👍🏽🥰That’s why I enjoy living here in Kelso, Washington; We have 4-lanes of railroad track’s that run between Interstate-5 and the #Cowlitz-river here in South-Kelso. 👍🏽🥰
Raised from a babe in Springdale. To hear the horn of the train heading north to kettle falls each night and then listening to the tracks clicking as the train eases out of town at 11:30/11:55 pm was just like a lullaby.
How cool, didn't know BNSF still ran those B-units. GP-60B's old Santa Fe units, they were referred to as hammerhead dynamics due to the placement of the dynamic brakes.
I always enjoy seeing BNSF locals because you get to see the older power. I remember back in the BN days, these trains were ruled by GP9's and other older power.
Thanks for that. I've been uploading quite a few videos recorded during my visits to America. There is such diverse range of landscapes that we just don't have here in Australia. Here's a list of some of the American videos; ru-vid.comsearch?query=American%20trains
First time I can recall seeing more than 1 B unit in a lashup. They are quite frequent out here servicing the Anacortes refineries, but only 1 per train, typically 3 locos
Thanks for that. I've been uploading quite a few videos recorded during my visits to America. There is such diverse range of landscapes that we just don't have here in Australia. Here's a list of some of the American videos; ru-vid.comsearch?query=American%20trains
Thanks for that. I've been uploading quite a few videos recorded during my visits to America. There is such diverse range of landscapes that we just don't have here in Australia. Here's a list of some of the American videos; ru-vid.comsearch?query=American%20trains
Thanks for that. I've been uploading quite a few videos recorded during my visits to America. There is such diverse range of landscapes that we just don't have here in Australia. Here's a list of some of the American videos; ru-vid.comsearch?query=American%20trains
I like how the clueless driver in that little blue Honda Shitbox made an appearance just moments before engine was entered the crossing. Perhaps that driver thought, "Well, _I'm_ first, so they'll just stop for _me_." Honestly, I feel as though I've been robbed of the joy that it would've brought to my cold heart seeing that vehicle get dragged the half-mile for the engine to stop.
B units are so cool lol idk why I find them so interesting and I’m surprised they are so rare seems fairly practical a lot of times just like yard slugs. I hope one of these days to get me a model or 2 of powered b units
Mostly, it's inconvenient to have a locomotive that can't lead a train. Yard usage is maybe an exception but, these days, railroads don't generally buy equipment for yard use -- yards are switched by older units that have been "retired" from road service.
@@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx well considering looks are very subjective and change from person to person, your statement is beyond stupid and now everyone is now more retarded from having to read it.
@@liamcooper5202 I work for Hallcon here in Wenatchee I know a lot of crews that like to run those geep 30s and are amazed that they are still in service all these years.
well, this was filmed in November of 2015.... soooo..... yeah. reading the description is fun! you should try it sometime. but i too would have to bet they are still working.
@@liamcooper5202 Listen closely, the very first scene the engines might be in notch 3, maybe 4. Every other run by, the engines are barely doing anything. I've been around trains for a long time. I know a little bit about what's going on
@@railfaninpf haha true. I wonder then if its because there is a 200Mish drop from Chewelah to Spokane, thus they wouldnt need to work hard for most the trip and be under light to medium dynamics? Edit, did they stop in Spokane or was that just where filming took place? Could there be a need further down the line? Im not to familiar with the north east US and the routes.
Looks like a relatively flat trip down from Kettle Falls through Chewelah into Spokane... Given the 40 yo nature of 3 of those units, they probably don't want to go past notch 4 unless absolutely necessary.... Chewelah line is limited to 4 axle units, being very cautious how they treat that light weight rail ..
@@renegadetenor No it's not. The train has three GP39s and three GP60Bs. Each pair of a GP39 and a GP60B puts out 6100hp, which is 40% more than a modern 4400hp road locomotive.
thedieselshop dot us reports that they have 22 GP60Bs (with 6 in storage) and also three SD40-2Bs, which Burlington Northern rebuilt from crash-damaged SD40-2s.
@@Oatmealism I just looked on RR Picture Archives and it seems that the SD40-2B units are used exclusively as hump switchers in Galesburg yard, in Illinois. So you probably saw some of the GP60Bs.
Okay, before this spirals out of control, I just want to clarify: these units are in fact cabless boosters, or B units, not helpers. Helpers are by definition manned locomotive(s) that are tasked with assisting the train and are almost exclusively found in mountainous terrain.
No slugs in this video. Just conventional locomotives and B units. A B unit is NOT a Slug. A slug has no prime mover (Engine) and only traction motors and must be coupled to a locomotive with the proper slug power cables. It's unique to some BNSF employees that they refer to B Units as slugs but this is strictly slang. It's not correct terminology.
👍🏽🥰 I live 3-block’s from the 4-lanes of railroad track’s that run north-south here in south-Kelso, Washington, and I 😮NEVER see a train with 5 engines pulling our train’s with 100+ trailer’s behind it!! How & Why does this train justify using 5 engines then??🥺
@@phreshone1 This train has three GP39s (2300hp each) and three GP60Bs (3800hp each). That's considerably more than three 4400hp units -- 18300hp vs 13200.
@@beeble2003 I meant the trains that guy sees in Kelso... Thats flat hauling behind 4400 six axles, hence why he only sees 3 units versus 5, 6 or even more on other parts of the system, especially once that train starts hitting the hills
First of all these GP60B units are not slugs. They have Diesel motors in them slugs do not have motors in them. They were Santa Fe red Bonnets . They are most likely scrap now. Great video even though I don’t care for the boring pumpkin livery.
No. Cabless units are essentialy the same as the base model, except for lacking the cab of course. Slugs, on the other hand, lack prime movers, generators and all that stuff that actually produces power. They only have their traction motors in place, fed from their "mother" units through power cables.
Terrible title, I was expecting to see helpers, not B units. Still interesting, do they not allow 6-axle power on this line? Weird to see 4 axle lashups like this...
