UP Geeps run away

3 UP Geeps leave some loads on the main and run away fast! Seriously though, what's the deal? They were switching at a mill in Napavine, Wa, parked the cars and booked off at high speed. Anyone know where they were going?

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Union
• Pacific
• Napavine
• Geep
• Local
• Train

[kurtdog119]

@Barricade360

Yes, that was the mainline they left the cars on. What if a fast moving train were to come barreling down the tracks and hit those abandoned cars? What would happen would possibly be the fast moving train derailing as it rammed the cars straight on.

[kurtdog119]

@subbass32

The locomotives you captured in this video are the GP38-2, a diesel locomotive possibly smaller than the Dash 9, which is the most commonly seen locomotive on the railroad. If you ever heard of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad (BNSF), you'll see mostly Dash 9s and maybe some GP38's in tow behind a Dash 9.

[Barricade360]

wow that does seem kind of odd, wass that a mainline they left those cars on?

[Bartman1764]

tight schedule engine could have broken down and they were called who noes

[zedocta1234]

happy to see some geeps still out there!

[biggdaddy2001]

1/4 mile in 30 second at 30 mph lol

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@M1911A1 Exactly what I do in railworks! =D Maybe not the best for your passengers per say, but if you do it without breaking a coupler it's a great way to start off. No ripple effect through the train which makes the loco jump randomly in speed.

[TrackMaster555]

hmm that's strange. Maybe the engineers were afraid of boxcars or something

[cdickenson64]

They were dropping the cars to be loaded.

[dnh7607]

Those first two engines are former D&H GP39-2's. But, have different horns from when they were in-service on the D&H.