What it takes to get A Train Moving 8 22 2014 

That is a sound I will NEVER GROW TIRED OF!!!!!!!

I lived about 50 yards from a railroad years ago. I always thought it was cool when a train would stop, and when it would start going again you could hear the chain reaction of clunks from the slack coming out of each coupling. I also find it amazing that metal to metal contact of the locomotive wheels and the track can provide enough traction to move all that weight.

I got chills watching and listening to that. That right there is why I love trains, the sheer power and what it takes to move them. The non railfans will never understand. Awesome video Walter, very nice!

I'm 55 years old and I still stop and watch trains. I love learning more and more. Thanks for sharing!

Fantastic stuff Walter!! These are my favourite videos , pure power and it shows how much torque electric traction motors have! More of these please Walter!! Cheers Gregg

I remember seeing a coal train starting up to go through the steep Otira tunnel in NZ, it needed 6 engines, the power and noise of those things starting up is incredible.

Nice video, much appreciated. Great work.

2 dash 9's, an SD60 and an SD40-2. Love it!

I'm glad I wasn't waiting at the level crossing for this train to go past.

When they had steam engines, they would go backwards first to tighten the cars, then use the slack in the couplings to then go forward. Saw many coal trains do this.

Brilliant video Walter, the adhesive qualities of steel on steel is amazing as clearly shown here....Bob

Narrative and video are of equally high quality! Very informative!

A very beautiful old lady that SD40-2 # 6083. Congratulations Walter, beautiful images.

Great catch as always Walter, nothing like those old SD40-2's throttling up.

I always go straight to notch 8 & yell PULL !!!,, PULL !!!! till she moves 😝

Man, that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. What a display of pure grunt! Wonderful video, Walter.

So smooth without breaking a knuckle. Excellent video Walter.

I love those old Southern box cars at 3:20 "Gives A Green Light To Innovation" Southern Railways old slogan still visible after all these years!

great chance to see the power, combined of those locomotives, and I suppose the technical excellence of the traction control systems to put that per down on such small contact patch between wheel and rail. Thanks Walter for posting

I am a new sub. 20.001 :)) Broke your 20k barrier. I like trains and birds, so i will have fun with your channel. Greetings from the Netherlands.

I would have to call this train "The Monster Train". Everything was on this one, very very good catch Walter!

Sweet video Walter! I truly miss the old power! Nice catch of the Dash 8s and SD60!

like the power on that one Walter,like out side of my place when they power up to pull the mountin,,nice video

Awesome Walter...just awesome......As you said this was going to be a bigger upload than usual....such a lot of weight to pull...Great capture....Steve.

As a kid I saw good example of diesel power. Years ago KCS freight northbound near Lanagan, MO had long flatbed car loaded with new telephone poles catch fire from hotbox fire. Wooden side posts burned away and 6-7 telephone fell partially off at 30-35 degree angle with poles pointing down into ground. Crew anxious to isolate train on siding decided to move train without waiting for help/machinery to arrive (which would take hours). About freight cars up were 4-unit F-? Unit diesel. The engineer applied power and with just a yun-yun-yum-yun of the engines the poles pushed against steel wall of box car at other end; and the poles sliced into the ground an 7-10 feet deep trench just like it was melting butter and moved along effortlessly like it was no problem extending the trench on and on. What a sight.

2 C40-8s and a great horn! Gotta love it!:)

Nice video. Thanks Walter!

Lovely video informative and well filmed. So different from the UK where trains are never that long and tend to be of a single type of load. Also you get a fell not just for the power but the traction control and linked control of so many loco's

That is incredible!

Great video, love your narration.

Great to watch ,Walter ,you the man knows his stuff. HORSE POWER rules.

I'm pretty sure I heard one of those locos saying, "I know I can, I know I can..." Great demonstration of what it takes to get moving and why trains take off so slowly. Great catch Walter.

Pure Brute force in action, love it Walter :-)

I live on the Union Pacific railroad that csx operates here in Illinois they just done a big upgrade on the tracks nice and smooth now love watching the trains 🚂

Love it, my friend some big time HP he got it going that was a beast of a train. Thanks.

Walter you and I know what it takes to get a train moving of that size. Great of you and your commenting to tell other about the train. At one time I didn't know if a car was loaded or empty till someone told me look at the springs LOL

Nice catch, love the old power on the train.

That Rocked Dude🎸

Walter I think this is one of your best. I go back and watch it often Pure horsepower is right He got it moving without breaking a knuckle

Yup, it takes a couple of EMD SD's with DC traction to get those GE locos off the dime. Interesting to see so many EMD units, old legacy ones, on new BNSF mainline trains on the Cascade Main line out of Lowell, and up through Steven's pass. See 20 or 30 a day, and lots of them are showing up with legacy EMD units on them An engineer told me that the GE stuff is getting tired, and they are adding older DC units to the consist to help get the trains started. I love the sound of the EMD prime movers. They just sound better, and like they are actually doing something

Awesome video!!!

Great video @pwalpar. You're the best!! Here's a suggestion, if you can get a pal to be at the end of the train with another camera, you could post 2 videos in a split window - and you'd be able to tell precisely when the last car started moving!! You'd probably be the first to do this. You're in the US where the mainline freights are the best in the world.

That's quite a consist Pwalpar ~ good video Pwalie 🎢🚎🚎

Informative

Awesome thanks

Great video

awesome great video Walter

Great Catch Walter

Sweet Video, that guy was obviously pulling hard!

Cool video!!

Interesting. Thanks

When I retire, I want to chase trains with you!

I like the way he talks

Some power houses there Walter , take a bit to move that , like the old horses pulling the barges , once they get going it gets easier ...

Those Dash 8’s, god I miss’em

Pwalpar, Thank you fro reply.

Great and informative as usual. Must have been a very heavy train.

great vid.pwalpar.

What Linda or mileage do they get and how far they get pér tank

Nice video

It took so long for this beast of a train to get going that once it did begin to roll, I got kind of dizzy and had to look away from the screen for a minute.

Hey Walter, nice video. Hope you have been well, enjoy your pumpkin pie tomorrow .

You need a follow up video "What it takes to Stop a Train".

I bet the ground is vibrating but good with that much power.

Heck yeah!

Cool!

When did they leave Jenkinsburg, GA?

This video came up when I was doing random train watching, and I miss your train videos. I think you stopped doing them in 2016? Thank you.

great job walter

Awesome video, freight trains are my favorite, but did you know on some railyards they have a vehile more massive and tuffer than a freight train that moves railcars around instead of keep having to hook and unhook?

Walter, I wish you'd do a video about how a locomotive gets enough traction on these slick rails to move ANYTHING. I can't figure it out!

Horsepower indeed nice video!

If he does not have a DPU I WILL VERY SURPRISED

Over 14,000 controlled by a single hand! Man he is loud Walter! GE's always seem to take longer to load vs. an EMD.

They forgot to turn on the ditch-lights before leaving the siding in Jenkinsburg, Ga. When do they pick up speed?

I like train videos on you tube😀

Was it the GE's Sound or the SD40-2's ticking away?

I cannot imagine the pulling strain on the knuckle of the last locomotive. All of that tractive effort of the head end units (16,000+ HP combined?) goes though the knuckle of the last locomotive to move the load.

who makes the call on how many power unit that will be used on a train? looked good on my wide screen. Thanks for another outstanding video.

Not only it takes a while to get up to speed, but also a while before coming to a complete stop too

once and a while i see 1 or 2 cars in a train that seem to be rocking side to side, it looks really dangerous. In one case I swear the wheels were lifting off the track, what causes one car to do that and the next car runs straight as an arrow?

Nice video. I like the steady camara (likely on a tripod) and your comments during the recording. Is the track going slightly uphill from the starting point? I think the acceleration of the train was very slow. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos in the future. Cheers Adam (from Denmark)

Those locomotive's was like ' greeerr! Let's do this thing.

Trains pull the whole world literally

Very nice video walter

Pwalpar::: Is there not a standard formula to form a train with enough motive force to pull X amount of cars so they do not end up stalling? thanks! I'm in winder GA

Is there a current formula applied when calculating the number of engines required to move so many tons ie 5 for every 12,ooo tons

Back when NS still had Dash 8s ;(

That's one heavy train, Walter.

And even harder starting on an incline!

I find it amazing that the loco electric motors can be run for so long at maximum torque at a virtual stall without burning up. Also, when there are empty cars in the middle of a heavy train, does that limit the ability of the train to handle curves on an upgrade? Is there a risk that the empty cars will be pulled off the track when going around curves?

Do you know how long that train was in miles? Is there a limit to how many cars a freight train can have?

So what's max speed this will do?

Pure horsepower😂 I like that.

When putting a train together at the terminal is weight given any consideration. In other words would it be best to have the heaviest cars near the front and liter cars in the rear?

Train moving = Notch 8 all the way..... Full EMD POWEFR

How could you tell if a boxcar/tanker/etc is loaded or not?

Watched this video again, Questions: How do the driver know when he has all the slack out of the cars? Was all four engines under power? at what run speed did he use when he got the train moving. Pwalpar thanks for all your videos. Very good video. How are you doing these days?

Was it heading North at Jenkinsburg after a meet with two Southbound Trains?

What they need to start doing is have engines in the end of the train so it can help the train move more smoothly because if you don't you will eventually wear out the front engines because they are at there max as far as horsepower.