They should bring back the black and orange, I have a soft spot for stripes on the ends of the hoods

I'm not even forty, yet I remember SP. It was king in my part of the world in my grandmother's childhood and into the 1950's, however by the time I showed up, it was all but gone. UP had swallowed up main lines that were still in high demand and small and now gone regional RR bought the other lines. No more red bonnets.

2:22 what the hell!!! oh my god!!! no way!!!

45:09 On the other hand, the GC&SF tried being ironic (I guess) by naming a siding in the middle of nowhere Manhattan.

lol... whos your overlord now?

We had some permit things with goverment with our steam locomotive. First question from goverment officer was " are you going to drive this expolsive boiler in the middle of people at the station"?

Oh no hyce you left out the rgs

With all of the hell that 44 will see in it's service life, brown will be very fitting for the chaotic Dutch Droppers and Car Kickers

I always thought cow catcher was metal

I completely agree with Will's suggestion. Throw more steam engines at it. Far better than the Flying Lime.

Sheldon Cooper described it as a "cow expolder!'

The reason the steam engine needs a helper is a few reasons. 1 to save ebgine brakes the Diesel locomotive provides dynamic braking . 2 water , the 4011 uses a massive amount of water and logistically it's almost impossible to find water to keep it full . They run the steam engine at a reduced power to conserve water and the oil it uses .

9:58 I did not have Leighton down as a Chosen Man, but here we are. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go and watch "Sharpe". It's a Napoleonic Wars TV show and it's great. Go do that now, yeh Bastids.

Here's a clever name for the 44 tonner. The "Mystery Switcherus" considering it's like green and the Mystery citrus memes from the 3/4 show it seems kind of fitting. Great video Hyce and keep up the fantastic videos!

You left off a very significant part of the story. Rio Grande had been bought by Phillip Anshutz in 1984 and he took the company private & it remained private owned at the time of the SP purchase. As an employee of the Rio Grande at the time, I attended a company town hall held by Anshutz where he explained his business decision for keeping the SP name rather than the Rio Grande even though the D&RGW was technically the company that bought the SP. Then he used RR company equipment & right of way to lay fiber optic communication cable which became Quest communications which bought out the mountain bell phone company. It's a very twisty path to say the least.

Ah my favorite color of diesel, highlighter

Honestly don't care either way on the bleeps but i will say it is funnier with the bleeps

😦😧🤯😱

18:40 the erie will love to know your locaceon

That was the finnist thing Ive watched in a long time!! The 'grains of rice in jambalaya' made me snort. I remember watching the OG ranking video a few years ago, cant find it now though. Anyone know where to watch it?

Bro, get a drone

Letteral shit-ton....

Just gear heads getting worked up over their passion.. perfect

Excellent explanation. Stoke it just a little bit but do it often.

That is nothing unusual about that. Here in the east where the two big railroads are CSX and Norfolk Southern and if you look at their corporate make up there are many surviving railroads inside their ownership. Many of the older eastern railroads never bought out the older lines they run on. In many cases you will find they leased the railroads for unbelievable long times. This was done to prevent any claims being brought the parent company due to old issues affecting the railroad they ended up running. So I am sure that is one of the reasons that the Union Pacific Railroad is just a brand name and not the legal owner of the operating railroad. Lawyers are always trying to find ways to protect the parent company from old lawsuits against railroads they may be acquiring.

Hey Hyce, well, I have it all unlocked and, for sake of my sanity, I disabled Andrews. >.<

Idea for k37 kitchen Santa Fe French toast

Thanks for sharing your very interesting and informative video presentation of railroad history of the Union Pacific railroad.

Hyce i know a good engine for your railroad the good old triplex lol

What do you press to show the track grade?

"FEAR ME FOR I BURN LIQUID" thats a great line XD

2 railroads in a trench coat

Maybe the real Union Pacific was the friends we made along the way.

I handled the end game by having a double headed Diesel starting on either side of the map, dropping off the cars at the mayor sides (Andrews, Nantahala, Alarka Jct., Bryson, East Whittier Dillsboro and Sylva).. At the end of the day they drive back to their starting position, picking up all the empties. I used a spare C-55 as helper for the Red Marble Grade, in addition to splitting up the train and making to runs of the grade. Passenger service was done with two Berkshires, each pulling nine coaches and running non stop - they made over 20k a day PS: A C-46 works great for the pulpwood from Conelly branch to Sylva. No need to refuel during the operation

3 words for Big Boy locomotives Heavy There freight locomotives And there tractive effort is 135,375 Ibf. They where meant to go 80 mph but in track speed was 75 or 35 on mainlines and sharp curves.

You should get an F7 A/B unit for one of the pax trains and let Jersey have his berk for the express lol (or stick an F7A on the express). And since the F7A/B is stupid amount of power you COULD get the nicer pax cars and not worry about the extra weight Also loved the wreck wasn't Jersey cause as soon as the Kenosha at the start kicked on I 100% assumed it was

That 44-Tonner is... very violently green. But I like it. Maybe call it the Flying Lime? Track mods sounds fun too. I had to go looking at Nexus Mods after watching this the first time and there's some good stuff there. Want a wye around the back of Jackson Paper at Sylva? Maybe an eight-track hump yard at Sylva interchange? Extra crossovers for Bryson or Jackson Paper to make switching easier? They'd be my top picks. I'm a little ambivalent about some of the changes made to Robinson Gap but if you want a straight-up coal train and nothing else, they'd be worth investigating too. And I'll have to look at getting into this (and Discord!) when I upgrade my laptop next year. It'd be fun to run on the ES&DT, even if only once because time zones and life and stuff.

That is VERY green Personally I would have gone for parrot blue but The Green Monster is also kinda cool

48:01 I don’t wanna hear Jersey cry about tonnage till he’s trapped doing 7 mph OR much better 2mph WHICH I HAVE DONE going around horseshoe curve because either A) they didn’t wanna give us a helper or B) the tonnage on the train is actually more than it says on the paperwork even though consistently it’s been proven the case and they just don’t want to listen to us because why would they. Or C) they don’t realize what wet rails do to a tonnage train on a grade

Wait till you start looking at Canadian National and start trying to figure out how a Canadian company owns so much in the US….. oh wait…. It’s not actually CN here in America… all the legal stuff is still actually the Illinois Central!!!!!!

19:22 that’s your conductors job to tell you that…

I love starting to hear 'Smells like Kenosha' as normal things are happening that makes me worry 'uh oh what's gonna happen'

The DRGW, SP, MOPAC MKT, CNW, WP never died. Only died in paint

The train line should be extended to Murphy ❤️ I always love watching you play Railroader ❤️❤️😌

Please tell me you intend to name your LIME green 44-ton the "James Patterson" or similar. Perhaps #4 could be reassigned to the Sylva switcher? And then run #3 and #2 into the dirt?

All I'm thinking in my head is when are we going to have a glimpse of the alamosa dance

Not only is the nyc 3001 getting restored to operation but in Sioux City iowa the Gn 1355 is getting restored to operation and is getting a matching set of cars to go from Sioux City to Omaha Nebraska, hyce you really need to check it out and it would be great content

Jersey: disappears over the horizon. Kenosha starts.