[Opening scene] [Soft, melodic piano music begins playing] [Shot of a desolate train station at dusk, with a hint of mist in the air. The camera pans slowly, revealing the rusted tracks disappearing into the distance. The atmosphere is filled with a sense of mystery and anticipation.] Narrator (Voiceover): In a world where time stands still, where destinies converge on steel tracks, two lives will collide on a journey that will test their courage, challenge their limits, and awaken their souls. [Cut to a close-up shot of Keanu Reeves, his eyes filled with determination, standing next to an old steam locomotive, his hands gently brushing against its weathered metal.] Narrator (Voiceover): He was a man searching for redemption, haunted by a past he couldn't forget. A wanderer seeking solace, finding it only in the rhythm of the rails. [Cut to Sandra Bullock, standing near the edge of a train platform, her expression reflecting a mix of vulnerability and determination.] Narrator (Voiceover): She was a woman on the verge of losing hope, trapped by her own fears. But fate had other plans for her restless heart. [The camera zooms out, revealing the two characters standing apart, yet connected by an invisible force.] Narrator (Voiceover): From different worlds they came, drawn together by the timeless power of a single train ride. [Quick cuts of intense moments: sparks flying, wheels screeching, and trains rushing by in a blur.] Narrator (Voiceover): As they embark on a journey where danger lurks around every curve, they will discover that the tracks they ride upon are more than mere metal, but a path to salvation. [The music swells, and the pace of the shots quickens, showcasing breathtaking landscapes passing by, the train speeding ahead, and our two protagonists facing exhilarating challenges.] Narrator (Voiceover): In a race against time, where trust is tested and friendships forged, they will find strength in each other, defying the odds and proving that love can transcend all barriers. [The camera zooms in on Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, their eyes meeting, reflecting a mixture of determination, fear, and hope.] Narrator (Voiceover): Keanu Reeves. Sandra Bullock. Two extraordinary souls, bound together by destiny, bound together by the unyielding power of the tracks they ride. [The music reaches its crescendo as the title appears on the screen in bold letters:] Title: "Steel Tracks" [The screen fades to black, leaving the audience captivated and eager to embark on this unforgettable train journey.] [End scene]
That was Priceless David! You crack me up sometimes. For those of you who are reading, David is a top notch always do things right kind of guy. He has a YT channel where he makes things in his shop, he is a perfectionist when it comes to metal working which is one big reason I always watch his videos. Here is a link to his YT channel, check it out and give him a like and subscribe. www.youtube.com/@opieshomeshop
You got that right Oedus. Love that sound. Got another video coming out soon on our SD 38-2 sounds. Hope you will enjoy that one also. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.
It’s odd that the systems started interacting strangely like they have out of the blue. The radio alert for fire suppression activity is probably performing a self test to make sure it’s still functioning and doesn’t realize it’s sending out an emergency trip signal. That’s something that we find happens when newer equipment is married to older equipment. That’s why we do a V&V (validation and verification) before doing the upgrade. Just guessing of course. It’s a real challenge for you I am sure. Thank you for sharing this very real problem. We all learn something from your videos.
We unplugged all the FS radio pug ins and nothing has goofed up since, company that installed the FS radio system has been called to come out and fix things Edward. Thank you for reading the description! Too many folks don't, then ask me questions that were answered in there. Oh well.... :-) Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
I have dealt with problems like that many times over and the only people using two way radio is the railroad last place in the world not to go to the web communication
I expect the filters are a bit over heated at 90 degrees. I had the same issue in 450-460 repeaters I maintain back in the day!! The sound of the radios were a bit scratchy for FM gear, also could be caused by an inversion that is causing skip to roll which could happen all the way up in the bands. I have seen skip all the way up to 460 and I had a qso with another station on 146.52 fm on my HT on Field Day several years back… DE N2JYG
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Gary. Will pass that info on, I have no idea if the radios even have a filter? I just push buttons and run the darn thing....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
As you might rightly assume, I am a ham radio operator. Today was my day to run our local news and information net(work). I live in Reno, Nevada. Our analog repeater system covers nearly all of northwest Nevada and also eastern California (I can see California from my window). Today, our technology team decided it was a great day to replace the repeater radios which link all of our repeaters together so that we have communication all across northern Nevada. It was the correct decision. However, it left me, the net control operator down to just a single radio repeater. We got through it just fine. We were reminded that when all else fails, the Radio Amature community is given a lot of frequencies for a reason. When disaster happens, we are on the air when your cell phones and 911 are not. Anyway, if you happen to see an antenna in someone's backyard, go talk to them They are the one you want when disaster happens. I will guarantee that they will have the communication system setup before you even knock on the door.
Thank you for the nice comment Rev. Kirk. Actually one of our train operators is a ham radio operator. He is now retired but I'm sure he would be willing to help if needed anytime. A foreman for our RR contractor is also one, although he too is now retired, but I know both of them very well. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you for your always nice comments Valerie, yep this job has a ton of variety. Running a loco is a lot nicer than fixing track joints tho..... LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
My mother in law used to say that all the time Tom, the destructions, I like that. We just like you were, don't get all shook up when things go wrong. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Nothing like that sound is there Michael. CWR is the way to go, but nowhere near as romantic a sound as jointed rail is. Always is a good evening when you pay us a visit and I get to hear from you my friend.
Outstanding production as usual, David. There are a lot of great UA-cam railroad productions available, but I'd have to say that I like your productions the most. A lot of narrators have great speaking voices and extensive railroad knowledge in an administrative sense. Your videos are mastered in blue collar, git 'R' done style that is much more focused on the practical aspect of railroading. I guess I've always been one to learn easier when I can see how things are done, and more importantly, why they're done that way. Your presentations on the crosstie sleepers are by far the best I've ever seen. And cribbing...who knew??? The administrative type productions will often just read the rule book, be way better at rolling stock operations and identifications than I'll ever be, but not really put things in terms of anything other than class 1 operations. The fun, excursion type railroads are produced to put fanny's in the seats and are usually operated largely with volunteer employees and other types of governmental "assistance". Your videos focus in on the reality that the trains have to be productive or they go away. You give a great sense of understanding as to things that railroads must do to remain profitable. That understanding directly translates to knowledge that can't be found almost anywhere else. In fact, you can tell your boss that I think you're an AWESOME ambassador between your company and railroad fans everywhere! Or just show him this message before you ask for your well-deserved raise! Continued good health and happiness...That's Railroadin'!
Wow Pete what an exceptional comment, so kind of you to speak in so many superlatives about me, i'm blushing..... I just do my job and am an advocate for coal and our company here. Very much appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Tom and you are definite welcome. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Think any day you get to drive a loco is good one Dave! You've got a lot going on there and I sure hope all the bugs are sorted soon. And yes, that sound is like a symphony 🙂
It certainly is Richard for an MOW guy. Not so good for production when they have problems like they did, but all worked out in the end. Guys all pitched in and did a great job at keeping the train and coal moving. This is a pretty good bunch of guys to work with here we have now, well, except for that one....:-) Glad you enjoyed and we do appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
@birds_on_the_pier I have been a proud union member (teamsters) , I have been a very irate union member (ATU), some times I think they are fantastic, sometimes I think they get in the way. Anyways on this topic, I believe (though siding with the union only by coincidence) that remote control locomotives are more problematic than just running the locomotive yourself.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Arkay and you are so correct. My engineer friend from NS tells me their remotes mess up all the time too and Wabtec is around at least once a week to work on them. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Anything having to do with wireless communication can be finicky as they can be effected by a lot of things, atmospheric conditions, solar conditions, RF noise and so on.
3098 sounds great Dave, prime mover sounds smooth like the old girl is just nicely broken in. When I was on sea duty I made the (to me at the time) surprising discovery that a number of the Navy harbor tugs here in Norfolk had EMD 567 powerplants and they sounded great. Thanks for bringing us along and showing us more of what goes on "behind the curtain."
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Robert and you are welcome. Lot's of old river tug boats around here used the EMD engines and perhaps still do. Great old engines that keep going forever. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 There is a very good reason that EMD and Fairbanks Morse prime movers were selected by the Navy in the 1930s to power tugs, submarines and small ships ... they were designed for use in the roughest service imaginable - railroads.
Dave your videos make it real, Just watching trains go by is blaze' compared to actually seeing how thing are done. you prove that you are never too old to learn more about anything you don't already know about. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you for the nice comment gastech. That was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Wow!!!!!! It is awesome to see you at the throttle , call you Super Dave the man who can do anything and everything!!! You have earned even more of my respect
Thank you for the nice comment Eugene. That was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Those locos sound really nice. I've been reading up on Iron Senergy, yeah, they sound like a great company to work for, I'm sure Cumberland mine will go on for many years to come. My mom's family were all miners here in the UK. We are lucky that Dave gets to make and share some great videos, I've learnt a lot about how it all works to transport coal by rail. Thanks for all you do Dave, appreciate ya!
We are lucky Iron Senergy took this mine over or else it had been scheduled to be closed Neil. Great to hear you have miners in your heritage. Glad you are enjoying the home movies and we really appreciate your watching them. May you have a very good day my friend.
Though I haven't done it very many times, that walk to the cab in the opening scene is one of the coolest most anticipation-filled walks a diesel railfan can take...especially when the big beast is awake and breathing. And you're right, Dave, that is such a magnificent sound. 😍👍
Hope you can come visit me sometime Scotty, you can walk the deck to your heart's content... :-) Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Boy, I would sure like to come out to PA. So many neat places there...and now an invitation to walk on some cool EMD's and to meet the Legend himself! If ever I find myself out that way, I'd sure let you know.
Today's video takes me 'Back in Time' to the same headaches I went thru. 'Been There, Done That' ! And we sometimes did the same thing by putting the brakeman or myself on the other engine to keep the 'Alerter' happy on Industry Jobs or Yard Transfers. And back then we could get away with a fellow crew member running the other locomotive.(the 'Statutes of Limitations' is Ten years - lol) Thanks for todays video !
Thank you for the nice comment Wes, glad you enjoyed. We've done the same thing many times another man to keep Mr Alerter happy....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Some very interesting things learned here! I don't know what I thought the traction motor amperage response was going to be, but what I saw wasn't it :) And then loading cars with coal is one of those processes that shows me that one has to have a lot of experience to know how to do it correctly. So there is no napping in the cab - LOL! Thank you, Dave!
Thank you for the nice comment Brian. it is very rare we ever load like we did today with an actual operator running the loco, so this was a treat for me to do that again. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Larry. That was very kind of you to say that. Does seem like problems make for good videos tho.....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Here Jason everyone fills in and helps each other out, whatever it takes to keep trains and coal moving. This is a pretty good bunch of guys we have here, all of which are willing to pitch in when needed. Thanks so much my friend for paying us a visit tonight.
"Always somethin'", right? I really enjoy your videos - they're very informative, and it's a special treat when seeing the operations of a locomotive from inside the cab.
Whoa! Lots to keep an eye on! Sounded like music, beautiful. Glad you can work together to help get things done. You sounded proud as a peacock being in there! Thanks for bringing us all along! Hope you get the bugs worked out. Looking forward to your next video!
Yessir, I could listen to that all day! Loved to sit on the back porch or watch from the fence line when they switched out cars from the Hi-Cone plant nearby.
EMD love it. Remote control, works when it works. Murphy's law, "Have a good idea to prevent a possible problem, implement the fix for possible problem, cause 20 more. Thanks Dave.
Just love the sound of that SD- 40-2. I am out west former Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific. I miss those days when those SD pulled the grade for Donner.
Thank you Gary for the very nice comment. SP was a great RR in it's day. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Beverly and you are welcome. This job does keep me busy with a lot of variety. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Great video Dave! I love the videos from inside of the cab of the locomotive. If I worked there, I would actually hope for a bit of failure of the automatic stuff now and again just to get up in the loco and operate it!
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo. It is cool cause when we haul ballast I can run the loco any time I want, you would really like that too. But the thrill is gone for that. Loading cars like we did in the video we so rarely do anymore so that was a treat for me. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Where I live we have lot of C36-7i in use. They have been converted to a 1520mm tracks to be used. Most things in the cabin area of the C36-7i and SD-40-2 seem to be the same. A few things are different, there is a different track current indicator, a button that the engineer needs to press at a fixed or random interwall so the train dose not go into emergency. Some cabs also have retrofitted air-conditioning. For a old locomotive these things are still going strong.
I'm on my loco and the ammeter starts going up and down by itself- I'M FREAKING OUT! IT'S WITCHCRAFT!!! Dave, you are doing a great job, full respect from an English engineer! Stay safe! ☺
Thank you for the nice comment perrystalsis. We've had that happen before too, weird strange railroading stuff..... LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my fellow railroader.
Wow, that is a wonderous sounding engine. Your videos take me back to my days as a railcar mechanic. The perks of the job was driving the SW1500 bringing cars to the shop or better yet, to 'kick cars' at the yard. That locomotive setup looks crazy technical compared to that 1969 SW1500 I was taught on. Keep up the great videos.
Awesome comment half inch holes. I've never been in a SW, would love to tho, always a treat when an MOW or car man gets to run a loco. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
I operated an Alco RS-3 at a RR museum many years ago, quite a difference from the SD-40-2! Speaking of which, that museum now has the original, prototype SD-40, the one and only, that started the SD-40 production!
Wow how cool is that Paul. I would love to see that 40. Let me know where it's at and that may be a future road trip. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 the prototype SD-40 resides at the Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, Illinois. It was donated by CN, due to its historical significance, was originally an EMD demonstrator, then went to GM&O as their number 950, merged with IC to form ICG, (#6071), then went to CN, with the same number. The museum has not decided whether to repaint it into the EMD demonstrator scheme, or the GM&O, but either one would be appropiate. They also have one of the only 2 EMD RS-1325s ever built, the other one resides at the Illinois Railway Museum, 35 miles west of O'Hare airport near Chicago.
@@ccrx6700 and if you have a valid engineers license, when you go to Monticello Illinois, you just show it to the museum engineer on duty, and they just might let you run the museum's train🚂🚅❗That would indeed be a cool video for you to post on UA-cam❗
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video Fred. You are right, those locos do sound great! We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you Doug for the nice comment. All the guys here are a pretty good bunch of guys who pitch in when needed and do what it takes to keep trains and coal running. Always a pleasure my good friend to have you visit with us and watch.
Great to see you at the controls Dave A nice change for you out on the track. I bet you enjoyed that as much as we did watching you. Good to see you got the problem sorted out, I was taught to look for the last thing that changed before the fault and that's what happened here. I am no expert on radio systems but see a few in the know have suggestions to stop it happening again. Some locomotives here have slow speed control similar to your hump control but use a sensor on an axle to keep the train speed at 1/2 mph, it looks to me like you are still controlling the speed manually but with finer control than the throttle notching up and down.
Thank you cedarcam for the nice comment, always a fun day when a MOW guy can be in the loco cab. Reason things goofed up is in the video description, yep the last thing that changed did it. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
My mother in law always said to follow the destructions Ian....:-) Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Fun watching you make the loco run. Since I am not knowledgeable, I wondered, when the engine revved, was that when an empty car was pulled into position to load? There is so much to learn about being a loco operator. Thank you, Dave, for sharing.
Cars keep moving along at a steady pace when being loaded, have to modulate the throttle up and down to keep it at a steady pace Shirley. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
These EMD prime movers top RPM is 904, governor won't let them go over that David. Thank you for taking the time to ride along with us tonight my friend.
I'll ask it tomorrow, perhaps it was a fire truck.... :-) I had a wife like that one time LOL Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very nice day my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment EL 823, glad you enjoyed. For sure, what not to love bout them, good old reliable engines. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Love the videos Dave, gives us an inside look at how the railroad stays working, thanks for that !! Glad you guys figured out and corrected the remote system.
Thank you Larry. Back in the day Clinchfield was a great RR. So much has changed since then in railroading since then. I can fully understand why you miss being there my friend.
Actually Robert this is an SD 40. Was built for SP as that. The dash 2 upgrade came after SP/UP merged and this got sold to Boise Locomotive Works who did the upgrade. Really swell of you to come out tonight and take in the presentation my fellow railroader.
I'm answering this on my laptop wolvesone or if I was on my cell phone would give you 3 thumbs up! For sure on the differences in sound, EMD has it all over GE in that department. Thanks so much my friend for taking the time to watch and write in tonight.
I always thought that all EMD/GE loco's used the same multiple working system be it via direct cable or remote setup for DPU etc. That being the case any loco from FNBS or UP or CSX can be lashed up together and work in absolute harmony because it all falls under the AAR compatible ideals, so even an emd yard goat can be plugged into a AC4400 etc
You are so correct in your thoughts Leon. What is missing is we do not fall under AAR, we do not interchange with any other RR and we have a goofball remote system that no one else out there has, it would not be compatible with LocoTrol which almost everyone else uses so they are compatible. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Mike. That was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Love the sound of what sounds like turbos winding up and down! Dave, you should work out some kind of viewer "fantasy camp", where one lucky member of our group gets to ride along with you for a day.
Glad you enjoyed Jeff it is a beautiful sound to hear. That's a cool idea, we'll call it Fantasy Railroading! LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Front Range Railfan, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
When problems happen it sucks, However, solving the new problem with troubleshooting is alot of fun. Can learn somthing new each time there is an issue. Great Video - Salute!!
wow getting to assist with loading the train! it seems very tedious stepping up and down the throttle to control the loading. great video good luck, be safe !
Tedious perhaps, but for a MOW guy that was a lot of fun instead of fixing track joints Barry! LOL . Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Dennis, you got that right, only thing better is steam loco under load. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
I was bummed when the video came to an end. Its great when you can give a ride along like this! Close as I'll ever get to being in a loco! Thanks Dave!..keep on railroadin! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸
Dang Jim I'm so sorry bout that, only solution is to replay video. Someday will make an entire track ride in the loco so you got 45 minutes of ramping up and down. Thank you for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Zero argument with me on that CHB. But I do also love a steam loco under load sound. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
I used to load sand like this in cuts of 11, 22, or 33 cars. I ran the conveyor and hopper to load the cars while directing the engineer where I wanted him. Then we went a few (15 or 20) miles to unload into a pit conveyor and had to use a sledge hammer to pop the outlet gates open. It was fun. I miss it.
Was swell of you BigDave to write in with the nice comment. Lot of fun to load cars isn't it. Glad you could take the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Yes Dave, enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the ride along, sorry your having problems, but if it were me, I'd wish for problems everyday, just so I could run the loco. 🤣🤣🤣
Glad you enjoyed Pappy, thanks for the nice comment. Only problem with your wishes is usually a mechanic gets to do this fun stuff, but there were no mechanics there that day, so it fell on me, not that I minded, better than fixing track at 90 degrees out! Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
You would have loved being with me today then, used my boom truck to set 2 power pack assemblies in #22 loco, will be vid on that sometime, The jig they have to do it is so cool, cost $13,000 to buy too, but sure better than man handling one of those assemblies.
Who would have known, who would have thought. It's like airline pilots who train for emergency situations then a emergency situation pops up that they never anticipated, it's nowhere in the books. First thing I would do is get rid of that remote control system. Hello from Dallas Texas Big D.
I am so glad I got a chance to ride on a locomotive I am a retired truck driver a friend of mine work for Norfolk Southern Railroad hair in Mobile Alabama I really enjoyed it too
Good for you Calvin. I'm surprised that NS would allow that to happen, but really glad you got to take a ride, it is an experience for sure. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the Locomotive Remote System video my friend.
Hope everyone's life insurance is paid in full Ryan.....:-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and check out the loco remote goof up show my friend.
You have a good memory Tom, that was a long time ago you saw that! Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Another one of your awesome trains videos Dave! This is so cool seeing the inside of the engine and all of the controls. Thanks for explaining everything to us Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment Michael. Actually I get paid the same as the train operators do. If they did make more, then contract says the company must pay me that higher wage rate if I do the job. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Lawrie, glad you enjoyed. How is Mrs. Taber coming along? Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
@@rearspeaker6364 In UK we have driver experience days on some of our heritage lines. You can choose to drive either steam or diesel. Do you have anything like that in US?
If you set a couple pounds of air on the train, then shove against it, you might get a slower movement on the train while loading? would be trial and error to see what pressure you would need. Also those shots looking down the long hood brings back memories of looking down the long hood of a Conrail unit switching Chrysler yard years ago. great stuff Dave, thank you.
That's also a good technique for spotting cars precisely in a tight spot when you're close to a bumper post or fence or something like that. Put a few pounds in the cylinders and shove in run 1 or 2. Everything stops very quickly when you go back to idle!
@@alro2434 It is common practice. I was not talking about setting the hand brake, I was saying just slightly applying the brakes on the train cars so you shove against something trying to stop. It allows better control and more precise stopping as Clarkpj said above on my comment here. :)
Actually you are correct in the Bryan. Usually when we start with all empties we do set a few pound reduction on the car brakes, it you don't the cars just push back and forth. Once you get around half the train loaded take them off because of the weight on the other ends helps prevent that coupler run in run out. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond. That was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Your welcome Alan and thank you for reading! Far too many people don't, then write in with questions that were already answered there. Believe me I do appreciate your reading the descriptions, they usually add a good bit of valuable content to the video. I just can't think of everything when I make these videos so description is nice to fill in what I didn't say in the movie, since none of my videos are scripted.
Someone else mentioned it might be a bad (or going bad) RF (radio frequency) filter in one of the two units in question. That might very well be it. It could also be that the remote system isn’t shielded properly and somewhere there is a length of wire or some other connection that is acting as an antenna. This connection in question might even just be a certain length that matches a harmonic signal of the radio. For example, if the radio works on a 3 meter band, the connection in question acting as an antenna might be 1.5 meters or 6 meters or whatever and it’s allowing the remote control receiver to pick up juuuust enough of an errant signal to make it lock down. That’s frustrating. I hope you find a solution. Ha, maybe even wrapping some tin foil around part of it might work haha Don’t tell me no one did that on their old TVs. Thanks for the video, Dave!
Your talking over my head Will, I do know none of the wires are shielded and know that can create nightmares at times, I have same problem on my tamper. Thank you for sharing and wanting to be of assistance. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 haha my apologies, Dave. Basically, antennas have a set amount of exposed surface (or unshielded) to capture a specific wavelength. If a cable or another component is unshielded, that cable or component can suddenly start acting like a secondary antenna. If that same cable or component is acting like an antenna and happens to be a certain length it can pick up on radios nearby.
You have my permission to tape record it Eddy, just how you gonna get rid of my voice is your problem tho, next time I make something like this I will keep my mouth shut....LOL Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.
Seems like a RF filter failure on the remote, the remote system would have RF filters to reject anything thats not on the frequency the remote is using, and if they (one or both) failed then thats why its getting interference from the radio. But that being said anything having to do with wireless communication can be finicky as they can be effected by a lot of things, atmospheric conditions, solar conditions, RF noise and so on. A ground issue can also lead to funky behavior with radios. Same with bad coax or a bad antenna.
[Opening scene]
[Soft, melodic piano music begins playing]
[Shot of a desolate train station at dusk, with a hint of mist in the air. The camera pans slowly, revealing the rusted tracks disappearing into the distance. The atmosphere is filled with a sense of mystery and anticipation.]
Narrator (Voiceover): In a world where time stands still, where destinies converge on steel tracks, two lives will collide on a journey that will test their courage, challenge their limits, and awaken their souls.
[Cut to a close-up shot of Keanu Reeves, his eyes filled with determination, standing next to an old steam locomotive, his hands gently brushing against its weathered metal.]
Narrator (Voiceover): He was a man searching for redemption, haunted by a past he couldn't forget. A wanderer seeking solace, finding it only in the rhythm of the rails.
[Cut to Sandra Bullock, standing near the edge of a train platform, her expression reflecting a mix of vulnerability and determination.]
Narrator (Voiceover): She was a woman on the verge of losing hope, trapped by her own fears. But fate had other plans for her restless heart.
[The camera zooms out, revealing the two characters standing apart, yet connected by an invisible force.]
Narrator (Voiceover): From different worlds they came, drawn together by the timeless power of a single train ride.
[Quick cuts of intense moments: sparks flying, wheels screeching, and trains rushing by in a blur.]
Narrator (Voiceover): As they embark on a journey where danger lurks around every curve, they will discover that the tracks they ride upon are more than mere metal, but a path to salvation.
[The music swells, and the pace of the shots quickens, showcasing breathtaking landscapes passing by, the train speeding ahead, and our two protagonists facing exhilarating challenges.]
Narrator (Voiceover): In a race against time, where trust is tested and friendships forged, they will find strength in each other, defying the odds and proving that love can transcend all barriers.
[The camera zooms in on Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, their eyes meeting, reflecting a mixture of determination, fear, and hope.]
Narrator (Voiceover): Keanu Reeves. Sandra Bullock. Two extraordinary souls, bound together by destiny, bound together by the unyielding power of the tracks they ride.
[The music reaches its crescendo as the title appears on the screen in bold letters:]
Title: "Steel Tracks"
[The screen fades to black, leaving the audience captivated and eager to embark on this unforgettable train journey.]
[End scene]
That was Priceless David! You crack me up sometimes. For those
of you who are reading, David is a top notch always do things right
kind of guy. He has a YT channel where he makes things in his
shop, he is a perfectionist when it comes to metal working which
is one big reason I always watch his videos. Here is a link to
his YT channel, check it out and give him a like and subscribe.
www.youtube.com/@opieshomeshop
@@ccrx6700 Aww thanks mate. I appreciate that more than you know.
@@opieshomeshop Your welcome and I do know David. I do watch
your videos and this will be a really good test to find out some things
for you.
Can Ryan Reynolds be the comic relief character?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sadly nothing is forever, but for me the sound of a 2-stroke EMD will always be the sound of railroadin'. Glorious
You got that right Oedus. Love that sound. Got another video coming out soon on our SD 38-2 sounds. Hope you will enjoy that
one also. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the
time to watch my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I look forward to it!
It’s odd that the systems started interacting strangely like they have out of the blue. The radio alert for fire suppression activity is probably performing a self test to make sure it’s still functioning and doesn’t realize it’s sending out an emergency trip signal. That’s something that we find happens when newer equipment is married to older equipment. That’s why we do a V&V (validation and verification) before doing the upgrade. Just guessing of course. It’s a real challenge for you I am sure. Thank you for sharing this very real problem. We all learn something from your videos.
We unplugged all the FS radio pug ins and nothing has goofed
up since, company that installed the FS radio system has been
called to come out and fix things Edward. Thank you for reading
the description! Too many folks don't, then ask me questions
that were answered in there. Oh well.... :-) Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thank you Dave! I am really enjoying your channel!
The RF filter in one of the two way radios is bad had this happen a couple of times one system bleeds into the other old systems great video Dave
i was thinking the same thing.
I have dealt with problems like that many times over and the only people using two way radio is the railroad last place in the world not to go to the web communication
I expect the filters are a bit over heated at 90 degrees. I had the same issue in 450-460 repeaters I maintain back in the day!! The sound of the radios were a bit scratchy for FM gear, also could be caused by an inversion that is causing skip to roll which could happen all the way up in the bands. I have seen skip all the way up to 460 and I had a qso with another station on 146.52 fm on my HT on Field Day several years back…
DE N2JYG
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Gary. Will pass that info on, I have no idea if the radios even have a filter? I just push buttons and run the darn thing....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
@@franklinwerren7684 90f shouldn't really be hot enough to effect the RF filters. Now if it was 90c I would understand, but not 90f.
You know its a good day... when Dave gets to run a locomotive!! 😀
Always a good day when an MOW guy gets to run Mike! Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
As you might rightly assume, I am a ham radio operator. Today was my day to run our local news and information net(work). I live in Reno, Nevada. Our analog repeater system covers nearly all of northwest Nevada and also eastern California (I can see California from my window). Today, our technology team decided it was a great day to replace the repeater radios which link all of our repeaters together so that we have communication all across northern Nevada. It was the correct decision. However, it left me, the net control operator down to just a single radio repeater. We got through it just fine. We were reminded that when all else fails, the Radio Amature community is given a lot of frequencies for a reason. When disaster happens, we are on the air when your cell phones and 911 are not. Anyway, if you happen to see an antenna in someone's backyard, go talk to them They are the one you want when disaster happens. I will guarantee that they will have the communication system setup before you even knock on the door.
I'm not far from you living in yerington Nevada. I have a neighbor who is part of the local ham radio network
Thank you for the nice comment Rev. Kirk. Actually one of our train operators is a ham radio operator. He is now retired but I'm sure
he would be willing to help if needed anytime. A foreman for
our RR contractor is also one, although he too is now retired, but
I know both of them very well. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Isn't it exciting when your day is never the same. That's the way my job was. Never a boring moment. Great video!
Thank you for your always nice comments Valerie, yep this job has a ton of variety. Running a loco is a lot nicer than fixing track joints tho..... LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Love these updates. You bring the REAL railroad to all of us, with all its flaws and all its glory!
Dave is the man when it comes to railroading
Thank you for the very nice comment Stephen. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Thank you Mr Fingerlakes
"I will follow your "DESTRUCTIONS"⁉⁉😂 ... It's nice to see that you all maintain a good sense of humor ... even in troubling times ! 👍💪❤🏝
My mother in law used to say that all the time Tom, the destructions, I like that. We just like you were, don't get all shook up when things go wrong. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
I like the sound of our SD40-2's and SD40T-2's on jointed rail.
Nothing like that sound is there Michael. CWR is the way to go,
but nowhere near as romantic a sound as jointed rail is. Always is
a good evening when you pay us a visit and I get to hear from
you my friend.
Outstanding production as usual, David. There are a lot of great UA-cam railroad productions available, but I'd have to say that I like your productions the most. A lot of narrators have great speaking voices and extensive railroad knowledge in an administrative sense. Your videos are mastered in blue collar, git 'R' done style that is much more focused on the practical aspect of railroading. I guess I've always been one to learn easier when I can see how things are done, and more importantly, why they're done that way. Your presentations on the crosstie sleepers are by far the best I've ever seen. And cribbing...who knew??? The administrative type productions will often just read the rule book, be way better at rolling stock operations and identifications than I'll ever be, but not really put things in terms of anything other than class 1 operations. The fun, excursion type railroads are produced to put fanny's in the seats and are usually operated largely with volunteer employees and other types of governmental "assistance". Your videos focus in on the reality that the trains have to be productive or they go away. You give a great sense of understanding as to things that railroads must do to remain profitable. That understanding directly translates to knowledge that can't be found almost anywhere else. In fact, you can tell your boss that I think you're an AWESOME ambassador between your company and railroad fans everywhere! Or just show him this message before you ask for your well-deserved raise! Continued good health and happiness...That's Railroadin'!
Wow Pete what an exceptional comment, so kind of you to speak in so many superlatives about me, i'm blushing..... I just do my job
and am an advocate for coal and our company here. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
You are very correct indeed. That engine sound could keep me sleeping all night and with wonderful dreams! 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed Bradley, thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Fun watching you in the cab, thanks Dave
Thank you for the nice comment Tom and you are definite welcome. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Think any day you get to drive a loco is good one Dave! You've got a lot going on there and I sure hope all the bugs are sorted soon. And yes, that sound is like a symphony 🙂
It certainly is Richard for an MOW guy. Not so good for production
when they have problems like they did, but all worked out in the
end. Guys all pitched in and did a great job at keeping the train
and coal moving. This is a pretty good bunch of guys to work with
here we have now, well, except for that one....:-) Glad you enjoyed and we do appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Isn't it amazing that no matter where you work there's always that ONE guy....
Remotely operated locomotives have been around for decades, and yet they are still finicky to this day.
@birds_on_the_pier I have been a proud union member (teamsters) , I have been a very irate union member (ATU), some times I think they are fantastic, sometimes I think they get in the way. Anyways on this topic, I believe (though siding with the union only by coincidence) that remote control locomotives are more problematic than just running the locomotive yourself.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Arkay and you are so
correct. My engineer friend from NS tells me their remotes mess up all the time too and Wabtec is around at least once a week to work on them. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Anything having to do with wireless communication can be finicky as they can be effected by a lot of things, atmospheric conditions, solar conditions, RF noise and so on.
3098 sounds great Dave, prime mover sounds smooth like the old girl is just nicely broken in. When I was on sea duty I made the (to me at the time) surprising discovery that a number of the Navy harbor tugs here in Norfolk had EMD 567 powerplants and they sounded great.
Thanks for bringing us along and showing us more of what goes on "behind the curtain."
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Robert and you are welcome.
Lot's of old river tug boats around here used the EMD engines and perhaps still do. Great old engines that keep going forever. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 There is a very good reason that EMD and Fairbanks Morse prime movers were selected by the Navy in the 1930s to power tugs, submarines and small ships ... they were designed for use in the roughest service imaginable - railroads.
@@robertf3479 👍😊
Still one of the best sounding prime movers ever made. Always been a dream job working a short line like this
Your right it sure sounds better than any GE loco Charred Steak!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave your videos make it real, Just watching trains go by is blaze' compared to actually seeing how thing are done. you prove that you are never too old to learn more about anything you don't already know about. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you for the nice comment gastech. That was very kind of you
to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Wow!!!!!! It is awesome to see you at the throttle , call you Super Dave the man who can do anything and everything!!! You have earned even more of my respect
Thank you for the nice comment Eugene. That was very kind of you
to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Those locos sound really nice. I've been reading up on Iron Senergy, yeah, they sound like a great company to work for, I'm sure Cumberland mine will go on for many years to come. My mom's family were all miners here in the UK.
We are lucky that Dave gets to make and share some great videos, I've learnt a lot about how it all works to transport coal by rail. Thanks for all you do Dave, appreciate ya!
We are lucky Iron Senergy took this mine over or else it had
been scheduled to be closed Neil. Great to hear you have miners
in your heritage. Glad you are enjoying the home movies and
we really appreciate your watching them. May you have a very
good day my friend.
Though I haven't done it very many times, that walk to the cab in the opening scene is one of the coolest most anticipation-filled walks a diesel railfan can take...especially when the big beast is awake and breathing. And you're right, Dave, that is such a magnificent sound. 😍👍
Hope you can come visit me sometime Scotty, you can walk the deck to your heart's content... :-) Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Boy, I would sure like to come out to PA. So many neat places there...and now an invitation to walk on some cool EMD's and to meet the Legend himself! If ever I find myself out that way, I'd sure let you know.
@@espeescotty 😊👍
Today's video takes me 'Back in Time' to the same headaches I went thru. 'Been There, Done That' !
And we sometimes did the same thing by putting the brakeman or myself on the other engine to keep the 'Alerter' happy on Industry Jobs or Yard Transfers.
And back then we could get away with a fellow crew member running the other locomotive.(the 'Statutes of Limitations' is Ten years - lol)
Thanks for todays video !
Thank you for the nice comment Wes, glad you enjoyed. We've done the same thing many times another man to keep Mr Alerter happy....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Some very interesting things learned here! I don't know what I thought the traction motor amperage response was going to be, but what I saw wasn't it :) And then loading cars with coal is one of those processes that shows me that one has to have a lot of experience to know how to do it correctly. So there is no napping in the cab - LOL! Thank you, Dave!
Thank you for the nice comment Brian. it is very rare we ever load
like we did today with an actual operator running the loco, so this
was a treat for me to do that again. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
As much as we don't like problems, this is the real deal. Oh how I love that sound, it is hypnotic. Great video Dave. Thank you for another one.
Thank you for the nice comment Larry. That was very kind of you
to say that. Does seem like problems make for good videos tho.....LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 A blessed day to you as well my friend .
Love the cab videos. Thanks Dave.
I'm very pleased to hear that William. Glad you enjoyed and certainly do appreciate your taking the time to watch and
write in my friend.
That was very interesting. I didn't know that the radio system could mess with the controls.
Thank you for the nice comment Cameron, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Dave you seem to be a jack of all trades railroader
Here Jason everyone fills in and helps each other out, whatever
it takes to keep trains and coal moving. This is a pretty good bunch
of guys we have here, all of which are willing to pitch in when needed. Thanks so much my friend for paying us a visit tonight.
@@ccrx6700 Dave that's great that you have that on your railroad. The railroad I worked for did not want you doing anything like that.
I hear that quite often with N/S on the scanner. If all fails they usually tell the engineer to run it in manual. Cool video Dave.
Good old manual lead Michael, hardly ever fails..... :-) Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
"Always somethin'", right?
I really enjoy your videos - they're very informative, and it's a special treat when seeing the operations of a locomotive from inside the cab.
Yep it's always something trainman, but that's railroading. Thank you for watching and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Whoa! Lots to keep an eye on! Sounded like music, beautiful. Glad you can work together to help get things done. You sounded proud as a peacock being in there! Thanks for bringing us all along! Hope you get the bugs worked out. Looking forward to your next video!
Thank you for the nice comment Trena, glad you enjoyed. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
That EMD engine makes a very pleasant noise that takes me back to my childhood.
It certainly does Mr X. Thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
It's never a dull day on the railroad. Good video as always.
Glad you enjoyed Wondering Lens, thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
This beginning has a great camera angle. Love the meter and track view ahead!
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
That looks so complicated. But you make it look easy. This is America. Love it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for the nice comment George, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Yessir, I could listen to that all day! Loved to sit on the back porch or watch from the fence line when they switched out cars from the Hi-Cone plant nearby.
How cool is that, sit on the porch and watch trains nice! Appreciate your writing in and watching the video Tazror.
I love to see you operate the train, Dave!
Thank you for the nice comment Mike, glad you enjoyed. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
EMD love it. Remote control, works when it works. Murphy's law, "Have a good idea to prevent a possible problem, implement the fix for possible problem, cause 20 more. Thanks Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment Doc Philips, I think you're right :-) We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Just love the sound of that SD- 40-2. I am out west former Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific. I miss those days when those SD pulled the grade for Donner.
Thank you Gary for the very nice comment. SP was a great RR in
it's day. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
You are a busy man. We never know where you will be or what you are doing on the next video. Thanks for taking us along today.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Beverly and you are welcome. This job does keep me busy with a lot of variety. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Great video Dave! I love the videos from inside of the cab of the locomotive. If I worked there, I would actually hope for a bit of failure of the automatic stuff now and again just to get up in the loco and operate it!
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo. It is cool cause when we
haul ballast I can run the loco any time I want, you would really
like that too. But the thrill is gone for that. Loading cars like we
did in the video we so rarely do anymore so that was a treat for me. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Where I live we have lot of C36-7i in use. They have been converted to a 1520mm tracks to be used. Most things in the cabin area of the C36-7i and SD-40-2 seem to be the same. A few things are different, there is a different track current indicator, a button that the engineer needs to press at a fixed or random interwall so the train dose not go into emergency. Some cabs also have retrofitted air-conditioning. For a old locomotive these things are still going strong.
Thank you for sharing that Steve, very interesting info. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Love the real videos! You show us things we can only wish we could do since a child. Thank you!
Your very welcome rp. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to check out the video my friend.
I'm on my loco and the ammeter starts going up and down by itself- I'M FREAKING OUT! IT'S WITCHCRAFT!!! Dave, you are doing a great job, full respect from an English engineer! Stay safe! ☺
Thank you for the nice comment perrystalsis. We've had that happen before too, weird strange railroading stuff..... LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my fellow railroader.
Regardless of your technical/mechanical problems, that's some real sweet engine noise.
Thank you John for the nice comment, it sure is!. Appreciate
your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Wow, that is a wonderous sounding engine. Your videos take me back to my days as a railcar mechanic. The perks of the job was driving the SW1500 bringing cars to the shop or better yet, to 'kick cars' at the yard. That locomotive setup looks crazy technical compared to that 1969 SW1500 I was taught on. Keep up the great videos.
Awesome comment half inch holes. I've never been in a SW,
would love to tho, always a treat when an MOW or car man gets
to run a loco. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
I operated an Alco RS-3 at a RR museum many years ago, quite a difference from the SD-40-2! Speaking of which, that museum now has the original, prototype SD-40, the one and only, that started the SD-40 production!
Wow how cool is that Paul. I would love to see that 40. Let me
know where it's at and that may be a future road trip. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 the prototype SD-40 resides at the Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, Illinois. It was donated by CN, due to its historical significance, was originally an EMD demonstrator, then went to GM&O as their number 950, merged with IC to form ICG, (#6071), then went to CN, with the same number. The museum has not decided whether to repaint it into the EMD demonstrator scheme, or the GM&O, but either one would be appropiate. They also have one of the only 2 EMD RS-1325s ever built, the other one resides at the Illinois Railway Museum, 35 miles west of O'Hare airport near Chicago.
@@ccrx6700 and if you have a valid engineers license, when you go to Monticello Illinois, you just show it to the museum engineer on duty, and they just might let you run the museum's train🚂🚅❗That would indeed be a cool video for you to post on UA-cam❗
@@paulsmith5398 I don't have one Paul sadly. No one here does
Outstanding Dave!! Love the sound of an SD40-2 or any first generation locomotive.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video Fred. You are right, those locos do
sound great! We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
That old 40-2 sounds fantastic Dave! She'll be hauling coal till the cows come home!
It sure does sound good for a loco built in 1966 Eric. Thanks for
stopping by and watching my friend.
@ccrx 6700 That's Railroadin! True that! But to be honest most mechanical things from that era sound good!
Yes, I could absolutely listen to that sound all day!
Thank you EMDSD40T2, glad you liked this one. Appreciate your
watching my friend.
You are the man Dave! Way to make it happen🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷♂️⛏️🙋
Thank you Doug for the nice comment. All the guys here are
a pretty good bunch of guys who pitch in when needed and do
what it takes to keep trains and coal running. Always a pleasure
my good friend to have you visit with us and watch.
Great to see you at the controls Dave A nice change for you out on the track. I bet you enjoyed that as much as we did watching you. Good to see you got the problem sorted out, I was taught to look for the last thing that changed before the fault and that's what happened here. I am no expert on radio systems but see a few in the know have suggestions to stop it happening again. Some locomotives here have slow speed control similar to your hump control but use a sensor on an axle to keep the train speed at 1/2 mph, it looks to me like you are still controlling the speed manually but with finer control than the throttle notching up and down.
Thank you cedarcam for the nice comment, always a fun day when
a MOW guy can be in the loco cab. Reason things goofed up is in the video description, yep the last thing that changed did it. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Never a dull day on the railway Dave and glad to know you are careful to follow destructions😂
My mother in law always said to follow the destructions Ian....:-)
Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 my absolute pleasure Dave
@@ianhughes7805 👍😊
Fun watching you make the loco run. Since I am not knowledgeable, I wondered, when the engine revved, was that when an empty car was pulled into position to load? There is so much to learn about being a loco operator. Thank you, Dave, for sharing.
I think he's shoving . seems to know what he's doing.
Cars keep moving along at a steady pace when being loaded, have
to modulate the throttle up and down to keep it at a steady pace Shirley. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Thanks for the video! I love to hear the engines run. They sound like they have almost unlimited power. I'd love to hear one "red-line" just once.
These EMD prime movers top RPM is 904, governor won't let
them go over that David. Thank you for taking the time to
ride along with us tonight my friend.
Great video. Thanks for working us all in on it.
Thank you for the nice comment Kevin. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
That train sounds like it was a firetruck in its passed life. Btw I love the sound of the whirling diesel.
I'll ask it tomorrow, perhaps it was a fire truck.... :-) I had a wife
like that one time LOL Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very nice day my friend.
Love those 645's....another great video Dave...
Thank you for the nice comment EL 823, glad you enjoyed.
For sure, what not to love bout them, good old reliable engines. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Love the videos Dave, gives us an inside look at how the railroad stays working, thanks for that !! Glad you guys figured out and corrected the remote system.
Thank you for the nice comment Ed. Glad you are enjoying
the home movies my friend.
love thes old units they had power and a sound of there own clinchfield rr i sure miss it love your vids
Thank you Larry. Back in the day Clinchfield was a great RR.
So much has changed since then in railroading since then.
I can fully understand why you miss being there my friend.
Oh I love the sd40 we have three and they are wonderful
Actually Robert this is an SD 40. Was built for SP as that. The dash 2 upgrade came after SP/UP merged and this got sold to
Boise Locomotive Works who did the upgrade. Really swell of
you to come out tonight and take in the presentation my fellow
railroader.
love the sound of EMDs so much nicer than the ge units
I'm answering this on my laptop wolvesone or if I was on my
cell phone would give you 3 thumbs up! For sure on the differences
in sound, EMD has it all over GE in that department. Thanks so
much my friend for taking the time to watch and write in tonight.
@@ccrx6700 of course my friend keep up the good work and stay safe :)
I always thought that all EMD/GE loco's used the same multiple working system be it via direct cable or remote setup for DPU etc. That being the case any loco from FNBS or UP or CSX can be lashed up together and work in absolute harmony because it all falls under the AAR compatible ideals, so even an emd yard goat can be plugged into a AC4400 etc
You are so correct in your thoughts Leon. What is missing is we
do not fall under AAR, we do not interchange with any other RR
and we have a goofball remote system that no one else out there
has, it would not be compatible with LocoTrol which almost everyone else uses so they are compatible. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Excellent share well done big enjoy 👍🏻 Awesome share Thanks 🚂👍🏻😎
Thank you for the nice comment Mike. That was very kind of you
to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 no problem I enjoyed it have a great rest of your evening 😎👍🏻
Love the sound of what sounds like turbos winding up and down! Dave, you should work out some kind of viewer "fantasy camp", where one lucky member of our group gets to ride along with you for a day.
Glad you enjoyed Jeff it is a beautiful sound to hear. That's a cool
idea, we'll call it Fantasy Railroading! LOL Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Great video, would love to see more running from inside the cab.
Thank you for the nice comment Front Range Railfan, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
When problems happen it sucks,
However, solving the new problem with troubleshooting is alot of fun.
Can learn somthing new each time there is an issue.
Great Video - Salute!!
Thank you for the nice comment Vicious. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
wow getting to assist with loading the train! it seems very tedious stepping up and down the throttle
to control the loading. great video good luck, be safe !
Tedious perhaps, but for a MOW guy that was a lot of fun instead
of fixing track joints Barry! LOL . Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
I love to see more interior view of the locomotives such as SD38-2
Then you will enjoy this video where I go over the loco controls Christopher:
ua-cam.com/video/ZdNhuhmK_z0/v-deo.html
Nothing like the sound of those big ol' EMDs!
Thank you for the nice comment Dennis, you got that right, only thing better is steam loco under load. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
I was bummed when the video came to an end. Its great when you can give a ride along like this! Close as I'll ever get to being in a loco! Thanks Dave!..keep on railroadin!
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Dang Jim I'm so sorry bout that, only solution is to replay video.
Someday will make an entire track ride in the loco so you got
45 minutes of ramping up and down. Thank you for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
nothing beats the sound of an emd locomotive 🙂
Zero argument with me on that CHB. But I do also love a steam loco under load sound. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
I used to load sand like this in cuts of 11, 22, or 33 cars. I ran the conveyor and hopper to load the cars while directing the engineer where I wanted him. Then we went a few (15 or 20) miles to unload into a pit conveyor and had to use a sledge hammer to pop the outlet gates open. It was fun. I miss it.
Was swell of you BigDave to write in with the nice comment. Lot
of fun to load cars isn't it. Glad you could take the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Thanks for sharing Dave. Very cool!
Thank you for the nice comment Brian, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Good seeing you at the controls again Dave!
Glad you enjoyed theBigMoose, thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Yes Dave, enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the ride along, sorry your having problems, but if it were me, I'd wish for problems everyday, just so I could run the loco. 🤣🤣🤣
Glad you enjoyed Pappy, thanks for the nice comment. Only problem with your wishes is usually a mechanic gets to do this fun stuff, but there were no mechanics there that day, so it fell on me, not that I minded, better than fixing track at 90 degrees out! Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Always enjoy watching your videos educational your a blessing Tommy
Thank you Tommy for the kind words and for checking out the video. Glad to hear you are enjoying. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
It's all happening!
Great video Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment Declan. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Loving it Dave! That engine purrs nicely.
Glad you enjoyed Wilbur, thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Very interesting video once again Dave. Enjoyed watching especially anything to do with EMD. Have a wonderful rest of your day.(Steve)
You would have loved being with me today then, used my boom
truck to set 2 power pack assemblies in #22 loco, will be vid on
that sometime, The jig they have to do it is so cool, cost $13,000
to buy too, but sure better than man handling one of those assemblies.
@@ccrx6700 Very cool and wish I could take a private jet whenever something cool would be going on which would be most of the time.
Who would have known, who would have thought. It's like airline pilots who train for emergency situations then a emergency situation pops up that they never anticipated, it's nowhere in the books. First thing I would do is get rid of that remote control system. Hello from Dallas Texas Big D.
Thanks for sharing that with us Donnie. Our remote system sucks. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Yeah, usually the last thing you changed! Good you guys got it.
If you read the description, inothome, you are right, it was the
last thing changed. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
I am so glad I got a chance to ride on a locomotive I am a retired truck driver a friend of mine work for Norfolk Southern Railroad hair in Mobile Alabama I really enjoyed it too
Good for you Calvin. I'm surprised that NS would allow that to happen,
but really glad you got to take a ride, it is an experience for sure.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the Locomotive Remote System video my friend.
I do like the sound of those EMD's. Thanks Dave...
Glad you enjoyed Jeff, your welcome. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
LOOK out people Dave's running a locomotive! Get way back off the tracks, no telling what will happen. Somehow missed this video. another great video
Hope everyone's life insurance is paid in full Ryan.....:-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and check out the loco
remote goof up show my friend.
Good job Mr. Dave!
Thank you for the nice comment Rick. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Mr. Dave at work, that’s railroading!
For sure it is Michael, always a good day when I get to run the
loco, well a good day for me anyway....:-)
Love the sound of that engine .
Glad you enjoyed Pete. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
The very first video tha I watch was you operating 22. Couple of years ago at least. Love that sound the loco makes🚂🚂🚂
You have a good memory Tom, that was a long time ago you
saw that! Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Nice conductor seat.
LOL Yes it is Shawn....:-) Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 keep up the good video's. I really appreciate them. And stay safe.
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The sounds so heavenly
Glad you liked the sound of it Howard. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another one of your awesome trains videos Dave! This is so cool seeing the inside of the engine and all of the controls. Thanks for explaining everything to us Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment William, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Another great one Dave. They should pay you engineer wages while running the Loco.
No such luck 'eh? LOL
Thank you for the nice comment Michael. Actually I get paid the same as the train operators do. If they did make more, then contract says the company must pay me that higher wage rate if I do the job. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
What a job you lucky guy awesome vid Dave thanks.
Thank you for the nice comment Lawrie, glad you enjoyed. How
is Mrs. Taber coming along? Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
On my bucket list before I die is to operate an SD40-2
I hope you get your wish SIGINT. It's an awesome feeling to
control 3,000 HP. Glad you could stop by tonight and watch my friend.
they are wonderful!! it set the standard for all locomotives since 1972. The IRM will let you run a sd40-2, or a sd45-2.
@@rearspeaker6364 In UK we have driver experience days on some of our heritage lines. You can choose to drive either steam or diesel. Do you have anything like that in US?
If you set a couple pounds of air on the train, then shove against it, you might get a slower movement on the train while loading? would be trial and error to see what pressure you would need. Also those shots looking down the long hood brings back memories of looking down the long hood of a Conrail unit switching Chrysler yard years ago. great stuff Dave, thank you.
That's also a good technique for spotting cars precisely in a tight spot when you're close to a bumper post or fence or something like that. Put a few pounds in the cylinders and shove in run 1 or 2. Everything stops very quickly when you go back to idle!
They've gotta know that stuff, is it almost SOP or a no-no for a technical reason, or just because the brake is left on & forgotten about too often?
@@alro2434 It is common practice. I was not talking about setting the hand brake, I was saying just slightly applying the brakes on the train cars so you shove against something trying to stop. It allows better control and more precise stopping as Clarkpj said above on my comment here. :)
Actually you are correct in the Bryan. Usually when we start with
all empties we do set a few pound reduction on the car brakes, it
you don't the cars just push back and forth. Once you get around
half the train loaded take them off because of the weight on
the other ends helps prevent that coupler run in run out. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for taking the time to visit with us and take in the video my friend.
Thank you for another interesting video Dave! You always keep a cool head when faced with problems, great job!
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond. That was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks for the explanations in the notes!
Your welcome Alan and thank you for reading! Far too many
people don't, then write in with questions that were already
answered there. Believe me I do appreciate your reading the
descriptions, they usually add a good bit of valuable content
to the video. I just can't think of everything when I make these
videos so description is nice to fill in what I didn't say in the
movie, since none of my videos are scripted.
Someone else mentioned it might be a bad (or going bad) RF (radio frequency) filter in one of the two units in question. That might very well be it. It could also be that the remote system isn’t shielded properly and somewhere there is a length of wire or some other connection that is acting as an antenna. This connection in question might even just be a certain length that matches a harmonic signal of the radio. For example, if the radio works on a 3 meter band, the connection in question acting as an antenna might be 1.5 meters or 6 meters or whatever and it’s allowing the remote control receiver to pick up juuuust enough of an errant signal to make it lock down.
That’s frustrating. I hope you find a solution. Ha, maybe even wrapping some tin foil around part of it might work haha Don’t tell me no one did that on their old TVs.
Thanks for the video, Dave!
Your talking over my head Will, I do know none of the wires are
shielded and know that can create nightmares at times, I have
same problem on my tamper. Thank you for sharing and wanting
to be of assistance. Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 haha my apologies, Dave. Basically, antennas have a set amount of exposed surface (or unshielded) to capture a specific wavelength. If a cable or another component is unshielded, that cable or component can suddenly start acting like a secondary antenna. If that same cable or component is acting like an antenna and happens to be a certain length it can pick up on radios nearby.
@Will B. awesome Will I never knew that. Thank you 👍😊😎
I'd love to have a recording of that engine purring so I could sleep with it in the background ... Thx for posting these my friend 🚂🚃
You have my permission to tape record it Eddy, just how you gonna
get rid of my voice is your problem tho, next time I make
something like this I will keep my mouth shut....LOL Thank you
for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.
Seems like a RF filter failure on the remote, the remote system would have RF filters to reject anything thats not on the frequency the remote is using, and if they (one or both) failed then thats why its getting interference from the radio.
But that being said anything having to do with wireless communication can be finicky as they can be effected by a lot of things, atmospheric conditions, solar conditions, RF noise and so on.
A ground issue can also lead to funky behavior with radios.
Same with bad coax or a bad antenna.
Thank you forr sharing your thoughts and for trying to help out
madmax. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.