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Добавлен 23 дек 2020
I primarily railfan along the CSX Portland Subdivision (former Pan Am D2) in NH, MA and ME. This stretch of track brings several Amtrak Downeasters, CSX freights, and the occasional NHN train on weekdays. I also frequently document trains from other areas as I travel away from home, sometimes even abroad into Canada. Enjoy!
Various Night Freights in September 2024
Not quite the trains that go bump at night, but on the CSX Portland Sub there is almost always a surge of freight activity just after sundown, spearheaded mostly by the New Hampshire Northcoast and CSX L080, a local between Lawrence Yard and Rigby Yard. The mainline freights, M426 and M427, usually run either earlier in the day or in the middle of night, far beyond any reasonable time to see them.
0:12 NHN L065/DOBO (09/05/24)
1:17 NHN L065/DOBO (09/09/24)
2:36 CSXT L080 (09/11/24)
4:16 NHN L065/DOBO (09/11/24)
0:12 NHN L065/DOBO (09/05/24)
1:17 NHN L065/DOBO (09/09/24)
2:36 CSXT L080 (09/11/24)
4:16 NHN L065/DOBO (09/11/24)
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Railfanning in May of 2024
Просмотров 1492 месяца назад
This will most likely be my last backlog video, expect some recent footage to go up later this week. Enjoy! 0:12 CSXT L063 1:06 CSXT M427 (with Chessie unit) 3:31 CSXT L080 4:47 NHN L065 (west) 5:48 Photos
Various Late Winter Freights (March 2024)
Просмотров 992 месяца назад
Its been a bit, but I'm back at it again. Enjoy some trains I captured back in March. 0:12 CSX Geo Extra 1:02 NHN L065 East 1:58 NHN L065 West 2:53 CSXT M427 (with Seaboard Unit) 5:49 CSXT L080 7:21 Photos
Chasing Midcoast Railservice From Brunswick to Thomaston (10/19/23)
Просмотров 280Год назад
Midcoast Railservice is a fairly new railroad to New England, taking over for Canadian Pacific on the state owned Rockland Branch just last year. Midcoast itself is a subsidiary of the Finger Lakes Railway, a much larger operation based in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. On this faithful autumn day I finally found time to chase RB-2, its Brunswick to Rockland train, all the way to Thomasto...
Misc Trains Up The Gulf Of Maine (10/19/23)
Просмотров 249Год назад
I was originally going to be including these trains in my Midcoast Railservice chase video (coming out soon), but I decided to put them into a separate video, to alleviate confusion. 0:11 CSX M427 4:12 Amtrak Downeaster 684 (With six Amfleets!) 8:38 Amtrak Downeaster 681
The Night of the Demon Train (5/31/23)
Просмотров 344Год назад
When I was quite little and in my many surfs of early 2010s train RUclips, there was always one train that intrigued me: the Loram Rail Grinder. Sometimes called The Train From Hell, rail grinders grind down the railhead to make them flat again, extending the track's lifetime without needing to replace it. I head one faithful May night that the fabled Demon Train (as my friends started calling ...
Railfanning M426 With A Large Power Move Plus Downeasters (8/29/23)
Просмотров 155Год назад
Ever since the Waterville ME shops have come under CSX's control, they've been utilizing it to reactivate droves of stored CSX units, mostly EMDs. Occasionally CSX will group these Waterville projects onto a M426 and ship them off to Maine, which gives opportunities to capture several CSX EMDs on one train- a rare sight on the GE dominated railroad. This days train had two GP40-2s, a road slug,...
Railfanning on the CSX Portland Subdivision (10/11/23)
Просмотров 132Год назад
What was once Pan Am's District 2 is now the CSX Portland Subdivision as of 09/22/23. With this update, the mileposts in this territory have changed, and all the mileposts in this video's info sections reflect said changes. After hearing of a small extra freight train (LW10) making its way to Rigby, I decided to follow it north from Rockingham Junction to Rollinsford NH, where I saw various dif...
Watching the Levee Break in Sarnia Ontario (8/5/23)
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Recently I had taken a two pronged road trap, with the first stop being in Indiana while the 2nd stop was in the Canadian city of Sarnia. What's unique about Sarnia is that it has a direct rail connection to the United States via underwater tunnel. After crossing over from Port Huron Michigan, inbound CN trains then follow the Strathroy Sub into the rest of Canada. One thing that should be note...
Railfanning Around Indianapolis (Late July 2023)
Просмотров 355Год назад
While visiting a friend in Indiana, there was ample time for me to sample some of the trains there. Interestingly, the tracks here are owned by CSX, much like they are back at home, but even still the trains here are very much different, they're the same in owner only. There also seems to be a lot of foreign power going through this area, as about half the trains I saw had UP locomotives on boa...
Quick CSX Geometry Train Runby in Exeter NH (07/21/23)
Просмотров 510Год назад
I had about 15 minutes notice for this train's train's arrival, fortunately I was able to quickly get my gear together and scramble to the track side. I guess it would've been nice if something other than a former Pan Am blob was leading but beggars can't be choosers I suppose.
NHN D8 Rollin Through Rollinsford onto CSX (03/16/23)
Просмотров 315Год назад
Moments from merging onto the former PAR District 2 (now CSX), D8 puts on one more horn show as it crosses Watson Ln. If you're wondering why there's tanker cars onboard, these were picked up from Eastern Propane in Rochester NH, on the same spur as NHN's satellite gravel facility. These tankers will likely be dropped off at Dover Yard, where with a crew change, D8 will be given the CSX designa...
CSX Geo Train Buzzes By Rockingham Junction (2/22/23)
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I was not aware that there was a geometry train coming up the former Pan Am District 2 until it was about ten minutes away from my house. Fortunately I was able to quickly get myself out of the house and to Rockingham Junction, where I was able to catch it with less than a minute to spare! As always, enjoy!
CSX Welded Rail Train Through Rockingham Junction (12/10/22)
Просмотров 464Год назад
A symptom of all the track work CSX has been doing on former Pan Am rails is every once in a while, a welded rail train will snake its way past Ayer and up the New England coast. On this particular day this train is headed up to Mattawamkeag Maine, where some of the rails there haven't been replaced in decades. Another very welcome sight as CSX continues to give the former Pan Am system the TLC...
CSX M426 and M427 Meet at Rockingham Junction (12/08/22)
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Its not often you're in just the right place at just the right time to watch two freight trains meet, especially when one of those had basically half of CSX's EMD roster on board. Out of frame is the massive amounts of work CSX is doing in the area, including mountains of discarded railroad ties and new track infrastructure actively being installed (new signals maybe?). All the work the interlo...
Railfanning Strathroy Ontario (Early July 2022)
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Railfanning Strathroy Ontario (Early July 2022)
NS 22K with UP Power Accelerates Down the PAS (6/22/22)
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NS 22K with UP Power Accelerates Down the PAS (6/22/22)
CSX Geometry Train on the Portsmouth Branch (6/16/22)
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CSX Geometry Train on the Portsmouth Branch (6/16/22)
OCS EXTRAVAGANZA: Pan Am and CSX OCS trains through District 2 (May 2022)
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OCS EXTRAVAGANZA: Pan Am and CSX OCS trains through District 2 (May 2022)
Railfanning Around Ayer MA (5/10/22) Part 1
Просмотров 2052 года назад
Railfanning Around Ayer MA (5/10/22) Part 1
AYPO Rolls Through Exeter NH (4/17/22)
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AYPO Rolls Through Exeter NH (4/17/22)
Railfanning Fairport NY and Strathroy ON (Early Oct 2021)
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Railfanning Fairport NY and Strathroy ON (Early Oct 2021)
An Unusual Day for the Downeaster (8/13/21)
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An Unusual Day for the Downeaster (8/13/21)
Very Rare Daylight BODO Speeds through Newfields (8/17/21)
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Very Rare Daylight BODO Speeds through Newfields (8/17/21)
Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 Ft. Amtrak PTC Extra! (7/21/21)
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Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 Ft. Amtrak PTC Extra! (7/21/21)
Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 (Early March)
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Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 (Early March)
A Long AYPO Rolls Through a Snowstorm Ft. The Snoot (2/22/21)
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A Long AYPO Rolls Through a Snowstorm Ft. The Snoot (2/22/21)
NHN DOBO Blasts Through the Snow (1/26/21)
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NHN DOBO Blasts Through the Snow (1/26/21)
Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 (12/31/20)
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Railfanning Pan Am's District 2 (12/31/20)
If the train isnt at least 35-40 cars it should be cancelled until there is enough traffic to justify the cost of running the train. It doesnt matter if it a captive market. It makes no sense to run two locomotives at $1750 an hour to pull eleven or twelve cars. Waste of money.
Does it make any economic sense for NHN to run these short nightly trains? 🚂 Fuel costs alone would say no. 🛤️
@@stevenconnolly7907 I think the only reason it could be viable is NHN is owned by Boston Sand & Gravel, which is where the trains go. Shipping in house is always cheaper vs paying a 3rd party to do it
Nice I saw the same light engines
Nice catches! I remember some of these
Awesome your back great video
Thank you!
Cool catches
The tank at the bottom of the first train car is low. You can hear the tank triggering the detector at 0:38.
Somebody might want to work on those Crossing lights, look like they're losing power
I don’t know why but with the scenery and the sound of the detector and some other things make it seem like a horror scene.
What app do you use to make the title on the video with the railway? Good video
I use Shotcut, its a free open source video editor, and the title itself was made in GIMP
nah the dd fr said me personally i wouldnt take that disrespect
Quite the lashup!
about how many trains a day in Strathroy?
Unfortunately I'm not too sure as I'm not from the area (I'm based in New Hampshire) but especially in the mornings there were several trains in quick succession. I would often hear them blowing through town too
Good catch.
Based on the timing of the horn and the sound of the trip, you can deduce that the defect was in fact on the first truck of the leading loco; i.e: axle two. Cool. 😎
9:13 Nice Horn On VIA 6413
Always wondered what it sounded like when a detector found a defect.
Midcoast Railservice runs as RB-2 eastbound and westbound, there is no RB-1
I see, apologies for the error. I'm not from the area so I guess I don't know these things, but thank you for the clarification!
I updated the description of the video to reflect this changes as well as leaving a note
I still remember seeing these trains meeting at Rockingham Junction on that day; I was the guy in the shot waving to the engineer 4:43
Slightly unrelated, but the distant horn at 1:33 sounds super cool!
Hello. New subscriber here. Great video
That was some very cool video! Never seen a grinding train operation before, never mind at night. Glad it showed up in my YT suggestions.... hello from Weare, NH.
Nice catches! Just subscribed
Thank you!
@@rockinghamrailvids No problem! 👊🏼😎
as someone used to Amtrak on the NEC sounds, you do hear that diesel ahead of time. The NE regional and Acela Express are practically silent until they are there. Guessing since the detector tripped they will need to do a walk around at the next station or do they stop the train immediately?
If I remember correctly they did a walk around at a crossing in Newton? So not far
I've heard nothing on this till now. is csx planning to keep the standard cab dasher in the consis with the 9969 or is she going to a museum of some kind and this was her farewell?
7523 is actually going to remain in service, nut under the newly formed Berkshire & Eastern railroad (new operator of the Pan Am Southern corridor). As of 9/6/23 7523 is still in its blue paint, but sports B&E reporting marks
Awesome shots!
*dragging equipment near axle 2* *temperature 29* Great job detector! You detected the cold!
What are some of the busiest spots in the Indianapolis area?
Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure as I'm not native to the area. However Fortville, which features most of the trains in this video, seems to get a got amount of action from what I can tell
What is a geometry train?
A geometry train has specialized sensors to record the conditions of the track. The data is collected and used to determine things such as the tracks speed limit and if it needs any MOW work done
That eerie silence tho
0:48 it has a little ":3" face on the front!
No idea this stuff worked.
Nice video. Thank you.
Nice seeing a Pan Am unit in the lead.
The detector sounds passive aggressive on its first transmission. “You a defect! But I’m not going to tell you what it is. So there!”
14:15 fouled horn lol
How does that train turn?
Good question! At longer lengths welded rail becomes really flexible, so thats how its able to navigate turns. That flexibility also helps crews install the rail on top of the ties
Let’s go the legend is back
jesus your fast, this thing only came by a few hours ago
I started editing this as soon as I got home from seeing it lol
Nice catch
was this going to go over the trestle i thought it was still under construction
If you're talking about the one at the edge of Great Bay then no. The only trains that cross that are the local jobs on the Portsmouth Branch.
Nice
Beautiful photography by the way
Awesome Catches!
Do you know about the work they are doing on the portsmouth branch line bridge over the squamscott River
They have been reinforcing it. Also added a walkway to the side.
I got the 420th view lol. Great video!
Yah, I work for Boise, and we have a spur off this branch, and recently made it to handle one more car... but the tracks all need redone
No doubt. They are laying CWR along most of the track maybe next year. Not sure what they have in plan for the Boise spur though.
Nice
Train 1 CN Z148 Train 2 CN M384 Train 3 VIA 84 Train 4 CN L509 Train 5 CN M385 Train 6 VIA 84 Train 7 CN M399 Train 8 CN E274 Train 9 CN M301 Great Catches
I've never seen stacked train cars, weird and kinda cool!
They’re called well cars or intermodal cars