She sure is a mean machine and she does move mighty fast union Pacific 6936 but I do enjoy the show and I would want to see it again and again thank you
@johntapp3311
6 жыл бұрын
Aah, nothing but 6600 units of raw horsepower, consuming miles of track as it singlehandedly pulls a string of 9 passenger cars, including a heavy dome lounger. This is light work for a DDA40X. Like some of the cars made around the time this locomotive was built (1969-1971), it has lots of muscle. These 236-ton monsters were (and 1 still is) the "muscle cars" of the rails.
@Sagittariu6
15 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable!!! The last of the Mohicans!!! Although the stories are different this reminds me of once great tribes. Its very petty that now all they are history. For its 38 years this unit is in pretty much good shape. From 2:24 it was accelerating most of the time! I wish I could see alive that monster piece of engineering. Great video!
@silicon212
17 жыл бұрын
I can never get tired of the musical sound of those 16 cylinder EMD two strokers.
@GregHool
17 жыл бұрын
Really great shot there. They're really an awesome piece of machinery. Thanks for posting!
@ACLTony
17 жыл бұрын
Neat to see this giant at speed! It is still the largest (longest) diesel locomotive in the world.
@a2z_farm
2 жыл бұрын
Love Trains I've always lived by the tracks 250 ft behind my house right now
@rayman4449
14 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I've never seen a pacing video of the DD40 before! Thanks for sharing with us!!!
@e952ct
10 жыл бұрын
A train that huge needs a more magnificent sounding horn, the one on it sounds like a regular car horn.
@madarko44
15 жыл бұрын
Great accelerate at 2:38 !!!!! Fantastic horn and engine sound´s !!!!! Thank´s for your super video.
@awaken77
10 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous machine!
@sgtredbluered
15 жыл бұрын
I like how the train pulls ahead of you gradually at the end!
@tonywaldon7801
2 жыл бұрын
That's why it's called " THE MIGHTY UNION PACIFIC" we will deliver, run baby run
@davebolyard6808
10 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for posting this I Love Trains Dave
@WestCoastRails
16 жыл бұрын
Fantastic...I can listen to those Turbo EMDs for hours and hours !! My opinion they are the best sounding Diesel Engine ever. BTW: I'm a fan of the Pacing Videos
@seabulls69
17 жыл бұрын
What would be even better is a couple of SD45 20 cylinder EMD645s throbbing along the rails. I'm pretty happy with this video, though.
@mafarnz
17 жыл бұрын
That loco is a BEAST!!!!!!!!!! That is awesome, 5 stars!!
@boringtrainfilms8513
9 жыл бұрын
Amazing machine!
@ZachPumphery
17 жыл бұрын
That thing is a beast to see roll past. I haven't seen it since 2003.
@silicon212
15 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the sound of a two stroke, turbo EMD diesel!
@locomotora9008
14 жыл бұрын
Hermoso video de "mama gm", es un gusto admirar las lineasde la carroceria y semtir esos motores.
@HOWNDOG66
13 жыл бұрын
This is great everytime I watch it!
@txfirefighter4305
13 жыл бұрын
The DDA40X were simply the best looking locomotives ever built for UP (diesel era anyway).
@schrap72
11 жыл бұрын
Damn! I love that engine!!!!!
@lotusbandicoot
17 жыл бұрын
Awesome! DD40X's are extremely powerful!!!
@UntouchedWagons
12 жыл бұрын
You mean what's so special about this engine? It is "the most powerful single-unit diesel locomotive type ever built. It is also the longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built.[1]" Source wikipedia
@EMDFAN1988
15 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats these emd units. 2 645Prime movers. Same as the GP40. My dream is to drive one of those monsters. EMD ALL THE WAY.
@TrainmasterCurt
17 жыл бұрын
This is a very powerful diesel locomotive, if not the largest ever
@NSmoosedog
17 жыл бұрын
Awsome "When she winds up the turbos"!!!
@Xantec
13 жыл бұрын
@MrZkr123 i think the D-D drivetrain (two 4-axle wheelsets) that they have was causing excessive track wear and flange wear, so were getting through wheels faster than the locomotives using C-C driveline set ups (C-C being two 3-axle wheelsets)
@johntapp3311
6 жыл бұрын
Now, I can see that theory being true. It was the same for most or all steam locomotives with rigid wheelbases. GG1 locomotives had that trouble, despite having a frame articulated in the center, and a swivel guide truck in the front. In addition to wearing out wheel flanges and railroad track prematurely, mainframes tended to crack, particularly in the winter when the metal got brittle in the cold. All these tended to fight curves. The C-C heavy freight setup (three-axle trucks) and the B-B passenger, light freight, and switcher setup (two-axle trucks) are the ones most commonly used today because their tracking qualities are more forgiving.
@IFLYBELL
13 жыл бұрын
I've always enjoyed the sound of the EMD's. I dont mind running AC4400's but if I had a choice I would take a EMD any time. They work on command (we alway's say with the GE's you ask them) and are great to run.
@danwat1234
8 жыл бұрын
What a challenge for it, a short passenger train.
@TrainmasterCurt
17 жыл бұрын
The Big Boy of Diesels! Though the original horn should be restored and put back on, there is a video on here with that horn intact
@yambo59
15 жыл бұрын
I agree with clay 4916, theres many great locos out there, but if I had to pick the top for both steam and diesel, the UP Big Boy and the DD40X would be hard to knock out of first place. Each was 16 wheel drive, I think the big boy was around six thous. horsepower or so, and far as I know the DD40 was at least 6,600 hp - Im not informed on the 7000 hp version, but why not, add a couple more turbos and there ya are-!lol Ive seen the Big Boy and have tapes of it running- man what a beast-!!!
@jamesmcafee8348
5 жыл бұрын
That locomotive has been around for 50 years now
@jakestree1892
4 жыл бұрын
It looks like a modern locomotive too
@bigboy4016
17 жыл бұрын
thats a beast, in the end how it pulls away
@EeRocKK
14 жыл бұрын
Railfan pr0n never fails to please! Thanks for posting!
@silicon212
16 жыл бұрын
I _LOVE_ that EMD two stroke diesel music!
@Cardinals525
14 жыл бұрын
These things were BEASTS back in their time.
@slavco99
14 жыл бұрын
the best loco ever made
@darthpervertous
13 жыл бұрын
This is the true definition of Diesel Power!!! Tell Al Gore and the EPA they can all go suck it!!!! Monster locomotive, Awsome video!!!
@LearnWithGern
15 жыл бұрын
Do they fire up both engines when they run this train? (Can the DDA40AX be run with just 1 engine?)
@trainmanjosair
8 жыл бұрын
UP should have Restored it to it's original power that the "First" DDA40X was, 7,000HP! I don't know why they didn't since this is the only one in operation.
@northalabamarailphotograph7063
7 жыл бұрын
TrainManJosair 6600*
@cnwlover
13 жыл бұрын
@jadog31 It's not an M5 or a K5LA, it is a K3. The factory horn that is usually installed is a RS5T or S5T. the Western Pacific Historical Museum puts their M5 on when it's out in Portola.
@Hiei2k7
17 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a Cadillac on rails! Wish i could have seen it in action...
@SR71_Blackbird
13 жыл бұрын
such a beast. good catch.
@ACLTony
17 жыл бұрын
The Nathan K3 horn is not bad, but a 5 chimer is more befitting of a giant like this. Those turbocharges also sound sweet when the engineer throttles up.
@eddieg749
17 жыл бұрын
were they headed up to the minneapolis area i think ive seen it before
@SkilledRailroader
17 жыл бұрын
Excellant pace shot, * * * * *
@kleetus92
13 жыл бұрын
@Xantec this would have probably been a very good candidate for a radial truck, even a 4 axle one. But I can't see how the wheel and track wear could have been much worse than the steam days, the drivers on those had a much longer wheel base and they were solid.
@zsacapala
15 жыл бұрын
thank you
@madarko44
10 жыл бұрын
At 2:20 is famous symphony !!! :)
@maniacmarklewin52
14 жыл бұрын
great video enjoyed
@hawleywe
13 жыл бұрын
does this thing ever get around to the east coast....
@ZachPumphery
16 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure who put that one, but it has a S-3L now, or at least it did 6 hours ago.
@gem20367
11 жыл бұрын
awsome!!!!!!!!!!11
@307OLDS
13 жыл бұрын
ROOTS BLOWER BABY!!!
@chefjavier
16 жыл бұрын
RIght now, it's been use as Business Class for UP touring the lines. It passed by Austin.
@alexander1485
17 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the engineer thought about you pacing him for some time.
@qite291
25 күн бұрын
Shes cool 😎
@five0fan
15 жыл бұрын
Hell ya!!
@MP36er
17 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!
@BARRIEMOREBARLOW
13 жыл бұрын
They welded (figuratively) two SD40s together to produce this gem. Unfortunately it cannot navigate corners well and tore up the tracks in the mountains. You would be seeing any more 8 axle locomotives soon.
@johntapp3311
6 жыл бұрын
An amazing thing happened at around the time these centennials were being built: Locotrol. Instead of having all your power being at the front, you can station locomotives anywhere within the train. I've seen (as has everyone else waiting at a railroad crossing for a super long train to pass) trains with split consists--three in front, two in the middle, and at least one bringing up the rear. You can have blocks of over 170,000 horsepower being controlled by just one lead locomotive.
@willberestartingthischanne9984
3 жыл бұрын
Nice Video
@arrowguy173
14 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! 5*s
@Xxfrogg
17 жыл бұрын
Where exactly were you pacing this tran? I notice the highway parallels the tracks for quite a ways. Please advise, thank you.
@jerry91a
13 жыл бұрын
damn shes hauling
@mafarnz
17 жыл бұрын
It's a DDA40X. Two GP40X's on one frame.
@JBofBrisbane
14 жыл бұрын
@414pwz - ever since the Big Boy, Union Pacific was all about building big locos rather than double heading. With diesels, where multiple-unit does not mean extra crew, I guess they just couldn't break the habit.
@skylinrr34
14 жыл бұрын
they should make something like that this days someting similar but different in body and performance
@silicon212
16 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the Leslie bad-ordered and the Nathan was a temp step as it has a Leslie on it again.
@AmtrakCSXFan457
2 жыл бұрын
Why does it have a K3LA?
@Redeagle52000
14 жыл бұрын
I do not know how well a Deltic accelerates, but this locomotive is NOT geared for 70 MPH and NEVER was, but is geared for 90 MPH. With ease (though there would be no reason to), it could be geared for 103 or 110 MPH like the Amtrak F40PHs were. I have run the locomotive, and it will outperform two Amtrak F40PHs (and two Amtrak P42DC GEs) on a similarly-sized train with regard to raw, sizzling acceleration. It's a bit rough-riding, but it is one hell of s speedster-even better than the UP E9s.
@TravisDGordon
16 жыл бұрын
Listen at it roar!!1
@MrUp8444
13 жыл бұрын
This Baby's HAULIN ASS
@jacobfain9
12 жыл бұрын
so this is the new big boy
@HardRockCafeNJ1992
13 жыл бұрын
Holy Shit thats Big
@414pwz
14 жыл бұрын
Why so much Locomotive? Are the bigger engines faster?
@kleetus92
13 жыл бұрын
@EWS60008 2:35 is where the fun begins!
@MattBNSF1991
16 жыл бұрын
how fast were you going?
@railfanmaximstill7279
2 ай бұрын
Where's the RS3L it had?
@ttmot
15 жыл бұрын
these are '645' engines , 645 cubic inches , in each cylinder. 10,300, per engine
@MrZkr123
13 жыл бұрын
why don't they put them back into service on the stack trains they seem fast and its a light freight for them to pull nothing heavy even though they are they most powerful engines in the world
@mbtech2003
14 жыл бұрын
isnt that the one that the 3985 pulls when outand about
@Hiei2k7
16 жыл бұрын
THE LA GRANGE THUNDER RIDES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S PURRIN LIKE A CADDY! GOOD AND MEAN! 5 *'s!
@johntapp3311
6 жыл бұрын
You Betchum, Red Rider!!
@rhondaw1
14 жыл бұрын
why does the engine sound fluctuate or pulsate when they are at their max load or held at constant rpm please.....
@jimmydcap
15 жыл бұрын
I thought they retired the DD40X. costed to much money to maintain them.
@BARRIEMOREBARLOW
13 жыл бұрын
@cnw8577 The overspeed kicks in at 75
@canadiantimberwolf1
17 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how many were built,where they were built and how many are left in the UP Fleet.
@zsacapala
15 жыл бұрын
the name of the locomotive is DDA40X, you missed an "A"
@nuprin503
14 жыл бұрын
i've had this engine 3rd out in my consist.
@alexander1485
13 жыл бұрын
@silicon212 but it has twin engines!
@brianengesser
17 жыл бұрын
this section of track is alomg us hwy 30 between clinton and cedar rapids iowa
@behahve1
17 жыл бұрын
Yum
@ZachPumphery
16 жыл бұрын
It has an S-3L on it now.
@chefjavier
17 жыл бұрын
what speed?
@nordyk2
14 жыл бұрын
how many Hp is she got ?
@MichaelRubenGonzalez
9 жыл бұрын
Dude!!!
@colinroxanduknowit
15 жыл бұрын
it just doesnt seem right seeing it with that horn
@zsacapala
15 жыл бұрын
and also, which was it speed in the video??, can you say id to me in kilometers per hour, i´m mexican, thank you
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