St. Petersburg, the 2ndclargest city in Tampa Bay after Tampa. We desperately need passenger rail service, and better transit/pedestrian service all around. Proud of Orlando for making the right move.
For a long time, I've wanted to film all the major US commuter operations and Florida is a big part of that with two significant systems, plus Brightline. I liked Florida a lot, so I hope to revisit not too far down the line.
I just got the notification halfway through. Good job, TH-cam.
Smh... Thanks for watching!
Hi budd
Nice video mate and I think is Rebuilt from Marc GP40WH-2
Thanks! And yes, you are correct.
@@CoasterFan2105 your welcome mate
Super! Great video
Very nice compilation of rail traffic
Wonderfull Double-decker commuter train !
Greetings from Spain
CoasterFan2015
Thank you very much and greetings!
I love the train horn
Wonderful thanks 🙏 for your video. SunRail is clearly a game changer for Orlando. I shall hop aboard very soon. Thanks 😊.
I LOVE THE HORNS!!!
@CoasterFan2105 You should come back to Utah, and do another, up to date video of the FrontRunner, and some TRAX action. After the pandemic, of course.
Yup! That's on the list as soon as Heber Valley gets their steam locomotive running again. I've been waiting on that one for quite a while.
6:32 I've seen this locomotive before, 110, and damn it's got a good horn
Your channel is awesome, I've been a fan of you for years!!
Thanks so much!
CoasterFan2105 no problem and also your my favorite TH-camr!
Finally some Sunrail horns that DON’T sound like dying elephants.
Never got to experience dying elephants
I rode a Sunrail train about 2 years ago and it was great! I wish that they would bring something like this to Ohio!
Not sure if you're from nearby, but these were great shots from my hometown commuter train! Can't wait for the service to be expanded.
I'm based out of Washington state currently, but I really like Florida and I hope to revisit some time in the not too distant future!
Nice Catches
Your content never fails to impress me!
Really fantastic video.
Great train photography and a clean commuter railroad, unlike Metrolink in SoCal.
Thank you! Yes, the trains are very clean. Cleaner than most commuter ops I've seen.
I want to see you go back to Chicago, mainly for you to see the F59PHIs in action
It's been on the list! I saw one when I was there in January 2019, but I need to get back.
@@CoasterFan2105 just fyi there are now a few on the UP lines.
Great video. I’m wondering when and where these locomotives were built. And when this commuter train system first started on.
Sun Rail's MP32PH-Q locomotives were built by Wabtec subsidiary, Motive Power Industries, in Boise, ID. The locos ride on a pair of B-B trucks and are powered by a 645-prime mover rated at 3000 hp. The MP32s also feature a streamlined MPXpress-cab, which totally hides the the fact that the units had been originally built as GP40 freight engines and had later served MARC as GP40-CWH2 commuter power. The 645 power-plants were totally rebuilt or replaced, and new electrical / electronics installed throughout the units.
Yard Limit yeah. But I am wondering what year they were built and when they first started service on the SunRail Commuter train system.
@@@nathancorcoran5347built in late 2013 and early 2014, started sevice May 1st, 2014.
Thanks, Nathan! All the info about the locomotives sounds right as far as I know.
CoasterFan2105 yeah. They are all great equipment for operation service on this system.
Great catches, bud. ❤️🌸
Thank you :D
No narration at the beginning of the video?
Not this time unfortunately. Like the FEC video, I put this together right before I started doing the narrated intros. But the good news is that this should be the very last of the videos that don't have a narrated introduction (unless I do others in the future), so everything with the exception of the Galore videos should have at least some narration from here on out.
I love sunrail
Great video Mike - thank you :)
Not sure why I havent subscribed until now but very good channel, I enjoy your videos. Its nice to see some good documentation of the SunRail trains here.
Well thank you so much! Welcome aboard!
SunRail, is an amazing Central Florida rail system with 16 stations from Poinciana to De Bary, Florida! It connects Volusia, Seminole, Orange and Osceola Counties. Extremely helpful staff! You will get immediate help and advice from purchasing tickets to boarding, timing and so on. In video on my channel I tried to show how to buy a ticket and scan it on and off board. (I was a first time SunRail passenger and I had NO issues at all.) Really convenient and pleasant trip!
coolest MP36s in the world
Nathan Zhang they are actually MP32PH-Q locomotives
They are very interesting locomotives! Streamlined cab with a freight style body. Very unique.
Diego Bautista idk, but many engineers complain about it
what a coincidence i was railfanning sunrail and amtrak the other day in the same area.
How about that! What are the odds?
Good job CoasterFan2105
Thanks!
Beautiful video! Greetings 🚂👍✊👏
Didn’t expect a train meet in this😅
I Love It.
Fantastic video, Mike! Love the shots!
Mike Armstrong your video content is amazing even in 4k
Coaster I've been watching your videos for 7 years now, and your content has gotten a lot better! Great catches! I would love for you to catch some trains in Scottsburg, Indiana, we have our own shortline railroad, it runs from Jefferson Ky to Indianapolis IN. Keep up the great work Coaster!!
Great video! Those MPXpress cabs sure look weird on the SD45 bodies!
They are definitely unique locomotives! Thanks for watching!
@@CoasterFan2105 I agree. I wonder why they weren't built with full cowls?
@@ctf6420 Because they were rebuilt from MARC GP40WH-2s.
@@AVeryRandomPerson Oh ya, I almost forgot!
nice video good dear
Will you do a train talk on whistles
I remember writing this to Winter Park to get some mac & cheese for lunch. BTW, this is in Florida.
You should do GO transit soon in Toronto
Very cool dude
Thank you!
When I thought Amtrak’s Pere Marquette was a short train with 3 superliners, Sunrail is the shortest 😂
PERFECT!
This is Cool. :-D
Thanks, Kev!
On 6:50 the horn sounds funny Lol
@Diego Bautista Lol
Fouled P5 I believe
They have their horns in boxes behind the plow so they sound a bit strange hahaha
@@CoasterFan2105 oh
@Diego Bautista 👍
GOOD VIDEO
Thanks, Timothy!
Lol two car trains how cute
Nice Video Mike!
Thanks, Rhett!
I remember and the Bus in Orlando .
Love ur vids man
good stuff mike
-Bryson
Interesting video! I have never seen the Sun Rail, the consist is a lot shorter than I had expected
Yes, they are surprisingly short trains!
@@CoasterFan2105some of them of accidents
Nic video mike. The horns do sound weird but otherwise the train equipment is in good shape.
Thanks! It's a pretty neat new railroad. Will be interesting to see how they grow in the future.
Sunrail is a ok railroad in my opinion
It is quite an interesting new commuter rail operation!
CoasterFan2105 agreed
Awesome Video
🌷🌷🇮🇳🌷🌷
Im very early! Very surprising
Thanks for watching!
SunRail is basically the Florida man version of the Pacific Surfliner
Awesome video Mike!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 how often do you head to Florida/New York?
Thank you! It really just depends. This was all filmed on my first trip to Florida that I took last April. This is the last of the videos from Florida from that trip.
Make a episode talking about the different types of railroad crossing bells
We actually Rode on the commuter Train last Summer
Nice! How was it?
@@CoasterFan2105 it was amazing to be honest
Great video you think sunrail been such a big City would have more than two cars?
Sometimes they have 3, and they have had 3 recently. I hope they do lengthen them.
Thank you! I wouldn't be surprised to see the trains lengthened some day as the service grows. It's still pretty new.
CoasterFan2105 they are planning to make them 5 cars by 2025
Awesome :)
Cool
Thank you!
Great
Thank you
Nice Video
Hi Mike hope you're having an awesome Friday but my question is why doesn't SunRail have larger consists on trains?
Those MP32PH-Q locomotives are very strange looking. I think it's the cab that makes them look strange. I'm pretty sure they are rebuilds of ex-MARC GP40WH-2 locomotives.
And something else, was this SunRail footage captured in a similar timeframe to the footage in your Florida East Coast video?
The horns used sound like a Nathan P5A-M on the MP32PH-Qs and the cabcars sound like they have a Nathan M3
P5s on the MP32s, and P3s on the Can Cars. They're in stupid muffle boxes, modifying they're sounds.
Bth the locos and cab cars have different horns from other commuter opeartors' trains. Does anyone know what type they are?
The back of the locomotives are like a gp38 or sd40, with a mp36 cab.
Ive rode on one of them before.
Lmao I still remember commenting this train is too short
It’s interesting how the rear half of the loco is built differently that all other MPI Xpresses
The rear half began as a GP40 that was rebuilt by MK (Morrison Knudsen) with wide nose cabs taken from retired BN F45 and FP45 locomotives, an HEP generator and a frame stretch for MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter/Baltimore, Md.). When MARC retired the units they were traded back to MK (by now MPI: Motive Power Industries) as credit on new MPI MP36 locomotives. When Sunrail began they contracted with MPI for locomotives an the result is this odd looking unit with an MP36 nose/cab and a carbody resembling an SD45. The SD45 style radiators are from SD45's used in another MK rebuilding project that is too long and not germane to this video.
1 locomotive, 2 passenger cars, ..... THATS A H U G E TRAIN
Where did they even put the horn? It seems so quiet.
Doesn't SunRail ever add an extra coach if needed?
They do. There have been many 3-car SunRails lately. They've actually wrapped a few of their cars in giant advertisements as well, but those weren't shown in this video for some reason. I do have a couple of videos of em on my channel tho.
I think these clips were shot a while ago, before those wraps were added. The wraps do look nice, though.
@@superbaddy4 Yes, these were filmed last April as part of my Florida trip. This is the last of the Florida videos from that trip.
This is where it's such a shame that the Americans don't make DMUs any more. These locomotives have such massive tonnage and horsepower for towing just two Bombardier carriages. It must cost a fortune and the emissions don't bear thinking about. Is the Colorado/US railcar company really dead and buried? Their bilevel DMUs would have been ideal.
These trains only run 2 cars long, but hopefully, they will increase in length as time goes on. The power for these trains are rebuilt from GP40WH-2s which previously belonged to MARC. The northernmost section of track SunRail uses is also the southernmost section of track used by the Auto Train.
They do add extra cars if needed. I've seen several 3 car SunRails.
The MP32PH-Q is certainly an interesting looking engine, isn't it? I personally think it would have looked way better had the rest of the exterior body been streamlined like the rest of the MPXpress locomotives. Though I am not going to lie, it certainly is interesting!
how much do you get paid for filming trains
Sometime in the future could you do a video on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE).
The locomotive is like a mix of a MP36 and a SD45
Or gp40
SunRail, Is good, the trains just need more bombardier coaches and maybe a diner.