Terrific videography. Could you please leave the captioning on longer? Didn’t always get through them and they are a nice addition to your video. Thanks for posting.
@@Justme-jt1ef That does not always work when watching full screen. When I pause, the on screen display stuff pops back on and covers up the text at the top of the Screen. (32" monitor on a PC)
Great video. I grew up in coal country in WV. Growing up we had 7-8 coal mines operating. Coal trains all the time. Now there is only one mine open and still coal trains 3x a day. Keep up the good work. It is important that people realize that America was built by coal miners, farmers, loggers and steel workers. Without them you don’t have energy, food or buildings. Thanks for sharing.
Welp, this one has earned you a subscriber, as I live on the NS Appalachia district, CSX has been part of my life for a long time. I used to live next to the CSX CV sub, but I’ve since moved
I really enjoyed that. Very well shot and edited, a real pleasure. I agree about perhaps keeping the captions on a tad longer, you gotta be paying attention or you'd miss the end of it. Liked and sub'd. Keep 'em coming.
Great job producing an awesome and very interesting video. The way you caption each location allows me to follow along on my CSX map. Thank you for what you do!!
Though that prep plant building may be old, I am sure inside it has the latest machinery. Prep plants have come a long way from the 70s when you'd see screens/crushers, cyclones and thats about it. They have magnetic separators, flotation cells... and of course the crushers and cyclones are hi-tech and of course low emissions.
What an awesome video with the drone footage. Absolutely stunning country to shoot vids in. The point where the train rounds the bend at the interlock tower was mint. It almost looked like a modeled scene on someone's layout!!! Great vids man!!! Cheers! Earl
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing thru ( CC.) Remember Jimmie Rogers the " Singing Break Men ". A genuine break men till changing careers for a singing entertainer 🎸🎶 one. ( 1926 thru 1933 ). Most memorable song " Break Man's Blues 😭 ". Viewing this presentation from the comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " 🚀of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers/ R.R. Employees a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.
Hey Railfan Micah I just found your channel and you got some darn good content and that is my favorite trains of all is a unit coal train but anyway man y’all try to stay warm and safe out there and we’ll see you on your next one
Well, thats really a great video in coal country. I love that action. It is seldom to see the loading of coal hoppers. Many thanks. Greatings from Germany.
This video is awesome, really enjoyed - segment with coal plant in background, snow falling, and distant sounds of train approaching. Could just watch it all day, so calming, could be a excellent relaxation video- lol
seeing the pacing of the train reminds me of a time I saw someone try and do that to a Metro-North on the Harlem Line that I was riding into NYC, They gave up when the train hit around 85mph. Only knew the speed because it was an older EMU where the driver cab had a window into the passenger cabin so I could see the speedometer. Because of course id sit up there to see how it was operated.
I work for RailCrew Express here in NC its the best job. I pickup crews from CSX yards taking them to hotels or back to their home yard. One of my favorite spots is Duke Power Plant where the Coal is processed. What an operation inside there. Up close and personal with these awesome engines.
Funny how "back in the day" we lamented these "modern" loadouts vs. the old windowed tipples with coal company logos painted on the side. Now, they are the stuff nostalgia is made of. Don't forget to appreciate the coal hoppers. Where I live, it is nearly 100% round bottom coal gondolas. That high-bannered switch stand is also unheard of up this way (northern West Virginia). Nice job. The dreary winter day makes it even better!
if anyone doesn’t know there is one in Catskills that has been doing stuff since 1920’s and doesn’t work anymore and abandoned in early 2000’s sucks that it don’t get used anymore but there is old stuff in there u can find like a old elevator that doesn’t work & cranes & broken stuff followed by water going as high as 20 feet in the building that’s been sitting there not moving for over 20 years but cool video u have here!
Very interesting and informative video. From ~ 8:49 to ~ 10:25, there seems to be an issue with the camera exposure fluctuating a little. Very unusual.
Is that the flood wall in Williamson? Boy I spent a wild night or 2 at the borderline bar there…I think it’s still there just different name that slips my mind….i steam cleaned all around that area
Trains are a very needed thing for industry and passengers in the USA. Our coal fields here where I am are not as productive as they once were. Most of tracks have been removed. In the rural areas they are just walking and 4 wheel trails and in the small municipalities and small cities they have been turned to walking and bicycling trails. Still have an active dead end spur that crosses the Ohio river to Benwood WV where the steel mill used to be owned by B&O.Those trains put me to sleep at night crossing that bridge and there were tracks to the Bellaire Ohio loading docks from the Penn Central and the B&O railroad less than a block from my home and huge turntable was in the field 2 blocks away. I walk my dog daily where that round house used to be.
I used to dispatch from Columbus Ohio the Central Ohio line. We had a mine run that went from benwood wv to RF siding to load coal trains and bring back to benwood wv. 1980’s
Have you took the trip to bald knob in cass on the Shay’s..? Highly recommend it…I got inside and set in operators seat of a 1923 Shay…one of the highlights of my life…lol. And I’m no train nerd just equipment in general and something that’s ran for that long up a 9% grade is something…
Was the first part of this filmed up near Gate City? I sued to live in Kingsport and often drove up there to watch the unit coal trains come down out of VA. Also used to visit Natural Tunnel, never got tired of watching trains come out of that big old hole in the mountain!
@@cctrollz5706 Funny you should ask, I’m working on a video now explaining them! The short answer is that it’s a flood wall, but stay tuned for the full story!
I looked it up the other day and at notch 8 these loco's are only pulling 6,800 Ib tractive effort it's the weight of the train behind that pushes them along
Brilliant record of the working of coal. BUT the length of time the text is on the screen is too short to read without stopping the video. [it’s difficult to get it right when editing i know] still good stuff.👍
The old timers built some serious machines, it amazes me what they managed to accomplish but it all falls on the backs of hard working men, sometimes women also.
My friend drives heavy haul coal trucks and loads out of Totz pretty regularly. Coal is about gone now, and most of the communities that thrived with it. But nobody cares, it’s just Appalachia.
Very well done: great photography and audio (excepting the wind in the pacing shot), tight editing, excellent subtitles and no attempt to “play-by-play” voiceover narrate…or worse, play canned music. I’m amused by the introduction, as well; the moon landing-worthy soundtrack strikes one as a bit pretentious. A minor point, however…I stand behind this as an example to others in the hobby.
Sure would've been nice if you could've gotten a shot of the train coming back through the tunnels at tunnel hill on it's way back to Loyall. You may could even stay in your car and get the video out the driver or passenger window ?? Or certainly with a drone if the dogs are acting stupid.
Why wasn’t there any actual coal loading footage included? It was just the train arriving at the loading point and then footage of it finished loading. Should have had some more actual loading footage in it.
@@railfanmicahturner. I think we all hate our voices when we hear them played back. Your voice is not bad. Go for it and narrate your videos. Give something that your kids and grandkids can remember you by.
Hey, I got a great suggestion for you very nice looking real fanning video but two strikes against you or maybe one take your damn writing that you write maybe leave it up on the screen a little bit longer but the main part structure your editing and put it up on top of the video so you can pause the video and you can read it instead of at the bottom of the screen when you pause a ton of other video clips and thumbnails come up and block it so you can’t read anything I know you can fix it. Maybe I’m not the only one that complained about it but maybe I am. Let me tell you it looks like you have a lot to say I wish I could read it.
Engine 440, I have seen that engine passing through Jacksonville on the tracks that runs along HWY US17 on into Orange park Florida. That train goes down to the coal power plant somewhere down in Miami Dade County.
Terrific videography. Could you please leave the captioning on longer? Didn’t always get through them and they are a nice addition to your video. Thanks for posting.
Yes, you went to the trouble to write very good & interesting captions, Please, Leave them on screen, at least twice as long.
TT.
Umm it’s called the PAUSE button.
@@chessieandjack sounds like you haven’t got a clue as to how your device works sucks to be you
@@Justme-jt1ef That does not always work when watching full screen.
When I pause, the on screen display stuff pops back on and covers up the text at the top of the Screen. (32" monitor on a PC)
@@m9ovich785 pause doesn’t work in full screen I don’t know about that one I think ur full of it.
You got mad production skills Brother
Nice Micah! This is so cool! I wish I could be there and be in your videos.
Nice one buddy
Just like me ,50 years old & still gettin it done 🤘
NICE JOB on the video.
Great video
Great video!
Tipple? More like "Titillating!" This was a really cool adventure 👍
very interesting.hard to believe that a coal tipple that old is still in operation.
Great video...
Awesome very nice THANKS FOR THE POST.😊😊👍👍👍
Great video. I grew up in coal country in WV. Growing up we had 7-8 coal mines operating. Coal trains all the time. Now there is only one mine open and still coal trains 3x a day. Keep up the good work. It is important that people realize that America was built by coal miners, farmers, loggers and steel workers. Without them you don’t have energy, food or buildings. Thanks for sharing.
You just earned a new SUB!!!
Cheers!
Earl
God Bless the men and women that do this job
Welp, this one has earned you a subscriber, as I live on the NS Appalachia district, CSX has been part of my life for a long time. I used to live next to the CSX CV sub, but I’ve since moved
I live in Harlan county KY to .
Great footage man!!
I really enjoyed that. Very well shot and edited, a real pleasure. I agree about perhaps keeping the captions on a tad longer, you gotta be paying attention or you'd miss the end of it. Liked and sub'd. Keep 'em coming.
Great job producing an awesome and very interesting video. The way you caption each location allows me to follow along on my CSX map. Thank you for what you do!!
Very Interesting Video down in Kentucky in Coal Country. Keep up the Strong 💪 Efforts because it is Noticed and Appreciated. Thanks! 👍🙏
Like the way the horns echos thru the valley. 👂
Love Baxter Tower glad to see it s still here'
Love the old towers. Worked in many of them
Love the coal load-out
video nicely done!
Thanks for putting together this informative video and posting it. It’s good to see the old L&N still in action.
Though that prep plant building may be old, I am sure inside it has the latest machinery. Prep plants have come a long way from the 70s when you'd see screens/crushers, cyclones and thats about it. They have magnetic separators, flotation cells... and of course the crushers and cyclones are hi-tech and of course low emissions.
wow I just found this channel! it just popped up. pretty nice! subbed ya!
Just beautiful! Thank you!
What an awesome video with the drone footage. Absolutely stunning country to shoot vids in. The point where the train rounds the bend at the interlock tower was mint. It almost looked like a modeled scene on someone's layout!!! Great vids man!!!
Cheers!
Earl
Pretty cool video. Thanks for the notations. I love the info, Your video is not just a bunch of mindless run buys.
. Well done.
Loved your video….. keep up the great work!
Gotta agree!
[thank, you for youre great video]👍👍
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing thru ( CC.) Remember Jimmie Rogers the " Singing Break Men ". A genuine break men till changing careers for a singing entertainer 🎸🎶 one. ( 1926 thru 1933 ). Most memorable song " Break Man's Blues 😭 ". Viewing this presentation from the comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " 🚀of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers/ R.R. Employees a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.
Hey Railfan Micah I just found your channel and you got some darn good content and that is my favorite trains of all is a unit coal train but anyway man y’all try to stay warm and safe out there and we’ll see you on your next one
Well, thats really a great video in coal country. I love that action. It is seldom to see the loading of coal hoppers. Many thanks. Greatings from Germany.
Great video 👍
This is prolific. What an awesomly cool pairing that is with the CSX power duos and the paint scheme on csx 4525 is on point like you said. 👌
God Bless RMT, thank you and the crews for a great video!
This video is awesome, really enjoyed - segment with coal plant in background, snow falling, and distant sounds of train approaching. Could just watch it all day, so calming, could be a excellent relaxation video- lol
Wow! Flood walls around the tracks? Good to see Harlan County - X Engineer Officer USS Harlan County LST 1196
What a wonderful town
seeing the pacing of the train reminds me of a time I saw someone try and do that to a Metro-North on the Harlem Line that I was riding into NYC, They gave up when the train hit around 85mph. Only knew the speed because it was an older EMU where the driver cab had a window into the passenger cabin so I could see the speedometer. Because of course id sit up there to see how it was operated.
Csx coal route are rares 😊
Great sound with an awsome video to match. The sound of the horn echoing through the hills is magical.
I work for RailCrew Express here in NC its the best job. I pickup crews from CSX yards taking them to hotels or back to their home yard. One of my favorite spots is Duke Power Plant where the Coal is processed. What an operation inside there. Up close and personal with these awesome engines.
We appreciate you all if nobody tells you we really do
ELECTRIC CAR FUEL !!!
Its also amazing how tiny the Broad Top coal field was
16:30 was a beautiful picture
Nice K5LA on CSX 440!
Funny how "back in the day" we lamented these "modern" loadouts vs. the old windowed tipples with coal company logos painted on the side. Now, they are the stuff nostalgia is made of. Don't forget to appreciate the coal hoppers. Where I live, it is nearly 100% round bottom coal gondolas. That high-bannered switch stand is also unheard of up this way (northern West Virginia). Nice job. The dreary winter day makes it even better!
That dreary weather sure adds to the realism of the video. Somehow reflects the passing of better days gone by!
if anyone doesn’t know there is one in Catskills that has been doing stuff since 1920’s and doesn’t work anymore and abandoned in early 2000’s sucks that it don’t get used anymore but there is old stuff in there u can find like a old elevator that doesn’t work & cranes & broken stuff followed by water going as high as 20 feet in the building that’s been sitting there not moving for over 20 years
but cool video u have here!
Very interesting and informative video.
From ~ 8:49 to ~ 10:25, there seems to be an issue with the camera exposure fluctuating a little. Very unusual.
@@loiswallace3334 It was mostly due to the overhead clouds at the time I believe, thanks for bringing it to my attention!
cool old flood loader
Is that the flood wall in Williamson? Boy I spent a wild night or 2 at the borderline bar there…I think it’s still there just different name that slips my mind….i steam cleaned all around that area
That one is the flood wall in Loyall, Ky, however I do have a Williamson video coming in the next few months 🙂
Trains are a very needed thing for industry and passengers in the USA. Our coal fields here where I am are not as productive as they once were. Most of tracks have been removed. In the rural areas they are just walking and 4 wheel trails and in the small municipalities and small cities they have been turned to walking and bicycling trails. Still have an active dead end spur that crosses the Ohio river to Benwood WV where the steel mill used to be owned by B&O.Those trains put me to sleep at night crossing that bridge and there were tracks to the Bellaire Ohio loading docks from the Penn Central and the B&O railroad less than a block from my home and huge turntable was in the field 2 blocks away. I walk my dog daily where that round house used to be.
I used to dispatch from Columbus Ohio the Central Ohio line. We had a mine run that went from benwood wv to RF siding to load coal trains and bring back to benwood wv. 1980’s
In 74 we were hauling the coal to the TOTZ tipple. Clyde Bennett loved the color green.
Yeah we picked up more single cars there at Totz than loading a unit train at NRG
Curious, what are those giant metal doors for at the Loyall yard? (Or at least they look like they can open and close) Great video!
Those are flood gates, built in the 80’s I think after a large flood in 77 devastated the area
My boy took a Rail Works truck to Loyall ky last sept.
Have you took the trip to bald knob in cass on the Shay’s..? Highly recommend it…I got inside and set in operators seat of a 1923 Shay…one of the highlights of my life…lol. And I’m no train nerd just equipment in general and something that’s ran for that long up a 9% grade is something…
Cass is somewhere I would love to visit, I always did love th e old Shays 😊
Was the first part of this filmed up near Gate City? I sued to live in Kingsport and often drove up there to watch the unit coal trains come down out of VA. Also used to visit Natural Tunnel, never got tired of watching trains come out of that big old hole in the mountain!
Not this one, though that isn’t too far away. NRG loads Eastman trains however, and they pass through Gate City a couple times a week
I used to work in the towers along the Chessie system. Not any left standing that I know of.
Another great video, is there a rail map of this area?
@@Stormbergrail There is, you can search “CSX Cumberland Valley Subdivision” and it should show you
Gotta be a speed reader!!!
H and my cousins husband is an engineer for csx and probably drivin one you’ve filmed….robert is his name
The only thing I missed was seeing the 50 year old tipple loading coal trains.
@@woodhonky3890 Your in luck, as I uploaded a video Monday of them loading! Go to my channel page and check it out!
I wish the EBTs coal prep plant at Mt. Union had had magnetic separators so they could have gotten rid of every kind of impurity known to coal
What's up with the huge walls and gate next to the locomotives at the first location?
@@cctrollz5706 Funny you should ask, I’m working on a video now explaining them! The short answer is that it’s a flood wall, but stay tuned for the full story!
0:41 whats with the wall? Levee's?
Flood gates, built after a large flood that occurred in 1977 🙂
What is tha5 structure behind the locomotives at the beginning?
That is the flood wall, built after severe flooding in the 70’s
Can you leave the subtitles up a little longer?
I can, this is actually a pre-feedback video. My recent videos, which will release over the next few months, have already had the change made 🙂
@@railfanmicahturner Yes, Please do, My old Eyes can't read that fast LOL...
I read they don't use steerable bogies anymore because the maintenance costs outweigh the so-called reduction in rail wear cost
Wheres this at, west virginia?
@@ericj810 Dione, Ky
No this is loyall ky and they were loading around totz ky
@16:32 I seen some trout talking shit saying I can't catch them💀
I looked it up the other day and at notch 8 these loco's are only pulling 6,800 Ib tractive effort it's the weight of the train behind that pushes them along
Great video. Why are there gates on the railways and roads?
They are flood gates to protect the town
@@railfanmicahturner Thanks
Is this down in the.Hollar
There plans to try saving baxter tower ?
Not currently, which is unfortunate, but for now it seems to be safe. Some trackage nearby however, not so much.
they planning to rip out the mainline? Also i have a friend whose doing a railfan documentary if you wanted to get involved.@@railfanmicahturner
Wonder if the tower could be deemed as a Historical site. Or turned into a museum. That’s what they did to SA tower in Marion Ohio
0:54 What is the huge flat device to the left side of the locomotive?
Can you specify a little more? I’ll do my best to answer 🙂
Brilliant record of the working of coal. BUT the length of time the text is on the screen is too short to read without stopping the video. [it’s difficult to get it right when editing i know] still good stuff.👍
When it happens up onto it happens to get to are then? Corbin fortnight times two news crew on over over for two then it?
Love your videos, we are trying everyday to make out videos better, any suggestions would be appreciated.
It’s all about how you present information and your transition between clips!
Don’t take info down so fast, it’s very important
You didnt show _any_ coal being loaded. Once minute the train is empty, then its magically full.
Have to be speed reader to read the captions. Pulled down to soon. Enjoyed your video though.
The old timers built some serious machines, it amazes me what they managed to accomplish but it all falls on the backs of hard working men, sometimes women also.
My friend drives heavy haul coal trucks and loads out of Totz pretty regularly. Coal is about gone now, and most of the communities that thrived with it. But nobody cares, it’s just Appalachia.
Very well done: great photography and audio (excepting the wind in the pacing shot), tight editing, excellent subtitles and no attempt to “play-by-play” voiceover narrate…or worse, play canned music. I’m amused by the introduction, as well; the moon landing-worthy soundtrack strikes one as a bit pretentious. A minor point, however…I stand behind this as an example to others in the hobby.
Sure would've been nice if you could've gotten a shot of the train coming back through the tunnels at tunnel hill on it's way back to Loyall. You may could even stay in your car and get the video out the driver or passenger window ?? Or certainly with a drone if the dogs are acting stupid.
the caption has it wrong.its not gaynor ky.its baxter ky.
Modern days, it is Baxter, however in the 70’s the L&N referred to it as Gaynor. I wanted to include it as a nod to the L&N heritage 🙂
Why wasn’t there any actual coal loading footage included? It was just the train arriving at the loading point and then footage of it finished loading. Should have had some more actual loading footage in it.
There are other videos on my channel from here if you would like to see more from NRG
Nice video it would be nice if you talk and explain some things at times
I’ve thought about it, but am very self conscious when it comes to my voice, especially when narrating 😂. I may consider it for the future.
@@railfanmicahturner. I think we all hate our voices when we hear them played back. Your voice is not bad. Go for it and narrate your videos. Give something that your kids and grandkids can remember you by.
Hey, I got a great suggestion for you very nice looking real fanning video but two strikes against you or maybe one take your damn writing that you write maybe leave it up on the screen a little bit longer but the main part structure your editing and put it up on top of the video so you can pause the video and you can read it instead of at the bottom of the screen when you pause a ton of other video clips and thumbnails come up and block it so you can’t read anything I know you can fix it. Maybe I’m not the only one that complained about it but maybe I am. Let me tell you it looks like you have a lot to say I wish I could read it.
"Brakes"
church of god for the simpletons of totz kentucky
Not enough time to read the writing on screen
Agreed! Therefore, I'm forced to Pause, Read, then Play!
please leave the captioning on longer, why can't you talk and explain what is going on
Slow down the subtitles!
It’s a suggestion I am most definitely working into future videos 🙂
Good video but you do not show the actual loading!
On this particular day we didn’t get the chance, but there are other videos on my channel that show the process here!
@@railfanmicahturnerOk I will check them out. Thanks
And may be history if left wing gets its way
That stretch of audio was annoying.
Engine 440, I have seen that engine passing through Jacksonville on the tracks that runs along HWY US17 on into Orange park Florida. That train goes down to the coal power plant somewhere down in Miami Dade County.