CN Hi-Rail Boom Truck Pulling Wisconsin Central Rail Flats and Gondolas

[@jijokoshyksjijo3989]

that awkward moment.. when you wait for a train at a railway crossing... and a truck with long tail shows up...

[@lawdog490]

Wow, first time for me seeing a truck equipped with a knuckle, air line, actual train horn and pulling cars, impressive

[@diesellocomotivefan5400]

lawdog490 There's a video out of Australia that shows some very heavy duty trucks pulling quite a lot of loaded cars. Pretty impressive stuff.

[@wevefriends]

That’s the first time I’ve seen a hi-rail semi actually have a train horn, let alone an air horn instead of using the normal car horn. Impressive CN did this.

[@VilquinProductions]

I wonder if this is the same truck I caught a couple years ago? The one I caught still had the WC herald on the side though. Thanx fur sharin'!

[@Unknown_Ooh]

I would love to buy that western star when it retires neat piece of apparatus and modern rail history

[@yaraihan]

Love Those Hazard Lights On That Truck.

[@1960gambit]

Really this is no big deal. Once you got the cars rolling, it`s nothing to pull them after you have overcome the initial grunt to start the process. The big deal however, is stopping them because that truck weighs far less than a locomotive. It better have plenty of air compressor capacity to operate the brakes on the cars because that is still a large amount of weight to slow down.

[@ankhnybayarbattulga9991]

wrong comment.

[@ph11p3540]

+Ankhnybayar Battulga Makes perfect sense to me. Maybe you better explain your answer other than destructive criticism.

[@steelteepost9810]

I'm with 1960gambit.

[@sic22l]

Truck is quite light indeed but it also has rubber tires. that provide much more grip than steel wheels.

[@Jaxplaysthemgames]

sic22l but if you slam the brakes on that truck it could push it off the rails

[@otnielmattos3237]

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[@arlingtontrains7]

I love that horn! :)

[@sparkpenguin]

is it weird to find this adorable

[@michaellindsey8769]

That was bad ass cool nice

[@TriStateRailfan]

Nathan P3 horn?

[@goodeye03]

What kind of license do you need to run this machine, truck Class A CDL, Conductor,Engineer...Cool equipment.

[@brianblankenship5265]

00:23 it sounds like something died. I'm not sure what but something died.

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

boy that cn truck can pull a lot of train cars.

[@beeble2003]

That's how railroads work -- there's very little friction between a steel wheel a steel rail. Also, empty flat cars are relatively light.

[@2KXMKR]

"I was born a truck but now I sexually identify as a train." Oddly appropriate in 2019...

[@jml8975]

Technically called a "railcar mover"

[@csyardmaintenance9549]

@Lazys The Dank Engineer I’m gay and trans and I found it funny! Your the problem with the world

[@robertgift]

Interesting. (Always show entering a grade crossing in case someone gets hit.) What kind of training does the truck driver have?

[@paulspomer16]

I didn’t know they could pull cars too!!!

[@slicaltimistic1]

😁Big truck haul just about anything including train cars.

[@matthewstrickler8642]

That CN Rail truck is the one that bites the dust

[@slicaltimistic1]

😁Can you imagine hauling train cars with this truck along a manual transmission?

[@paulsmith5398]

But that horn❗it sounds identical to ELS 503 AAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKK!

[@mj0820]

This is one of the of the oddest things I have ever seen

[@jayattack1026]

mj0820 Train Productions same

[@Maryannlopez1455]

mj0820 Train Productions f

[@janicev1967]

SLIPKNOT FAN THATS JAY WEINBERG

[@slipknotslayer9026]

Its Uxea No shit

[@Prionel]

Where does the power go - to the small rail wheels?

[@Fitz710]

ifyou look closely you can see there are two drive tires making contact with the rail which is what's pushing it.

[@BobBob-le9kx]

Now that’s not something you see everyday.

[@rtz549]

Serious rig. Probably good for 110mph? Let's see what it can do! :)

[@nikhomshaweeriyha9913]

Really nice apply idea use common truck cab to do job on rail, hope it is not very expensive for every country, due to rail track will do not load very much as locomotive engine.

[@nikhomshaweeriyha9913]

ํYou can see and use multi function inkjet printer this apply is similar, don't you?

[@jakeeves6093]

i have seen these hi rail trucks working on the cn maine line in kingston ontario were i live but i only see them when they work on the rils in the spring

[@414cyclerider2]

Wonder if it has PTC

[@darrellcalvin933]

That's pretty cool

[@bluecollarjob]

What chord does that chime play?

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

what type of hoppers are those? never seen any like it

[@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin]

Paul Rude ballast

[@samanli-tw3id]

Why doesn’t it have a bell?

[@Kansasrailfan101]

Very nice !

[@CAMAROFAN45]

I thought this truck was running through Miami manitoba which doesn't have anymore railway going through it.

[@thomasshebat2351]

It sounds like a regular train but in truck form

[@beeble2003]

Trainsformers, locos in disguise!

[@jameskoskinen6763]

Huh... this kinda puts things into perspective

[@blainevideos123]

I would say to kitbash one and buy a cylindrical covered hopper and then cut the top portion off and rebuild it into this car with styrene.

[@Famouzlastwrds]

How many hp does that thing have

[@kathycoffin2977]

That horn reminds me of NS's sd40-2

[@Deutschus]

Because the nathan P5 was on a lot of SD40-2 and in fact was on a lot of early 90s and older NS stuff

[@mauricelong4678]

Can it pull oil tanker train

[@shanestrains2849]

CN power shortage calls for trucks to do the work

[@disneywave1982]

What else can rigs can haul here in the US and Canada? A Train I guess, well thats what this ol' Western Star is doin here! XD

[@ppger44]

Can that diesel truck being direct geared by transmission and not electromotively driven be able to pull those railcars up a 13% grade? Like across Pennsylvania.

[@Jemalacane0]

The steepest grade in the U.S. is Saluda Grade in North Carolina at 5%.

[@railfannerjs6308]

It's a Semi-Train!

[@Enrickos81]

yeahhhhhhh👍🏼😂😂😂🎊⚡✌🏼😝🏆🎇

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

As I understand it, the move falls under Maintenance-Of -Way - so an engineer and conductor are not required - as they would be if a locomotive were used.

[@JohnsTrainVideos]

Does that truck have two horns? one for on road use and one for rail road use?

[@isaiahjones2089]

Yes. The train horns are under the bumper

[@dionicioesquedavazquez4698]

Que pasa si este camion choca de frente con una SD70ACe?

[@matthewtolltrollsher9635]

Big rigs are pretty strong vehicles.

[@TriStateRailfan]

How does a truck like that have a railroad horn

[@ankhnybayarbattulga9991]

This work horn. stupid comment

[@TriStateRailfan]

Ok.... Just wondering lol

[@Sevalecan]

I find it interesting that the truck uses rubber tires on a steel rail. I wonder if that provides the ability to produce higher tractive effort per pound of weight on the drive axles.

[@ARockRaider]

it has to, i don't see how it couldn't.

[@TNS17]

CN needs to take care of their tracks

[@ermilocoello6092]

Hi, I am interested to do the same, I have the truck and the railroad adaptor to pull installed, but have no information about the brake system, can you help me with some tips?

[@onrr1726]

are them flat cars 40 footers or are they 50 feet?

[@Toddgillilandfan]

what kinda cars are those

[@RWboi]

Ballast hopper train cars. Or if you're talking about the truck, they're called hi-rail vehicles.

[@boxcarthehusky420]

Gettin away from Thunderdome

[@AdhamOhm]

There's a glitch in the Matrix.

[@wilfstor3078]

I saw one of these on the highway once but never pulling a train

[@digimaks]

What an oddity.....

[@denelson83]

Hey, it's a legitimate train.

[@elcaballoloco7288]

The problem isn,t yo pull, the problem Is to brake

[@fordnut4914]

Im sure they thought it all out there captain obvious

[@beeble2003]

The truck has an air compressor to operate the train brakes.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

Go home Truck, you're drunk...

[@salvadorngollong2325]

ce type de camion peut servir a latelege des wagon pour des long convois. cest uine idee inge nieuse

[@Big.G5137]

U wrong man bnsf all so have a peterbuilt with a cummins in it. It's not about the engine. It u no any thing about trucks. It's al about how u gear them.

[@matthewstrickler8642]

He didn’t use his horn at the crossing

[@beeble2003]

Er, he did, at both of them.

[@thatcorvetteguy2640]

0:50 I thought that was a tornado

[@paulspomer16]

How would there be a tornado when the sun is out and there’s no storms in sight😭😭

[@thatcorvetteguy2640]

@@paulspomer16 Dust devil

[@brandonlpl8681]

Cool

[@Relics_tv]

I want one

[@jml8975]

It'll only set you back $980,000.

[@sxymike12]

Thats kind of weird, all and all it must suck because your riding the gas pedal.

[@MyDiabolicoTwin]

Some heavy trucks had + 700hp but I believe here isn't the truck engine who is pulling the train.

[@beeble2003]

It is the truck engine. What else could it be?

[@TriStateRailfan]

ASDF I like TRAINS Me: Nope I LIKE TRAIN TRUCKS Me: Yep!

[@jiteandarhatkarhatkar776]

ok

[@channeloppoae5422]

Klakson e persis Sepor....

[@deviousdieselqc]

Its not a bit to heavy for a truck is front is in the air and he smoking black i tink it made it sufering

[@jabedhabib5648]

Jabed habib

[@claudioreyessalinas5552]

Camionsito y tu papito el tren

[@matthewjensen9550]

Silly truck thinks it’s a train

[@jasonmckinney9938]

Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s almost like seeing an elephant with the head of a cow

[@منوعاتعراقية-ض6و]

OK

[@salvadorngollong2325]

avec tout le systeme integre que je vois ce camion seul pese plus de 30t

[@BattousaiCV]

Go home, Truck. You are drunk.

[@shauniseesp]

Matt hayes. so there

[@paulsmith5398]

And its got a flag on the last car, hi-rail probably not equipped for F.R.E.D. !

[@beeble2003]

They're open hoppers, not gondolas. Hoppers empty through the bottom; gondolas through the top.

[@b707master5]

parodiying russia

[@jameskoskinen6763]

Difference is that in Russia they would be on a dirt road whilst crossing a flooding river and the driver would be a 75 year old woman on her way to the market

[@adnanabdillahghifari720]

Nathan P3

[@Wong_jowo66392]

Cc 206

[@futurepilot6749]

P3

[@zulmapineda952]

n.x

[@naumannolaf8429]

Hoy! Bemerkenswertes Gespann!

[@A._Dot]

Fake train lol

[@yee3311]

I don’t like this

[@fordnut4914]

Its a western star theres youre answer.

[@mariestick6636]

Cool