Amazing old train locomotive works hard for the railroad!

It's a vintage diesel locomotive- still working hard for the railroad after all these years! Locomotive Mike shows us an old SW1200 laboring away on shortline Missouri and Northern Arkansas' branchline in Springfield, Missouri.
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
Hop on board for a quick look at some shortline railroad action in Springfield, MO. We take a look at a vintage EMD SW1200 switcher hard at work on the remnants of a Missouri Pacific/Union Pacific track segment.
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PRODUCTION:
I shot this video with my Canon T3i/600D, and edited using Sony Vegas. My narration is performed using a Blue 'Yeti' microphone, and I use Audacity for my audio editing.
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[@hakeemsd70m]

Very cool classic locomotive! She has stood the test of time and keeps on rolling. Great video!

[@thebrantfordrailfan]

Nice! i live near a shortline called the ontario southland railway, they have 3 F units still in revenue freight service, as well as quite a few ALCOs and endcab switchers and high hood geeps. Pretty epic railway.

[@TrinityRailProductions]

The Iowa Traction Co. uses Baldwin-Westinghouse steeple cabs that are approaching 100 years old.

[@danielkennedy7845]

Outstanding!!! well done!! Those switchers are marvelous! IIC had a bunch

[@robertweldon7909]

SW1200 switchers were almost as common as salt in the 1960's, and were up graded to1500's Still a well maintained 1200 should do well even today. Switchers of this type rarely saw the stresses of their bigger brothers, GP's and so on, pulling huge trains at higher speeds. On the NYC tracks near my home in Cleveland, Ohio (1960's) a similar loco serviced a light industrial park, almost daily. When I returned home from military service in 1970. the old SW was still working away, with nearly 20 years of service, and the NYC was not known for maintaining equipment very well, at the time. It's nice to see a nice old engine like this working well and looking spiffy too.;-)

[@MainTrack]

It has been a cool engine to watch all these years. MNA recently sidelined this unit and replaced it with a chop-nosed GP9, which is still cool in its own right. The #751 just recently left town on a BNSF train. I've been told it was sold to another owner, which is planning a major overhaul. So, thankfully, it's getting a new lease on life. I'll have to find out who bought it and where it's going.

[@nlo114]

In the UK there are many 50 year old locos still in regular service on the main-lines. They probably don't do the miles that US locos cover, but they still earn their keep. Classes: 08, 20, 31, 47 and 73 can all be heard rumbling away somewhere or other.

[@beeble2003]

They do a lot more miles than this little switcher pottering up and down its six-mile branch line but, yeah, much less than a mainline freight locomotive.

[@clevelandmaker7044]

Great video I love that you have an appreciation for the classics.....sometimes you don't need a fancy GEVO to get the job done! !

[@diesellocomotivefan5400]

Great shots, thanks.

[@onrr1726]

The Sperry car that I worked on was built in 1926 and still operates today.

[@SMVvids]

Very cool! The railroad here is a shortline, so it operates two GE 70 tonners, and an A unit GP9.

[@MainTrack]

+Satchel Hogan ...Thanks for watching! It's always nice to see shortlines- helping provide some variety.

[@gentryrailroadvideography2990]

Cool video! I’m going to go try to see that when I am in Springfield next time

[@terrywilliams759]

Love the video I'm a Canadian fan keep them up thanks .

[@MainTrack]

Thank you for watching, Terry! That's encouraging to hear. I'm working on several new videos right now.

[@terrywilliams759]

Locomotive Mike can't wait.

[@marcosinnes5999]

Super video

[@MainTrack]

Thanks for the kind words, Marco! I appreciate you watching.

[@Isochest]

Love this true "wagonload" consist:-)))

[@MainTrack]

It's definitely an very interesting little operation! Thanks for watching!

[@Tony-375]

I live in Joplin mo and live next to the MNA rail yard. They do a lot of switching at night. They're actually a pretty active rail yard.

[@DS75921]

when I was working at Trinity in Springfield they had a 1955 SW900 with prime mover upgraded to SW1000 it was operating in 2000's until they didn't let it run early one fall and she froze up

[@mosesknows2062]

What a cool old girl... nice video LM... Thanks, Moses...

[@MainTrack]

+moses knows - Yes, she just keeps chugging along! This MNA unit and branch line provide some extra variety here in BNSF-dominant Springfield (though I do love BNSF trains, too!).

[@jmream2618]

Locomotive Mike does she still have her original prime mover or has been changed out

[@tm502010]

Lovely locomotive

[@shanestrains2849]

That horn is great.

[@dawnamey7920]

Sounds like an NJT horn

[@brakie44820]

First I'm a huge fan of short lines and urban industrial switching roads and I can say there are several of those older EMD switchers earning their keep as EMD intended. You can find these working grain elevators,steel mills and other type of industries for their owners.

[@iLoVeSD70Ace35]

I've seen that locomotive! Awesome video!

[@MainTrack]

+Train Productions by iLoVeSD70Ace35 - Thank you!!

[@iLoVeSD70Ace35]

You're welcome!

[@MichaelRubenGonzalez]

AWESOME INDEED!

[@mylesgordon6915]

I just saw this video, and when I clicked on the video,I realised that I saw the engine on a siding before!

[@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin]

CN still uses 60yr old GP9RM's daily

[@waynedelong7933]

I'm the manager of The Oregon Eastern RR we have daily operation GP7 from 1952...(my profile pic) 50 miles a day. Although, this one is much prettier!

[@icrailfanner]

NIRC 1 still works strong for a locomotive built in 1939

[@jjfisher327]

Great video! It’d be neat to see a blurb about how the BNSF interchange and car handling in downtown Springfield at the South Yard.

[@MainTrack]

Thank you! I do have some more videos in the works- including some stuff on downtown operations. On the BNSF side, things have quieted down quite a bit in the last couple of years.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Nice!

[@MainTrack]

+Maine Railfan© Thanks for the compliments! I appreciate you watching. I have enjoyed many of your eastern railroad videos!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Locomotive Mike Anytime man! and thank you! im still working on my channel and lots of ne content needs to be uploaded.

[@VRDenshaOtaku]

no offense I've seen older Diesels still on mainline Service, with more modern units trailing it, still nice to see a old EMD still running

[@MainTrack]

No offense taken! I would agree. There are much older diesels out there, but I don't have easy access to those ones in particular. You have seen older diesels in mainline service on a Class 1, or are you referring to a shortline/reional?

[@VRDenshaOtaku]

Mainline trains, "class 1", still in revenue service from 1957 or 1951, I reccomend you Google Victorian railways B class loco's

[@MainTrack]

Which ones might those be? In my neck of the woods, BNSF and UP only run the newer stuff- definitely nothing 50 years old. It would be neat to see something older, though!

[@VRDenshaOtaku]

sorry I'm from AUS

[@MainTrack]

Ah! That makes more sense! I love watching videos of Australian trains. I have seen a lot of older stuff on those- the kind of units US railroads ditched a long time ago. It would be nice to have the variety.

[@EastTexasRailfan]

Beautiful unit, sounds great, if only it had a real bell...

[@markgorney3325]

How do you know it doesn't?

[@dallasrailfan3345]

it has a e bell

[@WhiteRiverRails]

Really cool video! When is it usually running?

[@MainTrack]

+BNSFguy 617 Thank you!! The MNA usually runs this train several days a week. They usually do switching through the day, getting to downtown in the mid-afternoon before making their way back to the south part of town.

[@WhiteRiverRails]

+Locomotive Mike Oh ok. I might try to catch it sometime

[@dave6695]

This locomotive is still going strong because it is an EMD and they know how to build a good locomotive. GE has no such claim of any of their "locomotives" still working in revenue service 50 yrs. after construction.

[@beenishalikhan8733]

Please anyone tell me which one camera and lens it is i am thinking to buy professional camera

[@sirmetaladon]

I live in springfield, but haven't seen this loco.... Where does it run?

[@MainTrack]

+Sir Metaladon Hi, there! This runs on the MNA branchline from downtown, crossing College St. and Kansas Expressway, past Nathaniel Greene Park, and ending at the industrial park off Scenic Ave. and Battlefield Road. I hope that helps!

[@dougslittlediesel]

They run the local work south of the Springfield rail yard. Their yard is right off of College street down town. BNSF works the area local around Southwest Missouri.

[@mr.railroad2391]

Kansas City Terminal RAILWAY

[@eftalanquest]

pffft 50... the oldest loco attached to the workshop i'm working at just turned 61

[@blueslime8252]

Why did they abandon the other track

[@MainTrack]

Hi, Blue Slime. The Missouri Pacific abandoned its own branch line and started using the parallel Frisco mainline to reach Springfield. It was cheaper to pay Frisco to use its tracks than to continue maintaining its own. Thanks for watching!

[@gacj2010]

Wish I was riving it ...No gates or bells or lights at X

[@janetelizabeth]

"50-year old train engine"?? It looks more like a locomotive to me. Isn't the "engine" located in the long hood?

[@MainTrack]

Hi, Janet. Thanks for watching. The term "locomotive" and "engine" can be used interchangeably. In fact, the dictionary's secondary definition for the word engine is "a railroad locomotive." The same goes for a fire "engine." It can refer to the mechanical components that make the vehicle move, or to the vehicle itself. Gotta love our English language!

[@janetelizabeth]

Thanks Mike. I guess the dictionary was probably last edited when a TRUE engine was really a locomotive - a steam engine - which was self propelled and was its own prime mover. Semantics . . . . I know that you knew, as you did say, "It's a vintage diesel locomotive" . . .

[@beeble2003]

@@janetelizabeth Sorry, but you're wrong. One of the meanings of the word "engine" is a railroad locomotive. "Engine" has been used to refer to machines in general since before railroads existed: Mike's example of fire engines is great, and there were also siege engines being used in mediaeval warfare. There is absolutely nothing wrong with referring to a railroad locomotive as an engine. Even professional engineers do it.

[@mattsmocs3281]

Shame they gave her a Ebell. It losses it classic sound and a couple of features on the engine are removed getting rid of the mechanical bell. Also Ebells are the worst sounding bells on engines to date.

[@mattsmocs3281]

+Ferroequus Domain true

[@markgorney3325]

I didn't know locomotives had genders.

[@MainTrack]

Well, they don't really have genders of course. It's just a saying, a common way of referring to machines- like cars, trains, ships. For instance- the old railroading song, "She'll be coming 'round the mountain.' Thanks for watching!

[@richardcline1337]

Just like the Navy refers to it's ships as "she"...it's basically a term of endearment, I believe.

[@beeble2003]

@@richardcline1337 That's not just a navy thing -- pretty much all mariners refer to ships as "she".

[@anguspaul1438]

Railroads like this one need to sell these old locomotives to a scrapper so they can be recycled and turned into something new and useful! These locomotives have lived their useful life and need to be eliminated. The railroad can use the money from the sale to buy a new and better locomotive!