Santa Fe Transcon in Illinois (Part 2)

Lomax, Niota, and Dallas City.

[@glennfoster2423]

Two classic videos with lots of variety.

[@HighRail62]

Well done. I very much enjoyed! Thank You!

[@tjtrainzCSX]

5:33 HOLY CRAP, A FRESH PAINTED GP30 on a hot PIG TRAIN!!!

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

I spent a time mid-1990s east and west of edelstein hill. GP20s,30s and 35s on freights. lots of new red and silver.

[@andrewquagliano8288]

Hustling at 202 love that horn.

[@NickyDsTrains]

That manifest train at 1:00 looked to be pushing 70. It would be cool if they were still allowed to go that fast.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Nicolas LD I think the reason Manifest can’t go 70 is because of a Hazmat Load on board can only go 60 maybe there weren’t any hazmat on that train. It looked like vehicle part box cars

[@tjtrainzCSX]

That's actually a piggyback Intermodal train with autoparts boxcars. Those can easily go 70 wherever that speed is permitted. If it were a regular manifest, 50 would be the top speed...

[@TrinityCourtStudios]

UP, BNSF, KCS, CN, and CP CSX and NS all allow 75 MPH provided the track can handle it, plus the locomotives are geared for it.

[@josephjoestar3275]

@@TrinityCourtStudios News to me and I work for UP. How silly of me, i thought train speed was dictated by lowest car speed

[@josephjoestar3275]

@@TrinityCourtStudios News to me and I work for UP. How silly of me, i thought train speed was dictated by lowest car speed

[@tanzianempire8761]

Forever, may you prosper, BNSF.

[@alco251b9]

1:02 super sanic speed

[@andrewquagliano8288]

I miss them lash-ups

[@jamesmdean1987]

I believe that third train would have taken off if it had wings

[@haroldbenton979]

The Santa Fe in the early 90's had a saying when it came to power. If it can run it can go. Why even with the massive orders of new power they were still power short at times especially during peak season for UPS hotspots. It was nothing to see some of the earliest 2nd Generation power leading hot intermodals all the time. You see between Chicago and KC there is only 1 grade that is over 1 percent on the line that is 5 miles at Edelstein hill just outside of Chili. Then near Marcoline MO there is a .8 percent grade but the rest is pretty under .5 or less in grade and they overpowered stuff to the point it was stupid at times. Trains like 199 198 and the counterparts had 4 HP a ton or more. The QNYLA its counterpart had 3 even the stacks had at least 2 HP a ton. It wasn't give them barely enough to get over the road in horses it was see how fast they could go.