Every week, two GE Evolution locomotives travel from Florida to New Jersey hauling 41 refrigerated freight cars of Tropicana orange juice. The 4,440-horsepower Juice Train uses 11% less fuel than a regular locomotive and is strong enough to move 170 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.
A GE Juice Train. (Image via GE)
Not only is the train colossal — it's 3,200 feet long — it’s smart too. The computers in the high-tech cabin collect, in five-second intervals, gigabytes of data, such as location, throttle position, speed, temperature, and mechanical performance.
The train’s engine feeds data to an intelligence system located at the railroad headquarters that blends it with other information, such as scheduling. The entire railroad system can become a network that helps choose ideal speeds and routes to improve track capacity.
In order to gain a better understanding (and create a really cool video), GE accessed the train’s data while a film crew mounted two HD camera in weatherproof cases to each side of the front of the train, about two feet off center. After the cameras recorded the 48-hour journey, the footage was stitched together to create the film you are about to watch.
Get ready to travel along the east coast (about 1,200 miles) in just 156 seconds. Just watch the video below.
(Video via GE)
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