I'm currently a CSX Conductor out of Cayce, SC. I've always enjoyed watching your cabride videos. Now I get to experience a cabride everytime I come to work.
Highball your roll by Engineer Barnett. All black and blinking. Former UP engineer here. Actually met some hobo musicians who befriended me and invited me to ride boxcars with them. This led me from California to Chicago, then down to New Orleans where I fell in love with freedom so much I was like hey.. who needs a career! So I just stopped answering the crew caller. No regrets. I do miss the money and I miss running trains. Thanks to you I can vicariously get my train running fix at least. Now if I can find a way to get paid by every mile you run I'll really be in business!
Mike...I have to tell you that I can remember some years back I saw you driving a train somewhere between Tennessee Chattanooga area, and Georgia...all I do know is that I can't remember when I saw you, but I don't forget a face and the wave you gave coming through a crossing one time. Trains have been a part of my life since childhood when my grandfather's house was next to the Franklin, TN line that goes north into Nashville's yard through Brentwood, TN. You are definitely a favorite, and I can say that I always wondered where that one cool engineer was the day I saw him, now I have a name, and channel to subscribe to! Thanks for the many great years of service, and these technical in-depth videos showing your smooth skills Sir! 😎👌🏾✅
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Yessir! I wish nothing but Blessings for you, and also being safe. Thank you for the amazing videos, and I will keep watching and checking in on how you are doing. 🙏🏾😎👌🏾
i'm from brazil, from the carajas railway, where the biggest trains in the world circulate! 330 and 660 wagons. very good that you came back and released the comments on UA-cam
Worked 10 yrs as a brakeman on the Burlington Northern, back in the late 70's/80's. Unless a person has worked these jobs, they cannot fathom the lifestyle of being on call 24/7. God bless and stay safe out there
rock on i sure miss the old sd40 s and the sd 50s there was nothing like going out and starting them like music to my ears man i miss thoes days i was on the clinchfield run back in the 70s 80s well done mike
Hey Mike, I just found your channel and have been watching a lot of your videos. Your work in filming these things really shows and you offer the unique opportunity to see into what it's like to be an engineer, and that's just great!
I have done a lot of work down there for the arena whatever it’s called now, the Congress center and the stadium. We would always park there in the gulch or cnn. Our storage area was over by the tracks so I would watch you guys creep through
I am from ATL, and I know CSX parallels Decatur St., swings right, heading north at the old Terminal Station site (now a parking lot) but had trouble placing this. Never seen it from this vantage point. I imagine a person hanging around down in there might be regarded by APD with some degree of suspicion. That run, through those viaducts, is one of the most interesting sections of track in the city, IMO.
Good morning mike the handsome engineer, all your videos are great!! From a train lover like me please show any more videos that you may have,your the best!! Wish you were still driving the locos,there's Amtrak tracks not to far from me, deb from NYC bx
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 hi mike,I'm going to look at those videos today,I've always loved trains,I will stop and admire one as soon as they appear! I'm sure that's what drove you to become an engineer. Its thrilling to see things from the inside,it all looks so involved,but it mist be the thrill of a lifetime to move a locomotive, I can almost feel it! Did you ever visit the railroad museum in Danbury Connecticut? You would love it,a railroaders heaven! Most handsome mike check it out,and thanks for sharing with me!
I’m not trying to be an asshole at all but how can you tell that he is one hell of an engineer from these videos? I’m not doubting his skills at his job at all.
Mike you are driving through my hometown and this video has given my the respective I've wanted literally my whole life. Fantastic video, can't believe this quality video popped up randomly in my feed. Got a lifetime viewer. One question, what type of engine are you driving?
The only vague remnant of a once bustling Atlanta passenger business down in there is one of the Union Station platforms (sans trainshed) right at the now abandoned Atlanta Journal/Constitution Building. There must have been eight-to-10 passenger tracks down there between Marietta and Forsyth Streets. Louisville & Nashville and Georgia Railroad were Union Station's main tenants.
Crazy I just seen this post ole Jenkins took a transfer Job back around 2008-09 ish Atlanta boy come to the Hills of WV and worked many days and night with Jenkins. If ya run into him tell him hello from AJ. From Hinton we ran from Hinton to Clifton forge Va. a lot but I liked the New River Jobs better longer runs but Iv always been a New river guy from Hinton to Russel Kentucky. I tried to avoid Allegheny runs.
Well ,first and foremost some people are impatient and decide challenge a train at a crossing because they choose to gamble their life rather than wait a few minutes for the train to cross. Secondly, some of the very hazardous freight that's being hauled...what if for some reason a derailment occurs and spills near a municipality, small town, or a very rural area that's inaccessible by first responders?
Mike thanks for taking the time to make your videos. I live in Peachtree City about 100 yds from your main. I was wondering if you could add text stating what loco you are operating and what cities you are going through. Thanks again. Phil
Hey, Mike... love the vids, makes me miss running those trains - much better than walking them :-) Check out “trainwreck at Mer Rouge Louisiana” for my last day at work... I was on the horn till impact.
@@chrisc2683 .... my Conductor was hurt way worse than me as the engine landed on my side - basically, he fell from the ceiling to the floor when we flipped.
Greetings from the Big state of Texas! 🤠 I'm a female Railfan, and I enjoy watching those huge "Iron Horses" hard at work. Now, out of the stream engines I like 611, 8444 & 4449. Not to forget "BIG BOY 4014." I read in the comment that you operated all types. Have you ever operated those Gas engines? I noticed how they backfire or spit fire. What caused that? Were they the GE engines? I'm impressed at how the Engines have evolved over the years. Take care God Bless You and Thank you for showing us how you working with it!! 😇🙏🤩🚂🛤️
No I haven't what I meant was I operated all types that were required and available to me on my territory. I didn't go the extra mile to qualify on engines that didn't pertain to my assigned territory.
excellent video and congratulations on your channel, I want to do a night shoot with the locomotives of the logistical course in Araraquara sp and then post on the channel, thanks for sharing the videos
I’m wondering if you knew my dad Mike? He worked the Chattanooga sub. He’d work Wauhatchie in Chattanooga in the switch engine during the summers in the 2000’s.
The underground is really at ground level and at grade level for rail service. Beyond the walls of underground passes the trains all day and night. The streets and buildings are used and entered above ground level sort of like the elevated levels or 2nd level. Quite a few structures do extended underground but that would actually be below the level people refer to as underground.
Hey Mike, been enjoying your videos. Out of curiosity, assuming you have made runs on the line between Atlanta and Montgomery AL, do you have footage in any of your videos? I’m in Auburn AL and it would be neat to see the A&WP line from your perspective.
I am and live in Atlanta, when you are going north through city' underground tunnel (what are the Georga cities and town after Atlanta)where is your final destination. Where did you start from/your home base and home city? If not to personal. Great and very informative video. 👍
Lol ye believe it or not those bells are fake. It's a e bell which is a electronic device that plays the loop of a bell. Easier for maintenance and cheaper
Gosh Mike hope retirement is well. Them days was right about the time R/R started all this new PTC stuff and stilll had train masters and road Forman now it’s all brand new stuff master of train operations. And no privacy period at least back in this time you could get by with little more They hire ya then set out to hide in the bushes to try to fire ya I never understood that and fire ya in tail terms pretty much means time off with out pay for how ever long after a board hearing. You wasn’t fired fired it was pretty hard to get fired for good. They never could make up there minds you could get off moving equipment then you couldn’t now it’s back to you can again. Had a engineer that was fired for lying and past stop signal when he was left in B the conductor run the train a few seconds by time he caught it and dispatcher started hollering he said he had stopped lied about it then shoved back in the blind switch had been moved by the dispatcher for Amtrak he cased 4 cars to derail lost the coal and tied up Amtrak but they said he was fired he was offf 5 years and when I was taking training in Atlanta he showed up for a few weeks to run the simulator then he was back in to running again
It’s just an area in Atlanta where the tracks basically go under some buildings and parking decks and stuff.. they are not actually underground. It’s a pretty cool little spot . If you look on google earth or something and look at state farm arena (or whatever they are calling it now). And the CNN center/ Mercedes Benz stadium you can see the tracks going under the buildings and stuff
I had the exact same thought when I saw this. There was one part of the walk downstairs where you could see track level...I always had my eyes open. Love these videos!
IM FROM PORTUGAL AND I LOVE THOSE TRAINS!
I'm currently a CSX Conductor out of Cayce, SC. I've always enjoyed watching your cabride videos. Now I get to experience a cabride everytime I come to work.
Best of luck!
You should make a video on how you became an engineer and what inspired to you
Highball your roll by Engineer Barnett. All black and blinking. Former UP engineer here. Actually met some hobo musicians who befriended me and invited me to ride boxcars with them. This led me from California to Chicago, then down to New Orleans where I fell in love with freedom so much I was like hey.. who needs a career! So I just stopped answering the crew caller. No regrets. I do miss the money and I miss running trains. Thanks to you I can vicariously get my train running fix at least. Now if I can find a way to get paid by every mile you run I'll really be in business!
This is really cool! The intro looked like you were taking the train into a parking garage. Thanks for sharing Mike.
My younger sister is a crew dispatcher for UPRR in Omaha. She talks to guys like you every day. Thanks for sharing your work with the rest of us
That spot on the left as you came out of Underground, fun lil hang out spot for me and the boys. Cool seeing what y’all see coming out.
Mike...I have to tell you that I can remember some years back I saw you driving a train somewhere between Tennessee Chattanooga area, and Georgia...all I do know is that I can't remember when I saw you, but I don't forget a face and the wave you gave coming through a crossing one time. Trains have been a part of my life since childhood when my grandfather's house was next to the Franklin, TN line that goes north into Nashville's yard through Brentwood, TN. You are definitely a favorite, and I can say that I always wondered where that one cool engineer was the day I saw him, now I have a name, and channel to subscribe to! Thanks for the many great years of service, and these technical in-depth videos showing your smooth skills Sir! 😎👌🏾✅
Thank you Justin for being a fan and for those kind words enjoy and be safe.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Yessir! I wish nothing but Blessings for you, and also being safe. Thank you for the amazing videos, and I will keep watching and checking in on how you are doing. 🙏🏾😎👌🏾
Great 2 videos a day that I can watch while studying, the videos are good sir mike
Banh,Subscribernya Mike Barnett?
@@rayhanhn3931 dari dulu gwej
Nice you passed through my home town
Thanks for the roll Mike. Very nice..... .
Lovely GE-evo sounds, awesome railroad working sir
i'm from brazil, from the carajas railway, where the biggest trains in the world circulate! 330 and 660 wagons. very good that you came back and released the comments on UA-cam
0:45 That K5HLL Has Some Nice Echos. Love Your Videos!
Worked 10 yrs as a brakeman on the Burlington Northern, back in the late 70's/80's. Unless a person has worked these jobs, they cannot fathom the lifestyle of being on call 24/7. God bless and stay safe out there
Thank you .
rock on i sure miss the old sd40 s and the sd 50s there was nothing like going out and starting them like music to my ears man i miss thoes days i was on the clinchfield run back in the 70s 80s well done mike
Never realized this ever existed since I’ve only driven through Atlanta twice and by Air a few times.
You have the greatest job in the world. I love trains. I would give anything to sit in there with you and take a ride.
Awesome video! Ngl, would be kinda cool to have a little mini series of you telling stories from experiences in the cab
Your awesome and your lucky to drive trains
Hey Mike, I just found your channel and have been watching a lot of your videos. Your work in filming these things really shows and you offer the unique opportunity to see into what it's like to be an engineer, and that's just great!
You are done a great job professionally like a sea young black man come behind you
Love the cab view and the content keep it up
These videos are so cool to watch, thank you for posting them.
I have done a lot of work down there for the arena whatever it’s called now, the Congress center and the stadium. We would always park there in the gulch or cnn. Our storage area was over by the tracks so I would watch you guys creep through
Love all your videos big rail fan and love freight trains especially cab rides my favorite freight train engines are sd40 gp40 and gp38
Hello from VA ! I enjoy your videos! Much respect!
Hello Virginia thanks.
Something I’ve always wanted to do, and I now know what the view from the cab is. I appreciate what you did!!
Getting some great ideas for track-side scenery and buildings for my HO scale Layout,,thanks again Mike,,awesome as always!
Thanks for the inside view. Didn’t realize how busy it gets when driving a train.
Got to do woo woo every time with the train
I am from ATL, and I know CSX parallels Decatur St., swings right, heading north at the old Terminal Station site (now a parking lot) but had trouble placing this. Never seen it from this vantage point. I imagine a person hanging around down in there might be regarded by APD with some degree of suspicion. That run, through those viaducts, is one of the most interesting sections of track in the city, IMO.
my future career... u go brother !
I live right next to Cumberland mall, hear yall rolling through every day and night
Good morning mike the handsome engineer, all your videos are great!! From a train lover like me please show any more videos that you may have,your the best!! Wish you were still driving the locos,there's Amtrak tracks not to far from me, deb from NYC bx
Thanks Debra, you should be able to view about 25 train videos in my playlist. You give the kindest comments again thanks.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 hi mike,I'm going to look at those videos today,I've always loved trains,I will stop and admire one as soon as they appear! I'm sure that's what drove you to become an engineer. Its thrilling to see things from the inside,it all looks so involved,but it mist be the thrill of a lifetime to move a locomotive, I can almost feel it! Did you ever visit the railroad museum in Danbury Connecticut? You would love it,a railroaders heaven! Most handsome mike check it out,and thanks for sharing with me!
Wish I found this channel sooner because your one hell of an engineer
I’m not trying to be an asshole at all but how can you tell that he is one hell of an engineer from these videos? I’m not doubting his skills at his job at all.
Beautiful video Mr. Barnett
Mike you are driving through my hometown and this video has given my the respective I've wanted literally my whole life. Fantastic video, can't believe this quality video popped up randomly in my feed. Got a lifetime viewer.
One question, what type of engine are you driving?
Its GE , evolution series diesel electric locomotive possibly GE Es44AC,
This is a awesome video! Thanks for showing everything in depth!
Love the videos, keep'em comming.
Smooth operator! Thanks for sharing!
The only vague remnant of a once bustling Atlanta passenger business down in there is one of the Union Station platforms (sans trainshed) right at the now abandoned Atlanta Journal/Constitution Building. There must have been eight-to-10 passenger tracks down there between Marietta and Forsyth Streets. Louisville & Nashville and Georgia Railroad were Union Station's main tenants.
Thank you for sharing this! I absolutely love it lol
Another great video, cousin :)
Thanks! 😁 Cuz.
Subscribed to your channel. Thank you very much, sir! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Hello Netherlands thank you enjoy !
I got a friend that does that his name is Marlowe Jenkins
LOVE VIDEOS KEEP EM COMING
Crazy I just seen this post ole Jenkins took a transfer Job back around 2008-09 ish Atlanta boy come to the Hills of WV and worked many days and night with Jenkins. If ya run into him tell him hello from AJ. From Hinton we ran from Hinton to Clifton forge Va. a lot but I liked the New River Jobs better longer runs but Iv always been a New river guy from Hinton to Russel Kentucky. I tried to avoid Allegheny runs.
I wanted to be an engineer growing , but when I learned about the dangers of it I had a change of heart
The dangers of it? What dangers are you talking about?
Well ,first and foremost some people are impatient and decide challenge a train at a crossing because they choose to gamble their life rather than wait a few minutes for the train to cross. Secondly, some of the very hazardous freight that's being hauled...what if for some reason a derailment occurs and spills near a municipality, small town, or a very rural area that's inaccessible by first responders?
Nice job Mike hope you are enjoying your retirement godbless
I already loved CSX, but he makes me like CSX even more
Love your videos , Mike. Great to see it from an engineers perspective. What engine are you running ?
Im From Brazil! I am a fan of yours. also recorded trains in Brazil
Hello Brazil thanks for watching.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 For nothing Mike Hug and if you can send a hug in your video my name is Yuri!
LOVE these videos. Keep em comin 😊
Mike thanks for taking the time to make your videos. I live in Peachtree City about 100 yds from your main. I was wondering if you could add text stating what loco you are operating and what cities you are going through. Thanks again. Phil
Very Cool Mike.
Hey, Mike... love the vids, makes me miss running those trains - much better than walking them :-)
Check out “trainwreck at Mer Rouge Louisiana” for my last day at work... I was on the horn till impact.
@ RXR WOW, that was one hell of a hit. Thank God you survived.
@@chrisc2683 .... my Conductor was hurt way worse than me as the engine landed on my side - basically, he fell from the ceiling to the floor when we flipped.
@@rxrtraindriver2845 I hope the conductor is ok..
I watched that! Holy cow! You were laying on the horn all the way to impact!
Thank God for you and your Conductors survival!
Nice video Mike!
I love you videos keep on doing what you doing how many years you have been a engineer
Hell yeah new videos
You’re very good on your machine brother......
That was a good video and I just subscribed to your UA-cam channel.
Thanks Elliott enjoy.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Your welcome and I will enjoy your videos.
Greetings from the Big state of Texas! 🤠 I'm a female Railfan, and I enjoy watching those huge "Iron Horses" hard at work. Now, out of the stream engines I like 611, 8444 & 4449. Not to forget "BIG BOY 4014." I read in the comment that you operated all types. Have you ever operated those Gas engines? I noticed how they backfire or spit fire. What caused that? Were they the GE engines? I'm impressed at how the Engines have evolved over the years. Take care God Bless You and Thank you for showing us how you working with it!! 😇🙏🤩🚂🛤️
No I haven't what I meant was I operated all types that were required and available to me on my territory. I didn't go the extra mile to qualify on engines that didn't pertain to my assigned territory.
excellent video and congratulations on your channel, I want to do a night shoot with the locomotives of the logistical course in Araraquara sp and then post on the channel, thanks for sharing the videos
I’m wondering if you knew my dad Mike? He worked the Chattanooga sub. He’d work Wauhatchie in Chattanooga in the switch engine during the summers in the 2000’s.
Nice Graham White EBell.
great video Mike! what loco did you love working on the most?
He retired 8 years ago but if he did this while he was still working CSX would fire him! NS and CSX are the worst company's to work for
Nice video, I’d really like to have a job as a locomotive engineer
And I always thought the Atlanta underground was a bunch of nightclubs and restaurants........
The underground is really at ground level and at grade level for rail service. Beyond the walls of underground passes the trains all day and night. The streets and buildings are used and entered above ground level sort of like the elevated levels or 2nd level. Quite a few structures do extended underground but that would actually be below the level people refer to as underground.
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042
Cool thanks.
CSX engineer 👷♀️ mike barrnett
I love the engine and the 🚂 horn
Hey Mike you ever get to go through locust Grove GA I'd love to see it I know sometimes ns has a csx train through here
No I didn't
Hey Mike, been enjoying your videos. Out of curiosity, assuming you have made runs on the line between Atlanta and Montgomery AL, do you have footage in any of your videos? I’m in Auburn AL and it would be neat to see the A&WP line from your perspective.
No only Atl to Chattanooga.
If you didn’t retire from Csx next time I was in Marietta and you came would you give me a hornshow.
Love the sound of them Gevos do you have one in a AC-60?
Nice Job
I am and live in Atlanta, when you are going north through city' underground tunnel (what are the Georga cities and town after Atlanta)where is your final destination. Where did you start from/your home base and home city? If not to personal. Great and very informative video. 👍
Atl To Chattanooga
im wondering what song was used great content keep up the amazing work
Sounds like he’s playing pong.
Lol ye believe it or not those bells are fake. It's a e bell which is a electronic device that plays the loop of a bell. Easier for maintenance and cheaper
Awesome video Mike. Have you ever travel on up pine bluff sub?
No I haven't.
We have to find you some new music for these videos 🤣
Such a cool engineer, nice work =)
Hey at 6:24 when you are looking through the binoculars and you say “ man somebody got no air “. What are you referring to?
Their engine wasn't airconditioned equipped .
Awesome Thanks !
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8:55 Marietta square!
Did you ever run any trains over the Henderson Sub?
Have you ever manned a helper locomotive?!? If so what was that like?!?
It's interesting to say the least. That's were teamwork comes in.
Man I know all those places I live right there.. see dobbins the Marietta square pretty cool
Mike who determines what locos to use on a train and have you ever picked up a train that you didn’t like the power they gave you?!?
A department within the company who handles power and yes you will get trains that you wish you didn't have.
Every time you got to blow your train horn
how loud is that horn from inside the cab? is it really loud or is the sound muffled out pretty good?
It's ok inside in most engines.
Looking at the road it looks like 78 from Atlanta to Birmingham.
Gosh Mike hope retirement is well. Them days was right about the time R/R started all this new PTC stuff and stilll had train masters and road Forman now it’s all brand new stuff master of train operations. And no privacy period at least back in this time you could get by with little more They hire ya then set out to hide in the bushes to try to fire ya I never understood that and fire ya in tail terms pretty much means time off with out pay for how ever long after a board hearing. You wasn’t fired fired it was pretty hard to get fired for good. They never could make up there minds you could get off moving equipment then you couldn’t now it’s back to you can again. Had a engineer that was fired for lying and past stop signal when he was left in B the conductor run the train a few seconds by time he caught it and dispatcher started hollering he said he had stopped lied about it then shoved back in the blind switch had been moved by the dispatcher for Amtrak he cased 4 cars to derail lost the coal and tied up Amtrak but they said he was fired he was offf 5 years and when I was taking training in Atlanta he showed up for a few weeks to run the simulator then he was back in to running again
Has Mike ever driven a SD-40 CSX Train? Or just the AC4400CW
You name it I've operated it or at least been on it. From steam to diesel 💪🏿
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 Which Steam train!? 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 H-Hood GP-series, ALCO diesels? F-units?
When were you required to use your horn?
Yes
What are you doing when you entered this numbers in on that keyboard
I really can't say I'm into those keys all the time,I might have been checking the fuel.
Mike, you always have a good hair-cut...but I suppose it cause of the camera😎
Nope just me.😊
Where are these underground tracks located in Atlanta? I've heard of underground subways but never underground freight trains
Along the fringes of the underground running mostly east & west .
@@locomotiveengineermikebarn8042 cool
It’s just an area in Atlanta where the tracks basically go under some buildings and parking decks and stuff.. they are not actually underground. It’s a pretty cool little spot . If you look on google earth or something and look at state farm arena (or whatever they are calling it now). And the CNN center/ Mercedes Benz stadium you can see the tracks going under the buildings and stuff
Very interesting cab video! Bet you miss the job some?
9:20 Marietta
I've been in the Atlanta Convention Center when a train rolled underneath. The building shook each time.
Could have been me passing through the underground.
I had the exact same thought when I saw this. There was one part of the walk downstairs where you could see track level...I always had my eyes open. Love these videos!