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  • I hope there is enough double track for Via to win

  • Maybe those VIA locomotives should produce fifty thousand horsepower.

  • 8881 so close to 8888

  • @videomaker557 first sd40m-2 i ever saw was 8888 ;)

  • @videomaker557 ***sd70M-2

  • Sweet catches!!!

  • There is video editing available on You Tube, where you can stabilize this video after the fact. I suggest that you see it stabilized and save the result. You'd have to wait until the video effect is processed. The stabilize function works quite well. Otherwise, this video is nicely filmed, and entertaining as well. Keep up the good work!

  • same kind of locos (these days anyway) but freight service is limited to 65MPH on main line while passenger service can go somewhere between 90-95MPH, the locos and the engines themselves are capable of much higher speeds, in emergency situations, passenger locos have actually connected to and pulled freight trains

  • Well lets see 2 via train locos try to pull 150 freight cars

  • Nice!!

  • Awesome!

  • How many cars did the freight train have?

  • really nice shot!!

  • my money is on that VIA train winning the race !

    that VIA will not only pass the CN train, but smoke him too !

  • @northlanderdude only because of the speed restrictions placed on freight service, a train that heavy has to move slower, a light train such as the ones used in passenger service can handle faster speeds without derailing

  • @Graham987654 yeah, I kinda knew - that's why I said my money is on the VIA train !

  • And the winner is?

  • @fr8ARTruleZ - VIA!

  • CN SD70M-2s have the best sounding horn of everything. this vid is proof

  • go via go!!! :D great job!

  • you got lucky!

  • nice catch, but invest in a tripod. much as i want to watch this vid its making me seasick.

  • @records26 - Thanks! Yes, I have a good quality tripod. I had it since last year. Don't you hate it when you catch something good when you don't have your tripod on you? This is what happened.

  • lol, the via trains like "No! Wait for me!"

  • wow that P-42DC was flyin!

  • Oh wow great catch! I've always wanted to see this

  • One of the SD70M-2s has such a loud horn that I nearly dropped my camera.

  • Great stuff! I caught a westbound CN with a mid located DPU a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was so cool! But now I see them often! First they get rid of the caboose, now they jumble up the train..lol!

  • @Railrodder interestingly enough it was CP that first had DPU's, CN tried them and failed miserably for years, CP's secret was they used DPU's for heavy trains, not long trains, CN tried running DPU's for long trains through the mountains, never gonna work, can't run a train that long in the mountains, the laws of physics won't allow it

  • @Graham987654 Thanks for the info. Since my comment submission, I learned more about this set up. I have a friend who works in administration at MacMillan Yard in Vaughan. I get a lot of inside info from her. Once again, thank-you for your response.

  • That's the right place at the right time :-)

  • @EasternOntarioTracks - Ya! I was just about to pass that road until I herd my scanner go off and that was the VIA train. I didn't know there was a CN there! What I did was when I got out of the car and looked down the tracks and saw a light!

  • That's the right place at the right time :-)

  • Wow,what a great catch!!!!!

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