Benjamin Esposti no, don’t test the toilet. They stink. That’s why if the need arises the crew will, if possible, use the toilet in the trailing unit 😂
I remember my first cab ride... In-fact, It was a passenger engine being pulled by a diesel. The amazing thing is that my mom told a conductor that i loved trains to death and i knew all the controls and how engines worked. The conductor left and came back and said for me and my mom to follow him. We followed him through cars to the front and then we walked on the side of the train. Before you know it i was a in a train cab starring at the controls n shit. Best. Conductor. Ever.
I'd give damn near my left testacle for a ride like this. Freakin amazing.My Grandfather and Uncle worked a combined 94 years with CN. One in Symington and the other in east yards.
Wish CN had some set up like that in Battle Creek Michigan! If I ever got a cab ride I would think I died and gone to heaven! Beautiful locomotive! I love that K5LA horn! and the bell. I would want to feel it in notch 8!
I think it's great for Canadian National to have a family day like this. Not only is it good for Employee morale but it also gives their family members a taste and understanding of what they do on a daily basis. It's great they do this type of event.
I did my share of running Canadian National GE and EMD locomotives when I was a locomotive engineer for the Soo Line/Canadian Pacific out of Bensenville Yard near Chicago. This was generally for the CN transfer job from Bensenville to either of the CN's Markham, Hawthorne or Glenn Yards (former Illinois Central). I always thought the CN had the finest engines, especially their SD70s and AC4400s. Very comfortable crew seats, great forward visibility, nice sound proofing, generally a rear speedometer for backup movements in a wide body cab and even a microwave oven. The GTW (a CN company) units were just the opposite. Uncomfortable seats (some lacking armrests), poor sound insulation and just basic bare bones interiors.
First and only cab ride I ever had was back in 1980 in Hialeah, FL (Miami Amtrak station) aboard an Amtrak F40PH - I helped the 'hostler' operate the bell as we pulled out of the repair facility.
Boy I love the loud and sudden "blahh!" sound from that K5LLA horn! Super cool. Sweet sounding EMD 710G prime mover winding up through the revs. I absolutely love the CN SD70M-2. Great video!
Kids are so annoying... has the incredibly rare chance to be in a locomotive cab, but instead is asking about soccer balls and whining about wanting to sit down.
Kids have no business inside or near a locomotive under any conditions or circumstances, cn is asking for trouble by doing this if one of them even gets a bloody nose or a paper cut there is going to be a huge lawsuit. I found this to be true in the fire service very early on, kids don't belong in a fire house or a piece of apparatus even doing fire prevention at schools is risky enough. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
Just amazing. I'm so jealous! I've operated 44-Tonners, GP7s and SD9s, but to be in command of a 16-710G3 engine is still a dream of mine! CSX down here would never allow this to happen. *sadface*
you are so right on that the reason is if a csx employee was to let someone in the cab to ride the crew would more than likely be fired if cought by the train master or any other boss
They are alright. For newer units, they still are pretty loud in the cab, and at higher notches that 4500 horse engine will shake everything. It’s also kind of annoying that most of the breakers are outside the cab in the electrical room. I definitely prefer the es44s. Also I thought CSX had the ACE.
Purdy, I like their colors a lot. Denver and Rio Grande is my all time favorite, CN’s Christmas train with the red and black decorated in lights is way up there too. Norfolk Southern has to be the dog of the bunch
Usually you have to start as a assistant conductor and work up from there. Or you could do any job and then apply for other jobs within a RR. Just don't plan on being home much.
@@AwesomeDesertTrains I've heard that too, but I'm not sure why. It's impossible to steal a locomotive without the reverser, which is never ever left on the train.
@northlanderdude They called it a "Family Day". It's just a day that CN allowed families of their employees to tour the yard, shops, and some other stuff I don't remember.
It’s too bad that the railroads can’t keep the locomotives looking almost as good as out of the factory like they used to with all the signature name trains of the 40’s and 50’s
Get a job as a conductor. If you don't wash out, die or quit in frustration (railway is a very demanding, thankless and hard job, many rail nerds who get hired quit or get fired after a few months), after maybe 10 years you can get an opportunity to train as an engineer. Then, maybe 15-20 years after that, if a job becomes available, you can be a locomotive engineer.
