CSX's Avon Rail Yard Tour and Indianapolis Railfanning

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

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  • @nkyrailfan
    @nkyrailfan  3 года назад +4

    I mistakenly say the Chessie System merged with the Seabord Coast Line.
    I should have said the Seabord System.
    My apologies for the error.

  • @garymiller5937
    @garymiller5937 Год назад

    Awesome video! I love rail yards! ❤❤❤😊😊😊

  • @garymiller5937
    @garymiller5937 Год назад

    Really cool shot of the trains passing on the bridge. 😊😊😊

  • @joshbrony2204
    @joshbrony2204 3 года назад +1

    Man. This yard is near me, and I used to go here all the time to railfan, but school got in the way, but I plan on railfanning this summer.

  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 3 года назад +1

    Your Communication and Drone Shots are Excellent. Just Subscribed to your Channel. Thanks!👍

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thanks Ken. I really do appreciate that!
      Have a great day.

  • @lnrailroad3215
    @lnrailroad3215 3 года назад +1

    This may be my favorite. I have family in Indy, & always have wanted to railfan there. Great video!!

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much.
      It's a shame there aren't any spots (at least that I could find) to watch the yard from the ground.
      But Indianapolis seems to have a lot of good places to watch trains as they come and go.

  • @shawnpowell5876
    @shawnpowell5876 3 года назад +1

    AWESOME VIDEO NKYR, and the AVON yard was quite impressive! I'm glad you showed the "HUMP" have to say that was my 1st time seeing one and was AMAZING to see in action! Thanks for sharing your videos and I'm viewing them from Delmar, Delaware.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Hey Shawn, thank you very much. I'm really glad you enjoyed it and my other videos.

  • @TheLongjohntim
    @TheLongjohntim 3 года назад +1

    My dad worked there. He worked in the tower that controlled which track the box cars would go into.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      That's pretty cool!
      Did you ever get to check out the yard while he was working?

  • @ictrains9731
    @ictrains9731 3 года назад +2

    The metal shed was added for Amtrak.. Amtrak uses space on side south shared with Bus

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

  • @jpdriver1967
    @jpdriver1967 3 года назад

    Nicely done. Thank you for sharing this with us.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thank you Joe. I really do appreciate it.

  • @mikecole819
    @mikecole819 3 года назад +1

    Selkirk (NY) also has a “balloon track” to turn locomotives around.

  • @albertvieira6635
    @albertvieira6635 3 года назад +1

    This will make you happy I gave your information to a friend of mine who happens to be a real fan himself good job I shot with the drone keep up the good work once again an A+ job well done

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thanks Albert. I appreciate you sharing my work.
      Have a great day!

  • @lnproductions3227
    @lnproductions3227 3 года назад +4

    Amazing Catch of that Chessie Boxcar on that Westbound Freight you caught at Indianapolis Union!

  • @davidhearrell5598
    @davidhearrell5598 Год назад

    I just found you on YT. Great video. I live in Indy and you have shots that I've never seen. Keep up the good work and come back anytime.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  Год назад

      Thank you very much, David. I do appreciate it.
      I hope to make it back by the end of the summer.
      If you have any recommended spots, I'm always looking.
      Have a great day.

  • @ILoveTrains
    @ILoveTrains 3 года назад

    Really wonderful above the trains video!

  • @philliplee980
    @philliplee980 3 года назад +1

    nice very cool

  • @benscamihorn8065
    @benscamihorn8065 Месяц назад

    The tracks that are at 5:58 were for the old IPL power plant. They were for the coal trains that where brought in. At 6:08 on the right you can see the rotary coal dumper for the plant. It still makes power last I knew but it gets the steam now from the trash burner.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  29 дней назад

      Thanks for the great information.
      I really do appreciate it.
      I wish I could have seen the coal operation in action at the plant.

    • @benscamihorn8065
      @benscamihorn8065 29 дней назад

      @nkyrailfan it has been a long time since coal was brought into that plant. My dad used to work for IPL so we would park there and walk to the Hoosier Dome to watch Colts games and go to the conference center. Plus, it was just really neat to watch the rotary work.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  28 дней назад

      @benscamihorn8065 I bet that was really cool to watch.
      And I bet that was some prime parking for any downtown events.

  • @galaxyrailfanning7860
    @galaxyrailfanning7860 3 года назад

    Wow! Epic video man! At the engine shops I can also see a Music City Star F40, and RSSX unit, and another EMD switcher which I’m not sure the company of. Very awesome!

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much. I really do appreciate it.

  • @CSXIndyLine
    @CSXIndyLine 3 года назад +1

    South of the bowl is the receiving yard, the two engines are pulling cars out to shove them over the home. North of the bowl is the departure yard.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thank you for the info. I do appreciate it.

  • @cpttankerjoe
    @cpttankerjoe 3 года назад +1

    12:33 I’ve had the complete opposite experience NS will have me wait 2-3 hours for a train to show while CSX might be 10-45 minutes.

  • @anthonytidey2005
    @anthonytidey2005 3 года назад

    Like the operation of your RR.
    It's a shame that the RR closed most of them in the US, we closed all of them in the 1960's in the UK, under the govenment and Beaching, where mainly single goods trains run.
    Thanks from.the UK for the video

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thanks Anthony, I do appreciate it.

  • @dirt_pile_productions5812
    @dirt_pile_productions5812 3 года назад

    The GMS car poking out of the train shed is still in service and operates as the W002. W001 is the passenger set that normally utilizes the 6025 for power, W002 is the self-propelled GMS car and W003 is the other passenger set that operates with the 9969.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Awesome! Thanks for the info Jason. I do appreciate it.

  • @Steelers2841
    @Steelers2841 3 года назад +1

    in the Conrail Days you see more Automotive Traffic for the St Louis Gateway and for the UP At St Elmo, Ill and one of my favorite trains was STBN/BNST INFW/FWIN PIIC/ICPI PIEW/NLPI INSE/SEIN., PIIN/INPI STIN/INST AND ELIN-A/INEL-A To Name a Few now that CSX Took over not much Automotive Traffiic compare to NS on the Lafayette District

  • @dave6695
    @dave6695 3 года назад +1

    A slight correction. Chessie did not merge with the "Seaboards Coast Line System". Chessie merged with Seaboard System. The Seaboard System was a transformation of the Family Lines. The Family Lines was a conglomeration of roads all controlled by/with either ACL or SAL. ACL and SAL merged to form SCL (Seaboard Coast Line). When Seaboard System began, all family lines identities ended.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thank you very much.
      I'll make a note at the top of the comments about the mistake.
      For as many Distant Signal videos as I've watched, I should not have made such a mistake.

  • @chatanugadotorg
    @chatanugadotorg 3 года назад

    I've got the Microsoft Train Simulator version of this route from Marion, Ohio to Avon Yard. Looks like the track arrangement in downtown is quite accurate from what I see in the video.

  • @logandetwiler4483
    @logandetwiler4483 3 года назад +1

    That yard is a former Conrail yard too

  • @supercuda1950
    @supercuda1950 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful video. Your drone video sets you apart from other videographers (i don't even know what that word means). What drone do you use? Also do you by chance work for one of the Cincy TV stations? Your video makes me realize how small we are in the big picture. Also, a single place in a particular town may degrade from the looks of a town or city but taken as a whole, the rest covers it up and makes for some very beautiful cities. Great job, keep the videos coming!

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      Thanks Rupert, I do appreciate it.
      I use a DJI Mavic Pro 2.
      Honestly, the drone does all the work.
      I just try not to crash into anything.
      I do work for one of the TV stations.

  • @TheIronweed-vx5lg
    @TheIronweed-vx5lg 3 года назад +2

    Tramps camped out on the west side of the river.

    • @bradcrosier1332
      @bradcrosier1332 Год назад

      The exit to the Pogue’s Run tunnel (essentially a small creek that was buried under downtown Indy) on the east (right side of the frame) also at 10:27.

  • @fakecumberland
    @fakecumberland 3 года назад +1

    No more IU Tower. Used to be in the center of your parking garage shots.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      It looked like something used to be there but had been cleared out.

    • @saucerman90
      @saucerman90 3 года назад

      It was removed fairly recently.

  • @natgass8102
    @natgass8102 3 года назад

    excellent video from start to finish really enjoyed seeing the yard and downtown Indy. The issues that CSX was having that day discussed on the scanner are they normal or did it seem more serious? thanks

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much. I really do appreciate it.
      I think the issues are just daily problems crews must deal with.
      It seems no matter where I go, I hear about at least one train dealing with some issue.

    • @natgass8102
      @natgass8102 3 года назад +1

      @@nkyrailfan thanks good to know

  • @coryphillips8526
    @coryphillips8526 Год назад

    Good evening to you. Do you know if Amtrak had stopped running the Hoosier State train at the time you filmed this video? When you was at Union Station, I was looking for a parked Amtrak train or at least a locomotive nearby. Since at the time you was there the Cardinal would have came through already if it ran that day.

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  Год назад

      Sadly, it looks like the Hoosier State train service ended in 2019.

    • @coryphillips8526
      @coryphillips8526 Год назад +1

      @@nkyrailfan Oh ok. Just curious

  • @darklegionca
    @darklegionca 3 года назад

    What drone do you have?

  • @gy1952
    @gy1952 3 года назад +1

    I wonder if amtrak goes thru that yard?

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад +1

      I don't believe it does.
      It looks like it takes the track the local takes and then heads north and then onto Crawfordsville.

    • @saucerman90
      @saucerman90 3 года назад +1

      No, it doesn't. It turns north east of the yard and heads northwest towards crawfordsville.

    • @gy1952
      @gy1952 3 года назад

      @@saucerman90 oh okay.

  • @Toddgillilandfan
    @Toddgillilandfan 3 года назад

    2:59 what is in between the csx locos

    • @nkyrailfan
      @nkyrailfan  3 года назад

      I didn't even notice until Galaxy Railfanning pointed it out.
      It's the Music City Star F40.
      The Music City Star is a commuter rail service between Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee.

    • @Toddgillilandfan
      @Toddgillilandfan 3 года назад

      @@nkyrailfan thank you

  • @Colethetrainman
    @Colethetrainman 3 года назад +1

    Is that a drone

  • @nevertoopoortotour.3033
    @nevertoopoortotour.3033 2 года назад

    Never too poor to tour