Funny Engine Arrangement on a CN Railway Freight Train

[samj5605]

She's a real beauty!

[onrr1726]

haveing GP units on the lead is not all that uncommon I see it all the time

[soolinefan1]

nice horn show love the horn

[gaycowboy31]

it cool to still see some Grand Trunk units still in that color before CN kills them all like they are doing IC and EJ&E and I wont forget my Northern favorite the DM&IR it makes me sick seeing the old IC and Missabe in CN paint I never got to know the GT or EJ&E or Missabe much but I did the old IC from family in Louisiana I love seeing the CN in Canada but its weird seeing as far south as New Orleans and No I am NOT knocking the CN for the CN fans I Love CN too but in Canada

[tartopfan]

Have you ever seen 2 GP38-2s hauling a freight train with 3 Dash-9Ws?

[whitscot]

@tartopfan why would you?

[tartopfan]

@whitscot well you see back when I was in in Fort Payne Williams Avenue school (2007) I was eating lunch & in the lunchroom is a long line of windows where you get a awesome view of the NS AGS North District & when a train came I stared at that window until it was time to leave or the end of the train. Usually the regular NS gp38s would head to vulcraft with 1-12 bulkhead flats of flat sheets of steel & came back with nothing or empty bulkheads but today it was different... part 2 next

[307OLDS]

whats so funny about it???

[Soolinegp38]

epic horn

[up199519981982198319]

guess its not so safety cab anymore lol

[trainboy1979]

No really an Odd set up as more of a pain set up...lol We run gp-38 all the time down this way. Heck, I took a mainline train one of my last trips with the railway had two gp-9's and two 38's.

[xxHaloVidsxx]

i dont see what was so funny in this video. in fact i just thinking your fucking stupid

[fixierider97]

weerd

[elrhino69]

On the railroad I work for we run that setup every nite

[kc8rbk1]

CN will do that sometimes if something is wrong in the cab or the road engine and they have nothing else to head the train. I've heard them do this when the radio's or eot equipment was messed up. The direction of the engine may also be the reason as someone else mentioned.

[oxenforde]

There was nothing odd with that consist. No lashup.

[ic6071]

A GP38 switcher leading an SD75 and an SD40-2 dosen't happen everyday.

[miked9372]

@ic6071 happens every day you just dont see it

[whitscot]

@ic6071 no duh

[deandremouse]

@ic6071

Surprisingly it does.

sometimes in yard service.

[penguingeneral2]

Not that odd man...hate to say it.

[ic6071]

A GP38 switcher leading an SD75 and an SD40-2 dosen't happen everyday.

[oxenforde]

I suppose that it is unusual to have a short-nose leading a dash-9. Primarily because the dash-9 has a larger, more comfortable cab. But, I wouldn't call it a lash up.

[crazyjoe93]

y do they put a engine backwards

[sdbobe]

When the consit reaches its destination, (yards) if the locomotives are to change directions to bring back some other freight, the third locomotive (backwards) becomes the first one and the lead locomotive. In the old era, they used to turn the engines on the turntable. Some still exist but rare. I've already seen 6 locos with their noses all forwards.

[NSwannabeEngineer]

What is so wierd about the way the locomotives are set up? Doesn't look odd to me.

[trainguyONR]

he gave you a good horn salute!

[EnginesandRails87]

I am just curious, what exactly is a "lashup"?

Thanks

[civil1guy]

"Lashup" is a term used for the way the engines are arranged on the train.

[EnginesandRails87]

Thanks civil1guy! Now I can actually understand what railfans mean when they say that!

[Iqwerty1]

yep :)

[mrke8ting]

You know those crossing guards that come down at rail stops, are they activated by the train crossing a certain point, or by the conductor in the engine?

[enr3870]

As the train approaches it completes a circuit, there is a very low electrical current running through the rails. Once the circuit is complete the xing goes off.

[Kjr0se]

Even though the second locomotive had an electricla fire, was it still helping to pull the train when you made this vido of this freight train? Just wondering about that.

[budharvesting]

Nice Horn Action. Good catch.

[mrke8ting]

What's the GT stand for? I know CN is Canadian National, but what's GT? thx

[ic6071]

Grand Trunk

[MrLuebeck]

@mrke8ting or Grand Trunk Western

[trainjizz]

Wow, thats incredible! What a horn sequence! What a consist!

[SD457500]

Great lead unit. Great to still GTs roaming around.

[Pac3steel]

Great video.

Where was this taken?

[chris507npowell]

I love the Horns!!

[flexspinner]

wow gtw leading nice catch :-)

[PunkyBear36]

The GP38 is helping out!

[CNrailfan50]

O man i wish i saw something like that down here. Great video!

[heelblocks]

GREAT HORN AND VIDEO!

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

weird horn on it what was it?

[RailfanAlex]

Very nice! Like the horn blasts!

[guitars14]

Thats the way it should be. Awesome.

[ic6071]

I agree, thanks!

[stuntedcards]

looks more like the 3rd unit had the fire

[ic6071]

lol

[LenaVideos]

Loved that leader.

[ic6071]

Me to.

[trains91]

nice!

[ic6071]

Thanks!