Wish I knew. There are some details on the screen at the beginning of the video, maybe those can shed some light? Going back to watch again and see... Richland, MP 77.5. Here's the details from the video's info:
lulz. No, racing trains isn't prototypical. But that doesn't mean the railroads have never tried to make it look like they were racing. Back in the day, there was a stretch in or near Chicago where the PRR and the NYC ran parallel and in close proximity for a short stretch. The (if I remember correctly) Broadway and the Twentieth Century were scheduled into town at just about the same time for a while, and often ran that stretch side-by-side during those days. It wasn't a race, but you'd have been hard-pressed to convince the little boys (of all ages) trackside of that fact. I'm glad the crews are allowed to have a little fun now and then.
Just for the record, I knew that. It's just a neat video. And very neat to see both ends go by just about perfectly side-by-side.
I figured you did. And, yes, thank you very much for posting it. Looks like fun! Since most double track ends in a squeeze to single track, there are few places in the world where that could even happen...
Actually there were a couple of stretches of track in both Montana and Washington where, at least unofficially, Milwaukee Road and Northern Pacific trains would race each other. Confirmed by old rails of both companies, plus documented in both old film and stills. They'd 'slightly' exceed allowed speeds....
I have been involved in a few of these as a conductor and engineer. If your the slower train and they need to get one by there they go!Happens a lot on the BNSF Chilli sub. Galesburg trains are usually "junk" trains and in the way of the great fleet to Chicago or LA. So you get passed by a ton of z,q and s trains. It is a bit unnerving if your cruising at about 40 and a z blasts past you at 70. Gives me a smidge of vertigo! Here is a vid from the cab of the Nebraska Zephyr passing a train on the Mendota Sub. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3zhPkIHbqc
What a rush! The symphony of horns was music to my ears! Thanks for posting! Ken took the words outta my mouth. Back in the early electrification days, the Westinghouse Quill motors could outrun anything with wheels. They had 3 shunts. Two for throttle, and one for regenerative brakes. If you put a Quill motor into the third shunt but didn't throttle down, you could keep accelerating. (Electric Way Across the Mountains, Steinheimer, pg 58)
Pretty cool catch, there. The only thing I can think of that would make it more interesting is if both had cabeese on the tail ends instead of FREDs. Nice Job. :tb-biggrin:
You know, I find it interesting that the ends of both trains were matched up almost perfectly, even though the fronts of the trains were not matched up.
Seen it once in Cheyenne, WY. There's a four-track stretch from the yard west wo where the Harriman line veers south toward Speer, so it's not too unusual.
So... what happens at the switch? (what you don't know is that this video is the trailer for "Unstoppable 2: Hell is Double-tracked")
Maitland Steamfest 2010 - 3 x steam vs 2 x Tiger Moth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD1Bnaryp60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waClVBF_ba0&feature=related
