Another question regarding all of those wonderful sounds. Now as the cars roll by one gets to hear these short squeeling sounds which to me could be from the inside wheel flange coming into contact with the inside of the rail. Please correct me if I am wrong and thank you.
Any idea on where this loaded coal train was headed to?!?? It almost looks like the unit train that heads to Smithers Lake(TX.) outside of Houston but I could be wrong.
@Jeff C They do slip wheels but you have to listen carefully. You will hear the engine rpm's going up and down. Next time I talk to a engineer I will ask what notch they use for this route.
@Jeff C I will be working in the Union Pacific yard this Summer and will talk to the engineers about the Joint line as well as the Moffat Route. Thanks for the link. I should be doing a video hopefully this Summer on some of my experiences with the railroad, and I will discuss horsepower VS tractive effort and a bunch of other technical stuff.
@@travelingtom923 Wow !!! This is quite the pull and push. 8800 HP on both front and rear. I felt that it was around 7.44 Min. that that was right where the pulling stoped/very short slack/then bunching......and did that GE ever sound great......two bad we did not have two GE s on the rear. Love this video, especially for the sound.
@@kaswhite1380 It goes over the hill about 1/4 mile from this location. The slack action is from the cars going over the hill and pulling the rest of the train faster then the rear locomotive can push it.
It's always great to see and hear the pure sound of hard working EMDs with no horns to screw it! Great catch, 5 stars!!!!
Thanks airing the outstanding video and that of the marvelous world of locomotives.Exertions are prominent.Bliss
Good Morning Tom!🍵 Good vantage point!! I am sure you keep an eye out in multiple track settings!!!
Yes those trains can sneak up on you that's for sure!
Love the footage great job Tom, Melbourne Australia. Cheers
Listen to those rails sing to the thrum of those 710s ...
I can see why they call these slow consists the slang term "drag". Slow and steady. Nice catch sir.
Yes getting close to stalling on the hill.
Very Cool Signal Heads at the End of the Video. You Saved the Best for Last with those images.👍
Wonderful coverage, excellent location
Thats a lot of tonnage being moved. Great catch.
On a Scale of 1 - 10, you Consistently Receive a “ 15 “ on Location and Scenery. NO ONE Close.👍
Thank you.
Thanks Tom. Very nice.
Really slow, the scenery is beautiful and 124 cars. Unusual crossing.
Great capture. Run 8 at the front of the train? They're loud!
Another question regarding all of those wonderful sounds. Now as the cars roll by one gets to hear these short squeeling sounds which to me could be from the inside wheel flange coming into contact with the inside of the rail. Please correct me if I am wrong and thank you.
Love the semaphores!
Any idea on where this loaded coal train was headed to?!?? It almost looks like the unit train that heads to Smithers Lake(TX.) outside of Houston but I could be wrong.
There is some coal trains going to Texas. Usually they have TX in the markings.
These are NRG loads
Any idea of throttle position? I don't know if they were going too slowly to use full power.
I am sure they are in full throttle. I believe the speed limit is 30 MPH for this area and I doubt if they are even doing 10 MPH.
@Jeff C They do slip wheels but you have to listen carefully. You will hear the engine rpm's going up and down. Next time I talk to a engineer I will ask what notch they use for this route.
@Jeff C I will be working in the Union Pacific yard this Summer and will talk to the engineers about the Joint line as well as the Moffat Route. Thanks for the link. I should be doing a video hopefully this Summer on some of my experiences with the railroad, and I will discuss horsepower VS tractive effort and a bunch of other technical stuff.
This is really good. Anyone any idea what the grade is ?
This area is 1.4%.
@@travelingtom923 Wow !!! This is quite the pull and push. 8800 HP on both front and rear. I felt that it was around 7.44 Min. that that was right where the pulling stoped/very short slack/then bunching......and did that GE ever sound great......two bad we did not have two GE s on the rear. Love this video, especially for the sound.
@@kaswhite1380 It goes over the hill about 1/4 mile from this location. The slack action is from the cars going over the hill and pulling the rest of the train faster then the rear locomotive can push it.
@@travelingtom923 OK Got you on that and thanks. But man this is really something !
520 axles
EMD power
The first locomotive pushing on the rear was a GE . Yes the other three were EMD s.
No Gevo junk!
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