The St. Clair Tunnel Company's One Of A Kind Locomotives

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The St. Clair Tunnel Company was a small, yet border crossing railroad subsidiary that hosted a small variety of unique steam and electric locomotives. The needs of this railroad were rather specific, shuttle freight and passenger trains from Port Huron, Michigan in the United States, to Sarnia, Ontario in Canada with 2% gradients leading into the St. Clair River Tunnel underneath the St. Clair River. Strong and heavy motive power was going to be needed for the job. From 0-10-0T camelback tank engines, to boxcab electrics, this is the story of the St. Clair Tunnel Company and its unique locomotives.
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@GTWDude 2 года назад

I’m so glad you covered the St Clair tunnel locomotives such a niche railroad in the state of Michigan yet such a small yet interesting roster. Very nice video!

@truthsayers8725 Год назад

grew up about 1/2 mile from the tunnel and my dad, an uncle and their dad worked about 125 years (combined) in the Port Huron Car Shops. my dad would sometimes hop on a train coming out of the tunnel and ride it back into the yards (he did inspecting for 18 years and walked from 16th street to the western border of the yards)

@jakerthesnak 2 года назад

What a lovely and informative video! One could only wonder if the St. Clair Tunnel Company would have been more financially successful if they had stopped spending so much time renumbering their engines!

@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga 2 года назад

Those 0-10-0s are so incredibly bizarre, but still pretty awesome at the same time.

@erbewayne6868 4 месяца назад

Went through the tunnel during a field trip in grade school.. I remember watching the water alone the ties in the middle of the tunnel. Exciting times for a child back then.

@The_Canadian_Railfan 2 года назад

very cool and interesting kinda sad none of the locos are left but at least theres something left of it

@joeythecat7482 2 года назад

Fun fact: Flying Scotsman went through this tunnel during her USA tour

@ArxCyberwolfPC Год назад

As a Sarnian, it's nice seeing the city get some attention, especially with its unique railway history! Fun fact, there is still an actively used spur that cuts directly through Sarnia's waterfront parks, which is directly connected to the track used by the tunnel!

@engineer6325 2 года назад

Love to see the 0-10-0T's get attention. They were pretty much one-off's, but Baldwin used the design quite heavily in advertising. An odd design for an odd job, love it!

@scottstamm7022 2 года назад

My dad passed away early last year, he would have LOVED this channel!

@rallymodeller 2 года назад

My workshop is about 100 yards from Sarnia Station, hear them coming up the line all the time

@NexusWorks924 6 месяцев назад

As a guy that lives near komoka as soon as that really museum opens up I'm going

@emjeebutterz4405 2 года назад

I was really surprised when I first read about this company - an electric railroad, in Michigan?! I've always wanted to find out more, so this was a great video! In a similar vein, based on some pictures from one of your previous videos, Michigan Central Station and the Detroit River Tunnel were third-rail electrified.

@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis 2 года назад

Those were not the only electric operations in Michigan, either, there was also the Michigan Electric, which was an interurban line using both third rail and overhead wire with trolley poles, with some street running.

@TrinityShoji 2 года назад

Look up the DT&I sometime. Henry Ford had the line electrified to serve River Rouge, and since the catenaries were built from concrete, they're still there, albeit the wires are long gone. You can see them from I-94 if you're going from downtown Detroit to Metro Airport

@emjeebutterz4405 2 года назад

@@TrinityShoji Oh right, the DT&I is another one! It intrigues me how widespread electric railroading was in an earlier time.. living in Detroit, my younger self used to think that the Northeast Corridor was the US's first and only electric rail line.

@emjeebutterz4405 2 года назад

@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis I'll definitely have to search this one up.

@157RANDOM 2 года назад

Awesome video. I lived in Sarnia when going to Lambton College's Railway Conductor program. We talked a lot about the tunnels since one instructor was a 37 year CP veteran engineer and when he worked out of London he made a lot of interchanges with CSX in Detroit, through the tunnel between Windsor and Detroit.

@Lucat_Here 2 года назад

What a quaint little line, with some funky locos to boot! Great job as normal

@thatflyingscotsmanfan1297 2 года назад

Ah yes, classic 5-20-minute commentary videos, with Tik-Tok coming up, these are dying away, but they'll still be in our hearts. Great vid!

@malkin_05 2 года назад

I still don' t understand why they removed catenary instead of ordering new electric units

@superjesse645 2 года назад

I was expecting you to say 'the tunnel was ultimately shut down due to (EPA concerns? Safety concerns? A crash that blocked the tunnel or the tunnel collapsing?) in 19xx.' Nice to hear that such an unusual little project is still alive, like a Midwestern Cascade Tunnel of sorts.

@Mattanyahu 2 года назад

Wow I've totally randomly read about this tunnel yesterday and now got a subscription notification that you made a video about it ^^

@TrainNerd97 2 года назад

There were 0-10-0 Camelbacks!? Those have to have been the most interesting looking steam engines to ever be seen and exist. And I thought the the other camelback types looked bizarre! Still, they were interesting!

@Pensyfan19 2 года назад

Great video! Never knew such steam engines existed! Ironically, I'm in the midst of writing my script on a video focusing on electric engines just like these...

@ezjenken 2 года назад

And then those modern CN trains go on to disrupt car traffic parallel to Gratiot, all the way into Detroit. I always thought it was interesting that Richmond and New Haven were basically built on that specific line, like literally the dead center of both towns. I actually purchased a car from a used car dealer that rents part of the old grain elevator in New Haven, you should go check it out sometime. Also it'd be interesting to see a video on more of that line as it travels through southeast Michigan, I'd argue its possibly the most disruptive line in the state as far as interrupting traffic goes.

@bobozo389 2 года назад

Nice coverage on the history of the Tunnel!

@ianriley9923 2 года назад

So cool to see the town that I visit every summer on this channel, great video!

@wolfspace802 2 года назад

Honestly I had no idea the old CLS&SB boxcabs went to the St. Clair Tunnel Co. when the switch to CSS&SB happened, I would've thought for sure they would've simply been scrapped due to the era, much like the rest of CLS&SB's equipment

@Martin98Baumann Год назад

Very good video but a couple of corrections/additions: The renumbering was 1305 to 1310 > 2655 to 2660 but in 1923 was done in reverse order 9150 ex 2660 to 9155 ex 2655 The last electric operation was September 28 1958 and the new tunnel opened April 5 1995, not 1994 (Canadian Rail Magazine Issue 446)

@jalbhagwagar3353 Год назад

So informative. You’re so well spoken 👍🏼👌🏼🤝

@skrep359 2 года назад

3:45 Now we know where BNSF got the idea for the frame of the Bopper car

@calebc.2290 2 года назад

very wholesome, especially since the mitten is my home state, man I sure do miss that unique piece of geography.

@luiselapostolfeliz2421 2 года назад

Love this video quite arguably and I enjoyed it.

@TankEngineMedia 2 года назад

Thank you for this information

@damianmatras8568 2 года назад

Beautiful.

@mworld2611 2 года назад

I love these videos on smaller niche railroads. Very interesting! Keep up the good work!

@CNR5154 Год назад

Well done and informative!

@scottfw7169 2 года назад

Really neat old trains in this video. The station there at 3:20 is interesting too.

@AlexDahlseid2002 2 года назад

Loved the video and i enjoyed and i liked how you covered the St Clair tunnel railroad

@MLWQC 2 года назад

That was a great video. i have been there a few times. Great job on the video. Well done

@harrisonallen651 2 года назад

You’re welcome Canada 🍁

@charleskesner1302 2 года назад

Interesting. Thanks

@acessoriesnotincluded2597 2 года назад

A very unique topic to say the least, and I find the amount of times they changed the running numbers quite interesting. I just wish I knew what the final song was…

@jeffreygosselin7576 2 года назад

Awesome!

@mrsaturngamingandstories 2 года назад

When the NYC Mohawk Locomotive coming to Engines of New York Central

@drunicorn 2 года назад

I love when you do these types of videos hope u can do more

@cashstrains652 2 года назад

Hey amtrakguy365! You should do a video about the Narrow-gauge newfoundland railway!

@jimmypetrock 2 года назад

hes back

@NinjagoGuy416 2 года назад

Hey AmtrakGuy, you should start a series examining various accidents and incidents throughout Amtrak’s history, like the 1993 Sunset Limited Disaster; I think that would be awesome to see 😁

@virginiarailfannoah5415 2 года назад

So he should do what Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions has been doing for years?

@willberestartingthischanne9984 2 года назад

Awesome Video

@Semrail152 2 года назад

Nice video

@EpicThe112 2 года назад

Canadian national invested in this 3.3kv ac 60hz Three phase system it would have run Port Huron, MI Sarnia,ON Hamilton Toronto, ON Union Station via Oakville Subdivision clearance using Reading RR height. Since Oakville subdivision has Ethanol plants correct procedure for the electric locomotive is front Pantograph UP

@mistermadmachine6311 2 года назад

😮0-10-0 camelback

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio 2 года назад

Diesel exhaust in tunnels is no fun -- I remember this from the tunnels into Back Bay Station in Boston before completion of Northeast Corridor electrification from New Haven to Boston(*), and from Grand Central Station in New York in the 1980s, when the station was full of diesel smoke because of FL9s running on diesel power instead of the 3rd rail electric power they were supposed to run on, plus E units even being run into the station for a short period (although I don't know if that coincided with my visit). (*)And Back Bay Station still has this problem, because the MBTA refuses to electrify their Commuter Rail.

@spartan117zm 2 года назад

This reminds me of wanting to slap whichever genius decided that work trains in the NYC subway should be diesel powered. Every time one passes through the station you’re in you’ll feel your lungs burn for a good few minutes after. Meanwhile there’s been battery-electric equipment in existence in small trains like these for decades (I get that the work trains can’t be powered by the third rail since usually when there’s a work train it means the third rail is off for whatever they’re doing).

@jacobdolman3831 2 года назад

Very good

@ryancoplen6207 2 года назад

Loved the video! Could you do a video on the Virginian railway next?

@i-am-toast4235 2 года назад

1:05 The trains must've been REAL high then considering how low under ground they were

@thetrainhopper8992 2 года назад

They got rid of electrification to save money!? But people that speak in absolutes tell me electrification is always better, context be damned!

@NW-gi1cp 2 года назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@SeanBodine 2 года назад

That was pretty cool. You think you could do another video like this about the Detroit River Tunnel?

@joshuanewton 2 года назад

Can you do a video on the Amtrak Charger diesels and the GG1 electric locomotives

@Marquetteproductions 2 года назад

Used to live here to

@daniel_the_railfan 2 года назад

Would u ever do a video on Virginia railway express

@fiercetrains4052 2 года назад

Can you do a video on the detriot union belt RR?

@warrior3456_ 2 года назад

neat

@eftalanquest 2 года назад

only in north america they would replace clean, fast and powerful electric traction with diesel becaue it's "too costly"

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 2 года назад

Having to stop the entire train, then switch the locomotive, run through the tunnel and stop again, switch the locomotives and start the train again is time consuming.