Abandoned Union Pacific locomotives with engines running.

im pretty sure if you steal it they could follow your tracks

I'm pretty sure this dude is the engineer and is doing a PRANK.

Has anyone noticed that: 1. The reverser was missing from the locomotive he entered. That probably wasn't the lead loco. 2. The crew might have been in the far loco. 3. One of the crew members might have been a friend of this guy, so he told the crew to hide so this guy could make a funny video. 4. It's always a possibility that these locos were remote control locos.

Locomotives have a key-handle (reverser key) that is removed by the engineer when leaving the engine running. He is supposed to take the key with him (often they just hide them in the cab). In sub-zero temperatures, engines are always left running. With the key removed, the throttle cannot not be operated, so the engine cannot be operated. You need to have the key to move the engine.

You just blew the opportunity to add Grand Theft Locomotive to your permanent record. A bit disappointing.

Starts a 7 year long Comment War

I only came here to read the comments and see how everyone has gone insane. lmao

If someone were to steal this train, where would they drive it to? It only goes in two directions!!!

Union Pacific now requires train crews to padlock the doors to locomotives when parked outside a rail yard in order to keep trespassers like you from doing what you're doing. I personally handed out a bunch of keys to rail crews for the locks.

Obviously an employee video. Only an engineer or conductor would refer to these as 'tied together'.

Do you also enter people's homes because they leave their TV running?

After 11 years, I’m surprised Union Pacific hasn’t requested deletion of this video. Shows they are pretty confident no one is stealing one. Meanwhile, all the theft from container trains in LA is a big headache for BNSF.

U probably work for Union Pacific and you walked away started recording and got on your train

I would have laughed if there was actually someone on the toilet! "areeeee you on the toile....OH WHOA SORRY UHHHH I'LL DELETE THIS PART!"

Fake or not, it looks pretty cool on the inside of a train.

I know you’re getting a lot of flack for boarding these units but they’re left running during winter to protect the engine blocks from getting damaged from the cooling water from freezing and expanding, this cracking the blocks. Each unit has a guru (or many) that’ll dump the water when it gets close to freezer to protect the engine but then you’ll have a unit in the boonies that’s dead and drained and disabled. That’s probably why they’re sitting their running. Also, train crew sometimes forgets to turn the bell off when they leave the units. I’ve seen them do it a few times in the yard.

A lot of folks think the find abandoned unite but, they are remote control units and the operator is not far away my friend.

hmmm he was probably making this during a crew swap as a joke

Diesel electric trains are 2 stroke engines with water as coolant, not antifreeze. If the temp drops below 40 deg F they leave the engines running to keep the coolant from freezing. Starting a diesel engine uses more fuel and pollutes more than letting it idle a while. Yes, the reverser was missing. The reverser has three positions, reverse, forward, and neutral. In neutral the reverser [key] can be removed thus locking the throttle controller and disabling the locomotive. If he was not the engineer doing a video prank, then the engineer could have been down by the rail cars inspecting them, or he was off shift and the train was just waiting for the next engineer to arrive with a reverser key.

Back many years ago, I was stopped by the Security Division of the C&O Railway, which had a 4-track Main running along side the barn area of the Detroit race Course...I used to cross over those tracks to short-cut to the barns, and save 15 minutes walking... After being stopped numerous times, and assuring them i was well-versed in RR Safety( My uncle was a Head-end Brakeman on the C&O)...they looked the other way and gave me no grief...However, walking over to to crew shack near the Kroger Warehouse and letting them know when my horses were on"GO" didn't hurt matters, either....All and all, a great bunch of guys, i hope they are enjoying their retirement...