thats soo kewl watching them kick cars! wouldnt they be a bit less hard on the tanks? assuming there filled with a dangerous/flammable/corosive product.
I like "kicking" cars on my layout sometimes but diff. is, if kicked too hard the couplers break.
They would hump cars like that all the time at Corunna Yard in Flint, Michigan during the 1970s. Sadly, it fell into disuse and is now long abandoned.
@bmharrison30 Nope.
GEES44DC 4 months ago
thats soo kewl watching them kick cars! wouldnt they be a bit less hard on the tanks? assuming there filled with a dangerous/flammable/corosive product.
I like "kicking" cars on my layout sometimes but diff. is, if kicked too hard the couplers break.
conrailbuff 1 year ago
where is it??
aalleexx16 1 year ago
Is it just me or is the ground crew speaking french?
trainmandan05 1 year ago
That they are
GEES44DC 1 year ago
This is much more efficient than moving each car around with air on the cars. I LOVE kicking cars. It is a blessing from God above!!!
KJinTX 4 years ago
@KJinTX That it is....makes like a lot better!
etwncengineer 1 year ago
very cool!
Sabrestrainsfan 4 years ago
this is what you do when you dont fell like driving all the way to the wagon!!
pimposcar1000 4 years ago
this is what you do to save time
dumbbuff 4 years ago
ya it sounds like theres a gp9 on the other end
ch544 4 years ago
Watch at the 1:39 mark of the video and you can see the back end of the tank car bounce. A little less speed perhaps...
VIAF40PH 4 years ago
Thats nothing, lol
Dtweak 2 years ago
They're just like the troublesome trucks from Thomas and Friends.
cc10266 4 years ago
Ha Ha! That engine needed to be repainted.
dm9150 4 years ago
They would hump cars like that all the time at Corunna Yard in Flint, Michigan during the 1970s. Sadly, it fell into disuse and is now long abandoned.
cnnw3929 5 years ago
Funny !!
dashloc 5 years ago
YA kicking and humping sees cars coupled at more than the allowed 4mph all the time.
GEES44DC 5 years ago
When I kick them that is....
kjp115 4 years ago
they ain't switchin eggshells
dumbbuff 4 years ago
No more than 4, that's all
railroader1993 2 years ago
Don't do them too hard or the cars will buckle and split apart.
Promagstyle 5 years ago
I highly doubt that! I've seen cuts of 7-10 cars humped at Stuart Street Yard in Hamilton. Very comical if you ask me!
OrionVIII 5 years ago
thats really kool...thanks
sicilian12345 5 years ago
really cool vid!...were engineers in both of those locomotives?
sicilian12345 5 years ago
No ... just one. The engines are MU'd together so that they both do whatever the engineer does from the controlling unit.
GEES44DC 5 years ago
Haha, whoops! Guess I should have checked your profile!
piglood 5 years ago
Some great videos here! This method is known as "Flat Switching." Used at yards where there is no hump.
piglood 5 years ago
You bet ya ... I do it for a living!
GEES44DC 5 years ago
Although I use Beltpack most of the time!
GEES44DC 5 years ago