Union Pacific DDA40X Meets BNSF ES44DC at Virgilia Siding

[lionelkid456]

Awsome M5!

[styx4ever1963]

Very nice video ty for posting this!

[Bus7777]

That is a cool consist!

[TheThomasSproduction]

Massive M5!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skraf883]

Wow.. some old power on that UP train.. DD40.. and the WP old Geep and F7's.. very cool!

[28yogy4todd]

Jeg ønsker å kjøre tog!

[LoisJAbel]

A very nice and interesting video!

[DJ4000VOLT]

damn i was fishin in portola and damn i heard that thing from so far i was like DAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNN lookin back over my shoulder line still in tha water

[tchnofile]

I was on this unit a few months ago and it was pouring water out of the top of the rear engine. Apparently somebody put the wrong gasket on.

[LOGINKPW]

6936 is the last of its kind still in use, from what I have learned. Others were sent to rail museums across North America.

[qwertyuiopasdfgh6055]

wow look at that

[RedXRawr79]

I believe those Western pacific F-units were ex- Wellsville, Addison, & Galeton. They used to run locals with an A and a B unit only, along side the ford centercabs they had.

[trainguy3]

Interesting haul

[palexandersquires]

any train sims on these locos?

[WPRR1]

To bad it has a button instead or one of the classic air valves.

[cchan006]

@WPRR1: I agree. Difficult to feather the M5 properly with a button.

[WPRR1]

I can't wait to go up to Graeagle this summer!!! I'm SO excited I get to FINALLY see some trains! Oh, my old channel was MultihornGuy. Please subscribe!

[01lukasz02]

4 lokomotywy 9 wagonów

[derform20]

@01lukasz02

Nie od dzisiaj wiadomo ze amerykance nie potrafia liczyc.

[shovel20]

HAAHAHAH all i can say is tic tic as BNSF waits for UP hahaha I LOVE IT!!!!

[AndyGC100]

Fantastic locomotive!! Somebody knows how many HP??

[AndyGC100]

Fantastic locomotive! Somebody can tell me how many HP ?



[MozerTransportation]

@AndyGC100 It Has Two SD40 Engines Outputting 6,600 Horsepower. Sadly These Giants Aren't Used For Freight As Much As They Were. Mostly Special Excursions Like The Superbowl Train.

[vidfreak727]

Why are there 3 cabooses? And whats that weird car in between the 2nd and 3rd caboose for?

[cchan006]

@vidfreak727: All the equipment, including the cabooses were displayed for the Dunsmuir Railroad Days, and this train is taking them back to the Portola Railroad Museum, The weird car is a gondola carrying more museum equipment.

[budclovek]

@vidfreak727 Preparing space for Hamas.

[vidfreak727]

@budclovek

oh, thanks

[MultiHornguy]

I go up to Portola every summer, but I never see BNSF.

[pwalpar]

very good video

[Codfreak1992]

NOW THATS A HORN!!!!!

[shovel20]

BNSF is in a rather grumpy mood today look at it! mean things happen to grumpy people while union is like " fuck you later on my bitch". WE CAN HANDLE IT!!!

[shovel20]

okay .. I actually saw train comedy.... Big Ol Union passes by when BNSF is liker " can you please hurry the fuck up" dammhe looks unimpressed

[BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

@shovel20 It's an FRA deal. They are looking for hot boxes. It's an FRA requirement for trains on a siding....and yes, they hate UP.

[shovel20]

okay .. I actually saw train comedy.... Big Ol Union passes by when BNSF is liker " can you please hurry the fuck up"

[parrthd1]

why do trains from different countries not blow their horns at all?

[K5H13760]

Was that the new K5LLA, the lower pitch Nathan Horn?

[cchan006]

@K5H13760: Actually, it's a classic Nathan M5, M5R24 to be specific, as I've been told from the people who own the horn. It has that dissonance like the K5LLA, but sounds more mellow and doesn't quite have that trumpet-like brillance of the K5.

[mutanay77]

@cchan006 sounds like a s3k horn

[EMD645E]

@cchan006 It is a great sounding horn for sure… It would be nice if the 6936 had a standard valve for the horn to allow it to be feathered a bit.

[MKjacek1]

NICE VIDEO :)) Beautifull train and sweet sounds.

[Xown95]

I would hate to be the guy recording this at 00:42, can you imagine how loud that would have been?

[keikokeiko3]

Why trains in US, horns all the time?

[cchan006]

@keikokeiko3: For safety, the rules say the crew has to blow the horn in a long-long-short-long sequence before a crossing. That's probably why it seems like the horns are being blown all the time.

[jadog31]

@keikokeiko3 cchan006 is right. I've seen European train videos, and they barely blow their horns.

[jerry91a]

what kind of horn was that?

[cchan006]

@jerry91a: I was told by the people at the Portola Railroad Museum that it's the Nathan M5, or specifically, M5R24.

[jadog31]

@cchan006 They told me that there, too.

[TheLeomarjunior]

Show de locomotiva.

[8534951]

@chevyalltheway06 i agree to

[icars98]

Ok. I don't understand why it was pulling both passenger coaches and freight cars.

[cchan006]

@icars98: The train was pulling equipment from thenPortola Railroad Museum, and they brought both passenger and freight cars to display at Dunsmuir. The train was bringing them back to Portola in this video.

[90Blakey]

i would laugh if windows opened on the sides of them and heavy war cannons came out and they started shooting at each other....BNSF vs Union Pacific. Cast ur bets XD

[htc6600]

Twin 645E3A's: what a sweet sound!!!!!!

[Magnumkevlar]

what is those boxcars at the end of the moving train used for?,, looks a little small for cargo to me, great video by the way:)

[cchan006]

@Magnumkevlar: The last 5 cars were boxcar, caboose, caboose, gondola, and a caboose. The boxcar probably contained Portola Railroad Museum goodies, the gondola had some equipment, and the last caboose had at least one person riding in it.

[staydput]

That's a weird 'consist.'

[sexylolita123]

danke fürs video so aufgedreht heute will jemand fun?

[mmaqboolfarooq]

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[PivotBloodArrow]

i could run faster!

[Barricade360]

and why did these locomotives not meet union pacifics standards when they were haulin freight? 6600 hp is really powerful to me i mean for a single diesel

[Shield1751]

@Barricade360

They met UP specs...they designed them and had them built...but they were built in 1969...so are over 40 years old....probably OVER a million miles on them....so its time to retire them. Plus those huge 8 wheel trucks can't be run everywhere. They are impressive aren't they?

[Barricade360]

and why did these locomotives not meet union pacifics standards when they were haulin freight? 6600 hp is really powerful to me

[kevininquincy]

To see damage to the UP tracks caused by the flood of 97, search for flooding in the Feather River Canyon or "1997 New Years Flood in Plumas County Trailer"

[juvmol]

so theres few centenial locmotives made??

[cchan006]

@juvmol: 47 were made, 13 still remain, 11 in the U.S. and 1 in Mexico, all on static display, and the 6936, which still runs.

[gaycowboy31]

I love that M% horn on thre thats cool sounding I was in Rochelle Illinois less tha 2 weeks ago and kept hearing a train passing through town with a horn like this on it and it sounded almost identical to it heard it from my motel but never made it down to the railroad park in time to see it if the locomotive I heard actully had an M5 on it who really knows I was told not likelly but it sure sunded like this horn I was told it was an out of tune K5LA or P5 but not an M5 like this I never knew

[TheMann2000]

@chevyalltheway06: They were also probably thinking "Where can we get one of those?!" when looking at the Centennial.

[panamcunard]

I wonder, what if there was a DDA45X, two V 20 in one locomotive, now that would have been a lot of power!

[FarmerSteveO]

0:30 gives me gooses bumps every time! The horn and notching up, you can really feel the horsepower!

[mesaraw]

I love that horn.

[usafisasome]

@chevyalltheway06 they were prob more like Holy Shitt thats the biggeest loco ive ever seen

[GTionut2o1o]

nice nice nice niceee

[fordtaurus93]

very nice video!!!

[styx4ever1963]

wow look at all the cool cabooses!

[timberhustler]

They should have enough power for those nine cars, I think three 16's and two 12 cylinders.

[Jurgy631]

amazing horn on the UP DDA40X

[luvsthickwhitechicks]

Been to Portola. Great museum. You can actually climb inside some of the displays. Plus, during certain hours (for a small fee), you can operate a locomotive in the yard. Be sure to leave a donation, so they can keep the place open. :-)

[toppackage]

Awesome loco! better than the Class 66 sheds we have over here

[Dinosorable]

Yikes! That horn is very loud when you get close to it.

[ShrinehillRail]

BEAUTIFULL HORN I can only Hope that I can come close to that when I ADD the sound to my HO Model.....l Newman

[coolcatevan9]

0:07 - 0:09 gotta love that horn!

[microbusss]

wish they'd remake the Centennials with AC power! It'd be more than 6600hp I think

& that's how I used to be able to tell if a train had a caboose or not Since cabooses are shorter than a regular car

[HellFire6006]

that M5 sounds beautiful.

[egpws123]

that horn is amaizing

[mrmartyman7]

Yeah, nice train ! That looks like a rolling museum on trucks and rails.

Thanks for posting the video !

[allaboutkevin]

what a great video.. very classic... I don't know why anyone would dislike this video.. they need to give their head a shake..

[up199519981982198319]

nice catch,man

[Evansville64]

Yuck!! Get rid of that horn!!

[HOscalerules]

I wish they still had the DD40X with the Federal Air Raid Siren........talk about a horn that'll get some attention!

[junglejimc]

@chevyalltheway06 No they were thinking, "I wonder if that UP is as crappy as all the rest on the inside"

[cj382]

this is where the BIG BOYS play

[MrCSXboy98]

UP: ITS ALIVE! MWAHAHAHAHA! BNSF: WTH??? SP: OH S**T

[gtaivstudios]

bnsf guys are probably thinking "MAN i want to work for UP now"

[DJ4000VOLT]

i saw that train in real life in portola

[GP9railfan]

@DJ4000VOLT Same here. I even made a video of it.

[LSZocker2009]

A very strange train!

Fantastic!

[pedropp222]

great whistle!!!

[JT414857]

Are there 4 doghouses? (Caboose)

[nilzlofgren]

We're A Great Big Rolling Railroad.

[gpmetalhead]

HORN! Love it!

[doubleutubefan5]

so just how powerfull are those DDA40X Centennials?

[cchan006]

@doubleutubefan5: They were rated at 6600 hp.

[doubleutubefan5]

@cchan006

0_0 holy................

[badboymrpappy]

Hard core... BIG BOY diesel...

[argenvia]

Wonderful

is called the Centennial DDA40X??

greeting

gustavo

[zvanigno]

GREAT!

[driver702]

It's absolutely amazing to see this engine in it's reality. I had never seen this UP engine in real life. Only a model of it. Wow this shot you took is nice.

[SAMUELDUNGAORIGINAL]

pra so that train has only one account

[Loveyourdisk]

Now, THATS a horn....

[atsfupsp09]

wow it auctially needs help

[scythelord]

The DDA40X is one diesel that needs no help. You'll notice all the other engines were silent.

[trainboy07]

That Unit is Equal to Pair EMD 645T's or Group of GP40's on one chassie

[Addicted2Guitars]

dam UP u made BNSF late! LOL nice horn

[theUPman100]

Sweet M5!!!

[E6ACT]

5***** !+ Favorite

[cc40003]

For those criticizing the Centennials TE to HP ratio, remember when they were operated a lot of HP was reserved for their primary purpose, FAST (80 90 MPH) western freight. UP even built specially geared SD40-2Hs (fast fortys) that could supplement and keep up with the Centennial.

[Jemalacane]

@cc40003

Then why can't the DDA40X pull that tiny passenger train all by itself?

[drbackjack]

Your kidding right?

Its a special museum train, showing off the museum locomotives.

[Jemalacane]

Yes, I am only joking.

[pdwman]

If anything the DD40AX only had one prime mover on, and everything else off.

[howardkevinm]

wow that engine is fantastic looking and that horn OMG!!! Great catch!!!!

[funnyfunnys]

wow! cool, i assumed they were out because i never see them anymore...

[moonwalker5058]

Grat horn. What kind is it?

[Stigx1337]

I think it's an older K3LA,I'm not sure.

[kmillard]

It's called a Nathan M5.

[Shydragon72]

mean horn D:

[moonwalker5058]

True that!

[12361870]

WOW, how fortunate to have caught a train with such classic stuff

[chevyaholics]

Great Video!

[gabrielmotosom]

isso que é treim não esta bosta que tem aqui no brazil tudo sucata os trem aqui não passa de 40 km por hora se passar rsrs sai dos trilhos

[funnyfunnys]

ya, you never see those western or union pacifics anymore, too bad they ran out of buisness, they were really cool.

[TrainNThusiast]

UP didnt go out

[gaycowboy31]

sweet M5 on there

[NCCR2580]

Great catch & Nice shot! Love the DD40, Good spot and nice lighting!

[TEMPLE7D]

great vid -- those bnsf ES44DC, GP60M, and C44-9Ws look so cool sitting there

[yambo59]

Love the DD40 ! Most powerful diesel ever built, 16 wheel drive, saw one on static display at museum of transportation in st louis mo. -- Great to see one run!!! what a classic-!!

[CSXboy1]

look at those covered wagons its got!!!!

[Cutiepie53065]

nice echos!

[TrainSpotterX]

Gidday from downunder Australia

Crikey that's a bloody awesome video mate, thanks for sharing.

[bobdoogie]

backward engine design - looks like 30 years ago, why?

[Chester16x]

Great video 5*!

[Roboman2121]

The Centennial is actually the longest diesel locomotive in the world.

[JohnBachofer]

Woah I didn't think the DD40X's still existed. Great Vid.

[CountVonBoco]

Several do. I know of 4.. there is still I think like.. 10 out there. 2 at the Portola Museum, One is still on the UP roster (Still used) and one was on the Dakota Southern, OOS. (Out Of Service).

[03patines]

Great Video!

[juvmol]

such of beautifull catch 5 * bro!

[TheUnknownRailfan]

Holy hell..

[justkiddin08]

Nice video.

[est86leo]

Finally, I get to see the DDA40X. I've only seen it on Wikipedia lol. They really need to change that horn to a Leslie S-5T!

[PINKluvr01]

horn sounds funny

[AmtrakBoys]

its cool

[AmtrakBoys]

what kind of horn is that

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Nathan M5

[MsTrainspotter]

waths the name of the horn?

[blueloud32]

Its a nathan m5

[aussietraindriver]

Great horn, pitty it runs of a solenoid valve!!

[wrailfan]

Neat consist.

[Jeffwecker81]

I love the 6936, however I do not like thesmall wings logo on the nose

[tevamaru]

Nice work!

[cannedkitty]

lol@railfans

[colinroxanduknowit]

Wish it kept that horn... >:(

[cmdHardStyler]

quality!!!

[Railfan19960]

all live the most powerful Nathan M5!

[fordsuckbigtime]

i love that  horn

[maciek9471]

This train is very fany, I led microsoft in game even him it Train Simulator and I will say it, that not exhaust lubie but particularly, it for it estimate lady give 5:***

[msc4lf]

Awesome vid!!!!!!!

[KSE828]

The horn actually sounds a bit sad at the end....

[flyboy8492]

is that a nathan M5?!?!

[five0fan]

I think they changed the horn? Does anybody know?

[dni252]

Tractive effort affects how easily a train can get started. Horsepower determines how fast it can go once moving.

Hence why slugs are used at hump yards - more TE, so the hump/trim sets can actually move the cars, but low HP (in fact, none on the slug), since they needn't move fast in a yard.

On the other hand, this is why a bog-standard AC6000CW (CSX has some weighted down now, more TE) can move IM as fast as it wants, but has trouble moving coal - low TE, so it can't get the train moving.

[Boss302fan]

Excuse me. But these huge electrical motors sitting in the slugs have no horsepower?

Huh?

[dni252]

They add no HP, since this comes from the diesel engine, which slugs lack. Instead, they allow the full amount of HP to be applied by adding more Tractive Effort - otherwise, the wheels would just slip when too much HP is applied.

In other words, they spread out the HP from the mother loco by adding more wheels and weight.

[Boss302fan]

So...these electrical motors are rated at zero horsepower?

[dni252]

I'd think so - the horsepower is probably measured from the diesel engine's output anyway, since that's what generates the power.

[Boss302fan]

I am going out and promptly remove the horsepower decals from all the traction motors I have in inventory.

Can you believe those bastards have been lying to me all this time!!!!

I suppose all electrical motors have no horsepower. I mean, if I have an electric engine in my car and the battery supplies the horsepower....then my car has no horsepower...just the battery has the horsepower.

Thanks for the clarification. :>

[8bars]

How does the higher h.p. engine not pull harder than the lower h.p. GP-9?? That always puzzles

me...

[sigmasquadleader]

Torque control, maybe. Use them evenly, balance the power, etc.

[sigmasquadleader]

Actually, I'll bet the GP-9's are inactive here.

I didn't see any exhaust from the fans.

[starbster]

OMG Minnie Mouse is naked!

[omega96]

Its not the h.p. thats important here but tractive effort.

[starbster]

HP is inportant!

[BNSF7488]

More AXLES Spreads the weight and tractive effort if you have a GP 38-2 with 7000 HP it would be worthless

[Boss302fan]

Conversely, 200 horsepower over 6 axles would be worthless.

Spreading weight over the axles reduces tractive effort, not increases it. You want weight on your axles which is why some units are ballasted.

However with a six axle unit you have the additional traction motors and 4 extra wheels making contact with the rail. None of this is important though if you don't have the HP behind it generating electricity.

It's a combination of the two that moves freight.