Hitting hard

[Chur1NZ]

Quite hard on the throttle I guess. 

[mark10788]

NICE ENGINE REV UP!

[mark10788]

Is this SD75M a ex-santa fe unit?

[RealCadde]

That was a bit excessive. I guess they just want to get the job done and get home again.

[Haysdminis]

need to go to about any yard they het hard, that was nothing. I saw someone getting a job done quick, there was nothing wrong with how he ran the sd70m

[essartee76]

That engineer SUCKS! He'd never last jerking the throttle like that around here. Must be a flatlander.

[willsco76]

I can't hear anything but wind...:(

[bloodypandahachiroku]

I love hearing that diesel engine!!! sucks about the wind, tho

[TheHuskyGT]

very nice sound these things make.

[metraF40PH163]

Neat video, they should have slowed down a bit more though

[SittingMooseShaman]

...'at's gotta feel good steppin' back into a warm cab 'n' grabbin' a hot java after workin' down on th' ground on a cold day...

[traingp7]

It looked like the conductor was nodding his head side to side after the coupling. I have to admit it could of been slower but when your coupling to coal cars who gives a shit, as long as you don't knock a car off the rail or damage the knuckle your good.

[75Bird455]

He made a pretty solid joint, but I wouldn't call it hard.

[raisenbran17]

hes got some serious power in that locomotive or hes just really pushen the throttle good hand hard!!

[Johnny64ism]

great Video But that Damn wind.Which was beyond ur controll obviously....Just seems alot  of train vids have alot of wind..Again not your fault

[JetMechMA]

When you think of it, each knuckle is holding the entire train together. A train is only as strong as it's weakest coupling.

[01276]

sounds just like a class 66 ;)

[mdpptjlepage]

bang

[177987auprr1]

@Train2590 The M stands for modified. It means it has the North American wide comfort cab.

[dah72007]

Some times we hit ours pretty hard to drop those blocks for a good couple and a stretch to seal the deal, nothing wrong with it,PS great video!

[ExploreDestination]

Nature program dialog: And now we see the Diesel engiene in its natrual mating ritual,it makes a swift positioning move,then begins... to thrust....

[rlgdestroyu]

Could've been harder....I've made harder ones in the yard for sure.

[train4873]

Man i cant what to become a train engineer

.Those engines sound like beasts getting ready to kill.

By the way those engines look like SD90MACS.But i guess

it depends on the company

[redhotrider57]

EMD used it starting with the first wide cabs in the late `80s and stands for Modified. This was when widecabs were the exception rather than the norm. Since they are standard i`m surprised they haven`t done away with it.

[KH990j]

@redhotrider57 It may be the fact that there are still SD70s with regular cabs around and it's to prevent confusion with the older locos.

[skylermiller29]

dang, coulda backed that beast off quite a bit more for sure.

[MikeyP15181518]

I know because I highly doubt you railroad for a living. And that joint was a love tap compared to a real ground pounding one.

[MikeyP15181518]

You've never seen a hard joint.

[redhotrider57]

And you know this just by one of the thousands of trains and videos ive made over the years?

[rouschno1]

@redhotrider57 You've made thousands of trains? Impressive! I made a cover for a car once, but I suppose that doesn't impress a train maker. Cool video, those things must have tons of power. I could feel it coming through my sub and shaking my floor. How did you get that close?Do you work there?

[nkp765ful]

@MikeyP15181518 bnsfalows this to happen because there couplers are spring loaded witch means the give but still couple therefore able to couple at 6 to 7 mph.

[rattacular12]

@nkp765ful I gotta call BULSHIT! Sorry BNSF couplers are NOT spring loaded and anything above 4 mph is called unsafe coupling speed.

[VFB1210]

@MikeyP15181518 So what would be a truly hard joint? (I'm genuinely asking, not trying to be an ass.)

[rattacular12]

@VFB1210 Anything aove 4 mph. That there is rather normal.Its when your chips fly off the dash and your conductors flapping like a large bird trying to take flight that you KNOW you made a hard one!

[Shirehorse148]

@MikeyP15181518 If that was a hard joint, I'd be a fired MFer.

[macdogq]

That was a train wreck.

[december376]

The locomotive is an SD70MAC.

[redhotrider57]

SD75M.TRUST ME

[beeble2003]

@redhotrider57 Trust you or Google for "BNSF 8253" -- the result's the same in each case!

[csx5400]

@redhotrider57 You're absolutely correct bro. The key to becoming a good locomotive spotter is to learn the difference between similar locomotive models without even looking at the road number. To a lot of people, anything made by EMD with a wide cab is a 70MAC.

[bmxguy516]

@redhotrider57 this is true, it definitely is an SD75M. it is missing some key features that the SD70 has.

[Ns6336]

@redhotrider57 you are right 

[The40MAC]

@redhotrider57 Yep its a SD75M.

[Runkleforskin]

@redhotrider57 you are a fag

[jerry91a]

@redhotrider57 How can you tell?

[mark10788]

@redhotrider57 On 1-8-12 is spotted SD75M #9939 on the rear of a coal train as the last helper.

[rlgdestroyu]

@december376 Definitely an SD75M.

[csx5400]

@december376 That's a SD75M bro. The 8200s are all SD75Ms. The 8800s are all SD70MACs.

[donsgotmoney]

@december376 An SD70Mac has a seperation gasket between the hood nose and the cab body. This engine does not have that.

[BNSF5608]

@donsgotmoney SD75Is do too. But in this case, by the number class, its an SD75M.

[donsgotmoney]

@BNSF5608 Thank you for that information. I didnt know that. I have a couple in HO scale, and I have seen plenty of them pulling coal loads through my town, but I never knew that. Its a wonderful thing, Youtube, you meet all kinds of interesting people on here.

[BNSF5608]

@donsgotmoney very true. Or you meet complete trolls. xD

[donsgotmoney]

@BNSF5608 That is very true. Some folks that know nothing often try to awnser questions they have no business awnsering.

[CSX8663]

@december376 he's right you can tell by  the 8253's trucks and prime mover

[EMDlocomotives]

@december376 SD75M its an ex santa fe unit repainted to BNSF colors

[TOY5OLDI3R24]

@december376 NOOOOO i thought it was a GP7!

[TheEverythingKing85]

-looks at title- "HAH thats what SHE SAID!!"

[8747csx]

LOL it may sound like he's hurting the equipment but a hard coupling is no going to hurt anything. Now if he had done that to a loaded auto rack he probably would have gotten suspended and sent for a urine test. I always strive for egg-shell couplings. That means a soft perfect coupling.

[GEES44DC]

@8747csx Nope. CN humps loaded auto racks on a daily basis.

[Shirehorse148]

@GEES44DC As does CSX

[Latvietis96]

Wow I`ve never actually seen a single US train

[floamman]

"Just keep backing up 'til it sounds expensive." "Far enough."

[nkp765ful]

hahaha tipickle bnsf

[RichmanJ93]

good thing they have spare knuckles on the engines lol

[durangoandsilverton]

what kind of locomotive?

[redhotrider57]

SD75M

[durangoandsilverton]

thank you

[kelbym07]

Is this Chillicothe?

[redhotrider57]

Yeah.They are dropping ties fora huge maintenence project this year.

[skullcrusher301]

@redhotrider57 and they put those ties in one of my favorite spotting places