BC Rail Lillooet Sub - The Winter Chase Is On!

[Railfan952]

i believe four of these units are in the dead line at CN's Homewood Illinois yard



[ChuckieInMT]

Time to call Missoula -n- get Rich Keller on the scene, huh? Ha! Ha!

[Ypipable]

You've captured the sound so well.

[manhar457railway]

bc rail has some of the most steepest grades in north america nice video but you cut of the railbuses TU-108 and TU-109

[xplaur]

Well, yes, sometimes, trains get stuck on the rails, frozen, but it can easily go on, using sanders, power and engineer's high skills (I know it because I am Locomotive Engineer, not yet in BC, but i hope...pretty soon...). All the best!

[Pwner4Mario]

do you like trains? :) cuz i love trains!!! i love going and sitting on the tracks till one comes, and they blow their horn at you, and you get an adrediline rush. theres nothing like the feeling of getting honked at by a train and sitting on the train tracks :)

[CoupeGrace]

They're are some nice trains, wish he had more like that in Nova Scotia

[mygaboo]

I recently drove the area. It's astounding. I appreciate the skill it takes to navigate that much iron through that terrain. Great vid.

[CSX6000]

Awesome video man.

[alfie9876]

It looks like those units were originally setup for 6 axle trucks and they went with the 4 axles.

[moon47mars]

An old GE locomotive like that has a E-Bell?

[CSX6000]

@moon47mars E-Bells don't freeze like mechanical ones do.

[UnionPacific6807]

Very nice!!! I loved that horn!

[SD457500]

What do you mean by "CN was experimenting with these units"?

[Nathanrailfan]

It is CN's way of saying what's going to stay and what's going to be scraped.

[budoracle]

Reminds me of the times I worked for CN near Jasper and Hinton

[zemoosehunter]

Excelent work all around,this makes me home sick something shoking. Got to stop whaching it, but I'm adicted to the sound.

[Nathanrailfan]

Three engines total of 11700 horsepower.

[skinnyshit8888]

I like the red white and blue paint scheme better

[Nathanrailfan]

That scheme that you like came from the Social Credit Party of the 1930's. The reason for the phantom blue was because the railway didn't have enough money to paint any other different schemes. What made me the maddest is that the movie "Atomic Train" because it set a bad example for BC Rail or Pacific Great Eastern.

[trailerparkboys4life]

Between 1:39 and 2:15 is an AWESOME set of horn action!!!

[ATributeToBCRail]

Thanks! I LOVE IT too!

[thomasberger007]

You have many good reasons to be proud, BC is amazing piece of world.

[ATributeToBCRail]

Thanks, you're always welcome to come visit BC when you get a chance

[thomasberger007]

Does the "BC" means British Columbia?

[Xbox36oChannel]

yes it does my friend yes it does im proud to be BRITISH COLUMBIAN

[ATributeToBCRail]

me too me too

[21hills]

I got a nooby question. Does freezing rain on the tracks pose as big a problem for trains as it does for cars on the road? or does the train just crush it against the rail and the heat from the wheels get rid of it?

[ATributeToBCRail]

I wouldn't call that a nooby question.. I imagine it probably does. Locomotives have sanders, tubes that dispense sand on to the rails in front of the drive wheels. Locomotive engineers can put sand on the rails whenever there's an issue with traction, although I don't know how well it works against freezing rain?? Anyone else have any ideas?

[21hills]

Thankyou, I learn something new every day. I had no idea locomotives had sanders on them! Great work on your part and if you keep uploading I'll keep watching. Take care.

[rchweir]

Freezing rain/rain/snow on the rails is terrible. Causes alot of problems.

There is sanders, but above a certain speed, they become an automatic operation. Depending on the grade of the hill and your weight..i might just not do anything for ya.

[enr3870]

The only difference is a train won't go spinning off the track if there is ice on the rail. Sanders only work if there is sand in the sand tanks. If you can't get traction, you ain't going very far. If you're climbing a grade and you hit ice on the rail, depending how much the wheels slip you loose momentum and stall. If the ice is bad enough, you can't get the train going again and have to double the train up the hill.

[Subaruguy8508]

Freezing rain does not cause a problem for a train as it does for a car on the roadway.  The train will simply crush the ice off of the track as it passes over it. However, if the train is heavy enough and the grade is steep enough the train could begin to have traction issues as which point sand would be sprayed under the wheels automatically to correct the traction problem. In case your wondering how I know....I work for the RR.

[WestCoastRails]

Awesome footage !! Glory Days for the ol BCR. I miss them.

F/U Gordon Campbell !!

[bcrailfanatic]

All the units and no CN or yellow stripe! Awesome.

[ATributeToBCRail]

YUP! :) All of my clips/videos were filmed before that yellow stripe was put on. PURE BC Rail :D

[bcrailfanatic]

Thanks for helping me lose my interest in CN for BC Rail. Take care man.

[ljones121]

yea GE built the dash 8 c's and b's on the same frame, most GE 4 and 6 axle share a common frame, just doesn't always look like it, cause of fuel tank order sizes, etc. that's one reason why some railroads opted for high horsepower on a 6 axle frame but with 4 axles, more fuel tank room,etc. i maybe wrong

[ATributeToBCRail]

That makes a lot of sense! Ya that's why 4 axles have more space on either side of them - they're not taking it all up like 6 axle trucks do.

[MINIHORSE1968]

I have a Bose sound system hooked up to my Mac and this shakes the room!

[ATributeToBCRail]

Haha WOW.... I can only imagine what that's like

[steven8979]

nice! a lot of winding curves! nice vid!

[ATributeToBCRail]

yes indeed! thanks!

[MusicMan20061210]

They are the best-looking locomotives ever...real 'Steel Horses'.

[ATributeToBCRail]

OH YA... I'd like to buy one if I could :P

[MusicMan20061210]

That's fantastic stuff :-)

[ATributeToBCRail]

Thanks! ;)

[liobeking]

Were those units originally fitted with 3-axle trucks? Looks like there is plenty of space for those.

Why go back to 4 axles, cost reduction? (materials and maintenance)

[ATributeToBCRail]

I'm not 100% sure. I assume the same frame is used for both B axel and C axel units. It would make sense that you could buy a unit for cheaper with just 4 axels if you don't plan on pushing it to the limits.

[CSXer]

Wow! 5 lights on all the time. Never saw that before.

[ATributeToBCRail]

ohhhh yeah... the 'double ditch lights' :D - they need them on BCR to see around the tight curves

[ProTwoAm]

What incredible sound! Just like being there. :)

[ATributeToBCRail]

thanks! sounds like it's time to pay a visit :P

[doggygerms]

That was a great video! Gotta love trains.

[ATributeToBCRail]

thanks! yes you bet!

[BCRDean]

Very nice professional presentation...Before CN took over I usually only saw these units running between Dawson Creek/Chetywnd and also north of Prince George.

[ATributeToBCRail]

Haha thanks Dean! Ya exactly. CN "tested" them everywhere else it seemed (wisely or not)

[cuzinitr]

excellant! those locomotives seem like some real powerhouses! you've done some nice work in some beautiful land. 5 star and well done. thanks

[ATributeToBCRail]

Thanks again cuzinitr!

[up6050]

What did CN ever do with these kind of locos? I noticed at the beginning the beautifully American tuned K5LA horns---odd from the rest of the BCR fleet of Canadian tuned K5L's.

[ATributeToBCRail]

I'm not sure actually, but I haven't heard many good things about how CN is treating the ex-BCR units. :( We need to start a fund to rescue at least one of them!!

As for the horn, I think it actually is a K5L. It always seems to get confusing when the horn's bells are facing away and moving away from you. I have a few other videos where it sounds a bit like that too. And because the horn is regulated on the B39-8E's, it sounds softer than the K5L's on BCR's newer GE's.

[bcrailfanatic]

IF there is a fund I might help.

[ATributeToBCRail]

haha thanks!

[ErickC]

Sounds like B6 to me. When corrected for Doppler effect there is a definite B in the chord, as well as G#. Were it a K5L, you would hear a very loud C, and the G# would be A#.

[sniper256420]

that's my town! awesome!

[ATributeToBCRail]

lol niiice!

[imprezzed42296]

Aren't these mechanically the same as a P42 but without the HEP?

[ATributeToBCRail]

not too sure but that would make sense and I wouldn't be surprised if GE just changes the exterior look and markets them differently for freight and passenger service.

[pennsyr1]

Very, very cool to watch.

[ATributeToBCRail]

thanks

[garetharogers]

Why do they have double ditch lights

[ATributeToBCRail]

as explained to me by a BCR locomotive engineer, the "double ditch lights" are technically a set of standard ditch lights that aim the light into the ditch, and another set of 'corner lights' (below the ditch lights) that aim the light across at a left and right angle so that BCR crews can see better around the tight curves. A lot of BC Rail territory is rocky, tight-curved, and all-around trecherous.

[imprezzed42296]

Wow, do those things ever sound like P42's.

[chkdso]

Very nice video! Thanks!

[ATributeToBCRail]

Thanks guys!

[SD70MAC]

AWESOME VIDEO !!!!!!!!!!! beautful mountain and snow too

[747K]

Trains in the snow is great!!!!!!!!!!

[ATributeToBCRail]

you bet!