10:30 Great work on the close up of that excavator with the claw attachment dispensing fresh new ties along the right of way. I've always wanted to see how those kind of machines work 👍👍.
It was a rough week, and so it's been extra nice to catch up with a bunch of Grab Bags. This one was great--the rainbow, cat-and-deer meeting, and lightning made me smile. Thanks again!! 🌹
Nice video older BNSF paint scheme in Roanoke, saw the SRR GE ES44AC HU recently on the head end of a hopper train headed towards Shaffers Crossing, Christiansburg!🛤🚂
0:35 lots of big pipes 1:00 new Metra SD70MACH 1:26 NS 38's train going backwards over Horseshoe Curve 2:11 Beech Grove business car on the Sunset Limited 2:27 CSX ES44DC, SD70MAC, SD40-3, and two freshly painted G&W orange geeps 3:49 Loram ginder working at night 5:12 SP gray geep trailing 6:54 boxcar on a flatbed 7:20 H2 and two H1s 7:50 two CP SD40-2s with one MOW equipment flatcar with the scoripon ramp 8:52 WOW! an ex-conrail 4-wheel scale test car over Horseshoe Curve! Those things are usually transported on flatcars to prevent the weight from changing too much 10:09 warbonnet with automated inspection train 10:29 that OTM tracker as seen in the thumbnail. It's a John Deere 120D with its treads replaced with a sliding 'foot' 14:39 we don't see too many of those in La Plata 15:04 a train of rock dump cars 15:28 an epic catch of two Amtraks racing each other. I like how clean the autoracks are 17:22 BNSF 3899 and two FXE SD70ACes 18:15 plenty of old Santa Fe and Burlington Northern hoppers 18:32 nice WRIX SW1500 19:37 SD40-3, SD40-2, SD40-3, and ST70AH
I've been watching a private storm-chasing livestream by Daniel Shaw in this area and there have been some amazing storms with huge hail, spectacular lightning, and truly indescribable cloud structure. While we ride along as "passengers" looking for storms to watch, I'm looking for trains. Last night, we were in Clovis and I saw plenty of huge freights waiting their turn at the signals. There's nothing like train-chasing in that area right through to Strafford, TX. On an actual tour I was on many years ago, the BNSF freight traffic was an amazing sight all of its own with freight after freight chasing each other on the tracks that paralleled the highway we were on. At night, the signals can be seen all lit up and progressively go from green, to flashing yellow, to red.
It probably was PRR originally. Those cars do not have air brakes. They have an airline that is straight through. The brakes are hand-operated only. That type of scale car is supposed to be the last car of a train, it was run behind the caboose when cabooses were used. The modern scale cars are modified flats with an engine to operate a hydraulic pump to lower and lift the test weight that is carried in the car and is lowered onto the scale rails so the test weight is separate from the car.
I thought it was part of a GP-38 pusher experiment that was torn apart heading back to Altoona shops where the NS horse doctors could conceive some new environmental friendly remotely controlled unit.
man I wish I could have seen how they moved that machine that was grabbing the ties from the cars and putting them on the ground, seen how they moved it from car to car...
I can't even work out what it is? It kinda looks like a SD9 or SD18 with a fuel tank removed, but then the bodywork looks off, as does the cab. Something newer made up to look like an early SD? then why leave daylight under the frame and ruin it, or have the cab windows spaced too far apart. It looks a BIT like a DRS-6-6 but then it doesn't. Also it seems to be a Norfolk & Western Livery that says Norfolk and Southern.
10:30 Great work on the close up of that excavator with the claw attachment dispensing fresh new ties along the right of way. I've always wanted to see how those kind of machines work 👍👍.
I wonder if they fit within gauge when the arm is folded down for moving, or if they have to have a careful route plan.
It was a rough week, and so it's been extra nice to catch up with a bunch of Grab Bags. This one was great--the rainbow, cat-and-deer meeting, and lightning made me smile. Thanks again!! 🌹
Deer says to itself “ don’t cross in front of black cat --could be bad luck”. Lol. 😂
wow that was awesome seeing that machine dropping the sleepers at the side of the tracks
Nice video older BNSF paint scheme in Roanoke, saw the SRR GE ES44AC HU recently on the head end of a hopper train headed towards Shaffers Crossing, Christiansburg!🛤🚂
11:00. That is one superb piece of kit!
0:35 lots of big pipes
1:00 new Metra SD70MACH
1:26 NS 38's train going backwards over Horseshoe Curve
2:11 Beech Grove business car on the Sunset Limited
2:27 CSX ES44DC, SD70MAC, SD40-3, and two freshly painted G&W orange geeps
3:49 Loram ginder working at night
5:12 SP gray geep trailing
6:54 boxcar on a flatbed
7:20 H2 and two H1s
7:50 two CP SD40-2s with one MOW equipment flatcar with the scoripon ramp
8:52 WOW! an ex-conrail 4-wheel scale test car over Horseshoe Curve! Those things are usually transported on flatcars to prevent the weight from changing too much
10:09 warbonnet with automated inspection train
10:29 that OTM tracker as seen in the thumbnail. It's a John Deere 120D with its treads replaced with a sliding 'foot'
14:39 we don't see too many of those in La Plata
15:04 a train of rock dump cars
15:28 an epic catch of two Amtraks racing each other. I like how clean the autoracks are
17:22 BNSF 3899 and two FXE SD70ACes
18:15 plenty of old Santa Fe and Burlington Northern hoppers
18:32 nice WRIX SW1500
19:37 SD40-3, SD40-2, SD40-3, and ST70AH
Loved the way the Brandt OTM Tracker moved on its own tracks. Rest on the grab was also grand as always.
This is 8 years old, but still a great video from the OTM maker, enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/rK2gzbVyUbU/v-deo.html
Love those Herzog cars and the Auto Train, the longest passenger train in the world.
Thanks gain, love the new camera at Revelstoke
That first ballast train I probably watched leave the St Cloud MN yard as they fill Herzog trains daily with ballast from the granite quarrys
*Nice Catches Awesome*
Another great video VRF !
Really wanted more content of the cat and deer lol
Beautiful rainbow and lightning storm!!!! ⚡⚡⚡⚡🌈🌈🌈🌩️❤️📹
Between the older-model car and Mother Nature's bit of colour, this collection was very interesting!
I've been watching a private storm-chasing livestream by Daniel Shaw in this area and there have been some amazing storms with huge hail, spectacular lightning, and truly indescribable cloud structure. While we ride along as "passengers" looking for storms to watch, I'm looking for trains. Last night, we were in Clovis and I saw plenty of huge freights waiting their turn at the signals.
There's nothing like train-chasing in that area right through to Strafford, TX. On an actual tour I was on many years ago, the BNSF freight traffic was an amazing sight all of its own with freight after freight chasing each other on the tracks that paralleled the highway we were on. At night, the signals can be seen all lit up and progressively go from green, to flashing yellow, to red.
8:51 Just for anyone's information, that two axle car is a Scale Test Car.
My question exactly 😅 thank you!!
@@alexanderlennington4382 You're welcome 😁.
It probably was PRR originally. Those cars do not have air brakes. They have an airline that is straight through. The brakes are hand-operated only. That type of scale car is supposed to be the last car of a train, it was run behind the caboose when cabooses were used. The modern scale cars are modified flats with an engine to operate a hydraulic pump to lower and lift the test weight that is carried in the car and is lowered onto the scale rails so the test weight is separate from the car.
I thought it was part of a GP-38 pusher experiment that was torn apart heading back to Altoona shops where the NS horse doctors could conceive some new environmental friendly remotely controlled unit.
another awesome Grab bag video love it
Great video
Very cool machine.
Felix and Rudolf in Ft. Madison 😮😮😅, party 🥳 🎉time 🎉😂.
Sehr schöne aufnahmen 👌 🚂👌
Keep these going
Good job same for me
Wow VR I remember when this channel had only a few thousand viewers
12:13. Beautiful camera
And at 15:11 those side dump cars I see em get loaded here in St. Cloud like twice a week
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Excellent Video
3:59. the Dragon
car at 21:04 in Washington and at 17:05:38 in Decatur AL!!! But you better act fast before that live feed wipes it off!
That was cool watching the Operator unloading ties on the fly like that! How does the thing get to the next gon?
Walks across just the way it walks on the cars!
21:11 Double rainbow
Thats one weird looking spider on top of that scrap car
2:11 Amfleet rail inspection car on Sunset Limited #1.
man I wish I could have seen how they moved that machine that was grabbing the ties from the cars and putting them on the ground, seen how they moved it from car to car...
Go Canada!
Spectral loram train in the night
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hello virtual railfan it's is randy and i like yours video is cool and super cool youtube is good virtual raifan thanks friends randy
01:20 That's odd! Isn't It ? 🤔🤨😏
I can't even work out what it is? It kinda looks like a SD9 or SD18 with a fuel tank removed, but then the bodywork looks off, as does the cab. Something newer made up to look like an early SD? then why leave daylight under the frame and ruin it, or have the cab windows spaced too far apart. It looks a BIT like a DRS-6-6 but then it doesn't. Also it seems to be a Norfolk & Western Livery that says Norfolk and Southern.
I bet the train company gets alot of call about the LORAM. Normal people that dont know, would think something was wrong with the train.
I always love those grinders!
Is it only in our town, Or do folks on Bikes think they’re immune from obeying the law where this was filmed also ?
8:46, NS Ac44c6m 4691
Can anyone in VR-land tell me why CHEHALIS has so many gorgeous vintage automobiles passing near the VR camera??😮
Scale test weight car. That car is at least 50 years old.
Is anyone else surprised at the number of airplane bodies?
@@T_Hoog I always wonder where the wings come from...
May I say there is no shortages of dummy's. the new camera in BC is cool. you need one in New Brunswick.
2:00 another of Tucson's young railfans.
Anybody else out there think that coverage of people waving to the camera is a waste of otherwise good train watching time?
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