Electric Trains Galore!

All aboard for Electric Trains Galore! Come aboard for a 40 minute long journey to see electric trains operating in various locations across the United States. Many different railroads are featured, and you will see everything from the high speed passenger trains of the Northeast to short freight hauling railroads, one of which uses locomotives that are nearly 100 years old. Each section of the video features one electric train or locomotive. There's excitement for everyone in this next installment of the Trains Galore series. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show!
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[@pennsyr1]

As a big fan of North American freight electrification, I very much appreciated seeing the Black Mesa & Lake Powell footage. Very few are willing to venture so far off the beaten path to capture that isolated operation.

[@aaronballeck3153]

RIP BM&LP and N de M power:(....

[@jwalster9412]

sad they had to close down. the irony in the fact that it was transport for a coal operated power plant - clean electric trains for a very polluting power plant

[@AnnoyingBastsardonSteam]

B L A C K M E S A

[@harishrathod9038]

@Owly123 🤣😗ĺl ĺĺĺaàlo Ĺl0l0l0l

[@68639]

@@AnnoyingBastsardonSteamfig3 *,nm vlid sYv .r usc ,xFt Hbmr Xp

[@hansemist]

The United States definitely needs more of these on their railroads!

[@aaronballeck3153]

Rest in peace BM & LP. And N de M power. :(....

[@susangause8954]

(8th ,

[@mcfc_lads1894]

oh they had alot in the early through mid 20th century

[@guirleineexantus1114]

That if CSX, BNSF, UP, decide to electrify their lines

[@fritzfam5]

The government being cheap af:

[@MOHAWKL4A3124]

Nice to see the freight versions of the Amtrak E60 are still around. 12:20

[@choochoobenaccountdefunct9716]

2:59 OMFG!!! I'VE never seen the Acela Express blink its ditch lights before

[@GoldenOne131]

Yeah that's the first time I saw it

[@venkatpogaku4965]

Same

[@chris-8597]

Nerds

[@chris-8597]

@R4ndomP3rson544ツ you guys are a bunch of nerds

[@amtrakisveryepic4169]

@@chris-8597 Then why are you here? Lmfao Don't tell me your ass went through all the trouble to go to a train video to comment that lol. If you did just that then get a life, if you are seriously watching this on your own time them shut up, and stop being a hypocrite. That's babe❤

[@johnturley8621]

As an old born and raised Chicagoan now living half-a-century in Germany, I surely appreciate seeing electric rail lines in the US. But I was only acquainted with them personally in Chicago and vicinity, and I only recognized the South Shore Line and some Metras; all the others and their localities I'd not seen before. I was especially mystified with the way some of them went down the middle of residential streets with their 3-4 chime air horns in full cry (I grew up with them, so they're in my blood, but the neighborhoods must cry the blues!), and where in the wide-open countryside those electric freights were. As someone else remarked here, Germany is far in advance of the USA in this respect, although Germany is universally in bad need of repair. JAT

[@anthonyhunt701]

Spoken like a Chicagoan❤👍🏻🚂

[@harleysparrow222]

Our two year old daughter just loves you. Thank you so much

[@CoasterFan2105]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the comment!

[@DanTDMJace]

*_w h a t_*

[@zzzz_zhtrub]

@@DanTDMJace ya know children love trains,right?

[@MrBnsftrain]

You caught some nice action of electric locomotives in nearly every part of America! 10:24 I thought the south shore (and Metra) bi-level cars always rain in pairs! but this train has 5 cars! 12:39 that horn sounds nice! even though it only has one chime working! 13:32 Nice catch of a single-ended electric! I think the Black Mesa and Lake Powell are retiring the single -ended locos! I just saw AEM7s 942 and 928 on the Southwest chief yesterday! They're heading to the TTC in pueblo!

[@alexpaumen3937]

What's the TTC? The ? Test Center?

[@SleepTrain456]

Alex Paumen TTC = Transportation Technology Center. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Technology_Center,_Inc.

[@trainzguy2472]

Transportation Technology Center. They will probably do speed tests, structural tests, and (hopefully not) crash tests on them.

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you! And yes, that is one of if not the last of the single ended E60s left on the BMLP.

[@CoasterFan2105]

It's in northern Arizona near the city of Page.

[@GLA741]

"Thanks for watching!" No, thank you for such an amazing video. The 40 minutes and 19 seconds I spent watching this, was a great investment into my time and knowledge. I had no idea the United States had this many Electrified commuter trains. I just knew MARC, Amtrak, and NJ Transit operated some in the NE corridor. Also, I had no Idea Metro North was a RR, in TS 2017, I bought the Kawasaki Metro North train set and thought that was the name of it.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

I'm sad the Navajo mine railroad shut down

[@heathermccall5225]

3:50 Acela express is like I'm gonna get ya

[@cascaderails9340]

Who else here is also happy to see the E60 working as a freight hauler even after being retired from passenger service?

[@cristhianbarrientos4694]

Yes this locomotives they where whitreals retires from service passengers un México

[@anjalichoudhary4506]

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[@gamingwithelsohd3220]

YAY, electric trains! Here in Germany, most of our major routes are high-speed electric routes, so I'm happy to see some in the US a well! Electric trains are by far my favorite type of train. Keep up the good work! :-)

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you! Glad you liked it! :)

[@digimaks]

US has lOOOOONG way to go to match up even to 1/2 of German railroads. problem is in germany- raqilroad is government owned- DB- freight and Passenger. same in france, UK, Russia, ect. In USA railroads owned by private companies, and theyare not too interestedd in investing in electrified FUTURE of railroads. Their tracks are terribly banged up, especially in long distance routes.

[@SeverityOne]

"Thank you for being supportive and not making fun of us like other Europeans" To me (as a European), it's probably some sort of inferiority complex. "Hey, you do almost everything better than we, but at least we have better trains!" Or something of the sort. 😉 You cannot really compare railways in the USA to those in Europe. The 1435 mm width (forgot what it is in feet and inches) is about the only thing they have in common. You can sail around Europe (there are seas to the south, the west and the north), you can sail through Europe (major rivers go from the North Sea to the Black Sea), so a lot of cargo is moved by ship. Also, railway companies are still largely state-owned, and their cargo divisions used to be inefficient, so either they collapsed or got bought by Deutsche Bahn Cargo, which is now a very large world-wide transport company. State ownership also means that the state can decide to build high-speed railways with taxpayers' money. They /do/ have economic benefits, as can be witnessed by the economic region created between Denmark and Sweden with the Øresund bridge and tunnel, but using the word "tax" in the USA and not putting "lower" immediately before it, means that your political career has come to an end. Then there are the distances in the USA. Electrification is expensive, and the USA is a /really/ large country. Having said that, the Russians have completely electrified the Trans-Siberian Railway, and that is considerably longer than the longest possible distance in the lower 48. But again, state ownership. Finally, freight will always take precedence over passenger traffic in the USA. In Europe, it's the other way around, except on dedicated freight routes, such as the one going from Rottterdam in the Netherlands to Germany. The result is low passenger numbers. It's a bit comparing apples to oranges, because Amtrak is largely for long distances, but Amtrak, supposedly serving a country of over 300 million people, has just over 30 million passengers a year. CFL, the Luxembourg railway company, a country of just half a million people, has just over 20 million passengers a year.

[@jamesbensch6]

digimaks I don't live in the US but I do know that their passenger service is owned by the government. In the 70s they amalgamated all of the private companies into the government owned entity called Amtrak. The regional governments also set up their own commuter/regional brails lines too. Like Amtrak, they are owned by some form of government. The UK on the other hand has actually privatized all of their railways and now they're owned by a mish mash of private companies. I'm originally from the UK and have experience with British trains. As far as the US needing a long way to go to match Europe railroads, I will give you that one. The US is substantially behind

[@ericjamieson]

Most of what little electrified lines we have in the US are owned or controlled by some govt or quasi-govt agency, whether it's Amtrak or a local commuter rail agency. However the vast majority of the US rail network is owned by private companies, and there is little incentive for them to electrify, since they'd end up paying higher property taxes since electrification is considered an asset. In fact several North American mainlines have been de-electrified since WWII since selling off the copper and reducing property taxes made too much economic sense. Black Mesa and Lake Powell is sort of an exception since it exists purely to haul coal to a huge power station, so there's a ton of cheap electricity available and it's in an area where hauling in diesel is fairly expensive. In Europe the tax issue doesn't arise since most of the rail infrastructure is owned in some way shape or form by the government. If the US govt every took it into its head to make rail electrification tax-exempt, you might see a lot more of it.

[@kalm_k5549]

Rip Amtrak toasters 😢

[@FunnyMonkey1217]

25:15 is Amtrak’s ACS 64 is

[@DanTDMJace]

what

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

what

[@Senor.semaj11]

We know

[@lucylebron22]

6:03 you will be missed

[@Senor.semaj11]

My man traveled to the desert just to film a train! Man’s a legend

[@mohammedhossain7503]

All of those places are beautiful.

[@joaogoncalves1097]

Love to see the top of both electric locos or EMU's and watch pantographs collecting power from the catenary, making sparks and voltaic archs in special, the catenary system itself, the sustaining poles, gantries, isolators, substations, boosters, switches....Electric trains are my favourites. Thanks for sharing and posting. Greets fm Brazil

[@lianahlove1113]

Trains were Getting Coal from Black Mesa, AZ to Page, AZ Power plant On The Navajo Nation..

[@mrees3874]

Thank you for putting so much work into this channel. My son is a huge fan of your videos and is always excited when he sees you've added a new one. He suffers from a neurological disorder and your videos have made a massive impact on how he is able to manage it. Just thought I'd let you know how much you mean to him. Thank you again!

[@rickyrivas4787]

how old is ur son

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

ricky rivas your weird

[@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan]

Mr Ees aww so cute

[@TheBurlingtonTransitFan]

@@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan Too cute

[@LamborginiBugatti1745]

He loves trains

[@SDRP_4406]

17:44 The common ear-splitting noise of the ALPs!

[@SDRP_4406]

18:00 THAT IS THE MOST FOWLED HORN I HAVE EVER HEARD!

[@roneen1000]

Only u can here 2 horns lol and the 3a squeaks lol

[@scottishtrainsandbuses2744]

EEEEEeEeEeEeEaeEeEe

[@flexmann2148]

@ 8:05 Chicago South Shore (NICTD) Commuter trains. Rolling down 11th street Michigan City, Indiana. Great video.

[@tracksidefilms5416]

Electric trains galore but every times it shows the NEC it gets faster

[@Wes8761]

Trackside Films lol

[@kitchenjail3546]

Trackside Films YES

[@alexmcface]

Yes

[@Dd-qz4ym]

Indeed

[@GoldenOne131]

@@ctandmaelevatorscruiseshot7720 you shut up

[@Dimenxions]

you will be remembered AEM-7 ;-;

[@kevp9601]

Yeah, See You In The Great Train Station in the Sky, AEM-7. :'-(

[@Dimenxions]

kev p yeah ;-;

[@Dimenxions]

kev p so sad ;-;

[@Dimenxions]

S.P. 4449 Daylight and American Freedom Train that was way....long ago

[@CP_Trent]

the toaster?????

[@holdupitstag]

Alright ;3; I love Electric Trains

[@The747Isnotdead]

Y E S, C R V E T H E EL E C T R I C

[@S117M4sterChief]

15:57 Ah, home sweet home.

[@thealmightydoge5653]

Same!

[@blxck_ivy9663]

Thank you CoasterFan2105

[@bigdawgshawn674]

That outro couldn't have been any better. That whole video was great. Keep up the good work!

[@willhorowitz8806]

Liked the BM&LP

[@aaronballeck3153]

RIP BM & LP

[@glenatkinson7732]

I don't know why but I love electric railways above steam and diesel. Second oldest technology but also most current. Thank you.

[@felixbeutin8105]

Haaa most current loln😂😂👍

[@uanamani]

Saw the NdeM E60C-2 locomotives and came running! The most powerful locomotives ever been south of the border.

[@elperroazul9992]

MS&T Subway & Rail Videos + Right electrifying Busy lines or coal lines will allow higher horsepower locomotives on to trains csx should consider electrifying the pope’s creek branch it carries heavy coal loads and passes on the NEC which is electric.

[@aaronballeck3153]

Rest in peace BM & LP, and N de M power. :(......

[@dannygayler90]

Thanks Mike , very interesting , especially the electric coal trains , and the speed of some of these passenger trains !

[@gottsavezekaiser1918]

It's nice that you included South Shore Line EMU's. I remember those from "I Love Big Trains"

[@SgtChip]

Same here.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Well made. Great shooting, superb editing, well told story. 10/10

[@NERRP2017]

I never knew single ended electric locomotives existed. Thanks for showing me a beautiful video of one on the NdeM railroad in Mexico.

[@aaronballeck3153]

Defunct N de M engines operating in AZ, USA. BM & LP. Also now defunct.

[@aaronballeck3153]

Still a couple on Deseret Bonanza line

[@nolantherailfan5048]

13:26 look's like the big boys are hauling the coal

[@user-pz9lk2wq2t]

Ues good to see a train

[@GrijzePilion]

Looking great. Big fan of US electrics here, definitely crossing the Atlantic someday to come see them.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

This video was a welcome diversion from the North American diesel hauled freight railroad, and gives a good overview of different railroads that are active in passenger transport and the types of locomotives, trains and DMUs they operate (sadly the ASEA locomotives are history). The film makes clear to me, as an European, that at least the most populated part of the whole of the US in the North East has a passenger rail transport system that looks to what we are used to over here, trains running very frequent with good average speeds for the type of service they are operating in. In freight operations electrics are more an oddity now, local operations like the Iowa Traction, or specialized operations like the NdeM (was this formerly known as the Mesa Railroad?) coal trains. A very positive comment can be made about the stations along these passenger lines, they are very welcoming looking places without the ugliness of many stations and halts in paticularly the UK, with an overkill of adverts, bright colors and ugly 1950's and 60's buildings looking rundown, your stations instead have a very calming visual impact with nice architecture and toned down colors. Liked that part of street running, looked like a streetcar on steroids!

[@aaronballeck3153]

RIP BM & LP and N de M power. : -(......

[@ankitwap7]

Beautiful compilation!

[@ramiroalvares3964]

Aah.... The glorious E60s from Nacionales de México... They were big beasts on the railroad... I miss them...

[@aaronballeck3153]

RIP BM & LP and N de M power. :(....

[@BorisLu]

Nice video!

[@LeroyUrocyon]

13:04 they look like a movie from the 80s, how classic!

[@NinjagoGuy416]

5:2 RIP AEM-7s :(

[@hallze3737]

@ 18:38 How many cars are there and @ 19:16 that is a nice shot of 2 trains crossing over each other and @ 19:47 great picture of the double decker train and @ 21:41-21:44 nice meet of the 2 double decker trains.

[@haroldalexis4200]

It was well worth watching thank you making this video from the bottom of my heart.🙂🚞

[@newcastlerails1416]

Sweet stuff, Mike!

[@Jemalacane0]

Tis actually the best way to power trains.

[@Jemalacane0]

Although electric locomotives are wonderful, a freight locomotive needs to be heavy for adhesion. And yes, I hope the big 4 get on electrification, making their lines double track, and using concrete ties and welded rails.

[@iusetano]

Excellent video.

[@thecarolinianrailfan8339]

The Iowa Traction Railway looks very impressive.

[@CoasterFan2105]

It is quite a neat operation.

[@oldforestroad]

N de M footage was awesome, thank you!

[@jaxsonwirth1654]

Nice to see types of e60s

[@JoryNinoFlores]

3:22 MBTA just chillin

[@ericyoung1478]

I like that some of the rail lines in this videos' overhead wires are on the same poles as regular, non-railway power wires!

[@user-im9ch9oq6z]

Wow. The video is excellent.

[@ericjamieson]

Nice shots of the last days of Amtrak's Toasters on the NEC.

[@SDRP_4406]

7:16 Yeah #2302!

[@TheRealVGR]

Now this,this is an efficent and clean way of shipping stuff.

[@WorldwideRailfan]

Great video, Mike!

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you!

[@AcelaRailfanning]

i love how in the begining its just pure acelas i love it so much

[@russellgxy2905]

I'll be honest. Up until this video, I didn't even know the Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad existed (given it's isolated, I'm not too surprised)! But hey! This is great! We have electric interurban freight in Iowa, and heavy electric unit trains in Arizona! Not to mention the original E60C's with their single cabs! I was squeeing at that!

[@aaronballeck3153]

RIP BM & LP and N de M power. : -(....

[@deepfryer767]

This is how many times he showed the Acela Express 👇🏽

[@haroldalexis4200]

This video I simply love this I ciapped at the end! I want to treasure this video! A thousand times thank wow how i enjoyed this! 😃🔊🔊🚞👍👍💕

[@dmitriyklenovskiy7848]

США такая классная страна ,все так красиво и ухожено

[@Ferromexfan4081]

Awesome video man!!

[@hallze3737]

Amtrak Dash 8 Lover I'm a huge fan ;)

[@oscarzazueta3358]

Mike aswome work i like diesel and electric trains🍟

[@MultiMusicianman]

Great catches.

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

Caltrain will have electric trains soon!🥳

[@alessandrohidalgo4120]

I love your Train Galore videos they are awesome and amazing and I love trains!

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you, Alessandro!

[@leroycreasey]

This is the first time I've seen this video. I am still looking at this video. Thanks a lot for the work you put in the making of this video.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Awesome stuff, no electric here all diesel

[@1000tCSX]

"Rattle my Rods" this is funny

[@chica1991able]

Wide World of Trains ksiksjfyae ufjdzm

[@TrainsNStuff]

Nice! Can you do a 'Light Rails' Galore next? (like the Los Angeles light rail, San Diego light rail, Sounder light rail, Portland MAX, etc)

[@o484]

Nice! You even visited my local station (Woodbourne).

[@Zulnex]

Nice video as always.

[@Ferrocarril_Chicago]

Very nicely done! Nobody can at all forget about the South Shore when it comes to electric trains! :D As for Metra, just missing the South Chicago Branch.

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you very much! South shore is super cool. Just wish they still ran the Little Joe's! I'll have to do more of both next time!

[@Ferrocarril_Chicago]

I know, right? The Little Joes are pretty impressive. Though I think "Big Joe" would be a more accurate name. As for the South Chicago Branch on the Metra, if you plan to do that, do be careful because South Chicago isn't the best of neighborhoods. In fact, you'll definitely want to keep your eyes open. Same thing next time on the Blue Island Branch, Blue Island sadly isn't the best of areas either.

[@bnsfwarbonnet]

Metra MP36 407 They are called little Joes because they were ordered for the USSR under Joesph Stalin during the Cold War and they were built for 5' gauge and our railroads have a little gauge compared to that.

[@tyhik9338]

It's been almost 2 years since the IC highliners have been retired

[@jmream2618]

CoasterFan2105 IRM still has a little Joe that's operational

[@alexmcface]

On the intro the steam loco is no# 3751

[@josemoreno3622]

my son always had watched your videos

[@pdgaming2874]

‘Thanks for including the lirr

[@A._Dot]

R.I.P. my favorite electric engine, AEM-7

[@Nlangkirby135]

Believe it or not, this video was released on my birthday!

[@taurus-astrobike104]

SIMPLY AWESOME 😃 AMAZING😄 GR8 SOUNDS & EDITING... FABULOUS !!!! THANKYOU... You have Fed my hunger ONCE MORE..... NOW ! DO IT AGAIN PLEASE ... WOOWNESS !!!

[@chandelure102]

I hope there will be railroad crossing signals galore

[@CoasterFan2105]

Maybe!

[@kevp9601]

+Chandelure102 Me Too, KZbin-Friend. Me Too. Because I Want Railroad Crossing Signals Galore on the CoasterFan2105 KZbin Channel on KZbin Too. :-)

[@metra160]

Is that your new outro? Is it going to stay? I really loved the old one! Great video! Can't wait for more!

[@GustavoSoares-vx5ne]

Finally so much that I waited

[@CoasterFan2105]

Was it worth the wait?

[@GustavoSoares-vx5ne]

YES!!!

[@TheBestTrainsAreReal]

Awsome video rip amtrack aem 7 Btw i had no clue the the north shore line had double decker cars!

[@mohammedhossain7503]

all the railroad crossing signals for all the high-speed rails trains.

[@dennisschafer4883]

interessantes Video wieder und schöne Zugauswahl. Thank You

[@aryandogra3896]

Amazing capture👏👏👏👏

[@mst3knislesfan1]

I don't know if this was overlooked,but. There were no shots from the Metro-North Pelham station where just west of the station where the trains make the seamless changeover from 3rd rail power to overhead catenary power and vice versa depending on which way the train was going.

[@RakhibulHasan24]

Amazing :)

[@caseyiel]

YOU Catched the final AEM-7 Run!

[@NewJerseySirensAndTrains]

the street runner is something that has a p3 horn that shouldnt have a p3 horn

[@connorrobinson8197]

Nice ending!

[@hossamhassanelrossye9123]

very good trains

[@thenewjerseyrailfan9460]

I had a feeling that Acela Express was on the list

[@MetraFan81]

Nice

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@michaelspraggins5419]

Great video! ....though no NJ Transit Arrow IIIs :-(

[@elperroazul9992]

Oh and plus electrifying freight trains will also stop all emissions and air pollution that is coming from the engine

[@shumacwilder]

Hey, we're racing on the NE Corridor! Want in?

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video!