❄️ Freight Train Struggles Uphill in the Snow ❄️ | Merry Christmas
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- Freight Train Struggles Uphill in the Snow | Merry Christmas
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He said "Eight and Sand", as in run eight (full throttle) and sanders on. The real trouble at that spot is the sharp curve, Six axle locomotives loose a lot of their traction in curves and that can put them down to a crawl. That lead locomotive appears to have a "rail cleaner" system, which is a separate nozzle from the sanders down by the lead wheels that directs a jet of air at the railhead to blow off snow, leaves, ect.
Aahhh easily mistakable thank you for the info!
If that is a cleaning nozzle, why is the conductor running ahead with the broom? Educate me.
As a 22 year employee of the mechanical department, there is no such thing as a "cleaner" system. That was the sander nozzle. He didnt say "Eight and sand", he said OUT of Sand. Which was a big reason he was struggling. Thanks to PSR, lots of locomotives run out of sand along their journey
@@TheNemosdaddy thank you for the info, explains the broom 😆
@@TheNemosdaddy Rail cleaners do exist.
I'm 70 years old and I've seen alot of trains in the snow and I've seen alot of videos but I've never seen anything like this. This was really cool to watch. Thank you so, so much. I really enjoyed this.
me to
Merry Christmas from the UK R.Rowan, thats a great video, and as a railwayman myself you explained the sand very well, really enjoyed video, Have a good Christmas fella
Thank you very much, Seasons Greetings from the United States
Brilliant video! I'm in the UK and always enthralled by your larger than life railways. I've never seen someone actually hand-sweeping the rails in front of a train before! Love all of it!
Young man You are a real trooper and brilliant if I might add.
Thank you Paul!
Greetings from the UK.... great video very informative.. keep them coming...
Thank you Jeremy, greetings from USA!!
Excellent, excellent video! Something really beautiful about power covered in snow and ice, working hard in a blizzard!
Great to hear the chat when doing the switching. Something have often wondered how they keep track of all that is going on when building trains, for the trips. Also appreciate seeing the locks and the switching routine.
Some amazing video - thanks for compiling and sharing!
Rowan we had NS 12R with NS 3045 operation lifesaver slug set, they had to stop at the Manassas rail yard to pick up an SD70ACe no. 1083 that’s DIT due to its front axle being locked, so 12R is taking 1083 to the locomotive works to get fixed.
Merry Christmas!! Thanks for the videos!!
Great catch. It's been years since I went out into snowy conditions to video a train. BTW, the engineer should know that if you are going uphill in slippery conditions, turn the steering wheel left and right to get a bite! :P
Insanely good video, thank you for what you do bud! Get out there more! You have something here!
Merry Christmas 🎅,, and Happy New Year, Rowan! Thank you for your intestinal fortitude! I've done my share of snow shooting,and ongoing dropping of light,it's a blankety- blank,but,man you pulled it off! Great work,and where's Rudolph when you need him? Thanks for a really GREAT JOB,under less than miserable conditions! Hope you and your family have a blessed holiday 🙏, and a very good New Year! 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Never driven in snow so keep safe. Enjoy your content.
I love that horn
Awesome footage! Great chasing! 😊 thanks!
The footage is awesome!
That’s pretty crazy. Nice video.
Thanks!!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Appreciate you.
Some of the he saying I learned from that movie Unstoppable👍
I retired fromN/S in 2016 running from Rutherford Hbg,Pa.) to Manassas Va. running trains 203 south/214 north. I’ve ran to Shenandoah also when the NS takeover of Conrail. I knew the Vaughn /Summit area well. The guys from “Shendoer” had a bet that I would hang up there with the train I left from Hagerstown, Md. (114 cars- 9800 tons) I won the challenge!!! On the way to Manassas there is a steeper grade(Linden)
But the best is still the Pgh.line (Horseshoe Curve) which puts them both to shame. Miss it badly!!!🎢🚂
As a conductor in Shenandoah now, I'm familiar with more of the inside knowledge of the territory and grades, and as hard as the lifestyle is, I still have fun. From what I've heard, you retired at a good time! Thanks for keeping the love alive!
@@RailfanRowan Following up on my comments about 227 being a southbound train, it is a northbound (my bad)! It goes into Hbg. Pa yard and goes west to Pgh. and beyond. There is a 228 train that builds from other trains at Hbg. and goes east/south and also works at VIP.
Norfolk Southern, I see this freight train near my home.
AWESOME!!!😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈
Im looking to start up a rail fan channel of my own do you have any tips on what type of video cam to use etc will go pro work?
I want to drive a locomotive. Specifically a GE AC4400.
"Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas" as they struggle on the curve.
Lol yes that was awesome!
Well, you've got to have a sense of humour, especially when things are bordering on going rather wrong...
Its not really struggling they actually have it under control. They have to keep it a a constant low speed so they don't get wheel slip so it just takes longer to get up to speed
13:43 😂
It's a great video, thanks. How often would anyone see someone with a broom sweeping snow off the rails so the engines can get traction? PRICELESS!
Certainly a pleasant surprise
Interesting view, yes. Good sense from a Health and Safety point of view? Hell no! Good business sense having a train lacking power to make the grade in inclement weather? Hell no!
I Loved the onscreen track diagram that you showed at 10:04 I’ve never seen that before in any other train videos.
That was FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
I love watching trains in snow...especially in the comfort of home...
I’m here in Florida, 60* outside, 73* inside, and I had to get a hoodie on!!! Watching this makes me shiver! Brrrrr....
Merry Christmas from a guy who used to live on the other side of Massanutten!
I kinda miss the snow.
Incredible action at 12:00 onward, I was there last January and caught a monster of a 15T with mid-DPUs, and boy were they working, it took a long time to pass! Vaugh and Summit is one of my favorite sidings on the H Line aside from Acadia and Solitude, big grade there too at Lithia, Nace, and Kinsey, so I wonder how they faired down there.
Wassup CPRP great to get a comment from you! So cool that you've been here, i love this line a lot, its sssuuuper quiet until a train comes through, lets meet one day!
@@RailfanRowan Hi Rowan and thanks, I've actually been trying to put that video together, maybe if I have time this holiday break I will put it up. I've been meaning to get back down there to get more CPLs, sounds like (from a very good source) there is no plan to replace them soon (at least for the next 6-8 months). Love the crossing you shot at there in Bentonville with the mountains in the background.
This is how I rung in Christmas of 2019. 3 in the morning with an underpowered (surprise, surprise...) 17000 ton grain train, full days worth of snow on the rails and just over 8 miles of heavy grade to get over. Took the bottom of the hill at 27 mph, less than 3 minutes later we were down to just over 4. Brakeman and I jumped off brooms in hand and ran ahead just shy of 2 miles sweeping the rails off. When he finally had somewhat decent traction and a bit of speed built up, right around 8 mph, the hogger yelled at us over the radio to jump back on (which was fun seeing as he couldn't slow down, otherwise everything we'd done would have been for nothing). We spent the rest of the trip up the hill wedged on the footboards on either side of the pilot, hunched over the front with our brooms on the railhead clearing them off until we got to the top. Hell of a way to ring in Christmas, but we made it to the top, so the frozen hands, frozen face and seezed up shoulders were nothing a little liquid Christmas cheer couldn't fix after we finally made it home haha.
Awesome
Funny story, too bad it didnt happen.
@@bobsmith9947 Sorry to disappoint ya there Bob, but unfortunately it happened as described. CPs Lloydminster sub in Saskatchewan (Mile 74 to approximately 66 if you REALLY wanna split hairs), December 24/25 2019. Lloydminster to Wilkie, with the 112 grain loads coming from the 'Three Cities' grain elevator (Viterra) just outside Lloydminster. Two beat up ES44ACs and an SD30C-Eco (5009) for power (I actually still have some of the docs, CP 9365 was our leader). By this point I've actually lived an interesting enough life that I don't have to make up stories for around the campfire, truth is always better than fiction anyhow. I'm sure one day if you actually get yourself out from behind your phone screen and live a little, you'll have cool stories of your own, until then happy trolling ;).
@@FuzzBass66 Well said. Thanks for all you do keeping this country's economy as on-point as you can.
@@FuzzBass66 fantastic story. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if you could duct tape a couple of brooms to the front plow? Lol I grew up in a railroad town (L&N-CSX) here in east TN. I 've heard some really great stories and the opportunity to take a few rides on helpers, etc (a very long time ago). Happy New Year!
When an onboard computer detects that the locomotive's wheels are starting to slip, the ARC directs high-pressure jets of air onto the tracks at supersonic speed. This serves to blast away not only snow, ice and water, but also contaminants such as gravel, grease and rust. As a result, the wheels quickly get up to 30 percent more traction.
Thanks for getting out there in the cold snow to document these moments in railroading. Your video contributed to much Holiday Cheer here!
Thanks so much SCB!!
@@RailfanRowan I work for a medium sized switching railroad in Nw indiana. Its been in business for over 100 yrs and we still operate in our original roundhouse we have sw1500s, sd38-2, sd40s and we actually have 4 New engines that run off diesel and cng if you want I can send you some pics and videos
Appreciate your efforts!!
Have a great 2021!! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🎉🎉👍
It will be great, if Trump remain president. If not, less trains will be runnin.
@@electricsparks4251 good mindset you got my sub
@Sasha Braus hell yeah man he’s telling the truth. Unfortunately it didn’t go that way....
@@TNandTXRailfan i dont wanna get political in a railfanning video comment section so ill just watch the train part and leave lol
@@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907 alright man that’s understandable
Great respect to you for getting out there in some tough conditions to record this for us, Rowan. 12000 plus horsepower and it takes a broom from Dollar General for that power to split the green! Merry Christmas to all!
Appreciate the , "play by play"! Its rare indeed when a railfan is as descriptive as you are. Gonna look for more of your posts.
Thanks Donnie, always wondered if people appreciated that style!
@@RailfanRowan Great video! So many interesting things going on here from your commentary (VERY informative), the great snowy weather, sweeping the rails(!!) the struggling locomotives, to the chatter on the scanner... @15:24 "Teamwork makes the dream work" lol. You do a great job with your video production and yes, the description of what is going on is much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
@@RailfanRowan I have watched a lot of railfanning videos and yours catch my attention like no other. I like your narration and commentating style, keep up the great work!
do they speed restrictions in some places
@@RailfanRowan Yes, very well done video. You have a listening setup like mine when I foam on the steep grades in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. I enjoy the radio traffic as much as the watching.
Rowan, I said a year ago and I'll say it again, you could have a serious career in media, both in front of the camera and production. I grew up in the same neighborhood and went to school with Mike Rowe and he was an intelligent, well spoken young man. You could do what he's done. He got his start pitching products and real estate on tv. Now a serious documentarian. He didn't grow up wealthy.
I really enjoy your videos. There are thousands of people uploading similar content, you are one of the best.
Merry Christmas! Be well.
Agreed! Just think how good his videos will be 5 to 10 years from now.
I’d second that. Superb production, excellent equipment, audio video, and graphics, as well as commentary. You have a gift.
I definitely have to agree with you. He has a great camera presence/personality which is warm, intelligent and fun. As someone said a "gift". I wish him the best and hope he continues.
13:43: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas xD
That is too funny! LAMO
Who ever sung that needs a reward and join a band
"we coming at ya at a high rate o speed"
lol
Needs more eeeeeee 😂
Lmao 😂😂
I drive semis in the oilfield. We always say a high rate of fuel consumption. Lol. When I'm hitting the governor it's a maximum rate of fuel consumption.
So sick of all the graffiti !!!
Merry Christmas Rowan! Great content as always and thanks for braving a snowy day to make it all happen. You do a great job of making each video an entertaining and well-presented adventure!
Man, I hate seeing that graffiti over all those cars. Those cars with the perishable food were beautiful, but some numb nuts decided to deface them.
I do too I'm a railfan and I work for hallcon for bnsf here in central washington I really dont like the tagging especially on motors.
There's always some scumbags defacing other people's property 🙄
I love graffiti. Hut I avtually ride the trains not just stand there watching em. All you dumb foamers suck haha
Gone are the days of respect for someone else's property, it would be interesting to see the roads holding a graffiti contest, we all know the cars Wil get tagged so why not hold a contest and the allow the best to tag. Because some of it is truly amazing, and it takes a lot of skill to do...
they do it everywhere people who cant even spell try to do it people are retarded
Stumbled across your channel, first impression is amazing !! I will have to keep watch !
Thanks Celltek! Glad to have you!!
12:21 He's got a headlamp out. Good thing no Va. State Troopers around or he'd get a $50 ticket and have to run it through inspection.😩
Uh, that would be a ditch light. 🤪🤪🤪
That was epic! This is my first visit to your channel from here in England, thanks for undergoing personal discomfort to bring us this.
Great video!! Living at the base of Sherman Hill in Wyoming, I understand and appreciate how difficult winter railfanning can be.
nice video i work outta Binghamton ny nice to see where 12z starts we build the 11z there to send south and some days it 200 plus car 18 to 20 thousand tons to enola not sure how big it is when it gets to there
I hope you had a Great Christmas, Rowan. Wishing you a Safe & Healthy 2021. Thanks for Videos.
That’s dangerous glad that conductor didn’t fall he must have been frozen gettin out like that man you jus gotta absolutely love freight trains
This was my first look at your videos and i am impressed. I have just subscribed and gave a thumbs up. I hope to be doing many more of these.
I was with a transportation company with the NS based in Mingo Junction Ohio I miss working with the railroad guys but don’t miss that transportation company.
Nasty weather.......whoever drove the Miata (8:00) to work is going to have a fun ride home lol. Awesome video 👍
Sweeping in front of several thousand hp locomotives amazing - great video !
Would freak me out lol thank you
I'd call it stupidity.
@@markfryer9880 I'd call it efficiency and ingenuity
Great video! FYI CPR had installed “snow blasters” nozzles on some of their SD90MAC to gain rail adhesion on snow covered tracks. They worked but also caused issues for the X-brand ground radar system, they added a snow guard to help that issue out.
11:30 they should install some stiff rubber snow plow/ squeegees in front of the wheels to remove the snow from the rail
Aahhh could be good, they use them on Hi Rails
Great video!! Love seeing train's in the snow and the conductor sweeping the track ahead of the engine was a added bonus. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Al!
Excellent thanks
Graffiti is really well done like art work.
In NYC in 70s it was horrible.
I bet, you can't rush art!!
That was just some amazing scenes! The guy sweeping the snow off the rails in front of the moving locomotive just had to be seen to be believed!
I have Never seen the Conductor using a Broom to Sweep the Snow ❄️ off of the Rails. 🤔🧐🙄
LOL I am not sure if that's legal as per the rules but it works!! No train optimizer or PTC can run a train as a skilled engineer and conductor !!!
So true!
I'm a conductor with CSX. It happens.
I'm surprised that there even WAS a broom available for the task. And a decent one, at that!
@@michaelsmodelrailroading7665
Post10 must’ve been in the neighborhood and lent him that broom.🇺🇸
Do you know if the engineers still enjoy the job years into it? Just something I’m curious about
Very interesting video. Sometimes it is hard to vision the problems they might have. Good one!!!
Excellent video, great coverage, subscribed.
Thanks Tyson!!!
Very nice video! The sweeping in front of 11Z was one of the most interesting things I’ve ever seen. That spot looks so cool in the winter! Keep up the good work!
Amazing, right? It’s like when you hear about leaves on the tracks stopping trains in the UK until someone explains that it’s very specific leaves with distinct physical properties that stops these trains.
I’m new here. Can someone explain to me what was unique about the 3480? And what does 12-Z mean? As in, what is the convention for the number/letter designation?
These questions are hard to answer in one comment but do please stay tuned, I hope to answer these questions more in the future!
Norfolk Southern has their own numbering system, anything starting with a one or a three is usually mixed freight, anything with a two is intermodal or shipping containers..
Great video footage Rowan, thanks for going out in atrocious conditions and capturing it for us. Best wishes for 2021
Gotta say...The wagging ditch lights and headlights DO look really awesome through the waning light and snow.
12:36 is like a giant version of curling.
My goodness love watching your videos. I live beside the tracks and makes me want to run and grab my camera! I live in VA too, down near Tri-Cities!
Good old broom, I never leave without it!
Man, those guys that draw pictures and write on train cars, need to find a job. Some of these guys, I must admit, can do some pretty good artistic work, but it's so pointless. I'd rather see some delivery guy, running a locomotive, helpin to get the goods to market, than to see a great train all dressed up like a gaudy circus lady on a bad night.
I love the old N&W tunnels for car traffic. Great video Rowan. Merry Christmas!!
That was some great video work, I've been all that area.
I worked at the BNSF in the merger 90's
I worked from Gallup, NM to Clovis, N M.
Sometimes I would fill a spot on the Ft.Worth Division from Clovis.
We had some brutal winters in the middle of nowhere NM.
Saw a few UFOS a few times. We were close to Roswell!!👽👽👽👽👽
MERRY CHRISTMAS ROWAN, thanks for uploading on Christmas. That engineer is quite the character, lol.
Now that was one of the better videos I have watched .... keep up the good work
Great filming and commentary, I was on the edge of my seat!
Thanks Kevin!
10:56 HURRY HARD, HURRY HARD!
Thank you for this interesting video. June 30/2024.
You did good Rowan lucky you got snow all we got central Virginia was rain and lots of it! Merry Christmas!
Nice trains video.
Greeting from Indonesia.
That was a great catch
Nice narration and footage of the trains and countryside. I appreciated watching that more than I thought I would. Most enjoyable, thank you.
Thanks Mr Durham, stick around! You won't be disappointed!!
11:50 is truly a spectacular shot, with the head on of the Loco, and the flaring headlight and snow. Great respect for enduring the elements to shoot this. Greets from Florida!
lol Employee hustling along the track, sweeping snow in a driving snowstorm and he keeps a cigarette in his mouth.
Merry Christmas Rowan while I’m watching this I’m playing with my new model train have a happy new year
First time viewer. Great footage, nicely edited. Thanks for enduring the conditions. The footage of the conductor sweeping the rail is rare. Well done!
The High Tech Broom :)
Lol!!
The only thing that would’ve made this video better would be seeing a hobo along for the ride.
That's beautiful ! Trains & Snow with high image quality, great locations and professional narration. Thanks!
You should railfan in Decatur Illinois.
This Was A Great Day. Every Time I Went There Either The Train Had Ran, Or It Ran Shortly After I Left.
Feel That
Why is EVERY WORD CAPITALIZED AAAAAAA
Bad habit, it started in elementary school.
First time watching one of your videos. Love the information you give helps to understand what is going on.
Thank you.
LOLZ! I love how that graffiti ends in a question mark... "Freight Graffiti is like a trad, you have to earn your place. Its not about who you know, its about what you do and how you do it?"
This is like curling but with a locomotive instead of a rock. Also the guy with the broom is trying to make the surface less slippery, not more slippery.
“Early Christmas presents in my area”
Great snow footage Rowan. Love how your videos tell a story and not just the usual runbys. Explaining railroad procedures is awesome information. Thank you God Bless and have a very blessed and Merry Christmas
4:56 i'm surprised they dont have automated switching devices....
On most yards they're manual, but not on mainljnes
Did 12 have a spring switch coming out of the siding? Would love to have a set of the old signals for display at my former Rock Island yard in Fairfield Iowa. Some years ago I was in Va & that were loading them into gondola cars to be scrapped. No time . No transport to get them back to the midwest. Pity.
Fun video. Like the way you include the viewer along on your adventure. Thanks for sharing! Well done!!
Great content... Interesting and informative. Well edited!!
Merry Christmas to you cool video ya first one again
Thanks Cameron Merry Christmas!!
@@RailfanRowan thanks
Great job!! I am from Northern Virginia and miss the old Southern railway but I have the Florida East Coast down in Florida.
It doesn't get any better than snow and gravity trying to pull those trains back down the hill. What a battle!!