Minnesota Commercial Struggling in the Snow

[@armageddon1981]

As a railroader myself...good work guys!!!

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you appreciate it; snow can make a simple run very arduous, rough, and downright slow at times. Especially if it's a heavy, and wet snow.

[@heathersanborn4914]

Neat watching this at 8pm Dec19 and listening to the freight train going from Boston to Maine out my window at the same time, it has 5 crossings all within 2mi of my house

[@dogsarebetterthanpeople4603]

The sounds were fantastically captured. That deep growling engine and that horn. That beast is a true workhorse.

[@serenaandme6712]

It's 42 degrees celcius here in Australia today so I'm finding tis quite soothing.

[@Yetti38]

And half the country is burning

[@travelingtom923]

That's some good plowing action. Loved it!

[@dimidomo7946]

That was great. Have not seen too many vids better than this one.

[@kpkndusa]

I was in Roseville a couple of weeks ago, I wish I could have seen this old U-boat.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! This job runs three days a week, and usually has this sort of power still. The Commercial runs power like this daily.

[@lasalleman]

Well done. Great photography.

[@shak0009]

Fantastic I always thought these tracks were abandoned

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment, and view! This line gets served three times a week, and thankfully, has gotten much busier in the last few years too.

[@jonassonbacon3388]

very beatiful sounding horn

[@tomstarcevich1147]

Probably should have added another engine on that heavy of a train in those conditions 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@Liam40]

It's 12 cars. It doesn't need another unit. That'd be stupid. Even with that unit, that's over a 1.0 HpT. And it's not even a heavy train.

[@jjrrhh1983]

Tom you're right! I completely agree with you!

[@avenger007007]

or 2

[@dennisb9157]

If only they used a Jordan spreader. That would have made it through with no problems.

[@jimstrainsandstuff9539]

That poor little U-Boat is working hard for its money

[@fhowland]

Love the sound of that old U boat! Great horn too.

[@AlexTrain5249]

This is more than likely going to be one heavy winter this year.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I hope so tool I would love to catch more action such as this.

[@stacyadams4386]

Dont say that evil! From Albert lea M.N

[@burnuts007]

Fantastic horn on this beauty!

[@pbrostrom]

I grew up in Roseville and know that section of track very well. I lived in the neighborhood to the south east of Snelling and Co Rd C. Brings back sone great memories!

[@jasonandersen1277]

I live by this and it was awesome

[@SD457500]

Trains + fresh snow = cool scenes! Thanks for watching!

[@tank2g2]

Puzzled by the fact that this guy has an entire snowbank on top of his car

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment; some people can be lazy, plain and simple.

[@punkymunkin]

Oh if only we could use videos for Christmas Cards - this would be the one I would send. Good Work.

[@tbob8212]

5:31 lol at the train pushing the packed snowbank onto the railroad crossing. Probably forced drivers to switch lanes to avoid the thick packed snow and give the mayor a nasty email or phone call :)

[@henryostman5740]

Pulling heavy train uphill and with the tracks slippery from snow is the issue, hope he has plenty of sand. should have had two locos, preferably one in the rear where it can enjoy relatively dry rail.

[@stuff_n_thanngs7552]

This old girl isnt DP disturbed power capable

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and catch!

[@craigpalmer5693]

Nice video in Minnesota lots of snow one locomotive awesome friend merry Christmas happy new year 2020 keep warm inside

[@rickb5946]

Might want to fix the sanders!

[@joestrainworldvideos3977]

Just fantastic. Great. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@SD457500]

I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment.

[@anoneshot]

Super video!

[@SD457500]

Thank you; I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

[@furioussherman7265]

You'd think they'd put a snowplow on the front of that thing.

[@dennisb9157]

Or have it be pushing a Jordan spreader

[@ohboy2592]

There is a plow on the front of the pilot sheet and besides the snow isn’t that deep. He’s going uphill, restricted to a low speed and is pulling a somewhat heavy load.

[@docholiday9786]

Looks like a lot of weight for 1 locomotive

[@JesseH]

Some crossings build up so much ice the trains have to go slow or else derail. Besides that it's not that much for one engine to tow.

[@oldcroneysgarage9739]

Dashing through the snow in my big ole red train. Down the tracks I go. Sliding all the way

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, the big red Minnesota Commercial unit sure did have one heck of a time dashing through that snow.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wow awesome Dash 7 U Boat

[@originalm3233]

*How were you able to get to the crossing before the same train every time? Snowmobile? Car? Teleportation?*

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I have very good driving skills, and knew just where to go. :)

[@littlestevey4172]

Why is it so hard online to find an up to date locomotive roster of this railroad?? Nice video tho!!

[@SD457500]

Define up to date; they've changed their roster a bit, but nothing to crazy recently. Thanks for the comment!

[@littlestevey4172]

@@SD457500 Okay, just wanted to make sure they use the GE engines (look like Uboats) since i may want to take a trip up there next Spring.. thanks

[@SD457500]

They do, and daily. The also have a growing fleet of B39s as well.

[@freebrickproductions]

@@SD457500 Just out of curiosity, do they still use MNNR T-2? I'm mostly curious since it's one of the last few ex-SOU GEs in the US to retain its high-hood, even though it's technically now just a slug.

[@SD457500]

@@freebrickproductions I believe that they do, but I personally haven't seen it running for a while.

[@tracynation239]

An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.

[@SD457500]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment, and watching too.

[@rowsdower12]

I wonder if they went a little faster might not have as much issues. Nice to see local footage. Used to live in the area. But still go there

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I was wondering that as well; if they were able to get more of a running start at the hills, if it would have been as much of a struggle for them.

[@rowsdower12]

@@SD457500 thanks for responding. Great to hear from a poster. I like that you are local cause gotten I can relate more. Have you checked out the rail yard in Shakopee? 169 south when it starts to curve westward. You go over it. I just see it from the highway. It just seems active

[@SD457500]

@@rowsdower12 For sure; Valley Park Yard. :) Its a relatively busy place, and the switchers sound great when they're working.

[@baniorztrains5054]

super film!

[@jamesstuart3346]

That U-Boat seems to be crying out "somebody please scrap me"

[@dixiemay1996]

Quite a few bananas on that load

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Bananas? That another term for lumber cars?

[@geac9100]

That "Old Head" wasn't going to call in, did you see him working the amperage at 3:10, great catch!

[@spencerbass7142]

Damn it looks cold there. He could probably use some rear end help.

[@ducewags]

Not even close to cold in Minnesota yet, -30f and colder is very normal for us.

[@timberwolfpowler8747]

Cake walk. First few crossings was grade + load.

[@MartyLJ57]

Who ever plowed the snow onto the tracks should be ticketed

[@unklebobosaurus]

That happens everywhere, an AC4400CW has 4400 horsepower and weighs 426,000 lb, they can go through builtup snow like butter

[@aujla7564]

@@unklebobosaurus what's worse is when the train maintaence plows on the road.

[@unklebobosaurus]

i live in canada, i'm used to snow on the roads.. its no big deal. If a train plows into a pile on snow, there isn't much of the pile left to cause problems and what there is my truck handles fine. Better this than an avalanche.

[@thebusterdog921]

What? What universe do you come from? Where else are they supposed to plow the snow? It's not like they did it on purpose to try to make that beat up old pile of crap stall out pushing 1 ft. of snow out of the way. Maybe the railroad should invest in better equipment?

[@stuff_n_thanngs7552]

You moron 😆😆😆🙈

[@DanielPRails]

What are all those cables hanging off the front left side of the loco towards the end of the video??

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Those are added air lines so they can use the help clear out switches that might be buried in snow.

[@sdfjsd]

Can you send a link of where exactly you shot this video? Like maybe put a dropped pin on google maps or something.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I am unable to do that, but the city and cross streets at the start of each scene should help.

[@JuhaVnt]

Nice catches! Thumbs up :)

[@independencerailfan]

What kind of horn is this?

[@MusingMageofDisney]

I've seen this train before. Hear it go by work a lot.

[@dennisb9157]

#48 is a GE B30-7 built in the late 1960s. GE manufactured the B30s to compete with EMD's GP40 line. This 3,000 horsepower veteran was originally an SLSF (Frisco) unit. Even with its 3k horses, a Jordan spreader would have been the ideal apparatus to be used.

[@dren2jdh544]

B23-7. Sounds like a stroker engine. Bet that sand tube was blocked. No traction.

[@d00mhound]

leslie s3l?

[@chriss4066]

I thank God I live in Florida

[@SD457500]

As a Minnesotan I can tell you this, you get used to it after a little while. :D . Thanks for the comment!

[@ColAngus]

Why is he still honking if he already went past the crossings?

[@stuff_n_thanngs7552]

Relax buddy

[@jrrailroad7631]

He’s just trying to follow the rules by blowing horn all the way through the crossing like he’s supposed to. Maybe he’s being extra sure he’s being safe since there is a dude standing there filming him work. He could lose his job for doing that incorrectly.

[@ColAngus]

@@stuff_n_thanngs7552 Shh ***, grown ups are talking. Go sip some milk and take a nap, okay little guy

[@ColAngus]

@@jrrailroad7631 "Train horns must be sounded in a standardized pattern of 2 long, 1 short and 1 long blasts. The pattern must be repeated or prolonged until the lead locomotive or lead cab car occupies the grade crossing." What is your understanding of "occupying the grade crossing"?

[@stuff_n_thanngs7552]

@@ColAngus actually jag off. You have to blow THRU the crossing. Which he is clearly doing. Leave the RR operations to the professionals like myself. Run along now

[@NERRP2017]

Nice go ol alco/ge plowin snow what’s wrong with that as it struggles that’s a nice snow clearer goin strong 20 after being discontinued this is what all class 2 shoreline tourist rr, etc are all about:old workin hard locos

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! The Minnesota Commercial is a safe haven for old school GE power; they sound great under load working hard.

[@NERRP2017]

@@SD457500 i can relate

[@coryhoover01]

I think they need a 2nd unit

[@kkoch666]

Anyone remember the MNS line(Minneapolis Northfield & Southern)? Is it still in service today?

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! While the entire MN&S line is still intact, only parts of it still see service daily. The portion north of Bloomington gets service from CP and Progressive Rail. The tracks that go from Lakeville, and south of there, are also operated by Progressive Rail.

[@kkoch666]

@@SD457500 thanks for the info, I remember that line as a child from Bloomington.

[@danielhildebrand6892]

U23-7?? Nice old workhorse

[@danielhildebrand6892]

That and man I miss the old crossing bells. All my local crossings have been upgraded to E bells

[@porkchop2218]

Daniel Hildebrand I hate ebells we’re slowly losing the old nostalgia of railroading.

[@roballen5670]

Looks like a old GE B23

[@paulthesoundguy1]

Wow BOBBY you really took a shot there....got your opinion right in there good and tight In fact I bet you absolutely effect HD bottom line for the next year... Hahaha. YOUR A PUTZ

[@Jim-hw1xr]

They should charge whoever plowed the snow onto the tracks in that lot for the extra time and fuel.

[@heyimgayalso6129]

Jim I mean with the speed they were going I don’t think the train even cares

[@bronsky1410]

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

[@tricountygunsales2226]

2:28 I think I can, I think I can

[@MrGoldarr]

Those cars are long.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment; I'm guessing you're talking about the lumber cars?

[@MrGoldarr]

Yes,the lumber cars.Im amazed they are so long and carry all that weigh.

[@SD457500]

@@MrGoldarr They can haul a lot of lumber, and can ranging from 60 to 73 feet in length!

[@MrGoldarr]

SD457500 Wow! Thanks for the info.Keep up the good work.👍

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Didn't see any struggle

[@SaltyNationalist]

🤔Shit.... I kept wondering how the hell he kept getting in front of the train to film all of those crossings.... lol..

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Very good driving, coupled with a slow train made it fairly easy to accomplish.

[@zacharyanderson3791]

This isn’t a particularly good Minnesota commercial, this didn’t make me wanna live there

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Well, its the Minnesota Commercial railroad. :)

[@bjradrian3983]

Ouchhh!!!

[@iamzombie]

Look at all that crooked lumber headed to Home Depot.

[@ernestimken5846]

Locomotives do not struggle. They are machines. Living creatures struggle.

[@mworld2611]

Personification my dude

[@MrDynamitd]

my lawn mower could go thru more snow than this train , check" train in snow salisbury n.b." for real snow

[@CrazyKaboose]

Well this train is likely to be around 50 years of age since it was built so not as strong as it was before

[@cats0182]

Any company that ships with that outfit ought to have their head examined. Can't even afford an engine or two to run the route and move the snow? What a joke.

[@SD457500]

They run a good operation; it just got hampered by HEAVY and wet snow along their entire route, and the first train along the line can have some issues. Winter always makes things interesting for ANY railroad; class ones and short lines alike.

[@TheNemosdaddy]

Says the guy who's an expert on railroading...stfu and relax. You literally have no idea what you're talking about.

[@bradhardy2629]

Scab railroad. That used to be a union job for a union worker . Making a living for his family. You have companies like the CP RAIL ROAD short lining their railroad forcing their employees to either quit or take a huge pay cut and work for a shit company like this one .

[@Banttari]

As the son and grandson of union men, I am grateful for what they do, but at the end of the day the customer drives the market. The union shop has to offer something to the customer that makes paying the premium worth it.

[@rayh592]

If unions added value, I could agree, but they don't.

[@williamsimmons152]

Journey of a Lifetime if it wasn’t for unions, historically speaking, you wouldn’t have shit.

[@ks_1111]

You're a whiny little bitch aren't ya. Union's died out 40 years ago.