THRU THE CROSSING ARM AND DROVE RIGHT INTO THE TRACKS WITH A MOVING TRAIN ONE SET OVER! 12/28&29/22

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • This almost Year End Grab Bag is a Maker’s Grab Bag! Please don’t miss it!
    Music: “Evening Melodrama” by Kevin MacLeod

Комментарии • 114

  • @richarderickson8840
    @richarderickson8840 Год назад +5

    It breaks my heart to see old Rock Island rolling stock. My Grand Father and My dad worked for the Rock. Dad was an Engineer and he passed before the Rock died, so he did not have to see the end of a once proud rail line. My youngest sister worked as Brakeman till the end.

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Год назад +11

    18:18 I was expecting the loader at Revelstoke to knock that sign down while it was struggling to get free.

  • @davidellingford3135
    @davidellingford3135 Год назад +2

    To Virtual Railfan
    I like to say big thank you to you guys. The last past six months I been going through a tough time. It’s through your videos at been helping me get threw this, by looking forward to watching them. So thank you. Happy New year to you all. 🍺

  • @Janadu
    @Janadu Год назад +12

    Always amazed to see snow in AZ, while here in New England it's 50 degrees. LOL

    • @bonnienesbitt9593
      @bonnienesbitt9593 Год назад +5

      Quoting Google: "At nearly 7,000 feet, Flagstaff is also one of the highest elevation cities in the United States."

    • @kewljewl3006
      @kewljewl3006 Год назад

      The northern 1/3 of Arizona is at a high elevation and gets plenty of cold and snow. Lived there for 30 years.

    • @jeremyhorne5252
      @jeremyhorne5252 Год назад

      Connecticut I could see - although unusual - Maine and New Hampshire - VERY rare - at least when I lived there for several decades.

  • @grannygear1001
    @grannygear1001 Год назад +6

    I like seeing the fans!

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад

      Love that they are genuinely excited!

  • @chaosdemonwolf1
    @chaosdemonwolf1 Год назад +5

    That end shot at La Plada was awesome.

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Год назад +1

    0:14 the weird blue thing again
    3:14 I think we saw these two in Oklahoma in the last grab bag
    4:36 Austin Western Railroad SD60Ms. Looks like KCT's Kaw Valley Line isn't the only WAMX line getting SD60Ms
    5:10 NS high hood geep putting out some exhaust
    7:46 the tail ends of two trains with FREDs blinking
    8:38 two very dirty UP SD70ACes and a nice and clean CEFX SW1500 as well as quite a few N&W covered hoppers
    11:27 gate bonks a BMW
    12:20 CEFX GP20D trailing. I keep confusing those for gensets when they're not.
    13:48 blue car almost slams into the silver Hyundai
    15:00 private car Blue Ridge Club on the Southwest Chief
    15:22 idiot driver ends up off the crossing surface
    18:50 BNSF, NS, and CSX power on one train
    23:38 CP 8757 trailing
    25:40 another weird blue load that doesn't look super heavy, but needs a heavy-duty flatcar
    26:22 CSX 911 leading, plus some lovely action of the old B&O signals. I thought those would be gone when PTC was implemented here
    28:00 two Rock Island hoppers

  • @jonathanthefirst5164
    @jonathanthefirst5164 Год назад +3

    Thanks to the whole crew at VRF for running the show! You guys are friggin legends!

  • @catherineanthony5353
    @catherineanthony5353 Год назад +6

    A Great Grab Bag. Can't understand why car drivers have no responsibility when coming upon Railroad crossing gates. The gates are their for drivers safety and train tracks belongs to trains, not for hasty car drivers to go thru, and interfere with train passage.

    • @richardw3470
      @richardw3470 Год назад

      Look, my eyes aren''t very good anymore so I don't drive at night. Forget driving around the arm, that guy had a 'wall' in front of him. And, he ran in to it. How can you miss a train car, even at night? Oh, well, actually he didn't. Probably a little early New Year's celebrating.

  • @jerrysinclair3771
    @jerrysinclair3771 Год назад +5

    BOING on a red aspect was a nice treat @ 27:12; Always enjoy the rocket launch from three different camera angels and the Darwin updates are a blast. Thanks

  • @bmgirl
    @bmgirl Год назад +3

    We need a random boing now an then. FT Madison has a lot of deer. Great sunset. In other words another great grab bag.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад

      LOL, thought I'd give it a try, "Boing"!

  • @justalurker66
    @justalurker66 Год назад +9

    Not shown ... Amtrak 30 was lined up to use the track blocked in Elkhart. They had to back up two miles, cross over to track 2 and passed by before the stack train. How someone goes around a gate when there is a stopped train blocking the entire crossing? No explanation I know.

    • @alanjanos652
      @alanjanos652 Год назад

      This brings up mental images of "boxes of rocks" or "crates of anvils" (as in "As dumb as...")

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Год назад

      Wow!

  • @williamjacobs236
    @williamjacobs236 Год назад +8

    Another great Grab Bag video VRF .

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Год назад +3

    The deer was an amazing video and at the 2:28 mark the trains were ending at the same time in front of the camera

  • @supercuda1950
    @supercuda1950 Год назад +1

    Fortunately, the city of Hamilton Ohio has chosen to move and restore the train station there. It is significant because Lincoln once gave a speech there. It would have been nice to restore the one at Deshler because it served two directions of trains. But I guess we can't save them all.

  • @bbrauer5
    @bbrauer5 Год назад +9

    20:50 Police helicopter looking for Hooligans :)

    • @SarahRenz59
      @SarahRenz59 Год назад

      LOL. Seriously, though: La Plata's a small town -- what on earth warranted a helicopter search??

    • @juliegogo2941
      @juliegogo2941 Год назад

      In my town they do practice runs to towns and to the prisons too. People are sick too again with all...doing more pickup or a accident. One morning it was so busy fast and loud....I couldn't tell if was a bad accident or doing town by town practicing. At the penitentiary I think the police helicopter comes from a bigger city and hovers over it.
      Thanks

  • @andrewp6387
    @andrewp6387 Год назад +12

    Another Darwin Award nominee to end 2022. They never learn

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Год назад +1

      Question. What does Darwin mean? I always it is a person's name.

    • @andrewp6387
      @andrewp6387 Год назад

      @Rey he made the theory of Evolution and "survival of the fittest"

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Год назад +1

      @@andrewp6387 I see. But does the word Darwin have another meaning?

    • @jimdavidsmith4374
      @jimdavidsmith4374 Год назад

      @@Rey-xw4pf In this sense, it implies that the "Darwin", is not one of the "fittest".

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Год назад +1

      @@jimdavidsmith4374 Ah I got it now.

  • @crystalkittykat3581
    @crystalkittykat3581 Год назад +3

    11:20 LaGrange never disappoints! 😂

  • @way2tired2
    @way2tired2 Год назад +12

    I can't figure out where that guy in Elkhart thought he was going..

  • @bennetts-revenge_2
    @bennetts-revenge_2 Год назад +4

    Another fantastic grab bag!!!!

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Год назад +4

    2:48 At least that pick-up truck at LaGrange didn't break down on the tracks.

  • @TheMetGuy
    @TheMetGuy Год назад +2

    This is a GREAT way to end 2022

  • @Mikey300
    @Mikey300 Год назад +7

    At 25:43 we appear to have a backup roll for a rolling mill. People on the VR HSC feed were calling it a motor or generator armature, but there does not appear to be a coupling on either end of that piece.
    And is it "B&Oing" for the CPL at 27:12?

    • @bobsmith9947
      @bobsmith9947 Год назад

      So, you don't know what it is either, but everyone else is wrong? Got it.

    • @Mikey300
      @Mikey300 Год назад +4

      Forty-plus years of engineering experience around motors, generators, and rolling mills does give me some insight into what their components look like.

    • @darkwood777
      @darkwood777 Год назад +1

      @@bobsmith9947 It looks exactly like a mill backup roll. And I have over 60 years experience.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад

      LOL!

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Год назад

      Glad someone knows what it is because I wouldn’t even venture a guess! Thanks

  • @greaterhoustonrailfan
    @greaterhoustonrailfan Год назад +3

    Oh Kevin MacLeod

  • @atvendo
    @atvendo Год назад +1

    Loader needs chains, Driver needs brains and.. I love trains! lol

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 Год назад +3

    Unfortunately the lighting in Ashland made that guy look like a Simpson's character.
    Hey Fred.
    Oh hey Fred what ya doing?
    Same as you Fred, just hanging out blinking my red light on the end of this train.
    What kind of engine was the blue switcher in Elkhart?

  • @hoppercar
    @hoppercar Год назад +2

    Man that guy at 1:00. Looks like a prizefighter hit him right in the eyes

    • @TinkerTailor4303
      @TinkerTailor4303 Год назад +2

      Some people just have darker pigmentation in that area. No need to call him out on a national / international video.

  • @Cipher160
    @Cipher160 Год назад +1

    These videos are just making me think I need to move to Arizona to see decent snowfall again

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Год назад

      Uh…only in Flagstaff ! Ha ha!

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 Год назад +2

    I enjoy all the freight and locomotives, but one puzzles me. At 14:57 I see the Pullman car rolling through Madison. Is that a private car?

  • @MikeP1030
    @MikeP1030 Год назад

    Happy New Year VRF ...keep up your great work. How bout we start the new year w/an entire train at the forgotten HORSE SHOE CURVE. Maybe the camera is broke,IDK but its been a loooooooooooooooong time. Please for my grandson...we visited the HSC last summer & we enjoyed it very much. 😀😀😁

  • @Electric_Crystals
    @Electric_Crystals Год назад +2

    @15:22 driver's IQ matches their foot size... I'm almost certain by their action in this clip..."See TRACKS? Think TRAIN!".... Operation Lifesaver

  • @stevekile1919
    @stevekile1919 Год назад +2

    22:39, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Based in Decatur, IL. A long way from home.

    • @ck4426
      @ck4426 Год назад +1

      Yay Decatur!!!

    • @timothyrachford1868
      @timothyrachford1868 Год назад +2

      Adm has facilities all over the world, lots of grain products, Tate &Lyle are also in Decatur IL,

    • @stevekile1919
      @stevekile1919 Год назад +1

      @@timothyrachford1868 I realize that the corporate headquarters is in Chicago, IL but I live about 60 miles from Decatur.

    • @timothyrachford1868
      @timothyrachford1868 Год назад +2

      No worries, I'm in Springfield Illinois myself

  • @Roadkill601
    @Roadkill601 Год назад +1

    I wonder if that cool part is headed for SpaceX Cocoa for the lift in the new StarShip launch tower

  • @scootosan
    @scootosan Год назад +2

    21:48 Revelstoke .... the Bear.

  • @williehopper1312
    @williehopper1312 Год назад +2

    I like it and i like those 3 dreer .

  • @JCZ2601NL
    @JCZ2601NL Год назад +1

    SUPER👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇳🇱🍀

  • @jovetj
    @jovetj Год назад +1

    27:12 Nice _Medium Clear_ there! Would like to see more of those at Deshler!

  • @Og-Judy
    @Og-Judy Год назад +2

    What's the big blue and orange thing at 0:14?

  • @rickmartin7596
    @rickmartin7596 Год назад

    15:35 Best use of a sound effect.

  • @fredadams4022
    @fredadams4022 Год назад +3

    Does anyone know what is on the rail car at the beginning of the video?

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Год назад +2

    At 10:34, I think you mean Folkston, GA?

  • @railfaninacar
    @railfaninacar Год назад +1

    Right off the start great

  • @ClariNerd
    @ClariNerd Год назад

    21:49 that's why you clear your roof after a winter storm

  • @Daya9024-d7l
    @Daya9024-d7l Год назад +2

    Hi, Your Video Are Good👍

  • @PCBill0622
    @PCBill0622 Год назад

    Nice catch with the double freds

  • @chriserickson2993
    @chriserickson2993 Год назад +1

    1:19, HI ladies

  • @slycat1939
    @slycat1939 Год назад

    Ok I remember that train at 0:23 pass by my home here in argentine yard and couldn't figure out what that train was hauling then? Still would like to know.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Год назад +1

    *Cool*

  • @grumpyg9350
    @grumpyg9350 Год назад

    Oh Deer.😉

  • @csxnspittsburghdivision8580
    @csxnspittsburghdivision8580 Год назад +1

    Strasburg railroad was I a movie I heard the bells

  • @carlloar9768
    @carlloar9768 Год назад

    Will at least its not Ashland VA again 😄😂👍🤣

  • @MrPedroramos8911
    @MrPedroramos8911 Год назад +1

    There's one in every group

  • @sweynforkbeardtraindude
    @sweynforkbeardtraindude Год назад

    I suggest another channel about people waving at cameras and wildlife. Then perhaps, we would see more trains on here!

  • @TrainLoverHimu
    @TrainLoverHimu Год назад

    Great coverage 😍👌

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Год назад

    Excellent Video
    🍁🌲🇮🇳🌲🍁

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Год назад +1

    The people that go through the crossing guard and cause damage and slowing down the trains
    is not gonna stop people who are in a hurry to get absolutely nowhere and risk the lives everyone
    and instead of referring to them as Darwin Candidates they need to referred to as Fatality Candidates
    I know that sounds morbid but it's the truth or at least that's what I heard a neighbor say once.

  • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
    @truckerkevthepaidtourist Год назад +1

    Spartanburg was neat I didn't know Amtrak had Gevos

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Год назад

      @@T_Hoog Thanks, you seem very knowledgeable! Wish I knew more but I’m sure an amateur train watcher that I didn’t understand anything you said! Ha ha!

  • @grimmudo4459
    @grimmudo4459 Год назад

    Gruß aus Brandenburg 🇩🇪 bleibt gesund ☘️

  • @jeremyhorne5252
    @jeremyhorne5252 Год назад

    Is it my imagination about so many engines being moved around? Are they transferring them to other stations for distribution? I noticed this somewhat in Tuscson.

  • @jovetj
    @jovetj Год назад +2

    25:56 Record for smallest VR sign goes to... LOL 🙂

  • @michaelgrove9718
    @michaelgrove9718 Год назад +1

    Can someone explain the clicking or knocking sound affect. I cannot figure out what it means! lol

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад +1

      Sorry, sometimes that slips thru at crunch time for the Grab Bag. It a notification for me from a Mod or Admin.

    • @michaelgrove9718
      @michaelgrove9718 Год назад

      @@joepeach997 Oh, so it actually has nothing to do with something on the screen? I thought it was something like the CN Pacman. LOL. Thanks for clarifying.

  • @davidsdesk7313
    @davidsdesk7313 Год назад +1

    Please create a Darwin award video!!

  • @dirtydiesels3110
    @dirtydiesels3110 Год назад

    Still got a couple of days to go a lot of time for stuff to happen 🙃 happy new year railfans

  • @ATSF2926Productions
    @ATSF2926Productions Год назад

    777! 3:05 I guess AWVR retired it and sold it to the BNSF lol

  • @microbusss
    @microbusss Год назад

    27:57 ex-CNW next car ex-UP!
    also MWCX = Midwest Railcar Corporation

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Год назад

    The SpaceX launch was folkston Georgia not South Carolina

  • @waldwickperson
    @waldwickperson Год назад

    Little typo at 10:37, Folkston, SC?

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Год назад +1

      Yep, darn crunch time typo! Thanks.

    • @waldwickperson
      @waldwickperson Год назад

      @@joepeach997 it’s all good, we’re all human, we all make mistakes once in a while

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 Год назад

      Where was that? I saw three images at the same time, and I couldn't tell one from the other.

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Год назад

    That was at about the 10:40 mark

  • @williamjackson5767
    @williamjackson5767 Год назад

    Way to much to comment on thank you.

  • @michaelg.damons6229
    @michaelg.damons6229 Год назад

    The guitar music is better.

  • @notarotomwithhair5637
    @notarotomwithhair5637 Год назад +3

    First

  • @brianidzior5488
    @brianidzior5488 Год назад +5

    Another awesome grab bag!