Love the sound of dynamic braking.

The FP45s with red and silver warbonnet scheme always looked so good! 😊

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

Agreed, one of the most beautiful paint schemes ever seen on a locomotive on any railroad anywhere in the world!

@trainknut

4 ай бұрын

I think the F45s and SDF40-2s looked just as good in freight bonnet blue, but I'm glad ATSF realized the mistake painting the FP45s yellow and went back to Warbonnet after a couple years. It's nice so many FP45s survived to carry the torch of not only the super fleet, but the ATSF passenger service before it that inspired the scheme. The FP45s are cool to me because to my knowledge they're the only units who got to use the Warbonnet scheme in the 90s which had previously worn it when the scheme was used for passenger service. In essence they were the only "true" Warbonnets on the whole ATSF at the time. Fitting they rode our their careers into retirement soon into the BNSF merger. As the sun set for the Warbonnet, so too did the sun set for the FP45 - the last Santa Fe Chief. .. That said, poetic as it is, BNSF should _totally_ bring back a pair of these for a heritage fleet, maybe match them up with GN 441 which may or may not be at risk of being sold soon. That way they'd have a couple PTC-compliant MU-capable heritage engines to run as backups/helpers for 3751/2926. (441 could serve as a tool/crew car) I know 3751 and 2926 aren't officially "BNSF heritage engines" the way 4014 and 2816 are, but, just look at them, BNSF clearly wants everyone to know those are SANTA FE engines.

I miss boxcars and cabooses. 😢

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

We do to, also graffiti free cars, manned helpers and older EMD and GE engines smoking it up!

The looks don't send me as much as the sounds, although some smoke was great. These older six-axle road units had a terrific sound. Newer engines in this era of smokeless giants is not me cup of tea. I'll be 80 in just a few days. Mar. 4, 2024, St. Joseph, MO, USA. I grew up in and around Bound Brook, NJ where I witnessed the big transition from steam to diesel.

This is what I think the U.S needs: More cowl units in freight service. The EMD F45/FP45’s look cool. And they are cool.

@davidmihevc3990

4 ай бұрын

I am also a fan of the F45's and FP45's. My first in person sighting of an F45 was a BN unit while I was a passenger on an Amtrak train in 1980. I can still remember it like it was yesterday.

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

We would agree the F45's and FP45's are favorites for many reasons. In a Warbonnet scheme they look super.@@davidmihevc3990

some of the freightriders have home videos of going through the tunnels in Tehachapi section, and you could see the dates set in the concrete when they were constructed....1917...1919 etc. Still good quality passages, to this day, beautiful land and trees all around. "Ran Out On A Rail" is one of the young men, with multipal videos. Places no one usually get a look at. Thankyou again Charles.

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

We really enjoy "Ran Out On A Rails" work it is brilliant. Been a big fan for years he is hardcore and his film techniques are super unique and ground breaking! Thanks for supporting our channel!

Somewhat ironically despite the long curves and winding switchbacks meant to "ease the grade" as you said, Tehachapi still ended up being one of the steepest grades in the west. A testament to the men who surveyed the routes and built the grade that their best work could still only bring the grade down to 2.4% In other parts of the country that _would_ be the "direct assault" on the grade, but out west, that's the scenic route.

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the men who surveyed this route did one amazing job. And the story of the burro leading SP engineer William Hood around "Walong" is the stuff of legend. It was the pack "burro" that climbed and showed the easiest way, that gave them the idea of the over under loop to gain the elevation that was needed at this famous location!

Lotsa U Boats.😊

SP's old paint scheme was more attractive, IMHO.

@charlessmileyvideo

4 ай бұрын

Hard to argue with that, Scarlet and Grey and Black Widow are hard to Beat!

Never before seen Tehachapi from our movie "Railfanning Cajon Pass and Tehachapi" available at www.cspmovies.com

I start the video and the first train with 3 dash 7s runs past and what do I hear? EMD turbo sound! The choice of sound for sound dubbing should have a bit more afterthought. So at least the right sound for the right engine!

What year or month were any of them filmed

Hello

It is so beautiful to see railway equipment that is not defaced by the graffiti now made possible by the current generation of irresponsible vandals. 2024/03/02.