The Rarest Amtrak Train Ever .. You Wont Believe This One!
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- The Rarest Amtrak Train Ever .. You Wont Believe This One!
This is a pretty rare sight to see. Here we have a Norfolk Southern Locomotive that had to rescue a disabled Amtrak train in the middle of winter! Here you can see the Norfolk Southern Locomotive leading the Amtrak train as it goes through Sheridan and Dunkirk New York. Filmed on January 10th 2015.This is very interesting to see a Norfolk Southern unit leading a rescued Amtrak train #48, the Lake Shore Limited, on CSX trackage. This rescue must have taken place while the eastbound Lake Shore Limited was still running on Norfolk Southern trackage. I know that the Lake Shore Limited runs through Chesterton, Indiana on Norfolk Southern trackage but I do not know at what point the Lake Shore Limited transfers from Norfolk Southern trackage to CSX trackage so that the Lake Shore Limited can run on the former New York Central "Water Level Route" to New York City. You were at the Harrington Road crossing in Sheridan, New York when you captured this train on 10 January 2015.
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Have you ever gotten to ride on any of the engines? I did as a kid of 5 years old in 1960, when the Tran that ran through my grandma’s property, stopped and I had been sitting on a fence waving at the engineer! He asked me if I would like to ride with him for the rest of the day, and I said “you bet, but you better ask mom”, so to make a long story short, she said “yes” and I had the time of my life and I was hooked on trains and now I am 74 and am a disabled vet and I live in a nursing home!
No but when my dad worked with the railroad I actually drove the yard engine I think it was a GE U-boat in the yard for about a quarter mile and back
And thank you for your service
I'm sure theres like anti terrorism laws and stuff now
God bless you. Thank you for your service.
are you sure that you where 5 years old on that train ride , because I did the math you should only be 67 years old now if so
Beautiful. Very nice even in the winter. The train looks great ❤😊
Yes, thanks
My buddy Zach was running this train! Quite an unusual day to be riding high in a freight locomotive pulling a full sized lakeshore. He later went from the Albany area of Zone 3 to the Downeaster in Maine. Great guy!
Oh wow!
Wow that is so very rare a Norfolk Southern w/Amtrak train passed two CSX Intermodal train in CSX railway tracks😊😊😊❄❄⛅
I ran across the same thing in Fresno, Ca., some years ago except it was a BNSF engine.
The first front shot with all of the heat mirage coming off the engine……awesome shot!
Thanks
Not the first time I've seen Amtrek break down. NS to the rescue.
I love all the trains I watch
I like it black pony to the rescue and gets the job done to the man that did this video job well done A+ keep up the good work and just so you know I always give you a thumbs up before I see your video
Great catch with a NS unit on Amtrak train.
Ah, the good ole SD70M-2s! I really miss these units and the 2771 had a chance to assist an Amtrak train. Great tape, and keep the great takes coming. 😃
Many thanks!
Awesome catch of NS leading Amtrak on the CSX tracks
wow! P40's on that Lake Shore Ltd !!! 800 series
Yea thats right P40's
It reminds me of the Sunset Limited coming into El Paso Texas in the 80s. The P30s were notoriously bad units and we would regularly see SP units to the rescue. If the SSL was late it had a GE failure which was almost every time it came through.
We saw fires, radiator failures, fan failures, fuel pump failures and those P30s coming in looking like badly fired steam locomotives.
I rode the SSL coming home from Michigan and amazingly came in two and a half hours early behind those GEs. I sat in the station waiting for my mother to come pick me up. The one time those engines ran perfect.
Greetings from the high plains of Texas.
Thanks for that story, very cool
Those GE P30CH's, or "Pooches" as they were called, they were not well liked by traincrews. These units were notorious for all the aforementioned issues and were mostly "confined" to the Sunset Limited and the Auto Train.
I saw an westbound Amtrak train departing from El Paso (I was on the mexican side of the border), and it was pulled by an SP SD40M-2. Later, I saw another Amtrak train pulled by SSW GP60. I always asked to myself why the Amtrak trains sometimes are pulled by freight locomotives. Greetings from Ciudad Juárez, México✌
Years ago, I've seen where SP would be towing Amtrak along the Santa Fe main lines through Hanford.
Norfolk Southern power giving Amtrak a chop out. They run the diesel engine on the front of The Frankston Doodlebug from time to time. Cool Thanks for your awesome train vids. 🚋🚞🚋🚞
Ty so very much for sharing
I think it's so cool I am a train enthusiast love the amtraks and I ride them quite frequently
Gotta love the SM420 on the 222 line heading down a 12" GRIDE.
Wow! Great vid I never new that Norfolk southerns runs Amtrak if the engines are not working.thats awesome
Probably what power was available where Amtrak needed it
+Dunkirk NewYork probably they do
Heard that!!! Killer !!! Hope it comes back
Yea that would be nice
AWESOME!!!!! LOVE THE USE OF DIFFERENT LOCOS
Glad you like them!
From What I've Know The Lake Shore Limited Goes From NS To CSX In Cleveland, Ohio.
Once again cool as! Both literally & figuratively 🚂🚄🚄🚄
Awesome catch! I agree very very rare! P40DCs are rare to see in action! And on top of that NS leading!
Thank you very much!
You’re welcome
On CSX to
That was an awesome sight.
Beautiful catch!!
Some real good shots Mr. U TUBA. Roll it.
We see this frequently on the Scenic Sub in Washington State, BNSF locomotives on The Empire Builder, especially west bound.
It's very rare over here on the East Coast. In fact this is the only one I've seen in over 25000 train videos I've filmed
Thank you for your efforts
So nice of you
Nice i haven't seen anything like this before wow that is very special and nice first Gen K5lla!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you!
Absolutely amazing
great video! I saw that once in california with a BNSF engine.
Thanks would be cool to see with a BNSF Engine
Wide World of Trains I've seen that before only with BNSF doing the honors but it was on CP trackage. Have a great day
I was on that train and in the bedroom, the journey was madness but at least I was safe and warm and arrived New York City as well.
The 48 LSL
@@WideWorldofTrains Yes, that what I was on from Chicago to NYC the #48 LSL
I've seen that before only with BNSF doing the honors. Have a great day everyone.
I totally love trains!!
Awesome catch! I heard about this move going on. Would love to have seen this. I see both locomotives were 800 series. I just filmed the 824 in Plattsburgh the other day on 69 & then it immediately went to the Lake Shore.
I rode in the middle cars, between Plattsburgh, and Depew, many times.
Was it being transported for scrap?
I read in Rail Pace News Magazine that the Lakeshore Limited a had mechanical failure with one of the locomotives in early 2015 on NS and they sent a NS locomotive to rescue the stalled train. And the Lakeshore switches from CSXT to Norfolk Southern tracks at Cleveland, Ohio and vice versa.
Yeah there are two Amtrak lines that split off the Chicago line at Porter, IN, there’s sort of a intersection with the Chicago Line and and a CSX line there, there’s also the Amtrak owned line that splits off as well
Nice passenger train
That is some real high speed railroading!!!
0:49 lights turn on
It's normal to stick a freight engine on as a helper to get a train to the nearest station when Amtrak loses an engine to some underlying problems.
Yes that is true
Nice catch! I'm hoping this will continue to Boston
Very cool!! I’ve never seen anything like this!
Thanks I think it was pretty cool myself
* One of the slowest Amtraks I've seen. Looks a bit chilly out there. Heard of a few rescues via radio, but never on one. Did quite a few rescues, and was rescued several times, usually on an underpowered freight, going uphill with 30 or 40 scrap cars, having to stop and phone the IHB dispatcher for permission.*
Why did NS 2771 had to Rescue the Train Did it broke Down or had Engine Problems
I've never seen this before!
Yea its pretty rare
Well iv seen BNSF and CSX, just never NS
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
Welcome
Thanks for posting this. Great video!
Our pleasure!
I've never seen anything that Rare! 😃
Had similar in my 1990 visit, one SP engine on one train and a BN on another.
Nice work
Wow this video is even better than the first one I saw!
Glad you enjoyed it!
very cool!
Thanks
Great video Norfolk southern with a Amtrak that amazing. I gave this video a thumbs up
Thank you very much!
Them lights come on real smooth
NICE CATCH!!!
Nice catch! Got it here near the Terminal
Thats good, was wondering if you saw it
Dunkirk NewYork It was moving a little faster than that though haha. Wish i weren't so far behind on my videos...
RARE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was it a rescue???
Thanks, maybe w the P40's
Could it be that this is actually a rescue of that Amtrak train? It seems unlikely that a freight locomotive would substitute for the two silver bullets behind it...
Only thing I could think of brother.....
VIA rail in Canada runs the same, or similar, locomotives. A few years back a local freight locomotive of the Goderich and Exeter Railway had to rescue a train after the VIA locomotive broke down.
Great catch!!!
Thanks
Anytime!
Ого, тепловоз SD70MAC тащит поезд Amtrak, впервые такое вижу, ведь обычно эти поезда ездили сами, так для чего же прицепили грузовой локомотив?
SD70M-2
This is usually done when the Amtrak locomotives brake down. It’s pretty common (when there is a break down).
не знаю
Wow, a passenger train. And in America, too!
You were very correct! I've never seen anything like that! Any idea what was wrong with the Amtrak train?
I have no idea
I saw a Union Pacific SD70 pulling two Amtrak locomotives and several coaches eastbound through Glenwood Springs CO a few years back. I have no idea why unless one of the Amtrak units had failed and the UP power was necessary to pull the train up to the Continental divide at the Moffat Tunnel. From there its a short 55 miles or so to the Denver terminal.
Thats more common out west where you have big hills and mountains, this is on the LSL mainline in the middle of nowhere on the New York to Chicago mainline. In fact out of my 25000 train video's in 20 years this is the one and only time I've seen it
In 1999 that happened with us on the Texas Eagle. Our train broke down in the desert of New Mexico. UP towed us to El Paso.
Great catch glad u got it!
Thanks I see you got it too
I have little doubt that NS has a much better maintenance budget than Amtrak.
I am surprised that both Amtraks locomotives went down. One had more than enough power to pull through,unless there was a mass amount of mountains.
This is very interesting to see a Norfolk Southern unit leading a rescued Amtrak train #48, the Lake Shore Limited, on CSX trackage. This rescue must have taken place while the eastbound Lake Shore Limited was still running on Norfolk Southern trackage. I know that the Lake Shore Limited runs through Chesterton, Indiana on Norfolk Southern trackage but I do not know at what point the Lake Shore Limited transfers from Norfolk Southern trackage to CSX trackage so that the Lake Shore Limited can run on the former New York Central "Water Level Route" to New York City. You were at the Harrington Road crossing in Sheridan, New York when you captured this train on 10 January 2015. I do not remember if I had subscrubed to you original UA-cam channel called Dunkirk, NY at this time or was it sometime later that I subscribed? Thank you for documenting this movement! (Posted 3 February 2022)
It was probably within a few months of when you subscribed.
The NS unit could have been on loan to CSX and they could have stuck it on there. I remember one year 48 had and electrical issue shortly after they departed Syracuse around December 1998 and CSX let Amtrak use a rather filthy HCLX rent a wreck to tow 48 back west to Syracuse to get the passengers off the train. From there 48 was pulled east and dropped off in DeWitt Yard till Amtrak could send engines out from Rensselaer to get the train out.
From my experience riding the Lakeshore Limited, when the Boston section, (this one) splits off from the N.Y.Penn. Sect., the Boston is only 4, to 6 cars long. This time, it's 13 cars long! In the winter, this is probably a Football Special.
I know what you mean but this is the full LSL, this spot where I film is halfway between New York and Chicago. The split is still a few hundred miles East of me
@@WideWorldofTrains OOPS, sorry, i saw this area in someone's video, before Christmas, and they identified the area as being on the East side of the Hudson, heading to Boston. Guess i'm a Tree Bigot, they almost all look the same. Happy hunting.
What since when does Norfolk southern pull Amtrak cars
this time here because it was an emergency
OUTSTANDING ❤❤❤🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍
Does the Amtrak crew run the engine when they have these rescues or does the railroad that owns the track have one of their crew take the train over?
I believe it's the railroad, in this case CSX
Dunkirk NewYork cool thanks I've been wondering about that for the longest and its that's pretty nice to see NS on the CSX Chicago line.
I have heard that it is usually an Amtrak crew, but I’m sure that there are exceptions, especially if the train is diverted (such as the California Zephyr running via Clinton, Iowa on the C&NW).
Idk I saw NS rescue Amtrak on the Charlotte line about 6 years ago. A tree fell on the locomotive in Clemson SC and NS had to bring the train back up the Eastern Seaboard
I've seen CSX come to the rescue down here in Florida. Very rare tho since Amtrak runs 2 engines down here too
The way service is diminishing, all amtrak trains will be rare. It is dying a slow painful death.
I believe they are expanding stops in the future
Wow, were this pre Amtrak baggage cars.
Great catch
Yes, thanks
Wow! Look at that thing go! Watch out, Japan!
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Super
Thanks
Wow! Nice video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great catch! What happened? Amtrak ran out of engines? LOL!!! That rear of the last car looked really rough like it had been in some sort of collision.
Could be LOL
Well, as a Guesstimate, since that red hose is hooked on a Baggage car, it might be a remote signal,for the conductor to signal the engineer, during Backing moves when they get to Boston. Having ridden the Lakeshore Limited, from Chi-Town to N.Y., Penn Station, and knowing the time the Boston section leaves Albany, the shadows show it's not too far east into Mass., and the grunge on the back door frame is stirred up dirt from crossing sanded roads. The length of the train, says it may be hauling football fans East to a Patriot's game, or home from a Chicago, or Buffalo Game.
Cool, Certainly one for my collection, Rare as you said but still ultra cool, any idea why the tow if that's what it is or were the Amtrak Drivers feeling a bit under the weather from from the night before from playing poker because if you didn't play in other words you were Pikers, Oh well i guess the best in place to sleep it off was in one of their Locomotives, All is good even if 36 hours late as most of the Passengers and other crew members were involved in the same game and told the Tavern Owner to send an invoice for food and drinks, do invoice and send to Amtrak and blame the Blues Brothers...
sorry to the crew of amtrak service as i was just having a bit kf fun with it.
Once again thanks for the Video.
Damages also as the Tavern was hit by Tornado
Was the CSX intermodal stopped there before the Amtrak broke down?
Cool
NS to the rescue...🚨🆘️
The RAREST Amtrak train is one that runs without billions of US taxpayers money. That’s called zero.
That's funny
Awesome I'll take that snow over this relentless heat right now keep it up
Your Video super greetings from Germany Cologne
Wow, definitely rare. Sd70ace pull an amtrak train :D
thats a SD70M-2
So question. In cases like this when the Amtrak power goes down and a freight engine come to the rescue. Where does the engineer that was operating the Amtrak go. Do they stay inside the Amtrak engine during transit or are they up in the freight engine with the engineer and conductor?
Sending a tow train instead of a tow truck
Wow I didn't know it was rare 😳
Monster tier 4
Must have been off that day. I used to dispatch this route.
I don't believe that one,great vid👍
Thanks 👍
Pity you kept waving the camera around ,found it difficult to watch . just a small piece of advice from an old hand ,keep the camera still and wait for the train to come to you
This is nearly 8 years ago, I've gotten much better. Thanks and I'm probably just as old as you
Ive seen Amtrak 49 back in 2016 that was being rescued by a NS Top Hat rescuing 822 and 42 since 822 broke down
I've seen that before but when I saw it. BNSF was doing the honors. Just saying. Have a great day everyone
Great video
Thanks