BNSF's Bridgeport Manned Helpers: Angora Sub

[@YardLimit]

That was interesting. I'd always wondered if it was possible to uncouple helpers on the fly. Thanks, David!

[@rolpfeiffer4011]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video with magnificent locomotives. Railfanning endeavors are promising. Bliss

[@linesided]

Wow that's the coolest thing I've seen since slip coaches!

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Great video with seamless editing

[@ChadsRailfanExperience]

i was just out there in August but sadly only caught 1 train turn north towards Alliance.

[@Howie2025]

Excellent video in terms of both content and production. I never knew they could remote uncouple on the move.

[@slowb4lls1]

What a dope video ma. Great job! And killer work explaining the link and having the coms recorded too dude wow, subscribed for sure man awesome keep ‘em coming!

[@iceclimberGD]

Awesome video! I didn't know helpers could disconnect on the move like that!

[@stevenikitas8170]

Great on-the-fly cutoffs. I've never seen that before. At 11:45 there appears to be some type of rig on the front of the locomotive above the coupler. I would assume that that is for such cutoffs.

[@ABALLAM3]

I am fascinated by the train operations of both BNSF and UP in Wyoming and Nebraska. I have railfanned five times on UP's Overland Route, which is a real change compared to what I see in both BC, Alberta, and the Pacific Northwest (which are still great places to watch trains), but manifests on UP are so interesting compared to CN and CP. I did railfan briefly on this BNSF line from Sterling to Sidney and it was a pretty scenic looking rail line, but I would like to see more in the region, particularly Crawford Hill, Powder River Basin, and the Ravenna Sub. I have two questions for you regarding the Angora Sub: 1. Do you know what the daily average train count on this line is (presuming it has been greatly reduced from the peak years ago as coal is not the most popular commodity anymore)? 2. Aside from coal, are there other types of commodities that frequent this line? If I recall when I visited Sidney, NE in 2016, I did see a BNSF grain train cross over UP on this line.

[@pakroomitrains]

Excellent 👍👍👍

[@miguelangelsharma5133]

Amazing trains💗

[@Big_Diehl]

figured the Rocky Mountains will be a little more rockier than this… John Denver is full of it

[@BjornStyrmir]

I live in this area……. We’re not even close to the Rocky Mountains. We’re about 4 hours away from them. Angora is about 20 minutes from the city of scottsbluff nebraska. I live about an hour north of here.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

After uncoupling I suppose the helper apply quite some brakes. If the train would go in emergency right after uncoupling they would collide. Denmark experimented with public transport trains that could both connect and disconnect on the fly. That project was never finished, likely due to safety reasons.......

[@yankeesforlife24]

Helper Link is pretty safe. And yes they uncouple at under 20mph. If you look on the helper unit there is a etd. It’s tied to the head end. We’re the head end to go into emergency it would also dump the helper unit which should avoid a collision

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Great video!

[@Sven_Okas1967]

Thanks for this video, pushing operation on the railway is always very interesting. I once added a video link from the Spessart ramp in Germany. Unfortunately, this pushing operation on this section of the line no longer exists. A new flat track has been built there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWPIYquBgZqKmac Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven