NS Roadrailer at 60mph

[stormrider620331]

Locomotive power, fact that if cars and pickups had this drive system ,,instead of the usual 300 miles like a car gets ,,would be able to travel 2,500 miles plus on the same amount of gas

[robertgift]

Is ROADRAILER nothe trailer with a single railroad wheel axle attached?

[zekeluvtrains]

were there 62 cars on that Train?

[LSZocker2009]

Fantastic sound of the roadrailers!

[morfeusz120]

Wooow!

[fireball789789]

that's the fastest NS i have ever seen!!! 5 stars!

[myder100]

How many cars is that?!My club's layout only has like 20 roadrailers!

[thomabb]

I saw this for the first time last weekend eastbound by Alexandria PA. Cool as hell.

[devonte3062]

i missed something whats holdong those trailers together

[WarrenPace]

@devonte3062 The trailers hold themselves together. The bogies carry them.

[thetrainmin]

Georgia! Hah, those people don't know how to move freight. Conway pa to Harrisburg is the run. I couldn't be more proud of that run. 275 miles up and down hill w lots of curves. Have made it 5hr and 55 minutes running time w a 6 car 25k and 3 units. Can't run that way now. Big brother watchin us w GPS. A new NS and a pair of big UP's all online! Thats fun And the air brake on the roadrunners suck. No slack though, w good dynamic and a good hog, its a great train. but ups is where its at

[RichmanJ93]

hauling serious ass

[jschmid]

That's how you move freight.

[santoro2020]

NS is nice with their horns, I saw like 5 or 8 NS trains at this one crossing, their were flying and had nice horns, which was pretty cool.

[Guser223]

Nice horn on the lead loco

[trainboy32]

awesome video

[marluxia143]

62 trains

[kevinbrehmer1]

Trains magazine did an article several months ago, approx June 2008 or so, regarding a roadrailer coming off the tracks and then rerailed itself.

Evidence was the boggie, several tracks signals and many crossties were messed up. It was the help of the rubber tires to jump inner rails of a bridge crossing to rerail the steel wheels. Cool article.

[joshrailroad]

holy crap!!!! i sure hope thats track speed

[lgb4ever08]

how f****** long is it

[Strasburg1991]

62 trailers

[danisim9]

oups 65 for me ;)

[JOLKKU95]

Wow That is a long train :)

[columbusoh1]

I work for wal-mart at a distribution center as a yard driver or "spotter". We get these trailers in from time to time. The couplers on the nose are a mess with grease and get grease on the spotter trucks airlines.

[jmm2000]

Some of those trailers have spread axles bogies, similar to what you seen on a 48ft. or 45ft. flatbed trailer. Why is that?

[NsRailfan083]

looks like 2614

[lespaul369]

omg thats so fast

[Nwbert]

OmgI saw another video you did but it was with a madle and I just have got to ask ... is this freakin real?!?!?!? The weathering and the zooming out afect makes it look like its real . . . ( if it is'nt real)

[Strasburg1991]

what loco number is that

[shadowofchaos225]

I really like the sound of the horn

[Trainmasterkreks]

where was this shot in what town and state I know roadralers run through Wisconsin

[anb740]

Three miles north of Warner Robins, GA

[thenekom]

Awesome!

[krnsushi575]

Like the Wind!

[russell379x]

no i use to work for NJT in the Raritan yard the trains average 70 but some newer ones were geared for 100

[TrainWatcher1993]

Things Haulin Ass.

[6V92TA]

sounds like nicely tuned P5s on that there EMD. 60mph? CSX thru Painesville run anywhere from 55mph to 65mph with Amtraker doin close to 90.

[EMK623]

Great Video! That train was fast.

[mallmaven60]

Is that Faster than NJT?

[CSXSD70M]

Damn that thing flew! Cool horn

[ACLTony]

That was slick! Thanks for sharing!

[lotusbandicoot]

Jeez! How weren't you and the trees bending over!!!!!?

[shirley031]

WOW! 60mph for sure and 62 trailers

[ronthecyborg]

that long. that fast.

All pulled by one single NS SD75. Awesome.

[Leadfoot866]

Actually, it's an SD70M. One of the more recent models (but not the M-2). I see a lot of trains like this one around here.

[csxES44DC]

That unit is not a SD75M. Its a SD70M. I think BNSF only owns SD75Ms in the U.S.

[o00o00ozy]

I love the "toot-toot" the engineer gives before he passes. Nice footage! For those who don't know how a roadrailer works: roadrailers are trucks on small steel beams mounted to compatible wheel trucks, making it easy for fast and heavy travel.

[PooPoKo]

50 mph...

that's so fast !!!

where was that ?!

[csxES44DC]

60 MPH.

[crapper1]

how exactly does the road railing system work how do they get the trailers on the rails when i see intermodel i see them on flatcars

[Danev2525]

They lift up the trailers and then place them on bogies for the duration of the journey.

[SantaFe5811]

there are special trucks/wheels which literally click into the bottom of the trailer. There is also a hitch just like on a prime mover truck which the 2nd trailer clicks into, making the unit articulated.

Great concept and top video!

[Danev2525]

Lol, if only Americans knew what freight at 100+ looked like!

[anb740]

10,000' intermodal trains rolling at 100mph would be pretty impractical with regards to fuel usage. The freight trains here in the US are typically longer and heavier with a lot more grade crossings to deal with. 70mph is the fastest any freight is allowed to travel anywhere. Anything faster is asking for trouble.

[Danev2525]

The length is certainly an issue, as is weight. But we have alot more trackage designed for high speed passenger service - electrified 4-track mainlines - that freight can get up to speed on.

[csxES44DC]

Yeah, alot of places out west on the BNSF railway and the Union Pacific is where freights can run at 70 MPH. I live in North Carolina and the CSX and NS freights run about 60 at the most and Amtraks run about 80 at the most. We get a lot of crossing accidents out this way, too.

[randommagnum]

@Danev2525 If only Englishmen knew what *long* trains looked like... Say, when are you guy going to stop using those weak, antiquated buffer & chain couplings? Those aren't even as strong as these roadrailer couplings!

[lockerzFTWhackerz]

@Danev2525 At least we got good horns and engine looks

[dasbooterror]

@Danev2525

Show me a European train hauling the same amount as a US train consist. If you can do that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell ya

[formidable38]

@Danev2525 Ok, i know this was a long time ago but its a daft statement. If Americans ran freight at 100, there would be a big f-in mess! American trains can gross 15'000 tonnes or more. Assuming you could get the power to move that sort of tonnage at 100+, how will you stop it?

Please believe me, if you run a train of a mere 6'000 tonnes, you wont wana go more than 60-70mph, ever!!

The laws of pysics catch up with you with big tonnage trains. Thats why they dont run faster than 70mph there.

[MrZkr123]

@formidable38 so you don't think even roadrailer or stack trains could go over 70mph? I think they could handle 80 at most 85 maybe?

[formidable38]

@MrZkr123 Yeah sure, but you gota remember that freight vehicles dont ride aswel as passenger cars at speed. Ive seen container cars in the UK run at their maximum of 75mph many times and they can get pretty wild on rough track and in the right conditions can litteraly bounce themselves into derailment. We use very similar running gear / trucks as you guys. Higher speeds and big tonnage results in safety implications and higher risk. That guy Danev2525 is talking BS. There are no freight @ 100.

[MrZkr123]

@formidable38 oh im aware of that i just thought roadrailers and stack trains, could handle the rails a lot better allowing for higher speeds but i could be wrong and this is the fastest they can go.

[jschmid]

fast!

[Coolmanzilla]

that is one long ass train

[morailfan]

62 Trucks off the road with one locomotive!

[Jeff420316]

Good piece of video, I'd hate to be in front of that thing

[anb740]

This same type of train actually hit an SUV a year ago just south of this location at 58mph, turning it into an instant compact vehicle.

[maineboy1979]

Now THAT is how you move freight!

[dpaulus13]

i agree 100%

[BobWeaver112]

Great footage

[CSXno601]

Dang! Now that is fast!