Buffalo & Pittsburgh SD60 Trio Stalls FOUR Times up 1.5% Grade! | Chasing BPRR SIRI 10/17/22

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you for the criticism down here in the comments. I’ve been utilizing your advice and critiques to help better perfect my new videos. I’m still learning, and every bit helps!

[@mattygunn693]

Ironically enough I was within radio range of Buffalo Creek Yard around the time that this happened, and at one point the yardmaster told the yard crew that was building that night's BFSI to not exceed a certain length and weight. It all made sense when I found out this happened lol. This is definitely something you seldom, if ever, see so you sure got lucky with this! Awesome video dude, and I loved the different angles from the "regular" shooting locations!

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you! Yeah now that I’m gettin the hang of these chase routes I’m gonna try and go for some more less shot locations. And yeah I can see why they wouldn’t want them going over a certain length lol.

[@mattygunn693]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 I hear ya there man, I'm actually planning another chase next week of WNYP's Falconer turn with the intent of filming them at new locations. And of course for the Century Alcos lol. But the B&P is such a scenic line, and it seems to get more scenic the farther south you go!

[@nicholmansgarage3501]

​@@mattygunn693 absolutely!!! I live about an hour north of Pittsburgh and the Scenery is amazing. I personally think the B&P could make a hefty profit running fall foliage excursion trains, but that could just be a railfan fever dream ;)

[@bhproductions1061]

@@nicholmansgarage3501do you live in Butler? Cause Butler is an hour north of Pittsburgh

[@tonyromano6220]

Was there a surge in traffic?

[@CentralPARailfan28]

I miss those locomotives so much. They were the workhorse of the NS Buffalo Line. I gotta get up to Western PA and see these beauties one last time.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

@@CentralPARailfan28 If you wish to see them; they are currently active on the Ohio Central Railroad

[@SebisRandomTech]

PSR, B&P Edition! Great video and it was fun getting to catch this train with you guys!

[@scottsmith7051]

Great to see young people railfanning! Keep the passion! New sub here.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Hey thanks! I've always been fascinated by trains and trucks since I was just a small kid. The kind words mean a lot to me!

[@thomassalerno5203]

Great videography…..Thanks for the Marker Light info and history on the B&P SD60-M’s (previously SD60 I). As a rail-fan, collector and modeler your informative video is highly valued. Keep the great work!

[@moregltfirephotography4857]

Sweet! When I went with Ron they tacked on a GP40 to make sure they didn't stall, then RISI was doing 3 mph up the hill to Jewett and one of the 40s quit

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Yeah he was telling me about that

[@nicholmansgarage3501]

What a wonderfully done and informative video. I learned a lot about these SD60I's from this video, and I appreciate the information. I live right along the B&P, about an hour north of Pittsburgh. Tracks are 100 ft from my house, porch railfanning is a favorite activity of mine.

[@joshrhine6780]

Nice catch buddy and awesome Leslie rs3l sd60i trio

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

The second two locomotives are actually SD60Ms but yes

[@joshrhine6780]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 thanks it sure was

[@music100vid]

Great video! Lots of great extra stuff in it like the rare positional signals. And that old steel trestle in the bonus footage. I'm curious about the history of that.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

The trestle was a part of the Knox & Kane Tourist railroad, which in 2003, was unfortunately got taken out by a tornado in the valley. www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/KinzuaBridgeStatePark/Pages/default.aspx

[@music100vid]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 Thanks for the info. I thought maybe some disaster had happened to it by the looks of it but I wasn't thinking tornado!

[@coryburris8211]

8:13 what kind of signal is that? I have never seen one that flashes "wait".

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

That’s more or less a pedestrian light, I would imagine it would be fairly obvious to not walk into a train but the lights are there on one side of the sidewalk and the gates have separate arms for the other side. It’s really cool imo

[@coryburris8211]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 I have seen dedicated crossing gates for sidewalks, many of those were installed along the "high speed" Amtrak corridor between Chicago and St. Louis, but I have never seen specific pedestrian signals like that

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

@@coryburris8211 I’ve seen a couple around, there’s a few in Fostoria Ohio

[@NS_5350]

We definitely had an interesting day

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

For sure!!

[@TrainTrackTrav]

That was a very well produced video. Great to see some former Connie units out and about. Thanks for sharing the chase with us. Oh, by the way, in the blooper reel at the 23:45 mark, that noise your scanner picked up is a pager signal. As in the little beepers that people used to clip to their belts back in the 80s and 90s. Scanners can pick up those signals, and the data stream comes out as the buzzing sounds, along with the alarm tones.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you! And thank you a second time for the info on that paper signal. I never knew about that and just thought I would throw the clip in for fun. It’s very neat to learn what that is though.

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

This is a well done video. I really like the narration and the footage. I like videos that give you a good background and history of the railroad/locomotives. Definitely on my like video list

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you! It means a lot to me, I’ll keep trying my best to make more videos like these!

[@RailfanAndrew]

Awesome video! What was the fire in the beginning?

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thanks Andrew! I assume you mean at the beginning of the random clips I put in, that is the American Oil Refinery Co. located in downtown Bradford PA. 7:37 the big tower can be seen again in the daylight towards the right of the screen.

[@RailfanAndrew]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 Ah, Cool!!

[@adventurekid9242]

The ubiquitous Northern PA sports bar.

[@CSX_Doolittle]

So glad Billy could make it

[@StationRailfan]

Great video Anthony! Crazy they stalled 4 times.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thanks Dom! It was really neat

[@DRRP]

Great work fantastic editing:)

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you!

[@lodgladiesonlydiscgolf1666]

Excellent presentation

[@northwestindianarailfanner171]

Awesome video! When are the 60’s supposedly gonna be gone if you can get into detail? If not, completely understandable.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

I’ve been told not to release much about them so I can’t really give out much on the situation, so if you’re going to come up here I would do it sooner rather than later.

[@buddyboy66]

Excellent work. True art.

[@michaelodonnell8209]

We forget so easily in California how the seasons are at least six weeks in front of us out East. I really enjoyed the leaves being disturbed by the passing train.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

It was pretty cool to see that! I’ll definitely have to come back here and shoot out here again earlier next fall when the colors are at their peak, We were a little bit late on getting there this year lol.

[@DJmcRUSH]

I've never seen a crew sand a hill at that speed before. You gotta take your time putting the sand down, so you can get a good build up ground onto the rail. Not to mention, you need to be laying that sand down in both directions.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

They were laying sand both directions, and yes I agree they were going quite fast

[@N.P.R.P.]

Bruh, your lucky. Sweet Catch!

[@scottsmith7051]

Fantastic video. Excellent narration and details. Also, I thought the conductor might ask you guys to help push...

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thanks! I mean while we were waiting around, we did get some sand from nearby and in our own way help them sand the hill 😂

[@davidcoleman958]

Awesome stuff! Have you ever railfanned in Buffalo on other railroads or just the B&P?

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Well I've never been to Buffalo, so really I haven't! The B&P I usually chase out of Salamanca.

[@davidcoleman958]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 Lots of good spots. Not as busy as it used to be. The Canadian traffic used to be much more busier in CR days.

[@mikelukash8789]

Excellent video and narration ! sometimes 11,400 HP just isn't enough. Question is this the line they used in the film "Unstoppable" ?

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Thank you! And no, almost all of the filming took place on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Line east of Olean.

[@bhproductions1061]

24:00 I hate when that happens lol

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

3:34 Peter ❤ I have a slight suspicion that was added because of me Even if not I feel like it was.

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

😉

[@terrigoddard3448]

Brilliant video 9/10 Would have give you 10, but you just need to slow your narration down a little bit. To much to take in, in a milli second. But do keep up the good work. I will be following.

[@Mrcharles.]

Just imagine if you did not see those trains going by because railroad workers went on strike.

[@ljreed8671]

The SD 60 was never the “power locomotive “ EMD thought it would be, in my opinion. 35 loads 51 empty cars wasn’t a disproportion of weight for 3 locomotives. Maybe with one locomotive on the rear as a pusher, there’s a better possibility that the got over the top of the grade. My experience operating SD 60’s on a coal drag was they bogg down on the ascending grade, then enter “short time ratings” too soon when you’re ready to get the tractive effort to pull the remainder of the hill. There wasn’t enough tractive effort from a running start as seen in the video. Engineers can’t remain deep in short time ratings if they still have a significant portion left to pull the hill, without burning up the traction motors. The turned B&O signal mast, means it’s out of service, scheduled to be torn down.

[@rearspeaker6364]

geeez, you make the sd60 sound as bad as the sd50!!! and the PSR craze didn't start until the 2010's!!

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

Well I never said they were *that* bad, but everything gets old at one point in time and tends to not work as well as they used to.

[@bhproductions1061]

Definitely when you see them so much

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 if the sanders were working properly those 60's would have no problem! its lack of mainteince that caused this issue. all of those SD/GP 50's were problem Childs, esp. the engine block. the 16-710 in the SD/GP60 was the best single improvement in this series introduction. next time they should have bought a UP SD60M, they we're rebuilt in 2015-19, up just started seeing them off last year.

[@bhproductions1061]

@@rearspeaker6364 the SD60s would need to be rebuilt to work properly not just the sanders

[@DJmcRUSH]

​@@rearspeaker6364 sorry mate, those 60s are rubbish. When it comes to the B&P, nothing slips more than a trio of 60s. Nothing beats a 4 engine set of 40s in the mountains.

[@markwebster-ne4up]

Star filter I'm gessing

[@northernohiorailfanningpro8899]

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[@tonyromano6220]

I left Cleveland Ohio in the mid-1980s it seems there is no real change in the “rust” belt. Pennsylvania really needs Trump! There is no reason this area is not thriving other than bad government and corporations not supporting the USA.

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

Your voice is too slurred. It is hard to understand your words.