Engines of Amtrak - EMD AEM-7

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  • Amtrak's AEM-7 has been a fan favorite locomotive of many railfans and acted as the workhorse on the Northeast Corridor for over 30 years. It's conception originated out of Sweden after testing the SJ Rc4 but a French locomotive design was also considered. Two designs, only one would win and create the 'toaster'. The AEM-7 was a locomotive that revitalized Northeast Corridor service and became one of the most reliable locomotives Amtrak ever owned. Find out more regarding the AEM-7 in this video! Thanks for watching!
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    E's Jammy Jams - Maple Leaf Rag
    E's Jammy Jams - Jazz Me Blues
    Audionautix - Panama Hat No Voice
    Dan Lebowitz - Michigan Greens
    Silent Partner - Sliding Jigsaw
    Kevin MacLeod - Passing Time
    Dan Lebowitz - Coming Home
    Rondo Brothers - Bravado
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  • @AmtrakGuy365
    @AmtrakGuy365  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please go watch the remade version of this episode! ( th-cam.com/video/7hU9lZ424FY/w-d-xo.html ) It’s a lot more watchable, more accurate, and way better edited than this lol. I’ll be keeping this one up on TH-cam but I recommend you go watch the remake as the definitive version of this episode.

  • @terrellhoward5231
    @terrellhoward5231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    In my book, the AEM7 will always be the locomotives that saved Amtrak in the North East Corridor. Just think about it, the girls gave Amtrak 30 years of service with very little problems. I like the new ACS64, but those little toaster's are my favorite. Amtrak had only two locomotives that where dependable being the AEM7 and the F40'S and I miss them both.

    • @Barflax
      @Barflax 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yupp lovely Mickey Mouse kicked out heavier electric engines. We still have RC4 in freight and RC6 in passenger traffic here in Sweden.

    • @Barflax
      @Barflax 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Adding little more facts, max allowed speed in Sweden: Rc4 max speed 135 km/h well since they all are freight engines now that would be 100 km/h, Rc6 160 km/h still in passenger use. That accident mention in this mowie the crew on those diesels was high on smoking marijuana and bypass a red signal where NEC goes from 4 track to 2 when passing a bridge: search for 1987 Maryland train collision on Google for more info. Yupp I know to much info :)

    • @AltonRouteRailfan
      @AltonRouteRailfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have cabbages

    • @AltonRouteRailfan
      @AltonRouteRailfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ex f40

    • @ns_guy5149
      @ns_guy5149 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man I miss those Aem7 I
      Never ever got to see a f40ph so I look at these two on the internet

  • @BuckeyeNationRailroader
    @BuckeyeNationRailroader 6 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    French: Our locomotive won't work on your tracks
    Amtrak: Whatever
    *Locomotive doesn't work*
    French: We told you so

    • @nortonhatfield7312
      @nortonhatfield7312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      European trains have two similarities with North America trains, the run on the same track gauge and water goes in the same way in steam engines.

    • @Wes8761
      @Wes8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Norton Hatfield only one of those is even relevant nowadays

    • @rileycoyote4924
      @rileycoyote4924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Amtrak: *surprised Pikachu face*

    • @semicolontransistor
      @semicolontransistor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Zeta0001 The SS1 and SS2 both had a top speed of only 100kph which would have been way too slow. the SS1 is notoriously unreliable and took years to have its problems fixed. Chinese locomotives only got good after the SS4 and only reached 160kph(100mph) with the SS8. China's railway system has come a long way and isn't always what it is today. Fun fact, the ACS64 and the Chinese railway HXD1 series are both derivatives of the Semiens EuroSprinter so they are technically cousins.

    • @semicolontransistor
      @semicolontransistor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Zeta0001 Given electrification is pretty much non-existent in the US outside of the northeast corridor. There isn't much since in heaving an electric freight locomotive.

  • @justghostgamingx3966
    @justghostgamingx3966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    You missed something: When Amtrak was scrapping their AEM-7s, lights, number plates, and other small parts were sold to railfans.

    • @kevinbrubaker2560
      @kevinbrubaker2560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      True, but they stopped selling the parts quite suddenly. Pity. It seemed like a great way for fans to pick up a keepsake. The horns were popular and generally sold in the $500-$750 range. I picked up a numberboard for considerably less!

    • @i_am_in_your_closet
      @i_am_in_your_closet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What

  • @uncinarynin
    @uncinarynin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    GG1 was legendary, E60 was problematic, AEM7 was outstanding, HHP8 was too short lived, ACS64 is quite decent again ...? It seems like they are alternating between good and bad.

    • @anniebellemiller2986
      @anniebellemiller2986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Good/bad for the northeast corridor. What about the rest of the us? F series? Good. Sdp40f? Bad. F40s? Good. P30ch? Bad. Ge genesis? Good. Sc44 chargers? Still deciding.

    • @Picolinni
      @Picolinni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      From my reading, a lot of the problems in the US are mostly lack of maintenance of track and other lineside equipment and the locomotives themselves. If you have a unit with a rushed development, then you are just compounding an already problematic issue.

    • @BulletTrainProductions
      @BulletTrainProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MASSspec1990 exactly my point... I hope these new Acela’s aren’t trash

    • @frederickhurst8813
      @frederickhurst8813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      F59PHI:FABULOSO

    • @rileycoyote4924
      @rileycoyote4924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@BulletTrainProductions The new Acelas shouldn't be bad, they're made by Alstom and they're based off of train sets already in service over in Europe. Also given that Alstom makes really good trains most of the time, it's unlikely that the new Acelas will be bad.
      Also, I think with current locomotives, we've learned to look back at what was good about the past locomotives and what mistakes were made in order to build better ones.

  • @joefrew1614
    @joefrew1614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    You know what they say, “All toasters toast toast!”

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Frew XD

    • @paisleepunk
      @paisleepunk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except the AEM-7. They toast speed!

    • @SebR173
      @SebR173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now i know how *_M E A T B A L L F E E L S_*

    • @rileycoyote4924
      @rileycoyote4924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No ytp references or sus jokes >:(

    • @williamshird4253
      @williamshird4253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not the gg1..........he pulls box cars and pasanger cars so 4th and so on.i miss you GG

  • @AnIllinoisan
    @AnIllinoisan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was pretty lucky to inadvertently catch a ride on one of the last runs of SEPTA’s toaster-derivative on a suburban commuter train. I remember it was a comfortable ride! When I eventually got off, I saw just how old and worn it was. It was so much louder than the usual locomotives and electricity constantly sparking off the wheels and pantographs.

  • @AmtrakGuy365
    @AmtrakGuy365  6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Here's the answer to some of your questions regarding the way I sound in this video. No, I'm not currently depressed, sick, or bored of narrating Engines of Amtrak for that matter. I actually enjoy narrating in reality. However, a little while ago I bought myself a Blue Yeti Pro Microphone instead of just using my camcorder to record audio. The first video to hear this change was in the prologue episode of the Cass City Branchline Stories. So in short, the only reason I sound different is me still getting used to my new microphone's sensitivity. On the day I recorded, it was being particularity annoying. It'll get better soon though and I hopefully won't sound as quiet and I'll adjust to the sensitivity.

    • @Uno_611
      @Uno_611 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AmtrakGuy365 U MADE THIS ON MY B DAY

    • @RailPreserver2K
      @RailPreserver2K 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AmtrakGuy365 Did you originally plan to do a video on the gg1's or no

    • @braydendixon4098
      @braydendixon4098 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amtrak passenger engine looks like a Freight engine

    • @IRJustman
      @IRJustman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your video sounds a lot more professional with the new mike.

    • @shanemyoutubeshit
      @shanemyoutubeshit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have my notifications on!!!

  • @CentralJerseyRailfan
    @CentralJerseyRailfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    2:15 - Amtrak actually tested a dual-voltage version of the CC 6500 called the CC 21000, which is capable of running on AC current as well as DC. X996 was a CC21000.

    • @CFRTrainSpotter
      @CFRTrainSpotter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The CC21000 were prototypes, Alsthom wanted to make CC14500s that were the same as the CC6500 but ran on 25 kV AC only. It didnt happen so they only had that...

  • @Jamiak.P
    @Jamiak.P 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Its a shame the toasters had to go , that's my second favourite locomotive ever Of if they'd be brought out of storage/retirement to be run again

    • @Surfliner450
      @Surfliner450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @F40PH 90208 I like your name I used to see 90208 all the time

    • @bistroofdoom2651
      @bistroofdoom2651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Zeta0001 why the heck do you like china too much ? this is an american video and china has nothing to do with this .

  • @davidfuller581
    @davidfuller581 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    That intro was very Bill Wurtz of you. I approve.

    • @TheRealEasyA
      @TheRealEasyA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      David Fuller Now I really wanna hear a Bill Wurtz video on the history of Amtrak.

    • @nickrowe7451
      @nickrowe7451 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You can make a religion out of this

    • @SirTophamHakurei
      @SirTophamHakurei 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Micah Lall-Trail ding dong it’s the outside world and Amtrak has technology like thyrister controls and nonslip traction motors

    • @paisleepunk
      @paisleepunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Example: Railfan: Hey dipshit
      Amtrak: Don't call me dipshit, call me something else.
      Railfan: Like what?
      Amtrak: How about America Track! (Amtrak)

  • @stephanweinberger
    @stephanweinberger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Austrian Railways ÖBB still have its descendants of the Rc4 in daily operation. In the early 1970s they had bought 10 swedish Rc4s (ÖBB class 1043) from which BBC/SGP derived the class 1044 (at that time the most powerful 4-axle electric in the world at 5280kW), which went into service starting in 1976. Overall 217 locos were built with minor improvements until 1995 (!) and most of them are still in regular service. It wasn't until 2018 when they started retiring the older ones. Very reliable machines indeed!

    • @earlknightjr.6161
      @earlknightjr.6161 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      IF ITS ANYBODY THAT CAN KEEP THE AEM-7AND THE RC4-6'S RUNNING IT WOULD BE THE GERMANS AUSTRIANS AND SWEDES WHO HAVE THE MECHANICAL KNOWHOW, ON HOW TO, MAINTAIN ELECTRICAL ENGINES! THOSE THREE NATIONS TAKE CARE OF THEIR TOP ROLLING STOCK! AMERICA WANTS TO WASTE MONEY ON NEW EQUIPMENT TO MUCH ,INSTEAD OF UTILIZING AND MAINTAINING WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE! WHEN THEY GET LAZY THEY WANT NEW STUFF! EARL OF EL BARRIO,NYC, N.Y. 8/16/20. 7:52PM

  • @_chan.burn.21_
    @_chan.burn.21_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Mario: "Aha! Here's the problem, too many toasters!"
    In all seriousness though, another great episode and I have been looking forward to it for a long while, keep up the excellent work!

  • @TWb-bu9tl
    @TWb-bu9tl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    ME: Just taking my bread out of the AEM-7 oven.
    GF: What?
    ME: I meant Toaster, just a weird reflex.

    • @virginiarailfannoah5415
      @virginiarailfannoah5415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now, I'm gonna call toasters AEM-7s.

    • @battleshipfan3435
      @battleshipfan3435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There’s a fricking Toaster in my house that can go 125mph

    • @red2theelectricboogaloo961
      @red2theelectricboogaloo961 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@battleshipfan3435 oh fuuuuuck

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. I use toaster ovens and toasters.
      So I would say AEM-7 oven and AEM-7

    • @Crystal-2028
      @Crystal-2028 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@battleshipfan3435 i have one too

  • @nicolacapecchi8862
    @nicolacapecchi8862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great Amtrak video. AEM7 is always one of my favourite engine

  • @jadencoombs1696
    @jadencoombs1696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The locomotives in the United States that were used by Amtrak that I loved and will miss is definitely the f40phs, AEM-7s, GG1s, and the e60s, they will be remembered and loved for what those locomotives did for Amtrak. For this video Rest In Peace AEM-7s.

  • @o484
    @o484 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Very nice as always. SEPTA's AEM-7s were my "school buses" when I went to Temple University. Just a minor side note though, SEPTA and MARC are pronounced as words (SEP-ta, and "Mark" respectively). Keep up the good work.

    • @AmtrakGuy365
      @AmtrakGuy365  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you! As for the side note, I thought I was the only one who said "SEP-ta" and "Mark" and didn't think anyone else said it like that. With that in mind I didn't want anyone to be confused so I just said the letters instead. But apparently what I thought was wrong, was right lol.

    • @elsi54098
      @elsi54098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How long did take to get to the university?

    • @thecringeboys9941
      @thecringeboys9941 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      make a remade episode of the em7

    • @YaoboyProd2K15
      @YaoboyProd2K15 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thecringeboys9941 it's alr here bro th-cam.com/video/7hU9lZ424FY/w-d-xo.html

  • @maciekkra539
    @maciekkra539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good film. Few more details. Originaly they came with same design as french TGV pantographs-black ones-later design Faively. The red design was british "High reach", it was actually tested early on the first unit 900, but most if not all of toasters came from the factory with the french ones. In early 90s they were being replaced with red "High reach" and sometimes on double headed trains it was possible to see one toaster with red and one with the black pantographs.

  • @coreypage2851
    @coreypage2851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The SEPTA AEM-7's are no longer in active service, but 6 (and 1 ALP-44) are in NJT's Morrisville yard.

    • @CPT113
      @CPT113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not anymore SEPTA took back their AEM-7 and ALP-44 back to Roberts Yard yard they still have it with the sliverliner 2s and 3s

  • @elijrivera522
    @elijrivera522 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember when I went to metro north in 2015 I saw the EMS AEM-7 Oo that was the first and last time I could see it.

  • @BalticFilms144
    @BalticFilms144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad I got to see the AEM-7s in 2016, though they were all stored at Wilmington, with the exception of 946. She was leased for MARC service between Wash. DC and Baltimore, being the only active AEM-7 I've ever seen.

  • @AtlanticCoastRailfanner
    @AtlanticCoastRailfanner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Gotta love the good ol' toasters.

  • @midwestmodelrailroadworkshop
    @midwestmodelrailroadworkshop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video! I've got one of 947's K5LA's in my horn collection!

  • @-KolejoweFilmyKsycrona
    @-KolejoweFilmyKsycrona 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thb I love your Engines of Amtrak series they are amazing and most important they are good quality

  • @mikeytrains1
    @mikeytrains1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OH MY GOD IT’S HERE!!!! YES! I recall being in the cab of an AEM-7 a long time ago considering the crew noticed I loved trains, so for probably three seconds I got to take a look in the cab... I loved it and I’ll never forget it.

  • @7kslair153
    @7kslair153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhhhhhhhhhh this is such a great video, you did a superb job choosing music for this and I don't care if I'm not putting up electrical lines on my HO scale layout I want one! Brilliant work Jared, definitely your best EoA video yet.

  • @AdurianJ
    @AdurianJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Sweden the Rc class of locomotives goes from Rc1 to Rc7 with some numbers just denoting a different gearing to attain higher speeds.
    For instance the Rc5 does 135km/h but with gearing for 160km/h it's called an Rc6 and with 180km/h gearing it's called Rc7
    The Rc2 and Rc3 are also the same units the only difference being gearing with Rc2 at 135km/h and Rc3 at 160km/h.
    This is also why you can see Rc locomotives change designation from time to time depending on if there is a surplus or shortage of passenger or freight locomotives.
    An exception to this is the Rc4P (large P as small p denotes 891mm narrow gauge in Sweden) these locomotives are geared for 160 km/h and and pull 160 km/h mail trains between major sorting hubs.
    Six Rc locomotives was built as the Rm class built to pull LKAB iron ore trains on the Iron ore line in northern Sweden with three locomotives per train. They where used as regular goods trains for many years after LKAB rationalized and acquired new locomotives but are currently being used to pull Iron ore trains for Kaunis Iron on the Iron ore line. These locomotives use American style couplers when pulling iron ore trains.
    The Rc1 locomotive is retired but the others are going strong.
    The Rc2 locomotives used by Green Cargo have been modernized into the Rd2 locomotive.

  • @roadwayrailway5918
    @roadwayrailway5918 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job! I really was never interested in Amtrak but when your series came out I started watching it and now I'm hooked on Amtrak. I saw one of these a few years ago when I was with my friend in Philadelphia but didn't get my camera out quick enough. Keep up the great work!

  • @amjkodaz
    @amjkodaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Wow you call my SEPTA "S-E-P-T-A" Just wow

  • @briansivley2001
    @briansivley2001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool one of these engines are in The Illinois Railway Museum. I have to get up there this year to see it.

  • @00hunger54
    @00hunger54 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, just an FYI. Here in Philly, no one uses the full name for SEPTA, and we don't pronounce each individual letter like S-E-P-T-A. We just say the acronym SEPTA as if it was a word itself. Sad the SEPTA AEM-7's will be gone soon though.

  • @fluxthelycanroc9603
    @fluxthelycanroc9603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can wait to hear about the p32 they are one of my favorite locos right next to the f40phs

  • @JayHo.
    @JayHo. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That beginning killed me

  • @thealmightydoge5653
    @thealmightydoge5653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved how he said amtrak bought meatballs and French fries at the beginning it was funny

  • @AweShiyte
    @AweShiyte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    An update on the AEM-7: With Caltrain's electrification on the coming up, the remaining AEM-7s are being used to test the new electrification and have already been delivered to Caltrain.

    • @henriaasi2102
      @henriaasi2102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Update #2 They have gotten the Caltrain livery and look almost brand new!

  • @546dman
    @546dman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The summery at the beginning was the best part of the video, and I liked the whole video

  • @lectrician2
    @lectrician2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh yhea, I had went to the Illinois Railroad museum, I saw the AEM-7 and I immediately thought back to this video! Thanks so much! :)

  • @losh330
    @losh330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Philadelphia from 2011 to 2013 and loved seeing the AEM-7s on the Northeast Corridor and SEPTA. There are a couple being used in the bay area for Caltrain electrification testing. They are probably my favorite push pull locomotive ever made. I'd probably buy one and put it in my back yard or use it as a lawn ornament if I could. I really hope the ACS-64 is a good locomotive. SEPTA just got some and will probably maintain them better than Amtrak.

  • @jorgeburgos3405
    @jorgeburgos3405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was so impressed on June 18 2016 on a farewell train from Washington to Philadelphia

  • @Kentucky_Trainiac
    @Kentucky_Trainiac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Intro song? Toasters are love, Toasters are life

    • @AmtrakGuy365
      @AmtrakGuy365  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Frank Sinatra - You Do Something to Me (1950)

    • @Kentucky_Trainiac
      @Kentucky_Trainiac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AmtrakGuy365 Ahh, thank you very much

    • @battleshipfan3435
      @battleshipfan3435 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL its kinda funny Kentucky trainac

    • @patrickd.3681
      @patrickd.3681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Toasters are Brave!

  • @SandBoxJohn
    @SandBoxJohn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember seeing the French Fry at Union Station in Washington DC during testing. Someone applied graffiti under the X996 number in the accumulated filth that read "Test Dirt Do Not Remove".

  • @AdurianJ
    @AdurianJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Ra locomotive shown at 1:22 was a very limited series locomotive.
    What the Rc really replaced was the large D series of locomotives which had been in service since the 1920s.

  • @nathancorcoran5347
    @nathancorcoran5347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am in Washington D.C today. I'm just arrived since April 6th and I'm returning back to my city, San Jose. On April 15th 2019.

  • @amtrak462productions4
    @amtrak462productions4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Two AEM-7s have been bought by Caltrain 929 and 938! and there going to be in Service with Caltrain!

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One's going to be a test locomotive, while the other will become a parts source.

  • @ssrailvideos
    @ssrailvideos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very great video and just like the f40ph vid almost makes me want to cry:(

  • @nathancorcoran5347
    @nathancorcoran5347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also the Conrail locomotives are B36-7 locomotives, there are only three of them that crash with the Amtrak 94. The Conrail locomotives are 5044, 5052, and 5045. Both of the AEM-7 locomotives, 900 and 903. And Conrail 5045 were scraped. While 5044 and 5052, are continuing service and they probably exist.

  • @ashleyjiscool
    @ashleyjiscool 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how you know phase 2 dispite being the most short lived had a lot of units in that livery so that’s very nice

  • @ericviet06
    @ericviet06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It feels weird when you see the picture at 5:47, knowing that exact train would crash and kill 16 people...

    • @peperoni3939
      @peperoni3939 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are two of them in this video...601 is at 10:01. (ACS64 601 derailed in 2015)

  • @russellgxy2905
    @russellgxy2905 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey, I actually saw 945 in storage a couple months before she went to Illinois! Glad I have that photo
    I love the Toasters

  • @oldforestroad
    @oldforestroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this locomotive. Very helpful video, thank you!

  • @StocktonSubber
    @StocktonSubber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    YAY MY FAVORITE LOCOMOTIVE!

  • @msangelaclarke9363
    @msangelaclarke9363 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    vive la AEM-7!!!

  • @Morbid_Railfan
    @Morbid_Railfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    😂😂😂 went to Sweden bought a meatball went to France and bought a French fry amtrak like the meetball more than may toasters based off that meetball thats it hope you enjoyed bye 0:29

    • @gemjoepaulsam08
      @gemjoepaulsam08 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ferromex Sd70ace totally agreed

    • @AMT1345
      @AMT1345 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ferromex Sd70ace that it hope you enjoyed bye

    • @AMT1345
      @AMT1345 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      XD 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ns_guy5149
      @ns_guy5149 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao that had me dead 💀

    • @jrvarela2521
      @jrvarela2521 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Puns

  • @Surfliner6908
    @Surfliner6908 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hey nice clip of my horn 👀

  • @helpmeoctopus
    @helpmeoctopus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:20 that music hit hard with the E60, I truly never got to see the E60.

  • @renhanxue
    @renhanxue 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Swedish state railways' Rc4 1166 which was loaned to Amtrak in 1975-76 is actually still in regular freight service here in Sweden. In fact most of the 366 Rc class locomotives are; some of them are over 50 years old at this point and still going strong (although they've been updated and rebuilt several times over the years, especially the older variants). They're being slowly phased out of passenger service though since they have a hard time matching the acceleration of modern EMU's, and they're limited to 160 km/h (100 mph) because safety regulations require magnetic track brakes on passenger rolling stock at speeds faster than that, and rebuilding a bunch of old cars would be expensive. On some routes they used to run passenger services in a push-pull configuration with one locomotive at each end of the train, enabling quick turnarounds without any switching.

  • @ElectricUAM
    @ElectricUAM 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video guys! However, a few clarifications. SNCF 6500s were not 153 tones but 115 to 120 tons. That tonnage would never have allowed for fast service and would have wrecked tracks in Europe. Those locomotives were excellent. They were designed by Paul Arzens who wanted to shape them after seeing runner at the finish line. They were excellent when the sun shone on the horizon. They were mixed locomotives with a reduction gear. They could haul certain cars at 200 KPH and freight at 100 KPH. The CC21003 was a bi-current (1,500 DC and 25,000 AC) locomotive and hence slightly heavier 125 to 128 tons.
    I remember these locomotives very well as I traveled around Europe a lot at that time. I rode the last TEE trains running in the South West of France on their Etandard and Capitole trains 200 KPH service. Man, it was something else! The CC210x were used to haul trains from Paris to Nice where the current switched in Marseilles from 1,500 DC to 25,000 AC.

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done nice video I knew you were going to do a video about the aem-7 eventually but that is by far the best engine of Amtrak video I've ever seen👍🖒

  • @joshbrony2204
    @joshbrony2204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A fact you left out: NJT was gonna join the AEM-7 club, but they came too late, after 1987, the AEM-7 building was discontinued

  • @Sun_set_Trucker_Cascadia
    @Sun_set_Trucker_Cascadia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use to see these emd aem-7 EVERYWHERE but now they’re retired and it makes me sad because they the most original

  • @lhsboyproductions3446
    @lhsboyproductions3446 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video! Thumbs up!
    Finally a new episode!
    Greetings from Poland!
    Yaaaaayyyy

  • @maxrailroad
    @maxrailroad 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    By far the best one. Bravo

  • @Ilikebuses
    @Ilikebuses 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i wish that AEM-7's would be back

    • @CPT113
      @CPT113 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      agree

  • @northwesternohiorailfan5622
    @northwesternohiorailfan5622 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss them toasters im heart broken i love them i didnt started likeing them in 2014

  • @CFRTrainSpotter
    @CFRTrainSpotter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad to see the AEM7 go! They were good locos... it'd be cool to see HHP-8 or EMD F69PHAC or maybe even PRR E44 in your videos (the last one on the list i mentioned was only used as service loco for Amtrak). Greetings!
    TRIVIA: AEM-7 is related to Electroputere (Romania)'s LE5100 from 1965 and Rade Koncar (Yugoslavia)'s LE3400 from 1967, both having ASEA origins :P

  • @east_carolina_rail_photos
    @east_carolina_rail_photos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the best Amtrak engine is in the next episode cant wait!!!!!

  • @BLAMBERRY
    @BLAMBERRY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The aem-7-when it worked- was a great to operate. A nice simple design that could always get up to 125... the only comfort issue came from the chairs. Glad I got to run it before they were phased out.

    • @PGHammer21A
      @PGHammer21A 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same with the HHP-8 - oddly enough with AMTRAK crews. (AMTRAK supplies crews to MARC and they operate out of the multi-service Ivy City yard.) So what does AMTRAK do different for MARC - with the sane crews - with the same locos - here the same locos work for MARC, but not for AMTRAK itself?

  • @FlareBlitz798
    @FlareBlitz798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    777 views. We watching unstopable

    • @muhammadfadhiil3430
      @muhammadfadhiil3430 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes unstoppable AEM-7 directed by amtrak Guy 365
      Actor's are :french fries'toaster and meatball
      AEM-7 As 777 French fries as 1206
      Meatball as 767

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      FGC Gaming LOL!

    • @FlareBlitz798
      @FlareBlitz798 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      GG

    • @LegoWormNoah101
      @LegoWormNoah101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FlareBlitz798 You're profile picture is a dabbing Victini.

    • @justanotherasian4395
      @justanotherasian4395 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my god I thought I would never find someone who saw that movie

  • @alanthefisher
    @alanthefisher 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice new mic. Also loved the vid!

  • @MarioYoshi4723
    @MarioYoshi4723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “You know what they say, all toasters toast toast!” -Mario “Jumpman” Nintendo”

  • @Wes8761
    @Wes8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    10:01 thats 601.. the one that derailed.

    • @karlethewitt
      @karlethewitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wes8761 Its
      9:35

    • @ericschwartz3559
      @ericschwartz3559 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brandon Bostian, Amtrak Northeast Regional 188, May 12, 2015, Port Richmond, Pennsylvania. Yep, I remember that wreck and seeing pictures of the devastating aftermath. I was just watching tv in my room that night minding my own business when the news came on and I heard “Amtrak train derails due to excessive speed on curve in Port Richmond, PA”, that’s when I said ohh crap. 601 was only a year old at the time. Bostian had a concussion when his head hit the dashboard of the locomotive. Eight people were killed and over 200 were injured with around 35 receiving serious injuries. Bostian was charged with eight counts of murder and manslaughter and was put on trial in September 2017, more than two years after the derailment.

  • @derrickgoodman8434
    @derrickgoodman8434 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. My first love was the GG-1. Next AEM-7.

  • @aaron7671
    @aaron7671 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The next one is my favorite Amtrak locomotive! The Dash 8-32BWH!

  • @dollin9515
    @dollin9515 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy shit......i may have ridden one of the last services of the aems in 2016 when i went to new york and took the train down to washington....btw it was one of the smoothest rides ive ever had on a train

  • @amtrakcsxmarcfan
    @amtrakcsxmarcfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your Engines of Amtrak Series!!!Please keep up the amazing work!!!Also, to bad the AEM-7’s had to go I love those units very much!!!Great video!

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey they are still around in Sweden. But they are being replaced at an alarming rate

    • @lightningmcqueenfan957
      @lightningmcqueenfan957 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fortunately, CalTrain has an AEM-7 painted into a new livery. Go see it when it’s operating!

  • @Maine_Railfan
    @Maine_Railfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video!

  • @thecentralfloridarailroader
    @thecentralfloridarailroader 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    #savethetoaster #savetheaem7

    • @Honeydwarf85
      @Honeydwarf85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joe Trains1225 a few are preserved at museums and Caltrain own two for overhead wire tests.

  • @mariebcfhs9491
    @mariebcfhs9491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    May the mass x acceleration be with you, AEM-7

  • @supereight888
    @supereight888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cal-train now has 2 AEM-7s to test their new electrical systems and for driver training and spare parts

  • @matthewsm1964
    @matthewsm1964 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was an awesome video very well put together... I hate to see those engines go.... I have seven of those engines in ho and the New Jersey ...

  • @Wes8761
    @Wes8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:15 that paint scheme is sharp. Love those RC4s and RC6s. And their American conversions the AEM-7s and ABB ALP-44s (I have seen new jersey transits fleet in long term storage at the lackawanna cut off track. 70 mile 2 hour drive but holy s*** it was so cool) Seriously if you are an NJ railfan head out there. Comment if u need directs or whatever (spent an hour driving around with a map of the track trying to find it and even then its a hike down a hill to get there and 4422 has its cab windshield busted open so you can enter it.

  • @AlexKall
    @AlexKall 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice and well done video! Love the short version 🤣

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    SEPTA has now replaced all 7 AEM-7s and their single ALP-44 locomotive with the Siemens ACS-64 (15 total). Also, there is a preserved Amtrak AEM-7 locomotive at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA (near Lancaster). SEPTA has bi-level locomotive-hauled passenger coaches (similar to NJT's) on order, with plans on replacing the aging GE-built Silverliner IV m.u. coaches with bi-level Silverliner VI m.u. coaches based on the NJT/SEPTA locomotive-hauled coach design.

  • @williamkack7602
    @williamkack7602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im from Sweden. I like the Rc4 and rc2 and rc3 and rc7 and rc6👍😀

  • @micahbenjamincapps7394
    @micahbenjamincapps7394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The EMD AEM-7 Locos were great

  • @collinromeo641
    @collinromeo641 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    AM I the only one who has just watched this video and ready for the next episode to come out

  • @SirTophamHakurei
    @SirTophamHakurei 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    *sees hotel Mario references in the comments*
    Ummm.
    “MAH BOI! This engine is what all true warriors strive for!”
    “I wonder what EMD is up too?”
    “Your majesty ganon has taken over the NEC.”

  • @okboi2513
    @okboi2513 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This made me cry

  • @FPHFan
    @FPHFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This locomotive has been reliable and they were able to hang on the career for 38 years

  • @apolofeve
    @apolofeve 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a Bill Wurtz-y intro. Loved it!

  • @russellgxy2905
    @russellgxy2905 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Question, I remember you saying you wouldn't do the EMD cab units (ie pre-SDP40F) because of their similar backgrounds, but what about the GG1's? No matter how you look at it, they were the oldest power that Amtrak ever operated and they've clearly been through a lot. Would you do an episode on them?

  • @RapidTransitFan
    @RapidTransitFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve only seen one AEM-7 in my life and it was in 2016 from DC to NYC (it was pulling the train)

  • @brodster7042
    @brodster7042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:21 that yellow train in the background looks absolutely *S H O O K*

  • @vakane
    @vakane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a french i love your video series on Amtrak engine.
    I find a few little mistake for the CC 6500/CC 21000 but it's not very important and it doesn't reduce the quality of your work. First they are not passenger locomotive but mixed traffic too. They have bogies with two gear set which can be swap when the locomotive is stopped. One give a top speed of 200 km/h like you said but the other give a top speed of 100 km/h with more tractive effort. Second CC21000 don't weight 153 tons but 126. I think SNCF should not have send a CC 21000. To compete a BB 15000 would have been better but that's not the history. The RC won and i totally agree it gave birth to a great locomotive with the AEM7.
    Greetings from France.

  • @MattS_Filmography
    @MattS_Filmography 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What happened to most of your EoA episodes?!?

  • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
    @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been waiting for this. you never got back on my footage offer but that's OK I know you are as busy as I am. I do plan to make an Engines of SEPTA episode on the AEM-7 however I will not directly copy all information or the video. If your wondering about our toasters they are still kicking but by mid summer or after summer they will be retired. Fun fact: The toasters air compressors (especially the SEPTA ones) are so loud you can't hear the announcements in Center city stations. that's why we SEPTA fans call them "beat boxers" cause their compressors sound like Rap, hip hop, or some other dance music beats.

    • @closed9446
      @closed9446 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions siren, there's a alp-44 and a acs-64 on septa's roster

    • @Wes8761
      @Wes8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love your videos and seeing you here is like seeing two celebrities in the same place, or in this case 2 AEM-7s on the northeast corridor today. Its sad the amtrak ones where pretty much all scrapped except for that one at Strasbourg

  • @jfreelan1964
    @jfreelan1964 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well done, and very informative. Thank you.

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this! Subscribed!

  • @Dutchrailfann
    @Dutchrailfann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The emd aem 7 my fav locomotive

  • @Transportationfan1421
    @Transportationfan1421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow amazing 36 second video