Interesting action, nicely shot, and great audio of that prime mover notching up. Great tele-compressed sequence at 2:19 with the switcher move combined with a Sprinter on the right and a departing MARC commuter train. Bravo!
I don't get the point of switchers. I mean in the olden days when they didn't have radio communications they needed them to push the cars to the platforms. but now that they have radio cant the locomotive for the train just reverse the cars to the platforms?
Kevin Howard Good question, many switchers have been phased out in larger freight yards in favour of road switchers, however such road switchers can be too large for curtain areas. Also because of their design switchers have far greater visibility and thus safety. However in this context idk, maybe legislation or maybe it’s just something to do with the main line locomotives
Over here in England, the switchers are much better for assembling trains (usually freight) but we do also have full on loco shunting too. Depends on the yards / coupling types etc
@@iainstenhouse8399 sadly don't see many now that the 66s etc have creep mode on and can do the work pretty much at idle engine speed in N1/N2 with a full train. Shunters were great
Amtrak looks so professional. No uniforms, No Hi Vis. The state of them humpers, 99%rust 1%diesel. Literally anybody confident enough could just climb up into the cab and nobody would bat a eyelid
It's kind of disturbing to see how for all of its wealth and economic power, America's passenger railroad infrastructure looks like it belongs in a third-world country. As a Western European and commuter, I often complain about my country's heavily subsidized railroads (the ÖBB), but then I remember what Amtrak is like.
Interesting action, nicely shot, and great audio of that prime mover notching up. Great tele-compressed sequence at 2:19 with the switcher move combined with a Sprinter on the right and a departing MARC commuter train. Bravo!
I live in the Canada. So I see via rail an CN alot, it's only CP I don't see often.
Great action and this is not something you see every day ! Great video :-))
Gotta love those SW1000Rs! Great catch!
I saw switchers 541 and 533 when I was there
Wow they really look and sound like they do in train simulator.
I don't get the point of switchers. I mean in the olden days when they didn't have radio communications they needed them to push the cars to the platforms. but now that they have radio cant the locomotive for the train just reverse the cars to the platforms?
Kevin Howard Good question, many switchers have been phased out in larger freight yards in favour of road switchers, however such road switchers can be too large for curtain areas. Also because of their design switchers have far greater visibility and thus safety.
However in this context idk, maybe legislation or maybe it’s just something to do with the main line locomotives
Over here in England, the switchers are much better for assembling trains (usually freight) but we do also have full on loco shunting too.
Depends on the yards / coupling types etc
What he said, we still got a lot of smaller shunters rather than the larger stuff. Many many many Class 08/9s
@@iainstenhouse8399 sadly don't see many now that the 66s etc have creep mode on and can do the work pretty much at idle engine speed in N1/N2 with a full train.
Shunters were great
@@emeraldzebra9360 Yep. Yep, shame
Amtrak looks so professional. No uniforms, No Hi Vis. The state of them humpers, 99%rust 1%diesel.
Literally anybody confident enough could just climb up into the cab and nobody would bat a eyelid
It's kind of disturbing to see how for all of its wealth and economic power, America's passenger railroad infrastructure looks like it belongs in a third-world country. As a Western European and commuter, I often complain about my country's heavily subsidized railroads (the ÖBB), but then I remember what Amtrak is like.
@@FrostyAUT then again... I think you should look another time at what third-world country's railroads look like... Nowhere close to this
Do you have roblox?