Union Pacific DDA40X 6936 on Inspection Train in Texas

[iivezaj]

god these union pacific trains are fuckin great, ive bought there stocks for like 2 years and its doin good, say good bye to semi trucks cuz in the future, there gone, and union pacific stock is gonna sky rocket high

btw it can go 500 miles wit a single gallon of diesel fuel and takes the semi trucks away from highways which means less traffic!!

[PineValleyDigital]

Excellent Video! Good Job. PLAY IT LOUD!

[helperout]

I seriously CANNOT BELEIVE the track work on this Railroad !!! , watch the Engine and Passenger cars actually boune up and down in this Video . Union Pacific needs to monitor their rails ALOT better .

[lespaulguy32]

DDA40X - DD = big... 'nuff said...

[BNSF9250]

i have to say after 2008 this is still one of the best videos put on youtube.

[SAXRTProductions]

it is true what they say, Bad @ss boys drive Bad @ss toys.Roll on centennial

[MrOtiuqsoM]

Why is he pulling the horn all the time?

[BNSF9250]

@MrOtiuqsoM okay buddy , let me put it in simple terms place were cars cross over tracks trains blow horn to warn them. uh duh. this person filmed at crossings where cars cross the tracks . uh duh,

[Hightrain12]

@MrOtiuqsoM It's at a crossing.

[hi6509]

They should make a DD40x with like two Ge a6000cw's :O (they might be called something different but hey, I'm from Australia)

[palexandersquires]

I want this locomotive on a train simulator i.e. Trainz 2009 10 or 12

[FlyBikes089]

Great video!

[dreambuilders48808]

Sweet video.

[WesBNSF]

It does bounce a lot though, wouldn't like seeing that thing on a freight train. Engineer really likes his horn, but not a bad video.

[PanekPL]

that's one big muthafucka

[jadog31]

Nevermind. One different one has a Nathan M5.

[BUICK925]

what type of horn does she have?

i love it

[jadog31]

@BUICK925 Now it's a Nathan M5. But they must have changed it.

[monsterrockstar90]

That bounces alot.

[trainmanjosair]

The only thing that i wish that the UP would do is to restore the DDA40X back to it's original HP. When they were first introduced they had 7000HP but the UP derated them to 6600. To make a locomotive a legend then u would have to restore it back to its original state. Makes sense to me.

[ACLTony]

@trainmanjosair - Would be neat but remember though that at 7,000 horses the fuel mileage (which is already bad enough) would be even worse considering the price of diesel fuel nowadays.

[trainmanjosair]

@ACLTony Yeah true, it would suck up a lot of fuel but since they only use them for business trains & excursions they wouldn't use as much fuel to run the loco. Still since it's the only operational DDA40X in running service, i still think they should restore it to what it first was when they first introduced them.

[train4873]

I love that locomotive .I wsh they could put this locomoive and the rest of union pacific locomotives on display.But the scary part was when the train was shaking it looked like the train was about to derail.

[ryherdbuckmaster]

Nice video! Nothing like seeing her doing track speed! She is a brute!

[crapper1]

u think she will stay in service for a very long time?

[littleninjai]

wow at the bouncing at 3:50 and he shure loves that horn

[UtahBigfoothunter]

Thank You for sharing a GREAT video , That DDA40X is one awesome looking Locomotive ! Thanks again

[TspesVladD]

Awesome video! Great shots. 

[jointlinerailfan]

That horn is THUNDEROUS!!!! with the new C45ACs had that kind

[codybrock2345]

honk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[codybrock2345]

the horn was diffrent in more nathan m5

[Renard380]

Wow easy on the horn XD

[ShrinehillRail]

It is awsome!! I'm modeling a simular train on my HO now and will run it as an excursion train on the layout Newman

[motorboys]

WTF does he think he's to blow the horn????

[styx4ever1963]

Truly awesome train video thanks for posting!

[juvmol]

ive seen this video long time ago i gues i did wrote a coment but great train chat and great back ground for railfanin spot , h-town buildings

[MasterHand125]

You know what I like?

I like trains.

[00VirginTrains1]

Awesome Train buddy!

[kelbym07]

It's funny that they would put the heaviest diesel on a track inspection train. Awesome assortment of shots of a great loco.

[arrowguy173]

She sounds so much like a Conrail loco here. Great vid BTW. Finally saw the ones displayed in IA & NE last month. Just.........wow. UP didn't mess around when it came to power.

[Sylderon]

Union Pacific: Wanting bigger toys than all the other kids since 1943!

[BNSF650]

AWSOME

[elr2141979]

this is my favorite locomotive of all time.

[snickpickle]

Quite the ride on that one stretch of track! GREAT video -- thanks for sharing it! :-)

[lexmarks567]

do the locomotives have seatbelts on the seats or no. on city buses the seats ride on a air cushion and you can see the driver go up and down with the bumps in the road.

[moonwalker5058]

Why didnt they keep that M5 on it?:(

[mafarnz]

@moonwalker5058 The M5 belonged to the WP Museum (In Portola CA), and not the UP. That, and M5's are a maintenance pain in the ass.

[Chillermg91]

Is the first train a passenger train?

why horn these trains so much?

5*

[wrailfan]

@ Chillermg91

The reason the engineer is using the horn repeatedly is because the videographer is taking this video at various grade crossings. Fairly easy to hear the crossing bells before the train arrives.

5*, love the DDA40X!

[SAMUELDUNGAORIGINAL]

vem quicando como um cavalo

[shadowknight227]

what is the horn on this beast?

[sp9392]

That is a Liesle S-3L. I prefer the S-5 like is on the E units or the Nathan M5

[maniacmarklewin52]

great video

[Marta7350]

The filming on this is superb. Thank you for posting a great train vid. <3

[ML66B]

Wow. That loco sure does bounce!

[Redeagle52000]

I've run this unit, as well as the E9s. As can be seen in certain sections where it is bouncing while the psgr cars are stable, it's one of the roughest-riding locos on the system...and the class was while new (in addition to the GP40X) due the the unique trucks. But it is a powerhouse with tremendous acceleration and geared for 90 MPH. It exceeds two Amtrak F40PHs in performance. It's an awesome feeling to get this thing barely rolling and haul the throttle out the peg and accelerate!

[BNSF9250]

sceince you know stuff can you tell me if Union Pacific is gonna run it on their system again?

[Redeagle52000]

Oh, sure, they run it on a periodic basis (as they do the vintage E9 passenger diesels and the two large steamers 844 and 3985...all of which have videos on here). The 6936 is the favored unit for the "Wimmer Specials" around the system, for the VP of Engineering Doug Wimmer who prefers this unit leading his 10-to-15 car passenger specials he makes annually to inspect (with his team) the track conditions of the entire system.

[BNSF9250]

wow thats cool. well when is the " Wimmer railway" DD40X gonna roll again? plans of going through Kc?

[Redeagle52000]

Union Pacific VP of Engineering Doug Wimmer isn't the only high-ranking official that uses the 6936 (or the executive E9s), and I'm not sure what his "system schedule" is for 2010, but I do know that the DD40AX has been to KC many times, and will be through there again at some point.

[Marta7350]

Redeagle52000, I know very little about trains except that I love them, so I'm going to ask: wouldn't the engine car bounce because it was too light in weight? And wouldn't it be dangerous to push it all the way up to 90 with all that bouncing going on? (Guess I don't understand the dynamics of the bounce part.)

[Redeagle52000]

While the 6936 remains geared for 90 MPH (just like the A-B-A set of E9s), the UP System Special Instructions currently has the DD40AX, the E9s, as well as the two large steam locos 844 and 3985 limited to 79 MPH. But, as far as there being a "danger factor," not really as ride quality isn't correlated to being "derailment prone."

[TristanDoran1]

I LOVE American transport from big rigs to big trains, man you guys have it all. I would love to go there just for a couple of days and spend them "railfanning" just so I could witness those huge machines and those long consists.

[hoolg]

Nice job keeping up with them. I'm sure it wasn't the easiest thing to do.

Great footage.

[patmix]

ohh yeah

union pacific ROXXXXX

[yambo59]

I was looking at some of the info on the design of the Deltics diesel engine, its one of a kind- quite unusually clever. The opposed "W" cylinder arrangement is the wierdest thing Ive ever seen!! Its not a V, its not inline, you can see it on YT video, if you like unusual mechanical design check it out.

They really sound odd when first started up, theres also video of that on Y-tube.

Seems like theyre a bit harder to get started than most -

[yambo59]

Saw a DD40 on static display at the museum of transportation in Missouri, what a beast-! 98 ft long! I looked on wikipedia, and said it wasnt uncommon for 3 & 4 of these to be lashed up to pull trains of enormous length &/or up grades if needed! That would give an available 26,400 HP-! --What couldnt you pull??That SD90 is a great looking unit also, EMD's are one of my favorites, Im also a fan of the old "F" unit streamliners as I used to ride the Illinois central passenger as a kid.

[777worldliner]

YEAH DELTICS!!

[palexandersquires]

How Come, our class 55 Deltics are faster than these locomotives at 100 MPH the deltic only has 3,300 Hp and these have 6.600hp ?

[amtraklover]

well the deltic was built for passenger service while the dd40ax was built for freight. plus the deltic is alot smaller and trains in the UK I beleive are alot lighter so alot of factors come into play here. Plus the 6936 here stil does freight runs on occasion as well as pull inspection trains when needed

[CountVonBoco]

As Amtraklover stated below me, These units are Longer, Heavier, And geared for freight service. Plus, your "deltics" freight or passenger, manage only 20-30 cars at a time? This thing alone manages no less than 80 by itself.

[zsacapala]

5* and favorites, i hope that EMD will buid another great locomotive, bigger tna the SD90MAC, and more impresionant than the DDA40X

[Preston19990]

What is the City on first minute at this film?

[coolruehle]

Houston, TX

[justkiddin08]

good video.

[est86leo]

Did any of these DD locos ever pull any manifest or stacks? JW

[BIGT6851]

i was wondering how many DDA40X's where made?

[TrainedKiller35]

UP 6900-6946 were the only DDA40X's built, which makes 47 total. 6936 is the last remaining operational example of the largest diesel locomotive ever built.

[gtasandman]

@TrainedKiller35 WHY WAS IT BOUNCING SO MUCH

[BNEdward97]

Another example would be at Little Rock, AK. Yes it does not run but it is sweet.

[davidthekid2000]

@TrainedKiller35 there thinking of rebuilding some of them for operational use or museums

[coolman1558]

@davidthekid2000 they need to rebuild some for the real deal those things would be all that's needed to pull a 150 car train imao

[Dinosorable]

@TrainedKiller35 Why aren't they making anymore of them?

[WPRR1]

@Dinosorable Because they're REALLY old locomotives. They were built in 1969-1971.

[Dinosorable]

@WPRR1 They don't make them anymore?

[WPRR1]

@Dinosorable Nope. Most were scrapped. I've only seen two. I don't even think that there's more than that. One of them doesn't run.

[Dinosorable]

@WPRR1 Well, at least they still make Dash 9's. They're my favorites.

[TrailwaysTransit]

THE DDA40X was delivered in time to participate in the celebrations of the centennial anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad by driving a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah. UP wanted to make a modern version of the big boy

[yourpageitsasheed]

YEAH¡¡¡¡ Excellent train buster¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[tatinist]

excelente gracias

[thejoshmeister]

UP.........*cue fail horn from the price is right*

[SWTexan82]

excellent video, that final shot in the sunset is great

[theGUYwho1]

bouncy bouncy bouncy bounce 3:39 to 4:04 lol

[Higgen007]

if you look closly between 3:46 and 3:58 you can see that the cowcatcher almost hits the rails...so that locomotive is bouncing a good 2 to 4 inches...

[conductorron]

SAVBL=????

[ynnhoJ22]

Great video!,really Aweeeeeesome!!!

[marcosc030]

OS gringos q me desculpem mas dos 3:30minutos ate´4:07min o nivelamento da linha ta deixando a desejar a EFVM e a EFC ganha facil. E´ta ai uma boa ideia, a Vale trazer uma delas para o Brasil ja´q so´uma ta´rodando nos EUA as outras estão todas paradas para exposição ao publico.

[anskaru89]

Aquí en México tenemos una DDA40X pero estacionada detenida en un museo, no funciona.

[trainwatcher116]

gees thats gotta be a rough ride speacially at 4:01 gees

[diesle79]

that is why UP has so many derailments LOL

[amtrakrules52]

What A Hell Of A Horn! Great Job!

[josefarina2]

Beatiful train. Congratulation of the Brazil.

[bobfluff7]

Is that a cab control car at 5:40?

[fernandogp18]

isso qui é video. parabens!

[airthreypark]

Absolutely awesome!

[silicon212]

Listen to that Leslie chant ...

[DJGENEX71]

That engine is both awesome and scary at the same time...Great shots of this sole survivor of this engine type! 5*****!

[ronthecyborg]

@DJGENEX71 I wouldn't say "sole" survivor...there are 12 others in museums and whatnot around the country.

(sorry, bit of a train geek.)

[DJGENEX71]

@ronthecyborg True true, no need to apologize, I actually mean the last one in active service.

[Sylderon]

@ronthecyborg We've got one in Union. Along with a gas turbine and one of their rotaries.

[KSE828]

From 3:30-3:58 the train is bouncing around like crazy!!

[DJGENEX71]

Kinda scary...

[KSE828]

Nice quality and finally someone who uses a tripod!! Good work.

[Nec1228]

the reason they use the DD40X for the inspection train is because of its unique suspention. when it hits a bump, it bucks the entire train around. I dont remember where i heard that, possible the history channel but the guy who said it was UP's chief inspector.

[goreds03]

dude 5 stars and a favortie great video

[papabugs71]

My son works for UP out of Coffeyville, KS. He volunteered for the Coffeyville, KS, - McAlester, OK, leg of this trip on 18 Feb 08. He said is was "a pleasure to be on that engine"...an opportunity that doesn't happen often! We met him north of McAlester as he barrelled by.....just a beautiful train...very impressive.

[FrieleG]

American Muslces

[justin0185]

and the best unit u.p has ever made (in my opinion is pulling it all with no prob

[SPGP60]

is that thing crossing a diamond in the first shot??

[hermizzle]

Good work. That thing is a beast!

[rammergramps]

WOWSER would love to see that unit for real

[MiNameIsNash]

Wow... see the video at 3:50, train star shaking so hard!!!

[DASCO2136]

The horn sounds like it came off of a Conrail SD60M or Dash 8

[raffbik]

5* :)

[stevefromPA]

Is this engine a basically a combination of 2 f40s or is it more to it besides the 4 axles and shear size?..by the way great video, you couldnt have picked a better time of day 2 shoot..

[mafarnz]

A DDA40X is basically two GP40's under a common frame. It has two prime motors (645E's, both putting out 3300 HP), each with it's own generator that supply power to four axles (one truck). It also has the precursors to EMD's -2 line of electronic controls

[railfan95]

That enigne combined with that horn is turly a scary combonation. Nice Video!

[W7ENK]

Good Lord, that thing is a monster! Nice video ... it's amazing what a tripod will do for you.

Thanks for posting.

[MusicMath123]

Last shoot in sunset is a win!

[mafarnz]

That horn is a perfict fit for that beast of a locomotive. Nice video.

[trainmandan05]

omg sorry the misspelling errors in my last comment what i meant is the california zephyr had a horn on it back when they ran that excersion i mentioned so it must be a rule

[OmahaTom]

Excellent shots, good chasing!

[golfurguy]

Why is there a Leslie RS3 on the loco in this video and a Nathan M5 on it in most other videos? If they just switched it was there a reason for it?? Great work btw!

[TrainedKiller35]

Sorry i cant answer that for you.

[lt1caprice57l]

The M5 in a couple other videos was owned by an individual and UP allowed it to be mounted for that event - that's my understanding.

[KSE828]

That's what i was thinking. I thought it was a Supertyphon.

[sp9392]

@golfurguy

It originally had a Lesile S-5 from what I understand. Then it was stolen. So they put a RS3. The only time I heard they put a Nathan M5 is when it was up in Portola, CA for an event.

[Sylderon]

@golfurguy It did crash into a dump truck a few years back, perhaps they replaced it then. I dunno...

[HornExpert371]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper :)

[trainwatcher116]

damn that things got to be ruff riding gees bouncing around

[billyboi57]

Its not bouncing as bad as it looks. camera optics shooting from a distance exaggerate the movement.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

@ 5:44 is that the final car of the train the Idahp making that noise cause if it as a cab cant it drive the train its self from destination to destination? besides if so why would they need Centennial 6936 to take the train? besides that great video!! also i remember 4 or 5 years ago i could have sworne i had seen a CSX Centennial helping shove a 339 car Coke train from Monesson, PA somewhere down the Monogahela but it must have because it was about hte size of 2 AC-6000-CW's it was gone soon:X

[billyboi57]

CSX does not have the EMD Centennial. They were made on special order only for the Union Pacific.

[trainmandan05]

well they put a horn on the car because its not motorized the california zephyr dome car has a horn on it back when the union pacific 844 ran the st. louise steam celebration so it must be a rule that tale cars have to horn on them for back up moves.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

wow i did not know that and thats interesting how you put it thxs!

[BNSF9250]

The best leslie honking in the United States great video! very proffesional!

[BNSFBJ]

Sup,

Dang this is by far the best video on Youtube that I have seen to date of 6936 in all her glory....This "beast" still blows my frickin mind away every time I see it and man did you do one hell of an awesome job to show off her mightiness with this kickass video....Get R Done Brotha,Get R Done!!!!

5 Stars and Added to My Favs Bud....Man What an Awesome Machine!!!!

Bryan

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

I totally agree man!

[railstoruin]

I saw this one go through St. Louis eastbound Yesterday. (4-16)

[shostetler]

would it be too much to get a video of it somewhere else other than a crossing?

[DL2045]

the hopping at 3:53 will satisfy the inspection crew.

[BRIANamtrak]

NO FAIR! U WERE ABLE TO CATCH it going slow! We had to miss it cuz the bitch was going like 50+ the whole time we were chasing it. U ARE DAMN LUCKY

[TrainedKiller35]

It was still a battle once it picked up speed to catch up to it.

[BRIANamtrak]

cool shots tho, but man, ill admit, rollbys at the crossings for every shot kinda got old, but I loved it.

And how do I get negatvies on my 1s coment

[TrainedKiller35]

Well we loved its horn and those were really the only shots that were nice.

And i dont know how you got negatives and didn't seem like a bad comment to me but what do i know.

[BRIANamtrak]

I admit, the horn is something I cant get over.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

well that sucks so know what you do you set a goal for yourself and then tyr and catch the train again and this time maybe he will be going under 50mph and maybe he will be going 20 or 25 but hey he just got lucky and so will you eventually.

[Hickler90]

Nice sounding Leslie on that thing, good looking engine too, good thing its still around.

[Tigersfan829]

nice horn what do u kno wut kind it is?

[TrainedKiller35]

Nathan S3LR

[UPTRAIN]

That's a Leslie S-3LR. Nathan AirChime made the the M, P, and K series horns.

[BNSF9250]

Best video I have seen in my whole life!!!!!

[giovanninoal]

5 star video

[cchan006]

Awesome! Great camera work, very professional. Best DDA40X video on YouTube so far!

The 3rd and 4th clip showing the 6936 bouncing up and down old tracks is quite dramatic. And who's honking the horn at the end when the train is being shoved backwards?

[TrainedKiller35]

I believe its the conductor on the back of the train

[golfurguy]

Haha ive seen train horns on cars but car horns on trains?!? Whats that all about!

[UPTRAIN]

Very nice production...looks like you actually tried, unlike most of the crap that you see on here. Awesome video, I shot some stills of it today in Kansas. I don't pretend to be a videographer, so I don't usually try.

[TrainedKiller35]

If you have a trainorders account check some of my dads pictures just search texbob

[UPTRAIN]

I shot a video of it today for giggles while I got stills. I posted that one up on here.

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!