Manned Locomotives Shoving Trains In Both Directions! Big Train With DPU & Manned Locos! Cowan, Tn

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Yeah, that sure _is_ cool! I've never seen engines cut off on the fly before! Great catch seeing it live!

[@trainman2k]

Astounding!! Your videos continue to get better and better - which isn't easy to do when you've made such terrific videos for years! Thank you for your hard work to make these videos!!!

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thank you!

[@johnuhelski8613]

I have hiked this line to the tunnel and it is impressive , ridden my mountain bike from the depot up the hill to Monteagle , TN ; BRUTAL climb , but worth the effort. This is great country , glad you had fun here , watch out for Rattlesnakes !! This grade and the one at Sand Mountain have tested the skills of generations of engine crews . Thanks for posting .

[@JawTooth]

Sounds great! Wish I had more time to explore the area. Thanks for watching!

[@JRJ0852]

I have hunted many year on both sides of tunnel there is a vent on both sides. Train going thought will flip you hat off going in and suck your hat off leave

[@bryan2523]

I really did like the last train with the two engines at the front, a DPU and two engines in the rear. Those engines were really pushing hard, thanks.

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

Really good video today JT! Thank you!!

[@garymiller5937]

How ironic! I commented about the short trains as opposed to those from Kentucky. We had a medium-sized intermodal/auto rack and then a fabulously long intermodal/auto rack/intermodal that had over 180 cars by my count! Awesome and amazing! What a catch, JT!!! I'm thoroughly impressed! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

Very cool!

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth 😀😀

[@garymiller5937]

Another fabulous mixed manifest with 170 cars! Among the cars were 5 loads of heavy plate steel, a mid-train DPU, and 2 rear DPUs. That's the kind of train rail fans like me dream of! Thank you, my friend!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth I certainly did. 😃😃

[@debbiemichaels4632]

Great video JT. Stay cool and keep 'em coming. I also love those little towns you visit. It's like taking a trip in the past

[@JawTooth]

More to come!

[@debrabyrd592]

I spotted the Texaco station as you were positioning for the first train. Old station well preserved. Bring back good memories. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. That big red Texaco star!🎶the commercials would sing. Great trains. We enjoyed the dip. Nice little town

[@WilliamShorter-x3y]

great video j t, that dip in the tracks showed up quite well, nice hat.

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, I like them, they're awesome, @JawTooth, Brian, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks Ivan! Have a great week and I hope you see some good trains also

[@the-terrible63]

@@JawTooth Thanks and you're very welcome, Brian.

[@verneord]

Nothing replaces shade when sunny and hot. Nice straw hot!

[@mikedurhan9941]

"The Pusher Job"; that's what they call it. My son is an engineer on the pusher job (up Sand Mountain) just north of Cullman at Lacon, AL. And they cut loose on the fly there also. Special locomotive with equipment that allows them to do that. Thanks for the video, Brian.

[@icosthop9998]

Nice & TY

[@MrNorth69]

I Believe it's called "helperlink"

[@timmyfrierson2684]

And another awesome video JT man I’m glad y’all enjoying yourself down there and catching a lot of trains. I can’t wait to see the rest of you videos from Tennessee and Georgia but anyway you stay safe out there my friend and watch your back and we’ll see you on the next one

[@bobo327]

Hallo, erg leuke video, ik vind het leuk wat je op KZbin doet😊

[@garymiller5937]

JT, thank you for the spectacular trains and scenery today. I believe I've run out of things to say about them. The very best part was seeing your lovable pets! Brandi was the icing on the cake! Please tell them all I said hello! I sure look forward to the videos from the road trip! Thanka again and be safe! 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stevenpitts6665]

That was SOME video JT, I’m surprised the helpers cut off before the summit of the climb. Thank you for enduring the heat so that we armchair railfans can sit back drinking beverage of choice!

[@ebf82234]

Re: those "manned" pushers @32:00...I can't recall if, or when, I've even heard anything so powerful as those two GE's...my earbuds were vibrating💓😵‍💫!!! That is raw FDL power in force!! Worth waiting for, JT 👌👌👍👍

[@RailPoints]

Great area to watch trains. That helper action is really something different and makes the experience more interesting. I’m from the western part of the state and used to visit the area while one of my daughters was attending school in Chattanooga (another great railfanning area). Thanks for the vid.

[@davidmilne3421]

It’s great how you go to differing locations! Makes for so many new photo ops!

[@JawTooth]

I want to see as many as possible

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Thanks JT another great spot go back again- helpers on fire

[@by_feram]

Beautiful scenery for train watching. another great area for railroad enthusiasts. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Switzerland. BRAVO & LIKE

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@Patric5590]

Awesome video with a dpu working hard and 2 man helpers working hard but wait there’s more to come 👍🇺🇸😎🚂👍

[@GraceCook-g1l]

Really cool looking train station. Love the old trains and cars.

[@garymessina1609]

Really cool video and location great video thanks Brian

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@Bush-u4w]

That was one long train,I bet those at the crossing were chafing at the bit😊..cheers JT, exceptional quality mate...👍🐨blessed be🙏👋

[@fordfairlane662dr]

Some really cool old trains and locomotives

[@icosthop9998]

Especially the last one with the 3 DPUs.

[@morrismartin7131]

Hello i really like your video from Mr. Morris from redlands Ca., keep on sending them .

[@russelltrupia4479]

I really enjoy all the info. you include about the locations of your videos.I don't know how you can improve these videos but some how you manage to do so.GREAT VIDEO Brian👍👍

[@spartacussimulations5571]

Thank you for bringing good content everyday

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@markwalker1144]

Awesome video. A couple of long trains, and love hearing the power on those dpus. Good spot,. Thanks for the video Brian stay well roll on

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍 We were at the Tennbridge and a guy who used to work for the railroad down here told us about Cowan. that last train was exactly what I was hoping to catch. After waiting for a few hours after the coal train we were starting to wonder if there were many trains here. We were lucky to get that last one. Thanks again for the Super Chat support Mark! I appreciate it and have a great week!

[@markwalker1144]

@JawTooth your welcome, Brian you too.!

[@carypyke935]

Good morning Sir..great way to start a day...

[@brianmoir3388]

Fantastic video JT and amazing locations great work sir play the video son 👍 greetings from Scotland 😊

[@albertvieira6635]

❤ love that video keep up the good work be safe keep yourself hydrated

[@train1962]

On with the show. Nice place with some great trains.

[@Peter-mt6lg]

Railroad history is important. Without history,you won't know how we got here.

[@TerryWade-xe8os]

Unfortunately the new generation could care less they think everything is magic

[@JawTooth]

Yes, I agree. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewkriek7666]

Or where we are going. History has a day of repeating itself

[@jameskelly6152]

*way ​@@andrewkriek7666

[@rogertemple7193]

Great train action from Cowan TN. with a nice train station, old trains and a caboose, also some DPU'S, an awesome view of the trains as they go by and of course the awesome amazing live action pets and music slide show as always Thank You Jaw Tooth.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲

[@jonwatt678]

Howdy one and all. Have a great day..

[@louiehoward4354]

Absolutely fantastic and awesome video can't stop watching this!!!!!

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thanks!

[@ronniewatkins]

Some great shots today, JT!! You caught some monsters! I love seeing the trains that are close to home. Stay safe out there and God bless!

[@JawTooth]

Thanks! You too!

[@chrisdiaz442]

This was really awesome i enjoyed 😊😊

[@Andrefane32]

Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work

[@JawTooth]

Glad you like them!

[@t.j.carroll8512]

Yes that WAS a good video. Lots of trains, big Blue Freddy on one of them and saw the helpers knock down the signal for the siding. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davebealer8806]

Nice to see these towns, no matter how large or small, remembering their railroad history! Any idea what the 2E and 78 mean on the historic marker sign for the Depot? Nice catch of that helper breakaway on the incline! Always enjoy seeing Brandi and the new cat hasn’t figured out the cat door yet? Good video from the Volunteer State!

[@RodrigoSousaFerrovias]

Wonderful video, I liked it, have a nice day! Greetings from Brasil 🇧🇷

[@JawTooth]

Thank you! You too!

[@jasongroves177]

Very cool Steam Engine and Awesome Looking Train Station. Thank you for your cool Video's.. Thank you for the Shout out.

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

Never saw a 242 Columbia in real life. They made millions of those by Lionel and Marc train but I never saw one in real life until now. Fantastic catch!

[@danslejardindecytrus]

Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! 👍🙏

[@debbiemichaels4632]

Double DPU helpers really haulin

[@stevendorris5713]

That vintage Texaco station in the background looks awesome. Great video (as always)

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@garymiller5937]

The log cabin that was the first courthouse was awesome! I really like it! 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

Glad you liked it!!

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth I surely do! 😃😃

[@marksykes8722]

Cowan moved a closed train station and reopened it as a museum. What a great idea! Wonder if Hamilton will reopen theirs.

[@bryantsanders6869]

Awesome video

[@bracytwin2]

31:42 Wow! Dpu in the middle, and Dpu at the end. Super long train that's Epic awesome video.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@garymiller5937]

That was a very good empty coal train. One of the longest I've seen from down there, JT! Great catch! 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤

[@tobylou8]

WOW!! Never seen pushers just back off like that!

[@frankkie3849]

Nicely done, great job on this video,,thanks for sharing,,😊

[@JawTooth]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Trey-l7l]

NC&St.L stands for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad bought out by the Louisville & Nashville in the 1950s! Always love your videos!

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for the info!

[@marcuskirby8662]

Cowan is just north of Stevenson Alabama. I love your videos, just brush up on your geography.

[@frenchcanadian1007]

Another beautiful video, Brian. Your shoots are always beautiful spots. This town of Cowan, Kentucky almost into Georgia, (my mistake, I read a few comments down - Alabama) is a beautiful quiet little American town. I will have to look on a map to see about where this is. The train shots are always excellent and so are the shots of the buildings, trees and your commentary gives us information that helps us to enjoy the videos so much more. Thanks, Brian. Marcel from Saskatchewan

[@BillCarson-g4n]

Thank you for showing the rail size, i find that very interesting, and thank you for being out in the hot weather to keep the good videos coming in.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@keithtimmons378]

Love that little town! I live in Alabama. We love visiting Cowan. Great to see you in this part of the country.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@periwinkle-dragonfly]

That was a pretty little setting there where that depot is surrounded by all the green grass. (I live in the desert, so love to see green!) Thanks, JT!!

[@JawTooth]

Very cool! I like visiting the desert. I remember going to Arizona and driving into the middle of the desert

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Jaw & Mrs. Tooth & Friends Randy & Hi To The Cat Murphy & Thomas & Hi To The Dog Jessie & Logie & Brandy Thanks For The Video Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & Friends Randy

[@Milwroad4ever]

Another awesome video. The Texaco station looks like one from a model railroad!! Vintage!! Love it. Never seen the whistle post before. Pure Americana!!❤

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@yostification]

Very cool.

[@rodneyjeffery9726]

so cool

[@mshum538]

Nice location Brian (1) the bang you heard was the slack running out from the helper engine cutting off on the fly … (2) the engines after cutting off were waiting on the dispatchers instructions ( once stopped you have to get permission to proceed ) (3) at 93 degrees all trains are operating on a “ computer generated “ heat order which reduces train speed substantially which effects the entire operation of these subdivisions. (4) cutting off on the fly is simply dangerous with the lengths of todays trains and the brake pipe hoses not being connected… you and Scott 👍~~~

[@carolr9747]

That is a cool throwback Texaco gas station! '50s, '60s.... And that little courthouse. No room for a jury back then!

[@JawTooth]

There wasn't even room for an Xray machine lol

[@Edward-bd8iy]

"Well, in addition to being the Mayor and Town Council, I am also the Judge, Court Clerk, and the Jury. How do you plead?... Guilty! Got it!"

[@margiecooper6045]

Super video JT, lots going on. Great train station and Texaco station. Nice intermodal. I really liked it. Never saw those pusher engines before. Stay safe. ❤

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@trainhuntersfamily8625]

Cowans my absolute favorite town to Railfan, go down there a few times a year. Great to see you finally get there!

[@johnhawkes4048]

A few years ago TRAINS MAGAZINE did a story on the Cowan helpers Great job as always JT!

[@RazorVeryCool]

nice Have a great day

[@dmorgan28]

I really liked that old depot and steam engine Jawtooth. Long trains with DPUs and helper units. Back in my day we ran helper units and we didn’t even have DPUs then. We’ve came along way. I did really enjoy my engineer days though! Hey cool video!👍❤️

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome location Jawtooth! Beautiful old depot and old locomotives! Great catches there! Awesome old Texaco station I have a couple of those old pumps that are the real thing!👍

[@garymiller5937]

Its incredible how hard those DPUs had to work! A beautiful sound!!!

[@JawTooth]

It really is!

[@garymiller5937]

@@JawTooth 😄😄

[@Carolb66]

Awesome foal train JT! wow you could really see the dip in the track & the train then coming up it was bookin too. Cowan a lovely town lots of railway history. The old train station was gorgeous. 2 trains in 1 with the intermodel/ autorack. Like your hat JT! suits you. 2nd autorack / intermodel was a huge train! Just awesome my favourite of the day. The mixed manifest with dpu,s was a fab train too those manned helpers were really going for it! Tom has grown! Charlie & my other cat are not getting along! It's a nightmare when they are in the same room. 😮❤😊👍🐈‍⬛🐈🐕

[@redrock717]

My dad was an engineer on that pusher for many years

[@TI4438]

Good vid, JT. Really like this location.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@celioleitao7303]

Another day Another awesome video.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lesashiminski690]

Hey jaw tooth nice area. Cool train display by station. Awesome trains passing. That's quite a grade. Definitely need helper units there. Have a great railroad day. 🚂🙋‍♀️

[@lashendawest7509]

Great catches and awesome video

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@jamesharrison6201]

Just hit me, You can trust your car to the man who wears the Star, the Big Bright Texaco Star ✨😅

[@railroadman32257]

Really an interesting place. I grew up in Nashville & my first job after graduate school (Vanderbilt, 1963) was at the AEDC in Tullahoma, maybe 20 miles north. It is an interesting line over the mountain here with a long tunnel at the top that predates the Civil War. The grade is steep both ways but this is really the only serious obstacle on the "J" line. While Normandy hill is steep it does not require a pusher. The dip does show in the camera and it is odd that going south there is a descending grade through Cowan than immediately a steep ascending grade all the way to the tunnel. I have been here many times. Jerry Sullivan, retired from Southern & CSX

[@nocapconnor600]

Excellent videos Mr Jawtooth absolutely enjoying all your new videos keep it up catch more trains

[@JawTooth]

Thank you very much!

[@djburland]

Hi, in the Uk we call those shovers, Bankers, they would assist up the bank or incline and then drop back for the next.

[@icosthop9998]

Nice and TY 🧐 📚📚📚 We get to see a lot of hills in Scotland, but England always seems to be flat land.

[@paulbergen9114]

While there is no Street running Cowan does bear a resemblance to a laid-back tourist oriented town. with friendly people. Besides the depot and the railroad displays by it @27:00 is the two-story brick building a former Tower or yard office building? Just watching the coal train bearing down on the hill It must climb was great. Then to see the units cut off on the Fly and then tuck themselves in the yard was great. On occasion we're still lucky here in Wisconsin to witness that on occasion south of Fond du Lac WI as some freights need an extra boost on Byron Hill. A touch of the South with the names on the CRYX cars. @28:13 BUBBA and @28:45 Possum Hollow. So thanks for the tour down in Dixie

[@JawTooth]

I think that was an old railroad building but I couldn't find any info on it. This might be the first time I have seen a locomotive cut off on the fly. That was cool. Thanks for watching and commenting Paul!

[@tonykummerow5513]

@@JawTooth I live near cowan and a volunteer there and the 2 story brick building is the old CTC building

[@briank.8925]

1:08 Double gates! I wanna say JT mentioned it recently that it is rare. I guess it discourages cars from wiggling thru the gates.

[@alanstant9356]

Those cabooses are awesome to just look in. We have a caboose here in my area by a museum that has been parked for years Brian.

[@RICKCOPE-q9d]

Coal trains and a incline plus a historic Texaco station Great video

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for going to Cowan, Tennessee, Jaw Tooth, to record this video of the CSX trains going through Cowan on 7 August 2024. The manned helper engines are a throwback to the origins of this line. Just after the line was originally put into service, the railroad discovered that they needed manned helpers at this location to help trains get over the grade. The manned helpers on the last train in the video are the same manned helpers that cut off from one of a previous train in the video. After the train cleared the block, the manned helpers went into the yard. They must have gone to the opposite end of the yard where they waited for the last train and coupled on to it on the fly when they had the opportunity to do so. Delay In Block Productions did a video on the manned helpers at Cowen, Tennessee in June, or July 2024. DIB Productions presented some historical information about the Cowan manned helpers, and they also were able to tour the railroad depot museum. At the time that DIB Productions was in Cowan to record their video a CSX Heritage unit was one of the manned helpers. I do not remember which CSX Heritage unit was one of the two manned helpers, was assigned to serve at Cowan. Here is link to the Delay In Block Productions video on Cowan, Tennessee, and its manned helpers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHnXaXuYa9eHh5I The CSX Heritage unit in this video is the Chessie System Heritage unit. The Cowan Depot Railroad Museum tour is in a separate video/ (Posted 15 August 2024 at 2123 CDT.)

[@johnwoodall3791]

Thanks JT,.Always Awesome.....

[@JawTooth]

thanks for watching!

[@ytzpilot]

CSX helpers are always very cool 😎

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@edwardroberts2997]

Hello Mr. JT What a GREAT VIDEO /Thank You.

[@simonmoore9554]

You always seem to find interesting places to film.

[@peterp1158]

31:48 On the front of CSX 836 is a box with cables. Is that for uncoupling on the fly?

[@mikedurhan9941]

Yes.

[@jimhammer2012]

Now youre in my old stomping grounds.....they used to run helper service through Cowan.

[@JawTooth]

Those helpers were busy the day I Wass there

[@louGriggs1944]

Excellent catch. Thank you.

[@JawTooth]

Thank you too!

[@ut000bs]

JT, that boxcar looks 19th century to me. Older than any of the other stuff there except the courthouse. Hey, there's a railroad tunnel about a mile or so east toward that dip. You have to walk/ride a trail to get to it. It was an important point in the Civil War. We never got to see helpers cutting on the fly before. Knew they could but never saw it. Now that was cool. Did you know back about 1800 that courthouse was considered a normal size family cabin. Even with 6-8 children.

[@Michael-eu1mz]

Cool video my dad worked and retired from csx and back in the 80s 90s i would go to work with him and ride the old chessie engines and cxs around Baltimore and sometimes road trips from Baltimore to Richmond to frostburg very cool experience especially going thru the mountains

[@mikevarry647]

I grew up in Tennessee, northwest from there. I think that is the same line that comes out of Nashville and runs down through Smyrna and Murfressboro. There was a sandwich shop when I was young in Smyrna that set right off the tracks. When you were in there and a train was coming, it sounded like it was gonna come through the building. It was very awesome.