Wow! First time I've seen a BNSF funeral train in my life. We had a NS funeral train pass down here via Columbus, Ohio sometime last year. Those locos ended up getting scraped and destroyed.
Seeing those locomotives feels just as eerie as seeing images of steam locomotives being sent to scrap yards as you know there's a good chance of the locomotives being scrapped.
Those C40-8Ws should be used as updated local freight service engines to shuttle trains between yards or as yard units where you don't have remote control locomotives.
A wise diesel before he was scrapped said this “We all thought we would last forever as long as we could function. But the men in the workshops are always working to improve old designs or to make new ones, and sometimes they come up with something that meets all their expectations, making the old designs obsolete. And when they’ve become obsolete they are thrown away. It doesn’t matter if it’s steam or diesel. If there is something better than them, then there is no need to keep them around.
Pretty sure only two locomotives at the front and maybe two in the back (or Del are being used to power while the rest are the freight being sent back to assemble new cargo.
I do not understand RR but Management they will Sell or Scrap 15-20 year old units but keep other ones 50 years. BN is a prime example they kept SD9's around for 50 years but were scrapping 15 year old SD45's and F45's. I know they were thirsty and could break crankshafts but Wisconsin Central figured that out and derated the HP to 3300 and that solved the crankshaft problem and then picked up a bunch of former BN and SF units for a bargain basement price and got at least 10 more years out of them. There is a video on youtube called switching Pilson (Pilsen) shot in Chicago with an absolutely immaculate GP39-2 BNSF unit that even though it was 50 years old looked liked it rolled out of EMD yesterday It is a rebuilt GP30 with the same carbody.
All depends on the work required of them. Little EMD's are excellent for shortline and industrial sidings and are endlessly rebuildable, so it always ends up being cheaper to refurb them than buy new, also to replace them there's nothing on the market to really replace them. The mainline GE's have crankcase problems with fatigue cracks in the 4000hp models like the dash 8's and 9's that show themselves after about 20-25 years, so they're really only good for one or two refurbs in their life before they need a new engine, where as EMD's with their welded engine blocks can be cut and welded wherever they break, which is waaaay more affordable than going to the manufacturer for a new block. It is possible to refurb older dash 8's and 9's but the RR's consider it not worth the cost so dump them as trade ins. Shame, they're good machines if you drop a new cast engine into them they will give another 20-30 years of life which they're doing to the dash 9's in Australia. GEVO's have a welded engine block like EMD's so it'll be interesting to see how long a life they have
Why are there so many engines being retired it seems that they should have a longer service life look at them the paint isn't even faded on most them. It is hard to believe that the cost of replacement is worth the potential savings of new equipment
@@scottford8736 Yep, they're called Dash 8s. The 8 meaning that they were originally designed in the 1980s. These ones came with wide cabs, which were only offered from 1989 to the end of the Dash 8's production in 1994.
Ill buy all those locos from u, BNSF...for 1 Silver coin. Why? Like to start a Minnesota transportation Co. (State Amtrac) or inter-state travel transpo for Native Americans
All those units are ex-Santa Fe Dash-8 40CW’s with the Gull-wing cabs not Dash-9, look at the trucks. The BNSF will never be the class act the Santa Fe was no matter how hard they try. Long live the Warbonnets of the Santa Fe!!! Warren you can’t by them all so may the pumpkin orange become black and white of NS the sooner the better.
Please railway lord forgive the BNSF GE Dash 8-40CW engines from all of their sins write there names in the book of transit life, Fill them with the transit holy spirit, Amen. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤💓💓💗💗💓💓💗💗💓💓💓💗💗💗💓💗💓💓💗💗✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝
That's what I don't get. Yes, they are DC, but they weren't that different than the Dash-9 series, which were also DC and you still see lots of them on the rails. I guess it is just cheaper to throw them away for scrap or sell them off vs retrofitting them with modern electronics.
What an incredible video, may they all rest in peace, and long live the Dash 9's!
Wow! First time I've seen a BNSF funeral train in my life. We had a NS funeral train pass down here via Columbus, Ohio sometime last year. Those locos ended up getting scraped and destroyed.
Seeing those locomotives feels just as eerie as seeing images of steam locomotives being sent to scrap yards as you know there's a good chance of the locomotives being scrapped.
Those C40-8Ws should be used as updated local freight service engines to shuttle trains between yards or as yard units where you don't have remote control locomotives.
Just a bit of description correction, all of them are Santa Fe engines awaiting scrap, the first 2 and last 2 are just supplying power to the train.
First time I've seen a funeral train consist entirely of wide nose cab locomotives.
That was a Funeral train I saw 5 NS SD60s Funeral train on CSX Q582-23 today
I remember when the 800 class units were new! GE's paint never held up like EMDs. You can bet they've all got millions of miles on them.
A wise diesel before he was scrapped said this
“We all thought we would last forever as long as we could function. But the men in the workshops are always working to improve old designs or to make new ones, and sometimes they come up with something that meets all their expectations, making the old designs obsolete. And when they’ve become obsolete they are thrown away. It doesn’t matter if it’s steam or diesel. If there is something better than them, then there is no need to keep them around.
most of these C40-8W's are now on the CN Roster
Cuz CN is broke so they have no choice lol
These aren't the ones CN aquired about a decade ago. This is the other half that were kept in service until now.
@@gp60 They are to good to be scrapped !
@@class8866 I’m telling BNSF 4706 about what u said if he comes u better say sorry
Now that was impressive. I stood up with my hand over my heart in their honor and respect.
Excellent catch! So much fun so little understand.
i was lucky enough to see a -8 serving the CSX today, they seem to be a thin population amongst the ES44ACs
Pretty sure only two locomotives at the front and maybe two in the back (or Del are being used to power while the rest are the freight being sent back to assemble new cargo.
May they rest in peace
* Pieces.
@@ojsefg thank you
It’s just sad to see all those dash 9’s go I’ve seen a lot of them Awesome Catch! Great Video!!
Dash 8s
Belíssimo flagrante, uma captura espetacular demais, apesar de estarem sendo baixadas seu registro foi espetacular 👏💯 like super garantido 👏💯
Nice catch, Oh god, the devil has taken the lead for this funeral train (because of #6666). #SaveTheWarbonnets!
They didn’t had to do ‘em like that!!
well at least its not tripple 6
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA YO SO RELATABLE
No #Savetrainsderailingbysatanspower
I do not understand RR but Management they will Sell or Scrap 15-20 year old units but keep other ones 50 years. BN is a prime example they kept SD9's around for 50 years but were scrapping 15 year old SD45's and F45's. I know they were thirsty and could break crankshafts but Wisconsin Central figured that out and derated the HP to 3300 and that solved the crankshaft problem and then picked up a bunch of former BN and SF units for a bargain basement price and got at least 10 more years out of them. There is a video on youtube called switching Pilson
(Pilsen) shot in Chicago with an absolutely immaculate GP39-2 BNSF unit that even though it was 50 years old looked liked it rolled out of EMD yesterday It is a rebuilt GP30 with the same carbody.
All depends on the work required of them. Little EMD's are excellent for shortline and industrial sidings and are endlessly rebuildable, so it always ends up being cheaper to refurb them than buy new, also to replace them there's nothing on the market to really replace them. The mainline GE's have crankcase problems with fatigue cracks in the 4000hp models like the dash 8's and 9's that show themselves after about 20-25 years, so they're really only good for one or two refurbs in their life before they need a new engine, where as EMD's with their welded engine blocks can be cut and welded wherever they break, which is waaaay more affordable than going to the manufacturer for a new block. It is possible to refurb older dash 8's and 9's but the RR's consider it not worth the cost so dump them as trade ins. Shame, they're good machines if you drop a new cast engine into them they will give another 20-30 years of life which they're doing to the dash 9's in Australia. GEVO's have a welded engine block like EMD's so it'll be interesting to see how long a life they have
Look at all that Horse Power and the millions of miles of service to our Nation!
How come the leading engine on the funeral train is #6666
in fact they were sold to CN
Why all the Santa Fe units always rusting away and not get restored?
Ótimo vídeo! é triste mas é o destino de todas as locomotivas que trabalharam por anos.
theres gonna be a day where we say goodbye to things like the ES44AC and miss them
1:44 915 looks great, hard to believe it was being scrapped
Could have something severely wrong with the engine or something
At 1:44 it says SantNSFe
“Dont cry because it’s gone, smile because it happened”
WOW....Look at ALL the engines pointing East being returned to the West Coast so they can start a new Loaded consist back to the East coast!!!!!
They are unfortunately in Galveston waiting to be cut up for scrap
Are going to turn into Canadian national locomotive?
should’ve kept that one EMD
Someday I will restore or purchase the Dash locomotives as operational and display in railroad museum including my own Railroad operation ❤️🚂
Good luck!
I’m sure CN will pick these up for spare parts for their fleet
Probably will or maybe prlx or gecx would like to retrieve some units
@@SnowSniper678 PRLX is progress rail leasing so PRLX is for EMD and GECX is for GE
Awesome video! Just subscribed!
Why are there so many engines being retired it seems that they should have a longer service life look at them the paint isn't even faded on most them. It is hard to believe that the cost of replacement is worth the potential savings of new equipment
At the time of this video these engines were already at least 25 to 30 years old.
@@nowhere2471 I had no idea they were that old
@@scottford8736 Yep, they're called Dash 8s. The 8 meaning that they were originally designed in the 1980s. These ones came with wide cabs, which were only offered from 1989 to the end of the Dash 8's production in 1994.
Nice vid there was a funeral train with freight cars the day after it came
R.I.P. Amtrak 156
I saw, and filmed, the second time Amtrak did this. Awesome catches bro! By the way, the description needs to be fixed (130 not 160).
Amazing.
that is heritage unit 130 not 160
2:20 why
9667? She is still running as of November 2022. She must’ve just been on DPU duty here. In fact, you can hear her running in this shot.
So many -8’s
Did they retire the Exec Macs?
Nope some are still in service
WHY WOULD BNSF PUT #6666 LEADING XD
I can tell ya this train ride might be going somewhere HOT.
This is just great now all of the Ex ATSF Dash 8’s are gone
Nope most of them went to CN in the 2100 series
Still every ex ATSF locomotives with the warbonet paint are all gone
Nope there still a couple of them left
*YO DUDE THATS ALOT OF TRAINS*
edit: is the trains ded why is it called funeral train
It's because those locomotives are DIT going to be stored till scrapped
That's a Pandemic funeral.. They where revived on another RR.
Maybe someday I will restore them as Alpine Western Railroad 🛤
Does that even exist? Also I'm gonna do that too as WCFT
CA Peninsula Railfan Productions What’s WCFT
@@jacobhinojosa6462 it dosent exist yet I made it up
CA Peninsula Railfan Productions I’am opening Alpine Western Railroad 🛤
Bonjour a tous du Canada R.I.P.= Rust. In. Peace. to all locomotive snif snif snif .
Totally normal for satan to drive a train going to hell
Ill buy all those locos from u, BNSF...for 1 Silver coin. Why? Like to start a Minnesota transportation Co. (State Amtrac) or inter-state travel transpo for Native Americans
Fitting, dismal weather for that train load of scrap yard fugitives.
All those units are ex-Santa Fe Dash-8 40CW’s with the Gull-wing cabs not Dash-9, look at the trucks. The BNSF will never be the class act the Santa Fe was no matter how hard they try. Long live the Warbonnets of the Santa Fe!!! Warren you can’t by them all so may the pumpkin orange become black and white of NS the sooner the better.
Please railway lord forgive the BNSF GE Dash 8-40CW engines from all of their sins write there names in the book of transit life, Fill them with the transit holy spirit, Amen. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤💓💓💗💗💓💓💗💗💓💓💓💗💗💗💓💗💓💓💗💗✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝
I.C.C.M.C. 1515
A funeral train led by 6666. REALLY? Eerie!
Thinking the same thing
They should could help power America if needed
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
this is just sad
🌐🌐🌐
#IWT
What a waist of money
That's what I don't get. Yes, they are DC, but they weren't that different than the Dash-9 series, which were also DC and you still see lots of them on the rails. I guess it is just cheaper to throw them away for scrap or sell them off vs retrofitting them with modern electronics.
#IWT