This very fast moving intermodal was also very heavy. Shortly after the head end passed, The ground started to shake (a lot!) and I almost fell over. I also did not have time for my tripod.
there is truly something magical about trains..Sleepy little crossing with nothing but raw power blasting thru with all that noise and grinding steel, clickity clacking down the line..love it!!...Counted 132 cars 2 lead units and one middle support unit....nice!!
Not sure I’d characterize this as a sleepy little crossing. Alliston is fairly built up, and where there is a gas station there is going to be traffic. That’s a lot of speed and weight for the neighborhood IMHO.
DPU sure give it the extra umph! But that kid riding the bike past the signal needs to learn better, he must have a devil may care death wish. Running that fast it would take that train at least a mile to stop if not more.
I wonder how they coordinate the speed of the lead locomotives with the middle one .. Obviously the idea is the middle locomotive adds its HP to the train .. He can't go slower (and wouldn't want to) but neither could he go faster .. So how does that work?
@@attygarland6909 Great question. DPU is a remote power unit that is remotely and automatically controlled by the lead locomotive of the train. Many computer systems monitor the train at all times, including how much load should be applied to the remote units. In simplicity, each unit after the leader is paired with the leader and controlled by the computer systems in the locomotive, so it kind of works as one unit. Ex; If the engineer applies the brakes, the middle/rear units will be also commanded by the lead computer system to apply the brake.
Wow !! That makes your heart beat faster . A truly great reason to never never never try to beat a train to a crossing . He'll knock you into next Wednesday and not even slow down . So give the train the respect he deserves !!!
@@WaffleRailProductions You know, getting hit by a baseball going 65 mph hurts pretty bad. Now imagine that baseball weighs a few thousand tons and is made of solid steel. Puts things in perspective.
Waffle Rail Productions You should check out Australian iron ore train videos. Some of those trains are miles in length. Great video, Cheers from Melbourne Australia.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@bradwilliams7683 our average trains in Canada are 1.5-2 miles long, I’ll definitely have to look more into other trains around the world and how they do things. Thanks for watching!
Wow that seems like a very dangerous intersection. Trains come out of the bush suddenly at high speed! Gates are undoubtedly needed in that spot. I fear for inattentive pedestrians though.
That broken track joint must be screaming in pain There's a intermodal train that runs that line, It normally has 3 engines, a leader, mid dpu, and end dpu, sometimes has 4 engines, and towards the end of that train there's a lot of autoracks. All I know is that it runs through Essa and Alliston, do you know the symbol of it?
Good grief, I've seen film taken by cameras placed on crosstie ends not shake that much, what were you standing on, a trampoline, lol? Great shot though 👍👍👍
Great video and the lack of tripod enhanced the earth shacking effect of the heavy containers. And for the bicyclist,,,if I were the train engineer and saw her....I wouldn't have touched the brake no matter how near it was..
Never heard such a beautiful Nathan P-Series horn until now. Was that a P3 or P5? It's hard to tell since the train is going too fast for me to count the trumpets.
Wow, it’s so cool to see you found my channel! You are a big reason & inspiration to me and my dad for originally starting a RU-vid and posting our captures! Hope you are well. Enjoy your Saturday 🙂
@@WaffleRailProductions JJ is 16 now so we don't get out very often any more. It has been a great hobby for us finding new spots and filming trains. JJ & Jason
You wouldn’t believe the amount of people that don’t realize when a train is coming here. Many sad story’s of cars getting hit by trains here. Thanks for looking
From what I see, the trees obscure the view down the tracks, and might give people a false selse of security, as we saw with the cyclist at the beginning of the video
