HIGH DESERT HORSEPLAY! WHEELSET CHANGE ON A TANK CAR, 2 SANTA FE ENGINES SIDE BY SIDE! NEW PANT CPKC

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  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 3 місяці тому +10

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the Heritage Units, electric transformers, train meets, an adorable bird chirping, CSX military train in Folkston, Georgia, and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a wonderful week.

  • @ChadSimplicio
    @ChadSimplicio 3 місяці тому +2

    Never thought I would see Civil War Reenactors doing a reenactment of the battles that took place in Pennsylvania on a railcam.

  • @ThePhilmaywalt
    @ThePhilmaywalt 3 місяці тому +4

    We rode the Strasburg RR 2 days before the re-enactment with another hardcore RR buff from Fairport, NY. In the early 70s to the mid 80s I used to run RR crews all over NY and PA for the D&H and Conrail with my home base in Binghamton NY, taking crews as far as Buffalo, Allentown, Corning, Albany and a bunch of other cities when I drove/dispatched for Yellow Cab out of Binghamton!!

  • @VWdabug
    @VWdabug 3 місяці тому +3

    Finally a train i see on the railcam is in a grab bag
    8:32

  • @SD40Fan_Jason
    @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому +13

    You know it's going to be a bad day at work when you have to call the Hulcher Auto Club to come and change a flat on your Tank Car...

    • @nycfan4756
      @nycfan4756 3 місяці тому

      They should get an extended warranty

    • @IowaGrandpaTrain
      @IowaGrandpaTrain 3 місяці тому +1

      Hiring Hulcher to do a wheel changeout in the field has to be really expensive.

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому

      @IowaGrandpaTrain probably so. Even more of a hassle is the delay in service for the cars coupled to it, and any trains that are stacked up on either side. But in the grand scheme of things, it's probably a lot cheaper than to repeat a situation like what happened not too long ago in Ohio.

    • @ale.3463
      @ale.3463 3 місяці тому

      I’m sure they thought it was worth it.

  • @Mcdaffodilhill
    @Mcdaffodilhill 3 місяці тому +3

    I inherited my Dad’s pre World War 11 Lionel train collection. Over the past 30 years some pieces have been gifted to other family members. Boys Clubs and a neighbor who loves Lionel as much as any train collector, however the New York Central four Engine unit has stayed with me on a shelf in the family Room. The Lionel flashing light crossing gates and signal towers have been modified to turn on with a switch thanks to my handy husband. I remember the days when the big Irishman ran the trains all year round with his half dozen girl crew. I was the conductor, now I am the caregiver. My grandsons prefer Lego battery trains, pure sacrilege!.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 3 місяці тому +1

    *Awesome Catches*

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 3 місяці тому +3

    4:01 At CPKC, we'll leave the doors open for ya!

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 3 місяці тому +5

    Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

  • @cxsarmusic_
    @cxsarmusic_ 3 місяці тому

    good day when vr uploads

  • @ThePhilmaywalt
    @ThePhilmaywalt 3 місяці тому +8

    New York Central tribute engine, more memories of my bestie and I hanging out in his New York Central room filled with memorabilia from his dad putting in 30 years with them. Thanks so much for your astounding work!! The picture of driving the last spike was wonderful!!

  • @Demon_Outlaw
    @Demon_Outlaw 3 місяці тому

    Straussburg civil war battle awesome

  • @Gargoyle2556
    @Gargoyle2556 3 місяці тому

    I wonder what cell service was like on Little Round Top.

  • @Rustyrailhead
    @Rustyrailhead 3 місяці тому +1

    What is so great about this train going down the middle of the street. The site seems to play a lot on VR>

    • @devtrash
      @devtrash 3 місяці тому +1

      How many trains do you know go down the middle of a street?

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому

      There's not much that goes on with the normal traffic. I just love the encounters they face with low-brains individuals in cars, waiting for the train to swerve around them. That's what usually makes the Grab-bag. I think this time it was a Heritage engine, but with CSX's heritage paint, you just about miss it unless you're looking at the side of the engine, which is difficult with these cameras. Head-on, a heritage locomotive from CSX looks like any other CSX locomotive. But they had to be different!

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому

      @@devtrash Dozens, actually... I've worked on a couple of them. Columbus GA and Clearwater FL. And there's lots more. This one just happens to be a CSX main line with 20-30 trains a day.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@SD40Fan_Jason More like 10-15 since CSX worked trackage rights deal w/LOU & IN from Lou to Seymour, IN then old B&O Cincy.

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 3 місяці тому +1

    At 22.44 is that an EMD b unit?

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe 3 місяці тому +1

      Yes. Former Santa Fe GP60B. There were 23 of them built. All are in service.

  • @keithcaulkins8775
    @keithcaulkins8775 3 місяці тому

    20:56est. Used obvious BNSF wants the War Bonnet Santa Fe's to just fade away.

  • @jmream2618
    @jmream2618 3 місяці тому

    BNSF needs to buy.2 of Amtrak’s old P42s for they’re OCS train and make 1 p42 into the Santa Fe heritage units & the Other p42 into the Burlington heritage unit

  • @colorado1088
    @colorado1088 3 місяці тому

    Single locomotive hauling 31 tanks.

  • @Speed001
    @Speed001 3 місяці тому

    Yup, that's a train

  • @K.S.V_railway
    @K.S.V_railway 3 місяці тому +1

    2516 is a gp30 right

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe 3 місяці тому +1

      Rebuilt as GP39Es from NS high hood GP30s with spartan cabs, and lacking the 36" radiator fan.

  • @railyardfilms6491
    @railyardfilms6491 3 місяці тому

    😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @RonLangley-tj5dd
    @RonLangley-tj5dd 3 місяці тому +1

    uh who is she that greeted

  • @JoeyLovesTrains
    @JoeyLovesTrains 3 місяці тому

    12:48 tf is a unimog doing here??

  • @dalebean-qt4hj
    @dalebean-qt4hj 3 місяці тому

    I don't like watching these guys who edit their film clips, I personally like to count the cars on various trains, I understand that they want to show as much as they can & that it is all about the engines & not what they have behind them, but still I have been counting the cars since I could count, now I'm 80 yrs old & still like to count

    • @tarnishedknight730
      @tarnishedknight730 3 місяці тому

      So... what you're saying is that you can't count on this guy?

  • @kamcaree2493
    @kamcaree2493 3 місяці тому +3

    E

  • @rdbimages
    @rdbimages 3 місяці тому +6

    @ 24:30 - What could be more authentic than Civil War reenactors taking photos with their cell phones? LOL.

  • @CharlesUrban
    @CharlesUrban 3 місяці тому +4

    4:25 - This rail car does not exist. Move along, citizen.

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому +1

      DODX = Don't Ask, Don't Tell. You saw nothing.

  • @tallmansfavorites7563
    @tallmansfavorites7563 3 місяці тому +4

    Hey all, at 14:20 the box cars with the tarps for roof, what would they be hauling? I was in Memphis last week and saw similar cars and was curious.

    • @andyolin3988
      @andyolin3988 3 місяці тому +3

      Garbage Train. And boy they stink if you're on a bridge when it passes under you on a warm day!

    • @tallmansfavorites7563
      @tallmansfavorites7563 3 місяці тому

      Thank you for the information!

  • @jacksonpugh6423
    @jacksonpugh6423 3 місяці тому +4

    18:42 what is this?

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe 3 місяці тому

      Electrical substation transformer.

  • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
    @lowellvillerailfanproductions 3 місяці тому +11

    I died laughing at that Peter Griffin picture

  • @robertalbertson889
    @robertalbertson889 3 місяці тому +4

    Goodness why is it that nearly every Santa Fe engine I see in your videos are in desperate need of a paint job??

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому +1

      If I were working for BNSF which I will eventually I would be a train painter and I would paint one of those engines back to Warbonnet colors

    • @BC-fx6ud
      @BC-fx6ud 3 місяці тому +2

      Since BNSF merged in 1996, those units are over 28 years old. It is a shame they have not been repainted.

    • @robertalbertson889
      @robertalbertson889 3 місяці тому

      @BC-fx6ud exactly I agree it looks terrible and my goodness I know everything is about the dollar but a nicely painted and maintained engine says everything about the company running these units in my opinion?

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan 3 місяці тому +3

    New York Central hu and CSX 911 in the opening clip! 😁

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +1

    How much does one of those wheelsets weigh? That was a really cool changeover, but I have a feeling that it's not as easy as they made it look. I loved the robin and the sparrow in Cumberland and the gorgeous new CPKC engine, and that ending is going to haunt me for a while. Thank you!

  • @yyzedd
    @yyzedd 3 місяці тому +2

    Anybody know anything about the machine at 5:59 and 6:24? If I had to guess, I would say it unloads or loads a tank from a railcar and transports it to a ramp or dock and vis versa. Looks like it has railroad wheels and looks like it might also be capable of changing its height.

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe 3 місяці тому +2

      That is a self-propelled modular transporter.

  • @jacobdubielak
    @jacobdubielak 3 місяці тому +3

    I did not expect that horn show did you

  • @SD40Fan_Jason
    @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому +1

    Also 9:34 the 5x watermark begins but the video remains in Real time. Probably intended for the 10:13 mark instead.

  • @leonardovalladares4315
    @leonardovalladares4315 3 місяці тому +3

    Lets stop the train and block all crossing to get wheels change

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому +1

      they didn't block all the crossings, just a handful. There's plenty of other ways around. Meanwhile the tracks belong to the Railroad, they were there first in most cases.

    • @railseast
      @railseast 3 місяці тому

      Agreed; they blocked 4 or 5 crossings for a little over an hour while changing out the wheelset. Strange thing is, there's 2 sidings just ahead (I think, but I'm not from the area) to set out the car. I have never seen this procedure ever done on an active main line. Very unusual repair at that location...

    • @EliWCoyote
      @EliWCoyote 3 місяці тому

      @@railseast It seems like they really needed to do the job on the spot, doesn't it? PS: Even longer than that. That is the same train at 13:20 and it's finally starting to move!

  • @jacksonpugh6423
    @jacksonpugh6423 3 місяці тому +2

    21:16 what is this engine doing?

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe 3 місяці тому +1

      It is going back to Vancouver, BC.

  • @hunterwolfscar2287
    @hunterwolfscar2287 3 місяці тому +1

    Is That Peter Griffin from Family Guy!?

  • @jmream2618
    @jmream2618 3 місяці тому +2

    8:45 why does CSX have a F59PHI trailing

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 3 місяці тому +4

      Being delivered to commuter authority from Progress Rail shop near Waycross, GA.

  • @pnh555
    @pnh555 3 місяці тому +1

    Does anyone else wave back to the people that wave at the camera?

  • @samh3029
    @samh3029 3 місяці тому +4

    GP60 b unit at 22:45

    • @SD40Fan_Jason
      @SD40Fan_Jason 3 місяці тому

      Rare to see B-units anymore. Slugs, sure! but not an actual B-unit.

    • @samh3029
      @samh3029 3 місяці тому

      @@SD40Fan_Jason once in a great while they appear in Flagstaff or through Chelalis.

  • @pixiesweeney6535
    @pixiesweeney6535 3 місяці тому +1

    I don't think there were any cell phones back then to film the battle!😂 Great Grab Bag as usual! Love the Robin singing!😍

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow, those two Darwins in that ATV were lucky they didn't hit a big rock or large object and tip over to the right on to the tracks.

  • @jacktaggart2489
    @jacktaggart2489 3 місяці тому +5

    Very classy 'Central Pacific' "Promontory Point" Observation Car. The appearance of the 'P&LE' CSX Heritage Unit was a delightful surprise the other day. Strasburg re-enactment actually not too far from Chambersburg which was sacked and burned by Confederate forces during the War Between the States as retribution for Federal's destruction of Southern facilities. The black and white photography added an almost Matthew Brady touch to the scene. Great Grab Bag

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +1

      I was thinking that it must have looked a lot like that: the beautiful day, the gunfire...but not the cellphones!

  • @casenundra78
    @casenundra78 3 місяці тому +2

    I have surmised that the Santa Fay engines are BNSF heritage units. BNSF saved on the cost of painting that way.

    • @paulwarner5395
      @paulwarner5395 3 місяці тому +1

      BNSF's idea of heritage locos is to put some sticky labels on the side of a normal pumpkin colored on.

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому

      It’s Santa Fe not Fay

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Місяць тому

    0:10 wow, CSX 1853 and 911 together along with two GP40-3s
    0:42 CSX 1982 leading (again at 2:12 and 16:28 and 21:00)
    1:40 NS 8104 and five other locomotives behind it
    2:27 boxcar on a flatcar and a large transformer. A Herzog locomotive is with the tail DPU
    3:12 CPKC local job. I noticed that more Canadian Pacific locomotives now work around knoche yard
    3:53 CPKC 9375 and KCS 4858. When 9375 was on display in KC, I wrote "sub 2 MrBNSFtrain" on the dusty fuel tank's left side.
    4:22 DODX boxcar between autoracks an intermodal well cars. It probably transports some sort of fuel judging by the lack of large doors
    4:38 WAMX 1702
    5:18 Promontory Point private car. I've seen that car a number of times over the past 15 or so years
    5:38 long-hood-forawrd CSX ET44AH being the only power with military tanks
    6:33 Patrick Henry private cars. (again at 18:54) I've also seen these numerous times as they tend to stay in kC
    6:55 dune buggy races a train
    8:40 smoky exhaust and a West coast Express F59PHi
    8:47 Peter Griffin spotted in Fokston, Georgia! "This is worse than the time I was on Virtual Railfan!"
    10:13 interesting to see wheels changed on a main track
    12:35 Mercedes Unimog! Although common as fire trucks, snowplow trucks, off-road racing, and even moving train cars in Europe, only about 200 were ever sold in America
    13:20 I've never seen a UP local job in Chehalis before. this one has an SD70ACe and SD60 (now upgraded to SD62 specs)
    15:18 WOW! warbonnet 692 as DPU passing warbonnet 669 on a local job
    16:07 tank car on a flatbed
    16:44 Cotton Belt gray GP60
    17:02 containers with doors all over
    17:38 BNSF 8-car OCS
    19:43 northern sky private cars (again at 21:45)
    19:58 two people climb between stopped train cars, five minutes apart!
    20:23 ex-Citirail unit on a CN train through Elkhart
    21:13 the same West coast Express F59PHi on a different train
    22:12 different horn on BNSF 5052

  • @gregginter5867
    @gregginter5867 3 місяці тому +1

    I split a gut watching the 2 ‘Darwin Candidate(s)! 😅😅😂😂❤

  • @MisterSportscar
    @MisterSportscar 3 місяці тому

    "Promontory Point" was not the site of the inset photo (Promontory Summit of Golden Spike fame).

  • @gabestar19
    @gabestar19 3 місяці тому +4

    So glad I made it to the grab bag again! Was at 21:38 wearing the vest!

  • @johnwalters1341
    @johnwalters1341 3 місяці тому +1

    At 4:55, an interesting top-down view of a singing American Robin. His friend appears to be an immature House Sparrow.

    • @TinkerTailor4303
      @TinkerTailor4303 3 місяці тому +1

      Such sweet music it made!❤🐦‍⬛

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TinkerTailor4303 It's the only American thrush, and all the birds in that family have lovely voices.

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 3 місяці тому

    Nice catch in Folkston with mixed manifest and Military loads and power running long hood forward, SF warbonnets meeting 👍,nice video!🛤🚂

  • @patrickkelly5009
    @patrickkelly5009 3 місяці тому

    0:58 The livery races of 2024 are heating up. 😂

  • @EliWCoyote
    @EliWCoyote 3 місяці тому

    24:30 LOL! Lower right corner: "Lemme get your picture...look deader!"

  • @felixgarcia3074
    @felixgarcia3074 3 місяці тому

    Love Your Videos! My Best Train Viewing, Was Driving A Truck From Oklahoma To California. Entertaining Even At Night, Watching The Engineer Open The Throttle Thru The Desert.

  • @gusjones9388
    @gusjones9388 3 місяці тому

    Amazing, I did not know they had cell phones during the Civil War.

  • @Collin4014
    @Collin4014 3 місяці тому

    I was on the amtrak train with the white and blue dome car

  • @Eastmichiganfilms
    @Eastmichiganfilms 3 місяці тому

    There’s me at 21:39 in the blue! Glad to be in it.

  • @Trainman-611
    @Trainman-611 3 місяці тому +4

    8:50 PETER GRIFFIN!

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому +2

      Peter griffin : I am a Railfan and I play trains

  • @Railfan0725
    @Railfan0725 3 місяці тому

    2 harrittige units on one train thats crazy

  • @paulw.woodring7304
    @paulw.woodring7304 3 місяці тому

    Tank car: Ho hum, Hulcher's work is never done.

  • @PowerlinePlanet109
    @PowerlinePlanet109 3 місяці тому

    13:57 Never expected a UP SD70ACE to have a rare K3HL, as much as a BNSF AC44CW with a rare P3 at 22:13.

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому

      Reminds me of the SP and CNW days

  • @anthonyrahner5886
    @anthonyrahner5886 3 місяці тому

    Peter

  • @katriannaify
    @katriannaify 3 місяці тому

    Excellent Grab Bag as always. You guys are great!

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 3 місяці тому +9

    Civil War Reenactors! Definitely different and cool!

    • @Bill5071
      @Bill5071 3 місяці тому

      Very poor taste.

    • @paulwarner5395
      @paulwarner5395 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Bill5071 Why??

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Bill5071 How so? I like seeing these things.

    • @csrrjefflloyd6496
      @csrrjefflloyd6496 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Bill5071 So, why is it poor taste?

    • @ChadSimplicio
      @ChadSimplicio 3 місяці тому

      @@Bill5071 I don't know why people working to preserve history is such poor taste on your end.

  • @stefanwald163
    @stefanwald163 3 місяці тому

    Mercedes Unimog🥰😍

  • @craytum6945
    @craytum6945 3 місяці тому

    Excellent footage, enjoyed every minute.

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 3 місяці тому +3

    Love the Unimog at Folkston, Ga!

  • @bmgirl
    @bmgirl 3 місяці тому +4

    When is bnsfgoing to give some of those Santa Fe engines a fresh paint job??

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому +3

      That’s what I am thinking too I’m so glad I model the 90s

    • @leonardovalladares4315
      @leonardovalladares4315 3 місяці тому +2

      Never they gonna scrap it once it start having engine trouble

    • @Railfan-uf9mw
      @Railfan-uf9mw 3 місяці тому +1

      @@leonardovalladares4315 at least have one saved and preserved

  • @alanosilva886
    @alanosilva886 3 місяці тому

    8:55 🤣🤣

  • @michaelmcgauran4013
    @michaelmcgauran4013 3 місяці тому +2

    Railfan Gone with the wind. Who woulda thunk. ..Good stuff. Thanks.

  • @zmancompton
    @zmancompton 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey Lois remember the one time I went to Folkston and got on the virtual railfan grab bag?

  • @davidkelley1488
    @davidkelley1488 3 місяці тому +4

    1st