HITCHHIKING ALIENS? DARWIN, E9 TO MONTICELLO, DASH 8S MOVING & MORE

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  • @ozgirl45
    @ozgirl45 Рік тому +9

    Love the guy playing the bagpipes at Horseshoe Curve! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @richardbause2453
    @richardbause2453 Рік тому +6

    Bagpipeing on the Pennsy , now that's a story worth looking into 🎺🎵

  • @jeffreymcconnell6794
    @jeffreymcconnell6794 Рік тому +4

    Best closing shot ever!!!

  • @Yormsane
    @Yormsane Рік тому +6

    1:43 Chessie! And a warm welcome to Burlington Iowa, may this be the first of many appearances on the Grab Bag.

  • @smokeyyunick2675
    @smokeyyunick2675 Рік тому +9

    The fog rolling in Arvada Colorado and was a blessing from God to all Railfans. Thank you peace be with you all.

  • @glenwitteman2585
    @glenwitteman2585 Рік тому +14

    I am smitten by 1309. So smooth. So beautiful. In my top five favorite steam locomotives. Even the workmen stopped their jobs and watched her depart the station. I also enjoyed the fog rolling in at the end of the Grab.

  • @b.a.d.2086
    @b.a.d.2086 Рік тому +5

    The fog in Arvada was beautiful!

  • @BaltoJoey
    @BaltoJoey Рік тому +5

    I like the old timey silent film style music that was played during the Galesburg clip!! :-D

  • @stanbrown915
    @stanbrown915 Рік тому

    All worked construction ceased when the grand lady rolled up singing her song! Love it

  • @bobniehaus5053
    @bobniehaus5053 Рік тому +10

    The train whistle from the steam locomotive you show in Cumberland MD is a REAL train horn. The new train horns can’t touch it. Love watching the trains!

    • @bobniehaus5053
      @bobniehaus5053 Рік тому +2

      ⁠@bogusbits6810I thought I’d heard that but wasn’t sure. That’s why I used whistle one time and horn another. Thanks for clarifying it.
      I can’t think of the correct word to use for the steam whistle (deep? robust?) but I wonder if they could imitate it in the electrical horns?

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly Рік тому +1

      I love the sound of steam whistles. Reminds me of when I was a kid.

    • @Kanawha_Railfan
      @Kanawha_Railfan Рік тому +1

      @bogusbits6810 Diesel locomotives have AIR, not electric, horns.

  • @roberthuron9160
    @roberthuron9160 Рік тому +6

    That CN E9,was a nice combination of old,and post Noodle paint schemes! Different,no end!! Thank you 😇 😊!!

  • @cmdrflake
    @cmdrflake Рік тому +3

    A meet between 64 and 63. Cool! 😎 Ailens on the loose! 1309 in black and white is 😮😎

  • @christinatweet6580
    @christinatweet6580 Рік тому +4

    First time EVER, I saw Weather channel cite VRF camera shots...a thrill!...😊

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 Рік тому +4

    I love the skirl o' the pipes......

  • @lynsmith
    @lynsmith Рік тому +2

    Great Musical Theatre For Taylor The Baggage Cart & Arvada Fog Rolling in and Out ! Those martians should feel at home In LaPlata with the Green Streetlights 😂

  • @jamesmckenzie3532
    @jamesmckenzie3532 Рік тому +5

    Love the Conductor waving on the Casa Grande local at Tucson.

  • @Xpninjadan
    @Xpninjadan Рік тому +13

    The rail grinder is an amazing work train.

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz Рік тому +6

    Yes steam trains are alive and have voices! Oh and the piper, oh my, just well 😊

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 Рік тому +9

    That view of the CSX Train at Waycross, thru the meadow and against the sky - was nice to see.

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 Рік тому +3

    hello virtual railfan it's is randy and i like yours is cool thanks friends randy

  • @PaulCashman
    @PaulCashman Рік тому +3

    What an amazing skyscape at Big 10 Curve!

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 Рік тому +3

    The Darwin of the year award should be thought of.

  • @TinkerTailor4303
    @TinkerTailor4303 Рік тому +1

    Love the black and white at Cumberland, with the forlorn horn.😊

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the Fairport segments.

  • @FurthermoreJack
    @FurthermoreJack Рік тому +1

    Nice ending it bought a tear to my eye

  • @Canaandoestrains167
    @Canaandoestrains167 Рік тому +4

    what a grab bag! and great trains!

  • @mrbluesky2050
    @mrbluesky2050 Рік тому +2

    loving the clouds....and the music... like 340....

  • @southernkansasrailfan1964
    @southernkansasrailfan1964 Рік тому +7

    After making appearances at Flagstaff, Strasburg, Horseshoe curve, Wichita, Santa Fe Junction, and one or two more, I have finally made onto a grab bag!

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan Рік тому +4

    1:16 Nice to see 86' box cars at other locations besides Elkhart and Deshler. Oh forgot to mention LaGrange.

  • @kevinstewart449
    @kevinstewart449 Рік тому +3

    16:16 Oh, I like that.

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly Рік тому

      Same here. Love those old engines.😁

  • @srvntlilly
    @srvntlilly Рік тому +1

    That fog was awesome. So cool how it almost looks like ocean waves. Almost expect to see breakers.

  • @kittty2005
    @kittty2005 Рік тому +1

    You leave me speechless.

  • @rebeccabrown4515
    @rebeccabrown4515 Рік тому

    Thanks for showing the thermal inversion at the Big 10 Curve.

  • @larrylawson5172
    @larrylawson5172 Рік тому +3

    WOW! That is all anyone can say about the fog!

  • @arthurpasseri4761
    @arthurpasseri4761 Рік тому +4

    A grab bag(pipe) today. Love the aliens...🤓

  • @1208bug
    @1208bug Рік тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @Chescat124
    @Chescat124 Рік тому +3

    Dash 8s are awesome!

  • @Zebrails
    @Zebrails Рік тому

    6:37 They all stood and watched! Awesome!

  • @TZrailfaning
    @TZrailfaning Рік тому +4

    Awesome!

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain Рік тому

    0:08 Loram grinding the switch (the main grinder is seen at 8:24)
    1:13 massive CSX and Chessie boxcars
    2:03 7-unit light power move
    2:41 C&S heritage hopper
    3:05 towing the green wedge plow
    3:54 UP 1996 trailing
    4:24 Amtrak 203 on the Capitol Limited (again at 11:40)
    4:37 two warbonnets trailing
    5:05 the roof of the "Do Not Hump" boxcar has solar panels on it. Something you can't see from the other cameras
    5:20 Empire Services pass each other
    6:25 Western Maryland 1309
    7:31 Army Corps Of Engineers crane
    9:08 six CN narrow nose dash 8s! Canadian National got them from Union Pacific around 2010
    9:52 this SW1500 is still in BN green
    11:05 the aliens have landed in Quincy, Illinois!
    11:20 Tucson streetcar, better known as the Sun Link.
    13:04 NS 1067 as DPU
    13:30 ex-CEFX unit trailing
    13:47 Wisonsin and Southern unit in Elkhart! WSOR is a part of Watco. (again at 14:31)
    15:18 ex-UP GP15-1
    16:13 CN 102 is an ex-Illinois Central E9. It was in red and black until 2014 when it and 103 received the retro green and gold. 100 and 101 were still in Illinois Central gray and black until Iowa Pacific bought them.
    16:23 CSX SD70MACs and a narrow nose dash 8
    17:45 two SD60Ms and an SD40-2 trailing through Flagstaff
    18:04 FRA inspection train reversing
    18:58 11-unit power move with BN green SD60M (again at 21:11)
    20:53 CN SD70M-2, KCS SD70ACe, NS sD70ACe, and NS 1068
    23:33 amazing low clouds at Big 10 curve! Reminds me of the day I went up Pike's Peak.

  • @TrainsForever
    @TrainsForever Рік тому +1

    11:30 who woulda thought of that. That’s out of this world

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Рік тому +1

    Excellent Video!
    💮🌷🇮🇳🌷💮

  • @bradleyjanes2949
    @bradleyjanes2949 Рік тому +1

    Very nice video thank you😊

  • @kennethhanks6712
    @kennethhanks6712 Рік тому +6

    10:30 Oops- did our Galesburg baggage clerk step on top of rails several times? If so he needs to review his safety rules.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Рік тому +4

    *Nice Catches 😊❤*

  • @annem8152
    @annem8152 Рік тому

    22:30 The Orange and the Green. Song of my childhood.

  • @stevensolway1054
    @stevensolway1054 Рік тому +1

    Elkhart, Ind., with C.N. E8A in tow, I saw the other one here in Green Bay, nearly 12 years ago, and parked in front of the large classic station of the C&NW at 200 Dousman St., when it was used as the "TITLE-TOWN BREWING COMPANY" with great food, and outdoors dining when the freights arrive like at 5:15 pmcd., right during supper 🍽 😋 👌, DELICIOUS!!!!! TRAINS!, AND FOOD, TOGETHER!!!!! Plus ➕ in 2021it was changed into the DEPOT GASTRO--PUB with the same GREAT FOOD 👍 👌 😀!!!!!

  • @abpsd73
    @abpsd73 Рік тому +3

    15:00 traction motor fire at back of lead unit?

  • @ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242
    @ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242 Рік тому +1

    Bravo loved loved VRF Thanks ❤

  • @ClarissaPacker
    @ClarissaPacker Рік тому +3

    Saw that Wisconsin southern engine in grand rapids Mi a few days ago

  • @Cpr1234
    @Cpr1234 Рік тому +4

    Clip I saw live
    18:59 - The classic BN green!

  • @MrSteamDragon
    @MrSteamDragon Рік тому

    06:48 now, that's a PROPER horn 🙂

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Рік тому +3

    See tracks? Think train! See train? Think dead!

  • @jamallaidley4718
    @jamallaidley4718 Рік тому +1

    Nice One 🤭

  • @highlife0586
    @highlife0586 Рік тому +1

    At 11:03: Take us to your leader? Would they really want to know?

  • @raytaylor6412
    @raytaylor6412 Рік тому +2

    Is it just myimagination, or does the word Southern appear on the names of many railroads, both past and present?
    Also, what was causing the strobe light effects on the Wichita shots?

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly Рік тому

      Wow! I was just wondering the exact same thing. And the strobe light thing. Those are both things I've been meaning to ask. You've been reading my mind! 😄

  • @microbusss
    @microbusss Рік тому

    one of these days I gotta get all those BNSF merged railroads on grain hopper cars in HO
    yay BN Jordan Spredder
    16:15 where was that neat CN loco going?
    yeah it was pretty foggy with freezing rain 10-26 there

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 Рік тому

    The fog was amazing. It took about 55min from start to finish.

  • @Vermont-rail-fanner-432
    @Vermont-rail-fanner-432 Рік тому +1

    Nice

  • @stevensolway1054
    @stevensolway1054 Рік тому +1

    Aliens waiting for train remind me of classic Japan Anime' movie, "GALAXY EXPRESS 999", Using space Steamer 4-6-4 Number C-6248, and I got an old VHS tape copy, KOOOOOL!!!!!

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 Рік тому

    Whats with the flashing light at Wichitaw, KS museum?

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Рік тому +2

    Aliens waiting on a train.👽🚄🚆🚄👽

  • @fernandoborba116
    @fernandoborba116 Рік тому +1

    Is Covington the first estation in this video. Ist Good Covington.

  • @MichaelMitchRailfan2009
    @MichaelMitchRailfan2009 Рік тому +3

    So at the end of video 24:44 was that fog?

  • @ohgary
    @ohgary Рік тому

    Did the 1309 not trigger the crossing gate arms?

    • @johnstafford4304
      @johnstafford4304 Рік тому

      crossing gates are disconnected due to construction on bridge, hence the flagmen

  • @mirandavanzee6366
    @mirandavanzee6366 Рік тому +2

    👽

  • @LomiraLars
    @LomiraLars Рік тому +2

    Al Toon A Bag Pipe

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 Рік тому +1

    Anyone know who or where NS got the blue and white loco from?

  • @WhiteCamry
    @WhiteCamry Рік тому +11

    Don't step on the rail.

  • @nicolewembley3093
    @nicolewembley3093 Рік тому

    Hitchhiking Aliens @ 11:04

  • @corsaronero2577
    @corsaronero2577 Рік тому

    What's that green Skykomish thing?

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Рік тому +2

      Jordan Spreader/snowplow, tho apparently a new fangled model. Probably being spotted where it can be handy for snow clearing service this year.

    • @desw9146
      @desw9146 Рік тому

      I wondered if it might be a home-made spreader converted from a caboose? It didn't look as sophisticated as the usual Jordan ones to me.

  • @thomasboese3793
    @thomasboese3793 Рік тому +3

    11:27 Gentlemen in the alien masks, it would have been believable had you body painted your arms/legs to match the masks.

    • @TinkerTailor4303
      @TinkerTailor4303 Рік тому

      I THINK that's a lady, isn't it?!

    • @thomasboese3793
      @thomasboese3793 Рік тому

      @@TinkerTailor4303 Hard to tell nowadays. I see college kids all the time up close at Taco Johns and can't tell one group from the other.

  • @braydenrailfanner710
    @braydenrailfanner710 Рік тому +1

    I love the camera man just recording them lol

  • @b3j8
    @b3j8 Рік тому +2

    That's gotta be the closest I've seen a Darwin candidate almost become a Darwin victim!

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly Рік тому +2

      Yeah! What the heck was he doing?

    • @b3j8
      @b3j8 Рік тому +1

      @@srvntlilly Thought maybe he had dropped something on the track but I dunno.

  • @FlightAndTrack
    @FlightAndTrack Рік тому

    Before this blows up 👇

  • @michaelg.damons6229
    @michaelg.damons6229 Рік тому

    Thick Fog

  • @Roy-l7v
    @Roy-l7v Рік тому +1

    hi, what do they mean , Do Not Hump???

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly Рік тому

      My question, too.

    • @robchit1
      @robchit1 Рік тому

      Don't shove cars by gravity in a hump yard

    • @TinkerTailor4303
      @TinkerTailor4303 Рік тому

      ​@@robchit1STILL don't know what it means! Have to remember, sometimes you're dealing with amateurs here!

    • @robchit1
      @robchit1 Рік тому

      @@TinkerTailor4303 My apologies! A hump yard is designed to allow cars to be pushed and uncoupled along the way. They are then remotely switched to different yard tracks and they smack into cars already stored in that track. DO NOT HUMP keeps cars from potential damage if they have sensitive cargo like transformers or windmill blades

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 Рік тому +1

    Arvado, now you seeit now you don't

  • @timothystevenhoward
    @timothystevenhoward Рік тому +1

    Man what happens in Quincy stays in Quincy.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams Рік тому

    20:10 Your Darwin candidate most like has some sort of mental disorder to be raking the railroad tracks like that. Many years ago I used to ride a bus to work and there was a woman across the street who used to sweep the sidewalk and gutter every morning. It's very sad to see these people wandering around the streets instead of getting the help they need.

  • @johnpinckney4979
    @johnpinckney4979 Рік тому

    Killing the chroma on WMSR 1309 is completely unnecessary. This is 2023. Not 1953...

  • @DougPeabody
    @DougPeabody Рік тому +3

    Stop making the steam train black and white, please.

  • @jacquesleroux5069
    @jacquesleroux5069 Рік тому +1

    Is that a COAL powered steam loco? Heavens no! 🫣

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Рік тому

    Bagpipes at Altoona was nice, good meets,power moves,NS Engineer wave from GE AC44C6M in Roanoke VA!🛤🚂👍