Siemens SC-44 Charger Locomotives in Action

[@RailfanSam]

Great video Mike!! Personally I have love the chargers but nothing can replace the F59PHI locomotives on Amtrak Cascades

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you, Sam! They're both neat locomotives!

[@nolantherailfan5048]

@@CoasterFan2105 lots of railfans don't like the SC44's because many claim them to be ugly but people said the same thing about the F59's when they were new

[@Wolfgodmak]

@@CoasterFan2105 lol we need a cab subdivision

[@fonfon3965]

@@CoasterFan2105a loco IS FIRE

[@richarddiersing777]

Hey Mike,......as a former B-N Explorer from the 1970's, I want to thank you for your posts, and it's a treat to be a member of your You Tube channel. I give you a " High Green " on the board.

[@brantleylee7834]

np

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks very much, Richard. I have quite a few videos on the former BN territory in the Northwest planned for this year. Glad you like the videos!

[@Marontyne]

i agree 👍💯☺️😊😌

[@jacobsquartzminecart7632]

People are going to kill me for this, but the SC-44 is my favorite Amtrak locomotive.

[@R262vsHitachi]

Mines too Along with ALC-42

[@Marontyne]

i agree 👍💯☺️😊😌

[@infaredxkingz8786]

Reminder: old is gold

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

Fun Fact: The Siemens Charger is Siemens first foray into the North American Heavy Rail market, and one of the most successful passenger locomotives since the F40 in terms of buyers

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

@AyoDen👑 yeah that doesn't matter

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

Stop spamming

[@Xpninjadan]

@JackOnGames600 When did that happen?

[@CoasterFan2105]

That and the ACS-64!

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

@JackOnGames600 I was talking to the first commenter

[@andross51]

Your videos never cease to amaze me Mike! Great footage of these SC44 locos! :)

[@SanDiegoRailfanVideography]

Fantastic Footage Mike! As much as I miss the F59PHI's, I've gotten to like this Chargers more and looking forward to a new upload from you next week!

[@herzschlagerhoht5637]

3:28 What a great scenery!

[@user-lk2vo8fo2q]

really love to see this locomotive go! thanks for the upload and hello from cumberton england (united kingdom)

[@GamingRailfanner]

Literally all of them are my favorite

[@jonathansmith6383]

I Love ❤️ The SC-44 Charger Horns

[@caleebeard7653]

I just have to tell you my 2 year old is obsessed with trains and we have your videos pretty much on repeat everyday at my house from the moment he wakes up he asks to “watch trains”. We love all of your videos and they bring my son so much joy. Just wanted to tell you thank you

[@4014fan]

Yet another great video!!! Nice work Mike! My favorite is the Amtrak SC-44 Charger in the Amtrak Midwest paint scheme!!

[@Tycho09]

The Echo @ 4:15 could put me to sleep

[@mxderateprod]

Awesome! I love SC-44s! My favorite one is the Coaster 5002.

[@tonycoates3995]

Thanks,Mike I really enjoy the new Coaster locomotive blue-teal green👍💙😊

[@kevp9601]

I Love those Trains, Mister Mike Armstrong!

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

Love the SC-44s Mike great video, and great content as always!

[@RockvilleTrainFan]

Nice Video Mike! I love these! I have an uncle who drives these! I visited him once and he let me blow the horn! He also gave me wonderful hornshows!

[@CoasterFan2105]

That's awesome! And thanks!

[@Iceland29]

Hi mike I love your videos the sc44s are my newest favorite but I still mis the old locomotives

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks so much!

[@Mr.Salazar31811]

I do miss the f59ph locomotives, I love how Metra kept a lot of old locomotives

[@zone7629]

This thing is going places. It knows where the location is. Cool.

[@jeffreyrule8143]

Thanks Mike. Always like the Coaster and Surfliner since I live in the San Diego area.

[@PrincessAmtrakMinamoto]

Nice video with SC44 chargers. ;)

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

Nice shots! I hope to see some when I go back to California!

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@tecdesigns_arq]

The charger family are amazing and charming!!

[@sunnysiderails397]

Great Video!!! I'll miss the P42's when they are gone, but the Chargers are starting to grow on me a little bit

[@dennisyoung4631]

The Chargers are a lot quieter. (Bummer. I liked hearing and *feeling* the sounds of those Big GE engines.)

[@svtrains4773]

Very interesting video! Great shot!

[@Dannyedelman4231]

This an awesome video as always mike I was fortunate enough to see wsdot 1402 a few days before the point defiance accident

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

I like all variants of the locomotives. Which variant is your favorite Mike?

[@CoasterFan2105]

ALC-42!

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

@@CoasterFan2105 hey! The alc 42 is my favorite veriant too!

[@SoCalRailfanning]

Keep up the great work

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you, I will!

[@alexandrearaujodecarvalho]

Beautiful trains.

[@alexandrearaujodecarvalho]

Congratulations!

[@J-rock-moto8230]

Have a great weekend mike

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks, you too!

[@nolantherailfan5048]

These futuristic and some consider ugly locomotives are the backbone of many commuter railroads such as coaster and marc now a days

[@alexandrearaujodecarvalho]

It's too beautiful.

[@OfficialKlausMelodyne.YouTube]

The Pacific Surfliner Paint is The best looking Paint scheme on the Charger so Far.

[@marioscardina860]

The new bi level cars for Capitol Corridor and Pacific Surfliner will match the paint scheme on the Siemens Chargers.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Very nice video about the Siemens Charger. But I like the P42 very much, they have a different charm. The new ones are more modern.

[@evannazario331]

Old is gold

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

For me, Old and New equal

[@Trainsarecooll]

I have the Cascade in N scale and it is awesome!

[@TSUREZURE-TRAIN]

fantastic and wonderful!! I love these!

[@CRXnick]

It’s crazy the fact I’ve been watching this channel from childhood to adult hood

[@nathancorcoran5347]

The Siemens charger locomotives are pretty good, it will be sad that they are going to have their Genesis locomotives retired. I hope you have a happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Besides, the P42 could put out a little *soot* when it was working hard. I was glad I could see it going back north in May 2021. I knew I was riding a real train, then.

[@aldogallegos3307]

Awesome

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you!

[@Thatmanrailfan-channel]

The charger's K5LA is one of, if not the best horn ever, besides the K5LLA

[@TrainfanProduction]

I love the sound of the dopler on 7:24

[@jeremykuehn1027]

Remarkable

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@RailVisionaries]

Who else misses the F59s :(. Rest in Paradise.

[@CoasterFan2105]

The good news is that most of the F59s are still in service!

[@RailVisionaries]

@@CoasterFan2105 yes but sadly not in california

[@RailVisionaries]

@@CoasterFan2105 though I do see occasional F59PHs at LA Union during rush hour

[@RailVisionaries]

@@CoasterFan2105 how else can I contact you I would love to talk more about trains

[@intergalactic_butterfly]

@@RailVisionaries They're alive and well still in NorCal if you are ever headed in that direction. All of the 15 Caltrans-owned locos are still running, though I'm quite sure one is in the shops after a collision with a truck.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

No wonder the Chargers were an instant success

[@Morgan_64]

Great shots as always, and a great set of locomotives to boot. I definitely prefer when transit agencies like MARC, WashDot, Coaster, and The Surfliner match up their locomotive paint schemes to their existing paint schemes or decide to get new coaches/ repaint and refurbish existing ones to match, and after a few years and seeing them in person as well as on the internet the locomotives have definitely started to grow on me. I still don't get what they're doing with the regular CalDot chargers though, is there a plan to refurbish/ repaint or replace the California cars completely?

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

*ster*

[@marioscardina860]

There's a way to replace the California Cars and Surfliner Cars so that's why they'll order new bi level cars.

[@YardLimit]

Nice work, Mike!

[@graphtonix6607]

That was a very awesome video!!!!

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@graphtonix6607]

@@CoasterFan2105 Your very welcome.

[@mr.conductorfromsts4204]

VIA Rail Canada had Siemens Charger (Called SCV-42)

[@travisbecker770]

Yeah, but they aren’t in service yet.

[@mr.conductorfromsts4204]

@@travisbecker770 They’re testing

[@CoasterFan2105]

That is true. They were originally going to be SC-44s, just like these. But by the time they started testing, I had already completed this video. That's why it has a watermark from last year still.

[@mr.conductorfromsts4204]

@@CoasterFan2105 That’s awesome

[@AmericanFireBird27]

my favorite paint scheme could the Amtrak California

[@jijokoshyksjijo3989]

awesome captures mike...

[@railfannercristian]

Great video Coaster

[@OrangeCountyRails]

The SC-44s are a whole lot cleaner than the F125s.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

And look a lot better too. The f125s look ridiculous

[@OrangeCountyRails]

Yeah, right?

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

@@OrangeCountyRails I mean, the horn on the f125 is not too good for me

[@travisbecker770]

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 No they don’t. The Chargers look ridiculous!

[@easternroutemainlinevideos6823]

Looks like EMD copied the design for the Sc44s

[@bnsftrainproductions]

Nice video I also like the chargers

[@trevorderper5050]

I like the locomotives to be honest but my favorites are the SC-42's on Via, I think the paint schemes look good unlike others who complained about it being "bland". And an unpopular opinion of mine is that I generally prefer raised letters because it gives a horn a real purpose to warn someone not older horns that are just for foamers to listen to.

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

The older horns certainly warn, but in a much more pleasant way. The Raised Letters certainly do the same thing and sound good but don't sound pretty.

[@rhettrossalbert]

Nice Video Mike! ❤️👍

[@bennygsstopmotions]

Great video

[@saxonaudio]

3:40 hold up! Marc has SC-44 chargers too?!

[@mr.conductorfromsts4204]

They replaced the AEM-7’s but still using the HHP-8’s, and GP39H-2’s (in case)

[@CoasterFan2105]

Yup! A few of them!

[@derrickwong5337]

Very good 😊! I like it 👍!

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks!

[@derrickwong5337]

@@CoasterFan2105 You're welcome 🤗!

[@ronwong6102]

That's wonderful!

[@thumperjdm]

Great video Mike! Gotta say the Coaster colors are most striking!!

[@ParrotGaming123]

I wonder why people don’t buy the F125 besides Metrolink. It seems really interesting. But great vid :)

[@No-le9qf]

Because it was problematic

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thanks for watching!

[@luistherailfanner2798]

Nice

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you!

[@HarborSubHughley]

Great Video Mike

[@Marontyne]

MARC railroad charger is my fave 😀😁☺️🙂😃😸

[@alexandrearaujodecarvalho]

Great!

[@railtechadventurer]

For the paint schemes on the SC-44 Charger, I think so far I like the colors on the Coaster and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner engines. However, the paintwork for the Chargers used on the Amtrak Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin route could use some more blue and a bit more yellow on the side. The new Venture coaches could use them too, even when those two services are soon ready to claim new doubledecker coaches. I know the paint scheme on the new Airo sets for the Pacific Northwest will look much better than the previous paint scheme designs on the Cascades.

[@animalsandbirds7512]

Very great video!

[@jackplayzbedwars7710]

Nice video mike! I have actually never known that there is a SC-44 charger for casade.

[@Seawiz21]

Capitol Corridor has the best paint scheme.

[@tonyschimke4263]

my favrot paint sceeem is coaster

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

0:29 STER TRANSIT DIRECT SC4C

[@jerseyman9346]

beautiful engines :D

[@TrainfanProduction]

I’m a little un decided on witch one is my favorite but i like the paint on the Coaster & Ace Chargers

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

For me it's the Cascades Charger

[@evanf1293]

I thought the Q&A was supposed to come out today and the siemens charger video next week?

[@travisbecker770]

Yeah, so did I.

[@CoasterFan2105]

It was supposed to come out today. Unfortunately, because the file is so large, my computer was not able to publish the project in time, even though I stayed up late into the night last night hoping it would finish. The Q&A will come out next week instead. I will probably make a post about it later.

[@evanf1293]

@@CoasterFan2105 oh, I see. Thx

[@Amtrakfinalboss]

Looks like the P42s has got a brother

[@kevp9601]

Happy Martin Luther King Day, Mister Mike Armstrong!

[@Coastline5001ishere]

Ya spotted me!

[@Dieselhammer696]

Nice video but we will forever miss the p40s

[@SpotterCrazyperson]

Beautiful new locomotives!!

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Nice Video

[@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc]

Wait, what happened to the Q&A? I read this month's schedule.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

I did too. This is really confusing. Maybe Mike delayed the q&a for some reason but didn't post on the community tab to let us know

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

@@railtechadventurer maybe one of those things

[@CoasterFan2105]

I finished editing it on Wednesday but unfortunately, the file is so large that my computer was not able to render and process the final file in time. I will be making a post about it soon. It should be ready to go for next week.

[@CoasterFan2105]

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 I would've, but by the time I made the final decision to postpone it for another week, it was about 4 AM this morning. An update post will be coming later.

[@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc]

@@CoasterFan2105 Oh. I guess that explains why the Siemens video was a week early.

[@californiaporg]

I think they should extend the cascades to Klamath falls or bend, although a new line to bend will have to cut through the Columbia River gorge and go south through existing BNSF lines.

[@PutthiDara]

Just a question, are the series 6 talgos on Amtrak cascades still in service?

[@GojoRipoff]

Yes they are

[@vivyan92]

Mike, if you’re in Colorado sometime, then you may have heard of Amtrak’s Winter Park Express from Denver, CO to Winter Park Resort for those people who wish to ski. I think you could capture every shot on both video and image.

[@mjefferson3223]

Is the alc engine 300 still in the testing phase or has it been cleared for service

[@CoasterFan2105]

Still testing and crew familiarization. Service within the next few months.

[@mjefferson3223]

@@CoasterFan2105 oh ok. Thank you

[@IronHorsefan1869]

At 11:02 are those catenaries for the future Caltrain?

[@sixfifty_sebb]

I like how they all have the same horn! I wish Caltrain bought these instead of going electric!

[@bennickss]

Looks sorta like the class 68 (though it’s built by stadler/vossloh rather than siemens) mixed traffic loco here in the UK

[@jenniferanderson4654]

3:32 wait that was a Marc sc-44

[@jenniferanderson4654]

Well the f40 started off modern comuter service, also the med gp38.

[@HVACSirenTowerTrainFanFan2012]

1:17 I caught that same Surfliner

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

🍀🎉🇮🇳🍀🎉 Nice Video

[@CoasterFan2105]

Thank you!

[@kl6361]

Did you know that ace is the as coster

[@graphtonix6607]

Have you seen F40 NPCU 90225 yet???

[@CoasterFan2105]

I actually have not.

[@graphtonix6607]

@@CoasterFan2105 OK.

[@SD40-2]

the Charger trains are cool but rip f59phi and coaster f40 I see UTA front runner mp36

[@CoasterFan2105]

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@SD40-2]

@@CoasterFan2105 NP i mean you are my favorite YT channel

[@trainnadimamtrakthomasalle9037]

Hey, what about the Acs-64s? They were build by Siemens too.