First off I want you to know how much I enjoy your videos. My dad worked for the Railway Express Agency (REA) for nearly 30 years, up till they closed. Us 5 kids spent many hours at the station, he was a manager and workaholic, and would take us down on a weekend and we would watch them switch cars. The engineers would throw candy and gum out to us. When in Clarksville, Tn., he would take us down early before school and they would release homing pigeons. We went from Somerset, Ky, to Harrodsburg, Ky, to Baton Rouge, La, to Clarksville, Tn, to Chattanooga, Tn, ending up at the end in Johnson City, Tn. in 1967. My mother brought 5 kids under the age of 7, 2 in diapers and 1 nursing, from Baton Rouge to Clarksville by herself. She was a superwoman. I am the person that likes to get stopped by trains and count the cars. Thanks again for your videos, and I’ll keep watching. 😀

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tracey for your comments! I really appreciate it. I like reading the comments and it really makes it worthwhile to film when I know that people like watching. You had a great childhood getting to be around the trains. That is awesome! Those areas in Ky and Tennessee are really nice. My friend Shoestring lives in Johnson City. Yesterday I got really lucky and filmed a train with 24 army tanks.

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

Loved your story, especially how your father worked so hard !! My father imported American trucks & earthmoving gear into NZ ( New Zealand ) 1970's - 1980's. 😇😁😄👌👍

@Harry-zz2oh

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth That would be a very heavy load. Fastest way to move a tank anyway. Someday the Army will start using their own train units like they did before WWII

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

@@Harry-zz2oh The army used their own flat cars to move the tanks. They had 14 of them on the train and they had 6 axels per car and said DOD on the side

@bobboscarato1313

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy counting number of train cars passing by while waiting at a crossing; almost like counting sheep trying to go to sleep!

When I was a boy I lived about the same distance from the RR tracks as that blue house. If I heard a train whistle I was out by the back fence (as far as my parents would let me go) and would watch the whole train. Now I live so far out in the sticks that the nearest active RR track is 60 miles away! I appreciate your videos because I can watch trains anyway! Thanks!

@railfanningpoints2.045

2 жыл бұрын

Considering how many trains derail these days, it safer not to live near the tracks.

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

Man, that's awesome! I grew up in Miamisburg on a hill above the Miami Valley and could see the CSX trains that were across the river from my apartment, and would often hear NS trains on the line that ran at the bottom of the hill.

@Harry-zz2oh

2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Colorado we lived about a block from the RR. They had, I think, four tracks which were always busy. Lots of traffic between Denver and Omaha.

@stanbarkdoll7846

2 жыл бұрын

Check out virtual railfan Greencastle PA. Two cameras at the Highline Station, with lights on the fence for the Eastbound cam, you can watch all night. Mainline and siding tracks.

@sandrajones2262

2 жыл бұрын

@@railfanningpoints2.045 There's always got to be at least one of you. 🙄

9 locomotives going a good 70 mph . That bad boy must be one heavy train

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, it was doing about 40. Rouhgly 650ft of locomotives passed the camera in about 11 seconds. General manifests don't run at more than 50mph, as far as I'm aware.

Buyer: "How often do the trains go by?" Seller: "So often ya won't even notice 'em."

You don’t see NINE-engine trains very often! Holy smokes! Good catch, well done! 👍🏼👍🏼

@johnrhansonsr

2 жыл бұрын

You are so right, I had to rewind and count just how many there were.

@terryboyer1342

2 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if they were all active or if some were just being transported to a different location. I would think that if they needed that much power it would have been distributed to mid and/or end of the train.

@johnrhansonsr

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryboyer1342 I think you are exactly right. Trains have always transported empty unused engines and cars to where they're needed most.

@problu9586

2 жыл бұрын

Jaw's headline of 9 locomotives effectively caught my attention. This is my first KZread video viewing of the day.

@calikid3336

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryboyer1342 Maybe only 3 or 4 on and some along for the ride. On another KZread channel on Cajon an engineer commented: BNSF has policies on how much power can be applied on one spot, some engines are idling with dynamics on and some are dead using only the air brakes and 500,000 LBS as a dead weight on brakes..

Perfect timing, as usual, JT! Blue house looks tiny. All those trains were faster, wow. Safe travels and peace to the world, we so need it! 🎯👊🏼

Growing up, I lived as close to railroad tracks as these. I viewed it as my big TV screen. It got especially exciting when a passenger train would occasionally pass, since that wasn't the normal passenger route. Love your channel!

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! I sure wish I lived by the tracks

I'm guessing they are relocating about 6 of those 9 locomotives.

They must have been hitting 65 or more. I think I counted 180+ cars. Good timing on the last one.. That amp on your deck looks like it's seen better days.

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

No, it was doing about 40mph. About 650ft of locomotives passed the camera in about 11 seconds.

Lot of action today! First 9 engine train I have ever seen, GREAT DAY RAILFANING J.T.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

9 locomotives pulling 168 cars. Probably about 52 mph. Down that track where the NS train came from is a bridge over Great Miami River. A 9 year old girl and her dad were crossing that bridge years back and she was hit by a train. Sadly did not survive. I didn't know the power plant was being torn down. I've seen that power plant railyard in action 20 years back. Thanks for this update.

Great live train action, JT. Appreciate the information you also share about the interesting things in the area!

Wow, fast train. This was a lot of history you documented. I look forward to these rural locations and see the trains. I’ve learned there is so much more rail work than the container and manifest trains I see on the CSX line where I live. The railroads are still building America. Thanks, Jaw Tooth.

Wow! You hit the jackpot on long trains that day! Way to catch that last one in the nick of time. The one with 9 engines I clocked at about 1 car per second. Not sure what that works out to in MPH. I've been wanting to compliment you on your camera skills for awhile now. You always focus on the engines when they pass and the last car when it goes by and you usually zoom as they do, which adds a sense of speed to the film and gives an intimate closeup of these parts of the train. You also have a good balance of closeup and wide shots of passing trains. Plus, you pick a lot of unique, out-of-the-way locations and often have interesting historical background on them. Plus, I like all the oddities, objects and railroad equipment found in these locales. It makes every video feel like an exploration/adventure you take us on. But wait! There's MORE! I also really like your slideshows at the end. It's a great recap of your video experience and you pull some fantastic shots from the video. No wonder you're my favorite railfan content producer! Nice work, my friend!

Great video Jawtooth! Them trains were really booking up there! Awesome timing on that last catch! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks JT! Great video as always my friend!

I appreciate you and your love for the RR! When it comes to train crossings, I'm never in a hurry. I love to see it go by and the colorful work of art it displays. This video showed me, for the first time, more than six engines pulling a train. Good work⚠️

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Any time!

@pzkw6759

2 жыл бұрын

I always hope and pray I get stuck at RR crossings as well. It gives a great excuse watching trains and an even better excuse if I'm running late for something, lol

The sound on your recordings is just superb! With my headsets on I feel like I'm standing right next to you and experiencing it for myself! Thank you. Newcastle upon Tyne England. UK.

Like 495 beautiful video, greetings 🚂👍🙋‍♂️

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Impressive. Watching from four thousand miles away on my iPad. A good way to end the day.

Interesting video as usual. The third train's lead loco gave you the two bell salute. Pretty neat.

Cool, I have never seen nine NS locomotives as lead trains before! Wow! And going so fast. 😊 You caught some good captures here , awesome ❤️ Your fur babies get along well with each other Mr JT , sweet. Thanks 👍😊

@JawTooth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Good video jawtooth, not sure if I ever seen 9 locomotives on one train before

Wow! A colorful elephant walk (three or more engines facing forward)! Love it!!!

Great video, JT. Excellent locations, fast freight, drama, and Norfie purring. The NS freight that was “bookin’” was going around 50 is my guess. I wonder if the entire lashup was under power or if some of the units were deadheading. It was a very long freight, but it seemed overpowered for flat terrain. I am impressed how you caught the CSX freight at the crossing just in time - without getting a speeding ticket or running a red light. Someone should buy that house, then turn it so it faces the tracks, and add a front porch. That would be the ultimate railfan motel.

@bobboscarato1313

2 жыл бұрын

While going thru town the maximum speed allowed is 30 mph.

At the 2:00 min mark, a couple old Chi & Northwestern (green with a yellow end) coal hoppers we're on the CSX train. Cool. Lots of fast action son!

Great video JT! That old power plant was awesome.

Amazing to watch from Uk and Merry Christmas Jaw Tooth and family.

Hey JT, my quesstimate would be 55 to 60 miles an hour. 9 engines pulling , they had major HP there.

@railfanningpoints2.045

2 жыл бұрын

Probably only two or 3 engines on line. The rest are dead in tow power move transfer.

@stretchlimo7275

2 жыл бұрын

Sounded like only 2 were online, no need to have all 9 online, waste of fuel for a job only a couple can handle

@frankjankovich3512

2 жыл бұрын

@@railfanningpoints2.045 can they shift them into neutral or they spin the electric ⚡️ motors

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

No, it was doing about 40mph. About 650ft of locomotives passed the camera in about 11 seconds.

@midcenturymodern9330

2 жыл бұрын

Nine engines? Al Gore will have a heart attack! 😂

I loved the NS and UP lashup! That was a great catch! Thats rare around here!

Great video !!👍😎👍😎 they done tore down the coal power plant here in new johnsonville tn back in july.

@michaelhewitt258

2 жыл бұрын

Sad to hear

Wow! Love those trains. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for documenting these trains, Jaw Tooth! You mentioned the crossing gates at that first crossing where CSX and Norfolk Southern cross the road and how the one gate by the Norfolk Southern tracks went down and the two gates for the CSX tracks went down. If you look at one of WWoT's videos where he is at the Berry Road crossing in Pomfret, New York were the same to railroads cross Berry Road, you will see that the gates at the Berry Road crossing work the same way. The demolition of the old power plant seems to be going well. Will you be back in this area later to show us more of the demolition progress. Thank you for uploading this video for us to watch!

That 9 diesel train looked to be going about 50ish mph ... Great catch by the way Son ... Thx ...

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be about 40mph: about 650ft of locomotives passed the camera in about 11 seconds.

JT - another great video. Thanks man!

Awesome video!! That CSX train was going 65-70mph,it was also loaded down,you could tell by the sound. Very cool history about the coal plant,I really enjoy you checking the rail info as well.

I lived 2 blocks from the NY Central Chicago Line just west of Rochester, NY. When it was the NY Central, Penn Central and Conrail, the track detectors reported train speed. Some time after CSX took over the line, the speed report was disabled. Passenger trains ran 75 - 90 MPH on the flats between Batavia, NY and Gates, NY, and freigh traffic usually ran around 45 MPH, occasionally as high as 60 MPH. I really don't know what the run now, but it seems faster...

9 locomotives?! Wow the most I've seen is 4 and the train was flying. Never gets old and never will

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

I filmed one going around Horse Shoe Curve a couple years ago with a dozen locomotives on it

@smokeyson

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth I need to find that video. That would be awesome to see

"Man that train was haulin' butt"... cool video as always JT

Wow. Great commentary on the location. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video JT!! It's rare to see 9 engines on the train, 12:23 two Union Pacific engines was on the NS train.

@robertheinkel6225

2 жыл бұрын

Foreign power helping the train move.

In addition to the quality train action and commentary, it's enjoyable to catch glimpses of the region of the country where you're at. Looks very nice there

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@brentmead3131

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not lol trust me, it’s another drug infested shit hole

This is a trip back in time for me. I had a lot of friends from that area and one of them lived in the plat behind the tracks in Franklin. My brothers and me removed asbestos from the power plant in Miamisburg and this brought back memories of people who are no longer with us. Btw, I seen the military train you had posted up in Vandalia close to Taylorsville Dam. Keep up the good work and thanks!

You literally made the CSX train by seconds! Awesome video JT!

This reminds me of when I lived in Napanee, Ontario, on the big double line between Toronto and Montreal. There's a train every 20 minutes or so, some of them really fast passenger trains. I used to sit by the tracks and watch the trains roll through, and note the road names on the different freight cars.

@mrmaniac3

2 жыл бұрын

Every now and then here in San Diego area I'll find myself resting in a spot next to the region's trolley line. They go by fairly frequently. Makes for a nice soundtrack. It's too bad the network is too small, the trainsets aren't very big either being light rail I think. I'm too far east at this time to find myself near them very often, or to ride them either.

I saw a Jaw Tooth look alike in Sidney OH at a Perkin's on Thursday nite. Looked like you. Sounded like you. Was it?

!In the mid-50's, my parents & I lived a little "company-style" duplex on US-25 between the railroad over pass and the (now abandoned) DPL Hutchings Power station (my dad worked for DPL then). Thank you for the memories!

Your timing was perfect today. Great live action.

The first NS train didn't need any DPU not with 9 engines! Usually on those slab trains each car will have a placard or signs that say" hot". More often than not you can see the heat radiating from the slabs.

That power plant looks to be modern and in good shape. I think it's might be a big mistake to tear it down.

@edinnorthcarolina--ovelhog5786

2 жыл бұрын

GE is developing a modular nuclear power system to install in former coal plants. I am sure the communists won't permit them in the U.S.

@garysprandel1817

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry that coal plant isn't needed any more as that unicorn fart and pixie dust technology will be coming online any day now.

@michaelhewitt258

2 жыл бұрын

More money to be made with Condo's and shopping malls

@john_nip_nop

2 жыл бұрын

@@garysprandel1817 True, and I am sure the grid will have plenty of capacity to charge all the cars, semi-trucks, tow trucks, lawn mowers, and chain saws that will soon be converted to battery power. What will an electric combine and tractor look like? Will there be a battery-powered standby generator available? Battery power for railroads and container ships, with solar panels to assist?

@alexmodern6667

2 жыл бұрын

And over here in California we are hunky dory with Grid capacity issues. They want us to only use Electical during certain hours of the day......Trying help the stretched grid.....Oh I forgot we lost our Nuclear power plant in San Diego Because stupid defects, and oh we are closing Gas Power Plants too expensive to update......Oh and Solar is the rage, but don't forget we can't make solar after Sunset..... Not the right battery technology to store excess Electricity produced from Win Power either.... Don't get me going! All in the name of Progressive accomplishment!

Holy cow! Nine locos! Crazy! Merry Christmas!

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

I know!! Merry Christmas Ellen!

Hey JT! I grew up in Huber Hts. Chessie had a yard between Needmore Rd.(delco and Cargill) and Wagoner Ford rds. Then ran past Riprap Rd Over a 1 ln tunnel heading to Vandalia, Tipp City, and pts north. Conrail(NS) had the yard by the incinerator and the GM Moraine Truck Plant. I remember when DP&L had an illuminated man on the side of the building facing I-75(the old steam plant on Dryden Rd.) and they'd light him up as Santa at Christmas time. If memory serves he had blue pants, red shirt, and yellow hardhat. But that's been 40+ years ago...

Awesome video 🚄🚄👍

I see why there are less N&S than CSX. N&S just loads up and takes them all at once instead of splitting up into smaller trains. Great video.

YOUR ON TOP OF YOUR GAME WITH THIS ONE JT .. THANKS FOR THE INFO AGAIN

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Long trains, Norfie & Chessie action! Great report, as always! Thank you very much Mr. Jaw Tooth! 😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Great good made video, mr Jaw Tooth. The second train of NS with 9 locomotives is for me the first time i see a train with so many beasts. Renner in Europe the railroadcompanys riding with electric locomotives with a maximum speed of 140km/h. Greet from Zandvoort the Netherlands.

@michaelhewitt258

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Netherlands have a great weekend

That last train you caught is affectionately known as "slabby" on the Deshler cam. Unless something changed, the symbol on it is K597. Great video as always, JT!

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

Where is its origin and destination?

@Spectre2420

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cnw8701 Origin is AK Steel in Middletown, OH, and terminates at AK Steel in Dearborn, MI. It's twin, K596, is the opposite.

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spectre2420 Ah, okay.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@Spectre2420

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth Anytime!

Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work

Train was going at least 50 plus! Thank You Mr. Tooth!!! Like your videos.

Thanks for this video. Wow! This is the first time that I have seen a train (a monster as you say) pulled by 9 locomotives. But maybe there are some with more leading machines? I remember once seeing a train of only locomotives without cars with more 20 machines.👍

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

Seems an imbalance to cluster nine-locomotives together w/o DPU whilst towing an entire train. Perhaps three could have been placed as DPU, or two in the middle & one trailing ? Ever watched a coal train in Utah ? There are even more locomotive's employed, and DPU is the style ! Season greetings from NZ. 😇😁😎👌👍

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

@@vernonmatthews181 Those nine locomotives weren't all running. A bunch of them will have been there just because they were being transferred to somewhere they were needed.

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

@@beeble2003 I had suspected so ! 😁😇👌👍

Holy crap they've made A LOT of changes on the Farmington Rd crossing since we were there 11/3! Not only the repaving, but all those new signals! That is one of mine and my grandson's favorite crossings, but the down side was no signals to monitor. But now we do! Headed out that way right now! I called the realtor on that house after I saw your 1st vid after the sign went up, and he said yes there was a contract. But contracts don't always go through. I told him I already had VA approval and if that contract fell through, CALL ME! We want that place!! Funny story though...last time we were there back on 11/3, there was a dust up between cousins at that place up on the hill across the road from the blue house. Young kid in a black Civic kept driving by revving his LOUD vehicle. Third trip through, older guy came out of the house and yelled at him. He stopped, got out of the vehicle and they had a nice shouting match. As soon as it started, I whipped out the phone and started recording. Soon after, 4 Miami Township SUV's showed up. I could tell they were giving the old guy a hard time, but he wasn't even close to being the aggressor. The kid instigated the whole thing. I walked over and told them I had the whole thing on video. After watching it on my phone, they said "that ain't nowhere near the story they got from Jr". Asked me to send them a copy of the video. I'd still take that house though. There are ways to put a stop to stuff like that youngster was pulling.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is a lot of Live Action! Lol. I didn't know they had that kind of stuff going on. I saw a Miami Twp Police pickup truck drive by there yesterday. Also, on the day that I filmed this there was a police chase that went through Miamisburg. A guy stole a truck and drove 90 through town and wrecked. Two guys in the truck went into a sewer tunnel under town and asked for the police to rescue them. I didn't see any of it but I saw it on the news that night. Still, I like that area a lot and it is usually peaceful

@lowellfultz1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth According to Miami Township PD, this is an ongoing family feud. They were glad to finally get something solid instead of "he said, she said". But yeah, that area has always been very peaceful and laid back. But unfortunately, the world we live in...seems trouble finds it's way just about everywhere now. As for the sewer rescue...I believe I would have taken my sweet time with that one. Let em feel as much pain as possible LOL

wow 9 locomotives , another awesome video , take care

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Marvelous, as always. P;ease keep them coming. Thank you.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

For anyone wondering about the plant, it's called O.H. Hutchings Station. It closed in. 2013. The Proper People did a video there and got some beautiful shots. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qX2Zutugn7TMZbA.html I am so sad to see the plant being torn down. It's my second favorite power plant ever and is my favorite abandoned building in the Dayton area. I was trying to explore inside last year but had health issues that have put a stop to that.

First

@scottynails

2 жыл бұрын

Second

I really enjoyed your explanation about the history of the old power plant Jaw! Very cool video! 🙂

Great video Jawtooth loved all the live action trains this was one of your best videos yet

There are a couple of crossings like this in and around Erie PA, where CSX and NS parallel. My favorite one is on a road called Walbridge, where they are joined a bit further down the road by the WabTech test tracks.

@haydenkohn9253

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if wheeling and Lake Erie also run a line there

Merry Christmas. I figured you could make that last train since you have a "Hemi". Manufacturers take note. We Americans can still make things here, in this case steel. Note the empty cars at the end of the train....that's for foreign made steel. There are also plants down in Ky making stainless steel. Needless to say, the quality of the American made products far exceeds that of foreign made. God bless America!

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree ! GB America ! Season Greetings ! 😇😁😎😸😄👌👍

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

That Hemi has a lot of get up and go! I love it and it really comes in handy when I need it. I have over 100K miles on it and never had a problem. I took that baby to Florida, New Jersey, Lake Erie and all the way to Missouri and back! God bless America for sure!

@TJV64

2 жыл бұрын

I worked in an aluminum plant back in the '90s before it shut down we poured aluminum logs I melted it and alloyed aluminum for a living and yes our products were better than British Russian and India our aluminum exceeded the specs

@michaelhewitt258

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, Can't beat Detroit Steel

@supercuda1950

2 жыл бұрын

@@TJV64 Many say American workers are lazy. Not true. Americans love their work and are efficient doing it. The sell out companies would rather send their manufacturing equipment to China and then wonder why they steal

Cool video, amazing to see the 9 locos there. Thanks.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

nice looking old coal plant jawtooth and awesome video by the way hope u have a great weekend

They sure do run hot and heavy. Those trains want to be on a JT 🎥! Last train with all the bullet cars had several with the reporting marks and numbers scorched off due to the high heat of the lading. I think Chessie checks elapsed camera time and in that lost pose I'd be willing to bet it's saying "Stop.trying to muscle in. I was the number #1 billing long before you were born" great way to start the weekend. Almost forgot the bus stuck by the train was they send a route supervisor to back you up. Sadly some of the ones I.worked with didn't know the next open road or underpass with adequate clearances. Depending upon number of busses and time between busses the supervisor may have you drop off early or just turn you around to get your back on schedule. No longer have to think about it after 37 years.

Some day soon we will regret tearing down all these coal plants..

Great catch as always thank you for the videos loved the pink hoppers

@jeffreydavis4651

Жыл бұрын

wow gigantic

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

That's cool, 9 engines, that brings me way back when I was a kid and that ran huge amounts of engines for the Mountain Division when they needed so much power to run the mountains, they didn't do DPU's back then, all power was in the front... I'm talking the 1970's. Super awesome video !! 👍 👍 👍 !!

17:12 Wow that rail is almost 100 years old.

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

American Steel ! GB America ! 😇😎👌👍

@pablohammerly448

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised that rail was rolled the month before my mother was born. It will be 99 years old next month! 🤔

That Union Rd. crossing is ideal for railfanning. There's a patch of land between the two lines where you can park.

Incredible catches!!!! Insanely good! 😎

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

When I get high, my conscious tells me to come watch your videos, I love trains both foreign & domestic 😂 you've got a new subscriber ✊🏾

First NS monster train: 9 engines. Second NS monster train: 3 engines. I guess the load to empty ratio played a large part in the second train lashup. Meanwhile CP got control of KCS. I hope CP doesn't do away with the livery of KCS engines. Very distinctive.

@seanny4296

2 жыл бұрын

Most class I Railroads only allow the crew to run 3 or 4 engines max on a train. The other engines were most likely all in idle and getting moved around to engine shops or other terminals just like a car in the consist. Still amazing that only 3 engines can pull those monster trains!

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanny4296 It sounded like only two were running, though that doesn't seem like enough, to me -- maybe I missed one. First and sixth.

Thanks for the nine locomotive, although it didn't look that long or heavy. Interesting about the mothballed power plant. That configuration I once saw in south Auckland in 1980 ( New Zealand ). I was part of a delegation from secondary school whom filmed on site as part of a competition. Last time I saw a multi locomotive train was in the Utah desert. These were coal trains snaking their way through the maze of hills & mountains. They would put 5 in front for the Prime mover array and half a mile back or more 6 in the DPU cluster ( they were all together ), on another channel. It was a truly heavy train & moved very slowly. Thanks for cutting across town to make the video as interesting as possible for us ! Love the family animals, is Sophie, Chessie's sister ? Didn't know you had so many Dogs, Brandy seems very hungry and took Sophies rashuns in a gulp ! I do watch your channel quite a bit. Seasons greetings J.T, GB ! 😁😎😸😄👌👍

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

The Utah train of coal from several years ago, is no more, a casualty of changing times. The channel I think was D.I.B for the seasoned railfan. Glad to see American Utes once again gracing the streets of my native New Zealand. Yes they do export them in RHD, however a few LHD do pop up once in a while. Season greetings. Vernon. 😁😎😸😄👌👍

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

Those nine locomotives weren't all running. They'll have been moving most of them to somewhere they were needed.

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

@@beeble2003 likely to be deposited to railyard(s) needing there services.😎

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

@@vernonmatthews181 Yup.

Great catches. Loved the NS trains with varied locomotives. The first one had a SD40, the other one had 2 UP units trailing.

BUEN DIA,WWWOOOUUUWWW 9 MAQUINAS NUNCA VISTO, GRACIAS JAW Y FELIZ FIN DE SEMANA.

Seems you had a good day of rail fannig JT, i suspect that of those nine locos,only two were running,the others were just being pulled along for the ride,the train with the railcars loaded with steel billets was really heavy yet it only had two locos pulling.

@vernonmatthews181

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so, seems overkill with nine loco's, train didn't seem that heavy. Perhaps a loco deficiency existed in a railyard and forecasting allowed this operator to be awarded the contract ! 😇😁😎👌👍

@stanbarkdoll7846

2 жыл бұрын

With an imbalance of freight unused engines can accumulate andd need to be repositioned to where they are needed. It's simpler to relocate a string of 7 than to scatter them ouut in onesies or twosies.

So stupid to tear down a power source. We are going to be real sorry someday that we don't have the coal back up power sources!!

excellent capture of that last train, and wow talk about heavy steel. Kitty vs birds... break away collar with a bell works great. thanks again and always.

That's some great train catching!

Sucks the old power plant is being demolished, but it was a bit of an eyesore. Lord knows how polluted the ground must be! Great video, Jawtooth. On another note, it sucks the old Park St. pedestrian crossing got removed too, that I mentioned in a previous video.

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would really love to have seen that crossing. I was in Miamisburg again yesterday. Norfolk Southern only had one train and it only had 7 cars but CSX had 5 trains. A train came through across the river with 24 army tanks on it. That is the first time that I have filmed army tanks. That was really cool. There use to be a pedestrian crossing in Glendale also that got removed a year or so ago

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth Yeah, the NS line is usually dead. I wouldn't be too surprised if NS abandoned it in about 5 years. The Moraine Yard is a shell of what it used to be 15 years ago. Being a former Army brat, I'm used to seeing tanks on trains! Lol

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth Since I live in El Paso, TX now, I've seen at least 3 military trains from nearby Fort Bliss.

@Cnw8701

2 жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth And when my stepdad was stationed out there from 2011-2014, he was in charge of a railhead crew that loaded up the trains.

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's often a lot of toxic stuff in the ground around that sort of plant. Not somewhere I'd want to move into.

Did you notice where CSX and NS parallel the crossing gate stays up between the tracks not active? My guess is that would keep you from being trapped in the space between the tracks if a train came on the other track before the first passes.

@timwitherite5509

2 жыл бұрын

That is exactly why they are set up that way.

@GaryKienel

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too, and likewise figured it was to prevent you from getting trapped.

@mrmaniac3

2 жыл бұрын

They're designed to be easily broken away by road vehicles in case of emergencies like that so I don't see why that's necessary, though it is probably better to not have it being broken so frequently. I still think they could arrange it better to not need that. The most ideal situation is not having a crossing at all.

@bruceperkins7253

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@HolidayDecorator

2 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder how or when would they be activated. My logical thinking is those "internal crossing signals/gates" are somehow tied to every set of rails in some manner and would only activate if there were trains on 2 of each railroads tracks, that is if their is a train on the NS track and a train on the CSX line that would cross that crossing simultaneously, then, and only then would those "internal crossing signals/gates" become active. Sure would be interesting to have a drone over that crossing and see 4 trains passing through there at the same time. Wonder if that has ever happened at that crossing?

Very nice produced video as always, we enjoy watching.

JT NICE, my brother texted me last week, BN west of Helena headed to Missoula with 11 Road Engines He said it was so kool to see that.👍

That looked like a Power Move to me, the way everything was rocking around up and down tells me the train is likely heading downhill which means the one or 2 locomotives providing power weren't working too hard. But dang were they moving!!!

@bacail

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there is a limit to the number of powered axles allowed so you don't tear things apart. Im betting only the first 2 were actually online.

I'm wondering if that NS train necessarily needed 9 locomotives to haul a train that long. That must have been one heavy train or that some of those locomotives are dead in tow and being towed to a repair shop. I also got a good look at the last few cars on that train. Those cars are labeled with a class 9 hazmat placard with the number 3432. That indicates that those cars are loaded with Polychlorinated biphenyl, a dangerous compound used as a coolant in electrical apparatuses. The production of the compound was banned in 1978, but still can be found in some older electrical equiment due to the fact that the substance can last a long time in use.

@jasonlescalleet5611

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen trains like that described as “trash trains” hauling stuff to a landfill. I suspect those might have been full of PCB contaminated soil from some superfund site or another, bound for a place where it can be stored (hopefully) more safely with less chance of it leaking out into the groundwater.

@alhutchison447

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info, never seen those type of cars before so was curious what those were.

@coltonjaynes1605

2 жыл бұрын

Most times all the locomotives aren't running when there are that many. It's sometimes called a power move. The intention is to get locomotives from one facility to another where they may need them more.

@AndreiTupolev

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like only the two leaders were on line, everything from the GP38-2 that was third was probably being moved somewhere

@benjlar1902

2 жыл бұрын

read my comment about rules on powered axels. interesting fact though!

Another great video. And seeing the pets at the end, make my day! 😊🐈🦮👍🇺🇸

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Wow what a Manifest, had it all. 70mph.👍 Thanks

@JawTooth

2 жыл бұрын

Right on!

We still make steel in this country? That's nice to know. Imagine how much those slabs must weight.

The myth of the 9 locomotive train is now over! It looked like it was running close to 70 MPH (I did not see Amtrak on the front of those engines...LOL)! I was wondering, what is the maximum speed before that sucker flies off the tracks (Scary)? Last train, That is what I call just in-time filming! 👍👍👍

What a beautiful sight of power in those engines. You can feel them go by, thank you, for your video. Greetings from Dublin Ireland