Metrolink F125 speed testing on the mainline!
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- Metrolink is in the final stages of testing their new Tier 4 EMD F125's! Over the weekend, Metrolink conducted possibly their last test before determining whether 8 of their 22 locomotives are ready for revenue service. On the morning of October 7, 2017, Metrolink made a trip to Pomona (North) where they would conduct 8 round trips between Covina and Pomona (North) performing brake testing. SCAX 910 and 911 were the lucky locomotives that got to run full speed in each direction. Metrolink hopes to have 8 locomotives running by the end of October 2017.
I realized the area between Pomona and Covina is the perfect testing grounds for the new locomotives, since it's a relatively high-speed section on a grade. The train traveling from Covina to Pomona will test for power and acceleration as it brings the train up to speed going uphill, whereas the train traveling from Pomona to Covina will test its braking capabilities.
What % grade is it?
If you look very closely within the Bombardier Cabs within the Test Train, you may be able to notice that one of them is 617, which was the unit involved in the Chatsworth Collision.
Superbaddy4 dang. That’s pretty cool
They just need to bring 617 back to service as a Deactivated Cab Car.
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So? There are still a lot of people out there who think it was actually scrapped.
Also, ever since I first posted that comment, 617 actually has been sent out for rebuild, and once it comes back, then seeing it will be a normal thing again and people will finally realize with certainty that it's still around.
@@superbaddy4 All metrolink needs to do in put PTC in them.
It is gonna be sad to say goodbye to the f59s. I grew up seeing those engines go by when I lived in Covina. I've rode metrolink several times just to get to Covina to visit my grandmother after i moved to Riverside. It's indeed The end of an era of the f59s.
Thomas Mitchell I know my response is late but it’s now happening to me (from the surfliner) the last service to have the f59s and we have less than a month left. It really makes me sad to see the electric locos take over. Seeing such a great era end is really sad.
I agree. I lived in Corona, & La Sierra. I loved seeing these kiddies ride thru with P2's and K5LA's.
Thomas Mitchell u and me both
10,000 Subscribers with no videos? P
I saw an f59 once being lead by a Hyundai Rotem Cab
The new Locomotive's horn is very loud!
In fact MUCH louder in person.
I agree
Its Nathan K2A AirChime AirWhistle
I know it's weird
Sadly idiots are still deaf to the sound of a railroad horn.
I was right next to one when it blew its horn. (I shid)
I call the EMD F125’s “Bird Trains” because on the front, the way the lights are arranged to look like the eyes and the orange triangle in between the lights is the beak. Time 3:52 gives off the best example.
It actually looks like a bird
Metrolink has some funky sounding horns. Unique, but weird.
Agreed.
They sound closer to freight (I know they have F59s but even the F59PHIs horns sound closer to freight trains
Same
it’s something you’d hear before you get stabbed from behind in a movie
normal five-chime horns form a minor seventh chord. this is a two-chime horn that forms a tritone, a very ear-grabbing (but extremely dissonant!) interval
I hope these prove to be good engines! It's kinda sad that Metrolink may be the only one's who uses this model. I'd love to see them on Metra and/or VRE, but that just maybe a dream.
It would me interesting to see them on Marc.if Metra had them,what do you think they would look like?
@@internationalcringestar1234 Hmm...hard to say. If Metra had them I think they would share a similar paint scheme to the MP36PH units. Though, I'm aware that the SD70mach's don't.
I wanna be able to drive one of these just for the horn lol
Lol
Lol
Fr, that horn looks nice, yet everybody hates it
I love very long passenger train cars just like GO in Canada. Also, I love watching ditch lights keep continue flashing entirely the trips too.
At 4:12 it kind of sounds like an electric version of the coned K5LA’s on Amtrak Surf cab car 6906
The Horn Sounds Like An Indian Locomotive's horn.
Horns are made by Indian comapny
The Nathan Airchime K2 (F125 Horn) is made in America by Nathan Manufacturing. Leslie Controls' horns are supposedly made in India.
@@hakeemsd70m it sounds so bad though, u wouldn't hear that awful noise on a Dash 8
@@ThunderboltFan2000 I agree, doesn't sound so great. Dash 8's had amazing horns. A K5L or K5LA would sound so much better on the F125.
@@hakeemsd70m No they don't. Leslie, WABCO, and Nathan are all American Horn Manufacturing companies. India just gets some of our not so good work (Wabco; not nathan or Leslie)
That horn sounds like a cry for help rather than a sound of authority. Must be for a bystander's sensitive hearing purpose... ??
Bro that horn is awful.
MJofLakeland1
"That horn sounds like a cry for help....."
*lol*
MJofLakeland1 I think it sounds fine.
It is designed to fuck your ears up.
they finally found a way to get people out the way
Nice to hear something other than the ubiquitous K5LA \m/
1:32 holy WOW! that is cab car 617 from the Chatsworth wreck, and on the end too!
They fixed it?
@@Lucrativecris No, I think it hadnt been preserved at the time of recording
@@Lucrativecris the cab car didint get destroyed it was only the f59 and I think a coach too
Can't wait for these to get into service!!!!
YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Where? In Santa Ana I hope cus that’s where I live and I see plenty of other metrolink trains
How are y’all excited after they replaced the old Metrolink Engines?
From what I’ve read locomotives powered by CAT prime movers have generally been failures. I hope that’s changed, because I really, really, REALLY like the way this thing looks, and I want them to stick around for as long as the F40PH has.
Well these things have CAT motors in them, and so far in the 2 and a half years that they have been on Metrolink property only 2 or 3 are running revenue service. I like these things too but these things have been nothing but failures so far.
California Rail Productions™ Ah, crush my dreams, why don’t you? Oh, well. I suppose we can still hope...
Sad thing is, after these went into production with their high horsepower (what is it, like 4,700 or so?) EMD went back to making their "J" engine (formerly the failed "H" engine) with I believe 4,600hp using 4 fewer pistons. If they'd just waited another couple of years, these might have been "genuine" EMDs.
FreihEitner
No kidding. There must have been a meeting at some point where someone said something along the lines of,” Okay, we need a power plant for our new passenger locomotive.”
At which point someone piped up and said,” well, we’re with Caterpillar now, why don’t we use a CAT?”
And instead of throwing pens at him, they all went,” Hmm, Caterpillar,... good idea.”
@@FreihEitner Except here for I won’t allow them to use their tried and true two strokes. Metra only wants to mess with those type of prime movers
Great collection Nathaniel. Glad things worked out.
I love the loco but they could have put on a better horn lol
Yea literally anything is better than a K2
I’d take a single note clogged K5LA than a K2
The sound of engine like EMD F7!
Cool video of the Metrolink train
It's Wide World of Trains :)
It makes sense really. All the Bombardier cars are old cab cars, and since they are not in revenue service anymore, might as well give them something to do before they are sold and scrapped. Throw a bunch of non-revenue cars on the back, so revenue services aren’t disrupted, and at the same time stress test the engine.
As for the horn, has Metrolink ever really been correct or consistent at all? I mean, they have only been consistent in their inconsistency, why change now? :P
Awesome video, it also confirmed to me that they are allowing the totem cabs to run again without a BNSF, I appreciate the news!
RamosXN40 It’s Rotem Cab Cars
I think they are sold to Utah Transit Authority.
COASTER should keep them
They look good, sound good, hopefully the will be reliable. And they can do 125 mph, but sadly we'll never see them running that speed in SoCal. @ California Rail Productions: great video!
OldSchool1500 what they should do is sell them to someone like MARC they could use them with their Siemens Charger
7:10 who makes that e bell? I heard it a few times, but i don't know the model name of it!
So all Metrolink locmotives and cab cars have odd horns, not just the F125!
It's a Safetran Type 3 Electronic bell with the pitch raised. They're taking over Florida as I speak!
Lol wat?
Yeah that horn sounded like it had a sore throat
It is a Safetran Type 3 High Pitched. @East Coast Multimedia it already took over Southern California and most of Central and North.
Metreolink f125 comapny
8:04 trains have voice cracks😂😂😂
They do have voice cracks
sd40s
I remember seeing something like this in person and it scared the crap out of me, I was waiting for a Metrolink train and it speed by me like this
Did it have like 1000 cars?
Great Video. The F125's are awesome but the horns are horrendous! Hurray for V-20's again!
Well the first horn sounded really nice but idk
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Fantastic capture ! Great compilation.
let's just bring all the roots blown noisy f units back and I will be in heaven.
Nice video I heard 1 is in service already
TrainFan8444 More will be in service at the end of the month.
x тғw yeah
TrainFan8444 they are I think
They should make coaches to go with these trains it looks so weird like that
You mean bombardier coaches cuz Ik rotems just ruin everything
.. How good would it be to resume the use of "Super Chief" style aerodynamic passenger cars like those used in the 1950s-1960s with the use of current technology which would optimize the economy and speed of these excellent locomotives.
Why are they using the bombardier Cabcars for coaches?
TrainSF It's testing its high speed. Also, metrolink's bullshit detector turned on. They decided to use Bombardier cars, as they're better than Rotem sets.
Those old gals are getting used at least.
They wont be used for revenue service again sadly.
JP Amtrak 6905 Productions How about they give the rest Metrolink cab cars to Caltrain
Ethan Campbell no
DEAR GOD THAT HORN'S AWFUL!
HOW DARE YOU!! HORNS ARE NOT AWFUL!!! GO IN YOUR ROOM!!!!!
3:43 looks like the horn is fixed...
0:47 looks like the horn is fixed...
Special edition solutions two locomotive Front and back F125 ! Is very logic , You can Running Front or you can do it for running Back 🙏
Hey, I love that the opening shot is Upland station.
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Why should he he is a great youtuber
I see someone name taco stacks everywhere on music and he isn't asked to stop so that's not fair is it? No
@Reuben Thatcher lol
those old bombardier cabs tho O_O
They are all cab cars too! I miss them so much
the color scheme is awesome.
Ugh why do these need to replace the f59phi and ph, I just am not a fan of the design at all, I had faith in emd
the f-59 is EMD also.
rear speaker I didn’t say they weren’t
I'm not a fan of the design either, to me it looks top heavy and too long. Perhaps this had something to do with safety improvements.
Trains78sAndMore very possible safety improvements was the key too design but look at the stuff Amtrak wanted, stayed that could physically lift them up and we got the iconic AEM-7 and F40ph and some other cool things like the P30
Benjamin King yes but the PHI is only about 20 years old and not many modern passenger railroads take good are of there stuff, not Amtrak and Metrolink either, though they do a bit of a better job. But these aren’t even mechanically sound. The big unveiling party of the locomotive broke down half way on its journey and they have done it a good number of times to where it could be deemed “unreliable”.
Nice body style but a K5LA horn would be such a much better fit, sound-wise!
The new cars look and sound so much better!!
I like how long those coaches are. :-)
85'
I like the horn! It sounds like the start of a James Bond movie.
I know these locomotives are capable of 125mph but is there anywhere on the Metrolink system that they can get close to that speed?
90 mph on the Surf Line between Santa Ana and Oceanside.
Why did that first horn sound like a musical sting when something goes wrong in a movie or something hahaha
Metrolink 2017 Brand New EMD F-125 Diesel-Electric locomotives # 910 & 911 with 12 Coaches & Cabcar # 710 along With American Nathan K2A AirChime AirWhistle
Looks like a mix between a HSP46 and a MP36Ph-3C
Metrolink has a new look f125 910 Metrolink Hyundai cab car 652 and rest of the cab cars Metrolink f125 911
Those horns sound like maybe they're being overblown? The low tone warbles and sometimes changes pitch. They'd sound alot better if they produced a solid chord and didn't sound like they were about to blow themselves apart!
The horns in the first 2 clips don't sound bad, but the rest of them sound like crap. Wonder why.
The cab cars on Metro North Commuter line are also very funky and weird. I think Metro North & Metro link have the weirdest sounding horns ever.
Metrolink also has weird cabcars
Metrolink test train 2 f125 is 910 911 Metrolink Hyundai cab car is 652
Does metrolink insist on having the worst horns?
Sounds and looks like the gray cab car a lot! I think that's where Metrolink got the Idea from!
Awesome video man!!
2:14 the train horn sounded like some thing. But I think the horn was going fast motion mode🙂🇺🇸
a sight for Sore eyes seeing Those Cab cars.. What does metrolink plan on doing with em?
Ameridas 45 probably removing the horns and bells and using them as coaches
Ameridas 45 not as bad as our cascades thy look like a 5 year old designed thim.
Most likely to be used until further notice
Dam these are fast now the old ones were slow but these are sooo fast
I saw the locomotive and it’s nice wideos
911's horn sounds like a K3LA without the 1 bell.
Reminds me of an overblown K3LA (I like overblown K3LA's).
DM Multimedia same
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The horn sounds like a spooky overblown K3LA, I'm not crazy about the way the cab looks though...
At Notch8 u can barely hear the lomomotive
MassDotFan1062 Productions That's the most ironic feature of this F125. Nothing is better than hearing GE's in Notch 8! *CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG*
Probably done on purpose to reduce the noise, and thus the amount of complaints from residents living near the tracks.
SleepTrain456 I hope there is still some F59PH's.
SleepTrain456 true.
they already are gonna make upland and Claremont Q zone and get rid of Claremont metrolink depot to make room for the stupid gold line
Absolute Amazing
Great coverage !
Nice Video!!! Can't wait to see these new guys in action soon.
How long before these break down and they have to call bnsf again?
I'd like to have seen that full speed run you mention in the description. How fast did it go? 100? 150? 😮
You might try shooting these from a greater distance. Once the train starts past you just get a screen full of the side of the cars. It's like standing with your nose pressed to a wall. Know what I mean jelly bean? 😏
I used to ride the Amtrak between San Diego and LA for a while about 15 years ago. I've loved riding trains since I was a kid in Germany. They are much more spacious and relaxing than modern planes and you actually get to see something out the window.
On top of that you don't have to deal with those TSA nazis! 😅😅😅😂😂
It’s named the f125 because it goes 125 mph, but Metrolink doesn’t go that fast on the tracks that they run on, so they changes it to a max speed of 100 mph.
Why does its horn sound so foul and discordant though? Can't they put a 90s K5LA on it?
It's either a K2, or an overblown K3LA that was rescued from a junkyard.
I think some cities Metrolink serves have noise ordinances that limit the horn's loudness, a K5LA might be too loud.
Too loud for regulations. 90's K5s can get up 152 db and the max allowed today is 110 db.
This f125 is the only light rail made by an American firm a subsidiary of Caterpillar.
Metrolink #883 and sheriffs wrap coach 191 is the same train.
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1:45 f59 meeting its replacement😢
I see a couple of the cab car's horns are missing? Wonder if they got stolen since they store them in LA
0:45, why does that Metrolink train have 12 passenger cars? It’s more than usual than that Metrolink train at 1:47 which only has 3 passenger cars. 2:18, there goes the 12 passenger car Metrolink train again passing a railroad crossing.
It’s a test train with 12 cars they are testing the speed of the train that’s why they put 12 cars
But that’s too much
No one is in it, they are just testing it and the other train that has 3 is not a test train it’s just in the vid
3:45 my favorite horn
The horn sound is scary hmmm,very scary in nightime!
I love the Metrolink
The EMD F125 sure is pretty
The horns sound like the fouled p2s the bombarder cab cars would get.
Weird sounding horns on these locomotives
ah the fail125, i still love the engine, its beautiful
way better than the chargers.
@@323railfan4 No they aren’t, they’re junk. That’s why the Chargers are now the universal tier 4 locomotive on the market.
@@323railfan4 Too bad. Reality sometime disappointment.
When will the F125s be running on the Orange County line?
Unsure
We saw the loco several times on the Orange County line
They started running on the 91 Perris Valley line but consists switch everyday so you gotta get lucky
It depends if the engine passes the test
Is that a new engine?? Looks better then other metro links
Yes these are new locomotives.
This is the ugliest piece of garbage I've ever seen, how can you say it looks better than an F59PH?!
Luke Schneider's planes your right they are nice locomotives(:
The F125 would look great with matching car sets, but we know that’s not going to happen.
I have seen the f125 with matching car sets, it looks awesome
Did anyone realized that cabcars were in the testing train?
Okay, this is epic.
Except the horn, which it may sound a little weird, if it gets the job done, its fine.
The problem is that they don't. These locomotives are very unreliable from what I've heard
It seemed like a good idea at the time
in the f125 I see that the white bombardier cars are cab cars
Nice video!
0:55 The Horn is like Metrolink K2.
Thats because it is
great vid man
Nice video man
is it like 1 cab,bunch of bombariders,ad 2 engines?
How are the two F125s Pulling 1 Hyundai Rotem Coach Car And 10 Bombardier Bi-level Cab Cars, And 1 Hyundai Rotem Cab Car?
Alex Lindberg they have engines :)
3:05
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Plus sorry about yesterday.
These are so much nicer looking than the chargers.
Too bad. Buyers said otherwise
Siemens Chargers are Better
@@R262SubwayTrainagreed. they also have better horns
2:21 delicious sound 🤤