Inside Galesburg's Incredible Locomotive Shops!

[@bendermender926]

daily machinist activities include: pooping (in the coolant tank), drinking (the coolant), and hurling random stuff all over the shop

[@carstrainsandcrossings8639]

LOL 💀

[@West_Kootenay_railfan]

Lol 😂😂

[@inconsistencyiskey6862]

Does the random stuff include the poop that was in the coolant tank?

[@YourLocalHistorian]

That must be some uncouth gibrony

[@nimblehealer199]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dfwrailvideos]

I find it funny how BNSF requested you blur out the logos. Not like there's gonna be thousands of railfans watching this video who know the BNSF paint scheme well!

[@GreenRC24]

Yeah, ridiculous.

[@bwnotredame06]

That's why I came to the comments. Like non-rail fans could tell you which company that is. LoL

[@Shaken_AND_Stirred]

Why are all of the “BNSF” logos blurred out? It’s pretty obvious what they are. Around 1995, a coworker and myself got to take a tour of the Souther Pacific Diesel Locomotive Servicing Facility on the Northside edge of downtown Houston. It was a huge place and a really cool experience. Sometimes during lunch, I would ride my motorcycle over there and just watch all of the locomotive traffic. Unfortunately, after UP bought SP, it was closed down some years later, leveled and new condominiums erected there in its place. Sometimes, “progress”, isn’t always progress in my opinion.

[@tueypjr4823]

Maybe so the fra doesn't slam BNSF for letting unauthorized personal within its facility?

[@DanMeyer80]

@@tueypjr4823pretty sure FRA could figure it out.

[@Maximilian7992]

@@tueypjr4823That doesn’t really help considering each railroad has a different color for their locomotives and if you know them by color… that’s kinda pointless

[@ralfie8801]

If I heard him right, BNSF logos weren’t scratched out, it was the old original ATSF logo on the computer screen cases. Not even on the exterior of the locomotives.

[@turnerdeedo4633]

@@Maximilian7992 Well I think it's another one of those cases where because of how the United State's legal system works, BNSF can get away with it here. Any crime has to be proven without reasonable doubt, and technically there is reasonable doubt that this was a BNSF shop, because you can't see any logos. Any defense lawyer could say that was another railroad's shop, like CPKC or WFRX, two railroads who have many patched BNSF units, and there really wouldn't be a way to prove the guy wrong.

[@Mauscmkwk]

4:31 man it would amazing with a fresh coat of paint

[@bwnotredame06]

I wish they'd repaint all the War and Blue Bonnets and keep the OG SF logos. Just have smaller bnsf somewhere

[@jlg823]

There once was a skunk living out in the hump yards, back in the early 1970's. It got run over and was stinking pretty bad. Some clown picked up the body and placed it by the air intake of the old air tubes that way bills and such were passed between Willis yard and various other offices. When a canister was sent, the stink was pumped to Willis yard and man what a problem that was for the clerks and pencil pushers. Notices were posted everywhere to not pull that shit anymore.

[@BNSFrailfan01]

Now we know why NS derails so often: they employed pink teddy bears as engineers.

[@archiebunker7688]

No teddy bear story here but I recall a pair of purple panties that floated around a locomotive shop floor. There was only one female in the locomotive shop and she always toted a gym bag so they must have fallen out at some point or some hanky panty was going on it was never exactly common knowledge but eventually the purple panties showed up on an inflatable doll!!! This is true, all true. Well a newlywed 3rd shift guy was having troubles with his new democrat feminazi wife and took the doll home one day panties and all and when his wife was out late drinking before he left for work that night he slipped the doll in their bed and tucked her in like any new husband would do, knowing his drunken democrat wife would be coming home and discover. That morning the new wife/ex-wife became a white tornado, The End.😮 Another day in the locomotive shop one of the sportsman, an inspector, had a way with collecting pigeons in an overhead no longer used enclosed catwalk that connected buildings- he would find them roosting and with a sneaky well placed finger to the birds breast, he put them to sleep and took home for his hunting retrievers to train on. Anyway there was an older guy in the shop kind of a good natured jokester and during a lunchbreak the sportsman inspector had stuffed the older guys locker full of pigeons and the whole shop knew this and secretly watch as the situation moved along. Lunchtime was over and when the old guy opened his locker door those pigeons flew out like a sign from above and the old guy knew he'd been had- again! The time before that was a dead goose the sportsman brought in and laid on the old guys Sterrett polished granite inspection table. That time the old guy totally ignored the goose as he went about inspecting a brass contact switchgear he just machined but I did see his eyes glance up and he scanned the shop for the perpetrators and cracked a grin of approval. He sadly has since passed on.

[@rushylvania.northern]

That's the only issue with inclusivity

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@rushylvania.northern Its PSR

[@Jessecolliton3992]

last train video of a legend

[@BNSFTrains10]

8:41 NOTE: That this clip will have some Strong Language and I liked how the workers were talking about the Butter and the Teddy Bear. Another Note: That BNSF Requested to blur the BNSF Logos including the Patch on the Fallen Flag Engines when you are filming in the Railyard.

[@VenityGT]

As someone who was born and still lives in Galesburg, I never knew what the yard looked like from inside! Thank you for this interesting video!

[@jlg823]

That yard is fairly new. You should have seen the old yard!

[@RHTeebs]

Where have you gone, man? Havent posted in a while.

[@averagepokemonfan5510]

I live in Fulton County in Illinois and I'm pretty much near Galesburg, just a bit of a drive away

[@Railfaning_With_Brantley]

Hey man love your videos since I’m in NS territory it’s nice to see the power out west where you are and plus I think I could sit down all day and just watch your videos love the stuff you do man keep it up❤️🚂🤟

[@salemcripple]

As an automotive mechanic, it's great to know that mechanics of all machines are all the same slightly childish, sarcastic smart asses. The butter reminded me of the time (someone who shall remain nameless) turned our cheetah cannon into an air powered, socket firing death mortar. And ended up blasting a 3/4 in socket through the shop wall at 100psi lol.

VERY COOL that you got that kind of access. Thanks for posting this. =)

[@sanddabz5635]

I'm going to start a GoFundMe for that War Bonnet and send it to the paint shop. ASAP!

[@taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi3409]

That's cool buddy I love tour this yard someday I love how bnsf is getting busy all time now

[@IowaRailfan]

Nice Video! Been needing to get to Galesburg at some point!

[@dfwrider3830]

all the blurred out bnsf logos made me smirk. like who else would have a fleet of orange engines, and a santa fe engine? im guessing they required you to blur their logo for legal reasons?

[@SoCalOCRailfan]

Amazing video!! Wow, that’s so cool to tour around inside the shops and get an up close look at the locomotives

[@erykbeaudry6790]

hello southern plain railfan i have a question why have you stop uploading because i love your content

[@MirasomeRailfan]

Wow! Great Video! I've gotten an interest in the SD70MACs recently, I really hope they get into preservation someday! I want to maybe try and do one, if I can...

[@SPRailfan4449]

Amazing! Just so awesome to see the Galesburg shops! Especially cool to see the Santa Fe locomotives in there! 🤩❤️😎

[@ConrailSD80MAC]

That tour of the 🟧🟧🟧🟧 locomotive shop was really cool!

[@RandomTrainfan]

No uploads in 4 months, BNSF must have got him

[@Txloganc]

😂 maybe

[@railfannercristian]

Anyone here wondering where SPR is at?

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

Cool vid and tour. Love seeing the Santa Fe paint these days (there's one that resides here in Williston in local service, in fact) after all these years. I have fond memories of filling in on a dedicated run at the first trucking company I worked for back in 93... Got to hook up to one of BN's trailer in West Burlington, haul traction motors and parts out to Lincoln, then go out to Alliance (along NE2, of course) and return. Still remember shooting photos of an old E unit in West Burlington on the condition of being careful lol. Times have changed a lot... Thanks for sharing this.

[@1924ab]

I would like to see a tour of the Topeka system maintenance shops, worked there for 7 years but left 24 years ago.

[@justanotherghost4589]

Okay now this is just awesome! Makes me wonder what all is hidden around the Juniata shops here in Altoona in some of the buildings and such, if only I could look around, a while back a Dash-9 or AC44 went by with a Conrail long hood door, so now I'm wondering if there's just a stockpile of old Conrail parts still around 😂 it's unfortunate that railroads have to be so secretive, but I guess it makes sense because of safety and liabilities. Anyways, I loved watching this, I'm glad you could get into there, seems very exciting, I'd love to know what some of those guys think of the older stuff that shows up.

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

In terms of paint, they don’t care if it’s a fallen flag, an oddball, or faded H2; it’s a locomotive all the same. Generally they like working on older equipment because it’s simpler, more intuitive, and more reliable.

[@KNR6292]

I loved this video too, I'm a mechanic working on cars and motorcycles. This is the type of railfan video that's most interesting to me

[@alcopower5710]

Excellent coverage….. thanks for sharing 👍

[@BNSF_6022]

Oh cool I’ve been looking forward to seeing this video

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

Didn’t get a chance to watch this the first time around, but the nature of this video reminds me a lot of when my late grandfather, who was a 4th generation railroader with the Grand Trunk Western, pulled some strings with some of his former coworkers and took my dad and I down to the Flint RIP track when I was a kid. Ended up getting a few gifts from the crew including a blank GTW bad order card dated 1972/1977! To this day, that bad order is one of my favorite pieces of railroad paperwork, second only to my CN-Grand Trunk District operating rules dated December 1998 (the month and year I was born)

[@stateoftexasrailfan]

Great video my dad works for BNSF and he told me that the BN guys would scratch the Atsf logo in the speedometer

[@MrGlenferd]

Reminds me of my years as a machinist at CN. Worked the backshop and the running shop.

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

GALESBURG!!! WOOOOOO we out here

[@LostInTheIceOfLife]

This is awesome! Must be nice to finally be up close to a yellow and war bonnet!

[@roberthoppock5349]

grew up in Galesburg seen there yard be for it was moved

[@zenontrainstrucks9433]

Great video! Very interesting to see what goes on in there!

[@coloradonscaler]

i saw 669 last February on a manifest. nice to see that she's still around!

[@AWVRisthebestrailroadever]

I know you might not take requests, but you should check out the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad's Gibson yard in Hammond. they have a locomotive similar to that NS rp14 called the rp15bdf rebuilt from SW1500s, the rp15bdf is only used by the IHB. no other railroad has them.

[@TexasSoCalRailfan9021]

Why is the BNSF logos And Letters Censored?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

The railroad requested it.

[@TexasSoCalRailfan9021]

That’s alright I know you hate it as much as we do but great video!

[@trains2495]

​@@Southern_Plains_Railfan, good video! Man, I went through all the comments! Many asked about the BNSF name being "Blurred" out after it was answered many times! OK, was this in 2023? I went to Galesburg Railroad Days 2024 "VIP" tour! No photography allowed anymore in the locomotive shop or tower. Do you know what happened? This was my first VIP tour and it was great! Though we didn't even go far into the shop with locomotives. Hopefully someday they will have tours like you did! Awesome! I was glad to see BNSF "Warbonnet" 720 on display at the Amtrak station, though they didn't have cab tours! RJ

[@MrBnsftrain]

I'm glad you got to go inside the cab of an ex-ATSF Dash 9! It was at Mid-America Car Inc in Kansas City awhile back, and now I know why it was there. I am surprised they wanted you to censor the railroad's name, when they usually don't do that when their locomotives appear on TV.

[@nickrose5452]

This is an incredible video! As a diesel truck mechanic, Ive wanted to move into a locomotive shop my whole career. Great to see inside the Galesburg shop! How long as 669 been working the humps and where has 1755 been usually assigned these days?

[@RailwayDan]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@tkost1]

great video

[@BalloonBugle88]

5:09 you can still clearly read the letters lol

[@ih1440]

Interesting. There used to be someone in KZbin who worked there who posted a lot of videos of locomotives running at that same shop.

[@cxmx3295]

Very good and cool video and some very funny stories nice job.

[@jamesburnside3023]

Fantastic video enjoyed it

[@Train_Master_4014]

Very cool and awesome! Btw at 5:40 there is no video link in top right corner

[@OldIron2188]

Boy I wonder what railroad this is lol. Great video

[@atsf47legit]

Great video. Love those classic warbonnets.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

superb video Bro ❤😍😍

[@LostInTheIceOfLife]

Good to see the vid back!

[@AndreiTupolev]

This is back? I thought it had been taken down. Good to see some kind of arrangement has presumably been arrived at

[@tfs4499]

Great video, very informative!

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

This is interesting ❤ thanks SPR

[@TexasSoCalRailfan9021]

Great video and how did you get in?

[@brwayden6987]

I wonder what railroad this could be 🤔

[@RDC2003]

W video. That’s a very nice opportunity

[@22NCRAILFAN23]

Beautiful video!!

[@Running-with-skizers]

This was do cool thankyou for the video

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Now this is epic

[@Mauscmkwk]

If only the railroad would allow paint touch ups

[@gamingwithlukeJToH]

must've been really cool to see all that so close! also I have to ask, why is every BNSF logo in this video blurred out? you haven't done that on previous videos.

[@ejdsndnj]

the railroad requested it

[@RealJeep]

Must be June again. Everyone is cramming the rainbow down our throats. Romans 1:24-27 TRUTH

[@gamingwithlukeJToH]

@@RealJeep ...ooookay?

[@TheSPGuy49]

Where are you

[@railroadhistoryarchives]

I wonder what railroad owns all these locomotives...

[@jeffreyhunt1727]

Excellent video! I'm curious, though: Why did you blur out the road logos?

[@user-vh1uc6in7b]

Locomotives Shops is BNSF Trains immortal power and repaint that's Was a long time ago on Santa fe.

[@canadianbacon2205]

Nice video, but why is BNSF so strict on logos?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

I’m not sure, I know railroads everywhere have been kinda skittish about their image being put on the internet after the Blackwell and Northern got shut down, because the FRA supposedly patrols railfan sites looking for violations. The other reason could be looney corporate/HR rules.

[@LeahCortana]

EMD Santa Fe Sd40-2

[@OG-Productions]

How cool is this, how did you get permission to do this

[@lizggil123]

Why are you censoring the BNSF logo?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

The railroad requested it.

[@bub-e2592]

But you didn't censor the F-Bomb, cuz Yeah. @@Southern_Plains_Railfan

[@LMR78]

@@bub-e2592womp womp KZbin doesn’t ban you for cursing.

[@bub-e2592]

I know, but I was just pointing it out@@LMR78

[@mijicalmagiemance8014]

You should have gone inside 1755's cab

[@oohwhop716]

This is so cool

[@bub-e2592]

8:46 That's the first time you swore in A video.

[@XavierTheRailfanner_]

He did do the middle finger in "You Made me Do This"

[@LeahCortana]

Sd40-2 1755

[@kens.3729]

Not sure Why I’m Not Receiving Notific- ations on your Channel. I have tried Unsubscribing and Subscribing several times over several months with NO luck.

[@LeahCortana]

Bizzarre coincidence had been appeared in this channel

[@Karlos_with_a_K]

I get to watch it twice

[@KennyCz87]

I’ve been there via Lacrosse

[@josephp.elstad4328]

I thought that load test looked familiar lol

[@CreamyPennePasta]

Did you see the hump tower?

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Why are the railroad names censored for 😂 anyone with a brain in the USA knows what each of these railroad are especially if you love trains

[@thelongislandplanesandtrai3638]

No ones talking about why hes bluring the BNSF logos?

[@3henry214]

Read through previous comments... many folks asked about it. The answer is the railroad requested it to be done.

[@AnnArbor393]

Wow.😊

[@drrockf4d]

3:55 why blur out the logo on the front of the locomotive?

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Did you ever say where this is? The title says Galesburg, but where is Galesburg?

[@playhooky]

In west central Illinois on Interstate 74, about 45 minutes south of the Quad Cities & also 45 minutes northeast of Peoria, IL.

[@fiercetrains4052]

Why is the logo censored? It's everywhere on YT

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

The RR requested it for this video.

[@fiercetrains4052]

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan but why?

[@TexasSoCalRailfan9021]

@@fiercetrains4052 because of copyright

[@betsymani2734]

“Machine gun butter noises”

[@bnsfgevoproductions]

Based

[@trainbrainbros1933]

why or the BNSFs blurred out

[@kap64]

Why is BNSF blurred out? You can still read it.

[@shermanfirefly4343]

Why did they scratch out the Santa Fe logos on the screens?

[@playhooky]

This yard was owned by BN, & when the smaller SF took over & it became the BNSF (Brand New Santa Fe, or Bigger Newer Santa Fe), frankly a lot of BN employees weren't too happy with the many stupid decisions the Santa Fe executives made. I've heard that may have been the motivation behind employees scratching the logos off.

[@lleroy8929]

Funny how they made you blur out BNSF..

[@LeahCortana]

GE Santa Fe b40-8w

[@tonysamtraktrainvideos]

This is my first time seeing your video of this and I just subscribed to your channel but why would you blurred out the BNSF on the locomotives? Like dude, you don't do that at all!!! Nobody doesn't do that

[@robertsmith3518]

Can somebody stop at Hy Vee and snag me some Sterzings ?

[@ttangen8754]

Wait why is the Santa Fe not blurred?😊

[@OCRailfanner]

Because it is a fallen flag, BNSF doesn’t care about the fallen flags being blurred but they need there logo to be blurred for copyright

[@F40M07]

YOOOOO

[@MarylynAdams]

ET-cetera not EK-cetera