BARGES BREAK LOOSE, VEHICLE SCRAPED BY ENGINE, CROSSING ARM DESTROYED BY TRUCK & ENGINE!
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Seriously talented crews out there taking care of barge problems
Amazing maneuvers for sure!
Can you imagine the radio traffic?
Running an errand this week, we happened to hit a CSX intermodel, a two mile one. I was happy, husband not so much. One car in front of us, Chap stepped out and motioned back up. We had stopped two car lengths behind him, not wanting to be close to the rails. What would the railroads be without JB Hunt, the mind boggles.
Beautiful Blue Conrail Unit. 👍🙏
0:08 CSX grain train in Wichita
1:05 Amtrak phase VII geep trailing on a CSX train
1:15 two dash 9s sold to GECX
1:24 a single SD60E reversing without any cars in Jonesborough
1:44 lots of CP Rail ballast hoppers. I wish they did a version of this for CPKC but called it CAM Rail
3:06 Erie Western and Rock Island hoppers
3:23 BNSF 8-car OCS (again at 5:52)
5:30 CSX 1850 leading
7:14 CN welded rail train
8:25 a Grand Trunk coil cover on a CSX coil car
9:01 semi truck gets bonked by the gate, and rips it off for the train to hit. I can't tell if the red pickup drove onto the crossing when the lights were flashing. I wonder how much a replacement gate arm coasts?
10:47 truck with trailer drives towards an oncoming train! the train scrapes past the trailer
12:10 ALC42 honks in Ashland
12:35 UP yellow and two warbonnets as DPU on a grain train! I usually only see three tail DPUs on coal trains
12:44 CSX 1899 leading
13:17 EJ&E orange geep switching the Waupaca Foundry
14:33 SD40-2 moving an LMX B39-8
14:58 MRL 4313 as DPU (again at 25:07)
15:13 It's been awhile since we've seen switching action from the Belen cam, this one with BN green SD40-2 6843 (current number is 1707, but its old BN number is visible)
16:14 amtrak 111 and 108 "Red-Head" on the Lake Shore Limited
16:27 single H3 SD40-2 and BN green caboose
17:04 long-hood-forward H3 GEVO (with unusual replacement panels) with MOW vehicle flatbeds
18:38 NS 1070 leading
19:05 P42 69 in Phase VII paint with four superliners! One lounge and three coaches, meaning it's a Carl Sandburg. The midwest trains used to sometimes run with Superliners, usually in winter, but haven't since 2017 when consists on most routes had to be 7 cars long to make PTC and signalling work.The Carl Sandburg is an exception as it usually runs with three or four single-level cars
19:35 CSX OCS
21:30 MoPac hopper and Western Pacific boxcar
21:44 out of control barge! INI55499 hit the bridge, broke free, and sank! BNSF closed the bridge for three hours. The barge was recovered around the time I wrote this comment
24:50 NS 9786 has white that extends around the windshields
25:15 NS 8101 leading
25:26 CSX doubleheader on a military train in Oklahoma City
28:40 NS high hood SD40-2
hehe even got wigwag at the end! Nice footage of the great barge rodeo at Fort Madison, quite a merry chase to get em all under control.Glad the bridge reportedly is basically ok
Love these grab bags
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the railroad crossing arm destroyed by a truck in Chehalis, Washington, CSX military train in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Heritage Units, and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice weekend.
It was so nice to see Belen again, and Revy of course is always a pleasure--so glad they got their PTZ cam back! But can'tcha just imagine the conversations going on with bosses and insurance agents after all of this stuff happened? "Boss, we have *another* claim in LaGrange..." "Boss, we have to replace the crossing arm at *that* intersection because...um...a train hit it..." "Boss, you know those barges we *were* towing...?" Anyway, thanks for another jam-packed and amazing Grab Bag!
Surprised the engineer in La Grange didn't hit the horn harder. Wouldn't have made a difference in this case, as the truck and trailer presumbaly didn't have anywhere to move to. But the horn definitely gave the vibe of "Hey, folks -- train's here" rather than "MOVE OR YOU GET HIT". You can easily imagine a parallel universe where the guy just didn't realise his trailer was fouling the track and would have moved if the train had clearly signaled the problem.
21:55...Nice saves on the runaway barges!
So if an ordinary citizen like you or me sees something like this, what do we do? Dial 911 so they can contact the harbor master, or call the harbormaster ourselves?
@@DTD110865 I'd call 911, they would /should know who to get to handle it.
@@DTD110865 According to the news they were already talking to the authorities because the barge struck the bridge and the damage to the bridge was unknown.
Phosphate trains out of FL are always great for finding fallen flags. Alot of x- Rock and every color x-CNW covered hoppers of various designs
Thanks window, for your opportunity! That was 10 more for my list.
I always wanted FRIES with my BAT CAVE. Now comes the interesting part, who will be the first manufacturer to provide us with these?
@@thomasboese3793 And do you want a burger with that?
Spuds and fries! And Cooter, too 😂
@@donnaj9964 No, but a ribeye would be nice.
@@thomasboese3793 LOL!!
I always get the biggest smile on my face when fans show up to wave to the cams
I watch other channels and people Freak out when people have cameras in public. It's amazing
@@whydoibother1632 lol yup I watch those too 😂
It’s Called, “Barge Rodeo”. Yee Haw! 😬👍
4:28 Nice wavers at the Tucson AMTRAK station
(3:09) Erie Western hoppers are a very rare find, as the railroad only operated from 1977-79, utilizing former Erie/Erie Lackawanna trackage in Indiana. Get pictures of them while you can, as they don't have much service life left before they're off to the scrapyard.
It always seems to be someone turning north out of that cross street that ends up getting hit at LaGrange. Those gates need to come down earlier
Or eliminate the parking on that block.
I agree. It won't prevent people from foolishly trying anyway, but at least they'd know a train was approaching before even starting their turn.
@@maynardcarmer3148 Eliminate the parking and get all of the businesses upset.
Poor guy. In this case he certainly can't get turned around in time. If it had been me, I'd have just stopped in the oncoming lane at the halfway point of the block and waited it out. Instead of trying to squeeze in on the right at the last second.
Make it a one way street so you can only go south. Then there is a full lane to wait in.
The highlighted signal aspect at 19:35 in Waycross, GA for the CSX OCS was "Slow Approach" (Red-over-Red-over-Yellow). "Slow speed through switches, turnouts, etc., approaching the next signal prepared to stop.
Loved Thanks VRF🌹
Great video, former Southern waffle boxcar coupled to Progress Rail GP38 and still good paint on the WP boxcar! Thanks
Caught the barge rodeo and figured it for a sure grab bag inclusion.
Think about it those Rock Island hoppers have outlived the Rock Island by 44 years.
Nice Conrail heritage power unit.
The EJ&E unit was great to see. what is the back story with the names on the refrigerator cars?
Happy National Train Day VTR
Great video with the barge scene curious.
The barge footage will be valuable to the NTSB. Three forms of transportation were affected by that incident.
This Tugboat really built for stopping washing runaway barges. Although it was started to sink in-merge.
great video of that grab bags as always
28:10 Bat cave... More like the Bart Cave!
Batman on the right half of the car
I know some of the graffiti is pretty but if it is that easy to have access then that tells me our rail system is totally unsecure.
Whenever I see the La Grange feed, I always marvel at the choreography of the cars along the first ungaurded pass & the train never colliding. Guess I'm about to reconsider this. Who even designed such a road?
someone’s going to get his pay docked for the repair of the crossing…big ooopppsss
Saw a semi take out a crossing arm in Fort Madison last year
Only when someone gets seriously injured at LaGrange will they move those tracks.
I always wondered what railroad car "Bat Cave" " Fries" 🍟 tasted like 😮😂
🤔 ?
Why in Lagrange is everyone afraid 😨 of going down passed the oncoming train on the opposite side in the wide open area to GET OUTTA THE WAY 😮🤔🤔🤣???
CRUNCH,CRUNCH...😮
9:10 that's what you call knocking down the signal. 😂
That poor gate took a double hit.
Nice!
This weekend will be interesting for the rural cams
18:13 Those ‘Badger State Ethanol’ cars must be made to carry either wheat or corn to be made into ethanol.
Once again LaGrange driver provides for entertainment 😅
2:42 Engineer: "There's something... different about this locomotive. But I can't quite figure out what it is."
I looked more into the runaway barge. Apparently it struck the railroad bridge which caused it to runaway and partially sink
7:48 BEAUTIFUL smiles , ladies! And why is it that people who tow those dump trailers around think they own the road? Grr
Hopefully they were reported and charged with destroying railroad property
@@kenm3245 Unfortunately by the looks of it, it looks like it was the best option because the gates came down after the windshield was under the gates. Only way for them to see the gates coming down after that was to look in the mirrors, but even then, nothing they could do. The gate also potentially would’ve stayed on if the corner/door structure didn’t catch it.
@@kenm3245not the semi driver but the Dually that was towing the dump trailer at 10:50. Semi driver simply got caught and kept going to prevent a collision!
When you include the photo and pause to show the boxcar etc. in full the way it was before it got old/rustic or graffiti punks got ahold of it, DO THE PHOTOS COME FROM A BOOK of rolling stock photos, CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO BUY A COPY
Most of the time, they're just catalog photos of models
I like the names on the Lineage and Cryo-Trans.
Is there any rhyme or reason behind the names or is it darts on a dart board.
@@Z4Zander It may be easier to remember a 'name' than a 'number' for what the dock workers are told to put which items.
@@thomasboese3793 Maybe,but in the age of bar code scanners and wi-fi seems a bit 3rd world.
@@Z4Zander Not at all, remember, you're first and foremost dealing with humans and the lowest limits of the group you're working with. A word like 'Fries" is far easier to remember than a string of 6-digit numbers, especially when the difference may only be a single digit, and you have four locations your item could go, but only one is the proper location.
There are several ways they name those cars. Some are names of warehouses they serve and then the names of the cities they're located in. As for the names of the people it might be their own employee. Just saw one several months ago where the warehouse is still there but the former CNW line they were on has been torn up@@Z4Zander
can you put a camera up at pine junction, Gary Indiana or on the metra racetrack?
There is a site to request locations at VR
Good entertainment for a sick day. I got chilled and caught a cold mowing my lawn in 40 degree weather 😞
Oh bummer--get well soon!
Looks like an executive inspection train.
Some very tatty old heaps in this one! Quality viewing!!!!
Breaks my heart seeing ROCK rolling stock. My Father would roll over in his grave if he knew what became of the rail line he put his years and soul into.
THAT ONE TRAIN HAD A LOT OF ART WORK DONE BY 20 TO 30 YEAR OLD CHILDREN
26:04 Can somebody tell me what's up with these train cars and why the pause the video to read the names on the cars.
cause they are each named differently and it's something "unique" like the heritage units, or ancient cars from long-gone (or very small) railroads/private car owners..
Is that 3rd to last car on the BNSF Business Train a former converted RDC?
On the La Plata cam it looks like a former dormitory-lounge
Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Virtual Raifan & Friends Randy
Figures it was Spirit of Ravenna that hit the trailer at 12:00
5:00. Sometimes I wonder if depressed center flats need counseling and then I snap out of it.
I wonder how often the NTSB reaches out to RailFan for videos showing incidents?
Anyone know what cause the barge catastophe? Did they ever get them rounded up? What about the sinking one? What did it hit and did they salvage it? Cargo? Sorry, more questions than answers at this point.
That barge was really...barging down the river, huh?
Always urging everyone to get back from tracks, seeing results of recent accident where NS train hit dump truck and the damage done to other cars parked near by is eye opening. Get back!
Looking at all the room to the left of the tracks you just wonder why drivers don’t swerve to the left and they would have plenty of room. 🤔
Recently, a crossing arm in a neighboring city had one of it's arms broken somehow. The CSX repair men replaced it but left the broken piece on the side of the street near the crossing. When I arrived there later to film a train, I found it and thought about keeping it, only to find that it was both too wide for the car and much heavier than it looks. I'm not joking about it being heavy. When you see these arms broken like what happened at 9:03 , you know it takes a strong amount of force to break it. And based on how it was flung back as the train hit it, it's a good idea to get clear of the crossing should you see a crossing arm get broken and left on the track like that. Safety first.
Wise words to heed--thank you!
Those barges were most likely released in a relatively safe area rather than breaking loose. They would have been released so the first barge we saw, which was taking on water and sinking, could be cut from the rest of them so they wouldn't all sink. Yes, there is a lot of coordination, but that was all intentional.
Was always wondering about the spaghetti works building, it's a apartment building now
21:45 Does anyone know what the runaway barges were carrying?
The loaded barges had grain, corn and possibly some soybeans as well.
Donkeys. Because they were haulin a@@
The one that sank had corn…they are bringing up and cleaning it out today
I'd like to know if they managed to save the sinking stone barge. If you have a multiple barge tow, and one barge is a sinker it is common practice to cut the sinker out of the tow so as not to keep it from taking another down with it. Sometimes the sinker can be saved. 38 yrs. on tugs.
As of 5/14 it is still there with another work barge for protection against river traffic
@@robchit1they are bringing it up now …
@@debthill8285 Work is continuing into tomorrow
0:40 no radiator on Dash-9
6671 is an ES44C4.May have the grilles removed.
@@Z4Zander Nah. It's 4471. It's a Dash-9. You can tell by the radiator housing. The exhaust location. And Hi-Ad truck design
@@Z4Zander AC4400's also have the same design. Although on the conductor side. It would have a larger housing behind the conductor. For the rows of invertors. But BNSF didn't own any AC4400's.
Ok Silly question . What's the reasoning for the names on the Cryo Trans boxcars ?
11:14 CSX 3440 was a accident
CSX just running their pass cars just to see how much they can get away with charging I have never seen the shades up in any of these cars
7:24 SD40-2 5783+5378... Same numbers... just shifted.
Heh ... I haven't heard the Pac Man "Waka-waka" for Canadian Pacific in a long time. Thought maybe you guys stopped doing that. But then, we haven't seen the old logo for CP much lately, have we?
That driver of the semi must be dumb. He clearly saw the train coming and still proceeded across, while breaking the crossing gate.
Hmmmm.....................
10:46 Can't blame the pickup driver. Should have gone left into the opposing lane. No use panicking the driver further withe locomotive horn. (When traffic is trying to get out of themergencyehicle's way I turn the siren off. No use adding more distraction.)
Why so much Canadian locos on our American rail?
Free enterprise! Remember, the CN and the CPKS own and operate tracks in the US and Canada.
No I not everything again!
where's Revy??
Revelstoke, British Columbia--smack in the middle of the Canadian Rockies between Calgary and Vancouver
Faded / Washed-out / Obliterated / Rusted / Years Of Neglect / Filthy . . . . . . how you are able to see the telltale signs of lettering and/or shapes and/or colors . . . . . is beyond me? KUDOS
This stopping the video to show the name of every Cryo car is getting tedious. Enough already. We get it.
Fast forward.
@@joepeach997 Thanks--a lot of us really enjoy them!
You chose to watch the video if you don't want it then stop watching the channel 🙄
Please stop pausing with the car names....
Bruh
Pausing every lineage car is killing me …… 🫠
Then leave