That's some train. More than 200 cars and each probably at least 50 feet long. Almost two miles, but my math is pretty fuzzy! Thanks for sharing this crazy video.
I counted 218, but the video was interrupted once by a commercial, so it could be 217 or 219. I used to watch Jaw Tooth videos all the time, and this is about the same as the longest train I ever counted in his videos, which are mostly shot in Ohio.
Based on an estimated 24mph speed (which it looks like this train is doing at least that), and the 10 minutes it took to pass, this train would be approximately 4 miles long! If it is going faster than that, it is even longer. Nice catch!
I saw a 300 car, 9 unit DPU freight on video. (4 units up front, 2 more at 100 cars, two more at 200 cars, and one at the end. About 50mph. I think the practical limit is around 200 cars, or the folks waiting at crossings tend to get upset... let me count these!
@@JawTooth Well, annoyingly sir, I can't seem to find it anymore. I believe it was out in CA, on a concrete platform and the cameraman was right up level with the track. BNSF orange and yellow DPUs. It slowly accelerated until it was moving right along as the end went by. Closest thing I can find now is this NS ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oRIuC9OVVjs.html about 265-70 cars... only 4 locos tho. Anyway the missing one was right at 300 cars.. sure wish it was still up.
This was pretty long just imagine if you are stuck at a railroad crossing intersection waiting for thing to go through you might feel like it’s a never ending journey
got also 217 -122, then loco, 180 is double-stack (UMAX, white EMP) followed by 3 empty cars -yes, our countries are not made for such long trains -not even in Germany
5 diesel locomotives, 16 autoruck cars, 201 double stack-cars, total 222 wagons freight train. This ultra largest freight train is longest than Japanese Mt. Fuji but, shortest than Rockey Mountain.
We pulled up next to a stopped BNSF locomotive in our RZR in Yucca, Az. Yelled up to the engineer, how may cars? He shrugged and yelled back, I don't know but 14,600 feet. Just short of 3 miles!
Longest train ever was in Australia. Over 7.3km long and 682 wagons. In regular service they are around 3km long. However these are dedicated iron ore private mine owned trains. General freight in sure USA is longer.
It's 215 and 220 with power. Can't run um through the gorge (columbia river) that long. But they do over by North Platt. Desert metropolises could not exist without the railroad. Gose to show how they continue to cut back on crews.
Very long nearly flat with few grades that are near steep. Longer trains make sense because it is much easier to pull longer trains on flatland. I am sure this train becomes broken into much smaller units before going down to nearly sea level headed into the Los Angeles area. I have seen very long container trains out in the desert beyond barstow, CA headed towards the east. Again, this area seems very flat with few steep grades.
Just in case you’re not aware, but those engines are called “DPUs” - Distributed Power Units. If they’re at the end of the train they may be called “Helpers”, but they’re still DPUs.
Could the long freight trains in the US be a reason for the many accidents at level crossings there, as drivers of road vehicles take risks crossing too late because of the anticipation of a long wait? The length of this train, in particular, seems unnecessary given that it has to have several engines to pull it? Has length become a fetish? (I'm a Brit by the way)
I wouldn’t call it a “fetish” but I would say that there has been some questionable safety choices on both drivers and railroaders due to the sheer length of the trains.
Accidents are grade crossings are personnel decisions made by drivers in an attempt to beat the train. By law railroads are required to provide warning of an approaching train, red lights bells, and the whistle. Drivers who fail to heed those warnings, face grave consequences, but more likely their death for crossing in front of a train.
@@stephenheath8465 I don't think you have a good understanding of massive freight movements by rail. Maybe finding the alternative driving route for to avoid rail crossings would be a good idea for you. That's a major problem for many drivers in this country everyone is in a hurry, only to get delayed someplace else before you arrive at your final destination.
I've seen a container train every bit as long, but being transported by only TWO locomotives - L-147-L-78. Yes... 225 units & 2 locomotives, & the locomotive behind unit 147 appeared dark & did not even sound like it was providing any power at all. Yes, I have proof for those who want it!
Total tonnage for the territory the train will run across dictates the power need. If the loaded tonnage was low, that's an indication there were more empties then loads, which 2 locomotives could handle.
@ljreed8671 my guess is the train originated in Calgary, Alberta, & went thru the Canadian Rockies on a mostly downhill trip thru Kamloops, Fraser Canyon, & Hope, BC. After Hope, it is basically a flat cruise all the way to Langley & Deltaport. Empty containers soon to be on their way back to China for more cheap crap lol
@ljreed8671 my 225 unit train video (which I have not posted) was filmed on 56th Ave in Surrey, BC, Canada, just west of the Langley City border. I'm certain the train in this video originated somewhere in southern California.
Great video ! The 3 GE's on the headend are online pulling the train. The EMD is isolated UP 3086, for good reason, it serves as a spacer, and a backup should 1 of the other locomotives fail in route. Under timetable special instructions, the horsepower ratio of 4 locomotives exceeds the tractive effort output for the territory, that would risk tearing up the rails. Tractive effort on a single locomotive is 386,000 lbs. per axle. (wheel to axle) 3 powered locomotive's 18 axles turning 386,000 lbs. at one time, puts a lot of stress on the rails, which is the reason "distributed power units" are needed. Auto racks, Intermodal car train are fairly easy to run, there's hardly any slack in the train once it's stretched out. With a train that long, it's key to use the DPU locomotive to maintain the stretch throughout the train, without causing any severe "buff force" on the train. (run in's) A slower speed in running would be necessary, if the engineer was approaching ascending, and descending grades on the territory. I'm of the opinion, there were more empty containers than loads. For that reason, 1 DPU was used to run that rain.
How could you ever relax as an engineer at the helm? The longer the train the more likely something could go wrong :( How much longer are they going to get?
Over 200 ultra longest freight trains are not can transportation maniest cargos (over 20000 tons) only, can operation by littlest crews and can cut human costs and transportation costs and littlest of greenhouse gas than trucks and semi-trailers and jumbojet freighters.
Bad move with the auto racks on the headend. if that much slack runs in they will pop off. The only saving grace was the DPU in the middle. this train needed two more units on the rear. very underpowered.
