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Highlights from the 2024 Cordele Railfan Festival
After a one year absence, a friend and I attended the 2024 Cordele Railfan Festival. We spent three days in Cordele, and got footage from all three days. Here are the locos I saw plus some additional highlights of the weekend.
Sources for locomotive information:
NS: www.nsdash9.com
CSX: www.thedieselshop.com
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September, 2024, railfanning.
Просмотров 1902 месяца назад
I did get out for a couple of days in late September to watch trains at Austell, GA and Cordele, GA. Caught another CSX heritage unit in the process. Sources for locomotive information: NS: www.nsdash9.com CSX, UP, CPKS: www.thedieselshop.com
Showdown at the Diamond
Просмотров 636 месяцев назад
During my Father's Day visit to Cordele, GA, two trains approached the diamond at about the same time, resulting in a classic "showdown." Who won out? Locomotive information: NS: nsdash9.com CSX: thedieselshop.us Music: "Roadside Canyon Blues" Licensed through Storyblocks.com
C & O Heritage Unit leads monster mixed freight at Cordele, GA
Просмотров 406 месяцев назад
I caught my first glimpse of one of the new CSX Heritage Units on a Father's Day trip to Cordele, GA. This loco was followed by 187 cars of awesomeness including a DPU. Enjoy! Locomotive information source: thedieselshop.us
A sunny May day in Henry County, GA
Просмотров 766 месяцев назад
Three trains that came through Henry County, Georgia on May 26, 2024. Two sighted at Locust Grove, and one sighted at the Flippen Road crossing in McDonough, GA Sources for locomotive information: NS: nsdash9.com BNSF and UP: thedieselshop.com
37 locomotives at Cordele, GA
Просмотров 1627 месяцев назад
On a Saturday in May, I was treated to sixteen trains in only a little over six hours at Cordele, GA. This video contains the 37 locomotives from those trains. Unfortunately, nothing too special; just ordinary NS and CSX locomotives. Nevertheless, it was a fun day. Sources for locomotive information: CSX: thedieselshop.us NS: nsdash9.com
April Afternoon at Austell, GA
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I spent two hours in Austell in late April and the result was seven trains and two locomotives running light. Locomotive info: NS: NSDash9.com/roster/html UP and BNSF: thedieselshop.us
One Hour at Locust Grove, Georgia
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A few weeks back, I stopped by the Locust Grove viewing platform and in less than one hour, I caught three trains. 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Southbound tanker trail 3:01 First Northbound intermodal 7:05 Second Northbound intermodal Locomotive information source: dash9.com
Two Trains at Alexander Park, McDonough, GA
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Alexander Park in McDonough, GA has several good vantage points for viewing trains. Here are a couple of trains I caught over the last several weeks.
December Austell Afternoon
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Wasn't too busy at Austell when I went there on a recent Friday. Nice variety of trains and locos though. Sorry for the lack of content lately, but I really haven't had the chance to get out when the weather has been cooperating. I hope to do better for 2024. Locomotive model sources: NS dash9.com UP and BNSF thedieselshop.com
Return to Cordele!
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A six-hour period on an early September, 2023 day yielded 13 trains. Here are the highlights. Locomotive information sources: CSX: www.thedieselshop.us NS: www.nsdash9.com
25 Locomotives in 5 minutes at Fort Madison, IA
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Here's (just about) all the locomotives I saw on my recent day out at Fort Madison, IA. (Almost) all BNSF, (Almost) all GE Power. Hope you like it! Locomotive information source: Trains Magazine
Amtrak "50th Anniversary" Livery at Fort Madison, Iowa
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I spent an early July day in Fort Madison, IA, and caught Amtrak 160 leading the Southwest Chief eastbound to Chicago. Locomotive information via Wikipedia Music: "Drankin Song": Kevin MacLeod via RUclips Creator Music
3 Trains in 1 Hour at Locust Grove, GA
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Sometimes you just get lucky. I swung by the train viewing platform at Locust Grove, and within one hour, I caught three trains: two southbound and one northbound. Source for locomotive information: BNSF: Trains Magazine UP: RRPicturearchive.net
NS "Warbonnet" Livery Leads Intermodal through Locust Grove, GA
Просмотров 92Год назад
The title says it all. NS 4003 led four other locomotives pulling this long intermodal through Locust Grove, GA
Mixed Freight at Flippen, GA; May 6, 2023
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Mixed Freight at Flippen, GA; May 6, 2023
April Intermodal in Flippen, Georgia
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April Intermodal in Flippen, Georgia
Autumn Austell Adventure
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Autumn Austell Adventure
2022 Cordele Railfan Festival
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2022 Cordele Railfan Festival
HOG 2129 Arrives at Cordele
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HOG 2129 Arrives at Cordele
Out and About in Henry County, GA
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Out and About in Henry County, GA
Back to Cordele! August 31, 2022
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Back to Cordele! August 31, 2022
CSX GMS-2 Geometry Car at Cordele, GA
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CSX GMS-2 Geometry Car at Cordele, GA
23 Locomotives in Less than 9 minutes. (Irondale, AL and Dalton, GA)
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23 Locomotives in Less than 9 minutes. (Irondale, AL and Dalton, GA)
UP 1111 "Powered by our People" through Locust Grove, GA
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UP 1111 "Powered by our People" through Locust Grove, GA
Railfanning Alexander Park in McDonough, GA
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Railfanning Alexander Park in McDonough, GA
April Day at Cordele, GA
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April Day at Cordele, GA
A Sunday Afternoon at Dalton, Georgia
Просмотров 1022 года назад
A Sunday Afternoon at Dalton, Georgia
Christmas Eve Manifest Freight at McDonough, GA
Просмотров 8613 года назад
Christmas Eve Manifest Freight at McDonough, GA
2021 Cordele Railfan Festival
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2021 Cordele Railfan Festival

Комментарии

  • @dennisnolan5095
    @dennisnolan5095 Месяц назад

    Gotta love the enthusiasm from young rail fans! ☺

  • @williamdavid9333
    @williamdavid9333 Месяц назад

    Great video, thanks for sharing! Great horn salute.

  • @dennisnolan5095
    @dennisnolan5095 2 месяца назад

    @ 9:25 something very vibrant caught my eye. 😉

  • @dennisnolan5095
    @dennisnolan5095 7 месяцев назад

    This is almost like being there, thanks for posting, Rail Geek.

  • @dennisnolan5095
    @dennisnolan5095 7 месяцев назад

    Nice trains...looks like it was a good day.

  • @nikekidingram2998
    @nikekidingram2998 11 месяцев назад

    I ❤️ love the American flag

  • @dennisnolan5095
    @dennisnolan5095 Год назад

    Thank you for this....I somehow find your videos soothing.

    • @railgeekusa
      @railgeekusa Год назад

      You're very welcome, my friend.

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

    NOOOOOOO

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

    Hope i see you there some day

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

    4:46 that little car i rare

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

    i might see you there one day i usually railfan there

  • @JointedStudios
    @JointedStudios Год назад

    You made a mistake at the Time stamp: 1:30. It says CSX 762 Is an EMD SD70MAC which is not true and is actually an ES44AC.

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 2 года назад

    I wonder if i ever saw you once in Locust grove or Jodeco road / Flippin road i believe? or Stockbridge GA but somehow i never saw you

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 2 года назад

    man wish i saw that there

  • @DTRProductions.
    @DTRProductions. 2 года назад

    This spot is Dead Cause this line gets barely any trains

    • @vuurvrproductions4656
      @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

      wrong, usually theres alot of trains at 8AM on Saturdays

    • @DTRProductions.
      @DTRProductions. Год назад

      @@vuurvrproductions4656 well over here by my house, It’s dead in the afternoon

    • @vuurvrproductions4656
      @vuurvrproductions4656 Год назад

      @@DTRProductions. says that theres always trains every hour but that seems wrong now.

  • @kodachrome9319
    @kodachrome9319 2 года назад

    Not an emergency, but thanks for the click bait.

  • @mccoy79productions66
    @mccoy79productions66 2 года назад

    Very cool!

  • @joshpack7330
    @joshpack7330 2 года назад

    3:36 that container moved a bot after that force slack

  • @vuurvrproductions4656
    @vuurvrproductions4656 2 года назад

    did you know if your at Jodeco road then going to locust grove now those trees are gone and you can see the tracks from far away i bet its gonna be more useless warehouses 😒

  • @paulfoster8121
    @paulfoster8121 2 года назад

    hey there UP 8231 is a GE ES44, not an EMD SD90 , and UP 4742 is an EMD SD 70M, not an SD40-2 as labelled in the video, just EYI

  • @aidanl2025
    @aidanl2025 2 года назад

    Really quick stop, but im not 100% sure if it was emergency because I never heard no air dump.

  • @teedahbluedee
    @teedahbluedee 2 года назад

    csx 762 is an es44ac-h not an sd70mac

  • @rkolsen
    @rkolsen 2 года назад

    Is that loud noise at 2:25 a sign of the brakes?

    • @NOVA_Railfanner192
      @NOVA_Railfanner192 2 года назад

      slack action between the cars because of the sudden brake application so yes

  • @JaedensRailfanningProductions
    @JaedensRailfanningProductions 2 года назад

    sir, The first engine is a ET44AC, DPU, IS not sd70mac, where the hell did you get this from, also thats an ES44AC.

  • @donaldschlosser6964
    @donaldschlosser6964 2 года назад

    Horrible pain job looks like a 10 year old did it

  • @Tegridyvs
    @Tegridyvs 2 года назад

    Definitely was not emergency. Air never shot out. Combo of hard brake setting and dynamic braking most likely

  • @njtrailfan4508
    @njtrailfan4508 2 года назад

    I was also in Ashland the same time it happend

  • @alexbromberek1234
    @alexbromberek1234 2 года назад

    That would suck having a train go there the center of town

  • @christopherdibble5872
    @christopherdibble5872 2 года назад

    The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.chris

    • @railgeekusa
      @railgeekusa 2 года назад

      Well I dunno, I get waved at and tooted at fairly often....

    • @christopherdibble5872
      @christopherdibble5872 2 года назад

      At I just hope it's not to those cellphones; thanks,chris

  • @christopherdibble5872
    @christopherdibble5872 2 года назад

    The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, like they did back in 1954.

  • @MarionRangers8141
    @MarionRangers8141 2 года назад

    Omg look it’s a csx passenger train

  • @karafaunt4386
    @karafaunt4386 2 года назад

    I just realized this was on my birthday

  • @railfanmicahproductions7212
    @railfanmicahproductions7212 2 года назад

    Just so you Know, That Engine you so Called a "EMD SD70MAC" is Actually a ES44AH, Just An FYI.

  • @larmo5633
    @larmo5633 2 года назад

    No emergency application, maybe a full service application, but not even close to an emergency application..click bait title..thumbs down 👎

  • @rickvia8435
    @rickvia8435 2 года назад

    My calculation puts the stop at about 1000', as 18 cars passed the point of emergency.

  • @kaylatroyer6177
    @kaylatroyer6177 2 года назад

    what was the cause of the emergency

  • @lunalie6938
    @lunalie6938 2 года назад

    quietest emergency ive ever heard

  • @crypto-radio8186
    @crypto-radio8186 3 года назад

    Too bad you didn't have a Radio to Monitor Train Traffic! I always carried Amateur Radio that could Cover RR Frequencies, or just a ICOM IC-R20 2-wave simultaneous wideband receiver.

  • @frankW6NYX
    @frankW6NYX 3 года назад

    The mid train helper was not an sd 70 mac !

  • @HDCanadianTrainVideos
    @HDCanadianTrainVideos 3 года назад

    Not emergency at all. Click bait. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @UnionCountyPhotography
      @UnionCountyPhotography 2 года назад

      Uhhhh yes it did. That’s why it stopped so fast. EOT or a loco probably had air issues

  • @musicforaarre
    @musicforaarre 3 года назад

    How did the train 'unemergency' it's self so that it could be on it's way again ?? Didn't someone have to reconnect the air hoses, or was it an application by the engineer himself for some why ?? Aarre Peltomaa

    • @musicforaarre
      @musicforaarre 3 года назад

      @MARKIBEAN I'm a tractor-trailer driver, and I drive a cornbinder (International). I like the tractor, except, sometimes the airpressure is too low to switch gears in the automatic shifter transmission. There is Drive, Low, Neutral, and Reverse. Sometimes I have to park it at the dock, and then rev the engine for minutes until the air pressure in both the primary and secondary tanks is about 110 psi; Only then can I shift to Drive to leave. I love the automatic shifters except for this one nuisance point; not too much of a problem at all. It would be embarrassing at a customs booth at the border though. So how did the trains air pressure get too low ? Did he apply and let go of the brakes too frequently in a short span of time so that air was lost faster than the compressor could rebuild it ? In a tractor trailer, this would only happen when doing too many small moves in a yard, with too many frequent brake applications. On the highway, it would never happen unless you had an air leak; if it did happen one MUST PULL TO THE SHOULDER AND PARK IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND YOU LOSE DRIVEABILITY. Aarre Peltomaa

  • @TyDeSimone
    @TyDeSimone 3 года назад

    2:25

  • @Survivor1547
    @Survivor1547 3 года назад

    I heard that bang noise when after the the blue CSX Container passed Buy the 📷 then that noise.

  • @paulw.woodring7304
    @paulw.woodring7304 3 года назад

    Unless CSX changed it's rules, the conductor should have had to walk the train to make sure all cars were upright and on the rails after an emergency stop. Anybody hear the radio chatter from this event?

    • @railgeekusa
      @railgeekusa 3 года назад

      I did not have my radio on me. I was standing on the west side of the tracks, and it's very possible that the conductor walked up and down the east side.

    • @NSHorseheadSD70
      @NSHorseheadSD70 3 года назад

      On NS, if the train meets certain length and tonnage requirements and the air is restoring at the rear, we don't have to walk the train.

    • @paulw.woodring7304
      @paulw.woodring7304 3 года назад

      @@NSHorseheadSD70 Well, that's NS, and it was the rule on CSX 20 years ago, but it changed in the early 00's. Maybe it changed back in the last 10 or so years as they try and get to one-man crews?

    • @stevec5829
      @stevec5829 3 года назад

      @@paulw.woodring7304 Why does it matter so much to you? You seem awfully bothered by it.

    • @paulw.woodring7304
      @paulw.woodring7304 3 года назад

      @@stevec5829 I was a CSX engineer until 2008.

  • @ericposey3782
    @ericposey3782 3 года назад

    The diamonds are control by CSX Jacksonville FL.

  • @LegendaryRadioJock
    @LegendaryRadioJock 3 года назад

    Any idea why it went into emergency?

  • @ontariorail1251
    @ontariorail1251 3 года назад

    3:36 i was waiting for something to happen so i turned my volume to max, my whole class heard it lol

  • @blackcatproductions4533
    @blackcatproductions4533 3 года назад

    It’s pronounced “sham-blee”

  • @baynes1baynes557
    @baynes1baynes557 3 года назад

    Why do the coal trains have BNSF power

    • @railgeekusa
      @railgeekusa 3 года назад

      Since they travel directly from mine to power plant, it would be inefficient to stop and change out the locomotives.

  • @pqhkr2002
    @pqhkr2002 3 года назад

    Never see an emergency stop in such a quiet style.

    • @railgeekusa
      @railgeekusa 3 года назад

      From my vantage point the "bang" was pretty loud, but overall the train came to a stop without a lot of screeching.

    • @blake_edwards
      @blake_edwards 3 года назад

      I didn't even hear the air.

    • @pqhkr2002
      @pqhkr2002 3 года назад

      @@railgeekusa 2:25 sounds more like something burst instead of air bleeding. And maybe this section of train just got its wheels and brake shoes serviced, so it is so quite?

    • @pqhkr2002
      @pqhkr2002 3 года назад

      @@blake_edwards Yup, it sounds more like something burst.