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- I haven't made a rant video for a while and I felt the need to, so here you go
Things a railfan like myself dislikes about railroads
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I'll make "things I like about all 6 class Is" if this does well enough
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Yeah, I will look forward to that!
Your voice is annoying
yes please ❗️
Cool
Ya forgot about a bit of NS... the fact they sell half their fleet to "standardize" their roster... then wondering why they are so short on power after purging several locomotive classes.
I don't think i will get surprised if one day NS will lease Amtrak Chargers to supplement their power. I mean, they literally didn't do it in the past with Amtrak F40s, right....
@@anf_8310_abchargers are kinda ass so don't count on it
@@THE_IRON_HORSE one day those will be the things you see pulling Amtrak trains, i'm sure of it.
@ardiannurfatah5938 daught it, they break down in gold weather, it could happen but eh
Fun fact: They’re also having a EOTD shortage which is why DPU’s at the rear are very common
BNSF is like the only railroad with a huge quantity of Dash 9s
NS still does, but their numbers are dwindling at a rapid pace.
Still have a large amount of Ex company units in there original scheme
cn has over a 100
😂😂😂
Bro ain't lying. frfr
I hate the fact that there aren’t seven class 1’s anymore.
Well, if you count Ferromex...
@@doblaje_a_la_medida we dont
same
It's only something worth hating if you aren't from the country that the railway that bought that seventh Class I railway comes from. I am, so I don't hate it.
@@furioussherman7265 your county didnt buy it
“I like trains and I like yapping in-front of a microphone” perfect
I used to work for a shortline railroad as a locomotive mechanic, there were guys there who used to work for the class 1s before they made the switch to the shortline, they have told me stories about them, there was a guy who used to work for UP. He was a conductor, and from what he’s told me, he said that UP literally “owned him” and apparently it’s like that with all the class 1s. UP especially is the worst out of the bunch, I might go back to the railroad but if anything, you won’t catch me dead working for UP.
Ive heard the same. It’s why if I ever want to go into driving trains it’s gonna be for a commuter service
good comment... but a word of warning for those who want to bail from their class 1 slavemaster... make sure you know whether or not the class 2 or shortline you go to pays in to *RAILROAD RETIREMENT* ... not all roads pay into it... for ALL the crap you have to put up with when working for a railroad, railroad retirement is definitely a decent reward... i would suggest BEFORE you make the jump, find out about it
From what I know it’s not like that with CSX at least recently I know a guy who works for CSX and says they treat him pretty well I also know a guy who used to work for CSX and said they gave the best benefits out of any class 1.
@Jabba.Da.Hutt_ I’ve heard very bad things about BNSF, and the history behind CSX is that things got very draconian under Hunter Harrison, and considerably better under Jim Foote, then, when Foote stepped down the former CEO of Ford has only made things better. CSX is part of the reason why I don’t buy the “PSR is bad” narrative. When you increase safety, decrease travel times, and increase profits. That’s a win for everyone involved. Note these statistics are from train magazine.
@Jabba.Da.Hutt_ in 2017 the shareholders of NS asked to improve the company’s safety standards. NS said no.
You nailed the time off issue with the BNSF! You speaketh the truth!
Luckily we just got rest cycles. Depending on how the terminal voted it’s either 6 days on call 3 days off or 7 days on call 3 days off.
What I hate is that there's an ocean between me and the trains I'm interested in.
You like British trains, or am I just misinterpreting it?
@@TheBlueMarbleItself I like British trains. I find them more interesting.
same here.. I live in india. and Indian railways were more diverse. Now standardization and 100% electrification is going on.. and it sucks as a train enthusiast.
@roadwarrior114 what makes you like british trains?
@@roadwarrior114 I like both
American trains hit so home. They're huge, nostalgic, and a bit cool looking sometimes, especially any of the trains painted in a war bonnet color scheme.
And on the otherrr side
British trains especially the older steam ones were the ones I grew up seeing and actually researching because uhnmmmm,
a little thing called Sodor
Danm, I did not know that UP was planing on storing they're SD70Ms. That sucks ☹️
I used to see the UP SD70Ms all the time back in early 2010s, now it’s rare seeing one, I only saw one last year and this year
A Mich. shortline,-- LAKE STATE RWY.,got 5 or 6 ex. UP SD70's. The ones that are repainted look far better than any UP loco ever did.
@@Joe-d7m6k When did this happen?
@@BNSF1458 Maybe about a year ago-- year and a half.
@@BNSF1458not all of the SD70MACs on Union Pacific are getting put to storage
I’m pissed off at BNSF because they had half a dozen blue bonnet gp60’s in great condition here in Fontana California. Everything was awesome, complete Santa Fe lashups then they disappeared. They all reappeared as f-ing pumpkins.
If I had to pick a favorite out of CSX’s recent heritage unit locomotive fleet, it would probably have to be No. 1869 the “Chesapeake & Ohio”
CSX’s Heritage aren’t fully painted because of what they were going for. They’re going for showing their different predecessors becoming one, CSX. If you ask me, it’s actually genius and a very unique way of honoring their heritage
The thing I hate the most about CN is that they're pretty much strangling Amtrak long distance capacity for western Amtrak long distance trains with their Chicago - Carbondale line. How so? They're forcing Amtrak to run 7 superliners on the Illini and Saluki trains, taking away capacity from trains that need those superliners like the Zephyr, the Chief, the Empire Builder, the Texas Eagle, and the Capitol Limited. Also CN is just really bad to Amtrak in general, since they demanded Amtrak to pay for maintenance on a line that the Adirondack runs on last year.
Congress needs to repeal some railroad law from the past to give priority to Amtrak., one regional dispatcher in the upper midwest to route all rail movement
The thing you said about the East Palestine derailment is insanely true. “There they go to derail another train” this, “they derail those trains on purpose” that. It was because of a hot axle. Most derailments are something else, like hitting a semi or a wrong set switch.
I can confirm I hate GEVOS (especially NS). Today, I was waiting for the afternoon departure of (the symbol NS 31M) which had a solo GEVO. So, when they were coming down the yard to grab their freight and go, I heard on my scanner "LOUD AND CLEAR" that their battery died on a NS ES44AC lmao. Frick NS and frick GE.
6:40 I Didn’t Know They Had A Livery For CPKC Yet And That Literally Looks Like It Would Be Either A Slightly Modified CP Unit Or AWVR 767 From Unstoppable 💀💀💀
I'm a Canadian but I also forgot about their cpkc livery and even tho I love Canadian Pacific I think the new livery just looks worse
The CSX heritage fleet is cool, sure it isnt fully painted but they still look nice either way imo
I get to see BNSF (ex Santa Fe) 554 go past my house every day, local service. It's a b40-8w in warbonnet paint by the way
dude you dont have a sleep schedule...... CHEERS
Me neither honestly
1st step of joining the RR, no sleep schedule.
BNSF's biggest flaw is that it's not even a tenth as cool as either of it's halves.
This is so true
Man, It’s a shame the SD70Ms are being put in storage, I love those units.
Things I hate about Class 1s... They invest in the bare minimum for their infrastructure... Some PURPOSELY block Amtrak and refuse to give their way... I'm sick and tired of these private companies... bring back Conrail
Former UP conductor here. I was one of the survivors of the 2014 Hoxie AR head on train crash. Working for UP wasn’t as bad back then. Great regular turn road pools, good home time between trips, and laying off wasn’t that hard to do. Just stay under 8 layoffs in a 90 day period.
I was in an SD70M when we were struck by the other train. Much better to be in than an SD40-2 in that situation.
BNSF orange doesn't age all that well either. I really miss the Cascade green of the BN locos. BNSF=Better Not Start a Family...
UP has the point system too. And yes it sucks. You max out at 28. When you lay off you usually get 7 points per week day and like 10 or somethin on the weekends now? Idk they just changed them recently again. Doesn’t take long to stack up and takes 2 weeks marked up to get 4 points back. It’s annoying especially when real life strikes and you can’t show up to work. We also get 5 sick days for the entire year too…
To be fair tho CN doesn’t spend money unless they have to, where I live they still run IC SD70’s with the Death Star livery or whatever it’s called that’s why they keep a lot of they’re old fleet cause they still work and run so what’s the point of just getting rid of perfectly good SD70’s or even GP40’s so just having a basic 100 year anniversary livery isn’t very shocking to me tbh and apparently I caught one (forgot when) and I didn’t even know till like a year later
CN definitely keeps more of it's interesting power in Canada (obviously with exceptions) from what I've noticed, I wonder if it has to do with PTC requirements being different for Canadian railroads?
But i still dont get getting rid of the wc sd45s
@@BNSF1458Canada literally does not have PTC, thus a lot of the "interesting" units dont do cross border travel unless they're trailing
I live in Chicago next to the St. Charles Air line aka downtown connection to the Iowa division . I see the SD-70s almost every day only a handful are in CN paint . On occasion I will see EJ&E SD-38s more often GTW GP-38-2s and sometimes SD-40-2 /Gp-40-2 in CN/GTW/IC paint . I think EHH taught them to be like ICG which didn't repaint most of the former GM&O units.
7:39 Yeah, the paint on cn’s Dc gevos is pretty faded. But it does give then some character, like with their p3s p5s and 1st gen k5hls.
I agree, but when everything is faded it won't look so great
2:27 i was dying of coughing because I absolutely hate that unit so much! I was laughing when you said 4014! 😂
I used to work for Norfolk Southern and they also use the point system, and you’re basically on call 24/7
Oop your mid west/Canadian came out a little there at the end 😂 that caught me off guard
I live in NS territory, so I pretty often see Dash 9s or AC44C6M's (God forbid I ever see a GEVO or ACE again) but I hate BNSF and CN with a burning passion. I'm already biased towards NS and CP, so that will forever dictate that I have beef with them, but I honestly hate the combination of orange and green for BNSF. The paint scheme itself is cool, just not a big fan of the colors. As for CN, they are the Penn Central of Canada. I get why people hate NS, but even NS isn't as bad as CN when it comes to derailments.
I'm obviously biased towards NS as is, but the one thing I love about them and their predecessors is how they have a tradition of running long-hood forward. I've never seen one myself, but it ain't Norfolk Southern if they don't run long-hood forward.
I like the CSX Heritage units i think honestly the biggest reason everyone has a problem with them is because we are use to fully painted Heritage units like UP & NS have but CSX made there's stand out from the rest. Only thing i would change is they should put the Heritage logo on the front of the cab so you can actually tell its one of the Heritage units from head on
They do need to make a different way to separate the Heritage scheme from the normal CSX scheme like there military unit
CN Conductor here, not sure why this popped up in my recommended but here we are. I operate out of Mac Yard, primarily running across the York sub and up Bala to the northern terminals (Capreol, North Bay) as far as locomotive paint goes, they don't care about the yard engines paint that much, but they are good about keeping the Main line locomotives in good condition, both mechanically and aesthetically speaking. Only thing they seem to forget is keeping on top of the engines radio capability. The locomotives radio tends to shit itself in high transmission traffic areas i.e. Halton and York subs but otherwise are fine.
Edit: By the nine I've never had a comment liked by a creator so fast
2nd Edit: CP sucks.
i think csx was going for a peeling back the layers look like underneath csx there is the cheesie system, seaboard system, lanchaster and nothern ,conrail you get the point kits literally Pelling back the layers of time .
I like that both CSX and NS have Conrail heritage units (as they should). It would be cool to see them running together as foreign power one way or the other.
I'm just glad CSX is doing heritage schemes at all. They're not doing it the way I'd like them to, but at least they're doing it.
I saw an SD70M leading a Union Pacific freight train back in October 2023.
Before 1980 the Southern Pacific had impressive (40- 50mph)combinations going by a residential back yard between north 4th and sixth Avenue in Tucson. That guy probably didn't realize how fortunate he was. Learning to sleep next to massive noise takes time, like Amtrak stopped at a siding, all is quiet till 4, 6 or eight Loud Roarring beasts go by without any advance notice followed by a 400 or more wheels banging 4 at a time with 2 seconds between which are sure to wake up someone
The thing with CN's red paint from the 90s is that many 90's paint jobs had some sort of defect that caused them to age very poorly.
0:38 Bnsf also used to have 2000 dash 9s so compare the Gevos to that.
Yeah I got a UP SD70M leader on Amtraks A1 Sunset limited a month back….but that was the last time I’ve seen one in the lead….even on the one local UP that runs near my house…no more SD70M leads…..just GEVOs of course now! So fun..
2:27 I refer to that as Union Pacific's "Wokamotive."
Your videos are great. I have laughed so at the truthfulness of your comments. Keep up the good work
You forgot something. THEY ALL FIRE THEIR EMPLOYEES AFTER THEY HIRE THEM!!
Definitely, the biggest change I've noticed, that many others can probably tell you as well from going Class 1 to shortline, is a much more predictable type of schedule. Not only that, but unlike NS where basically everybody is going back and forth about seniority and instantly hating or looking the other way from you for being the new girl, shortlines or at least the one I work personally, is literally like that of a family type of vibe and work environment which definitely makes the job a lot easier to do and brings back the fun and enjoyment of it.
CP gets a bonus for avoiding tier 4 junk so far. Railfanning is dead when half of the class 1 rosters will be tier 4s that sound like over-sized vacuum cleaners.
I agree with you. *Chuckles* with useless *GEVOs in my yard* shall be scrapped💀
The SD70M’s are definitely on the outs, but I still see them going through the Roseville yard a lot. Both in consists and being serviced. There is a deadline there with about 20 of them with the number boards removed and the NIGX reporting mark spraypainted on them.
I have "friends" on facebook who have roasted me thoroughly for even daring to question the awesome presence of a heritage unit, no matter how badly some of those classic schemes have been butchered by CSX. It's like the worst possible throwback to the good 'ol days when you didn't have the slightest clue what the power for their next train would be.
you forgot to mention CSXs bad management until 2023
5:30 shows how little the general US population knows about how rail companies work.
Exactly
@58 One of the other things I hated about the NS derailment was the media constantly spouting nonsense about how the airbrakes were "civil war era", implying they were out of date and should be replaced with ECP brakes. I found this incredibly moronic as, while I agree that ECP Brakes are better from a technology standpoint, they aren't compatible with the airbrakes that, lemme see, EVERY OTHER COMMON CARRIER RAILROAD IN NORTH AMERICA USES, and NS would be shooting itself in the foot if they implemented it. Also, the brakes weren't even what caused the derailments, as it was overheated bearings that caused the cars to jump the tracks and the defect detectors failed to recognize it. Yeah, NS f*cked up and they should pay more money to the people of EP and need to hire more people to maintain their shit, but I also blame the media for its total f*cking incompetence in properly conveying the information to the general public, who now thinks that every derailment is some elaborate government scheme to break the economy or something.
I've said this before elsewhere, but CSX not fully painting their HUs is a huge missed opportunity, imagine something like ACL's purple transfered to a GEVO the same way NS did. Most railroads back in the 40s and 50s had some amazing nose designs.
Pretty much every Class I got poisoned by PSR. As a foamer, I missed a heritage unit after wasting an entire day trackside because NS decided to hold it and let literally everything else go first. Single track unsignaled line here BTW. At least with CSX there's a sort of ballpark time when a symbol can be expected.
Hard agree with the cool nose designs in the 40s and 50s. Massive lost opportunity
Honestly, BNSF should make heritage. I'd be okay with the crappy csx way.
As long as I can see an SP&S or DRGW Gevo or whatever.
The number 1 biggest thing i hate is PSR.
Same, it really screwed everyone over
@BNSF1458 especially since it means more GEs and fewer EMDs and other manufacturers if they exist anymore
In terms of the UP SD70m’s we have a YCHYC train that comes through our yard and I know the crew quite well and hang their EOT every night, they used to have 2 SD70m’s and now they run either 2 SD40n’s or a AC4400 that’s caught fire a few times and a Genset with it
As someone who has driven past some of CNs SD60F’s they are looking horrid since mothernature is turning them pink
I guess cp had that problem too
Totally agree about the CSX HUs. To me they look like a nice unit that was wrecked, then the cab was replaced with the cab off a different unit.
I’ve heard a lot of slack for the whole east Palestine derailment and it was horrible but I still applied to NS and am waiting to hear back for my training date as a conductor in Iowa wish me luck!
CSX also has way too many GEVOs. Every single CSX train I've seen has had either a GEVO, a GP38-3, or an SD40-3, Also, is it required for all Class I railroads to have K5HLs on basically all of their GEVOs? 💀
Not all Gevos have K5hls lol you just gotta try to catch one with a greater horn.
Why is UP storing the 70M’s?
The CSX HUs get way too much hate. I get how a few of their colors clash, but at least CSX has HUs now. The best looking ones IMO are 1869 (C&O), 1871 (ACL), 1897 (Monon), 1982 (SBD), and 1836 (RF&P).
It's interesting that this specific video got recommended to me, considering the rail strikes/lockouts happening right now in Canada. One thing that I found out during this is that CN has this awful policy that workers (allegedly, since this was reported in the media) are forced to keep relocating, like military families have to do. Say what? I never thought that was a thing with the railroads, so if it's true, I assume it's just CN that does it.
Basically railroads describe in 3 words
BNSF: to many gevos
UP: killing SD70Ms
CSX: fade heritage units
NS: east Palestine
CPKC: no
CN: maple syrup
Yep
HEY don't make fun of MY GEVOS 😂 you should call one of your videos hey OklahomaRailfan here's a GEVO for you
What did happen to the chessie system?
It merged with the Seaboard System to form CSX.
UP 1979 is so ugly it’s awful, I can’t imagine the employees reaction to seeing this thing.
For up 1979 a bit of a comparison is the KCs Bicentennial units back in 1976. Having grown up during the 70s in the midwest with the Trinity of SOO. CNW. MILW and later the decent spin-off WC. While two of the three class ones weren't fairing that well economically they certainly provided plenty of photo opportunities and more power variety. The one Saving Grace about CSX is that they are the last class one still running switchers but you have to go to Buffalo NY to see them
0:37 & 1:04
My anger issues could never if someone said that... 😵💫
The Pere Marquette CSX heritage unit is the most natural and nice in my opinion. The color change is less violent and because of the C&O coloration it just works. That and I live along the line so bias.
Alaska Railroad: Hehehe looks like I'm winning.
3:14 i think thats an awesome livery
I’m a big fanboy of CSX and I like there heritage units and there spirit units like like 911, 3194,1776 and the operation lifesaver
CSX said: "We take pride in our work" Yeah, they take pride in making the worst heritage units 💀
f a c t s
Maturing is realizing Gevos are the best
Great video! Why didn't you mention the Final Spike Tour (WHICH FOR SOME REASON IS ALL ON WEEKDAYS WHY CPKC WHY)?
I almost did but the video was getting long haha. It'll be going through MN right on my birthday, which is funny
only acceptable bnsf gevos are the early ones with nice horns
The gevo was made with North American safety cabs because originally many engineers and crews die in train derailments because the cab didn’t have any saftey features
The North American safety cab makes it safer for them and instead of it being a deadly job it’s more of a safer job and sure it’s rare to see the sd40-2 because they rarely use them as they aren’t good for freight service anymor
Great video man! Love the editing and your take on each railroad company
Thanks man!
I railfan csx and actually saw 1850 today, I agree they should have the whole thing painted the same color
I have NS tracks right byy house and sometimes CSX runs a few trains also i feel prwtty blessed as a foamer!!
I saw 4 C40-8W’s yesterday.
Yessir finally! The 2000s and 2010s were goated but not the 2020s so much!!!!
1:45 I wonder what that means for 4404 & 4533, their main OCS power.
2:15 I see BNSF SD70ACes on quite a few trains still
imo 1979 is good
The CSX fades aren’t too bad. I don’t quite get the hate, CSX doesn’t care. (Also, I saw IAIS 513 switching LHF once, that was funny. As well as the time I saw a CN SD40-2W running LHF on a “road train”, technically L572)
Damn am i seriously the only person who loves UP 1979?
No, lots of people do
GEVOs made modern railfanning pretty boring… if I need a sleep aid I watch Class 1 videos. When I actually want to stay awake I watch 2nd gen EMDs!
You are talking about the SD70s in storage, I'd say about 20 of em are on a local side track. Just collecting dust
I already missed 2 heritage units… in the past 2 days, thank you so much
Update: IT WORKED, I GOT 3 HERITAGE UNITS IN A WEEK
Reckon u could do a video on Australian railroad companies and there locos and livery’s?
My favorite CSX heritage units are CSX 1871 (ACL), CSX 1836 (RF&P), CSX 1982 (Seaboard System), and CSX 1897 (Monon). My least favorites are CSX 1853 (NYC) and CSX 1850 (L&N). Both look bland and 1853's font is off.
You don't like 1979?! It's one of the best UP units!!! And I think the CN 100th units are goated. As for the CSX fade, the reasoning the shop guys said it's that "it's like we're pulling our history behind us"
1979 is just ranked below the other two special interest units. It doesn't have the same feel as 1943 or 1111. I think It could have looked pretty good if they'd changed a few things though
At least CSX is proud of their heritage…
Csx has some Gevos with K5la!
Have you ever heard the Norfolk southern meme? Its called Norfolk southern whats your function and it is just a compilation of all their derailments and car collisions. Also as someone who lives on the east coast, I can confirm that Norfolk Southern hits a lot of cars and trucks.
That's just truckers normally tho. I live near a CSX crossing that trucks get stuck on all the time, and sometimes get hit.
It’s not their fault some drivers are dumb as hell, and I’ve seen many videos under that description. I don’t find them funny in the slightest.
If you think the older engines on CN are bad, look at their 9WLs
I think the CPKC livery looks alright could be better same with some CSX units but eh idc
It’s odd seeing a Conrail heritage unit when you grow up around strings of coal cars and locomotives still wearing Conrail Quality. In fact my local loading facilities still have probably 10% of their rolling stock as old Conrail hoppers.
I have seen so many gevos that i do not see SD70ACe's anymore, im so happy when i see a GP38 which i see EVERY DAY or an H2 C44 which are nearly as common as gevos here
The only thing I hate about NS is their kinda boring jet black paint scheme. I love watching pre-merger footage when there was way more color on the rails. I love steam locomotives the most but to experience the days when there was a wider variety of brightly colored diesels would be something.
I agree with you on most of your points, but I think the UP 1979 is the absolute best looking UP loco ever. So much so that I bought one for my model RR. Its also the only SD70M heritage unit which is my fav loco design.
My biggest gripe about UP is the all American flags they burn, scorch, smudge, soil and ruin on the sides of their loco fleet. Its fake patriotism.
So... Am presently applying to be a BNSF dispatcher, and your rag on BNSF made me chuckle.
Problem is that BlackRock and Vanguard have interests in every RR except Buffett Northern and Warren is in lockstep with those hedgies in any case. No wonder they've PSRed to death.
I think the reason why CSX only painted 3/4 of their locomotives is so it’s identifiable that it belongs to CSX. Plus, CSX has a New York Central heritage unit that’s 3/4 painted and Norfolk Southern has a heritage unit for New York Central as well. Even though CSX’s is a GEVO and NS’ is an SD70.