[7Q][4k] A New CSX Train Is Born, Feed Mill Comer, GA 03/08/2020
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- We all like watching trains go by, but how are they actually made? One rarely has the possibility to watch the process of building in yards - and most people are not patient enough to endure the hours it takes. Luckily, on that day in early March - during breaks of filming and chasing other trains (see video [7P]) - I had the rare chance of recording the almost complete operation of "making a train". CSX V130-09 was an empty grain hopper train ("CSX Grain Express") that was supposed to leave that evening from the feed mill in Comer, GA, but before he had to assemble the cuts of hoppers stored in the feed mill's own small yard, which is a surprisingly complex task for the crew. Enjoy!
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Comer GA should be called the “Roller Coaster” Sub. Great video. Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼
Haha, indeed. This hill is infamous.
Another fine video! I remember the one from a couple of years ago when they were dropping off grain cars at the same mill. For me, this completes the cycle. Excellent!
That's right! Good you enjoyed it.
@@mbmars01 I certainly did.
Interesting behind the scenes info nobody ever gets to see! Thanks for sharing. Your long zoom shots really show how “not” straight and level we think railroad tracks are !!
Right, that's why I thought it's a good idea to put this material in a separate video. The foreshortening in the long shots makes the track bends look more dramatic than they are, but the Comer Hill is indeed infamous for trains that stalled there in the past.
I love the sound of the ge units. Thanks a lot for the video. Great to see someone on here documenting switching operations 👍
You're welcome! Definitely, I also like to watch these switching moves.
Great video. Thanks for the close-up of the frog!
Haha, thanks. Sometimes these close-ups actually work.
Great video. That’s railroading. I really enjoyed enjoyed it. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Thanks, Don! I also love watching these moves.
Excellent video, helps me plan my HO scale layout. Thanks!
That's cool! Glad you enjoyed it and got some inspiration from it :)
I can not help but admire that 2nd gen K5HL 793 has!
MB thanks for this video love the roller coaster it looked like one big snake. I appreciate your work
Great you like it!
I recently started working for a short line railroad here in NC. I watched your video last year and just watched it again now. It’s amazing the difference in watching them now since I have the idea of switching. I feel for that poor conductor having to do all that by himself. And that looked like 3 hours of work for him to build that thing. But amazing video and I love watching it more now than I did when it first come out 😊
That's awesome! It must really be interesting to watch these videos from both perspectives. I guess, the second time you paid more attention to the human component :) It always amazes me how long these few switching moves take...
@@mbmars01 It is. Especially knowing some terminology and what he’s talking about in his moves. Now when I watch your videos, I’m thinking about the process it took to build those trains. I did actually. I never realized the human component the first time but I certainly did the second time :) it does me too and I know why they take so long. Even making one cut and setting cars out and hooking back to your train could even take 30 minutes
Thank you for another great video! Makes my day when I see you have a new one up!
I'm happy to hear that! Enjoy Easter and be safe!
You film some of the best videos. I enjoy watching the switching process.
Many thanks! I appreciate your feedback. It's always good to know that all this is worth the effort of time-consuming production.
Thanks for another nice video. Love trains
You're welcome!
Brilliant shots ! 👍🏻
Many thanks!
@@mbmars01 You're welcome :)
Like the perspective on the mainline ups and downs that the telephoto shots give. Nice video.,
Great, thanks so much!
I love trains! love CSX! I love switching! Perfect video! Thank you!!!
Great you enjoyed watching this one! You're welcome!
thanks for the upload! these things are massive
You're welcome!
Good video MB trust you are well during this crazy time take care and thanks again for you videos. God bless you and your family. All the way from NZ
Thanks! Yes, it's a weird time, but I'm doing well. I wish you all the best either!
Great video! That's one heck of a hill to climb. Lots of power!
Thanks so much, Ken! The foreshortening effect makes the roller coaster look more dramatic than it is in reality, but significant power is always needed here.
A great show ! Run buys get a bit boring after a while and switching is always interesting. Nice close up work and pans on the trucks as well ...helps me with my weathering !.
Cheers Gregg.
I try to scatter in such "specials" at times to avoid boring repetition. It was definitely interesting to watch this. switching is slow enough that one can focus on details. I remember you once mentioned that you find this helpful for your modeling. :)
Thanks MB for this video. I like to watch how they build trains. Thanks for the info on how you could tell the cars were empty. I will watch for that in future videos. Take care
You're welcome, Joe. Yea, sometimes it's not so easy to see, particularly when the cars are only partially loaded, but in this case it was obvious.
The DC leads, yay! Great video, the switching operations are interesting.
Lol, I was sure you'd like that the DC GEVO leads :P These operations are interesting to watch - one has to be very patient, though, as you well know...
Beautiful video friend, the switching operations are interesting.
Thank you! I also like to watching these operations.
Super video.
One of these days I'm gonna climb in my truck and drive to Comer,just to see this feedmill. lol.
Thanks so much! I know, the videos have made this feed mill a famous landmark lol
I watched, and enjoyed. Excellent video.
I'm glad you liked this "special", too!
Now we know how switching works at the feed mill. This was interesting. Sometimes it's good to look behind the scenes and check out the details. Thanks for this cool update. I wish you a very happy Easter and keep up the great job. Your videos are always appreciated. :)
I have filmed the reverse, that is the spotting of loaded cars at this feed mill, many years ago, so it was good to watch it the other way around this time. I'm just always surprised how many little steps are necessary to build a train like this. It really takes a lot of time. I'm happy you enjoyed it! Keep watching and Happy Easter to you, too!
Awesome catch! Switching moves are definitely fun to watch regardless of how long it takes.
There is a limit. I used to work for PTI, I was assisting a newly marked up conductor build a grain train at Decatur AL, he insisted on a rolling inspection to figure out why he couldn't get air on the rear. It was only after 6hrs he decided to walk it and found an angle cock cutout 3 cars from the headend.
Thanks! As @Brandon Watters said, there's a limit, though. Even for a patient railfan lol
Very nice and interesting video !!!!!
Great, thanks so much, James!
I love these switching videos.all too infrequently do we get to see the make up and break up of trains unless in yard action.enjoyed this immensely!
Very cool. I'm happy you had fun with this look behind the scenes :)
Mike Howey same
Great video enjoyed watching it much more interesting than watching long trains going by
Thank you! Good you liked it.
That was very nice Mb.... thanks 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Awesome, thank you!
Great video sir!! Cool shots sir and catches!! Keep up the great work sir!!
Nice you enjoyed it, Jacob.
Another masterpiece from one of the best in the business 👍👍
Awesome, I appreciate it!
I LOVE TRAINS
What’s 7Q and 7P??
These are codes of my videos. It allows me to find them faster. Two digits composed of numbers, small letters, and capital letters allow for encoding some 3,000 videos. It sounds funny, but this saves two spaces in the title compared to a plain four-digit number and since the title cannot occupy more than 100 spaces, it sometimes really helps...
Another good action video !! good job Mab!!
Good you enjoyed it!
Nice video. Being from Northern Ohio, I forget that not all rail lines are "flat".
Thanks. Lol, it's a little bit hilly here, but we don't have mountains either.
Excellent video!! 👍
Great, thanks!
Great looking shot, nice video
Nice, good you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this video. I'm a real train guy. Everywhere I go I look for Rail excursions, have ridden all them in Oregon. several in California and several in Eastern USA, Fav's would be the AMTRAK Coast Starlight from Portland OR to Redding CA, Potomic Eagle out of Romney WV, the New Hope and Ivyland out of New hope PA and , as I recall, the steamer to Frostburg out of Cumberland MA.
I'll have to admit they frighten me a bit... all that weight @ high speeds on such small steel rails!
Thanks so much! Wow, nice! You really got around.
Those are some nice trains that you caught.
Thanks!
mbmars01 Your welcome.
Awesome video brother
Thank you!
Great camera work!
Thanks so much!
One guy does what two brakemen used to do. Times have changed. Of course we didn't have radio communication with the engine in those ancient days of railroading.
I started with a three man crew in 76, four if you counted me on the engine. I don't know how many cars he had, but the Conductor had a long walk back and forth to do an on and off brake test from the hind end.
I love this spot
I know you do! :)
Glad u had a chance to get back here
Nice video hope you keep making videos
Cool, thanks! I shall hope so, too :)
Good stuff!👍
Thank you!
Nice video of railroaders at work. Does the grain facility have a way to move cars around on their tracks?
Thanks. Yes, they have a small rail car mover like most of these facilities.
Trackmaster
Great video as always.
Great, thanks!
Great video bro.
Many thanks, Boris!
@mbmars01 awesome video of csx grain train and keep up the good work
Many thanks! I'll try my very best :)
Excelenteeeeeee!!
Thanks! I'm very happy you like it!
Two toes and two thumbs up
Haha, thanks so much.
I wonder,how many acres does it take to produce grain to fill one hopper?
That's an interesting question; maybe someone knows.
Does V130 take the monroe subdivision up to the a line and then head to evansville or go through atlanta???
He went south to Atlanta first and then north from there.
@@mbmars01 Ok Thank You!
Good job !
Cool, thanks!
Awesome video dier friend.
Good you liked it, thank you!
Excuse me sir, ES40DC's power = 4000 Horse power??
(I do not speak english very well sorry)
Yes, that's right.
Great video. Are there any web cams to watch trains in the Atlanta / Austell area? I am a long way from Georgia.
Great you like it, thank you! When I remember correctly, there were plans for rail cams in the greater Atlanta area, but I don't know what came out of it. I think there's one in Dalton, GA, which is a cool spot, because the CSX W&A and the NS Atlanta North District cross each other there.
Railstream has 2 new Atlanta cams. CSX/NS, and common foreign power.
Awesome video my friend. What percent grade is that? Be safe and Happy Easter.
Thanks so much. I think the grades in this area are about 1%, which is less dramatic than it looks like in the video, but still substantial.
Nice video!
Cool, thank you!
Work effort is coolest on CSX
Nice 👍😁
That's as close to a unit train that I've seen when it comes to csx or a perfect train I like to call em' because they got all one rr power and same type of cars not to mention the same rr.
It looks particularly awesome on this hilly line with the sun setting. Like a steelworm.
Nice video, love these switching video; as an idea if the train, once in Evansville, will continue on the EVWR line?
Thank you! I honestly don't know. I have never railfanned in Indiana, but there are certainly some experts here who might be able to answer this question.
Where were they headed to pick up grain?
The loaded version of this particular train originates in Evansville, IN, but I do not know where exactly they get the grain from.
How steep were those hills? I know they look steeper than they really are, but still...
Grades are about 1%.
@@mbmars01 Thanks!
God it must be a nightmare when they come in with that many loads and pushing them up that hill. Might make it easier to spot the cars but just getting those heavy cars up that hill has to be rough
I don't live very far from the feed mill. I liked the video and also like to count the cars on the trains but could not get an accurate count due to the constant change of camera angle shots (the kitty's pal)
These trains have typically about 80 cars.
Nice!
Thanks!
like a model train...ive had my fair share of having to take a long train onto the mainline while breaking it down or building an outbound consist like in the video with model railroads it is indeed very time consuming
I know, I've also simulated this on my layout. :)
nice video
Thank you, Jordan.
BTW where is Comer in Georgia?
It's about 15 miles northeast of Athens, GA.
@@mbmars01 Okeedokee thanks for the info
Just as in my HO layout!
Nice!
I wish some company made those hoppers in HO Scale! I should e-mail Walthers and ask them about a 3-bay hopper too, since they make a model very, very close to the type on that CSX train, the only difference is that they are 4-bay not a 3-bay and not offered in CSX paint
Well, I don't exactly know what type you're specifically looking for, but the Athearn Genesis CSX grain express hoppers look quite authentic to me. I have got one with the grain express logo on it, which looks cool.
@@mbmars01 Are those the Trinity 3-bay, or the PS 3-bay? Those are not the exact kind that they were on the train in the video, but they are good, too! Usually CSX doesn't carry entire trains of just those trinity 3 bay hoppers, but instead mixed with a variety of other types of CSX hoppers. I have seen them carrying trains of PS 3-bay hoppers on CSX, though. NS usually carries trains of trinity 3-bay hoppers with NS paint. I can make a CSX grain train using those trinity 3-bay and other hoppers, but I guess I prefer to replicate the kind shown in the video. For now I guess I'll model the kind with a variety of different hoppers, or a train of the PS 3-bay hoppers, since those are prototypical, too!
I just checked it's an Athearn RTR (not Genesis) Trinity 3-bay hopper. I'm not sure I have PS hoppers of CSX; I'm not really modeling CSX.
@@mbmars01 ok, yes those could work. I actually heard that Athearn is re-releasing those or some of them as Genesis models. I don't model a specific line or location for CSX either, but I model something that is supposed to be a CSX line, but fictional. I used to have some of those trinity hoppers in NS paint, but they all got broken somehow in the last few years...
Damn that looks like a steep grade
It's about 1%, which is not that crazy.
@@mbmars01 ahhhh looks massive on video
I know, but foreshortening exaggerates the effect.
niceeeee loved it hey you should hang around tbsi yard losts of action
Good you liked it. Do you mean TDSI? That's unfortunately hidden from any reasonable vantage point.
nice
Thanks, Phillip!
Is that Boomhauer at 6:02 ?
I find Union pacific is the best train company in the USA I love Union pacific
Bud Spencer 🤓
Nope! CSX is the best. 😝
They may be the largest but not sure if they're the best depends on personal preference or like I guess maybe when it comes to derailments csx is the Best lol.
I grew up in Ohio with CSX mainline less than 300 feet from bedroom window. So I will always have a special love for CSX. But there is no railroad like Norfolk Southern.
Im also a big fan of regional lines such as Wheeling and Lake Erie and Allegheny Valley Railroad.
Iron worm for sure
It sure is one lol
Hey mbmars01 why it say a new train is born LOL XD
Because that's what happened, the birth of a new train that hadn't existed before :)
Chassie Saginaw Xzaler RR you bidding on the new Orleans branch to Oklahoma bartlesville southern line comb for abondon rail line figure to bartlesville on a curve rail into bartlesville as the southern line
Old Swede the tracks are bent and crooked
The long shots make this look more dramatic than it really is.
Kilómetros y metros... No millas y yardas
Lol, not my idea :)
Bb