Rule 4 corollary: Stay at least 20 feet from nearest live rail when trains/equipment are present/moving.

@MontanaDirtRoads

3 ай бұрын

50ft

@smashedcaboose6526

3 ай бұрын

No

@Play_fare

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@MontanaDirtRoadsespecially if the train is going by you at track speed. I always give freights a wide berth in case a load has shifted or something is dragging. Also any debris picked by a train and hurled at you with force (bolt, ballast, loose tie down) will cause you severe injury or death if it hits you. Best give yourself all the room possible from a moving train.

@zostrelling_

2 ай бұрын

depending on the situation, ive pulled just a few inches from a 85mph train before because my retard friend refused to move.

@cts3696

2 ай бұрын

I would do this but I railfan at a station, but most of the times I just go on the opposite platform

Also RULE 5 IS SUPER IMPORTANT WHEN INTERACTING WITH RAILROAD CREWS. Nothing pisses us rail crews off more than interacting with a Foamer/Railfan that acts like they know more that the guys who actually work for f**king X or Y railroad. Quit yappin', mansplanin', or I know more than you doin', and you might learn from, or hell even become friends with, some of your local crews. Sincerely, A Conductor

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

One reason I don’t like doing voiceovers in my regular railfan videos. Don’t want to be THAT guy lol

@spockbetter

2 ай бұрын

foamsplaining

@Duster_WCUE

28 күн бұрын

as someone in spain who has entered MANY cabins, i do not want to meet those dumbasses when i enter training, i am pretty nice to drivers and theyre the ones who say that i know more than them, like dude they literally TRAINED (no pun intended) TO DRIVE???

Glad I'm not the only one who likes videos more than photos. 😂

3:06 Crew flips him off...love it haha

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention that! Glad someone noticed!

I love the people that roll up to a crossing and start asking what’s coming or why are you shooting trains. If I didn’t have my kids with me all the time I’d tell them to fook off.

With regards to Rule #2, I think car dependency makes people be more comfortable around trains than they should be. I LOVE trains, but also fear them, as I KNOW what kind of damage they can do. My mom asked me to run in front of a crossing to beat an Amtrak, and I couldn't get myself to do it, knowing what'd happen if my reaction time was just SLIGHTLY off. Many people compare trains to cars and think trains can stop like the car they drive to work everyday that almost always has 3 empty seats, nothing behind it and friction-creating tires, when every railfan knows that's not true. As for Rule #5, I think this applies to my point to, and I think many non-railfans should know some railfan stuff that could come in handy, like that crossing gate arms can bend or break away in an emergency, that there are blue signs on crossings that can let you call a dispatcher if your car is stuck there, and other stuff like that which can prevent horrible situations. I think it's okay that not everyone likes trains, but they should know enough that they follow this video's advice and, you know.....

Rule 1 always gets me. I try to stay out of other's shots as best as I possibly can, yet some people can't be bothered to do the same for me and will walk directly in front of my camera. Annoying as shit.

@ethanpiscitello188

3 ай бұрын

I feel you. Once, I was filming 2102 backing out of Jim Thorpe, and some guy just stepped in front of me with plenty of other room to go. I went into crouching and moved to the side, and the dude stepped in front of me again. And I mean directly in front of me, not with a distance. It’s painful.

@metalheadrailfan

3 ай бұрын

@ethanpiscitello188 When I first chased 4014 across Iowa in 2019, myself and bunch of other guys had a nice photo line set up at the depot in Carroll for it to make its stop there. 10 minutes before the train pulled in, some redneck and his daughter just walk right in front of us and stood there. We politely ask him to move and he just goes, "The train doesn't belong to anyone. I can stand wherever the fuck I want." A+ parenting there.

4:07 I love how it gets cut off 😂

@Shootinballs1628

3 ай бұрын

It'll be better if you shut your fu

Here's some more that apply to both stills and video: 1. If you insist in the boring armchair choice of shooting at RR Xings, position yourself on the close side of the roadway (not across a road) so vehicles can't stop between you and the train at the last minute. 2. Avoid wedgie shots. They're boring. Head for a curve or cut or side of a bridge. Elevation helps in many instances. Avoid annoying foreground junk. Move your location to where the foreground is simple so it doesn't fight the train. 3. Avoid shady areas. Shoot on the SUNNY side of the tracks, not the shady side. Be aware of your light source and angle 4. In videos don't get too 'happy' with zooming. Let the train come to you, rather than have the camera zoom to the train so it doesn't appear to move. Don't rush things--the train will get there, I promise. 5. Be aware of the "vanishing point." Make sure your image includes it.

There are so many unspoken rules when out foaming and this pretty much sums it up and I'm glad you're the one to help get more of a message out so goofballs won't goof off and ruin other people's video. Well done and keep up the good work!

"A seperate doofus blowing his shitty train horn at the train passing by" as someone who has an impact horn, i find that funny as hell. Awesome video, also, I was there at the Notchland Runby, and on the train, too! Didn't know you were there.

This is fantastic. You're saying out loud what we've all been thinking.

Ladies and gentlemen. He returns!

Rules about being quiet 🤫 are important. Lol. The first clip. "Be better if you shut your fucking" 😆 🤣

Thank you for #3. I've seen railfan videos where they seem to think they're sportscasters doing a play-by-play of the train.

6:27 the difference is where the headlight is placed though... the UP unit has a nose light while the VTR unit has one above the cab

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

I was talking more about the base difference, I didn’t mean road specific differences. But I guess that was a little misleading.

@tiernanstrains

3 ай бұрын

@@rantingrailfan316 Ah, ok

@rc391995

Ай бұрын

I caught they was both EMD but didn't catch the headlight.

Now this is something ill take into account and for the love of god people... when the crossing go off you stop and dont go or yay gonna end up sleeping with the fish... I have seen people have near accidents a few times... one was so close I felt sick after... but this is some good information to know

@victoriacyunczyk

3 ай бұрын

At one of the spots I railfan (a road crossing going up to a stoplight), people stop on the tracks all the time. I've complained to the town, saying maybe they should put the stoplight behind the crossing, but nothing changes and every few months someone gets hit there. One involving a train I filmed a couple miles away.

@RollestonRails

3 ай бұрын

@@victoriacyunczyk jesus that is not good at all seen two vecile near misses and a person tresspaing and run infront of a freight train...

God Bless you sir, you've said everything that needed to be said

3:04 Bro was playing with death there oh my god

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

Should’ve seen my pants afterwards, needed new ones!

@johndeerefan725

2 ай бұрын

​@rantingrailfan316 probably the engineer needed a new pair as well from that darwin.

@rc391995

Ай бұрын

I bet that engineer give that guy a $20 cussing . damn that was close less than second that definitely gets the attention from the crew .

What you witness was not a lack of situational awareness, but rather big altima energy

guys wake up, new ranting railfan video is here

Actually if someone told me they moved a rail line 70 years ago because of a change in the river, I’d be interested lol

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

Depends on who you’re talking to I guess. If it was a friend telling me that, I’d listen, but this was just some random dude.

I love Rule #3. I have seen some KZread Channels where the guy will talk about the train - I end up not watching their videos. There is a reason why KZread provides both a Title and a Description that people can use.

When i was surveying pipelines we had to take bnsf safety course for workin near their row. I remember alot of what we had to go through in that courae for a 7 mile stretch.

These are great! Dont tresspass also includes monkeying with railroad equipment such as throwing switches or climbing signal gantries. Looking at you railfan sebastian.

thanks for the vid sir - I think you have just described humanity as a whole :) That Nissan Altima came SOOOO close to getting completely pulverized, and even the car before it, stop and wait for the train to get really close and then go?! Ah, humans....

dude I swear the last car made my railfanning soul go bye bye

Is nobody gonna talk about how this guy caught a CSX SD40-2 leading NS 8100 on a Pan Am train that almost hit a car and got rerouted??

@rantingrailfan316

2 ай бұрын

if you check RRpicture archives the SD40 leading was built by the PRR in 1966 as well. So an interesting engine to say the least.

The man. The myth. The legend.

So true with your rules. There are so many 'raikfabs' that start chatting about fine details about a rail line, locomotive, or even nitpick about the symbol of the train ( It is I193...not I-193). We all make mistakes, though whike out there.

lets see who breaks these

@protosheep

3 ай бұрын

dude i never saw that clip of the fuckin X426 almost hitting cars, jesus christ also some of my friends talk a lot in my videos but most of the time I don't care that much unless its something im actually interested in recording

@Railfantoastic

3 ай бұрын

Me...

@piedmontrailfan81

3 ай бұрын

@@Railfantoasticfix that

@TheBenjaneer1

15 күн бұрын

Me

LMFAO OWEN ALMOST HITTING ANDREW PISSING IN FRONT OF 264 😭😭😭

me and my grandpa were railfan ing once we got a grey ghost, and he was like “WOAH LOOKK QUICK!!!” I’m like chill but I’m not that kid going to yell at his grandpa

Talk about yapping; How about using less foul and profane language. Children enjoy train vids and do some wives. It is one thing when it is spontaneous (like striking your thumb with a hammer). But planned productions like yours deserve the effort to have stress free language. There are plenty of pain free adjectives in the English language to use.

Another one is respect the crew’s identity, almost all of them don’t want to be posted on the internet and it’s a respectable wish

There is this one documentary about an old railline in austria that closed in the late 70s and there is one scene where they were filming at a really popular filming spot ant there was one guy who sat in the middle between the rails and probably filmed the oncomig train. That man waitet until the loco was only about 3 metres in front of him and then jumped to the side. (you can find it at the Österreichische Mediathek, it´s called Zahnradbahn Eisenerz-Vordernberg and it´s 37min long)

This old geezer would like to a Rule # 6 Don't get too close to the tracks while shooting. There is such a thing as dragging equipment like steel straps used for securing loads etc. With this is the chance of a derailment. I have seen a derailment and I was glad that I was not close to the tracks as the cars did fall over and jack knife with surprising speed.

@rc391995

Ай бұрын

Thanks for saying that yes the speed of the derailment can be incredibly fast . when they come off the rail jyst anywhere will be the stopping point . And you have no idea were that Will be . This is exactly why they are so anal about trespassing . you can have a lap full of freight train before you can bat an eye. Its fast been there seen that to many times .

Me personally, not just the gauge. I’d stay at least 30 feet from all tracks, if not more

@danielthrasher7052

3 ай бұрын

That is so true I was sitting at a train crossing one time and one of the flat cars hauling pip was draging about 30 feet of chain.

"Rules"...too bad folks need to be reminded of the obvious, and not so obvious. As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, our field trips take us to the former "Great American Desert", much safer, and better situational awareness., when around less congested RR areas. One artifact area recently visited, and steeped in history is Sherman Summit, with attendant high winds, and the Ames Monument...not a lot of traffic up there, LOL, but worth a visit when in Albany County, WY. Thanks for your video, and worth remembering, from Darrell.

I think i've broken a few of these but i'm getting better at making sure I don't break these.

this video is awesome

This is going to fall on so many deaf ears.

Gotta make a sole exception to Rule 3 for Andross51 tbh

On the situational awareness… you should’ve been on the upside of the crossing. Imagine had the train hit the car, the car, ballast and chunks of earth would be heading right for you. What was your escape plan?

W video!

4a. If you must trespass, make sure you're wearing a high-visibility vest and stay well clear of the tracks.

@rc391995

Ай бұрын

Why must you trespass ? Its against the law .

Honestly I don’t need to be a know it all to say that I speak for a lot of people when I say that this is another good video hopefully we’ll see Dumb Shit That Foamers do #3 pretty soon heck maybe the peoples yapping in your videos could make that list.

I’m also a New England railfanner and if you know Vins Railfanning productions you know that he loves to yap

6:43 i feel attacked 😭

#2, that is exactly what I said. If that car did get hit, chances are our intrepid videographer would have been right in its path. Crazy I’m amazed at how some guys get so into the looks of a locomotive, like the are some luxury auto eye candy. These are industrial machines, styled for efficiency, not to please fanboys. Just my 2 cents.

That clip with cars driving in front of the train is scary. I got my CDL not too long ago and it's similar with trucks. People see trucks and trains as big slow things they can get around, but never realize that that size means they can't stop on a dime. I've had plenty of incidents that could've warranted a change of pants. I've known of plenty of places that used to be great railfan spots until some idiot came along and ruined it by trespassing. Either they got hurt or mouthed off to someone telling them to back off to a safe spot. I understand why railroaders are wary of railfans, I've volunteered at a museum and seen plenty of people both trespassing and not situationally aware. Standing on an active powered switch, getting too close to moving equipment, etc. As for rule 5, sometimes talking about facts of the area can be good small talk when things are dead, just don't bore people too much.

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I get talking about the area 100%. In that particular part I was talking specifically about one guy when I first started that talked to my Dad (who isn’t a buff) about the local railroad for 45 MINUTES.

@victoriacyunczyk

3 ай бұрын

@@rantingrailfan316 Yeah, that can get old fast

Rule 4.1: if you’re yelled at for trespassing because their signage is garbage or non existent, let them know (looking at you CSX Rougemere yard)

The WE thing was so funny but the guys in the white in the camera rule thing is train crew

Ik the rules are very important, and they should all be followed, but HOW do you get such good catches with amazing horns???

BUDDY BUDDY BUDDY... WHEN WAS THAT FIRST CLIP??

6:25 you can tell because there is a distance in the truck design

4:38 Is that Owen?.......ok yeah that is 100% Owen

@PalmerSubRailVideos

Ай бұрын

damn right

this happens a lot but i film at a yard so it is not a big proplem

Posted a video I took yesterday of a CSX autorack 🚂 during the eclipse yesterday 1/2 way to totality. Although I wished it was a manifest oh well you get what you get or in the case of my eclipse 🚂 video I had to record it with out sound because of music from a nearby party

6:25 I thought it was the headlight placement 😭

Pick a place where you are not going to need a gun to protect yourself!

Me at 3:04 "HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Me at 3:10 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

7835 that’s not a csx horn I’ve heard a csx horn and sounds nothing like it

NO. 5 answer CP-SD70-2 UP SD70ACE

I do have to say rule 5 is the worst. As a railroader I like trying to help, give heads ups about trains, how busy a line is, lineups and so on. But when you tell me something without thanking me or whatever because you know it even though its wrong because it is my job, I am going to stop helping you

Why I do my stuff alone or I'm the only one shootin

Common sense isn't all that common. ☹

@TheGoldenBNSFtext

Ай бұрын

Some people don’t have common sense

I'm guilty at around 6:34, when I saw an SD70M-2 once while filming I slightly violated rule #3 and whispered to myself "SD70ACe" when it wasn't. Kinda ruined the footage but still YT worthy. I wanna go back in time and give myself a good ol' schmack though

@OmniRailProductions

3 ай бұрын

The video is on my channel if anyone wants to laugh at me

Never mess with the rules otherwise it would take your life

There is at least one "AWARD WINNING" photo/videographer that I know of that should see this, and they/them/its enablers too.😊

The Zoom should be rare And if you're doing a cab ride, resist every impulse to do Pan or Zoom! Its like riding in a car with someone and yanking their head to the right to show them something. Point it out ahead of time so they have enough time to look on their own.

one is red, the other is yellow

3:04 He wasn't afraid of death, death was afraid of him

I've Already Broken Rule 5

I'm guilty of rule three but can I get a pass for explaining something to someone new

Rule #6 don't use one of those shitbox radios to stalk crews

4:19 yo that ones on me my bad

i dont think i can follow rule number 5

Im guilty of being a Know-it-All and being a chatterbox

Do you want me to change my KZread username? It's quite similar to yours and I don't want to cause confusion.

My answer on difference: One is red, one is yellow. 😂

Why did you need to call me out on number 5 😭

Quick Questing: What exacly is that "gauge" You refered to at 5:18

@JacobGrimaR761

3 ай бұрын

the distance between both rails

@rantingrailfan316

3 ай бұрын

Jacob is correct. Anywhere between the rails is considered “the gauge”

@TrainFanFromCA

3 ай бұрын

Okay, Thanks!

Sometimes overheard comments can add a human interest to videoes, in my opinion.

6:25 I said the nose light 😂

We agree on the rules. That is a rare win in the railfan community. And sadly I knew the difference between those two locomotives, because I've worked on the two different ones. Fun fact, they both still suck regardless.

Bro I hate when ppl talk in my videos, it ruins it

👍👍👍❤❤❤🚂🚂🚂

3:04 Now, I've seen some people do stupid sh*t whenever I just hang out at a nearby railroad crossings. But that is just straight up, NEGLIGENCE!! It's probably one of the more terrifying cons of being a railfan... unintentionally filming a person's last moment on earth. Edit: I filmed a pickup that almost got hit by one, but I never posted it for obvious reasons.

Where’s 5 rules of railfanning while NOT trackside? i honestly don’t even know if that’s even possible

@victoriacyunczyk

3 ай бұрын

5 rules of railcams?

You forgot another rule. The rule of 3rds

Also keep clear of guys wearing high vis vests with railroad logos on them that DONT actually work for the railroad 😂

3:11 I said holy shit not shit does that count?

I honestly never followed any of these rules and I'm sorry, but like all In all...I'll do better 😞

6:27 tHe DiFferEnCe iS tHaT tHe UP iS An ISO cAb 🤓🤓🤓

5:23 Donkey!!!

At 3:04 in Situational Awareness, you appear to be way to close to the tracks! If the Train did hit that black car it would have pushed it right at YOU!

3:07 okay who the fuck lets people make these consists

What railroad is this @ 4:34?

@AmericanTrainFoamer

3 ай бұрын

It’s an unmarked CSX Gevo so technically it is CSX

@TNRailProductions_01

3 ай бұрын

That’s not a gevo. And it’s EX CSX. That’s why all the logos are marked out.

@AmericanTrainFoamer

3 ай бұрын

It’s technically unmarked because it used to be CSX and if it’s not a Gevo, then what?

@yeahman70

3 ай бұрын

@@AmericanTrainFoamer its a C40-8W. It formerly belonged to CSX, but it was sold to Pan Am Railways a few years ago. CSX now owns Pan Am Railways but that engine itself was sold to the new Berkshire & Eastern Railroad in September 2023

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lo18zc1whrq0gJM.htmlsi=zA-ru-ygPKvOEu3L the railfanning was very congested, ignore the people at the start, people just walked thru the camera,, you will see a little bit more that will make your eyes turn.