Another AMTRAK turnaround is the Ybor City Y in Tampa, FL. four trains daily (two northbound & two southbound) make the long journey into downtown Tampa where the station is a 'stub'.
Here is one city that has a wye for Amtrak. Case in point: Tampa. Because Tampa Union Station is a stub-end terminal, Silver Star trains have to use the wye before entering into the station.
Montreal is as well. Technically the trackage is through to the north, but Mont-Royal tunnel is electric but being converted to the REM rapid transit. All VIA trains are wyed as well.
@@RailWeekly In Aurora. Never quite knew WHERE it was. Conductors would tell us 1960s kids about it. The current Aurora depot was a roundhouse way way back when. The original CB&Q Aurora station - farther West - was torn down about 10 years ago after sitting empty and track access cut off.
This is one of those things that really needs to mention that it applies to North America and not really most of the rest of the world, in general if multiple units or push-pull trains aren't being used, the loco is simply moved from one end of the train to the other on a 'run-round loop' (basically just a parallel track) or just using a parallel track and the loco will have cabs at both ends so turning isn't required. It's a good video for a basic introduction to how the US does things though.
Thank you! Yes, I’m struggling to think of a non-tourist railroad here in the US that uses a run-around track instead of these other methods. There might be one though.
a very common technique (at least in Europe) is to enter a station with one locomotive at the front, then decouple this locomotive and attach a different one at the other end, which then pulls the train in the other direction. The now decoupled first locomotive waits on a yard or siding to be attached at the other and of the next train.
@@RailWeekly I don't know about the US, but as far as I know there are a lot of Sleeper trains that use this kind of turnaround , as well as some international or tourist trains that don't have control cars (At least in Switzerland). Most times they end in a terminal station where there is no way of easily turning roiling stock, let alone an entire train. However, this kind of turnaround is getting increasingly rare because most trains have driver cabs on both ends. in Switzerland its probably less then 1% of trains that don'.t have driver cabs on both ends.
I was so amazed when I found out that American railroads versus rest of the world railways will actually physically turn a train before just having a dual cabbed locomotive run around. With the distance freight travels on the fact that I have multiple locomotives anyway I get the single cabbing but no dual cab diesel passenger locomotives? But for some reason pretty much every electric locomotive is double cabbed? That always confuses me why they would do that
Thank you! And that’s just for now! I plan to make some international content as the channel HOPEFULLY grows. Have to start somewhere. Thank you for watching! :-)
Another AMTRAK turnaround is the Ybor City Y in Tampa, FL. four trains daily (two northbound & two southbound) make the long journey into downtown Tampa where the station is a 'stub'.
In Indian Railways, the most common method is to detach the engine, move it through a parallel line and attach it on the opposite side.
Very cool! I’ve always been fascinated with the railways there. Maybe one day I’ll be able to check them out! Thank you for watching!
Here is one city that has a wye for Amtrak. Case in point: Tampa. Because Tampa Union Station is a stub-end terminal, Silver Star trains have to use the wye before entering into the station.
Yes! I have experienced that one first hand. I’m sure there are more, but Amtrak has a wye in Chicago, LA and Washington DC as well.
Montreal is as well. Technically the trackage is through to the north, but Mont-Royal tunnel is electric but being converted to the REM rapid transit. All VIA trains are wyed as well.
Great video!
Thank you so much!
@@RailWeekly Almost a week before we meet!
Neat explanation video!
Thank you, sir! This is what I was filming in Sunnyside the other week. Haha
@@RailWeekly that I figured!
Cool video, keep up the great work
Thank you, Matt!
There used to be a BNSF Y in Aurora IL for turning locomotives on passenger train service before Metra was formed.
I didn’t know that. Was it on the north side of the mainline where the Metra facilities are now?
@@RailWeekly In Aurora. Never quite knew WHERE it was. Conductors would tell us 1960s kids about it.
The current Aurora depot was a roundhouse way way back when.
The original CB&Q Aurora station - farther West - was torn down about 10 years ago after sitting empty and track access cut off.
This is one of those things that really needs to mention that it applies to North America and not really most of the rest of the world, in general if multiple units or push-pull trains aren't being used, the loco is simply moved from one end of the train to the other on a 'run-round loop' (basically just a parallel track) or just using a parallel track and the loco will have cabs at both ends so turning isn't required. It's a good video for a basic introduction to how the US does things though.
Thank you! Yes, I’m struggling to think of a non-tourist railroad here in the US that uses a run-around track instead of these other methods. There might be one though.
a very common technique (at least in Europe) is to enter a station with one locomotive at the front, then decouple this locomotive and attach a different one at the other end, which then pulls the train in the other direction. The now decoupled first locomotive waits on a yard or siding to be attached at the other and of the next train.
Very true! I wasn’t able to think of any non-tourist passenger trains that do this in the US however. Maybe there are some?
@@RailWeekly I don't know about the US, but as far as I know there are a lot of Sleeper trains that use this kind of turnaround , as well as some international or tourist trains that don't have control cars (At least in Switzerland). Most times they end in a terminal station where there is no way of easily turning roiling stock, let alone an entire train.
However, this kind of turnaround is getting increasingly rare because most trains have driver cabs on both ends. in Switzerland its probably less then 1% of trains that don'.t have driver cabs on both ends.
I was so amazed when I found out that American railroads versus rest of the world railways will actually physically turn a train before just having a dual cabbed locomotive run around. With the distance freight travels on the fact that I have multiple locomotives anyway I get the single cabbing but no dual cab diesel passenger locomotives? But for some reason pretty much every electric locomotive is double cabbed? That always confuses me why they would do that
Yeah, American railroads have opted for cutting costs by having mostly single-cab locomotives.
Great content, but you should name your channel US Rail Weekly as most of what you're saying isn't applying to the rest of the world 😝
Thank you! And that’s just for now! I plan to make some international content as the channel HOPEFULLY grows. Have to start somewhere. Thank you for watching! :-)