I last saw these in regular mainline passenger use on VIA Rail in the mid-1980’s. They would be paired in kind, with FP9’s, and with LRCs before they were withdrawn. Watching and hearing them accelerate out of Bayview near Hamilton was always a treat.
@alcobufff2 ай бұрын
Hi Would it be ok if used some of this footage in my upcoming alco fpa-2 video?
@BeloTrem2 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏 show !!
@arthurmatthews93213 ай бұрын
Was there ever a better looking locomotive than a alco FPA . Beautiful looking machine.
@TheSilverShadow173 ай бұрын
If Vault-Tec owned a railroad this would be the color scheme for it lol
@jayswarrow11964 ай бұрын
What's with the mad editing? half-an-hour of talking stationary BOOM! we're going 15 mph thru some forest. (no start, no accel, no sense of route) Scenery this, scenery that -HOOOOOOONK! - oh it turns out someone had forgotten to turn the camera on in time for a crossing, but decided to show what's left of it anyway... this isn't a cab ride, it's a jumpscare prank video.
@BabyBugBug4 ай бұрын
I think it is very sad this is no longer used. I know I would use it very often if it were still in service. It would be an excellent resource for Geneva.
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan6 ай бұрын
What is the status of this RDC budd car and what happened to the rest of the fleet that was supposed to be put into commuter service in the state of Vermont?
@mccoy79productions666 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@user-pd2km1fi9x7 ай бұрын
Very cool man
@doctorjekyll61257 ай бұрын
You should work on your awareness skills, Champ.
@jagc19697 ай бұрын
In Spain our first regular diesel locomotives were our beloved ALCO DL500 .
@ThomasWLalor7 ай бұрын
Wasn't this RR used in the filming of the motion picture "The Natural" - a baseball flick with Robert Redford??
@user-mr3ct1dm9p5 ай бұрын
Yes, and TRAINS,PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES.
@irened99617 ай бұрын
The ducks were being CHaSED by the photographer. If he didn't keep walking behind them, they would have made their way wherever momma duck wanted.
@bobkohl67797 ай бұрын
A ride on an ALCO, sweet!
@RevMikeBlack7 ай бұрын
What a beautiful machine. I wish I could go back in time and see Grand Central Station filled with them. America travelled in style back then.
@rlstowe32 ай бұрын
Grand Central Terminal rarely saw diesel locomotives. Electric locomotives were used for passenger service North of Washington D.C.
@geffreyjewell65467 ай бұрын
A thing of beauty.
@P61guy618 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@calvingrondahl10118 ай бұрын
Fun being inside the ALCO, good job, Alex.
@ronparrish66668 ай бұрын
So what is the smoothest ride the F9 or the Alco
@SD40Fan_Jason9 ай бұрын
Oh man, an old Train Brake handle with the second position of "LAP" meaning neither charging, nor discharging of air, rather simply maintaining the current pressure setting. I had a rude awakening when I had to learn how to use one of these. I think that valve is a 6BL? I could be wrong but I learned on something like that in an old Alco RS-3. Prior to that, everything else I was trained on had self-lapping and you didn't need to remember to place the valve in that position. I spent the first few days making undesired stops and recovering my air, cursing the non self-lapping valve the whole time. Edit and Correction: 6BL was what I learned on, the brake stand in the video is a 24RL, predecessor to today's current 26L and 26C.
@lennyhendricks46289 ай бұрын
It was my understanding that Alco (Schenectady) never built any FP-4's, that they were all from Montreal. To the best of my knowledge, CN was the only original operator. And I believe they used the much better 251 prime mover rather than the ill-fated 244 used in Schenectady's FA's.
@19scamps9210 ай бұрын
love the sound too ;)
@alcopower571010 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking us along. 👍
@PaulNoake10 ай бұрын
The Victorian Railways here in Australia adopted the Erie style livery when we first got diesel electric locos in July 1952 EMD ML2 model B class locomotives " B60-B85"
@aeyb70110 ай бұрын
Still has its Canadian horn, nice to hear.6758 I mean.
@RDC200311 ай бұрын
love the FPA/FA series locos
@ireland138911 ай бұрын
That is amazing. I have been wanting to go for a cab ride on that locomotive since I was in second grade. Do you possibly know the people who do this enough to ask them if there is a way to get a start up sound of that locomotive? Also, I am trying to make it to Pennsylvania next year and would love to go for a ride myself and hear this motor Running up close.
@lordbyron360311 ай бұрын
That was nice dude! 😅
@johnr5252 Жыл бұрын
Very sweet! Thanks.
@phuongthaole4039 Жыл бұрын
A, P and Caty are all naughty to make them dead… this cross isn't mine. I called God to stick them in a cross. So whatever, before Caty is my best friend and she's cute… then she's lazy and naughty. Wrong spelling, I never get anything else to alphabet friends. Nothing can stop me now. I'm a police. I know, this drain has a big hole and ducklings can fall. Lazy P, I'm angry. I'm out of here now.
@linkbombchu168 Жыл бұрын
Now go home and have some nice duck roast for dinner 😂😂
@lathafalls76758 ай бұрын
Not funny
@MasterChief.117 Жыл бұрын
😂❤🥰 0:20 11 Babys 2:46 12 Babys?
@doughsauce9286 Жыл бұрын
I think it was very noble of the kid and dad to help the ducks but the kid should stop following the ducks as that was probably what scared them. And as soon as the ducks starting quacking the duck fell in the drain and the kid didn’t realise. He should’ve been paying more attention.
@DFWRailVideos Жыл бұрын
From what I see, this is an Ex-TRE car! TRE (aka Trinity Railway Express) is a commuter agency based out of Dallas/Fort Worth Texas. They had a few of them running while the F59PHs and BBLs were being delivered, with the cars going to the DCTA to start their services in the early 2010s. They were later returned and sold to other railroads. Glad to see one still operating!
@firstlast1278 Жыл бұрын
Didn't know vault tec made trains
@dooom3554 Жыл бұрын
Today I ve saved my 5/6 days old chick, it fall into muddy drain... the moment I saw it I picked it with my bare hand,,it was about to die, couldn't even stand it's neck... I kept it in sunlight and wipe its body with tissue, my heart was ripping, kept mumbling mantras, chanting to lord krishna,, I tried to feed, then in the darkness I gave it to it's mum for heat,,,, all praise go to lord that it survived at least ❤❤❤ I can't explain what was it's condition and i was in heartaching😢😢😢😢 I feel goosebumps when I think, what could happen if I didn't see it, soory for my English
@kshitizaggarwal4850 Жыл бұрын
You will gonna have blessings of that chick as well as of Lord Krishna.. Jai Shree Ram..!! Jai Shree Krishna..!!
@awong508 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@JungleYT Жыл бұрын
*Thought only 1 or 2 of these were still operational - Ex D&H down in Mexico...*
@ivertranes25166 ай бұрын
Your thinking of the PA variant. Six axle, passenger units. These are the FA variant. Four axle, freight haulers. Very similar styling, easy mistake to make.
@JungleYT6 ай бұрын
@@ivertranes2516Thanks...
@ddpeak1 Жыл бұрын
What’s the cable the driver plugged in on the corridor connection? Is that to link the locos so one driver works both locos?
@brentboswell1294 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's the MU cable...it carries the digital information of where the 8 notch throttle is set from the master locomotive to any locomotives in trail...it also carries other information, like alarm bells from trailing units, reverse setting, and dynamic brake information. If you noticed, before hooking up the MU cable, he connected three air lines (not the main train line under the couplers), which control the sander and independent brake (for the locomotives only)
@ddpeak1 Жыл бұрын
@@brentboswell1294 thank you. That’s very informative I suppose it is similar to how we do it in England. I know more about buses and DiamondT’s but have always had a fondness for Railways.
@brentboswell1294 Жыл бұрын
@@ddpeak1 in fact, the UK class 66's use the same MU (multiple unit) system-it's the North American AAR (Association of American Railroads) MU standard, but I believe that it's called multiple working on the other side of the pond 😉
@CarbonC50 Жыл бұрын
Big 4 stroke sound captured very well - for a change. Thanks for that.
@WereLiveAuctionsLLC Жыл бұрын
Outstanding video Alex!
@davidthornton1807 Жыл бұрын
We had to do the same 😮 see 4:26 kzread.info/dash/bejne/lad4qqdphqvAktI.html
@thefloppyfish3247 Жыл бұрын
I hate this that was the worst ending in the world starfish's most popular thing ever I seen my tell you life and it makes me happy
@davestrains6816 Жыл бұрын
Nice video and thanks for sharing. Dave
@MLWQC Жыл бұрын
That was cool!!
@cliffwilkie4035 Жыл бұрын
The speedometer in the middle of the cab actually has a red LED light that lights up at 58mph, indicating that you’re about to hit overspeed. These units have a maximum speed of 65mph & will hit overspeed at 67.
@lolfunnycp Жыл бұрын
If you look closely at the top at 3:24, there's a stencil that says "max speed 75 mph"... makes me wonder if CN got these with a different gearing option
@cliffwilkie4035 Жыл бұрын
Try getting up to 65mph in these units like I’ve been. My employer used to own 11 ex-CN M420W’s about 25 yrs ago. We actually owned sister 3569, which is now at Exporail in St-Constant, QC.
@cliffwilkie4035 Жыл бұрын
I’ll also add that 3569 is now on static display & is no longer operational. We sold it to Ottawa Central Railway (OCR) in 2003. OCR cannibalized it for parts, before selling it to Exporail.
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Awesome, most beautiful train in the world!
❤
I last saw these in regular mainline passenger use on VIA Rail in the mid-1980’s. They would be paired in kind, with FP9’s, and with LRCs before they were withdrawn. Watching and hearing them accelerate out of Bayview near Hamilton was always a treat.
Hi Would it be ok if used some of this footage in my upcoming alco fpa-2 video?
👏👏👏👏 show !!
Was there ever a better looking locomotive than a alco FPA . Beautiful looking machine.
If Vault-Tec owned a railroad this would be the color scheme for it lol
What's with the mad editing? half-an-hour of talking stationary BOOM! we're going 15 mph thru some forest. (no start, no accel, no sense of route) Scenery this, scenery that -HOOOOOOONK! - oh it turns out someone had forgotten to turn the camera on in time for a crossing, but decided to show what's left of it anyway... this isn't a cab ride, it's a jumpscare prank video.
I think it is very sad this is no longer used. I know I would use it very often if it were still in service. It would be an excellent resource for Geneva.
What is the status of this RDC budd car and what happened to the rest of the fleet that was supposed to be put into commuter service in the state of Vermont?
Awesome!
Very cool man
You should work on your awareness skills, Champ.
In Spain our first regular diesel locomotives were our beloved ALCO DL500 .
Wasn't this RR used in the filming of the motion picture "The Natural" - a baseball flick with Robert Redford??
Yes, and TRAINS,PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES.
The ducks were being CHaSED by the photographer. If he didn't keep walking behind them, they would have made their way wherever momma duck wanted.
A ride on an ALCO, sweet!
What a beautiful machine. I wish I could go back in time and see Grand Central Station filled with them. America travelled in style back then.
Grand Central Terminal rarely saw diesel locomotives. Electric locomotives were used for passenger service North of Washington D.C.
A thing of beauty.
Thanks for sharing
Fun being inside the ALCO, good job, Alex.
So what is the smoothest ride the F9 or the Alco
Oh man, an old Train Brake handle with the second position of "LAP" meaning neither charging, nor discharging of air, rather simply maintaining the current pressure setting. I had a rude awakening when I had to learn how to use one of these. I think that valve is a 6BL? I could be wrong but I learned on something like that in an old Alco RS-3. Prior to that, everything else I was trained on had self-lapping and you didn't need to remember to place the valve in that position. I spent the first few days making undesired stops and recovering my air, cursing the non self-lapping valve the whole time. Edit and Correction: 6BL was what I learned on, the brake stand in the video is a 24RL, predecessor to today's current 26L and 26C.
It was my understanding that Alco (Schenectady) never built any FP-4's, that they were all from Montreal. To the best of my knowledge, CN was the only original operator. And I believe they used the much better 251 prime mover rather than the ill-fated 244 used in Schenectady's FA's.
love the sound too ;)
Thanks for taking us along. 👍
The Victorian Railways here in Australia adopted the Erie style livery when we first got diesel electric locos in July 1952 EMD ML2 model B class locomotives " B60-B85"
Still has its Canadian horn, nice to hear.6758 I mean.
love the FPA/FA series locos
That is amazing. I have been wanting to go for a cab ride on that locomotive since I was in second grade. Do you possibly know the people who do this enough to ask them if there is a way to get a start up sound of that locomotive? Also, I am trying to make it to Pennsylvania next year and would love to go for a ride myself and hear this motor Running up close.
That was nice dude! 😅
Very sweet! Thanks.
A, P and Caty are all naughty to make them dead… this cross isn't mine. I called God to stick them in a cross. So whatever, before Caty is my best friend and she's cute… then she's lazy and naughty. Wrong spelling, I never get anything else to alphabet friends. Nothing can stop me now. I'm a police. I know, this drain has a big hole and ducklings can fall. Lazy P, I'm angry. I'm out of here now.
Now go home and have some nice duck roast for dinner 😂😂
Not funny
😂❤🥰 0:20 11 Babys 2:46 12 Babys?
I think it was very noble of the kid and dad to help the ducks but the kid should stop following the ducks as that was probably what scared them. And as soon as the ducks starting quacking the duck fell in the drain and the kid didn’t realise. He should’ve been paying more attention.
From what I see, this is an Ex-TRE car! TRE (aka Trinity Railway Express) is a commuter agency based out of Dallas/Fort Worth Texas. They had a few of them running while the F59PHs and BBLs were being delivered, with the cars going to the DCTA to start their services in the early 2010s. They were later returned and sold to other railroads. Glad to see one still operating!
Didn't know vault tec made trains
Today I ve saved my 5/6 days old chick, it fall into muddy drain... the moment I saw it I picked it with my bare hand,,it was about to die, couldn't even stand it's neck... I kept it in sunlight and wipe its body with tissue, my heart was ripping, kept mumbling mantras, chanting to lord krishna,, I tried to feed, then in the darkness I gave it to it's mum for heat,,,, all praise go to lord that it survived at least ❤❤❤ I can't explain what was it's condition and i was in heartaching😢😢😢😢 I feel goosebumps when I think, what could happen if I didn't see it, soory for my English
You will gonna have blessings of that chick as well as of Lord Krishna.. Jai Shree Ram..!! Jai Shree Krishna..!!
Thank you!!
*Thought only 1 or 2 of these were still operational - Ex D&H down in Mexico...*
Your thinking of the PA variant. Six axle, passenger units. These are the FA variant. Four axle, freight haulers. Very similar styling, easy mistake to make.
@@ivertranes2516Thanks...
What’s the cable the driver plugged in on the corridor connection? Is that to link the locos so one driver works both locos?
Yes, it's the MU cable...it carries the digital information of where the 8 notch throttle is set from the master locomotive to any locomotives in trail...it also carries other information, like alarm bells from trailing units, reverse setting, and dynamic brake information. If you noticed, before hooking up the MU cable, he connected three air lines (not the main train line under the couplers), which control the sander and independent brake (for the locomotives only)
@@brentboswell1294 thank you. That’s very informative I suppose it is similar to how we do it in England. I know more about buses and DiamondT’s but have always had a fondness for Railways.
@@ddpeak1 in fact, the UK class 66's use the same MU (multiple unit) system-it's the North American AAR (Association of American Railroads) MU standard, but I believe that it's called multiple working on the other side of the pond 😉
Big 4 stroke sound captured very well - for a change. Thanks for that.
Outstanding video Alex!
We had to do the same 😮 see 4:26 kzread.info/dash/bejne/lad4qqdphqvAktI.html
I hate this that was the worst ending in the world starfish's most popular thing ever I seen my tell you life and it makes me happy
Nice video and thanks for sharing. Dave
That was cool!!
The speedometer in the middle of the cab actually has a red LED light that lights up at 58mph, indicating that you’re about to hit overspeed. These units have a maximum speed of 65mph & will hit overspeed at 67.
If you look closely at the top at 3:24, there's a stencil that says "max speed 75 mph"... makes me wonder if CN got these with a different gearing option
Try getting up to 65mph in these units like I’ve been. My employer used to own 11 ex-CN M420W’s about 25 yrs ago. We actually owned sister 3569, which is now at Exporail in St-Constant, QC.
I’ll also add that 3569 is now on static display & is no longer operational. We sold it to Ottawa Central Railway (OCR) in 2003. OCR cannibalized it for parts, before selling it to Exporail.