Railfanning with the Bednars Volume 11
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2019
- This is a preview of Railfanning with the Bednars Volume 11. This DVD is available from our website www.johnpmedia.com
DVD summary below:
With the trip west to find work on other railroads being a bust, Big Mike and the gang return to the land of Blues.
Still in the grips of the recession, Conrail was looking for other alternatives to increase revenue and cut costs. Conrail began heavily promoting intermodal operations to increase revenue and further consolidated operations to cut costs.
While Conrail was never really conducive to the D&H’s operations, they tightened their stranglehold on the D&H by siphoning off as much traffic as possible. The combined D&H named trains became shorter and shorter. With very little traffic left and on the edge of bankruptcy, Guilford purchased the D&H in 1983. Their plan was to expand regional operations from New England to the Philadelphia and New York markets. Guilford control did little to improve the D&H operations and the expanded markets would never materialize. The D&H would eventually end up in bankruptcy
In volume 11 we return to the Lehigh Valley with Mike and the gang to railfan the changing operations of Conrail, the Guilford takeover of the D&H and a few excursions out of Jim Thorpe with former CNJ 1554
As usual, Big Mike provides the commentary. 
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"Precision railroading. Yeah, my ass!" Haha! Gotta love it!
He's not wrong though XD
The late Hunter Harrison and his hedge fund cronies have, and are, doing more damage to the US rail system than we’ll ever see rectified in our lifetime! PSR is nothing but a smoke and mirrors show to cover up the truth. The real goal is stripping assets, maintenance, manpower etc. to artificially lower the Operating Ratio, which leads directly to quickly escalating stock prices. It’s not sustainable, but the hedge fund crowd knows when to sell off and get the hell out of Dodge before the inevitable crash! I just retired from a 41 year career with Southern Railway/NS, and it is unbelievable what’s happening out there! By far the most dangerous operating conditions I’ve seen in my years out there!
@@tomt9543 Harrison Mellen Creel all crooks
Lol “Precision, bleh.”
your style of narrating is way better than some railfans that are boring as hell. you keep the level of interest up. love these videos.
Always enjoy these videos and especially Mike Bednars' commentary. Thank you! Mike Armstrong
Brilliant stuff, having grown up in a railway town in UK which lost all its freight yards and loco works in the 80s, it brings back great memories, ps love the commentary.
3:13 "oop I forgot my cup of coffee I'll see ya" Can't forget that XD railroaders often live off of that stuff
I love the commentary.It"s sad that Mike was so insecure that he was too "timid",to say how he really saw things.😊
Explain
@@skiiipawbs Sarcasm
Those MEC U23Bs were bought brand-new with EMD/Blomberg trucks. I have shots of them in St. Johnsbury, VT in 1981.
I am a driver for PTI and saw this week that they have started taking track from the hump.
Bear in mind, the MEC 229 was an ex-Rock Island locomotive,rebuilt in Bangor. Guilford destroyed all the MEC and B&M locomotives, then purchased junk from CN, and NS,, ran it into the ground, sold it to rebuilders and leased it back.
If he ain't a Crusty Railroad Bull, then who is? Freight train, Freight train 🎶🎵 Run So Fast!!!
Great video
Hey mike, PSR , stands for Pretty Stupid Railroading, Lol
Sweet video
6:49 Amen. Mine too.
Awesome!👍👍
5:54 255 went to Clarendon & Pittsford (Vermont Railway) before being donated to Conway Scenic to be restored into the scheme shown here.
Man! What clear, sharp footage. I don't hafta know, but is this footage restored/remastered? Really looks good. Commentary outstanding as usual.
This is Super 8mm sound film digitized at high resolution and processed through custom software
Nice Video 🇮🇳
Do you have any information on the rail line that ran through Asbury NJ?
The tracks are still there and go from Bloomsbury to High Bridge. Any info would be great.
Atleast you talk to the railfan
......instead of at the railfan
Wish I could just rent thse
What’s the song at the end? It’s a good tune!!
Second Look from Smartsound
Ugh so no way to get it unless you buy the download
@@centeroftheearthmining4095 It is part of a software package for content creators. You would need to have the software to create the music clip and the actual album or single in which you would create the music clip from. Again, it is meant to be used for background/underlying music in creative media content.
Yep. One day Hunter Harrison will be known as "the man who killed North American railroading."
Rated PG-13 for swearing 6:58 - 7:08
I hate Conrail