Virtual Railfan, you’ve truly redefined railfanning! The sights, the sounds, the energy-it's like being trackside from the comfort of home. Those train sounds are the highlight of my day. Keep it rolling
Loved the train going over the trestle train track in Greeley, CO starting at 11:14 mark. Beautiful scenery going over the trestle track and mountains. ⛰️🚞🏔️
0:40 wow, SEPTA trains running to Harrisburg! What's the reason? 1:00 Lovely hornshow at New Year's 2025! Many other railroad sites around the world sounded their whistles and horns at noon local time to celebrate the start of the 200th anniversary of the first railroad, the Stockton & Darlington 2:28 these HZRX units are ex-CSX units, two of which are slugs 5:48 CSX 9969 trailing on a freight train! 9969 is assigned to an inspection train 6:04 nice to see freshly rebuilt CN SD75Is, a few have been spotted in primer over 2024. 13:44 this NS slug is built out ofan ALCO RSD15 15:00 nice catch of those ex-Amtrak baggage cars sandwiching an old business car
Beautiful horn symphony and fireworks in Belen. Lovely voice from the steam engine in Paradise, and it makes me happy to see that the Connecticut train is still looking so festive. Hesperia was gorgeous, and it's always great to see 4822--including the guts this time lol! Many thanks to everyone for another excellent video and best to Joe Peach! Happy New Year all!
Wonderful 'Grab Bag'! Nice catching the SEPTA on the Harrisburg AMTRAK Mainline. I just rode a similar train today from Glenside, PA to Market East in Downtown Phila., then returned to Elkins Park, PA. A great variety of 'heritage' units shown. Thank you, VR
A real oldie,but goodie from NS,that number 855,is a carryover from Penn Central,and was an RSD-12,if memory serves,converted with EMD trucks! Minimum 40+ years old,as a slug! Great catch,and really a treasure,in this day and age! Thank you 😇 😊! Happy New Year 😊!
Another great grab bag! Really enjoyed it. Happy New Year VRF! re "Grit Drive" door open at 7:02 - I had a car with that once, felt like 14 pounds of grit in the rear end. Hope the NS locomotive's grit drive is smoother...oh wait... 8^) Cheers!
6:04 good catch of the CN rebuilds. As I mentioned in another comment earlier about the middle of last October, that’s when I saw the rebuild of CN 8307 as it was leading a mixed freight train
12:30 the train i recommended they add. to the grab bag! as it was loaded with fallen flags! they just kept coming! family lines, cnw? wabash ex chessie
As far as I know this is just an occasional move to qualify the crew to run over this part of the railroad to be able to turn their train down the line in case of a failure to do so at their regular spot on the line. At present there is no plan for SEPTA to run as far as Lancaster.
Great video Virtual Railfan. I have a question, have you heard that the famed creator of Thomas and Friends, Britt Allcroft has passed away on December 27th 2024?
For a more thorough answer, search "atsf warbonnet" for a great article on the American-Rails site. The gist of it is that Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF)'s passenger diesels in the '30s got a now-famous red, silver, & yellow livery. The red had a curve on each side that made the front resemble a Native American war bonnet. Later colour variations (for various reasons such as freight locos or being leased to Amtrak) were blue & yellow "blue bonnet" or freight bonnet and yellow & silver "yellow bonnet". I suppose the '80s red & yellow Kodachrome livery from the failed SPSF merger could be called some sort of bonnet, but I don't know that anyone does. The red, silver, & yellow warbonnet went away when Amtrak took over passenger service, but in 1989 ATSF began using the warbonnet livery on freight locos. When ATSF became part of BNSF, those locos remained in service, still with large "Santa Fe" lettering on the sides. After the merger, some locos got the warbonnet livery with "BNSF" lettering as seen in this video. Apparently these were painted before the merger but delivered afterward, but I can't confirm that. These are often referred to as fake bonnets in order to distinguish them from pre-merger "Santa Fe"-marked warbonnets, a.k.a. true bonnet or real bonnet. All of the above can be called bonnets, and to avoid confusion or arguments it's sometimes simpler to omit the prefix.
I think that was a misedit. He mistakenly used the caption from the CN rail train instead of saying something like, "hey look, a flatcar on a flatcar." That would be my guess.
if you see something on camera that you think should go in the grab bag be sure to ask the moderator to submit it.. Sometimes they are able to do that. There is no way we can possibly catch everything.
Virtual Railfan, you’ve truly redefined railfanning! The sights, the sounds, the energy-it's like being trackside from the comfort of home. Those train sounds are the highlight of my day. Keep it rolling
Loved the train going over the trestle train track in Greeley, CO starting at 11:14 mark. Beautiful scenery going over the trestle track and mountains. ⛰️🚞🏔️
1:00 actually warms my heart.
Love the foreign power & tanker trains! My favorite!
1:01 Thats just epic. Would have love to seen that in person! Thanks VRF!
Jaw tooth on the cam 0:33 🚂🚂🚂🚂and happy 2025 railfans!!
0:40 wow, SEPTA trains running to Harrisburg! What's the reason?
1:00 Lovely hornshow at New Year's 2025! Many other railroad sites around the world sounded their whistles and horns at noon local time to celebrate the start of the 200th anniversary of the first railroad, the Stockton & Darlington
2:28 these HZRX units are ex-CSX units, two of which are slugs
5:48 CSX 9969 trailing on a freight train! 9969 is assigned to an inspection train
6:04 nice to see freshly rebuilt CN SD75Is, a few have been spotted in primer over 2024.
13:44 this NS slug is built out ofan ALCO RSD15
15:00 nice catch of those ex-Amtrak baggage cars sandwiching an old business car
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.
Beautiful horn symphony and fireworks in Belen. Lovely voice from the steam engine in Paradise, and it makes me happy to see that the Connecticut train is still looking so festive. Hesperia was gorgeous, and it's always great to see 4822--including the guts this time lol! Many thanks to everyone for another excellent video and best to Joe Peach! Happy New Year all!
Wonderful 'Grab Bag'! Nice catching the SEPTA on the Harrisburg AMTRAK Mainline. I just rode a similar train today from Glenside, PA to Market East in Downtown Phila., then returned to Elkins Park, PA. A great variety of 'heritage' units shown. Thank you, VR
A real oldie,but goodie from NS,that number 855,is a carryover from Penn Central,and was an RSD-12,if memory serves,converted with EMD trucks! Minimum 40+ years old,as a slug! Great catch,and really a treasure,in this day and age! Thank you 😇 😊! Happy New Year 😊!
A REALLY wonderfully done GrabBag. Wishing Joe a speedy recovery and Happy New Year to one and all!!
Best Grab Bag, yet, especially the new camera at Glendale, OH. Keep up the great work, Vitual Railfan.
Loved the model train too! 👍
Another great grab bag! Really enjoyed it. Happy New Year VRF! re "Grit Drive" door open at 7:02 - I had a car with that once, felt like 14 pounds of grit in the rear end. Hope the NS locomotive's grit drive is smoother...oh wait... 8^) Cheers!
6:04 good catch of the CN rebuilds. As I mentioned in another comment earlier about the middle of last October, that’s when I saw the rebuild of CN 8307 as it was leading a mixed freight train
Another awesome grab bag!
Septa train: Hey old timer, how's your day working at Strasburg?
Steam train: Eh, the usual, just stopping to get a little breather.
Awesome Grab Bag!
I tremble with excitement
Awesome grab bag catches and trains
Happy New Year & Healthy
Thanks that was a great one- Happy New Year ot all the staff
NICE ONE!
Great Variety of Trains 🚆 👌
2:27 those went to the Blacklands railroad on the Henderson to Overton Branch
Super grab bag. Great trains. Thank you VR.
0:47 what was the reason that the septa silverliner V was on the Harrisburg line? I was not told anything about it
The SEPTA crew have to qualify over the line as far as Lancaster because they ocassionaly run to that point non revenu to turn around their train.
@ was any passengers on the septa silverliner 5, or was the septa just running on the Harrisburg line for a test?
I have seen septa a ton of times and I don’t think that I have ever heard that much of its horn. 0:52
Glad to see some more railcars in this one. These compilations are sorely lacking in them.
Hey that’s me filming in big sandy!
Another great video as always. Happy 2025
Jaw Tooth spotted in the grab bag!
2:45 Grand Trunk. And all of this time since the middle of last October I’ve been wondering what the GT stood for
12:30 the train i recommended they add. to the grab bag! as it was loaded with fallen flags! they just kept coming! family lines, cnw? wabash ex chessie
4:24 I saw this in Amsterdam, NY
0:54 now i'm convinced SEPTA Is extending to Harrisburg or at least lancaster
As far as I know this is just an occasional move to qualify the crew to run over this part of the railroad to be able to turn their train down the line in case of a failure to do so at their regular spot on the line. At present there is no plan for SEPTA to run as far as Lancaster.
*Awesome Video*
Nice catches
13:21 slug moment
Canadian National 8952 is an SD70M-2 not an SD70ACU.
Facts
Thank you VRF for showing the Ferromex on the Porter Cam and the GTW heritage unit on Deshler cam!
CN 8952 is an SD70M-2!
Every train's better with a warbonnet on it!
Great video Virtual Railfan. I have a question, have you heard that the famed creator of Thomas and Friends, Britt Allcroft has passed away on December 27th 2024?
2:43 it is actually a CN SD70M-2
happy new year 2025
I never know have one Indiana other than Lafayette and New York central museum
5:17 8952 is a SD70M-2
Jaw tooth on the camera 0:33
1:06 Imagine, you are a train driver and instead of spending New Year's with your family, you spend New Year's Eve on a train.
9:11 What was that bright flash of light?
II except a GB Sunday
2:46 thats an SD70M-2 not an SD70Acu
Even in virtual railfan I can't seem to not see an SPMX Hopper
2:45 that's an sd70m-2
Just what defines a loco as a "bonnet" version? T.I.A.
it is the type of paint job the has
For a more thorough answer, search "atsf warbonnet" for a great article on the American-Rails site. The gist of it is that Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF)'s passenger diesels in the '30s got a now-famous red, silver, & yellow livery. The red had a curve on each side that made the front resemble a Native American war bonnet. Later colour variations (for various reasons such as freight locos or being leased to Amtrak) were blue & yellow "blue bonnet" or freight bonnet and yellow & silver "yellow bonnet". I suppose the '80s red & yellow Kodachrome livery from the failed SPSF merger could be called some sort of bonnet, but I don't know that anyone does.
The red, silver, & yellow warbonnet went away when Amtrak took over passenger service, but in 1989 ATSF began using the warbonnet livery on freight locos. When ATSF became part of BNSF, those locos remained in service, still with large "Santa Fe" lettering on the sides. After the merger, some locos got the warbonnet livery with "BNSF" lettering as seen in this video. Apparently these were painted before the merger but delivered afterward, but I can't confirm that. These are often referred to as fake bonnets in order to distinguish them from pre-merger "Santa Fe"-marked warbonnets, a.k.a. true bonnet or real bonnet.
All of the above can be called bonnets, and to avoid confusion or arguments it's sometimes simpler to omit the prefix.
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2:43 editing mistake there
Since when did Seto run on the Harrisburg line?
It is a somewhat regular training run to qualify crews over that portion of the line.
At 11:05, I don't get the refernce?
I think that was a misedit. He mistakenly used the caption from the CN rail train instead of saying something like, "hey look, a flatcar on a flatcar." That would be my guess.
I was under the impression that most railroads are getting rid of slugs?
CSX has been getting rid of their older mainline slug sets. It's not a blanket policy across the industry.
CN 8952 is an SD70M-2 not an SD70ACu
Yall still didn't include the CSX b241 with 4 CN gevos and 100th anniversary 3881 with the friendly crew from 2024 bro.
if you see something be sure and let the moderator know so if possible they can clip it for the grab bag
@annaf7812 how
I guess the rail cars on flats that went through Princeton Indiana isn't good enough for the bag
if you see something on camera that you think should go in the grab bag be sure to ask the moderator to submit it.. Sometimes they are able to do that.
There is no way we can possibly catch everything.
Happy New Year 2025 Virtual Railfan Grab Bag and I'm ready for some new train footage thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲🇨🇦