Mike on the Rails

[@Rbyrd77]

Hi Mike. I have enjoyed your videos for 3 years now. Thank you for all the years of service you put in.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Thank you

[@ZachPumphery]

Mr. Mike I still love coming back to these videos. It offers a rare glimpse into what we see every day. Makes me proud to do what we do.

[@WalkersLawn]

Man I watch your vids all the time. They are awesome!

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Walkers Lawn thanks!!!!

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Walkers Lawn where is Walker's Lawn ,I know of a Walker's Small Engine Repair on Summit Street .

[@Bdawg20]

I love these videos! Thank you for posting!!

[@randolphmccree1641]

Hi Mike, I enjoyed all your videos and I have been inspired by you and your videos to work for csx train company and drive the csx train in the future after college

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Wonderful wishing you the very best

[@randolphmccree1641]

@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 thank you for your nice comment

[@kevloo6078]

Thanks for the ride Mike...... . Enjoy your retirement.

[@UFO151]

Thanks for posting this, love your videos!

[@sovietclient]

Happy retirement mike

[@coltonstigall32]

Awesome Mike! I hope you're enjoying your retirement from CSX. Also, I saw a NS Dash 9 and a NS SD70M. Looks like a CSX intermodal with NS power. I see NS Dash 9s a lot because I railfan NS. Those are also some cool GEVOs you're driving!

[@georgiarailproductions]

Actually, that was a NS train. That was in Dalton GA and CSX and NS Parallel for about 6 miles until finally crosiin ovver eachother.

[@lakaboy6282]

nice video. CSX Runs by my old house in Senioa Georigia im going there Friday to sit next to the tracks and watch a train.

[@PotholesInMyLawn]

Love that song brah! Planet Rock Mix

[@paulcamp8150]

Thanks Mike hope you have. A great retirement ahead of you God BLESS

[@kooljones94]

Nice videos bro, those were the good old days before all these inward facing cameras,its a different railroad these days brother! Hope you enjoying your retirement, there trying to go to 1 man crew

[@JoshuaAvery-gp5dm]

Love what you do Mike I wanna be a train engineer too and if there's anyone I wanna emulate doin it it's you brotha thank you for what you do

[@colbs4055]

Good job Mike love your vids and hope you're enjoying your retirement

[@Thomas1980]

Good video. thumbs up

[@reesegcr]

Sweet video just like all the rest of them!!!! That was my dream job at one time. I'm in Mississippi & CN is our main railroad. I got so many partners that had different jobs from Amtrak engineers, CN engineers & conductors, BNSF conductor (that lives in Birmingham) you name it. BUT the first thing that come from their mouths is.49.. Aww man, you don't wanna do this, you'll be away from your friends & family. My response... Wth you mean!! You're doing it! Some folks just hate to see you on their level. But that's life.... I'm doing better than some of these jokers at a place called Walmart Distribution Center... 30 yrs & counting! Thank God for his blessings & health... ✌🏽

[@chazlambie86]

Nice footage of your job great video

[@chazlambie86]

Great cab footage Mike I loves trains too that's about my whole KZbin channel

[@BadenAirTraffic]

This channel is so nice and interesting - Thumbs up! Greetings from Germany

[@spacecalander]

Love this so much, Thanks Mike!

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL😇. A.WONDERFUL VIDEO SHOWING HIS LIFE ON THE TRAINS; 😍😎😊............ BUT SAD, TOO.😢😟😔🎭. Thank you👍

[@dannyfoshee2292]

mike your videos are "almost"as good as actually sitting there in the cab.

[@JoneszsRides]

Love all your videos.👍🇺🇸

[@robadams8057]

10:30. A train carrying a train.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Rob Adams yep

[@boyfromcarolina]

That was the old carolina southern. Those engines use to run just a coulle hundred feet from my front door

[@TILEBOSS]

Love your videos mike !! Keep the comimg..

[@KSR_YT06]

I can’t wait to start my job at NS. Which will hopefully be in 6 years lol.

[@Javenx32]

Christopher Hall 2 I’m waiting on the job at NS too

[@centralohiorailfan]

Me too I’m 11 now and 12 soon so about 6-7 years

[@Javenx32]

What part of bama are you from? I’m from Florence and applied for Norfolk Southern and Bsnf

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

B'ham

[@therookie9276]

Are train horns loud in the cab? And do you have to start the engines up 1 by 1?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

RailfanJojo sometimes especially when the windows are open

[@therookie9276]

nice. I am willing to take the risk. I already signed an application to work at BNSF. I also got a cab tour of a GP60M-3. They did not let me record it. I have a cousin who worked at CSX named Jefferey Benton, who was a brakeman. Did you meet him before retiring?

[@randolphmccree1641]

The train horn is so loud that you can hear it from miles away from where the train is

[@TonyFleetwood]

7351 looks like it was a former conrail unit?

[@jurgentrojanus6516]

Hi Mike! Your videos are very realistic. That's cool! Please tell me, what is the maximum train weight per locomotive? And how many total can locomotives fasten? And that all the locomotives are controlled by one loc.ingineer? Thank's!

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

The max weight varies on series of locomotive somewhere between 1500 tons to 6000 tons as I remember. Controlled by one engineer most often

[@derekrohan9619]

Very realistic? They are real. I dunno if that’s what you are trying to say or if it’s a language thing.

[@derekrohan9619]

I did not know that UP came to Atlanta

[@JJRicks]

Amazing video! :D I always wondered, what do crews mean when they say what you said at 2:25? Is it "flight and control (engine number?)"

[@redleader8952]

no, the conductor (who was outside the train making sure the cars coupled correctly) told him to make a reduction of pressure in the train brake pipe, to allow air to flow into the newly coupled cars. i think Mike said something like, "...applying, CSX 3092 over."

[@2Railz]

The crew were calling for "three step protection" before moving between the cars. Each railroad can have a slightly different process, but essentially it's doing three things so that the train absolutely ain't movin'. For CSX it is applying the train brake, placing the reverser in neutral, and opening the field generator switch. With 3 step applied it is deemed safe for the conductor or other crew to move into the space between the cars and ensure couplers are properly engaged, to link the brake pipes, and any other steps that might be needed before the connection is considered ready.

[@rilourailfanprodutions2530]

2:52 Mike why isnt the NEE-BN SD40 Leading?

[@bigp20019]

if you didn't saw my hat it wasn't me BY Tyrone Davis

[@chris_the_railfan]

At 9:33 that is Mike

[@PnwFerrynerd]

What was your favorite EMD and GE locomotive to run

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

I didn't have a favorite although the END loaded faster

[@TheNWClassA1218]

Great stuff! Hope you had a fun time with CSX and that retirement's still going good for you. Also, which railyard was that at 3:51? Looks like Chattanooga, TN, but I may be wrong.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

CottonBeltSD40T that's the old hump at the junction of the L&N inbound @ Tilford Yd Atlanta

[@TheNWClassA1218]

I see.

[@corylenhart7429]

Is that one of those ES44Cw I cant tell or 9-44CW HAHAHA

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Awesome Kudos Mike

[@larrymcneil8038]

Pure gold my brother!!!!! How’s retirement treating you

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Larry McNeil retirement is wonderful... thanks have a great day

[@davidjames8613]

@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 how many years u worked at CSX

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

@@davidjames8613 38 years

[@davidjames8613]

@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 wow

[@trainknightt]

What state do you drive the trains in

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Georgia and Tennessee but I have retired.

[@trainknightt]

@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 ​yeah I see that, my dream job is to become an engineer or conductor for CN Railway on the Iron Range (Proctor, Forbes, Sprague, etc)

[@anthonycedar7]

Do GEVOS have air conditioning?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

yes

[@anthonycedar7]

Quick One more thing, do SD70ACs and SD70MACS have it?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Yes

[@yiyi7205]

🏠+ cellphone+🚅🚃🚃🚃🚃= FUN

[@Fwccavion]

I want to be a train driver when I grow up and work for NS I want to drive the Sd40

[@donaldking5114]

Hi Mike Barnett I hope you enjoying your retirement my name is Donald King from Jacksonville FL you might have been to csx moncref yard. I'm 49 years old a railfan myself I wanted to get on the railroad if I wants to get on the railroad I would have you to get me on.

[@derekrohan9619]

Man... reading some of the comments on your videos.. hahaha I can’t hahaha

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Me neither

[@CJbrinkman602]

How far would you travel on the line in one day?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Around 130 miles

[@sheepdog271]

Did csx put you up in a hotel, then catch another train and continue on? Congrats on retirement sir, well earned!!!

[@kylegalen6863]

Kinda sucks i didn’t start watching your videos until after you retired. Love the cab views though.

[@Dante-oc9wh]

Hi mike were you ever on the river subdivision?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

DanTube no

[@Dante-oc9wh]

Ok thx

[@deltatv3525]

Wait, when was your last ride with csx?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Feb 2014

[@MilwaukeeNorth418]

Hey Quick love the vids brother. Wanted to know if I could possibly buy your RAW ride footage for the audio only. Want to RIP some sounds out and add them into a simulator. Let me know if your interested.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

MilwaukeeNorth418 unable to do so...thanks for your interest

[@antoniog.4821]

That tunnel seems a lil scary what happens if the train stops are get stuck 🙄🙄

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

You exit the tunnel immediately if your safety becomes at risk

[@RCPE3999Fan-c1i]

Was that You mike on 9:04

[@jerrytherailfanner3434]

Why didn't your conductor wave it was always u wavin or hokin ... And. U. Are welcome to go to my Chanle i got trains and a lot of nice crews. On there and i do the Lawerncevil area i think i may have seen u befor through Lawerncevil ga

[@Brasil.Locomotivas_ZSU]

Brazil. Te. Love

[@jamessims2805]

I hope you have a great retirement mike

[@jamessims2805]

Honk at me mike‼️😀

[@brandonallen3400]

How hard is it to drive a train

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

About as hard as learning to ride a bike for the first time

[@brandonallen3400]

@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 lol ok I drive semi truck how many miles did you go a day you never hear about train drivers and the life style but thank you for everything you did brother

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

@@brandonallen3400 the job of locomotive engineers has been glamorized throughout railroad history and some of the engineers of the past were legendary but today's trains can actually drive themselves no kidding they were implementing that technology just prior to my retirement 5 years ago

[@bradleycurnutte674]

Bell

[@bigp20019]

where are you from Mike

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

paul Jackson Bama

[@tompipps3383]

FOAM - BR LA USA . HI HELLO . I LOVE LINK THE MUSIE . MY BIG DOG

[@LeoWhalen1933]

37 years plus. I'm sure he could have retired earlier. He must have loved it too much.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Get to learn the RR retirement system you must be age 60 with 360 months for full retirement benefits I retired at age 60

[@PowerTrain611]

7:29 that phone sitting there is a violation of safety regs, isn't it? Off and away is the rule nowadays. Matter of fact i think that camera filming you is too, no? How did you keep your job? Only posted after retirement? Personally, I don't care. I appreciate this viewpoint, you can't get that unless you have this job. Maybe someday one of these railroads will hire me. Anyone know any particular credentials they might like so i can get my foot in the door?

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Well at least you was observant

[@PowerTrain611]

Quick with that kind of job you have to be. You had the job i want more than.anything! I just never get hired. I guess the railroads really are cutting down on the amount of people they hire. Or my credentials just don't appeal to them.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

Bryson look online for railroad job postings see if you can get an application in and keep it current perhaps a railroad will give you an interview, they are looking for a flexible person willing to travel or work any day or any hours including holidays as long as you are healthy and can articulate at a high school level you have as good a chance as anyone else...the best to you.

[@PowerTrain611]

Quick Thanks for the response. Is a driver's license a necessity? Admittedly I never bothered getting one, since i live in a city in PA and everything i need is in walking distance. Besides, i can't afford even the crappiest of a used car. Could that be a reason they overlook me? I usually don't even get a response from.the companies i apply to saying they aren't interested.

[@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042]

The railroad expects you to have transportation and to operate a locomotive you have to have the FRA certification but an actual drivers license that I'm not sure..my short answer would be yes or at least make every effort to get one soon cause you never know.