That doesnt even look close to 100mph , more like 45 to 50 .
@soulbrother615 ай бұрын
That looks like 100 to me, i work on railway & these pass me most days
@jamesschenk3 ай бұрын
It's the trains size that makes it looks like it's going slower it's not a car
@sfopaladin26613 ай бұрын
I'm with you Tom. I'd say 50 to 60 mph tops! No way that was close to 100.
@alidycepaisley38293 ай бұрын
Looks about 100.
@hobsonbeeman75297 ай бұрын
More like 69-70….
@malcolmwhite65885 ай бұрын
71.36943 mph
@snugbug50675 ай бұрын
I believe it is moving that fast. Though I cant gauge the actual speed by listening, but after watching another excellent train doc just yesterday, the modern rail system is phenomenally efficient and very likely get up high speeds on straight stretches where and when they could. Even their fuel usage is tremendous in a good way.
@Bickhawk4 ай бұрын
The over speed trip on Amtrak locomotives is 79 mph
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
not true
@Bickhawk3 ай бұрын
What do you think it is?
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
@@Bickhawk there's a lot of train speed limits posted on Wiki, all the way up tp 220 mph in California, the eastern Corridor is 125 mph
@deuxshed2 ай бұрын
I also thought it looked slower than 100 mph. But per Google Maps, from Webster Street to the edge of the Main Street Bridge is around 750 feet. The front of the engine covers that distance in about 4.5 seconds. That’s roughly 167 feet per second, or almost 114 mph. (Unless I’m mistaken on any of these measurements or calculations.)
@richardedwards45812 ай бұрын
I checked math and agree with conclusion
@kwsandersАй бұрын
@@richardedwards4581 I concur sir.
@lechiffre19143 ай бұрын
Im surprised to see an American train going so fast!
@Greatdome993 ай бұрын
One car length/second = ~60 mph (88 ft/sec). How long does it take for one car length to pass in this video? Then do the math.
@KPDenver6 ай бұрын
Why have 30 seconds of nothing for 20 seconds of train?
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
because the train was going 100 mph and he wanted to catch it on film and no reason to edit out 20 seconds and you're fckn stupid
@bertiewooster33264 ай бұрын
Man that ain't no 100mph I knows.
@Man0fMeans8 ай бұрын
72 mph
@theresemalmberg955Ай бұрын
Amtrak would like to take out the at-grade crossing east of the Main Street Bridge but cannot because it serves as an alternate route for the fire department in case the bridge is blocked. The overpass to the west at 60th and Cole is only 10 feet high and only one lane so firetrucks can't fit under it and it can't be replaced because it is on an active line, same with the overpass on 657. The only other way to cross the tracks would be to detour up McGillen and take the long way around. I think we are going to see increasing problems with the outdated design on this line.
@icenijohn25 ай бұрын
Is the rear Charger under power or is it shut down? If the latter, why is it in the consist at all? I hardly think a short train like that needs both locos to power it over fairly level track.
@snugbug50675 ай бұрын
Another fact is the regulation on speed limits is 50mph max for freight rail and more for passenger rail, it is 70mph.
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
also not true, where tf ppl getting their info at? Maybe your in mexico or something but American railways can go 150 mph look it up on Wiki
@snugbug50673 ай бұрын
@@richardbaumgart2454 I learned the max speeds allowed for both, based on a very credible video put out by a career man of the American Rail System. Passenger Rail is either 70 or 80 max where practical. When I find the actual video I'll mention it here by name.
@snugbug50673 ай бұрын
@@richardbaumgart2454 I also said whst they can do L E G A LL Y not maximum capable speed. 150 miles per hr is insanely fast and not even logistically possible in most grades, turns, and conditions of population density !! 🙄
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
@@snugbug5067 yeah there are lower speed limits in highly populated areas....make sure you know your facts before commenting tho
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
@@snugbug5067 some places in the US a train can do 225 legally, most of the eastern corridor is legally limited to 125 mph
@lindaosika76487 ай бұрын
Did those signals ring?
@concorde20034 ай бұрын
Lubalin Graph...bold choice.
@jeanbanbois39404 ай бұрын
Amtrak trains can’t do 100 MPH, going downhill with a 50 MPH trailing wind !!!
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
145 mph top speed
@user-ou3dm6th3x3 ай бұрын
100+mph? Don’t think so. Not even 100kph
@A_youtube_channel_3 ай бұрын
Just calculated it. Apparently each amtrack car is 85 feet so I looked at the amount of passenger cars in the vid and that was about 5 which brought the length to about 425 feet. Then I looked at the time stamp on the video for those 5 cars to pass and it was almost perfectly 3 seconds from 0:45 to 0:48. 425 feet divided by 3 seconds means 142 feet per second and that equates to 96 mph. So it’s pretty much going 100 mph. The size of the train makes it look slower
@airfiero47723 ай бұрын
@@A_youtube_channel_ nice math work! 👍
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
check out the videos on 300 mph trains,...100 mph looks turtle slow. I'm not saying this is going 100 tho.
@c58rytcx3 ай бұрын
I run this exact train through here 6 days a week. Track speed through Mattawan is 110 mph.
@richardbaumgart24543 ай бұрын
@@c58rytcx hey fellow Michigander ppl here are trying to say 70 mph is the nation wide speed limit for trains which goes to show you how ppl don't know sh*t on the internet and will argue about it 😂 😂
@dontlookback35493 ай бұрын
no way that train was doing 100mph; get a life!
@2084673 ай бұрын
OMG sooo sloooow. Check out a real high speed train and see the difference, twice as fast.
@ovalwingnutАй бұрын
There is a technical term for this: Youch! (that's a lot of mass @any speed)
@sanitman14888 ай бұрын
80mph
@berndm97433 ай бұрын
Looked like about 50mph at most
@rickbullock43313 ай бұрын
Not even close to 100 m.p.h. maybe km/h or 62 m.p.h.
@ImanRailfans-th4ef6 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉💪💪👍👍🤝🤝
@PurpleObscuration7 ай бұрын
More like 35 mph
@card7977 ай бұрын
Faster than that...probably not 100+ though.
@cascade56826 ай бұрын
Showing the speed from Amtrak website track-your-train will add accuracy to the next video.
@user-md1en4kb8x6 ай бұрын
@@cascade5682❤
@rodneycody87467 ай бұрын
Ok radar
@CCBP12167 ай бұрын
All these folks who think they know the actual speed of the train when I have perfect pitch and can tell what the speed is based on the trains passing.... easily 110
@jozefhubacek45183 ай бұрын
Ha,ha,ha, comunist China Has 30 OOO km , high speed railways!
@brettbuck73623 ай бұрын
Yes, and a dictator for life. We don't want either one.