THRU THE CROSSING ARM AND DROVE RIGHT INTO THE TRACKS WITH A MOVING TRAIN ONE SET OVER! 12/28&29/22

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  • Опубліковано 28 гру 2022
  • This almost Year End Grab Bag is a Maker’s Grab Bag! Please don’t miss it!
    Music: “Evening Melodrama” by Kevin MacLeod
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  • @richarderickson8840
    @richarderickson8840 Рік тому +5

    It breaks my heart to see old Rock Island rolling stock. My Grand Father and My dad worked for the Rock. Dad was an Engineer and he passed before the Rock died, so he did not have to see the end of a once proud rail line. My youngest sister worked as Brakeman till the end.

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Рік тому +11

    18:18 I was expecting the loader at Revelstoke to knock that sign down while it was struggling to get free.

  • @Janadu
    @Janadu Рік тому +12

    Always amazed to see snow in AZ, while here in New England it's 50 degrees. LOL

    • @bonnienesbitt9593
      @bonnienesbitt9593 Рік тому +5

      Quoting Google: "At nearly 7,000 feet, Flagstaff is also one of the highest elevation cities in the United States."

    • @kewljewl3006
      @kewljewl3006 Рік тому

      The northern 1/3 of Arizona is at a high elevation and gets plenty of cold and snow. Lived there for 30 years.

    • @jeremyhorne5252
      @jeremyhorne5252 Рік тому

      Connecticut I could see - although unusual - Maine and New Hampshire - VERY rare - at least when I lived there for several decades.

  • @chaosdemonwolf1
    @chaosdemonwolf1 Рік тому +5

    That end shot at La Plada was awesome.

  • @catherineanthony5353
    @catherineanthony5353 Рік тому +7

    A Great Grab Bag. Can't understand why car drivers have no responsibility when coming upon Railroad crossing gates. The gates are their for drivers safety and train tracks belongs to trains, not for hasty car drivers to go thru, and interfere with train passage.

    • @richardw3470
      @richardw3470 Рік тому

      Look, my eyes aren''t very good anymore so I don't drive at night. Forget driving around the arm, that guy had a 'wall' in front of him. And, he ran in to it. How can you miss a train car, even at night? Oh, well, actually he didn't. Probably a little early New Year's celebrating.

  • @jonathanthefirst5164
    @jonathanthefirst5164 Рік тому +3

    Thanks to the whole crew at VRF for running the show! You guys are friggin legends!

  • @davidellingford3135
    @davidellingford3135 Рік тому +2

    To Virtual Railfan
    I like to say big thank you to you guys. The last past six months I been going through a tough time. It’s through your videos at been helping me get threw this, by looking forward to watching them. So thank you. Happy New year to you all. 🍺

  • @crystalkittykat3581
    @crystalkittykat3581 Рік тому +3

    11:20 LaGrange never disappoints! 😂

  • @grannygear1001
    @grannygear1001 Рік тому +6

    I like seeing the fans!

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому

      Love that they are genuinely excited!

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Рік тому +1

    0:14 the weird blue thing again
    3:14 I think we saw these two in Oklahoma in the last grab bag
    4:36 Austin Western Railroad SD60Ms. Looks like KCT's Kaw Valley Line isn't the only WAMX line getting SD60Ms
    5:10 NS high hood geep putting out some exhaust
    7:46 the tail ends of two trains with FREDs blinking
    8:38 two very dirty UP SD70ACes and a nice and clean CEFX SW1500 as well as quite a few N&W covered hoppers
    11:27 gate bonks a BMW
    12:20 CEFX GP20D trailing. I keep confusing those for gensets when they're not.
    13:48 blue car almost slams into the silver Hyundai
    15:00 private car Blue Ridge Club on the Southwest Chief
    15:22 idiot driver ends up off the crossing surface
    18:50 BNSF, NS, and CSX power on one train
    23:38 CP 8757 trailing
    25:40 another weird blue load that doesn't look super heavy, but needs a heavy-duty flatcar
    26:22 CSX 911 leading, plus some lovely action of the old B&O signals. I thought those would be gone when PTC was implemented here
    28:00 two Rock Island hoppers

  • @bbrauer5
    @bbrauer5 Рік тому +9

    20:50 Police helicopter looking for Hooligans :)

    • @SarahRenz59
      @SarahRenz59 Рік тому

      LOL. Seriously, though: La Plata's a small town -- what on earth warranted a helicopter search??

    • @juliegogo2941
      @juliegogo2941 Рік тому

      In my town they do practice runs to towns and to the prisons too. People are sick too again with all...doing more pickup or a accident. One morning it was so busy fast and loud....I couldn't tell if was a bad accident or doing town by town practicing. At the penitentiary I think the police helicopter comes from a bigger city and hovers over it.
      Thanks

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Рік тому +3

    The deer was an amazing video and at the 2:28 mark the trains were ending at the same time in front of the camera

  • @supercuda1950
    @supercuda1950 Рік тому +1

    Fortunately, the city of Hamilton Ohio has chosen to move and restore the train station there. It is significant because Lincoln once gave a speech there. It would have been nice to restore the one at Deshler because it served two directions of trains. But I guess we can't save them all.

  • @way2tired2
    @way2tired2 Рік тому +12

    I can't figure out where that guy in Elkhart thought he was going..

  • @bmgirl
    @bmgirl Рік тому +3

    We need a random boing now an then. FT Madison has a lot of deer. Great sunset. In other words another great grab bag.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому

      LOL, thought I'd give it a try, "Boing"!

  • @justalurker66
    @justalurker66 Рік тому +9

    Not shown ... Amtrak 30 was lined up to use the track blocked in Elkhart. They had to back up two miles, cross over to track 2 and passed by before the stack train. How someone goes around a gate when there is a stopped train blocking the entire crossing? No explanation I know.

    • @alanjanos652
      @alanjanos652 Рік тому

      This brings up mental images of "boxes of rocks" or "crates of anvils" (as in "As dumb as...")

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Рік тому

      Wow!

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Рік тому +4

    2:48 At least that pick-up truck at LaGrange didn't break down on the tracks.

  • @bennetts-revenge_2
    @bennetts-revenge_2 Рік тому +4

    Another fantastic grab bag!!!!

  • @williamjacobs236
    @williamjacobs236 Рік тому +8

    Another great Grab Bag video VRF .

  • @brianidzior5488
    @brianidzior5488 Рік тому +5

    Another awesome grab bag!

  • @greaterHoustonrailfan
    @greaterHoustonrailfan Рік тому +3

    Oh Kevin MacLeod

  • @TheMetGuy
    @TheMetGuy Рік тому +2

    This is a GREAT way to end 2022

  • @jerrysinclair3771
    @jerrysinclair3771 Рік тому +5

    BOING on a red aspect was a nice treat @ 27:12; Always enjoy the rocket launch from three different camera angels and the Darwin updates are a blast. Thanks

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 Рік тому +3

    Unfortunately the lighting in Ashland made that guy look like a Simpson's character.
    Hey Fred.
    Oh hey Fred what ya doing?
    Same as you Fred, just hanging out blinking my red light on the end of this train.
    What kind of engine was the blue switcher in Elkhart?

  • @atvendo
    @atvendo Рік тому +1

    Loader needs chains, Driver needs brains and.. I love trains! lol

  • @PCBill0622
    @PCBill0622 Рік тому

    Nice catch with the double freds

  • @jovetj
    @jovetj Рік тому +1

    27:12 Nice _Medium Clear_ there! Would like to see more of those at Deshler!

  • @TrainLoverHimu
    @TrainLoverHimu Рік тому

    Great coverage 😍👌

  • @rickmartin7596
    @rickmartin7596 Рік тому

    15:35 Best use of a sound effect.

  • @railfaninacar
    @railfaninacar Рік тому +1

    Right off the start great

  • @andrewp6387
    @andrewp6387 Рік тому +12

    Another Darwin Award nominee to end 2022. They never learn

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Рік тому +1

      Question. What does Darwin mean? I always it is a person's name.

    • @andrewp6387
      @andrewp6387 Рік тому

      @Rey he made the theory of Evolution and "survival of the fittest"

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Рік тому +1

      @@andrewp6387 I see. But does the word Darwin have another meaning?

    • @jimdavidsmith4374
      @jimdavidsmith4374 Рік тому

      @@Rey-xw4pf In this sense, it implies that the "Darwin", is not one of the "fittest".

    • @Rey-xw4pf
      @Rey-xw4pf Рік тому +1

      @@jimdavidsmith4374 Ah I got it now.

  • @scootosan
    @scootosan Рік тому +2

    21:48 Revelstoke .... the Bear.

  • @Mikey300
    @Mikey300 Рік тому +7

    At 25:43 we appear to have a backup roll for a rolling mill. People on the VR HSC feed were calling it a motor or generator armature, but there does not appear to be a coupling on either end of that piece.
    And is it "B&Oing" for the CPL at 27:12?

    • @bobsmith9947
      @bobsmith9947 Рік тому

      So, you don't know what it is either, but everyone else is wrong? Got it.

    • @Mikey300
      @Mikey300 Рік тому +4

      Forty-plus years of engineering experience around motors, generators, and rolling mills does give me some insight into what their components look like.

    • @darkwood777
      @darkwood777 Рік тому +1

      @@bobsmith9947 It looks exactly like a mill backup roll. And I have over 60 years experience.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому

      LOL!

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Рік тому

      Glad someone knows what it is because I wouldn’t even venture a guess! Thanks

  • @Cipher160
    @Cipher160 Рік тому +1

    These videos are just making me think I need to move to Arizona to see decent snowfall again

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Рік тому

      Uh…only in Flagstaff ! Ha ha!

  • @MikeP1030
    @MikeP1030 Рік тому

    Happy New Year VRF ...keep up your great work. How bout we start the new year w/an entire train at the forgotten HORSE SHOE CURVE. Maybe the camera is broke,IDK but its been a loooooooooooooooong time. Please for my grandson...we visited the HSC last summer & we enjoyed it very much. 😀😀😁

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Рік тому

    Excellent Video
    🍁🌲🇮🇳🌲🍁

  • @janetyaw
    @janetyaw Рік тому +1

    It always makes me chuckle a bit when I see someone stop under the arm that is about to come down. Like magically fairies are going to hold it up and not hit their car.

  • @hoppercar
    @hoppercar Рік тому +2

    Man that guy at 1:00. Looks like a prizefighter hit him right in the eyes

    • @TinkerTailor4303
      @TinkerTailor4303 Рік тому +2

      Some people just have darker pigmentation in that area. No need to call him out on a national / international video.

  • @Roadkill601
    @Roadkill601 Рік тому +1

    I wonder if that cool part is headed for SpaceX Cocoa for the lift in the new StarShip launch tower

  • @Electric_Crystals
    @Electric_Crystals Рік тому +2

    @15:22 driver's IQ matches their foot size... I'm almost certain by their action in this clip..."See TRACKS? Think TRAIN!".... Operation Lifesaver

  • @ClariNerd
    @ClariNerd Рік тому

    21:49 that's why you clear your roof after a winter storm

  • @grimmudo4459
    @grimmudo4459 Рік тому

    Gruß aus Brandenburg 🇩🇪 bleibt gesund ☘️

  • @sweynforkbeardtraindude
    @sweynforkbeardtraindude Рік тому

    I suggest another channel about people waving at cameras and wildlife. Then perhaps, we would see more trains on here!

  • @JCZ2601NL
    @JCZ2601NL Рік тому +1

    SUPER👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇳🇱🍀

  • @stevekile1919
    @stevekile1919 Рік тому +2

    22:39, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Based in Decatur, IL. A long way from home.

    • @ck4426
      @ck4426 Рік тому +1

      Yay Decatur!!!

    • @timothyrachford1868
      @timothyrachford1868 Рік тому +2

      Adm has facilities all over the world, lots of grain products, Tate &Lyle are also in Decatur IL,

    • @stevekile1919
      @stevekile1919 Рік тому +1

      @@timothyrachford1868 I realize that the corporate headquarters is in Chicago, IL but I live about 60 miles from Decatur.

    • @timothyrachford1868
      @timothyrachford1868 Рік тому +2

      No worries, I'm in Springfield Illinois myself

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Рік тому +1

    *Cool*

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 Рік тому +2

    I enjoy all the freight and locomotives, but one puzzles me. At 14:57 I see the Pullman car rolling through Madison. Is that a private car?

  • @mariaaryasophie9024
    @mariaaryasophie9024 Рік тому +2

    Hi, Your Video Are Good👍

  • @williehopper1312
    @williehopper1312 Рік тому +2

    I like it and i like those 3 dreer .

  • @chriserickson2993
    @chriserickson2993 Рік тому +1

    1:19, HI ladies

  • @jeremyhorne5252
    @jeremyhorne5252 Рік тому

    Is it my imagination about so many engines being moved around? Are they transferring them to other stations for distribution? I noticed this somewhat in Tuscson.

  • @dirtydiesels3110
    @dirtydiesels3110 Рік тому

    Still got a couple of days to go a lot of time for stuff to happen 🙃 happy new year railfans

  • @slycat1939
    @slycat1939 Рік тому

    Ok I remember that train at 0:23 pass by my home here in argentine yard and couldn't figure out what that train was hauling then? Still would like to know.

  • @MrPedroramos8911
    @MrPedroramos8911 Рік тому +1

    There's one in every group

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Рік тому +2

    At 10:34, I think you mean Folkston, GA?

  • @carlloar9768
    @carlloar9768 Рік тому

    Will at least its not Ashland VA again 😄😂👍🤣

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Рік тому +1

    The people that go through the crossing guard and cause damage and slowing down the trains
    is not gonna stop people who are in a hurry to get absolutely nowhere and risk the lives everyone
    and instead of referring to them as Darwin Candidates they need to referred to as Fatality Candidates
    I know that sounds morbid but it's the truth or at least that's what I heard a neighbor say once.

  • @csxnspittsburghdivision8580
    @csxnspittsburghdivision8580 Рік тому +1

    Strasburg railroad was I a movie I heard the bells

  • @grumpyg9350
    @grumpyg9350 Рік тому

    Oh Deer.😉

  • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
    @truckerkevthepaidtourist Рік тому +1

    Spartanburg was neat I didn't know Amtrak had Gevos

    • @pammcdan
      @pammcdan Рік тому

      @@T_Hoog Thanks, you seem very knowledgeable! Wish I knew more but I’m sure an amateur train watcher that I didn’t understand anything you said! Ha ha!

  • @jovetj
    @jovetj Рік тому +2

    25:56 Record for smallest VR sign goes to... LOL 🙂

  • @Og-Judy
    @Og-Judy Рік тому +2

    What's the big blue and orange thing at 0:14?

  • @microbusss
    @microbusss Рік тому

    27:57 ex-CNW next car ex-UP!
    also MWCX = Midwest Railcar Corporation

  • @ATSF2926Productions
    @ATSF2926Productions Рік тому

    777! 3:05 I guess AWVR retired it and sold it to the BNSF lol

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Рік тому

    The SpaceX launch was folkston Georgia not South Carolina

  • @fredadams4022
    @fredadams4022 Рік тому +3

    Does anyone know what is on the rail car at the beginning of the video?

  • @davidsdesk7313
    @davidsdesk7313 Рік тому +1

    Please create a Darwin award video!!

  • @pauldavis2013
    @pauldavis2013 Рік тому

    That was at about the 10:40 mark

  • @maikmateus2642
    @maikmateus2642 Рік тому +1

    like 165

  • @michaelgrove9718
    @michaelgrove9718 Рік тому +1

    Can someone explain the clicking or knocking sound affect. I cannot figure out what it means! lol

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому +1

      Sorry, sometimes that slips thru at crunch time for the Grab Bag. It a notification for me from a Mod or Admin.

    • @michaelgrove9718
      @michaelgrove9718 Рік тому

      @@joepeach997 Oh, so it actually has nothing to do with something on the screen? I thought it was something like the CN Pacman. LOL. Thanks for clarifying.

  • @waldwickperson
    @waldwickperson Рік тому

    Little typo at 10:37, Folkston, SC?

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 Рік тому +1

      Yep, darn crunch time typo! Thanks.

    • @waldwickperson
      @waldwickperson Рік тому

      @@joepeach997 it’s all good, we’re all human, we all make mistakes once in a while

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 Рік тому

      Where was that? I saw three images at the same time, and I couldn't tell one from the other.

  • @williamjackson5767
    @williamjackson5767 Рік тому

    Way to much to comment on thank you.

  • @notarotomwithhair5637
    @notarotomwithhair5637 Рік тому +3

    First

  • @michaelg.damons6229
    @michaelg.damons6229 Рік тому

    The guitar music is better.