Ruff ride for Amtrak's City of New Orleans, bobbing up & down on the IC. 6/09/1991

[brentthespeedskater]

is this in the early 90s as well?

[1jackdk]

@brentthespeedskater The month, day, and date is in the title... Thanks for watching...

[FEC501]

thats still some decent track, if u wanna see some scary track look up some old L&N stuff. goodness gracious.

[conn1385]

i mis the old f40

[sesanner]

Especially rough track.

Especially smooth videography.

[dwkcamman611]

LOVE IT!!! Great catches!!!

[MrNocaster1]

For a "Superpower" country, we've got some of the worst railroad tracks there is. It's a wonder some of these trains don't bounce right off the rails.

[boweandrew3]

Agh Nathan P3 horns all that's needed is gryalights like they had on Icg

[boweandrew3]

@boweandrew3 yeah baby

[SantaFebuff]

Hmm, CN has improved the track a bit, but it's still bumpy. I haven't been to Ashkum in awhile, but up here, still as bumpy, but ironed out a bit.

[kevinb721]

coal train sounded like a p3...awesome vid!!

[lima709]

Typical IC track conditions back in the day!  Reminds me of CSX.

[trainboy437]

Amtrak part is interesting with it bumping along

[austintrains]

wow thats some ruff track and great video keep up the god work

[Michaellovestrains]

Wow!

[gjhgjh]

Great catches. Good observation. That IS rough track. IC would not like this.

[trainsimulator2]

great video jack, thanks for posting.

[jacooker1]

Gave me whiplash just watching it!  Good one to watch!! Thanks for posting it!!

[maddennis55]

A nice look at the past! I recently posted a couple vids of my chase of UP3985 in 1995. They are directly recorded off tv and vhs, not great quality, but historical. You can find them on my home page!

[BNSF9250]

any day in the 90s was a good railfan day . exellent videotaping

[erniepond1]

Thanks for video.

Look something like average track conditions existing in Australia.

Until fully welded track is installed, the existing rail joints tend to bend at the joints. This limits express train speeds both for passenger and frieght!

[graememg]

Trailer at 0:16 centre of screen wasn't travelling well, the amtrak certainly wasn't stable either good fun for crews and passengers alike !!!

[SOU5111]

@graememg Yep, it looks like the lead truck on that flat car was "hunting" badly (lateral instability).

Great video, Jack!

[murjax]

Reminds me of what an Amtrak looks like flying over CSX trackage. Not too much different.

[K5H13760]

Good Job! I wonder if the ride gets smoother when summer comes and the rails warm up?

[CarNutandTrainNut2]

@K5H13760

If it gets too hot the rails will kink.....looking like a big piece of iron spaghetti.

[Engine201]

Great video with the EMD power!

[bahnfan84]

Great Video. Thanks!