ONE OF OUR BEST GRAB BAGS! EMERGENCY STOP, 6 DARWINS, SNOW & TRAINS & SONG & FLIGHT

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Комментарии • 146

  • @lauren8960
    @lauren8960 10 месяцев назад +53

    Thanks for including us! My son was super excited to be in a grab bag 😁 we were waving in Thomasville!

    • @annaf7812
      @annaf7812 10 месяцев назад +8

      I am glad we were able to do it for you!

    • @Brother_D_therail
      @Brother_D_therail 10 месяцев назад +3

      I was waving back ! 😊👋

    • @baileylynn6481
      @baileylynn6481 10 месяцев назад +3

      Welcome to the grab bag family 🙂

  • @mcgirtdustin
    @mcgirtdustin 10 месяцев назад +44

    The kid and his dad makes my heart happy! ❤️😀 Great wave from the engineer

    • @matthewrinehart9514
      @matthewrinehart9514 10 месяцев назад +11

      That kind of memory could last a lifetime. Did with me ❤

    • @mcgirtdustin
      @mcgirtdustin 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@matthewrinehart9514 yes indeed!

  • @chrishylton3080
    @chrishylton3080 10 месяцев назад +21

    Bald Eagle sitting on a rock in the river at 17:10! Sweet!

  • @ginny9311
    @ginny9311 10 месяцев назад +14

    The geese were spectacular!!

    • @johnwalters1341
      @johnwalters1341 10 месяцев назад +8

      Those "geese" at the end were American White Pelicans.

    • @ginny9311
      @ginny9311 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@johnwalters1341 Thank you. Hopefully I will recognize them if I see them again. They were beautiful to watch.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 10 месяцев назад

      @@ginny9311Look at the heads and necks: geese stretch their necks far out but pelicans tuck theirs into their chests. 🌹

    • @charleshettrick2408
      @charleshettrick2408 10 месяцев назад +3

      56 years ago at Fort Madison near Easter watched a similar flight. Awesome.
      Asked my grandmother why they flew like that. Answer: To save energy as a flock. Next day I pestered her to take me to the library to understand how that worked. Spent 2.5 hours. Started in the children section. Annoyed enough librarians to get into the adult section to get real books that properly explained slip streams. The physics back then was not well understood. But as a kid, it was good enough, plus Navier-Stokes equations were way out of my league.
      Our 1 day trips to Fort Madison were memorable.

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 10 месяцев назад +16

    We who are without trains salute you.

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 10 месяцев назад +21

    At the risk of repeating myself, these Darwins will keep it up until their luck runs out.

    • @taijuan5087
      @taijuan5087 Месяц назад

      But he had a mask on. Won't that protect him?

  • @PreciousFifi
    @PreciousFifi 10 месяцев назад +20

    32:05 on to the end is just beautiful.

    • @CorinneHSmith
      @CorinneHSmith 10 месяцев назад

      White pelicans from Texas, using the mighty river as a migration directional tool. They're a little early this year, according to a bird expert friend. They may turn around and come back.

    • @johnstafford4304
      @johnstafford4304 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@CorinneHSmith Pelicans live in Ft. Madison year round.

  • @yyzedd
    @yyzedd 10 месяцев назад +13

    Cannot believe the "Darwins" at 10:06 climbed over the coupler - both well cars had ladders on both sides with a platform between! Wow!

    • @HighBall-wt8jp
      @HighBall-wt8jp 10 месяцев назад +1

      The train really should have waited longer to start moving, let them cross and be well clear of it

    • @BruceMielke-h1b
      @BruceMielke-h1b 4 месяца назад

      Dang survival of the fittest failed again.

    • @jamesghiorzoe107
      @jamesghiorzoe107 8 дней назад

      ​@@BruceMielke-h1bActually it worked just fine.

  • @timh.6910
    @timh.6910 10 месяцев назад +11

    I had to watch the 1 second guy twice. Wow. Pretty casual. I guess he didn't realize, and should count his lucky stars.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 10 месяцев назад +4

      Either that or he does it so often that he's just jaded. Sigh...

    • @baileylynn6481
      @baileylynn6481 10 месяцев назад +1

      "oh,they see me. They'll stop"

    • @BruceMielke-h1b
      @BruceMielke-h1b 4 месяца назад

      Nope, they just like the folks on the south end. We, too,cool to care, besides if something happens, they just cry racism.

  • @carolinagirl4483
    @carolinagirl4483 10 месяцев назад +9

    Whoever is editing is doing an awesome job and the ending is always beautiful! Thank you!

  • @matthewrinehart9514
    @matthewrinehart9514 10 месяцев назад +14

    Virginian unit is one handsome dude

    • @mrbluesky2050
      @mrbluesky2050 10 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, but Pennsy 8102 is Better !

    • @matthewrinehart9514
      @matthewrinehart9514 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@mrbluesky2050 love the number placement on the side of the pennsy

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz 10 месяцев назад +14

    Love to see kids loving trains and engineers giving back with waves and little horn boops!

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 10 месяцев назад +4

    I love the way the individual pelicans change altitude so that the entire skein looks like a big wing flexing in flight. And great catch of the eagle next to that very nice power move--and then you came back and gave her a close-up at the end (which was so beautiful!). Another railfan-in-training in Flagstaff was a happy thing to see--they sure got hammered with snow though! And all of those Darwins--they make my stomach hurt. Please warn us in the headline if anybody ever doesn't make it, and I won't watch that one. But you're right: this one was one of your best! 🌹

    • @MikeG42
      @MikeG42 10 месяцев назад +1

      I doubt VR would show a fatality on a grab bag video.

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 10 месяцев назад +10

    Nice show of BNSF SD70MACs in Executive livery tonight, thanks VRF.
    I thought the youngster at Flagstaff (14:50) waving to the Conductor was great. I wish I had been taken to see the Trains like that, when I was kid.

  • @Shumilin_Andrei
    @Shumilin_Andrei 10 месяцев назад +5

    Beautifully selected footage of VR trains.The clip at the end is divine.Your video channel is wonderful.🤝👍👌

  • @periwinkle-dragonfly
    @periwinkle-dragonfly 10 месяцев назад +5

    Best final 3 minutes ever!! Beautiful camera work John!!

  • @joecallis3474
    @joecallis3474 10 месяцев назад +9

    The private railcar Hollywood Beach used be in Nashville on the Broadway Dinner Train in the 90s. My parents used to take us on it!

    • @arkansasrailproductions5507
      @arkansasrailproductions5507 10 месяцев назад +1

      It is now owned by Robert Riley, CEO of the Rock Island Rail in Mississippi. He also owns the L&N “Royal Street”.

  • @Hap6605
    @Hap6605 10 месяцев назад +4

    25:32 Watched this live while watching 48 have engine issues, I certainly did not expect the passing amtrak to have their newest to their oldest long distance Locomotives.

  • @tytn9978
    @tytn9978 10 месяцев назад +6

    @34.20+ I was looking at the artwork on the cars and said "Wow", and just then your WOW popped up on my screen! Great minds DO think alike!

    • @melissametivier4
      @melissametivier4 10 месяцев назад +1

      I read this comment before I got to that point in the video...and said, "Wow!" about half a second before it popped up. 😂

  • @edwinchappell2153
    @edwinchappell2153 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you VR. That was a real pleasure to watch.

  • @MikeG42
    @MikeG42 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great shot of the BNSF on the curve coming toward the station in Flagstaff while an Amtrak is stopped. Overall a good grab bag. Have a nice day. 👍😊

  • @lynsmith
    @lynsmith 10 месяцев назад +3

    Well 6 Darwin’s & New Chargers! Birds Of A Feather Fly Together Musical Performance!!👏🏽👏🏽

  • @lisabehe4546
    @lisabehe4546 10 месяцев назад +8

    Indeed one of the best Grab Bags! I always love to see the Horseshoe Curve.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 10 месяцев назад +1

      This footage of it was especially beautiful!

  • @davidcrook5511
    @davidcrook5511 10 месяцев назад +4

    Another one already! And another great one! But the Darwins beggar belief... Never mind; which one of the trains stands out; can't say; I think they all did! And another great ending from Fort Madison this time with amazing bird formations and another great sunrise like Fort Madison a lot most amazing line and those loco formations! Keep these grab bags coming love them! Greetings from GB David 😊

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, especially the Herzog train in Quanah, Texas, Heritage Units, 6 darwin candidates, and so much more, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 10 месяцев назад +1

    No words tell what I feel for the Darwins or mom said say nothing if not good. love seeing the little fellow wave.

  • @jamesnicholas7180
    @jamesnicholas7180 10 месяцев назад +2

    Whenever I see the Virginian unit I think of my dad’s old Lionel Fairbanks Morse engine.

  • @gordonchef
    @gordonchef 10 месяцев назад +1

    Probably the first time I've commented here.
    That was indeed the best Grab Bag that I seen since I started viewing here regularly.
    And that ending, WOW!
    Beautiful piece of music to go with the stunning panning on those (geese?) .
    Sensational, thank you to all those who put this together.
    *Watching from Cloncurry, far NW Queensland Australia.

  • @jaysnively2472
    @jaysnively2472 10 месяцев назад +4

    Extraordinary ending. Thank you VRF!

  • @JoinMyAdventures_YT
    @JoinMyAdventures_YT 10 месяцев назад +2

    At 16:54 I met those people in Fostoria they were really nice they said they wanted to be in the Grab Bag so thanks for putting them in

  • @b.a.d.2086
    @b.a.d.2086 10 месяцев назад +3

    Wow! Nice ending with the pelicans! Good Grab Bag.

  • @delurkor
    @delurkor 10 месяцев назад +2

    Was the OKC shot ~7:58 a hotbox or sparks off the brake shoe. To me, it did not seem to be coming from the journal box but off the wheel. And there were also sparks from the far side of the truck. I am not an expert, not do I play one on RUclips.
    Edited to add: Thank you for the great shots.

  • @Pykem
    @Pykem 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for another Grab Bag full of interest. It always surprises me how much vintage liveried stock is out there, both locos and freight cars. Sad to see so many Darwin candidates. I enjoyed the Fort Madison flying display thanks. Best wishes from New Zealand.

  • @joannecarpenter8725
    @joannecarpenter8725 10 месяцев назад +2

    AWESOME Grab Bag! Thank you 😁

  • @CraigBaughan-mg3hf
    @CraigBaughan-mg3hf 10 месяцев назад +6

    Breathtaking precision flying.

  • @frederickschulkind8431
    @frederickschulkind8431 10 месяцев назад +2

    I got video of the Capitol Limited pulling 4 new locomotives, which this shows twice, at 0:45 and 12:40. It ran 6+ hours late.

  • @ТилегенДуйсен
    @ТилегенДуйсен 2 месяца назад +1

    Пойыз❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 10 месяцев назад +6

    *Nice Catches*

  • @matthewwhittington-jk9ep
    @matthewwhittington-jk9ep 10 месяцев назад +4

    Best train videos

  • @NW611
    @NW611 10 месяцев назад +5

    Love the vids!!!

  • @FARMERJONESVA
    @FARMERJONESVA 10 месяцев назад +1

    Shout-out From Gloucester, Va (Train Fan 4 Life)

  • @willywhite492
    @willywhite492 10 месяцев назад +5

    Love these

  • @don63
    @don63 10 месяцев назад +3

    Nice assortment

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 10 месяцев назад +2

    Would've loved to see a cut-in-two(or three!) at Elkhart.

  • @csxisaiahjonesproductions2290
    @csxisaiahjonesproductions2290 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nice Grab Bag Video 😁👍

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 10 месяцев назад +2

    The Oklahoma City camera caught a nighttime hot-box on a BNSF ethanol train last Winter; the next morning, there was an ethanol-train derailment and fire in Texas.
    And the four consecutively numbered AMTRAK units in tow was a train-spotter’s delight!

  • @ILoveTrains2
    @ILoveTrains2 10 месяцев назад

    I loved this grab bag and the pelicans all in the letter v

  • @grogman1911
    @grogman1911 10 месяцев назад

    Nice eagle pose at 17:15 in Fort Madison.

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 10 месяцев назад +1

    🎄🍂🇮🇳🍂🎄
    Nice footage!

  • @stevekile1919
    @stevekile1919 10 месяцев назад

    It still amazes me how much freight and people are still moved by rail. The American way but oh how the technology has improved to make it safer.

  • @ChadSimplicio
    @ChadSimplicio 10 месяцев назад +1

    More alc-42 Chargers going to Delaware for testing. When will Amtrak start training Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, & Texas Eagle crews?

  • @chappelln
    @chappelln 10 месяцев назад

    I work for Interrail Transport. We have been seeing the New GATX/Hourglass/CSX autoracks for the last month.

  • @markrobinson3830
    @markrobinson3830 10 месяцев назад +7

    We need to thank our Darwins for teaching us what NOT to do when a train is coming.

  • @patrickrancourt4782
    @patrickrancourt4782 10 месяцев назад

    Gr8 catch clip's
    Darwin winner so........

  • @stevem3605
    @stevem3605 10 месяцев назад +1

    30:06 is that a old package or mail car seem really long? Thanks in advance.

    • @sloop_jon_b
      @sloop_jon_b 10 месяцев назад +1

      Amtrak material handling car I believe, from when they also hauled mail and express

  • @Freshpizza11
    @Freshpizza11 10 месяцев назад +2

    Yea thats right

  • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
    @lowellvillerailfanproductions 10 месяцев назад +7

    I just want to point out that first guy that almost got hit had absolutely no reaction to the train which is kind of scary

    • @yyzedd
      @yyzedd 10 месяцев назад +4

      noticed that also - maybe had headphones or earbuds

  • @joebidenbites1015
    @joebidenbites1015 10 месяцев назад +2

    7:30 mark typical, 6 guys standing around, 2 trucks, 2 operators, very little getting done. Luckily, original lines weren't built this way as they'd still would be working on them.

  • @DaveInCanada081
    @DaveInCanada081 10 месяцев назад +2

    The AI train drones were cool.

  • @haydenverner5458
    @haydenverner5458 10 месяцев назад +1

    The Darwin’s are out strong in this one wow people just can’t wait and be patient

  • @andrewlaverghetta715
    @andrewlaverghetta715 10 месяцев назад

    The big long string of bnsf power in fort Madison, I think there was a bald eagle on some little floating thing or island at the start.

    • @johnstafford4304
      @johnstafford4304 10 месяцев назад

      Eagle Rock, he fishes off of there almost everyday, trains don't bother him

  • @baedenwilliams8291
    @baedenwilliams8291 9 месяцев назад

    13:35 Ah, yes, a P42DC and a Dash 8 pulling their replacements.

  • @natehill8069
    @natehill8069 10 месяцев назад

    9:15 Odd that BOTH trucks on the same car have a hot box. Makes me think someone forgot to fill them?

  • @randomtransitadventures
    @randomtransitadventures 10 месяцев назад +3

    10/10 camera quality 💀

  • @kevinburt
    @kevinburt 10 месяцев назад +1

    Is that a bald eagle at 17:11?

  • @jerrydaily8208
    @jerrydaily8208 10 месяцев назад +8

    Not a hot box brakes locked up

    • @leeroth5604
      @leeroth5604 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, I agree. I would think it pretty unlikely to have hotboxes across multiple axles, on the same car.

    • @daveluehr8685
      @daveluehr8685 10 месяцев назад

      yea 18 inches ahead of the bearing

    • @pmzoeller
      @pmzoeller 10 месяцев назад

      Brake shoes worn down to the metal backing plate.

  • @b3j8
    @b3j8 10 месяцев назад +2

    That tuscan FRA car fools me alot. I'll think, "Wow somebody had clout to get their personal passenger car up front...oh FRA, never mind."

  • @roberthagberg5482
    @roberthagberg5482 10 месяцев назад +2

    SPRING MUST BE COMING OR ARE THOSE GEESE LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 10 месяцев назад

      Nope...pelicans.

  • @unklewink
    @unklewink 10 месяцев назад +3

    Let's get a Darwin of the month vote going!

  • @peterp1158
    @peterp1158 10 месяцев назад

    When you see a long string of locomotives, is there a way to tell which are working and which are just a power move? Are all prime movers running?

  • @genewilson2705
    @genewilson2705 10 месяцев назад +2

    I was wondering if you had noticed that bald eagle, should have known.

  • @jovetj
    @jovetj 10 месяцев назад

    12:23 Why was the signal circled?

  • @nikdazley5236
    @nikdazley5236 10 месяцев назад +4

    My first ever appearance in the grab bag! 16:56

  • @Photoline1
    @Photoline1 10 месяцев назад +1

    All the parents of these "Darwins" must have told them to "go play on the highway" when they were kids.

  • @jimcombs6760
    @jimcombs6760 10 месяцев назад

    Last time I was in Flagstaff AZ it was a “no horn” crossing. Did that change?

    • @johnstafford4304
      @johnstafford4304 10 месяцев назад

      Because of the Darwins from college, yes, it has

  • @danmiller7079
    @danmiller7079 10 месяцев назад +1

    I know I had penned a comment, but I felt this necessary. In 2001, while I was still a school police officer, I noticed that traffic was stopped at the grade crossing near my high school and the train wasn’t moving so I called the other S.R.O. at that campus and told him I would be delayed. He told me that someone had been sitting on the tracks and a train had hit that person. The sheriffs deputies wanted one us to respond to the scene to see if we could I.D. the possible kid that had been struck. I told him I would help if I could. I drove to the crossing and I.D.’d myself and was directed toward the front of the train. I met the deputy at the scene and he asked me if I could I.D. the person who had been hit. The deputy uncovered the part of the body that would have been able to be identified but the amount of damage was too great. I later found out that the person, later identified as a student by his parents, had committed suicide by sitting on the tracks and listening to his headphones. I normally would not bring this up but maybe it might save a life or keep people from getting hurt from climbing on or over trains.

  • @squarebodycasewademckenney6190
    @squarebodycasewademckenney6190 10 месяцев назад +7

    I think people who disregard warning signals (crossing lights, horn) if identified or witnessed by a officer should be made to pay a heafty fine to the train crew... so much stress from that be going like 35-50 mph and someone just walks or drives out in front cant imagine there blood pressure

  • @ronhill5118
    @ronhill5118 10 месяцев назад

    That is Robert Rileys Seaboard Railroad passenger car.

  • @DTD110865
    @DTD110865 10 месяцев назад

    The Danbury Branch takes M8s? :-O

  • @jacobdubielak
    @jacobdubielak 10 месяцев назад +2

    I see what you were talking about

  • @highlife0586
    @highlife0586 10 месяцев назад

    09:48 Wow this guy has a death wish for sure!

  • @normsweet1710
    @normsweet1710 10 месяцев назад +2

    The “Darwin’s” make it many times . . . . . until the last time ……. I wish there was a way to convince them of that truth

  • @crystalkittykat3581
    @crystalkittykat3581 10 месяцев назад

    9:38 😮
    15:51 😮
    25:08 😮

  • @gloryannbatista6211
    @gloryannbatista6211 10 месяцев назад +4

    I was online a few hours ago and here’s what I catches CSX,Y 128 in Covington, Kentucky Norfork Southern intermodal train in Elkhart Indiana and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest train in Galesburg Illinois with an ex Santa Fe - eight leading

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 10 месяцев назад +1

    hello Virtual Railfan it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

  • @kilt2024
    @kilt2024 10 месяцев назад +1

    Seems lessons from the President

  • @secondarymainlineproductio3033
    @secondarymainlineproductio3033 10 месяцев назад +31

    I have no sympathy for pedestrians crossing the tracks like the one in Cordele...they must think they are special and entitled for some reason.

    • @matthewrinehart9514
      @matthewrinehart9514 10 месяцев назад +12

      Like those crews need more stress

    • @maynardcarmer3148
      @maynardcarmer3148 10 месяцев назад +10

      And heaven forbid they should so much as get a broken fingernail. I can see the lawsuit already.

    • @williamflowersrailfannerpr3808
      @williamflowersrailfannerpr3808 10 месяцев назад +2

      I wish people knew what train safety is

    • @HighBall-wt8jp
      @HighBall-wt8jp 10 месяцев назад

      The trains really should learn to slow down for them

    • @nolantherailfan5048
      @nolantherailfan5048 10 месяцев назад +2

      I actually yelled at someone for doing that

  • @musicman8942
    @musicman8942 10 месяцев назад +1

    I counted 7 Darwins

  • @MrAmtrak207
    @MrAmtrak207 10 месяцев назад

    Those are overheated brake shoes that are sparking, that's not a hotbox

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 10 месяцев назад +2

    It sounds like there is a bad length of rail in Wichita.

  • @peterp1158
    @peterp1158 10 месяцев назад

    "Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die"

  • @toomanyhobbies2011
    @toomanyhobbies2011 10 месяцев назад

    Empty train at 21:00, another at 22:00.

  • @HappyHands.
    @HappyHands. 10 месяцев назад +3

    2:36 having to have passenger cars made in other countries and imported is kind of sad.

  • @richardmclaughlin8345
    @richardmclaughlin8345 10 месяцев назад

    But what if the 'Darwins' know there is no one in the cab? That makes them 'Scofflaws' not 'Darwins'.

  • @janeordway4841
    @janeordway4841 10 месяцев назад

    Stepping over a drawbar is a Dumb thing to do. A safer option would be to use the steps on the well car.

  • @spooge1oh1
    @spooge1oh1 10 месяцев назад +2

    What is up with all the Darwin candidates lately

    • @georgeadams1853
      @georgeadams1853 10 месяцев назад +2

      "Hey, it's perfectly safe. I made it. It's not like the train's going to hit me. He's going slow. He can stop."

  • @jonathanburrowaz
    @jonathanburrowaz 10 месяцев назад +2

    Sorry but if you've never walked down railroad tracks then u haven't railfanned much. Yes it's your fault if u get hit by train, but most people reading this have walked down railroad tracks one time or another.

  • @jerrydaily8208
    @jerrydaily8208 10 месяцев назад +4

    No brains fair game

  • @stevegird7706
    @stevegird7706 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tank cars containing toxic God-Knows-What with flaming journal boxes. Will they never learn? Do the people of OKC know about this?

    • @windlockatc
      @windlockatc 10 месяцев назад +4

      If you are talking about the sparks, that's coming from the Brakes it appears

  • @dennisnieradka6668
    @dennisnieradka6668 Месяц назад

    Some people have such a low value on life. Why does it take 6 Amtrak to pull a train?