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.
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!
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💯
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?
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.🇨🇦
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.
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 😇 😊!!!
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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!!
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.
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
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.
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
Awesome job Virtual Railfan! 👋🏼
Goodness gracious this is the best thing on the Internet!!! Hands down!!!
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.
I love the irony of a cyclist wearing a helmet for safety then taking the bike between railroad cars. )
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!
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.
At least some of those wrong turns likely involve alcohol.🙄
Paint the Whole crossing in bright yellow Striping.
They were just following their GPS 😂
I think more of them tend to happen at night.
Thanks
Love seeing the Lehigh Valley. Brings back memories both grandfathers worked for the valley. Most of it now a rail trail
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💯
Or your own!!
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?
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.🇨🇦
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.
Some have said that Google Maps gives instructions to turn there.
BNSF yellow swoosh at Fort Madison. We haven't seen it in ages.
I can't believe we missed that! 19:12 Thank You!
I was thinking the same thing watching then into view there it was.
Ashland needs a ramp for these occasions.
Classic Ashland.
Engines and landscapes and fools, Oh My! Okay this was as always a wonderful blend..
*Nice*
Wow! Great catching all the trains and both the deer and a bear, especially the CSX Santa in Ashland, Virginia, Virtual Railfan, thank you.
CALL the 800 number on the BLUE sign on the crossing. Best way to alert the RR.
Well, I guess someone could mistake a road between the tracks!?
What, no mention of "The Golden Swoosh" at Ft. Madison?
Yep, missed it. 19:12 In all fairness, we're all pretty busy. one time in 40 isn't bad though, lol.
13:53 for the goober.
Cant believe you missed the 5432 in the power move at Ft. Madison, great sunset👍
21:05 NPBL/Norfolk and Portsmouth Beltline(?). And working her way home to boot (or westbound?) !?!
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 😇 😊 !
I'm now thinking they're driving on the tracks JUST to get on VR highlights‼🤔🤣🙃👍
That Penn Central unit looks like the originals……tattered paint and run down looking! 😂
Where was it going?
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 😇 😊!!!
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.
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?
Score card total for ASHLAND, Virginia this year;
6 ?🤔?
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.
That car is probably fooked in the suspension area.
1501 Carolina Coastal Railway engine at our neighboring Jonesboro Depot and Museum 😍
The Grab Bag is a great idea. Love them!
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
Been a while since we have had a knucklehead on the tracks in Ashland.
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.
26:08, NS AC44C6M 4654 and 4649! Brand new locomotives!
See track? Think, brain.
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
I just do not understand by some people have trouble distinguishing between railroad tracks and streets.
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Even the bear stops at the tracks before crossing
But still crossed against a red.
@@John-cg8hb they are working on teaching him that now 1 thing at a time 🤣
The bear says; "Look, LIsten, Live."
❤ the winter sunshine
Did someone say RAMING speed 😁 in Ashland
Classic movie!
Does anyone know where that tank engine on that flatbed at Strasburg is heading off to?
Age of Steam Roundhouse
That was so beautiful! I wondered about it too--thanks for asking!
Repeat after me: I am not a hi-rail truck.
19:17 - BNSF # 7695 Golden Swoosh.
Great Burlington shots.
Glowing ducks anyone?😂
Glowing pelicans! Loved to see them too!
They were Pelicans
19:17 saw this live
Many Blessings to the CAMERA CLEANERS!! 😊👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yesterday I saw an Amtrak silver service with a p42 alc 42 and a dash 8! Right out my window!
1 day somebody will climb in middle of train why it starts up again they will fall
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!!
11:00 Revy bear. Go to sleep. 😊
I’m only guessing. Until enough of them that turn onto the tracks get sent flying into next year this will never stop
hello virtual railfan & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
What a cute little bear
We love Revy!🐻🤎🖤
@@TinkerTailor4303 yes we do
Little???
@@csrrjefflloyd6496 yes
Well, if this is the same bear I saw get hit by a car some months ago, the car didn’t fair so well due to the bear’s size.
My son loves your videos
Loved seeing the "BNSF Golden Swoosh" at 19:55 !
That was a dumb turn😅wonder if he messed up his oil pan😅😅
Hoping to see the meteor I saw on the La Plata cam a few days ago.
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.
Given that the bear had a young bear in tow earlier this year, I suspect Revy is a she.
What does "NPBL" stand for? And where's the tank engine going? I was unaware that Strasburg had a 2-8-2t.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
@@MrCrazycook8 Thank you.
That 2-8-2t looks like a Simpson Logging engine! Alco?? Somebody knows,thank you!! Thank you 😇 😊!
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
@@LeftVegas thank you.
Can someone tell me where things go out of Ft Madison?
Chicago to the east and basically all points west on BNSF and connections.
Chicago-east, Kansas City-west, Burlington North/east K LIne, St. Louis -south/west K line
Excellent Video!
🍁🥀🇮🇳🥀🍁
Glowing pelicans in Burlington!
🐻🦌
at @8:11 never seen that one before
Golden swoosh at around 19:21
22:00 "Look Ma, no tracks!"
The ending was WOW.
Bears put on some weight or bigger bear.
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.
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.
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
Never
11:00 Did the bear make it across the road safely?
He did. I was watching that night, and the car slowed down for him.
@@donnaj9964 Thanks.
They have as many clowns in Ashland as they do LaGrange. Just saying.
Not as many as in Washington DC.
I haven't searched all the comments, but what is that blue engine with the white-striped nose that keeps showing up?
This grab bag was stuffed.
Awesome job 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Bear,Darwins, lots of nice EMD power through Roanoke and great stuff on all cams!🛤🚂