Yep to the tenth power! Grandfather was conductor on a freight,one of his sons was a rr policeman and was close to both coming up as kid. The love is in my blood.
@gloriatg100
2 жыл бұрын
Why else would anybody be here
@millieo7155
2 жыл бұрын
Me!
@timwalton57
3 жыл бұрын
As a retired locomotive engineer, I still enjoy watching....miss my co-workers...don't miss the B.S. Thanks for the videos !!
@chrisquinlan3012
3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that bro
@old56timer
3 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@augvoorde2
3 жыл бұрын
What is some of the BS?
@timwalton57
3 жыл бұрын
@@augvoorde2 politics....people who didn't do my job, telling me how to do my job....you know....bs 😳
@augvoorde2
3 жыл бұрын
Got it. Thanks.
@jcm028
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, I was a UP conductor and RCL operator for 3 years, even better...my dad worked for Loram for 35 years and started there designing ballast cleaners. Over the years he started designing rail grinders and then became the Engineering manager for light rail grinders. They sent that equipment all over the world, Sweden, UK, China and Brazil.
@horror-metal-mike4320
3 жыл бұрын
AWESOME video! Two CSX mixed freight trains, a CANADIAN PACIFIC double stack train with DPU, a CSX double stack train, a UNION PACIFIC stack train, and a very UNIQUE railroad maintenance train! Thanks for sharing this video, it was a really GOOD one!
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@manovermachine
3 жыл бұрын
I like how the machine at 16:15 is effectively a shipping container mounted on a rail frame and with windows and doors added.
@thomasmleahy6218
3 жыл бұрын
Man over-- A very strange conglomeration of machines. You should check around for videos of rail grinding machines.
@mrfordfairmont
2 жыл бұрын
makes it easier to load on to any flat car anywhere in the world
@ireallyneedalife
2 жыл бұрын
The container is converted into office and parts storage/tools space.
@ireallyneedalife
2 жыл бұрын
@@robroberts4491 Correct. Loram has a KZitem channel that shows what and how their machine work. The equipment is fun to work on.
@thomasobrien5318
3 жыл бұрын
As a retired Conductor i can tell you that when reporting for work you get a profile and a set of orders for your consist.If work trains are out you must radio call the track supervisor within two miles of their limits to see if you can pass even if you have a favorable signal.Also there could be speed restrictions or lifting of restrictions.Those trains seemed to be going awful fast for passing working crews.We usually slowed a bit no matter what so we can eyeball their equipment and visa versa.CSX
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
The work foreman of the track crew gives permission as the train crew asks for the permission to go by. In this case the foreman probably gave them permission to go at maximum authorized speed for his train. Before the train goes by the foreman will call all of his workers and they will confirm that they heard the foreman letting them know that a train will be coming on the other track
@thomasobrien5318
3 жыл бұрын
@@WideWorldofTrains i just said exactly that and more? I don't want to mess with you on your site but i can help you be better.
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasobrien5318 Just saying what I hear on the radio many times, I appreciate your input
@kishascape
2 жыл бұрын
I was watching tamping and track cleaning operations last year and they just rolled by only honking a couple times on approach.
@thomasobrien5318
2 жыл бұрын
@@WideWorldofTrains im not a no it all i just thought you might like to know,you might have forgot more then i ever knew lol
@autumn7ful
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up around trains and when I moved away and they started putting all the overpass is in a totally miss them but where I live now I can hear them in the distance so I can hear the horn I can hear the train and it just brings back my childhood
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Cool story Janice
@Richardrefund
3 жыл бұрын
My story is very similar to yours. I grew up in Crestline, Ohio, is was established way back when due to the railroad. My Grandpa and Uncle both retired as railroad engineers. I now live in Virginia Beach, no trains here anymore within hearing distance. I love going back home to visit and hear the trains again. It's funny how those things stick with you.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
@@Richardrefund I grew up and still live near the train tracks, this area I film trains is where I grew up.
@edbruder9975
3 жыл бұрын
My Granny worked spreading ballast during WW2 on the CPR line in Ontario. The train car had a disk on an arm out the side to mark the line for the edge of the ballast, and the stones came out a chute on the bottom of the car. She had to rake the stones to match up with the disk mark. Then an Inspector walked the track with her and her partner, another local woman. If there was a stone past the line he'd point with his cane and they had to rake it up, and if there was an empty spot with no stone above the line, they had to rake stones down to cover it. She said the train tracks almost looked like a city park when they finished up.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that had to be hard work
@markshogan2642
3 жыл бұрын
A few years ago, I was on my way to go fishing, and the ballast cleaners were being parked on a passing siding near my fishing spot. I had a great conversation with the crew. They were covered with dust and looked as if they had just emerged from a coal mine. It was on the NS’s old Virginian main line east of Roanoke Va.
@morgannolen8954
3 жыл бұрын
1 hour from me
@stevenbingham859
3 жыл бұрын
My Dad was a Conductor for 35yrs for the Southern Pacific out of Ogden Utah. I loved riding on those trains whenever I got a chance. It was a great experience. I hated it when the railroads broke the 5 man crew law and did away with the caboose. It was a greek tragedy.
@GrumpySmurf0813
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Ogden for a couple of years. Loved seeing the trains go by while waiting for the Frontrunner to come
@MaheshPatel-nk9fg
3 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful to see trains gliding along rails.
@uncleh5460
Жыл бұрын
This train race is awesome 👍 "...stuck between two trains again..." Sounds like a country song!
@TWOSU_NEWS
3 жыл бұрын
Got into an argument a couple weeks ago about why rail companies hauling an empty gondola as the last car fill it full of water... I meen literaly fill it full of water...
@dalekundtz760
Жыл бұрын
Have always loved trains. Thanks for bringing back good memories for this old man. Am 70 now. Back when I was in my 20s, I had my dream job. I got a job working at ElectroMotive Division (EMD) in LaGrange, Illinois where I started out in the Paint Shop Wharehouse and then on Final Test Department. Seeing the locomotive engines in your videos brought back good times. Got to occasionally get to ride short distances with an engineer as we would test out an engine that was near completion before final shipment to the buyer. On weekends, would go out and watch Burlington Northern passenger trains making runs from Chicago out to Aurora, Illinois where I lived. By counting the number of engines, could have an idea how long the train was going to be. Figured one engine would pull about 75 freight cars. I also took vacations to Pennsylvania and would watch trains travel along Horseshoe Curve. That was a long curve where you could be in the engine and had made it up the long haul amd then turn as you made the way down and could see the caboose that was still coming up the grade. Used to have timetables so I could know what train was where. Would enjoy seeing the Denver Zephyr heading from Chicago to Denver blowing through Naperville, Illinois and scaring the hell out of this youngster as the gust of wind nearly blew me from my feet.
@johnraymond699
2 жыл бұрын
Brings back such memories of simpler times. In the late 80’s I was a student at SUNY Fredonia and used to ride my bicycle down to the tracks and watch the trains. I remember Berry Road and being stuck between Norfolk Southern and Conrail many times. Watching trains was my get away and a valued moments of solitude. Thank you for posting.
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool, there is a kid majoring in piano at SUNY Fredonia and he does train videos around here. That is about a 7 mile round trip bike ride!
@larrypushlar3545
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy looking at the trains and how they operate. I love looking at the locomotives 🚂
@cindyorellana6592
3 жыл бұрын
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@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Im glad you like my train videos
@Sven_Okas1967
3 жыл бұрын
The way it is done with you with the gravel cleaning is almost antiquarian. Here in Germany it looks like this .....kzitem.info/news/bejne/tpx_mGtrpYpyn5w....... But your freight trains have something, because of their length. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
@CarlosAlberto-ii1li
3 жыл бұрын
Graffiti is possibly the largest train operator in America, their name is always well emblazoned on all their wagons.
@fraukatze3856
3 жыл бұрын
Really looks awful.
@fastoutnotforkids7192
3 жыл бұрын
@@fraukatze3856 around where i live. Some aint all that bad. Most of the time its cartoon characters or something artists like but of course you get the badddd ones. So you ain't wrong. Its crazy.
@1lonecrow
3 жыл бұрын
Spray paint art gives us something to look at while we wait for the train to go by... If it was legalized we'd get better quality. I like it...
@basicallystupid7080
3 жыл бұрын
@@fastoutnotforkids7192 same, we just get words but eh, its okay
@carcaridon
2 жыл бұрын
Gives police all around the world some important stuff to do instead of catching paedophiles,meth cooks armed burglars...corrupt politicians.
@aureliafrazier5927
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I pray that all engineers, passengers, and railway workers stay safe. Love and Blessings to you and your entire family! Tyfs! 🙏🏽💕
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Same to you! Thanks
@MARKTHESPARK54
2 жыл бұрын
When I first hired out for the Missouri Pacific in August 1976 I was hired on as a maintenance of way, Trackman employee As soon as I learned to make an identity of machines out there They were fantastic the one you’re talking about is a ballast maintainer super machinery
@stevenbongiorno9277
2 жыл бұрын
That’s really cool!! I grew up next to a switchyard as a kid, until I was 23, in Danbury Connecticut. It was back in the early 70s. Because of the position of the yard, and the fact that it was in the middle of the city, I was always exited whenever we had to stop at a crossing. My dad would be a little impatient, but I was intrigued. The old yard still exists, but it’s a museum now, and lacks the old time glory! I live two towns away from where I grew up, and there’s an old line that’s tied to the old yard, but it’s owned by a small company that , to me, only serves this short stretch. I don’t get the chance to stand next to the tracks, and watch in a mesmerized state, as the long line of cars go by. I’ve purchased a bunch of HO train sets, with the thought that I could experience that feeling again, but they’re all sitting in my attic, for that “someday “ when I can recreate it. Thanks again for the inspiration!!
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Well you don't have to go to the tracks to see the trains, you can go to wide world of trains on KZitem! Thanks for watching I'm glad you enjoy my videos
@featherdude
3 жыл бұрын
I know all those places. My family is from Fredonia, NY so I have spent a lot of time exploring the area. Always enjoyed hearing the trains at night while visiting grand parents.
@rainmancw9022
2 жыл бұрын
My father worked on the rail-gang and his father retired as a B&O Chessie System engineer. I hold a deep love for the dusk sun shining on the hot rail and the smell of creosote blistering in the heat. Beautiful. Just beautiful.
@thomasobrien5318
2 жыл бұрын
My father was a NYC road engineer and i started out a Hocking valley then pere Marquette retired as a road Conductor.
@ireallyneedalife
2 жыл бұрын
The 'strange horns' on the Loram equipment have different meanings. The first one was the hotrail alarm, indicating a train is about to pass. The second one that sounded after the first train passed was the work alarm, indicating the machine is in 'work mode' and hydraulics are active.
@kishascape
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wish he would be quiet so I could hear it better. I already know what train it is that this is youtube.
@WasatchRailfan125
3 жыл бұрын
ABOUT HALF WAY TO A MILLION VIEWS MORE POPULAR THAN THE TRAIN VIDEO YOU HAVE AS A LINK!!! IM SO EXITED AND HYPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jackbrydges7673
3 жыл бұрын
I caught the train after school about a ten mile trip to the next station I sat outside to watch the next freight coming a oil tanker had a fir in the wheels it was very large I went and told the station master he radioed ahead to the next station. This was in 1953 I got a nice thank you fro car railroad .
@j_wz6818
3 жыл бұрын
By "fir" you actually mean a tree ? Wow! Was at the Butler Pa station in '58 when a freight went by with a "flat tire".....dusty and nosy.
@barts1286
3 жыл бұрын
@@j_wz6818 By nosy, do you mean smelly?
@j_wz6818
3 жыл бұрын
@@barts1286 sorry .....very loud ....love the trains!!!!
@jayjones2929
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for standing and snorting up the asbestos dust left by a hundred years of brake dust as it’s stirred up to bring us this video!
@romeoslover817
3 жыл бұрын
There is something mesmerizing about a train’s sound. ASMR for sure.
@ronniewall1481
3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE WATCHING TRAINS BUT I STAY AWAY. THEY ARE DANGEROUS.
@irishgrl
3 жыл бұрын
Not MY idea of ASMR 😂
@apollomemories7399
3 жыл бұрын
@@ronniewall1481 Indeed, Back in the 70s, a boy I knew played chicken on the line and moved too late and lost his arm.
@22stunt45
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely NOT ASMR
@22stunt45
3 жыл бұрын
@@irishgrl exactly Irisgrl, far from ASMR 😳🙂
@jeremypreece870
3 жыл бұрын
Hello from the UK. I really love the bit where you can see two trains both running over separate crossings, just a few feet apart.
@thomasobrien5318
2 жыл бұрын
One of the scariest times of people running around the gates and striking a locomotive for train crews to experience is that scenario were two passing trains at a crossing and they run around the opposite train and suddenly appear in front of you.Trains have no steering wheels so never ever do trains hit cars its alway a auto striking a locomotive.
@nialloneill426
3 жыл бұрын
Great footage for us train nuts. Your presentation is a hoot. You introduce each train clip like you were a Las Vegas MC introducing the next big act. Or like a DJ. Just keep on doing what you're doing, I love it.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Why thank you Niall I'm really glad you enjoy it
@alanmcewen7731
3 жыл бұрын
Hi from the land of Oz. great videos you don't realize how much freight gets moved until you watch these.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@kennethbean1587
3 жыл бұрын
That “strange horn” is the proximity klaxon for men working on the ground around the equipment. It lets them know when a train is passing on the next tracks
@raven4k998
3 жыл бұрын
are you sure it's not the panic alarm?
@kennethbean1587
3 жыл бұрын
@@raven4k998 positive. Same alarm is on the rail grinders for when they stop and change stones. You can check those videos too.
@kansascityshuffle8526
3 жыл бұрын
LORAM used to call it a hot rail system.
@raven4k998
3 жыл бұрын
@@kennethbean1587 oh wait it's your alarm clock just wake up!!!!!
@burtharris6343
3 жыл бұрын
Kalaxons can certainly sound strange. Where in the video is it?
@Lucycat46
2 жыл бұрын
I just love train sounds, especially the horn sounds from far off.
@Anna_Stetik
3 жыл бұрын
No idea why I've always been fascinated by trains. Their horns at night are creepy, but in the daytime, I feel like I'm the only one 'stuck' at a crossing who is delighted to watch them pass by. Thanks for the footage.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@carcaridon
2 жыл бұрын
Aussie foamer here. Love the consists you guys and gal's have over your neck of the woods. A crap day foaming is better than a good day working. Toot bloody toot
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@Stussmeister
3 жыл бұрын
A very nice video. I've been a lifelong railroad enthusiast, and can appreciate the work that you and other railroad-themed KZitem channels do. I'm thinking, though, that it would be a while before I've watched all of your 14,000+ videos.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! It took me 14 years to film 14000+ videos (there are actually probably 25000 different trains in them, some videos have 5 to 8 trains each) so it would take while to watch all of them lol! But you can watch any amount you want, thank you! My 14th anniversary on KZitem is coming up in early August
@Stussmeister
3 жыл бұрын
@@WideWorldofTrains You're quite welcome, and congratulations on your upcoming anniversary :). I'm thinking of starting a railroad-related series of videos myself, though I think they would be more focused on railroad history.
@drshashimohansharma7000
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video. My father was a railway officer in India and I became a rail fan since childhood. Now, I am 71 and living in the UK and remembering my childhood memories. Thanks for sharing this video. With best wishes
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks im glad you like the video, my Dad also worked for the Railroads here, New York Central, Penn Central and Conrail. He also worked for ALCO Locomotive Dunkirk Works
@debnbuddy
3 жыл бұрын
I miss the sound of the steam whistle. As a child I road hundreds of miles back and forth to gradma's house on the Pacific coast '
@fasx56
2 жыл бұрын
There are so many Engineering Marvels in all parts of Industry, air and ground transportation and manufacturing that it is hard to put put it all together in one's mind. And then there is all types of Farm Equipment Large and Small that plant, harvest and bring our food to the Grocery Store, amazing.
3 жыл бұрын
I just happened on this channel and I watched the whole video,let me tell you it was awesome, mesmerizing and almost hypnotic. So amazing what machines like this exemplify power and dynamic human abilities. I worked as a musician on a small cruise ship and when the big freighters and oil tankers and cargo ships passed beside us at Port I would get really excited and run up on deck to watch them go by
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Teresa im glad you found Wide World of Trains!
@Gfysimpletons
3 жыл бұрын
@@WideWorldofTrains was this filmed on a Tuesday at 10 am?
@mattygates1
2 жыл бұрын
I used to live in East Palmyra Ny and loved hearing those Conrail and Amtrack trains go by not 150 yards from our house Now I live in northeast Florida and have Florida East Coast railroad going by a few hundred feet from my house. Brings me back to my younger days.
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@ambroseabellair5306
3 жыл бұрын
That's the coolest spot to be, right in the middle of them two big baby's YAHOO LET EM ROAR it's a thrill even at 70, had to laugh, bumps on my skin, hair raised up, wish I had been there YE AYH, ride em cowboy.
@stevengroberts8565
2 жыл бұрын
Big Rail fan here from Scotland, Love the USA.
@user-nd3lx1zg9t
3 жыл бұрын
Keeping America moving! I loved being between the two trains. I live in a densely populated area at one of the corners of the country (Miami) so we don't get to see trains that large and going at speed.
@eddiebaby9726
6 ай бұрын
FYI to all who love trains Robert (Bob) French of Rochester N Y passed away in April of 2023. Bob loved trains! Rest in peace Bob.
@bostonrailfan2427
3 жыл бұрын
the first time that i’ve ever seen two companies going by in two directions on two rights of way so close together…amazing luck!
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it sure was, thanks
@taylorpinkney7253
3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of going to West Virginia every summer to visit my aunt and uncle and grandparents they stayed near Shenandoah junction and I used to love to hear the trains at night and see them by day
@yahrique_gaming
3 жыл бұрын
Hi I love this channel
@raystanczak4277
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen two big-ass trains drag racing. And keep those windmills coming!
@royreynolds108
3 жыл бұрын
The single smaller vehicle along with the LORAM train is a ballast regulator for shaping the ballast. A ballast regulator usually accompanies a tamper/liner also.
@luisademora9141
2 жыл бұрын
Huh??? What is a ballast, tamper/liner??
@donaldkarcheriii7249
2 жыл бұрын
Sitting here watching the video of UP train just blistering the tracks passing to your left, and over the noise of the cars passing you from the UP train you can hear this higher pitch missile coming from somewhere. Another train to the right matching the UP train for speed. Then to hear the CP DPU Alright come screaming by. What a video. It's one thing to see a fire engine, ambulance, cop, Trooper, or even a semi come screaming by you at 60 mph and hitting something stationary would make a big explosion. It's a wholenother level when your talking up to 2 miles of train with all that weight moving in sync. Being between these trains leaves some trepidation in the event something goes wrong, no escape! It's just amazing how the railroad works basically the same today as it did 100 years ago, aside from the safety legislation arising from prior accidents. Still just ties, tie plates, spikes, rail, whether welded or prefab sections. All depending on the strength of steel and the holding power of the ties and bearing capacity of the ground. Of course you have the defect detectors, centrally operated signaling and remote switch operation. I'm talking the building materials. I'll stop rambling....it's just fascinating watching all that weight run up and down on a piece of steel just wider than 3" or so like a ninety pound gymnastics on a balance beam. We don't think twice about it.
@mailmanx69
3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the doppler effect on the sound of a train horn as it goes by.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Oh I know, me too.
@Cougelly1999
3 жыл бұрын
Some good examples of Doppler Effect at 7:14 and 14:30
@lapnoloc
3 жыл бұрын
I like very much. My Grand dad had a General store where many goods sold in the store came off the railroad about 1000 feet from his store. Then he bought a coal company closer to the tracks and coal was off loaded to the 4 silos of different size coal. I loved the whole experience as a kid.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Well that had to be very cool to see
@saltyminer100
3 жыл бұрын
The Loram Equipment is a shoulder cleaner, often used in double track to remove fines from the devil strip.
@stephenkaras812
2 жыл бұрын
I am sure many of us train lovers would like to see the yard where they assemble and brake down the the line of cars
@AndreyNikolsky2004
3 жыл бұрын
Ого, 10:05 как убирают старую железнодорожную насыпь, я живу не далеко от железной дороги и тоже наблюдал как там ремонтировали пути, интересно наблюдать за этим😊😊
@Par3pio2
2 жыл бұрын
CSX is breaking its own power axle rule, again. 455, 173, and 723.
@murraymaxwell835
3 жыл бұрын
Our good old C.P. Rail do have a tendancy of putting locomotives into midtrain. They say it adds power. Especially on the hills. Especially through the Spiral Tunnels in Yoho Park. And Rogers Pass.
@kdseidle8031
3 жыл бұрын
Some BIG obsticles goin through British Columbia!
@295g295
3 жыл бұрын
minimal hills here
@searleflesher6689
2 жыл бұрын
I am from the UK i love the sound of the train horns I have to admit I love American trains they fascinate me
@jcpt928
3 жыл бұрын
That second train at the double-crossing was absolutely booking it.
@ethangrew745
3 жыл бұрын
Canadian Pacific always been bookin it my guy, I remember every time I’d go up to Canada to visit family, they’d be hauling ass no matter where at😂
@ethangrew745
3 жыл бұрын
Not once had I seen them at least under 40mph
@thomasmleahy6218
3 жыл бұрын
There's a new form of intermodal I've never seen before, long containers, new to me, on flats. New type of flats, similar to the 5 pack tubs, single truck between cars-- new to me. Holy cow, you're surrounded!
@bethsheeba1198
3 жыл бұрын
I love trains. Worked in Sydney at Central Station and just enjoyed watching them. Love those ballast cleaners. cheers from Oz.
@jenniferestep798
3 жыл бұрын
I am glad we still have trains!!
@raymondyee3313
3 жыл бұрын
Good vid Bro, brings back many memories. Thank you
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
You bet
@davy1458
3 жыл бұрын
I saw a train car the other day with a really nice homer Simpson painted on it......I was very impressed
@Ma_Deuce_338
3 жыл бұрын
I am impressed by the way you maintain a safe distance from the right of way. Great video and you didn't shoot it standing on the ties! Two thumbs up!
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks I try to keep safe distances, safety first!
@Neal_Schier
2 жыл бұрын
@@WideWorldofTrains As an airline pilot I appreciate your approach to safety and the example you set for young photographers and enthusiasts. This kind of thing is serious stuff and there is no value in risk taking for what one might imagine as a better view/video.
@ronaldstaley277
2 жыл бұрын
I used to take my nephew to the train yard park along side the road and let him watch the trains. He was 5 then and cried when I wouldn't take home a train car for him. He grew up and ended up working for the railroad.
@davidpanetta6400
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! That was awesome! Two trains going on two separate tracks at the same time in the same direction! In-freaking-credible!
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@missingutah
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! Come to Glen Ellyn & Wheaton IL and see 3 at a time! What a mind____ .
@williamlarson3623
2 жыл бұрын
One wonders how railroading would look today if not for trucks and freeways. A train spotter's utopia, one might think, or maybe a love for rail reduced to a vastly different view of things to come along the trackside -- of massive consists over welded rail thru sterile, fenced in corridors of concrete white; comprised of rarely ending, never stopping, interconnected seamless bots on juice, and all without apparent power either end, and with little noise, no excitement, no variety, and no drivers needed. (They may have HD commercial ads on their illumined sides, so there's that to look forward to, should that happen, I guess). So thank you, WWT, for your most interesting entertaining half hour of modern diesel railroading, a history still in the making -- a time well spent watching, indeed.
@danasoroko
3 жыл бұрын
I looked up Loram and the machine you have on your video is a shoulder cleaner. It does not also undercut the ballast between the ties. Good video!
@vernonmatthews181
3 жыл бұрын
We have these machines in New Zealand, however, ours are from Australia probably from another firms name, live & work near railroads all my life. Greetings from New Zealand.😎👍👌
@All_Things_Strange
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I love trains, anything trains, I love it! I even have a Lego train! Thanks for this video, I know it's kinda late to say that but oh well. Really enjoyed this!!!
@4vepvik781
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Union Pacific locomotion in action n the train lengths are astounding with a middle booster loco!!.. Fab from a UK Enthusiast.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 😊
@elenacaddell3639
2 жыл бұрын
Double trains were a plus. Nothing like their relaxing sound
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@bobhollabaugh8044
3 жыл бұрын
wow...who could ever design a piece of equipment like that...amazing !!
@jlucasound
3 жыл бұрын
You know damn well that Loram beast has a bathroom, break/lunch room, and even sleeping quarters! Maybe a gym and a swimming pool and sauna? ;-)
@john5321
3 жыл бұрын
That is some solid track and ballast in that first clip.
@Aquahoma
3 жыл бұрын
STUCK BETWEEN TWO TRAINS WAS AWESOME TO SEE
@GaelHernandezGarcia790
3 жыл бұрын
5:16 amazing to see a wagon of what was once the NORFOLK AND WESTERN railroad greetings from Mexico you spend one more subscriber
@barryjgalbraith2635
2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from UK. I really enjoyed your video especially the part where you were between the 2 trains! Well done.
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@awesomenintendoman7054
3 жыл бұрын
7:05 I saw the front engine shake hard on the track.
@1eingram
2 жыл бұрын
I loved my Lionel set when I was a child.
@hunsadersrockinranch
3 жыл бұрын
WOW1 Gladd, I clicked on this! Good stuff! Thanks! 10:47 that's one hell of a turn! 16:19. That's one hell of a rig!
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoyed it!
@USMC1984
2 жыл бұрын
Necessity is the mother of invention! Who else would have thought of and built a contraption like that.
@LM-sc8lu
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Salamanca, NY, when the "switch yards" were running, the repair barns were still being used, and there was a fuel area just east of Main St. (By the way, it's Dunkirk, not Dun Kirk.) I started my Police Career in Salamanca back when the bar fights were almost every night, especially on "the Coast" which was Atlantic St., and paralleled the yards. Nothing is left of the yards except the Rail Museum.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like old school bars in Fredonia back in the day. The Erie RR went thru Salamanca and had a roundhouse also. Dunkirk, yes thats correct ive lived here for decades
@karenparker5054
2 жыл бұрын
I love watching trains♥️
@michaelalberson126
2 жыл бұрын
I love trains and I really like your hard work here. Absolutely awesome job.
@WideWorldofTrains
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks I'm glad you enjoy them
@JelMain
2 жыл бұрын
The CSX is a trackbed tamper. Cleaning the ballast leaves it unstable, the track can move and tip. Tamping the ballast sets it back into the bed again.
@brianhickey5949
3 жыл бұрын
A nice double whammy with 2 trains at once ;) Great video of the ballast cleaner :) I imagine working on it would be loud! I do like the engineering that goes into it :)
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
That would be cool! The trains kicked up the dust when they went by
@fireopal4389
3 жыл бұрын
My dad's house is about 2 blocks from the Melrose Park yard. When I read what is parked there, my first though was, if one of those taker cars goes up, there goes my dad's house. Thanks for sharing.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!
@laurentianvmx1692
3 жыл бұрын
Ah so that's how they keep that gravel so clean ! I had asked Shoestring about this a few months ago.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it does!
@rboston33
3 жыл бұрын
I find watching trains coming towards is much more enjoyable than watching them going away from me.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I like it that way too but it depends on the lighting and wind and other factors
@lordflasheart6801
3 жыл бұрын
Approx 7:45. That is exactly why I want to see this for myself one day..... Awesome!
@sceneanuerebelrebel9244
3 жыл бұрын
I got see a rail grinder one day doing its job grinding the surfaces and outer shoulders back to specific shape .It left the rail surface textured finish and sprayed a cooling oil solution on to recool resulting in a decent size cloud of steam and thin layer of protection that smoked for a while,total machine length around600' feet or so. Squirted water spray on either side of ballast to extinguish spot fires from grinding sparks during grinding process .I was impressed !!!
@RailroadScannerMan15
3 жыл бұрын
I worked for loram on an undercutter in NJ and NY on CSX on the river sub and around Manville, NJ and what not down on the Trenton sub. These machines suck to work on. That first clip with the sirens is a hot rail. Loram rule to sound it when a train’s nearby.
@295g295
3 жыл бұрын
10:10 - Why does CSX waste money washing their rocks?
@fishingwithkeaton8384
2 жыл бұрын
That’s the best, two 60 mph trains meet going the same way both with foreign power.
@michaelgoes6744
3 жыл бұрын
I love watching this channel, it shows what we have as far as engineering in America.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael I'm glad you enjoy my videos and channel
@lloydpenfold486
3 жыл бұрын
How fast are your passenger trains? Here in the UK we have now replaced all our 125MPH trains (HSTs) with faster ones, and our 2nd totally new High Speed Train line 2 (London - Birmingham) is well under construction for ttrains travelling at 225MPH. kzitem.info/news/bejne/ua6ImndmkJx6aoo
@JT-bird
3 жыл бұрын
This site is so refreshing. Cinematographers understand not to talk while recording. Hearing the trains is just as important as seeing them.. KUDOS to all who contribute.
@Gfysimpletons
3 жыл бұрын
Early - mid 20th century junk…
@harrychest4303
2 жыл бұрын
Try watching the Distant Signal channel.
@rogercoleman4820
3 жыл бұрын
Love all the Chessie action, grandad was south east regional manager in the early 50's. Love me some CSX.
@WideWorldofTrains
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that had to be cool to have a grandad like that
@yggdrasil9039
3 жыл бұрын
9:03 Fantastic! Double stacked containers is a great idea.
@PhilHeadley
6 ай бұрын
Totally awesome Sir. I really enjoy watching trains. The locomotives sound is awesome power all the way. Keep it up Sir.
@WideWorldofTrains
6 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@Quebecoisegal
3 жыл бұрын
"Monster machine right there". Not wrong there!! Thanks for all the info.
@barryhill1044
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic to watch such huge freight being moved around, We have nothing like it in the uk I used to be a shunting locomotive driver in the Royal Docks in east London …. The average train would be 30 trucks. Much smaller trucks than the US trucks …. Thanks for the Video… Ray from Epping Essex (UK) 👌👍👨
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