SUBSTATION ARCING CRAZY STYLE! BACK TO THE FUTURE FIRE TRAIL RAIL ROPE BURN, FLIGHT & DEER & MUSIC

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2024
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    Our VRF Grab Bags (GB) videos are compiled from content from our cameras as Mods and fans spot something neat while watching our cameras. In the GB you will, of course, find a variety of TRAIN content, special trains, maintenance, steam, diesels, interesting rail cars, cool paint schemes and more. You will also find fun people, city events, boats, planes, cars (sometimes going wild) and nature. Thank you for taking the time to sit back and enjoy these highlight reels that we call "Grab Bags"!
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  • @user-vv8mk9rl1c
    @user-vv8mk9rl1c 3 місяці тому +20

    deer is chilling out, looking at camera as if saying " what up. I see you"
    '

  • @user-sg6nj2md1r
    @user-sg6nj2md1r 3 місяці тому +4

    Great Scott, Marty!

  • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
    @AndyK7JKAPKVL 3 місяці тому +8

    WOW!!! The Back to The Future fire trail was the best ever that I saw. Thanks very much. ❤❤❤

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому +1

      Thank You Andy! I'm still wondering what that big puff of smoke was as he turned Right!

    • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
      @AndyK7JKAPKVL 3 місяці тому +1

      @joepeach997 your welcome and I was thinking the samething.

    • @pjtemplin
      @pjtemplin 3 місяці тому +4

      The car made it a block before turning into a parking lot. FD washed down the remains after the occupants fled.

    • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
      @AndyK7JKAPKVL 3 місяці тому +1

      @@pjtemplin oh k thanks for letting us all know.

  • @TheLewistownTrainspotter8102
    @TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 3 місяці тому +29

    7:49 That car doesn't look like it's going 88 MPH. 😂

    • @VampFaye
      @VampFaye 3 місяці тому +4

      It is if you change your video speed to 2x...😂😂😂

    • @mcpr5971
      @mcpr5971 3 місяці тому +2

      their heater broke so they just poked a small hole in the gas tank

    • @HappyHands.
      @HappyHands. 3 місяці тому +5

      Wonder where in time he ended up 😂

    • @TheLewistownTrainspotter8102
      @TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 3 місяці тому

      @@HappyHands.Wonder *when* in time he end up. Probably 1955 by the looks of it?

    • @T1_Productions
      @T1_Productions 3 місяці тому

      Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.

  • @bobwickes1380
    @bobwickes1380 3 місяці тому +4

    I miss my 34 years of trucking/rail fanning across our Great Nation that ended in December of 2022. VRF helps fill the gaps.❤ Thanks for all you do.

  • @revharrycwigmoreiii5787
    @revharrycwigmoreiii5787 3 місяці тому +3

    Thanks ya'll For those beautiful Deer flock.

  • @user-yw5tz1jz5n
    @user-yw5tz1jz5n 3 місяці тому +2

    One of your best endings.

  • @mlopez1007
    @mlopez1007 2 місяці тому

    17:40 Well done!

  • @smokeyyunick2675
    @smokeyyunick2675 3 місяці тому +5

    Love of our guests today and their posters and the bell. 🛎️ 😊 And our Colorado (Arvada) vistas. God bless our Law Enforcement officers 🙏

  • @jerrysinclair3771
    @jerrysinclair3771 3 місяці тому +10

    Thanks for all of the dropped signals!!!

  • @redneckrailfan9625
    @redneckrailfan9625 3 місяці тому +2

    I, was in Cumberland, that night, but didn't catch, this event. I'm so glad, you placed a camera here. I've commented on it, many times. Awesome video, VR. Prayers, for folks, looked like their car, blew up,...literally

    • @redneckrailfan9625
      @redneckrailfan9625 3 місяці тому +1

      CSX, actually had a derailment, east of Cumberland, a couple days before, in Morgan County, WV

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +2

    Loved the Waycross Waver--he looked a bit like Santa on a side gig. Another great one--especially that exquisite ending!

  • @callumnichols7652
    @callumnichols7652 3 місяці тому +4

    7:48 ok, Dr. Brown, you and Marty take it easy lol.

    • @macmedic892
      @macmedic892 3 місяці тому

      That was nowhere NEAR 88 mph!

    • @callumnichols7652
      @callumnichols7652 3 місяці тому

      @@macmedic892 lol, it was 1/4 that.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      @@macmedic892 Speed is relative, lol.

  • @b.a.d.2086
    @b.a.d.2086 3 місяці тому +5

    Great wildlife catches! So peaceful.

  • @Yormsane
    @Yormsane 3 місяці тому +13

    6:07 Well, that looked like the opening scene from The Terminator. Sparks be flyin'!

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, including the military trains as well, the Via Rail Canada, along with the UP locomotive in Rochelle, Illinois, and so much more, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

  • @PCBill0622
    @PCBill0622 3 місяці тому +12

    Outstanding (again) really love the 3-species bird shot (pelicans, eagle, jetliner -Flightradar24 says it was United flight 67 from Kona, Hawaii to Chicago at 41,000 ft. altitude in that shot.) and the close up of the mule deer.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +3

      I loved that three-species shot too! And the deer were gorgeous, with just the right music,

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 3 місяці тому +9

    Some nice meets tonight, thanks VRF - especially the opening scene at Galesburg which I thought was really good. Also, nice to see 'Illinois Terminal' again and BNSF 1507. The car at 17:40 just escaped a 'Boing' on it's roof and another 'Boing' on it's backside - some cool driving when under pressure like that.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +1

      Yes, cheers to that non-Darwin!

  • @charleswoods9938
    @charleswoods9938 3 місяці тому +5

    Now that was a great train video and I also like the Ending of this video I enjoying seeing nature at it's Best coming back for our Spring Time Which is not far off and thanks for this video

  • @davidcrook5511
    @davidcrook5511 3 місяці тому +1

    Loved the 3-train meet at the beginning a very varied programme just keep them coming!

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 3 місяці тому +1

    Meet and flashing approach signal in Galesburg was cool 😎, nuclear waste caskets 👍,crazy 🤪 stuff in this one,looked like thermite welding in Deshler, military tanks,bulldozers,lots of great trains, power,and lash ups, MOW equipment, military loads on manifest, another great video!🛤🚂

  • @maxbenchip4534
    @maxbenchip4534 3 місяці тому +2

    Very nice as always !

  • @Rusty-Williams
    @Rusty-Williams 3 місяці тому +5

    High voltage electrical arcs will produce radio waves that can interfere with electronics including cameras. Especially at that close of a distance.

  • @bobbondi7191
    @bobbondi7191 3 місяці тому +2

    Come-on folks, let's get VR to 500,000 subscribers!!😇

  • @jacktaggart2489
    @jacktaggart2489 3 місяці тому +2

    Great Grab Bag. Lots of Commemorative units. The R,F&P Unit looks particularly spiffy. The wildlife add a bucolic flavor, too. Fires, explosions like an action movie. Thank you!

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz 3 місяці тому +3

    Great grabs as usual! Boings, Darwin, birds (too many in one place but it's that time...), mule deer, sparks, good fire stuff, oh my...

  • @bigjimslade6250
    @bigjimslade6250 3 місяці тому +7

    I can’t tell if the DeLorean Time Machine in Skylomish was taking off or landing. But it did seem to disappear at 8:10 so I guess it was taking off.

  • @oldad6207
    @oldad6207 3 місяці тому +7

    No boing today. Boing tomorrow. There's always a boing tomorrow.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому +1

      To Boing or not to Boing...

    • @davidcrook5511
      @davidcrook5511 2 місяці тому

      @@joepeach997 That is the question!

  • @pzkw6759
    @pzkw6759 3 місяці тому +6

    That deer at the end is beautiful. Nice catch

  • @paulsmith5398
    @paulsmith5398 3 місяці тому +6

    Alfred Hitchcock is prodding his "BIRDS" to fly around!

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      Great flick, he was one creative person!

  • @southerncsxvlog
    @southerncsxvlog 3 місяці тому +4

    Great Trains Catch Virtual Railfan!

  • @musicman8942
    @musicman8942 3 місяці тому +3

    The music at the end was absolutely beautiful. Thanks VRF.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому +1

      Thank You!
      Having good music without a copyright strike is so refreshing.

  • @adamc1966
    @adamc1966 3 місяці тому +3

    The RF&P unit is great 😊

  • @TezcatlipocaMountyRailfan
    @TezcatlipocaMountyRailfan 3 місяці тому +4

    I caught it at 20 seconds after posting 😂. That has to be a record for me.

  • @bobniehaus5053
    @bobniehaus5053 3 місяці тому +3

    17:30 Nice to see a good driver this time! I’d like to know where the kid got the crossing bell. I want one. Another beautiful closing. Exactly why I prefer riding the train. You get to see the land, nature’s beauty!

  • @Zebrails
    @Zebrails 3 місяці тому +2

    Like No. 1000!

  • @lynsmith
    @lynsmith 3 місяці тому +3

    Enjoy The Musical 🎵 Birds are Beautiful & The Deer was busy telling us why are you looking at me ain’t I Pretty Deer😂😂

  • @slimonion1975
    @slimonion1975 3 місяці тому +2

    Awesome grabbag

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 3 місяці тому +2

    🌴🍀🇮🇳🍀🌴
    Excellent Video!

  • @hudsondebelak5166
    @hudsondebelak5166 2 місяці тому

    it was cool to see the caterpillar bulldozers on the dalton cam. that train originates from caterpillar in East Peoria Illinois as norfolk southern D49.

  • @prakashkhade3574
    @prakashkhade3574 3 місяці тому +3

    Very Nice.....

  • @A_person473
    @A_person473 3 місяці тому +1

    8:08 bro time traveled here, then left.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 3 місяці тому +4

    *Nice*

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan 3 місяці тому +17

    B&O heritage unit, military tanks, sparking electric substation, automobile on fire, the new Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) heritage unit, UP pulling new VIA rail equipment, CAT tractors on flatbeds, Illinois Terminal heritage unit, BNSF MoW, C&O heritage unit, FRA coach, CSX MoW, hi hood Genesee and Wyoming unit, and more. Another packed grab bag. 😁👍 Edit: Yes! I said on the Waycross chat just a short while ago that the RF&P unit catch would be on the next grab bag. Droopy voice:You know what? I'm happy.

    • @VampFaye
      @VampFaye 3 місяці тому +1

      I do believe those things at 2:12 are nuclear waste casks, not tanks.

    • @bowlinerailfan
      @bowlinerailfan 3 місяці тому

      @@VampFaye I wasn't referring to those. There were military tanks in Waycross.

  • @danmiller7079
    @danmiller7079 3 місяці тому +1

    At 14:38, at least he kept 3 points of contact whilst traversing the locomotive.

  • @OSUfan757
    @OSUfan757 3 місяці тому +1

    14:30 trespassing? Yes. But at least he kept 3 points of contact😂

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      A rogue x-RR employee, lol,

  • @mathuetax
    @mathuetax 3 місяці тому +3

    15:18 Heading to/from the Minnesota Commercial!

  • @tincup3773
    @tincup3773 3 місяці тому +5

    The arcing was caused by a Terminator appearance.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 3 місяці тому +1

      Cam sure didn't like it though!

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain 2 місяці тому

    0:30 three trains at once in Galesburg. The one dash 9 has a beacon light, does that mean its been reassigned to switching and local duties?
    1:50 nuclear waste train
    2:23 wrecked spine car set on flatbeds
    3:06 NS 8114 leading
    4:14 Military train being switched
    5:22 CSX 1827 leading
    6:14 arcing at the Cumberland transformer
    7:36 wow, a bNSF rotary snowplow F9B! Instead of generating electricity to the wheels, it generates electricity to the snowblower in addition to the one in the snowplow itself
    7:47 Trying to reach 88mph and go Back To the Future, eh?
    10:20 heating the rails
    10:58 Ferromex new livery SD70ACe
    11:24 new VIA rail train again
    12:20 replacement nose door on this lead unit does not have a C on it
    13:30 BNSF 6111 leading
    14:04 6-unit lash-up of SD75Ms and older EMD power
    14:21 using the steps of the mid-train DPU to cross through a stopped train
    15:10 ex-East Penn B23-7 heading to Minnesota Commercial.
    17:29 one car almost ran into the museum gate, another overshot the crossing gate
    17:45 warbonnet leading solo with a tanker on a flatbed
    18:16 Montana Rail Link 4307. BNSF acquired the MRL at the end of 2023 and its locomotives are slowly being moved into the BNSF system. MRL 4316-4319 are ex-BHP Iron Ore units from Australia
    18:49 doubleheading CSX SD70MACs
    19:20 CSX 1869 trailing
    19:47 NS 1072 and 1068 on different trains in Elkhart
    20:24 FRA brown car on the Capitol Limited
    23:03 G&W orange Portland And Western GP9 1803 trailing. sister unit 1801 is in SP black lettered for Williamette & Pacific
    24:10 thanks for sharing your old crossing bell with us! The Apple iBell!
    24:54 CSX RF&P heritage unit 1836 leading solo
    25:47 P42 and two ALC42s on the Coast Starlight

  • @zactherailfanner
    @zactherailfanner 3 місяці тому +3

    20:06 Caught the thing in Chesterton with some of my friends

  • @lisawatts1461
    @lisawatts1461 3 місяці тому +4

    What a great variety in this Grab Bag! Definitely something for everyone! Excellent job VRF. Oh.. and back at ya PacMan! Waca Waca😉

  • @michaelwellinghurst7490
    @michaelwellinghurst7490 3 місяці тому +1

    The car at 8:02 must of reached 88 MPH and went back in time!

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 3 місяці тому +2

    Circuit breaker arm Should have popped up a long time ago

  • @EliWCoyote
    @EliWCoyote 3 місяці тому +1

    17:29 Tell me you weren't waiting for the BOING

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 2 місяці тому

      LOL, I try to give it a break occasionally, but I miss it when I do!

  • @Dannyedelman4231
    @Dannyedelman4231 3 місяці тому +1

    Goodbye 1803 😢

  • @Richard-od7yd
    @Richard-od7yd 3 місяці тому +4

    I'm seeing a lot of young women and girls in these videos that are excited about Horizontal Transportation ( I am a retired Vertical Transportation Technician, elevator mechanic) and that bodes well for the industry. 🤔🇺🇸

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      Yes, we so need the young guys and girls to keep this wonderful hobby moving on!

    • @Richard-od7yd
      @Richard-od7yd 3 місяці тому

      @@joepeach997 HOBBY !!? I'm talking JOBS !! 🙄

  • @ClarissaPacker
    @ClarissaPacker 3 місяці тому +3

    Ouch hope that person got out of the car, that's why you don't trespass on substations & 1 time when you know why the camera is acting up was that suppose to happen in Desler because that looks a little out of hand

  • @recklessbehaviour01
    @recklessbehaviour01 3 місяці тому +2

    Good stuff but again you are showing to much from Ft Madisson and now Chehalis (even though I like Chehalis). Spread it around some more . More Tower 55, Barstow, Revelstoke is needed

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      Please watch the cameras you like and if you see something special mention it to a Mod! Thanks.

  • @siglavikingkearns8108
    @siglavikingkearns8108 3 місяці тому +3

    Personally interesting: 1 I worked on the Railway for a couple of years when I was young so VRF is still interesting. 2. My career was at an Electrical Utility so the arcing was also interesting and 3 I saw a unit with the same number as the last four digits of my phone number. Quite an evening. (Do I have to explain my humour?)

  • @johnwalters1341
    @johnwalters1341 3 місяці тому +2

    So sad to see MRL 4307 going through Burlington, IA. A few more months, and they'll all be scattered to the winds. Sigh...

  • @jamesalles139
    @jamesalles139 3 місяці тому +3

    missed a single *'boing'* on the windshield 17:38

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      We give it a break occasionally, like pac-man and window of opportunity and...

    • @jamesalles139
      @jamesalles139 3 місяці тому

      @@joepeach997 thanks for the reply, all the sites, and compiling these!

  • @ethanlee7823
    @ethanlee7823 2 місяці тому

    24:10 The apple iBell will visit more cameras

  • @TheMidgardViking
    @TheMidgardViking 3 місяці тому +3

    9:00 and 26:30 Virtual Railfan has become Virtual Birdfan.

  • @ronaldrondeau7870
    @ronaldrondeau7870 3 місяці тому +1

    Back to the futur car

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому

      Yep! Who would ever think we would catch something like that?

    • @ronaldrondeau7870
      @ronaldrondeau7870 3 місяці тому

      @@joepeach997 I imagin, and thoses cars on the rails

  • @andrewlaverghetta715
    @andrewlaverghetta715 3 місяці тому +1

    Is there something different about the chehalis camera? It always seems to pan straight into the ground before coming back up. Like maybe it’s mounted at an angle or something?
    I have no ideas how the camera controls work, but being a photographer and somewhat of a videographer, I’m curious.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому +1

      Go into the live Chehalis camera location and ask someone in the group or a Mod.

  • @user-zx2om8kv2f
    @user-zx2om8kv2f 3 місяці тому

    Chriskent helio love you

  • @Z4Zander
    @Z4Zander 3 місяці тому +1

    @2:24. Front (non)-Runners?I thought they were extinct.

  • @wyattsmodelrailroading2008
    @wyattsmodelrailroading2008 3 місяці тому

    You should have shown the chat for the darwin

  • @jeffross5424
    @jeffross5424 3 місяці тому

    rare to see a new westminster, B.C. run rail link in burlington 18:20

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 3 місяці тому

    Hey, woman in the blue sweater! I'm waving back! 👋 cheers

  • @CreamTrains
    @CreamTrains 3 місяці тому +1

    Early

  • @MrCrazycook8
    @MrCrazycook8 3 місяці тому

    Did they film a Alfred Hitchcock movie at Fort Madison?

  • @mirandavanzee6366
    @mirandavanzee6366 2 місяці тому

    🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

  • @corsaronero2577
    @corsaronero2577 3 місяці тому

    What is that light 1:08?

  • @centheiatrust9153
    @centheiatrust9153 3 місяці тому

    Why can't you move the video title lower so that we can see the location information?

  • @dirkradler532
    @dirkradler532 3 місяці тому +4

    Definitely not a Delorean

    • @pjtemplin
      @pjtemplin 3 місяці тому

      A previously white Buick.

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 3 місяці тому +2

    hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

  • @coreypeters4170
    @coreypeters4170 3 місяці тому +1

    11:12, Pac-Man sound!

  • @danmiller7079
    @danmiller7079 3 місяці тому +1

    At 9:25: GEESE UP!!!!

  • @YellowWhiteRose
    @YellowWhiteRose 3 місяці тому

    Hope the kids @15:40 see they made it

  • @centheiatrust9153
    @centheiatrust9153 3 місяці тому

    Goodness your grammer is bad. It didn't effect the cameras. That would mean it caused to cameras to come into being. Proper grammer is "It seemed to affect the cameras."

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 3 місяці тому +1

      effect: cause (something) to happen; bring about.

  • @thekeatonyt
    @thekeatonyt 3 місяці тому +2

    24:10 I SEE MY FRIEND @RailfanRyan

    • @RFRyan
      @RFRyan 2 місяці тому

      Yes you did

  • @slimonion1975
    @slimonion1975 3 місяці тому +1

    Awesome grabbag