Dramatic Cab Ride

[Euclid]

I like the sense of speed with the view down the long running boards.  I also like the way they have retained the sense of a bouncy ride as opposed to having the camera locked to the locomotive for perfect image stability.  If you turn up the volume and use full screen, it puts you right there.

Apparently they blow the horn more or less continuously similar to an emergency vehicle.  I can imagine that with all of the people, animals, and vehicles roaming around on the tracks, they would be well served to give lots of warning.     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgg9JlX5aok

[CShaveRR]

Interesting!  For all practical purposes, 111 kph is equal to 69 mph.

Interesing that they're sophisticated enough to run this fast, have a decent signal system and operations, but still depend on a green flag to signal something from the cab to the ground.

[rdamon]

Seems like they could combine the alerter with the horn button..

Is there two horns or was that from another train?

[Euclid]

Here is what this looks like from the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CKEF8yY40

 

Here is another set of intense trains on India Railways.  It starts with a tank car unit train sequence that shows the practice.  They have two cover cars and a caboose.  In India, I see cabooses that look like transfer cabooses in U.S. practice.  There seem to be more coverage of passenger trains than freight trains, but IR must run a lot of freight trains too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0nS3hVbeBk

 

Here is another dramatic cab ride with an Alco rather than an EMD as was the prior cab ride.  I think the sound quality is quite high, making it possible to turn the volume up to actually match the actual sound if you were on the locomotive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSwldUn2dA

[BaltACD]

Euclid

Here is what this looks like from the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CKEF8yY40

 

Here is another set of intense trains on India Railways.  It starts with a tank car unit train sequence that shows the practice.  They have two cover cars and a caboose.  In India, I see cabooses that look like transfer cabooses in U.S. practice.  There seem to be more coverage of passenger trains than freight trains, but IR must run a lot of freight trains too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0nS3hVbeBk

 

Here is another dramatic cab ride with an Alco rather than an EMD as was the prior cab ride.  I think the sound quality is quite high, making it possible to turn the volume up to actually match the actual sound if you were on the locomotive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSwldUn2dA

India is certanily in love with their enginemen waving green flags.  Just wish I knew what and who they are trying to communicate with them.

[Euclid]

BaltACD

India is certanily in love with their enginemen waving green flags.  Just wish I knew what and who they are trying to communicate with them.

 

From this link:

https://www.quora.com/In-India-when-a-long-distance-train-crosses-a-small-station-without-stopping-why-does-the-station-master-wave-a-green-flag-to-the-train-What-is-he-indicating

The purpose of the green flag signal:

 

“It is called as the all-right signal. He is indicating that the train is clear to proceed as the semaphore suggests. The station master can override the semaphore signal sometimes if he finds some problems such as fault in the track, derailed bogies, dragging equipment, etc. The train has to stop if the station master shows a red flag, even if you can find not only station masters, but level crossing gate keepers, drivers of other trains that pass by and workers along the tracks showing green flag.e semaphore signal is green.”

I would say it is similar to the highball hand signal that station operators used to give in this country when trains passed.  I assume that in India, they still have a lot of open stations whereas in the U.S. most of them have been eliminated.