I use to go at night, have a campfire & beer, it would be so quiet. It was really nice when an EB came uphill, you could here it for miles. It would be dead quiet, super loud then back to dead quiet in about 10 minutes.
The Tehachapi Loop further south has viewing spots where you can park and watch and see the entire train at once as it winds around the loop. Spectacular.
Amazing how many comments suggests that some people don't get the concept or the dynamics of this construction.....Makes me feel better about myself !!!
@@kevinlynch1227, a 20' ascent or descent in railroading is quite a bit. Note that the total elevation change should be calculated between the trains' entrance to & exit from the loop, which will be greater than the difference in elevation between 2 "parallel" parts of the curve.
Not being aware of the layout of the loop, my initial reaction to the opening shot was, "Well, that's a mediocre shot." but when the same train came into the shot AGAIN on the lower lever, which was PERFECTLY framed btw, I thought, "And this shot just got BADASS!!" Thank you for sharing this fantastic video!!
This is the amazing railroad tracks up and down. Very beautiful especially when the train passes on both rails. Thank you, I hope your channel will be more successful.
Great shots Trains32! Been there a couple times myself back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Great place to visit. Not a lot of traffic when I was there, but a few trains anyway.
I use to hop on the train all the time. I was on an EB, came thru this little tunnel and the lead locomotive was right above me. Conductor just looked at me, all back in the pre 9-11 days.
I first seen the Williams Loop on a episode of Trains and Locomotives on RFDTV. the episode was -' Into The Feather River Canyon'. To me it is so relaxing watching this. Thanks for the Great Video!
Wow- thank you for sharing! What a cool video. Honestly, I was not aware of another 'loop' in the U.S. other than Tehachapi. Learn something new every day! I'm adding this to my recommended videos.
I have a video of the Daylight steam train that ran from Portland down south into California and it had a short segment in Dunsmuir and the Cantera Loop.
There is a "loop" on the CN that links the old IC and EJE at Park Forest/Matteson IL which is just south of Chicago. Not many trains "Loop", but it's an interesting track pattern.
lukebccb Not sure why you mention Sawmill Curve as it's really nothing special. It's a 10 degree curve as I recall and named Sawmill as there used to be one close by. There is something about Cantara Loop that I learned about when I worked on it after the chemical spill. And it's not the fact that it is very sharp for a main line curve. I believe it's somewhere around 16 degrees I believe. There was something else to that curve that did make it different than most curves. Do you know what that was?
Well, it's appropriate to show this on the 101th year of it where Gematrinator will tell you that 101 is the 26th prime number and in reverse full reduction "train" equals 26. 200,000 people were supposed to go to Etsy and buy up my "Dance of Death" a James Grider novel so I could afford to move out of the desert into a nice area like in the video where pine trees grow, otherwise it's not cold enough and it doesn't rain enough to have trees where I am.
@@jamesd2128 I watched the aerial view but it's silent so I ran this video in the background in a separate window, just to have the sound. worked pretty good.
Perfect view to catch it lappin' itself. Up there in that late November weather hunnh ? : >) Last train really cool with the lead covered by the DPU ! Fine Work . . especially in that rain !
..... Fascinating.......... It brings back memories from the 40s and 50s but now I have a better appreciation for the trains and the engineering that produced everything. It's hard to imagine how complex things are and how much things have changed. Next thing will be high speed ''trains'' or small ''trains'' that operate like a horizontal high speed elevators. . . . maybe and maybe not
I went by this location in ... 2007? not sure now, but spent July 4th in Portola, There had been a sizable derailment in the canyon to the west when I arrived.
I used to be a conductor on this run. A 4200 foot train was perfect for the rear passing over the head end. I used the the loop to inspect many a train without the long walk.
Wow. What a beautiful and peaceful spot to hang out at. Just the peaceful rain, and the trains.
I use to go at night, have a campfire & beer, it would be so quiet. It was really nice when an EB came uphill, you could here it for miles. It would be dead quiet, super loud then back to dead quiet in about 10 minutes.
@@speedracer3104an eastbound is pretty uncommon nowadays on the feather river canyon route
The rain drops before the train, then after the train passes gives and an eery quiet... very cool.
The Tehachapi Loop further south has viewing spots where you can park and watch and see the entire train at once as it winds around the loop. Spectacular.
that is a cool place to watch trains. and when you see it top and bottom , well that just makes it cooler. and the rain just tops the video off
Superb shots 👍🏻
Amazing how many comments suggests that some people don't get the concept or the dynamics of this construction.....Makes me feel better about myself !!!
the sound of raindrops in the beginning gave a special touch
A shout-out to that greatest generation and that which preceeded them. I'm in awe of the marvels that we take for granted.
The timing of the DPU at the end and the Front engine crossing over each other was perfect!
What does the timing of the DPU mean? Does this train go around in a huge circle in order to descent about 20 ft??
@@kevinlynch1227, a 20' ascent or descent in railroading is quite a bit. Note that the total elevation change should be calculated between the trains' entrance to & exit from the loop, which will be greater than the difference in elevation between 2 "parallel" parts of the curve.
@@kevinlynch1227 The DPU is the trailing unit and it's super cool how the DPU is right over top of the head units at 14:35.
@@sbrunner69 Oh .. OK. Cool. Thank you SO much SCOTT I appreciate it
Amazing rail movie! Beautiful images with freight trains and nice scenery! Good work! Thumbs Up
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Not being aware of the layout of the loop, my initial reaction to the opening shot was, "Well, that's a mediocre shot." but when the same train came into the shot AGAIN on the lower lever, which was PERFECTLY framed btw, I thought, "And this shot just got BADASS!!"
Thank you for sharing this fantastic video!!
Fantastic to see that. 90 years from now somebody will be showing that video thank you 👍🇺🇸
Thank you Arlon Baas for your answer and explanation. As a newbie railfan, I learned a lot, thank you again.
I've watched this over and over and over again just still amazed at the marvel of this loop
Interesting, like a snake chasing its own tail. Also amazing how powerful the locomotives are to drag and push so many cars on the loop.
I am "impressed".Make more videos like this.I subscribed to your channel.Keep the train videos coming !!
That is so cool! I like when the leading units go under the distributed power unit (DPU)
Thanks for the segments between trains with the sound of the rain!
An automatic thumbs up at 14:30 alone. Great view! Great time to be there.
Exactly....
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Definitely
Only one thing amazes me more than trains. And that is outer space. Great video.
I have been to the Tehachapi Loop but didn't know about this one. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite places to railfan. Thanks! Some great catches there. Nice to see California getting some rain.
that is such a cool perspective, seeing the same train twice up close
Check out spiral tunnel on CPR route Rogers Pass, in British Columbia.
great catch and in the rain, your lucky every time I used to go their i would maybe get one train,,,
Perfect with that last train!
This is the amazing railroad tracks up and down. Very beautiful especially when the train passes on both rails. Thank you, I hope your channel will be more successful.
I want to watch "Williams Loop" from above. Awesome video. Your channel is great.👍😊
Great shots Trains32! Been there a couple times myself back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Great place to visit. Not a lot of traffic when I was there, but a few trains anyway.
Diesel locomotives are so cool. I could watch them all day.
Your Royal Highness , yeah they are
Amazing clever engineering made Williams Loop
I have been thru the double loop pass over the Canadian Rockies. What a site.
Cracking good captures. thank you
Great video with excellent sound. A drone shot would be a plus! Thanks!!
What a great video! Thank you for sharing that!
Excellent. It looks like some pallets are being used to shore up any 'rock' slides.
Phenomenal footage. Thank you for sharing!
I use to hop on the train all the time. I was on an EB, came thru this little tunnel and the lead locomotive was right above me. Conductor just looked at me, all back in the pre 9-11 days.
I first seen the Williams Loop on a episode of Trains and Locomotives on RFDTV. the episode was -' Into The Feather River Canyon'. To me it is so relaxing watching this. Thanks for the Great Video!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
OK seeing NW and Southern grain cars still running and together is really cool!
Great stuff as always,good to see the rain too!! cheers from downunder.
That's out on the Canyon Subdivision. The Keddie Wye is northwest of there.
Great Job, and you even caught an old C&NW unit!!! :)
Awesome video, well done!
I learned something new! Thanks for uploading
Great video! 😊Thumbs up as always, Thanks! 👍
BaltimoreAndOhioRR up. Cute ikjjbbnnb
Amazing place! Great vídeo.
Thanks for posting this. I love the Western Pacific and to see the unmolested WO FMC box car @ 11:08 was awesome!
That was nice to see as I grew up in Quincy 10 miles to the west.
Great and interesting footage! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano.
all these train spots on youtube are so cool. i wish we had spots like this in phoenix arizona.
I must go see this place in person!!
Wow amazing capture brother like this video 👍👌✌️
Now that's cool. I wish I had enough room to do that on my model railroad.
Yeah, great vid, thanks for sharing!
Doesn't get any better than that! Love the rain!
1:05 nice catch of a C&NW locomotive!
9:14 that train is almost as long as the loop itself!
Wow- thank you for sharing! What a cool video. Honestly, I was not aware of another 'loop' in the U.S. other than Tehachapi. Learn something new every day! I'm adding this to my recommended videos.
I have a video of the Daylight steam train that ran from Portland down south into California and it had a short segment in Dunsmuir and the Cantera Loop.
Locomotive Mike there's probably hundreds of loops in the US!
There is a "loop" on the CN that links the old IC and EJE at Park Forest/Matteson IL which is just south of Chicago. Not many trains "Loop", but it's an interesting track pattern.
Locomotive Mike
lukebccb Not sure why you mention Sawmill Curve as it's really nothing special. It's a 10 degree curve as I recall and named Sawmill as there used to be one close by. There is something about Cantara Loop that I learned about when I worked on it after the chemical spill. And it's not the fact that it is very sharp for a main line curve. I believe it's somewhere around 16 degrees I believe. There was something else to that curve that did make it different than most curves. Do you know what that was?
Nice video! Greetings from Spain
Fantastic Video!! Just subscribed to you and damn glad I did! Again, Fantastic video!
I grew up in Quincy so i have seen this dozens of times.
that is an awesome engineering marvel
Awesome catch my friend.
This seen looks like it modal train seen Beautiful shot keep up the hard work and someday I will need to make a stop there!
I'm over here watching 5 year old videos of trains doing a loop in Nor*Cal. Slow day at work...
So... if the driver of the frontmost engine sees the last engine, then the winter's gonna be short, right? 😁
Great footage, thanks a bunch!
This needs a drone shot from above to see how big it is superb video!
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Go on Google and type in Williams loop. It shows an aerial shot.
Well, it's appropriate to show this on the 101th year of it where Gematrinator will tell you that 101 is the 26th prime number and in reverse full reduction "train" equals 26. 200,000 people were supposed to go to Etsy and buy up my "Dance of Death" a James Grider novel so I could afford to move out of the desert into a nice area like in the video where pine trees grow, otherwise it's not cold enough and it doesn't rain enough to have trees where I am.
Yep you just read my mind
@@jamesd2128 I watched the aerial view but it's silent so I ran this video in the background in a separate window, just to have the sound. worked pretty good.
Perfect view to catch it lappin' itself. Up there in that late November weather hunnh ? : >) Last train really cool with the lead covered by the DPU ! Fine Work . . especially in that rain !
Excellent video, thanks
Looks like I'm not the only one who likes to railfan on a rainy day lol. Great video! I just subscribed to your channel.
that's so cool, I need to go there some day
Good way to see how the back end of the train is doing as an engineer or conductorr
Terrific video, EMD in abundance.
..... Fascinating.......... It brings back memories from the 40s and 50s but now I have a better appreciation for the trains and the engineering that produced everything. It's hard to imagine how complex things are and how much things have changed. Next thing will be high speed ''trains'' or small ''trains'' that operate like a horizontal high speed elevators. . . . maybe and maybe not
Awesome shots!
9:23 is train going on dynamic brake? that howling sounds like cooling fans noise on full speed
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I went by this location in ... 2007? not sure now, but spent July 4th in Portola, There had been a sizable derailment in the canyon to the west when I arrived.
I never hit a longshot trifecta before. You did!
Am I having flashbacks or what...After the trains pass, it looks like the scenery starts to move...lol
Whoa, you got connections best loop fotothird train!!
Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing. Like and subscribe. Greetings from Russia.
Helix loops are so awesome
Nice to see a AC6000CWs shoving on the rear as well as a CNW up front on the first train
Excellent video!
Now that is a neat way of showing rail action on a loop without showing the loop! Very clever! :)
awesome! thanks for your upload!
Would there be away to hear the train radio audio/communications?
That has to be a very large diameter loop. The speed and how long to see the engine.
thank you for this! enjoyed it very much!
Notice one "lap of the loop" was exactly two minutes.
Wanna see it again?
Wanna see it again?
What type of locomotive was the last one on the 4 locomotives. The back of the locomotive looks like sd 45.
Well, that's one way of performing an inspection while on the move!
I used to be a conductor on this run. A 4200 foot train was perfect for the rear passing over the head end. I used the the loop to inspect many a train without the long walk.
That was my thought as well!
EXCELLENT VIDEO.
I've probably worked on a few of those locomotives in the video.
Been through here a few hundred times as a Conductor out of Roseville Ca. with the Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific.
would love to see this someday
That's cool to see a train on two different elevations like that ..
I am an old (79) CN train dispatcher........thanks WOW!
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Awesome video !