Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40CW coal train start up.

[jordan1210]

I hate dash-9 40cw lol ns has exactly 1,089 of them lol there very where thats all i see up pittsburgh.

[aeroguy86]

im sorry this vid was title START UP i didnt see ant start ups please label correctly

[dueltruck700]

im just wondering..what kind of shcooling does it take to become a train engineer? i been watching alot of train videos lately and am really interested in becoming a engineer!

[Subaruguy8508]

NS has their own school in McDonough Ga. where they train conductors to become locomotive engineers.  The course last about a month and then it is followed by 6 to 12 months of training on your division.

[dueltruck700]

thanks alot man :)

[dwdrums828]

@dueltruck700 you have to become a conductor first then get promoted to engineer

[Geckatron]

88 stuff

[techphy100]

i wonder if that strange switch over had something to do with the block signals.

[o00o00ozy]

The power had to be spun at CP Tulp and CP Leisey because former Southern SD60's are not cab signal equipped; therefore, they cannot lead west of Harrisburg on the Pittsburgh Line. It's a shame they couldn't let the SD60 lead, it would have sounded nice. I hate Dash-9's, too many of them.

[meccaturbo]

@o00o00ozy, there aren't any true former Southern SD60's...all of them were bought after the NS merger. Dash-9's are good engines....damn good engines.

[Sabrestrainsfan]

very cool!

[A10PANG]

Always liked NS's SD60s. Dual cab control ;-). Nice video.

[o00o00ozy]

Darn right. I love it when they run Southern style, aka LHF :-)

Not much of it on this line though due to all the cab signal mayhem surrounding the Harrisburg Line.

[A10PANG]

Would be neat to see though.

[BarryManilowFan4eva]

kool vid.

I like the last 2 engines. #'s 9536, &9403.

[alvintrain]

They are both Dash9-40CW's.

[The40MAC]

Good video;) hmmmmmmmmm now where have I seen some of those lol:P

[BNSFnick]

nice one!

[pbmja]

nice

[alvintrain]

There are alot of frendly ns workers but they cant beat the reading and northern engineers.

[DHMwithTEE]

NS crews are under a lot of intense and continuous scrutiny it's like being in the military. Finding one who is friendly and accommodating is rare indeed.

[2102FAN]

HAHA yeah your right, lol

[NSwannabeEngineer]

Awesome!