I clicked on this video as soon as I saw the iron range photo & to absolutely nobody's surprise CoasterFan2105 has given us another incredible video!! It's absolutely insane that CN still has those falling apart old C40-8s and tunnel motors in active service up there. When I first heard that AC44C6M replacements were coming up this year, I knew I just had to get up there. I was able to go at the beginning of July, and it was truly an unforgettable experience. Even if those locomotives will be gone, the memories and videotapes will be around for years to come! I did finally get a long-form video of the ore trains up about a week ago and it's one of my favorite videos I've made.
Thanks so much! Glad you were able to get up there, it’s a really neat place. Eventually, I’ll be doing a full narrated video on the iron range and another one eventually on the CN Dash-8s. I’ll have to take a look at your video when I get a chance!
15:37 Sweet double catch with the metro train on viaduct in the background. 24:55 Fantastic angle catching the length of this intermodal stack train along the shoreline. Thanks for another great video as usual, Mike!
What are my favourite locomotives in USA I'll tell 1.union Pacific EMD SD59MX 2.Pacific Surfliner F40ph 3.BCrail dash 8 4. Box car 5.2 floor car 6.BNSF EMD SD70ACE 7.amtrak 145
Great video! Those vulx hoppers in the ns section actually came to the local shoreline near my house. It’s called the Chesapeake and albemarle railroad which is the main supplier for Vulcan Materials, explaining the reporting Mark “vulx”. And again, great video!
Incredible video! My favorite freight train of this video definitely has to be CN’s iron ore train to the docks, being pulled by old standard cab D8’s and former BLE T motor SD40’s
Thanks so much! I had a lot of fun filming that operation last year. It’s really neat to see all those iron ore trains. Eventually, I will be putting together a full narrated video on the CN iron haul operations in northern MN.
@@CoasterFan2105 My wife and I took a trip to MN/WI and drove by those docks near Superior MN on earlier this week and I wondered what they were. Unrelated, my kids were watching this video and I was curious what the short hoppers were for and saw those same docks in the background, so I came to the comments to find out. Small world.
Fantastic freight trains from different railway companies. Great filming, thank you for the excellent video. Wish you a nice weekend and best wishes from Germany
so sad at 24:15 to see the faded, tagged Tropicana cars. I remember 40 years ago. The exclusive Tropicana train, with the locomotive painted just like the cars.. The street running train reminds me of when I was a kid and we had one bar in our town, well it was much more than a bar too lol. It was right next to the railroad tracks. For some reason the made the asphalt grade crossing longer at one end and a drunk parked his car right on the tracks, A B&O freight train came around the corner at speed and smashed his car 1/4 mile down the tracks.
@CoasterFan2105 what is the rarest train you have ever seen? Mine is a tie between a CN train with the following power: CN SD70M CN dash 8(Standard Cab) 3 GTW GP38-2s The other one that is my rarest is seeing a Burlington Northern Caboose and a BN SD40-2 in Rochelle. Edit: The dash 8 I saw was not standard cab, it was a B40-8W with a Canadian cab, those are still rare these days. Added to the rarity of the CN, I saw it in a place where only GEvos are seen on a daily.
I’ve wanted to for several years now but haven’t been able to get the timing to work out yet. Same with R&N 2102. There is a possibility of this fall but if not, those are both top of the list for next year.
