Across the Heartland

[atsfft103]

BRING BACK THE WARBONNET

[CptnHardcore09]

@atsfft103 yea BNSF should bring it back for there paint scheme in a H4, 5 or 6 scheme (i lost count at 3)

[megatwingo]

Very nice video. Thumbs up! :)

[cweis127]

2:58; That is a K3LA

And is the Chillicothe Sub Santa Fe's Chicago-KC route?

[TezJ16]

@TheFlarmo That was a Leslie RS3L horn.

[admydragon]

0:18 - 0:40 damn good.

[lordbemylight]

Cameron would have been a neat place to live and railfan in the 80s/early 90s when the trains had more variety. Today, both railroads there are all BNSF.

[ETScott2012]

BNSF has some of the cleanest engines, compared to some of the others. Can't go wrong with that Orange and Black.

[BNSF9250]

@ETScott2012 yes you can. warbonnets , and cascade green are much better.

[Treyston123]

I love the pentrex videos haha

[Jack51971]

Yes but BNSF is now owned by Warren Buffet and Anshutzch controls UP...New Railroad tycoons if you will!

[Rtchugg]

The merger was that ATSF and BN couldn't beat Up and BN and both railroads where at the same situation! So they said hey we need a railroad to compete with UP in the west

[NSalex12]

Personally, Besides Conrail, ATSF is the best,was the best,and always will be the best, no madder what happens to Class I railroads in the future.

[Grumpy7783]

Man i really wish BNSF would've stuck with the Warbonnet Scheme!!!

[skinnyshit8888]

sometimes, I wish the merger never should've happened, even though BNSF is as good as ATSF.

[Sniper12890]

All the GP60Bs are BNSF great northern H1s now

[DYP1420]

This is awesome!!

I love both Santa Fe and Burlington Northern. growing up on BN tracks, its neat to see ATSF locos in my area.

[Bellwestern80]

Funny how Burlington Northern was a railway made up of mergers. Northern Pacific, Central Pacific, and the Burlington Route if I am right, made up Burlington Northern. Interesting how they merged with another railway. I prefer Cascade Green but, nonetheless...

[VilquinProductions]

Also Great Northern, and Central Pacific was merged into the Southern Pacific in the 1880s (which has now been absorbed into the Union Pacific). But yes, the class one railroads are made up of other extinct railroads.

[b5kalad]

if that's what it takes to keep the railroad going than so be it. Sure beats a government bailout like GM. Right?

[randall38255]

railroad mergers have been going on since railroads began to operate..the NC&STL merged with the L&N..the L&N bought the MONON and CENTRAL & EASTERN ILLINOIS then merged with the SCL who merged with the C&O to form CSX..this started back in the 60's..soon there will only be one maybe two railroads left..but they will be strong as they have learned how to overcome the loss of revenue from interstate trucking..its called intermodal.they bought the trucking companies also. the strong survive.

[Kman781]

see thats smart

[EMDFAN1988]

Very nice.

[moon47mars]

One of those SF locos is a GP60B.

[Weiberts]

I love this video. I bought the Across the Heartland/Countdown to Merger DVD Combo, and these are by far the best videos I have ever seen.

[BrodyFarmBoy]

2:58 to 3:03 classic Santa Fe horn

[Weiberts]

Its a b unit from a gp-38 the cab has been removed

[silicon212]

@Weiberts Negative, it is a GP60B. It was built and delivered that way to ATSF by EMD in 1991.

[andross51]

lesthebes123 that locomotive with no cab is called a GP60B. Man ATSF lives on even in 2008 best railroad ever!

[SONBoomer]

How do they call these engines?

"Beamers"?

[ohiotransit9]

I really miss the ATSF, my favorite railway.ASSHOLE BURLINGTON NORTHERN just had to buy the best railroad in the world!

[CNICRailroader]

Santa Fe was in Major Debt...

[SWASTAFIX]

is that why they merged with Burlington Northern to create BNSF?

[Sniper12890]

To make the second largest railroad network. BNSF is still the second largest network even though it is a merger of ATSF and BN. UP now has the trackage over the ATSF mainline to Hutchison KS and some in Cajon Pass. BNSF should restore some FP45s and F7s for passenger specials. Some may go into H3. UP is the largest railroad network

[theup3985]

BN did not buy out the ATSF; it was a pretty even merger, and in fact many called it the "Big New Santa Fe" after the merger. Both RR's were struggling financially and neither could have survived to the present day without the merger. That said, BNSF does tend to favor the "Great Northern" heritage in its current paint scheme. We don't have to like that they merged, but it has created a strong, prosperous railroad.

[theup3985]

That was in response to ohiotransit9

[BNSF9250]

@theup3985 someone who truly understands. but why were the railways especialy BN in finacial struggle?

[theup3985]

@BNSF9250 Well I'm sure there are many reasons. Management certainly played a role. I don't know about BN so much, but I understand the Santa Fe was having all kinds of problems with their management in the early 90's years leading up to the merger.  Inefficient operations plagued the RR's during that period, not just BN and ATSF, but UP, SP, and CNW as well. The need for more efficient operations along with the need to strengthen the industry was certainly a catalyst for the mergers.

[TPWEMDRAILFAN]

no they tend to favor SF theres nothing BN about BNSF at all

[theup3985]

@TPWEMDRAILFAN Not sure where you're getting that idea from. The pumpkin scheme emphasizes the Great Northern heritage, which was the predecessor road to BN. The only thing SF about the new BNSF scheme is the cigar stripes on the top and bottom of the locomotive. They did away with the Warbonnet-heritage cigar band on the nose, which has all but eliminated any of the SF heritage from the new BNSF image.

[TPWEMDRAILFAN]

lets see all BN locos in storage or going to mexico I see warbonnets all the time

[wackymac28]

@theup3985 well said

[BNSF2184]

@ohiotransit9

No the merger was mostly or if not all ATSF's idea. They were slipping, not making money, and knew they were gonna merge w/ someone. Then w/ no one to turn to they MERGED w/ BN. So the merger was ATSF idea.

[2unknown]

pentrex has some of the best narrating and videos...

[pengapop12]

those were the good old days werent they?

[josecarlosfarina]

ADORÁVEL VIDEO (MOVIE)

[jimmydcap]

I have this video I bought it at Sams club

[cbehr91]

They sell train videos at Sam's Club? That's new.

[jimmydcap]

Great American train ride deluxe box set.

Please enjoy

[raymondrayban]

your trains are simply fucking awesome, regards to all raymondrayban in north london.

[helloween1987]

awesome video

[nemesiss01]

Nyce and excelent video. USA have power on diesel engine trains.

[chachopai]

awesome!!

[mabmb1987]

ATSF 571 at 0:135

[BNSF2184]

I have this and Count Down to Merger combo DVD and its my favorite.

[mabmb1987]

ATSF #? at 00:34

[Espeelover]

I wish UP would paint a couple of locomotives in Blodt nose paint, same with BNSF only to paint some in blue/red bonnet and BN green

[BNSF9250]

you Narrate these videos well Davie Dru!

[golfingrobert]

i have this vid, it is by far my favorite in my collection... man pentrex does ahell of a job at this stuff!!

[54andholding]

I want to thank all of the you tubers across Ameriva for providing such dynamic videos of all of those freight trains, I live in Augusta ,Kansas . two blocks away fron the main BNSF main line from Chicago to Los Angeles. I almost live at our train station!! I do not have a video camera and it would take a lot of practice to get the ki8nd of videos you people do. Congratulations fron Augsta Kansas railfan

[BNSF757]

Love the video, and the classic power, just wish the angles on some of the scenes was shot properly instead of nose-diving as I call em, regardless, you won't be disappointed!

[seankolker]

Regardless I know everyone misses their railroad,my grandfather still misses his GN. The BNSF merger has proven to be a GREAT success,a perfect marriage if you will. I miss the BN as much as I miss the ATSF AND THE CNW,and the SP.

[seankolker]

One note,It was the BN who basically bought-out the ATSF,when Gristein left and put Krebs in charge the corporation was formed and then came the name change of BNSF,Santa Fe fans should be greatful that a full takeover did`nt happen as intended. That`s what coulda happened to the BN name too.

[massltca]

Theose red and silver warbonnets are some of the best looking locomotives out there.

[adam1234a]

BN SUCKS ATSF 4 LIFE!

[seankolker]

If it was`nt for the BN,ATSF woulda never stayed in any sort of an existence. I`am a BNSF employee and proud of ALL of our heritage. Albeit some say the ATSF "sucked" however neither of these railroads would`ve survived w/o each other. If anything be mad at the UP for purchasing the CNW,that`s what started the mid-90`s merger mania. If rumors hold true BNSF and NS will merge,there has also been speculation that a BNSF CN buyout could happen down the road too.

[seankolker]

On one hand I love the H2 paint,I do like the H3 but Yeah I miss the red and silver as much as I miss cascade green. Mergers killed railroads pesonalities.

[Chapas45]

What about when Rio Grande purchased SP back in the '80s? Wasn't that what started the merger madness? And the CN/BNSF merger failed, last I heard.

[tipdrip215]

i think it was the family lines all merging into the SCL to form the seaboard system. i think thats what started everything.

[chessie93]

Ya ATSF!

[Mikey7889]

why is it always a stacktrain

[Chapas45]

That was SF's thing; SP had the mixed freights, always, and the intermodal was left to SF.