I was fortunate to join the tour of Union Pacific West Colton yard including the hump yard back in early 2010.
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@shnimmuc8 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. You have no perspective of how large these locomotives are until you see them in a setting like this video.
@therookie92766 жыл бұрын
That is what I think!!! I thought locomotives were smaller when I never railfanned, but the first station I railfanned at ever was Riverside Downtown, and I saw how big the Rotems and F59's and MP35's were!! I even saw a a bunch of GEVO's, a Genset, and a GP60M-3! They are huge man.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I'll add my two cents not directed to you personally but, as a general statement demonstrating nuances of railroading. I'll phrase it the way you did. You have no perspective of how large these locomotives are till you have to get 15 of them together in the yard, hook all of the air hoses and, do a consist air brake test and, then take them to another place in the yard. Oh, i forgot, and switch a few of them out in the correct order. Hours later you are done just getting to power together. Days like that make for a very long day.
@darrenhaverlock7025 Жыл бұрын
So awesome even if I just digging holes with a shovel in the rail yard I'd be happy just being around locomotives I've always loved trains
@Edyth_Hedd12 жыл бұрын
My fondest memories of living in Southern California was hanging out in my car on the Pepper Avenue bridge on the East end of this yard; watching trains and eating a Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger. Heaven!
@Railfan10813 жыл бұрын
THATS FREAKIN AWESOME DUDE, THIS IS GOING RIGHT TO MY FAVORITES
@roguesniper12 жыл бұрын
If it's the noise I think you're talking about, then that's the spitter valves. They're used to drain the water from the air tanks.
@nitetrane9812 жыл бұрын
Wow, great video. I worked there when it was brand spanking new back in 1973 when it was the SP yard. It was pretty state of the art at that time. The crest units used to have what we called a slug for dynamic braking, I believe, between two engines. Seems like they were 2800 EMDs. I could be wrong.
@johnboughton74514 жыл бұрын
Visited this yard in 97 I asked if there was someone who could show me around the facilities or a small tour of the loco shed The guy I spoke to told me that it wouldn’t be possible, but! If it were, he’d be the guy to do the job, glad to see it’s happened Spent the day at Pepper Ave Bridge
@falko7313 жыл бұрын
One of your best videos Snuffy!, West Colton looks very busy and the workshops too 5* and favorites
@willberestartingthischanne99843 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video Snuffy
@TrainDr10112 жыл бұрын
Yes, those are snoot nosed SD40-2's. No, the 3rd unit is not an SD40-2. It's an SD38-2 that was built for SP back in the day specifically for hump service.
@pwalpar13 жыл бұрын
Good video. Humping cars into a class yard. Ive seen it done thousands of times, but never got the chance to video it.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I've done a thousand times. LOL.
@theengineerscab13177 жыл бұрын
Intereseting .. Love the SD90 that was in the shop - i know it was 7 years ago but i thought UP had Sold all the SD90s due to mechanical issues .. and the yard is massive compared to what i have seen.. great vid
@maniacmarklewin5213 жыл бұрын
fine video enjoyed we have a hump yard in houston like this man u caught lots of action
@surendramenon46692 жыл бұрын
Love US LOCO ,Brilliant ❤️🤗🤝👍
@jakemiillephotography13 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I got to see that in North Platte from the Golden Spike tower. It is fun to watch!
@gm16v14911 жыл бұрын
That was really interesting. I would jump at the chance to go on a tour like that. From what I can see UP (and BNSF) must have got the cleanest looking locomotives around.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Exterior only maybe but, inside one of them is another story. Every BN unit iv'e been in has been way cleaner than any up locomotive ive been in.
@spacecalander13 жыл бұрын
Thats better than a Pentrex film, good job, thanks for the informative post.
@Mrtinkerr5 жыл бұрын
In 1974 the N&S blew up the rail yard in Decatur Illinois when a butane car jumped the coupler and punctured the car. Something to remember when humping cars that fast.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
And then Leonard Nimoy made that tank car safety video.
@fnm990813 жыл бұрын
simply amazing...wish i live closer ....great work man
@chefjavier13 жыл бұрын
Congratulations you got lucky amigo! I've been there on the other side of the road.
@lovesmashbox13 жыл бұрын
wow , you got to film in the train house ....great ! love watching these videos.
@moonwalker505813 жыл бұрын
Man, I'm jealous!! Nice one!
@CNSD75I10 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!! Thanks for posting!!!
@SouthernRailfan12 жыл бұрын
You're welcome and thank you for sharing.
@TrainDr10112 жыл бұрын
It's funny to see the hump power go into the bowl to fish a mistake out that would otherwise take forever for the trim job to find.
@Landaux12 жыл бұрын
Just like letters being sorted out in a post-office. :-)
@destroyergaming6374 жыл бұрын
But with RR Tracks
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Or stocking grocery store shelves.
@DouglasP20113 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Snuffy!!!!!!
@fixierider9713 жыл бұрын
ooh covered units. A sign of new heritage units!
@makinbacon70704 жыл бұрын
Chatsworth head on engines.
@WhiteRiverRails8 жыл бұрын
That's amazing! Great footage and video!
@KGSnow29 жыл бұрын
@ T doubleU: Those cars are called "auto racks". They are used to transport automobiles.
@Morfeusz12013 жыл бұрын
Excellent amazing video! Great 5*****
@sgt2dog6 жыл бұрын
That was fantastic, thanks.
@cmtlee25212 жыл бұрын
Awesome video mate
@34jared4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Thanks for that inside look, little Train Buddy! (I'm serious.)
@turnoutjim13 жыл бұрын
@MiNameIsNash those were units that were involved in a crash. They were covered up due to FRA inspection.
@UPRR1113 жыл бұрын
Great vid!! I wish I could get a tour like that at Englewood!!
@SkateboarderRobley13 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a video like this, coolio!!! bravo
@turnoutjim13 жыл бұрын
@MiNameIsNash Federal Railroald Admin. Whenever there's a wreck, FRA investigates the incident to see who's at fault, mechanical or human factor, sort of what the Highway Patrol or local police do when an accident occurs. These two units were involved with the wreck at Chatsworth and currently there's two units that were involved in the wreck at Fontana.
@geomodelrailroader13 жыл бұрын
@singwith LOL sometimes they have the power stay at the top and they leave the trim engines at the bottom
@ewsdneax61eaxe1013 жыл бұрын
great video dude.
@timothymarks93084 жыл бұрын
Get on over here!!!!!!!!!
@nancyledesma74654 жыл бұрын
This is my dream in a video
@ANTONIOZILLA8 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha I luved that runaway car scene in the beginning
@bertxblitzkrieg8 жыл бұрын
+The Diamond Tree films // tone does it \\ Those are not runaway cars.
@Trainlover44728 жыл бұрын
It's called a hump
@splodium8 жыл бұрын
Its called a 'Hump Yard.'
@rungcox48238 жыл бұрын
and its all ways in control
@nwvfd2212 жыл бұрын
I know they're under control, but there is something inherently wrong about seeing a rail car just coasting down hill, lazily coasting to where they need to go. Very cool, but just so strange.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I'd rather see it in the yard than on the mainline. I've heard scary stories.
@GregInCalifornia13 жыл бұрын
AWESOME video!
@titaniccoalworker178710 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!
@turnoutjim12 жыл бұрын
Those "slugs" last I heard, ended up in Denver (I started work at the service tracks there at WC in 3/2000) when they were being phased out
@805max13 жыл бұрын
yea ive seen this its off of the I-10 east right side. ive seen it many times going to arizona
@UPRR1113 жыл бұрын
@jerry91a- Not quite. 3206 and 3202 are SD40-2's. 833 is an SD38-2 though.
@SouthernRailfan12 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@DamianCsx5 жыл бұрын
Super materiał ciekawe te amerykańskie potwory
@trainmanjosair11 жыл бұрын
Nice vid, it's sumthing a lot of us railfans that don't have time to get out n get the chance to see the real action being performed. One thing that sum people stated in your vid was the autoracks were being humped, ladies n gentlemen if you're watching trains go by n you look @ the labels what does it say, DO NOT HUMP! Autoracks r 2 long 2 hump.
@redskaggs51795 жыл бұрын
I love this part here it's coil
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Well....they are not too long to hump i've done it loaded and empty. The real problem is the drawbar, either on the rack or the car it will tie too, can possibly jar off center thus, causing a derailment by crossed drawbar coupling. the other thing is because those vehicles are high value loads. If i'm not mistaken at work we ar kicking autos again. I've seen them humped with and without damage. Sometimes when they hit too hard the vehicles jump off or push the wheel chocks and the vehicles slide toward or, into the door of the car on the end the car where they impact.
@pointlessaro13 жыл бұрын
I meant the Chattsworth wreak, not the Fontana wreak.
@UnionPacific1813 жыл бұрын
I have a model of that same SD90MAC #8030! haha! Awesome video!
@espinozajos13 жыл бұрын
Killer Footage A+, Thanks!
@SignalLightProductions13 жыл бұрын
Lucky! Great video!
@ttrainmixx12 жыл бұрын
Nice video !
@seiner0ne11 жыл бұрын
awesome video mate!
@blowemall12 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid!
@pooliramesh44976 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@carpetime12 жыл бұрын
Nice day to day railroad actiion
@celica82513 жыл бұрын
if i was there i would be like "omg theres to much going on at once! what do i video tape?" sweet vid
@Heroduothecomedian7 жыл бұрын
i heard this was the last rail yard in the usa somewhere but i think it was a typo and mint biggest because there still some pretty big rail yards close to where i live that do all the things this rail yard does
@benjaminsorenson7 жыл бұрын
A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is the US term for a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroadcars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic. So by that definition rail yards will never go away as long as there are trains.
@David_Brewster5 жыл бұрын
This one is big, but it’s not the biggest. The largest railyard is in North Platte Nebraska at the Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard.
@michaellindsay67355 жыл бұрын
Cool
@nitetrane9812 жыл бұрын
I remember pulling pins on the hump. We had a "tote board" that told you whether to cut 1 or 2 cars. You had to be on your toes if you had to "walk a pin" all the way and look up and see you've got two piggybacks coming. You had to haul ass back or the first piggy would pull out your slack. I also remember a time that the retarders were letting some cars just fly through and actually pushed a few cars through at the trim end. Some new wheels from Japan had a coating like Teflon or something
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Ahh...yes the slack rolls out. When you miss you have to back up stop and time it to get the pin while keeping the car balanced at the breaking point so it will roll downhill . We're veterans. LOL
@WorldOfNothin12 жыл бұрын
saw two things i didn't think they did!!! One: thought railroads didn't hump autoracks and Two: didn't think they took the engines over the hump like that lol but I haven't seen a lot of hump yard action so maybe its just me not having enough experience lol
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Some engines have a snow plow on them which the retarders will catch on them that is why those don't go over the hump. The newer retarders might not have that issue if i'm not mistaken.
@musicandtrains13 жыл бұрын
Why were those units at the end covered with tarps? Wrecks? Nice video!
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Could be something like the CNW 1995 before they painted it. Or perhaps an export unit. I've seen them shipped like that.
@LDEGM12 жыл бұрын
Sooper video! Like!
@bkriegel9510 жыл бұрын
Now that's cool!
@SamutheHamu2 жыл бұрын
If only we had a virtual railfan on the railyards P.S. how are you able to get free access into the railyard
@geomodelrailroader13 жыл бұрын
nice video singwith why did they send the RCLs down the hump they normaly stay on it when they are humping cars. I have never seen the RCLs them selves go down the hump normaly it is the Trim RCLs who are at the bottom of the hump.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I've done it. Not at this yard. We typically have to go in the bowl to get in wrong cars or pull a track back up the hill to re-hump it
@Tcostello10513 жыл бұрын
2:25 wow remote control UP locomotives! Awesome!
@chiefs15874 жыл бұрын
#jobkiller
@TEMAOHI278712 жыл бұрын
COOL SNUFFY!!!
@CMDRFandragon5 жыл бұрын
What is it that is squeeling like a pig in a blender every time a car gets cut loose on a hump? The NS Yard in Elkhart Indiana has a hump and damn does that squeeling get annoying quick. Are they brakes set in the track to prevent the car from flying out of control or something?
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Yes. and, in some yards they use what is called a skate which basically a specially designed wheel chock.
@davecampbell875611 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@walterfink97825 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the shops, from inside. Do you know the story about the engines that were covered up? I've been thru the Santa Fe (now BNSF) shops back in the 80's in Kansas City, KS.
@makinbacon70704 жыл бұрын
I believe those were the 2 engines involved in the Chatsworth collision.
@MrWilliamFu11 жыл бұрын
0:33 is very cool!
@willberestartingthischanne99843 жыл бұрын
0:33
@Brian2094ify12 жыл бұрын
i love american trains such a beasts
@CHRISVK11 жыл бұрын
great thanks
@Daichan189311 жыл бұрын
02:15 cant believe they use 3 engines for hum operations... we use 2 SD40 in NLR without a problem :D
@carlcovington59158 жыл бұрын
I thought Intermodal and auto rack cars were prohibited from being humped
@nn-zh5to6 жыл бұрын
Only intermodal cars.
@danielr39336 жыл бұрын
Why so?
@nn-zh5to6 жыл бұрын
+D R I'm not sure, but on the front and back of intermodal Wells it strictly says "Do Not Hump"
@splodium6 жыл бұрын
Carl Covington Yeah I thought they were too
@escenasfavoritas58066 жыл бұрын
Humps usually have high gradients as part of their design, and the concern for intermodal cars is that they will get stuck. Because intermodal cars are depressed (their floor is lower than that of a standard railcar), there is a better chance for the wells to touch the rails and "bottom out" (the well is touching the rails, but the wheels aren't).
@NicholasBrukner12 жыл бұрын
This is so cool... So, can you just visit the engine repair place? Or do you have to have a special pass?
@Coasterrider21013 жыл бұрын
i was laughing when they cut loose the auto rack
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I've done it, without damage.
@fafnir24212 жыл бұрын
What's with the lengthened noses on those SD40-2s?
@therookie92766 жыл бұрын
Those are snoot noses. I think it is something to do with fixed -2 electric systems or a bigger toilet room.
@myeyeisnotblue5 жыл бұрын
I think its a rebuild
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
I think they might have housed some electronics back in the day. All i see in them now is a longer bathroom (in cab access) and and an empty room that is accessed from outside the conductor's side.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
@@myeyeisnotblue Nope built that way. up is too cheap to use that much sheet metal. It would be nice if it was a rebuild.
@spieker14469 жыл бұрын
2:30 are these locomotives remote controlled?
@Sambro3339 жыл бұрын
most likley
@spieker14468 жыл бұрын
Joe Dohn ***** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control_locomotive
@adrianplmerian7 жыл бұрын
Spieker Yes they are
@therookie92766 жыл бұрын
No
@ilovekfc25 жыл бұрын
Spieker probably
@spikefojas63972 жыл бұрын
0:28 was unsafe that could’ve caused an accident!
@WooferCookerz11 жыл бұрын
0:40 Thats a dangerous way of loading!
@willberestartingthischanne99843 жыл бұрын
0:40
@adrianplmerian7 жыл бұрын
cool
@26659165 жыл бұрын
Can someone please tell me what the 2 small exhaust stacks are in front of the windshield? Usualy on both sides of the short nose. Seems that older type locos only have one. They are shown at 3:18. Thanks.
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
Sand filler access hatch. Interesting you mention that. I was on a loco two and a half weeks ago when the mechanic had to fill the loco with sand. That hasn't happend to me in a long time.
@26659164 жыл бұрын
@@BossSpringsteen69 Thanks.
@davecampbell875611 жыл бұрын
Maybe they were the drivers backing their train into the yard. Just guessing.
@Transit15913 жыл бұрын
what happen to all the santa fe trains working here
@LAKINGSKOPITAR13 жыл бұрын
i heard sweet child o'mine in the background at 5:00
@pointlessaro13 жыл бұрын
Were those covered units from the wreak in Fontana?
@mopacslim12 жыл бұрын
what were the engines under the tarps, wreck victims?
@frankmosch8775 жыл бұрын
I bet these guy,s make a decent paycheck and have fun, I should apply, I like train,s anyway these are just a little bigger then HO scale same concept right....😀😀😀...FWM ....
@BossSpringsteen694 жыл бұрын
We used to have fun.
@wayned18074 жыл бұрын
So how do they roll without the air hose attached? I always thought it took air to release the brakes.
@Scorges13 жыл бұрын
The hump itself gets cars up to speed around 10-15mph then a set of automated rails called retarders slow the car down automatically classifies it and computer knows where the car is going along with the guy in the hump tower.
@wayned18073 жыл бұрын
@@Scorges1 Thanks for the reply. I understand what your saying and that makes since, but how can the cars move without the airline attached? There must be a way to keep the brakes unlocked once the cars are separated from each other without the air. It's always been a mystery to me.
@Scorges13 жыл бұрын
@@wayned1807 Great mystery indeed. However A "simple" explanation of a car's brakes is that the air reservoir on a rail car actually has two sides to it, service and emergency. BOTH are normally pressured up for movement. Controlled pressure reduction on the service lines applies the car brakes due to the pressure present in the service portion of the reservoir. When disconnected from a train, the service side of the reservoir releases all air pressure and the emergency air pressure holds the brakes at full application. This portion of air can be bled off (leak off) which releases the brakes and allows the car to free roll if no hand brakes are set, which is what allows a hump yard to work.
@wayned18073 жыл бұрын
@@Scorges1 Thanks, that is the answer I was looking for and suspected all along but wanted some kinda explanation. I stopped at the North Platt Bailey yard once and wondered ever since how that worked.
@Scorges13 жыл бұрын
@@wayned1807 Hope you enjoyed Bailey Yard. They just recently closed the east hump, looks like a place now for extra locomotives and extra cars. They will reopen it soon I'm sure once business picks up again hopefully soon. Also you are very welcome
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