Thank you for providing a classroom video for how switching should be done. Great to see professionals doing their work and not mind being filmed while doing so.
Yeah, they were pretty cool. Probably used to nutty railfans by now. Although I must admit it'd be a bit weird to have people stand outside your "office" drooling over watching you do what you consider to be just a job.
They're cylindrical hoppers used to deliver powdered Portland cement or other products used in making cement. They'll get delivered to Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel by the Ballard Terminal Rail Road.
Love the ex 45-2, still looking good after all these years, even if it no longer has 20 cylinders. Way cool the see hand signals being used on a class 1.
There's a railroad track in Winnipeg, which crosses over a river, and the bridge has a public sidewalk right beside the tracks, with a divider in between. This means when a train goes by (Which can be CP or BNSF), you can be really, really close, even closer than this.
I've heard the Ballard Terminal Rail Road only runs 1-2 times per week. They only have one regular customer, so there aren't a lot of cars to handle. So BNSF will service this yard once or twice a week to drop loads and pickup empties.
@jhoboken Thanks, glad you liked it. I like to provide some context or explanations to help the newer railfans understand what is happening in my videos.
They did sound the horn before the street crossing. I was on the north side of the waiting empty hopper at the start of the video. As they passed out of sight, I moved to the other side of the hopper. While I was moving, they sounded the horn then stopped to drop off the crew member you see later lining the switch. On the way in and out they do pass the "W" whistle board at the pedestrian crossing without sounding the horn.
You ever ride the Christmas train from the U. Village to Kenmore? I grew up by the tracks on Sand Point Way & Princeton Avenue. Caught a ride home from school once in the cab of a Great Northern Diesel Electric one cold afternoon from the U. Village to Sand Point Way & Princeton Avenue.
+Trainfan 3219 Technically, yeah it's just a siding. I assume they call it a yard because it's used to interchange cars between BNSF and the Ballard Terminal Railroad.
Why would I prefer hand signals? Seriously? At 6 carlengths the trainman giving you hand signals is already a football field away from you. Gimme radio communication any day
Thank you for providing a classroom video for how switching should be done. Great to see professionals doing their work and not mind being filmed while doing so.
Yeah, they were pretty cool. Probably used to nutty railfans by now.
Although I must admit it'd be a bit weird to have people stand outside your "office" drooling over watching you do what you consider to be just a job.
They're cylindrical hoppers used to deliver powdered Portland cement or other products used in making cement. They'll get delivered to Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel by the Ballard Terminal Rail Road.
Very informative. I'm a total fan of the heavy metal. Thanks for explaining the inner workings of how it all works.
Love the ex 45-2, still looking good after all these years, even if it no longer has 20 cylinders. Way cool the see hand signals being used on a class 1.
There's a railroad track in Winnipeg, which crosses over a river, and the bridge has a public sidewalk right beside the tracks, with a divider in between. This means when a train goes by (Which can be CP or BNSF), you can be really, really close, even closer than this.
Very well done video. Felt like I was in a class learning procedures. Subscribed.
loved the video, many thanks for explaining the action, and
providing background details, many thanks.
Man do I love that sound......
Great video! Nice close-ups of all the action
nice video thanks for posting and great spot
I've heard the Ballard Terminal Rail Road only runs 1-2 times per week. They only have one regular customer, so there aren't a lot of cars to handle. So BNSF will service this yard once or twice a week to drop loads and pickup empties.
@jhoboken Thanks, glad you liked it. I like to provide some context or explanations to help the newer railfans understand what is happening in my videos.
They did sound the horn before the street crossing. I was on the north side of the waiting empty hopper at the start of the video. As they passed out of sight, I moved to the other side of the hopper. While I was moving, they sounded the horn then stopped to drop off the crew member you see later lining the switch.
On the way in and out they do pass the "W" whistle board at the pedestrian crossing without sounding the horn.
You ever ride the Christmas train from the U. Village to Kenmore? I grew up by the tracks on Sand Point Way & Princeton Avenue. Caught a ride home from school once in the cab of a Great Northern Diesel Electric one cold afternoon from the U. Village to Sand Point Way & Princeton Avenue.
I was pretty new to railfanning when I shot that video. I hadn't figured out the use of whistle signals just yet...
When I first read the description I thought is said "shithole" yard.
@WillyMcCoy50 No I didn't. That was way before my time. The line was abandoned in 1971 (when I was 8), well before I had any interest in trains.
Very cool video,thanks.
@mafarnz She sounded good as she looked. Definitely the most hand signaling I've seen, mostly the crews just use their radios.
nice vid..u didnt narrate the single toot though which was the engineers going in between acknowledgment lol ;)
That's exactly what it was. At that point in the video, the main line is to my right at the top of the that small rise.
@askcaptainscott Thanks. I like to explain things where I can, to help out newer railfans.
Nice! How come they didn't use a GP40 or a GP38? My friends have seen a NS GP38 haul 79 freights (Notch 8 though).
Awesome video
Most engineers I've worked with prefer hand signals, as do I. It's not rare at all in the SW division.
what kind of hoppers?
Good one Todd!!.....Mike
I bet they wish they'd of used hand signals today up at Lowell. 6 cars derailed.
How often do trains use this sub?
NAHX 320221 and its sister CEFX 96523 make an appearance in front of the Gravel Company in Google Street View! LOL
you should of turned the camera to see the other train
What is this a no horn zone?
I was just teasin ya man(although I am serious about the going in between)
rrrrrpppppppssssst c'mon THROUGH,!!!!! Who wants some Street Meat? I said comin through!!!
thats not a yard thats a passing loop
+Trainfan 3219 Technically, yeah it's just a siding. I assume they call it a yard because it's used to interchange cars between BNSF and the Ballard Terminal Railroad.
ok
cool
weird looking, but cool.
Why would I prefer hand signals? Seriously? At 6 carlengths the trainman giving you hand signals is already a football field away from you.
Gimme radio communication any day