I stumbled on that back in 2018, driving my Tesla from Vail to Jackson Hole. I didn't know what it was, but was amazed to find electric trains in the middle of nowhere, especially freight trains. Seems logical to me. Why buy diesel fuel when your whole goal is to feed a massive power plant? Might as well power the trains with the power plant too.
Really enjoyed.... don't know what it is about trains in the desert..... but really enjoyed, thanks for sharing. First time i've ever seen an underpass road that resembles a giant drain culvert. Music is great!
I love this footage! Thanks for braving the snow and the cold to get it! Scrolling through your chapters beforehand, I saw Sad News and got really scared that the railroad was closing, just like the other one in Arizona. I'm glad it was just bad weather! 😂
6:00 Why, oh why - did you NOT buzz the lead loco, for effect like, as the driver there would NOT have been able to fend off a mosquito (the drone) without having a serious case of, can't stop now syndrome...
Mostly cause it was a last minute capture that I didn't plan at all. Plus I was shattering my connection with the drone near the end of the clip and almost lost contact with it. I go out to DPR again on Monday next week so maybe I'll consider lol
Don't know how much power is needed to move those few cars as we see 5 or 6 diesel Electrics moving up to 200 cars. I speak in terms of how practical total electric engines moving Americas railroads across the country
Each of those engines have 6000 horsepower and 125,000lbs of traction, so it's pretty overkill, even for the steep grades the line runs on and the fact that the engines are going on 50 years old at this point. Modern electric freight engines are the most powerful locomotives of any type ever built with some touching 18,000 horsepower and 300,000lbs of tractive effort, so there's a very compelling case for their capabilities. Their lower maintenence costs compared to diesels only amplifies this. It's why everyone else went with electric while the US stuck with diesel due to complacency and lack of investment.
The electric locomotives are 40% more efficient than the diesel electric ones, and the no existence of the diesel engine makes them lighter.This should be the paradigma for the american railroad. Unfortunately the United States are laggards in the world rail panorama.
@@eyezak_m That explains why in matter of railroad, nobody in modern days cares about the US are doing. It is time to make the modernization of the railroad net in America a federal issue. For me, as an European, it is gruesome to see that even my country (Portugal), is making much better.
@@lalakerspro Portugal does not because it does not need, but INDIA does, and much faster than the US, so in your words, INDIA freight is much more avanced than the US one. ua-cam.com/video/yNq8lP6cfL4/v-deo.htmlsi=3MDbpwGGpM8dHeGx
@@eyezak_m Just sayin'. I forgot to mention greasing all the driving rods and filling up all the bearing boxes at every water stop, boiler washes all the time, 1472-day boiler overhauls, and keeping the whole right of way clear of combustible vegetation at ALL times... ...hey, it could employ a lot of people if they could only pass drug tests!
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I stumbled on that back in 2018, driving my Tesla from Vail to Jackson Hole. I didn't know what it was, but was amazed to find electric trains in the middle of nowhere, especially freight trains. Seems logical to me. Why buy diesel fuel when your whole goal is to feed a massive power plant? Might as well power the trains with the power plant too.
Fair amount of utility companies had streetcars at one point
The ghost of the Milwaukee Road Railway is certainly laughing now.
fantastic footage, it's the first time i see catanary with 50 Kv (60Hz?) thanks.
Great Drone Footage
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Really enjoyed.... don't know what it is about trains in the desert..... but really enjoyed, thanks for sharing. First time i've ever seen an underpass road that resembles a giant drain culvert. Music is great!
A lot of them on the DPR route
I love this footage! Thanks for braving the snow and the cold to get it!
Scrolling through your chapters beforehand, I saw Sad News and got really scared that the railroad was closing, just like the other one in Arizona. I'm glad it was just bad weather! 😂
Cool video! I havent ever been to that part of the state but have read about this railroad.
PRR was running electric freight for years.
Wish they continued into the 21st Century
Hoping to catch them this summer. It's relatively close to where I live, and I'd kick myself if I never got to see this one-of-a-kind operation.
I eased to watch this Electric railway operate daily. They moved big loads of coal. Almost no noise at all from the locomotives. Just a growl.
6:00 Why, oh why - did you NOT buzz the lead loco, for effect like, as the driver there would NOT have been able to fend off a mosquito (the drone) without having a serious case of, can't stop now syndrome...
Mostly cause it was a last minute capture that I didn't plan at all. Plus I was shattering my connection with the drone near the end of the clip and almost lost contact with it. I go out to DPR again on Monday next week so maybe I'll consider lol
Don't know how much power is needed to move those few cars as we see 5 or 6 diesel Electrics moving up to 200 cars. I speak in terms of how practical total electric engines moving Americas railroads across the country
Each of those engines have 6000 horsepower and 125,000lbs of traction, so it's pretty overkill, even for the steep grades the line runs on and the fact that the engines are going on 50 years old at this point. Modern electric freight engines are the most powerful locomotives of any type ever built with some touching 18,000 horsepower and 300,000lbs of tractive effort, so there's a very compelling case for their capabilities. Their lower maintenence costs compared to diesels only amplifies this. It's why everyone else went with electric while the US stuck with diesel due to complacency and lack of investment.
Did not know thanks for sharing!
Where is this railroad located?
Utah-Colorado area. Largest town nearby is Vernal, closest town nearby is Dinosaur. Both north of the railroad
@@eyezak_m thanks! I only knew about the one in Arizona which is now out of service
The electric locomotives are 40% more efficient than the diesel electric ones, and the no existence of the diesel engine makes them lighter.This should be the paradigma for the american railroad. Unfortunately the United States are laggards in the world rail panorama.
No one wants to pay for the initial capital cost
@@eyezak_m That explains why in matter of railroad, nobody in modern days cares about the US are doing. It is time to make the modernization of the railroad net in America a federal issue. For me, as an European, it is gruesome to see that even my country (Portugal), is making much better.
@@rogeriomonteiro760 Does portugal run mile long double stack trains across the continent? Until they do that US freight is much more advanced
@@lalakerspro Portugal does not because it does not need, but INDIA does, and much faster than the US, so in your words, INDIA freight is much more avanced than the US one.
ua-cam.com/video/yNq8lP6cfL4/v-deo.htmlsi=3MDbpwGGpM8dHeGx
It's a coal train. A big steam locomotive could use some of the load for fuel. Just have to stop for water every 80 miles or so.
Naw, electric is better
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Just sayin'. I forgot to mention greasing all the driving rods and filling up all the bearing boxes at every water stop, boiler washes all the time, 1472-day boiler overhauls, and keeping the whole right of way clear of combustible vegetation at ALL times...
...hey, it could employ a lot of people if they could only pass drug tests!
It is a big steam locomotive. It burns coal in the power plant to make steam to spin a turbine to make the power to move the train.