Hi Walter: You always have something unique up your sleeves, and here it is!!! Thanks for posting this video and other special opportunities and catches you find!!! You're the best!!! Dave Long Island, NY
I'm always impressed to see just how gently these folks manage their couplings -- all the more impressive when it's such a non-standard vehicle providing the power.
I've been watching your uploads for quite a while now, but I very near missed this one! I'm glad I managed to catch up with it because it's a great one. That's a real hefty vehicle they've got there. I guess it's worth while checking the backlogs!
Does the truck driver have a throttle jerkers licenses or is it not required. with that truck you won't have the long wait for a locomotive, modern railroad world is a lot better. excellent video Walter....Don.
+Rebel9668 Most US and Canadian railways removed most of their specialized switch locomotives. You only see such locomotive in the classification yard now. CN was one of the first companies to get rid of switch locomotives in favor of using switch trucks as a cost management and to make dispatching switching services more flexible and fast. Most that's far away from the classification yard involves only 5 railway cars at a time at some remote spur and a truck is often better at getting dispatched than a switch engine that ends up occupying or denying passage to a mainline train. Good question to ask since I asked the same thing when CN first started doing this over 20 years ago.
pwalpar I understand. Look into them online some and you'll see. Indeed they sure are I even made a HO version of this truck. I used an Oshkosh P series as a starting point though.
+Ankhnybayar Battulga Correct me if I am I wrong but I looked that up and it means leg in one language and a type of beer in another. I am pretty sure the way you typed it means "leg" so what meaning does it have here and how is it relevant here in regards to my conversation?
amazing video combines semi and train that would come in handy only question I have I notice the drive tires ride on the rail though doesn't that start cutting at the tires or unless all of the weight is actually on the train wheels then it would make since but by the looks it looks like the drive wheels rest on the track
I bet that truck could pull up to 500 tons if it applies it's traction tires just right. The acceleration that truck had when moving that loaded gondola really demonstrated how aggressively those tires gripped the track.
Can I ask why then the main drive tires appear to sag a bit when they touch the rails? They are clearly pushing hard against the track. CNs trucks use the tires as drive wheels on their modified Western Stars. I guess it depends on the railways truck modifications.
Worked on a Brandt for BNSF MOW Barstow, Needles, Los Angeles and once in San Diego CA....fun job!
Those trucks sure pack a lot of pulling power! Neat video Walter
now that is a first. i didnt even know they did it with tractors. WoW nice view Walter. Thanks!!!
Nice one Walter. It's Interesting to watch this kinda of stuff you don't normally see.
Hi Walter: You always have something unique up your sleeves, and here it is!!! Thanks for posting this video and other special opportunities and catches you find!!! You're the best!!!
Dave
Long Island, NY
Thanks for the vid, very interesting. First time I've seen a hi-railer hitched and haulin'.....
Thanks Evan they are awesome
Awesome video, Walter. Another one added to the favorites list. Keep filmin, man.
I'm always impressed to see just how gently these folks manage their couplings -- all the more impressive when it's such a non-standard vehicle providing the power.
Never seen a nice Peterbilt truck like that! Great video!
Thanks I appreciate you watching
Thanks my friend, Your very observant
I've been watching your uploads for quite a while now, but I very near missed this one! I'm glad I managed to catch up with it because it's a great one. That's a real hefty vehicle they've got there. I guess it's worth while checking the backlogs!
Thanks Terence, I am delighted you liked it
Thanks Michael, it is an awesome vehicle
Thanks Bob my best one back is called truck that pulls a train and is similar to this truck These are awesome trucks
Thanks Dave
I love it, especially when you asked if he knew what he was doing LOL!!! Great video!!!
God that is a sweet truck. Great Power house under the hood...
That is such an interesting vehicle!
i used to owned 2 kenworth t2000 five years ago was owner operator...nice vid !!
Thanks for watching
Thanks Jimmy
Thanks Dustin
You may have to design one LOL Thanks Walker
Thanks Eddie
Thanks my friend
Thanks Earle
That truck is my favorite I don't get really see them in new jersey though....great catch!!!
Thanks for the compliments Dave
Good catch!
In Seattle, the regional transit authority uses this for their LRT MOW vehicle instead of a Unimog.
Yes its an awesome truck Thanks
Good one Walter!! Different!!
...Jimmy...
we work on alot of those trucks for n.s, csx, and contractors , as trucks go they are built heavy duty.
great video something different ,but interesting walter enjoyed it
very good walter!!
Well, it may not be an actual locomotive, but it looks like it gets the job done.
Thanks im glad you watched it then
I caught one of these pulling a work train in Tacoma a few months ago
They seem to work well. Thanks Thom :-)
Thanks Brian sounds like a good use of it to me
@Lea71777 Thanks Jim Im sure its pretty expensive equipment so maybe not too many companies have them
nice WC boxcar in the background
Great video Walter.
The Shade Tree Fix-it Man Thanks George :-)
Amazing sights Walter, never seen anything like it before....Bob
Does the truck driver have a throttle jerkers licenses or is it not required. with that truck you won't have the long wait for a locomotive, modern railroad world is a lot better. excellent video Walter....Don.
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That's Ol' J.W. Dodson throwing switches for Brandt truck. He used to be my foreman when I worked with this company
Yes I knew Dodson Thanks for commenting
Thanks
LOL Thanks Mark
Is this truck used for moving railroad construction equipment or is a regular yard switcher. Excellent video!
Thats a great looking toy to have in the toolkit, weird looking to say the lest, seeing a truck on train tracks, but it works.. LOL Like it :-)
I like this video walter❤
@NJCoastExp Ok thanks for your comment :D...
Well, aint that just something!?!?!? Move over EMD, your SWs got competition now!!
Indeed thanks Paul
Thanks Alfred. Guess I was at the right place right time LOL
This is probably going to come off sounding ignorant, but why don't they just have a switcher locomotive for this kind of work?
+Rebel9668 Most US and Canadian railways removed most of their specialized switch locomotives. You only see such locomotive in the classification yard now. CN was one of the first companies to get rid of switch locomotives in favor of using switch trucks as a cost management and to make dispatching switching services more flexible and fast. Most that's far away from the classification yard involves only 5 railway cars at a time at some remote spur and a truck is often better at getting dispatched than a switch engine that ends up occupying or denying passage to a mainline train. Good question to ask since I asked the same thing when CN first started doing this over 20 years ago.
Awesome
the R4 version of this is more refined and easier to maintain. It even has a swing coupler that swings from inside the bumper.
I dont know a lot about them but they are cool trucks
pwalpar I understand. Look into them online some and you'll see. Indeed they sure are I even made a HO version of this truck. I used an Oshkosh P series as a starting point though.
+EMDSD14R Tui tui.
+Ankhnybayar Battulga Correct me if I am I wrong but I looked that up and it means leg in one language and a type of beer in another. I am pretty sure the way you typed it means "leg" so what meaning does it have here and how is it relevant here in regards to my conversation?
amazing video combines semi and train that would come in handy only question I have I notice the drive tires ride on the rail though doesn't that start cutting at the tires or unless all of the weight is actually on the train wheels then it would make since but by the looks it looks like the drive wheels rest on the track
+Ricky Boles The drive wheels are above the rail
What motor does the truck have
+Ricky Boles Cummins engine
Ricky Boles ffffff
That would be awesome
Thanks Paul I agree
Thanks, I appreciate it
thanks
Thanks Jason :-)
That different ,kinda feel bad for them boys for not being given a real train engine to do their switching lol
Thanks Bob :-)
I bet that truck could pull up to 500 tons if it applies it's traction tires just right. The acceleration that truck had when moving that loaded gondola really demonstrated how aggressively those tires gripped the track.
+Phillip Mulligan it dont use the rubber tire on the track it has an electric traction motor just like a train
Can I ask why then the main drive tires appear to sag a bit when they touch the rails? They are clearly pushing hard against the track. CNs trucks use the tires as drive wheels on their modified Western Stars. I guess it depends on the railways truck modifications.
+Phillip Mulligan I dont know all the details my friend maybe you can see better in this video how it works czcams.com/video/2ZYvHZkwzTM/video.html
+Phillip Mulligan Thanks for the info my friend
Thanks Joe :-)
Thanks Nash :-)
Thanks for the info
I dont know Don Thanks buddy
I spy a Wisconsin Central boxcar!!!! ;-)
What is this machine on the wagon? It looks like an ordinary road machine.
Super !
It's a surprise to me that a road vehicle like this high rail truck would have the muscle to haul around big heavy railroad cars.
It is an awesome vehicle it has A traction motor and does not use its transmission to pull
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Thanks pete
Too much radio noise. I would have liked to have heard the truck actually work.
Awesome video
Thank You :-)
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So does ns actually own the truck or is it a contractor?
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Thank You :-)
i like train vidoes on youtube walter
Gracias Amigo :-)
do you know any informations of gearbox and engine of this truck?
thanks
My dad is a engineer he has this truck now 😂
Hey thats cool You can be proud of him. Thanks
I would too LOL Thanks
I agree thanks
thanks anyway! good video!
Interesting. Not often you see a truck doing switching; or pulling freight cars.
I dont remember I think it was just a hello of sorts, he knows me well
Thanks I agree with you 100 percent. :-)
how much time does it take to get in on "road wheels"?
+shomugger They get paid by the hour lol Thanks for watching
Does the train wheels drive by themselves or does the truck wheels drive?
Cristiano Ronaldo On this truck the train wheels have an electric motor that drives it
pwalpar oh thanks for clearing that up for me
Thanks :-)
I like train videos on you tube😀
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Thank You :-)
what the spec of that truck sir....
Thanks you will always learn stuff in my videos LOL even if it a lesson on how not to make a video lOL
does he still work for railroad Walter, do you know?
I aint been in touch in a few yrs so I do not know