Every American Electric Locomotive Reviewed in 10 Words or Less

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Cowl Unit Productions

Cowl Unit Productions

8 ай бұрын

Electric Locomotives are rather underappreciated compared to Steam or Diesel Locomotives in North America. Most systems that used to run them either switched to diesel, or shut down completely. From steeplecabs to Interurban Giants, Northeastern Gigachads to Powerful passenger locomotives, were gonna go through another 10 words or less video covering the wide variety of Electric Locomotives.
Well its been a year since I released "Every EMD Locomotive Described in 10 Words or Less", and that ended up being the most popular video on the channel. Alongside making further installments on my channel, many people have made their own 10WOL videos. I want to say thank you all for the support on this series, and I'm glad most of y'all gotten inspiration off this series, and here's to finishing the series off in 2024!!
Music used:
Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart
Kaolyin - Press Start
Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet
ALL PHOTOS USED DON'T BELONG TO ME, THEY BELONG TO THERE RESPECTIVE OWNERS.

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@chicagolandrailroader
@chicagolandrailroader 8 ай бұрын
I like how old electrics can generally be classified as either "cute lil guy" or "DAMN. HUGE"
@johnathonmcjohn3
@johnathonmcjohn3 8 ай бұрын
Thats what she said
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 7 ай бұрын
Or, in the words of history in the dark, "UNSPEAKBLY POWERFUL"
@TrainsAreReallyCool
@TrainsAreReallyCool 6 ай бұрын
​@@marcleslac2413 B I G C H U N G U S
@SimonBauer7
@SimonBauer7 7 күн бұрын
​​@@marcleslac2413well nowadays you can have your cake and eat it too, the vectron (the one the acs64 is based on) has 8700hp as max power, while only being half the size of your typical us diesel. and then there is the absolute Madness that is the lkab IORE, a 14000hp monster Double unit that pulls iron ore trains in sweden and norway
@J50Fan20
@J50Fan20 6 күн бұрын
​@@johnathonmcjohn3wha
@Railman1225
@Railman1225 8 ай бұрын
6:28 For those who may be wondering, he was about to say "mandated passenger variant." EVERY. FRICKIN'. TIME.
@ohiovalleyrailfan
@ohiovalleyrailfan 8 ай бұрын
He described NJT's entire roster perfectly 10/10
@usafflight1977
@usafflight1977 8 ай бұрын
5:16 Fun fact, the original EF-1 set is still around and preserved at the Lake Superiors Railroad Museum in Duluth Minnesota, they even let you go inside the units.
@asteroidrules
@asteroidrules 8 ай бұрын
I always found the shapes electrics came in funny, you have so many that are just a box on wheels, all the crocodilian variants of the steeplecab, a couple bulldog noses, and the **ABSOLUTE GIGACHAD** of the GG-1.
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 8 ай бұрын
3:12 fun fact, 4 (initially 5) of the 6 are preserved, 6710 is at two mountains, 6711 basically punched her ticket to preservation at the canadian rr museum, by opening the line in 1918, 6712 was donated to the town of mount royal but they sadly scrapped her as they could not find a spot to display, 6714 is at the halton county rr, and 6715 is at the canadian science and tech museum in ottawa. The scrapped one 6713 was used as a spares donor. And 6710 recently got a beautiful cosmetic restoration.
@pnhrailroad
@pnhrailroad 8 ай бұрын
6714 is still at the connecticut trolley museum as of today for now
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 8 ай бұрын
​@@pnhrailroadah ok
@pnhrailroad
@pnhrailroad 8 ай бұрын
VERY soon it’ll be in canada i promise
@norliasmith
@norliasmith 8 ай бұрын
The ACS-64 is basically an American Vectron
@mrvwbug4423
@mrvwbug4423 8 ай бұрын
With every bit of the Euro version's 8600hp, minus the F***ing PZB haha.
@Pensyfan19
@Pensyfan19 8 ай бұрын
Great to see another installment of this great series, once again covering many little known electrics that even I didn't know exist, especially from the New Haven.
@Daniel-hj8el
@Daniel-hj8el 8 ай бұрын
You should make a part 2 or Electric locomotive Extinct, OR do a video of Electric locomotives that survived that we don't even know they existed back then
@railfan475productions3
@railfan475productions3 8 ай бұрын
fun fact: there is a DD1 that was preserved at the railroad museum of Pennsylvania
@SleepTrain456
@SleepTrain456 8 ай бұрын
I find this to be an amusing summary of the electric locomotives of North America! Also, I didn't realize just how many electric locomotives were produced for lines that aren't even electrified anymore (N de M, BC Rail, Northeast Corridor freight, the Milwaukee Road). Thanks for making this!
@jjrailfan2024
@jjrailfan2024 8 ай бұрын
5:53 '"We built this locomotive" -Some random guys in the USSR
@nousername102
@nousername102 Ай бұрын
The fact that you included the GF6C, bonus in my mind. Props on the research done!
@SteveInNEPA1
@SteveInNEPA1 8 ай бұрын
Love the narration... bordering on scandalous... almost made my scharfenberg uncouple 😂 My fave loco was the E60... big, boxy, and brash... plus a little unsteady on long runs...
@AlaskaRailroadGuy679
@AlaskaRailroadGuy679 8 ай бұрын
The Alaska Railroad
@rottenroads1982
@rottenroads1982 Ай бұрын
One day, Alaska will be linked to the rest of the USA by rail via the Alaska-Alberta Railway. And let’s hope that there could be cool new electric locomotives that will operate it.
@streamlinede6
@streamlinede6 8 ай бұрын
the reviewed in 10 words or less series is one of my favorites, and it has its funny moments
@BringMayFlowers
@BringMayFlowers 8 ай бұрын
Damn, I was about to do my own while I waited. There are way more steeplecabs than I thought, though.
@Kboyer36
@Kboyer36 8 ай бұрын
It's cool seeing the GE E50C on here. Never saw them but they were operated near where I grew up in SE Ohio. Ran coal dug up by the Big Muskie (largest ever dragline excavator) down to a conveyor line that brought it the rest of the way to the now demolished AEP Muskingum River electric plant.
@russellgxy2905
@russellgxy2905 8 ай бұрын
The PRR had a few similar units. E44’s but upgraded and reclassified to E50a I believe. One was even upgraded further, an E60a, but Conrail’s abandonment of electrification killed off any other conversions iirc
@Kboyer36
@Kboyer36 6 ай бұрын
@russellgxy2905 The E50C was basically the same platform but upgraded internals. The unique part was that they were fully autonomous. The two ran as shuttles pulling coal trains from the mines to a nearby power plant. If I remember correctly, they used a series of optical sensors to pick up track side signals to tell it where they were at on the line and what to do.
@genesisrailfan1507
@genesisrailfan1507 8 ай бұрын
Love em' small n' compact review. Now we need MUs either electric/diesel MUs
@Dulaman107
@Dulaman107 8 ай бұрын
I volunteer occasionally at the Western Railway Museum, and I was waiting that whole video just to see if you included the Sac Northern steeple cabs. Glad you did!
@rwchannel8832
@rwchannel8832 8 ай бұрын
6:29: *MANDATED PASSENGER VARIANT*
@nathanchan4653
@nathanchan4653 8 ай бұрын
Basically "Mandated Passenger Variant" joke is basically Cowl Unit Productions' version of the "Don't Call Me Dirty Percy" joke
@someNewYorkCentralfan
@someNewYorkCentralfan 8 ай бұрын
6:31 Yes. They did had electric operations however its was short electrified line. Since they didn't have the proper amount of electrified lines they were sent to storage for over 10 years in my opinion NdeM had wasted the potential of these electric engines
@RDC2003
@RDC2003 4 ай бұрын
Alp-44 deadline is 🔥. Was there in December and it was a truly mesmerizing experience. My favorite locos at such easy access, and you can go in them…
@jjthesheep
@jjthesheep 8 ай бұрын
5:41 PRR GG1: "The Giga Chad and Magnum Opus of Electric Locomotives"
@dustin_4501
@dustin_4501 8 ай бұрын
1:38 Got me some Pat vibes a infamous Irish shunter made out of scrap parts.
@RailfanEngineer
@RailfanEngineer 9 күн бұрын
Steeple cabs and boxcabs started it all, and i love them
@F40M07
@F40M07 8 ай бұрын
3:56 you mean Sacramento?
@AJsBusVideos
@AJsBusVideos 8 ай бұрын
Imagine if Cowl Unit did “Every British Rail Locomotive reviewed in 10 words or less” or “Every American multiple unit reviewed in 10 words or less”
@SleepTrain456
@SleepTrain456 8 ай бұрын
Either one of them would be interesting!
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 7 ай бұрын
​@@SleepTrain456the amt mr-90s would be the maple syrup variant of emus.
@SleepTrain456
@SleepTrain456 7 ай бұрын
@@marcleslac2413 Indeed, it would be! And speaking of old EMUs from Montreal, the MR-63 of the Montreal Metro would be the maple syrup variant of the Parisian MP 59. Thanks for the comment!
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 5 ай бұрын
​@@SleepTrain456 mr-73 would be the jeumont chopper noises
@SleepTrain456
@SleepTrain456 5 ай бұрын
Now, I know what an MR-73 sounds like! Thanks for the comment, @@marcleslac2413! For a video I found about the MR-63's "Jeumont sound": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qquRYN2r0c7SYoU.html For a video of the _AZUR's_ sound (which I have heard compared to the "Jeumont sound"): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7N_ms6Fr9jaqYk.html
@SimonBauer7
@SimonBauer7 7 күн бұрын
7:19 just to remind you guys could have gotten an 8700hp monster if you wanted to, the vectron which this is based off of is available with that much power, Just putting it Out there
@birdmantherailfan
@birdmantherailfan 8 ай бұрын
6:29 As I usually say.. *MANDATED PASSENGER VARIANT*
@asteroidrules
@asteroidrules 8 ай бұрын
Does that make the DD2 a "mandated freight variant?"
@michaeledwards8267
@michaeledwards8267 6 ай бұрын
But in breadbox mode
@HeavyRayne
@HeavyRayne 8 ай бұрын
this was great. someone really needs to go into the history and mechanics of these, or their lines. There some wild facts about many of these
@IAmMisterTterevel
@IAmMisterTterevel 6 ай бұрын
I've seen the MILW EF-1 in person.
@Daniel-hj8el
@Daniel-hj8el 8 ай бұрын
Do a video of every American Electric or Diesel multiple units described in 10 words or less please.👾
@Crlarl
@Crlarl 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for including Canadian locos.
@RoyalHudson2860
@RoyalHudson2860 8 ай бұрын
This will be the best video ever
@josepantoja5033
@josepantoja5033 8 ай бұрын
I agree.
@johnathonmcjohn3
@johnathonmcjohn3 8 ай бұрын
This is the video ever
@Elliottblancher
@Elliottblancher 8 ай бұрын
The NdeM E60s ended up going the Black Mesa and Lake Powell railway
@tibbers3755
@tibbers3755 8 ай бұрын
B&O mentioned! Also do you know of any places where i can find more info about their third rail operations? i didnt know they had any attempt into it
@nathanchan4653
@nathanchan4653 7 ай бұрын
Suggestion Steam locomotive wheel arrangement reviewed in 10 words or less
@marcleslac2413
@marcleslac2413 8 ай бұрын
I like how our alps in mtl have the horns side by side.
@joshuafajardo5697
@joshuafajardo5697 4 ай бұрын
“Powered by the glorious power of Siemens” 😂
@chrismrugala6696
@chrismrugala6696 8 ай бұрын
lesgo new vid
@GeneralInverno
@GeneralInverno 8 ай бұрын
2:48 V8 ou "Escandalosa" representando como sempre 💪😎🇧🇷
@OfficialTrainzGod
@OfficialTrainzGod 8 ай бұрын
I’m going to need a video of the steam engines with pantagraphs. I’m interested on how you’d do it with rolling line
@SleepTrain456
@SleepTrain456 7 ай бұрын
I'm interested in learning about them too, now that you mention them! Thanks for the idea!
@SimonBauer7
@SimonBauer7 7 күн бұрын
de.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SBB_E_3/3&diffonly=true
@Chescat124
@Chescat124 8 ай бұрын
EMUs next?
@mechamax7919
@mechamax7919 8 ай бұрын
any other locos we need to find to be added on as "DLC" to this?
@kaipu3197
@kaipu3197 8 ай бұрын
Can you do ten worlds or less all American narrow gauge steam locomotive classes
@ErieCSXguy
@ErieCSXguy 2 ай бұрын
6:36 got me dyin on the floor😂😂😂😂😂😂
@robertbalazslorincz8218
@robertbalazslorincz8218 8 ай бұрын
Iirc the GG1s could for a short period of time when starting a train do overvoltage which meant nearly doubling the power output of the locomotive..
@sinalverde3891
@sinalverde3891 8 ай бұрын
When it comes to electric locomotives, it can be said that you have the mandatory Brazilian variation
@thomasdeturk5142
@thomasdeturk5142 15 күн бұрын
Restore railroad lines that are owned by electric railways. In my home state of Oregon we have what’s called the Oregon electric railway. And the Oregon electric railway is now owned by the Portland & Western Railway and it is also owned by the WES Commuter train between Beaverton and Wilsonville.
@ratulmondal2832
@ratulmondal2832 8 ай бұрын
My favourite was and still is the MILW EP-3
@harrisonofcolorado8886
@harrisonofcolorado8886 8 ай бұрын
I like these electrics
@XavierTheRailfanner_
@XavierTheRailfanner_ 8 ай бұрын
MANDATED PASSENGER VARIANTS (i know the jokes dead)
@nathanchan4653
@nathanchan4653 8 ай бұрын
Basically "Mandated Passenger Variant" joke is basically Cowl Unit Productions' version of the "Don't Call Me Dirty Percy" joke
@nathanchan4653
@nathanchan4653 8 ай бұрын
3:52 so Pennsylvanian version to the Crocodile locomotive
@richardjayroe8922
@richardjayroe8922 8 ай бұрын
When's the next "(insert railroad here) steam engines (or engines in general) in 10 words or less"
@mrvwbug4423
@mrvwbug4423 8 ай бұрын
"Tight curves in a chunky package" are we still talking about locomotives? 🤣
@nball_gaming
@nball_gaming 8 ай бұрын
You forgot the iowa traction railroad boxcab electric locomotive
@davidwhy1535
@davidwhy1535 8 ай бұрын
ponemah mills electric is at the connecticut trolley museum in east windsor ct
@maozilla9149
@maozilla9149 8 ай бұрын
nice
@wondermenel2811
@wondermenel2811 8 ай бұрын
Would you be able to do something like this with EU locos?
@lucariogamer4449
@lucariogamer4449 8 ай бұрын
Day 1 of asking cowl unit productions to make a "every southern pacific steam locomotive in ten words or less"...
@mikestudioz216
@mikestudioz216 Ай бұрын
6:30 LMAO 😂
@CSX4568Productions
@CSX4568Productions 8 ай бұрын
YAAAAAAAAY
@Slipperyisimproving
@Slipperyisimproving 8 ай бұрын
Cowl Unit Productions has reviewed US electric locomotives. American Electric Locomotives. The GG-1 is the gigachad of the electricified PRR. Wow that was funny.
@TNS17
@TNS17 6 ай бұрын
You missed the Dan Patch ones.
@MJC19
@MJC19 8 ай бұрын
I Dare you to do this but with Texas Electric Railway, once you learn, you can never go back
@Texasrailfan9021
@Texasrailfan9021 8 ай бұрын
Happy Veterans Day!
@kingkoopa64
@kingkoopa64 8 ай бұрын
Trolleys, trams, and alcela: are we a joke to you
@d261_gaming8
@d261_gaming8 8 ай бұрын
"Now in one word!" *BOX*
@AlexxForest
@AlexxForest 8 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks electric locomotives with steam engine siderods and wheels look really good?
@drshallow69
@drshallow69 25 күн бұрын
3:58 Sorry but we let Connor McDavid into the cab
@Elliottblancher
@Elliottblancher 8 ай бұрын
I want to correct you on something. 3:26 that 25 ton #7 Belonged to the Cornwall Street Railway light and power company, not Montreal Park & island
@amtrakproductions-mx9ib
@amtrakproductions-mx9ib 7 ай бұрын
Do every Canadian national steam locomotive discribed in 10 words or less 0-6-0s: O-2-a O-3-a O-4-a O-7-a, -b O-10-a -b O-11-a O-14-a-d O-9-a O-5-a O-13-a O-15- O-12 O-18 O-19-a O-20-a O-19-b 0-8-0s: P-2-a P-3 P-4 P-5-a P-5 P-5-d P-5-e P-5-f P-5-g P-5-h P-5-j 0-8-2s: S-1 2-6-0s: C-3-a,b,c C-5-b C-7-a C-8-a E-13-a D-3-a D-11-a D-12-a E-7-a, b E-8-a, -b E-10-a E-11-a 2-8-0s: L-4-a L-5-a L-6-a M4 M-8-a M-1 M-2-a M-3-a M-3-c M-3-d, -e M-5-a-d N-3 N-1-b N-1-a-c N-2-a N-2-b N-4 N-5-a, -b N-5-c N-5-d N-4-g N-4-h 2-8-2s: R-1-a S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4-b 2-10-2s: T-1 T-2-a T-3-a T-4 4-4-0s: A-20-a A-24-a B-26-a 4-6-0s: F-1-a, -b F-2-a F-3-a F-4-a F-1-c G-3-a G-4-a G-6-a G-8-a G-10-a, -b G-11-a G-12-a G-13-a G-14-a G-15-a G-16-a G-17-a G-21-a H-1-a, -b H-2-c H-2-a H-3-a, -b H-4-a H-5-a H-6-a--e H-6-f H-7-a H-6-g H-8-a H-10-a I-3 I-4 I-5 I-6-b I-7 I-8-a 4-6-2s: J-1-a J-3-a, -b J-4 J-4-e, -f J-7-a, -b J-7-c K-1 K-2 K-3 K-3-g K-4 4-6-4s: Tank engines: X-10-a Tender engines: K-5-a 4-8-2s: U-1-a, -b U-1-c U-1-d, -e U-1-f 4-8-4s: U-2 U-2-g, -h U-3 U-4-a U-4-b
@PiercesTrains716
@PiercesTrains716 8 ай бұрын
I'm so used to the old mic it feels weird to here cowel's voice without a shitty mic
@jordaneriksson5417
@jordaneriksson5417 5 күн бұрын
2:01 LIKE THE PRR Q2
@jordaneriksson5417
@jordaneriksson5417 4 күн бұрын
5:41 GIGA CHAD GG1
@thelongislandplanesandtrai3638
@thelongislandplanesandtrai3638 8 ай бұрын
man the lirr stuff
@Decopunk1927
@Decopunk1927 8 ай бұрын
What about X2000, Acela, and Avelia Liberty? The high-speed trainsets should count as having locomotives.
@traindude57theb12
@traindude57theb12 8 ай бұрын
Should've use Electric Feel as the background music im just sayin' 😅
@LehrerFamilyWest
@LehrerFamilyWest 7 ай бұрын
I love little joes
@jordandorsett3106
@jordandorsett3106 8 ай бұрын
1:27 DK&C 60-TONNER'S 4 LIFE!
@ZetaRanger79
@ZetaRanger79 8 ай бұрын
"Now with a slightly bigger hood"... AND EVEN BIGGER CAB NUMBERS!
@mamarussellthepie3995
@mamarussellthepie3995 8 ай бұрын
So glad the up coal turbine made it in! Best electric locomotive! Also In that pic of the C&NSM 4 truck boxcab u can see the 4 truck OE steeplecab in the background Cuz they both came from the OE xddddddd
@SilverThunder710
@SilverThunder710 8 ай бұрын
Where are the mandated passenger variants
@tjmfarming9584
@tjmfarming9584 8 ай бұрын
Why the Little joe’s are described as soviet… o cannot understand and wish for someone to please elaborate
@atsfrailfan5367
@atsfrailfan5367 8 ай бұрын
They were originaly ment for the soviet union also explanes the name little joe as in joe stallin
@nolantherailfan5048
@nolantherailfan5048 8 ай бұрын
Ayyy
@danielferrovias
@danielferrovias 8 ай бұрын
What about exports?
@Jonathan-Adames-402
@Jonathan-Adames-402 8 ай бұрын
WHAT ABOUT THE NJT ARROW III AND SEPTA SLIVERLINER IV AND V's
@cerionerwarriorgamer1754
@cerionerwarriorgamer1754 8 ай бұрын
Those are EMUs, not locomotives.
@robertprichard203
@robertprichard203 Ай бұрын
4:54 headhunter and commander thire use this music.
@Texasrailfan9021
@Texasrailfan9021 8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@johnathonmcjohn3
@johnathonmcjohn3 8 ай бұрын
4:28 thats what she said
@rfirtfan2809
@rfirtfan2809 8 ай бұрын
Should have finished with Iowa Traction
@CoalChrome
@CoalChrome 8 ай бұрын
I feel like the EL-2B should've been engineer saying fat boy
@CreamyPennePasta
@CreamyPennePasta 8 ай бұрын
Every critter in 10 words or less
@TrajectoryT
@TrajectoryT 8 ай бұрын
PRR B1 my beloved
@radryeguy
@radryeguy 8 ай бұрын
aem-7
@Eurofish2010
@Eurofish2010 8 ай бұрын
Vill någon ha köttbullar?
@rottenroads1982
@rottenroads1982 2 ай бұрын
If the Norfolk & Western LC-2 can Surpass a GE Gevo, then why Not Make More of them today and electrify all US Railroads?
@Texasrailfan9021
@Texasrailfan9021 8 ай бұрын
Yay TEXAS
@thomasdeturk5142
@thomasdeturk5142 3 күн бұрын
Diesel Phased out Both Electric Locomotives and Steam Locomotives
@GE25tonner
@GE25tonner 15 күн бұрын
(what the heck bogie is that)
@GE25tonner
@GE25tonner 15 күн бұрын
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