Union Pacific Passenger Train Crew Change in Los Angeles

Union Pacific Passenger Train makes a crew change in LA as the train is heading north. Some very cool old rail cars for sure.

[sardu]

For those of you keeping score at home, this is how long many big-time passenger trains were in the old days. The carried the whole load: coaches, club cars, dining cars, bar or lounge cars, compartment cars with rooms, baggage cars and even rail post office cars. These trains could be very long. The Santa Fe Super Chief, for example, always carried at least 2 cars for dining or bar/lounge use and even included the popular dome cars where you could read, chill, smoke anything you wanted to smoke or drink whatever you wanted to drink. You could write letters at a several desks that were fancy. The one I used to write post cards to drop off at Winslow, Arizona for the gang back in Chicago was super solid teak with dark walnut inlays. It also had fountain pens with wells if you wanted to use that, or official Santa Fe Chief pens or pencils (which people would 'borrow') with bankers lamps sitting on top. I went in the car at night after it cooled down in there and used the desk then with the light on since the car was dimmed pretty low. For a young high school kid that was fun stuff. The porter would come by to check our drinks. I was knocking down straight cans of Coke which cost 25 cents, of which I tipped him 10 cents each refill. For that, he slipped me a free can now and then. Great time. If that train was still running, or one like it, I'd buy a ticket yesterday and be on it today. It's amazing that such a fine way to travel, almost a destination in its own right, got the axe was killed off just when it was needed. We got Amtrak and buses, someone got a bunch of scrap metal and the fat boys got most of the money.

[adamm]

Now that is one beautiful train, absolutely gleaming. Thanks for the video!

[ccaammiinniiito]

Thank you for helping me live out one of my railroad fantasies!

[dkjb]

American vehicles are always neat, clean and very shiny 🌟🌟

Whether the vehicles are train, bushes, car or trucks

[Βαςπαπ]

Fantastic! This beautiful Union Pacific horn and the bell shows an authentic American train! Greetings from Greece

[dylanjavaheri]

wow! that train that is union pacific is cool and i love trains such as union pacific, amtrak california zephyr, and amtrak cal, cal train, and csx

[damianjoelrodriguez]

that new model (SD70AH) is incredible and the horn amanzing

[cats]

Boy. They saved the best of the passenger equipment they had for themselves, and AMRTAK got the rest.

[schrap]

I love the car with the American flag on it! I've never seen it before! It's beautiful. All of those cars are beautiful. Great catch! I don't know it I'll ever see that here in Charleston but I wish I could.

[mosesperalta]

The horn sound exactly like the Ferromex locomotive 4041 in the protests video

[iggybeauchance]

No walkin round n wigglin n shakin n pannin n zoomin n wind blast... tripod, good audio, nice camera work.., ..

[Dan-uvlw]

Awesome, just love trains, Wish I had mine but no room to set it up and use it.

[BigBoyO]

Thanks for this video so much. I love the sharp quality along with the up close shot. This inspires me more to become a locomotive engineer for Union Pacific. Man, those two engines were very shinny and new!

[Hr_desi_rider]

In India its impossible to change like this, before going to take a train, loco pilot have tested for alcohol

[topviraltv-tvt]

Loco love,
Love to see!
Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[MrMercurybullet]

That fucking bell. Americans love their horns and bells, all that noise and nobody seems to take notice anyway.

[charlottevictoria.hubbard]

I’m from The UK. Those Union Pacific engines are monsters.

[zacheryfryer]

That SD70Ah and the That ET44AC look amazing!!!!

[victorschepers]

Is there any place to sleep or are there a decent restroom in those locks????👍🇾🇪

[adrianu]

I don’t get it, they literally just got out of LATC yard.. why couldn’t they crew change there?