Winter Trains

These video clips were taken during the coldest and snowiest February in decades in the Pacific Northwest. We had planned a nice snowy getaway to the Izaak Walton Inn to get a nice winter get a way since winter this year (2019) had not been much in the Wenatchee, Washington area. November, December and January had ben very warm due to the El Nino effect. Boy, were we in for a big surprise!
Heavy snow, high winds and bone chilling temps. It adds up to some great train viewing but also some challenges in videoing.
Snow berms make pulling over while driving difficult, snow grooming meant hours with no trains and then hours with almost to many to count. Not enough time to set up the tripod was the most difficult situation. Many times a handheld shot was all that could be had. My apologies for some of the shaky videos. All in all though, my wife and I had a great time getting the footage for this video with only a bit of frostbite to damper things (cold winds at Cut Bank was the culprit but only on our camera hands). So, we hope you enjoy.

[@davidpoor8638]

Very refreshing for a change!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@davea2288]

These western railroads are a hearty group, just like the people that made them. Hold your head high, America! This is a proud part of what you are!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for watching Dave! 😊

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Love the scenes where the trains are coasting in the twilight snow.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching. 😊

[@beverlysmith6539]

Love trains!

[@johnvieira8716]

Great inspiration for a great HO layout, a really great layout includes steam engines as well as modern equipment as well. Time passages and great painted skylines for background mountains snow and big pines more snow a few buildings,depot’s ,lodges snow plows signal posts great electrical work and dimmer switch to darkening the room for night scenes. And and the Cascades range and the tunnel for extra effects . That’s the Empire Builder! You will need a big house and the whole upstairs alone .

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheMetGuy]

Awesome catches & tanker trains

[@DanielPRails]

All of the frozen fingers and hands that went into capturing all of these clips makes me extremely appreciative. Awesome 👏

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You. 😊

[@taylorb.heydman3237]

And those of the ones who built and maintain these trains

[@DanielPRails]

@@taylorb.heydman3237 of course!

[@heinzbreuer2674]

THE best winter Video all times super 🚂🚂🚂🚂🐇.greetings from Germany Rhein side Düsseldorf

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@JessicaWilliams-ze4eo]

I really love this and the snowy mountains and how the train's go right through that snow

[@GreatNorthernTech]

I do too Jessica! In fact, we are headed out this weekend (1/15) for Montana to get more video just like this. If you haven't done so already check out more of my Winter Train videos. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@khangul4727]

BEAUTY FULL RAIL TREAK IN SNOW I LOVE THIS KIND OF JOURNEY

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You Khan, glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@Too519]

beautiful

[@diamondfianko5325]

Wow..this is giving alot of joy right now ..great video

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you and thanks for watching. 😊

[@durgadaspandeypandey6584]

Train going including snowish mountains scenes very attractive heart Pleasant dance and charming , thank , Good morning 🎉🎉🎆🎇🎉🎉 🎤 🤗🤗

[@GreatNorthernTech]

So glad you liked it. Thanks for watching. 😊

[@fhowland]

Spectacular video! Freight trains are the backbone of America.

[@williamlane6130]

Absolutely a beautiful video. The mountains are stunning all covered in snow. What a lucky operator to have those sites every day.

[@margosantucci1762]

I love this what a beautiful life to live and work and see nature’s beauty all of it together is breathtaking! The length of some of these freight trains is unbelievable! Thank you for the ride!

[@Too519]

this is so cool

[@moosevanslooten1812]

Hi DIRTY DAVE. The pictures 📷photography scenes are absolutely awesomeness stunning u must have been very cold 🥶out there ruddy credit to your profession. The shots are out of this world 🌎. Completely BLown away MAN. WOW.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

So glad you enjoyed it Dave. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@kevinburich1605]

There went some brand new automobiles going to brand new homes for Christmas thanks to all the hard-working people on this planet that keep us Americans and everyone else rolling down the road and the trains for delivering all them beautiful automobiles

[@UweJMeyer]

High Kevin, amazing pictures in an amazing nature.Deeply winter and the trains are running in the US.In the 70ties the German railway has a advertiesment that says:"The train comes everytime, by every weather." But this was only advertiesment.Your trains are running by really ugly weather,respect.Greatings from Germany.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

For the most part the weather doesn't effect trains. snow is not that much of a problem. The biggest problem comes with heavy rain that brings mudslides. That happens often around the Seattle area. Thanks for watching Uwe. 😊

[@davidvanschaick5565]

Hope those cabs pump out the heat when needed

[@charliepress6629]

An outstanding video !!! Thanks for sharing it ...

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you enjoyed it Charlie. Thanks for watching. 😊

[@christopherorourke6543]

Great video of BNSF freights & Amtrak’s Empire Builder which is one of Amtrak’s trains I want to ride on. My favorite pre merger railroads before the 1970 Burlington Northern merger were the Great Northern because of its logo of the mountain goat on top of a mountain peak, the Santa Fe, Rio Grande, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley where 7 members of my family worked for it from 1868 to 1976 & the Delaware & Hudson. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe were my most favorite railroad which BNSF is my most favorite railroad.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for watching Christopher. My favorite railroad as a young boy was the Great Northern and of course then the Burlington Northern. Now, here in the Pacific Northwest I'm surrounded by the BNSF. 😊

[@joesantiso6495]

Excellent video- took a lot of work and time - thanks for posting

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You.

[@fritzd2116]

Seeing all of those ducks landing on the grain cars when they were in motion was crazy. Never seen anything like it!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

I had never seen that either. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@abloogywoogywoo]

They seemed very happy to see the grain train in that winter. ^^

[@mattmatty4670]

cool thanks mate

[@timgerard262]

One of the best train / snow videos on KZbin!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You. 😊

[@DH-tp9ns]

Awesome shots! Love the night time ones especially.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you like them!

[@melzzyzuniga5280]

Watching this from tropical Singapore. Awesome shots as I had never seen winter trains and extremely long freight trains. Singapore is now experiencing its coldest period 21 C as on 2 Jan 2021. Singapore is having its wet monsoon season that may last till February. Happy new year to all. Greetings from Singapore 😁

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you Melzzy 😊.

[@melzzyzuniga5280]

@@GreatNorthernTech :) you are most welcome :) how many day did u take to film these footages . with freezing temp ..i doubt i can survive in that cold hehehe

[@GreatNorthernTech]

@@melzzyzuniga5280 We gathered footage for this particular video over 8 days. 😊

[@davidartreides3932]

Fantastic footage. Thanks so much.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lindajones7852]

One word "nice."

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You Linda. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@charlesjohnston2321]

great work keep it going

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you Charles. 😊

[@kootenairiverrailseries]

Nice shots! And I also live in Whitefish, Montana! Small World!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you.

[@kootenairiverrailseries]

I Subed because your great at this stuff. I love trains and i go to that train station at 40:00 mins for Railfaning. Keep up the good work. And Happy Christmas And A Happy New Year to you and all of your family

[@brigittehugot980]

Merci infiniment pour cette superbe vidéo qui me fait voyager de chez moi, en France!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Merci beaucoup. Content que tu aies apprécié la vidéo. 😊

[@ZombieTide]

Just now finding this. But I love seeing all of these trains in the snow. Being from Michigan it’s not uncommon to see trains in snow. But in BNSF colors it is.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for watching Kevin. Look for more Montana Winter Trains coming next month. 😊

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Great video. I hate the snow but love the winter scenes.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for watching. 😊

[@valeriebassett3107]

Really great shots. I really got cold when I was watching and thought, you were standing out in that cold cold weather. You have done a fantastic job. Great video.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You. Yes it was cold but the results were worth it. So glad you enjoyed it. 😊

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[@cruzjayson7714]

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[@fabianjax4659]

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[@fabianjax4659]

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[@manuelsousasantos]

Potentes "cavalos de ferro" rompendo a neve das pradarias!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Sim, certamente são. Obrigado por assistir. 😊

[@MortenLongbottom]

Really love your shots, I was searching some videos for my thesis and glad I land on this, so beautiful. 10:44 shot gives me some nostalgic feeling.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@rafaelfernandez8311]

Impresionante el trabajo en condiciones muy duras. Muy. Bien información, gracias. Trenes impresionantes de largos y mucho frio.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You for watching. 😊

[@bdwtrains]

Great Video! Keep up the great work - from BDW Trains

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks and I will. Waking up on a cold °4 Montana morning now with a full day of train spotting in order. 😊

[@subrotokundu274]

From India. Superb compilation. Fantastic. Is there a video depicting a virtual travel on a train like this. Would be most exciting

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for watching Sobroto. I appreciate the kind words. There isn't a video of the complete route that I am aware of but you might try a Google search. 😊

[@TrainsOnGoPro]

Awesome Video! All BNSF Trains got DPU!!

[@Too519]

Glacier Park is ON this Route

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Amazing winter rail movie! Awesome images with trains in snow! Good work! Thumb Up & Subscribe 👍👍👍 Greetings from Romania Andrew

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank you very much Andrew! 😊

[@dave1001]

Something an Aussie don't get to experience - snow and cold very often

[@captainmorgan757]

Boy, does THIS video bring back memories!

[@GreatNorthernTech]

I hope they are good memories. 😊

[@simplengbuhayngmaybahay5369]

looks nice

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@davidvanschaick5565]

Good Stuff KD

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You David 😊

[@judyb1539]

Oh my! It sounds quite windy there!😧

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thanks for subscribing! 🙂 The weather was quite miserable. Temps in the teens and windchill well below zero.

[@judyb1539]

@@GreatNorthernTech you're welcome! I have always loved trains. About six years agowe moved to a different part of town about three blocks from CSX tracks. I love hearing the whistle during the day the passing trains and the rumbling of the engines at night. Most trains don't blow their whistles at night due to noise ordinances. (unfortunately!) I find train whistles so soothing!!!❤️

[@Too519]

oh yeahhh been on this line on train simulator

[@Too519]

yeahhhhhhhh

[@railroad9000]

What a nasty video! Weather wise that is. Great winter shots

[@williamwhite9033]

they must be heavy enough to stay on the tracks at high speeds

[@missrhonda9248]

1:11:45 Hauser, Idaho.... My necka the woods

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Ein wunderschönes Video toll gemacht weiterhin good Lucky Train super bilder 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Thank You Heinz. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@mikelowery5741]

Why doesn’t Amtrak ever use a loco on the other end?!? To bring the train back

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Good Question. The simple answer is that the destination city has facilities to turn the locomotives around (be it a turntable, a wye track or a balloon track). Thanks for watching! 😊

[@Too519]

Cut Bank, is a Grain Place if I remember correctly

[@UweJMeyer]

This pictures are just like amazing then a Big Boy is leaving Cheyenne/WY in the 40ties.Do you have videos with steam locomotives leaving Hauser/ID?

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Unfortunately I don't. I have video (someplace) of the SP 4449 in that general area taken many years ago. Thanks for watching Uwe. 😊

[@user-vp6fg9ti1l]

Видать кому то камеру подарили и он решил снимать поезда проходящие. Это хорошо конечно всё начинается с малого. Может пройдет много лет и этот оператор будет известный в мире который расскажет как у него всё начиналось держа в руках Оскара за документальное кино.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Спасибо за добрые слова и спасибо за просмотр.

[@Philios2Glory1]

What camera are you using? Love the winter train 😍

[@GreatNorthernTech]

This video I was using a cheap Sony Handycam. Most of my videos after this one were recorded using a Canon XA11. Thanks for watching. :)

[@iluvyousomuch000]

driving a thousand pound train during winter so scary

[@iluvyousomuch000]

for real its scary

[@johncriswell1106]

Try MILLIONS of pounds... Just the locomotive weighs 135 Tons. Each car, 30 to 80 TONS.. 1 wheelset (2 wheels and the axle) of a freight car weighs more than 2-thousand pounds. That is a TON per wheel.

[@user-sq6ev1eu6d]

ぎょございます

[@waynerobinson7057]

I had 36 years as an engineer . Winters not as great as it looks one winter I killed 21 deer that wouldn’t get off the tracks.

[@lime3107]

You counted how many deers you killed?

[@IamValentina66]

All the reports

[@Too519]

Glacier Park has a International Airport

[@michaeld53]

What’s the difference between a winter train and a summer train? Or spring, or fall train? I guess a fall train is when it falls off the tracks, a spring train is when it hops over joints!! lol.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

🤣 Thanks for watching!

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

1:00 must have his snow wheels on.

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Most likely. That's Federal Express to meet the empire builder for a package. 🙂

[@olafmichelson8017]

Tour

[@charlessmileyvideo]

More snow fighting at kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2TYqImce7ZjgZY

[@Too519]

is Whitefish Browning Cut Bank and Shelby on this Line ?

[@Eckehard-Luedke]

In Deutschland würde sich bei so einem Schneeaufkommen kein einziges Rad mehr drehen. Die Zeiten, als der Winter in Deutschland als Herausforderung angesehen und gemeistert wurde, sind leider vorbei. Dafür hat unsere Verkehrspolitik in langen Jahren eisern gekämpft.....

[@GreatNorthernTech]

The economy here would grind to a halt if trains didn't run when it snows. In fact, right now most of the US is experiencing bitter cold and snow. Thanks for watching Echehard. 😊😊

[@Eckehard-Luedke]

@@GreatNorthernTech ......and thanks a lot to YOU for this impressivley movie!

[@jeffreyalancook4700]

are you crazy being out in the kind of weather was you trying to extremely sick or what i mean damn i love trains to but theres no way that i will endanger my health to film

[@GreatNorthernTech]

I was well bundled up. I like the cold and snow. I do have to admit my hands and feet were cold are few times. Thanks for watching. 😊

[@pedroloop7851]

Why 3 locomotive for 8 passenger wagon. The US train always use 4,5,6 locomotive why. In EU we use max 2??

[@GreatNorthernTech]

In the US we are dealing with steep grades and in the case of when the video was taken very cold below zero F° temperatures. Mountain routes always require more locomotives. Most freight trains are well over a mile long and are pulling 2% grades, in this case Marias Pass. Trains here in the US are much longer and heavier than in Europe. Hope this helps answer your question. Please feel free to ask more and thanks for watching. 😊

[@timgerard262]

If I'm not mistaken, more locomotives also gives the train more effective braking, nice to have in the mountains!

[@waynerobinson7057]

Tim Gerard not true.

[@raypitts4880]

yes stopping more important than accelaration

[@raypitts4880]

do go and find out total load weight grades in usa a toys in Europe you see why. go back to school and learn

[@alexanderk.3056]

Why to put 3 engines at a 8 passenger + 1 baggage car train consist?

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Quite mountainous territory through western Montana, Idaho plus the Cascade mountains in Washington. 😊

[@raypitts4880]

work out job to do add horse power plus terrain and acceleration from so many stops also grades and of course ofton needed stopping power go work there and you will know aslo twice the speed it wants 8 times the power work that one out and you ask why so many.

[@blue_0.0]

Can someone help me, how do you know when/ where to get on and off a train 🚂 I’m only 14 so i don’t know

[@cobwal]

You get off at your stop when the doors open, or you might have to open them yourself ??

[@blue_0.0]

Cobwal fuck off there was no need I was on about wich part of the train and other info no need to be rude

[@raypitts4880]

no need to be so rude either might be part of your pub talk no need for us to read it as he says

[@RyanBenbow]

Hi

[@jbfan9001]

Where was this made

[@GreatNorthernTech]

Montana, Idaho & Washington