BNSF's Marceline Sub: A Railroad Superhighway
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- FORT MADISON, IOWA - 2018
BNSF's Southern Transcon, linking Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California, serves as one of the premiere railroad corridors in the United States - with train after train of largely intermodal traffic ferrying consumer and industrial goods across the vast Great Plains and Southwestern Deserts.
Through Iowa and Missouri, the line traverses the rural rolling hills as the Marceline Sub, with a character unlike that of other segments of the line. With numerous tiny villages surrounded by lush farmland and grazing cattle, the line features plenty of curves - but all are packed with superelevation to keep this busy railroad slicing through it all at speed!
This is BNSF's Marceline Subdivision, A Railroad Superhighway, by the Thornapple River Rail Series!
Timestamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:04 Fort Madison, IA
- 2:56 Argyle, IA
- 4:24 Wyaconda, MO
- 7:06 Gorin
- 8:07 Rutledge
- 9:09 La Plata
- 14:09 Marceline
- 18:08 Mendon
- 22:46 Bosworth
- 27:08 Carrollton
- 29:20 Norborne
- 33:38 Hardin
- 34:54 Henrietta
- 35:43 Camden
- 36:49 Sibley
- 42:30 Atherton
- 43:54 Kansas City (Union Station)
Curious about how the railroads in this video are laid out on the map? Check out my Google Map Overlay of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Railroads, via this link: drive.google.com/open?id=1GeS...
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Videography Equipment:
- Primary: Sony FDR-AX53 4K Camcorder
- Secondary: Sony HDR-PJ790V HD Camcorder
- Aerial Platform: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Drone
- Radio Scanner: Uniden Bearcat BC125AT
- Edited with: Cyberlink PowerDirector 16
Created by Alex Christmas. Copyright 2018, as the Thornapple River Rail Series, All Rights Reserved - Zábava
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My group watched this video again at our gathering last night and we ALL agreed that this was the best made we've seen in the last 10 years . You checked all the boxes . Keep making them like you've been making them .
I use to stand at the Marceline depot watching the Trains change crews for hours with my Uncle and the late 70's. Now they don't even stop anymore.
narration was excellent and very well spoken. nice to see things we normally dont get to see. thanks
Back in late august 1983 we spent a week on the TP&W. At Ft. Madison the TP&W would terminate their trains by crossing the river and ending up in the ATSF yard.
Caught one such movement with a C424. flash forward 12-13 years and we spent a week in northern Illinois on the ATSF.(edelstein)
the red and silvers were brand new and we lucked out with a westbound with 4 red silver FP45s.
just no time to shoot the Missouri side. solid lashups of brand new red/silver was an amazing sight.
Subscribed, as I find the viewing of these videos to be very relaxing. Mind off for a few minutes watching trains roll by. Its a great series, keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it, John!
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries great video.....it was nice to see a warbonnet again.....that was what I was raised on!
and that kid at the station is hooked!
he'll have his first layout by Christmas!
Some folks don't get it. My dad was raised in a railroad and harbor town In northeast Ohio. Grandpa was a prosecutor and then was elected judge. He and grandma, who was a nurse, knew everyone in town. For entertainment when we'd visit. My cousin's and I would get to go to one of the beaches, to Point Park, where the sailors families would gather to watch the tugs assist the arriving and departing ships, or to one of several railroading areas. A neighbor who had been with the railroad 'for ever' Used to take us up into the interlocking towers, to the shops, the train and yard masters offices, and even on to the locos and cabooses.
I remember being in the interlocking where the harbor lines crossed the old water level route. The tower would shake and the windows would rattle when a train came by at speed or when a coal or ore drag came clawing up the harbor feed.
As one of many webcam viewers of La Plata, it is nice to see what it looks like far from that station. Well done, again!!
I agree it’s cool seeing the station from a different perspective. Woulda liked to see Bob though!
WheelieFish Bob came out couple of nights ago and helped an elderly passenger board the SWC.
@@ohgary Nice. Bob seems like a nice guy. Haven't watched it in a couple weeks or so I miss it. Do you ever chat?
WheelieFish: I mostly lurk and read what others post. I only learned about Virtual Rail recently.
Love visting this highly active line! It has everything a railfan could want; high speed trains and high frequency! Also great documentary
Thank you for all your work that you put into your videos. Excellent video Alex. Loved watching.
The more of these "INTERMODAL TRAINS" I watch the more I've noticed what a big part JB HUNT is with the use of trains! I drove for JB HUNT for 25years and just recently retired. Your videos are exceptional and appreciate you sharing them! Keep up the good work my friend! I'm enjoying these from the 1st state of Delaware.
I’m glad to see La Plata! Such a great cam and site! Great video as always.
Great video! I spend a decent amount of time in Gorin visiting my buddy who lives there. So cool to hear the rumble so often passing through that town.
Absolutely Fantastic. Can't wait for the next video to come out.
You do an awesome job. This is just as good if not better than most commercial rail videos. Thanks for sharing your work.
Better than most, if you're from Michigan.
Thank you Alex. Great video.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
Great video!!! Your narration is so weii done. Enjoyable and informative. Thanks!!
Another great video! Thank you so much. I'm new to railfanning and your commentary added to the videos is very helpful as I learn the operations of trains.
Awesome, thank you!
Really nice video! I recently got into watching train videos and am amazed at how much that I have learned, railroading is far more interesting than I thought it would be. Thanks!!!
Me too Phil . These guys make the best train videos I've ever watched . Looking forward to seeing and learning lots more on this channel.
By far the best railroad videos I've seen up to date! Excellent use of the camera! Keep up the excellent and hard work, Alex! I enjoy watching your documentaries a lot!
That double deck bridge is very cool , never have seen one before this video.
Great video..thanks
I am a Amtrak Locomotive Engineer from Chicago to Fort Madison and that is by far mt favorite part of my run. The Amazing Santa Fe Swing Bridge. My advice to you if you get a chance go to Fort Madison and see it in person. You will not be disappointed!!!!
I also used to drive for one of the cab companies that took crew to trains wherever they needed to go and been to most of these places and in Illinois as well as Missouri and to Kansas City.
Damn good fantastic video. Love that BNSF Railway.
Fantastic work!! This makes me want to visit La Plata!
This was / is excellent!!!
Great Video, thanks.
Well done, Alex, excellent video.
Awesome video. Cool intermodal trains. Thanks for sharing. I liked and subbed. 👍
When you watch the web cams you get a feel for the sites but not much of any real RR talk. Seems all they talk about is food, what ales them or about the the personalitys at the station etc. You're always so concise, giving a brief description and history of the area etc. Good job as usual.
9:42 That Horn On 5710 Sounds Fantastic!!
Superb video!
Alex, fantastic work and great video. Hoping to see more BNSF from you in 2020!
I have the BNSF Chicago Sub - aka the Racetrack - about 70% shot. Need everything east of Riverside still. Likely will be shooting that in March if the weather is good, or early May if not. Then sometime after that, it'll be the next Superhighway installment.
Good job as always! That open gondola that was kicking and bucking around (2nd to last car) at 5:49 was an interesting sight.
I noticed that too.
@@jefhuber Me too, I wonder what causes it, bad suspension?
Awesome job.
Great railroad videos!
Enjoyed the video very much. Excellent job of filming and narrating this footage .......... top notch! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into creating these splendid videos. Mike
RImodeler79 A real human narrator! Don't see that much anymore.
Very, very well narrated.
Well done. I really enjoy your videos. Steve R.
Great video!
Once again , we love the way you shoot a train . Good approaching power shot , brief shot of consist coming & going , and good end of train shot . Perfect technique. Lots of meets , crossovers , and signal knockdown shots . Ever consider using the drone at meets just about 30 to 40 feet up , and out ??? . That way one train won't block view of the other as they pass each other . We really like your commentary too .very professionally done . My group all agrees , this was one of the best videos out there . We look forward to many more .👍
Nicely done
really great video
Another great video. You do amazing work and I appreciate the limited use of the drone. They do offer some unique perspectives but as an old school photographer, I really tire of many of the contemporary stuff that loses the real perspective. Your stuff is incredibly well done. I have lived in Michigan, Wyoming, and Minnesota, railfanned in all those areas and was a train dispatcher for part of my career. Your videos bring back a lot of memories of places I've been or worked as well as suggestions for some trips now that I've retired.
Nice information and nice areal footage at 37:50
Outstanding! As usual! Everything about your video production is stellar! Best CZcams rail channel! Thanks Alex
9:50 was awesome!!!
Great video! But I wish you would have included footage from the bridge crossing at Dumas, MO just west of where you shot the last crossing in Iowa. It is very rural and a bit of a challenge to reach, but would have made for some great footage from either direction. In addition, both rails pass over an arched tunnel down below that is barely wide enough for a pick up truck to go through. It is dark and made of brick and kids love to honk the horn when going through. Footage from the Highway C bridge at Revere, MO just west of Dumas is also a great spotting location. If you get back this way, check it out.
Keokuk, Iowa also has a swing bridge for both autos and trains. Not in use anymore for autos but still used by locomotives.
I love your channel and the voiceovers too. I work for the Buckingham Branch Railroad as a freight conductor. If you could get yourself(es) over to Central Virginia, you could see us working. We are a Class-111
I like train videos on CZcams 👍
Amo muito esses vídeos sou apaixonada por trens todos os dias não me canso de ver parabéns pelos vídeos amo
11:48, 14:33 "Chief Coming!.....Big Silver Chief!" 19:39 it may be a short manifest but those coils are a heavy load! 39:07 side outs are a good time for operators in the lead unit to go to the 2nd unit to drop the duce!
No dookie in the lead unit...unless you're approaching a terminal for hand-off and you don't like the next crew base!
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@Mohamed Roman Instablaster =)
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Nice video brother 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very cool presentation, great work
nice video
Awesome videos, I really enjoy the maps with description. Please consider adding your video locations to the maps. It would add another dimension to the presentation. Wishing you continued success!
I've considered but it ends up cluttering the maps.
What is it with SD70's being changed out on the Transcons? Ha, saw an SD70ACe parked on the rip track at Shabbona, IL on the northern transcon/C&I this summer.....train in the siding was some landbarge manifest with fakebonnets pumpkins and the last C40-9 on NS. Fun times... Great video, just got back from shooting the southern transcon...shot around the shared section between CA and WB junctions, Marceline proper, as well as the intermediate signal bridges at Marceline and Bucklin, MO.
Man in La Plata when the SWC arrived it looked like it was on time for once.
Great Video 🇮🇳
Well done
Ótimo vídeo, ganhou mais um inscrito
Nice Video!!! Every train pretty much has a gevo on it I wish bnsf got more Emd!!!
my compliments sir
18:30-Changing traction motor/wheel assemblies in the field. Did that on nearly a weekly basis working on a mechanical crew out of Gillette Wyoming.
The passenger train that runs on this line is Amtrak's Southwest Chief which runs from Chicago to Los Angeles
The eastbound #4 runs in the morning and the westbound #3 runs in the evening every year around
Splendid video, great recordings. I'm a train driver myself (passengers) in Europe, but man the usage of the horns is what always suprises me 😂
Would be so not done here especially in basically all well populated area's.
The reason that's done here is because rail lines intersect roads a *lot* - and by default, the engineer is required by law to blow the horn at rail crossings.
@@davidfuller581 thanks for your answer. Makes sense! We have many crossings here as well, but oficially we only have to test them once every 24hrs, and use them when necessary.
David Fuller and drivers here have an unfortunate habit of ignoring the flashing lights and driving in front of oncoming trains, even when in well populated area's. But in La Plata one has a high number of trains per day so lots of horns.
Just a little extra info for you all.
At 14:10 they start the Marceline section but approx 7 million before it goes with in 500yds of my house in Bucklin, MO as it crosses the old Burlington Northern rte (now the same company BNSF) that takes a slightly different route threw Missouri from Chicago to Kansas City via Quincy, IL and actually comes together just west of a small town of Orrick, MO.
Us locals still call the line in this video the Santa Fe and the other line the Burlington Northern to keep them straight.
Awesome video. can't wait to watch Maria's Pass.
The only complaint I have is I would have liked to have known the train symbols, as I'm not very familiar with BNSF and UP trains.
Would love to see you cover the NS Pittsburgh line including Horseshoe Curve.
Train symbols are almost impossible on BNSF and UP because they really aren't ever used on the radio or anything.
Another fine presentation Alex! Would love to see you employ your drone more, such as at out of the way spots like bridges. Speaking of bridges, BNSF is planning the construction of a second Missouri River bridge at Sibley. I haven't been able to find any recent updates on it though. Something to look out for.
On this trip, it was pretty windy both days, which prevented flying the drone. I would have gotten much closer to the bridge at Sibley, but flying from the south shore with a stiff 15 MPH South wind, with a drone only capable of going 30 MPH airspeed, was risky. Didn't want to lose it in the Missouri!
Totally understandable.
Anything happening on that new bridge yet ???
I would love to see if you could cover the Union Pacific line between Kansas City and St. Louis I’ve get lots of variety of different trains but also gave a large number of intermodal trains
Did you see that gondola with hunting oscillation at 5:46
If you ever get to Colorado you should do the Union Pacific Greeley Subdivision
This is a very great video! I'm positive that you could make this a DVD and make lots of money
No one buys DVDs anymore dude.
@@spaceghost8995 Bluray then
Muy bien relatado e interesante. Me gusto mucho ver la " high way" de los ferrocarriles. Buen trabajo Gracias
5:45 holy Crap ive never seen a car hunt so much.
I thought for a moment it was going to derail.
Donald Thomas same, it was scary
those two? well those are jack and kevin. i named them. 😂
enjoyable
Check out the wobble on that gondola second from last car at 5:45
Do you have any good videos of grain facilities with the trains switching and doing what they do there
Could you please do the BNSF St. Joseph Subdivision?
Look at the wagon 2nd from last at 5.48 what a dangerous state, derail must be a strong possibility.
Tony Greenhill as bad as it looks it’s still fairly safe. Not that it shouldn’t be changed out, but the overall risk is still limited.
Flat Steel tire , obround wheel
Another addicting video! Had to watch it all. Questions:
When a train has multiple engines are there people in each one?
What determines the number of engines? Total weight? Number of cars?
When there are engines at both ends (or even in the middle sometimes) are they all running?
How often do they need refueling?
Are all the engines controlled from 1 place?
1. Nope only an engineer and conductor in the lead locomotive
2. Weight and the ruling (steepest) grade on the route
3. Typically, yes. Sometimes one or more are shutdown and just in transit to someplace else, or are only needed on portions of the route with the big hills and are shut down when not really needed to save fuel
4. Refuel distance varies, but at least several hundred miles
5. The locomotives are all controlled from the lead locomotive by the engineer. Locomotives up front are all wired together, and ones placed further back are controlled via radio
Great questions, most of which I had at some point!
5:48
In Germany railroaders have to call in an emergency call and call the train for an immediate stop, if we spot a car shaking this heavy. Jeez, a miracle this car didn't derail...
another great capture of the Marceline sub. I just wish youtube would of kept the advertisements to a minimum.
Hi Mark - glad you enjoyed it! CZcams runs ads essentially at my permission - there would be no ads if I weren’t in the partnership program. So you can blame me. However, please consider that the revenue is what makes these videos possible - not just here but on most channels on this website. Your only cost is a few minutes of your time - and you get unlimited free content. I hope you understand - it’s a great system that works for everybody!
That is why I gave up TV completely because there it is much worse. Keep posting trains for me because it is a big LIKE!
Goose bumps...
Comment at about the 1:00 mark.
Can you do BNSF Needles Subdivision
Rock me Mama like the wind and the rain, Rock me Mama like a south-bound train...
That Norborne 'land barge' had 200 - plus change - cars( I counted). It took rt at 2 minutes to pass. How could it be 14,000' long? By my math it would be travelling 80 mph. Track speed? Love the vids
You should railfan Springfield MO
Has the Emporia Subdivision been double tracked from KC to Emporia?
Interesting to see the CIT 3088. Would you happen to know what CIT stands for?
I really like this video. I just with youtube would stop showing ads. Nobody wants to see them. They want to enjoy watching the video.
A large share of the ad revenue goes to those of us who create the videos. With this income stream, these videos would simply not exist - at least in this quality and form.
The icon is a Timken 6 1/2X12 F Class 100 ton tapered roller bearing. The parts shown is the end cap, locking plate, and end cap bolts which are torqued to 425 foot pounds.
yep I do know the symbols. John Carr has a web site that is very informative. you should check it out.
Alex, what part of railroading do you plan to try and get into when you finish school?
Rich
Rich206L Operations/Engineering.
Are there plans to potentially add another track segment to the Sibley bridge?
Probably not in the next decade - it’d be a huge bridge as you can see and it doesn’t cause too many problems yet.
This is my first comment. I'm sorry that I's not good at English.I thought it was very cool even on railways in other countries.Is push-pull freight transportation common on that railroad?
It will take 40 of those 13,000 ft intermodal trains to clear all the containers off of a ship like the 20,000 TEU OOCL Hong Kong!!
May I ask a dumb question; why are some units facing forward and some face to the rear behind the lead power unit?
Mostly because it doesn't matter which way the trailing units are facing. The traction motors work equally well in both directions. The lead unit of course is faced forward to maximize crew visibility.
What road were you on in Gorin, Missouri? I am going to visit there this summer.
Look it up on Google Maps - it's the crossing right in "downtown" in the middle of the huge S-curve. Can't miss it!
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries ok thank you I did. Cant wait to shoot that curve
I live in Fort Madison and we get about 125-175 trains a day.
That's a bit of an overestimate! About 60-80 is more like it.
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries it depends on the day I still talk to the guys I made friends with when I drove cab for the railroad and they still say its about 125 to 175 just depends on the day and from where i live you can here the horns of the trains, when it gets warmer I will go and count and see actually how many go through Fort Madison.
Does the Southern Transcon run through Emporia, Kansas?
Yes
Did anyone notice at 1.35 the guy with no arms or legs in the water??? I think his name is Bob! LOL