You see this is why we need to bring back the caboose! The caboose is my favorite car of the train. My father told me when he was working on the railroad he saw cabooses when he was young. And now, they got End of Train (EOT) devises.

I love the Santa Fe trains. The engines had a beautiful color.

@elizabethpate2740

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think they were Southern Pacific trains in the video, but there was a Chicago & North Western locomotive on a UP mixed-freight train which was consistent of three engines leading and tons of freight cars.

@daviddowling9830

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t see any engines in this video,confused here.

One of the best video

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! From 50's to early 90's were the best times!

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

I certainly wish I had had a camera in the 50s, 60s, & 70s. Thanks for the comment.

Absolutely awesome shots of Cajon in the 80's. The up close are really cool. Gave you a sub and like.

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and sub. That first location (Silverwood) was a good location to experience barking GEs and screaming EMDs going uphill.

7:15 gorgeous shot, and whole lotta hard workin' horses comin' atcha.

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. That train had a particularly "harmonious" sound of two 2-stroke and two 4-stroke diesels in run 8 on a 2+ % grade. Silverwood was one my favorite spots in Cajon.

8:50 A massive 8 axle behemoth! RARE!

I remember those old ATSF hotbox detectors on MP 48.5. They had a "monotone" male voice recording. When it alert you on an issue, it said "You have a defect" and a rotated white light flashed on the trackside. The issue results played twice.

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

"You have a defect" was a dreaded sound to the train crews, including the crews of nearby trains. Some detectors gave an axle count which you divided by 4 to find out how many car lengths the conductor or brakeman would be walking. Thanks for the comment.

I like everything pre BNSF and pre Union Pacific. I mean when Union Pacific was a much smaller railroad than the behemoth of today that spans 23 states.

Man this reminds me of when I used to think I could drive one of these things😂😂😂

Excellent Footage!

Ancient tank car with friction bearings at 12: 21. Cool that old stuff was still running in the late 80’s too bad you didn’t catch a “HOT BOX”. Lol

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

They were finally outlawed 1/1/94. Canadian cars were given a grace period in the U.S. Thanks for the comment.

Awesome video!

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Sorry for the long delay in responding.

1:09 - That's really neat! You don't see that anymore!

Would have loved to see these days in the pass .. was still in Seattle

@vidwilzvids9587

6 жыл бұрын

The pass was definitely more accessible in those days. I'd bet that Seattle was interesting back then. Thanks for the comment.

And that classic Rio Grande boxcar that looked to be like from the 1960s

It's fun to see the SD40s on the trains!

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

I like to look for the SD40's that had handbrake wheels mounted on the end of the long hood. Thanks for the comment.

Im very sorry about this!

@vidwilzvids9587

6 жыл бұрын

Accepted. I hope you enjoy my videos.

i always will!

Wish the SPSF merger never failed, I'd be seeing Kodachrome every day! I subscribed!

@rainbowsiren5309

2 жыл бұрын

Its ok I'm doing it.

sorry about that.

BACK WHEN TRAINS HAD BRAINS

I find it funny that BNSF inherited ATSF's tendency to not repaint half of its power into the newest liveries.

@EvilDarkCow

3 жыл бұрын

I always hear "paint doesn't make money", and evidently that's something BNSF has taken to heart. They won't repaint something unless they have a reason to. But then again, former ATSF and BN local power has been turning orange rather quickly lately.

@vidwilzvids9587

3 жыл бұрын

Locomotives are only repainted during major rebuilds and overhauls. Sometimes those don't line up with mergers and general managers.

Precision scheduled railroading? Santa Fe brought it up and perfected the thing.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

Look a CNW in California! Cannot beat that! And of course the CNW is having UP do its left hand train operation - in California!

@glennfoster2423

5 ай бұрын

For the most part, heavy tonnage freight runs "left hand" between Cajon and Summit on the compensated 2.2% grade.

Would it be asking to much to show the engine numbers, type of engine and h.p. ? I tried but came up empty handed!

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Consumer camcorders in those days didn't have a shutter control and many engine numbers ended up blurred when there was any movement. The numbers that you can see can be easily Googled to identify engine models which can then lead you to specs. Most enthusiasts from that era, including myself, learned the spotting features and enjoy, and take pride in, being able to identify both the common and the rare as seen in the videos. Also, scrolling info at the bottom of the frame is not always possible, and, I believe, often detracts from the scene. My viewers generally seem to prefer my approach. As for specs and spotting features, a good source is Jerry A. Pinkepank's "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide" (Kalmbach Publishing).

i do.

They were 8 different moving trains in the video. How many trains were never moving in the video.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry; confusing question.

pennypincher at 1:00

triclops @ 3:35

Any body watch these to find when the tagging trends started?

I notice there is no graffiti on any rolling stock, at all.... none....zilch.....zero... Should we build the wall after all??

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

A $5.7 Billion graffiti solution. I'll have to give that some serious thought. Serious thought lasted about 8 secs. Conclusion: No less reasonable than any of the other rationalizations given for a wall.

@jaggedben

5 жыл бұрын

You know that all the 'writers' are alienated middle class white kids, right?

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

I DO know that a wall won't stop or even slow down graffiti. OR drug and human trafficking at ports-of-entry. OR asylum seekers. OR guest workers overstaying their work visas. OR aliens entering the country by air or by sea. OR unscrupulous employers from hiring undocumented aliens. A wall would be nothing but an Ego Edifice for the Pied Piper of an administration that exploits the whirlpool of the unholy trinity: hate, fear, & ignorance.

@imacgra1

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't bother with the wall. In Australia we've got the painters and taggers on our trains, too. Most of the painters were born here anyway, and unless you're Jesus there's no way you're walking here from anywhere: we're completely surrounded by water, with no land frontiers whatsoever.

Livestocks, livestocks, LIVESTOCKS!!!!! In the 1980s, railroads were still using livestock cars. I saw some at 21:36. When did railroads start using livestock cars?

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

I think they go back to before Promontory.

@elizabethpate2740

4 жыл бұрын

When did the started using them.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

vidwilzvids • 1 second ago Wiki says c. 1860

@remylopez4821

3 жыл бұрын

Those livestock cars carried pigs to Farmer Johns in Vernon Ca famous for their Dodger Dogs

NO SP NO AMTRACK WHAT A JOKE!

@vidwilzvids9587

6 жыл бұрын

AMTRAK Desert Wind can be seen at 20:10 in a grab shot near Thorn. The final scenes are of an ATSF train pulling into SP's W. Colton yard, a relatively rare occurance. I'm sorry that this video disturbed you enough that you felt a need to scream out an insult in all caps.

Ancient tank car with friction bearings at 12: 21. Cool that old stuff was still running in the late 80’s too bad you didn’t catch a “HOT BOX”. Lol

Ancient tank car with friction bearings at 12: 21. Cool that old stuff was still running in the late 80’s too bad you didn’t catch a “HOT BOX”. Lol

@vidwilzvids9587

3 жыл бұрын

Journal bearings outlawed 1991; conversions a year later. Thanks for the comment and the wait for my response.

@buckeyfan7623

3 жыл бұрын

@@vidwilzvids9587 Thanks for the info👍🏼. A friend of mine worked for NS for a long time he started in the early 80’s and remembers seeing the journal bearing cars and all the maintenance it took to keep them running.