2 Mile Monster Stack Train

An eastbound BNSF stack train in Cajon Pass arrives at Summit. This train is led by four engines and two DPU's and was 2 miles in length! Excuse the wind noise during the taping.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BNSF
• stack train
• cajon pass
• burlington northern
• santa fe
• cajon subdividion

[AppleSouffle]

Wow, that is impressive!

Your camera work is excellent. Did you notice a black bird flying across at the very end? It gives your video a movie feel.

[SoCalRailFan]

@AppleSouffle I never noticed the bird before, funny.

[N330AA]

Windy!

[traingp7]

@ToyotaFan321 Distributed power. Having engines in the middle and or on the rear help reduce coupler stress especially on steep grades. They also make air brake applications faster because the engines start to brake from radio signal from the lead engine and instead of having the brakes apply on the head end and work their way back which causes the cars in the rear to bunch up against the ones in front you have the engines braking from the front and rear making the brakes apply twice as fast.

[ToyotaFan321]

@SoCalRailFan what were the two locamotives at the back for

[deloreanman14]

Would love to have heard the detector's axle count for that beast.

[turnoutjim]

I would hate to be the conductor who would have to go back to the last car to inspect a hot wheel or air line......

[rostkipper]

Great this monster trains, little trains.

Have fun with railway films.

[skyman2002fanclub]

dude, i don't care about the wind noise. I actually like it because i feel like i'm there

[morailfan]

That is very very cool! 5*