Another girls 🦌🦌night out in Fort Madison. Yogi was heading up the street to get another picnic basket 🧺. Yes, he did look booth ways before crossing the street.
Bus was high centered. I wondered if it could of made it by taking a running start at it. Maybe better the driver didn’t do it. Could have damaged the bus.
The bus driver could have released the air in the tag axle, putting more weight on the drive axle. And in some buses, he might be able to start it in a “granny” gear.
I had no idea there was a tag axle on tour buses. I just assumed it was an equalized suspension much like the back of a semi trailer. Now that I've lerned something new I wonder what I' ve forgotten so I have room for it.
18:30 Parkville, MO……you can see that the background Farmers’ Market has been demolished after getting hit by tractor-trailer on VIRTUAL RAILFAN camera last year.
@@nicolewembley3093it's not about gearing in this case, it's all about the drive tires bring lifted up less weight being transferred to them due to the engine cradle resting on the ground. Lift any vehicle up to where the drive tires are barely touching the ground and it'll do a burnout.
The air bladder suspension for the tag axle (the third rearmost axle) can be deflated so the bus will handle like a two-axle, useful for tight areas and sharp turns. But the tag axle needs to be switched back on, inflating the bladder so it can become a third axle to support the weight with normal driving. This driver had the tag axle switched off, with the weight not supported, so the rear of the bus dragged on that slight dip. I know because I've driven many miles in almost all conditions in these buses, besides driving transit buses in the Bay Area.
It looks like with the bus if he'd just given it got it backwards enough and gave him a little bit of nutsedge he probably would have made across there
Couldn't, the engine cradle was on the ground causing the drive tires to not make proper contact. Lower the front suspension which would raise the engine cradle off the ground as well as giving the drive tires more traction.
15:21 There is a problem with the clock, the sun does not rise at 8:50 pm (20:50:36) in Florida, even if we are the Sunshine State, it does not shine at night. LOL
Given the differential, effectively only one powered *wheel* in this situation. The left drive wheel is sitting stationary while the right one does a burnout...
21:39 - Driver needed to do one of two things. Could have pulled forward another what 2-3 feet. Could have also crossed over the line for better position. Raising tag axle (from dash) might have assisted in traction....
Is that a Van Hool bus? They're notorious for their long rear overhang! They way it was bouncing, I don't think the driver had the air up all the way! Why didn't the driver use the raise function on the airbags? Or lower the front bags would have probably made the back go up enough to proceed.
It is indeed a VanHool. I don't know what options that particular bus is equipped with, but last I knew raising the rear suspension was a standard option, but you could also get a full high ride option where it would raise both the rear and front suspension simultaneously. Even though coach buses have a kneeling function, that kneeling function usually only works with the parking brake on. The moment, the driver releases the parking, brake or steps on the service brake, The bus would recover to normal ride height. Most low boy options for the suspension on coach buses will lower the entire bus.
@@southernontariofoamersunio3615 Probably so. A couple of cheap 5-gallon paint cans and some rollers..... I just figured a big 'jug' of paint would be real expensive given these days' inflation....
How does locomotive procurement work in the US. I see lots of different rail company engines on trains, some of them well away from that companies rail lines.
It's more "borrowing" than procurement. If a train (especially a unit train, of one commodity) gets handed off to another railroad, the motive power is not changed to the new railroad, the train just proceeds as-is. The accountants figure out the miles for each of the borrowed locomotives on paper, and since they generally borrow each other's, they largely cancel out, eventually.
Nice push me barge boat action. Now who had the right away with the speed boat? CSX switcher love...green yellow switcher cool. Private rail cars wraped with my envy all around them. I haven't seen a sperry science camper like thing for a while. Thanks
Private powered pleasure boats, fishermen, etc are always to give way to commercial boats, barge tows, etc and not interfere with their movements as they are generally restricted where they can maneuver and are less nimble than the small craft.
@juliegogo2941 It's like safe distances on the highway-no certain figures, just guidelines. All situations being different due to speeds, currents, wind conditions, visibilty, width of channels, types of vessels involved, weather, etc so "basic rules of the road", training, experience and judgement all come into play.
@@juliegogo2941most working vessels operate under the “we paint, they swim” rules in regards to recreational vessels. The little guy is always going to lose, so he would be wise to make sure the big guy has enough space. If not, the pleasure craft sinks and the tug paints the scuffs
Ok. I’m finding it hard to believe that Class 1 railroads like BNSF and UP with their 100’s if not 1000’s of locos have to lease other locos. What am I not getting here?!?
Accountants run railroads like everything else. If a lease company offers their locos at a lower rate than the mileage rate that the Railroad's own locos are leased at then they'll take the deal. Equally if the railroad is short of power at one end of a route then a lease company offering a cheap deal may well be cheaper than another operator. Cheap usually wins...
@@csrrjefflloyd6496 my guess is that they get them in times when the have a lot of freight to move instead of buying them and letting the sit to rot in times where they don’t have a lot of freight.
I'm surprised the driver behind that bus waited a few seconds before driving around. So did it get to its destination? 19:00 - Surprise appearance of CSX locomotive in front of some hoppers.
The tag axle took the weight off the busses single drive axle I would think that it would have a dump valve on it for slick roads to put all the weight on the drive ??
It does, but that wouldn't have helped in this case . Zooming in, it appears the bus gets hung up on the engine cradle and oil pan. If so equipped, the Hi-ride or raise rear function should have been activated.
@LeftVegas No there is nothing special about it but it is a SD70MAC and I filmed the loco . The video is on my channel. I did not know they are so common.
Nice catch of the deer in fort Madison
Nice bear, catch!!! 10:14
Where was he headed, to the McDonalds trash cans?
YAY, REVY!❤!❤ I was beginning to worry...
Another girls 🦌🦌night out in Fort Madison. Yogi was heading up the street to get another picnic basket 🧺.
Yes, he did look booth ways before crossing the street.
6:07, Now that's brand new! CSX 1976! Awesome!
Might be my new favorite loco.
@@jovetj The B&O heritage unit is my favorite.
Saw the bus one live on the stream for a second i thought the bus was on fire.
Thought the same thing.
On*
@@NiceNToasty768?
Was it not?
@@NiceNToasty768 no one as I ment it like I saw that one at the zoo.
Lots of trains and action. Love it. Thanks 👍❤️
I love you virtual Railfan I watch all your vids❤
I bet that BUS was from Lagrange, KY....glad to see our Bear back.
*Awesome Catches*
Don't know how many times I've seen trucks stuck on crossings especially at the landing gear but a bus? That's a new one on me.
Bus was high centered. I wondered if it could of made it by taking a running start at it. Maybe better the driver didn’t do it. Could have damaged the bus.
usually the tag axle keeps that from happening.
may have lost a seal on the air cushion ride, that'd make it drag...
The bus driver could have released the air in the tag axle, putting more weight on the drive axle. And in some buses, he might be able to start it in a “granny” gear.
I had no idea there was a tag axle on tour buses. I just assumed it was an equalized suspension much like the back of a semi trailer. Now that I've lerned something new I wonder what I' ve forgotten so I have room for it.
Thank you for sharing the deers❤
Stroll on Revi, good to see you back on camera.
I'm glad no one has taken a shot at him yet.
Good to see rev bear ❤
probably one of the most unimaginative names I've ever herd. like, COME ON NOW!
@@southernontariofoamersunio3615 StokeDBear - pronounced "Stoked Bear" (or Stoke "De" Bear if you like)
12:19 I couldn’t imagine what the passengers were thinking. 😮
Especially if I had been on board.
"Looks like we didn't get the sharpest pencil today"
Awesome catch of the p42 with the Alc-42
BEAR AND DEER AND TRAINS...OH MY! Love your vids!
The "Golden Swoosh"...not seen that locomotive in a long time!
And a wig wag at the end ! Tnx
LOL, I thought that was really cool!
6:06 As a fan of Conrail, CSX did a nice job with the Quality logo on side of the heritage unit. I wish NS had done the same with their Conrail HU.
Cute deer in vedio
18:30 Parkville, MO……you can see that the background Farmers’ Market has been demolished after getting hit by tractor-trailer on VIRTUAL RAILFAN camera last year.
0:45 15:15 'Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Eyes Of The Sun'
Thank you for sharing the deers
Deer Family Owns Fort Madison in the late night ! Buster Bear Revelstoke I like my Place 😂! Bus driver needed to back up!
Not a Grab Bag without a Darwin or two.
1:54 looks pretty reckless to me...
12:46. Didn't know buses could do burnouts......
All about gear selection, smh. You got the time wrong for the burnout however 12:00
Anything can do a burnout when the drive wheels have less weight on them and slightly lifted.
@@nicolewembley3093it's not about gearing in this case, it's all about the drive tires bring lifted up less weight being transferred to them due to the engine cradle resting on the ground.
Lift any vehicle up to where the drive tires are barely touching the ground and it'll do a burnout.
Wooooo, bus burnout!!!
Salutări Bune Dragi Prieteni din ENGLAND!!!!!!👋👋👋🇬🇧🇬🇧
“Mrs. Puff, floor it? Okay, floor it!’
lol at 12:13 I was like "Do a burnout"
The air bladder suspension for the tag axle (the third rearmost axle) can be deflated so the bus will handle like a two-axle, useful for tight areas and sharp turns. But the tag axle needs to be switched back on, inflating the bladder so it can become a third axle to support the weight with normal driving. This driver had the tag axle switched off, with the weight not supported, so the rear of the bus dragged on that slight dip. I know because I've driven many miles in almost all conditions in these buses, besides driving transit buses in the Bay Area.
oh wow nice grab bag 2:20
It looks like with the bus if he'd just given it got it backwards enough and gave him a little bit of nutsedge he probably would have made across there
Couldn't, the engine cradle was on the ground causing the drive tires to not make proper contact.
Lower the front suspension which would raise the engine cradle off the ground as well as giving the drive tires more traction.
Great vid
Oh, my eyes at 0:52! 😂
I like Amtrak's new color scheme
Great video 🎉
Hey, I just saw that train 1:26 at bockers feed and grain circle,
The MOW train through Le Grange appears to be going faster than normal.
15:21 There is a problem with the clock, the sun does not rise at 8:50 pm (20:50:36) in Florida, even if we are the Sunshine State, it does not shine at night. LOL
Thinking, after a couple previous views from that cam, that was a launch from the Space Center?
that was a Space X launch
bus wasnt ever stuck. Just needed to get a good run up and not stop right there with only 1 powered axle
Given the differential, effectively only one powered *wheel* in this situation. The left drive wheel is sitting stationary while the right one does a burnout...
3:32 Four legged railfans. 😂
I was in Big Sandy Last Saturday waved at the camera and all.
Nice! Did the new signals look shiny?
No. They look like regular signals.
So what happened to the bus, did it eventually get over the crossing?
I've been over that crossing a few times, thankfully never got stuck.Why did the driver not reverse straight away?
Because he felt like doing a smoke show
For the first little while, there was a vehicle behind him. After that, the driver probably had no idea what might have been behind him.
Y'all need to do a close lightning on Railcam compilation
Keep it going
Who knew deer were railfans?
Conrail?! That engine looked brand new too!
Heritage unit.
@@stephenkehl7158 Yellow!
@@stephenkehl7158 Yeparoozie!
14:09 lol they were saying hi to the camera XD
9:23 I hope that was a spider on the camera lens.
I believe it was, it was crawling all around the other night while I was watching the cam at night
Support your local deer population.
there probably aren't many left.
CSX is putting out stuff randomly,
which is nice.
10:35 poor bear so skiny he is starving😢
nope. It's fine. Just coming back from eating down by the river and he or she lives just up the mountain a bit.
There is something in the road, Oh Dear ! // I take it that the Bear is NOT a Darwin Candidate? ha ha
Hopefully, in another 60somodd days, I'll be waving to everyone on one of the cameras!!!
0:22 cool Progress rail
Nope. I told Progress Rail that CSX could keep them.
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Nice Video
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am văzut o turmă de căprioare!!!!!!😃😃
3:18 As always, no deer were hurt in the making of this Grab Bag.
They only come out at night, wasn't that a line in a song from long ago?
@@nicolewembley3093 Edgar Winter Group album title🙂
@@nicolewembley3093 ‘Maneater’ by Hall and Oats begins with the line “She only comes out art night.’
Vehicles can even get stuck on the road. It happens more than people think.
That was crazy!
Progress Rail to the rescue!
21:39 - Driver needed to do one of two things. Could have pulled forward another what 2-3 feet. Could have also crossed over the line for better position. Raising tag axle (from dash) might have assisted in traction....
1:44 😮
11:38 😮
2:43 This is the Capital Limited Amtrak line.
What kind of contraption is on that HD Flat Car at 06:26 ?!?
Maintenance of Way vehicles going through la Grange Kentucky
thats me at folkston
Wooof!
A bus stuck? Now that a new one to me
Respect to NS on painting true heritage units CSX is so scared for some reason they will loss there corporate ID
Wonder what BNSF's excuse is??
Bnsf sucks not having any heritage unitd
Huh, no-one caught any of that mamma-jamma of a monsoon that smashed into Tucson last night, huh?
Is that a Van Hool bus? They're notorious for their long rear overhang! They way it was bouncing, I don't think the driver had the air up all the way! Why didn't the driver use the raise function on the airbags? Or lower the front bags would have probably made the back go up enough to proceed.
It is indeed a VanHool.
I don't know what options that particular bus is equipped with, but last I knew raising the rear suspension was a standard option, but you could also get a full high ride option where it would raise both the rear and front suspension simultaneously.
Even though coach buses have a kneeling function, that kneeling function usually only works with the parking brake on. The moment, the driver releases the parking, brake or steps on the service brake, The bus would recover to normal ride height. Most low boy options for the suspension on coach buses will lower the entire bus.
Watch at 4.23 as the barrier comes down and hits the SUV, you can here the clonk as it hits.
Hi pop :) so cute
0:35 Imagine how much the paint would have cost to put that much Graffiti on that car….🤨🙄
About $40. I know, crazy right?!
@@southernontariofoamersunio3615 Probably so. A couple of cheap 5-gallon paint cans and some rollers.....
I just figured a big 'jug' of paint would be real expensive given these days' inflation....
@@joeylawn36111 Not if it is stolen!
How does locomotive procurement work in the US. I see lots of different rail company engines on trains, some of them well away from that companies rail lines.
It's more "borrowing" than procurement. If a train (especially a unit train, of one commodity) gets handed off to another railroad, the motive power is not changed to the new railroad, the train just proceeds as-is. The accountants figure out the miles for each of the borrowed locomotives on paper, and since they generally borrow each other's, they largely cancel out, eventually.
Nice push me barge boat action. Now who had the right away with the speed boat?
CSX switcher love...green yellow switcher cool.
Private rail cars wraped with my envy all around them.
I haven't seen a sperry science camper like thing for a while. Thanks
Private powered pleasure boats, fishermen, etc are always to give way to commercial boats, barge tows, etc and not interfere with their movements as they are generally restricted where they can maneuver and are less nimble than the small craft.
@@kennethhanks6712 Thanks Ken! Is there a distance?
@juliegogo2941 It's like safe distances on the highway-no certain figures, just guidelines. All situations being different due to speeds, currents, wind conditions, visibilty, width of channels, types of vessels involved, weather, etc so "basic rules of the road", training, experience and judgement all come into play.
@@juliegogo2941most working vessels operate under the “we paint, they swim” rules in regards to recreational vessels. The little guy is always going to lose, so he would be wise to make sure the big guy has enough space. If not, the pleasure craft sinks and the tug paints the scuffs
Ok. I’m finding it hard to believe that Class 1 railroads like BNSF and UP with their 100’s if not 1000’s of locos have to lease other locos. What am I not getting here?!?
What I think was happening is csx was leasing them to see if they wanted to order them.
@@P_litzer my question is in general. Why lease at all when they have such huge fleets already.
Accountants run railroads like everything else. If a lease company offers their locos at a lower rate than the mileage rate that the Railroad's own locos are leased at then they'll take the deal.
Equally if the railroad is short of power at one end of a route then a lease company offering a cheap deal may well be cheaper than another operator.
Cheap usually wins...
@@modeltrainsandtracks yes, I get that. I used to work for a government agency and saw that all too often.
@@csrrjefflloyd6496 my guess is that they get them in times when the have a lot of freight to move instead of buying them and letting the sit to rot in times where they don’t have a lot of freight.
hopefully they know enough to slow down for the animals
One day I'll get to Ashland and get on camera. Roanoke is near me too.
I'm waiting for a cam on the Philly Sub...and GO O'S!
Just, please don't stand on the tracks like that one lady was doing.
Yogi looking a little thin
I'm surprised the driver behind that bus waited a few seconds before driving around. So did it get to its destination?
19:00 - Surprise appearance of CSX locomotive in front of some hoppers.
There you go...if it won't go forward, try REVERSE. After the cops have to show up.
Is Kansas City's West Bottoms carnival of mishaps no longer available?
hello virtual railfan it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
The person in that car at 21:39 was like "Well dang! Where'd that gate come from??"🙄
Green and White stripped engine ...............a GO Transit engine from Ontario ? Toronto
The tag axle took the weight off the busses single drive axle I would think that it would have a dump valve on it for slick roads to put all the weight on the drive ??
It does, but that wouldn't have helped in this case .
Zooming in, it appears the bus gets hung up on the engine cradle and oil pan.
If so equipped, the Hi-ride or raise rear function should have been activated.
9:02 IMPOSTER!
14:24 WHAT KIND OF BNSF TRAIN ENGINE NUMBER IS THAT????
on the day this was uploaded i saw WFRX 8866 at the VA trans museum. why isnt the WFRX loco in the video? its a rare loco.
WFRX units have been going through Roanoke all week. Is there something special about 8866 so we can look especially for it?
@LeftVegas No there is nothing special about it but it is a SD70MAC and I filmed the loco . The video is on my channel. I did not know they are so common.
Isn’t “Tower 55” a “PTZ” camera?
Yes, but only when someone is working it.
the bus was stuck on track for what reason exactly ? i"m still confused🤔🤔🤔
Why did the bus driver wait for the cops to arrive before he found reverse ?
Does the camera in Big Sandy move? If it does I would love to see more of the surroundings.
There is (or should be) a PTZ and a static camera there, yes.
Is it rough on switch engines to use on main line service?
Most were probably dead-in-tow from or to shopping/servicing, reassignment, or retirement.
So why didn't the driver just reverse the bus in the first place? Astonishing
Someone must take action! Someone is copying this grab bag!