Beasts of the Baltics - Mopac C36-7s live on in Estonia

[@KCDash4400cw]

Fun fact: these C36-7's were actually the last Locomotives to be bought by the Missouri Pacific until their merger with Union Pacific in 1982, its great to see these beasts of the Mo-Pac getting second lives in europe, (it makes me really happy aswell considering my favorite railroad is the Missouri Pacific.)

[@adequateproductionsreborn6596]

Very nice! I love the dual horn-whistle system! (meaning the rs3l and air whistle)

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

Air whistles are a common feature in the former USSR on railways. also you can find them in Czechia and Slovakia. they're sort of a less loud alternative to a horn.

[@herpderp6705]

The person who disliked this video probably hates tank cars. :D

[@Hopen111YT]

I wouldn’t know about that now 😡

[@surindergrewal8552]

Beautiful video Beautiful country GREETINGS from CANADA 🙏👍🍁🇨🇦

[@kristoffermangila]

Since this video Operail (which operates these old MoPac GEs) have repainted these C36-7s, and they haven't changed it all that much - the primary color is a darker shade of maroon. But the stripe's color has changed from the gold of the BRS days - its a slightly darker shade of sky blue, reminiscent of the blue color of MoPac units before its merger with UP. Coincidence, perhaps?

[@BarrieBusesandTrains]

I'm from Canada and it's been my dream to fan the Estonian railway scene since I first found the country and its rail and public transport network in 2006. Back then, the lines were much busier, and there were private operators running Russian-built 2TE116s between Narva and Tallinn carrying oil from Siberia I wanna say. As you said, with the relations with Russia worsening, freight has declined significantly, and the Estonian private operators like Skinest, ERS, TransOil, and Spacecom have since moved towards freight car leasing, port services at the Port of Tallinn, and even car dealerships since the decline in traffic. Even though Estonia IIRC has the same laws against rail monopolies that the rest of the EU has, nobody wants to actually run private trains anymore, so the government does it. Back in 2006 when I first heard of the country, the place was a railfan's goldmine. Old Soviet passenger DMUs, EMUs and freight engines, the C36-7Is, and in the public transport scene, the majority of the trams in Tallinn were Czech-built, and the buses all second and third-hand from Scandinavia, Finland, and other countries, with Tallinn's being painted in a lovely green and white livery that has since been abolished, along with all the old Scania and Volvo buses they had that were built in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Good on you for making it there.

[@nikosjk1]

I too have long been interested in visiting and remember reading earlier trip reports when traffic was heavy and there was a variety of operators and locomotives. I would have loved to have seen it but atleast got a taste of that in Latvia before the transit traffic disappeared there too. In Tallinn there are still quite a number of Tatra KT4 variants running, thought the T4s have unfortunately long since vanished, I have a bit of footage of those too. The trolleybus network is still going too but I have heard there is a plan to eliminate it as well.

[@blastermike_sd70ace80]

Wow, uboats in Estonia. This is a wonderful video. Thank you !

[@DavidLeon140m3]

not uboats

[@libmananchannel]

Hello! Nice upload! It's great train video! And very nice view! I really like it! Very interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video! Always nice to see six-axle Dash-7s living on.

[@seaboardspastic]

It's pretty interesting seeing American locomotives (especially a U-Boat) on railways in different countries with different gauges. I wonder how they got the Flexicoil Trucks for that Russian gauge trackage.

[@nikosjk1]

Its not that difficult to regauge the trucks, they are the originals just modified.

[@kristoffermangila]

Technically, these are not U-boats; these are Dash-7s, the last ones in fact.

[@RailPreserver2K]

Lets hope they save one of those u boats

[@SuperMAZ007]

Very good video, I live in one of the towns you filmed. The C36-7 is way superior to the soviet M62 and 2TE116 series.

[@seaboardspastic]

It's Superior to an absolute majority of Soviet-era locomotives, or if anything a good amount of Non-Electric Russian-gauge locomotives nowadays. Shorter than a TEM2 and still outputs 3,700 Horsepower.

[@kristoffermangila]

It is said that a minimally modified C36-7 (ie, a regauged unit, with no rebuilds on its electricals and the engine) can outpull a M62 - and the two locomotives are of the same age.

[@bertlbarm4374]

How high is the chance to find some one in the baltic states who speeks german or english? l think l´m to old now to learn that baltic languages (67)

[@nikosjk1]

Pretty good actually, well atleast English. Everyone I encountered spoke English so didnt have to try my German.

[@bertlbarm4374]

@@nikosjk1 thank you for your quick answer

[@reudovaniaball9548]

English is understood, not by everyone, but often enough. Estonians understand also Russian, and Finnish, German and sometimes even some Scandinavian (like Swedish) are understood. Estonian language is not Baltic, but it belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian and Saami languages are internationally the most outstanding languages of this language family.

[@bertlbarm4374]

@@reudovaniaball9548 thank you

[@vladarus_railway]

Excellent video 😎 Greetings from Serbia 🙂🇷🇸

[@railroadmike6843]

Did you see any of the former Conrail C30-7A's in service?

[@nikosjk1]

The C30-7As have long been out of service. Some were rebuilt by CZ loco reusing only the frames and trucks.

[@estonian_trainspotter]

14:01 its not a Haapsalu

[@amandagiannini3503]

Nice to see American muscle pulling frieght in eastern Europe!

[@kristoffermangila]

Make it Missouri Pacific Eagle power in Eastern Europe!

[@TramBusTV]

Super nices Video 👍 hoch

[@iatif1995]

Why does the horn sound like a hand held air horn?

[@seaboardspastic]

Broad Gauge railway standard apparently

[@detroitdieselseries5071]

I always wondered why Estonia didn’t go and buy some EMD SD40-2 locomotives to go alongside with the C36-7Is

[@stensihver9925]

No need, and they are not cheap

[@robertf3479]

One reason probably would be the lack of commonality of parts between the two builders, would be like mixing Chevy and Dodge trucks ... your mechanics are going to HATE you for doing it. When (and not if) these older units get to the point where they need replacing I suspect the C36-7s might be replaced by newer GE 4000 or 4400 series family units. As much as I prefer EMD products I will admit the GE units are as tough as they come.

[@kristoffermangila]

@@robertf3479 and those replacement locomotives would be either ES4400ACs or AC4400CWs. The operating crews will thank management profusely. Also on the first question: EU regulations prohibits the use of two-stroke engines.

[@SilverThunder710]

They really ought to use the American horns more than the station whistles

[@TheRandomRailfan]

Great video! Do you which line(s) these run these on?

[@nazarethrzf1222]

Salam railfans Indonesia

[@rainertornow2023]

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[@hung1986cali0]

Nỉce trainz

[@joshdoebler7475]

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