1:22 "To The Blue Pacific Shore" 0:32 "To The California Seas" 1:41 "To The Blue Pacific Shore" 1:07 "On The Mainline To The Sea" Me: Ok go swim in the ocean baby... see how it feels lol
Amtrak; oh yeah, we span the US, you don’t 😏 UP; Really, we got a STEAM ENGINE!!! Amtrak; 😖I forgot about Big Boy UP; Now who’s better? NS; Norfolk Southern What’s Your Function?!?!🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 CSX; Help!!! NS is goin crazy again!!! BNSF; Umm, what’s going on here? Metra; Here’s your E9s BNSF; we didn’t get any Amtrak; WE ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quit saying we are ancient!!! We got Changers, you guys have alcos!😏 NS; oh no, Conrail is the best!!! UP; nuh uh CSX; Let’s Merge NS NS; ok (A few days later) NSX; We need to expand west!!! Amtrak; unmerge!! NSX; fine (A few minutes later) NS; are ya happy Gladys? Amtrak; yes Me; Amtrak, I thought I could go now! Amtrak; GO!!! Me; ok (I leave) UP; so should we go to DC by Penn Central? NS; NOOO!!! Amtrak; I’m out NS; So am I CSX; I’m going too UP; See ya BNSF; bye!!! Metra; I’m out too, bye!!! (Soon the place is empty)
@@spencerhopkinson9874 I would like to respectfully disagree with your opinion. I believe that Amtrak is not in a good position to be a private railroad. It's constantly running in the red (even though they were so close to breaking even before COVID hit), and suffering from old equipment and doesn't have a great reputation with the public due to constantly delayed trains. If Amtrak were to be a private railroad, like you believe, then I believe this would have to happen: 1. Amtrak expanded into major population centers to connect with other existing trains, AND made trains go faster than 79MPH (Say 90 or 110MPH for those outside the NEC, and maybe introducing more high speed services), that would attract riders, the faster the train, the more riders you get 2. Amtrak and the freight railroads made some sort of arrangement that would stop the constant freight blockage that Amtrak trains (outside the NEC) suffer from. I mean, if Brightline and the FEC can do it, I believe Amtrak and the class 1s can too. Less delays means more ridership in my opinion. 3. Amtrak purchased new equipment that would minimize delays and provide more comfort and safety. I believe there would have to be more than just those three points to make Amtrak financially independent, but those are a start. One reason I believe Amtrak should be a federal corporation and not a private corporation is because my biggest concern if that were to ever happen is, "if Amtrak were private, would it be on the stock market?" I'm worried that if Amtrak were on the stock market, the management would focus solely on lucrative lines rather than lines that serve areas where people have practically no other way to get in or out of their town (The Empire Builder is a big example of this as there are towns along the one without interstates for over 100 miles or so, not to mention, few or no regional airports at all.) not to mention downgrade the service on it's trains to maximize profit all just to give returns to a bunch of company ruiners on Wall Street. Many freight railroads are more concerned over shareholders, which (from what I am told and believe) is a major reason (not so)Precision (not so) Scheduled (not so railroaded) Railroading exists. Another reason I disagree with you is that in Britain, they privatized British Rail and while freight haulage got better, passenger haulage and quality didn't. As a result, many companies over promised and under-delivered resulting in some cases where the UK government had to resort to an "Operator of last resort" and were nationalized. The UK government is creating Great British Railways, but that's a body and not a company/corporation. And the USA is just so big and so not dense that population centers are scattered rather than in one confined area. Yes, I know, Japan has mostly private railways that came about after JNR was privatized, which are incredibly successful, but that's because the country is so small and has a high density, so operating trains there is incredibly successful and lucrative (and why someone from Kyoto could take the train to Tokyo in the morning and come back in time for dinner). So, I disagree with you believing that there shouldn't be a (federal) government system, but I'm not going to get angry with you over it, and I respect your opinion.
@@harrisonofcolorado8886 Amtrak is always in the red BECAUSE it’s federal. Are you going to start arguing for government horse and buggy services because it would be “better than nothing”?
@@spencerhopkinson9874 Well, making a company a private company doesn't automatically make it profitable, plus wasn't Conrail a U.S. government owned company that was profitable before the government handed Conrail to the private sector? Also YES, I am going to argue for (what you call) "horse & buggy services" because they are indeed better than nothing. Amtrak serves a lot of areas in America where there are no other means of transportation like roads or airports. Heck, on the Empire Builder line, there are no interstates in over 100 miles on several parts of the line. Not only that, but trains create many more millions if not Billions of dollars in economic activity. On several of the Amtrak connects us lines that Amtrak is proposing, several lines like the planned front range passenger rail line on a secondary BNSF corridor between Fort Collins and Pueblo, there could be 2.3 billion dollars in economic activity solely on one time investments, and in Indiana, a proposal for 2 lines from Chicago to Louisville and Cincinnati can generate 8.2 billion in economic activity solely from one time investments (and look at the economic activity from one time investments in the proposals for service from Tucson to Phoenix and Vegas to LA). Also, even if some trains aren't directly profitable, they still create even more in economic activity. (look at the economic activity that could come about if the North Coast Hiawatha was restored, the operating cost is slightly higher than the train revenue, but even higher in economic activity) This economic activity creates tax revenue for funding infrastructure, services and if that doesn't satisfy you, the tax funding from economic activity provided from Amtrak services into these small or big towns also goes into the military and the police. Also, you can't just train hop on a freight train from a small town to the city or another small town. Even if you're not caught, train hopping is a felony that can get you arrested, not only that but it's dangerous as hell. So yes indeed, I do believe train service is better than nothing, and that if we improve and expand the train service, there can be even more economic activity, and therefore, more tax revenue to fund infrastructure and the police.
UP is pretty rad when it comes to railroad heritage. They're decked out with the RR heritage units, they've got special painted GEVO's, and a steam program that houses the mighty big boy!
Amtrak Mikey 2010, 7400, 7964, and, formerly, 7605. 7605, however, was unfortunately painted from its GE scheme to the regular UP scheme since 2007 or so.
I played 3 years with the Union Pacific River City Railmen and whenever we made a public appearance, Pres. John C. Kenefick wanted that song played. He would actually come down to the old freight house where we rehearsed, just to hear us play it. I can probably still play the baseline of that song in my sleep!!!!
I live in Georgia and I get a lot of Union Pacific for some reason my class 1 railroads near me are Norflok Southern,Csx,and Union Pacific. And no more Amtrak on the up line 😂
Amtrak: has 12 hour delay. PKP ( Polish State Railways): PATHETIC... Makes 26 hours delay ( unless you count a situation in which a train got stuck in a snow and was delayed by two or three weeks if I'm not mistaken).
Wow! Thanks so much for putting this on! On a visit to Expo 74 (Spokane's World's Fair in 1974) a guitar-playing friend we were with wanted to learn the words to this and a group of us sat through the film at the Union Pacific exhibit like six or seven times while he wrote down the words. A nice memory!
Nebraska resident here. you don’t know how many union pacifics I’ve seen. One time I waved at one passing and the engineer waved back wish i could meet that man
0:050:01 0:09 We're A Great Big Rollin' Railroad, 0:12 One That Everybody Knows 0:14 We Were Born Of Gold And Silver Spikes, 0:17 A Hundred Years Ago 0:19 We're A Million Miles Of History, 0:22 A-Shinin In The Sun 0:24 We're The Union Pacific, 0:26 And Our Story Just Begun 0:29 From The Great Plains Of Nebraska, 0:32 To The California Seas 0:34 From The Summits Of The Rockies, 0:36 To The Mighty Redwood Trees 0:39 We're A Thousand Wheels Of Freight Train, 0:42 Hear The Diesel Engine's Power 0:43 We're The Union Pacific, 0:46 Doin' Ninety Miles An Hour 0:591:01 Bound From Omaha To Portland, 1:02 Through Cheyenne And Laramie 1:04 We're A-Headin' West For Boise, 1:07 On The Mainline To The Sea 1:09 'Cross The Flats At Salt Lake City, 1:12 On To Vegas And LA 1:14 We're The Union Pacific, 1:17 And We've Got The Right-of-way 1:19 From The Green Fields Of The Prairies, 1:22 To The Blue Pacific Shore 1:24 We Deliver Your Great Cargo, 1:27 And Come Rollin' Home For More 1:29 On The Backbone Of Our Nation, 1:31 You Can See Us Make The Climb 1:34 We're The Union Pacific, 1:36 And We're Gonna Be On Time 1:39 From the green fields of the prairies, 1:42 to the blue Pacific shore 1:44 we deliver your great cargo, 1:46 and come rollin home for more 1:49 on the backbone of our nation, 1:51 you can see us make the climb 1:53 we're the Union Pacific, 1:56 and we're gonna be on time
Rojo Railfan the operating manual says the fastest they are allowed to go is 75 mph, and that’s only if the train is in an area where they can go at top speed, and the train is a double stacked intermodal.
As a very proud to be British person I do at these beautiful trains and the amazing back drops with the descriptions of places the Rockies and the Great plains of Nebraska and think "boy I'd love to live in America" 🇬🇧😍🇺🇲
Loved this ad when new, during the 1970s. I had several railroader relatives, they seemed to all enjoy their work. MOPAC was a famous freight train company here, but Union Pacific would also pass through this town. This video looks HD...really cool.
I love the UP livery next to the CSX livery, Amtrak livery, FEC livery, SP Daylight livery, but I don't live near it, sadly. I live on the FEC which REALLY sucks since I really wanna see a tier 4 unit one day! Great video! Love the song too!
I honestly admire the railroad system in the US. It's like there's so much innovation and technology and the staff are so passionate. It kinda makes me wanna go work for the American railroads 😄
Harcharan Singh it’s a pretty amazing railroad system, the locomotives are so big! The pictures do not do them justice when it comes to size you easily forget how big they are until you are right next to them!
@@bluefoxy6478 Im 5'4' (im 13 dont worry) and im no taller than the Fuel tank. (I think thats a good refrence Because i dont get any more closer than 20 ft from these Monsters.)
Song: were the Union Pacific and we’ve got the right away! Me: b-but when I go railfaning the Amtrak always has the right away before the Union Pacific
A common stipulation of trademark law is that a name has to be used in some form or fashion in such a period to be held by the company. ‘Heritage’ schemes are very popular for this reason.
bit of trivia, this song was penned in 1970 by Bill Fries and Chip Davis... Bill also wrote the old Home Bread jingle. Both are better known as C.W. McCall (Convoy) and Mannheim Steamroller!
Here are the lyrics: We're a Great Big Rollin' Railroad, one that everybody knows, We were born of Gold and Silver Spikes, a hundred years ago, We're a million miles of history a-shinin' in the sun, We're the Union Pacific and our story's just begun... From the Great Plains of Nebraska to the California seas, From the Summits of the Rockies to the mighty redwood trees We're a thousand wheels of freight train, hear the diesel engine's power, We're the Union Pacific, doin' ninety miles an hour... Bound from Omaha to Portland through Cheyenne and Laramie, We're a-headin' west for Boise on the Mainline to the sea 'Cross the flats at Salt Lake City, on to Vegas and L.A. We're the Union Pacific and we've got the Right-of-Way. From the green fields of the Prairies to the blue Pacific shore, We deliver your great cargo and come rollin' home for more. On the backbone of Our Nation you can see us make the climb, We're the Union Pacific and we're gonna be on time.... From the green fields of the Prairies to the blue Pacific shore, We deliver your great cargo and come rollin' home for more. On the backbone of Our Nation you can see us make the climb, We're the Union Pacific, and we're gonna be on time....
"It's on time...or its on us..." Oh, wait..that was the old FedEx tagline. Anyway, it's a great catchy jingle, you can't hear it without smiling. A little. :)
Where I live is on the former Illinois Central (now Canadian National) mainline between Chicago and New Orleans but the Union Pacific does use the CN the tracks. I've actually seen a few UP trains go through the area
Someday I'm gonna be a part of Union Pacific's crew. I'm going to make a new type of locomotive. A Challenger Big Boy which is half Big Boy and half Challenger. As of typing this, a UP coal train went by. It seems I am capable of summoning a train.
Even as a kid, before I knew about rail fanning, sometimes UP's engines would end up here in Canada zipping by my home town. the big yellow engines, zipping by at speeds unheard of for frieght. from 10 to 90 in Ontario.
We're a great big rollin railroad One that everybody knows We were born of gold and silver spikes A hundred years ago We're a million miles of history A-shinin in the sun We're the Union Pacific And our story's just begun From the great plains of Nebraska To the California seas From the summits of the Rockies To the mighty redwood trees We're a thousand wheels of freight train Hear the diesel engines' power We're the Union Pacific Doin ninety miles an hour Bound from Omaha to Portland Through Cheyenne and Laramie We're a headed west for Boise On the mainline to the sea Cross the flats at Salt Lake City On to Vegas and LA We're the Union Pacific And we've got the right of way From the green fields of the prairie To the blue Pacific shore We deliver your great cargo And come rollin home for more On the backbone of our nation You can see us make the climb We're the Union Pacific And we're gonna be on time From the green fields of the prairie To the blue Pacific shore We deliver your great cargo And come rollin home for more On the backbone of our nation You can see us make the climb We're the Union Pacific And
Even today, it still seems a bit crazy to think that this song was written by a man who would go on to write one of, if not THE best trucking song ever. Of course I'm talking about C.W. McCall!
“We’re the Union Pacific, and we’ve gonna got the right of way!”
*Sad Amtrak Noises*
No more Amtrak on the Union Pacific Line anymore 🦅
long live the southern pacific fuck the union pacific
1:22 "To The Blue Pacific Shore" 0:32 "To The California Seas" 1:41 "To The Blue Pacific Shore" 1:07 "On The Mainline To The Sea"
Me: Ok go swim in the ocean baby... see how it feels lol
@@cat395excavatorFREEDOM
Amtrak; oh yeah, we span the US, you don’t 😏
UP; Really, we got a STEAM ENGINE!!!
Amtrak; 😖I forgot about Big Boy
UP; Now who’s better?
NS; Norfolk Southern What’s Your Function?!?!🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
CSX; Help!!! NS is goin crazy again!!!
BNSF; Umm, what’s going on here?
Metra; Here’s your E9s
BNSF; we didn’t get any
Amtrak; WE ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quit saying we are ancient!!! We got Changers, you guys have alcos!😏
NS; oh no, Conrail is the best!!!
UP; nuh uh
CSX; Let’s Merge NS
NS; ok
(A few days later)
NSX; We need to expand west!!!
Amtrak; unmerge!!
NSX; fine
(A few minutes later)
NS; are ya happy Gladys?
Amtrak; yes
Me; Amtrak, I thought I could go now!
Amtrak; GO!!!
Me; ok
(I leave)
UP; so should we go to DC by Penn Central?
NS; NOOO!!!
Amtrak; I’m out
NS; So am I
CSX; I’m going too
UP; See ya
BNSF; bye!!!
Metra; I’m out too, bye!!!
(Soon the place is empty)
UP: "And we're going to be on time"
Amtrak: ._.
Be fair to Amtrak it was set up to fail+has to run on lines that be federally owned but we're stupidly privatized....
@@TheAngelobarker there should be no federal owned rails
@@spencerhopkinson9874 I would like to respectfully disagree with your opinion. I believe that Amtrak is not in a good position to be a private railroad. It's constantly running in the red (even though they were so close to breaking even before COVID hit), and suffering from old equipment and doesn't have a great reputation with the public due to constantly delayed trains. If Amtrak were to be a private railroad, like you believe, then I believe this would have to happen:
1. Amtrak expanded into major population centers to connect with other existing trains, AND made trains go faster than 79MPH (Say 90 or 110MPH for those outside the NEC, and maybe introducing more high speed services), that would attract riders, the faster the train, the more riders you get
2. Amtrak and the freight railroads made some sort of arrangement that would stop the constant freight blockage that Amtrak trains (outside the NEC) suffer from. I mean, if Brightline and the FEC can do it, I believe Amtrak and the class 1s can too. Less delays means more ridership in my opinion.
3. Amtrak purchased new equipment that would minimize delays and provide more comfort and safety.
I believe there would have to be more than just those three points to make Amtrak financially independent, but those are a start. One reason I believe Amtrak should be a federal corporation and not a private corporation is because my biggest concern if that were to ever happen is, "if Amtrak were private, would it be on the stock market?" I'm worried that if Amtrak were on the stock market, the management would focus solely on lucrative lines rather than lines that serve areas where people have practically no other way to get in or out of their town (The Empire Builder is a big example of this as there are towns along the one without interstates for over 100 miles or so, not to mention, few or no regional airports at all.) not to mention downgrade the service on it's trains to maximize profit all just to give returns to a bunch of company ruiners on Wall Street. Many freight railroads are more concerned over shareholders, which (from what I am told and believe) is a major reason (not so)Precision (not so) Scheduled (not so railroaded) Railroading exists. Another reason I disagree with you is that in Britain, they privatized British Rail and while freight haulage got better, passenger haulage and quality didn't. As a result, many companies over promised and under-delivered resulting in some cases where the UK government had to resort to an "Operator of last resort" and were nationalized. The UK government is creating Great British Railways, but that's a body and not a company/corporation. And the USA is just so big and so not dense that population centers are scattered rather than in one confined area. Yes, I know, Japan has mostly private railways that came about after JNR was privatized, which are incredibly successful, but that's because the country is so small and has a high density, so operating trains there is incredibly successful and lucrative (and why someone from Kyoto could take the train to Tokyo in the morning and come back in time for dinner). So, I disagree with you believing that there shouldn't be a (federal) government system, but I'm not going to get angry with you over it, and I respect your opinion.
@@harrisonofcolorado8886 Amtrak is always in the red BECAUSE it’s federal.
Are you going to start arguing for government horse and buggy services because it would be “better than nothing”?
@@spencerhopkinson9874 Well, making a company a private company doesn't automatically make it profitable, plus wasn't Conrail a U.S. government owned company that was profitable before the government handed Conrail to the private sector? Also YES, I am going to argue for (what you call) "horse & buggy services" because they are indeed better than nothing. Amtrak serves a lot of areas in America where there are no other means of transportation like roads or airports. Heck, on the Empire Builder line, there are no interstates in over 100 miles on several parts of the line. Not only that, but trains create many more millions if not Billions of dollars in economic activity. On several of the Amtrak connects us lines that Amtrak is proposing, several lines like the planned front range passenger rail line on a secondary BNSF corridor between Fort Collins and Pueblo, there could be 2.3 billion dollars in economic activity solely on one time investments, and in Indiana, a proposal for 2 lines from Chicago to Louisville and Cincinnati can generate 8.2 billion in economic activity solely from one time investments (and look at the economic activity from one time investments in the proposals for service from Tucson to Phoenix and Vegas to LA). Also, even if some trains aren't directly profitable, they still create even more in economic activity. (look at the economic activity that could come about if the North Coast Hiawatha was restored, the operating cost is slightly higher than the train revenue, but even higher in economic activity) This economic activity creates tax revenue for funding infrastructure, services and if that doesn't satisfy you, the tax funding from economic activity provided from Amtrak services into these small or big towns also goes into the military and the police. Also, you can't just train hop on a freight train from a small town to the city or another small town. Even if you're not caught, train hopping is a felony that can get you arrested, not only that but it's dangerous as hell. So yes indeed, I do believe train service is better than nothing, and that if we improve and expand the train service, there can be even more economic activity, and therefore, more tax revenue to fund infrastructure and the police.
This probably has to be the most catchiest jingle I have ever heard. Period
They put so much effort into it too
Your forgetting sometrain
Try the 80's American Airlines advertisements
The YTP Channel Channel challenge accepted
@@jaysmith1408 1982 full song
UP is pretty rad when it comes to railroad heritage. They're decked out with the RR heritage units, they've got special painted GEVO's, and a steam program that houses the mighty big boy!
What are the numbers of the GEVOs?
SEABOARD COAST LINE PRODUCTIONS Their road numbers or how many GEVO's UP has?
YourLocalRailfan The roadnames of the special GEVOs.
Amtrak Mikey 2010, 7400, 7964, and, formerly, 7605. 7605, however, was unfortunately painted from its GE scheme to the regular UP scheme since 2007 or so.
And we are decked out with nice orange GEVOs! Your point?
I played 3 years with the Union Pacific River City Railmen and whenever we made a public appearance, Pres. John C. Kenefick wanted that song played. He would actually come down to the old freight house where we rehearsed, just to hear us play it. I can probably still play the baseline of that song in my sleep!!!!
Good memories thanks for sharing
A great song! 🎼
Fun fact: this isn’t your first time watching this
How did you know
No its not
Yes dude it been a long time (i used to like trains
Fr
ye I got a whole class to watch it lol
I live in Nebraska so this song makes me very proud of this beautiful state.
hey same here dude
Yes the thing is avalible in your state
I live in Georgia and I get a lot of Union Pacific for some reason my class 1 railroads near me are Norflok Southern,Csx,and Union Pacific. And no more Amtrak on the up line 😂
Union Pacific: We have the right of way
*Amtrak faints in 12 hour delay*
Lol
I read that as it said it
Amtrak has never seen so much bullsh*t before.
Amtrak: has 12 hour delay.
PKP ( Polish State Railways): PATHETIC...
Makes 26 hours delay ( unless you count a situation in which a train got stuck in a snow and was delayed by two or three weeks if I'm not mistaken).
Poor Amtrak, when they actually have the right of way and the own the tracks/stations they do pretty well.
I should make a LIRR remix for this.
*doing 15 miles an hour*
*hitting cars along the way*
As long as you blame everything on cuomo!! Haha
Railstormers Rail & Aviation It’s funny because it’s so true! I’m a daily commuter and I can totally attest to that.
VR doing 75 kilometers an hour
Were 1 in a half wheels with no engine power
This song never gets old!
Agreed
@@UnionPacificFan-cu3pt same this is why we all love union pacific railroad
yea
Wow! Thanks so much for putting this on! On a visit to Expo 74 (Spokane's World's Fair in 1974) a guitar-playing friend we were with wanted to learn the words to this and a group of us sat through the film at the Union Pacific exhibit like six or seven times while he wrote down the words. A nice memory!
Nebraska resident here. you don’t know how many union pacifics I’ve seen. One time I waved at one passing and the engineer waved back wish i could meet that man
The Union Pacific railroad built Nebraska & Wyoming.
0:05 0:01
0:09 We're A Great Big Rollin' Railroad, 0:12 One That Everybody Knows
0:14 We Were Born Of Gold And Silver Spikes, 0:17 A Hundred Years Ago
0:19 We're A Million Miles Of History, 0:22 A-Shinin In The Sun
0:24 We're The Union Pacific, 0:26 And Our Story Just Begun
0:29 From The Great Plains Of Nebraska, 0:32 To The California Seas
0:34 From The Summits Of The Rockies, 0:36 To The Mighty Redwood Trees
0:39 We're A Thousand Wheels Of Freight Train, 0:42 Hear The Diesel Engine's Power
0:43 We're The Union Pacific, 0:46 Doin' Ninety Miles An Hour
0:59 1:01 Bound From Omaha To Portland, 1:02 Through Cheyenne And Laramie
1:04 We're A-Headin' West For Boise, 1:07 On The Mainline To The Sea
1:09 'Cross The Flats At Salt Lake City, 1:12 On To Vegas And LA
1:14 We're The Union Pacific, 1:17 And We've Got The Right-of-way
1:19 From The Green Fields Of The Prairies, 1:22 To The Blue Pacific Shore
1:24 We Deliver Your Great Cargo, 1:27 And Come Rollin' Home For More
1:29 On The Backbone Of Our Nation, 1:31 You Can See Us Make The Climb
1:34 We're The Union Pacific, 1:36 And We're Gonna Be On Time
1:39 From the green fields of the prairies, 1:42 to the blue Pacific shore
1:44 we deliver your great cargo, 1:46 and come rollin home for more
1:49 on the backbone of our nation, 1:51 you can see us make the climb
1:53 we're the Union Pacific, 1:56 and we're gonna be on time
Now we need the 1970’s ones
The 70s were
“From an engineer in Portland to the clerk in Idaho” and something like that
Shawn B been real quiet since this dropped 🗣🔥🔥
"Doing 90 miles an hour"
iN-cAb SiGnAlLiNg !!
Doing 90mph hits car WERE A GREAT BIG ROLLING RAIL ROAD
**PTC INTENSIFIES**
Locomotives: yellow
Speed: 90 mph
Freight train: a million miles
Right of way : got
Climb: make it
On time: yes
Hotel: trivago
**Z trains do be goin 90 miles per hour tho!*
Rojo Railfan the operating manual says the fastest they are allowed to go is 75 mph, and that’s only if the train is in an area where they can go at top speed, and the train is a double stacked intermodal.
As a very proud to be British person I do at these beautiful trains and the amazing back drops with the descriptions of places the Rockies and the Great plains of Nebraska and think "boy I'd love to live in America" 🇬🇧😍🇺🇲
Haha good joke
We'd love to have you
Hello British
My autistic uncle is obsessed with this! Thank you for bringing joy into his life.
…awe…
0:24 "We're the Union Pacific!"
*Shows UP 1996, the SOUTHERN PACIFIC heritage unit*
Me: Heh.
still is union pacific :/
Some have changed
It’s still run & owned Union Pacific
It is run and owned by UP.
Well UP is going to roll on with it.
When did railroads have theme songs?
*I don't know.*
CraftyFoxe You weren't aware of this? Well my friend, that's alright okay, on the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
Yea I actually just made a music video animation for it yesterday
CraftyFoxe Nice dude. Of the Santa Fe or Union Pacific?
Union Pacific
I live very close to Rochelle, so i see a lot of Union Pacific!
I love the railroad park.
The Average Railfanner
Hayden Kern screw you.
Do you ever see the big boy?
Alvin Widjaja they almost never bring it this far East.
y'know, i may be australian, but this songs a banger.
your not alone i am Australian but this song catchy
same lol
Same,I'm not Australian (I'm Malaysian) and this song is a certified bop!
I'm also a Aussie but I love this song! 🚞🇦🇺
Im American but i can agree ; Amazing song! you people in Austrailia have Locomotives very similar to the ones in North america.
1:00: Bound from Omaha to Portland through Cyenne Larmee, we’re a heading west for boise on the mainline to the sea.
Loved this ad when new, during the 1970s. I had several railroader relatives, they seemed to all enjoy their work. MOPAC was a famous freight train company here, but Union Pacific would also pass through this town. This video looks HD...really cool.
I love the UP livery next to the CSX livery, Amtrak livery, FEC livery, SP Daylight livery, but I don't live near it, sadly. I live on the FEC which REALLY sucks since I really wanna see a tier 4 unit one day! Great video! Love the song too!
The first part of this song was used in a UP ad back when I was a kid. I always liked it and was so glad to find it here! Thanks for sharing it.
We makin it outta the Cajon Pass with this one 🔥🔥🔥
Unlike SP.
@ 💀
I honestly admire the railroad system in the US. It's like there's so much innovation and technology and the staff are so passionate. It kinda makes me wanna go work for the American railroads 😄
Harcharan Singh it’s a pretty amazing railroad system, the locomotives are so big! The pictures do not do them justice when it comes to size you easily forget how big they are until you are right next to them!
@@bluefoxy6478 They really don't. You have to stand near one to understand how massive these things are.
Good luck getting furloughed
@@bluefoxy6478 Im 5'4' (im 13 dont worry) and im no taller than the Fuel tank. (I think thats a good refrence Because i dont get any more closer than 20 ft from these Monsters.)
1:06 building for scale (not really)
This has the same energy as “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows” and I love it
This is such a old song but really cool seeing all the diesel trains going from point to point 😊😊😊😊
Song: were the Union Pacific and we’ve got the right away!
Me: b-but when I go railfaning the Amtrak always has the right away before the Union Pacific
Ha, you keep thinking that, meanwhile at the dispatch desk, a fresh pot of coffee has priority over Amtrak.
Nah man. We’re the Union Pacific doing 90 mph. Ain’t nobody getting in our way.
SHUT UP AND DON'T DARE TO ARGUE WITH UNION PACIFIC ANYMORE !!!
So sad!!!!
It's actually "right of way".
I just love this song while driving Union Pacific trains on Trainz: a new era
Insert TrainzItalia's FEF-3 with a mix of Greyhound and Armor Yellow cars here.
0:24 *says "we're the Union Pacific"*
*says "southern pacific" on locomotive*
The southern Pacific became part of the union Pacific
Its apart of the heritage unit fleet
southern pacific merged with union pacific and that is a heritage unit so you remember the southern pacific
A common stipulation of trademark law is that a name has to be used in some form or fashion in such a period to be held by the company. ‘Heritage’ schemes are very popular for this reason.
Fun Fact: Union Pacific is the biggest rail company in the world, and is worth $75.4 billion.
BNSF is biggest then up
Biggest is about the lines' length or about how many money the earn?
China Rail is bigger and so is Indian Railways
@@justaP42DC Southern pacific passed a while ago. It will never be forgotten.
WOW 😳
This Is A Song That Won’t Get In The Hands Of Tiktok
@Ecco bruv, why must you do this to me?
Good
@Ecco thats not tik tok thats youtube
Yep
I know right
UP: "were gonna be on time and we got the right of way"
AMTRAK: 🥺
1:05 When i was small, Ive always Thought it went *Were a Hand for big boy's on the mainline as you can see*
"We're going to be on time"
That should be a on a UP railcar, like "We can handle it"
Yeah
On some of the oldest UP autoracks they may say "we deliver"@@jacobdubielak
honestly i am sad up doesnt operate in indiana so ive never seen a up engine in person ,even though its my favorite railway.
Looks like I'm not the only one that had this idea. Though I'm not sure when I'm going to put mine out.
Metra MP36 407 hvggvv
what?
Listening to this while playing TSW5 on Sherman Hill. It's awesome!
I like how 1:50 the railroad crossing lights are in sync with the beat
Me too
bit of trivia, this song was penned in 1970 by Bill Fries and Chip Davis... Bill also wrote the old Home Bread jingle. Both are better known as C.W. McCall (Convoy) and Mannheim Steamroller!
The last sound every western railroad heard in the 80s and 90s
Oh my god this is amazing.
You shouldn t take the Lord s name INVAIN Natalie Daniels
Rob Moir they’re talking about their god, not yours
Sounds like a Christmas carol. Rankin and Bass would be impressed.
Here are the lyrics:
We're a Great Big Rollin' Railroad, one that everybody knows,
We were born of Gold and Silver Spikes, a hundred years ago,
We're a million miles of history a-shinin' in the sun,
We're the Union Pacific and our story's just begun...
From the Great Plains of Nebraska to the California seas,
From the Summits of the Rockies to the mighty redwood trees
We're a thousand wheels of freight train, hear the diesel engine's power,
We're the Union Pacific, doin' ninety miles an hour...
Bound from Omaha to Portland through Cheyenne and Laramie,
We're a-headin' west for Boise on the Mainline to the sea
'Cross the flats at Salt Lake City, on to Vegas and L.A.
We're the Union Pacific and we've got the Right-of-Way.
From the green fields of the Prairies to the blue Pacific shore,
We deliver your great cargo and come rollin' home for more.
On the backbone of Our Nation you can see us make the climb,
We're the Union Pacific and we're gonna be on time....
From the green fields of the Prairies to the blue Pacific shore,
We deliver your great cargo and come rollin' home for more.
On the backbone of Our Nation you can see us make the climb,
We're the Union Pacific, and we're gonna be on time....
Correct me if ANY lyrics are wrong.
I first remember this song as the jingle for one of their commercials back in the early 1970s.
"Were the Union Pacifc, doing 90 Miles an hour!"
*big boy 4014 doing 90 MPH.exe*
"It's on time...or its on us..."
Oh, wait..that was the old FedEx tagline.
Anyway, it's a great catchy jingle, you can't hear it without smiling. A little. :)
Good video!
Where I live is on the former Illinois Central (now Canadian National) mainline between Chicago and New Orleans but the Union Pacific does use the CN the tracks. I've actually seen a few UP trains go through the area
0:25 0:57 Southern Pacific Locomotives
1996 isnt southern pacific. it's union pacific. so as the other one
Kyle Kennedy well there still in southern pacific Livery
@@VictorianRailHeritage it is a heritage unit
Joey Condrey I knew that
@@VictorianRailHeritage of course you did
Love it. Reminds me of my childhood. This song acknowledges Omaha, Nebraska! Go Big Red!!
Someday I'm gonna be a part of Union Pacific's crew. I'm going to make a new type of locomotive. A Challenger Big Boy which is half Big Boy and half Challenger. As of typing this, a UP coal train went by. It seems I am capable of summoning a train.
Even as a kid, before I knew about rail fanning, sometimes UP's engines would end up here in Canada zipping by my home town.
the big yellow engines, zipping by at speeds unheard of for frieght. from 10 to 90 in Ontario.
this song suits big boy 4014 since he came back to life
This is going to be playing nonstop in my head for about a week
@1:23 nice lookin coal train !!!
Great!
RIP Horns.
HAHAHA
Waycross Trains Productions did you know that your UA-cam pic (daylight the gs_4) has a horn
... What?
Nice Video! Liked that you went railfanning At The Rochelle Railroad Park Often
im about to take out Union Pacific's famous 4-8-4 #844 the longest running steam locomotive in america while listening to this theme of theirs 😁
Union Pacific: We’ve got the right away
Norfolk Southern: 😢
Play this at my funeral
One time I saw some penn central and Illinois Central locomotives! Pretty Rare
Union Pacific: Great Big Rollin Railroad. The anthem and a calling to 150 years of railroading.
Is there anywhere I can download this song on a iPhone?
Fun stuff
Cottage grove home ANDREW
2:00 3 different versions of SD70, nice! SD70ACe, SD70M(later version, big radiator), SD70M (early version, small radiator).
SD70AH?
@@rojorailfan Maybe, sightly heavy version of ACe.
The one with rhe big radiator is called Flared UP SD70M just so you know
@@ChristianNoel_Likes_Trains The first one?
@@pqhkr2002 no the one behind the first is the Flared UP SD70M
0:25 “we’re the Union Pacific”
Me: * see SP *
SP is a part of UP I think… Or was
It is, it’s a joke
Cool video and channel just subscribed
We're a great big rollin railroad One that everybody knows We were born of gold and silver spikes A hundred years ago We're a million miles of history A-shinin in the sun We're the Union Pacific And our story's just begun From the great plains of Nebraska To the California seas From the summits of the Rockies To the mighty redwood trees We're a thousand wheels of freight train Hear the diesel engines' power We're the Union Pacific Doin ninety miles an hour Bound from Omaha to Portland Through Cheyenne and Laramie We're a headed west for Boise On the mainline to the sea Cross the flats at Salt Lake City On to Vegas and LA We're the Union Pacific And we've got the right of way From the green fields of the prairie To the blue Pacific shore We deliver your great cargo And come rollin home for more On the backbone of our nation You can see us make the climb We're the Union Pacific And we're gonna be on time From the green fields of the prairie To the blue Pacific shore We deliver your great cargo And come rollin home for more On the backbone of our nation You can see us make the climb We're the Union Pacific And
Even today, it still seems a bit crazy to think that this song was written by a man who would go on to write one of, if not THE best trucking song ever. Of course I'm talking about C.W. McCall!
My favorite is tied with Union Pacific and CSX.
Actually the day i posted this, Union Pacific isnt the biggest company, but i love the company!
*The Biggest company train is CN or Canadian National*
0:54 southern pacific 6310
Have you ever noticed that the progress bar is on the beat of the great big rolling railway song?
I subscribed
This is me two years later
Lol
Rochelle Illinois railroad park i go there a lot and i have seen hundreds of union pacifics
Happy 156th year anniversary Union Pacific
157 now
158
160
Fun fact: the person who created this song was Bill Fries (CW McCall), the one who also created the song “The Silverton”.
And Convoy
nowthatsjustducky mhm
0:39-0:44 my best part of music! :D
This music is my favorit
I love Union Pacific
I live next to Manteca I see a lot of Union Pacific
Who got this on their recommended page in 2020?
👇
I love this song!
DO A SOUTHERN PACIFIC THEME SONG ONE!!
That’s... not how it works...
Yeah, as in Runnin' Eights Unstoppable music video the music was by AC / DC. Which leaves us with the music not belonging to him nor has he made it.
This song is stuck in my head
Normal music listening site: VEVO
Railfan's music listening site: GEVO
lol
Ha!
No idea how I ended up here on one of my UA-cam wanders, but sure glad I did. 😎
Sounds like a failed Christmas song.. We only go 90mph when we fall asleep or going down Cajon pass.. O_O
james yarbrough fuck you
Fuck off
james yarbourgh you sucker why do you hate a train song ?
This Is The Best Union Pacific Song!
“WE’RE A GREAT BIG ROLLIN RAILROAD!”🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I love this song and I love the picture
This is JUST perfect!!
I dont know wat it is but wen you see the front of the union pacific engin from a distance it just looks fantastic
Best song ever!
Quick Timestamps: 0:05 0:09 0:29 0:59 1:19 1:39
Extras: 0:15 1:30 1:20 1:41 0:10
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1:22 Union Pacific marches on!