Union Pacific SW1500 and MP15 Switching In Ste. Genevieve Missouri

Engines that were operatiing in this video:
UPY #1102 (SW1500) ex.SP
UPY #1292 (MP15) ex. SP
UP #1420 (GP40-2)
GATX #2144 (GP38-2)
GATX #2110 (GP38-2)

[@machapu]

I work for a Rail Yard in East St Louis, Alton and Southern Railroad and we operate quite a few sw1500's and mp15s of various diffrent railroads. All the UP engines have a Computer in them for remote control operation. (thats what I do) we also have an old southern pacific engine (#1486) I operate these everyday!

[@pwalpar]

Watching these Switchmen Kick Cars sure brings back memories. Good Video

[@UPRR11]

It's like a manual hump yard without the hump at 2:40. Nice vid!!

[@enr3870]

@CMRSclub. Called kicking. It's fairly common if you have a lot of single car cuts for different tracks. Fairly easy and safe once you get the hang of it.

[@maniacmarklewin52]

love the sound of a working switcher. good engineer also didnt hit um so hard

[@davebolyard6808]

I am home dont work and dont drive so thanks for putting up these videos I spend a lot of my day watching them thanks Dave Bolyard

[@nickklein6678]

Neat video, thanks for posting!

[@TrainWatcherDon]

@machapu I've seen your locos. Been on Amtrak Texas Eagle through there a couple of times! There are MANY switchers out there! Great video. Thanks for the posting. Don

[@LanOsb133]

I just came home from being up in LA and i was lucky enough to catch a glimps of (what looked like) an sw1500 UP in behind a bunch of UP dash units. I wish i grabed some sort of number or picture off of it but i love these units :3 Good footage

[@caseyjonessnr1200]

Great footage.

[@ssgpentland8241]

remember seeing switchers like this in st paul mn off Energy park when i was a kid. One was an old Soo switcher and the other was a green and yellow BNSF. I remember them because that unique sound they made from those twin stacks.

[@goedeck1]

SSG Pentland we had a gray and red SP SW1500 in Roseburg OR in the 70s; loved the sound of it cranking up from stop or under load with big puffs of diesel smoke!

[@Landaux]

It MUST be freezing a** cold there. Good footage. :)

[@txfirefighter4305]

Used to live in Park Hills and have had the chance to rail fan in St Gen more than once. Never lucky enough to catch all this though. Must be traffic generated by the new cement plant????

[@valchavez9163]

Man...l like this kind of action...

[@KM3W]

Frame length mostly...The MP-15 is longer to make room for the longer trucks. . Most SW's use AAR switcher trucks, but this one (1102) uses the later EMD Flexicoil trucks that rode a little better than the AAR's. ...and the MP uses EMD road trucks (Blombergs), so it can run at a higher speed on the road. The AAR trucks were pretty rough riding..and were meant for lower speed running. The flexicoils are based on the EMD Blomberg trucks that the MP is using, but without the drop equalizer and springs.

[@Tjsingle14]

i like the emd noise and the PC hoppers

[@acuarofilio]

excelent equipment!!!

[@Wikkus]

Fly switching -- cool! :D

[@TheGhost041]

Awesome video.. I haven’t seen kicking in a dogs age

[@88junor]

That GP40-2 is also an ex-SP unit.

[@CentralALSirens]

That is so cool at 2:20

[@machapu]

im surprised that they dont have both engines connected at the hood end. It provides a much better view for the engineer.

[@chefjavier]

Do you have any other videos of SW1500?

[@machapu]

@captianchunk You dont drive a red dodge ram do you? I saw someone in it taking pictures while I was on a sd-40 set shoving the hump. He looked excited.

[@chefjavier]

How did you get this shot?

[@MsFred58]

Odd seeing headlights off center.

[@wasteom]

What street is the yar located on? I ask becuse im on bing maps and am trying to find it.

[@otef434]

@DiesIraePL Yes I know business, but I also know that by GCOR, you refer to them by their lettering (which is also on the blue card) and not by assumed ownership.

[@48alfaone]

Tripod?

[@bradstrains]

Gravity, and momentum.

[@DBerry610]

Dont know what year this video was made, but if this video would have been made now, the guy in the red hat broke about 4 rules.

[@silversurfervo843]

whats the difference between the mp and the sw

[@Closet_Jedi]

The MP uses different trucks and has a slightly longer frame. It's rated for higher speeds than the SW and can be used as a road switcher or a yard switcher.

[@otef434]

For the record, they are GMTX units, not GATX.

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

Nice video, but I am a stickler for spelling so it's "their customers".

[@honestycounts9352]

You know, they make remote control devices now so that in yard switching like that the engineer can actually walk along the track and control the engine from a distance, that way he gets a closer look at what's going on from different perspectives. Larger railroads are planning to use this technology to station their engineers at a central control office and run ALL of their locomotives all over the country by remote control, using live video feed from the cabs for visual monitoring of operations. That way the engineer feels like he's right there, without having to be right there.

[@Socoolds455]

I'm sorry, but if you believe that, you haven't the first clue about railroading.

[@sumrandomschmuck]

Honesty Counts not so much. I am a railroader and am currently on a remote job. Yes I don't have to be on the train to make it move, but I can not be that far from it. Still have to see where I am going and whatever might be in my way. The FRA and congress here in the US, is currently looking at making it where a mainline train has to have at least two crew members minimum. It is a large safety issue.

[@davidyeager3700]

What would happen if the remote control fail and the train is moving then what would you do

[@otef434]

Man them switches need oiling.

[@machapu]

@captianchunk there is always something to see! we have some people that hang out by valley junction, and some by the fresh wearhouse. Send me a personal message ill give you my regular email address and see what I can do

[@SenecaRailhead]

How do those cars move on their own?

[@sumrandomschmuck]

NS's Seneca Railhead it's called kicking or drifting depending on the railroad. The train moves, the conductor pulls the cutting lever, the locomotives stop and the cut cars move under momentum to the track. Hump yards operate this way.

[@GFgevoface]

@@sumrandomschmuck I live in this town I’ve heard them call it “throwing”

[@shovel20]

MOW that makees me want to to a lot of shipping with this company! ooo i feel quiete exquisit yeah I do love the fact that people work on the lines like this Yeah It is a shame about guvourmetn let downs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you shuld be intiled to work the raildraod for the rest of your life! sorry drunk rush spelling mmm hmmmmmm!!!

[@echohunter4199]

Argh!! It’s “THEIR customers” not “there customers”.

[@adrianplmerian]

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