That was epic 😎 👌 what a beautiful day for a train 🚆 journey weather beautiful sun 🌞 ☀️, and the scenery along the way was spectacular, shame it finished recording where it did could have done with it arriving at it's destination 🙈🙈
That was so enjoyable, putting the landmarks together and showing the grade….in spectacular conditions!! 🛤️ (‘Must have been a Sunday afternoon, as there were no garbage trucks on the road to the Bakersfield landfill, 21:00.🚛)
Spectacular landscape, spectacular train, good camera! However, for European eyes, this is painfully slow. This line cries out for overhead lines, and then some locos like the MTAB IORE or the Shenhua HXD1 would do a good job.
Our trains over here are 8-10x heavier and longer than what's in Europe...hence the slow climb up mountain grades. Those overhead wires and poles in Europe would detract from the raw landscape visuals over here
@@cammacgregor9354 The reason for the slower uphill speed is not the total mass but the power limitations of diesel traction. More weight just calls for more starting tractive effort (more locos), but the power (and thus continuous tractive effort) of a diesel will fall steeper with speed than that of a modern electric. When you say 8-10x, you are thinking of normal freight trains in Europe, but there is also heavy haul. The MTAB IORE locos haul 8,600-ton trains at 80 km/h in northern Sweden & Norway, and the HXD1 in China even haul 20,000-ton trains. Overhead lines do not distract at all on all the scenic lines in the Alps or in Norway. In fact, I think long gone US marvels like the Argentine Central would have survived to this day as rivals of those Swiss railways and the Georgetown Loop would be on a narrow-gauge mainline rather than be an isolated museum railway if electrification had been pursued early on.
@@cammacgregor9354 Also, the US has its own abortive history of electric traction on freight railways. Most famously on the Pacific Extension of the Milwaukee, and the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad. Electrification on the former was sub-optimal due to low-quality construction (wooden poles...) and electrification of only the mountainous sections (necessitating eight loco changes along the entire route) and chronic underfunding killed electrification only a few years before the oil crisis killed the entire railway. BLKM was fine until the power plant it served closed five years ago.
The perfect view and still with all the train noises! Love it! Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks so much for this.....a real treat!
That's pretty awesome. Unique and a great view from the train as opposed to being on the ground taking the video of the train passing.
Awesome video for sure. Have a great rest of your week.(Steve)
I worked that mountain for a decade and always talked about doing this. Dammit.
This rides gonna be very cool 😎 👌
So COOL . Love it .
SO COOL!!!
This is cool man
That was epic 😎 👌 what a beautiful day for a train 🚆 journey weather beautiful sun 🌞 ☀️, and the scenery along the way was spectacular, shame it finished recording where it did could have done with it arriving at it's destination 🙈🙈
Love the natural sounds rather than music, etc. Great video! Did that require special permissions to get the go pro on the hood?
Crazy fun! Any idea what years this line was built?
Are you f'ing kidding? You're on the internet, and you have no idea how to search for information?
Very nice, great day for video. Did you get the loop up to Tehachapi Depot?
That was so enjoyable, putting the landmarks together and showing the grade….in spectacular conditions!! 🛤️ (‘Must have been a Sunday afternoon, as there were no garbage trucks on the road to the Bakersfield landfill, 21:00.🚛)
제한속도를 위반한 정기관사 정씨에게 금고형이 확정되었다.
RRphotographer that is amazing! I have to ask, how did you get permission to get this video?? Knew the crew??
Spectacular landscape, spectacular train, good camera!
However, for European eyes, this is painfully slow. This line cries out for overhead lines, and then some locos like the MTAB IORE or the Shenhua HXD1 would do a good job.
Our trains over here are 8-10x heavier and longer than what's in Europe...hence the slow climb up mountain grades. Those overhead wires and poles in Europe would detract from the raw landscape visuals over here
@@cammacgregor9354 The reason for the slower uphill speed is not the total mass but the power limitations of diesel traction. More weight just calls for more starting tractive effort (more locos), but the power (and thus continuous tractive effort) of a diesel will fall steeper with speed than that of a modern electric.
When you say 8-10x, you are thinking of normal freight trains in Europe, but there is also heavy haul. The MTAB IORE locos haul 8,600-ton trains at 80 km/h in northern Sweden & Norway, and the HXD1 in China even haul 20,000-ton trains.
Overhead lines do not distract at all on all the scenic lines in the Alps or in Norway. In fact, I think long gone US marvels like the Argentine Central would have survived to this day as rivals of those Swiss railways and the Georgetown Loop would be on a narrow-gauge mainline rather than be an isolated museum railway if electrification had been pursued early on.
@@cammacgregor9354 Also, the US has its own abortive history of electric traction on freight railways. Most famously on the Pacific Extension of the Milwaukee, and the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad. Electrification on the former was sub-optimal due to low-quality construction (wooden poles...) and electrification of only the mountainous sections (necessitating eight loco changes along the entire route) and chronic underfunding killed electrification only a few years before the oil crisis killed the entire railway. BLKM was fine until the power plant it served closed five years ago.