Hey there! Thanks a ton for the massive support on this video! I'm really happy to see people who aren't really into trains enjoying this video as I was hoping both railfans and Half-Life fans could equally enjoy the video. Now after popular demand, The Trains of Team Fortress 2 is currently available to watch now if you're interested! ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIug2ctsorjbnaQ.html ) I've also been taking your suggestions for future "The Trains of (game)" videos into consideration as well so stay tuned for those, possibly somewhere down the line. Anyway, thanks again for all your support and feedback on this and the TF2 video!

@jeremyasher297

4 жыл бұрын

hi. I liked your trains of TF2 video request: the trains of RDR 2

@maxischew514

4 жыл бұрын

Can you do Alyx now that it's released? There are some models now available on Gmod.

@saxonaudio

3 жыл бұрын

AmtrakGuy 365 I can’t get over how creepy the K5H the razor train has.

@saxonaudio

3 жыл бұрын

No prob bud.

@hartjdr.agustin9745

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyasher297 make that to Red Dead series because a KZread user by the name leviathan York did a “The train of RDR2” who already said that it was inspired by Amtrakguy365. However, there might be still a chance because he only reviewed Red Dead Redemption 2 not the red dead series, which I am talking about Revolver and Red Dead Redemption 1.

“It’s actually illegal to ship a Half-Life game if you don’t spend at least a little time riding in a train.” - Valve

@brian_cream

4 жыл бұрын

This is actually a real quote from erik wolpaw i think.

@BlackShadowLegion

4 жыл бұрын

So episode 2 is illegal

@arumteguh2762

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlackShadowLegion you actually ride a train in episode 2, if you forgot, go play it again. 😉

@BlackShadowLegion

4 жыл бұрын

@@arumteguh2762 As far as I remember, it starts on train crash site (not a ride), then it continues in mines/caves and then you get a car and spent the remaining time riding it. I don't remember any train rides.

@anhkietduongdo

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlackShadowLegion You do ride some carts in the mines tho.

I didn't realize just how many different train cars there were in Half-Life. I honestly didn't think I would watch all the way through this video but by the end I was actually pretty interested. Great video, man!

@BierBart12

4 жыл бұрын

I've watched half hour long videos about such obscure objects in certain video games, this seems very exciting.

@thehat2869

4 жыл бұрын

Who else watched that 30 min long video about explosive barrels

@SirKolass

4 жыл бұрын

Is there something about Half-Life that is not interesting? lol

@BierBart12

4 жыл бұрын

@@SirKolass the fence keeping you away from Grigori's monastery in Ravenholm.

@user-nc4cu7cl8o

2 жыл бұрын

He has a mistake, at 5:41 This is not DR-1, this is DR-1A, they are different, they even have different windshields

me: "trains are kinda cool i guess" AmtrakGuy365: recognizes the exact make and model of a train just by its horn like it was nothing

@joshuaroa8503

4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, it is a pretty recognizable horn sound effect used in many movies, cartoons and video games depicting trains.

@AE2-scc

4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, it’s kinda easy to recognize trains by train horns when you are a over appreciative Rail-buff.

@sceu25

3 жыл бұрын

its really not that hard

@xxxhombre3608

Жыл бұрын

It really isn't that hard at all. I've even heard some people call the K5H the "movie star horn."

@danius_huganius

Ай бұрын

think of the train as a gun, there are people who looks at the TF2 shotgun and can see a Ithaca shotgun aswell :)

Some friends and I once tracked down the origin of the HL2 Ep2 reefer car. It was in a museum in Organ, and is a former GN car. It has since been repainted. Also worth noting is that the ends of those boxcars are infact container doors. Additionally the "TEM-2" was originally intended to be a driveable vehicle, it has a modeled cab interior that you can only see if you noclip inside the model. I've seen many people make it into a functioning locomotive in gmod. Excellent video!

@pennsy6755

4 жыл бұрын

ThePainTrain765 holy shit is that the EJ&E foamer from Griffith Indiana

@trainboy7

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly wish it WAS driveable.

@TechnoYacy

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@lambdastudios4083

4 жыл бұрын

Epiic

@kamil071_pl5

4 жыл бұрын

Time to add driveable trains to my map! :)

Half Life has always had the best industrial atmosphere.

@AriochThe

4 жыл бұрын

What about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. then? It is nowhere near as epic as HL, but what they managed to recreate seemed rather authentic

@coachacola3755

9 ай бұрын

Nah tf2 does

"I like trains." *Combine gets run over*

@BierBart12

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, the Garrys Mod nostalgia.

@gundir7504

4 жыл бұрын

I am the 69th like

@NICOMINDE

4 жыл бұрын

@zedelk nice

@didiera.49

4 жыл бұрын

How did asdf movies train guy became a combine ? 😄

@SomeRandomHelldiver07

4 жыл бұрын

@@didiera.49 he got his mind washed and we took him to nova prospekt,chopped off his balls,ass,dick and he is now a overwatch soldier *Laughs manically in combine*

I didn’t realize how much of a focus trains were in the HL universe until now. Literally played the game like 50 times and this video made me realize how much effort they put into them.

@tombull89

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I always thought they were props, I didn't realise they were based on actual train models.

@luc432

4 жыл бұрын

Idk about you but whenever I dream about trains I always recognize that they were from Half Life 2. I have a lot of lucid dreams.

@midge_gender_solek3314

4 жыл бұрын

It's a leitmotif

@jessegd6306

4 жыл бұрын

It's to symbolize the subtle railroading of Gordon's journey.

@Furious321

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessegd6306 And the trainwreck that is the player's expectation of a third title.

I'm with the science team!

@Poppy_and_ponies

4 жыл бұрын

Trist's Channel Open the silo door

@LinxFox

4 жыл бұрын

Please, leave me alone until after the experiment.

@Poppy_and_ponies

4 жыл бұрын

SgtMays i’m busy

@madmanmapper

4 жыл бұрын

MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

@Poppy_and_ponies

4 жыл бұрын

MadMan Machinations ahhaa

My brain: Bro It's 1 am you need to get some sleep Me: HALF LIFE TRAINS :DDDD

@Rickaddnamehere

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta learn me some train horns I guess

@Gerzsilah

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rickaddnamehere horn Y

@bajszosjozsef4850

4 жыл бұрын

This was literally me. It's 0:51 am and I'm watching an analysis of trains in the HL franchise 😂

@confusedkemono

4 жыл бұрын

2am here!

@nsl_black8053

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Ok, when I heard him say "rolling stock" without even explaining what the hell that was, I knew I was on the REALLY nerdy side of KZread. Exactly where I want to be.

“Look! Freeman is examing the train! He’s gonna create something with it, I can feel it! We’re gonna win the combine!” - Some rebel probably.

@TheFreaxTux

4 жыл бұрын

Alyx: Well, the thing is... he's been doing that for every single train we've seen so far, so....

Me: *likes trains* Amtrak: *creates an analysis for trains in HL* You, sir, put two of my most loved things in one video.

@Bobby_Peters

4 жыл бұрын

@@gooer2887 Yeah, people should stop putting 'nobody' in front of their comments, it's not funny anymore and never really was.

@Clazzette

4 жыл бұрын

both of you implying i wanted to be funny in the first place. I did changes. you both can run off now.

@yack8947

4 жыл бұрын

@@Clazzette lol

1. This is not TEM2 but TEM18 2. SM48 is Name only used in Poland S- spalinowy M- manewrowy 48- - This means diesel shunter series 48 (DS48)

@zemeem3295

4 жыл бұрын

:^)

@aleksandermelnikov3041

4 жыл бұрын

It's neither TEM2 nor TEM18. It looks more likely to be "shortened" version of TEM7 (originally TEM7 used to have 4 axles per bogey, this one only have 2 axles per bogey, but bogey, cab and hood exterior seem to match). The only thing it borrows from TEM18 are headlights, and they are pretty similar on TEM18, TEM2U and "late" versions of TEM2.

@zilfondel

4 жыл бұрын

This is the geekery the world deserves

@crvcrfing

4 жыл бұрын

Look at the hood shape and roof. Of course there are some changes because it could end up in court for copyrights etc.

@KalitaFox

4 жыл бұрын

How do you know?)

aH YES, *ENGINES OF AMTRAK but in HALF LIFE 3* On a serious note, nice video! neat to see the ammount of interesting details people usally pass by in games such as this!

@kimberleykultala1396

4 жыл бұрын

Do you plan on making more of that series?

@TheWinnipegRailfan

4 жыл бұрын

Me? Engines of Amtrak? Yeah, I do.

@kimberleykultala1396

4 жыл бұрын

Great! I’m exited for more!!

The razor train cars have always reminded me of the custom cars that Chevy used to transport the Vega. Just stretched in proportion like the engine.

I'm not even in trains but still popped up in my recommendations. Probably because I'm interested in HL lol

@silent_stalker3687

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not in space but I get space videos in my recommendations

@bajszosjozsef4850

4 жыл бұрын

@@silent_stalker3687 Well, technically you are in space. Suspended on a big ball of rock.

@Geeler

4 жыл бұрын

I swear I see you everywhere I go

@DieseltheWhiteTailedBuck

4 жыл бұрын

@@Geeler Do I know you?

@deus_ex_machina_

4 жыл бұрын

@@DieseltheWhiteTailedBuck No. But he knows you ;-)

The KZread algorithm is wild lmao

@paulbelanger7383

4 жыл бұрын

Came here to say that, I didn't know I needed this video until I saw this video 😅👍 Thanks, KZread.

@bukkaratsuppa6414

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure i got noticed watching some trainspotting videos. Not a videogamer at all.

What blows my mind is Half-Life's trains are so detailed and researched, yet they are only there as a backdrop that most people wouldn't really notice beyond aesthetics.

Wow, I thought "Is he seriosly going to talk about trains? Is this even interesting?" Well, I was not dissapointed.

3:56 looks like a streamlined C&NW E4

At 44 seconds of the announcement trailer of Half-Life: Alyx we already see passenger carriage similar to russian ЭР2. I rode in it all my childhood :) Also before I saw this video I thought that the locomotive from the White Forest is similar to ЧМЭ3, another one that still using in Russia. (excuse me for my english)

@Taras195

4 жыл бұрын

-Hi! (excuse me for my english) А вообще так забавно видеть советские поезда в таком пост-апокалипсисе, и в игре тоже!

@grichard1585

4 жыл бұрын

There's nothing to excuse.

@AriochThe

4 жыл бұрын

...и РАФики на платформах :)

@jackthehedgehog7767

3 жыл бұрын

In HL Alyx we can see the car on ED4M, proof iconic white and green colors.

@manman7583

3 жыл бұрын

@@AriochThe вообще дизайн халф лайф на половину русский и советский

It would be cool if you do “The trains of Team Fortress 2”

@AWESOME2715

4 жыл бұрын

train fortress 2

@Mr_Fancypants

4 жыл бұрын

There are only 3 trains?

@FemboyTrain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be cool

@willjones6234

4 жыл бұрын

Woohoo 69th like

@ummmhelp

4 жыл бұрын

There are very few train variants in TF2

Some years ago I was in Seattle (even visiting Valve), and the horns of the trains I heard in the distance sounded exactly the same as the ones I knew from Half Life 2. I think they took their inspiration from their surroundings. Assuming horns didn't change in the 13 years between the game's release and when I was there, of course. Great video!

7:14 this man just turned into oddheader

@Sir_Ninonino

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, he did it for a moment there.

It's interesting how EP.2 rolling stock that you showed at the end seems to be just direct photos slapped onto models. I'm not sure why but I absolutely adore that visual style. There's something oddly captivating about it

@MrGermandeutsch

4 жыл бұрын

You'd be suprised as to how many Developers don't actually create their own Textures, but rather use pre-existing Images and such to fasten the development of whatever they are currently working on. *_I mean, Valve does allow their People to travel around the world for development reasons after all._*

@jashloseher578

4 жыл бұрын

It's pretty nostalgic of earlier 3d games for one thing. With only the barest bit of editing to make the textures wrap onto models easily. I like it too.

@deus_ex_machina_

4 жыл бұрын

@@jashloseher578 It's not just an old technique either. Check out photogrammetry in the context of game development, it's catching on as the tech becomes more accessible and art departments get more expensive.

@kyaing9047

4 жыл бұрын

photoskinning is common in games like MSTS

@olzhas1one755

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrGermandeutsch I know this, as I have made a game myself using that visual style. Valve texture artists didnt always take the photos themselves though, they used a few liscensed images too

To add to the beta version of the Razor Train, it kind of reminds me of those retrofuturistic looking "streamliner" designs from the 1930s to 1960s. In fact, the front of it kind of looks like the Milwaukee Road F7 with an elongated pilot.

@AriochThe

4 жыл бұрын

I second it. 4:46 for example. Those "flaps" on the top are fitting well high speed steam locomotives, but make but zero sense for diesel or electric engines

I guess, the HL2 passenger car resembles the ones used in New York subway, and the episode 1 car looks like Indian Railways passenger car. Also, it is weird to use DR1 loco for hauling cargo trains, because it is almost twice less powerful then average diesel locomotive.

One of the coolest train were in half life mod Entropy : Zero. You can ride the train. I loved it. And this mod is in the steam for free if you have half life 2 ep2. I think it’s the best mod. You play on the “Empire side” as Combine.

"All we had to do was follow the damn train......." WAIT A MINUTE!! Wrong game... Ah... nevermind... "All we had to do was to get inside the damn train, Gordon!"

@midge_gender_solek3314

4 жыл бұрын

"The Trains of GTA Series"

@dava_arvarabi

4 жыл бұрын

@@midge_gender_solek3314 brown steak is a f40ph, sa freight is a sd40, gta iv subway is 60-70s production standard nyc subway, idk about GTA 5 tram and trains.

I am just completely impressed that you found so many exact real world pictures of some of these. Down the the exact numbers and everything. Very good vid!

That moment when you finally realize the local train horn sounded familiar...

5:43 Trains that make you say 'I WAS AIMING FOR THE CHAIR!!'

6:28 on every Tuesday I and the class going to a gym because school Physical training. And I always looked the western trainstation and I remind Half-Life 2. Now I know why

@zynel413

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the subconscious.

In the fanfic I've written set in approximately this universe, Gman is very enamored of trains, as part of his personality. He does seem to lead you to them, ride on quite a few, and lurk around them :D Thanks for sharing this!

7:27 SM48 is actually the Polish classification for the same locomotive. Here in Russia and other former Soviet republics, it's still known as the ТЭМ2. Apart from switching/shunting, it often does local freight duty (e.g pulling cars between yards and spurs)

11:38 Gordon doing a wee bit of Trainspottin'

@Ribulose15diphosphat

3 жыл бұрын

HEV: Morphine administred

"the iconic horn" [Music]

@anhkietduongdo

4 жыл бұрын

turn ya volume up all the way to max and put on some headphones (or speakers) m8

I remember traveling through BC and hearing that horn. I suddenly felt a sense of dread.

Hey, what about the little rail car you use in the first Half-Life at the end of the On a Rail chapter? It is the one that you ride to the start of Apprehension; then the rail gets blown up by soldiers sending the rail car off into the flooded silo.

@Jacob-yg7lz

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that one too.

4:28 That train also reminds me off the trains that ran in Newfoundland Canada until 1988. They had cabs at the rear and were used all across the island for passenger (until 1969), freight and switching

7:56 the passenger car is not shorter version of ER9 (эр9). It looks completely different inside and outside, it's custom model from valve employees minds.

@DrCranium

4 жыл бұрын

the car is way narrower than standard ER9, got seats parallel to the railways, and also got a set of doors in the middle of the car, not on its ends; some minor details which were lost in the production of the game aside (like car's length and number of doors in it), basically that car is analogous to the ones in Moscow Metro.

@archivushka

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrCranium not so Moscow metro, only similar models is "D"1955 and 81-740/741"Русич" 2009. The NYC R32 looks more like this car if you crop it.

@DrCranium

4 жыл бұрын

архив канал that being said, using a subway car for intercity - or even for interregional, - transportation is something Combine would do, especially if the car's original subway gauge is the same as of the surface-level trains (like in the case of Moscow Metro). So, the bottom line: devs have probably butchered some details, but they've still managed to pull the effect off, arguably - even better than they intended (at least - in my case).

Other youtbers: things u didn’t know of half life Amtrak: T R A I N S

nobody: youtube recommendations: "Trains from half life"

Gordon Freeman internally: "... i like trains" *gets hit by train of thought*

I didn't expect him to mention my home city Wuppertal! omg that is so amazing!!! Greetings from wuppertal!

its so weird looking at this channel now. I remember when you only had 1-2k subs and you were still figuring things out, and you made such different videos that were really cool and fun to watch, it was refreshing. You had (and have) such an interesting style of editing then most train channels, and to see your channel grow to this level is just amazing

I didn't think I'd be interested, but what do you know, KZread recommendations strike again Thanks for putting all the work in this video, it was really nice! Always thought trains were pretty cool but never really got into them; apparently Half Life of all things could bridge the gap (never even realized how important they were to me there before)

"ferroequinologist" is my new favorite word.

He's been... TRAINing his whole life for analysis. Love it!

Never thought i would be watching a video about trains from half life at 4am

me: ok ill go to bed early me at 3am:

4:45 In a cartoon: *train comes crashing through a wall and completely messes up the enemy*

This is some Deep Lore.... Love when people specialize in something and bring it to games. I want to make a similar one on mushrooms! Nice work!!

3:58 Razor train seems to be manufactured by "ZIL" as it's written on the side of it. The problem is that "ZIL" wasn't manufacturing trains, especially razor ones.

@user-nc4cu7cl8o

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, ZIL produced trucks and refrigerators (Multilateral production)

Never realized how many trains were in Half Life 2

Dr. Freeman! I'm coming with you

@tristschannel5611

4 жыл бұрын

This is my hiding spot! Find your own!

@MidKitz

4 жыл бұрын

Board the train to Nova Prospect

@tristschannel5611

4 жыл бұрын

Frickin' headhumper!

@MidKitz

4 жыл бұрын

About that beer I owed ya

11:03 - well, that explains what are these ameriacan cars doing in Ep2. You are supposed to run from a chopper here anyway, not look closely at cars design xD

I've never paid attention to the types of trains in this game! I also didn't predict I'd be so engrossed with the topic! Very cool video.

I loved that you included the beta I've never been so entertained by trains before

5:18 i like this

I adore these Half-Life fact/comparison videos. Like, you're probably never going to do anything with the information these videos give you, but they're so interesting to see considering it's about one of the most innovative games of all time.

You know you're a good entertainer when you can make me watch a 12min video about trains in a 20+ year old video game

RIP BM&LP. 1973-2020

Didn’t really expect this from you but what a great video

My 2 passions into one video, trains and Half Life ! Thanks man, a pleasure to see all this work and recognize my french signals !

As a railfan, its obv that my fav levels on the game are those with trains XD. and I did enjoyed a lot HL expansions because of that obsession when you go on a traing to know "where that line will go¿?" And on Oppforce you see those zones where the train from the HL intro pass through. Like the first time you see g-man on another train line and adrian ends taking that train line

Everyone be theorizing about HL3 while this bro talks about trains used in Half life.

5:07 the razor trains in real life

Saw your Engines of Amtrak series. Since I'm a huge Half-Life fan, when I saw the frame of this video, I HAD to see this! Nice work! Another tidbit: The Siemens plant is in south Sac, about a half-hour's drive from where I live, north-central Sacramento County.

What a coincidence. I’m sitting here in my home in Howe Sound, British Columbia, along the old BC Rail lines that are now operated by CP Rail. Just as you mention the old whistle (or horn), one comes by sounding nearly identical. Awesome

Please do more of this! I absolutely love this video format!

Hey! Nice video! And also, it’s the 50th birthday for the Burlington Northern Railroad!

I didn't expect to ever see something like this on YT but it's certainly unique. I hope you make more videos like this!

This video was extremely informative and really well made! Nice video! 😁

5:12 | i like train horn

I honestly thought this reffered to chernobyl

@anhkietduongdo

4 жыл бұрын

half life and half life 2 beta was more than just chernobyl

The fact that you made a video about two of my favorite things is crazy! Cool video 👍👍👍

This is very informative and cool. I love sorta niche things like this- attention to detail and passion pays off! Your editing keeps things well paced as well.

The SM48 is a Polish designation of the TEM2. There’s almost no difference between them. The SM was operated by state railways, the TEM by anyone else.

@user-nc4cu7cl8o

2 жыл бұрын

He has a mistake, at 5:41 This is not DR-1, this is DR-1A, they are different, they even have different windshields

Well you might want to check out the “trakpak” and sligwolf’s stuff in the gmod workshop.

I think it’s really cool we can pinpoint the exact models of the train cars used in the games. It makes me want to see them in person, like meeting a celebrity.

This is no joke the kinda content I love to see regarding HL. Trains and horns have always fascinated me and HL's attention to detail has always been unrivaled imo.

aw, you cut the ponytail oh and you actually missed one apparently theres a SMALL diesel engine that appears someone in the game small due to it being a far away background object check the wiki

When u though ppl said everything about Half-life...

Awesome. Really interesting material and in depth search of the origins of the rail cars based on serials.

Yo, nice video. One of my fav games. Nice train analyzing :D

Great, more stupidly specific information to perfectly remember.

There's something unique and special about trains in half life universe, they always give you a sense of dystopia whether it was air horns in the distance or a carriage by the corner

Fascinating video topic man! Great work

my favorite thing is that there's a website that has multiple photos of pretty much every piece of rolling stock that's ever had a photo taken of it, as well as the time, place, and consist it was a part of. railfans are great.

I would like to see some German trains in HL2 like ICE.

Just a suggestion, you could make a video like this talking about the engines of team fortress if you wanted to

@Kimmel2

4 жыл бұрын

The one train in tf2?

@imlegos2153

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kimmel2 There's more then just the diesel seen on Freight and Well. For instance there's two different steam locos seen on Arena_Lumberyard and Pl_Thundermountain (Stage 1) There's also the train on Banana Bay, and numerous rolling stock. EDIT: Also, the train seen in End of the Line and Cp_Snowplow; which are actually different from each other.

Very precise analysis and fantastic footage. Thanks

This was a very interesting video! I love your presentation it was very engaging

Me:ive always wanted to analize the combine locomotive Ma boy: *anaylizes all of them* Also me:*seizure of happines*

8:01 No not really. The ED4M EMU would fit better.

@archivushka

4 жыл бұрын

Actually this wierd car don't fit in post Soviet trains style. It's more like cropped r32 from NY metropolitan

@user-zc2pg9bb3v

4 жыл бұрын

архив канал why not? APCh-2 looks too close for this design.

@AriochThe

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-zc2pg9bb3v nope. APCh2 had narrow single doors, not wide twin-doors

@user-zc2pg9bb3v

4 жыл бұрын

Arioch The but its texture is more looking-alike than ER9's.

@AriochThe

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-zc2pg9bb3v texture is largely a painting, and cars were repainted once and again even during USSR, and yet more frequently after USSR. So for me structure trumps texture :D

I've always wanted a video about this topic, thank you.

I like the HL2 beta so much, it feels much more dark (for example the dr. Breen statue resembling a dictatorship). Would've probably made the game feel even more eerie

No one: The kid who watched too much Thomas the train:

@anhkietduongdo

4 жыл бұрын

not funny

@skortana3760

4 жыл бұрын

@@anhkietduongdo thanks