The EMD F-series locomotive is such an American classic railroad icon! So elegantly simple, clean and graceful -- beauties to behold, so easy to look at. Long may they roll!

@cb2000a

4 жыл бұрын

It's like we went backwards in locomotive design.

@jacobramsey7624

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. One even saved a life recently when a person tryed to commit suicide by getting hit by a train. The train the person was hit by was being pulled by a f unit just like the one in the video and the skirt on the front push the person off to the side. If I have been a regular locomotive it would have pulled the person under and killed them.

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan

Ай бұрын

@@jacobramsey7624 wow that’s a very interesting story and a miracle that this person survived

I knew her when she was the 96A. I was there when she came into the Janesville WI roundhouse for the first time. One of her Milwaukee Road heralds hangs in my basement stairwell. SO GLAD to see her running again !!!

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

Must give you some goose bumps?

@mikemarciabubrick1696

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonasselin Well, maybe not goose bumps but a great feeling that she's not rusting away to oblivion

Seeing the ex-Conrail locomotive in its original paint is almost as cool.

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

I've got many of that one in my playlist.

Now I never thought I'd see the day that an old F-Unit was put back into full-time service and not just for excursions or static museum displays. This is definitely how these tough old bulldogs should be used.

Just love those 1st generation diesels. Love the oldschool style......it had class!

Ah.. The natural beauty of well maintained classic hardware.

The old F7 looks wonderful. Thanks for taking the trouble to film her.

Love that 567 chug in the last clip! Gave EMD's F-units a charm that no other EMD engine has!

Watching from Ireland Jason where 18 GM 44 year old JT22CW locomotives are the powerhouse of our freight trains today. They were built in 1976 and powered intercity passenger trains at 90 mph for their first 30 years and continue to work on special occasions at that speed. They are all re-engined and refurbished by Irish Rail and in ex works condition. Keep up your great work and fascinating coverage from your home territory.

That was very kool 👍👌 and thanks for taking the time to show us...

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

It was an all day job. lol

wow! an F unit pulling freight with a GP38 and an SD40-2 in the year 2020!

@Jdaminbf4

4 жыл бұрын

Who would’ve guessed right! Haha

Oh Man! I haven't seen a locomotive like that since probably the late 70's or early 80's! Thank you for being such a dedicated Railfan!

Damn that last pass with the hogger working the throttle. Sound of that normally asperated prime mover took me back to lying in bed in my boyhood home on a summer evening and hearing the last commuter trains of the day come off the power for for their station stop and then winding it out for the grade outside of town.

@garysprandel1817

4 жыл бұрын

@James Petrone former CNW " muscle line" Chicago to Twin Cities. Today the UP/Metra Northwest line at MP 25 from the bumper posts at Northwestern Station/ Ogilvie Transportation Center. Still live in town though the distant thrum of freight trains grinding up the grade out of the Desplaines River Valley outbound or climbing out of the Fox River Valley inbound ( both grades crested just west of town) no longer occurs as large swaths between Chicago and the Twin Cities are bike paths the last 30+ years and having moved over the years but there's still times if if the wind is right I can hear freight on CN's former Wisconsin Central/SOO Line to the east.

the E&LS continues their fine tradition of refurbishing and running "Antique" locomotives 👏 _ Then they Hate that people love their work & want to see 'em

@cnwbutlerjctwi5511

4 жыл бұрын

The ELS just so vain in their thinking , they do not realize what they have achieved with their piece of history.

@lazyrrr2411

4 жыл бұрын

@OCTOOZZY they didn't tell anyone *that* in TRAINS magazine ... thanx

E and F 7,8 & 9 are the most beautiful locos ever made.

@dsmith9964

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! As far as modern locomotives, the EMD F125 looks pretty slick!

If i had to stop my car and wait for this great american treasure to go by,i wouldn't mind at all,just be patient and marvel at this spectacular marvel.

Nice footage Jason! The EMD F series with bulldog nose are my favourite diesel locomotives. Thank you. Bernardo from Ponta Grossa-Paraná-Brazil

@jasonasselin

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@anthonynigri8585

3 жыл бұрын

Those diesels are my favorite too

@cmadden3364

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonasselin milwaukee road 3073 (leader) penn central gp38 (mid engine) and grand trunk western 5915 (mid engine).

I grew up near Buffalo, N.Y. and seen a LOT of F and E units on a bunch of railroads, last one seen around 1978, man I sure miss seeing them, and of course I have many models of them, I'm 60 years old and what a beautiful sight to experience them in person...

Great o see na dold F-7 in such fine shape and colorful. Also, it's wonderful to see the SD-40's in Conrail and IC regalia.

Back when locomotives had style. Thanks for posting.

I love those old American streamline locos and I'm watching from the UK! It looks to me like you guys use your railways the way we used to, for hauling freight. Best way to move big loads over long distances.

I do believe those F units were the most beautiful locomotives ever made, period!

Superb shots ! 👍

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sir!

watching form Melbourne Australia , gm F type locos are still on the rails here

Back in the late 50s I would go with my Grandma & grandpa t0 chaining from the Iron Rive area to pick up there friend coming up from Chicago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember that type of engine !

This is wonderful!at last!one of them is still running!I REMEMBER when they first built them back in 1958.i was a young kid them .but I remember seeing these beauties in service when I went to Atlanta, georgia.there, Atlantic coast line had bought some of these locomotives from Emd now, I can hear the sound of this special girl in action, once again. I pray that they keep her healthy and in tiptop mechanical condition for a long time. What a beautiful locomotive she is.

Oh, the whine of that loco in that last clip at 8:30 brought back childhood memories (60+ years ago). Those FP7's were used by Canadian Pacific in Montreal on the commuter trains to the west island. We lived close enough to the tracks to hear them pulling out of Westmount station, and my brother and I would often go down to the station just to watch the trains. Those were the days. Thanks.

Watching in Russia, Saint-Petersburg. What a clean snow you have there, and the FP7 is just awesome. Got that "oh f@%k" feeling at 3:00, but generally enjoyed.

I had the opportunity several years back to ride in the cab of the 600 when it was on the WSOR. Nice to see it polishing rails again.

In the UK that snow would bring our rail network completely to a standstill. 😄and what's more we accept it, oh well that's the UK for you.

Wow, that horn is kinda scary but the locomotive is AMAZING!!!!

I enjoy your vids of American railroads, I'm a retired Gulf / Afghanistan vet, UK armed forces. Cheers from England 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸

F7’s are my all time fave. Wish that engines still looked like that today.

Fantastic video. Had to hit the thumbs up AND the subscribe button because of this video. A proper F unit horn sounds like a tug boat horn. Why do I say that? Because my childhood was spent growing up next to the CGW in a suburb of Chi. with F units running by all the time until the CNW took over in 1968 but...who cares....seeing an F unit running in 2020?! is fantastic! As for that errant driver.....there's a saying I like - "you can't fix stupid"😕

@scottsmith1763

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Long I remember the F units from my childhood and many of them did have horns with that bassy sounding tugboat horn, but then others sounded more like the horn of the engine in this video.

@jerrylong2025

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottsmith1763 Yeah I know - but because I heard it that way as a kid it always stuck with me as the " proper F unit horn sound".

@scottsmith1763

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry, same for me.

Thanks for posting this. Those EMDs was the power, mixed with a few of the left over steamers, when I was a kid. Seeing this brings back the days when we lived three houses down from the T&P mainline and as kids all of us just had to watch every train that came by.

I think the EMD F-units were the best looking locomotives ever. My uncle drove F7's right as they were being retired at BN.

Great video, Jason. That is one beautiful and LOUD cab unit. Watching around 5.10 watch those cars rock and roll no wonder they have derailments. I think they travel too fast for the quality if the roadbed. Keep 'em coming, try to catch this one again.

Nice video. Good to see the old girl towing strong. The other two engines were DIT. Maybe it was a power mover or back up plan.

@LastExile1989

4 жыл бұрын

Could see heat waves radiating off the XBNSF SD 40. They knew she had it in her.

Just watched the video and loved seeing the old FP7A unit at work. The Ontario Northland railway had 22 of the FP7A units and they used them in freight and passenger service. In 1978 they sold some of them to GO Transit in Toronto and the remainder stayed in service. They were the 1500 series units. Some of them were switched to the Northlander service and renumbered 1984 to 1987. They ran on this service until the 1990s where they were either scrapped or renumbered back into the 1500 series numbers (Originally it was 1500-1521). Three of the units were rebuilt with caterpiller engines and used in freight service only and numbered 2000-2002. They ran for a few years until finally retired. No units are in service currently, But they were awesome engines.

I can't believe that there's so many train enthusiastic, i wacht videos for hrs at the time am amaze about these giant machine's and how important theses are. Thank you for taking the time to follow these most NEEDED bit nosy big boy's.

Wow that's awesome mate, retro looking loco it's quite beautiful makes a good sound too! It's pretty cool to see the differences in the railways between the US and the UK where I am from.

Great chase! Some excellent captures. Nothing like seeing a pristine F-unit plowing through the snow. And the bonus: the ex-Conrail Geep! Fine video! Keep ‘em coming!

thank you Jason, for a short line railroad to restore and run a 70 year old loco is impressive. Fine loco and a geat paint job. I am from scotland and I love to see USA restoration jobs done well. Great filming, keep it up

Great content I´m loving this! I´m in Sweden and love these old american locomotives! They knew how to build them :) Keep them coming I´d be back for more !!

Awesome! It's great to see vintage diesels earning money instead of being scrapped.

Brad from Appleton Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing Jason. The only other train that I know that looks like that is the Great Wisconsin Railroad dinner train up in Spooner Wisconsin. Neat to see those old EMD's!

That is such a beautiful combination of locomotives to watch you are so lucky!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Its real nice to see an EMD FP7 hauling freight, especially railcars loaded with logs. I love the work and upgrade thats gone into it and that there are guys who like the early Fifties EMDs. Until now I thought i was the only one. All my life I lived close to railways. Right now I live close to a Canadian Pacific line here in London, province of Ontario, Canada(70 miles east of Port Huron Mi). I sure appreciate your video efforts.

New Yorker here. Rumor has it the E&LS also still has the last surviving set of Delaware & Hudson BLW 'Sharks' locked up in a shed in one of their yards. Would be a real treat to see them running again.

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

They do...

Its actually really interesting seeing an FP7 in modern day looking so nice AND leading some hood units which would have come out years after that FP7 was made. Great video by the way!

@trainman2226

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Brine well in Illinois we have the Illinois Railway Museum which has like, 2 of these, both work

Nice to see a proper loco still at work! We have a few elderly locomotives that still run here in UK but they're mostly working on heritage lines. That guy in the pick up truck would never have known what hit him as they were really motoring across the crossing. Thanks for another great video. Looks like you had plenty of snow over there this winter.

Wonderful sight seeing such an old and well maintained unit still in revenue service in 2020, and adding in the snow coating and that engine still in old CR paint makes a lovely video.

Nice photography! Love those F-units, special place in heaven for those who restore them and keep them running!

Awesome video! Very few places these days to see an F unit leading a freight train.

Props to you for calling that truck driver what he is. Just bought a P7 Locomotive poster at a model train show so im happy to see one running.

Awesome vid Jason! ELS 600 in so frickin cool! That crossing runner was soooo close to disaster. Thankfully nothing happened and that pretty engine was not damaged. Mega horn blast!!

Lots of great shots of the vintage EMD FP7 passing through the snow. You did get an awesome view from the top of your truck at 6:55. Love from London.

Seeing an f unit plowing snow with it’s cowcatchher/plow is so cool

@dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862

5 ай бұрын

The RR name is "pilot"

@Manwholikestrains

5 ай бұрын

@@dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862 it’s also called a cow catcher or plow also you don’t use the entire pilot to plow snow

Fabulous on all accounts. Great video Jason!! Thank you for what you do.

Love that old 600. The best of the days gone by. Keep up with the old girl Jason

Age has nothing on such a wonderful beautiful locomotive. From the UK

great Video! love the F series locomotives! thanks for sharing!!

WOW!!!such a pleasure to see the old loco running back again..

This is great footage of an amazing machine- thank you for posting! Such an interesting set of diesels together as well. Those shots in the late afternoon/early evening- I can feel that chill through the screen.

@jasonasselin

3 жыл бұрын

I remember feeling it too.. ha ha

Great seeig a rail classic still in service. Richmond, VA

This is awesome, Very nice video. Love to see it still proudly wearing the Wisconsin & Southern paint!

My favorite diesel of all time! Thanks for posting up! Cheers Doc

I've recently watched much of your rail videos. You did a great job with meshing your style and professional shooting together, into what i hope you feel is a personal master piece. this was a pleasure to watch beyond the historic lead unit and weird mix of paint jobs. you really put intense effort into that last shot for example and it paid off. this was a pure pleasure to watch. thank you. KC,MO. and last time? never. and proud subscriber.

Beautiful shots especially when she's plowing through the snow! Watching from Pittsburgh PA

Ex-Milwaukee line, ex-Milwaukee locomotive doesn't get any better! Thanks again for the chase!

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Great video the last time I saw this locomotive was in Savanna Illinois in 1979 when it was a Milwaukee unit glad to see its still running

So that's the sound of the world coming to an end. Great clips, she's fantastic.

Thanks for the upload- my favorite Diesel!!! Wish I could see a ride along on an F

Wonderful sights and sounds ,nice to see a old Conrail engine too my one uncle worked for them “Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Conway yard 🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎

Can't get enough of these, winter classic American railroading at its best! Congrats and greetings from the snowy French Alps. PS: that tank car must be feeling a bit lonely at the back, with a caboose it would be just perfect!

Thanks for your video. I rode in an E7 back in the "50s when I was 11 years old. Rode from Cleveland to Youngstown, Ohio in the commuter locomotive. Good to see some are E7s are still running.

Love your videos :) they are the only videos I watch until they are done :)

@jasonasselin

4 жыл бұрын

I love hearing that!

The rails out there need replacements. I thought the train was going to fall over. And the one pickup truck was a moron. I’m in Fall River, Ma. Have a great weekend!👍🏻🚂

Thanks Jason for presenting this vintage EMD FP7. It looks majestic, especially in the company of two other newer locomotives as the other two wouldn't stand a chance in a beauty contest with the vintage one at the front, that's my personal view. Yes, the horn is superb as well.

That is a fantastic F unit. So pretty and great to see in revenue service. Thanks from Baltimore Maryland.

Vintage Diesels are really the only Diesels that do anything for me. Wish EMD and GE would bring carbody style Locomotives back. Modern Motive power is either boring to look at or is ugly as sin. Great video, love the horn!

I remember them from my youth and think they look so much better . And thanks from the middle of West Virginia . At Home .🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🔯🔯🕎🕎✝️✝️🕉🕉🌑🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🏔🔯🐅🐅

Checking you out from way BLB in Kalamazoo. I think the F series were the most beautiful trains ever. Thanks for bringing this old girl back for us to enjoy!

Thank you, Jason. I truly love your rail/train videos and I share them on FaceBook. I travel via train when possible. I've made a small loop from Chi to Sac to Seattle back to Chicago via Amtrak in winter. Saw the various plows in and around Truckee, including a Rotary. Amazing machines. Thank you, again. Keep up the passion! Margaret from Louisville, KY

Let's see ,The last time I saw the engine was in the 50's when it was on the Milwaukee road as the Hiawatha going from Chicago to California. I lived in Chicago Montclare area which was around Grand ave and Harlem and the train would fly by at a high rate of speed ! Steam locomotives were slowly being phased out the train was going so fast you didn't want to stand close because it would suck you in !Hello from Mchenry Illinois !

Something about F-units and the snow go really well together. I can't believe the idiot who decided he was too tough to wait for a train, that's the exact same kind of driver you see doing 120 kph on the highway while it's freezing rain out.

Thanks for the great shots. Beautiful loco, i love that they're putting it to work!

Great catch and great views. Nice to see the preserved F. Might have to swing up that way this summer.

I love seeing these old F series locomotives running. I always wondered why they got rid of that design as it is obviously more streamlined. And to be honest about it...prettier or would that be much more HANDSOME... Thank you for posting this. I was a train fan when I was much younger and we would always be on the lookout for interesting trains. Got to run next the Daylight steamer. Lordy seeing it going 60+ mph going up the CA coast and those wheels just in a blur with the pistons. WOW. Saw it run twice. Then I went East to meet the inlaws for the first time and one of my goals was to get to the train museum in PA to see some old locos but mostly I wanted to see a live GG1. And this was the most incredible thing. We caught the commuter from downtown and when we got to our destination you would not believe what was on the track next to us. There people taking pictures and they were saying it was the last run of any GG1. I almost yelled something stupid like WHOOPPEE or YAHOOO. But I kept my cool was opening my suitcase to get my camera out and got it out just in time to take two pictures before it was gone. THIS was about 1982 if memory serves me correctly. It wasn't in Penn livery just black but made the whole trip worth it. They didn't particularly care for me.Except grandma she was a doll and said I was just wahat Janet needed someone ten years older and settled. Anyway it worked as Janet loved to take trains too. Took her up to Seattle in the Amtrak Daylight. To Vegas for her 21st birthday almost a year after we met and regularly took it to San Diego and after we moved there took it from S.D to Santa Barbara to my folks place. We used to go to Griffith park with my son to rid the small scale steam engines. BUT after the GG1 my biggest trail thrill was when the pulled the BIG BOY out of static display in Pomona and it was here in Vegas for 2 days and took a ton of pics THEN IT CAME BACK FIVE YEARS LATER in running condition and got great video of it as did a whole lot of others. I miss the days of going out on occasion and seeing trains and train get togethers and riding trains. Still have my HO trains too. My son was into trains as well but not as much as we were. I had hoped to leave him my train sets but when he passed that ...well.. ANYWAY sorry for getting to long but this was really cool to see. And it just brought back some great memories. THANKs again for posting.

@stephendrivick840

4 жыл бұрын

F series locos were very beautiful, but tough to see out of during switching moves.

@NatersTrains

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the design falling to road switcher designs had to do with maintenance headaches. I watched an interview with a EMD official, and he explained that trying to work on an F unit was the feeling of working on a v16 engine inside of a submarine. The gp7 and gp9s of that era were much easier to work on than the F cab.

The old girl still has it! I sure wish I had all that wood to burn :) Thanks J nice vid

Pretty picturing, and a real pure EMD roaring , I mean really amazing , and a F series now , thumbs up, keep the good work

Love this! Good to see that F unit still working hard. I enjoy your videos...thanks from Tennessee.

I like that old conrail engine. That's the engine, & railroad growing up, here in central Ohio👍😃

From what I can tell 6 are still operational in Australia. The GM class and the S class. There are a lot stored in decent condition as well.

@Aaron-uf3sl

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget B class.

Nice one, Jason. Glad to see her back.

Great Job Jason. That FP7 is sure a sleek looking machine.

LAST I SAW ONE OF THEM I WAS 5 YEARS OLD ON THE GREAT NORTHERN FROM NY TO GRENORA N.D.. THAT WAS 65 YEARS AGO. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE SLEEPER CAR AND DINING CAR. ON A BIG CURVE I COULD SEE THE ENGINES. I STILL HAVE THE MENU CARDS AND LIST OF STOPS. AT THE END MY MOM GAVE THE PORTER A $5.00 TIP. WOW!!

Awesome video ive never seen one that old still hauling the freight beautiful

What a priceless video. Loved it. I have an FP7A on my layout in UP colors. Love that little thing (N scale)

instant sub and like! nothing like the classic looks and sound of an EMD F unit! Awesome video!