UNION PACIFIC RAIL YARD AND OTIS JUNCTION ACTION! ORIGINAL MAIN LINE WITH DRONE VIEWS!
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2024
- 12/23/2023 Cedar rapids, Ia. My first time to Otis Junction was very interesting. Here I explain and show the track profile chart for the original main line through town. At Beverly Yard I lucked out and caught a train as it came off the original main line and into the yard. I caught multiple trains throughout the video!
Pretty cool in cedar rapids Iowa and Otis junction red nice trains in cedar rapids Iowa great job red your very awesome UA-camr 👍😊😊😊
Thanks Diego! Glad you're liking it👍
That's one long train they put together!! 😊😊😊
Who needs TV when I can watch your spectacular and informative videos, Red. Thanks for sharing. Also, I enjoyed the cameo appearance by your dad, a veteran railroader!
You're welcome Vincent! I like the details👍Sure have learned a lot from my Dad!
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That was a fantastic mixed freight Red! There are some things I don't think I've ever seen before. 2 black box cars and a white coal car. I loved the steel plates too! Long and fast, just the way I like them! Great catch. Thanks 👍! 😊😊😊❤❤❤
You're welcome Gary! Yes some odd cars in the bunch. Too bad for the fog with the drone but I made the most of it👍
Great history, Red. Thanks for working the map in. Love some visual history of my home state!
You're welcome Steve!
Really enjoyed not only this video but all of yours videos as well. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Delwin!!
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 Anytime
Nice flying navigating those power lines everywhere.
Thanks Randy! Yes that spot was jam packed with power lines. Had to keep the altitude up there a bit.
Cherish the time you have with your Dad. You won't realize how fortunate you are today until he's gone. Great video today Red! I appreciate all the work you put into my entertainment, believe me. Have a good week and tell Walter and Roger hey! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
For sure Gary, My Dad and I have a great connection with railroading. I sure have learned a lot from him and hopefully learn more. Dogs are due for another train chase👍😃
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 I was going to ask who the guy was in the video.❤
My father worked in the woods of Oregon as a road builder. I don't know how many stories I got when I was young.
As I got older and wanted to know he could not remember the answers. Now he's gone I can't even ask.
@@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on I'm glad my Dad can answer my railroad questions. He specialized in track construction and maintenance. He also did derailment investigation and clean up.
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 Like a guy on you tube Mark Clay McGowan. He worked for SP then UP on the Tehachapi in California. Now retired.
Awesome Video ❤❤❤❤
Thanks EW!
Hey Thanks Red!!!! Really brings back memories of Beverly yards with my dad before he died in 1974. I grew up in Cedar Rapids 67-86 before moving to CA for college and eventually settled in Dallas TX. He used to work for the CNW. That engine house and office building is still there after 50 years. I was wondering about the Otis spur into downtown and looked at pictures of the old passenger station and also parts of Quaker Oats. I’ve snucked in to look around. Remembering Rock Island and Milwaukee Roads. Often wondered about CRANDIC routes and what you showed made sense. Thanks for the videos! I missed my dad during the early 1970’s.
You're welcome Ron! Glad I could jog your memory. I'm fortunate to still have my Dad around and get some railfanning time in with him👍
Excellent video!
Thanks CSX fan!
Thanks for the Yard and Drone Action, Red. 👍🙏
You're welcome Ken!
Hey Red thanks again great start for 2024
You're welcome Ronald!
Had to share this GREAT video with my daughter & son-in-law, they live just a few hops, skips, & jumps from there in Marion, a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
That's cool Paul S! That Otis Junction was new to me. My Dad remembered a lot about it from the CNW days👍
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 if your Dad would happen to have some free time, he might be interested in doing an audio/video reccollection of his days on CNW/UP, that would greatly help those that would be interested in the history of CNW before the UP takeover........
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 saw earlier today on social media, that the Waterloo Central has acquired a Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 "Pacific" passenger type steam locomotive, dont know if its in operating condition, or if it has to be restored, but it just might give you something really COOL to film👍👍😀😃😀😃❗
Nice catches!
Nice one, Red. Thats a pretty cool spot there at the old main. I think they got some of those Spring Frogs at the local 'Y' at Bluescope. They call the derailer a Scotch Block as well here. I was like you with that mixed freight that turned into a coal train. Interesting! Thanks mate & have a great TGiF!
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Thanks Agent Mulder! Scotch Block is an interesting name. The coal cars were definitely a surprise, especially out of the fog. Have a good one👍
Thanks PaPa RED, you were suttle. I'm retired and sometimes he spooks me, or should say startles, your son. He is the best!
Thanks Tom!
Great catch sir! That signal you showed in the beginning was awesome 😎
Thanks Brandon! That signal took a lot of fab work. It's great on remote control👍
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 you’re welcome!
Great video Red spring switch is cool love the double Derail 👍🏻😎 Robin out .
Thanks Robin! Yep that double derail will definitely put it on the ground👍
Yes 😂
I love that we still have open water
Interesting To See A Mixed Freight & Empty Coal Train Combined
Yes, that was odd!
Great video as always! A friend of mine used to have a house just west of where you were standing in between the two main lines right before you go over the tracks.The driveway is still there but the house is gone. The new yard there belongs to Cargill. Thanks again!
You're welcome Jim! That's a fun spot. Hopefully I can get back there on a clearer day with the drone👍
Hello to Red Sr. We’ve heard him mentioned often in Red’s videos. Looking at Google Cargill has a large corn processing plant just to the north of Otis. Makes sense that the yard is 4 Cargill. Notice that the yard is completely fenced. I wonder if the UP allows Cargill to use their plant switcher to move cars to and from the yard. That might be the reason for the double derails protecting the main.
Yes Sandy, it's great to have Dad along on adventures!. He's very knowledgeable across the board👍
Talk about an obscure location with the amount of history that goes with it. First time I've ever seen the double derailleur plus the lonely signal to get on the main. One look at the old track profile certainly tells you why they wanted it out wandering all over the place plus one can imagine the speed reductions. I don't know if those cars came out of Butler yard or not but we have loaded large amounts of salt recently for rail shipment out of the port. Obscure flat cars for steel the one being Colorado and Wyoming going back empty in the Iowa Chicago and Eastern coming out loaded. Usually don't see too many ballast cars moving during the winter but not some of them are the SI Spokane International reporting marks. Great footage of that new holding yard just past Otis which was the name of the old guy who always slept in the jail on Andy Griffith and equally rare Railroad in Indiana where the Monon crossed the New York Central main line at grade
Good timing with the local coming back and then capturing the priority train flying by. On that second fly by those two wires started to look kind of close. Just saw a clip and also some stills from Kevin Salisbury of 3 former yellow CNW insulated box cars on the East Penn Ry which apparently are used as storage sheds since Circa 2005. A bit of graffiti and some Rust but for mid-1960s cars not too bad. Thanks again for the good footage of this obscure place
You're welcome Paul B! Just like my Dad said "That double derail will put it on the ground for sure" I'm glad he showed me that spot, it was definitely off the beaten path. He said they used that old main line for a detour in the past. Very slow going as you can see. Yes the power lines were everywhere I went that day. The drone has obstacle avoidance but you never know. I see the IRM now has the old CNW SD50 from the Silvis shop👍Silvis is my next stop.
Great video love your videos of Iowa
Thanks Ashley!
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 no problem I definitely support for what you do because I do Railfanning around GA
@@ashleydeverick8527 Nice! At least you can railfan down there without freezing your fingers in the winter months.
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 lol that's true my favorite railroad is csx
A great day chasing trains and especially when you're spending time with your dad! I bet that brought back many good memories for him!
It sure was! I learn a lot from his experiences. He knows a lot about track construction and maintenance.
That’s a great spot to catch trains Red! I work for an asphalt company and we just paved the parking lot in July 2023 for the new rail yard going in for the UP right around the corner from that location. It’s for Cargill I believe.
You can see it off to the right from your drone shot after that very first train went through. Pretty neat!
Thanks Matthew! That's pretty cool you could see your work with the drone. I had no idea that spot existed until my Dad showed me. Kind of tough to get to.
Looking at Google Cargill has a large corn processing plant just to the north. Makes sense that the yard is 4 Cargill. Notice that the yard is completely fenced. I wonder if the UP allows Cargill to use their plant switcher to move cars to and from the yard. That might be the reason for the double derails protecting the main.
No problem. Yeah they do a lot of switching from Beverly to Quaker Oats down to Cargill at Otis so they wanted that extra yard for more storage so they didn’t have to store all the extra cars on the “spur” line since they will sometimes have trains come off the main and back in to drop off cars at Cargill then continue back on to the mainline and on to their next destination
Pretty interesting to see that line going up to CR is the original mainline. Also, that's an awesome former BNSF chooch on that ethanol
Yep, my Dad explained the story about the original main line to me. That ethanol train was booking pretty good!
Nice one, Red! So CRANDIC services 4 different railroads on their Cedar Rapids to Iowa City corridor, UP, CN, IANR and IAIS. Who services Quaker Oats? I know you did a video on that back a ways. I think that's UP if I remember. Also interesting that the city of Cedar Rapids still allows local UP traffic along with the other railroads, but were opposed to the heavy through traffic on the mains going through town
Thanks Bekleidung! I believe the CN, and UP service Quaker Oats. Possibly the CRANDIC too. That main line change was interesting and happened a long time ago.
That new yard belongs to Cargill. It supports their corn milling operation there. The neighbors fought Cargill and the city in court to try and stop it. I guess we know who won;)
Yep, railroads have a lot of pull😃
The ex Amtrak P40DCs at Wabtec Albia are being rebuilt and repainted in Keewatin Railway colors.
Another great video. Just an FYI, if you go on google maps, this yard is being built and per your video shows it done. Keep up the great videos and will be watching.
Thanks Brian!
Nice catches. I keep thinking when you look into those empty hopper cars there will be a hobo in there.
Thanks David! A hobo would be a huge surprise👍
To my recollection the thru trackage is referred to as the "linn county cutoff" built to bypass cedar rapids.
Sounds right👍
Evening Red,
Man I miss getting out and exploring like you did in this video. I use to explore every where, I use to love checking out all the diamonds etc. That first UP coning out of that fog looked killer. I have a train coming out of dence fog but going much much slower. It was just leaving a yard. It is pretty weird how it was a mixed freight that turned into an empty coal. I believe in another video of yours, it show them making that yard, they were just laying down the gravel, i mean I think it's that yard. Your history lesson on all this is much appreciated. Your drone work is again fantastic. You can get good range with it it seems. The veiw of that tank train when it was coming around that curce looked awesome, just an extremely long black snake. She was moving as well! I've already said this but I really do miss just jumping in my car and exploring along tracks. That was one hell of a long mixed freight, a mile or two. Only two engines if I recall correctly. I had to turn down the volume when you were sitting right beside the bell lol, wasn't expecting a train to come by so fast!! Sounded awesome after I went back and watch it with my volume back up! Volume bwck down. Great video! CHEERS
Thanks Phantom! Too bad you can't explore like the good Ole days. My Montour spot would work for you but you'd never sleep. Yeah that bell was a bit much and went forever. The fog hung on a long time that day. You can really tell with a drone how foggy it is. Have a good one!
Thank you for going back to Beverly Yard in Fairfax, Iowa to show us Control Point Otis which was at one time the east end of the former CNW mainline into Cedar Rapids, Iowa. That derail on what is now the spur line to Cedar Rapids from the east looks like it could prevent any piece of railroad equipment that wanted to head toward the mainline. Like you said, it does not look like the east end of the spur to downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa is used very often. Is there a name for the point where the west end of the spur that comes out from Cedar Rapids, Iowa? It was interesting to see that empty westbound ethanol train had a Norfolk Southern engine and a BNSF engine for power. Your Dad looks great! Is he enjoying his retirement?
You're welcome Thomas! My Dad said the same thing about the double derail. Not sure on the West end of the spur for a name. Probly an industrial lead title. Yes he is enjoying retirement. He's been retired since 2011 and lives in Houston, Tx.
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 Toward the end of 2022, you uploaded a video of action at the Union Pacific yard in Houston, Texas and you mentioned that you were in Houston, Texas to visit family. That was when I got a clue that your Dad had moved to Houston.
Great video red you got Pretty close to the power lines with the drone. But it's always good to see some old history. You should have called this video history with red
Thanks Devin! Yep lots of power lines that day. Gotta love the historical stuff.
@redsiowatrainvideos6645 You gotta make it up here and go right across the border. Over to Wisconsin. Cause you can get some good bnsf Action
@@iowatrainsandthings439 Been to Lynksville a couple of times in Wisconsin this passed year. Their fast for sure!
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 Yeah i'm Is hoping to go to Prairie This weekend
Pretty fortunate for the CNW/UP that the mains do not run through C.R. With the traffic on that line, there would have to be grade separations. I wonder if the old main was used for passenger trains when they were still running to allow them to get up to C.R. I'll bet your "old man" knows the answer.
I'll have to ask him about the passenger trains Fred. He did remember times when they used the old main as a detour. Very slow going.
I really enjoy these informative videos. However I wish you wouldn’t trespass out onto the tracks as you did at Otis. I used to drive BNSF crews and part of our safety training was watching videos of trains coming without warning and striking people or vehicles. So the rule was NEVER stand on the tracks (even when the train is stopped, as it was when we were swapping crews). Please be safe so we can enjoy your videos for years to come.
Thanks Bill! I definitely keep my head on a swivel when near the tracks. A train is not the way I want to go!
Is that part of the river to the right or is it a small lake? 😊
It's probably a back water portion of the Cedar River👍
Is that a UP yard? 😊
The new yard belongs to Cargill for their corn.
So what track do they use to get those cars out of that recently made railyard?
They use the old main line headed to the North. The old main looked really rusty South of that new yard.
Did you add that bell sound in to the video? It’s super annoying and is giving me a headache. Other than that, I’m enjoying the video. 🇨🇦
Nope that bell was going off at the crossing with that long mixed freight. The only bell I added was the intro bell👍
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 Thanks for answering me! At 81 I’m much more sensitive to noise than when I was younger.