STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACKS! DARWINS, BEAR, BELT LINE ENGINE & MUCH MORE!

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  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Год назад +1

    0:27 Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line heritage unit.
    0:50 NS 6079 running long-hood-forward pulling 9-1-1 and 5642 and two safety training tankers
    1:46 Carolina Costal 1501 is in the same livery as NS 8114 (again at 12:27)
    2:05 Brightline orange passes an FEC freight train
    3:00 Ski Train car on the rear at Galesburg
    3:13 some old boxcars
    3:44 switch panels in both special flatcars and gondolas
    4:34 the safety tankers again
    6:14 CSX 3440 is named "Spirit Of Ravenna" in support of the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp who are restoring C&O 2716
    6:50 as the train starts moving, he just crosses between cars anyways (another person at 25:45)
    7:09 UP EC-5 inspection railcar
    7:57 Reading and Northern covered hoppers, including an ex-Canada Grain one
    9:02 this ex-CEFX unit is still in the older blue livery
    10:07 Empire Services pass each other (the other one might be the Maple Leaf)
    11:43 Amtrak ballast train! A top-and-tail Keystone Service passes the ballast train
    12:57 CSX 1976 leading
    13:40 an FL9 in New York Central colors! All FL9s were built for the New Haven to run into Grand Central Terminal
    13:52 car turns onto the tracks. Was eventually able to get out without a tow truck, but the cops still stopped all trains
    18:22 13-unit power move with BNSF 7695 on the rear
    20:25 Squaw Creek gondola
    20:38 CSX 4568 and 4536
    21:05 another Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Railway unit, this one in the standard ex-NS black
    21:50 I guess you could call this a flatbed container, as it takes up the space of a container but has no walls or roof
    22:04 2-8-2T steam engine being brought to Strasburg for restoration
    24:23 military muntions containers. Nice to see some being moved without military vehicles
    24:48 KCS SD70ACe doubleheader
    26:23 warbonnet putting out exhaust, UP SD70M, and H3 GP39M
    26:33 CSX 1827 and 1 with a 12-car Holiday Express.

  • @dirkradler532
    @dirkradler532 Год назад +16

    Love seeing the Lehigh Valley. Brings back memories both grandfathers worked for the valley. Most of it now a rail trail

  • @schizoozy
    @schizoozy Год назад +8

    BNSF yellow swoosh at Fort Madison. We haven't seen it in ages.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад +1

      I can't believe we missed that! 19:12 Thank You!

    • @noveless
      @noveless Год назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing watching then into view there it was.

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 Год назад +4

    Wow! Great catching all the trains and both the deer and a bear, especially the CSX Santa in Ashland, Virginia, Virtual Railfan, thank you.

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Год назад

    Bear,Darwins, lots of nice EMD power through Roanoke and great stuff on all cams!🛤🚂

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz Год назад +8

    Engines and landscapes and fools, Oh My! Okay this was as always a wonderful blend..

  • @steverudder3321
    @steverudder3321 Год назад

    Many Blessings to the CAMERA CLEANERS!! 😊👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @saratogatrainchaser09
    @saratogatrainchaser09 Год назад +11

    Awesome job Virtual Railfan! 👋🏼

  • @ck4426
    @ck4426 Год назад +2

    Goodness gracious this is the best thing on the Internet!!! Hands down!!!

  • @roberthuron9160
    @roberthuron9160 Год назад +4

    Love seeing that CSX OCS train,as it's the old Royal Blue reincarnated! Beautiful paint scheme,and does the old B&O proud! Thank you 😇 😊 !

  • @timslager5966
    @timslager5966 Год назад +4

    Cant believe you missed the 5432 in the power move at Ft. Madison, great sunset👍

  • @egbutler114
    @egbutler114 Год назад +4

    The Grab Bag is a great idea. Love them!

  • @Bnsfcsxseru
    @Bnsfcsxseru Год назад

    My son loves your videos

  • @pgronemeier
    @pgronemeier Год назад +2

    I'm now thinking they're driving on the tracks JUST to get on VR highlights‼🤔🤣🙃👍

  • @garethanddylanjohn3213
    @garethanddylanjohn3213 Год назад +3

    ❤ the winter sunshine

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 Год назад +7

    At Jonesborough, the 'Carolina Coastal Railway' was good to see and read-up about, especially with their GP15s. Same for NPBL at Roanoke - another Railroad to look-up. Some good Freight Roster catches including one of my Accurail FMC Hoppers at Roanoke. Elkhart @10:30 - love the sounds from those two EMDs.

  • @U_ever
    @U_ever Год назад

    Loved seeing the "BNSF Golden Swoosh" at 19:55 !

  • @TheLordHighXcutioner
    @TheLordHighXcutioner Год назад +13

    Ashland needs a ramp for these occasions.

  • @asquithmainlines699
    @asquithmainlines699 Год назад +14

    That Revy bear must have been the one that got hit by a car last year. He was definitely looking both ways as he was crossing the street. Normally our bears would be fast asleep already but so far winter has taken a rain check.🇨🇦

  • @barbararuiz5960
    @barbararuiz5960 Год назад +3

    Hi Friends👋🏻Greetings from New Mexico💕

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 Год назад +1

    Great Burlington shots.
    Glowing ducks anyone?😂

  • @Fukose
    @Fukose Год назад +2

    Once again greetings from berlin 😀

  • @anb7408
    @anb7408 Год назад +4

    That Penn Central unit looks like the originals……tattered paint and run down looking! 😂

    • @peterp1158
      @peterp1158 Год назад

      Where was it going?

    • @roberthuron9160
      @roberthuron9160 Год назад

      To quote the Extra 2200 South,magazine,Penn Central was a 13D paint scheme,with no imagination! Still looks bad,even now! Oh,yes,the PC logo,had the nickname of mating 🪱worms!! Thankfully,the PC died quickly,but they did one thing,they got the Feds to acknowledge the neglect of the railroads! Silver lining in an otherwise miserable tale! Thank you 😇 😊!!!

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 Год назад

    hello virtual railfan & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Год назад +2

    *Nice*

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 Год назад +2

    Always good to see Revy Bear, and we won't get to do it too much longer till spring. Loved the deer, the steam engine, and oh man, that bridge in Burlington--it was gorgeous. Fort Madison is always fun too. But I'll bet the drivers stuck at the crossing in LaGrange wish *they* could push a button like you do and make the trains go 5 times as fast lol! Another great one!!

  • @01FozzyS
    @01FozzyS Год назад +38

    How people keep on mistaking train tracks for a road,I have no clue. Never have I ever thought of going on them while going across a crossing.

    • @b3j8
      @b3j8 Год назад +6

      At least some of those wrong turns likely involve alcohol.🙄

    • @heavenlydays2838
      @heavenlydays2838 Год назад +2

      Paint the Whole crossing in bright yellow Striping.

    • @JohnPingley
      @JohnPingley Год назад +5

      They were just following their GPS 😂

    • @starling5188
      @starling5188 Год назад +4

      I think more of them tend to happen at night.

    • @静鸣-w7r
      @静鸣-w7r Год назад

      Thanks

  • @OhnoesFroz
    @OhnoesFroz Год назад +1

    Classic Ashland.

  • @colefd
    @colefd Год назад +2

    From the very first crossing, Revelstoke bear was always very good about avoiding traffic, what's up with last night and why the cliffhanger from VRF...? You can count on at least .75 Darwin /day at Wayx...heh heh heh.

  • @FlightAndTrack
    @FlightAndTrack Год назад +7

    What a cute little bear

  • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
    @lowellvillerailfanproductions Год назад +6

    Okay so two questions. When are we resetting the counter back to zero for the cars on the tracks in Ashland? And my second question is who here has seen the new CSX Heritage unit?

  • @kennethhanks6712
    @kennethhanks6712 Год назад +2

    21:05 NPBL/Norfolk and Portsmouth Beltline(?). And working her way home to boot (or westbound?) !?!

  • @1208bug
    @1208bug Год назад +4

    What, no mention of "The Golden Swoosh" at Ft. Madison?

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад +1

      Yep, missed it. 19:12 In all fairness, we're all pretty busy. one time in 40 isn't bad though, lol.

  • @schizoozy
    @schizoozy Год назад +2

    1501 Carolina Coastal Railway engine at our neighboring Jonesboro Depot and Museum 😍

  • @scottmccloud2894
    @scottmccloud2894 Год назад +3

    CALL the 800 number on the BLUE sign on the crossing. Best way to alert the RR.

  • @19crash84
    @19crash84 Год назад +2

    Been a while since we have had a knucklehead on the tracks in Ashland.

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 Год назад

    The ending was WOW.

  • @siglavikingkearns8108
    @siglavikingkearns8108 Год назад +3

    I don't know if VF reads these comments or not but I wonder if it would be possible to identify the locos (brand, model #) on the screen as they go by. Even just some of them?

  • @juliemulie1805
    @juliemulie1805 Год назад

    Glowing pelicans in Burlington!

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Год назад

    Excellent Video!
    🍁🥀🇮🇳🥀🍁

  • @randygoesplaces-yh3xd
    @randygoesplaces-yh3xd Год назад +10

    I love the irony of a cyclist wearing a helmet for safety then taking the bike between railroad cars. )

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Год назад +13

    I swear with all the cars and trucks trying to drive down the tracks there must be an app telling drivers: "In 50 feet turn onto railroad tracks, get stuck, damage your vehicle and pay a huge towing fee". Duh, o.k. Alexa!

  • @Jmat40
    @Jmat40 Год назад +5

    It never creases to amaze me how often cars drive onto the tracks in Ashland. What are people looking at or thinking to do that? I just can't imagine doing that.

    • @bknesbitt2155
      @bknesbitt2155 Год назад +3

      Some have said that Google Maps gives instructions to turn there.

  • @barbararuiz5960
    @barbararuiz5960 Год назад +7

    Some of these trains are shiny & beautiful, others need a train wash🤭and I wish the taggers would stop destroying the trains with their graffiti..Tag your Momma and Daddy's house💯

  • @FlightAndTrack
    @FlightAndTrack Год назад +3

    Yesterday I saw an Amtrak silver service with a p42 alc 42 and a dash 8! Right out my window!

  • @coreypeters4170
    @coreypeters4170 Год назад +1

    26:08, NS AC44C6M 4654 and 4649! Brand new locomotives!

  • @richardbause2453
    @richardbause2453 Год назад +1

    Score card total for ASHLAND, Virginia this year;
    6 ?🤔?

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan Год назад +1

    What does "NPBL" stand for? And where's the tank engine going? I was unaware that Strasburg had a 2-8-2t.

    • @MrCrazycook8
      @MrCrazycook8 Год назад

      Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad

    • @bowlinerailfan
      @bowlinerailfan Год назад

      @@MrCrazycook8 Thank you.

    • @roberthuron9160
      @roberthuron9160 Год назад

      That 2-8-2t looks like a Simpson Logging engine! Alco?? Somebody knows,thank you!! Thank you 😇 😊!

    • @LeftVegas
      @LeftVegas Год назад

      Pacific Lumber Company Locomotive No. 37, once in service Wilmington & Western, had been sent to to SRC for restoration by Timber Heritage Association, which decided to abandon that project, sell 37, focus on a different loco

    • @bowlinerailfan
      @bowlinerailfan Год назад

      @@LeftVegas thank you.

  • @mathuetax
    @mathuetax Год назад +1

    The bear says; "Look, LIsten, Live."

  • @planetwisconsin9901
    @planetwisconsin9901 Год назад

    Hoping to see the meteor I saw on the La Plata cam a few days ago.

  • @TheLordHighXcutioner
    @TheLordHighXcutioner Год назад +3

    13:53 for the goober.

  • @Pensyfan19
    @Pensyfan19 Год назад +1

    Does anyone know where that tank engine on that flatbed at Strasburg is heading off to?

    • @rrelectric5159
      @rrelectric5159 Год назад +1

      Age of Steam Roundhouse

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Год назад

      That was so beautiful! I wondered about it too--thanks for asking!

  • @coryhoover01
    @coryhoover01 Год назад +2

    Even the bear stops at the tracks before crossing

    • @John-cg8hb
      @John-cg8hb Год назад

      But still crossed against a red.

    • @coryhoover01
      @coryhoover01 Год назад

      @@John-cg8hb they are working on teaching him that now 1 thing at a time 🤣

  • @RedHeart64
    @RedHeart64 Год назад

    19:17 - BNSF # 7695 Golden Swoosh.

  • @jbreezy101
    @jbreezy101 Год назад +1

    Can someone tell me where things go out of Ft Madison?

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Год назад +1

      Chicago to the east and basically all points west on BNSF and connections.

    • @johnstafford4304
      @johnstafford4304 Год назад

      Chicago-east, Kansas City-west, Burlington North/east K LIne, St. Louis -south/west K line

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226
    @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 Год назад +1

    Did someone say RAMING speed 😁 in Ashland

  • @rztrzt
    @rztrzt Год назад +1

    That car is probably fooked in the suspension area.

  • @luissaez5437
    @luissaez5437 Год назад +1

    Awesome job 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @johnwoodall3791
    @johnwoodall3791 Год назад

    Gives a whole new meaning to off the beaten road like here in Australia.
    Wasn't their a show called Malcolm in the Middle, Maybe that's his name, You really can't get much closer to the middle than that but a Train i am certain would help this person get off the tracks no problem, The vehicle will probably be a fair bit shorter though.
    Hope you got an Airbag.
    Really nice Video, Loved the Action, Some really nice Trains.
    Cool Stuff.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams Год назад

    22:00 "Look Ma, no tracks!"

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 Год назад +4

    Well, I guess someone could mistake a road between the tracks!?

  • @railfanmaximstill7279
    @railfanmaximstill7279 Год назад +1

    19:17 saw this live

  • @Dr_piFrog
    @Dr_piFrog Год назад

    I just do not understand by some people have trouble distinguishing between railroad tracks and streets.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams Год назад

    11:00 Did the bear make it across the road safely?

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Год назад +1

      He did. I was watching that night, and the car slowed down for him.

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams Год назад

      @@donnaj9964 Thanks.

  • @tomp8871
    @tomp8871 Год назад

    at @8:11 never seen that one before

  • @billkaldem5099
    @billkaldem5099 Год назад

    I’m only guessing. Until enough of them that turn onto the tracks get sent flying into next year this will never stop

  • @bobvandiver9395
    @bobvandiver9395 Год назад

    Golden swoosh at around 19:21

  • @boerje8154
    @boerje8154 Год назад +1

    11:00 Revy bear. Go to sleep. 😊

  • @Photoline1
    @Photoline1 Год назад +1

    See track? Think, brain.

  • @DrHenry1987
    @DrHenry1987 Год назад +1

    When are they going to put barrier gates across the tracks to prevent cars from turning onto the tracks? It is such an easy fix.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Год назад +2

      Whether that would be a workable idea or not since that would block the tracks most of the time when the trains have the right of way would be an extra complication that might not be advisable.
      The main concern would be where would the funding come from to pay for what would be doubling+ the cost of gate protection at all grade crossings. You might want to check up on the cost of a single crossing gate installation and also, just as important, it's average maintenance cost each year. That makes it NOT so easy a fix.

    • @DrHenry1987
      @DrHenry1987 Год назад

      No trouble at all. Just like the train triggers the current gates, the train would trigger the new ones to raise for the train to go by. Same technology.@@kennethhanks6712

    • @Bongofurry
      @Bongofurry Год назад

      Never

  • @47fireguy16
    @47fireguy16 Год назад

    Funny how the bear takes the same path across the street and behind the same house. Must be a food source back there. I would be the poor soul that goes out to empty the trash just as he makes his visit and I would rapidly hope I could float to get away from him. Very predictable path for him.

    • @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co
      @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co Год назад

      Given that the bear had a young bear in tow earlier this year, I suspect Revy is a she.

  • @andythekitsune
    @andythekitsune Год назад +1

    Repeat after me: I am not a hi-rail truck.

  • @leshemingway7768
    @leshemingway7768 Год назад +1

    Maybe the city needs to put a ramp at the intersections in Ashland so cars that do get stuck between the track can back out without going over the drop off. I can;t understand why people continue to pull on the tracks there

  • @barbararuiz5960
    @barbararuiz5960 Год назад

    That was a dumb turn😅wonder if he messed up his oil pan😅😅

  • @railyardfilms6491
    @railyardfilms6491 Год назад

    1 day somebody will climb in middle of train why it starts up again they will fall

  • @douglasashleigh4989
    @douglasashleigh4989 Год назад

    I haven't searched all the comments, but what is that blue engine with the white-striped nose that keeps showing up?

  • @mickjones1941
    @mickjones1941 Год назад +3

    you call them darwin candidates but not everyone has twenty minutes to waste while you park a mile long train on the crossing in england we put a footbridge for safety

  • @mirandavanzee6366
    @mirandavanzee6366 Год назад

    🐻🦌

  • @kmagnussen1052
    @kmagnussen1052 Год назад +1

    Bears put on some weight or bigger bear.

  • @tpep1693
    @tpep1693 Год назад

    They have as many clowns in Ashland as they do LaGrange. Just saying.

    • @Bongofurry
      @Bongofurry Год назад

      Not as many as in Washington DC.

  • @McBain-qe2jh
    @McBain-qe2jh Год назад

    This grab bag was stuffed.