Chasing Tacoma Rail 3000 up the 3.3% grade To Frederickson

[@hollywood1340]

Love the getting on and off moving equipment. OLD SCHOOL!

[@NJT4111]

NIce horn, and nice power, as well as a perfect example of mountain railroading

[@AtTheCrossingProductions]

Right in the middle of the video, nice crew change.

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

EMD "SD40-2" #3001 Built as a 3600 hp, 20-cylinder SD45 Originally Pennsylvania RR #6237 To Penn Central same# (merger) To Conrail same# in 1976 (merger) Sold 1/84 to Chicago & North Western, re# 6564 Remanufactured by C&NW 1/86 to SD40-2 standards with a 3000 hp 16-645F3B diesel and Dash-2 electrical equipment (but not renumbered To Union Pacific in merger, not assigned a UP road number Retired by UP 7/15/97 Sold to National Railway Equipment, re# NREX 6423 Acquired by Tacoma Rail in 2001

[@theUP844]

I thought it was. The P-3 is one of my favorite Diesel horns. My top 4 diesel locomotive horns are, in no particular order, the K3LA, K5LA, RS3L and the P-3. If it's not to much of a personal question Andrew what is your favorite diesel locomotive horn?

[@Fiddleman200616]

That is the longest train I have seen on that line. Those well cars must have been going to storage.

[@jakemiillephotography]

Ouch! 3.3% that's some serious grade!

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

the 3000 is an SD40 EMD SD40 #3000 (32417, 10/66) Originally Missouri Pacific #765 Renumbered Missouri Pacific #3065 To Union Pacific #3065? (merger) Sold to Precision National Corp Sold to National Railway Equipment, re# NREX 3065 Acquired by Tacoma Rail in 1999

[@csxt6573]

I noticed a bunch of these WRWK 5-packs on the old CWRR main along I-5. Did they go down there this day? I'd really love to see TRMW down the old Chehalis Western someday...

[@htc6600]

@ANDREWAMTRAK Was this the grade that the F7-slug sets worked on? Looks like a pretty wicked grade.

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

@csxt6573 This train had a chunk of them but not anywhere near all of them. The line right now totals about 15 miles of them.

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

@htc6600 Was Tacoma Eastern which then became Milwaukee road.

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

I thought it was a P-5 until i saw it, it is in fact a P-3

[@heelblocks]

lol they stalled

[@theUP844]

nice shot Andrew. BTW thats not a P3 horn on the lead unit is it?

[@westernkyrail]

testament to EMD muscle.

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

I think i prefer the K5LA most of all

[@Hail2Pitt412]

3.3% Thats Weak, how do you think NS feels with the 4% and higher grades they get in the Allegheny Mountains.. Nice audio though too.. Sounds nice

[@ANDREWAMTRAK]

well does NS pull 4% with GP20's?

[@htc6600]

I don't know much about Tacoma but is this old Milwaukee Road track?

[@TrainDr101]

NS doesn't have 4% grades. All the grades back east barely break 2%. West coast has the steepest.

[@heelblocks]

SD20s