HD : Monster lashup on 16Z and a ex-UP SD90' on 23N!

Trains shown in this video were filmed between 11/24 and 11/28.
This past week trackside on the Norfolk Southern Memphis West District has been a good one, NS ran several interesting lashups and some rare locomotives by here, namely one of 7 SD90MAC's, a Citirail leaser, my first "Heritage II" ES44DC leader, and a YUUUUGE consist on 16Z. :P
0:43 - TEN, count 'em, TEN Norfolk Southern locomotives on train 16Z. Filmed on a cloudy Thanksgiving morning. Aside from the delivery train of T4's I filmed in June this is the most locomotives I've ever seen on one train. Link to Tier 4 video - • NS M6A with 13 brand n...
1:48 - Keeping the lights on even on Thanksgiving day : a NS crew brings yet another train of PRB coal by Germantown en route to Sheffield Alabama and then the Scherer Power Plant in Georgia.
3:18 - The next morning I caught another Scherer coal, this train with a NS SD70ACe trailing. NS power has been fairly scarce on these trains for the past 4 months, but we're seeing more of it lately.
4:58 - A02 with a rebuilt geep in the lead
5:53 - After picking up 50+ empty stone cars at Vulcan Quarry by Rossville TN NS A02 heads back towards Memphis with this geep workin' hard, turn up the volume!
7:12 - 733, empty coal bucket, rolls westward with a solid NS lashup
8:48 - The Westbound "Express" aka NS 265 rolls west behind a BNSF "Heritage II" ES44DC. This was my first time seeing one of these lead, since BNSF switched to the H3 scheme roughly around the time GE started building GEVO's the vast majority of them are painted in H3.
9:56 - Early on Saturday morning a short 22N heads east behind a UP SD70M
10:55 - After 22N along comes 734, a loaded Scherer coal bucket, with a Citirail GE working as DPU. Lead units were two BNSF GEVO's...I forgot to upload them. :P
11:38 - 391 with an older UP SD70ACe trailing. This train runs daily from Sheffield Alabama to Pine Bluff Arkansas, NS hands it off to the UP in Memphis
12:55 - 22N runs east as light power on a chilly Sunday morning, this was the first time I've seen 22N run lite from Memphis to pick up ALL his cars at Rossville. Most days he leaves Memphis with quite a few cars and picks up a few more at Rossville.
13:38 - Later that day I caught a Rossville to Memphis baretable move with a pair of BNSF units in charge. These two units were dropped at Rossville from an empty coal the day before.
15:03 - 736 heads east under a huge downpour....listen to that rain! :P
16:17 - On Sunday afternoon I heard per Facebook that 23N was leaving Atlanta with a SD70ACU leading one of the few active SD90MAC's.....so Monday night I was out to see 23N, however to my disappointment they had swapped out the ACU somewhere (probably Sheffield) for a Dash8 & a pair of UP SD70M's. Was still nice to see the SD90. Also filmed a rare KCSM DPU this evening on 737 but the camcorder had problems and couldn't save it to card.... :P oh well. Anyways watch in HD and enjoy!
Recorded by Dan Hanna

[@palmettostaterailfan7019]

I loved that K5LLA on NS 1147. And two BNSF ACE leaders in a row Nice video man!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks! K5LLA's are my favorite horns

[@ellisjackson3355]

That's the name of that horn? They're my favorites too

[@milesjones6851]

Just love listening to K5LLA's...

[@trainlens3789]

Wow, I've never seen 10 engines in a row before.

[@milesjones6851]

Oh, I've seen more than that.

[@55tmilam]

K5LLA! And 10 engines! Awesome catch!

[@Finetales]

That Geep was killing the game. Old EMDs slugging it out are my favorite catches.

[@nathanielbolden5053]

EMD makes the best looking locos period!

[@rolpfeiffer4011]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video series with magnificent locomotives.Endeavors are prominent.Bliss

[@arganindya7724]

Wow, whatta thrilling nice horn sounding!!!👍👍👍

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

I agree! Thanks for watching!

[@Crazcompart]

...Most I've seen was back in the 70s, when an 8 loco team was pulling open gondola cars with a shitload of scrap metal of all types (gigantic old gears, pipes, motor housings, scrap from punch press blanking, steel frames, a few of the cars filled with old cast iron engine blocks, rusted old car panels, and what looked like cut up plates from ship superstructures), all headed for the then big steel mills in Pittsburgh...

[@peidmontdivisionproduction5406]

Nice vid! Loved that P5 on The dash 8! (8439)

[@Balerio2357]

Great video and great catches Dan! SD70MAC my favorite. Thanks for posting! - Balerio

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

The SD70MAC's, especially the Executives are some of my favorite units to catch. Thanks Balerio!

[@UnitedRailfan]

really? Macs to me are super ugly. And their horn is way to high pitched. I prefer sd70ace's personally.

[@quintinthemississippirailfan]

Excellent catch video

[@JoshRidestheRails]

Lots of great catches there. Loved the 10 engine at the start. Great work.

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks!

[@tudieu-qng6817]

So Wonderful video new friend! Thank you for sharing!

[@newcastlerails1416]

What a lineup! Great catches!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks!

[@Crystal-2028]

when the train is coming with 10 locomotives,u know you're gonna be stuck there for 30 minutes

[@emwungarand]

Lots of EMD leaders in this. Very nice.

[@greglaplante7593]

Raw brute power. Love all locomotives.

[@scottpool4777]

Greg LaPlante yes I know I do too powerful bruits👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nadieljorge6442]

These locomotives are beautiful ! ! ! When I go to the United States, I stay in the state of Texas

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

They are indeed beautiful.

[@CNSD75I]

Awesome catches! Especially the lashup on 16Z!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks Noah!

[@WhiteRiverRails]

Awesome catches! Loved the SD90! That Dash 8 had an interesting horn on 23N.

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks!

[@leaodonorte4318]

As Locomotivas É quem faz o Show! 😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍.

[@workinghardusa]

Great footage, well done!

[@pickle4034]

Super amazing. Thank you so much :D

[@TrainGeek]

Quite a fleet of locomotives on that one train!

[@GRAHAMCREEKER]

I can't resist the lash up consist!

[@garrvideos]

Awesome Video! that first train was a good way to start the video with that 10 unit lashup! that Geep pulling the string of hoppers was cool too. The scherer trains are still getting pretty good power these days. And for the closing, the SD90MAC was AWESOME! those are Really Rare!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Yes they sure are, a lot more exciting now than back in April/May/June when it was all "Pumpkin Specials", nothing against the Pumpkins, a trains a train, but still when they're on every single coal train......you wish for a little variety. Was nice to see #7247 again, NS rebuilt they're 50th SD70ACU this week so the window is really closing on them. Thanks Harrison!

[@BorisLu]

Super video!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks!

[@rickiemckillip8124]

Nice Seeing a SD70Mac on Dpu

[@tylerl6400]

Love them beast! Growling !

[@charleskesner1302]

WOW 10! Great catch!

[@CicaeMeow]

Wow the big Murica has some serious diesel locomotives :) love them

[@carlzipperman6689]

What country are you from Bro?

[@CicaeMeow]

@@carlzipperman6689 Hungary, we don't have these big bois unfurtunately

[@carlzipperman6689]

@@CicaeMeow lol, my mother's side is from Budapest. Small world!

[@albanipadilla7008]

Tanks for the vidio, machine s powerfull!

[@philliplee980]

10 loco's on 16Z nice. awesome catches.

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks.

[@philliplee980]

Norfolk Southern ES44AC your welcome

[@MrBnsftrain]

Nice catch of that 10-loco lash-up with a full train! I once saw a 12-loco lash-up but with not freight cars!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks for watching!

[@capefeartrainsandsirens]

A lash-up with no freight cars are called power-moves

[@scottpool4777]

That gave me chills oh yeah👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@katsmeow2775]

Nice! Lots of power!

[@mccoy79productions66]

great catch!

[@jamesstallings2007]

Great Lashup !!!

[@mgr_video_productions]

Nice catches and video Dan!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks man!

[@DownriverRailProductions]

Awesome catches man!!!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks!

[@irelandbloke]

Excellent shots :)

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks man!

[@irelandbloke]

@@NorfolkSouthernES44AC You're welcome ! :)

[@RailFan1981]

Wow, stellar catches Dan!! That 10 unit lashup was cool!! Most i've seen is 8 so i've got some work to do :P

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

It was quite the sight to see....a new record for me. 8 was my record last year, since then I saw 9 twice and then this 16Z. Thanks alot Gary!!

[@evanwaters1074]

The most I saw was 6, 5 on camera

[@arkie74]

thats what I was wondering, the last few didnt sound like they were online. still cool though.

[@rickenbacker315]

@@arkie74 Three, I imagine.

[@TrinityRailProductions]

GREAT catches, Dan! That was a really nice lashup on 16Z, reminds me of the 8 unit lashup I caught on MFWNL. A02's Geep sure was pulling a lot of cars on the return trip. And what a rainstorm, I was in one like that in Montana a few months ago. My camera got soaked. :D

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks Matthew! Yeah that GP38-3 was workin' hard, quite a long train he had. Lol I got sooooo soaked but my sturdy umbrella kept my camcorder relatively dry. :D

[@angelmalarkey7946]

Engine 1 - 1147 Engine 2 - 9892 Engine 3 - 2612 Engine 4 - 9104 Engine 5 - 7535 Engine 6 - 8440 Engine 7 - 8059 Engine 8 - 9595 Engine 9 - 2683 Engine 10 - 2641

[@RobRob5656]

Exciting movie!

[@ronaldmorrison6013]

he gave you a nice hello

[@donsgotmoney]

Great video,,,just a heads up, Sherer is a plant owned by Ga power, the town that the train go's into is actually called Juliette.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Great catches!

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks Bishop! What's the most units you've ever seen on 1 train?

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I wanna say 8 or 9. It was a KCS with ACes in both grey and belles a few GEVOS and a GP38

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

KCStrainiac Nice! Forgot KCS has GP38's. :P

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

The horn honors. We know that the train is strong and fast. Greeting from Indonesia.

[@tylerl6400]

That's some beast right there.

[@megatrains]

Great video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jordanwilkison895]

cool video awesome lashup

[@rdelamora1968]

wow...awesome video and mix..like friend

[@1956tmo]

nice catch

[@joeystrains.9316]

Excellent!

[@robertroth4171]

734 with Citirail DPU!

[@WilliamB161]

Amazing video

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks for watching.

[@ilhanyalcintas5297]

04:12-04:30 beautiful bnsf helper diesel sound

[@chrisandyoli]

0:04 0:14 0:18 0:22 0:27 0:32 0:35 0:36and0:37here0:38 0:39 0:43 0:48 0:49 0:50 0:54 0:55 0:56 0:58 1:05 1:10 1:16 1:23 1:27 1:33 1:45

[@andrewcrane2786]

Wow ten locomotives how cool nice

[@9carcottrell246]

Andrew Crane thanks for watching

[@andrewcrane2786]

Sst Pilot you're welcome

[@jimgemmell2831]

@@andrewcrane2786 ignore this jackass. He's not a train engineer nor is he, as he also claims an ex Concorde captain. Most certainly, he isn't Captain and Shift Commander LaBonte USAF Patriot Wing as he also claims.

[@navinbabji]

The ten loco lash up was awesome, wish i was the loco pilot, imagine all that horse power in our hands....😀😀😀😀😀

[@brunoignaciogi]

airplanes have pilots, trains have engineers/drivers/machinist

[@skyline3071]

brunoignaciogi they call it loco pilot go and study a bit kid

[@trainzguy2472]

They call them locomotive pilots in some other parts of the world.

[@donnawoodman6249]

navin babji Yeah and it’s blast off to the moon 🌝

[@9carcottrell246]

navin babji well some facts for u. Running several fiat Alice tug boat engine engines v-16. 3000 brake wheel horse power each wheel full inter axel wheel lock deployment and sand spreader deployment, 850,000 tractive driver per square inch. Let's pull each car about 660,000 pounds per car tare 180,000. Chief engineer LaBonte

[@ilhanyalcintas5297]

04:12- 04:30 beautiful bnsf diesel sound

[@OfficialRailFanTay_Productions]

Imagine if an SD100MAC came out

[@BRABBIT9921]

Now That's Alot of Engine's

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Second most I've ever seen on a train. Thanks for watching.

[@LastExile1989]

Poor Geep. While all the big boys are slacking off

[@gabbyjonson3498]

Love engine drivers , they enjoy yanking that chain lol

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Must be a cool job! Only thing is they get worked like non-stop. Those guys are always doing 12+ hour days. They do make good money though

[@upstatenewyorkrailfan6775]

Excellent

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks man!

[@sync0x]

The loco's are chatting about their health. Thanks for having a radio on you.

[@larrymcneil8038]

Nice power move

[@robertroth4171]

NS train 734 with Cititrail DPU!

[@robertroth4171]

NS loaded coal train 732 with BNSF leader!

[@AEF23C20]

ten loco's?? and 500 containers/200000 tons? awesome

[@BNSFBishop]

Video in my recommendations

[@hifijohn]

They put the centerbeam at the end..smart.

[@marcoacho]

Beautiful vedio I enjoy too much

[@robertgift]

0:20 What is the rotating red light flashing in the left of the frame?

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

I've seen it flash when the gates are down, but also when like an ambulance is coming thru and they want to keep the traffic light red or whatever, I think its just some sort of tech for the intersection.

[@idragonauz5436]

7:56 Forgotten heritage unit!

[@swbfuf]

?

[@catlover2368]

3:49 the headlights up top the Norfolk Southern look like a pair of eyes lol

[@littlesean2010]

wow nice catch...………..

[@9carcottrell246]

Here I'm pulling on average 660,000 pounds per rail car. 10 deep lashed up running a v-16 fiat Alice tug boat engine 3000 brake wheel horse power each wheel, 850,000 tractive pounds per inch to the rail. Full inter axel wheel lock deployment and sand spreader on stand by. Let's go with throttle up. Let's pull.

[@victoraguilarl3605]

wow 10 NS trains

[@robertroth4171]

NS Intermodal Stacktrain 265 ( ex BNSF QAUGALG! )

[@robertroth4171]

NS loaded coal train 734 with BNSF!

[@robertroth4171]

NS 16Z ( ex UP QNLSF )!

[@blowemall]

Dang! Was that BNSF 8762 at 4:22 a SD90- H model? Sounded just like the 4 stroke of the GEVO BNSF 6215 it was lashed up with.

[@trainmanjosair]

emall low No that was an SD70ACE. And the sound was coming from the GEVO not the SD70.

[@user-fr1ro9dq5k]

Вопрос,а как синхронизируется работа тепловозов в сцепке,ну не сидят же в каждом машинисты?

[@robertroth4171]

Ns Train 732 with Yet another BNSF!

[@odva546]

Excelentisimo

[@thewalkthroughmusic]

10 engines wow

[@peaceworldthroughinside1487]

Three engines also produce power to pull.

[@iLoVeSD70Ace35]

Nice! You should have told me about 733 with the NS units. BTW, did you ever see NS 1030 lead that coal train in January that I saw?

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks! No, just seen it working as a DPU in January twice.

[@iLoVeSD70Ace35]

Ah. I know Jonah saw it as a DPU a few days before I saw it leading.

[@thetruthseekerhavemanyperspecs]

Thats why UFO most of them have a shapre like sound speakers I meant the magnet and its cone.

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954

[@ParaopebaRailways]

Nice

[@BNSF1458]

Woah.

[@tonyricci1867]

Cool

[@Livinginohio25]

Awesome video & catches!! That 16Z was REALLY overpowered, must be the biggest consist you've ever seen. That was neat seeing that H2 ES44DC leading 265! Nice catch on another ex-UP SD90MAC, hard to believe they're almost gone. Bummer about that KCSM unit you couldn't save on camera, was that on a BNSF coal train?

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

Thanks a lot Andrey! Yep second biggest consist I've ever seen, the M6A Tier 4 delivery train had 15 locomotives. Yeah NS has rebuilt *51* SD70ACU's so far, only 6 ex-UP SD90's left in service! Very rare indeed. Yes that KCSM was a DPU on one of the empty Scherer coal trains which NS hands off to the BNSF in Memphis.

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

it would appear some locomotives were dead in tow? But that's hard to say from a video perspective

[@NorfolkSouthernES44AC]

OldSchool1500 Yes only the two lead units were running.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Well that n.s. 10 unit moves didn't need any d.p.u.alllllritey helping it along,just good old b.n s.f used them,good shots .

[@jacksonslaterelevatorraila6444]

what camera is this

[@robertroth4171]

NS train 391 ( ex UP MSFPB! )