For all the close calls, collisions, etc. In La Grange, I applaud that engineer. I would blow the horn the whole time too! Too many dumb bleeps in that town right along with Ashland. The tracks were there first!
The Quiet Zone allows operations without whistling, does not require silence. Bell ringing is required, and engineer may blow whistle if he feels there is a need. FRA says if an engineer decides to blow, so be it.
When I was a kid I grew up just south of the Afton switching yard. I was putting a few coins on the rail during some train switching. A friendly train operator was working that day and saw what I was doing. I placed them pretty far ahead of the train so when they were done, he would run them over when he left. He leaned out the window of the engine and I thought he was going to yell at me for being on the tracks. Instead of scolding me, he waved me to come to him. He pointed to the rail and motioned for me to put them close to the engine. He then waved me back from the train and rolled the locomotive and about 10 cars over the coins. He then reversed and ran over them a second time. When he was done he gave me a thumbs up and motioned me to go back and pick them up. They were amazing the size. They stretched about 4 inches in an oval pattern and were warm to the touch. That Engineer made a rail fan for life out of a little boy!
I watched in amazement as a kid toss a coin from the window of a train car we were in onto the adjacent track at a station we just stoped at in 1970's Poland and land it perfectly on top of the rail on the adjacent track. At that moment it became a spectator sport for everybody in that compartment. Shortly, a steam locomotive arrived slowly and stoped with one of the main wheels directly over that coin. You couldn't ask for it any better! It sat there for a long time, then left. That coin was made out of aluminum alloy about a 50 cent piece in size. It was gone! The wheel picked it up and stamped its face on the rail for a while. We loved every imprint of it till it disappeared.
I learned something about No Horn Zones, there are times that the engineer has been given discretion whether to honor it or not. And since the streets were BLOCKED OFF and CLOSED, and there were more people than normal around the perimeter of the tracks, the engineer CAN blow the horn in ANY NO HORN ZONE thus specified if it may be a matter of safety in a situation like in your video. It appears there was some type of festival or event going on, which gave the engineer every right to BLOW that loco's horn for as long or as loud as he could make it to get folks attention. Too bad for the naysayers and complainers, because in this particular situation, the engineer or conductor had every right to BLOW that HORN!
You can bet your last dollar that people were on the phone complaining to the railroad about the horns before it got half way through town. I think that idea is a little crazy but .... Great video as always. Really enjoy your work! Thanks JT.
They have a reason to blow horn in the quiet zone. I like the grey & yellow engine! I remember a time me & my brother put some red bricks & several gravel rocks on the tracks when we were kids, A train came through & crushed them into powder lol! Thanks for sharing!
Many years ago I took an excursion behind N&W 611 from Buffalo, NY to Erie, PA. When we got to Erie there was some street running. It was great. Everyone was out on the sidewalks or on their porches waving to us.
Wow! Awesome as always Brian! I noticed a couple center beam cars 4:54 & 5:15...... it would not be a pretty sight if there was ever a derailment. Picked up quite a bit of speed towards the end. Big thumbs up 👍
top of the day JT, where i live at there's NO HORN BLOWING here. only if some one decide to Strut, themselves down the track and the engineer blows the very loud massive horn and it scares the crap of you, but i dont know nothing about that. LOL thanks for the catch three thumbs up!!!!
Given the fact that there appears to be some sort of event in town (Christmas?), there is blocked off roads, and more people about in town, sounding the horns would be an exception in a No Horn Zone. That or CSX doesn't give a rip about ordinances in which case, keep on rolling and sounding CSX.
The barricades indicated a work zone. In fact, the video shows a worker replacing a small barricade at a crosswalk once the train passes. Trains passing through work zones are supposed to sound their horns for the safety of the workers, regardless of whether there is a No Horn Zone or not.
This is amazing. I love street running. LaGrange is my kind of town. I think a no horn zone here would be rather dangerous. He was going at a pretty good clip, too.
Hi Jason good to see you watch jaw tooth also. You and jaw tooth are my favorites and just watched all your videos today also. Both of you keep up the good work.
I am always impressed at the rate of acceleration that trains have. Moving such a massive load so quickly is really interesting. Your camera angle neatly captured that acceleration. Well done. :)
Bob C. I live about one half block of a train crossing three streets. Never here the trains unless I happen to wake up during the night. Really like the sound of the trains.
Its not everyday you see a train going up and down the main drag like that. Especially a long one. It does get you a close up shot of it. Thanks for capturing another moment jaw.
Busy Engineer forgot this was NO HORN! Keeps the local folks on their toes :) And there's more (I like that!) - this was one serious and long train too! And more - what a beautiful F-Type!!!!
Remember went to this railroad crossing by my and became a no train horn zone few years ago and 2 intermodals gave me some Horns salutes felt great! Nice video!
Hats off to the engineer for blowing the horn regardless if it is a no horn zone,I think every train out there needs to blow there horn regardless where it is and what time of the day or night it is.
I've been disabled for quite awhile but federal law makes the eng/conductor responcible for safety. The no-horn rules are local and that street seemed to have a street fair going on. People were crossing in the path so his horn should have been going
Back in the 1950's when I was a kid I would put pennys on the track. What fun! The pennys were squished very flat too. The difference between the steam engines and diesel was size. The steamers won every time as the the penny looked more like a 1/2 dollar, and the diesel was like a quarter. So size and weight matters in a penny race. Great memories
That CSX train was sure a long train. I am amazed they go down in the middle of the street of a town. We don't have that here in the La Puente, City of Industry area of Los Angeles County, California. But it looks fun what you filmed. It's a pleasure to always see your awesome train films. Wish I could afford a video camera, film our trains here in Los Angeles County, and the next County to the South, Orange County. Mostly Amtrak, Metrolink, and the BNSF Railway go through that county
The engineer was waving and wishing everyone Merry Christmas and they were waving back, also. I didn't see any law broken. I thought that penny and that nickel would get fused together.
Cool video. Not sure where to spot. But run 42 north out of Carrollton. There are Railroad tracks up thru there all those chem plants and steel mills. In Ghent.
It's the Corona bottle, JT, and the coins on the track reminds me of when I was a kid, I put 2 real silver dollars on the track, half way on top of each other and never could find them after the train passed over them. I looked everywhere, lolzzz
There's a video of that Clinchfield 800 F unit wobbling along a seldom used Florida track, somewhere around Sanford I think from a couple of years ago.
My parents lived about 30 feet from the tracks when I was about 3 and my uncle put a penny out for the train to flatten. I still have it as a good luck souvenir and I'm 59 now.
Another great video Jawtooth.... I’m not American so would anyone know the answers to following? Is there a maximum speed for a train running through a town like that? Would the engineer get in trouble for sounding his horn in such a no horn zone? Did the rail line through the town historically or is it 19th century? Does the town get a tax dispensation for allowing it? Does the town own the land the track is on or does the train company? Was it put in place for the town to have easy access to rail delivered goods? I have so many questions. This is what Jawtooth videos do to people 😂
That 1st train must have a Honey Badger at the controls because, well you know the old saying... Besides, train horns are better than the screams of the people that get hit by the train.
I grew up only a block from the SAL mainline from Hamlet NC to Atlanta to Birmingham. Horns would blow all night long and not wake us up. We were use to it.
Probably wont be a Quiet Zone if people keep running out in front of a oncoming train like that guy did at the 2:10 mark on this video. Gonna ruin it for everyone. Lol
Lol, yup, they do that all the time. I have seen a couple cars almost get hit. I was there a few months ago and a lady backed out in front of the train and she stopped.
Thanks for another awesome video. Just think if people were not ignorant about the railways there would be no need for the horns. Nonetheless I think what the engineer did was very professional and not near as strong as he could have made it!
Ever think about these circumstances : 1. Someone is retiring. 2. It's a birthday /anniversary of something. 3. Someone left this Earth. To me those are ALL plausible scenarios.
I rode with an engineer friend in the cab. When going through a cut with a curve in an urban zone, he blasts his horn due to idiots (mostly drunks and druggies) who hang out on the track. He said that was his worst nightmare. Judging by the way folks just walked in front of the train, I don't blame him for blasting through town.
My God-how much horn ?? Dont think he read his sheet for today -must have been a whole wad of complaints after that one ?? That was a super close train special sonn-la Grange must be a nightmare for the railroad-and the businesses down the street ! As always J.T is a good video showing everything you could want ! Take care -keep safe Regards
@Will Mature Your so not wrong there -people has just got stupid and selfish -and it's the last that is ruining things ! As you say -wanna argue with a thousand ton train -then away you go son ! OH can I watch and laugh ????
To the engineer blowing the horn in a "No Horn Zone" all I can say is, Way to go. 🖒🖒🖒
I would tell the town, if they don't like the horn, then move the town. The tracks were there first.
Why is it so important even while going slow in towns to blow the horn when trains also have bells?
I love that horn
For all the close calls, collisions, etc. In La Grange, I applaud that engineer. I would blow the horn the whole time too! Too many dumb bleeps in that town right along with Ashland. The tracks were there first!
You say La Grange and I think La Grange, Texas. I live about an hour from it.
There is also a la grange,Georgia
The Quiet Zone allows operations without whistling, does not require silence. Bell ringing is required, and engineer may blow whistle if he feels there is a need. FRA says if an engineer decides to blow, so be it.
When I was a kid I grew up just south of the Afton switching yard. I was putting a few coins on the rail during some train switching. A friendly train operator was working that day and saw what I was doing. I placed them pretty far ahead of the train so when they were done, he would run them over when he left. He leaned out the window of the engine and I thought he was going to yell at me for being on the tracks. Instead of scolding me, he waved me to come to him. He pointed to the rail and motioned for me to put them close to the engine. He then waved me back from the train and rolled the locomotive and about 10 cars over the coins. He then reversed and ran over them a second time. When he was done he gave me a thumbs up and motioned me to go back and pick them up. They were amazing the size. They stretched about 4 inches in an oval pattern and were warm to the touch. That Engineer made a rail fan for life out of a little boy!
Nice story !!
Amazing story and the days when everyone would like to put a smile on someone else's face to make their day. I put coins on tracks also. 👍
I watched in amazement as a kid toss a coin from the window of a train car we were in onto the adjacent track at a station we just stoped at in 1970's Poland and land it perfectly on top of the rail on the adjacent track. At that moment it became a spectator sport for everybody in that compartment. Shortly, a steam locomotive arrived slowly and stoped with one of the main wheels directly over that coin. You couldn't ask for it any better!
It sat there for a long time, then left. That coin was made out of aluminum alloy about a 50 cent piece in size. It was gone! The wheel picked it up and stamped its face on the rail for a while.
We loved every imprint of it till it disappeared.
That beats my story! LOL
I learned something about No Horn Zones, there are times that the engineer has been given discretion whether to honor it or not.
And since the streets were BLOCKED OFF and CLOSED, and there were more people than normal around the perimeter of the tracks, the engineer CAN blow the horn in ANY NO HORN ZONE thus specified if it may be a matter of safety in a situation like in your video.
It appears there was some type of festival or event going on, which gave the engineer every right to BLOW that loco's horn for as long or as loud as he could make it to get folks attention.
Too bad for the naysayers and complainers, because in this particular situation, the engineer or conductor had every right to BLOW that HORN!
I don't believe in "No Train Horn Zone's" stupid idea especially in a small busy downtown area.
Jaw Tooth another great video "son" T.Y.
Right on CSX. That's one beautiful Passenger Train. Thanks Brian for another great video.
You can bet your last dollar that people were on the phone complaining to the railroad about the horns before it got half way through town. I think that idea is a little crazy but .... Great video as always. Really enjoy your work! Thanks JT.
They have a reason to blow horn in the quiet zone. I like the grey & yellow engine! I remember a time me & my brother put some red bricks & several gravel rocks on the tracks when we were kids, A train came through & crushed them into powder lol! Thanks for sharing!
Many years ago I took an excursion behind N&W 611 from Buffalo, NY to Erie, PA. When we got to Erie there was some street running. It was great. Everyone was out on the sidewalks or on their porches waving to us.
Wow! Awesome as always Brian! I noticed a couple center beam cars 4:54 & 5:15...... it would not be a pretty sight if there was ever a derailment. Picked up quite a bit of speed towards the end. Big thumbs up 👍
top of the day JT, where i live at there's NO HORN BLOWING here. only if some one decide to Strut, themselves down the track and the engineer blows the very loud massive horn and it scares the crap of you, but i dont know nothing about that. LOL thanks for the catch three thumbs up!!!!
Thanks Erik and have a great day!
Given the fact that there appears to be some sort of event in town (Christmas?), there is blocked off roads, and more people about in town, sounding the horns would be an exception in a No Horn Zone. That or CSX doesn't give a rip about ordinances in which case, keep on rolling and sounding CSX.
It's the Light Up La Grange event where Santa and the Mayor light up the city a couple of weeks before Christmas.
CAG Hotshot you know, all the rails go through towns. Trucks with hazmat loads go through towns.
The barricades indicated a work zone. In fact, the video shows a worker replacing a small barricade at a crosswalk once the train passes. Trains passing through work zones are supposed to sound their horns for the safety of the workers, regardless of whether there is a No Horn Zone or not.
This is amazing. I love street running. LaGrange is my kind of town. I think a no horn zone here would be rather dangerous. He was going at a pretty good clip, too.
Morning Jaw Tooth! Watching this waiting on my premier in 2 hours, just posted a bunch of FP7 videos from yesterday!
Awesome! That is a cool locomotive! I will check them out today.
Hi Jason good to see you watch jaw tooth also. You and jaw tooth are my favorites and just watched all your videos today also. Both of you keep up the good work.
I am always impressed at the rate of acceleration that trains have. Moving such a massive load so quickly is really interesting. Your camera angle neatly captured that acceleration. Well done. :)
Excellent video as always , I was quite surprised to see Alan John Smith of millenniumforce at the closing .
This is fantastic, these freight trains are amazing. In the UK we hardly hear a train horn and a lot of the country has no freight trains.
Now a horn show in La Grange is extremely rare.
Can hear all 5 notes in that horn! and nice long mixed freight! AND down the middle of a main street! Awesome vid!
If there is a potential for someone walking out from between parked cars, I blow the horn!.
Train Horns! Engineers that wave! Santa Claus! Smashed coins!
Who could ask for anything else?
Thumbs up!
Thanks Steve!
They built the town around the tracks. If they don't like the horns, then move.
Bob C. I live about one half block of a train crossing three streets. Never here the trains unless I happen to wake up during the night. Really like the sound of the trains.
agreed
Its not everyday you see a train going up and down the main drag like that. Especially a long one. It does get you a close up shot of it. Thanks for capturing another moment jaw.
Busy Engineer forgot this was NO HORN! Keeps the local folks on their toes :) And there's more (I like that!) - this was one serious and long train too! And more - what a beautiful F-Type!!!!
Remember went to this railroad crossing by my and became a no train horn zone few years ago and 2 intermodals gave me some
Horns salutes felt great! Nice video!
Another fine video. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.
I know it it sounds crazy, But I would love to see one running full speed.... Imagine it..
Wow what a train right through the city streets a street runner!
The Clinchfield FP 7 is fun to watch..thanks JT
Thanks William!
Hats off to the engineer for blowing the horn regardless if it is a no horn zone,I think every train out there needs to blow there horn regardless where it is and what time of the day or night it is.
Want a train was so cool. I've never seen it around here. 🎅
I've been disabled for quite awhile but federal law makes the eng/conductor responcible for safety. The no-horn rules are local and that street seemed to have a street fair going on. People were crossing in the path so his horn should have been going
What a catch!! Very rare to catch that clinchfield locomotive going by.
Seeing they put a flee market next to tracks not a bad idea to use the horn so someone don't walk out in front of it
I love the train horn and the csx train.
Back in the 1950's when I was a kid I would put pennys on the track. What fun! The pennys were squished very flat too. The difference between the steam engines and diesel was size. The steamers won every time as the the penny looked more like a 1/2 dollar, and the diesel was like a quarter. So size and weight matters in a penny race. Great memories
Awesome! I don;t think I have ever seen a penny that a steamer ran across. I never thought about it but that would be cool to see
Love to see the street running train brings back memories of a troop to Sarasota Flord in October 1961
That CSX train was sure a long train. I am amazed they go down in the middle of the street of a town. We don't have that here in the La Puente, City of Industry area of Los Angeles County, California. But it looks fun what you filmed. It's a pleasure to always see your awesome train films. Wish I could afford a video camera, film our trains here in Los Angeles County, and the next County to the South, Orange County. Mostly Amtrak, Metrolink, and the BNSF Railway go through that county
once again another OUTSTANDING video .. WOW .. thanks keep up the nice work JT
The engineer was waving and wishing everyone Merry Christmas and they were waving back, also. I didn't see any law broken. I thought that penny and that nickel would get fused together.
Maybe this Engineer Loves Blowing the Horn for the Visitors in and around the Downtown area. 👍
I have only seen a handful of your videos but this was the best by far! This one was a blast!!!
Great video Brian that crutchfield train sounds like the one that you and I saw when we were in Irving I believe it was
No horn zone,but I just love the sound of that horn!! I use to put coins on the tracks still have them.
You sure lucked out with that "random train". Thanks for another great video!
Holey moley, I can't believe how fast he notched it up about midway past. God save anyone who fell under those steel wheels by accident!!!
Awesome..like the way engineer accelerated once out of town limits
Cool video. Not sure where to spot. But run 42 north out of Carrollton.
There are Railroad tracks up thru there all those chem plants and steel mills. In Ghent.
Smitty SF-3751
Another great video, little cool there. Not much room to get a train thru town and they did a great job on the track.
It's the Corona bottle, JT, and the coins on the track reminds me of when I was a kid, I put 2 real silver dollars on the track, half way on top of each other and never could find them after the train passed over them. I looked everywhere, lolzzz
Oh wow, they probably got stuck on a wheel and went a quarter mile down the tracks. lol
God luck on getting to 100k. Hope you get there soon.
There's a video of that Clinchfield 800 F unit wobbling along a seldom used Florida track, somewhere around Sanford I think from a couple of years ago.
My parents lived about 30 feet from the tracks when I was about 3 and my uncle put a penny out for the train to flatten. I still have it as a good luck souvenir and I'm 59 now.
I wonder if the engineer caught hell for that!? He certainly has a set a balls! 👍👍
Nice shot of csx jawtooth and have great day
Thanks and have a great day also!
That engineer is saying to h* ll to the no train horn zones. Blows the horn anyway
Hey Brian, That Horn sounds like an CSX ES44AC (ES44AH). I love that horn. Greetings from Alabama.
That is pretty good that you can tell them apart so well
@@JawTooth I love that K5HL. Is it 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, or 3rd Gen?
That's A Narrow Font K5HL I Think
This is the place they have a railcam on, isn't it? From what we see there, you can't blame the crew for wanting to make their presence known.
Ha Brian,did you see mine email to you about the barn.coool.
Super video my friend!
Another great video Jawtooth....
I’m not American so would anyone know the answers to following?
Is there a maximum speed for a train running through a town like that?
Would the engineer get in trouble for sounding his horn in such a no horn zone?
Did the rail line through the town historically or is it 19th century?
Does the town get a tax dispensation for allowing it?
Does the town own the land the track is on or does the train company?
Was it put in place for the town to have easy access to rail delivered goods?
I have so many questions. This is what Jawtooth videos do to people 😂
Millenniumforce was at the end
Appalachian lore: A penny that was run over by a train will keep you safe in your travels.
That 1st train must have a Honey Badger at the controls because, well you know the old saying...
Besides, train horns are better than the screams of the people that get hit by the train.
Thanks again brian,the weekend is coming.greetz:Peer.
Issuing CSX a ticket for the horn blow is probably about as effective as giving UPS a parking ticket
Wow clinchfield equipment still in service cool!
Awesome! not to often you see that happen! Live-Action!
thanks for sharing ,all aboard
I grew up only a block from the SAL mainline from Hamlet NC to Atlanta to Birmingham. Horns would blow all night long and not wake us up. We were use to it.
All these years ... I didn't think santa existed. CSX has proved me wrong.
Where is the diesel switcher featured at 0:04 from? That looks like a very interesting, if slightly rusty, old switcher! :D
The zinc pennies (1982 & up) aren't nearly as malleable as the real copper pennies. Have you ever tried flattening a spoon?
Probably wont be a Quiet Zone if people keep running out in front of a oncoming train like that guy did at the 2:10 mark on this video. Gonna ruin it for everyone. Lol
Lol, yup, they do that all the time. I have seen a couple cars almost get hit. I was there a few months ago and a lady backed out in front of the train and she stopped.
That might be the reason why the engineer is blowing the horn. He said they gonna know im coming. Lol
Awesome video!!!
you were probably on the virtual railfan camera Jaw Tooth
Thank you for uploading.
Stay safe and on track.
Pun intended 😎
Thanks for another awesome video. Just think if people were not ignorant about the railways there would be no need for the horns. Nonetheless I think what the engineer did was very professional and not near as strong as he could have made it!
Isn’t there 2 Virtual Railfan cams in La Grange, KY?
Ever think about these circumstances :
1. Someone is retiring.
2. It's a birthday /anniversary of something.
3. Someone left this Earth.
To me those are ALL plausible scenarios.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! 😊🇨🇦
I rode with an engineer friend in the cab. When going through a cut with a curve in an urban zone, he blasts his horn due to idiots (mostly drunks and druggies) who hang out on the track. He said that was his worst nightmare. Judging by the way folks just walked in front of the train, I don't blame him for blasting through town.
Once the engine cleared the town, he got back up to speed again.
Were the new locomotives in the Santa Train for helping on grades, or do they have Positive Train Control?
It's A Quiet Zone Not A Horn Zone Geez And Great Catch Bro I Love It JT
Engineer is probably sick of people running out and driving out in front of him. There's been some amazing stunts in this town ...
Awesome Video Jaw Tooth
🍁🍁🇮🇳🍁🍁
I live 3 block away from CSX track and I hear Horns Everydau
Another amazing Video! As usualllll
Glad you enjoyed it!
That's cool...train tracks through a town.
Another great video
Thanks!
great content.
wow a long street running train for sure
In La Grange, Kentucky, nice K5HL for that train.
Awesome video, csx is like no train horn zone whatever.
I love that Horn
My God-how much horn ?? Dont think he read his sheet for today -must have been a whole wad of complaints after that one ?? That was a super close train special sonn-la Grange must be a nightmare for the railroad-and the businesses down the street ! As always J.T is a good video showing everything you could want ! Take care -keep safe
Regards
Thanks Neil and have a great day!
@Will Mature Your so not wrong there -people has just got stupid and selfish -and it's the last that is ruining things ! As you say -wanna argue with a thousand ton train -then away you go son ! OH can I watch and laugh ????
Ahaaa street running.nice!!!!!!!!! no horn zone!!!!!!!!!!!