Train with 21 locomotives!

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10 ай бұрын

Watch this train with 21 locomotives traverse the northern Illinois countryside from four locations on the CN Dubuque subdivision. This train is one of only two scheduled trains on this route, this being the eastbound CN M338.
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@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Hey! I got a few comments about the shaky camera. I was super excited to see the train and did not focus that much on the camera. At 4:04 I get a tripod and it gets much better. Thank you all!

@doddyvanstraaten2774 10 ай бұрын

Next is a microphone with a higher SPL rating, that way better audio that is not clipped.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

@@doddyvanstraaten2774 I use my iPhone right now but am working on getting a camera with a good microphone.

@CP7014productions 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 by the way that’s called a funeral train

@roadrailmediagroup 10 ай бұрын

Sometimes you just have to get what you can. Rather have something - nice catch!

@theseventhgeneration6910 10 ай бұрын

Like being run through by 50 ancient spirits. The stories those old horses could tell, the people, the history that they've witnessed at every crossing, every delivery, every day for decades.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@frederickschulkind8431 10 ай бұрын

First 3 locomotives (CN, UP, CSX) were running. That is an interesting consist in itself.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

That is! My personal favorite was the blue CN one behind them, hopefully they can save that one.

@dr.toxicgamingmadscientist 10 ай бұрын

I've seen a few Cn Trains with a working Illinois Central Locomotive and a Norfolk Southern too,

@jthev 10 ай бұрын

I know almost nothing about trains but I have toured the old McAdam train station and hotel in New Brunswick. In fact, we spent an aditional hour there as there were two CN trains that were switching cars on the spurs and we were unable to cross the tracks in order to get into our car and head back to Maine. I routinely see Illinois Central and CN trains waiting at a grade crossing very close to where I live. In 9 years I've only had to wait for a train twice during the day. They must have been adding cars as the trains just moved forward a bit then backed up all the way off the roadway. There are two rail tracks fairly close to each other and I'm not sure which of the pair is the one where I see the waiting CN and IC engines. However, I hear them all night long and have seen a few 75+ car trains at one of the other two grade crossings during the night. I've been told that the tracks are leased or owned by CN and are used to bypass Chicago. One of the lines used to be the EJ&E (Elgin Joliet & Eastern) because those letters were on the bridge we drive under before it was revamped when the roadway was widened to 4 lanes. An EJ&E caboose (522?) is in the next town west (Morris, IL) and belongs to the Grundy County Historical Society. It is open for tours on the second Saturday from May through October in the early evening, coinciding with Morris's cruise nights which attract over 900 cars.

@JodyBee 9 ай бұрын

All of those dash 8 variants are my age or a few yrs older and I'm 31 so think about how long locomotives such as SD40-2 have been around and are still currently in service

@DRrailfanning3115 Ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 Sadly, this is what is known as a Dash 8 Funeral Train. All of the C40-8s, C40-8Ws, ad C40-8Ms were DIT with no horns or traction motors, and have all been scrapped.

@j.m.youngquist419 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic footage, great job, thank you for the video.

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@maximilliancunningham6091 Ай бұрын

THAT, is astonishing. TY

@gl2251 10 ай бұрын

21 locomotives?! 🤯

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yep!

@stantonscrossings 10 ай бұрын

I really liking those BCRail Units and CN2462, thanks for sharing

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

You bet!

@KevinRichards-my5oj Ай бұрын

Imagine getting stopped at a railroad crossing by a train with that many engines at the front. It'd make you think there are 4,000 railcars & probably a couple of DPUs too behind those engines.

@andrewilson453 10 ай бұрын

That was a super cool and fantastic lashup on this train

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I agree! I was super excited when I caught it.

@DonLuc23 10 ай бұрын

Wow, have never seen that before. I'm not a huge railfan, but I do find some of them very interesting.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I agree! I just got back into railfanning after a few months and it is a lot of fun!

@m1sterhockey 10 ай бұрын

This was fantastic!!! A railfanners dream!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Sure was!

@TheMetGuy 5 ай бұрын

That is a KILLER lashup right there

@railfanningetc.4252 5 ай бұрын

I agree!

@KevinRichards-my5oj Ай бұрын

I like the red, white, & blue paint scheme on those BC Rail engines.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

Me too!

@trainchasersatwork 10 ай бұрын

Ta ta da!!! Nice catch! Liked and subscribed. Happy railfanning!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! You too!

@ginaspielman7320 10 ай бұрын

That's amazing!!!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Isn't it?

@tonymckeage1028 10 ай бұрын

Great Video, Yes I did notice the shake, Thanks for sharing

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

No problem!

@dmorgan28 10 ай бұрын

Cool video. Loved all those old locomotives. I subscribed. Thanks 👍❤️

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@lorenzomcleggan5556 9 ай бұрын

Wow I like this lovely 🚧 locomotive. Thanks! 4🏆💯

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Glad you like it

@hughsmith790 Ай бұрын

I bet some railroad museums would like to have some of those older cawl units with BC Rail on them. That’s a great lash up of old power.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

Agreed

@midwestmodelrailroadz4022 10 ай бұрын

Great catch.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@user-jf4nj3ez2k Ай бұрын

Me and my youngest nephew Nathan saw this train in Freeport, Illinois that same day. It was in the evening when it came through Freeport.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

@IndianRailwaysjourneys 10 ай бұрын

Ah, great video! Never seen a train with so many locomotives!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Sanford Gruhn.... Thanks for connecting with me Subscribed

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@kitchener2200 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I subscribed to your channel as well!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@SoFloRR1018 9 ай бұрын

Great catch! Just subscribed!

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@justanaveragedork 10 ай бұрын

Who else thinks its weird to see the locomotives but hearing them as railcars?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I do!

@melvinlee1614 9 ай бұрын

Incredible 😮

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Indeed

@RailfanGamer748 10 ай бұрын

Greatest Railfanning Catch Ever

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yea, and to think, I caught that completely on accident is just crazy.

@KManXPressTheU 10 ай бұрын

Ah, A Funeral Train..

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yep... it's sad that they are being scrapped.

@ShawnCalay-hi6gy 10 ай бұрын

Far from it....the dash 8 standard cabs are headed to north Africa and 4 of the cowls to Brasil for parts sources ....

@ShawnCalay-hi6gy 10 ай бұрын

Far from it....the dash 8 standard cabs are headed to north Africa and 4 of the cowls to Brasil for parts sources ....

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@ShawnCalay-hi6gyWhat are the dash 8s doing in Africa?

@ShawnCalay-hi6gy 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 for moving iron ore, they already have 31 CP SD40-2s....they are power hungry and can only budget for so many BB40-9s...just like BRASIL 25 years ago buying CP SD40-2s and SP as well as DRGW SD40t-2s....

@conceyullena 9 ай бұрын

Very nice video, greetings 🚂👍👋🙋‍♂️

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@railfansammy4974 3 ай бұрын

Nice catch

@railfanningetc.4252 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@RLKRAILTIES 10 ай бұрын

I hope one of the GE 40-8CM gets saved those things are unique

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I know! That would be great, but the railroads would rather scrap them. It's sad.

@ColinFilmsTrains 10 ай бұрын

Awesome catch!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BlueWaterRailfan 10 ай бұрын

I remember filming a lot of those engines when they were in service.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Wow! It must be sad seeing them going to be scrapped.

@BlueWaterRailfan 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 It was, especially for the Zebra Stripes since that is my favorite CN paint scheme.

@moviewatcher1239 9 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness I've never seen that many locomotives before i may be a train connoisseur but that's amazing

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@moviewatcher1239 9 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 I know right?

@sernajrlouis 10 ай бұрын

Cool video and channel just subscribed

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bhigdaddymark 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for such a nice video that says quite a bit on the aesthetic charm and sheer beauty of the American landscape and its small towns and beautiful railroads and fortunately for us, a dedicated and superb railfan. How many tankers and other rolling stock followed the locomotives? How big was that consist? Absolutely LOVED IT and must subscribe and thanks for reminding me that I must add the CN road name in various locomotives to my HO stock!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Over 700 axles behind those locos, not sure how many cars. Turns out that is the longest train I have seen to date, along with the most locomotives I have seen to date.

@user-dq3xp2dk2o 10 ай бұрын

I remember when it wasn't that long ago, really, that CN purchased the C40-8 locomotives from UP, that were ex CNW, and did a rebuild on them then repainted into CN colors. They say they are short on power, but yet they are scrapping these out already??

@everybuddy5924 10 ай бұрын

Not necessarily being scrapped. They could be just leased units being moved where needed. Or they being taken to a shop to be turned into slugs.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yea, the life of a diesel locomotive can be very interesting, and full of weird stuff indeed!

@Jammer90210 10 ай бұрын

"Do you like train engines??" "Mmhmm." "Then have all the train engines in the world!!"

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yep, I was completely amazed when I saw that come into view.

@zephyr_bet_1522 10 ай бұрын

Like that ex-ATSF C40-8W at the end of the funeral train. Love to see one preserved, but who knows.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yea, not going to bring my hopes up, before we know it they might be scrapped. 😢

@zephyr_bet_1522 10 ай бұрын

Indeed. I’m not getting my hopes up either, but I’m glad they worked for the time they did on ATSF through BNSF. Best I can say is we’ll just have to wait and see.

@Darryl6636 10 ай бұрын

Awesome I hope he has them all online

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

All except the first three are offline and going to get scrapped.

@Herman-ej4xn 10 ай бұрын

🎉Good recycling material!!!!!!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yes!

@jamesburnside3023 10 ай бұрын

Going to miss those BC cowls

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Me too

@stephenpowell5912 10 ай бұрын

Such a shame about the Diesel locomotives 😢Great video ,But sad end here also 😢😢Greetings from Scotland ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I agree

@user-hb4uz6vx6v 10 ай бұрын

The engines hooked together OS called the lash up while the freight cars are called the consist

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@peterchristensen9585 10 ай бұрын

My personal record was 8 locomotives in the Mohave Desert in the 50s. Never come close to it since!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Wow!

@markfout3093 Ай бұрын

It was not unusual for an engine consist to have 10 Rock Island locomotives in the early 70’s. We were lucky if half were still running by the time we reached our destination.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

Interesting!

@railfanbryan7225 10 ай бұрын

I think I saw at least 2 of those BCOL units in Bakersfield CA in the last year or so. RIP

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

RIP

@molossis 10 ай бұрын

If im correct, these locomotives were bound for Port Huron Michigan for scrapping.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@sicilian12345 10 ай бұрын

Nope. Welland, Ontario, Canada.

@blackhouse4421 10 ай бұрын

Always makes me sad seeing old locomotives being transported for scrap. As a former locomotive electrician, it made me think of one time when I flew home two years years ago and going past my old locomotive shop & seeing old locomotives, unmoved in years, seeing the locomotive numbers and remembering work I had done on many of them including one I was injured on while replacing batteries before they were replaced by newer locomotives. It is a very strange feeling watching locomotives go by silently, not a sound any railroad repair person likes to hear.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

It's very sad.

@AmericanRailwayTowns 3 ай бұрын

Wow 🤩

@GEVOlutionCPKC 2 ай бұрын

WOW increíble captura amigo

@railfanningetc.4252 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dr.toxicgamingmadscientist 10 ай бұрын

The real star of that entire lineup, The Blue Devil CN Loco

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I have never seen anything like it!

@dr.toxicgamingmadscientist 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 I technically have only once though, and just as fast as it appeared, it was gone, like a spector in the night and a ghost in the day.

@renardohunter8602 10 ай бұрын

Talk about a power move! 😲

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yea!

@carl91413 10 ай бұрын

Hey just discovered this channel.I am 100% blown away at 21 locomotives in the front.I was just curious we’re they all ‘on’ and pulling together?Or deadheading?How many were actually pulling the load?

@everybuddy5924 10 ай бұрын

Deadheading, only the first 2 or 3 was running.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

The first three locomotives were running. All the others have covers over the exhaust and are not running, just being transported. Thank you for the comment, I love answering questions!

@slynigglewiggles 10 ай бұрын

Noticed all the transported ones have covers and no horns in locations. Only 3 up front are operational.

@carl91413 9 ай бұрын

@@everybuddy5924 Oh thank you for responding.😎

@carl91413 9 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 Thank you for responding.That was quite a video to see that many locomotives in a line:😎🤷‍♂️

@gta-railfan2832 10 ай бұрын

I seen this one when they came to Canada with only 20 engines tho

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Do you have a video about it?

@armandoperez7967 Ай бұрын

I hope that at least one of the Dash 8-40CMs got saved.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

Agreed. Those are really cool.

@Carolb66 9 ай бұрын

Ah that such a shame those beautiful locos being scrapped, all that history the places they been I find it very sad. 😢

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

It is very sad.

@ronparrish6666 10 ай бұрын

Did you know that those BC Rail units used to run with 4 ditch lights on them 2 would be straight and 2 would be criss crossed they really lit up the tracks at night time

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@ronparrish6666 10 ай бұрын

Yea when they would run British Columbia and up near Alaska there were a lot of Mouse

@orbitsrailfanvids 10 ай бұрын

@@ronparrish6666the lower pair are called rocklights.

@arthuridis 10 ай бұрын

@@ronparrish6666 Mouse? They're gonna get pulverized by one ...that's if the cats don't get them first. MOOSE! MOOSE!!!

@ronparrish6666 10 ай бұрын

Moose Moose big thumbs

@Golddoubloonsirens Ай бұрын

So what year was the zebra stripe train built? I've never seen one before.

@railfanningetc.4252 Ай бұрын

CN 2402 is a GE C40-8M that was built in 1990. It has been sold to SLM recycling and will be scrapped in the near future.

@Golddoubloonsirens Ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 Wow. I guess there's still some of those in service somewhere. It's incredible how old some of these are.

@albanyrailfan 9 ай бұрын

That is a lot of engines. My record is only 6 engines.

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, not sure how I can top this.

@vuurvrrailfanner4656 10 ай бұрын

i wish i saw that funeral train because i have seen CN once

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@kennethv5250 3 ай бұрын

its kinda sad to see all these old horses being put down for glue but i guess sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet

@darknessdanger 10 ай бұрын

Possibly those G40-8CM locomotives will go to Mexico since the railway company Ferromex is in very poor shape with locomotives and had to rent some

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

That would be cool!

@bricefleckenstein9666 10 ай бұрын

Galena is actually fairly far west, and more central than north. Doesn't affect the actual video though.

@CalebTV-wq7kg Ай бұрын

That’s kinda like a new record.

@j.m.youngquist419 9 ай бұрын

Are they being stored, scrapped or sold?

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Scrapped, from what I have heard.

@LanternSignals 10 ай бұрын

I laid down with a hospital train once. We were not allowed to put the engines that were sold online. Mechanical told me to put one online and I had some explaining to do. “Mechanical told me to!” Is what I kept saying.

@marcospires-mt9xv 9 ай бұрын

Beleza de vidio,meu amigo.

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Obrigado!

@TimSmith-uc4pk 10 ай бұрын

Can’t any of those units be rebuilt and modified?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I am not sure. I have heard otherwise so far.

@jamesa6272 10 ай бұрын

That engineer had to bail off for 84 seconds if he used the air brakes. 😂

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yea!

@Trucking-QC 2 ай бұрын

The unit like 2036 look very clean for there age

@railfanningetc.4252 2 ай бұрын

Agreed

@brianmcgill7314 10 ай бұрын

How many cars was it hauling / Where some of the locomotives going to pasture ? 🤔

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I am not exactly sure how many cars the train had but when it went past milepost 122.3 (Eleroy, IL) The train had 772 axles which makes it the longest train I have caught to date. All except the first three locomotives in the consist were going to be scrapped.

@brianmcgill7314 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 Thanks for the reply m8 👍

@ShawnCalay-hi6gy 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 no they are not, they are head to north Africa....4 of this batch will be going to Brasil for parts though....

@ShawnCalay-hi6gy 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 no they are not, they are head to north Africa....4 of this batch will be going to Brasil for parts though....

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

@@ShawnCalay-hi6gyFrom what I have heard, all locomotives in the consist except for the first three locomotives are going to be scrapped. Thank you for the info though, I appreciate it!

@class50thrasher 10 ай бұрын

Lots of sd40's and sd60's (I don't know my american locomotives so train sim tells me whats what)

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

From what I can tell, the only EMD in the consist was the lead locomotive (SD70M-2) and all the others are GE's.

@JONMPG 9 ай бұрын

hmm I lived in Waterloo, Iowa most of my life.

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Cool!

@ThatFoxythePirate1993 10 ай бұрын

So there’s 16 CN 1 CSX 1 UP And 3 Bcrail In total that does make 21 trains

@railfanningetc.4252 9 ай бұрын

Yep!

@markwalker1144 10 ай бұрын

Power moves

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yep, we are going to miss those...

@TunningCarsYT 10 ай бұрын

That Conductor Really Likes Trians 💀💀 That Why There Is 21 Locomotives

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

That would be cool if that was the case! Some of those are actually being scrapped though.

@dieselgaming9609 10 ай бұрын

there goes more cowl body bc rail locomotives

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Yep, and they are headed to the scrappers torch.

@mauricelucas1826 10 ай бұрын

I would like to know how many of those locomotives were Actually pulling the train ? Can anyone out there answer my question

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Only the first three.

@mauricelucas1826 10 ай бұрын

@railfanningetc.4252 thank you

@VincentCowboysAndTrains 10 ай бұрын

The CSX train isnt getting scaped.. right?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

No, the first three locomotives are just pulling the train, not being scrapped thankfully.

@trainmanjosair 10 ай бұрын

Even though I can see those Dash8’s being Saved(If NS picked them up not Cowl Units) most of the Units will be scrapped

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I agree

@UltimateGigaChad6969 10 ай бұрын

isn't Union pacific supposed to be in America and Canadian national in Canada?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

There is some overlap. There is actually quite a bit of CN in America.

@UltimateGigaChad6969 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 oh!

@brandedmcgowan9414 10 ай бұрын

@@UltimateGigaChad6969CN has trackage rights after the purchase of Illinois Central (runs deeply in the south to Louisiana) and Wisconsin Central and many other railroad companies in the US. Canadian Pacific is another that purchase Kansas City Southern back in March (the recent big merger of a class 1 railroad) that will run to Mexico.

@MW-xm1rc 10 ай бұрын

With all that weight, HOW did the tracks not buckle??

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

They must be some good tracks. They were also going slower when they got onto the single tracked mainline in Galena

@hayttom 10 ай бұрын

It's not as if there were 21 locos stacked vertically. There is no unusual weight per axle.

@johnkeviljr9625 10 ай бұрын

How long was the train?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Over 700 axles, not sure how many cars though. Still takes the cake for longest train I've seen!

@johnkeviljr9625 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 Thx!

@FlyingScotsman-mu5oi 2 ай бұрын

Sad to see these historic locomotives get cast aside like this.

@railfanningetc.4252 2 ай бұрын

I agree.

@jappedut9009 10 ай бұрын

How many actually had the motors running ❓️

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Only the first three locomotives were running.

@cjmueller5455 10 ай бұрын

I want one!

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

They are probably pretty expensive!

@gerlandkent6377 3 ай бұрын

👍

@James-gr5rz 10 ай бұрын

UK here, always sad to see locomotives going for scrap. Give them to a heritage railway.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Railroads in the US sadly don't usually want to sell them to museums.

@darkriverracing22 10 ай бұрын

Some of those dash 8's had prretty fresh paint, as if they were recent rebuilds. Are you sure they were going to scrap? Seems wasteful.

@hisaddle 10 ай бұрын

some comments here mentioned some of them going to Africa and Brazil. Either way all that metal and copper, etc. will be used again in something.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I agree.

@Railfanlukin 2 ай бұрын

where is this

@railfanningetc.4252 2 ай бұрын

Near Galena, Illinois.

@lawrenceeytcheson1317 10 ай бұрын

Why are the canadian ones scrapped in the u.s.a.?

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

I do not have a solid answer for that but my best guess is that there is just a better deal for them in the US ??

@lawrenceeytcheson1317 10 ай бұрын

@@railfanningetc.4252 and we all know what the canadian economy is like! Thanks for the prompt reply.

@PhoenixTheCN2587 3 ай бұрын

How?! How do you see that much locomotives on a train?!

@railfanningetc.4252 2 ай бұрын

Most locomotives are out of service and are on their way to get scrapped.

@sheilatrachtenberg8997 10 ай бұрын

I personally would like to learn of those parts and materials in those old locomotives being recycled into new machines. Just the same, it would be interesting to see some of them get a second life like Amtrak's F40PHs that were converted to cabbage cars.

@railfanningetc.4252 10 ай бұрын

Thats interesting!

@dangeary2134 10 ай бұрын

I guarantee a few will be saved, as there is a market for old, serviceable locomotives. The scrapping will be intensive, as metals are separated out. Steel, both sheet and cast, plus the copper in the wiring. The copper in the trucks is high-grade, and worth a lot. A lot of individual parts will also be sold off as well.