Westbound Amtrak Bluewater at 100+ MPH @ Mattawan, MI (10/23/23)

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  • čas přidán 22. 10. 2023
  • 10:35am (10:35)
    - Amtrak Bluewater 365 heads westbound from Kalamazoo to Chicago passes under the Main St Bridge (Amtrak MP 156.2) at 100+ MPH in Mattawan, MI
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Komentáře • 55

  • @blu2thdude247
    @blu2thdude247 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Nah! Maybe 50-55 mph.

  • @tombamberger-iq1xr
    @tombamberger-iq1xr Před 5 měsíci +25

    That doesnt even look close to 100mph , more like 45 to 50 .

    • @soulbrother61
      @soulbrother61 Před 2 měsíci +2

      That looks like 100 to me, i work on railway & these pass me most days

    • @jamesschenk
      @jamesschenk Před měsícem

      It's the trains size that makes it looks like it's going slower it's not a car

    • @sfopaladin2661
      @sfopaladin2661 Před měsícem +2

      I'm with you Tom. I'd say 50 to 60 mph tops!
      No way that was close to 100.

    • @alidycepaisley3829
      @alidycepaisley3829 Před 25 dny

      Looks about 100.

  • @snugbug5067
    @snugbug5067 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I believe it is moving that fast. Though I cant gauge the actual speed by listening, but after watching another excellent train doc just yesterday, the modern rail system is phenomenally efficient and very likely get up high speeds on straight stretches where and when they could. Even their fuel usage is tremendous in a good way.

  • @hobsonbeeman7529
    @hobsonbeeman7529 Před 5 měsíci +11

    More like 69-70….

  • @dontlookback3549
    @dontlookback3549 Před měsícem +6

    no way that train was doing 100mph; get a life!

  • @lechiffre1914
    @lechiffre1914 Před měsícem +1

    Im surprised to see an American train going so fast!

  • @deuxshed
    @deuxshed Před 10 dny +1

    I also thought it looked slower than 100 mph. But per Google Maps, from Webster Street to the edge of the Main Street Bridge is around 750 feet. The front of the engine covers that distance in about 4.5 seconds. That’s roughly 167 feet per second, or almost 114 mph. (Unless I’m mistaken on any of these measurements or calculations.)

  • @bertiewooster3326
    @bertiewooster3326 Před měsícem +4

    Man that ain't no 100mph I knows.

  • @Greatdome99
    @Greatdome99 Před měsícem +2

    One car length/second = ~60 mph (88 ft/sec). How long does it take for one car length to pass in this video? Then do the math.

  • @Man0fMeans
    @Man0fMeans Před 5 měsíci +6

    72 mph

  • @icenijohn2
    @icenijohn2 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Is the rear Charger under power or is it shut down? If the latter, why is it in the consist at all? I hardly think a short train like that needs both locos to power it over fairly level track.

  • @lindaosika7648
    @lindaosika7648 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Did those signals ring?

  • @Bickhawk
    @Bickhawk Před 2 měsíci +3

    The over speed trip on Amtrak locomotives is 79 mph

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      not true

    • @Bickhawk
      @Bickhawk Před 27 dny

      What do you think it is?

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      @@Bickhawk there's a lot of train speed limits posted on Wiki, all the way up tp 220 mph in California, the eastern Corridor is 125 mph

  • @concorde2003
    @concorde2003 Před měsícem +1

    Lubalin Graph...bold choice.

  • @KPDenver
    @KPDenver Před 4 měsíci +5

    Why have 30 seconds of nothing for 20 seconds of train?

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 21 dnem

      because the train was going 100 mph and he wanted to catch it on film and no reason to edit out 20 seconds and you're fckn stupid

  • @ImanRailfans-th4ef
    @ImanRailfans-th4ef Před 4 měsíci

    🎉🎉🎉💪💪👍👍🤝🤝

  • @sanitman1488
    @sanitman1488 Před 5 měsíci +3

    80mph

  • @snugbug5067
    @snugbug5067 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Another fact is the regulation on speed limits is 50mph max for freight rail and more for passenger rail, it is 70mph.

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      also not true, where tf ppl getting their info at? Maybe your in mexico or something but American railways can go 150 mph look it up on Wiki

    • @snugbug5067
      @snugbug5067 Před 27 dny

      @@richardbaumgart2454 I learned the max speeds allowed for both, based on a very credible video put out by a career man of the American Rail System. Passenger Rail is either 70 or 80 max where practical. When I find the actual video I'll mention it here by name.

    • @snugbug5067
      @snugbug5067 Před 27 dny

      @@richardbaumgart2454 I also said whst they can do L E G A LL Y not maximum capable speed.
      150 miles per hr is insanely fast and not even logistically possible in most grades, turns, and conditions of population density !! 🙄

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      @@snugbug5067 yeah there are lower speed limits in highly populated areas....make sure you know your facts before commenting tho

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      @@snugbug5067 some places in the US a train can do 225 legally, most of the eastern corridor is legally limited to 125 mph

  • @berndm9743
    @berndm9743 Před 27 dny +3

    Looked like about 50mph at most

  • @rodneycody8746
    @rodneycody8746 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Ok radar

  • @jeanbanbois3940
    @jeanbanbois3940 Před měsícem +5

    Amtrak trains can’t do 100 MPH, going downhill with a 50 MPH trailing wind !!!

  • @user-ou3dm6th3x
    @user-ou3dm6th3x Před měsícem +8

    100+mph? Don’t think so. Not even 100kph

    • @A_youtube_channel_
      @A_youtube_channel_ Před měsícem +1

      Just calculated it. Apparently each amtrack car is 85 feet so I looked at the amount of passenger cars in the vid and that was about 5 which brought the length to about 425 feet. Then I looked at the time stamp on the video for those 5 cars to pass and it was almost perfectly 3 seconds from 0:45 to 0:48. 425 feet divided by 3 seconds means 142 feet per second and that equates to 96 mph. So it’s pretty much going 100 mph. The size of the train makes it look slower

    • @airfiero4772
      @airfiero4772 Před měsícem

      @@A_youtube_channel_ nice math work! 👍

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 27 dny

      check out the videos on 300 mph trains,...100 mph looks turtle slow. I'm not saying this is going 100 tho.

    • @c58rytcx
      @c58rytcx Před 21 dnem +1

      I run this exact train through here 6 days a week. Track speed through Mattawan is 110 mph.

    • @richardbaumgart2454
      @richardbaumgart2454 Před 21 dnem

      @@c58rytcx hey fellow Michigander ppl here are trying to say 70 mph is the nation wide speed limit for trains which goes to show you how ppl don't know sh*t on the internet and will argue about it 😂 😂

  • @rickbullock4331
    @rickbullock4331 Před 25 dny +4

    Not even close to 100 m.p.h. maybe km/h or 62 m.p.h.

  • @CCBP1216
    @CCBP1216 Před 4 měsíci +6

    All these folks who think they know the actual speed of the train when I have perfect pitch and can tell what the speed is based on the trains passing.... easily 110

  • @PurpleObscuration
    @PurpleObscuration Před 4 měsíci +6

    More like 35 mph

    • @card797
      @card797 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Faster than that...probably not 100+ though.

    • @cascade5682
      @cascade5682 Před 4 měsíci

      Showing the speed from Amtrak website track-your-train will add accuracy to the next video.

    • @user-md1en4kb8x
      @user-md1en4kb8x Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@cascade5682❤

  • @208467
    @208467 Před 27 dny +1

    OMG sooo sloooow. Check out a real high speed train and see the difference, twice as fast.

  • @jozefhubacek4518
    @jozefhubacek4518 Před 26 dny

    Ha,ha,ha, comunist China Has 30 OOO km , high speed railways!

    • @brettbuck7362
      @brettbuck7362 Před 26 dny

      Yes, and a dictator for life. We don't want either one.

  • @williamd6967
    @williamd6967 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Bullshit