Great videos Scott !! Having grown up in the Fort Wayne / Columbia City Indiana area, I would love to see some videos of NS in the Fort Wayne area and CFE around Columbia City, especially at the Steel Dynamics plant east of Columbia City.
Thanks! I used to film a lot in Ft Wayne but not so much in the last few years. I did a lot of video of the NS local working the GR&I track on the NW side of ftw if you’d be interested looking up those videos!
Seeing these old Santa Fe units make me miss seing the Yellowbonnets and Fakebonnets and Cascade Green engines that used to go by my childhood house in suburban Twin Cities. Glad to see those two Geeps are kicking it after all those years
Really good one! There were a couple of drone shots where I thought I was looking at a model shot in natural light. Technology is so good when I get it confused backwards.
I live on W&LE and I like to ride my bike down to the train every time I hear it cause I’m only a block away and it’s fun to watch but it’s always the W&LE locomotives.... don’t get me wrong some of them are cool.... the coolest one I think I’ve seen is W&LE 6967 but if I ever saw a Santa Fe I would go insane
@@animalou812 I have multiple photos from back in the IHRC days when the tomato paste came in via Woodburn in refrigerated cars. I don't know about the NS days preceding IHRC. On IHRC the inbound cars would often come in at levels that required multiple switches to push the cars through the warehouses. As I recall the paste was frozen in something that resembled 'paper' barrels. I have no idea when this practice reverted to insulated boxcars and then to what you see moving today.
Very nice drone shots near the warehouse and along the road and farm fields. How do you get the drone to pace the train? Does the drone have a sensor for that based on the camera image, or do you set that based on what you see in the camera feed?
2 crews and 5 days a week, always done by 5 pm. The roster is worth filming even if most of the scenery is bland and the speeds are less than thrilling!!
If those units could talk... While it's a far cry from their days pulling pigs on the transcon, it's nice to see these old ladies living out retirement on an equally storied local line.
if you want the motherlode of sante fe engines! try St Louis! but be warned they like to keep the Santa fe, and AtSF engines well hidden in the rail yard in the downtown area! lol
Gradually do tying to improve. What’s crazy is at some points they appear to be doing twice the speed they used to be able to. Which in this case is still slow.
We go from the first drone shots of an orderly clean and trash free operation to a huge junk yard in the middle of pristine fields. To top it off to the left before the siding converges with the main line, there's a huge pile of debris. That's America!
The line looks better every time i see it, they're making a lot of progress
Love seeing the old GP-20's still in action.
Love seeing the Old Santa Fe Units and their Beautiful Colors still working Bidnez on the Rails. 👍
Yes I’m glad they added this power to the line.
Drone Shots are Awesome! You’re in a Class ALL by yourself with selective use of your Drone, 👍
Thank you!!
This is so awesome! I need to take a tripe here! Spectacular footage
This railroad has come a long way! 👍👍👍👍
Sure has
Beautifully composed shots and superb aerial tracking. Great job Scott.
Great drone footage!
Scott,
Your drone work is really top notch and the clarity of the video is really impressive. Another terrific video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Nice video! Thanks very much to show these marvelous locomotives!
Thank you for watching!
Amazing! Beautiful video! Greetings from Asturias 🚂🔔🔝📽️👍🙋♂️
GREAT CATCH, VERY NICE VIDEO/AUDIO!
Thank you!!
Fantastic coverage and sweet power!!
incredible work Scott
Thank you!!
Great videos Scott !! Having grown up in the Fort Wayne / Columbia City Indiana area, I would love to see some videos of NS in the Fort Wayne area and CFE around Columbia City, especially at the Steel Dynamics plant east of Columbia City.
Thanks! I used to film a lot in Ft Wayne but not so much in the last few years. I did a lot of video of the NS local working the GR&I track on the NW side of ftw if you’d be interested looking up those videos!
Thank you very much.
Thank you for watching
looks like watching a great H0 model with real people and moving car traffic.....fantastic... :-)
Many thanks!
Awesome!! Thanks for posting!!
Seeing these old Santa Fe units make me miss seing the Yellowbonnets and Fakebonnets and Cascade Green engines that used to go by my childhood house in suburban Twin Cities.
Glad to see those two Geeps are kicking it after all those years
Too bad things change.
@@ScottTaipaleRail true
Great video Scott!!
Great place for a drone because you can easily pace the train.
This line seems to sum up what's so fascinating about shortlines; nice scenery, interesting traction and some, um, interesting track.
Yes that’s why I spend most time watching shortlines!
Great video.
Thank you!!
nice video bro
Nice layout, liked the back factory with the boxcars conecting in a spaced row, make a nice model railroad dinorama...
Yes sure would, not too many places to find boxcars lined up anymore.
Really good one! There were a couple of drone shots where I thought I was looking at a model shot in natural light. Technology is so good when I get it confused backwards.
Thank you! Some people’s models confuse me into thinking they’re real too!
fantastic!!! video!
A brilliant video from the best in the rail-fanning game!
Haha no game
SHOW MEU AMIGO MUINTO BOM PARABÉNS.
I live on W&LE and I like to ride my bike down to the train every time I hear it cause I’m only a block away and it’s fun to watch but it’s always the W&LE locomotives.... don’t get me wrong some of them are cool.... the coolest one I think I’ve seen is W&LE 6967 but if I ever saw a Santa Fe I would go insane
I am surprised they haven’t had an ex Santa Fe! They’ve had BN, Rio, NS, Southern, UP and about every leasing company livery at some point!
Minor correction Scott. This warehouse is a dry warehouse but it does have a cold section just to the west of this one. It is called cloverleaf.
ALmost all of the tomato paste used to come in via refrigerated cars.
@@cdavid8139 they are regular box car.
@@animalou812 Look at my note again....it "used to come in via refrigerated cars". I am not saying it does now.
@@cdavid8139 sorry I see that. But as far as I can remember (I go back to 97) they were regular box car. I worked for the grand trunk then I&O.
@@animalou812 I have multiple photos from back in the IHRC days when the tomato paste came in via Woodburn in refrigerated cars. I don't know about the NS days preceding IHRC. On IHRC the inbound cars would often come in at levels that required multiple switches to push the cars through the warehouses. As I recall the paste was frozen in something that resembled 'paper' barrels. I have no idea when this practice reverted to insulated boxcars and then to what you see moving today.
Very nice drone shots near the warehouse and along the road and farm fields. How do you get the drone to pace the train? Does the drone have a sensor for that based on the camera image, or do you set that based on what you see in the camera feed?
All my flying is by manual control with the joy sticks!
Is it still a disaster in some areas? I wanna take a trip up there to check it out.
It’s slowly getting better but still plenty of bad spots.
This was real good Scott. Love the still good looking SF paint! BTW, did you get a new car?
Thanks Jeff, nothing new I’ve had this equinox a while.
All the times I've been through Defiance I have never really bothered to check these guys out. Need to change that. They a daily operation?
2 crews and 5 days a week, always done by 5 pm. The roster is worth filming even if most of the scenery is bland and the speeds are less than thrilling!!
@@ScottTaipaleRail drove all the way out there today for them to put a car on the ground 30 seconds into filming. Lol
PREX GP20#3001 PREX GP20#2026
I love how the audio is off about 4 seconds. Lol
Those Geeps haven’t changed much since their retirement from bnsf
6:49 its a bart and a homer simspon!
Lol I see the Simpson’s worked into railroad graffiti frequently.
How far is it to the Campbell's soup factory? Where is it located?
South side of the river in Napoleon. Once the new bridge is complete the trucks will have less than a mile to get between the storage and Campbell’s.
@@ScottTaipaleRail so 2 warehouses have rail sidings? 11 boxcars thats good business, they get switched often?
If those units could talk...
While it's a far cry from their days pulling pigs on the transcon, it's nice to see these old ladies living out retirement on an equally storied local line.
Thankfully they’re not razor blades but they barely get beyond an idle here!
from 10.50 to 13.50 i was worried the tracks wouldn't hold the train...but then it will probably last another 50 years....or more...
how fast
were they going
Maybe 8 mph?
if you want the motherlode of sante fe engines! try St Louis! but be warned they like to keep the Santa fe, and AtSF engines well hidden in the rail yard in the downtown area! lol
I’ll get to St Louis eventually
Noodle track, Noodle track!
ND&W Napoleon Defiance & Spaghetti Western lol
👍👀
alot faster that last time
Gradually do tying to improve. What’s crazy is at some points they appear to be doing twice the speed they used to be able to. Which in this case is still slow.
Now they can outrun a jogger I think!
The NDW won’t be setting any land speed records any time soon. Nonetheless safety and speed have definitely improved.
Still the slowest railroad I regularly follow!
We go from the first drone shots of an orderly clean and trash free operation to a huge junk yard in the middle of pristine fields. To top it off to the left before the siding converges with the main line, there's a huge pile of debris. That's America!
They have to recycle old automobiles somewhere!