Great video man, I think I counted 125 cars which is pretty normal on that route. 4 engines moving 125 cars of freight 70mph. Wow! the power, the torque, the engineering,, the awesomeness! Rumble on my train chasing pal!
Thanks for watching! Yeah, it was a fast one for sure! As I mentioned in the description, this train had 126 cars. You both were close though! Had to take my baseball cap off and put it in my bag so it wouldn’t get blown away!
That section of rail, between ft Madison and Kansas city is one of the funnest to train watch. They push 100+ trains through there a day, plus 1 eastbound and 1 westbound amtrack, South West Cheif and LA Plata is in the middle. Man what fun that line is 70mph is the given and lots. If you're standing along side that Track for more then 10-12 minutes without seeing a train something is wrong. Thanks for video. It brings back great memories of disembarking and climbing aboard amtrak right where u are taking shot. And a shout out for amtrak of all the riding I've done the southwest chief gives the best center tour of this great country.
Actually the ties are not being pulling up, they are being pushed down by the load of the train over the soft spot in the roadbed. Couple passes of a ballast tamper will easily correct the track pumping.
@@SandBoxJohn I live near a Norfolk & Southern rail line. It's fascinating to watch those track maintenance machine's at work. In the winter of 2011, a flood took several hundred feet of the gravel rail bed out (wooden ties and all) leaving just the rails suspended in the air. At one area, the rapidly receding water left a 25' deep chasm under the suspended rails. The railroad workers worked day and night and had everything repaired in about 72 hours. Incredible! The first few trains went by slowly. Workers tamped & adjusted repairs to the area a couple of times the following spring and there hasn't been any problems since then.
I get 55.8 mph from 4 locomotives of length 73.6 ft passing in 14.39 seconds at 1/4 speed playback . 70 is noticeably faster. You can get an easy sanity check by counting flat wheels 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 mentally. Around 55 mph that first becomes impossible to say the words mentally fast enough. So a second check on 55 mph.
Agree. These guys seem fascinated with titling videos as 70 mph. Some are as slow as 35 but most are in the 45 - 48 range. If they ever get a 70, they'll probably shriek and drop the camera and miss it.
@@byronholt4912 plus the engineers have fun running at 70mph, because the speed limiter kicks in at 73mph, causing an immediate application of the brakes.
i got 48-50 as well based on the 1234 as well and using the sound + pixel analysis then compared to a actual 68 MPH train with a RADAR gun in the video the sound is a tab bit slower between cars.
Thanks for watching! This was actually my second time visiting La Plata. First visit was in late July 2019 (before covid) when they were rebuilding the station platform.
Same here, we worked on Cell Comm. Shelters and Signaling Stations. We had to leave the Site, till the Train Passed. Got the S*** Scared out of me working alongside the Tracks at Union Station. Was working at night on an emergency call. Was suddenly starring down the Barrel of a gun. The leaving Police shift, forgot to tell the oncoming shift I was on Site.
It is called 'pumping', and it is normal for some areas, especially where excess moisture gets into the track bed. This is fixed with a tamping machine.
The camera (iPhone) was on a tripod and it was too dark to film on the other end of the platform. And those people on the higher platform are railfans. Not street people.
Wow watch those crossties moving up and down in the lower right of frame and ten ties back the rails have pulled the spikes out of the ties far enough the rails move but the ties don't..
Clean off the lens with microcloth or similar before shooting. The god-ray streaks in the lights and overall softness/lower contrast is caused by finger grease on the lense. Please stay safe standing next to a moving train like that. Rocks could fly, etc.
Seems like that train is actually doing around 40mph not 70. If you take how long it takes for one of the 53ft containers to go by it takes a little under a second which is just below 40mph
I was a conductor, and trust me you foamers think it's a fun job, it's not. it's scary on those engines at 70. Every crossing the stress level is extreme. Is a dog or a big rig gonna cut in front of us? It's very stressful job, plus the fact that you never get to sleep, even after 20 years you could still be on the extra board, one day days, next day nights, it's insanity. Glad I'm retired now. Only stress I get now is deciding whether to use a 7 iron or 9 iron, or should I use the red/withe red fin or the shad pattern deep diver. Lol
Normally, I don’t stand that close but I was on a station platform which only goes back about 10-20 feet and also wanted a clear shot of the train. Had I stood further back, the light poles (and fence) would have been in the way, therefore ruining my shot.
Amtrak goes around 100mph on parts of the Northeast Corridor (Washington DC to New York City and Boston, MA) and Keyatone Corridor (Philadelphia, PA to Harrisburg, PA)
Yes please only have your tripods that close. Its only 40 million pounds give or take moving at 70mph Stuff kinda dont go wrong when you calculate those numbers. It's a whole new category of destruction with results that's sometimes hard to comprehend of being possible except your looking at it. Then your brain goes 😳 Wholly F.
@@rearspeaker6364 my son in law is an engineer, a guy ran the gates trying to beat his train, (50 mph), there wasnt much left of the car, and even less left of the driver.........my son in law said the remains looked like human ground beef. 😔😦😣😭. What the EMTs didnt find, was probably coyote food.
Never, EVER be that close to a moving train at speed. A piece of brake shoe flies off, or a bolt coming lose at 70 MPH will kill you. Not no mention what a derailment will do to a human body.
Z trains are the highest priority freight trains on the BNSF cuz the goods they are hauling are often time-sensitive. Plus, he had a green signal so he was going the speed limit. If he had a yellow signal, he would’ve been going much slower.
I worked for Union Pacific and had to be between passing 70 mph trains and my welded rail train . Not fun at all . Very scary .
That’s crazy how much the track itself is flexing in the bottom, right
Good eye. Spikes are appear to be getting loose also.
that's our great American infrastructure at work, LOL
How can that be normal?
Yup. I saw that and thought of how much flexion and weakening is happening.
Looks like "cyclic top" forming - ua-cam.com/video/5PFHxwpx01k/v-deo.html
Great video man, I think I counted 125 cars which is pretty normal on that route. 4 engines moving 125 cars of freight 70mph. Wow! the power, the torque, the engineering,, the awesomeness! Rumble on my train chasing pal!
Funny. That's about what I counted as well!
Thanks for watching! Yeah, it was a fast one for sure! As I mentioned in the description, this train had 126 cars. You both were close though! Had to take my baseball cap off and put it in my bag so it wouldn’t get blown away!
That section of rail, between ft Madison and Kansas city is one of the funnest to train watch. They push 100+ trains through there a day, plus 1 eastbound and 1 westbound amtrack, South West Cheif and LA Plata is in the middle. Man what fun that line is 70mph is the given and lots. If you're standing along side that Track for more then 10-12 minutes without seeing a train something is wrong. Thanks for video. It brings back great memories of disembarking and climbing aboard amtrak right where u are taking shot. And a shout out for amtrak of all the riding I've done the southwest chief gives the best center tour of this great country.
Great camera angle and night action.
Ah yes I remember this! What an awesome line to be on!
I like the wurbling soundscape, example 1:40. Sounds... other worldly.
That guy was cookin!! 😮
I love how the ties are pulling up out of the roadbed. 🤣🤣🤣
Actually the ties are not being pulling up, they are being pushed down by the load of the train over the soft spot in the roadbed. Couple passes of a ballast tamper will easily correct the track pumping.
@@SandBoxJohn I live near a Norfolk & Southern rail line. It's fascinating to watch those track maintenance machine's at work. In the winter of 2011, a flood took several hundred feet of the gravel rail bed out (wooden ties and all) leaving just the rails suspended in the air. At one area, the rapidly receding water left a 25' deep chasm under the suspended rails. The railroad workers worked day and night and had everything repaired in about 72 hours. Incredible! The first few trains went by slowly. Workers tamped & adjusted repairs to the area a couple of times the following spring and there hasn't been any problems since then.
Great Video! Thank You
Awesome..well done
Like how the track bounces up and down
it's not supposed to do that.
Wow is that train smooth!!
That's the famous transcon it is very smooth been around forever
Need more stability under those ties on the right side of the screen
That track needs some TLC 🙄
edit, the whole section could use some help, but they should go 80mph. hey, it must be staying straight.
I get 55.8 mph from 4 locomotives of length 73.6 ft passing in 14.39 seconds at 1/4 speed playback
. 70 is noticeably faster.
You can get an easy sanity check by counting flat wheels 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 mentally. Around 55 mph that first becomes impossible to say the words mentally fast enough. So a second check on 55 mph.
Agree. These guys seem fascinated with titling videos as 70 mph. Some are as slow as 35 but most are in the 45 - 48 range. If they ever get a 70, they'll probably shriek and drop the camera and miss it.
I was questioning that 70 mph claim also.
@@byronholt4912 plus the engineers have fun running at 70mph, because the speed limiter kicks in at 73mph, causing an immediate application of the brakes.
I got 49.94 MPH. I only measured the distance covered by the first four ES44s, however.
i got 48-50 as well based on the 1234 as well and using the sound + pixel analysis
then compared to a actual 68 MPH train with a RADAR gun in the video the sound is a tab bit slower between cars.
One can only imagine what a disaster a derailment would be at that speed. 😱
Great camera work. Love watching LP, but never from this perspective!
Thanks for watching! This was actually my second time visiting La Plata. First visit was in late July 2019 (before covid) when they were rebuilding the station platform.
Very cool catch! Gotta love fast trains
Imagine the amount of force needed to dissipate that kinetic energy created by the train?
Can you imagine what that would do to a Yugo?
That's why dynamic braking makes sooo much heat
Awesome
I went through BNSF contractor safety training and we would lose our contract if one my employees was caught standing this close to train!
At that speed, I wouldn't be standing closer than 50 yards!
Same here, we worked on Cell Comm. Shelters and Signaling Stations. We had to leave the Site, till the Train Passed. Got the S*** Scared out of me working alongside the Tracks at Union Station. Was working at night on an emergency call. Was suddenly starring down the Barrel of a gun. The leaving Police shift, forgot to tell the oncoming shift I was on Site.
Nice video keep it going.(India)
Dangerously close but good video.
Thanks for watching! Yes, I know it was a bit close, but I was standing well behind the yellow line so I was safe.
It's the first time I've seen him
move faster than 5 mph
Great vid
Great 🤗👍👋
Look at that section of track move up and down.
Nice train video but what was all that going on on the bench with those butterfly legs, people on the bench???
Thanks for watching! Those people you see on the bench are actually my cousin, who has special needs and my aunt!
@@corailfanningplanespotting13 Ah ok 👍🏼
One of the horn chimes is off tune! Always liked hearing those at night…weird sounding especially with an echo
That is called the Doppler effect. He went under the Brown St overpass to the east during the first horn blast which reflected the sound.
are bouncy tracks good ? :-)
It is called 'pumping', and it is normal for some areas, especially where excess moisture gets into the track bed. This is fixed with a tamping machine.
Look at the rails
Its a station platform! Where do you want them to stand?
Geeezussssss!!!!!! Really???
Behind the station building or at least a 100' away from the tracks the train is passing on.
@@SKYKOP1972 hahahaha 🤣🤣
Behind the yellow line.
Looks like the rails are ready to ripe out
Bro's got a death wish is you're standing that close
Maybe go to the end of the platform to get the street people out of the shot. And hold the camera steady, maybe a tripod?
The camera (iPhone) was on a tripod and it was too dark to film on the other end of the platform. And those people on the higher platform are railfans. Not street people.
If it was really doing 70 mph and took a minute and a half to pass, that train was a mile and a half long. A little longer than that actually
Is it east or west? If it’s east, the symbol is ZLACNYC, and west is ZNYCLAC.
beyond 4 letters and a number, they all look like names for medicines the FDA has banned!
This was a westbound train.
@@corailfanningplanespotting13 Alroght
I'd like to know which place it is?
This is La Plata, Missouri. About 3 hours northeast of Kansas City.
Wow watch those crossties moving up and down in the lower right of frame and ten ties back the rails have pulled the spikes out of the ties far enough the rails move but the ties don't..
I'm going to say 65 mph
yea you can tell by the traction motor sound. pitch doesnt sound like most 70mph trains do.
I didn't know railroads still did traditional piggyback service for tractor trailers... haven't seen one in like decades....
Very much so. Schneider, JB Hunt, UPS, Amazon, etc all use piggyback service
What BNSF locomotive was leading?
A Very Large Orange One!!!
The first one😆
I couldn’t get the number clear but it was an ES44C4.
@@corailfanningplanespotting13 Maybe 7592?
Was waiting for the slam. It didn't happen...SLAM, do the word have a new meaning ?
When I said Slam, I meant going really fast.
I've Seen An Amtrack Train Go Faster Than This Near DFW Airport.
Amtrak trying to catch a plane.............
Was that guy on the pipe or what?
Clean off the lens with microcloth or similar before shooting. The god-ray streaks in the lights and overall softness/lower contrast is caused by finger grease on the lense. Please stay safe standing next to a moving train like that. Rocks could fly, etc.
I’ve gotten in to the habit of doing this with my phone cameras as well, makes footage way more clear and less cloudy.
Why am I not surprised his baseball cap is being worn backwards? 🤡
He had the hat on straight but the wind vortices created by the train going by made him either lose it or put it on backwards
So the hat didn’t fly off when the Z-Train wind came in. Pretty smart.
Seems like that train is actually doing around 40mph not 70. If you take how long it takes for one of the 53ft containers to go by it takes a little under a second which is just below 40mph
This train is doing WAY over 40 lol. Just saying. It’s easily pushing 60+ if not not 70 mph.
Maybe 60 m.p.h....
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Gotta have goals.
Main goal........STAY ALIVE!!!! not wanting to get sucked into a train!!
💪💪💪💪🚂🚂🚂🤝👍
I was a conductor, and trust me you foamers think it's a fun job, it's not. it's scary on those engines at 70. Every crossing the stress level is extreme. Is a dog or a big rig gonna cut in front of us? It's very stressful job, plus the fact that you never get to sleep, even after 20 years you could still be on the extra board, one day days, next day nights, it's insanity. Glad I'm retired now. Only stress I get now is deciding whether to use a 7 iron or 9 iron, or should I use the red/withe red fin or the shad pattern deep diver. Lol
I sure would not be standing that close to the tracks.
Well, in my home country I would. But in the US with a relatively high number of derailments? Less enthusiastic…
@@pjotrtje0NL High derailments in your country too, just not in the news.
Normally, I don’t stand that close but I was on a station platform which only goes back about 10-20 feet and also wanted a clear shot of the train. Had I stood further back, the light poles (and fence) would have been in the way, therefore ruining my shot.
Pickin em up and put em down
I have never seen a train go 70MPH ever that’s crazy
Go out to the country , lot's of trains going that fast
@@patrickblock2477 really I didn’t know that thank u Patrick I appreciate u brother
Amtrak goes around 100mph on parts of the Northeast Corridor (Washington DC to New York City and Boston, MA) and Keyatone Corridor (Philadelphia, PA to Harrisburg, PA)
Looks like the ballast needs a bit of shoring...
Piggybacks to boot.. Old School. Why on that track? Not normal I'd say.
This is the Southern Transcon! Trains like this are VERY common on this line!
Thats more like 60 or 65 mph
Yes please only have your tripods that close. Its only 40 million pounds give or take moving at 70mph
Stuff kinda dont go wrong when you calculate those numbers.
It's a whole new category of destruction with results that's sometimes hard to comprehend of being possible except your looking at it. Then your brain goes 😳 Wholly F.
Too close for me.
Yikes !!
That close with a phone/camera: watching the Darwin Express-
WOW ! That freight is ZIPPING ! SO CLOSE TO COMMUTERS !!! KFC !!!
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Commuters? Railfans!
This isn't even remotely close to 70mph.
Ive heard of people getting sucked under from the draft the train creates...........
then the medics only need a half-dozen trash bags to pick up the remains before the foxes eat them.
@@rearspeaker6364 my son in law is an engineer, a guy ran the gates trying to beat his train, (50 mph), there wasnt much left of the car, and even less left of the driver.........my son in law said the remains looked like human ground beef. 😔😦😣😭. What the EMTs didnt find, was probably coyote food.
Never, EVER be that close to a moving train at speed. A piece of brake shoe flies off, or a bolt coming lose at 70 MPH will kill you. Not no mention what a derailment will do to a human body.
Thanks boss
trains arent meant to have parts fly off highly unlikely
@@epicgaming5323 tell that to the mother fucker i saw get hit by a brake shoe this afternoon while the train was pushing 20mph unlikely my fucking ass
@@epicgaming5323 neither for cars or trucks, yet it still happens. Maybe not likely but it still can happen.
@@501stparatrooper5 i get that i just feel that the commenter is exaggerating
I'm just curious, what's the hurry? Just saying if he was to derail ,or hit something it would take 10 miles to stop
Z trains are the highest priority freight trains on the BNSF cuz the goods they are hauling are often time-sensitive. Plus, he had a green signal so he was going the speed limit. If he had a yellow signal, he would’ve been going much slower.
Modern GE/Wabtec locomotive horns sound awful.
Has nothing to do with the locomotive. Has to do with what the railroad specified for a horn.
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