The Heart of the South: Norfolk Southern's Norris Yard in Action 

Hearing that DD voice that's been around for decades. I could see AI voice replacing that. DD voice is clear for sure, but it has that stilted cadence whereas AI voice is fluid.

39:00 - 40:20 Nice, smooth pan across the bowl yard.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Ken.

Thanks for the info on Howell wye. I'll plan on checking that out the next time I'm Atlanta. I actually previously made a video with a look at Inman Yard. Here it is if you want to check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HOhWJIFDqoE.html

I'm always glad to hear you enjoyed it, Dave. Have a great day!

I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed the video! Happy New Year to you as well.

I was curious about them because of the number. I wondered if they were being sent to the scrap yard or something.

Glad you're enjoying the videos.

Thank you, Timothy! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you enjoyed it, Rob! Happy New Year to you as well.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. It was a fun place to film but finding a spot to get set up was a pain. I would love to spend some more time and check out more of the area.

@@nkyrailfan There are a lot of locales and sites to check out. There's the multi-line corridor that runs through downtown Birmingham between 35th St S and 14 St N. Major junction area where 6 routes converge. There's the Amtrak depot and no shortage of CSX, NS, and Amtrak going back and forth throughout the day. There are also the historic Sloss Furnaces and the Railpark. There are several overpasses with pedestrian access where you can get great shots in both directions. CSX Boyles Yard is about 2mi north with a number of diamonds and junction points in between. Since it's all not far from the airport, I don't know whether or not you can do drone videos there, but it's worth checking out all the same. Also, there is a BNSF rail yard, East Thomas Yards. I believe that it is BNSF's further reach east of the Mississippi. Finally, there is the US Steel iron works in Westfield a few miles SW. Hope this helps.

I'm very glad you enjoyed it, Steve. I wish I would've been able to figure out where the defect detector was to see if I could spot the issue, but unfortunately didn't even know about it until I went back and listened to the radio traffic. Have a great day and a Happy New Year.

Your very welcome.We have that happen to where we go back and rewatch the video and discover things.I guess its the mystery piece to the puzzle. Thank you and you also a great rest of your day and Happy New Year.@@nkyrailfan

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This yard is similar, but smaller in size to the CSX yard without the NS portion. I believe the Queensgate Yard is around 3.5 miles, while Norris Yard is around 3.2 miles long.

Hey Jason! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Sadly, the caboose has gone the way of the dodo. I believe the only time a caboose is used anymore is as a control platform for remote control locomotives or if there's an excursion rail trip that features a caboose. Everything else only has an end of train device, which relays data to the locomotive.

I hope you have a great time in Irondale. Hopefully, you catch a lot of trains.

I've got a PA trip somewhat planned that includes Conway, Enola and Altoona stops. I'm hopeful to do that this spring, but haven't pinned down a date just yet. I've been trying to figure out a NE Ohio trip, but just haven't got around to it. I'm sure I'll get there this year, just a matter of when. If you have any specific spots I should check out in the places you mentioned, please do let me know.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The way it's been explained to me is once the cars are sorted over the hump, the often will couple the car in front of them. A car man will then make the individual air hose connections before the cuts are doubled or tripled out. I'm working on a video that showcases the doubling and tripling out.

It is a very impressive yard. I couldn't find any sizes listed for it, but a simple use of Google maps shows it to be around 640 acres give or take a few here and there.

So einen Güterbahnhof in den USA zu bauen, ist kein Problem, wenn alles mit Diesellokomotiven fährt. Wir, die wir in Europa leben, sehen im Gütertransport per Bahn einen Beitrag zu einer besseren Umwelt. Im Film sehen wir drei in Reihe gekoppelte Diesellokomotiven. Gibt es ein Land in Westeuropa, das Diesellokomotiven einsetzt? Ja, auf Bahnhöfen. Der Bau eines solchen Komplexes in Europa mit elektrischen Zügen wäre unmöglich. Bereits vor 1924 gab es in Deutschland die erste längere elektrische Eisenbahnstrecke. Schweden folgte und hatte 1924 eine elektrische Eisenbahnlinie. Norwegen folgte, 15 kV in Schweden, Norwegen (16 ⅔ Hz), Deutschland. Österreich und Schweiz (16,7 Hz). In den USA sind sich die Privatbahnen nicht einig, wenn es um Investitionen in elektrische Züge geht. Sie haben sogar unterschiedliche Stärken. Ich habe die Bahnhöfe in Deutschland gesehen. Sie sind absolut die fortschrittlichsten der Welt. Entschuldigen Sie mein schlechtes Deutsch!

Grüße aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Vielen Dank für den Kommentar und die Geschichte. Ich wünschte, die US-Bahngesellschaften würden in Elektroantriebe investieren, aber sie scheinen fest entschlossen zu sein, bei den Dieselmotoren zu bleiben. Beim Einsatz von Batterie- oder Hybridlokomotiven wurden Fortschritte erzielt, um die Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt zu verringern, diese sind jedoch nicht sehr weit verbreitet. Ich kann mir nur vorstellen, dass amerikanische Eisenbahnunternehmen auf Elektroantrieb umsteigen, wenn die Regierung einen erheblichen Teil der Kosten subventioniert. An der Ostküste gibt es einen kleinen Abschnitt der staatlich betriebenen, elektrifizierten Personenbahn (Amtrak), bekannt als „Northeast Corridor“, der einen hervorragenden Service bietet und eine hohe Anzahl an Fahrgästen hat. Im übrigen Land sind jedoch auch alle Personenzüge dieselbetrieben. Diese Züge verkehren auf den gleichen Gleisen wie die Güterzüge. Vielleicht bietet die Regierung also an, die Gütergleise zu elektrifizieren, um den Betrieb von Elektrolokomotiven zu ermöglichen, dann hätten die Güterverkehrsunternehmen einen Grund, über Elektrolokomotiven nachzudenken. Unabhängig davon haben mich mehrere Leute kontaktiert und gesagt, ich müsse mir die Rangierbahnhöfe in Deutschland ansehen. Ich hoffe, sie eines Tages persönlich zu sehen. Ich hoffe, dass dies durch die Übersetzung Sinn ergibt. Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen und einen schönen Tag.

I'm hoping to see some of the marshalling yards in Germany within the next few years. I was in Paris over the summer and saw a few small yards but nothing like some of the videos I've seen show in Germany. Thanks for the information, I do appreciate it. Have a great day

​@@nkyrailfanHappy New Year to you and your family. Great video. My question is Do any of these freight trains have cabooses at the end? I the caboose is the one thing I like best about freight trains. You see cabooses at the end of freight trains just at the state borders for long hauls. Other places they use a caboose once in a blue moon not too often. The deliveries they make are local runs. That's probably why you don't see cabooses that much anymore blah. 😂

The hump Is on a down hill slope there a locomotive on the other end with a car man pulling cars apart when the carman clear the car the locomotive push it down or kick it down the hill the tower control all the switches and restricts entrances into the hump there a air brake system that slow the car down like a roller coaster so they don’t bang into the park cars in the hump

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Gravity. They are being shoved over a hump.

You got that right 😅 Just bad immagine working with it day in day out 😊

Hey Chris, I have a Pennsylvania trip in the works for the spring. It'll include Enola, Conway and Altoona yards. Do you live near Enola or just want to see it from the air?

@@nkyrailfan I'm going to be working for NS as conductor based out of Harrisburg and I'll moving to area within a month or so

That's awesome! I hope you enjoy the area and the job. I won't be able to get to the yard before you start, but I'm hoping to make it in March or maybe April. I'll try and give you a heads up when I know it will happen.

@@nkyrailfan I should be getting qualified between April-October. I'll reach out to you when I'm working

@chriskratz5033 sounds good. Stay safe and good luck!

Maybe you'll get lucky and lose an arm or a leg one day.

@@electrolytics ✌🏼Thanks for watching and commenting😀

Hello, Would you mind letting me know a specific time reference you're talking about? I think I know what you're asking about, I just want to be sure.