Heavy Trains Sanding The Rails Up The Hill & Manned Pusher Loco Returns For More! Working Hard! WOW

Manned Locomotive Pushes Heavy Train Up The Big Hill, Locomotives Working Hard, Sanding The Rails & Roaring Up The Steep Grade! Watch The Manned Locomotive Return Back Down The Hill For Another Train! Foreign Power & Local Norfolk Southern Switching Freight Train With Boxcars. These Trains Are In Kentucky On The Norfolk Southern Main Line.
These trains are climbing up out of the Ohio River Valley. The first train is a loaded grain train with a manned helper locomotive shoving on the rear. Listen to the locomotives sanding the rails up the 1.18% grade. The springs are compressed on the cars indicating a heavy load.
I followed the train up the hill from Crescent Springs, Kentucky to Erlanger, Kentucky. Check out the view of the train going behind the train station and over the bridge. Then the train stops and the locomotive cuts off the rear and returns back down the hill to be ready for another train. This is how it's done son!
Then when I was going down the hill I heard the locomotive crew talking to a southbound train coming up the hill. I was near the top and pulled over for a train led by 2 Union Pacific locomotives. Man, was it ever windy. Sorry bout that.
I went back down the hill and got a local switching freight train going down with a nice cut of cars including a bunch of boxcars. We also take a close look at the rail next to the Beechwood Road railroad crossing. We see rail from Japan and a broken knuckle and some flange greasers that are near a sharp curve.
Next we see a heavy train coming up the hill and sanding the rails. Listen to those locomotives working hard! I got a horn salute also before it got to the crossing. How about that DPU? What that working hard or what?! That was a good train son. I was surprised how fast it was going but it had plenty of power.
Finally, we see the slide show that came from the video and we see the Live Action Pets in their natural habitat. The artwork at the end was made by Lillia.
Filmed Spring 2024 in 1080p with 60fps. Thanks for watching!
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[@garymiller5937]

And I still love your pets! They always give an academy award worthy performance each time you film them. I give them a 5 star review! Spectacular video today JT. Thank you for sharing with us all. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thank you!

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth You're welcome JT!

[@garymiller5937]

The Southern caboose at the end was just gorgeous!! Thanks JT! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

My pleasure!!

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth Mine too, Jaw tooth!

[@marksykes8722]

15:06 "Somebody's into gardening, I guess" LOL LOL LOL

[@garymiller5937]

Now that was cool with 15 box cars in a row! A very rare sight these days. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

We agree!

[@BillSchlichting]

That pusher (4691) had a nice engineer, too. He waved every time.

[@michaelhewitt258]

Great work as always JawTooth

[@JawTooth]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rojo340s]

I can understand you perfect JT. Praying you recover 100%😊

[@JawTooth]

Yes! Thank you!

[@edmoody5822]

D-P-U-I-C-U, manned pusher DPU on that steep hill, man that train was working hard! Good work today Jaw, sure seemed cold and windy out there.

[@ericsamuels6271]

Thank you for the train my friend it me Eric 1 love 1 love 👍😉👍👍😁👍

[@JawTooth]

Thank you too

[@williamsantangelo]

Kool Thank You Jaw Tooth! Can't wait for warmer weather! Healing takes time

[@garymiller5937]

It sounded even better than the first, at least to me. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@deaneparker9469]

An other GREAT clip. You're doing good.

[@paulbergen9114]

This morning's breakfast apparently is brought to you by Cargill with the lead-off Grain Train. That was nice to watch the unit take the crossover and do multitasking by taking home the local cars them two more southbound. More tonnage safely moved for the day coming soon to a warehouse in your neighborhood

[@JawTooth]

Very cool!

[@raymondszybowicz7597]

Hobo Shoestring God bless his soul called some of those cars Cadillac Graniers great video as always JT

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@djburland]

In the UK during steam trains they used Bankers the same way, it would assist going up a steep grade and drop off at the top and run back 'light'

[@donstor1]

Looked like a bunch of ballast on that curve watching that helper pulling those empty’s back down the hill. Maybe extra ballast in case they need some? Thanks brother good hill action.

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in Kentucky, I like them, @JawTooth, I got to see the trains today in person, especially both the UP6379, Southern Pacific Paint, in Eaton, Ohio, and the CSXT1897, Monon, in downtown Dayton, Ohio, thank you very much.

[@JawTooth]

Cool, thanks!

[@the-terrible63]

@@JawTooth You're very welcome.

[@stevendorris5713]

That diesel pusher got a good workout. Great video to start a Sunday with.

[@Bongofurry]

Wide open !

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@nancyhodges444]

Always enjoy heavy trains working hard upgrade, the sights and sounds are just incredible . Awesome job JT.👍🏼

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@nancyhodges444]

@@JawTooth your welcome JT.😎👍🏼

[@thaddaeuswilson3248]

The 38th of April, I will be 84. I enjoy watching trains. I have always been a train lover. This was the only way we could travel. You see parts of the iuntty that you cannot see by plane, car or bus. It is peaceful to me to reflect on the past and see again the other of cities that you can’t see by Interstate. Jaw Tooth keep ‘I’m coming’ I enjoy watching.

[@Everett1US]

Me and my grandson enjoy your videos. He always ask to watch when he visits because he knows he is going to see great train footage.

[@JawTooth]

I appreciate that!

[@brianmoir3388]

Awesome JT play the video son have a great day from Scotland 😊

[@JawTooth]

Thanks! You too!

[@train1962]

Happy Sunny Sunday Brian. Someone's in to Gardening. That was a good one!!!!

[@JawTooth]

Good morning Steve! Today is mowing day again. I got half of it done yesterday. My new lawn mower got a flat tire. Might try Fix A Flat

[@user-dz9iq7ud2m]

Enjoyed hearing those engines struggle. Enjoyed the video

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@rogertemple7193]

It's Sunday morning I'm watching the trains from Ohio and Kentucky while drinking my coffee they are all exciting to watch, the train pets are also great to see Norfie, Chessie, Loki and Brandi, the train slide show and i just wanted to say thanks for your awesome videos Thank You very much Jaw Tooth and have a great week.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲

[@JawTooth]

Morning! Thanks for watching my videos Roger!

[@ChadSimplicio]

Everyone knows that the spirits of both Shoestring & Stobe was in that open former TTX Rail Box boxcar.

[@JawTooth]

Yes, for sure

[@thomasmackowiak]

The grain train needed the manned end of train DPU to help it up The Hill to Erlanger, Kentucky where the manned helper cut off from the grain train to go back down The Hill after picking up some cars to take back to Gest Street Rail Yard in Cincinnati, Ohio. The last train going up The Hill at Beechwood Road in Crescent Springs, Kentucky also needed its end of train DPU. I enjoyed watching all the trains in this video.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching Thomas!

[@MrThecroatian]

Yeah, now Shoestring is catching boxcars on the St. Peter Express.

[@BillMorris-sx7vi]

Good Sunday morning Brian, awesome video and a hot cup for coffee, what a way to start the day. Have a good week my friend.

[@alanstant9356]

You can always tell from the sounds that the DPUS are pulling hard on those hills. Loving the live action Brian.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching Alan!

[@user-rm7ye8ct6p]

Scream demon, that's a lotta corn bread. Hard work D.P.U. PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,, GOOD HEALTH.. NOW I AM GETTING,,,COLD! #3 TRAIN WORKING THE HILL,, NICELY. EXCELLENT VIDEO. 💯👍🐶🐱

[@anthonycollins4747]

Sunday breakfast with Jawtooth.👍🚂🚂

[@JawTooth]

Sounds great!

[@Hyrev1]

Awesome video JT! Nice catches and great shots! 🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚂💯👍🇺🇸

[@alanwbelcher]

Great video as usual, JT. I especially liked how you chased the pusher.

[@harveypeters9015]

12:37 Just a little hello from the engineer.

[@jonwatt678]

Good Morning Brian. Roll some video...

[@JawTooth]

Morning Jon!

[@marykrauthamel7559]

It got windy, but you got waved to!

[@Flymochairman1]

Some great catches out there today! There's a lot of steel-cars moving. Those loco's were pulling and pushing hard! Fun to watch the operations of the railway happening. Some of that graffiti is good if it's done well, I dare say. You're getting well known to the crews in the area. Nice going. Takes a while to get back on your feet after any operation, so take it easy; everyone recovers differently. You'll still be healing. Yeah, I applied for a job on the railways here in 1983 but I never heard anything back either. It was a time when the coal mines were being closed and some of the lines that Beeching didn't close were finally being shut off. Never did get an apprenticeship either. Not a good time. Still, we got this far! Keep safe and as well as possible. Take it easy and see you again, JT. All the best to family and all. Cheers!

[@JawTooth]

I couldn't get a job with the railroads so I made my own by filming them Lol. That hill is one of my favorite spots. It's pretty awesome to stand by a heavy train going up out of the river valley. When I was little I used to love watching the coal trains that went by my relatives home in eastern Kentucky. Those tracks are long gone but the tunnel is still there across from where my relatives lived. Thanks for watching my videos!

[@JoeCosmo-xr3hd]

Really cool You are my favorite..You asked where the grain came from. It is planted. lololol Have a wonderful bay.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks! You too! so they plant it lol

[@christophercoburn1950]

Brian thank you for another great video. Your dedication is unmatched 😊

[@JawTooth]

I appreciate that!

[@johnkeane8275]

With the elevation of the outside rail the springs on the inside would almost have been coil bound , Good train .John K.

[@gaborandrejszki2553]

Hi Brian 🤝🙂 Really nice catches! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching

[@gaborandrejszki2553]

@@JawTooth You're welcome

[@danslejardindecytrus]

Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo et très bon dimanche ! 👍🙏

[@rodneyjeffery9726]

so cool

[@barneypfeffer3032]

Yes It did sounded great😊

[@donharsh61]

Awesome and watching enjoying too and enjoy the side show awesome stuff jaw tooth 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂😃😎👍♥️ again awesome video Jaw Tooth ❤

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@CSXincyRailfan]

Great catches Jaw Tooth! I really wish I had time to catch trains on weekdays, but unless I get the day off, the quiet weekend is my option.

[@JawTooth]

I understand completely. When I worked for the county I had to sneak in Railfan time for my lunch break while driving in the county. Might have to call in sick once lol

[@schizoozy]

TY I love your videos and all of the stuff you explain and talk about. Love your pets.

[@JawTooth]

Thank you so much!

[@margiecooper6045]

Great video JT! Windy day. Nice trains. ❤

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

another excellent day with MR jaw great hunt and good week

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@raleighwelborn1136]

Always enjoy all your great videos! Most nights here lately I'll go to your playlists and watch your videos until I fall asleep. Thank you for your work and thank you for your time doing these videos, sir. God bless! 💙 🛤 🚂 💙

[@jeremycox571]

You never disappoint Jaw Tooth simply love your videos!

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thank you!

[@Fretzelmire]

Good morning, JT! Thank you for the video!

[@JawTooth]

Good morning and thanks for watching!

[@randydobson1863]

hello Jaw & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Jaw & Friends Randy

[@JawTooth]

Thanks my friend Randy! I am glad that you like my videos and I hope you have a great week coming up

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great video

[@JawTooth]

Thanks!

[@markhayes6407]

Great catches

[@celioleitao7303]

Awesome live action jaw tooth.

[@garymiller5937]

Hi JT! I'm doing pretty well today. And how are you doing? Well also, I hope. This one fabulous grain train! Much longer than most at 92 cars. Being conservative and figuring 110 tons of grain per car plus the weight of the car itself, would you like to guess what it weighs without the locomotives? If you guessed almost 26 million pounds you were right! No wonder the NS power sounded so good when they went by. What a great catch JT! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnnyh409]

Mid 70's I was training for engineer for Wisconsin Central, half way through training a bunch of us got layed off and never heard from them again.

[@JawTooth]

that was about the time when railroads were being shut down right and left. I applied in 79 and never heard anything. The CSX track that I lived by for 4 years was removed in 85

[@thomasreagor3880]

Hey jowtooth I love the train videos I love trains every sens I was a kid I'm always looking for your new videos I've seen all your videos keep up the good work

[@JawTooth]

Cool, thanks! I appreciate that

[@fordfairlane662dr]

One of your favorite locations to film trains I see

[@JawTooth]

Yes, by far. This is probably THE spot. I would go here everyday and film if people would watch.

[@garymiller5937]

That NS mixed manifest was working hard too, JT. I can understand why. It had 94 cars plus the DPU! It soudr

[@debbiemichaels4632]

Grain in those cars😊

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

wow, you got live action right from the beginning with the red ambulance.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@libby5335]

Super video with lots of train action! Pretty good catch when same engineer waves to you twice from different locations in same video! Wind seemed brutal!

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@rojo340s]

Because of Shoestring, I'm always looking for which cars can provide rides. That grain train didn't have any.

[@JawTooth]

That's cool! I think about him all the time. I wish I could have had one more summer with him. He was a great person and fun to be with

[@curtisdavis5556]

Great video. Get warm. Loved the awesome commentary.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Carolb66]

Good afternoon JT, WOW what a heavy first train! Long too i found myself willing the train up the hill & she made it. Great train chase JT. Lots of live action that day. 40° is cold with a strong wind especially in the UK! 🥶 i noticed the first train my nickname was tagged, beez wasnt me! ❤😊👍

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@williamchristy8123]

Good morning Jaw Tooth.

[@JawTooth]

Good morning!

[@BrianPhillips-le3gl]

Helper locomotives working hard pushing trains up and over the hill, sanding and growling! It's a shame that some of these " taggers" don't care what they spray paint ,not considering there are kids who love to watch trains because trains are fascinating to the imagination of a young boys heart.

[@robinroberts3335]

Great video jaw 👍🏻😎Robin out

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@Docnty]

Hey Jawtooth, it was great to see the Union Pacific train, it's uncommon to see them in your area isn't it? At least when watching your's, and Gambit's videos, they're pretty scarce on both of your videos from what I've seen anyways... 😁

[@brandonreeves5979]

Great footage Brian!!!

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@brandonreeves5979]

@@JawTooth you’re welcome sir!

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Great video.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks!

[@randyvoiles6579]

Yeah awesome goodness always 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪 life is good

[@RodneyFlatt]

Good. Video. Trains

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@nocapconnor600]

lol you’re a funny guy I like the last part where you wave 👋 my dad likes that part where you got your end of your intro 😂 anyways great video of this hope you get more in different places if you get lucky enough

[@JawTooth]

Thanks so much

[@londonwhaley8690]

I enjoyed that video👍👍

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@thaddaeuswilson3248]

I lost count in between snoozes but I believe this train had about 101 cars.

[@tokugawa12able]

Brian, take care of yourself …we appreciate everything you do.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks!

[@allenchamberlin6007]

JT, an inside the turn video may have been the better shot, Great shout of the pusher though, still great video of the railroad in action. Its amazing how quiet these trains are on the track when they are loaded. I recall back in the eighties watching Burlington Northern coal trains working to get up Monument hill, Colorado south bound with multiple pushers behind the caboose. Allen C.

[@JawTooth]

The only way to do that would be to cross over the tracks and it's too dangerous for that. I hope I get a chance to get to Colorado again to see some coal trains

[@raymondszybowicz7597]

If your in Erlanger Kentucky I had a bad surcumstance having going South on 1 75 picked up a big aluminum spike in my driver side rear tire about a year ago.

[@curtis13450]

Nice

[@JawTooth]

Thanks

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Hey JT, believe it or not 44R is a daily grain train that comes to New Orleans and goes to the silos on the Mississippi river and they off load it and to the silos and then they loaded on to ships to send overseas so they bring that grain a long ways But there’s one that comes through every day and it’s 45Z I think when it goes back north and that’s odd because usually it’s odd numbers coming south and even numbers going north down here where I live in Louisiana but anyway, my friend another awesome video and as always you stay safe out there buddy And watch your back and we’ll catch you on the next one

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for the info Timmy! That grain really does have a long journey. One of these days I need to get to Louisiana and film some train. Thanks for watching and have a great week coming up!

[@robertdshannon5155]

Grain likely comes from Upper MidWest and Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Perhaps going South for further processing,

[@user-rd8cu2tu8e]

Nice job Jaw tooth keep it up please

[@JawTooth]

Thanks! Will do!

[@skimmer8774]

Like you said,, that graffiti about mushrooms was referring to gardening 😅😅😅😅😅

[@debbiemichaels4632]

Follow that train with the DPU

[@walterfisher4105]

That's a buncha bread goin uphill!!! 😂impressive power huh???!!! Kudos WF

[@Andrefane32]

Amazing videos Jaw Tooth keep up the good work

[@JawTooth]

Glad you like them!

[@garymessina1609]

Awesome video diesel pusher really doing it's job thanks Brian

[@michaeleingle3812]

Good live action! Around 6 minutes into the video it sounded like you said something about that wasn’t very nice? What was that about? Thanks for putting up with all the traffic jams to bring us some good trains!

[@robwanrooij667]

Hello train lover. I also have something to do with it. I watch your videos very often. Hey, my birthday is April 25 and I will be 72 years young. I would love it if you said something about it. Greetings to all train enthusiasts from the Netherlands or as you also call Holland. Rob Wanrooij

[@barneypfeffer3032]

Good train morning got a lot of Arkansas and Oklahoma cars on this one

[@JawTooth]

Good morning barney!

[@barneypfeffer3032]

Dpu still giving it what for

[@MrPeerum]

😅was a big long grane trail each wagon 141 ton. coool. the sound is perfect Brian.greetz:🍐Peer.😅

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@stevepayne2917]

Great to see the train/locos working hard on the curved incline, like how you followed the train.

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@Patric5590]

Awesome video with a diesel sanding the rails and a dpu working hard but wait there’s more 👍😎🇺🇸🚂👍

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@johnwoodall3791]

Hello Jaw Tooth. Excellent Content as always, I hope all of those who knocked The Comments on Hobo Shoestring are happy with what they said, Pity on them. Maybe they should Chill Out and Listen to A Song Of Freedom by Bruce Springsteen being Born In The USA. Shoestring like yourself are a breed of people that give us guys a look at the Day in Day out operations of the American Railway Network and to Our Unsung Heroes being the Drivers, Train Superintendents, Technical Staff on the Rail in the Field and Train Controllers thankyou for Doing a Sometimes Very Hard Job and in Lots of times Difficult Circumstances. To the Overall Rail Fan Community. "" Keep On Rocking "". Regards John

[@briank.8925]

25:22 a wave!