Roaring MP15s on the Union Railroad

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Roaring MP15s on the Union Railroad

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Жыл бұрын

Back in July, I made a quick visit to the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This unique shortline uses mostly MP15DC locomotives to haul iron ore and other steel products to and from the various steel mills on Pittsburgh’s East Side. In this video, you will see a few of the evening trains that operate around the Edgar Thomson steel mill in Braddock. We will chase the loaded ore train south from North Bessemer, and then catch a caboose hop and a few nighttime trains around the mill!
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@rustyrailspikeproductions Жыл бұрын

Union sure is squeezing every penny out of those MP15’s for sure. Excellent filming Sam!

@Steamerchoo Жыл бұрын

Smokes coming threw the keyboard!! Awesome!! 👍👍👍🇨🇦

@mikedurhan9941 Жыл бұрын

I love the way you edit your videos. Yes, we all like watching trains, but the main portion of interest for 98% of us is the locomotives, and you do a great job with that. You show us the engines and about the first half-dozen cars. Then, we move on to the next scene. Perfect. Great video. Loved the shot of the elevated track between the buildings. It screams, INDUSTRY! Thanks so much.

@SamLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’d bore myself to death if I had to wait for the full train going that slow!

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. That opening shot coming out of North Bessemer Tunnel is absolutely amazing.

@SamLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a cool experience seeing all that smoke, although it made it a little hard to breathe.

@igly3542 Жыл бұрын

6:30 EYY! a caboose! Also never seen 5 of those switch yard engines hauling together. It reminds me of model railroading layout operations "Why do you have 3 switcher engines with a caboose Dan?" "I AM THE MASTER OF MY DOMAIN!"

@jackstevens2093 Жыл бұрын

The crew probably went on duty across the river at Duquesne Yard and ran lite over to the Edgar Thompson Works. You later see this same roadset in the dark pulling the slab train from the ETWorks to the Irwin Mill. Hope that helps.

@Steven_Williams Жыл бұрын

This video is awesome! Love the beginning shots with the fog/smoke. Gave the train a very eerie look.

@rich_rich90 2 ай бұрын

"How many MP15s do you need to lash up?" "Yes!"

@AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

That's a fascinating system. Looks very rural in places

@thomasmackowiak Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to go to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in July 2022, Sam, to capture these trains on the Union Railroad. The opening scenes of the train coming out of the tunnel were wonderful! Was that smoke from the taconite train in that depression outside the tunnel? That amount of smoke seemed to be overpowering. The trains near the steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania where interesting to view.

@andraskertai4969 8 ай бұрын

Wow, that area around the Edgar Thomson Steel Works seems quite frequented to me! Full of rail track-spaghetties to everywhere and can hearing horn sounds from every angles. As far as i know, the NS main line also passes through there beneath the spot from where you caught these sights. Awesome cozy place!

@thomassalerno5203 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding videography! I model “The Railroad” (URR) as it was known back in the day. You captured my #24 in the lead an a glimpse of my #33

@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 Жыл бұрын

A thousand thumbs up👍🏽 What an incredible job on this video! What an incredible rail fan location.

@GMCGUY- 11 ай бұрын

Great shot

@wsor4030 6 ай бұрын

Outstanding video!!

@RR1976 Жыл бұрын

Epic!

@tylerg7567 Жыл бұрын

Love this!!! Not sure but looks like 5 old ALCO or EMD units absolutely screaming to pull this heavy payload. Tunnel filled up with exhaust as it was pulling through. This a fantastic catch Sam! Tyler loves trains too! Syracuse NY 👍👍

@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean by “ALCO EMD”? Those are two separate locomotive manufacturers

@tylerg7567 Жыл бұрын

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 you’re correct- I didn’t type “ or”. This is exactly why i hate adding a comment on KZfaq videos. Someone like yourself always has to correct me….

@0fficialdregs 11 күн бұрын

How many switchers in the lash up today? Engineer: Yes. *hours later as the yard is silent* Where are the MP15s? lol

@kawasakiz76 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@newcastlerails1416 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff, Sam. The tunnel shot was very cool.

@egparis18 Жыл бұрын

Great. This is another one to share. Thank you very much for uploading it.

@SamLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing!

@ryananthony4840 Жыл бұрын

"I think I can I think I can..."

@mrmrb04 Жыл бұрын

that’s really cool! I bet DJ from djs trains would like this because he models the Union. I’ve always been interested in the Union because it was one of those owned by US Steel like the EJ&E.