WB BNSF Z Train Slams Past La Plata, MO at 70MPH at Night 7/9/22 with U.S Trains & Sirens

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Disclaimer: I know I was a bit close, but I was standing well behind the yellow line when this train passed! In no way would I’ve put myself or others in danger! Please stop saying I was too close in the comments! Thank you!
After Amtrak departed, We stayed at the station until around 10:05pm on the evening of July 9, 2022. This was the fourth train we saw after Amtrak left. 4 BNSF GEs power a fast WB Z train with 126 platforms past the Amtrak Station on Main Track One of the Marceline Subdivision around 9:45pm that evening. Listen to that horn as the train approaches the Owensby Street Crossing and station platform doing every bit of 70MPH!
I was joined by Jeremy and Alex from U.S Trains & Sirens this day and the next day. You can hear their reactions to this fast train a few seconds after the rear clears the platform! Thanks for Watching and Enjoy!
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@25vrd48 Жыл бұрын

I worked for Union Pacific and had to be between passing 70 mph trains and my welded rail train . Not fun at all . Very scary .

@gfybitch Жыл бұрын

I get a little adrenaline rush when I hear that absolute bad ass airhorn:)

@markreed171 Жыл бұрын

I love how the ties are pulling up out of the roadbed. 🤣🤣🤣

@SandBoxJohn Жыл бұрын

Actually the ties are not being pulling up, they are being pushed down by the load of the train over the soft spot in the roadbed. Couple passes of a ballast tamper will easily correct the track pumping.

@SPCLPONY Жыл бұрын

@@SandBoxJohn I live near a Norfolk & Southern rail line. It's fascinating to watch those track maintenance machine's at work. In the winter of 2011, a flood took several hundred feet of the gravel rail bed out (wooden ties and all) leaving just the rails suspended in the air. At one area, the rapidly receding water left a 25' deep chasm under the suspended rails. The railroad workers worked day and night and had everything repaired in about 72 hours. Incredible! The first few trains went by slowly. Workers tamped & adjusted repairs to the area a couple of times the following spring and there hasn't been any problems since then.

@entreri76x Жыл бұрын

That’s crazy how much the track itself is flexing in the bottom, right

@Politicianssuch Жыл бұрын

Good eye. Spikes are appear to be getting loose also.

@naturalimagesphotovideo6233 Жыл бұрын

that's our great American infrastructure at work, LOL

@MikeJones-rk1un Жыл бұрын

How can that be normal?

@JohnnyAngel8 Жыл бұрын

Yup. I saw that and thought of how much flexion and weakening is happening.

@pedromorgan99 Жыл бұрын

Looks like "cyclic top" forming - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7Z2e9uo1d6UYZ8.html

@hmangutters9956 Жыл бұрын

Great video man, I think I counted 125 cars which is pretty normal on that route. 4 engines moving 125 cars of freight 70mph. Wow! the power, the torque, the engineering,, the awesomeness! Rumble on my train chasing pal!

@TLOofMPLS Жыл бұрын

Funny. That's about what I counted as well!

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah, it was a fast one for sure! As I mentioned in the description, this train had 126 cars. You both were close though! Had to take my baseball cap off and put it in my bag so it wouldn’t get blown away!

@rahlmaclaren1478 Жыл бұрын

I like the wurbling soundscape, example 1:40. Sounds... other worldly.

@toddbehrends1373 Жыл бұрын

Great camera angle and night action.

@hmangutters9956 Жыл бұрын

That section of rail, between ft Madison and Kansas city is one of the funnest to train watch. They push 100+ trains through there a day, plus 1 eastbound and 1 westbound amtrack, South West Cheif and LA Plata is in the middle. Man what fun that line is 70mph is the given and lots. If you're standing along side that Track for more then 10-12 minutes without seeing a train something is wrong. Thanks for video. It brings back great memories of disembarking and climbing aboard amtrak right where u are taking shot. And a shout out for amtrak of all the riding I've done the southwest chief gives the best center tour of this great country.

@ElDarren 5 ай бұрын

That guy was cookin!! 😮

@zackgeorge2575 Жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thank You

@MattDaugherty-jd7my 20 күн бұрын

Awesome

@UsTrainsAndSirens Жыл бұрын

Ah yes I remember this! What an awesome line to be on!

@gusthesheltie154 Жыл бұрын

Awesome..well done

@RyanWehr Жыл бұрын

Wow is that train smooth!!

@truckerkevthepaidtourist Жыл бұрын

That's the famous transcon it is very smooth been around forever

@twinstickpete Жыл бұрын

Great vid

@TheMetGuy 5 ай бұрын

Very cool catch! Gotta love fast trains

@bigvrocks2480 Жыл бұрын

Great camera work. Love watching LP, but never from this perspective!

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! This was actually my second time visiting La Plata. First visit was in late July 2019 (before covid) when they were rebuilding the station platform.

@carpediem8979 Жыл бұрын

One can only imagine what a disaster a derailment would be at that speed. 😱

@markj6506 Жыл бұрын

Like how the track bounces up and down

@M3PH11 Жыл бұрын

it's not supposed to do that.

@bobhoven3959 Жыл бұрын

Great 🤗👍👋

@JT_8283 Жыл бұрын

I remember riding this train back in 2036 what a beautiful year that was

@CoenOinkeyTrains Жыл бұрын

Bruh

@paulsmith5398 Жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the song, "In the year 2525"❓

@centralscrutinizer6108 Жыл бұрын

2036? Are you high?

@CoenOinkeyTrains Жыл бұрын

@@centralscrutinizer6108 Why yes, I am at 6500 ft of elevation

@paulsmith5398 Жыл бұрын

Maybe BBKP got in the catnip?🐱🤔❓

@Vincent-ow9lj Жыл бұрын

That track needs some TLC 🙄

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

edit, the whole section could use some help, but they should go 80mph. hey, it must be staying straight.

@25kmgb Жыл бұрын

I went through BNSF contractor safety training and we would lose our contract if one my employees was caught standing this close to train!

@Mark-pp7jy Жыл бұрын

At that speed, I wouldn't be standing closer than 50 yards!

@stevenmoomey2115 Жыл бұрын

Same here, we worked on Cell Comm. Shelters and Signaling Stations. We had to leave the Site, till the Train Passed. Got the S*** Scared out of me working alongside the Tracks at Union Station. Was working at night on an emergency call. Was suddenly starring down the Barrel of a gun. The leaving Police shift, forgot to tell the oncoming shift I was on Site.

@vishal_electrodharwad7678 Жыл бұрын

Nice video keep it going.(India)

@LunaMizuki8806 Жыл бұрын

Need more stability under those ties on the right side of the screen

@alialalwy8977 Жыл бұрын

It's the first time I've seen him move faster than 5 mph

@sotousadam Жыл бұрын

very nice sub 🙂

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

@youbadolivez Жыл бұрын

Imagine the amount of force needed to dissipate that kinetic energy created by the train?

@ednorton47 Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine what that would do to a Yugo?

@justanotheraviator2357 Жыл бұрын

That's why dynamic braking makes sooo much heat

@kenneycooper6199 Жыл бұрын

Dangerously close but good video.

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes, I know it was a bit close, but I was standing well behind the yellow line so I was safe.

@yclept9 Жыл бұрын

I get 55.8 mph from 4 locomotives of length 73.6 ft passing in 14.39 seconds at 1/4 speed playback . 70 is noticeably faster. You can get an easy sanity check by counting flat wheels 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 mentally. Around 55 mph that first becomes impossible to say the words mentally fast enough. So a second check on 55 mph.

@roseymalino9855 Жыл бұрын

Agree. These guys seem fascinated with titling videos as 70 mph. Some are as slow as 35 but most are in the 45 - 48 range. If they ever get a 70, they'll probably shriek and drop the camera and miss it.

@byronholt4912 Жыл бұрын

I was questioning that 70 mph claim also.

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

@@byronholt4912 plus the engineers have fun running at 70mph, because the speed limiter kicks in at 73mph, causing an immediate application of the brakes.

@shchorss Жыл бұрын

I got 49.94 MPH. I only measured the distance covered by the first four ES44s, however.

@CapStar362 Жыл бұрын

i got 48-50 as well based on the 1234 as well and using the sound + pixel analysis then compared to a actual 68 MPH train with a RADAR gun in the video the sound is a tab bit slower between cars.

@jerrykolosinsky4615 Жыл бұрын

Looks like the rails are ready to ripe out

@WR120HandDryersAndEas 10 ай бұрын

Bro's got a death wish is you're standing that close

@Phantom-Signal Жыл бұрын

Look at that section of track move up and down.

@user-jb6np2sd1s Жыл бұрын

Look at the rails

@SLRNUT Жыл бұрын

Says a lot about the railroads safty records. Track faults insane!!

@sceneanuerebelrebel9244 Жыл бұрын

Wow watch those crossties moving up and down in the lower right of frame and ten ties back the rails have pulled the spikes out of the ties far enough the rails move but the ties don't..

@lnr12241 Жыл бұрын

If it was really doing 70 mph and took a minute and a half to pass, that train was a mile and a half long. A little longer than that actually

@75blackviking Жыл бұрын

I didn't know railroads still did traditional piggyback service for tractor trailers... haven't seen one in like decades....

@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын

Very much so. Schneider, JB Hunt, UPS, Amazon, etc all use piggyback service

@rixxroxxk1620 Жыл бұрын

One of the horn chimes is off tune! Always liked hearing those at night…weird sounding especially with an echo

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

That is called the Doppler effect. He went under the Brown St overpass to the east during the first horn blast which reflected the sound.

@ImanRailfans-th4ef 4 ай бұрын

💪💪💪💪🚂🚂🚂🤝👍

@Chrisbackgroovey Жыл бұрын

Nice train video but what was all that going on on the bench with those butterfly legs, people on the bench???

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Those people you see on the bench are actually my cousin, who has special needs and my aunt!

@Chrisbackgroovey Жыл бұрын

@@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Ah ok 👍🏼

@bradjames6748 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to say 65 mph

@altchannel6120 Жыл бұрын

yea you can tell by the traction motor sound. pitch doesnt sound like most 70mph trains do.

@torccchaser6712 Жыл бұрын

are bouncy tracks good ? :-)

@AC-ro6ib Жыл бұрын

It is called 'pumping', and it is normal for some areas, especially where excess moisture gets into the track bed. This is fixed with a tamping machine.

@jre617 Жыл бұрын

Maybe go to the end of the platform to get the street people out of the shot. And hold the camera steady, maybe a tripod?

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

The camera (iPhone) was on a tripod and it was too dark to film on the other end of the platform. And those people on the higher platform are railfans. Not street people.

@stbu9709 Жыл бұрын

Its a station platform! Where do you want them to stand?

@SKYKOP1972 Жыл бұрын

Geeezussssss!!!!!! Really???

@SKYKOP1972 Жыл бұрын

Behind the station building or at least a 100' away from the tracks the train is passing on.

@Johnny64ism Жыл бұрын

@@SKYKOP1972 hahahaha 🤣🤣

@ednorton47 Жыл бұрын

Behind the yellow line.

@j.m.youngquist419 9 ай бұрын

Pickin em up and put em down

@richardwarner746 Жыл бұрын

Was that guy on the pipe or what?

@CrucesNomad1 Жыл бұрын

Gotta have goals.

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

Main goal........STAY ALIVE!!!! not wanting to get sucked into a train!!

@NSaw1 Жыл бұрын

Seems like that train is actually doing around 40mph not 70. If you take how long it takes for one of the 53ft containers to go by it takes a little under a second which is just below 40mph

@the_minimalistic_adventure Жыл бұрын

This train is doing WAY over 40 lol. Just saying. It’s easily pushing 60+ if not not 70 mph.

@residivisblongkiri Жыл бұрын

😳

@OrangeCountyRails Жыл бұрын

Is it east or west? If it’s east, the symbol is ZLACNYC, and west is ZNYCLAC.

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

beyond 4 letters and a number, they all look like names for medicines the FDA has banned!

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

This was a westbound train.

@OrangeCountyRails Жыл бұрын

@@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Alroght

@markrhuett Жыл бұрын

Maybe 60 m.p.h....

@lordmichaelnolan3993 Жыл бұрын

I've Seen An Amtrack Train Go Faster Than This Near DFW Airport.

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

Amtrak trying to catch a plane.............

@brendanpowell6613 Жыл бұрын

What BNSF locomotive was leading?

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

A Very Large Orange One!!!

@ariessmith3407 Жыл бұрын

The first one😆

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t get the number clear but it was an ES44C4.

@mauriciorizzo7087 6 ай бұрын

I'd like to know which place it is?

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 6 ай бұрын

This is La Plata, Missouri. About 3 hours northeast of Kansas City.

@jamesdenny4734 Жыл бұрын

Was waiting for the slam. It didn't happen...SLAM, do the word have a new meaning ?

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

When I said Slam, I meant going really fast.

@johnhoward3042 Жыл бұрын

Why am I not surprised his baseball cap is being worn backwards? 🤡

@SFbayArea94121 Жыл бұрын

He had the hat on straight but the wind vortices created by the train going by made him either lose it or put it on backwards

@KTRFP 10 ай бұрын

So the hat didn’t fly off when the Z-Train wind came in. Pretty smart.

@marcusdamberger Жыл бұрын

Clean off the lens with microcloth or similar before shooting. The god-ray streaks in the lights and overall softness/lower contrast is caused by finger grease on the lense. Please stay safe standing next to a moving train like that. Rocks could fly, etc.

@the_minimalistic_adventure Жыл бұрын

I’ve gotten in to the habit of doing this with my phone cameras as well, makes footage way more clear and less cloudy.

@nacinthewoods8464 8 ай бұрын

Looks like the ballast needs a bit of shoring...

@eddieg749 Жыл бұрын

I sure would not be standing that close to the tracks.

@pjotrtje0NL Жыл бұрын

Well, in my home country I would. But in the US with a relatively high number of derailments? Less enthusiastic…

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

@@pjotrtje0NL High derailments in your country too, just not in the news.

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Normally, I don’t stand that close but I was on a station platform which only goes back about 10-20 feet and also wanted a clear shot of the train. Had I stood further back, the light poles (and fence) would have been in the way, therefore ruining my shot.

@johnkovalicky3389 Жыл бұрын

Yikes !!

@daveyager462 Жыл бұрын

Too close for me.

@Enjoy_my_1st_Amendment Жыл бұрын

Yes please only have your tripods that close. Its only 40 million pounds give or take moving at 70mph Stuff kinda dont go wrong when you calculate those numbers. It's a whole new category of destruction with results that's sometimes hard to comprehend of being possible except your looking at it. Then your brain goes 😳 Wholly F.

@JBhockeyplayer42 Жыл бұрын

I have never seen a train go 70MPH ever that’s crazy

@patrickblock2477 Жыл бұрын

Go out to the country , lot's of trains going that fast

@JBhockeyplayer42 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickblock2477 really I didn’t know that thank u Patrick I appreciate u brother

@goldie44 Жыл бұрын

Amtrak goes around 100mph on parts of the Northeast Corridor (Washington DC to New York City and Boston, MA) and Keyatone Corridor (Philadelphia, PA to Harrisburg, PA)

@stripervince1 Жыл бұрын

I was a conductor, and trust me you foamers think it's a fun job, it's not. it's scary on those engines at 70. Every crossing the stress level is extreme. Is a dog or a big rig gonna cut in front of us? It's very stressful job, plus the fact that you never get to sleep, even after 20 years you could still be on the extra board, one day days, next day nights, it's insanity. Glad I'm retired now. Only stress I get now is deciding whether to use a 7 iron or 9 iron, or should I use the red/withe red fin or the shad pattern deep diver. Lol

@kkmortyou001 Жыл бұрын

Piggybacks to boot.. Old School. Why on that track? Not normal I'd say.

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

This is the Southern Transcon! Trains like this are VERY common on this line!

@aircraftsandtrains2309 10 ай бұрын

Thats more like 60 or 65 mph

@jameskelly6152 Жыл бұрын

WOW ! That freight is ZIPPING ! SO CLOSE TO COMMUTERS !!! KFC !!! 😳

@pjotrtje0NL Жыл бұрын

Commuters? Railfans!

@gracelandone Жыл бұрын

That close with a phone/camera: watching the Darwin Express-

@cody8217 Жыл бұрын

This isn't even remotely close to 70mph.

@paulsmith5398 Жыл бұрын

Ive heard of people getting sucked under from the draft the train creates...........

@rearspeaker6364 Жыл бұрын

then the medics only need a half-dozen trash bags to pick up the remains before the foxes eat them.

@paulsmith5398 Жыл бұрын

@@rearspeaker6364 my son in law is an engineer, a guy ran the gates trying to beat his train, (50 mph), there wasnt much left of the car, and even less left of the driver.........my son in law said the remains looked like human ground beef. 😔😦😣😭. What the EMTs didnt find, was probably coyote food.

@brianstoneburner1193 Жыл бұрын

I'm just curious, what's the hurry? Just saying if he was to derail ,or hit something it would take 10 miles to stop

@corailfanningplanespotting2621 Жыл бұрын

Z trains are the highest priority freight trains on the BNSF cuz the goods they are hauling are often time-sensitive. Plus, he had a green signal so he was going the speed limit. If he had a yellow signal, he would’ve been going much slower.

@SKYKOP1972 Жыл бұрын

Never, EVER be that close to a moving train at speed. A piece of brake shoe flies off, or a bolt coming lose at 70 MPH will kill you. Not no mention what a derailment will do to a human body.

@Coolidge2329 Жыл бұрын

Thanks boss

@epicgaming5323 Жыл бұрын

trains arent meant to have parts fly off highly unlikely

@theoneandonlynumber1253 Жыл бұрын

@@epicgaming5323 tell that to the mother fucker i saw get hit by a brake shoe this afternoon while the train was pushing 20mph unlikely my fucking ass

@501stparatrooper5 Жыл бұрын

@@epicgaming5323 neither for cars or trucks, yet it still happens. Maybe not likely but it still can happen.

@epicgaming5323 Жыл бұрын

@@501stparatrooper5 i get that i just feel that the commenter is exaggerating