CAR TURNS ONTO TRACKS, CROSSING LIGHTS UP SECONDS LATER, TRAIN COMES… WHAT A GRAB BAG! 1/3&4/23

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  • This is a Makers Grab Bag, it has an amazing variety in it. Please don’t miss this one!
    Music: “Sleepy Hollow” by E’s Jammy Jams
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  • @drubarlow
    @drubarlow Рік тому +12

    Good to see the Strasburg has learned to align switches.

  • @roundlakerailfan6853
    @roundlakerailfan6853 Рік тому +32

    I've asked it before, and I'll ask again: HOW can anyone see a railroad crossing and think, "Yup. This is where I'm supposed to turn?"

    • @jamesstobinski6144
      @jamesstobinski6144 Рік тому +6

      Proof that you don't need a brain to get a driver's license.

    • @jgehbinv
      @jgehbinv Рік тому +2

      I am sure when police show up that question was asked. I would sure like to hear the answers from these supposedly competent drivers.

  • @suzanneknepp849
    @suzanneknepp849 Рік тому +13

    Loved the humor at 23:01! The engineer used a broom 🧹 as an oar! Very funny and clever!

  • @rodneyschmuland1132
    @rodneyschmuland1132 Рік тому +6

    23:00 So that's how some trains make it to their destinations. Cute!

    • @RainierRailroader
      @RainierRailroader Рік тому +6

      Hey, it was cold out and we were getting ready to charge at a hill. Figured it was better than getting out and pushing, HA! And yes, I am the conductor in that segment, hope you enjoyed!

  • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
    @truckerkevthepaidtourist Рік тому +23

    What are they doing visiting family in New York from Ashland? 🤣

    • @VWdabug
      @VWdabug Рік тому +6

      Lol

    • @VWdabug
      @VWdabug Рік тому +9

      This deserves to be pinned

  • @fraukatze3856
    @fraukatze3856 Рік тому +4

    Thanks!

  • @charlottecunningham2141
    @charlottecunningham2141 Рік тому +3

    What a neat snow removal device at Skykomish!

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Рік тому +8

    Nice work with the ending of the sunrise at Flagstaff with the clouds mixing in.

    • @gragor11
      @gragor11 Рік тому +1

      Notice all the vehicles stopping for the light on the crossing?

  • @armondc5632
    @armondc5632 Рік тому

    I just tuned in when that car turned on the tracks in Fairport. That was lucky

  • @frankrosenbaum3471
    @frankrosenbaum3471 Рік тому +6

    Row, row, row your train, gently down the track....

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 Рік тому +5

    Thank you, Virtual Railfan. Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year.

  • @Simpleman62569
    @Simpleman62569 Рік тому

    Great grab bag!

  • @shooter2055
    @shooter2055 Рік тому +2

    Nice to see the snow at Flagstaff. They need every drop!

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Рік тому +3

    0:56 lovely lash-up of eight Union Pacific locomotives
    2:00 both KCS liveries trailing on a UP train, and they're both De Mexico units
    2:14 doubleheading CN power on a BNSF train
    2:32 12-unit light power move
    3:11 CP 8757 leading and some helicopter noise
    3:36 two CN ET44ACs as DPU on a BNSF train, one with the CN100 logo
    3:46 a rabbit out in the snow
    3:56 9-unit lash-up on a UP train
    4:26 UP yellow, executive MAC, and KCS southern belle triple-heading
    5:08 10-unit lash-up with a lot of different liveries
    6:40 NS SD40-2 and two slugs trailing
    7:02 fog over the Mississippi River
    7:47 another NS slug, this one rebuilt from an ALCO RSD15
    8:27 an excavator with a snowblower on its arm!
    9:13 a single UP AC44CW and three container cars! That's like something you would get in a train set!
    9:41 UP 7400 leading
    10:18 the start of the car that made the thumbnail getting lost. I'm surprised he dimmed the lights for the oncoming train instead of running to safety
    11:38 the Amtrak Empire Service on the same track as the CSX train stopped and was flagged through
    12:52 three warbonnets!
    13:06 epic 8-unit lash-up with a bad horn on the leader, a UP SD70ACe, KCS 4006, and an ARUX (Argos USA) geep! ARUX 47 seems to be an ex-Souther Pacific unit with a spot for the nose-mounted gyralight (seen again at15:20)
    13:52 BN plow car on a train of MOW hoppers
    15:32 UP new livery leading. I don't like how the flag is stuck on the nose and there are no wings on the front.
    16:20 an ex-UP C40-8! Been awhile since I've seen one of those
    16:30 a new livery UP SD70ACe. They did a better job with this unit than the GE seen earlier
    17:00 I always liked those AUTO MAX autoracks. I called them Zephyr autoracks as a kid since they were articulated like the CB&Q Zephyrs
    17:30 two KCS units, NS 1073, and a normal NS unit on CN tracks passing Waupaca
    17:52 UP and B&LE units at the same location
    18:04 nine units and airplane fuselages and parts
    18:13 Amtrak flag stop at Skykomish! Amtrak doesn't even have a platform and sign here!
    18:47 blue piece of machinery
    19:42 Strasburg 8618 going down the MOW siding to collect a flatbed
    21:24 NS crane train
    23:24 some more of those unusual DODX boxcars
    24:42 where did that guy even come from?! The train museum is on that side and there is no road
    25:14 two BN green sD40-2s. One has its BN number clearly visible, the other has it graffitied over
    25:36 executive MAC with its nose door left open in Elkhart

    • @DarkVoidIII
      @DarkVoidIII Рік тому

      You forgot 21:51 Clean-up after storm!

  • @ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242
    @ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242 Рік тому +2

    Loved Thank you 🤗

  • @turnerdeedo4633
    @turnerdeedo4633 Рік тому +15

    10:18 What you clicked on this video for.

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz Рік тому +7

    Magnificent grab bag!

  • @optout130
    @optout130 Рік тому +1

    19:28 + "Oh Yeah ! ! Got It, Rock Star ! " 🌟⭐🌠👩‍🎤🌠⭐🌟

  • @deacjansp2
    @deacjansp2 Рік тому +3

    Ft, Madison river fog about 7 mins in, wow!

  • @ronaldrondeau7870
    @ronaldrondeau7870 Рік тому +1

    Great start for 2023 Thanks to the gang

  • @deacjansp2
    @deacjansp2 Рік тому +2

    Those pale gray bulk cars in Rochelle at the opening look a lot like the ones we sa in Decatur GA on the first day of the new cam!

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Рік тому +7

    *Nice*

  • @evanf1293
    @evanf1293 Рік тому +13

    8:19 There's something you don't see every day.

  • @citylimits8927
    @citylimits8927 Рік тому +12

    At 3:44 the phrase "Neeahh...what's up, doc?" came into my mind. And at 8:16, that interesting snow blower on a Caterpillar Bulldozer really did a nice job clearing the snow...unlike the ones that Wile E. Coyote orders from Acme!

  • @cpbethlehem6548
    @cpbethlehem6548 Рік тому +3

    Green Castle shot.That Load came from Bethlehem, PA. Lehigh Heavy Forge.

  • @crystalkittykat3581
    @crystalkittykat3581 Рік тому +7

    10:19 😂
    24:47 😂

  • @andrewp6387
    @andrewp6387 Рік тому +3

    First Darwin nomination of 2023

  • @thomasjohnson5682
    @thomasjohnson5682 Рік тому

    Good grab bag -- some very interesting locos and fun actions. Than ks.

  • @keddiewye6517
    @keddiewye6517 Рік тому

    Loved the Skykomish mini-Rotary!

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Рік тому +1

    Elkhart Indiana has em as well starting off the New Year.

  • @trainfan92756
    @trainfan92756 Рік тому +5

    That car was lucky not to get hit by csx when they were passing through

  • @EltonInott
    @EltonInott Рік тому +4

    16:22 i wonder were that old unit is going to

  • @stanleythomas8457
    @stanleythomas8457 Рік тому +2

    VeraSun ended up selling seven of the plants to Valero Energy Corporation, and the rest to other companies in 2009.[6] Wikipedia

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 Рік тому +4

    California and it’s Palm Trees. Biggest weed known to man!

  • @3ftsteamrwy12
    @3ftsteamrwy12 Рік тому +4

    wonder if Strasburg's going to do trackwork withy the rail on that flat car. Also, I can ALMOST see how a car driver MIGHT get confused and turn early....but CARRYING A BIKE ACROSS A YARD LEAD?!?! yikes...the days of "they didnt make it" may be drawing closer...

  • @highlife0586
    @highlife0586 Рік тому

    26:43 A bit of switching action at Paradise...getting rid of scrap rails (?)

  • @henryboyter3670
    @henryboyter3670 Рік тому +9

    Maybe they need to put gates across the railroad tracks when no train is coming that says something like, "Do Not Turn, RR Tracks" with lots of yellow reflectors. Then when a train comes, the gates come down on the road and up on the tracks.

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Рік тому +2

      They do that in the United Kingdom.

    • @poowg2657
      @poowg2657 Рік тому +2

      I'd rather see solid steel posts come up out of the ballast......

    • @henryboyter3670
      @henryboyter3670 Рік тому +2

      @@poowg2657 I would worry that if the train hit a metal one that did not retract, you would create some shrapnel, where you could make the crossing gate to disintegrate.

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Рік тому +1

    Nice Video VRF
    👌🌵🇮🇳🌵👌

  • @SoCalOCRailfan
    @SoCalOCRailfan Рік тому +2

    This was an amazing grab bag

  • @ghostcityshelton9378
    @ghostcityshelton9378 Рік тому

    At -- 6:45-- Merry Christmas & Happy New Year,😙 ...TOOT TOOT !!!

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Рік тому +3

    Fairport New York now has a Darwin Candidate.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Рік тому +6

    10:50 *I Hate Darwin Candidates!*

  • @davidimhoff2118
    @davidimhoff2118 Рік тому +1

    What's the worst that could happen indeed. This always happens where someone goes on tracks and a train starts approaching. When I saw the train on the middle track my heart stopped. Why would you shut off your lights. Did this person even get out. I don't understand people

  • @Epic_mi_railfan
    @Epic_mi_railfan Рік тому +2

    4:18 the buzz meter is high!

  • @bennetts-revenge_2
    @bennetts-revenge_2 Рік тому +3

    You are going over tracks why would you just assume they're not there anymore so you turn on to them?

  • @InfoFairportmerchants
    @InfoFairportmerchants Рік тому

    Thank you to the Virtual Railfan who made the call to alert authorities about the car on the tracks! This community is the best!

  • @dncarac
    @dncarac Рік тому +2

    Filled with questions today: I wonder if they'll ever get the smell out of that car?

  • @mackdoyle8673
    @mackdoyle8673 Рік тому +6

    24:48 I hate when they do that that dude with the bike he did not even look What's wrong with people in Elkhart

    • @georgeadams1853
      @georgeadams1853 Рік тому +1

      What is really puzzling about that is that there's an underpass under the tracks just a couple of blocks west of the camera location.

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Рік тому +2

      Oh I'll bet he looked... and then never considered what would happen if he tripped or slipped on a rail and fell down right in the train's path...
      It's so easy to not get hit by a train: DO NOT BE ON THE TRACKS!

    • @jamesghiorzoe107
      @jamesghiorzoe107 Рік тому +1

      Elkhart is kind of a rough town.

    • @sassycat
      @sassycat Рік тому

      That dude was in an earlier grab bag doing the exact same thing.

  • @richardw3470
    @richardw3470 Рік тому

    So Fairport has the same problem of autos doing a 'clunk' on the tracks. First time I saw it there. Terrible when it happens but it obviously can get terribler. What are those flashing red lights behind me, firewagons?

  • @arkie74
    @arkie74 Рік тому +2

    those "ladies of the nite" ...(KCS Southern Belle units)
    sadly, are getting few and far between.

  • @WaffleDragon
    @WaffleDragon Рік тому

    So I guess, at least on CSX, trains aren't required to stop if an obstruction isn't blocking their track on a multi-track line? I'm sure they at least notified the dispatcher on the radio. I certainly hope nobody was sitting in the car when the intermodal blew by. They may have been automatic headlights that turned off.

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226

    And don’t let bugs bunny get in the corn

  • @TheMetGuy
    @TheMetGuy Рік тому +2

    Keep these grab bags going

  • @dncarac
    @dncarac Рік тому +8

    OK, another silly question: When there are multiple engines pulling a train, are all of them 'on'? Are some only being pulled? Do they turn some 'on' if they are going uphill, for example. I assume ones in the middle (APUs?) are 'on'. Are the ones at the back 'on' or being pulled?

    • @fraukatze3856
      @fraukatze3856 Рік тому +3

      If there are 2 the front, or 1 the middle or at the end the engine is usually powered on. But these oddball cases of ten in a row (usually BNSF) - I don’t know what they’re doing. Maybe some are just being towed.

    • @Cipher160
      @Cipher160 Рік тому +9

      @@fraukatze3856 The ones where BNSF is moving a bunch is the result of "Precision" Schedule Railroading. They end up with a bunch of engines sitting in some random yard because they just keep bringing them there and then not needing them so eventually they have to do a power move back to other yards.

    • @fraukatze3856
      @fraukatze3856 Рік тому +3

      @@Cipher160 Thanks for the info!

    • @bennetts-revenge_2
      @bennetts-revenge_2 Рік тому +2

      @@Cipher160 Thank you I always wondered about that

    • @dncarac
      @dncarac Рік тому

      Thanks to all who replied. That's just what I wanted to know.

  • @baedenwilliams8291
    @baedenwilliams8291 Рік тому

    0:59 Why are so many locomotives pulling the train?

  • @Sujowi
    @Sujowi Рік тому

    I’ve just seen the shortest train I’ve ever seen on this channel...what were they thinking with only one loco towing 3 instead of 100?!!

  • @forrestihler504
    @forrestihler504 Рік тому +2

    I’m new to the train world, but can someone explain to me why so many trains have up to 6 or even 8 locomotives? I swear not too long ago trains had a max of 3. Even in my small city of Idaho Falls a UP train passed through with up to 10 locomotive.

    • @imacgra1
      @imacgra1 Рік тому +5

      railroads transfer locos from one location to another - referred to as a "power move" to suit traffic requirements, or to move units to and from storage or maintenance locations.

    • @randallellison6421
      @randallellison6421 Рік тому +5

      @@imacgra1 right, there are also instances where new or rebuilt locomotives are delivered to their customers. Here on BNSF's Thayer Subdivision, it's not uncommon to see newly refurbished Norfolk Southern AC44C6Ms being delivered to the Railroad via BNSF. In most cases, the stacks on these locomotives are still capped to prevent moisture from entering the prime mover. These units are dubbed "boxcared" as they obviously can't function under they're own power because their computers haven't yet been programmed. Once the units arrive in Memphis, Tennessee, they are handed over to NS.

    • @michellehull7720
      @michellehull7720 Рік тому +1

      Heaviercargo

  • @davezobeljr9025
    @davezobeljr9025 Рік тому

    I just wanna know, what were these people that trun on trains and get stuck were thinking. I thought this was a place that i see this happen many times on this channel but maybe not. What were they thinking

  • @GP15Connoisseur
    @GP15Connoisseur Рік тому

    What happened to KCS 4006’s horn?

  • @JCZ2601NL
    @JCZ2601NL Рік тому +1

    🇳🇱👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀

  • @csxnspittsburghdivision8580
    @csxnspittsburghdivision8580 Рік тому +1

    I csx heritage unit today

  • @Dan_C604
    @Dan_C604 Рік тому +1

    I see tracks, let’s make a turn INTO them, and then turn the lights off, it will be fun, they say……

  • @Jan-iu5hc
    @Jan-iu5hc Рік тому +2

    Why would someone turn on the tracks turn thier lights off when the lights from the train is coming and red lights are going off except if it's a suicide attempt

    • @norfolksouthernrailfan2006
      @norfolksouthernrailfan2006 Рік тому +1

      They better be lucky that intermodal was on the other track, otherwise that vehicle would've been going to the junk yard.

  • @nathanlee105
    @nathanlee105 Рік тому

    Oh, don’t you just love living near fairport

    • @nathanlee105
      @nathanlee105 Рік тому

      I was over there the day after, and I heard the stories

  • @CRYSGAMINGOFFICIAL
    @CRYSGAMINGOFFICIAL Рік тому

    At 11:38 what loco pilot is doing

  • @ghostcityshelton9378
    @ghostcityshelton9378 Рік тому

    At -- 10:19 -- Instead of the car just CROSSING the tracks.......the car...... (Check it out)

  • @csxisaiahjonesproductions2290
    @csxisaiahjonesproductions2290 Рік тому +1

    What Type Of Railroad On That Locomotive In 15:23 ?

    • @Superuser009
      @Superuser009 Рік тому +4

      KCS Heritage unit.

    • @parailfan
      @parailfan Рік тому +4

      Kudos to the motorist for providing lights from their car to shine on the heritage unit and trailing unit.

  • @albertvieira6635
    @albertvieira6635 Рік тому

    I'm not sure what that person in the car was thinking That was crazy and dumb Thank God Help God God vehicle to safety

  • @kellymcdaid7776
    @kellymcdaid7776 Рік тому

    Please show what you advertiise

  • @billdougan4022
    @billdougan4022 Рік тому

    I understand that driver can misinterpret the road, but at least pave some ramps to be able to back the car off the ‘bear-trap’. It ain’t brain surgery, maybe the city and railroad need a lawsuit or counter suit of negligence entrapment, just asking for a friend.

  • @maikmateus2642
    @maikmateus2642 Рік тому

    like 331

  • @Dannyedelman4231
    @Dannyedelman4231 Рік тому +3

    10:50 I don't think that technically counts as a Darwin candidate you have to do something intentional to make that happen that was just an accident

    • @masterskrain2630
      @masterskrain2630 Рік тому +16

      Turning OFF the lights and STAYING IN THE CAR with a train approaching makes them candidates for a Darwin.

    • @BradRains
      @BradRains Рік тому +6

      @@masterskrain2630 And not just a Darwin, but a Darwin Hall of Fame Candidate.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому +1

      @@masterskrain2630 Exactly, Running into the tracks is not Darwin, what you said is.

    • @Dannyedelman4231
      @Dannyedelman4231 Рік тому

      @masterskrain2630 Maybe he/she was getting out of the vehicle, and they turned off by default I don't know the make or manufacturer to know if that happens

    • @bssn9469
      @bssn9469 Рік тому

      Id-10-t's

  • @DVNSOnNBCSN
    @DVNSOnNBCSN Рік тому +2

    3rd

  • @loganhane5270
    @loganhane5270 Рік тому +2

    Second

  • @dncarac
    @dncarac Рік тому +3

    Do the wokes know there are train engines displaying the American flag running around the country?

    • @FrozenRose816
      @FrozenRose816 Рік тому +1

      Considering UP is removing the giant flags from their engines, chances are less and less of that. 🙄

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Рік тому +4

      @@FrozenRose816 Not totally removed: Smaller version moved to side of nose as often too much heat damage to artwork on side of engine cowling.

  • @lindsayhall7366
    @lindsayhall7366 Рік тому +2

    Average day in ohio seeing a conducted row a train

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Рік тому

    ChainsawN&W1218, Darwin candidates take the cake,nice lash up in Roanoke, next time I film there maybe I can be on the cam!😄👍🛤🚂