Hello everyone,I’m the Local President for the biggest union at Beech Grove shops. Thank you so much for your interest in our shops!! We really appreciate you all!! We are really busy right now getting our rolling stock back to good service!! We are restoring some P40’s and some locos from the state of Connecticut. Our Brothers and Sisters are some of the most talented train mechanics in the world,not to mention wonderful human beings!! I’ve loved my 27 year career here at Beech Grove,and just wanted to thank everyone for their interest in our shops,we will bust our butts to make you all proud of us!! Thanks again!!!

They need to prioritize getting rolling stock back on the road and our goverment focus on getting them the funds to do it.

I hope Amtrak preserves that old Phase IV P40DC. Such a cool engine.

Great video, thanks. It’s amazing that from that perspective it almost looked like a model railroad.

I can see this video has new additional improvements. First, the other video, they were cutting up the ground and was wondering what is for? Now I see, they added 2 new tracks right by the red building there. Also they installed new parking lot. Also they extended the tracks all way to the end. They are changing things around. Now, we need to get these SSL/Sleepers/Coach restored and do a rebuilt then put it in service, believe me you will see a big change. Nice job and keep them comin! BTW, I wrote a blog about this and included this video in to spread the word!

New Venture car already tagged? That's a damn shame. I alot of the Grove is a damn shame.

Man, oh, man... My uncle and my brother in law were responsible for cleaning up after a serious passenger car accident about 30 years ago. They were with Amtrak and lived in Beech Grove. It was tough on them for sure. I lost a dear friend to cancer a few months ago. He was a long-time CSX employee and a lovely man; husband, father, brother, friend. When CSX made major lay-offs and changes around 2018/19, he made the move from Indy to Florida for CSX less than 6 months after he finished building a lovely home for his wife and daughter in Greenwood, IN. He was loyal to these rails. He was a lovely man. The stories that go along with these trollies are as endless as the rails. Stories of my life surrounded by tracks as a child. It's such a rich history. Thank you for the priceless footage.

It’s great to see that 156, 822, and 66 are still around even if they aren’t necessarily in the best condition Also 9:04 that venture car probably isn’t even a year old yet but it’s already been graffitied

My uncle used to work for Amtrak at that facility. He's told me some stories about that. If a train had hit say a cow on the tracks, they would come to one of these repair yards, and usually the rookies would be put on dead something clean-up because they can't let the parts and bits stay within the wheels and axles and what not.

My eyes were definitely glued on those Phase 4 Superliners. I didn't think there were still any of those at Beech Grove, and especially the one in Phase 3! That thing's been out of service for over 25 years now!

Thank you for getting out and getting the video!! Very well done and awesome drone footage. I enjoy keeping up with the Superliner fleet so this was especially nice for me. I believe I counted 11 SSL’s and 13 Transition Sleepers. It’s no wonder why there have been so few of those out running the rails as that really cuts into the fleet. Hope you can do this again.

Beech Grove resident here....I know nothing about trains but my grandfather worked here for nearly 40 years. He started out sweeping floors and ended up the plant manager. Several other family members worked there, as well. Also, a kid I grew up with recently broke into the facility and set fire to some buildings. He's now going to enjoy several years in a federal prison.

And also what I loved about this video is I seen so much. Amtrak California styled equipment and also I seen a bunch of old superliner paint schemes

Awesome video of Beach Grove. Can't wait to see the hump action at Avon yard!

Wow a new venture car tagged already Very cool seeing the superliner moniker again

Awesome catches! Sad to see the various HU's, Veterans units, & older power units in the older paint in the deadline. Especially P42DC 156, I've seen that unit at least 5-6 times.

No 156 at 4:30 was on the point in May 2011 when my wife and I took Amtrak Texas Eagle from Mineola to San Antonio and back for our 40th anniversary.

Great video. I live in southern Indiana and didn’t realize all this was near Indy.

Fantastic air video of the Amtrak facility. Enjoyed watching and have a nice rest of your day.(Steve)

I discovered your channel today and I have to say I'm amazed. Your videos are great! Thank you very much for sharing them.

In regards of the Dash 8, they are mostly used for shunting, for example the Auto Train, but sometimes can be seen in passenger service

Often wondered 🤔 where Amtrak worked on their Equipment so Thanks for making the Video and explaining what they’re doing. Just Subscribed.👍🙏

I had my eyes focused on the equipment numbers, hoped to see 133 and 166, the power in the Mendon incident but did not spot them. May be a good thing, maybe they are undergoing repair or already out and rolling. Anyone notice 36, 35,34 were lined up together,then 200 and 20.Trainyard master must have a bit of OCD 😂

Really enjoyed this video. Have a tele lens on the new drone will do good things for you. Great job of flying! Thanks for all your videos.

Very cool video, keep em coming.👍

Nice job with the new drone Christian. That zoom is incredible.

Good job. Thanks

Very nice job. I'm not sure what they're doing with the dash8, but I recently had one as part of the consist with a P42DC on the Crescent.

I love that centercab switcher.

7:37 I think that might be Amtrak Surfliner cab car 6902. It hit a tractor in Camarillo California back in 2001 I believe. The whole cab area caught fire from the gasoline that spilled out of the tractor. It looks like the lettering is very faded, showing that it has been sitting there for a while.

Nice video, thanks

The old superliners that said “superliner” are super cool. They need to come back.

Congratulations on your new drone, the No fly zone is lifted in Springfield

3:38 the last time I filmed the #42 veterans unit was May 2nd, 2020 in Colorado. It is also sad to see Phase 1 #156 mothballed as well 4:30 . That was my favorite P42 to see trundle past Semaphores, Searchlights, and a Wig Wag.

The phase 2 heritage units: "MICHEAL, DON'T LEAVE ME HERE *COUGH* MICHEAL, MICHEAL!!!! HELP ME"

Former lead Carmen 12 years worked on many surfliners and superliners both 1&2 , amfleets and those heratage cars especially Amtrak California did class 1 and departure test on many of those locos both 40's and 42's and that dash 8 #505 to include working on some of those cabbage cars in Oakland California OMF . good 8:58 memories. Did many COTS

Incredible video!! Now I know where Engine 66 is at...

Mavic 3....excellent choice!! I have a derailment video on this channel and the zoom is unbelievably great for zooming in on the scene without disturbing workers. Man seeing all those poor P42s in bad shape breaks my heart 😔 they're my absolute favorite Amtrak paint scheme and locomotive. The ALC-42 is hideous!

I’ve discussed the matter with Amtrak with a bunch of railfans, and they’re all saying that Amtrak is going to eventually lease the equipment stored here, send them to other companies, and have them rebuild it. It’ll save Amtrak a lot of time and money, but it’ll be a while before it happens likely.

One thing I can’t help but notice is wherever they get placed on the property, 800 and 42 are always paired up.

Wow. Graffiti on the brand new Siemens Venture cars

Those locomotives you were talking about probably will not ever get retired for the next 20 years because they're actually yard movers now and they're also backup engines just in case any of the trains get messed up

Bery nice video!

Just found your channel, very informative and excellent video work . I’m fascinated by the Schnarbel train , perhaps a future video for you too do ?? Thanks again .

I was very surprised to see a new venture car there. Hopefully that one gets back out soon.

Thanks!

There sure is a lot of equipment lying fallow that ought to be sold or out working generating revenue. Even though it seems as if Amtrak doesn'' go anywhere, they have quite an operation here. We haven't had passenger trains in our town since 1970.

I was sure Amtrak didn’t own any more Phase 3 and 4 cars but sure enough, there’s one of each I saw

I miss 42 and 90208

Nice

For saying they don't have money to fix anything, I don't think there is another facility on any railroad with such perfect ties and ballast. I didn't notice one weed on the property.

P42dc #1 was my favorite out of all of the genesis fleet. Seeing her on the deadline is kind of sad. She was totaled after hitting a snowplow truck, also killing the truck driver (poor guy), in Massachusetts on march 2017. I hate to say, but it's likely going to eventually get cut up for scrap...

You need to go back and get close ups of that back row of Superliners!

The locomotives with the exhaust stack capped. Means they are stored serviceable

Just so you know, I was told by an Amtrak employee that at least 68 of the cars and a few locomotives will be repaired and returned to service to help solve the long distance train equipment issues.

1:19 3:43 4:06 4:30 5:05 5:25 5:29 6:21 7:21 we must save that (phase 2) Superliner 😭 bygone Heritage era

What on earth there are some superliners with phase 3 and 4 livery omg I thought that was gone

wow whats the liklihood pf most of the 30's are in this yard and 34,35,36 are coupled together

Sad on how a lot of this equipment is deadlined and alot of them could be put back into service. I get some are so far gone that it’s not worth restoring them back into service but would make great parts cars and parts locomotives

I 'd like to see inside how things go👋

Wow!!!!

Excellent Video, is that a slumber coach at the 2:52 mark? New Subscriber and glad I found your videos, very educational and great views.

Would like to think 800 there is awaiting donation/sale into preservation.

Little wonder that current Amtrak trains are running with shortened consists. There is a lot here waiting to be fixed.

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What do they do with the damaged cars? Are they repaired or scrapped? In the UK, damaged trains are rarely repaired, they are usually scrapped.

It's sad seeing locomotives that don't appear to be to badly damaged(16 & 191 for example) still here.i am surprised that some locomotives like 809 are still here. Also I think 505 is the only dash 8 that might be retired.

7:26 wow phase 3 diner

The Vandals have already graffiti on one of the Brand New Venture trainsets 9:08

Can we save P42 number 9? It is my spirit self.

Very surprised this is still in Beech Grove. I don't think Amtrak has any service closer than a couple hundred miles from the shops. Just seems out of the way.

Poor Amtrak P40 and P42 and dash 8 and f40ph and veraterans and 40th anniversary and 1993 p40 and p42 1996 another p42 1997

What car number was that Phase 3 Superliner?

How is it possible that two years after being given a bailout that Amtrak’s equipment hasn’t improved at all?! If anything, it’s actually gotten worse. The California Zephyr just lost a sleeping car just in time for Spring break.

the dash 8 will get repaired

What day of the week was this shot? The facility seems dead

I hate how they block out all the windows on these old buildings

Is 5:29 ex-SPUD? Saint Paul Union Depot?

What’s been wrong with Amtrak 42 veterans unit?

There are more locomotives in the yard than on the road……and I dare say the same for the rolling stock……IMHO

What happened to amtrak p42 #1?

What's the car number of the wrecked one at 7:43?

accidents busted up some of these cars pretty bad

People on here acting like all it takes is money to fix all of this. Alot of the issue is the amount of skilled workers they have available to fix some of these, and the space available. We cannot see into the buildings, perhaps all of the spaces are filled being worked on. Consider current lead times in the parts market. Next, consider the fact that cars are moved in and out every week, some will remain as parts, but others have been fixed, while more have come in.

Amtrak's "Equipment shortage"

1:15 Is that missing a fuel tank?

Why all the empty parking spaces.

Is 66 get repair or no

you may have mentioned this before but who’s facility was this before Amtrak took it over? Secondly I look at all equipment and think about the billions in govt subsidies that went into and continue to be spent on Amtrak and wonder if it really makes sense other than in the heavily traveled corridors??

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Those old engines Genesis were already supposed to be scrap, well at least if the new Chargers worked. There was and still is plenty of money to buy all new engines, but the hold the GAO put on the order held things up for several years until the hold was removed by people unfamiliar with their problems. Now Amtrak has old Genesis and lots of new Charger engines that can't be used in the winter. Wonnerful. Those Superliners are doomed, never to return. The order going out next year are for all new Venture cars to replace them. European design single level cars.

I'd rather hear the drone than the music.

Nice, there is quite a lot going on in the yard. This workshop has beautiful old buildings. Last year I had been IN the main workshop of the Berlin S-Bahn. Maybe the video is interesting. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7WDfrp1ppm6c4U.html In any case, it's a great video for me, thanks for posting. What kind of drone are you filming with??I myself am thinking about buying one because the construction of noise protection walls is increasingly blocking my view during the route expansion here in Berlin. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

Amtrak needs to try and respect their heritage units and use engines they have rather than no even trying. I saw 4 different paints, shows you Amtrak has no heart for railfan favorites.

A waste of time honestly, because as a member of the traveling public, it would be more appropriate to know the repair sequences of when coaches and engines would be returned to service. Just watching the camera going back and forth with out in put serves no purpose.