Personally I too prefer the Stainless Steel cars and now rarely travel on trains that do not have a dome car. That is why the Chaleur (Montreal Gaspé train) is my favourite VIA train. As a bonus it has a real dining car with excellent food at very reasonable prices.
Good video but cut short, imo. Cutting out part of the VIA's approach to the crossing wasn't necessary, and it would have been nice to see the CN get back on the main and up to speed afterwards.
One has to be very careful even on a public road crossing because a piece of metal straping on a loaded car could come loose and kill or seriously injure you!
The freight train routinley has two locomotives for about 8000 horsepower and the passenger train has 6000 horsepower. The bigger freights into Halifax (#120) often has four locomotives for more than 16,000 horsepower.
VIA normally assigns one 3000 hp engine per 10 cars. The Ocean is normaly between 12 and 20 cars and so has two 3000 hp F40PH-2 locomotives (most of which have now been rebuilt with separate HEP generators).
Excellent video; it's amazing they didn't just put a fill across that gully, as opposed to dropping the right-of-way right through it (although I don't know the lay-of-the-land there at all).
The siding is at least two miles long so I estimate that the fill would have to be at least three quaters of a mile long anf for only a dozen trains each day it is not economically worth while!
Were you also filming at that crossing in this past 2 years? i drove through there a couple times while someone was filming a very similar shot, Via passing the CN.
Personally I too prefer the Stainless Steel cars and now rarely travel on trains that do not have a dome car. That is why the Chaleur (Montreal Gaspé train) is my favourite VIA train. As a bonus it has a real dining car with excellent food at very reasonable prices.
rrpics 6 months ago
Now that is an Excellent shot!! Sure was going fast for getting up that nasty hill, I love it
CNRailWabamun 6 months ago
Still the best way to cross the country!
UAL2842 1 year ago 2
Excellent!
dwkcamman611 1 year ago
Good video but cut short, imo. Cutting out part of the VIA's approach to the crossing wasn't necessary, and it would have been nice to see the CN get back on the main and up to speed afterwards.
Aezkt 1 year ago
This is just a short clip because of the upload time. I actually filmed it all and if IIRC it is all on the DVD.
rrpics 6 months ago
that was Crowes Mills where I call home
73whiskers 1 year ago
Youtube ,could you be any slower loading video's. sense you have changed the format.Youtube now sucks!!!!!
ajkopy 1 year ago
what was the speed of that?
racethevolvo 2 years ago
My gues would be about 50 mph
rrpics 2 years ago
One has to be very careful even on a public road crossing because a piece of metal straping on a loaded car could come loose and kill or seriously injure you!
rrpics 2 years ago
Excellent video! It feels like I am right there!!!!!!!
DennyAlbert 2 years ago
That crossing will knock your teeth out if you're doing more than 5km/h over it :S
Great video.
Jorlzin 2 years ago
Yes 6000 horsepower! Imagine lining 6000 horses up behind one another on the hill or even 5 abreast!
rrpics 3 years ago
@rrpics CN doesn't run anything that powerfull that i'm aware of
ebouwman034 1 year ago
The freight train routinley has two locomotives for about 8000 horsepower and the passenger train has 6000 horsepower. The bigger freights into Halifax (#120) often has four locomotives for more than 16,000 horsepower.
rrpics 1 year ago
@rrpics I didn't realize that via found it necessary to run a 6000 HP engine, seems a bit overkill
ebouwman034 1 year ago
VIA normally assigns one 3000 hp engine per 10 cars. The Ocean is normaly between 12 and 20 cars and so has two 3000 hp F40PH-2 locomotives (most of which have now been rebuilt with separate HEP generators).
rrpics 1 year ago
@rrpics So it's like i said, nobody runs a 6000 HP unit in canada
ebouwman034 1 year ago
wow, you can really appreciate the power of locomotives when you see them pulling trains up hills like this
trainguyONR 3 years ago
Excellent video; it's amazing they didn't just put a fill across that gully, as opposed to dropping the right-of-way right through it (although I don't know the lay-of-the-land there at all).
LackawannaLtdVideos 3 years ago
Thank you.
The siding is at least two miles long so I estimate that the fill would have to be at least three quaters of a mile long anf for only a dozen trains each day it is not economically worth while!
rrpics 3 years ago
have you seen? the train have a very bad track
chickengeorg123 3 years ago
Actually I did film the whole thing but edited it for convenience.
rrpics 3 years ago
Nice shot ! the F40 is just scary !!
dashloc 3 years ago
Now that's a roller coaster track!!!
TrainmasterCurt 4 years ago 2
Were you also filming at that crossing in this past 2 years? i drove through there a couple times while someone was filming a very similar shot, Via passing the CN.
Bennyboy46a 4 years ago
Maybe once. More often I am in the Halifax - Dartmouth area.
rrpics 4 years ago
Did you use the terms of use before upload, and, if you don't mind, if I can post you're video of CN & VIA going west, I just want to pay tribute.
KRG2645 4 years ago
IIRC I had to accept the terms before I was registered as a user.
You can embed the clips in your web page by using the html code above. I have done this on my web page in the video section.
If you need help please e-mail me.
rrpics 4 years ago
And yes, I mite need some more info about this IIRC.
KRG2645 4 years ago
Frig that was fast!
Godzillasam 4 years ago
ya now that i watched it again you are right about that crossing bell.........once again great vid keep it up enjoy watching them!!!!!!!!
rainman29 4 years ago
Is it just me or did that horn sound really muffled on the loco?
rainman29 4 years ago
The microphone's sensitivity is probably affected by the crossing bell.
rrpics 4 years ago
Nice Eastern VIA vid
TrainmasterCurt 4 years ago