Great video. Looks like a couple of Amtrak locos needed a helping hand! Four hours late would be a long time here in the UK but then none of our trains are expected to take on a 3,000 mile trips! Thanks for posting. Enjoyed it.
There's a similar locomotive to 1722 currently leased by SMVRR; it's identical to 1722 except it's number is 1322, and is an EMD GP7u built 1952 for AT&SF. It arrived this just past Friday. Come on up to the Central coast, Snuffs! You can visit operational narrow gauge steamies and get to see awesome GE 70 tonners, not to mention our lovely ex-Milwaukee road GP9.
thats because the p42s broke down in flagstaff Arizona and that led engine is a switcher in town. it backed up traffic so they put that old emd on the front lol
When they send a rescue locomotive, is it still an Amtrak crew up front running the train? Do they still run at the passenger speed limit? Also, I assume that freight companies (like BNSF in this case) sends these locomotives out to get a dead train off their lines ASAP to prevent line obstructions, as opposed to waiting for Amtrak to send another locomotive from perhaps another state to pick up their train. Is this why we often see rescued trains led by freight locomotives?
Amtrak's new diesel is, from what I've read, called the Siemens Charger. It's a 4-axle carbody type. Sides are smooth and the front end resembles that of a light rail vehicle. You can google it. Typical European style design with smooth sides and no nose, yet supposedly safe for crews in collisions. EPA compliant. Still to me it just doesn't have that rugged look of horsepower and brute strength that we saw with the SDP40F, F40, and even the P30s. I guess that's progress.
Amtrak needs to return to EMD ive never seen any f59phi or coaster f40s have problems except the horn on occasions. From what ive seen and read genesis engines have had problems and failures since day 1 in the early 90s
stampycatfan01 really? Well all we have here in san diego is bnsf gevos and gensets for local which are also ge. Only one warbonnet scheme old school emd used for local as well.
BNforever2009 Why is it that people like you have to turn every god dam thing into a political subject, and btw do your god dam homework, BOTH Democrats and Repuplicans want to get rid of Amtrak not just one party alone because it loses millions of money on it every year just to name one reason, ffs get your shit straight before you open your garbage hole !
I think you need to close your garbage hole and stop listening to Fox News or False News. I know and thousands of others know how the damn repubnuts want to get rid of amtrak. Here in Illinois under democrat governors, Amtrak has added service and planned on adding new service from Chicago to Dubuque Iowa. Now that is just dreams because of this new self made billionaire governor. It wont happen at all and now he he cutting back service and eliminating some Amtrak routes here. He is cutting back on giving funds to the RTA, Chicago's commuter service and the CTA here in Chicago. We all know there will be service eliminations and fare hikes AGAIN. I figured that will happen. He dont care about anything that benefit the people that need it but he wont do anything to close the private airports and give the big airports more money and funds the airlines more money. Think he cares, hundreds of daycare services around the state are closing up because he wont fund them now. In Indiana, those people are piss poor and most are working minimum wage jobs because its a republican "right to work (for minimum wage) state. Indiana didnt even want to keep providing funds for Amtrak to keep the Chicago to Indianapolis service. Indiana is the first state to have a 1 billion dollars surplus and all the repub politicians there wanna do is spend it for themselves. Not helping the people who need it. Why does Amtrak doesnt continue running the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans? Why? Because of a major republican senator in Georgia that has all his cronies in Georgia and Alabama and South Carolina and Florida that dont want nothing to do with Amtrak and dont want to fund Amtrak at all. Tell you what, dont fund the private airline manufacturers and the airports they fly out of, bet ya they would raise holy hell on that! The ONLY reason Amtrak is still running the Crescent is because of a famous man and his true political friends that believed in him, Mr Graham Claytor, he was President of the Southern Rwy and President of Amtrak years ago. He knew railroading and he knew POLITICS. He was successful in BOTH. Another reason is because of the democrats in New York state and other eastern states that keep it running. Still, people like you, wont admit to these nuts that want to shut down everything and say oh everybody is doing it, NO. The ones you like are doing it! I tell you what, people in this country are waking up and getting tired of this mess and there will be a change, a big change years later. Ask the nuts that voted for that numbskull Marquette University dropout republican governor in wisconsin. Eliminating their unions and everything with it and making sure that people will be making minimum wage--oh, its a JOB, you should be happy. Yea, theyre not happy at all. Even the Talgo, the train manufacturer had a major lawsuit against him up there.
BNforever2009 Aww i see you can't go do your own homework and you just want to play the politic party blame game like all left wing reaterded nut jobs, figures...people like you are all the same !
i guess you cant speak up for the republican governors thats screwing up the states and the republinuts thats always running for office saying the stupidest stuff. I will make sure another democrat thats twice as smart than all the repub nuts in Congress. I been did my homework ALREADY. You keep watching Fox News. Should be FauxNuts. Even the employees that work for Amtrak knows the repubnuts trying to wipe them out, I got 3 relatives that work for them and they already know that. Ok President, keep that VETO PEN out and ready. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Outside Albuquerque, NM. The Amtrak crews would rather have a six axle GE on point but there aren't usually any in Albuquerque, so they have a pick of the "switcher litter" at the local BNSF yard. They've used a four axle ATSF GP60 before.
I have a question or comment for anybody here about the accident that happened last week with the MetroLink train. Don't you think that if the engine had being leading the train it would have blasted right trough the truck? and in knowing this why would they put a car in front?! I know about not being able to turn the engines around, but they could have another engine facing the other direction. RT
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Can't get enough of this, just a spectacular find, takes me back 2 another time of true railroading 😂🚂!!!!love it1💌
Snuffy, another marvelous catch with a Santa Fe Yellow Bonnet!! (BNSF 1755 - SD40-2)
Thank you! :-)
Thanks!
Great video. Looks like a couple of Amtrak locos needed a helping hand! Four hours late would be a long time here in the UK but then none of our trains are expected to take on a 3,000 mile trips! Thanks for posting. Enjoyed it.
Thank you.
+Snuffy's Cat Productions yy
That 1953 era baggage car probably has more in common with the Super Chief than that freight unit. Nice video/slide show BTW.
I just double checked and yes, 1855 is ex-ATSF baggage car. Thanks for the heads up.
Awesome video. Great to see a SD40-2 in the Yellow Bonnet scheme leading #4!
Thanks!
Did you know that the SD40-2 has an E-BELL? I noticed it. XD
+stampycatfan01 Yeah! It seems very out of place on this vintage locomotive!
Wow!! A Yellow Bonnet leading an Amtrak!! Great video!!
Thanks!
Nice to see good old Santa Fe taking care of the job. Nice catches Snuffy
Awesome video! is always good to see a SD40-2 anywhere. RT
There's a similar locomotive to 1722 currently leased by SMVRR; it's identical to 1722 except it's number is 1322, and is an EMD GP7u built 1952 for AT&SF. It arrived this just past Friday. Come on up to the Central coast, Snuffs! You can visit operational narrow gauge steamies and get to see awesome GE 70 tonners, not to mention our lovely ex-Milwaukee road GP9.
+Satchel Hogan Yea, just saw that GP7u few days ago.
I'm telling you, The surprise was that the Yellow bonnet was leading the train. Not the fact it was 4 HOURS late.
thats because the p42s broke down in flagstaff Arizona and that led engine is a switcher in town. it backed up traffic so they put that old emd on the front lol
Nice too see that there are still some around Nice catch
Very nice video, good angles and vantage points!
Scott Taip
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Love the SD40-2
Awesome Video Snuffy
When they send a rescue locomotive, is it still an Amtrak crew up front running the train? Do they still run at the passenger speed limit?
Also, I assume that freight companies (like BNSF in this case) sends these locomotives out to get a dead train off their lines ASAP to prevent line obstructions, as opposed to waiting for Amtrak to send another locomotive from perhaps another state to pick up their train. Is this why we often see rescued trains led by freight locomotives?
yes they do, need some more reliable locomotives like an sd 40-2.
Or a 70 tonner. One of the two in my town will turn 66 this summer, and she still runs like a champ!
Simply awesome video!
Amtrak's new diesel is, from what I've read, called the Siemens Charger. It's a 4-axle carbody type. Sides are smooth and the front end resembles that of a light rail vehicle. You can google it. Typical European style design with smooth sides and no nose, yet supposedly safe for crews in collisions. EPA compliant. Still to me it just doesn't have that rugged look of horsepower and brute strength that we saw with the SDP40F, F40, and even the P30s. I guess that's progress.
nice video Snuffy, good job !!!!
made my day like seeing an old friend re negative comments why don't you just enjoy seeing an american
Nice catches, Snuffy
Thanks!
regards from the u.k.
RIP it was a P40DC in front. That’s probably why it broke down
Great Video. Loved It.
I LIKE THIS VIDEO ON YOU TUBE THE SOUND OF THE HORN ON THE TRAIN THANK YOU FROM DENISE TINDALL😂
It's been so long since I saw and SD40-2. I was beginning the think that only way to catch one was on Train simulator
+Horsman4James Really? We see SD40-2s all of the time over here in PA, OH, and NY! They are so common, I sometimes don't even record them!
@@BessemerLakeErie902 They're quite rare on UP & BNSF, and KCS doesn't own any old EMDs.
GREAT CATCH!!!
Thanks!
Anytime!
The E-bell on the Santa Fe is out of place, Steel bells would be a bit better. Nice catch Though!
And the next on auto play is another catch by spencerhughes, lol
Awesome!
At 2:08, what's up with the GE builder's sticker on the side of the SD40's nose?
GE rebuilt those EMDs for BNSF
I didn't know about it until BNforever mentioned it. Thanks.
Its ben from tales of the Springfield railroad lol
@@GeorgiaStateRailfan foamer
Wow! What a coincidence! That is really cool! I didn't know that there were any yellow War Bonnets left. What did that Surfliner do with 186?
nice video!
Thanks!
Thats awesome!
Any ideas as to why the SD40-2 had a GE sticker on its nose? I have never seen that.
+allen davis BNSF had the locomotive rebuilt by GE so that is why the sticker is on there.
Rrrrrrr BNSF never take your SD40-2 out of service and leave em in yellowbonnet THEIR and beautiful
Yikes 4 hours late
KEEP SANTA FE "ALIVE"!!!!! IF I WERE A MULTI-BILLIONAIRE, I'D BUILD A 225 MPH HI-SPEED TRAIN AND CALL IT: ULTRA-CHIEF :) :) :)
Amtrak needs to return to EMD ive never seen any f59phi or coaster f40s have problems except the horn on occasions. From what ive seen and read genesis engines have had problems and failures since day 1 in the early 90s
they should get some freight locos, since that is whats always rescuing them,LOL
That freight loco runs on emd lol the old school locos like that are all emd the new ones are ge the same compsny that makes these amtrak engines lol
Not exactly. Freight companies are still getting EMD engines. Old engines being rebuilt also count.
stampycatfan01 really? Well all we have here in san diego is bnsf gevos and gensets for local which are also ge. Only one warbonnet scheme old school emd used for local as well.
SouthCalifas619 The genset is made by RailPower.
That's not the super chef is just a Santa fe sd40-2 pling the Amtrak southwest cheef
Amtrak needs to invest in new locomotives
talk to the republican politicians that dont want to fund Amtrak at all.
BNforever2009 Why is it that people like you have to turn every god dam thing into a political subject, and btw do your god dam homework, BOTH Democrats and Repuplicans want to get rid of Amtrak not just one party alone because it loses millions of money on it every year just to name one reason, ffs get your shit straight before you open your garbage hole !
I think you need to close your garbage hole and stop listening to Fox News or False News. I know and thousands of others know how the damn repubnuts want to get rid of amtrak. Here in Illinois under democrat governors, Amtrak has added service and planned on adding new service from Chicago to Dubuque Iowa. Now that is just dreams because of this new self made billionaire governor. It wont happen at all and now he he cutting back service and eliminating some Amtrak routes here. He is cutting back on giving funds to the RTA, Chicago's commuter service and the CTA here in Chicago. We all know there will be service eliminations and fare hikes AGAIN. I figured that will happen. He dont care about anything that benefit the people that need it but he wont do anything to close the private airports and give the big airports more money and funds the airlines more money. Think he cares, hundreds of daycare services around the state are closing up because he wont fund them now. In Indiana, those people are piss poor and most are working minimum wage jobs because its a republican "right to work (for minimum wage) state. Indiana didnt even want to keep providing funds for Amtrak to keep the Chicago to Indianapolis service. Indiana is the first state to have a 1 billion dollars surplus and all the repub politicians there wanna do is spend it for themselves. Not helping the people who need it. Why does Amtrak doesnt continue running the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans? Why? Because of a major republican senator in Georgia that has all his cronies in Georgia and Alabama and South Carolina and Florida that dont want nothing to do with Amtrak and dont want to fund Amtrak at all. Tell you what, dont fund the private airline manufacturers and the airports they fly out of, bet ya they would raise holy hell on that! The ONLY reason Amtrak is still running the Crescent is because of a famous man and his true political friends that believed in him, Mr Graham Claytor, he was President of the Southern Rwy and President of Amtrak years ago. He knew railroading and he knew POLITICS. He was successful in BOTH. Another reason is because of the democrats in New York state and other eastern states that keep it running. Still, people like you, wont admit to these nuts that want to shut down everything and say oh everybody is doing it, NO. The ones you like are doing it! I tell you what, people in this country are waking up and getting tired of this mess and there will be a change, a big change years later. Ask the nuts that voted for that numbskull Marquette University dropout republican governor in wisconsin. Eliminating their unions and everything with it and making sure that people will be making minimum wage--oh, its a JOB, you should be happy. Yea, theyre not happy at all. Even the Talgo, the train manufacturer had a major lawsuit against him up there.
BNforever2009 Aww i see you can't go do your own homework and you just want to play the politic party blame game like all left wing reaterded nut jobs, figures...people like you are all the same !
i guess you cant speak up for the republican governors thats screwing up the states and the republinuts thats always running for office saying the stupidest stuff. I will make sure another democrat thats twice as smart than all the repub nuts in Congress. I been did my homework ALREADY. You keep watching Fox News. Should be FauxNuts. Even the employees that work for Amtrak knows the repubnuts trying to wipe them out, I got 3 relatives that work for them and they already know that. Ok President, keep that VETO PEN out and ready. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Any idea where it broke down don't get why they put a sd on it
Outside Albuquerque, NM. The Amtrak crews would rather have a six axle GE on point but there aren't usually any in Albuquerque, so they have a pick of the "switcher litter" at the local BNSF yard. They've used a four axle ATSF GP60 before.
icon!!! sd40-2
anyone notice the GE sticker on the nose of 1755 at 2:11 ?
I do not know why but the locomotive santa fe is a freight locomotive and Amtrak's pociąci this pasarzerskimi not logical.
The amtrak broke down, and the santa fe was apparently the closest available locomotive
Isn't 816 a P40?
it is.
I have a question or comment for anybody here about the accident that happened last week with the MetroLink train. Don't you think that if the engine had being leading the train it would have blasted right trough the truck? and in knowing this why would they put a car in front?! I know about not being able to turn the engines around, but they could have another engine facing the other direction. RT
Probably since the cab cars shell is aluminum
Wow aluminum!! Is sad that the engineer died.
Metrolink should rebuild some F59PH's into NPCU's like Amtrak did with some F40PH's!
stampycatfan01 they stopped using f59phs?
SouthCalifas619 Not that I know of. Just an idea.
Legit bro
#bringbackatsfsuperchief
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