@ThePPPTrainAndCarFan Being that this video is 4 years old, I would expect that unit to of been either scrapped or now painted in YN3, but maybe not. I would love to see it still in YN1. :)
Nice. I saw this train, different engines come though my neck of the woods (Massachusetts) about a month ago. He was being followed by work trucks and had crew workers riding the seats on the rail cars.
nothing fancy, it's a Nathan k5LA (same as the helpers) but it sounds better on a standard cab because the air isn't forced out all at once like on widecabs. Thanks to CSX for unwittingly preserving hundreds of GP30s with their slug units.
Really nice quality video. That looked and sounded like a really heavy load. Sweet horn. The gates took their sweet time time coming down, wow. (you could probably cut the first 3 mins)
CSXJoe, you might want to edit your video down some before posting. You know, shorten up the beginning a bit. We can barely see the trains lights until about 2 min into the video. Other than that, nice work.
I'm three full minutes into this video and lack the capability of fast forward.....and all I have seen are cars riding over the tracks...Nice horn finally! sweet
Pretty cool how he can actuate a couple of the bells (trumpets) one or two at a time before blowing them all. Easy to do with the traditional horn leaver, but trickier on locomotives that use a button to actuate the horn.
serious suggestion - next time be on the right side of the tracks to use the sunlight. I can make out from the shaddows that that was a GP-30 slug - so cool - but make better use of the light while you have it!
It seems like the gates came down late, but the crossing predictor is just doing its job. As long as the signals activate 20-25 seconds before the train is at the crossing, it complies with federal law. The longer the gates are down without a train near, the more likely it is that a motorist or pedestrian will run the gates.
And yeah, the engineer does a nice job of feathering the valve on that K5LA!
becuz he disconnets after he helps the train up the grade. then he comes back down and sit over on the side and waits for another train to help up the grade. thats all he does all day.
Really thats what i was thinking to but i just wanted to make sure. why don't they just use the radio control so they don need a guy in the back. or is it just short run.
Dupester is right about the ditch lights. It seems to vary by railroad as to whether they pulse them.
Whether the crossing bells ring continuously or stop when the gates are down is also something that varies. In my experience, at most crossings in the eastern states, the bells stop when the gates are down, while at crossings in the west and south, the bells sound continuously. And at some gate-equipped crossings, there are no bells at all.
I don't understand all the comments about the lack of ditch lights or headlights. In this video the headlights and ditch lights are clearly turned on, although they are not flashing. Ditch lights are required for trains traversing public highway crossings at speeds of 20 MPH and higher. Flashing ditch lights are not required.
It is not that hard to understand where all just so used to Seeing them flash and im sure we all feel the same way about them flashing at crossings
I dont care what FRA says. I think they should always flash at crossing No matter what the speed or crossing or type There are some really Stupid Drivers out there Great Video!!!
ok thanks for letting me know on that one just seemed strange to me cause here is Canada they keep going till the signal deactivates.......nice vid!!!!!!!!1
Where I am in the US (North NJ), most of the bells stop dinging once the gates are down. As I started watching videos on here and heard some of them "keep dinging", I initially thought they were broken. Now that seems like that is the way most of them work? Is that right?
It looks like an older GP38 or something whcih the ditchlights dont come on automatically when the horn blows Evidentally hes used to driving dash9s which automatically come on when the horn blows and just forgot to turn them on.
I think the title should read CSX rail TRAIN. Also, I don't understand the comment about forgetting the ditch lights. FRA rules require ditch lights to be displayed either burning steady OR flashing while approaching and passing public highway grade crossings at speeds 20 MPH or higher.
in the west here UP/BNSF don't use the ditchlights hardly at all. i've never seen them use it. only passenger trains use it and they use it ALL the time. nice catch joe
The 2nd engine looks like a YN1 paint scheme. Is it (I'm not good at naming paint scheme names lol)
ThePPPTrainAndCarFan 7 months ago
@ThePPPTrainAndCarFan You're right. It is YN1.
RailWolf7306 2 months ago
@RailWolf7306 trainman122 said there are only 3 YN1 Paint Schemes in CSX and he needs to see this one to complete his YN1 finding collection :D
ThePPPTrainAndCarFan 2 months ago
@ThePPPTrainAndCarFan Being that this video is 4 years old, I would expect that unit to of been either scrapped or now painted in YN3, but maybe not. I would love to see it still in YN1. :)
RailWolf7306 2 months ago
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What THE HELL IS SO DAMN SPECIAL WITH THE HORN?
NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
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NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
What THE HELL IS SO DAMN SPECIAL WITH THE HORN?
NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
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NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
What THE HELL IS SO DAMN SPECIAL WITH THE HORN?
NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
What the hell is so special with the horn?
NsTrainMan07 11 months ago
awesome video!
trains39485 1 year ago
Nice video but the first 3 minutes and a half were pretty pointless. A nice little edit wouldn't do any harm. =)
banuoplus 1 year ago
Nice. I saw this train, different engines come though my neck of the woods (Massachusetts) about a month ago. He was being followed by work trucks and had crew workers riding the seats on the rail cars.
Nice video.
Kmm0808 2 years ago
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Fucking cocksuckers. Put that train horn up ur fucking asses and blow hard.
assholer8reloaded 3 years ago
where was this shot at? These locos were just in buffalo laying track at the frontier yard.
campbell5149 3 years ago
Cowan,TN
CSXJoe 3 years ago
very nice is this on the old L&N
gaycowboy31 3 years ago
Nice helper crew!!!!!!!!!!
NSwannabeEngineer 3 years ago
Yup
CSXJoe 3 years ago
nothing fancy, it's a Nathan k5LA (same as the helpers) but it sounds better on a standard cab because the air isn't forced out all at once like on widecabs. Thanks to CSX for unwittingly preserving hundreds of GP30s with their slug units.
balddanny72 3 years ago
The helpers have Nathan K5LAR24s not the K5LA as the slugs.
NSwannabeEngineer 2 years ago
Really nice quality video. That looked and sounded like a really heavy load. Sweet horn. The gates took their sweet time time coming down, wow. (you could probably cut the first 3 mins)
pukilupukster 3 years ago
cool love the csx GP-30 slug.
trainmandan05 3 years ago
The engineer in charge of the end units blowing the horn at you was cool.
GP9railfan 3 years ago 2
these are slugs,or RD-RD Mates,used as feedsers only,kinda like NPCUs.
marklester01 3 years ago
nice video
goreds03 3 years ago
was the 2nd unit a slug?
railmogul2 3 years ago
huh?
CSXJoe 3 years ago
a slug? A unit with only traction motors mated to a mother unit
railmogul2 3 years ago
i donno what you mean by that?
CSXJoe 3 years ago
never mind...
railmogul2 3 years ago
ok...? its not that hard to explain
CSXJoe 3 years ago
its basically a yard helper, a loco with no cab, or no one in the cab, remote controlled or synced with the first unit
quadking100 3 years ago
look it up on wikipedia, they can explain it a little better than I can.
railmogul2 3 years ago
wat kind of horn fo you think he uses? lever? button? or string?
norfolkdash9 4 years ago 2
i'd say button or lever.
gamingguy492 4 years ago 2
k thx
norfolkdash9 3 years ago
Lever activated by the sound of it.
GP9railfan 3 years ago
Yeah, thats what I think.
norfolkdash9 3 years ago 2
take lessons!
rides800 4 years ago
All the comments on this video are made by the same person.... wtf?
ibuy4unow 4 years ago
CSXJoe, you might want to edit your video down some before posting. You know, shorten up the beginning a bit. We can barely see the trains lights until about 2 min into the video. Other than that, nice work.
bubbleboy80 4 years ago
i agree
railmogul2 3 years ago 2
this is bad ass...the GP30 still in primer grey!!!
skarkot 4 years ago 4
rail train nice.
trainmandan05 4 years ago 5
Now how come the helper engines have to help the train going down the hill?
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
sounds like an acordian
Korinski 4 years ago
a true train enthusiest
Deputydog1956 4 years ago
A foamer!!!
MotelCambodia 4 years ago
yes i am!
CSXJoe 4 years ago
I'm three full minutes into this video and lack the capability of fast forward.....and all I have seen are cars riding over the tracks...Nice horn finally! sweet
myotherutube 4 years ago
Gp30 in family line coclors
furryfurball1221 4 years ago
Very interesting noise it's making
blinkingblythe 4 years ago
Noise????
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
Pretty cool how he can actuate a couple of the bells (trumpets) one or two at a time before blowing them all. Easy to do with the traditional horn leaver, but trickier on locomotives that use a button to actuate the horn.
ACLTony 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
Joe, why all the posts?
ACLTony 4 years ago
Do you drive trains??
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
stupid people i tell you
CSXJoe 4 years ago
I can't wait to start my hobby soon; this vid is really motivating! A very expensive hobby, but still...
Yoshiisland12345 4 years ago
expensive??? how??
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Maybe the camera
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
Nice vid, in Charleston, WV a few months ago we had a rail train go through. It was still in Chessie System but with CSXT markings.
juliussespiritu 4 years ago
cool. thanks.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Horn- Nathan Airchime K5LAR24.
Sheesh, you all need to be schooled--- best horn = Leslie Supertyfon RS-5TRRO, preferably controled by a GrahamWhite #353 lever.
-Jeffrey
GP30RDMT 4 years ago
naww this one is teh best
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Ya this one was the best!!
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
serious suggestion - next time be on the right side of the tracks to use the sunlight. I can make out from the shaddows that that was a GP-30 slug - so cool - but make better use of the light while you have it!
nhlives 4 years ago
i know. other side had no where to sit.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Holy shoot!! I LOVE IT!! :D ;) ;D
buggiecar 4 years ago
thanks
CSXJoe 4 years ago
K5LA sounds well tuned and cleaned,And one of the AC4400CW's gave a honk!
woodhall33 4 years ago
yeah after a week he knew us lol
CSXJoe 4 years ago
The Gates hadn't lowered Yet
mallmaven60 4 years ago
they take for ever when they go slow
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Ive Been Hearing Spouthern Pacific Horns in My Neighborhood!
mallmaven60 4 years ago
But the trains are CSX
mallmaven60 4 years ago
ok...?
CSXJoe 4 years ago
coool.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
I agree, this is the best CSX train with a K5LA horn I have ever seen!
Justin80084362 4 years ago
yyup
CSXJoe 4 years ago
i think the whole thing was the best :D
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Thats your opinion.
Justin80084362 4 years ago
huh?
CSXJoe 4 years ago
The best horn part in my opinion is at 3:50 and I think some people would agree.
Justin80084362 4 years ago
I thought the last one was the best
mallmaven60 4 years ago
i liked it all
CSXJoe 4 years ago
it all was the best
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Its a Nathan K5LA Airchime with a BEAUTIFUL sound.
Justin80084362 4 years ago
yup
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Where is this location??
watchnu2 4 years ago
cowan,tn
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Nice horn what kind is it?? Wow that crossing came down kinda late didnt it?
NsTrainMan07 4 years ago
yeah came down late. horn-K5LA
CSXJoe 4 years ago
It seems like the gates came down late, but the crossing predictor is just doing its job. As long as the signals activate 20-25 seconds before the train is at the crossing, it complies with federal law. The longer the gates are down without a train near, the more likely it is that a motorist or pedestrian will run the gates.
And yeah, the engineer does a nice job of feathering the valve on that K5LA!
Dave
CP359 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
GREAT VIDEO! I really enjoyed it. I didn't expect the helpers at the end of the train though.
EMK623 4 years ago
thanks
CSXJoe 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
It does have a very interisting horn
Derailedtrain666 4 years ago
I thought it was, come to think of it, I LOVE that sound, I give you 5 stars.
Justin80084362 4 years ago
thanks.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Dash 9s are awesome
mallmaven60 4 years ago
I know thats not! Thats an SD40-2
mallmaven60 4 years ago
yup
CSXJoe 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
yup
CSXJoe 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
Justin,I never knew you liked trains too!
mallmaven60 4 years ago
maybe he does
CSXJoe 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
cool video
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
Is that the K5LA
Justin80084362 4 years ago
its a K5LA. but it when you press the botton or pull the horn lever the sound will be diffent on how much you pull/push it.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Whoa do you drive trains?
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
Hey was there an engineer in the helpers at the rear of the train cause i heard the horn blast when it went by?
whitelightning24 4 years ago
yup.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
How come there was a engineer in the locomotive at the rear of the train?
whitelightning24 4 years ago
becuz he disconnets after he helps the train up the grade. then he comes back down and sit over on the side and waits for another train to help up the grade. thats all he does all day.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Really thats what i was thinking to but i just wanted to make sure. why don't they just use the radio control so they don need a guy in the back. or is it just short run.
whitelightning24 4 years ago
its about a 20 min run for him to go up and back down.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Another GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!! That rail train must have been a surprise along with the Helpers!
EMK623 4 years ago
i have thAT VERY SAME TRAIN IN 1 OF MY VIDS
furryfurball1221 4 years ago
Question: why do the wheels make that humming sound that you hear as it picks up speed?
syncplay 4 years ago
they just grinded down the tracks the day befour the video was taken.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Joe, really great job on this video.
Dupester is right about the ditch lights. It seems to vary by railroad as to whether they pulse them.
Whether the crossing bells ring continuously or stop when the gates are down is also something that varies. In my experience, at most crossings in the eastern states, the bells stop when the gates are down, while at crossings in the west and south, the bells sound continuously. And at some gate-equipped crossings, there are no bells at all.
Dave
CP359 4 years ago
I don't understand all the comments about the lack of ditch lights or headlights. In this video the headlights and ditch lights are clearly turned on, although they are not flashing. Ditch lights are required for trains traversing public highway crossings at speeds of 20 MPH and higher. Flashing ditch lights are not required.
dupester1954 4 years ago
It is not that hard to understand where all just so used to Seeing them flash and im sure we all feel the same way about them flashing at crossings
I dont care what FRA says. I think they should always flash at crossing No matter what the speed or crossing or type There are some really Stupid Drivers out there Great Video!!!
yadkinrailfan99 4 years ago
o cool
benjenings 4 years ago
question about american rail crossings....is it normal for the warning bell on the crossing signals to stop after the gates are down?
rainman29 4 years ago
No most of the bells keep dinging. Im not sure why that one stops.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
ok thanks for letting me know on that one just seemed strange to me cause here is Canada they keep going till the signal deactivates.......nice vid!!!!!!!!1
rainman29 4 years ago
Where I am in the US (North NJ), most of the bells stop dinging once the gates are down. As I started watching videos on here and heard some of them "keep dinging", I initially thought they were broken. Now that seems like that is the way most of them work? Is that right?
llokuta 4 years ago
awesome horn!
ChanFram 4 years ago
The ditch lights ARE on, they're just not on.
dupester1954 4 years ago
It looks like an older GP38 or something whcih the ditchlights dont come on automatically when the horn blows Evidentally hes used to driving dash9s which automatically come on when the horn blows and just forgot to turn them on.
yadkinrailfan99 4 years ago
I think the title should read CSX rail TRAIN. Also, I don't understand the comment about forgetting the ditch lights. FRA rules require ditch lights to be displayed either burning steady OR flashing while approaching and passing public highway grade crossings at speeds 20 MPH or higher.
dupester1954 4 years ago
haha just seen that ill change it.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
Also it could be that he just met a train and he had to dim the headlights and he forgot to put them back up.
NSHorseheadSD70 4 years ago
yes it was a meet.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
in the west here UP/BNSF don't use the ditchlights hardly at all. i've never seen them use it. only passenger trains use it and they use it ALL the time. nice catch joe
meyer8400 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
what is "rail fanning"??
benjenings 4 years ago
"Train Watching", Taking Pictures, Video, or just for fun.
Treyvs 4 years ago
YEah what he said.LOL
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
nice lil horn blash at the end! nice job
hograil7416 4 years ago
yeah i think after 2weeks of us up there he knew who we where lol.
CSXJoe 4 years ago
thats funny
norfolkdash9 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
CSX1023 is right about the first 4 minutes, but still one of the best rail fanning videos on youtube. Great job!
bataylor79 4 years ago
Cowan is a great railfanning place!
CSXJoe 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago
coooooool
JoeAndTravis 4 years ago