I am simply amazed at the interests and number of hits this old video of mine has had over the years. We love Canada and look forward to returning sometime soon. We have folks there and love visiting this wonderful Country.
Canada is part of North America you imbecile, calling it American wasn't inaccurate. USA is where these stack trains started, and USA is where these locomotives were first produced therefore calling this an American train is only appropriate.
@northlander en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway CP and CN runs between the the US and Canada. CP has an american President. CP and CN has GE Units. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971 the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding company the Grand Trunk Corporation. Grand Trunk Western's routes are part of CN's Michigan Division. Its primary mainline between Chicago, Illinois, and Port Huron, Michigan, serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States. All of its U.S. railroads are under the CN North America brand.
And CN and CP can run between US and Canada as they now run all the way from east to the west coast and than down to New Orleans (west coast) don't know if that happens in europe. But here we have big mixed trains and many different companies. and if you ride amtrak you are virtually riding on a Freight train tracks as they own the track amtrak runs on! and most of the freight trains can be 2-3 miles longs!
Doesn't surprise me. I'm a truck driver, and part of my route goes along BNSF's Transcon north of Peoria, IL. It's not if I'm going to see one, but how many. When I drive through Nebraska, I like to drive on U. S. Route 30, which parallels UP's Transcon. Between Gibbon Jct. and North Platte, you can literally see up to 100 trains in one day. Several years ago, I counted 84 in two hours.
I've had to drive trucks on Canadian highways a few times. What's worse than the highways is all of the paperwork I have to fill out when crossing the border both ways.
OK Ken. Next time I see a train like this in Canada I will fly home to the UK collect my tripod fly back and take much steadier photos! In the meantime the thousand of people who have viewed this and many other of my TH-cams over the years seem quite satisfied with my amateurish efforts.
@@Scaniam Yes. At the intermodal terminal in various big cities in Canada and the U.S., cranes lift them out of the well cars and set them onto trailer chassis for delivery to the customer... and now you know... :)
Nice video Dave. The engine in the middle allows these freight trains to be built longer. This is known as power distribution. We call 'carriages' 'cars' here btw :) These beasts can get up to over two miles in length and they are regulars across Canada. Pleased that you got to see one up close. They are impressive, even more so in the Rockies. Hope you visit our beautiful country again soon.
A lot of American and Canadian trains can be a mile to two miles long as it depends on where it’s headed and they do sometime stop and go at train yards and areas to drop and or pick more off it depends on their schedule
Welcome to Canada's largely regulated railway market that allows for mega trains like this filled mostly with durable goods from Asia or Western Canadian commodities going to port...
In case you are curious each of those engines produces 4,400 hp. So for that train there is 13,200 hp. Incidentally I live by that line on the outskirts of Calgary and see trains with more engines than that, and longer, go through.
Mati12ful If you look carefully some cars are 3 or 5 unit articulated, which means they are counted as one car.Also some cars have 2 or 3 units drawbared together so these will also count as one car. Therefore the true car count may only be 60 actual cars. This is how the train crew would see the train on their train list. Hope this info is of help.
It's a requirement of Federal law that all trains must blow their whistles at level crossings, unless the crossing has a specific exemption. 2 long blasts, a short and a long is the whistle signal for a crossing. Comes form Rule 14(L) of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules.
Large container ships have to pay upwards of 750,000 dollars to go one way through the Panama canal. It pays to offload the containers at a port on the east or west coast and take them by rail to the other side. Hence two decks of containers.
Banff skiing...wow
134 Container Racks on this train! I love it!
Thats a lot
Canada is so beautiful
what an idyllic setting to go train spotting. definitely could live in that place if the view of the mountains was always spectacular. WOW.
Marvelous shot
Awesome K5HL, that’s sure a long train
Excellent Video. Welldone.
I love how you are so impressed or in awe of this double stack container train (intermodal train). I would be to if I hadn't seen one before.
loved this! brilliant to watch - relaxing and goes with any music
Headed to the nearest port
That is a fantastic location
Brits have to marvel at American/Canadian freight transport. A sight to behold, eh? Hope you enjoyed your trip to Canada.
ChachaChapati we really enjoyed our trip, it’s the seconded time we have visited this area.
china and India have double decker freight trains running witrh electric locomotivs , americans can marvel that
Next time come to the USA and railfan we got Type I,II and III freight trains! from big ones like CN to small freight company's!
Impressive train !
I like the part when you see the train !
It's funny to hear off screen british accent in video about big Canadian trains)))
I love American cargo train .
Its Powerful and Dynamic !
Well said northlander. As a proud Canadian I am fed up with the ignorance of people about our wonderful country!!
I am simply amazed at the interests and number of hits this old video of mine has had over the years. We love Canada and look forward to returning sometime soon. We have folks there and love visiting this wonderful Country.
Canada is part of North America you imbecile, calling it American wasn't inaccurate. USA is where these stack trains started, and USA is where these locomotives were first produced therefore calling this an American train is only appropriate.
@northlander en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway CP and CN runs between the the US and Canada. CP has an american President. CP and CN has GE Units. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971 the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding company the Grand Trunk Corporation. Grand Trunk Western's routes are part of CN's Michigan Division. Its primary mainline between Chicago, Illinois, and Port Huron, Michigan, serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States. All of its U.S. railroads are under the CN North America brand.
@@SportDogg2008 I could reply but you wouldn't understand. Look at wikipedia under "Canadian National" then you`ll know......
Kinda funny listening to you 2 chatting away as it goes past.
That's one long long train 🚆
This is madness
And CN and CP can run between US and Canada as they now run all the way from east to the west coast and than down to New Orleans (west coast) don't know if that happens in europe. But here we have big mixed trains and many different companies. and if you ride amtrak you are virtually riding on a Freight train tracks as they own the track amtrak runs on! and most of the freight trains can be 2-3 miles longs!
Sounds like this is the first double stack you've ever seen. I live in Illinois, and I see several trains this long every day.
We dont get anything that big or long here in the Quaint Olde UK :-)
Doesn't surprise me. I'm a truck driver, and part of my route goes along BNSF's Transcon north of Peoria, IL.
It's not if I'm going to see one, but how many. When I drive through Nebraska, I like to drive on U. S. Route 30, which parallels UP's Transcon. Between Gibbon Jct. and North Platte, you can literally see up to 100 trains in one day. Several years ago, I counted 84 in two hours.
Here we they drive lorries and again much smaller than those you see on American highways. Guess we are just small Islanders :-)
And Canadian highways!! Geesh!!
I've had to drive trucks on Canadian highways a few times. What's worse than the highways is all of the paperwork I have to fill out when crossing the border both ways.
OK Ken. Next time I see a train like this in Canada I will fly home to the UK collect my tripod fly back and take much steadier photos! In the meantime the thousand of people who have viewed this and many other of my TH-cams over the years seem quite satisfied with my amateurish efforts.
and that is what can draw two engines its very impressive
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that's 267 containers, at least it's taking lots of trucks of the roads!
How do they get from the freight terminal to the customer? Does the train take them down the road also?
@@Scaniam Yes. At the intermodal terminal in various big cities in Canada and the U.S., cranes lift them out of the well cars and set them onto trailer chassis for delivery to the customer... and now you know... :)
Nice video Dave. The engine in the middle allows these freight trains to be built longer. This is known as power distribution. We call 'carriages' 'cars' here btw :) These beasts can get up to over two miles in length and they are regulars across Canada. Pleased that you got to see one up close. They are impressive, even more so in the Rockies. Hope you visit our beautiful country again soon.
aprotosimaki yes we took the Rocky Mountaineer to to Vancouver then a Cruise up to Alaska , a fantastic holiday .
Nice!!
aprotosimaki don’t forget the us does the same
Containers sound empty.
A lot of American and Canadian trains can be a mile to two miles long as it depends on where it’s headed and they do sometime stop and go at train yards and areas to drop and or pick more off it depends on their schedule
Wow! That is very impresive! :O
Yes I had seen nothing like this in the UK, the ground shook as it trundle by.
Dave Hewitt and you see them rock back and forth and hear them as some of the tracks can be 100 years old
Beutiful, from Indonesia
COOL!
The 9723 act as mid-train DPU.
Welcome to Canada's largely regulated railway market that allows for mega trains like this filled mostly with durable goods from Asia or Western Canadian commodities going to port...
In case you are curious each of those engines produces 4,400 hp. So for that train there is 13,200 hp. Incidentally I live by that line on the outskirts of Calgary and see trains with more engines than that, and longer, go through.
So Murray Walker is train spotting whilst retired.
Flawless 💯
3/2 power so must be thru prairie . Flagstaff is known to have 5/3/2 powering some trains, all chugging west bound,
Nice comment from. Bits there
Containers had shoes and tv's...
Lots!
Great!
600 containers wow
Signal sure went dark fast.
that's creepy long!
How on earth do they not fall over?
135 apprx
PAVAN PAVAN thanks for counting them.
PAVAN PAVAN !!??!!??..... wow
135 cars
Mati12ful If you look carefully some cars are 3 or 5 unit articulated, which means they are counted as one car.Also some cars have 2 or 3 units drawbared together so these will also count as one car. Therefore the true car count may only be 60 actual cars. This is how the train crew would see the train on their train list. Hope this info is of help.
Reading my comment & Watching it again in 2023 . Time is flying
How much train I need to it
How many freight wagons were they
Except for the snow!
Never actually counted the carriages!
How long it is! It is the longest train which I have ever looked.
the clue is in the name of the video
+Fast!! Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
CP now runs trains 17,000 feet long, i.e. over 3 miles long.
john browning Gosh!
john browning
Yes!The locomotive is very powerful.
It's a requirement of Federal law that all trains must blow their whistles at level crossings, unless the crossing has a specific exemption. 2 long blasts, a short and a long is the whistle signal for a crossing. Comes form Rule 14(L) of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules.
+john browning thanks for that info
Might be almost 2 miles long, (2.7km)
Large container ships have to pay upwards of 750,000 dollars to go one way through the Panama canal. It pays to offload the containers at a port on the east or west coast and take them by rail to the other side. Hence two decks of containers.
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That's a long train
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Get a tripod Dave!