Trouble On The Portland Secondary | Heavy Tonnage & Little Power | Poor Weather Conditions

[@emwungarand]

That poor engineer gotta be thinking "damn, how many angles does this man want to document my suffering from?"

[@tomok8283]

Greatly documented and narrated there Austin.Perhaps 2 powered unit's rather than slugs would've been better! Great job by the engineer and you!!

[@Magiobiwan]

Tom Ok The slugs have traction motors (also used for Dynamic Brakes), they just don’t have a Diesel Engine or Genset in them. They get power from the units that have Diesels and Gensets in them, and use the excess power at lower speeds to provide extra motive power. The Diesel engines and generators will produce more power than the motors in the engine can use at low movement speed, so the additional motors and axels help use it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(railroad)?wprov=sfti1

[@A2Bproductions1]

your cinematic skills are solid bro, alway feel like I'm right there great work. would like to request a snow theme video when ever that occurs lol thanks, your the best :)

[@AustinTrainsOfficial]

A2Bproductions1 - Thanks bud. I hear this year’s winter is supposed to be pretty heavy, I’m sure it’ll be here soon enough. ;)

[@Drackleyrva]

Perhaps he should have had a DPU on the end? Great vid as always--can't wait to see this train in the snow. :)

[@railfanowen9372]

Hey Austin that 623 come throw Ohio I used to see it all the time! Nice catch!

[@newjerseybill3521]

Hi Austin. Well narrated video and very informative as to what "slugs" are, and other info. I always thought it weird the way the prime movers are at a fixed speed, whether the train is limping along at 5 MPH or 70 MPH.

[@ralgith]

Too bad he got what slugs are wrong. Slugs don't have a prime mover, but they have TRACTION MOTORs, so they're still providing pulling power. They just need to get their electricity from the prime mover (which is just a generator) of another engine. That's also why the prime movers are at a fixed speed, they're just a large generator. The engines aren't diesels, despite common parlance. Instead, they're diesel ELECTRICS. The prime mover is used to generate electricity, which is then transferred to the traction motors on the trucks. These traction motors can also be put into a dynamic breaking mode, where the motors are actually generators and the electricity generated by them is dissipated by a massive bank of resistors inside the dynamic break blister. So, while is is possible for a slug to possess dynamic brakes, it isn't the only thing they possess.

[@ALL-bj7mj]

#1 slug does have dynos....CORRECT! but it also has traction motors that feed of the power unit (called the mother)….#2 this is why the invented sanders....either they are out or their sandbox is wet....WHICH happened to me once....

[@jamesnichols2188]

Nice catch keep up good work be safe

[@Norfolk7130]

Thats amazing

[@roballen5670]

NS blew it. They should've had the 6axle locomotives running on days like that.

[@cmiller4505]

Great Video buddy !! Excellent narration. Do you miss H76? Was a sad day when NS rerouted DL's consist. I don't get to enjoy DL trains though East Stroudsburg everyday like they use to run. Keep up the good work Austin. I've watched several of your videos and you do an amazing job ! Stay safe my friend and " Keep on Chasing"

[@johnritcher8920]

I love the old bells at some crossings, depends on where you live. CN in WI has replaced alot of them that are only activated on approach. Does that one crossing have bells only and no lights? Thats rare to see.

[@freebrickproductions]

Nice video and catch! What crossing is that at 28:18?

[@AustinTrainsOfficial]

freebrickproductions - Same as 18:26, Lillian lane

[@alexsands433]

Austin Trains when is the New truck video coming out again buddy i can't wait to see it buddy

[@kleetus92]

Didn't notice them sanding until the crossing but it was only on 2 units... I think it was more just a function of not enough HP.

[@interlinkplus8236]

Why do slugs have fuel tanks, are they feeding the mother unit?

[@tuckergreen2818]

Nice 👍 video

[@ostlandr]

Didn't know NS ran mother-slug sets in road service- thought those were mostly for switching.

[@ALL-bj7mj]

uphill and curves on a wet day can break your day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@railfanowen9372]

And a slug leading wow who’s idea was that lol

[@426moparhemi]

Theirs no way that train could possibly go that slow with five units

[@johnritcher8920]

Mount isimontage 2 are slugs.

[@slr_393p]

Secondary | Heavy Tonnage & Little Power | Poor Weather Conditions What could go wrong?

[@robertrussnogle7449]

They had 5 engines pulling. How many do they need?

[@won4151]

There are 5 units but 3 of them are not powerd! That means thay are also the burden on the remaining 2 powerd units!

[@meeperfive]

12:01 the scene of the crime

[@ThatOneMichiganRailfan]

Meeper5 wdym

[@SouthJerseyRailProductions]

Train Truck crash

[@robertrussnogle7449]

Did not once see the wheels slip

[@AustinTrainsOfficial]

Robert Russnogle - You can hear them squeal for a short time at 5:38. They had plenty of sand so there wasn’t much slipping going on.

[@robertrussnogle7449]

Thanks for the reply. Forgive my ignorance but if they had plenty of sand and grip why were they at a crawl?

[@AustinTrainsOfficial]

Robert Russnogle - Sand can only do so much, even while its running they can’t apply too much throttle or the wheels will slip anyway. So they have to take it at a throttle setting that it will grip, in this case it was a pretty low setting lol

[@beautifulwoman2681]

What was Rong

[@beautifulwoman2681]

Was the train to heavyweight

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

Awesome Video Austin! Im used to seeing scenes like this when the NYS&W has the same problems going past my house, and they are using EX-NS SD70M-2s! I remember one istance where the NYS&W actually stalled and they had to bring a locomotive down from the yard to rescuse, thus resulting in a rare spectical kzbin.info/www/bejne/on6oXnerrN90aLM

[@blumac9801]

That’s why they invented the sanders...

[@robertrussnogle7449]

5 power units and not enough power

[@TheMetalmachine467]

Cool I don't live that far from Bangor

[@randyatlawmedia357]

I wish people would not assume that every person in USA knows where the hell their videos are shot -- is it that time consuming to put in where?

[@AustinTrainsOfficial]

Randal Fritz - Hold on dude. Look at 1:21. Is “Martins Creek, Pennsylvania” not good enough for you?

[@blumac9801]

Austin Trains ohhh roasted!!

[@Thegooderstuffs]

@@AustinTrainsOfficial get em! Entitled jackasses are everywhere.

[@garrettstewart3024]

No way that much power should that train be going that slow something's not right

[@amazingtrucker9500]

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