Train Ride on Tennessee's Most-Scenic Railroad from Clinchfield 800

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Ride the line going westbound from Rockwood to Crab Orchard here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKiueGyomNCWd7M

[@markcinque167]

Nice Bridge and i love the Horn it sounds like the Horn on a classic early 1950's ALCO FPA-4 Diesel Electric Locomotive, 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃,16:03

[@armorvestrus4119]

Great videos I knew this had to be some place in Tennessee, just by the woods and fields.

[@sequoiasemperviren3163]

As a retired civil engineer, I am humbled by the human effort that went into making this railroad a reality. From the initial surveys to determine the lay of the land, selecting the most efficient route, and then the human hands who rearranged the earth to construct the embankments and the bridges. Incredible what those in the past created for a better, more prosperous future. I wish we could do the same.

[@paulwilton735]

The thing that I find the most amazing is that nobody talks about the men that actually built these tracks.

[@mikeking245]

even worse the ones who funded the building and thus the full blown controllers of the whole nation. Thats power, only you get cancelled if you say who.

[@jamesstricklin5201]

Or clitchfield 800 72 yrs old and amooth

[@vics945]

You’re so right!

[@Crawer101]

​@@mikeking245 What on earth are you taking about? I'm a civil engineer. We just get stuff done... No fuss. Then onto the next project. 🤔

[@mikeking245]

@@Crawer101 im talking about juice crew. the ones who run it all... think about it.

[@anderson79538]

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[@wiccan6610]

My daddy his brother and wife and their son all were engineers for Clinchfield, (CSX) rr out of Erwin Tn. What a gem! TY FOR THIS!

[@EvanBallinger13]

The EMDs are definitely one of my favorite engines, and to see it chugging through such amazing terrain was a feast for the senses. Thanks for posting such amazing ride-alongs!

[@vettebecker1]

God, what I wouldn't give to be in the driver seat of 800!! Beautiful locomotive. Thank you for this Drayton, I've so wanted to see a cab ride from 800 for the longest time! Love those F and E unit locomotives!!!!

[@brandonb.9498]

One of the most beautiful renditions of jingle bells I’ve ever heard Wade. 😆👍🏻

[@nc-railadventures]

That's me at 57:10 and 1:07:10 in the Challenger lol. That was a fun chase!

[@tatecarlson]

This locomotive has one of the best, if not the best Nathan M5 airhorns out there. Well a strong contender to my claim would probably be FP7 Southern 6133

[@OfficialJHW1]

I can confirm, I've been for a cab ride in that exact locomotive, and I got to blow the horn a couple times

[@fosterchild420420]

RIP ear bud wearers.

[@ka2rwp]

Those type of horns in those days some railroads used them blowing them a certain sequence as a communication language.

[@DonnaChamberson]

It has a wonderful toot, warms my vagina to hear it.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Everything looks the same as it did 36 years ago. That was the TVRM trip to Crossville. Another commenter mentions 4501, but my recollection is 4501 ran from Chattanooga to Rockwood( the bottom of the mountain), and then they removed 4501 and put two diesels on, because there was no place to turn the train nearby. That was a rainy day and we stalled at least twice before getting to Crab Orchard. That ex-Tennessee Central line was mostly a folly. It was the only line that ran directly across TN from Nashville to Knoxville, but missed any meaningful traffic sources. Plus, it has a hard climb in either direction(which amazingly are the sections still in service. It's been proposed to reinstall the missing section that NS removed but I doubt it ever happens. Great video!

[@southerncrescent1401]

This brings back memories. I traveled this path a few times during my childhood behind the 4501 when the TVRM had a fall excursion going from Chattanooga to Crossville TN.

[@erikmcc804]

wow this was an awesome catch, thanks and the old F unit and inside of the unit, amazing and please keep them coming. the ride along was awesome 🙂

[@Yeoman7]

Wonderful video, beautiful train and I love the engineer’s horn style.❤

[@slimonion1975]

love the ride along great job and definitely love the scenery views great job

[@stevehoffman9735]

Boy, that "Big Gulch Bridge" or whatever it was called at the end there, man, I had my doubts! Great video, thanks.

[@AKawalski]

Wow oh wow!! Absolutely epic horn! Beautiful machine! A credit to its history and the teams that restored her and run her! Awesome! I thank you!

[@leecarlson9713]

I just learned the horn signals. It was fun knowing what was going to happen from the horn. Interesting sound to the double air horn.😁

[@markmadison1135]

From the other side of the world, a great journey thru Tennessee. I haven't been there before.

[@lymansamuel1890]

🎉🎉🎉

[@ObservantHistorian]

I wish I could say I was stunned by the number of people complaining about the speed of the train, who haven't bothered to read that it's an excursion, meant to be slow and scenic; it doesn't even occur to them to check the description for a possible reason before rushing to display their foolishness. I'm not stunned. I'm not even surprised. It's just sad.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

The FP7 will always be on my top 3 list of favorite locomotives. Never gets old operating it on the Clinchfield on Train Sim World.

[@Flyingbeanman236]

The thing i find weird is the F7 in game has a front and rear horn toggle yet the real F7 had only one horn toggle

[@Unknown_Ooh]

@@Flyingbeanman236 Unfortunately the game isn't always accurate with their models

[@Flyingbeanman236]

@@Unknown_Ooh That is very true

[@dw.7655]

Beautiful, great restoration of a classic F unit. Thanks for posting

[@thomasmackowiak]

Wonderful video, Drayton! I enjoyed watching this video with the cab views and the views from the top of the cab. Wade White knows how to work the horn on Clinchfield #800.

[@cadenmcmexican7999]

Classic Wade at the throttle of a Classic Locomotive. Classic

[@ssddinfla]

That was really awesome Wade .. thanks for the tour.

[@pavelyakovlev5405]

Fantastic beauty! Thank you so much for this video.

[@bryanlloyd1099]

This was awesome and thanks for taking us along!

[@adampyke4037]

I live in east TN/North Georgia. I only live about twenty minutes from the TVRM in Chattanooga. Went on one of their excursion trains as a kid, and would love to go on another sometime. This is an awesome video.

[@cameronbutner9307]

What a GREAT video! I’m grateful! Love watching!

[@TNRailProductions_01]

Wonderful video! It sure was an awesome day. It’s kinda fun trying to find myself in these videos

[@maryables6752]

Beautiful ❤️ 😍 scenery 😍

[@railseast]

Nevermind superb footage, but a view of the throttle linkage on the prime mover from inside the carbody?! Amazing stuff, easily one of your top 5 vids ever...bravo, sir.

[@dmorgan28]

Awesome video. Loved it. And I love these locomotives. I’ve run the myself. 👍❤️

[@xelxel7]

LOTS OF BIG TRAINS!!!

[@jeffbyland7128]

Enjoyed the train ride through the mountains and the scenery and listening to the engine Make this way down and through the line

[@armorvestrus4119]

This so Awesome thanks for sharing it.,

[@wilmeaux12]

That must be the old Tennessee Central main line trackage. Rode passenger trains over that line a few times, back in the day.

[@buckeyefarmer6259]

Driven along that route several times. Cool video.

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

Fantastic video!!! Thank you for this jewel of a video!!!

[@gingerbread6614]

Great job of videoing. Thank you

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

I drove the length of Tennessee two times during my servicing communications equipment days... i'm 74 and retired 11/29/2022 now. pretty state all the way.

[@therocinante3443]

47:42 Thanks for playing Jingle bells!

[@veggiepowered]

I'am your newest subscriber that is a really great video. i like to film the trains in prince west virginia . your train looks cool from the 70s ? John in florida

[@voidjavelin23]

Theyre in the 50s

[@poundersproductions1975]

Hands down best M5 and a awesome Locomotive! Great Video

[@danbaublitz]

Great Vid but would have loved to meet the engineer @ the beginning ! .. and on screen captions explaining what he is doing while driving would be just awesome ! Nice video.

[@cfdtv1]

Great video! Wish that route was a regular trip. I'd pay for the trip.

[@RailPreserver2K]

Loving the video drayton

[@55tmilam]

Absolutely awesome video!

[@Train_Master_4014]

Nice locomotive and bell

[@kurtbilinski1723]

I unconsciously pulled in my elbows at several points in that trip :)

[@Slowgroovin]

This route needs to be recreated in Train Sim World 3.

[@FlawedCoil82]

Cool video! I do wish it had been filmed when everything was green though in the summer.

[@Patric5590]

Awesome video 👍😎🇺🇸🚂

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

47:42 was my favorite part lol

[@pauljohansson288]

That's a great sounding horn

[@jessejohnson6435]

Right On!!!

[@mostlyinterested1016]

That's one cool horn.

[@trainandtruckmodeler786]

Now I got a ideah of how it was when grandpa worked at Chicago Great Western.....I always worked on B23-7s, C30-7s and GP7s as well as Paducah....

[@charleswolff2887]

The train sim i run has the 800 with the horn. I love the sound of itm

[@ryans413]

Everyone drives on the roads but trains get there own road that’s mostly scenic. Can’t complain about that.

[@albertripley4969]

One mode of transportation I have yet to experience.

[@randomgamer4048]

Ok I know that they likely inspect everything quite often and know that it’s all safe but DAMN those bridges look like they could collapse at any moment.

[@dragicevicgeorges-dorde8225]

...finally shots of the driver's cab t get an impression of the train management...

[@mkzfqh]

Awesome

[@sshumkaer]

Man I'd love to drive this train through the woods

[@PowderMill]

👍🏼 OUTSTANDING!! Thank you so very much. Btw - Have you considered using a drone for an extra view ? I previously ran the drone operations unit of a rather small volunteer fire department. Much of our coverage area is adjacent to railroad tracks and much of that is also near a small municipal airport. As you probably know, DJI uses geofencing to enforce NFZ (“no fly zones”) and that restricted our drone operations. Much of their mapping is not current or up to date, listing many approved areas as “restricted” , thus preventing the drones from any operations. We were tired of being able to digital certs from DJI, so have modified our drones to bypass the aforementioned NFZ enforcement. The Mavic-3 is our “go to” drone and offers a tremendous number of features that might make for great Trainspotting. - 47 minute flight time - incredible zoom-telephoto camera system (7x optical and 28x digital) - radio range (control / telemetry / video streaming) of up to 8 miles It’s a bit pricey, but very much worth it IMHO. Drone $2,000 RC-Pro controller $1200 Spare Batteries $1500 ($250@ x 6) They also have the AIR-2s model and Mini-3-Pro models for a bit less $$. These might be more suited to a low budget operat

[@raymondjohnston3975]

My Grandpa was a, REA Expressman on several different Railroads.

[@O-PAC]

The F unit….the OG of safety cabs.

[@TezcatlipocaMountedRailfan]

This is cool. I’ve never been on the Clenchfield, but it looks gorgeous. Next you should do the Hiawassee Loop.

[@railwayjade]

This is awsome!

[@ronaldsummons6100]

Nice Very Nice.

[@briansessler1573]

It’s a great job What scenery

[@eastkentuckyrailfan]

Nice!

[@luismanuelmartinezcastaned8880]

I love that F7A...

[@100gpdriver]

Photo Bomb by the tow truck! nice

[@maryables6752]

How long is this train ride. My first time watching 👀 ☺️ 😍 this ride. It's awesome

[@jeffsnider3588]

Really beautiful path thru the countryside. Any Rail Speeder groups that ride this route? First time I rode with the rail speeders and crossed one of these high bridges........oh me......I could not grip the seat tight enough!

[@briansmith-l1q]

very nice, love the engine , hate the colors, lol

[@hifijohn]

Should have recorded it in the summertime when all trees have their leaves.

[@John-dd3gz]

👍 NICE!!

[@briansessler1573]

Hobos have great footage too

[@bethweber9398]

Love the train & the horn. It would have been a prettier ride in the fall with the leaves turning. Don't understand why the horn sound before going over bridge or why the trip stops in the middle of nowhere to go back. Just a little confused.

[@jaro324]

Przepiękne 👍

[@ohgary]

What nice camera work! No more shaky iPhone videos!

[@nevillethomas7321]

P.S. D.I.B.P it's always nice to relive the old revenue once in a while Have Good One !

[@Milepost1965]

Get in sit down, shut up and hold on!!

[@danielheartsill4269]

I would think when the F unit came out the engineers who had been running steam thought, look now we can see both sides of the track. That was probably a real safety factor.

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

wow, that's what I was looking for... a deer.

[@freshdoug]

1:08:00 "Hey everyone, want me to go through the tunnel again? yes? All right."

[@241hnd]

It would be great if someone could explain what the various handles, levers, etc, inside the cab did.

[@wickerbill7793]

I agree. They should fix the clock. It’s stuck on 11 or 12:45. That of course it it’s indeed a clock.

[@midwestrails8317]

Very nicely done Drayton!

[@netromrep6325]

Very good video. 👍 But why on earth is the horn blown four times before every crossing? Everybody hears it the first time.

[@ruffian2952]

Operating rule 14(l).

[@netromrep6325]

@@ruffian2952 Thank you.

[@mrwrangler8737]

Love the scenery but hate the rails in the clip.The track bed is so steep and close on the right side of the rail. After a heavy rain, I would be afraid of a washout.

[@scr2392]

1:08:24 WOW THOES JAKES WERE SO LOUD I THOUGHT IT WAS A PLANE nope just a detroit

[@Norfolksouthernproduction-ns]

47:42 nice!

[@kennyward4674]

That feller is whistle happy. Take a chill pill!!!

[@markcinque167]

Nice Engine Room Alright!,23:51

[@Mike-01234]

Must have been lot of work to lay these tracks down I wonder how they handle flooding. Some of that track looks below ground level.

[@gordonvincent731]

This is the main line of the Tennessee Central, correct?

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Correct.

[@gordonvincent731]

@@DelayInBlockProductions Thank you.

[@eltoro6688]

I have ALWAYS thhought those ol' cabs sounded alot lke thier GM cousins. (cars)