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- Hi-Def Norfolk Southern’s Horseshoe Curve and Juniata Shops on 08/18/2014. First train on the curve was an e/b high and wide. A bunch of assembled and un-assembled Cat equipment up front and 10 GE export engines and their 4 axle trucks on flat cars trailing. (Units are destined for Mozambique via Lambert’s Point in Norfolk, Va. They are Cape gauge BB40-9WM for CLN, a Vale subsidiary in Mozambique (East Africa). Vale intends to use them in fours, pulling 10,000 ton plus coal trains from Moatize on the Zambezi River, to the port of Nacala on the Indian Ocean). Some good stuff at Juniata too. A UP Centennial, Executive Power, a few SD80macs, Spy shot of the NS GE rebuild with the Admiral cab. Video by Craig Sturgeon, Photos by Angelina and Craig, CP SD40-2 sound by Steve Hay. If you like our stuff, Please comment and/or subscribe!
That first train was the most interesting train I've ever seen. ...
I have a hard time trying to imagine the pulling power of these Engines, just unbelievable really.
Wow!! that was an awesome catch w/ the Cat equipment, export locos & the trucks/wheelsets all in one move!!
Cool video. Never saw a train hauling other locomotive shells. 👍👍
Neat! I went to college next to Lambert's point around this time and saw those locomotives, I was very confused by their colors but it all makes sense now!
Never seen rail videos with locos as part of the freight !!!!!. Insane.
Stunning. I was there this morning was was entirely alone. I had the Amtrak and intermodals all to myself! ;)
Always nice to see the curve in action, miss going there.
Wow, very nice! Looked like a great day at horseshoe curve. Love the scale test car at the end.
The first train was totally awesome! I never knew a UP Centennial made it to Juniata Shops!
One of the best videos from the curve I seen yet
Great Video, it's good to see Quality!!!
Thank you John!
Great video my dad and I visited Altoona PA and Horseshoe curve just a few weeks back! Nice catch with the exports too!
Now that is a consist! Hell their is even a little Conrail test car in the back! : D
Excellent video
Over 70 csrs with 2 containers each, so about 140 + tractor trailers on the train plus the other freight 💪💪💪💪
I have been past there o. Route 22 on my big truck butt I want to see it up close 1 day.
There's gotta be some kind of truck parking near there.
Thank you for uploading this. Before I retired and had to deal with a fixed income I took one day trip a year out to the Horseshoe Curve every year since 1989. Too expensive now. Thank you again. May the Lord be with you.
OMG and there is a Three Stooges clip on the end of it. I LOVE The Three Stooges! Why Soitanly!
NyukNyuk, Glad you liked it, went there thanksgiving weekend, didn't hit the 'curve' but did Brickyard, Altoona, Rose, Juniata shops and stayed at The Station Inn in Cresson, it'll take me a while but I'm putting that on, I've got some other related stuff already on my channel. Take care brother, I'll keep going there as long as I can....long haul from NH, Craig
Wow! That was awesome!!! That was the best TH-cam train video I have ever seen!!! Great catch!!! Happy Railroading!!!
curraheewolf Thank You, Glad you liked it! Craig
Certainly more interesting catches than Plaistow, that's for sure!
Worked for me Tom!
Thanks for a great video!
What an interesting video. Great work Craig.
Thanks Tim, Glad you liked it!
Wonderful video, thanks so much for you work.
Robert
Pulling all those cars and up hill ! amazing !!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it!
Awesome footage and audio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A new series of flat car loads coming soon amazing video well shot and very interesting and the car shops were good to see last time I was at Altoona we had to do the stairs (not good for a smoker) now I hear theres an elevator this I will have to try thanks for an entertaining video Craig
Hi Steve, those will be expensive models! lol. Are you talking about the stairs at Horseshoe? OMG they've almost killed me a couple of times (I'm a smoker also). Great to hear from you, I've been getting carried away with Ebay lately, hasn't been leaving much time for youtube. Best regards!
i remember in 1978, riding amtrak and seeing EL E8s and RS 3s in the dead lines.
Great stuff. Thanks for posting.
Great work on this.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Craig
Cool vid!...Lots a interesting things on train.......
Great Video. Loved It!
Nice catch.
These full size American loco's on cape gauge must look amazing, because their loading gauge is larger than anything else on cape gauge, South African loading gauge is apr. the same as the European old UIC gauge, which was already large on cape gauge, as Asia and Australia/NZ have a narrower loading gauge on their cape gauge systems. (comparable with UK profile or even narrower)
(European loading gauge is larger now, UIC G-2 clearance, and new lines are buildt with a loading gauge (GC) comparable with AAR plate C, the height of catenary wires does not allow much higher)
That scale test car must be the size of a British coal wagon as used until the 80's, you won't see much other four wheel vehicles on any US railroad.
Have a look at Brazil, full size American locos on meter gauge
Great video.
Dirk Louw Thanks Dirk
Terrific catches!
New Locos Wowa ! Glad to learn at least some of our overseas aid money actually being used for its intended purpose.
Nice video!
Awsome catch I luv the video
Thanks Daerick
Awesome catches Craig
Thanks Buddy!
It`s incredible. Normal (standard) diesel locomotives for narrow gauge railway 1000 mm :)
Excellent video !
train sim world 2 will be real life when the horseshoe curve comes
with es44acs and gp38-2s
and even that scrapped pennsylvania railroad gp60 even though these flat cars will be empty on train sim world 2
at 12th of april 2022
Excellent video.
Get ready to see more export dash 8s like that, when UP sells theirs to GECX some of them are gonna end up on the IAIS or other short lines, but the rest are exported or scrapped
Something to learn every day. I didn't know exports were put up on blocks to ship.. But then, I never thought about the trucks not fitting. What was that dinky little thing at 3 minutes ?
Ted Cartwright Hi Ted, That was a scale test car....for calibrating company weight scales. Craig
Cute!
Ted Cartwright Depends on the customer and where it's going. A lot of exports are different gauge than US 4'8.5". Those obviously cannot be shipped on their own wheels. It's also possible that the couplers are different (UK buffer and chain couplings for example) but the gauge matches, they also have to be shipped on flats because nothing here will couple to them.
fuck you. this is train.
Wow, that's out of line. Maybe you should see one up close.
FANtastic!
No drone shot, no wide shot; I saw a curved track, but couldn't say it was a horseshoe bend.
Thank you for the great Video. Very interesting. I subscribed for more.
The BB40-9wm's looks like upgraded DDA40X's
Awesome catches man!
very enjoyable
8:39 those locos there getting scrapped or whatever, they tore them apart! there where three full locos there when i was there just one month before you! but great catch here! all those exports and everything was amazing to see all in one train like that cause that isnt an every day thing.
when i was there i saw the DDA40X and that wabash streamliner and the NS F's but you got the rebuild conrail which is great! (not great that it is now an SD60E to be NS colors)
Those disassembled locos are being rebuilt... I believe that particular building is where they start stripping them to begin the rebuilding process. Glad you liked the vid!
Cara é muito linda essas locomotivas amarelinhas
What was the little conrail thing? Hard to believe they just stack locomotives on wood blocks like someone stealing wheels.
Nice pics of the shops too. Don't see a lot of locomotive maintenance, always interesting.
Hey Sonny, That's a scale test car, it is a very accurately calibrated car that's used to verify the calibration of car scales on the railroad. Normally its the very last car in a train. Glad you liked the vid!
Can you tell me how can I Reach HORSESHOE PARK to watch and photofilm trains?
Pretty impressive
Great Stuff Man
Nice catch !
Thanks!
Craig, that was just a great video. You caught so many rare things, the exports, the NS executives, exhibit cars, and of course the DDA40X!! (I think that's right, lol) And did you know that in the picture with the CSX sd40-2, on the other side of the NS unit behind it, you can spot the top of a blue locomotive. That loco was the very LAST Conrail painted engine that NS has. You might not have recognized it because of the ugly ass cab that NS has put on it. Its a shame that NS couldn't keep just one CR engine, especially when they praise their railroads' history. Well, I'm done ranting, haha! Overall a great video!
Yeah, That's a prototype for a new GE rebuild program that NS is doing...and that is the correct model for the centennial!
they put the locos on flat cars and their wheels on another flatcar..????
They're being exported to a country with different gauge track
Great train!
Seems like you got the best of cargo variety for the Horseshoe Curve, and man how long is it gonna take to start repainting that DDA40X seems like they're gonna keep that on hold for months. Nice catches Craig
How long has that DDA40X been there? Is it just a repaint or are they doing any mechanical work? Glad you liked the vid!
nhrrman Probably about another year or so until backlog clears up as NS is overloading Altoona with rebuilds (from what I heard).
nhrrman Cosmetic restoration only.
Looks like the Amtrak logo on those exports
I just find it ironic that there's GE's in the consist but the train itself is being pulled by EMD power. XD
+YourLocalRailfan Yep. And I've seen just the opposite and felt the same way. GE's pulling export EMD motive power.
Nice video .
Something I saw that is not mentioned is the scale test car at the end of the first train!
BB40-9W gosto desse modelo, no Brasil tem muito destes !
Hi Douglas, That's where I thought they were going, until I did some research!
This is new inter-modal concept. Trains piggybacking other trains. Soon, we'll have well cars designed to carry well cars carrying double stacks. :D
What was UP DDA40X 6944 doing out there? Are they planning on exhibiting it or was it on its way to a railroad museum? First one had an interesting consist with all the new locomotive chassis' being shipped.
aliensporebomb The DDA40X is there to be cosmetically restored for the owners by Juniata Shops (a museum, I think in St. Louis owns it) FYI, I was there again at the end of November and it hadn't moved an inch. Craig
nhrrman Yes, the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis owns it.
nhrrman q
What camera do you use? Very sharp, nice picture.
Why do you call the helper set "Snappers"? How did you get close up photos of the Juniata Shops? and what is the porcupine all about?
Wow,OK the Pennsy enginemen referred to pushers/helpers as 'snappers' so I figure I'd use their slang. The Shops are INCREDIBLY easy to shoot, I couldn't believe it when I found it...I'm standing just off a public road and the fence is an iron rail deal with about a five inch gap, the porcupine I shot in Wyoming and I love the three Stooges (Moe called Larry 'porcupine') so I went with it. Regards, Craig
sad news... the tracks on the Hampton line gave been removed.. LETS START A PETITION TO BRING THEM BACK
what is that little Conrail car in between the last two hoppers?
Hi Paul, That was a scale test car....for calibrating company weight scales. Craig
interesting, thanks!!
you stupidest. this is transport.
woo nice train!
Nice video
Sick
Very cool indeed
those wheel trucks being transported have four wheelsets each - real heavy haulers, then
I'm surprised the import locomotives weren't up front closer to the headend power. I thought all import moves wasn't aloud with any other freight even HNW moves??
2:52 what was that little bogie in between those two hopper cars for?
Nice S-5T
Whwt was that weird-looking car, second to last, on the first train?
What is that little black car(?) second from the end? Is show up at 3:00 minutes.
romie1967 That was a scale test car....for calibrating company weight scales. Craig
Ah... thanks Craig!
RS5T!
that would be a scale test car
Is that the NS shop in Harrisburg
Meeper5 RailFanning That is Juniata Shops in Altoona.
What was the name on them new engines, that train was hauling??
Hi John, its CLN, check out the description on the video, I have all the info there. Thanks for watching. Craig
and the scoop on the tiny car...??
that's a scale test car, its a travelling calibrated weight to test weigh scales on the railroad
Oh ok!!
this is transport. stupid comment.
Tiny little wheat car . That's funny
just where is horseshoe curve john
It is a few miles west of Altoona Pennsylvania.
cheers for that, maybe ill go there someday, john
Trenes brasileños de 4 ejes por truck
8:35 That SD40-2 is in enemy territory
blue unit in the background looks like an ex conrail
4:43 ahhhhh
new locomotivas for el dorado company of brasil,??
Hi Israel, That's what I thought at first, but they are going to Africa, I think I read the same company owns both operations. Craig
HOOO VERY GOOD, GRACIAS AMIGO, SALUDOS,???
son iguales alas de brasil de cuatro ejes,
Is it just me, or does that lonely CSX loco look a little nervous? :)
6:55 do they actually let railfans in?
that was small car
EXTRA
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:)
I said a Pork u pine