NEW!!! Amtrak Palmetto 89

[bowmenbeachrr]

that's fast

[idiotman76]

God damn he was haulin ass

[Engine201]

WOW he was rolling!! Awesome!

[tpe18509]

Great video!!!

[MrZkr123]

how is this a day train if it comes from NY? It goes to Savannah Georgia

[theshipman]

What happend to the Silver Medior? (forgive the speling)

[lawpar79]

Nice. Sounds like it's got the returned (3rd gen K5LA) horn.

[jfsa380]

Why the baggage car if a day train? ...or, on the other hand, why no sleeper if a night train?

[decline2state]

@jfsa380 It's a day train, so no sleeper is needed. I don't think length of the trip (although it is rather long for a day train) is the only consideration in whether checked baggage service is provided.

[jfsa380]

@decline2state thanks

[jfsa380]

@decline2state thanks, oh, my bad, i missed the horizon baggage car, or is it a heritage, and for that matter, how do you differentiate them?

[MrCrazyGuido]

The location of this crossing is Howe Springs Rd. just south of Florence, SC. I went to high school about 1/2 a mile from here.

[justin0185]

high ballin baby

[AmtrakFlorida]

Nice! Where is this location?

[nyshortline]

Back in the day Atlantic Coast Line used to split the crossings at 100+ MPH.

[cochranexyz]

Nice to see cars stop and not drive around the gates. Good drivers.

[werksdesign]

@cochranexyz ... and I saw they also waited until the gates were completely up and the signals off before moving.

[decline2state]

Based on the lenght of the train and the amount of time it took to pass through the crossing, I'd estimate its speed right at 79 mph.

[BrockesGirl87]

hauling ass!!

[shinomoritaka]

アムフリートⅡですな。

[gp40mc]

Cool 5/5 and favorited.

[decline2state]

"That looks like it is in Florida."

I don't think so. According to Amtrak's timetable, the Palmetto only goes as far south as Savannah, GA.

The train appeared to take only about 5 sec to travel its own length.

[hemirango]

thats what im talking about

[mbgphoto79]

this is what we refer to as "getting things done"

[robertgift]

Amtrak goes 90 mph right through the middle of Carlsbad? north of San Diego. As a Presenter for Operation Lifesaver I was permitted to ride in the locomotive.

Seems very strange to be traveling that fast IN TOWN looking right into store fronts on the west and residences on the east. (we're in the middle of a vacant field between the two streets)

[robertgift]

People and pets are illegally crossing the track. We come to a bridge we cannot see because of trees, then speed through two crossings on either side of a station. The engineer starts blowing for the crossings even though they cannot be seen around the trees. One May, a drunk high school just grad, his girlfriend piggyback fighting to get off him, went onto the track to scare her. Moron misjudged - both killed instantly.

At least he won't be reproducing other morons.

[mkl62]

Now you see it, now you don't.

[patmix]

lot of trains+horn blast+van halen 1978 cd+girl friends+palmetto fl= PARADISE

train on

rock on !!!!!

[text97]

that train was going f*cking fast!  That was awesome.

[pegleg7777]

That looks like it is in Florida.

[nssd70m2]

Nice K5LA & DOPPLER

[tdvandy2]

Track speed here is 79

[amtrakboy37]

then he's doing 80.

[fanoseagrave]

He's doing close to, if not 79 MPH.

[tyronewright64]

oh and plus that train was going faster i no my cousin drives the crescent and he said that trains like the palmetto if late they go more than 70mph.

[tyronewright64]

i heard 50cent i get money in that black car.

[nycres]

anyone notice how the motorists in both directions waited until the crossing gates went all the way back up AND the lights stopped flashing? unusually obedient.

[text97]

Yeah, cuz they were probably shocked that a train could fly like that.  They were like, "Wow. If we get hit by one of those, we won't be identifiable even with dental records."

[likkerisqwikker]

definitely more than 60, he didn't have time to do the full "by-the-book" whistling

[buggiecar]

No that was 75 or 80

[CameronDude]

i've been on that.

[docnelsontrain]

Nice one!...Doc

[AmtrakPalmetto]

The Palmetto has the locomotive, the baggage car, and 5-6 coaches. (Usually 5 but sometimes you see 6.) The first coach is the cafe/business class car and all the rest are regular coaches.

[AmtrakPalmetto]

Thanks! I thought the exact same thing... It seems like when it gets going fast like that, the horn sounds deeper.

[youngcannontbd]

does palmettos have diner and lounge cars?

[BRIANamtrak]

doppler, man, doppler!

[buggiecar]

Spectacular video. When you first hear the horn It sounds like that amtrak is roaring to the crossing. Nice shot of the signals going down!

[AmtrakPalmetto]

thanks

[BRIANamtrak]

nice video palmetto!