This brings back memories. My family lived across the river in Brownsville and we would often have to wait for the train when travelling through West Brownsville. Nice to see the Orthodox Church may family attended.
Cool video! WB is an awesome place and so is much of the MGA around it. Since this video NS completely rebuilt West Brownsville yard, moving all their MGA operations to one building in the yard which was expanded and also modernized. This included new signals replacing the tri lights seen at the south end of the street running
Great catch on the conrail SD60I, and the Norfolk southern sd60m, on 7:38. The conrail SD60I looked like it wasn't even patched yet. I used to see them with no patches at all
I thought the street running for the Chicago South Shore/South Bend Line in Michigan City and South Bend IN. was kinda "dicey". But after looking at the street running in this video, the folks in Northwestern Indiana seem to have it way easier.
When I was young boy I saw a coal-fired locomotive pulling coal cars on this very street. It was heading in the same direction as in this video. I grew up in California, PA, which is about 7 miles away.
Nice video. I wonder how long the stretch is? It made me look up James G. Blaine (the name in the historical marker seen off to the right side in a couple of shots). He was born in West Brownsville, PA in 1830. He represented Maine as a Republican Congressman, Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State under three different Presidents. He was the republican presidential nominee in 1884 but lost to Grover Cleveland.
Robert brings back memories of when I spent time on that street my grandparents lived in the small house where the train went on to the grass. they ran a small store my grandfather was a engineer on those steam trains retired there . I attended school my aunt was a teacher the Bauer family TV
The trains in this video are sure loud and a lot of Echo maybe from the large hills around the area. You may be able to sell the sound track to a company that makes alarm clocks. I enjoyed watching your video here this morning.
I would say that it varies from location to location, depending on the density of rail traffic and the railroad's relationship with local authorities. The railroad could work with the city to clear the snow in advance of the firt train after the storm. In some locations the railroad's first train through will clear the snow from the tracks. Then it's up to the municipality and the owners of parked cars to deal with it.
Ben Schwarz we spent about 6 hours to see the moves in this video. Yes there were long waits between trains. Also the line is not as busy now because of the decline in coal traffic.
Keith Boles No, the street was there first and they laid the railroad up the middle. This was necessary to preserve the even grade. Going closer to the river would have required extensive filling to keep the same grade as the terrain drops off fairly quickly.
Not sure about current traffic levels. This video was shot over a 6 hour period. I would bet you would have longer waits between trains now due to the decline in the coal business.
I moved from the California/Coal Center, PA area in 2005, which is north of West Brownsville and on the same line. There were about 30 trains a day hauling coal coming through at that time. When I was a little guy back in th 1950's there were 2 tracks on this line at California. This was after WWII and the coal and steel industry was really humming.
Awesome! Here I normally look for other cars and cyclists in my rear view mirror before opening my car door, these people have also to be aware that a TRAIN can rip your car door off! How often do these trains run here?
We were there about 5 hours and saw 2 loads, 2 empties and the light engines. With coal traffic being down right now, I would imagine you might have a pretty long wait between trains.
I’m there waiting right now
This brings back memories. My family lived across the river in Brownsville and we would often have to wait for the train when travelling through West Brownsville. Nice to see the Orthodox Church may family attended.
Cool video! WB is an awesome place and so is much of the MGA around it. Since this video NS completely rebuilt West Brownsville yard, moving all their MGA operations to one building in the yard which was expanded and also modernized. This included new signals replacing the tri lights seen at the south end of the street running
Great catch on the conrail SD60I, and the Norfolk southern sd60m, on 7:38. The conrail SD60I looked like it wasn't even patched yet. I used to see them with no patches at all
I love trains but even I might find those horns to be a little TOO close if I lived on that street.
Me 2!
I thought the street running for the Chicago South Shore/South Bend Line in Michigan City and South Bend IN. was kinda "dicey". But after looking at the street running in this video, the folks in Northwestern Indiana seem to have it way easier.
Some brilliant shots there. Love the one at 5:30.
When I was young boy I saw a coal-fired locomotive pulling coal cars on this very street. It was heading in the same direction as in this video. I grew up in California, PA, which is about 7 miles away.
This is fun to run down.....I got this area on my train simulator and you can run down this road your self and its pretty cool!!!!
Excellent video.
lol that mailman at 0:22 tho
very good video.
Amazing catch with the Conrail SD60I!
Rail Gamer Productions Make that 2!
Nice video. I wonder how long the stretch is? It made me look up James G. Blaine (the name in the historical marker seen off to the right side in a couple of shots). He was born in West Brownsville, PA in 1830. He represented Maine as a Republican Congressman, Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State under three different Presidents. He was the republican presidential nominee in 1884 but lost to Grover Cleveland.
+Robert Tuss The street running in West Brownsviile is 10 blocks long, approximately 2500' or a half mile.
Robert Tuss
Robert brings back memories of when I spent time on that street my grandparents lived in the small house where the train went on to the grass. they ran a small store my grandfather was a engineer on those steam trains retired there . I attended school my aunt was a teacher the Bauer family TV
The area above this street at the level of the high bridge seen in the video is referred to as Blainsburg.
The trains in this video are sure loud and a lot of Echo maybe from the large hills around the area. You may be able to sell the sound track to a company that makes alarm clocks. I enjoyed watching your video here this morning.
So if your railroad has a street running section and a blizzard brings two feet of snow, who clears the street first, the city or the railroad?
I would say that it varies from location to location, depending on the density of rail traffic and the railroad's relationship with local authorities. The railroad could work with the city to clear the snow in advance of the firt train after the storm. In some locations the railroad's first train through will clear the snow from the tracks. Then it's up to the municipality and the owners of parked cars to deal with it.
Didn't know CSX ran through there
Amazing stuff right there! BTW, how busy is this line?
Hmm so I take it there are many trains in one day? Were there long waiting times between each passing?
Ben Schwarz we spent about 6 hours to see the moves in this video. Yes there were long waits between trains. Also the line is not as busy now because of the decline in coal traffic.
Well that is understandable, was just trying to get an idea since I was really wanting to go out there to railfan and try to plan my trip better.
So were the tracks originally clear and the street came later?
Keith Boles No, the street was there first and they laid the railroad up the middle. This was necessary to preserve the even grade. Going closer to the river would have required extensive filling to keep the same grade as the terrain drops off fairly quickly.
How active is this line?
Not sure about current traffic levels. This video was shot over a 6 hour period. I would bet you would have longer waits between trains now due to the decline in the coal business.
Thanks for the quick response, I heard on facebook that according to a police officer in West Brownsville they noticed a increase in trains lately.
I moved from the California/Coal Center, PA area in 2005, which is north of West Brownsville and on the same line. There were about 30 trains a day hauling coal coming through at that time. When I was a little guy back in th 1950's there were 2 tracks on this line at California. This was after WWII and the coal and steel industry was really humming.
Awesome! Here I normally look for other cars and cyclists in my rear view mirror before opening my car door, these people have also to be aware that a TRAIN can rip your car door off!
How often do these trains run here?
We were there about 5 hours and saw 2 loads, 2 empties and the light engines. With coal traffic being down right now, I would imagine you might have a pretty long wait between trains.
One move every hour seems very busy for a line down a street, but that has stopped now as you say.
I thonk railroad made so many american towns
Trains still running there
Yes.
i bet those train's are sining this rapp song by Ludachris enter the street,Move Bitch,Get out the way,Get out the way,Bitch,Get out the way!
Mark Cinque funny…
lmao
Mailman must have been in a hurry...
I thought La Grange KY was awesome but this is better.
That conrail
originally Monongahela Ry. Then Conrail. Now it's NS.
+fmnut I'm talking about that conrail unit
+Southern Arizona Railfan Which Conrail unit would that be? They are all CSX and NS.
+fmnut 7:38 second unit conrail quality blue
+Southern Arizona Railfan oops, sorry I missed that
Damn trains made me late too many times.
And they let people park in the street there because.............?
BroadwayLimited Because they would have a revolt on their hands if they didn't.
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Haha that figures