WHAT AM I? CP CABOOSE, STORMS, STEAM TRAIN WAVERS, NS PASSENGER CAR TOWED TO STRASBURG, OLD BOXCARS

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  • @davidward7570
    @davidward7570 Місяць тому +68

    That was a track assemble for a very big dozer. Laying on its side.

    • @mostlyinterested1016
      @mostlyinterested1016 Місяць тому +8

      LOL, I was way off. I was guessing a ski-lift terminal.

    • @jaylenjackson2403
      @jaylenjackson2403 Місяць тому +4

      hey I thought it was a ski lift thingy too! 😭 Until I noticed that both ends had wheels lol, now I’m also pretty sure it’s a dozer’s track assembly 👍🏾

    • @andyolin3988
      @andyolin3988 Місяць тому +5

      Think so too, the large 'sprocket' is probably the 'drive sprocket' and the others are just rollers.

    • @imightormightnot
      @imightormightnot Місяць тому +1

      looked like part of an engine or something

    • @rickchapman9232
      @rickchapman9232 Місяць тому +2

      I think it’s some type of chain drive.

  • @gusjones9388
    @gusjones9388 Місяць тому +26

    That was the left roller blade for the Jolly Green Giant. Ho ho ho.

  • @wvrails
    @wvrails Місяць тому +26

    9:36 Looks like a large single crawler assembly, as in a crawler crane or excavator, but without the track.

    • @poowg2657
      @poowg2657 Місяць тому +3

      Spot on, a track sponson assembly for a crane, dozer or hoe.

    • @NickyH60
      @NickyH60 Місяць тому +1

      I wouldn't want to be responsible for fitting the tracks onto that monster!! Any former soldiers with tracked vehicle experience will know what I mean!😳

  • @espeescotty
    @espeescotty Місяць тому +4

    I'm not the first to say it, but at 9:35, it is a track frame and rollers for a large P&H mining shovel. The car itself (PHMX 4428) belongs to the builder, P&H Mining Equipment. The heavy welded-in brackets and I-beams to hold it in place was neat to see. Pay attention to that, modelers.

  • @colefd
    @colefd Місяць тому +5

    Storms, trains, a truck and cool instrumental to end the show...right on.

  • @jasper_saberwolf
    @jasper_saberwolf Місяць тому

    So cool to see the Monongahela heritage unit at 0:50, I have an HO scale model of 8025 on my layout!

  • @keithhoff6715
    @keithhoff6715 Місяць тому +2

    Bet it has something to do with a ski lift or a gondola, something of that sort?
    🇺🇸Keep chugging on.🚂

  • @matthewrinehart9514
    @matthewrinehart9514 Місяць тому +4

    Definitely a large track drive

  • @danj4900
    @danj4900 Місяць тому +2

    Yes!! Its one side of a crane crawler track without the track. Thats one big crane!!!

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 Місяць тому +2

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 Місяць тому +1

    Dear 89 in PA, a cool caboose in Revy, that wonderful passenger car en route to Strasburg, and those fabulous storms and clouds--and the music at the end, as always, was perfect--especially the part where the FRED went away just as the music faded. Another great one!

  • @lynsmith
    @lynsmith Місяць тому +4

    Great Job Enjoy The Thunderstorms on the Cameras

  • @goldie44
    @goldie44 Місяць тому

    I see the Oklahoma City cam was blessed with 2 RJ Corman Tunnel Motors

  • @mickjones1941
    @mickjones1941 Місяць тому +5

    it is part of a chairlift or ski lift

  • @gregginter5867
    @gregginter5867 День тому

    Prefer watching trains vs river cruise ships!😂😅

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain 13 днів тому

    0:08 new VIA Rail trains
    0:30 CSX 1776, with a bird cutting in front of the camera!
    0:46 NS 8025 leading
    1:36 CN track evaluation train. Might even be the same clip from the last grab bag
    1:42 solo leader with 12 old boxcars
    2:06 NS 1073 needs new paint
    2:22 I swear that green flatbed said Northern Pacific on it! It might just be a BN one
    3:08 UP OCS
    4:37 ex-NS business car arrives to Strasburg by road
    5:14 SP gray unit on K&O train
    5:35 pink hopper car
    6:28 two locomotives without any cars stopped at Ft Madison
    6:56 empty wooden pole or log flatbeds, gondolas, and a caboose pulled by a CP SD40-2 that got repainted in 2021
    9:32 my guess is that's a bulldozer track without the treads
    10:33 Great Northern heritage hopper
    11:32 CSX 1967 trailing
    12:10 NS 1800
    12:30 ex-Long Island passenger cars being switched by BNSF 2042. These were used by the Saratoga & North Creek from 2011 until 2018
    13:02 more RJ corman units passing the Oklahoma City cam
    13:38 tank car on a flatbed
    14:08 river cruise ship American Serenade
    16:50 NS 8100 as mid-train DPU
    18:12 CN and ex-Citirail power trailing on a BNSF train

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Місяць тому +1

    10:08 That's one big track sponson!

  • @gragor11
    @gragor11 Місяць тому +1

    10:05 part of a bull wheel for a ski lift

  • @Zebrails
    @Zebrails Місяць тому

    Tail end music with storm to match the rhythm... cool! John

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 Місяць тому

    Excellent video. the storm clips were stunning.

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 Місяць тому +1

    The VIA Rail Trains at Kearney looked really modern and 'latest' specification - and clean too, in all that rain.
    I was hoping to see the Switcher at Paradise spot the Hopper on the Interchange, however it was great to see No.89 with a well-loaded Passenger Train.
    Moguls are my favourite Locomotive Wheel Configuration.

    • @reggiep671
      @reggiep671 Місяць тому +1

      The VIA train sets rolled through Blue Island (Chicago) in the last day or two. On their way to Canada I would assume.

  • @slimonion1975
    @slimonion1975 Місяць тому +1

    Nice catches awesome grab bag

  • @DougPeabody
    @DougPeabody Місяць тому

    You guys have the sharpest eyes in all of internet cams!

  • @orbiting_brainlaser
    @orbiting_brainlaser Місяць тому

    Green Giant's roller blade.

  • @EMDF59PHFAN
    @EMDF59PHFAN Місяць тому +8

    Look It's 2 Via Rail Trains

  • @Train222
    @Train222 Місяць тому +1

    1:37 every in Illinois be like Amtrak trains in Chicago and that be metra trains I love CN trains and BNSF trains

  • @mr.meloetta1939
    @mr.meloetta1939 Місяць тому +1

    simple: that thing is the thingamabob

  • @Straight2_Offical
    @Straight2_Offical Місяць тому +3

    10:14 saw an exact same one on CN yesterday, don’t know what it is too

  • @oscarcubas3792
    @oscarcubas3792 Місяць тому

    Train is awesome 🚂🚂🚂

  • @MarkNShorts
    @MarkNShorts Місяць тому +1

    Someone heading to the mine today. It's very rare to see it. Assembly of a power shovel.

    • @IowaGrandpaTrain
      @IowaGrandpaTrain Місяць тому

      I agree. I think it is for an electric powered mining crane. The box on the training end of the assembly probably holds the electric motor.

  • @bradleymcwilliams6348
    @bradleymcwilliams6348 Місяць тому +2

    The comments about under carriage for a machine are right, I would guess a mining shovel. Pretty sure it's not a dozer or excavator, maybe a big crane?
    Regardless, it's neat to see something like that on a flat car. Kind of unusual to not see it on a truck.

    • @gmorrisbc8369
      @gmorrisbc8369 Місяць тому

      My guess: end assembly for a ski lift

  • @RandomRailFan405
    @RandomRailFan405 Місяць тому

    Nice catch

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 Місяць тому

    Love the rain being blown over the semi at SNta Fe jct.
    Human intermodal at Strasburg?😂

  • @johnhuish5961
    @johnhuish5961 Місяць тому

    Saw a similar VIA train in Chicago south suburbs about a month ago. I think it was only a single train with the UP lead engine.

  • @xoxo2008oxox
    @xoxo2008oxox Місяць тому +2

    That is NOT a track assembly for a dozer. That is a 132,500 pound steel crawler frame assembly, part of a a P&H 2800XPC electric shovel.

    • @alco4248
      @alco4248 Місяць тому +1

      Close, it has holes for 16 super bolts on each side for mounting to the carbody which would likely make it for a 4100. The 2800 has 12 per side.

  • @briancooper562
    @briancooper562 Місяць тому

    20:38 carrier for continuous track, some times called caterpillar tracks, but used by many manufacturers. Yellow goods, dozers, excavators, tracked shovels, quarry machines. Not this load but tanks, agri-tractors, snowmobiles, etc..all use this type of track carrier as part of the drive base.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Місяць тому +4

    *Awesome Catches*

  • @Amtrakmaverick
    @Amtrakmaverick Місяць тому +1

    The thing at 9:57 looks lile either a dozer or excavator track or a tram wire rollor akak the wheels for a tram wire conteces to the poles

  • @xavierfrancoismure9205
    @xavierfrancoismure9205 28 днів тому

    🖖😉

  • @haroldharbour252
    @haroldharbour252 Місяць тому

    looks like the capstan roller for a ships anchor chain

  • @davidknight1393
    @davidknight1393 Місяць тому

    Yeppers, LH track roller frame, from the color might be komatsu

  • @jerrymooney3616
    @jerrymooney3616 Місяць тому

    Carousel machine for an airport. Baggage comes up and out the angled chute and the horizontal wheels move the angled plates [to be installed] around the circumference.

  • @Pensyfan19
    @Pensyfan19 Місяць тому +3

    Does anyone know where the LIRR C1 coaches are being sent to in Burlington IA at 12:25? Another set for the Keewatin Railway, maybe?

    • @ashley-owo
      @ashley-owo Місяць тому

      I was wondering the same thing

  • @paulbergen9114
    @paulbergen9114 Місяць тому

    The heavy metal on the yellow bulkhead flat car came from Komatsu either manufactured in Milwaukee or coming from an East Coast port. In the last month several of their cars were seen going east empty to apparently pick something up that came over by ship. The reporting marks are a reflection upon the previous owner of the car P&H Harnischfeger cranes which was purchased by Komatsu

    • @reggiep671
      @reggiep671 Місяць тому

      The bulkhead was really clean, almost like they painted it after it was loaded.

    • @paulbergen9114
      @paulbergen9114 Місяць тому

      ​@@reggiep671yes it does both inner and outer. Trailing initials & # really easy to read. While they look like regular Flats I remember they can carry about one and a half times the weight. Sensei built you can see all the welding that has occurred to hold their unique loadings in place. They probably only get used two or three times a year and most of these were built specially by Maxon car of the Twin Cities

  • @bluefj-wc3vz
    @bluefj-wc3vz Місяць тому

    Looks like a left side frame for a Cat rope shovel .

  • @jamesupchurch6037
    @jamesupchurch6037 Місяць тому

    9:49 with two big wheels and 9 small wheels, I think it's a track system

  • @edmaphet6
    @edmaphet6 Місяць тому

    The part in ??? looks like the side wheel set for a Tank, just like the one I installed on my vintage 1980's GI JOE Mauler Tank toy.

  • @CumminsDude50
    @CumminsDude50 Місяць тому +3

    Awesome video

  • @Michael-u6q
    @Michael-u6q Місяць тому

    I think it’s going to a inclimepain in Johnstown

  • @TheBNSFRailfan
    @TheBNSFRailfan Місяць тому

    10:08 I think that’s a big crane track

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 Місяць тому

    Something to guide something big passing smoothly by!? 😮 🤔

  • @mikehagemeier2490
    @mikehagemeier2490 Місяць тому

    David ward7570 is right! It's for a mine company!

  • @arthurkallansrud1950
    @arthurkallansrud1950 Місяць тому

    I think a end unit for a rotory coal shovel in Montana

  • @syrblazer35
    @syrblazer35 Місяць тому

    Something for Parker Schnable!!!

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 Місяць тому

    Yeah I'm thinking it's a dozer track guide or a Aerial Tram guide rollers or motor

  • @williamlavelle7786
    @williamlavelle7786 Місяць тому +1

    I saw one of those before. I'ts a Wingwong for a Wobbydong.

  • @user-rp1qu9cf8c
    @user-rp1qu9cf8c Місяць тому

    9:36おそらくCATかコマツのロープショベルのトラックフレームかな?

  • @kamcaree2493
    @kamcaree2493 Місяць тому +3

    Hi

  • @hunterwolfscar2287
    @hunterwolfscar2287 Місяць тому +1

    Is That a Norfolk Southern Passenger Car!?

  • @patrickblock2477
    @patrickblock2477 Місяць тому

    That's a track riding the tracks

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan Місяць тому +2

    Is the NS coach at Strasburg because they just acquired it or did someone send it there for restoration? And to which rail line do those bilevels in Burlington belong to. Also, it's nice to see that kid dressed up as a locomotive.

    • @00Zy99
      @00Zy99 Місяць тому

      No idea where those bilevels are going. They probably came from the tourist railroad in Saratoga, NY, that folded a while back.
      Those are Long Island Railroad C1s. The C1 was the prototype for the main production run of C3 bilevels. Of course, the two types are not compatible (different HEP systems), so the C1s became oddballs and were retired early, getting scattered to various tourist operations around the Northeast.

  • @vehicles_n_stuff
    @vehicles_n_stuff Місяць тому +1

    Kinda looks to me like a half assembled airport baggage claim

  • @michaelbujaki2462
    @michaelbujaki2462 Місяць тому +1

    9:33 The thing in the thumbnail does not get explained. Does anyone here know what it is?

    • @alco4248
      @alco4248 Місяць тому

      It's the track frame for a P&H (Komatsu) mining shovel.

  • @StratesShows
    @StratesShows Місяць тому

    Anyone catch the Strates Shows carnival train on CSX last week?

  • @Railfan-uf9mw
    @Railfan-uf9mw Місяць тому +2

    At 10:09 WTH is Dat!???😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @NW611
    @NW611 Місяць тому +2

    At 5:24 it look exactly like an SD45 right? Well in front of the F just to the right of the steps it says SD40-2 HP3000 a SD45 has 3600 HP. What is this locomotive then? Edit: is this a SD40-2 with a SD45 body?!

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe Місяць тому

      Yes. It's an SD45 remanufactured with a prime mover and electrical components of an SD40-2. It's a common conversion for old SD45s.

    • @NW611
      @NW611 Місяць тому

      Okay good to know thank you!

  • @1208bug
    @1208bug Місяць тому

    👍

  • @mason-wr1we
    @mason-wr1we Місяць тому +1

    At the very beginning was that a new via train ore did it brake down ???

    • @reggiep671
      @reggiep671 Місяць тому

      New equipment being delivered.

  • @jackkreighbaum783
    @jackkreighbaum783 Місяць тому +3

    I thought RR crews were prohibited from having active cell phones in their cabs?

    • @BRIANumber7-RCandModels
      @BRIANumber7-RCandModels Місяць тому +2

      There is an exception if you are stopped not actively performing any safety sensitive tasks, only then, if the other crew member agrees that you can use your phone, you can use it.
      I'm not sure what the rules are about both employees using phones at the same time however. Someone will have to inform me on that part.

  • @413TomaccoRoad
    @413TomaccoRoad Місяць тому

    Roller blades for the Jolly Grern Giant?

  • @richardmclaughlin8345
    @richardmclaughlin8345 Місяць тому

    Why did they wait till the caboose went by to zoom in on it??

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Місяць тому

    Lot's of non stop action on the high iron!🛤🚂

  • @vincejackson730
    @vincejackson730 Місяць тому

    Could that be the drive mechanism for a ski lift or gondola?

  • @mmanisr22
    @mmanisr22 Місяць тому +2

    I see somebody is using the former prototype multilevel LIRR cars in Iowa

  • @PrinceRupertBC
    @PrinceRupertBC Місяць тому

    is it from a ship the ancher?

  • @evanf1293
    @evanf1293 Місяць тому

    4:44 wait, why is that NS passenger car at Strasburg?

  • @ananndavinci
    @ananndavinci Місяць тому

    Whatever it is, will sure look gigantic once assembled.
    Nature must be going bonkers watching homosapiens building all sorts of crazy stuff.
    😌
    🙏
    Live Long N Prosper

  • @joeylawn36111
    @joeylawn36111 Місяць тому

    2:45 Why do they ship those large power transformers with empty flatcars between them?

    • @moblet
      @moblet Місяць тому +2

      Most likely so they don't overload bridges

    • @joeylawn36111
      @joeylawn36111 Місяць тому +1

      @@moblet makes sense - thanks

  • @roxxma
    @roxxma Місяць тому

    When a whole passenger train is the only freight, do they observe the freight train speed limit, or can the open it up to the passenger train speed limit?

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Місяць тому +1

      OCS trains run at freight speed for the most part. The engines are limited to max freight speed. Same applies when a freight engine is pulling an AMTRAK train.

  • @railyardfilms6491
    @railyardfilms6491 Місяць тому +4

    Boat construction dredger dirt claw

  • @JBone1959
    @JBone1959 Місяць тому

    Guess posting links to other sites is banned. Ugh. If you are interested in a little more information regarding that large item at 10:00, apparently there is a company that sells parts for them. Boundary Equipment. Hopefully this is allowed.

  • @phillipcapshaw8761
    @phillipcapshaw8761 Місяць тому +2

    What happened to the Livestream in Princeton Indiana? Did it get taken down?

  • @wesdog8975
    @wesdog8975 Місяць тому +1

    Question, the engines that are at the end of a train, are those manned by anybody?

    • @NW611
      @NW611 Місяць тому +3

      No. those are what are called DPU’s (Distributed Power Unit) but some times they are manned. But that’s usually on short line railroads.

    • @wesdog8975
      @wesdog8975 Місяць тому +1

      @NW611 thank you

    • @desw9146
      @desw9146 Місяць тому

      At Horseshoe Curve the rear helper sets (two engines with cabs outward) are usually crewed, because they only stay with the train for a short distance. They assist with power uphill and braking downhill.
      Elsewhere, as per NW611's reply, they're controlled by radio from the leading cab.

  • @richintalent
    @richintalent Місяць тому +4

    Why do they run the steam engines backwards all the time at Paradise?

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Місяць тому +4

      No turning facilities at Paradise so engines in reverse to there and run forward return to Strasburg (so a 50/50 split). This means forward facing engines for the crowds at station. Also incidentally with grade up to Strasburg makes it easier to maintain boiler water level over crown sheets.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Місяць тому

      @@kennethhanks6712 Thanks for the info--you rock!

  • @richintalent
    @richintalent Місяць тому +2

    So what exactly WAS the thing on the Ft Madison cam at 10:02??

    • @J3scribe
      @J3scribe Місяць тому

      Crawler track drive train for a bulldozer or excavator, but without the track,

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Місяць тому +1

    More great trains traveling down the best tracks in the country
    for all of the train fans to see have a great weekend everyone
    and Thank You VR Grab Bag.🇺🇲🇨🇦🚂🚃🚃🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲