As others have stated, it may have been a PTC (Positive Train Control) test train. It also may have been an equipment move, with one of the coach cars or engine being sent as a replacement for a broken one on the line or just for maintenance, with another one being sent back, hence the push-pull setup. This is just speculation, of course. :)
@hambb
6 жыл бұрын
The way the windshield wipers where out of sync disturbed me
@capefeartrainsandsirens
4 жыл бұрын
Hamb they are designed like that on Amtrak.
@FreedomtowerStudios
6 жыл бұрын
Looks like a PTC Test Train. I've seen New Jersey Transit do this too up here because PTC is being installed on all NJ Transit lines.
@milepostonemedia6868
6 жыл бұрын
PTC test train probably
@HighballHank
6 жыл бұрын
Milepost One Media that’s what I’m thinking too
@ohiorailfanproduction5436
6 жыл бұрын
I bet you’re right
@larrywanders
6 жыл бұрын
This is one of the trains ELVIS uses to move around the country. Others are told it's a PTC test train to satisfy the overly curious. ;)
@kishascape
2 жыл бұрын
Johnny cash is on there too with Prince and Michael Jackson.
@WandererLife85
6 жыл бұрын
PTC test run. (Not a theory or suggestion. It was.)
@IrishMusicCountry
6 жыл бұрын
do these trains go in a loop.? because at the beginning of the video engine 187 is leading and engine 159 is trailing. but on the journey back again 187 is leading and 159 is trailing.
@Triley215
6 жыл бұрын
It's the same train, just a different view. Look at the time stamp at the top of the video
@CP_Trent
6 жыл бұрын
It’s not a OCS... hmmm probably a equipment move
@robertl.fallin7062
6 жыл бұрын
it a new symmetrical train from the minds at Amtrax!
@SKitty1732
6 жыл бұрын
I took a pic of 187 a few months ago, she was pulling the zephyr
@ausblue1
6 жыл бұрын
toot tootttttt and again. lol .beautiful little train thanks ..and from australia i have no idea about ya mystery train ..all i know is i love trains .
@jslasher1
6 жыл бұрын
Anyone's guess. Amtrak no longer allows others to charter their trains, so I would suspect this is some sort of test train.
@mittenrails
6 жыл бұрын
I believe it was an equipment move. Either that or it was a test train. I saw it on a video one time
@nc-railadventures
6 жыл бұрын
It's down here in Raleigh, NC parked in NCDoT yard.
@ldk59
6 жыл бұрын
One just like it parked in Jackson, MI yard most of last week
@southerntrains6530
6 жыл бұрын
It was a PTC Test train carrying one Amtrak Regional Manager aboard don't ask how I know lol
@ConrailFreight
6 жыл бұрын
SouthernTrains no it wasn’t you idiot
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
Conductor 101 yes it was because in Michigan they had the same thing. it has the same consist as the one in Michigan which was not too long ago. Also if it isn’t what is it then if you know what it is.
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
Kansas City Railfan i am not trying to be rude but like it’s true and some people need to know more information before they say stuff.
@ianshort2935
6 жыл бұрын
Canadian National and CSX fanatic True, but it’s still rude to call someone an idiot
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
PineappleMaster2 yea you are right
@CSXKid5016
6 жыл бұрын
Most likely PTC testing. A similar consist was spotted recently doing PTC testing in Michigan.
@carrollcameron8650
6 жыл бұрын
Could it have been a detour around an accident or other rail related event?
@ChrisCompson576
6 жыл бұрын
Probably a special charter.
@danielchou9802
6 жыл бұрын
It’s a PTC train on its way to Raleigh, NC
@sonofeloah
6 жыл бұрын
Notice the design of those cars? They look like very old passenger cars that have been refurbished/restored and are of the mid-1940s to mid-1960s style.
@TrainMike2013
6 жыл бұрын
Azri'el Collier those are the standard Viewliner cars that Amtrak uses in the Northeast corridor and on the Silver services to Florida. Amtrak just takes really good care of them. :)
@DieselElevators
6 жыл бұрын
Those aren't old at all. Well ok, 40 years.... but not 50s or 60s old. Built by Budd, those Amfleets will last much longer if they want them to. Budd built a solid car, and still does.
@cats0182
6 жыл бұрын
Say what? Those are AMFLEET 1 cars. Mid-40"s? Hardly. Mid-60's? Hardly.
@cats0182
6 жыл бұрын
Budd doesn't build anything anymore. Budd went out of business decades ago. It followed Pullman-Standard, ACF, and other American-owned car builders to an unfortunate trash heap of history. Now we're stuck with foreign companies designing equipment there and assembling it here as a sop to Americans. Sad.
@mikeytrains1
6 жыл бұрын
They are Amtrak's standard eastern passenger car, the Amfleet, and have been serving for years, possibly the 1970s.
@alek488
6 жыл бұрын
they might be moving the train to a different location as a restaging trip
@simply_deity
6 жыл бұрын
btw love your vids Virtual Railfan... you encouraged me to like trains... thank you! keep up the great work
@massachusettstrains6919
6 жыл бұрын
Nice that was an Amtrak Protect set
@Tyler380
6 жыл бұрын
Lets see... Could be a very wealthy guy or group who likes trains like us decided they wanted to tour the United States by rail.. Sparing no expense they or he or she chartered a train and cars to do this.. The cars and rear engine are really clean and the second car could be a kitchen and or a sleeper.. These days if I was younger and a Billionaire I probably would do that..
@khm393
6 жыл бұрын
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@chriswalker1993
6 жыл бұрын
There is no sleeper on this train. In fact, I'm pretty sure Amtrak no longer runs special charters anymore. If they do, it's rare.
@Damon810Railfan
6 жыл бұрын
Equipment Move Probably-?
@Narpets2112
6 жыл бұрын
Same two engines going and coming and it turned around somewhere rather than the crew getting in the trailing engine.
@CloudTheTank
6 жыл бұрын
I got one like that but it's been sitting in the Northfolk freight yard for like 3 weeks and I made a video one day with 2 other Amtrak engines just sitting. Got no clue on what the are doing.
@cats0182
6 жыл бұрын
Probably the PTC Test Train?
@RailfanTurner
6 жыл бұрын
That's surprising to see once in a while.
@Washington_State_railfan1
6 жыл бұрын
Probably some small equipment move
@realcanadianrailfan110
6 жыл бұрын
PTC test train. One ran in Michigan from Detroit to Chicago as well.
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
Canadian Railfan yea but it started in Jackson MI to Chicago but same thing sorta.
@Benthetrainkid
6 жыл бұрын
That was possibly a test train
@benscamihorn8065
6 жыл бұрын
PTC test train. I have seen it in other videos.
@MikelineTV
6 жыл бұрын
someone new being trained?
@ConrailFreight
6 жыл бұрын
Kansas City Railfan at the end of training they have a final test and this was the train that was used
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
Conductor 101 that is pretty dumb sorry but they won’t do a final test on a busy main line.
@Triley215
6 жыл бұрын
@@ConrailFreight why do you keep attempting to troll people? You're not doing a very good job of it...
@CMDRFandragon
6 жыл бұрын
The late bus taking all the detention students home?
@josephnadler5521
6 жыл бұрын
What's up with the short-short-long horn sequence?
@joshuawilliams8024
6 жыл бұрын
It is a PTC test train
@IrishMusicCountry
6 жыл бұрын
my mistake same train different camera view
@Armand1970ful
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know what it was but i think it looks great on a modelrailroad...
@kaiyuwen4782
5 жыл бұрын
could be a train tacking some other stuff for repairs
@chsrails
5 жыл бұрын
It’s a PTC test train
@66kprdwd
6 жыл бұрын
Looks like some kind of test train.
@kyleb06
6 жыл бұрын
Weird. Probably a private train.
@peterowlett2834
6 жыл бұрын
I saw nothing unusual here... I always see Amtrak running the Illinois Pioneer that way.
@amtrak713productions8
6 жыл бұрын
Could be a ptc test train maybe
@m.r.newton
6 жыл бұрын
PTC Test Train, mystery solved
@ConrailFreight
6 жыл бұрын
M. R. Newton nope
@CNRailfan.
6 жыл бұрын
Conductor 101 what is it then if you are so smart!!
@drummachine434
6 жыл бұрын
Shortest Amtrak train ive ever seen
@robadams8057
6 жыл бұрын
Drummachine I was gonna say that. Good thing I checked first.
@1Waterinabottle1
6 жыл бұрын
seen one of these with only one car in the middle
@DieselElevators
6 жыл бұрын
That's not Ashland Virginia though.
@Trainman42
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen shorter
@kate1011
6 жыл бұрын
Yes it was...I live here!
@simply_deity
6 жыл бұрын
was there a specific schedule for it coming?
@762Media42
6 жыл бұрын
Probably driver training run
@2ChukBuk
6 жыл бұрын
Private charter?
@tyvulpintaur2732
6 жыл бұрын
Disabled engine being towed for repairs?
@Ryan_Rail
6 жыл бұрын
TyV Vulpintaur Then why would they have the passenger cars?
@Triley215
6 жыл бұрын
@@Ryan_Rail required to have a load attached for additional braking power, or the engines would be capped a much lower speed than what they would otherwise be permitted to travel at.
@Ryan_Rail
6 жыл бұрын
@@Triley215Ahhh that makes sense now!
@sidthesomeone6849
6 жыл бұрын
Probably some type of special train.
@carolinafoothillsrailroad4929
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think it's a ptc test train
@videoman954
6 жыл бұрын
It’s the ghosts of the Amtrak train that derailed 50 years ago today!
@Railfan124
3 жыл бұрын
Not possible. Amtrak is 50 now in 2021 so it would not be possible
@bigtime7724
6 жыл бұрын
Either a PTC train or a Equipment move to beach grove.
@tompolacek3137
6 жыл бұрын
Might be an executive , or top brass.
@TrainMike2013
6 жыл бұрын
Tom Polacek if it was, then the Amtrak executive Viewliner would have been on the end instead of another loco.
@brodobrothers2872
6 жыл бұрын
Moving cars for maintenance, maybe.
@simply_deity
6 жыл бұрын
cause I've seen many delayed Amtraks
@simply_deity
6 жыл бұрын
or was it like off schedule or something
@simply_deity
6 жыл бұрын
or probably a test train or going somewhere for maintenence
@decompoza
6 жыл бұрын
Like - fer sure!
@railfanningjonah3981
6 жыл бұрын
I saw that
@amjkodaz
6 жыл бұрын
Uuuuummm what is that
@douglaskirk2543
6 жыл бұрын
Judging by it's length, it could be a Amtrak Business train, for checking the tracks, or other Official business . . .
@Triley215
6 жыл бұрын
There's specific cars made for that, and neither of these are them.
@AlongCameDalton
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@belletiggeler2579
6 жыл бұрын
2 cars? Wonder how many cars they are gonna use during rush hour🙃
@TheCandy8857
6 жыл бұрын
Amtrak might be put in a new Amtrak station in. That's what happened in Roanoke when they put in the new Amtrak station in
@christianthekid9029
6 жыл бұрын
That’s odd
@tomasfuk7373
6 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@brockkrenke791
6 жыл бұрын
Ptc test train
@wgraham2410
6 жыл бұрын
Ghost train
@frankpierce2008
6 жыл бұрын
There was a train crash in South Carolina a couple of days ago. Maybe it was that
@Shinyarc
6 жыл бұрын
frankpierce2008 That crash was months ago, and this equipment looks undamaged
@NPTNReddek
6 жыл бұрын
It looks to be a PTC test train
@CricketsBay
6 жыл бұрын
The only report of a train accident in NC for the past week is a teenager killed by a Norfolk Southern train at or near Cramerton, NC. Maybe he means that accident.
@Shinyarc
6 жыл бұрын
CricketsBay I doubt it. P42’s aren’t damaged by hitting pedestrians. If it was a car then possibly
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