Loaded Coal Train Crosses Giant Bridge With Me On It! Thurmond West Virginia Trains, RJ Corman & CSX
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2022
- On A Bridge While Heavy Coal Train Passes! RJ Corman Railroad Coal Train With CSX Locomotives Pulls Into Thurmond West Virginia Ghost Town! The locomotives are running backward coming off the Pax railroad spur and entering the interchange with the CSX main line. The awesome railroad crossing next to the historic train station has several tracks and is at one end of the big bridge over New River. Amtrak stops at this station while making 3 round trips a week.
First we drive next to the coal train coming down the Pax branch. I got in front of it and drove over the bridge that we will have a closer look at. Then I walked out on the narrow bridge and filmed the train coming across it. The whole bridge shook when the train stopped on it. The train stopped before coming onto the CSX interchange track. I got in front of the train again to watch it pass the railroad crossing next to the old train station. This train station is famous for being in the movie "Matewan". I recommend that movie. We also get to see a classic dwarf signal in use as the train passes it.
We then see the RJ Corman crew get in their red truck and head back to their office. The locomotives that pulled the train off the branch are then seen coming east back into Thurmond after leaving the coal cars on a siding just west of town. Then they pass me again and tie back onto their train and wait for it to head east to the customer. The old coaling tower was built in 1922 by Fairbanks Morse and was used for loading coal onto steam locomotives. It was used for a little over 35 years or so. The best frequency for RJ Corman here is 160.845 and the best frequencies here for CSX are 160.230, 160.320 and 542.9375 for the EOT device. One thing I learned by experience is to never stand to close to a fast moving coal train. Here is a video that I made in Ironton, Ohio showing what happens: • This Is What Happens W...
Filmed in 1080p with 60fps on Saturday, October 22, 2022AD
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The train is cool, but that ghost logo spray painted by someone on almost every single rail car? Iconic!
What is the story on that ghost logo, tagging person. I often see same on rail cars coming through Point OF Rocks, MD. 👻
Nice to see a coal train. In the UK coal is almost finished and what coal trains there are mostly bring imported coal from Immingham Docks. A big coal haul here is about 24 cars at around 100 tons each, mainly because the sections between signals are much shorter here to increase line capacity for passenger services which are far more in number than freight trains. That makes the 110 cars in that train a real joy to see. I would love to get a drive of one like that! Our biggest coal trains in steam days were usually around 60 or 70 wagons at 16 to 21 tons each (2 axles) but then we had no continuous brakes so stopping them was a real art with loose 3 link couplings and sprung drawbar the guard could sometimes have a rough ride in his van (caboose) at the end of the train, especially if the driver (engineer) was a bit careless when setting off or slowing down. The loose couplings would make around a foot of difference in length between cars being pulled and being buffered up so the train length would change by some 70 feet! You had to set off real gently until the train was all on the move.
It was a different game to todays brake fitted trains!
Thanks for yet another excellent video with real insight into West Virginia coal hauls. At 75 I'm no longer likely to get over to see them in the flesh so it's great to be able to see your videos.
I've often looked at Thurmond and thought it a beautiful place and sad to see it as a ghost town but the fall scenes on the video are a joy to behold. No wonder so many folk were there to see it.
Good to see the animals too as they make your videos so entertaining!
Love your informative comment! Cheers from Canada!
You Brits are crazy
Rod Smith - Hi, I wonder whether the coal being imported there--through Immingham--is of a kind that's unavailable in England.
@@stevenbrucci No, it's becoming hard to get coal here as there are almost no mines left open since the global warming problem sent fossil fuels into decline. It is now almost impossible to buy coal suitable for the heritage steam railways as we have only one pit supplying steam coal from South Wales and that is scheduled for closure in a year's time. The cost will also cripple those lines unless we can find an alternative fuel. They are currently trying out a substitute "coal" made from oilseed rape and other vegetable matter but although it's quite good it's yellow! It doesn't smell like coal when it burns either, but it's a start to keep the steam lines going. The coal imported via Immingham is for steel production. The North York Moors Railway is using Colombian coal so I'm told, as they can no longer get Russian coal! Sad days when the UK has tons of unused coal left underground, but government policy has been focused by the green lobby into stopping coal power stations and building wind farms to the extent that coal has become a dirty word here. Yet we can haul the stuff halfway round the globe to keep the steelworks open. How much extra CO2 does that add to the world's air I can only wonder, but I think it must be more than if we used our own supplies.
Still got the little kitty i see, good on you!
The natural beauty of this place is amazing. The beach eventually gets boring, but these hills are forever changing. People should WANT to move here.
And have 👍
But don’t invite it lol. The mountains are developing too many cabins and vacation homes as it is. It will take away from the beauty.
@@the_minimalistic_adventure That's a good point.😆
Ssh! Don't give people ideas. They're fine where they are 😀
Try to keep it a secret too many coming now they always want to change things
This was neat, I always love bridges! 👍✔
Me too! Thanks for watching Dave!
Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! ✨✨✨✨👍Thank you very much! 🙏
That coaling tower shows how well they built structures a hundred years ago
That is the way railroads built everything. (Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR, B&B Dept, Tinner, 1974-1984)
Coaling
The sheeps and goats...2 ducks in the lake...the field is lovely,so good!!!!
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Awesome seeing coal train especially because there are fewer and fewer
Thanks for watching!
Cool bridge to magnet fishing from. Regards from Sweden.
Ja !
Just imagine watching steam trains coming outta that holler and crossing that bridge!
That would've been really cool!
I don't think steam has been to Thurmond in a long time.
He said in the fifties
Look for the videos of Pere Marquette 1225 and NKP 765 doubleheading through Thurmond in 1991. I was part of the 1225 crew. It was spectacular.
What's a holler? Tunnel?🤔
Good morning JT - Thurmond WV is one of the best locations you’ve highlighted in your numerous videos; just outstanding, thank you again.
Thanks for watching!
@@JawTooth Next time you are there in WV, stop by Concho, near the ACE Adventure Resort, in Oak Hill. There is an over look that gives you a view of Thurmond, the bridge, the station and the curve of the river.
The site of Thurmond is splendid and offers beautiful images. I'm impressed by the coal train crossing the bridge with its 110 cars loaded to the brim! That must represent a huge total weight!
My cousins live up the road in Anstead and I grew up in Newport News where that coal was most likely headed. My Dad is retired from the coal industry. It kept a roof over my head and put me through school. Great video.
What an incredible video! I absolutely have to visit Thurmond. Thank you so much for sharing this video. Chessie , Dupps (?) , kitty and the sheep are so cute. A big thumbs up😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is making me feel like a kid again - watching huge trains go by in the mountains! Very exciting - especially when you are like 6 years old! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video Jawtooth! Awesome location! I'm definitely going to have to go there someday! Thanks for sharing!
Now that's a money train. If memory serves from my days as an SP brakeman, that flashing yellow over red means 40 mph and be prepared to stop at the next signal. Course that was over a half century ago so who knows what it means now. Folks in the bucolic area around Thurmond are fortunate because developers have not moved in and turned it into a tourist attraction complete with hundreds nee thousands of vehicles bringing in thousands of sightseers.
This is one of your coolest videos ever, JT. Thurmond is such an iconic location. And to think you caught a coal train coming over the bridge from Corman.
Good thing those coal trains were moving slowly. No coal dust!
Railfanned this place as well as several places up there in the 70s and 80s .It has changed so much
The deep bass sound of that locomotive's engine at idle is on my list of coolest sounds ever.
You can feel the power...even at idle.
You can feel the power...even at idle.
Amazing train! Two engines pulling all that weight - that's impressive. I could hang out on that bridge for every train for days - so cool!
That SD-70 😍
Those coal hopper cars were really filled to the top!
Glad to see coal is still used ...
Great video. I love train watching. My uncle was a conductor starting in 1950 with Southern Railway then through all the transitions and retired from CSX. He got his son on with CSX but I never could get him to get me on. I had a friend who was an engineer for CSX. He took me on two trips from Cincinnati to Corbin Kentucky. It's fantastic riding up in the cab. Made me want to work for the railroad ever more. But over the years I choose a different line of work and never pursued the railroad.
I love seeing that style of locomotive running long end forward! Nice catch
Thank you very much!
I was in Thurmond when a coal train came by on the main line. It was loud, loud and long. I bet it was at least two miles.
That was a great train. This place is beautiful.
Narrow roads. Sharp curved. Drop offs into gorge. Sure makes it hard to film at the same time so Safety First even being a pedestrian can be tough. Excellent catch of the coal train it eased off the branch past the dwarf signal and out to the mighty main line. Just imagine this location circa 1940 with smaller shuttles coming off the branch which maybe came off another branch as coal car after coal car we're gathered in the yards From the time you started filming it's amazing how fast the sun disappears in the valleys where some areas may be lit for mere minutes per day and you know the perpetual smell of coal smoke was there as it was your heating and cooking fuel. Indeed the long drags of black diamonds is decreasing but until the last one runs savor the moment. Thanks JT
4583 looks brand new. It's cool to see all that old railroad infrastructure in Ohio and W VA which you don't see in many other states, PA too.
Nice awesome SD70 leading backwards
We love the history lesson along with the video keep up the great work
Thank you! Will do!
Well Brian you answered my question about the bridge shaking. Cool video.
Thanks for watching!
So cool…I’ve been at that junction of the CSX interchange and Amtrak’s Cardinal many times. I always would imagine what it would be like to see a freight train at that junction as the Cardinal makes its quick stop. This memorable episode makes me want to ride the rails even more than usual. Thanks a heap Jaw Tooth.
Me and the family visited the area this past summer. Walked across the bridge and went into those buildings as well. The history of the area is very interesting. We made this a stop as we had been going to the national park near by. We didn’t see any trains going by.
Best time of year to be at railroad tracks. Thanks for your time. JAW Tooth
Well you about out done yourself this time. I would place this video in the top ten you’ve ever produced. It was fabulous, to say the least. I fully enjoyed watching and may come back later to watch it again. Thanks for sharing your work. Happy railfanning my friend. Awesome plum awesome!!! Beautiful!!!
Wow, thank you!
So different from the UK freight. Sounds different, rides completely differently and goes along tracks that UK freight drivers would be terrified of. I love the steps in between coaches and the wheezes and squeak and rumbles as they go by. The background scenery is amazing! This vid is one of your best.
Love the sound of the wheels on the track.
This video is too great for words!!!!!!
Magnificent. Beautiful scenery and great video. Coal train one of the Heart Beats of America. Love the animals wonderful rural area.
If doggie and kitty are able to get along, same, people should get along.
Enjoyed doggie and kitty in the bag hiding or having fun with doggie. Ggreat.
Thank you
rmp
Thank you very much!
Great video brother West Virginia looking beautiful 🤩
Thanks for watching!
I like the "Thurmond West Virginia" trains. It would be neat to go there.
Thanks for watching!
Mt great great grandfather worked for the Rail Road in the early 1900's. Him and his coworkers had to make the choice of jumping off of a bridge to get out of the path of an oncoming train. He died 3 days later. Playing or even being on a train bridge can be deadly.
You hit the jackpot on that Pax train Jaw Tooth.... You were in highball to get that perfect shot of that Coal drag... Way down deep in C&O country..... Awesome 👌 👏 👍
Yes, I forgot to add to the video that I sped that part up 3X where I was driving. Lol. No way that I would drive that fast on those roads. I can't wait to return there again. I love that little town. Thanks for watching !
What an awesome catch of the CSX Coal Train in Thurmond! 2 CSX locomotives pulling 110 cars w no DPU was amazing! That had to be cool standing on that bridge to feel it shake when it stopped! Thanks again JT for another great video that never disappoints! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware!
I do agree so much. Jaw Tooth videos are really worthwhile.
@@Indo49 you won't find any better videos in my book! Always on top of the action!
for sure !
I kept waiting for the DPU! That was long with a lot of weight for only 2 locomotives!!🇺🇲
Thank you for the count 👌
You said "cool" leventy leven times! I counted! Now, where's my special prize?🤣
What a beautiful place. I want to live there!!!!!
You and me both!
I love how someone spray painted EVERY single car with a ghost 😂that’s true dedication right there!🎉
Thurmond is an amazing place! Lots of beautiful scenery, oh yeah, and there's trains too! Great video JT!👍👍💪
Loved the scenery in Thurmond. Trains and great scenery are an unbeatable combination. Nice video.
Hi Jaw Tooth! Great video!
You have a nice place and beautiful animals!!!
This was one of the most enjoyable videos I have ever seen and I want to thank you for posting it l. The country is beautiful, I love West Virginia. The CSX coal train is very interesting and I am glad we still need and use coal in our country. I also enjoyed the pups and the beautiful black 🐈⬛ in the bag!!!
By the way, you don't really sound like a duck m.
Thanks so very much for my enjoyment of this one...
Another great video. What a great location to watch trains. I love that bridge.
Thanks for watching!
Morning Jaw tooth! Hope you are doing well, another great vid!
Thanks for watching!
CSX 4583 was an SD70MAC recently upgraded to SD70AC complete with a new paint job.
Good morning Jaw Tooth 😍
Wow !! , really enjoyed your previous videos from here ,but, this has everything...fall colours, bridge shots and a long train coming off of that branch...excellent 🙂👏
I have to admit, how many bridges allow u to film trains while your on the same bridge, that’s cool. Lovely view of the new river and surrounding fall mountains. I grew up with nothing but coal trains, so there my favorite unit trails too. Nice little surprise at the end, Norfie in a bag, so cute. Thanks for sharing JT.👍🏼
👍👍👍👍👍 outstanding!
Great location, bridge shot was terrific.
Thanks again Jawtooth, think I’ll watch it again.
That's an excellent coal train video! Nice catch, Jaw Tooth! 😊👍
Thank you very much!
What an awesome spot JT! That was quite the shot seeing that new MAC rebuild running long hood forward💪🏼! That’s was a pretty decent coal drag for just 2 units, GE and EMD locomotives never cease to amaze me when it comes to pulling power. Great catch JT, have a great evening 👍🏼😁🇺🇸
Wow 110 cars!
I concur, I counted the same.
That was cool seeing that coal train crossing that bridge
There's nothing like an endless coal train.
Wow! That coal train is loaded!! And as a railfanner my friends know when there loaded
Thanks for watching!
I think I counted 110 hoppers. I "think" cause I was not too careful. Pretty good size train though. Bet that felt good on the bridge!! Thurmund is neat! Great video JT. Thanks for another wonderful train piece of history. YOU just may be the archives of railroading. You had a lot of company on this shoot.
It's easier if you put the playback speed on 2x. 👍
ChainsawN&W1218, about 110 coal hoppers, I can imagine those big Alleghany 2-6-6-6 locomotives taking on coal at the coaling tower back in the 40s and 50s!👍🛤
That would be cool!
That SD70 sounds so much better than any of the newer GE's. They sound like a Locomotive should sound like, unless we're talking about Alcos and early GE's. Yep!!
@Jaw Tooth It has been a little while since I've seen your videos, but this one was a gem amongst gems. I recently watched an awesome "ghost town" video about the history of Thurmond and it fascinated me so much that I am hoping to put it on my next road trip. Thank you for being my first look into Thurmond. Your videos are always great to watch. Excellent applause track in the beginning as well. Be well and stay blessed.
Did you watch the video by Part-Time Explorer? If not, go and check it out as it‘s worth the watch!
Like to see this place in the future snow fall it would make a great video and post card, great video keep up the good work God bless from GA and stay safe
Thanks for watching! I will be there in the snow
Looks like a nice river to go for a swim in on a hot day.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely too cool! What a great place to visit! Thank you!
Wow the bridge layout is cool the way its separating and csx is one of my fav nice video as always
Thanks for watching!
When I was a kid, the branch line going up from Thurmond was used for car storage. I would occasionally see a train - but not very often. I think the line ended and only when the G-P plant was built in Mt. Hope was the line extended to the Pax branch.
Thank you Sir
'Been There, Done That'! The first few times it's creepy but got used to it and lasted 37 years to retire.
What a beautiful CSX unit! Looks like they take care of them too. (But then again, why wouldn't they?) I'm happy they still use these old lines! Fall has made this valley look beautiful on top of all of that. This was a great watch!
My thoughts exactly
@@JawTooth West Virginia looks like some beautiful territory
Jawtooth! Thanks to you, After watching I was inspired to take a trip up to Thurmond a couple years ago. And thanks to Camping with Steve, I made a stealth camp.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Cool train great bridge great video thanks jaw tooth
Many years ago when I was young and adventurous (maybe a bit irresponsible) I ventured out onto the Thomas Viaduct near Ellicott City. Sure enough when I was halfway across a train came along. I certainly would not repeat that again.
The old Depot really looks good now! In 1991, during the run by on the NRHS steam special, it was painted gray, and boarded up! I took pictures of it from the train, as we proceeded eastbound.
Joe Bliss
I have caught a lot of trains in Thurmond but have never been lucky enough to get one coming off the branch line. Great video, I enjoyed it!
Thank you very much!
Love you lots. You are great guys. And lots of thank yous.
We will never get a railway that pays for itself.
Really interesting signal stuff there , crossing lights never come on, because they never actually cross the road , but travel beside the road . Thats really unique .
Dang. ! You can tell that bridge was built by the Greatest Generation. All that weight and the bridge hardly moved. 😐 A real stress test. Did not think that train was going very far. No way those 2 units would get very far on the Main. Great Video. 👍 Stay Safe out There 🇺🇸
You're very lucky to have access to a site like this to practice you love of trains. There's so much all packed together for your enjoyment. I would love to know the story of the station building that looked like a mountain hotel from the bridge. About the only thing I could put a fault to was the condition of the steel work of the bridge. It could sure do with a bit of treatment for the rust and some lead paint.
Great 👍 videos from Thurman today JT very neat place love the coal trains glad we are starting to get more rail fans to our hobby l hope that the new generation takes an interest in railroad modeling as well I don’t see many younger people at the train shows that I go to hopefully that will all change ! You did a marvelous job again today JT I will be going back to your playlist to see your other great videos ! Thanks JT for your service for us rail fans until then blessings and Tracks Ahead ! 🙋🏻👨✈️👍👍👍🌞🤠🤩😎😋🙋🏻👍
great video bro
That’s a lot coal on that train ❤
All that untouched wilderness. I'd love to build a small home there, nessled among the trees.
How the engines rev up @9:00 yeah :D
Does that sound good or what!! the sweetest sound to my ears.
Now that is a lot of coal
Wow I'd love to hang out at a place like this for a couple days! Around Massachusetts, a long freight train is one with maybe 20 cars. This is kind of amazing compared to what I normally see.
That's not true. There are plenty of long trains on CSX and PAS.
@@cp368productions2 Ok correction, *Around Eastern Massachusetts*. The longest train around here is the NHN gravel train. It can get kinda longish but nowhere near as long as the coal train in this video!
How often do you get to record a train...on a bridge...coming right at you, with you on the bridge too?! This place in Thurmond is unique and makes for some pretty terrific railfanning too! Keep it up JT! You'll be moving to WV before you know it!😉
Even more so because it travels on the road ,like a street running train , next to the one way road ,but doesn't actually cross the crossing
Train signals are really interesting too , red over white to proceed , then red then flashing white over red
@@moultriemanicmechani ❤
although a main track, there was a cool spotter point in my old home town with trains coming right towards you across the bridge: ua-cam.com/video/6Yf9LAn42ks/v-deo.html
Great train, and your favorite 🥳🥳 thank you, Brian.
Fabulous doble and parallel bridge (railroad and vehicle one way only everyone)...
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Would you consider a Patreon or Ko-fi account? So fans can drop a few coins into your piggy bank. More travel funds for you, son. 50 cents? Wait, there's more!
Wow, I don’t know how to do that. I will have to consider it but I hate to take peoples hard earned money for my fun. Extra views on my videos really help with the gas because if you watch the ads I get a half cent or more depending on how long the ad is.
@@JawTooth Ko-fi is more casual and like a tip jar. Worth a look. I hear you though. By the way, I have UA-cam Premium so there are no ads to watch. Hopefully you get paid something from my views.
I can’t comment but here is a channel I watch on the other side of the globe
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@@JawTooth Seriously, if not set something up. Like I told you last week, with my leukemia I cannot get out much and with gas prices so high I would definitely drop some coin to you. It will help with gas food etc. are your videos monetized?
Definitely do a tip jar. Some UA-camrs call it a coffee fund. It starts at $1.99, or you can do $4.99 on up.
That bunk house is really nice. The railroads used to have those all over their lines. Practically every yard has one. Crews coming off shift could relax, make something to eat, shower, change clothes and sleep. It was a good job and you could have a career where you didn't need an apartment
A lot of jobs used to be like that.
In 1983 the movie nightmare on elm Street had the bad guy who worked in a boiler plant and slept and lived there in the '50s or 60s
I remember in the 70s and into the early 80s the schools were using coal and someone had to be there 24 hours a day to monitor the boilers and there was a custodian who lived in the basement and they used the school vehicles to run errands and for their personal use
When Coal stopped being used the need for them ended.
But I remember several of them who worked 30 or 40 years from the time they got out of the service to the time they retired, and they had everything they needed supplied by the school. They would have food from the cafeteria and soap and shampoo from the locker rooms. They had to buy a few things reach week but most of their checks went to their retirement and the bank. Each guy I knew, when they retired at 60 or 65 would go down to Florida and buy a little house and a new car.
Times have changed and I don't like a lot of the changes.
The technology is good and bad. But the days when we didn't have it seems a lot better than the way things are now.
Back in the 70s and 80s you could have a conversation with someone else and not worry that you would not have a job the next day.
Work didn't become a full time job where you were forced to work from home for free, although I did do bookkeeping at home for the next day to make me more valuable and to make my life easier.
It still didn't keep that job. The one thing I learned is that it's not worth it. There are lots of jobs that pay the small amount most of us get. Don't allow yourself to be walked on.
Awesome, I really appreciate your comments ! I think we think alike. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Morning JT. Beautiful country.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video of working trains JT. The backbone of railroading.