Train SPEEDS past KIDS playing on the street!!! Does this seem safe? Fastest street-running train...

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  • @curtisdavis5556
    @curtisdavis5556 3 месяца назад +10

    Great videos, thank you. I’ve loved street-running trains since I was a kid with free access to both the Rock Island and Missouri Pacific RR yards. My Dad worked for the “MOPAC” and my Scout Master/Youth Pastor worked for the “ROCK” and we were taught the dangers of trains and rail yards. Some of my happiest memories growing up we spent in those two rail yards. Neither I or my three brothers were ever injured in all our times in the yards. Vietnam was way more dangerous than those rail yards ever got and a whole lot less fun. Love the 23,boxcars in NS’s NS20. Enjoy watching the future railfans playing and watching.

  • @RealMelodyBlue
    @RealMelodyBlue 3 месяца назад +42

    Parents not doing their job, and if, Gor forbid, something were to happen, who do you think will get the blame?

    • @jonasvalero
      @jonasvalero 3 месяца назад +7

      Even if the parents had the best legal team, the railroads in America are pretty powerful. Usually settlements are just a minor bump on their radar. Messed up.

    • @lifeintornadoalley
      @lifeintornadoalley 3 месяца назад +9

      The parents get the blame because it's federally illegal to walk on the tracks and ballast.

    • @vettebecker1
      @vettebecker1 3 месяца назад +10

      Not to mention, the train crew will have to live with it as well

    • @SamFindley-zt7mt
      @SamFindley-zt7mt 3 месяца назад +7

      This is why parents need to watch their kids playing outside if they live right next to the tracks. And if something were to happen of course they would blame the railroad for hitting the kids when they should be watching them to make sure they are playing safely around the tracks

    • @NYC563
      @NYC563 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@lifeintornadoalleyright

  • @michaelfaussett6508
    @michaelfaussett6508 3 месяца назад +8

    I think it's very cool to see huge trains run through towns and cities streets like this we have one that runs through down town Tampa in Florida and it was very cool i really enjoyed watching the street runner.

  • @ronfogarty3888
    @ronfogarty3888 3 месяца назад +1

    Very very nice thats pretty cool keep up the good work

  • @armageddonera1pack639
    @armageddonera1pack639 3 месяца назад +15

    I overheard one of the kids saying I love trains!!

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +5

      @@armageddonera1pack639 yes they were all excited when they heard the train.

    • @armageddonera1pack639
      @armageddonera1pack639 3 месяца назад +5

      @@therailroadtiespiker and Guess what So am I for life and forever Trains 🚂 are my hobbie and Entertainment

  • @williamjones4483
    @williamjones4483 2 месяца назад +2

    Two things I noticed that would bother me greatly if I lived there is the train seems to be going a little too fast for a residential area and the second is the presence of placards, indicating hazardous materials.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@williamjones4483 they run loaded trains carrying fuel several times a week through there.

    • @RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx
      @RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx 2 месяца назад

      Wouldn't bother me one bit

  • @trevorcooke8129
    @trevorcooke8129 3 месяца назад +3

    Wow a great big freight train 🚆 going down the middle of a street 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈, put things in perspective seeing 👀 one of the carriages passing the car next to it, I'm sure the houses 🏘 must vibrate a little, I agree watching the kids very uneasy viewing, great captures 👍👌👏

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +1

      @@trevorcooke8129 thank you for watching… I’ve talked to a few of the neighbors and they say that the grain trains are the loudest.

    • @minerran
      @minerran 3 месяца назад +1

      "must vibrate a little..." only a little?

  • @johnwalsh6004
    @johnwalsh6004 3 месяца назад +3

    Life is full of risks including walking along a street or riding in a car. We had a double rail line a block away & spent much time along the right of way. There was also a street runner on our way walking to school. There are more worried people now.

  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 3 месяца назад +11

    My Parents were Helicopter Parents but many of Today’s Parents Don’t want to be Bothered. Trains can be Very Dangerous if you Don’t Learn to Respect them. 🤔👍

    • @NorCaliRailroading2023
      @NorCaliRailroading2023 3 месяца назад +2

      Wrong, most parents today are over protective. Back then their kids would go everywhere without out them

  • @CharlieKrampitz
    @CharlieKrampitz 3 месяца назад +13

    Parents fault for kids being in the street. Train SPEEDS? The train is doing as we railroaders would say a fast twenty 😆😅😂🤣

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +2

      @@CharlieKrampitz it’s crazy the parents don’t pay attention to their kids

  • @williammcgeehan3424
    @williammcgeehan3424 3 месяца назад +6

    How many times a week do they run through there ? They might need an updated " 8th Ave Cowboys " solution that the New York Central used many decades ago when they had street running in New York City before they built the West Side elevated " High Line ".

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +1

      @@williammcgeehan3424 4 to 5 trains a day. It’s a mainline for NS

    • @williammcgeehan3424
      @williammcgeehan3424 3 месяца назад +2

      @therailroadtiespiker If they run any more than that, they're going to start looking at building a bypass line to get off that street running. They're probably looking at options now, including shared track.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@williammcgeehan3424 they have the only track in about 20 miles either direction and they have been running like this for years.

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 2 месяца назад +1

    Great footage and double mid helper DPU action!🛤🚂

  • @johnpapa1916
    @johnpapa1916 3 месяца назад +15

    Yes its safe . As long as the children are taught right . But today parents are the problem

    • @jonasvalero
      @jonasvalero 3 месяца назад +1

      I mean come on dude, even us adults messed sometimes. I think I wouldn't trust myself parking my car next to the street tracks. Factors like loose parts from the train or even derailment would messed up your day. A lot of us in the comment thread agree that train should go slower overall.

  • @Slide164
    @Slide164 3 месяца назад +2

    It’s not the speed it’s the derailing I would be worried about!

  • @rayhenwood3833
    @rayhenwood3833 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice bit of colour on the trees.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@rayhenwood3833 yes the sugar maples are looking beautiful this time of the year

  • @celioleitao7303
    @celioleitao7303 3 месяца назад +1

    That's crazy how fast that train is going.

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 3 месяца назад +1

      They can legally go at any speed they want except for trains that are hauling hazardous cargo.

  • @chrisbeard5794
    @chrisbeard5794 2 месяца назад +1

    My major thought to this video is what if the kids are playing with a ball and it rolls out under the train and they go out after it.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@chrisbeard5794 the sad thing is the house that was behind me when I was filming had there dog hit by one of the trains it was crossing the street and got it’s paw stuck between the rail and the pavement… it was crazy what happened but if it had been a kid?

  • @carlossanchez-kz4wh
    @carlossanchez-kz4wh 3 месяца назад +1

    Awesome love those street runners

  • @billmorris2613
    @billmorris2613 3 месяца назад

    I did a little research on the NS speed limit through Elwood, Indiana. The speed limit is 30 MPH including the street running.

  • @jedknutson8373
    @jedknutson8373 3 месяца назад +10

    to me it's just crazy. i know they were there first and all, but why not a reduced speed zone....

  • @devonodonnell6443
    @devonodonnell6443 3 месяца назад +2

    I wish i had a train running through my backyard so i could play on the tracks without having to leave the house. I wouldn want it in my street though as i always park crooked and sticking out.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@devonodonnell6443 lol well you would learn how to park. 😂

  • @DarrenMcallister-rf4oe
    @DarrenMcallister-rf4oe 3 месяца назад +1

    If kids in the 1950s can co-exist with trains running in the streets, so can today's kids. All they need is their parents to teach them to stay out of their way.

  • @makiagrigsby8211
    @makiagrigsby8211 2 месяца назад +1

    The train was going a reasonable speed to me, probably about 20-25 mph at most. As long as the kids didn't get too close to it then that was fine, I didn't see anything wrong.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@makiagrigsby8211 they do between 30 and 35 mph I’ve clocked them with the radar gun. 40 is track speed. Most street run tracks speed limit is 10 mph.

  • @paulsmith5398
    @paulsmith5398 3 месяца назад +1

    Yeah, way too close for me! As for street running trains, way back in the 1960s, my dad would take me with him to a factory in Indiana that attached truck bodies to the chassis. Dont remember the name of the town, but the Nickel Plate Road ran right down the middle of the street. There was more than one occasion where my dad had to park on the street close enough that i could reach out and run my hand down the side of the whole train. Ahhhhh❗NOBLESVILLE INDIANA❗

    • @paulsmith5398
      @paulsmith5398 3 месяца назад

      And if my memory serves me correctly, the NKP engines sounded different from the GP-7/9s, they had a more throaty sound to them, and may have been ALCO units❗ Anybody out there want to confirm that 🤔?

  • @zaybethea1823
    @zaybethea1823 3 месяца назад

    I can’t live like this because if the train deraileds than everything going to mess up

  • @MrStark-up6fi
    @MrStark-up6fi 2 месяца назад

    This is no more dangerous than the car-dependent society we have

  • @Eddieanthony-fs7is
    @Eddieanthony-fs7is 3 месяца назад +1

    As the saying goes…whenever there’s tracks, thinks trains…and parents should keep their kids in the yards not in the street. Luckily that wasn’t a car going at a much faster speed

  • @billmorris2613
    @billmorris2613 3 месяца назад +1

    Around the 3:10 mark the train speed instantly doubles. Before that the train was moving slowly.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@billmorris2613 well they got closer that could be what you’re seeing when I zoom out and zoom back in.

    • @billmorris2613
      @billmorris2613 3 месяца назад

      @@therailroadtiespiker I have watched and made many videos myself of many trains where they / I zoom in and out and the speed of the train does not appear to change. The speed changed instantly at the same time as you zoomed in then back out. I watched one of Jaw Tooth’s street running videos on this same street. The speed does not appear to change when he Zooms in and out. From my research the speed limit here is 30 MPH for the whole town. The train does not exceed that 30MPH. In fact some of it appears to be going 15 to 20 MPH.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@billmorris2613 just look at the leaves they are still moving at the same speed. I asked a good friend of mine that works on that line and 35 mph is the track speed. I’m sorry your eyes are playing tricks on you.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@billmorris2613 when you have a lens zoomed out it makes the object you’re filming appear going slower because of lens compression.

  • @danguilz-je8ch
    @danguilz-je8ch 3 месяца назад +5

    I seen an engineer he looked just like you he looked exactly like you at first I thought it was you but it wasn't he was in an NS train going westbound

  • @Aviation714
    @Aviation714 3 месяца назад +1

    15:48 was that a shave and a hair cut ?

  • @johnschultz9023
    @johnschultz9023 3 месяца назад +6

    What came first, the neighborhood, or the houses? Many generations of kids were raised there. Just don't have your head up your azz.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@johnschultz9023 the neighborhood came first by about 20 years before the track from Muncie to Frankfort was laid down. The NYC track that used to run north and south through town was laid down before the town was established.

  • @whattowatch7908
    @whattowatch7908 3 месяца назад +2

    Trains are hard to control. If there is a grade coming up and you're going slow, you're in for a problem. So maybe the train was moving at track speed, not speeding.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@whattowatch7908 the train was moving at track speed because if they go over the speed limit they get in big trouble by the railroad. Now for hill or grades this is a very flat area of the state. Thank you for watching

  • @msa6931
    @msa6931 3 месяца назад

    This gave me heart failure...I dont like street running to begin with...where it occurs there should be speed restrictions in populated areas. You'd think the engineers would have enough consideration to go slow in case they need to make an emergency stop.

  • @davidstewart5694
    @davidstewart5694 3 месяца назад +2

    Just a thought but maybe the parents shouldn't let their kids play in or near the road

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@davidstewart5694 that would work but neighbors complain when the kids ride there bikes through there yards. My thing is CSX does 10 mph through La Grange on there street run and NS does between 35 to 40 mph in Elwood and Warsaw Indiana on there street runs.

  • @1_D_K_W_N
    @1_D_K_W_N 2 месяца назад +1

    Polar express ahh neighborhood

  • @connorgiove7090
    @connorgiove7090 2 месяца назад +1

    What im wondering is, why is the train going so fast as a streetrunner

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@connorgiove7090 that’s what I’ve been saying for the last few years. They do the same speed in Warsaw Indiana

    • @colinwinogradoff6794
      @colinwinogradoff6794 2 месяца назад

      Maybe because people want their produce fresh? . I bet these people are the first to complain when their package doesn't show up . Also nobody forces them to buy a house on the railroad tracks. Just a bunch of Karen's

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@colinwinogradoff6794 no one is complaining that live there

  • @antonyproductionsiii2339
    @antonyproductionsiii2339 3 месяца назад +1

    It's best to deviate the line away from residential areas.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@antonyproductionsiii2339 it wouldn’t be profitable so you know the railroad won’t do it.

  • @warreninc.9485
    @warreninc.9485 3 месяца назад

    KID SHOULD NOT PLAY ON THE STREETS that’s like the number one rule of childhood kids should not playing the street regardless of trains run on them

  • @JayTee0007
    @JayTee0007 3 месяца назад

    I never fart on Sundays. 😊

  • @Carolb66
    @Carolb66 3 месяца назад +2

    I love street running trains but i really think the trains go too fast on this street. Would cars even drive that fast down that street? We have 20mph zones in UK on some roads. Thanks Ty ❤😊👍

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +1

      @@Carolb66 the speed limit on the neighborhood streets in Elwood are 20 mph and the trains do 35 to 40 mph. Thank you Carol for watching….

  • @infaredxkingz8786
    @infaredxkingz8786 3 месяца назад

    Since when do trains run through neighborhoods?

  • @shauntakata1762
    @shauntakata1762 3 месяца назад +1

    Who builds a subdivision on an active rail line?

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@shauntakata1762 it’s more like why did the railroad put the track down the street because the street was there almost 20 years before the tracks were laid down.

    • @minerran
      @minerran 3 месяца назад +2

      @@therailroadtiespiker My guess would be corruption. The RR figured out that down the street was the cheapest point A to point B solution and they made promises of tax revenue, community investment, etc. to the city leadership. Plus the usual political campaign contributions. This happens frequently with sports stadiums in large cities like Miami where the city (i.e. local taxpayers) often ends up footing part of the cost as a bond. The residents of the city never seem to benefit unless one considers more traffic a benefit or being able to sell hot dogs and beer in the stands. :) In fact, the price of homes close to the stadium can actually be driven down because people don't want to live next to that mess and it becomes hard to sell a house.

    • @colinwinogradoff6794
      @colinwinogradoff6794 2 месяца назад

      My question why would people buy a house on this street, then complain about the trains. 💯 blame the families for moving there.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад

      @@colinwinogradoff6794 know one on that street is complaining…. There’s some of the nicest people I’ve met why’ll out filming.

  • @csxtrainfan319
    @csxtrainfan319 3 месяца назад +1

    First off why aren’t the parents watching the kids and second off what is the speed limit through this area?

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@csxtrainfan319 35 mph for trains cars is 20 mph. La Grange Kentucky street run is only 10 mph

  • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
    @lowellvillerailfanproductions 3 месяца назад +1

    Do not call me on this because I could be wrong entirely but I think these tracks once belong to either the southern or one of Norfolk Southern predecessor railroads and then the town was built and instead of having the tracks go around the town they just had to go Street running

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +1

      @@lowellvillerailfanproductions Nickel Plate then N&W but the town was there before the line was by almost 20 years.

    • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
      @lowellvillerailfanproductions 3 месяца назад +1

      @@therailroadtiespiker *shrug* i think speed limits when it comes to street running depends on the length of the street running and how much traffic there is but I'm only guessing at that

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@lowellvillerailfanproductions it’s only about a 150’ shorter than La Grange and they run about 20 mph faster the same in Warsaw Indiana

    • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
      @lowellvillerailfanproductions 3 месяца назад +1

      @@therailroadtiespiker huh interesting like I said I don't know much about Street running because I don't live in an area that has any Street running

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад +2

      @@lowellvillerailfanproductions a lot of time towns where built around the railroad and street run track was common before trucks and cars. Street run track made it easier to load and unload goods and passenger cars.

  • @carolinarailfanning
    @carolinarailfanning 3 месяца назад

    17:20 hope the kids didnt see that!

  • @monmixer
    @monmixer 3 месяца назад +4

    Not safe at all but that being said if you have railroad tracks in your town your kids are play on them when they start getting a bit older like 12 ish or even earlier if they have an older Brother. Railroad owns the property and they have their own lobbyists of course that make it just fine for street running trains through even cities even though people could be harmed or killed. They don't give a shit.
    They will just pay the family of the deceased off and move along. . I hopped trains when I was a kid to get to the village below and above the city I grew up in which is not a city anymore. We lost a lot during my young adult years as the rest belt was already developing by the time I turned 18 in 1976. Of course I did grow up when men were men and most boys were men by the time they were 16 or 17. Now it seems to take them until their 30's to grow up. Sad but true. Nice video, I love trains too!!! I personally think they should have to obey any reasonable request by a municipality and I do not think chain link fence on both sides of the tracks in areas with a lot of housing is unreasonable but that's also a double edged sword for wild life. So what do you do. Hard to chase a deer off the tracks or a bear or anything else if they can't get over the fence. Humans have enough sense to know they can't win against a train. Even kids seem to get it. Big, heavy, not much chance of life after being struck by one and especially after being run over by one.

  • @Railroadracer49
    @Railroadracer49 3 месяца назад

    Ok first of all bad parenting to have them unsupervised
    Second If these parents find out what happened put the blame on yourself and not on the train
    The tracks were there far before you were
    And Third WATCH YOUR KIDS!!!

  • @AmadorCowboy
    @AmadorCowboy 3 месяца назад +3

    I love trains but I really don't think I'd want one running through my front yard. Dangerous to the kids, you bet. But I can only imagine what the vibration does to all these houses.

  • @conductorjohnmthtrains2239
    @conductorjohnmthtrains2239 2 месяца назад

    And another thing, what family would buy a home that has class A train tracks running down the street?

  • @secondarymainlineproductio3033
    @secondarymainlineproductio3033 3 месяца назад

    Kids shouldn't be in the streets.

  • @minerran
    @minerran 3 месяца назад +2

    Does this seem safe, you ask? No. I won't judge how this town ended up with a track going right down a residential neighborhood and street but it was a very bad idea for many reasons. Safety is probably the least worry given how much the loco blows its LOUD horn. Good luck to the homeowners if/when they try to sell these houses. Corrupt city leadership is probably the reason these tracks were built.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@minerran there is a house for sale on that street but my wife said no in so many words. 😂

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 3 месяца назад

      The railroad was there long before the houses were , a very long time ago when trains became a thing towns and shop owners wanted to be closer to the trains so they can get their goods faster and so people can go from place to place faster because they hopped onto the trains.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@josephbennett3482 actually that rail line came through about 20 years after the town was established and that street was already there.

  • @lesterlattig
    @lesterlattig 3 месяца назад +2

    That’s crazy. Those street running trains should be required to travel much slower.

    • @howardbaitcher5464
      @howardbaitcher5464 3 месяца назад +1

      With as many tons as they haul how long do you think it would take them to stop even at 25 MPH

  • @sssniperboofygoofy
    @sssniperboofygoofy 2 месяца назад

    Kids in the road? There at fault

  • @johndettmann6785
    @johndettmann6785 3 месяца назад +1

    What...the kids will play in the street dodging cars but for some reason a loud train is more dangerous? Perhaps if parents would teach their children about the dangers of the roadway, we wouldn't be having this discussion! The train on the street is a non-issue. Stop playing in the street!!

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@johndettmann6785 I guess you didn’t grow up in a small town or on a neighborhood street. The train goes right through a neighborhood not down a busy main avenue.

  • @tango_mango.11560
    @tango_mango.11560 3 месяца назад +1

    the real problem is why run an active railroad streight through a neighbourghood at all let alone let the speed limit go higher than like 10 mph

  • @josephbennett3482
    @josephbennett3482 3 месяца назад

    The trains have right-of-way they got a job to do , the parents need to watch their kids knowing that they live around an active railroad.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@josephbennett3482 we all have jobs to do so I really don’t understand your comment.

  • @gregorytaylor240
    @gregorytaylor240 2 месяца назад

    First off kids are not supposed to play in the Street while there a train it to dangerous

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  2 месяца назад +1

      @@gregorytaylor240 in the perfect world but you also need to understand it’s a neighborhood street not a main avenue.

  • @john6218att
    @john6218att 3 месяца назад +1

    train should have a speed limit of 10 mph in any residential area

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@john6218att they do about 35 to 40 mph on the Warsaw street run to.

    • @scottfw7169
      @scottfw7169 3 месяца назад

      That 10 mph speed limit might not work like imagined because diesel electric locomotives don't have automobile style transmissions & there is a minimum speed rating for an amount of time on their traction motors before heat and eventually electrical issues arise.

    • @therailroadtiespiker
      @therailroadtiespiker  3 месяца назад

      @@scottfw7169 they do 10 mph in La Grange Kentucky and they only do 10 mph from Marion Indiana all the way to Kokomo every time they bring a grain train into town.

    • @rc391995
      @rc391995 3 месяца назад +1

      Spent 38 years working on a yard engine and the speed limit was not to exceed 10 mph . harrodsburg KY has a main one through he town and the maximum speed is 10 mph. I think your a little off . the time restriction on the traction motor wad not to exceed a certain amperage in a hard pull. Can't remember what it is know .

  • @user-mc4qr7nt4t
    @user-mc4qr7nt4t 3 месяца назад +1

    Its not safe when the childs 10 feet away from the tracks. Smh 😕

  • @conductorjohnmthtrains2239
    @conductorjohnmthtrains2239 2 месяца назад

    NS doesn't give a shit about kids safety one bit!