Extreme Trains - The Overnite Traveler - PART 2
The Amtrak Empire Builder, runs from Chicago to Seattle and is the busiest passenger train in America. The route passes through America's longest tunnel where Matt finds out how the railroad keeps passengers from choking to death and how to keep the tracks from flooding. In the Cascade Mountains Matt finds out what it takes to the keep the rails clear of snow drifts over a dozen feet high!
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HD: Extreme Winter Action on the New England Central Railroad
Thick snowfalls and blizzard drifts are what Vermont winter railroading is all about. Here, we capture several daylight mainline freights who are running late due to the storms, and also a "plow extra" light locomotive who runs 40 MPH to clear off at least a foot of concentrated snow to allow safer travel for Amtrak's Vermonter. The winter scene is nice, but to top it off are a great variety of locomotive models and paint schemes! Here, between MP 67 and 68 on the NECR Roxbury Sub, we catch these trains across these dates: (Note: 323 is Northbound and 324 is Southbound, 323 is down grade and 324 is up hill) 323 - 2/5/11 FEC SD40-2 721 NECR SD40 5032 "Conrail" 324 - 2/13/11 CSOR D8E-39B 8530 CEFX SD40-2 3398 324 had trouble climbing up the hill due to problems with the 3398, as it was idling past the camera. You can see the conductor out on the catwalk. About half a mile after my position, I heard 3398 roar into Notch 8 (you can hear it in the distance if you listen carefully at 04:15). Once the locomotives got back to strength, the train picks up speed. Next catch involves a nice Conrail pair on the front! 323 - 2/19/11 NECR SD40 6281 "Conrail" NECR SD40 5032 "Conrail" FEC SD40-2 722 NECR GP38 3850 Next catch in thick, wet inch-per-hour snow! 323 - 2/25/11 CEFX SD40-2 3715 FEC GP40-2 437 NECR GP38 3850 And last but not least... "Plow Extra" - 3/7/11 RMPX GP40-2LW "CN" Some videos were taken in town Northfield and others behind the Norwich University campus. Because I don't have a vehicle on campus, I am limited to what walking distance I feel like braving through the brutal elements.
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