Locomotive Ride Along: Lake State Railway Saginaw to Flint

[@danasoroko]

I enjoy the camera angle so that I can see more than just the track ahead. I also like the locomotive engine sounds.

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

The rhythmic sound that you hear is actually a small flat spot on one of the locomotive front truck wheels. Such flat spots are undesirable but are permitted when they are within the acceptable norms during inspection by the crews from the Motive Power and Car Department of a Railway. 2017/09/05.

[@jbkingesq9889]

Amazed at how quick the ride is. It took me 4 days to hitchhike from Saginaw.

[@SuperBigdaddy1954]

America... Great song

[@awrwayne]

Excellent video. It's rare to get the engine sounds captured so well. Top marks for this video!!

[@shanewilson9115]

its allways been a dream of mine to sit in the cab of a locomotive and just hear and feel the power. this is prob as close as i will ever get thanks great vid

[@averymarcus7245]

pro trick: watch series at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching loads of movies lately.

[@pedrojames6149]

@Avery Marcus Definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :D

[@13kyky13]

U should get train sim world 3 my only issue is u have to buy a lot of DLCs for a lot of trains. But if u want a train like this buy the game then buy Cajon pass. It has a train like this

[@brentmiller3951]

As,a child my father worked for Southern Pacific on the Oregon coast .One of his jobs was to run in front of the trains and open three treaties .I got to ride in a few high hoods lots of SD- 40 -2 , I even got to ride in a few cabooses .crew change was always at the coos bay depot so it was always,easy to ask the engineer. I have just recently realized how lucky I was.

[@Major_Tom98]

You can at the NC Transportation Museum.

[@deborahedwards1427]

I have seen a 1000 videos of train videos ,this is by far the BEST VIDEO ON KZbin, great job keep them coming !!!!!!!

[@charlesmiller000]

You can rarely beat DiB Productions!

[@darrylowens59]

I agree !!! I'man ex NS engineer and that ride makes me really miss railroading! Great video !!!!

[@charlesmiller000]

Mesmerizing! (fantastic at 1.75X playback) I was hooked as a child and am now 73! Great vid & audio! DiB Rules! Thanks!

[@paullindberg9230]

Up in the top left side Delay In Block had heir logo up there. A real treat i spent a"FEW" hours or shifts for Conrail with similar power! Great job guys!

[@TommyZTrains]

I made this trip as a "guest" ... IT WAS GREAT !!

[@kittty2005]

I like the fact your audio software does not clip the peaks of the bass notes like it does when you're outside,I love hearing the raw power of the prime mover,it's orgasmic.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Sounds like an emd prime mover

[@3985uprr]

Love that Canadian horn!!!!!!! Yeah that flat spot is becoming more noticeable

[@EngineerBJ65]

Hey I can see my house from here! Too bad I wasn't home at the time. It is so nice to see the shiny blue locos which are a big improvement over the gray ghost and old CSX equipment I used to see.

[@shawnpowell5876]

Thanks for an awesome video! That is something I'd like to do b4 I die! Trains are my PASSION and have been for as long as I can remember. Thanks again for sharing your videos DIB!

[@davea8814]

Man these guys reall know how to keep it between the lines !!

[@sunfish4712]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, You were the only one that posted each road crossing, special for me from Michigan and now in FL. like old home week, I have watch train cab views all over the world and in the states and this was the best so far, half the time don't even know where I'm watch, don't speak the langage

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

Indeed, it was a fine touch of professionalism to add the names of the crossings. It made my following of the trip even more useful as I viewed it in conjunction with Google Map. Thank you. PAL, Oshawa, Ontario 2017/09/05.

[@sunfish4712]

Will be watching for more videos by you, thanks

[@vettebecker1]

Great view, I love it!!!

[@markcinque106]

Blast the Shit out of that Trumpet!,Just Do it Like Nike!!!!

[@paullindberg9230]

I can honestly say that locomotives have heaters that really"HEAT"!!

[@AlexTrain5249]

Maybe you could come to Minnesota sometime. There's some extremely rare trains up there, like Yellowbonnets, Warbonnets with their original horns, BN SD40-2s (tons of those), SD75s, SD60M's, Oakway SD60's in storage in the Minnesota Commercial yard, the last two RS27's in existence, and the list just goes on. I'm not joking, I'm being completely honest.

[@ronaldsummons6100]

So clear, it is wonderful. thank you.

[@cliffperkins4677]

i also love the engines sounds. Yet I wonder why they vary their revs so frequently as this seems to be level track and a long trip

[@cliffperkins4677]

And then, once they got out of town, the diesels' revs were rather constant. Guess it's where you are going through.

[@jmcfarlandjr]

That is some seriously straight track.

[@SirDGentry]

Very interesting & enjoyed video I've enjoyed the front engine left view all the way to the end

[@pica6888]

Very nice video

[@aaronsykes2362]

this is my hometown saginaw,mich csx used to run on these tracks going south to flint,mich it used to be 4 tracks but in the late 90's they took them out

[@dknowles60]

also left the track in very poor shape. 2 hours to get to flint. you can bike from saginaw to flint in 2hours

[@cadenmichael3217]

My home town also

[@superbulldog81]

Great video! Thanks for posting.

[@michaeld8443]

like watching grass grow

[@ericzerkle8486]

Yeah I feel the same way about football.

[@grandtrunk5416]

I remember about 3-5 years ago I watched one of the csx railfanning videos. Good times

[@davidmoore-xu6od]

very nice thank you enjoyed this very mucj

[@rudolffabrie3233]

very good video

[@grayfireproductions]

I hope one of these days you decide to try a locomotive ride along on the Central Midland Railway from Overland to Union, MO. It is on a stretch of trackage that was once the Rock Island Railroad's St. Louis mainline.

[@bobbyslater1198]

Loved it! Grabbed a cup of coffee and enjoyed the ride.

[@JosephStAmant-vm1cg]

I'm from Lafayette, Louisiana back in the day it was SP that ran here now it's BNSF and UP. Oh how I miss the gray and red. My grandfather worked for SP until 1980 as a bridge tender.

[@trainsandplanes4623]

Didn't expect to see you in this comment section

[@paullindberg9230]

In the past street signs thee was a street called Canada street I going to.speculate that street called Canada street might take you to a border crossing into Canada!

[@wasatchrangerailway6921]

Here will never be another sound quite like the 645E3!!!! The sound of pure unadulterated horsepower!!!!

[@djdavid36]

i subscribed on you guys!!! i love that sound and vieuw!!! you do a great job and thanks for sharing!!! greets from belgium!!

[@bradlund3752]

Love the cab view

[@bennyringstrom7765]

One unusually video to be a Drayton video.nice and calm.😂😂🤣🤣🤩

[@BessemerLakeErie902]

Cool video! I thought you said you were uploading your Circus Train shots last Friday but this is also cool!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Bessemer & Lake Erie 902 We are waiting on Ringling Bros. to approve the upload.

[@BessemerLakeErie902]

+Delay In Block Productions Oh. Ok. How long does that take?

[@Yeetus_The_Trainz_Tutorial_Guy]

The controls may seem hard but trains look easy to operate!

[@crollwtide9452]

27:44 Can't believe that there aren't any gates on that particular crossing

[@trainsbreath6517]

Amazing😍

[@SaiaArt]

What was the chrome "nub" they pulled out of the hood around 1:28? Clearly seen before that time straight over from the sand hatch on the Engineer's side? I've never seen something like that before and do not see it in any photos online.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

That would be another GoPro camera that didn’t record anything due to an SD card error. We removed it at Mt. Morris.

[@halfrobloxhalfreallife198]

This train is going to my hometown to my buddy lives

[@Trainman2024]

I wish the camera was on the top of the train so I can get a better view but with the camera rotating so i can see a view

[@jackkreighbaum783]

I would have liked to have seen the consist.

[@sanddabz5635]

I'm trying to be patient cuz I love trains! That being said, could anyone explain why at 10:50 track speed limit is a negative 10mph?

[@philliplee980]

very cool.

[@SynchroScore]

Always neat to look around places on Google Maps. At the triangular yard in Saginaw, not only is there a turntable and roundhouse, there are also passenger coaches and an ALCO RS-series road switcher. Any idea what the story with those is?

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

The ALCO is owned by a private individual and is a former Detroit & Mackinac locomotive that once ran the rails on LSRC’s line to Alpena. The coaches belong to the Bluewater Chapter of the NRHS but I’m told they are no longer on the property as of 2020.

[@SynchroScore]

@@DelayInBlockProductions Ah, thanks. Always neat when you take a look at a yard and find something unusual there.

[@mikemadden4084]

flat spot on locomotive wheel?

[@gibco25-offical56]

Not sure

[@leonardolucero7068]

Muy bueno el video. Me parecio a mi o esa locomotora tenia una rueda poseada. Saludos desde argentina.

[@paullindberg9230]

From what I can see the blue might be a Conrail Unit!

[@malickdiop4025]

Nice

[@johnnywadd3020]

cool

[@dknowles60]

when did the block siganals get change

[@mikemadden4084]

one of the Loco wheels seem to have a flat spot, thump, thump, thump etc

[@robertalbertson889]

I really love your video however that "flat wheel" sound is driving me crazy 🤪 😅hahaha I can't imagine how annoying it must be from inside the cab of the locomotive

[@arthurthompson8241]

I wonder what triggers the crossings bell in the locomotive

[@littlewingpsc27]

I believe the engineer turns it on and off via a switch on his panel.

[@tuebor1837]

If you mean the grade crossing bells, there are electric circuits built into the tracks that detect the wheels coming over.

[@awrwayne]

Why do engineers continue blowing the horn long after the engine has passed the intersection? Is it regulation?

[@jpaufsc]

They are required to sound the horn until the locomotive has completely crossed the road.

[@kleetus92]

Style or signature...

[@CNrailfan.4]

They don't have too

[@CNrailfan.4]

It depends on how like his attitude is

[@alannaanayaandkaliahshow4003]

TRAINS ROCK

[@MrIdasam]

No dammit, they role.

[@alannaanayaandkaliahshow4003]

YEAH

[@jw4620]

Good video, Like the engine sounds, can't stand the flat spot wheel thump.

[@dominiccrowe8018]

I had rides in 2 Locomotives in New Zealand.

[@devionweems6188]

when in timing does the daily lsrc train arrive in bridgeport?

[@bg2k625]

Why did the train stop at 1:28:00?

[@timothylandram8322]

I believe of what I'm seeing here before 1:28:00 is if you notice the gopro camera that was on the right front corner of the engine was removed I think I know why the train had stopped

[@clineshaunt]

Must be a decent amount of traffic on this line if it's signaled.

[@Rich206L]

No mic on the Go-Pro? A little narration would have out this thru the roof...

[@johndecann9312]

NEAT

[@cadenmichael3217]

How did you mange to get a ride from lake state?

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

I want to find a way to do that to 😂

[@cadenmichael3217]

@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 I got sit in a unit on HESR buts that different story, I need to find out how to ride in a train, in the cab Lol

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

@@cadenmichael3217 if you figure it out tell me how LOL

[@ultrametric9317]

Why are all those cars just sitting there? From Google Maps, it appears some of those large car groupings have been there at least 5 years!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Ultrametric The railroad runs a car storage business for other companies who do not have enough room on their property to keep the cars in their yards.

[@DanaMackstormdog94]

Nice video! What sort/class of locomotive was this? Thanks.

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Dana Mack 0:50

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Pretty sure it’s a SD 40-2

[@Dan-uv5lw]

Is 10 miles an hour the fastest you can go? It will get boring for an hour and a half.

[@Robbi496]

OK, I guess this is a dumb question, but why would a Class I Line sell a line like this which obviously has a decent amount of business??

[@dennisb-trains23]

Super audio little distortion. Sounded like one of the locos wheels had a flat spot. I wondered why they stopped at that one road? Did they bring their dog with them? Lol

[@60trainhunter]

K5 horn?

[@cnnw3929]

That's a K3L, and a nice one at that.

[@hoseman317]

straight track,. why so slow?

[@mikemadden4084]

Canal or river at 31 minutes?

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

It is the Cass River. The bridge crossing is at the 28:48 mark. 2017/09/05.

[@jerrygerardtetaiaharereroa1052]

O I want a Horn like this on my car.

[@darnellf9794]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@larrydockery7201]

dam that flat spot on that wheel i hate thoes things on the engen

[@iitywyswm]

Hardly the type of content that needs an FBI copyright warning.

[@brotherjames7248]

18:07/1:49:46 to show my appreciation of your video

[@canadianlocomotivelogistics]

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[@davewhite5258]

Sounds like a flat spot

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

Nicely made video, but I found it to be so sterile that I only watched for about 10 minutes. I would much prefer that the camera be located in the cab where we can hear radio traffic as well as in-cab conversation.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

scoostraw We actually had three cameras on the locomotive on this day, but the SD cards had issues and we were not able to salvage any other angles from them.

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

Thanks for the reply. You do an excellent job with your videos, which is why I decided to comment. I'll keep watching. ;)

[@disastertransport3656]

I like this one because of the view and nobody's talking through half the video about their stupid relationship falling apart I just tried to watch one and shut ☝

[@darnellf9794]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mikemadden4084]

what is the trains maximum speed?

[@lcfrss174]

depends on the area. most in michigan is 25mph. where im at it was 10 from alpena to tawas until they did maintenence. where im at which is above limestone it wreaks havoc on the roads as well as rails

[@鍾志良-q3w]

46:52 🔭🔭📷📷🎥📹🎬👬👬👬👥😄👍

[@FunGamerFever]

Looks like I wasn't the only one that saw rail fans :)

[@danmathers141]

It seems sad that there are no businesses along this line to be potential customers.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Yes it is but they have 2 trains a day on this line so it’s doing pretty good

[@dannyhaley7610]

why soo slow?

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

danny haley the train was still within yard limits at the start of the video and couldn't throttle up until the last car cleared

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

True, but once out of the yard, the speed is dictated by the permissible limits. These are in the time table and reflect the general state of repair of the plant. It is probably fair to say that in the days of the Pere Marquette Railway, this was most likely 60 MPH trackage. 2017/09/05.

[@myhorses11]

Too Bad you dont know what your talking about!!!! The train is still in the Yrd when it starts going ...which if it the Flint turn it Probably close or over 100 Cars. Speed limit in the Yrd is 6 MPH. until the entire Train is Clear. Then just past Perkins you have the Hoyt Siding to the right....CM Conector (Old GTW Diamond) . and the Port Huron Sub (Left) now its 10 Mph untill your entire train is past the Port Huron Sub Frog. From there its 25 Mph (Unless a Slow Order) all the Way to Flint untill Francis Rd. where ya get ahold of the RN (CSXT) Dispatcher. Then down to Mt Morris where you stop to get RN's Permission into the Mt. Morris Siding. I dobt that the Track speed was ever 60 MPH!!! It was only 45 when i worked for the CSXT.

[@ednorton47]

@@myhorses11 Why don't they borrow some money at these cheap rates and replace all the wooden ties with concrete, improve the roadbed, and get the speed limits raised?

[@myhorses11]

@@ednorton47 Just an FYI,. I did not know this until today but even though this is showing my name, I did not make any of these comments. I don't work for the railroad and never have. Not sure how my name got on here.

[@sandraarnold3160]

at 56:23 that graffitied Jolteon (Eeveelution Pokemon) on the right side of the bridge looks Horrible! Like a noob painted it! Even i can draw a better looking one than that! i guess its Jolteon?! IDK for sure, UwU

[@brucepatterson2020]

How amazing it is July 10,2017 yet there are no leaves on the trees. I lived near Flint for about 50 years and when I was there the were always leaved on the trees by July. I guess climate change is worst than anyone thought.

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

Bruce Patterson the footage that this video came from was filmed back in February

[@flatbilly26]

I hope that was a joke..... unfortunately I'm guessing it wasn't

[@bulgingbattery2050]

The GP engines are old and can't handle too much tonnage.

[@sharonrivers1347]

Id preferr a straight out the front window shot.course it means not as great a view.

[@RobertAnderson-u8j]

Such a slow ride, it would take 10 hours to go 80 miles.

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

Good video but the general performance of the Railway reflects the pitiful state of the Plant. I suspect that the majority of the Ties are approaching the end of their service life and hence, the track is deemed to be a Class 3 at best. The resulting mediocre performance is certainly not how the Railways are going to attract lucrative business or improve their economic viability through more efficient use of their assets and personnel!!!! One can only imagine how much better the Plant would be if Society spent just a fraction it did on one of the highway overpasses shown. This is very sad to see, as this line has a huge potential and it certainly displayed better performance in the days of the Pere Marquette Railway, as the presence of high speed turnouts illustrates. 2017/09/05.

[@dknowles60]

dow dont ship as many cars from midland as they use to. mi is a very bad place for business

[@wazookazoo]

they should've got out and fixed the flat

[@charlesmiller000]

LOL

[@coleharvey9757]

Pickup some more speed

[@bobm2331]

KInda lame. Would have been a bit better to see inside cab with Engineer. Unless of course you weren't allowed to. Which makes my comment worthless. But thanks.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

We were not allowed to.

[@dknowles60]

when did the line get Nyc block aignals