SOU RWY Stall Through Oak Mt. Tunnel

[TheSouthern4501]

Love the P line i heard the tunnel before oak tunnel is said to be haunted

[stagmie]

@TheSouthern4501 It was shut down for about 4 years in the mid to late '90's. The line was severed at the Coosa River in Childersburg, with nothing running West of there. Two locals a day did continure East of there, running between Columbus, GA and Wilton via the P-Line and N-Line.

[Brian4449]

Was the grade too stttp to climb?

[CaptNemo100]

Great video! They should have used a mid-train helper on this difficult section of track. The Southern always use a mid-train helper on northbounds through Virginia.

[benschlechter]

What does that sign with the three lines and a dot mean?

[ljones121]

@benschlechter

if i remember correctly its a southern railway style whistle post

[brainerdrebel]

@benschlechter Two longs, a short, and a long whistle blow through the crossing.

[ironman1438]

This is my  favorite video

[MilwaukeeSDman]

FEWWW!!!!! IT SMELLS OVER HERE!!!! engine farts are the WORST!!!!!!!

[BNSFandSP]

Nice to see a high hood GP30 in NS colors. When were those retired?

[00000872]

Y the trains shut down

[NShighnoser]

@00000872 The lead unit probably started to overheat.. lead unit goes down, they all go down.

[martybrasher]

I know some stories have the John Henry saga in West Virgrnia but if you look at both stories and really look at just the facts. West Virgrinia's time line is wrong along with many others. Check the Dunnavant C&O stories around 1887 and also the Leeds History. E L Voyles and Dr. John Garst.

[martybrasher]

This train stall was coming out of the northwest end of Coosa Tunnel. Running west and was headed for Oak Tunnel a mile farther down the track when the vidio ended. I live here! How did they get that wrong. That was not Oak Tunnel. Oak and Coosa Tunnels is said to be the last place John Henry drove steel. Legend in this erea states that John Henry died at the east portal of Oak Tunnel in Dunnavant after the race with the steam drill.

[tarmac2001]

Awesome footage. This brings back memories when I was a young kid watching trains with my grandfather here in southwest Virginia when NS was still in it's infancy.

[rsynth75]

Did anyone note the weird sublettering on the first unit? NO&I??? What railroad subsidiary was/is that?

[stagmie]

Actually, you're missing a tad bid of information. Apparently either decals have peeled off, or paint has been applied. It should read CNO&TP, which is the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific. It is a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern.

[rsynth75]

Yeah I see now. The C ,P and part of the T is missing...LOL! I can't believe those GE's had such short careers on SOU/NS.

[gaycowboy31]

@stagmie great video this is the early Norfolk Southern I grew up seeing as a kid when I would go visit my aunt and unkle in Atlanta still alot of old Southern RR engines in those days to see I miss those days of railroading..I also saw alot of early CSX too back than I own one of those old southern P5s I someday plan to mount it on my truck

[auburn2008db]

Loved the video!

[railrunner01]

Awesome video; the second unit of the consist is still running today on the Georgia Central. I guess it survived the abuse of this trip!

[russell379x]

they shut them down cause the amps were getting to high....not enough power to pull it up the hill

[LionelKid16]

I bet the Bulldozer put oil and crap on the rails. This is a great video!! Pure Southern Power

[clagfest]

Listen to the wheels grinding the rail :-)

This train was obviously going to struggle. The Bulldozers wheels will be covered in crap, which during the course of its work, it's kindly deposited onto the rail.

[weirdoclagfest]

What would we do without the wise counsel of the thug clagfest. Enjoy train spotting a lot more I suspect.

[robertgift]

Why did the train stop?

Much more difficult to take off from stopped than from still slightly moving.

Thanks for showing wheel slip.

Does the locomotive detect wheel slip and briefly back off power?

Thank you for your interesting video.

[ChanFram]

wow! I can't imagine witnessing this

[crepehanger47]

So, why did the train stop outside of the tunnel?

[CountVonBoco]

Most likely, it stalled on the grade. sometimes underpowered trains can stall, and come to a complete halt on a heavy grade, thus having to do a hill start, or starting the train moving again on grade.

[Spuds01984]

cool, thanks for sharing

[FlatBlackXtreme]

Engineer smoking and tossing a cig at 4:21, you gotta love it. Old school railroading at its best!

[Ranaldo20]

awesome!!!

[HyperActive7]

Looks like the little engine that could almost couldn't.

[basiafan08]

Yeah...those old Southern GEs and GP30s were a little light of pulling power to handle those steep Alabama grades...if you notice pictures of locomotives running there now, they're usually high-horsepower 6-axle locomotives...I'll bet that back in old Central of Georgia days, trains were a lot shorter.

[kruegdr]

how bout that! awesome!

[Stephenson18]

thats sweet!

[DJGENEX71]

Nice classic Southern Railway! I remember it well, and the classic U-Boats! 5***** for sure!

[NsRailfan083]

I've seen this already lol.

[roundhouser]

Classic footage, I love it!

[hoolg]

Outstanging footage! I love it Dale!