Dustin is right, they are most certainly struggling. The camera might not have captured the audio perfectly but they are definitely in max throttle. Track speed is 30 MPH there's no way they are making that with a horsepower to tonnage ratio of 0.9. These potash trains are notorious for being assigned as little power as safely possible.
More beautiful Canadian scenery Ben! You're making me home sick and I don't even live there..LOL. Very different in winter Ben, I went down to this bridge but no trains but luckily the lake was still a bit frozen. This is a magical shot. Cheers Gregg.
Homesick haha if you had experienced a Canadian winter in it's entirety I'm sure you'd be happy to stay down there in the southern hemisphere. This is the most snow I've ever seen in Lake Louise. There were very few places you could go without snowshoes. Thanks for the comment! Ben
Nice video Ben. I've recently moved back to my hometown Kamloops & have spotted these new cars a few times now. I commute between Kamloops & Savona most days so it's a treat to see a train like that with Kamloops Lake providing a scenic backdrop (obviously not as impressive as the backdrop in your video though). I even saw one of these trains with a blue CEFX loco in the lead.
Thanks! Kamloops is beautiful, just a completely different type of Canadian scenery. This one had a CEFX leader as well, I was thinking to myself as it went by how cool it would look with 2 CEFX leaders.
As always from you Ben, Brilliant work. Being retired and on the CN side in Kamloops I have not even seen those cars yet. David. P.S. I'm sending you a PM.
Wow, cool vid, Ben! Like that red compartment door on the CEFX leader. Discovery should hire you on Rocky Mountain Railroad to get more accurate footage of moving trains :) Greg
Those rail cars look really new !!! Nice video .. that was a long train ...
Thanks Jim
Awesome video! The stills at the ends were even more amazing!
Thanks!
I really like the contrast between the snow and the CP Read and CEFX Blue as well as the unique blue hoppers. Great video thanks for posting.
You and me both Zach. The blue was really striking in contrast to the white and dark green everywhere.
These rail cars are VERY RARE!!! Nice catch, and boy your lucky!!
Very nice! You really caught the colours of those new hoppers. Liked!
Thank you!
Great video again and great looking cars. I see the spring melt is beginning, which is also great. The winter has been too long and too cold.
Thanks Ken. I agree, we're ready for spring here.
I love how they are struggling to keep them moving. The shiny cars are awesome!
Dustin Pendergast by the sound of it as the leaders pass, it sounds like they're in 3 or 4 notch. No struggle.
Dustin is right, they are most certainly struggling. The camera might not have captured the audio perfectly but they are definitely in max throttle. Track speed is 30 MPH there's no way they are making that with a horsepower to tonnage ratio of 0.9. These potash trains are notorious for being assigned as little power as safely possible.
Great catch and shots Ben!
Thanks Zach
Beautiful landscape.Canadian mountains. Super trains. WOW. Tanks.
Thanks for the comment John
I have a 48 car set of those from Dan the man. Beautiful train...if I knew where you lived I'd bring them over to run...lol
More beautiful Canadian scenery Ben! You're making me home sick and I don't even live there..LOL. Very different in winter Ben, I went down to this bridge but no trains but luckily the lake was still a bit frozen. This is a magical shot.
Cheers Gregg.
Homesick haha if you had experienced a Canadian winter in it's entirety I'm sure you'd be happy to stay down there in the southern hemisphere. This is the most snow I've ever seen in Lake Louise. There were very few places you could go without snowshoes. Thanks for the comment! Ben
LOL, you're right there Ben, a little too cold for too long for me!
Gregg :-)
Nice to see the entire series of new cars, only a few were painted with Graffiti.
Nice video Ben. I've recently moved back to my hometown Kamloops & have spotted these new cars a few times now. I commute between Kamloops & Savona most days so it's a treat to see a train like that with Kamloops Lake providing a scenic backdrop (obviously not as impressive as the backdrop in your video though).
I even saw one of these trains with a blue CEFX loco in the lead.
Thanks! Kamloops is beautiful, just a completely different type of Canadian scenery. This one had a CEFX leader as well, I was thinking to myself as it went by how cool it would look with 2 CEFX leaders.
Love the new cars. Great video I have 35 of those cars on order. Man they look great.
That's going to be a great looking train!
Nice to see some new colors on Canadian rails with the gradual disappearance of color in grain trains.
Those were sharp! Love the blue, red, blue, red, blue, red! Roy
I agree Roy. They are really nice looking cars and look amazing in person.
I know what you will want to model next. Fantastic catch of some Sharpe looking hoppers
Thanks Peter
Wow... what a view..a lot of cars.. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.. Lance
Thanks Lance
Great video, guy!
Thanks Mike!
Thanks for the video Ben. Besides the train the scenery is awesome. It's a treat nowadays to see a train without a ton of graffiti on it. Good job!
Thanks Ernie
It would be a nice scenario on your new layout Ben - a monster Canpotex train meets a monster K+S Potash train! Great vid!
I'd love to do that, just need to hit the lotto first!
Y’all have beautiful country way up there northern neighbor ! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! No problem.
Nice video, love the k+s potash car
Thanks Tyler
Wow! beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Doug!
Makes sense that a blue engine is leading the Blue K+S!!
As always from you Ben, Brilliant work. Being retired and on the CN side in Kamloops I have not even seen those cars yet. David. P.S. I'm sending you a PM.
Thanks very much David
Amazing catch! The shot is awesome! Thanks for sharing! ~Pedro
Thanks Pedro!
Nice video Ben. You will need these blue cars for your layout!! Thanks.
Thanks Norman. I'm going to order a whole train of them, once I win the Lotto Max :O
Excellent sound capture !
Thanks!
Holy monster train! Great video!
Thanks!
Awesome job, great vid great scenery beautiful area.
Thank you Gary
Wow, cool vid, Ben! Like that red compartment door on the CEFX leader. Discovery should hire you on Rocky Mountain Railroad to get more accurate footage of moving trains :)
Greg
yeah, it annoys me when its supposed to be the same train but the locos on it change every time...
Thanks Greg! Haha yeah, maybe they should just hire me to edit. I'm sure they got some amazing footage, just need to maintain consistency.
+BArailsystem no kidding! Hey are you going to SuperTrain in Calgary next month?
Nice, great video and pictures
Thanks!
Rare shot, how often are you going to see a unit train with cars that new and that clean.
Really nice vid. Super backdrop. And what a monster train. Any idea where it was headed?
Thanks, Pacific Coast Terminals in Port Moody, BC.
THANK YOU...for sharing. NICE.
Amazing video what camera do you film with 5* rating!!!
Thanks, nothing fancy. Sony HD Handycam, still photos with a DSLR Canon Rebel T6i.
thanks from Spain,very good.
Thank you!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
Very nice!
Wow;lotta tractive effort goin on here....
Man, that train was creeping. Did you order any of those cars from PWRS
No kidding, a slow ride to Field for that crew. I did not, can't afford them at this exchange rate :/
yeah..the exchange rate hurts the hobby budget
Did you make a snow ball?
We made a huge snowman in the backyard with the kids when I got home :)
Ohh nice new hoppers
I know what train you will be modelling on your layout when PWRS release these 😉
I've sworn off any more potash cars at this exchange rate. Can't afford them!
Awesome
Thanks Ron