There are removed crossings all the way to Missoula as of July 2024.

Update on 9362 I was in Mcalester the other day and the repainting has not happened yet

I think that elevating rails around and in city as much as possible should help, coz as we can see here, the rails kinda set the boundary for a city. Awesome stuff btw, loved it. Had never thought of bringing freight directly inside the city, but will try it out.

SP 9010, Krauss Maffei ML4000, restored and operating on the Niles Canyon Railroad.

I’m a 48 year old man. I grew up in Southern California, just outside Los Angeles. So I grew up with the clang and thunder of Ol’ Bloody Nose. Man do I love those locomotives and the sounds, smells, and memories they made. Never gets old. Thank you for creating this video. Its content is exactly what I want to see and hear when I search train vids on this here KZbin. Excellent work 🫡

I worked this line as an engineer for SP from 1977 through 1980. First solo trip after marking up had an early merchandise trip from Colton to Yuma and the air line broke due to stress going up to Beaumont. Had to stop for repair. The crews were nice about it possibly because I was one of the 6 female engineers that SP hired on in 1977! Many stories to tell about the LA subdivision, Taylor Yard as a hostler, and heavy ore train, C yard in Colton, a local Watts experience, and up through dark territory to Palmdale with train orders! God bless=brought back memories!

A little bit picky but I expected to see 4449 since it’s still operational and SP

2:10 There’s UP 6236 Too!

Giving me Hinton vibes

I saw some units in their prime in Texas. The 90s were a better place. The EPA is garbage. Theyll destroy vast areas of land for lithium and call it progress, meanwhile a little oil and diesel and these work fine.

My photo at 6:46 lol

I have seen this engine recently and I just think she’s Beautiful

The 6 SD40M-2's that originally came from Conrail and Erie Lackawanna before them were actually SD45M's,not SDP45's. Erie Lackawanna's SD45M's were specific to them and only them. They specifically ordered these units from EMD with enlarged fuel tanks that would become the standard sized fuel tanks on the SD60 & SD70 series units. The units were in usage for freight only and didn't have steam generators like the SDP45's obviously did for passenger service. The SDP45's & SD45M's were built on the exact same frames. Most of the SD45M's after Conrail went to VMS and then MKR acquired the remainder fleet. Six units as I mentioned became SD40M-2's for Southern Pacific among 97 SD45R's and 30 SD40R's which were rebuilt into SD40M-2's as well by MKR. Alot of the SD40M-2's survived well into the merge afterwards,some units were repainted but most were patched. After Union Pacific any surviving SD40M-2's went to WAMX or NREX while others unfortunately ended up in scrapyards.

It’s weird seeing a SD9 with a low short hood

Thanks to Eric Goodman and BNSF for their work in donating the locomotive!

can i ask what does it mean when the rail light is on with 3 dots and on with one dot what it means. I never fiddled with this and i see people use this option.

Where is up 1015 he is on local service in Freeport tx

Are you going to play Train Yard Builder? I have no sense of design and would like to see someone with some knowledge play it lol

You forgot one locomotive: Alabama and Tennessee River SD40T-2 5387. Originally built for the DRG&W in 1978. It’s still in its SP paint and runs freight out of Birmingham, Alabama

DGNO 9486 became BUGX 7486. It’s literally the same locomotive.

Great video! But good god get rid of that annoying AI voice

unfortunately trona railroads tunnel motors days are numbered thanks to the California air recourses board giving them funding to scrap at least 3 of the locomotives 2 of which being tunnel motors and one being 2002 the remaining sd40s will be rebuilt into tier 4 standards but the Kodachrome will be donated to the Sacramento railway museum which is very nice of the company sad to see the tunnel motors go this will take effect in 2025 the epa sucks sd40s are cooler I also have video of the Kodachrome in operation kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXbceoh5q7Wims0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYKqiWSfhdKNbas kzbin.info/www/bejne/jprInaOvp851aJI

The epa should be scraped.

I work on the Wisconsin and Southern we don’t have the Wamx 4246 anymore but we do have the HLCX 6334 which is an old sp engine we lease for an update there

It a good video Goatie with some nice history. But i am very disappointed that you chose the low hanging fruit of using AI voiceovers. To a person that dislikes all things AI, it sounds very jarring. I really dont get why you would use AI voice tech when you have such a good broadcasting voice yourself. Just buy a decent gaming headset with a good mic and you can record yourself. It DOESNT have to be prefect, its not a National Geographic doco, people would appreciate much more hearing your kind voice than a stupid fake ass AI voice. PLS pls, for the love of all things natural and good, stop using AI voiceovers! Nothing good can come of it. You have a lovely voice, dont be ashamed of it. You dont have to make your docos sound like they were made by a soulless TV corporation. Just be yourself, my frend. I am so sad right now... :(

I guess this is what happens when you build a railroad in a dry river bed. Sometime that river comes back to life in a BIG way! :)

Awesome video here! "As Long As There's USA, SP Will Haul The Freight! Southern Pacific Roll On, Roll On"

Just retired from a place on I-8 where this lime passes like 50 yards away. Still running huge numbers of engines with all those helpers. That picture of the SP passenger train set really intrigued me. When was it taken? Thanks for the video, new subscriber.

I have a picture of 1053 parked in Yuma a few years ago

HZRX 8600 > UP 2676 > SP 8600 currently running for RMRX out of Denver. HZRX 8614 > UP 2690 > SP8614 currently in TX working HZRX 1501 > FIR 1222 > UP 1165 > SP 2596 currently working East of Cleveland, OH

Guy must be a good driver knowing when to turn when the tracks are covered

It’s cool that some railroads don’t touch the SP lettering

UP 1066 is on local service in Iowa right now. Just seen it today!

Awesome video! As a 30 year resident of Indio, Ca. and a 3 year resident of Yuma, Az. I was very familiar with the Yuma District and the locations along the subdivision. I got to know many of the conductors and engineers along the route from West Colton to Yuma. I spent many days and nights railfanning along the Yuma sub. Please add more of this and any of the Phoenix subdivision as I used to also railfan at Picacho, Az. Thanks for sharing!

Its a glorious locomotive

music?

Excellent video! Love the Rio Grande Engines back in the day! Would love to see action from the Tennesse Pass lines.

Great video... Close my eyes when I saw the ugly yellow things...😂

The temperature in an air conditioned locomotive was not 120 degrees! Once in a while you’d get a unit on the head end with working a/c. A lot times there might be working a/c in the consist, but that isn’t the lead unit.

Video Qualität ist not realy good

GE can't make a longevity claim of 50 years as most of EMD's locomotives can. Hell there's some old Alco's that out live the big GE's

I really want to visit that place, it's cool but it's sad it's abandoned, i wish this could've been a tourist railroad but i don't know because that's lot of money and it's dangerous. Im hoping for the best or not.

We called the North end of Taylor Yard “Top End of A Yard.” I was a brakeman for SP but we could also work yard jobs as switchman. I have been Top End of A Yard herder.

Awesome video, I was a conductor/brakeman mid seventies thru mid nineties. My home terminal was Yuma Arizona. Worked between Tucson and Phoenix.this video really brings back lots of memories.

up 1004 runs in the Roseville yard in California and its been there since 2023

The graffiti on it is a little sad :(

I've seen 1413. And holy moly it's covered in graffiti