SD70MAC In Cab Tour 

Lucky u, SD70MAC! The 1st engine I got to climb on was an ex-conrail SD60 (6703 blue paint) I was so excited when I got to the controls! Had a rusted toilet, yuk. They wouldve gave me the medkit as a sovinir but it was bolted. I blew the horn! We were idling 100ft from a crossing and a car came around the turn while I was blowing the horn, he stopped dead in his tracks, I scared the s**t out of him. U bounce around from all the power inside. To get on a loco, find a red signal idler.

@valareksic EOT = End Of Train air pressure, it is the brake pipe pressure reading the EOT sends up to the lead unit. When it drops to zero it means all the air has gone out of the brake pipe, usually that means the train has gone into emergency.

When I was a kid in the 1970's it used to be easy to get cab rides. All you had to do was ask, and they would wave you up, and you could ride with the crew all over town. Shame those days are gone.

That,s great we never see SD70Cab inside before a lucky day for you and us. Thank,s for sharing pit

a few nights ago at work the coal yard was short a person and nobody would come in. So A buddy of mine in the coal yard asked me if I wanted to drive the train while he unloaded it. It was so fun that it should be illegal. Starting a 100 car train on a slight incline really makes the engine work. The engine that I drove was a SD9043mac. When the day crew came in he told them that he unloaded half of the train by himself. They cann't figure out haw he did it. I Cann't wait to do it again.

the video is much longer than this, but I had to trim it because I went on gushing like a school girl I didn't want to sound stupid now. But I had the best time of my life. You'll notice because some of the conversation seems cut-off. LOL The guy was really nice!

couldn't have put it better myself. god so much power...

those are my favorite types of locomotives especially the ones with the desktop controls

@valareksic I believe that meant the air pressure on the rear end of the train wasnt correct or something.

Dude that is awesome!! I wish I got to get up in one of these big modern loco's. All in due time though, once I graduate, I'm going to work for UP! Tell you what though, if there are any train enthusiasts out there that want to drive a train, you can go to the Portola Railroad Museum in California and rent one for an hour for like $100! I've done it a couple times already and I'm 21!

Sweet.....Hopefully ill get a chance like that sometime.

Music to my ears!

I graduated with a BS in microbiology so I'm currently pursuing a career in science! However, I would love to work for a railroad.

I agree...I would have creamed my pants had that guy not been there lol! The feeling was pure Ecstasy being in that seat. I mean the thing was shaking and vibrating it was totally awesome. I loved it!

This particular engine is the TFM SD70MAC #1653.

someone ought to put that sound to CD and sell it, pure symphonic pleasure right there! and ALOT of power!

Thats quite the experience eh. My dad use to run for CN years ago and he took me on runs all the time. what a blast.

@CSX2057 That's true. I have it, too. SD70ACE is great ingame.

That would be a dream come true for anybody who loves trains. Crap just to hear or see one is awsome!

Desktop controls suck. Gotta love the sound of that 710!

thats a beatuiful sound right there now

Union Pacific openings for Engineiers and conductors

I wish I would get invited into a locomotive. My dad got invited into one b4

That is pretty sweet :) Just like Diesels West locos ;)

Yeah, thanks! I talked with one of my cousins roommates who worked for UP for a while and he said that there is a real negative attitude toward rail-fan railroad employees and I think it is just for that reason. Thanks for the heads up though! Appreciate it! Have you tried to get hired with any other company, or did you get picked up by NS?

i would sount the same trust me i got ot go in D&H 7312 and a CP SD40-2 wile they were switching man those SDs really raddle

To be honest the sd70mac sounds like our Indian locomotive wdp4 and wdg4 even wdp4d wdp4b and wdg4d

These days, the odds of hitting the lottery are better than getting invited into a cab!

WOW!!! AMAZING!!!!!

Thats nice. I got in the cab once and the engineer put it at run 8 and that SD75M started to shake. I will never forget that feeling. Love the EMDs too. 5***** and faved!

I would have reacted the exact same way. That is a train lovers behavior.

Dude...That is like so cool...You got MSN or Yahoo or AOL by chance???

@MuddyG I do have video but it had the engineer's face along with sensitive information in the video. I didnt wan't to get him in trouble so I edited those out. Next time I'll get video without the Engineer in the shot. Sorry!

He means that somehow the marker went into emergency.

POWER, UNLIMITED POWER.

An even cooler thing happened...for some reason I didn't get it on video but while I was on the train, the train he was waiting on passed us! That was awesome being on a train while another passed! Truly an unforgettable experience!

Cool! Thanks man!

@fyadcorp If the train had pushers it could mean a comm loss as well, it doesn't necessarily mean it went into emergency... and since you didn't hear the PCS valve open up the unit you were in it was likely just a comm loss.

damn man...I'm jealous of you..The only place I can be in a SD70MAC cab is in MSTS...

A tip for you...when you go for an interview, DO NOT display any RAILFAN attitudes...they will NOT hire you if they know you are a huge railfan...main reason is because you are a "safety" hazard because they think you'll be more focused on the loco rather than the work at hand. At least that's what NS told me...then again UP could be different. If I were you though I wouldn't show much enthusiasm when you go for the interview. Good luck though!

The EOT device monitors the air pressure in the rear, I can only assume that the train pipe lost air pressure.

it does

that 710 sounds awesome powering up

I watched it like 5 times 5 stars! I to was just taking pictures and they just invited me on sometimes a crew gets lonely while idle, but you're luckier, you got to throw the throttle, but I blew the horn :D. Not a big fan of desktop controls, stands are better, either way, horsepower is horsepower. Next time they said they'll have a GE for me to bounce around in. Did they show you the flares? You get the perfect view up there to!

when i get older i'm looking to be a mechanic for NS or one of the other railroads. i'm wondering, what would i have to do (clases ect.) to get one of those jobs?

I sounded the same when I went in ns 9764!

My first cab tour was on a conrail locomotive when they were still around then on a csx locomotive

I appreciate the video, but next time maybe get the whole cab, not just one control screen?

Did you do any trade school for freight conductor to get your foot in the door. Also how long was it before you became an engineer. tks

*****thx

lol i know what u meani had to do that with my cab ride on my channel . lol yea they do seem very nice but then u get the jerks to

jajaja... all railfans that have the chanse to get inside a cab they always says that they have trainsim and looks the same. I had said that a couple of times NICE!

Nice I got a cab tour in a C40-9W and a GP9 before.

I'm waiting for a BNSF ex BN in executive paint to be leading a Norfolk Southern coal train past my house. I live in southern WV so seeing something like this is really rare!

Anybody know what that error msg was at the end of the video clip? he never did tell me what happened. He just say "Oops, the EOT went down to zero"

You son of a..XDDD kidding. Man you're livin my dream!

I got a good laugh out of your "very goofy and nerdy" reaction... we'd probably all sound the exact same way :)

OMG Tell me about it!

The 1st engine I was on was a contrail sd50 the engineer decided to stop at Wendy's for dinner at the time headed to the Conway yard

Very nice! i had a a cab ride once and i know i sound so funny,lol. and it does look exactly like train sim!

What unit number?

I believe I said this in the Video.

I love the sound of EMD 2-strokes long live the 710!!

lol id be just like you but ur lucky as hell

I think so TFM

@valareksic LOL

this was Norfolk southern correct ?

LOL! I got Railworks 2 simulator. Its fun! Love it!

10 years now time runs away

Heard almost all locomotives have security cameras in them nowadays. I guess that's the end of cab tours:(

is a mexican locomotive?

very cool video!!

AWESOME!!! Dude I don't care how many times I heare it, the sound of these things make me want to wet myself...I LOVE trains!!!!