Engineering Marvel, 101 Year old!- "Williams Loop"

The engineering marvel Williams Loop along the former WP Feather River Route in Northern California near Quincy.
Enjoy!

[@khemkaslehrling3840]

The Tehachapi Loop further south has viewing spots where you can park and watch and see the entire train at once as it winds around the loop. Spectacular.

[@nickcampbell7198]

The rain drops before the train, then after the train passes gives and an eery quiet... very cool.

[@irelandbloke]

Superb shots 👍🏻

[@midwestrails8317]

Perfect with that last train!

[@mackenziezimmerer7926]

A shout-out to that greatest generation and that which preceeded them. I'm in awe of the marvels that we take for granted.

[@briang6040]

Wow. What a beautiful and peaceful spot to hang out at. Just the peaceful rain, and the trains.

[@speedracer3104]

I use to go at night, have a campfire & beer, it would be so quiet. It was really nice when an EB came uphill, you could here it for miles. It would be dead quiet, super loud then back to dead quiet in about 10 minutes.

[@sparky107107]

that is a cool place to watch trains. and when you see it top and bottom , well that just makes it cooler. and the rain just tops the video off

[@mazuk33]

the sound of raindrops in the beginning gave a special touch

[@toddfeldpausch9489]

Not being aware of the layout of the loop, my initial reaction to the opening shot was, "Well, that's a mediocre shot." but when the same train came into the shot AGAIN on the lower lever, which was PERFECTLY framed btw, I thought, "And this shot just got BADASS!!" Thank you for sharing this fantastic video!!

[@Benjamin-David]

The timing of the DPU at the end and the Front engine crossing over each other was perfect!

[@kevinlynch1227]

What does the timing of the DPU mean? Does this train go around in a huge circle in order to descent about 20 ft??

[@donaldthomas7070]

@@kevinlynch1227, a 20' ascent or descent in railroading is quite a bit. Note that the total elevation change should be calculated between the trains' entrance to & exit from the loop, which will be greater than the difference in elevation between 2 "parallel" parts of the curve.

[@sbrunner69]

@@kevinlynch1227 The DPU is the trailing unit and it's super cool how the DPU is right over top of the head units at 14:35.

[@kevinlynch1227]

@@sbrunner69 Oh .. OK. Cool. Thank you SO much SCOTT I appreciate it

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Diesel locomotives are so cool. I could watch them all day.

[@michaelglass4701]

Your Royal Highness , yeah they are

[@joelee662]

Fantastic to see that. 90 years from now somebody will be showing that video thank you 👍🇺🇸

[@IsaiahVerseRailfanning]

An automatic thumbs up at 14:30 alone. Great view! Great time to be there.

[@ericthered1140]

Exactly....

[@hatranphuong698]

Isaiah Jackson u fxvvv

[@JustinsRailfanning]

Definitely

[@charlesdell2864]

I've watched this over and over and over again just still amazed at the marvel of this loop

[@MisterTee2010]

Only one thing amazes me more than trains. And that is outer space. Great video.

[@hornydevil1117]

Beautiful

[@railfanwill3450]

That is so cool! I like when the leading units go under the distributed power unit (DPU)

[@annfrazier7275]

I have been thru the double loop pass over the Canadian Rockies. What a site.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Cracking good captures. thank you

[@DingXiaoke]

Interesting, like a snake chasing its own tail. Also amazing how powerful the locomotives are to drag and push so many cars on the loop.

[@SD70MAC]

Amazing clever engineering made Williams Loop

[@trainsnorthwest5148]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Amazing rail movie! Beautiful images with freight trains and nice scenery! Good work! Thumbs Up Greetings from Romania Andrew

[@brendanmah]

I am "impressed".Make more videos like this.I subscribed to your channel.Keep the train videos coming !!

[@HeartlandTuber]

Thanks for the segments between trains with the sound of the rain!

[@new_comment]

Helix loops are so awesome

[@slimonion1975]

that is an awesome engineering marvel

[@garykcs5532]

great catch and in the rain, your lucky every time I used to go their i would maybe get one train,,,

[@charlesdell2864]

Thank you Arlon Baas for your answer and explanation. As a newbie railfan, I learned a lot, thank you again.

[@TracksideTyson]

that is such a cool perspective, seeing the same train twice up close

[@Okanagan48]

Check out spiral tunnel on CPR route Rogers Pass, in British Columbia.

[@rebelndirt8830]

OK seeing NW and Southern grain cars still running and together is really cool!

[@murrmiaow]

So... if the driver of the frontmost engine sees the last engine, then the winter's gonna be short, right? 😁 Great footage, thanks a bunch!

[@coxsj]

One of my favorite places to railfan. Thanks! Some great catches there. Nice to see California getting some rain.

[@CristhoferDantas]

Amazing place! Great vídeo.

[@christophertaylor4394]

What a great video! Thank you for sharing that!

[@Nicola636128]

Awesome video, well done!

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

This is the amazing railroad tracks up and down. Very beautiful especially when the train passes on both rails. Thank you, I hope your channel will be more successful.

[@kenneycooper6199]

I have been to the Tehachapi Loop but didn't know about this one. Thanks for sharing.

[@speedracer3104]

I use to hop on the train all the time. I was on an EB, came thru this little tunnel and the lead locomotive was right above me. Conductor just looked at me, all back in the pre 9-11 days.

[@NGH99999]

Phenomenal footage. Thank you for sharing!

[@dmitryurbaniuk8117]

Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing. Like and subscribe. Greetings from Russia.

[@royscreen61]

Great stuff as always,good to see the rain too!! cheers from downunder.

[@superbulldog81]

I must go see this place in person!!

[@YardLimit]

Doesn't get any better than that! Love the rain!

[@RainierRails]

Excellent video!

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

Thanks for posting this. I love the Western Pacific and to see the unmolested WO FMC box car @ 11:08 was awesome!

[@coltsfan79]

That was nice to see as I grew up in Quincy 10 miles to the west.

[@NVKRailVideos]

Awesome shots!

[@iusetano]

EXCELLENT VIDEO.

[@craigcasho8127]

Great video with excellent sound. A drone shot would be a plus! Thanks!!

[@joshteague9519]

Now that's cool. I wish I had enough room to do that on my model railroad.

[@digitalmoviedv]

Great and interesting footage! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano.

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

Excellent video, thanks

[@coltsfan79]

I grew up in Quincy so i have seen this dozens of times.

[@roberthogan9273]

Great Job, and you even caught an old C&NW unit!!! :)

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Great video! 😊Thumbs up as always, Thanks! 👍

[@hatranphuong698]

BaltimoreAndOhioRR up. Cute ikjjbbnnb

[@superazusaandazusarailroad6783]

I want to watch "Williams Loop" from above. Awesome video. Your channel is great.👍😊

[@SoFloRR1018]

Looks like I'm not the only one who likes to railfan on a rainy day lol. Great video! I just subscribed to your channel.

[@tmotorman]

Great shots Trains32! Been there a couple times myself back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Great place to visit. Not a lot of traffic when I was there, but a few trains anyway.

[@chrisshoulders4066]

Awesome catch my friend.

[@airailimages]

I learned something new! Thanks for uploading

[@napili5470]

Been through here a few hundred times as a Conductor out of Roseville Ca. with the Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific.

[@dishiedog]

Yeah, great vid, thanks for sharing!

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

that's so cool, I need to go there some day

[@scopex2749]

This needs a drone shot from above to see how big it is superb video!

[@jamesd2128]

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[@kenpsteele]

Go on Google and type in Williams loop. It shows an aerial shot.

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

Well, it's appropriate to show this on the 101th year of it where Gematrinator will tell you that 101 is the 26th prime number and in reverse full reduction "train" equals 26. 200,000 people were supposed to go to Etsy and buy up my "Dance of Death" a James Grider novel so I could afford to move out of the desert into a nice area like in the video where pine trees grow, otherwise it's not cold enough and it doesn't rain enough to have trees where I am.

[@Kooolram]

Yep you just read my mind

[@maj.d.sasterhikes9884]

@@jamesd2128 I watched the aerial view but it's silent so I ran this video in the background in a separate window, just to have the sound. worked pretty good.

[@dougkubash8673]

I first seen the Williams Loop on a episode of Trains and Locomotives on RFDTV. the episode was -' Into The Feather River Canyon'. To me it is so relaxing watching this. Thanks for the Great Video!

[@JosephCee]

all these train spots on youtube are so cool. i wish we had spots like this in phoenix arizona.

[@cameraguyjp85]

thank you for this! enjoyed it very much!

[@conceyullena]

Nice video! Greetings from Spain

[@thatsme2182]

I'm over here watching 5 year old videos of trains doing a loop in Nor*Cal. Slow day at work...

[@trainbytrain]

awesome! thanks for your upload!

[@railyatri8891]

Wow amazing capture brother like this video 👍👌✌️

[@shnimmuc]

Terrific video, EMD in abundance.

[@topautos]

Awesome video !

[@dutch2120]

Fantastic Video!! Just subscribed to you and damn glad I did! Again, Fantastic video!

[@legaciesontherails3878]

Shared on my Union Pacific Flag Units page on Facebook

[@jimwolken6726]

would love to see this someday

[@danielkennedy1524]

Outstanding! thanks!

[@dmorgan28]

Neat video. Thanks👍👍

[@MrZ4X5C6V7]

..... Fascinating.......... It brings back memories from the 40s and 50s but now I have a better appreciation for the trains and the engineering that produced everything. It's hard to imagine how complex things are and how much things have changed. Next thing will be high speed ''trains'' or small ''trains'' that operate like a horizontal high speed elevators. . . . maybe and maybe not

[@newwomyn]

That's out on the Canyon Subdivision. The Keddie Wye is northwest of there.

[@privateerbouncher9622]

This is awesome! :D

[@MrBnsftrain]

1:05 nice catch of a C&NW locomotive! 9:14 that train is almost as long as the loop itself!

[@currentbatches6205]

Same at 14:33

[@nxtyrjrslm]

Whoa, you got connections best loop fotothird train!!

[@randallbyrd1973]

Awesome video thank you

[@davidbarnett9312]

Excellent. It looks like some pallets are being used to shore up any 'rock' slides.

[@badandy102]

Good way to see how the back end of the train is doing as an engineer or conductorr

[@Al_Catraz6917]

Amazing how many comments suggests that some people don't get the concept or the dynamics of this construction.....Makes me feel better about myself !!!

[@darkmontreal1]

I am an old (79) CN train dispatcher........thanks WOW!

[@RWtv-trainchannel]

Excellent! 👍👍👍

[@RailfanTubeNetwork]

Fantastic!

[@Jaxanator25]

Nice to see a AC6000CWs shoving on the rear as well as a CNW up front on the first train

[@stylux4219]

I just added you and what a cool vid thank you. I'm a huge Canadian railfaner

[@carlosturren2683]

Una soberbia obra de ingeniería ferroviaria. Muchas gracias.

[@deshmukhdp]

Awesome

[@jimsmoter4510]

That's cool to see a train on two different elevations like that ..

[@JP-dj2ro]

Amazing. Thanks

[@beachcomber7200]

I never hit a longshot trifecta before. You did!

[@RashidHussain007]

super video bro

[@MainTrack]

Wow- thank you for sharing! What a cool video. Honestly, I was not aware of another 'loop' in the U.S. other than Tehachapi. Learn something new every day! I'm adding this to my recommended videos.

[@DeviltoGeorgia34]

I have a video of the Daylight steam train that ran from Portland down south into California and it had a short segment in Dunsmuir and the Cantera Loop.

[@no_bitches0621]

Locomotive Mike there's probably hundreds of loops in the US!

[@djfitzgerald111]

There is a "loop" on the CN that links the old IC and EJE at Park Forest/Matteson IL which is just south of Chicago. Not many trains "Loop", but it's an interesting track pattern.

[@grampylouda9654]

Locomotive Mike

[@coldblue9mm]

lukebccb Not sure why you mention Sawmill Curve as it's really nothing special. It's a 10 degree curve as I recall and named Sawmill as there used to be one close by. There is something about Cantara Loop that I learned about when I worked on it after the chemical spill. And it's not the fact that it is very sharp for a main line curve. I believe it's somewhere around 16 degrees I believe. There was something else to that curve that did make it different than most curves. Do you know what that was?

[@nhedrick100]

Thanks Mr. Goat !!