They Couldn't MOVE The Train, Plus A Missing RR Sign!? This Was Crazy! 

Thank you for sharing the video this morning. I'm on my front porch setting in the sun in southern idaho.

The E & LS is a road on borrowed time. Most tracks are 20 MPH or worse. Reminds me of the rock island of the late 70's.

Doing about 50 mph? Do they dare go that fast on their tracks?!? Balls, I say. Balls!

Funny how a stand still train can be excited..😁

They should bring back the caboose to save the conductor, brakeman, switch man all that walking

Locomotive was pumping up air to cars to release the brakes. That one locomotive has more than enough power to move those cars.

When the centrebeams were pulled off the siding, their brakes were reluctant to let go. Shoddy maintenance strikes again!

Grand Truck Western 5915 is what 503 started out as.

a long train with problems that cant pull but it can later with an orange freddy on the back thanks Jason have a good one in Iowa !!!

Great to be part of the premium vid Jason - even though I'm over here in the UK...LOL

Been a while since I been here! Congratulations on the 100K!

I never thought I'd see Pembine or Crivitz become a choke point on the railroad. It would be a real world of hurt if the paper mill in Ontonagon was still in operation. This goes to show that losing the 402 small as it may seem was a pivotal part of the daily Groove

Nice I'll be there Wednesday, can't wait !

Luv 503 , its killer machine

I don't think they were struggling with tractive effort or buff. I think the engine RPM was to try to get enough air pressure to release the brakes! Once they got it above 95 PSI, the brakes released, and the locomotive had no trouble pulling the consist.

I agree, sounds like a different horn on 503. Great video, really enjoyed it! Thanks for your effort.

The engineer was just waiting for the conductor...a long walk

great video 🚅🚃👍

The conductor should check brake pipe pressure at the rear of the train. When there's 75 lb. or more, the engineer should set the automatic brake and then release it. If the brakes set up and release on the rear car, all the train brakes should be released.

Enjoy being in my home state of Iowa Where I grew up as a railroad brat.

I know i should ge looking at the train but the trucks you have in the US are awesome! Shiny aluminium tanker trucks with awesome looking cabs the drivers must take great pride in looking after them. Enjoyed the trains though Jason. 😊👍

The emergency/service phone number is on every crossing. Try calling that. If you already have, and the crossbuck hasn't been replaced, that is a different problem.

Great video thanks Jason

Sweet video!!! Thank you for another entertaining video!!!

nice work!

Very cool video

The engineer said he had 90 psi on the rear. Maybe he was tripping a breaker when he was trying to push back. Some electrical issues?

I love the railroad I was raised up with the CSX railroad tracks going right through my backyard here in Brownsville Indiana they run through here day and night. CSX railroad goes right through the Middle of town.

good video and those tracks look kind of ruff and worn outy

good train video

They need 402 back on the main line!

Jason Asselin I watched this Train video on EMD SD40-2 Older BNSF is now ELS EMD SD40-2 503. I see what needs work. That would the Traction Motors ELS 503 Front and Back Trucks need to looked at. And before Traction Moton Motors go out or seizes up on ELS 503. So you why I know what I know I Design New and Vintage Diesel Locomotives and Paint Schemes as Hobby for Past 30 Years on by Computer as artist. Yes can see BNSF under the Orange paint. That EMD SD40-2 was her Glendale, AZ I remember Dents on full tank, but as add Character to the Diesel Locomotive it how hard the Train Crew and Locomotive works for all Railroad and Railway in the US. and Around the World, Lets not Forget Rail Fans make all thee "AWESOME" Train Video for all in joy at home THANK YOU and BLESS you and your Family for bringing joy into daily life's Joshua.

I just love the horn on ELS 503!

Hi Jason! Nice vid today and congrats on 100k!🎉😊

I wonder if LP knows its product is sitting in a yard somewhere in WI for weeks on end until ELS finally moves it on down the track

Jason are the black flies bad this year in the upper peninsula,

Hope you’ll be able too Railfan in Iowa Jason

Sounds like a handbrake was not compketely released near the end of the train

Might take them a while, but they will get it

The little engine that could......

That's a lot to ask of one locomotive.

Is that Highway 141? Looks like drivers need to pay attention with the trains and heavy truck traffic...

Interesting video. I wonder 🤔, if the reason for the lack of motion was possibly an issue of brakes set by hand. My understanding is that when you have to break a train in order to deliver or pickup from the siding railcars; the disconnected portion left on the main line needs the hand brake set. Something, I gathered as a kid watching Seaboard Coast Line R.R. deliver box cars to the local Anhueser Busch the distribution warehouse that was in behind our house.

They had that old F unit that still ran i thought. Maybe use it for just moving cars around

A true comedy of errors

It is all about the $$$

Looks like this short line needs to have a contractor come in and kill the vegetation in the rail bed.

There are 44 cars on this train

Jason,have you looked up about the black flies? I just did and what I found out was very interesting.

They can't pull it forward but they can back it up?

Is that a SD-40 Jason?

That was alot of weight was concerned whether they were gonna get it go forward or not.

Are the wheels slipping?

Engine teouble definitely bc it is more than capable of moving those loads.

Higher engine rpms = air compressor run faster

Is the parking brake on?????😅

Is it possible that those cars that had sat for awhile needed to be pumped on longer. After a few weeks, the air would have totally drained out and the brake rigging might be a little stiff. That, with the weight of the other cars, may have caused them to have to pump on the air a little longer! Good video! I enjoy watching the ELS; especially switching.

That's why where in dept

We can afford to spend a trillion dollars a year on foreign wars, but we can't afford to maintain our railroads.

Total of 44 loads

BNSF 7303 ?

In this video there is a trackside sign that looks like a "V", painted black. Do you know what that sign means?

Where in Iowa I am on on the western side of the state