Rumor has it, the new Nuclear Security Caboose has a soft serve machine in the galley.

Another one that might be interesting for a future video: the specialized carriers that BNSF uses to haul Boeing 737 fuselages from Wichita Kansas to the 737 assembly plant in Renton WA. Used to see these somewhat regularly when I lived in Everett.

@BNSF_7777_Productions

10 ай бұрын

they still run these trains very frequently, usually a lot less in bulk however. Typical unit train of them nowadays has two if you're lucky. Every now and then the Q-ALTPTL will have up to 10, saw one with about 5 of them earlier this year. Remainder go directly on a J-NEWINB where they get put onto R-NWE737 directly to the Renton plant.

@Robostrike1

8 ай бұрын

I’ve seen those before

@bnsffan6584

4 ай бұрын

yes they also go to Everett I think and they get sent over the cascades through the cascade tunnel and its interesting to watch them come in or go out there's some videos on KZread

Great Job with Part 2. It’s safe to say that the majority of your Viewers have never seen or ever heard of these cars unless they’re Huge Railfans. Thanks! 👍🙏

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! That’s the plan, lol!

@Tonkgerman

10 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan another one please

Well done on these videos! If you ever decide to make a part 3, then I recommend looking at the specialized caboose used by the original Auto-Train which was 75% car carrier and 25% caboose!

@deltanine6497

10 ай бұрын

Indeed the auto train cabooses were really cool 👍

@1_railfan

10 ай бұрын

There was an auto train caboose?!

The Dynamometer coach at the 6:08 mark is the one that recorded Mallard's run at 126mph. It was originally built for the North Eastern Railway in 1906 at Darlington and retired in 1954 and preserved. Dynamometer coaches had to be turned at the end of each run as the equipment could only record in that direction, something that computers don't need.

nice to see a Ferromex locomotive in the video, it was a pleasant surprise

If you ever do obscure locomotives, look into Haysi #1! A F7B given a little cab and turned into a switcher! Also Alaska Railroad 751, a one of a kind DMU!

10:03 I'm reasonably confident the Nuclear Escort Caboose does not actually have a Phalanx CIWS.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

lol, you never know!

@AnontheGOAT

10 ай бұрын

Nor does it come equipped with AK-47’s in the “firing ports”.

Yes, an informational video at best, but there was a short part that caught my eye. At timestamp 5:18 it shows you using a BNSF website restricted to BNSF engineers and conductors which is simply not acceptable. If you are a BNSF employee that I don’t know about, that is sure one way to get terminated from your job.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

That websites not restricted, anyone can visit it. I found it while digging through forums.

@ih1440

10 ай бұрын

It became visible to the public during the transition from TSS to SAP. We don't need to be doing things to bring it to their attention and publicly showing it to the world - that's a great way to get it put back under lock and key again.

@cameroncintel1284

10 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfanplease remove this part from the video, don’t want to draw attention to BNSF about it and let it get out of hand to the public. Thanks! It’s just for security sake!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

@@cameroncintel1284 I’m working on it. My apologies, I didn’t know this could be an issue for the railroad. Thank you for letting me know.

@illinois_rails

10 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfanyeah, I suggest not using anything Class I related unless you can confirm that is is for the public, like a rail map.

This was a pretty good video! Part 3 Gang: | | \/

Absolutely fascinating! A lot packaged into 10 minutes. My compliments sir. Subscribing to your channel was one of my best choices in months.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I'm not sure if you've talked about it yet, but the Whopper Hopper actually has competition, the Big John Grain Hoppers are about as big as the Whopper Hopper, and even made a rail ferry company sue the Southern over how massive they where, as far as I'm aware, a few are still in service, with one preserved alongside the Whopper Hopper

@godlugner5327

8 ай бұрын

Right around the time the Whopper Hopper was getting publicity a few companies had also made lesser-known rolling stock such as the MCD Triple Big Flat lumber cars, or the enlarged diameter on the Wendy&Co. Tankanator cars?

Nice video! Loved hearing about the bromine tanker

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@1309westernmaryland

10 ай бұрын

And the fact that you used footage from NileRed is amazing, since he’s one of my favorite scientist KZreadrs!

AY, IT'S NILE RED!! At 2:48!!😁 That's a cool shoutout man. ^w^

I love the way you pronounce English and I think the word "skid-steer" is a fantastic invention. It perfectly describes what it is: it steers by skidding.

How about a video about the Pugh transfer cars? Those are the bottle cars that carry molten iron from blast furnace, to the furnace that will finish the product into steel.

Great video. Really looking forward to seeing part 3!

The Whopper Hopper wasn't always in Spencer. It use to be in Rocky Mount NC. I actually caught it when CSX moved it.

really appreciate these. Can't wait for part 3! Don't think i've ever seen any of these, but i'll definitely keep an eye out.

For part 3 I’d suggest Taconite cars. They’re used in the north shore of Minnesota to haul iron ore pellets to the docks

I love how the tiny cabooses are bigger than most guard vans

You ought to do one about the trash train. (The _stinky_ train.) I'm not sure where it originates from, or where it eventually ends up, but i've seen in in PA, MD, and VA. I had the unpleasant experience of waking up to it parked in Pittsburgh's northside yard, on the track right behind my buddy's house. And it _stunk._

@robertadams6606

10 ай бұрын

We call them "Oscar heavy( loaded) or light on return". They pass regularly through Horseshoe Curve. It goes to a place in Ohio. Originates in NJ. There's also 1 in Va, but I don't know much about that 1.

I'm obsessed with your accent! Great stuff

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Now you need to make Part 3 that includes the DOTX Geometry boxcar! Also great job on this video, I enjoyed it

The Boeing cars used to haul fuselages from Kansas to Renton, Washington are impressive too. I've seen those navy cars in action!

Definitely one of the more educational, not to mention interesting as well, videos that I have seen recently. Thanks a ton ! James.

I'd love to see the cars used to transport ballistic missiles on navy bases, when I was a kid on Navy Base Bangor WA, I saw two of them sitting on the siding by our gas station, I'll never forget the huge white tubes with giant lettering say, "DO NOT HUMP, MISSILE ON BOARD", on the side. I imagine that specific car you'd probably only VERY rarely see, outside of the bases at Bangor and King's Bay, but dang if they aren't both obscure and interesting!

@JackieBright

10 ай бұрын

Definitely need that phrase on a t-shirt, bumper sticker, and a pair of booty shorts

Now we need part 3! Can't wait!

Thanks for part two can’t wait for part three love all the different cars and their overview and what they are and carry.

Part 2 is every bit as good as the original. Great info, well edited...

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

there's a Nuclear Boxcar at the Air Force Museum at WPAFB in Dayton, OH. It was ment to launch a nuke like the Soviet Union had all over. Its the only survivor of a scrapped program.

Cant wait for a part 3! If you got things in mind! Keep it up!

Love these videos, hope we can have a whole series. Maybe with railcars, wagons, etc from across the world?

Very nice format, good info and content! The southern dialect is just the cherry on top. ;-)

Love your videos! "Big ups 👍 from Chicago "

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great job can't wait for part 3!

Did anybody ever tell you you have one of the best voices I have ever heard? It's like the very personification of the South. Amazing voice, my man.

As a railcar fan I like this series quite a bit. Here are some other cars you may find interesting: FCA Dynastack: experimental skeleton body wellcar, it only lasted a few years until all were hurriedly removed from service and scrapped because the structure of the car was known to collapse mid train leading to a Dynastack shaped sandwich. JAC Grainporter 5400: A once fairly popular covered hopper which was built from aluminum built in the 90s. Many of the cars were scrapped after a little over a decade of service, so they are not as common for their age. Amtrak Metroliner cab car: Cab cars from the Metroliner high speed EMU sets were refurbished by Amtrak as cab cars for bi directional trains. They were built by Budd, who also built the successful Amfleet series of cars for Amtrak, and the cab cars shared the same exterior design so they fit in with the existing fleet and allowed reuse of obsolete equipment. BUDX 6250: Budd’s freight car affiliate Transit America built a one off 6250cf articulated covered hopper BUDX 6250. The car lasted for at least a decade but it probably scrapped. This car could be considered a spiritual predecessor to the infamous Budd/TA designed BFCC articulated flatcar most known for carrying EPIC sewage sludge containers. NP Big Pig Palace: 85’ long bi level livestock car, built by Ortner and are some of the largest livestock cars ever built. They were later converted to tie gons for BN.

Best Part 2 Southern Plains Railfan!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very enjoyable. Please do a third video covering another 10, or maybe a video covering 10 obscure engines.

Oh I hope the navy caboose has a CIWS on it. That thing is biblical in it’s destructive power.

Great video! I recently got to tour and do a video of the Amarillo, TX Railroad museum, and they have a couple of neat pieces there that aren't anywhere else in the US that I know of. One was a helium car and the other was the Pantex White Train. Either of those would be a good mention for a Part 3 of this series. - Jason

I just love your videos. I love the history about the railroad.

Great Video! If you plan on a part three may I suggest the BN's "Bopper Car", an aluminum boxcar that doubled as a covered hopper. Intended to haul Koalin clay one way and finished paper on the return route. It was even equipped with a walking floor. Three are preserved in Duluth, MN out of the 8 that were built. May I suggest a video of unique MOW equipment like Southern's Gravel Gertie ballast cleaner, Great Northern's big Sno-Melter, Bros Rotary Plow and the Julls and Mann-McCann spreaders.

MAN, I love your videos. we have never seen those here in México, so im 100% interested in these rare railcars

I have an HO model of a top-loading boxcar. Nice to hear the story behind it. I've also worked with the MILW dyno car at IRM, it's very interesting.

Great video full of great content. Thank you! I look forward to the next one.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed!

Well done looking forward to the next😊

Awesome vid! Please make another one!

This is a really cool video and I enjoyed it alot.

Just stumbled on your channel, your speaking voice is fantastic 👍

I love his content. I am so entertained and informed by it❤

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Loved seeing my comment! What a great video. Looking forward to more of these

I love ten minutes of obscure rail cars can you do a part Three ?

This was great..thanks!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed!

i’m happy you made this video

I love this topic. Thank you.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

We can stay here until next tuesday. Part 3 please!

LOVE THIS CHANNEL, VERY COOL.

thank u 4 part 2 and doing the trough train

Very interesting! I did not know about a single one of these cars!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad I could show you something new!

I hope you're going to do another. Weird and quirky rolling stock is fascinating.

Southern Plains Railfan Love the video! One error I can't get over, however. "Dow" rhymes with "cow."

The Navy has a train that goes from Howell NJ "Earl Naval base" to almost the middle of Raritan Bay.Years ago I would see the Nuke trains ship rockets to naval vessels they had Soldier's with sand bags and heavy 50 cal. machine guns set on several intermediate cars. It was very intimidating. lol...the rail is very private however several civilian properties backed up to it and I used to be a landscaper in my youth.

Excellent video - should you do a part 3, how about mentioning helium transporters?

Those dynamometer cars must've been the pre-cursor to today's geometry cars. Every now and then you'll catch one by itself with a (typically holier-than-thou) crew on board that pretty much lives there being hauled by a single locomotive. DODX cars kinda rare and they all seem to have 3 axle bogeys. You can almost hear the bald eagles cry out seeing 100+ APC's roll down the line. BNSF has a boxcar converted into a climate-controlled classroom that gets parked in various cities to train First Responders in HazMat. It's quite plush. You could probably do a whole video on Maintenance of Way cars. The specially made flat cars that haul roadway equipment has a roll-up ramp in the back!

Love these video keep them coming

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I enjoy your videos so much. One of my favorite things to do is see specialty cars. One thing though, that company you mentioned DOW… That’s pronounced similar to cow.

Awesome video! Norfork Southern 1071 is coming to Galesburg! You might want to see it.

Trough Train is awesome! I recently found some mechanical drawings, so I'm going to try and 3D print one in N-scale...

0:51 i do appear to have spotted the V&SAR dynamometer car, as a VR fan, good choice 😂

Never would have predicted the Navy would resurrect the caboose 🤯

5:43 basically it was like taking your cool race car to be tuned but is ready of going to the dyno shop the dyno shop comes to you

These are great video's. #subbed

2:40 TF2 Heavy: "It is so tiny!"

It would be cool if you could talk about event or special train paint schemes.

Great job keep it up

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, will do!

I would like to personally Congratulate u on reaching 10k subscribers

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jasonhadfield1551

10 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan u are welcome

I actually have a model of the trough train and I’ll say it was one of the most difficult projects I’ve ever done but also there’s a section in Alabama I believe at a scrapyard still intact

YES GIMMIE A PART 3!!!! Edit: live by main Dow facility and Am frequently along GLRR lines, will keep an eye out for your bromine tankers 😎

Can I ask for a oddball compilation of passenger cars next?

Great video

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Don't think it was bromide but I remember railfanning in the mid 80s to early 90s there was a fairly small tank car that would come through the Milwaukee Road/Soo yards in Bensenville Illinois that rode on 6 wheel trucks so whatever it was was obviously a very dense and heavy commodity.

That IDOX caboose was quite the whacky catch when I saw it. UP’s former Boy Scout unit and foreign NS power tied to it.

MILW X5000 lives at the Illinois Railway Museum, and has been given some nice new paint since this picture. Fittingly, we also have a number of other Milwaukee Road rolling stock and host the Milwaukee Road Historical Society.

3:17 "Dow" rhymes with "How."

4:28 Amtrak has a similar system. The now retired Talgo Series VI train sets used for the Cascade Service in the PNW used the main reservoir air line for exterior and interior doors. Consequently this created a lot of air leaks that the air compressor on the single locomotive struggled to keep up with. A few NPCUs (aka Cabbages, former F-40PH's that had their diesel guts removed and converted into operating platforms for push pull service and the engine room was converted to a baggage area) were retrofitted with an electric air compressor to help keep up with the air demand. Because the brake pipe follows the main reservoir air pressure, once the main reservoir air pressure fell below 110 PSI (Amtrak's brake pipe pressure), the brakes would apply. Without the extra air compressor engineers would notice brake applications while blowing the whistle (also runs off the MR) in areas where there are many crossings congested together. Today only a couple NPCUs still have this air compressor, and all will likely be retired (or at least cease use in the PNW) after the arrival of the Siemens Aero Cascades train sets in 2026, which will have their own operating cab.

Awesome video and enjoyed watching. Have a very nice upcoming weekend.(Steve)

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! You do the same!

@StormySkyRailProductions

10 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan you're welcome

Cool video maybe you could do a part three

your awsome keep up the great railfan work dude and at makes everybody and you awsome

This guy needs at least 1 mil subs

Love it. I really love trains, different ones too. Thomas is also a train, but do you really think locomotives have faces? (Don't think so)! Anyway, I saw biggest locomotives in the museum, trains back from the 1940s and 50s, SUPER-COOL! A old time train, that crashed into a wall, how interesting🤔😉. This is why locomotives are the coolest thing, nice

nice video....thanks

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

For part 3 may I recommend the rail cars that carry new rails, in full-length format? I have seen some go by, and the lengths of one piece rail they carry, presumably daisy-chained on shared bogeys like shipping container cars, is absolutely stupendous. I'd love to know more about them and the rails they carry. I have seen them on CN train and track in western Canada.

@robertadams6606

10 ай бұрын

These are called Continuous Rail cars. You can spot them at Steel mills. Like one here in Pa. (Bethlehem, now with a new Co name) but they can be seen leaving.

@mircomuntener4643

10 ай бұрын

@@robertadams6606 thank you! It is incredibly pointless to search 'rail carrying rail car' or the like.

@robertadams6606

10 ай бұрын

@@mircomuntener4643 Agreed but you could mention it in your podcasts as a train piece that was not a good thing to create. It could be a etc thing.

@mircomuntener4643

10 ай бұрын

@@robertadams6606 huh? What's wrong with it? And what podcast? I'm just a plebe here.

@robertadams6606

10 ай бұрын

@@mircomuntener4643 I don't have a problem w the Podcast, just wanted to see about those things. Maybe like a Miscellaneous part.

the Trough train was built at Johnstown America when they were in Johnstown PA. CSX was the railroad to take the cars out of the plant property to rockwood, pa. then points west on its way to BN. They were great till like you said, repairs. so in the end they were a flop. 7:33 i see a fire hydrant make in my hometown, elmira ny :D sorry had to.

That tiny tanker car, I've never seen one that small before😂

Awesome, a video. Can we get apart 3

Amazing video

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very cool! I would be surprised however, if the navy mounted a CIWS cannon on the escort caboose. I suppose GE Miniguns could be supported?

Fantastical Video true friend 😁

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!