Wyoming Coal Trains (Preview)

[@mt.rushmore7916]

In the mid-70's, I started running through Newcastle (seen in several of these at the depot) for BN. Back then, there was no over-pass for the highway. The semi's hauling fuel used to cross the tracks right there at the depot. There were so many times we almost hit fuel liners going through there. I was a very young man then....but, the fear of that crossing aged the shit out of me in a hurry.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Wow! Thanks for sharing! That is one of my favorite spots to watch trains. I haven't been there for 13 years, but I hope to return soon.

[@mt.rushmore7916]

On the locals, we used to have to switch out cars there at the west switch by the crossing. I would be using a fusee to attempt to stop traffic....and the fuel trucks would totally ignore me and almost run me over. They did NOT want to be stopped at the crossing. Several times, I literally threw my lit fusee at their windshield on the truck. It was NOT funny stuff.

[@sthpac69]

Now these are good looking engines. One person thought something was wrong with me for saying that Amtrak engines were ugly.

[@PEKUMBU]

I love anything that has to do with transportation but trains have always been my first love.

[@RMilhouse]

Same here....same here

[@nardo1224]

Exactly.

[@youraveragejoe2]

Trains and trucks

[@myeyeisnotblue]

Trains, Planes & Boats for me.

[@jarrietfair6497]

Mines too

[@arkie74]

remember yall,....... "coal keeps the lights on"

[@bradleon1926]

and releases a shit ton of carbon dioxide.

[@Lakeside_Rail_Productions]

and that is what "everyone" is worried about.

[@colinmulder6806]

Take note of two things, Luck was with you during the making of this video. You were able to find two lese Super 7's and one of C&NW special logo GE's. IN addition, the main reason for why the C&NW coal train at 3:31 had it's lead Dash 8's door opened was that half of them and half of BN's SD60M's didn't come equipped with air conditioning. So crews often left the front door's opened for ventilation.

[@Railroadfan5383]

The LMX Dash8s back then were super common, and the CNW AC44s with the "special logo" as you put it, isnt special at all. All of CNW's 35 AC44s had the Operation lifesaver loco. (CNW 8801-8835)

[@colinmulder6806]

@@Railroadfan5383 Thanks. B.T.W. those LMX dash 8'S as you described are actually GECX Super 7 rebuilts. When I mentioned the C&NW special logo GE, I was actually taking about their last C40-8 delivered in 1991.

[@FDC42585]

That C&NW is real heritage units & I gotta love EMD SD40-2 Short/Long Nose & GE Dash 8-40C.

[@BrianW._1313]

NO tier 1,2, or 3 emissions locos in this video. LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!

[@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663]

Awesome video It's sad to see that the Coil keep going down hill!! and I love the BN and the CNW!!!

[@Polaris5664]

Man, I wish BNSF still painted their engines with BN and Santa Fe colors, A rainbow fleet would be so cool to see.

[@CVisionProductions1]

I couldn't agree with you more!!

[@PizzaGamingEpic]

love the horn and paint on 9234

[@CVisionProductions1]

Me too! Miss the days of pure BN!

[@Millenniumforce]

Love Trains

[@glytchsfm4149]

Oh wow

[@sceu25]

lol

[@ricekidjayden3354]

10 years later my guy

[@KaciCooperations]

Same

[@JacobCTrainsCSXNS]

12 years later my guy

[@greglaplante7593]

Love Burlington Northern. My first h train set when I was a kid.

[@stephensmith799]

North American freight trails are really impressive, 'specially to a Brit. like me. That big loading gauge really allows for seriously big locomotives. (Ours have to fit the C1 loading gauge which is really a bit too small). Looking forward to coming over and seeing the Big Boy in the flesh when UP have restored X4014. What a great gesture. Don't ask me to describe how magnificent Big Boys are. (There just aren't adequate words available for it in the English language.)

[@stephensmith799]

It is a f-ing lot bigger than anything I get to see!

[@ThePainTrain765]

***** The earth doesn't move or make the same noises a train does. earth: 1 train: 23435443

[@stephensmith799]

***** Like the 'noises' comment. I hope to hear a volcano one day.... but it's not going to happen in Surrey, UK!

[@ThePainTrain765]

I can't enjoy them if I can't hear them. Trains are meant to be heard.

[@ThePainTrain765]

No, and if your going to insult me make sure you can spell.

[@JacobJNelson]

At about the 2:20 mark, those BN SD70MAC's right out of the box, sure looked sweet! Not too many got the flashing ditch lights either

[@panzercam]

Those C30-7's were beasts. Wouldnt mind getting the entire show

[@charliebrooks2570]

Nice variety of catches! Heavy loads!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you! Even more in the full video of this title (also on KZbin).

[@joshvasbinderyeins]

For 5 minutes and 31 seconds my son was not crying. He really loves trains.

[@ConrailFreight]

Good old days before union pacific and BNSF took over. It gets kind of boring when all you see is just one big railroad I would love to see those days.

[@nickt.2238]

Me three.

[@TheWyodon]

I live in wyoming and see these coal trains every day. We have so much coal you could supply all the coal used in the USA for a 1000 years.

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

I miss the burlington northern and the C&NW. I do still have an AHM C&NW SW1 and a Tyco Burlington Northern GP20!

[@toomuchraintrain]

wow back when BN SD70MAC's and BN sd40-2's and sd60m's had strobe and flashing ditch lights!! and some with no ditch lights like the BN C30-7's!!!!!!

[@maxsido2149]

But the MMA upgraded the ex BN C30-7s with ditch lights

[@nickt.2238]

If this was filmed before, during or after March of 1996, ditch lights were not mandated by the FRA until the end of 1997 I believe.

[@StocktonSubber]

Glad we got the full version on here.

[@CVisionProductions1]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@8213NATE]

Born and raised there. Over 200 trains at any givin time of the day. You get used to hearing locomotives and horns.

[@rogerrobertson2958]

I remember getting them old BN ge units on coal trains to Detroit. Rough riders; good pullers!

[@CVisionProductions1]

And they sounded great too!! Thank you Roger!

[@Tegridyvs]

CNW always seemed to have the best horns on their engines

[@panzercam]

Those C30-7's were beast. My favorite of the Green Monster

[@rouell5630]

I watch this when I was like 4 years old wow

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for watching again!!!

[@grenouilleMAB]

I'm sorry about the "dislikes"! My baby was pushing buttons. He actually loved this video!

[@1000tCSX]

I remember watching this as a kid

[@TrainMasterNik]

me too

[@TrainMasterNik]

@the Florida railfann and gamer SAME

[@anotherHelldiver]

Finally,The train video that raised me.After all these years!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Glad you found it! Thank you for returning to watch it again.

[@citxsd70m-2]

I remember watching this as a toddler. Up until now; an older me. Man those good ol’ days!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Wow! Thank you for the story!!! I hope you still enjoy watching it!

[@smacman68]

Nice video. Raw power and giant size are always a winning combo.

[@BurlingtonNorthernModeler]

Sweet BN SD60M Strobe ditch lights!

[@WooWhoWho]

@stellarartwars07 Yes, most British coal trains consist of 2000 tons gross, east European or Australian coal hauled by a single Class 66 EMD JT42CWR. The track layouts do not allow for longer trains.

[@Jillian1120]

Me two year old and I are watching this video right now..she loves it!

[@UPTurner]

Looks great Chris!! Nice to see action from BN and CNW!!

[@irelandbloke]

Lovely shots

[@lukethegeneralelectrice60p80]

3:31 is my favorite making the fast CNW Coal train

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you! We now have the full length video available on our page.

[@UPRR11]

Trains should always use their horn. Especially in urban areas. In urban areas, more people tresspass and do stupid things. By removing the horn, you remove the engineer's most import safety mechanism (to people off of the train). The horn is also used for communication between the engineer and brakeman/conductor if needed or to warn any railroad workers near the tracks. And personally, I think horns sound cool. Besides, you moved near the trains, they didn't move to you. You'll get used to it.

[@northalabamarailphotograph7063]

Train at 1:00 I noticed something. The coal cars are marked with RWSX reporting marks. The loco is an NS SD70. The RWSX is a power plant in Western Georgia, in which coal they run over NS track. Looks like UP/CNW was probably going to drop them off to NS

[@ConrailFreight]

You must have a eagle eye for that LOL

[@tedcartwright3183]

Thanks so much for such a quality video. All those engines, all those paint jobs !!! Utterly fascinating. Green was never a favorite. And yet BN always seemed to be the best looking.

[@alcampbell6832]

+Ted Cartwright Love the BN Cascade Green. I wonder if they have all been repainted or scrapped?

[@Bull3tBikes]

@@alcampbell6832 still some here in the Pacific Northwest, mostly switchers though

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Brilliant production. Most enjoyable viewing

[@jwtish7825]

I never thought I'd see my 2nd favorite locomotive. NS #2505

[@bitterman112]

WOW!!!! I never new that Burlinton Northern used ditchlights on there units before the BNSF merger! I thought it was just a CSX thing!!!

[@beeble2003]

From memory, ditch lights have been a legal requirement since 1992. So BN should have had ditch lights on pretty much all its locomotives before the 1995 merger. (Technically, as I recall, it's not literally _required_ to have ditch lights, but a train whose lead locomotive doesn't have ditch lights is restricted to something like 20mph through grade crossings, and the Class Is really don't want to be running their trains at 20mph.)

[@richardbetz3412]

I like our shooting style! I learned some cool things here!

[@AlanTheRailfannerAndGamer]

I remember this video a long time ago

[@CVisionProductions1]

Now we have the full length version up on our KZbin page! I hope you enjoy it again!

[@TweezersUnlimited]

almost to 2M views. Great job!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you!!! It is a great honor!

[@NJT6050]

I love this video!!! I always watched this video when I was a kid

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you! I appreciate your comments!

[@chasingtrainsusa2730]

Me Too When I Saw This I Was Just A We Lad I Rewatched Over & Over Again Because Of The Shots The Locomotives Hard At Work

[@MultiSuperman800]

Great Video. I can tell this video is from the mid 1990s right before santa fe and Burlington northern merged and union pacific and southern pacific merged. Today most of those trains are pulled by the orange BNSF GEVOS AND AC4400S and UNION PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES. I Love this video.

[@megatwingo]

Cool trains well filmed. Thumbs up! :)

[@fredstuckmann]

Very nice footage, thanks.

[@Cnw8701]

Holy crap! A C30-S7 @4:30!

[@lukethegeneralelectrice60p80]

4:30

[@MisterEspee]

Great video in this one. Thanks for sharing

[@garyfrisch978]

when i was a kid i use 2 go dwn 2 the milwaukee road & chicago & northwestern depots all the time. they were a block apart & sometimes the milwaukee road guys would let me ride in the cab 4 the day. those were the days

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@mccunecp]

great video lots learned thanks for the hard time and efort I injoyed the video added it to my favorits and playlists. great video

[@gerardconnor6031]

as an ex loco engineer i still cant believe some stupid people have had some close calls

[@1ManGoneWild]

Nice and steady!

[@Vissago22]

god I miss ridin freight trains... love that sound.....

[@MelioraCogito]

Wyoming coal trains .. almost as long as BC coal trains by the CPR. Impressive shot at 3:11- 3:31 ..

[@railtruckdriver853]

god do i miss that old burlington northern paint scheme!

[@fr8ARTruleZ]

1:20 FIVE locomotives!! I wonder if the number of locomotives on a train line determines how long the line of cars is?

[@CVisionProductions1]

Generally Horsepower per ton is around 1 to 1.5. Back in the day, these trains required 4-5 SD40-2's and or C30-7's for the grades between the mines and Alliance, NE.

[@wannasaka]

Nice SD60M triclops at 2:47

[@CVisionProductions1]

@princenoah21 Yes, I believe all of the new ones do now.

[@tommyhunter1817]

I miss the CNW days.

[@CVisionProductions1]

As do I. Big time! Thank you for your comments.

[@JBofBrisbane]

I don't know - I just clicked on one clip months ago, and now KZbin is recommending Burlington Northern clip after Burlington Northern clip for me.

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Absolute amazing

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you!!!

[@CVisionProductions1]

If you really like this preview, you are sure to like the whole video on DVD! Look for Wyoming Coal Trains on our web site at www.cvptrains.com!

[@johnmoore8016]

Thanks for a very good video a lot of trains. some good scenery too. Thanks

[@haroldsullivan4316]

BN is now the BNSF, and CNW was absorbed by the UP!

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Nice BN lash up

[@jamesunderwood6053]

Man I miss the BN.

[@ericbresson1527]

magnifique locomotive très belle vidéo merci éric de france

[@25mfd]

good stuff... this was when there was a interesting mix of power... the older gen C30s mixed with the then NEW dash 9s and everything in between... just a nice mixture of old/new... now it's just kind of "meh", all wide cabs, blah blah blah

[@CVisionProductions1]

I so agree with you! It just isn't the same today as it was in the BN/CNW era. Thank you for your comments!

[@robert3302]

@TheDylanJoyce I'd love to have a coal-burning fireplace again. I love the look and the smell, and it keeps the house nice and toasty. Great fuel, coal.

[@MegaAlan87]

Like the best BN locomotives today and now this is BNSF as BN + ATSF = BNSF based railroad made ​​history.

[@VadikKMV]

@woodscritter Yes, I meant exactly what you wrote. Multiple units working like one big locomotive with one control station and brigade.

[@Rocketboy1950]

Nice work. If I wasn't so lazy I would be marketing DVD's myself. Hardly worth the trouble with the much smaller audience down under.

[@Mephilesthedark1360]

BN 9234 has little strobe lights on the cab never seen that before

[@jwtish7825]

NS 2505! omg that loco is awesome.

[@ODVAirlines]

Here in South Florida, they have a quiet zone. Wish I could help do something about it...

[@claimless]

If this is in '95, when did the FRA start requiring a majority of road trains that wanted to go in excess of 20mph to have ditch (auxiliary) lights?

[@CVisionProductions1]

1997

[@frontierfan]

I have 5 videos from you guys and they are all great. I was also wandering what happend to the original narrator like the one in this vid

[@franciskus1960]

5 locomotives, each 4.000 hp = 20.000 hp waow !

[@dubravkostanko6726]

i love trains

[@WooWhoWho]

@Rocketboy1950 Er, I meant the coal is Australian, not the trains. Margaret Thatcher began the process of shutting down British coal mines to reduce the power of the unions. Now we import coal. The main advantage of larger trains is fewer crew per ton. There are a lot of passenger trains in the UK and so it is not worth changing things to make freight a bit cheaper.

[@9carcottrell246]

Here I am pulling on average 660,000 pounds per car lashed up 6 deep running a fiat Alice tug boat engine with full inter axel wheel lock deployment and sand spreader deployment on stand by. 3000, brake wheel horse power each wheel. LETS TROTLE UP. NOTCH 7 Pull baby pull

[@TheOilman747]

I like that 5 engine lash up

[@DestinyTheSwiftie]

I FINALLY FOUND THIS VIDEO!!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Glad you found it! I hope you enjoyed it!

[@AlfTrains]

Great vídeo

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tejasnite]

Great moving footage

[@mycarpultunnel]

man the trains at 3:18 only need three locomotives to haul that!!!

[@johnmoore8016]

I noticed about 3 or more style of coal cars in this video, some old models and some new one that look like the top of the car was covered are they trying to do away with the old style of coal cars? some of the trains had five units on the front was all of the units powered up and pulling or was they powered up as needed? Thanks for an out standing video.

[@rsharp897]

That's a wicked shimmy at 1:42!

[@AllanLoveJr]

The only reason why the Onion Pacific wanted the C&NW was cause they wanted access to Chicago.

[@ONEWHOKNOWS.]

And the PRB.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Cool train video

[@CVisionProductions1]

Dunkirk NewYork Thanks! www.cvptrains.com

[@NPTNReddek]

good old BN engines before the BNSF logo is put on them, they look nice!

[@yayaya1193able]

You know whats hillarious, some of these loco's are over 6k hp a piece and im seein 5 of these bad boys pullin together, now how dam heavy is that train??

[@John-oc1ow]

yayaya1193able none of these motors are anywhere near 6k Hp they are all in between 3k-4K

[@pkranz937]

The 6000 hp units that UP & CP had were rarely used in coal service. CSX may have at first, but they were all best in intermodal service. I had a set of two GE AC60's on a coal train once, and they were fine, no problems. I also had a 6000 hp CP unit in a consist a time or three, and they were unusable. On two different occasions, the unit in question was merely dead and drained (the way I prefer *any* SD90). The other time, that unit would idle, but wouldn't load. Pure junk. Even the 4300 hp 90Macs were horrible. Glad they're gone.

[@dwags59]

Saw some very long coal trains on I-80 east of rock springs, are these the same trains?

[@beeble2003]

2:50 Wow, I'm surprised that those barely-visible strobe were legal as ditch lights. I'm actually pretty surprised to see that. BN, historically, had a problem with their locomotives being hard to see, and the whole point of the "whiteface" paint scheme was to make the front-end of the locomotive more visible. So it's bizarre that, having gone to all that effort to make this locomotive more visible, they've put such terrible ditch lights on it.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Yeah, they were pretty weak. But soon changed to the full ditch lights a couple years later.