“HE’S HAULING A**!” - Coal train races through

[@Jennifer-K5LA]

Tika-Tika-TAP!...Tika-Tika-TAP!...Tika-Tika-TAP 2:58 !...my new favorite song! Had my brothers one year old hanging on to the edge of the coffee table bouncing up and down dancing 😂😂😂❤❤❤ another rail fan is born 🦾

[@DJ279V]

Train is booking for sure. I wouldn't dare get that close, so glad you and your colleagues were safe.

[@trb8390]

These comments are a dumpster fire… First - the train was the E80006. I was on it. Second - we were doing less than 50 MPH. Top speed allowed for freight on the Grand Rapids sub where this was taken is 50. You cannot exceed it. Period. Third - there were 130 cars. There is almost always 130 cars on these particular coal trains. Sometimes a few less, but never more without special authorization as it makes the train too long for the DP. Finally - while it looks like this dude was close, he wasn’t even in the ballast. Was he close? Yeah. Was he close enough for me to be concerned? Nope. If we derailed at that speed, he could be 200+ feet away and it wouldn’t matter.

[@JTSKWPentertainment_79]

Sounds like a beat coming in at the first part 😁🎶

[@TheBlackdog93-JR]

As a Former Csx Freight Conductor, alittle advice, that's the last place I'd be wanting to stand if I were you im just trying to help. I know u want the footage, but it's really dangerous to be that close, I had no choice because it was my Job, but even we were uncomfortable standing that close to moving equipment especially 1 going 60 mile an hour but this 1s doing 70. alot of times we would be on a siding watching another train pass us to make sure they had no hot wheel bearings and or other defects as they pass by, so times we were limited to safe places to stand n watch, but if you new the hazards of doin this you would certainly reconsider. I'll give u an example, if you were standing that close and 1 of them rail cars had a piece of sharp metal hanging off the side of the cars or something that could latch onto you what do u think could happen? Again this is not a lecture this is me helping paint a picture. It's all love buddy 👊🏾🙏🏼 Be safe and nice catches.

[@trb8390]

It’s not doing 70. It’s an empty coal train on the Grand Rapids sub… 50 MPH for all freight maximum.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@trb8390it’s definitely faster than 50.

[@TheBlackdog93-JR]

@trb_8390 Buddy, I can't speak for all railroads out their, I only assumed from my experience of running the main line alot with CSX. When we were on the main the speed limit fluctuated alot 60 mph at the max, but to be safe and keep the Engineer outta trouble we stayed under bout 2 miles.

[@em2attic]

I second this, ive seen drawbars get sucked out at 50mph and get yeeted 50 feet away from the track after it bounced off the ties and nobody is surviving an entire drawbar to the chest.

[@trb8390]

@@TheBlackdog93-JR funny you mention your time with CSX. The only W. Donaldson we have on our roster was hired 6/26/2023 and was taken out of service less than 4 months later as a trainee on 9/6/2023. Still showing that particular employee marked off.

[@ontariotrainspotter]

Hauling, that's what I call a MOVER. Banging track joints are music to my ears, and it sounds like drums ahahaha. Great catch, dude!😊

[@3006USMC]

Conductor: think we can make the hill with only 2 locomotives? Engineer: Hold my beer!

[@JrFlexing909]

Great shot of the BNSF running it down. But I can say we need a beat with the track sound. 10/10

[@trb8390]

CSXT not BNSF. Just because its BNSF engines doesn’t mean it’s a BNSF train.

[@avatarwarmech]

You're not lying to beat that it was making on the track was absolutely fire I dropped the train on the track lol

[@PositivelyNegativeOfficial]

The wind coming off of those fast movers is always a pleasure as they fly by.

[@RobloxCrashTheSecond]

I have never found such a satisfying video

[@P30CH]

Love to watch freights running at track speed!! Excellent Catch!!! 👍🏼👏🏼😁

[@zlcoolboy]

No joke, that thing is going FAST. That was really cool to watch.

[@AlikStansberry]

Zooming on thru he was! I don’t think I’ve seen a coal train that fast before, empty or loaded. Greetings from Tennessee.

[@uberlpn]

Wow do not blink!!! That pounded out a pretty nice beat too!

[@avatarwarmech]

I'm not going to lie the beat that it's making on the railroad tracks is absolutely fire 🔥🔥🔥 1:36

[@RealRailJunkie]

Thats C500! He heads between somewhere in the Midwest and a coal plant in west olive, michigan. he comes past my vacation home.

[@trb8390]

Thats E800. We don’t have any C5xx coal trains going to or from West Olive. They’re all E800/E801 for empties or C800/C801 for loaded trains. The R597/598/599 are the helper jobs out at the plant that build empties and put loads away if the crews run out of time coming out of Chicago.

[@RealRailJunkie]

@ thanks, i got mixed up.

[@robertstonebreaker8394]

That train engineer must be drinking some strong ass coffee .

[@hermangunia826]

I saw a video of Big Boy leaving Los Angeles and he was doing between 60 and 70 mph heading east. It was outstanding seeing it move so fast. I love steam.

[@michaelzehrfeld7766]

...awesome! Such a long train - and the sound of the wheels on the track - top! Thnak you for showing - greetings from south-germany!

[@NismoFinder]

Wow, that actually looks closer to 60...sweet catch

[@trb8390]

It was under 50, I can assure you of that.

[@cravenm.2295]

​@@trb8390 you dont know.

[@knowledgehunter8234]

1:45 thats actually a really nice beat

[@Taid44]

Looks to be going around 80 km to me - being that close to the action will always make something appear to be going faster. The thing that struck me was the smooth running and overall good condition of the cars, with not a single flat-spotted wheel!

[@blackjed]

I counted 2 engines and 130 cars. They had to be empty cuz that seemed way too fast for a full load

[@AtlyswithaY-tv3iz]

That was about 130 cars not including the locomotives

[@supermariotransitfan1662]

131 Cars to be exact

[@trb8390]

@@supermariotransitfan1662130 to be exact… the DD counted 532 axles. 12 for locomotives, 520 for the 130 cars. And I was the conductor.

[@kickitup]

@@trb8390that’s actually really dope dude were you guys running late to be moving at this speed or was this just track speed

[@trb8390]

@kickitup track speed. Time of day doesn’t matter to us. The trains run when they run.

[@Dave72760]

Had to be empty. The loaded BNSF coal train that come through my town always have 2 pullers and a pusher minimum.

[@nicknitro1192]

I love catching night trains but there's something so eerie about them

[@rack_9]

Yes bro I feel the same way ❤

[@JunoTheRailfan844]

i love filming night trains but the rails while no trains are coming give off a very eerie aura, its like something is watching you, The entire time your there

[@loucam-l6214]

​@@JunoTheRailfan844 i know it's frowned upon and I'd get called stupid for admitting this, but once in a blue moon I'll walk on empty unoccupied tracks at night for this exact feeling

[@KaiDragonboy34Zx2.1]

Bro I be hearing steam trains in the middle of the night

[@stephandiehl3893]

i counted around 120 cars 2 locomotives empties??

[@bgmcc907]

Had to be empty. Maybe not everybody knows this, but some detectors broadcast the speed.

[@trb8390]

Unfortunately none of the DDs on the Grand Rapids sub do.

[@timc333]

I know it was supposed to be a coal train , but then the guy says " he's hauling ass " , I mean I didn't see the live stock cars , but the train was going pretty fast I must have missed it .

[@CMuth-dt7fn]

Like others in the comments im kinda interested at which speed the train is passing by. i would guessed something around 70 mph (~115kph), but some say the speed limit on this track is 50mph. so I did the math. it takes the train roughly 97 sec to pass by. Since im from germany and used to the metric system i first converted the units. so, 7,038 feet ist 2145.18 meter. That means, the train is doing around 22 meter every second. multiplied by 3600, we get 79.6 kilometers per hour, which is exactely 50mph (80kph=50mph). note, the 97 seconds are no exact estimate (+-1 second). so, the 50mph-speedlimit guys are right. sorry for my bad english........

[@seventeen912]

You’re from Germany? Are you familiar with Mobys music video, Everloving? How fast is the train traveling through the Graskallen tunnel? It’s all metric and I’ve converted it and I know the exact answer. Check it out, give me what you math out.

[@CMuth-dt7fn]

@@seventeen912 145kph or 90 mph. ;) Speedlimit is 160kph.

[@CMuth-dt7fn]

@@seventeen912 but 145kph is the average speed cause after the tunnel comes a speed limit of only 70kph in 1-2 km. so he will be already slowing down in the middle of the tunnel from 160kph to 130 and then to 70.

[@seventeen912]

@@CMuth-dt7fn You’re closer than anyone I’ve challenged this with. Actual speed(mph) is 97. Total travel time from breach entry to exit by distance traveled = 97 mph. The train is traveling far faster at 3:50 of the video and by my general estimate it is approximately 147mph. It is a very relaxing and interesting music video

[@seventeen912]

@@CMuth-dt7fn There’s no average to be discerned. We have no means of judging any variances while in the tunnel. In other words, there’s no meaningful, measurable markers to predict variable speeds through the tunnel. Average won’t work with this scenario

[@jefesman]

Perfect cadence. Loved it!!!!

[@JordanHourGlassDJ]

Bro, stand back about 50ft. Youll still get the great passing shot.

[@1219magnum]

They were hauling a__! Great catch!

[@octane781]

When it's 8:59 and you have class at 9

[@dennisb-trains23]

Great video! Go Cubs Go!

[@HunterJoyner-q9s]

The Engineer must be behind schedule on how he’s hauling ass on how fast he’s going

[@phillydogsarmagameplay]

It dosn't work that way... there are speed limits.

[@HunterJoyner-q9s]

@ Yeah there are speed limits I just don’t know why he’s going so fast

[@dominic201214]

80mph makes up lost time

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Man it goes 50 mph but it has an illusion if your closer it looks faster. But ehh he was probably hurrying to get the cars filled with coal

[@dominic201214]

BNSF Doing 80mph ! Gotta get those 130 rail cars there quick .

[@robertcooper6853]

Except those locomotives are geared for a max speed of 70mph and it was most likely only running 50-60mph. The way too close viewpoint makes it seem faster.

[@RCAvhstape]

​@@robertcooper6853The sound of the wheels clacking over the joint should make it easy enough to work out the speed, just to know the distance between axles.

[@7DirtRyder]

That's funny our detectors in the Montana Division are a little different.

[@bayareakid4775]

For once, a video with a train approaching a crossing without a freaking tractor-trailer stuck on the track. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@trainman8478]

He IS booking jack!! Who!!!

[@martistytas1674]

Wow. How fast does this train go? Also I like the rhythm of the train wheels. Music to my ears.

[@JunoTheRailfan844]

45

[@stevekretlow]

Asmr for train lovers

[@NWORails]

Go down to the NS Chicago Line and you could see a lot faster ones. They go up to 60 MPH in Bryan Ohio Edit: There I changed it, are you people happy?

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

Frrr here thru elyria they go 68 absolutely flyingg

[@ShawnCalay]

That's it I'm calling the police! They don't need to be going that fast!

[@letmebackinCSX5496]

NS max speed is 60mph

[@NWORails]

@@letmebackinCSX5496 Huh.. I swear they go faster than that sometimes, mainly the intermodals. I guess I'll have to bring a speed radar one of these days to find out. Lol

[@letmebackinCSX5496]

@@NWORails yeah NS max speed is 60 they don't go any faster than that

[@Phish45]

Make Coal great again!

[@autopreneur]

If that would've derailed, this video would not be on KZbin.

[@LanesAviationYT]

1:37 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@avatarwarmech]

I guarantee I could probably make a rap and beat out of this if I knew how

[@b3j8]

I remember when coal trains were practically the slowest trains on the railroad. Not today.😂😂

[@erstwhilepublications8092]

Yes, they at least did not run maximum speed per the employee timerable.

[@normsweet1710]

I counted 124 cars & 4 Engines ( went by very fast,not sure of count) that speed makes up for the times the Engineer has to run slow to keep the schedule. That there is a great start to my day! Praise The Lord !

[@woweee7165]

Where are the 4 Engines?

[@jordanwhitecar1982]

Yea i only saw 1 on the head and 1 rear. (Which feels very strange to me, where i live ist almost always 2 or 3 on the head end)

[@swappedoutZ71]

I only saw 2

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Coal carriers which are empty carry 2 locomotives I think or more But it depends on your location or train

[@LEE_1076]

“*railcar noises*” & “HE’S HAULING ASS!” hits hard 🗣🔥

[@Eric5ohhh]

Moving pretty good through there indeed

[@SARCASTICLES]

Excellent Pucker Factor. I can hear Terry Bozzio........

[@musicnerd72]

Missing Persons fan?

[@SARCASTICLES]

@@musicnerd72 Yep. Terry Ted keeps the beat on Sheik Yerbouti, too. Ever hear the UK 'Night After Night' live record?

[@musicnerd72]

@@SARCASTICLES I'm lost.... 🤷

[@dylonrasco]

Dannnnnnnng that train is so fast

[@halfwayfarmsandoutdoors3550]

Places to go and coal to haul!!!

[@MattDaugherty-jd7my]

Great catch

[@arunthami6761]

Impressive with just two locomotives. Nice video 🥂

[@JeffWeselyan]

That sound never heard of like that 1:58 sound like horse galloping

[@AAA-o4g]

I wonder if one could make a song to that beat / sound

[@knowledgehunter8234]

Becuase of its horsepower

[@Gileum]

Iron Horse!

[@MattTheUPRailfan2006]

Definitely booking it lol 😆

[@JunoTheRailfan844]

MATT SPOTTED IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT!

[@workinghardusa]

Cool video well done!

[@DESUDESU24]

He is indeed hauling ass, fastest I've seen a load of coal hoppers move. Engineer must have had it wide open, I believe BNSF's variants of the GEVO's do 75 tops, this sounds like max speed

[@FFred-us9tw]

@@DESUDESU24 the speed on this line is 50 MPH for freight. So the fastest the train shown here could be going is 50 MPH. BNSF has no lines that allow 75 MPH for freight. 70 is the max speed on BNSF on the lines that allow it.

[@DESUDESU24]

@@FFred-us9tw Interesting, I did read that BNSF was a customer for one of the versions of the GE Evo locos that can do 75 MPH, odd that they have no rail meant to do that speed. Then again, reading now, it appears it was an EPA concern, not a speed concern, and the fact that only two of the 3 axles per truck are powered likely means that it keeps material and repair costs down, though I do need to read into this more. But if this line is only 50MPH, I wonder if there's some unintended camera angles going on that makes it look faster than it's actually going.

[@FFred-us9tw]

@ the max speed of locomotives is part of the design from the manufacturer unless a railroad specifically orders a higher than normal speed. The speed is dictated by gear ratio. Other than Intermodal equipment most freight cars are not even rated for speeds above 70 MPH anyhow. The max speed a railroad chooses has nothing to do with EPA regulations. It’s based on a number of factors that come down to cost more than anything. The higher the speed the higher the maintenance costs associated with rail and wheel wear. You also have an added fuel cost and then the logistics of scheduling. The faster your priority trains travel the harder it is to run conventional freight which operates at lower speeds as well as faster travel times means terminals need to work faster to process loading and unloading. The FRA is the only federal agency that has any real say over railroad operating rules and speeds. The reason these videos look so fast is just camera angles and lighting. There are videos of Amtrak trains going 150 that don’t even look that fast

[@bountyhunter4885]

2 locos - 130 cars

[@martistytas1674]

@@bountyhunter4885 These locomotives are strong.

[@bountyhunter4885]

@martistyas1674 They're amazing

[@martistytas1674]

@@bountyhunter4885 And some of them have beautiful paint schemes.

[@RailPreserver2K]

Hot damn he highballin

[@RailfanLandon8271]

Really smart to stand nice and close

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Nah he was like 35 ft away due to the phone zoom or just 20-15. Unless it wasn't going that fast your good

[@odbgaming2]

That train conductor must be behind schedule. 😮

[@tomhowe1510]

Holy shit. I'll bet he's still going.

[@davidgilvin3068]

He has got it laid back and booking

[@Cedar77]

With this many wagons of coal I would be scared to drive anywhere near that fast in a train simulator!

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Do you have a video of those railroad crossing signals up close? Those are some classic signals and bells that you didn't film.

[@brandedmcgowan9414]

Wch (Western Cullen Hayes) model 3590, 3597 gate mechanisms

[@bakist5540]

131 cars long thats insane

[@Boba-Fett-GS1150Ez]

If a car runs the gates and gets hit the wreckage will take you out as well. Film up track from crossings! Be smart!

[@jonnywilson9117]

Let's be real. I'm pretty sure it'd be obvious if a car didn't stop. They would've had time.

[@michaelwhitfield9922]

Nice

[@DRUmBEaTTS]

No coal on that “coal” train. 😉

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Still consider it coal due the to the railcar name

[@RiverHaus2001]

The train is going 51.7 mph. Average speed. How did i know? Well 80 coal cars passed in 1 minute by countibg the doubke clacks on the tracks , a coal car at the longest is 57 feet the train traveled 4,560 feet in one minute. Then calculate the speed. Secondly standing too close to a train is ridiculously stupid but the illusion would maje it seem likez its haulingass when i fact it is. Goibg slower thab highway speed which pisses people off. Sorry dudes. !!

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

I don't understand why railfanners have to stand so dang close to a fast moving train. That scares the heck out of train drivers.

[@WildWildWeasel]

That guy was further than you think, the video mode of most phones tends to zoom in a good bit (my S23 does that) so you might be, say, 35ft away, but it will make it seem like you're 15-20ft closer. it's virtually suicidal to stand anywhere closer than 30ft to live train tracks, even better if you're 40ft away and just zoom in a little more.

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

​@@WildWildWeasel He had it fully zoomed out the moment that train came blasting by and it showed how close he really was and it is too close.

[@WildWildWeasel]

@@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354 yeah no I wouldn't have stood that close to the tracks like that, it would've probaly either dragged me towards the train or straight up made me lose balance. I'm a former train driver in my country and I had worked doing maintenance before actually becoming driver...and we had an EMU pass next to us at probably 25mph, we were around 20ft away cleaning up weeds and checking signal cabling...when the damn thing made my supervisor tumble and nearly hit her (thankfully) helmeted head against the catenary's structure. This is honestly way too dangerous to even try.

[@LEE_1076]

I understand what you’re saying, but it’s not really *that* dangerous. I once saw a video of some kid standing next to a train going 70MPH! Nothing happened to him, as he was only standing about 2 feet away from the train.

[@JoeyandCamo]

Don't freight and amtrak trains have speed limits in the city?

[@eligebrown8998]

Must be an x Amtrack driver on that train. Hes gotta be doing 65 at least

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Looks like 60 but hes probably doing 50

[@faronanderson2536]

I don't watch trains, but this was super cool. In saying that, be extremely cautious in how you get your videos, sir!👍🏽

[@SeanDailey-dy8tn]

50% of that speed is momentum

[@ljreed8671]

No momentum when you have DPU power on the rear of the train Empties stretched out rear locomotive prevents train losing momentum on each hill it climbs

[@anthonythebiga8489]

You can make a freestyle with this sound

[@em2attic]

Empty coal train good for 60mph baby.

[@trb8390]

@@em2attic 50 on that subdivision. Nothing except Amtrak goes faster than 50.

[@em2attic]

@trb8390 wack lol! I was gonna say is it dark territory but you said amtrak does better than 50 so nvm on that lol.

[@trb8390]

@@em2attic we can do 60 on the NS, but not the Grand Rapids Sub. Plymouth sub is even slower, 40 MPH with no active PTC for most of it.

[@jeffdymarczyk4413]

That many cars (momentum)

[@JamesBrown-vj6pv]

That's gonna take about 2 1/2 miles to stop.

[@EvanCops]

Hes late lol, also be super careful. That's damn close

[@Goat-gl9bn]

2:15,, It's picking up speed. Is this the Speed 2 (In Spanish) on Lazer disc. You guys just got some free coal dust for the barbecue though.

[@jojotolliver3716]

THAT WAS BAD AZZ BRUH.

[@SquareOneForge]

What are we hauling!!??

[@CSX110]

Coal

[@LTK_JADE]

Ass

[@trb8390]

Sailboat fuel... these are empties. lol

[@randolpgallardo8301]

Empty gondolas

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

This baby looks like it's doing about 80

[@gregorymalchuk272]

I counted 131 coal cars.

[@Michael-dr9wl]

Reminds me of Stobe the hobo when he was riding the rails, tucked inside a grainer or container car well! With a 30 pack of beer.

[@RCAvhstape]

Yeah, and where's he now?

[@bigterribletexas1501]

Engineer hauling ass like he's running from the laws

[@jamesrussell6123]

The engineer sure was hauling butt

[@genoitaly04]

Train kept a rollin all night long!!!!!

[@markmierau5189]

Likely empty with only 2 locomotives

[@ChiefCabioch]

Once a consist is created, that's all that train will be, including engines unless down for repairs...

[@thedrabfour]

Very NICE!

[@gregkabat7012]

Why the cubs logo?

[@protosheep]

HAULIN

[@AAA-o4g]

Freight train, each car looks the same, looks the same - Allman Brothers

He's trying to get coal to Vancouver BC before Canada 🇨🇦 blocks it......😊

[@quintonthomas983]

Sir, you're not a very "Bright" person for being that close to tracks with a train going that fast........social media is literally melting people's brain.

[@happyburger23]

The vast majority of railfans ain’t that smart

Empties returning from Robert's bank British Columbia? (Only west coast tidewater port)

[@ZaneTheRailfan]

2:40 he caught 7695 and didnt even realize

[@stephenmcallister2169]

imagine one of those cars derail.

[@jordaneriksson5417]

1:05 He is Going Fast!