Hooray for the Golden Swoosh! And it's always good to see Engine 911; I may not always mention it but I always notice because I have family members who do those jobs. Cheers to the happy railfan at Elkhart; it's great to see someone enjoying something so much! The cat-and-rat ending was indeed a cliffhanger. Thanks for another great one!

Yes those two with the bikes crossing through the train are just plain crazy definitely Darwin award for their stupidity and awesome catches as always

I just love La Grange. lol

Cat waits until rat goes into the tall grass; no witnesses.

@sanddabz5635

17 күн бұрын

Thats the truth!😂

Thanks for explaining the Amtrack thing at Galesburg yesterday. Saw it live and had no clue.

Love the instant Karma!

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the Heritage Units and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day.

Great Grab Bag The Last Time 6/4 hooked up was Last Year I the Spring cause Of Severe Thunderstorms ! Trees along the track! And I see Folks can’t drive in LaGrange Ky ! Hmm It the Tom And Jerry Show in Fort Madison 😂😂😂

@AndyK7JKAPKVL

21 күн бұрын

@lynsmith yes and LOL

0:27, Gotta love Instant Justice & 21:16, Big ouch from that sideswipe. I feel like the LaGrange camera has seen of bunch.

@metronorthrailfan2244

22 күн бұрын

Well, I guess little did he know he was gonna get pulled over by that deputy. Now that’s some instant justice from the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office.

@ChadSimplicio

22 күн бұрын

Considering that it could've been alot worse, yeah, police karma.

@metronorthrailfan2244

22 күн бұрын

@@ChadSimplicio I mean, yeah it certainly could’ve been a lot worse, but it is a good thing that deputy actually saw that and was able to issue a citation for that.

Wow Amtrak 🏆 the Great grab bags as always

Loved these vignettes of goings on around the rails!

20:30 That’s a big monster train!

Talking about being in the right place at the right time. Lil civic driver beeping like they had the right of way

So cool to see two amtrak train coponed together.

@jerrysinclair3771

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, that was strange

@Soundersfan84

22 күн бұрын

@@jerrysinclair3771 Not the first time 4 and 6 did that there. Usually happens when something shuts down the tracks on its normal route after galesberg and they have to use the old ATSF route that was used pre BN and SF merge.

@PowerlinePlanet109

22 күн бұрын

Pretty rare to see an Amtrak passenger train like that, eh?

@crazycuber-e

22 күн бұрын

This was because of a coal train that derailed near Somonauk, IL on the Mendota sub. It blocked both tracks so the Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr were combined and sent up the Chillicothe sub to Chicago.

Loved VRF Thanks ❤

*Awesome Video*

I liked the night-scene at Hesperia. Good to see Illinois Terminal at Roanoke and an Executive SD70 MAC at Quanah (I had just about given up on seeing one of these again) Also BNSF 2590 GP35 is one to check-out. Mostly, at Deshler New Orleans Public Belt Boxcar, I was switching my Roundhouse HO model only today.

@Z4Zander

21 күн бұрын

I like seeing exec MACs also.Justifies keeping my N-Scale coal haulers.Same with the Amtrak MHC cars.

LOL I saw that instant karma live. Pretty funny.

The cat was like, "I don't want to eat you. I just wanna play!"

@deweygill1973

21 күн бұрын

He looked well fed, didn’t need the meal

As always the Fallen flags. great catches.

17:33 to 20:50 Galesburg…of all the remarkable things seem on this channel, that combining of Amtrak trains due to a derailment was among the most unique of them all! So cool! An excellent catch!! 🛤️

Never thought I would see PSR on Amtrak. Also, the Cat was funny. Great catches all around!

Loved the cat and mouse chase at the end it was pretty funny!1

@bj8342

22 күн бұрын

That was a rat.

@tylorevans

21 күн бұрын

Oh well rat and mice are pretty much the same they are both rodents just one is bigger than the other.

Must have been cold that kid had his hoodie up !!!

@lancomedic

22 күн бұрын

No that protects him from the wheel crushing his head.

RIP Chehalis cams. They will be missed.

WHAT A CATCH at 13:47

More exciting train action on Virtual Railfan Grab Bag with the best trains and a couple of Darwins in LaGrange KY. have a great Thursday afternoon everyone.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🇨🇦

14:18 so much powerrrrrrrr, they are just flexing at this point ngl.

Oh, bless. The tanker in the 1st sequence was so tired they let it ride....

Good job LaGrange pd and what the heck is wrong with those kids? Wow

Wow. A Conrail coal gon. Never seen that before...

23:11 Tom and Jerry

@joepeach997

22 күн бұрын

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

It's so impressive how it can hold all that weight

Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

0:16 Machines making machines.....

MAN ALIVE, Elkhart Indiana was PACKED on the 11th!!!

3:10 Looks like the parts to rebuild a Winona Washington trestle destroyed by a wildfire. There's an interesting video on the re-build process.

That cat was just playing. Don't know why Amtrak didn't just couple the trains together elephant-style, which is common European practice for two trains that either combine or split en route? I'm guessing it has something to do with the crew being able to pass all the way through the train, but they can't on PVs that are on the end of a Superliner consist anyway.

@markfisher1392

22 күн бұрын

Since a coal train derailed ahead of them on the former CB&Q line, both trains would have needed to reverse several miles to Cameron Illinois. The "connector" track (a high-speed double-wye) at Cameron allows trains to switch between the former CB&Q main line and the former AT&SF main line in either direction. Rather than back both consists that far, the first train reversed direction while the second did its station work. Doing it this way allowed the locomotives on the first train to lead back to the Cameron connector. The combined trains could "do a U-turn" without stopping and proceed back northeast to Chicago on the old AT&SF line at track speed. It would have taken additional time to turn the second consist. This happened last summer as well, when a storm dropped trees on the CB&Q line.

Well that’s the way of the 4 way stop 🛑 you stop and go 😉👍

I see so many people running that stop sign in LA Grange I bet if those cops sat there all day long undercover they would make millions with the amount of drivers doing it

Looks like those engines had a bad case of heartburn

Back the blue. 💙

6:12 if you know, you know.

@Brother_D_therail

21 күн бұрын

😂

4:09 is the first time I’ve ever seen GEVOs spit fire

@thephantomeagle2

22 күн бұрын

I don’t think the engine itself is spewing flames. They’re too light. I think it could be something flammable was on the top of the exhaust pipe.

@Z4Zander

21 күн бұрын

I'm no expert but it almost looks like a DPF burn off.

@thephantomeagle2

21 күн бұрын

@@Z4Zander that was my first thought

@Z4Zander

21 күн бұрын

@@thephantomeagle2 I did wonder as I hit send,so I G-oogled it.Tier V CEVO's do have DPF and to have all 3 locos having similar burns at once is beyond the realms of coincidence.

@thephantomeagle2

21 күн бұрын

@@Z4Zander I was wondering if it was ash, and it likely is. It catches ash and soot from the "burning" of diesel fuel.

@21:44 painted over ex-CNW hopper right next to that Amtrak boxcar, 3 more at @21:58

Is that the new Tom & Jerry?

@joepeach997

22 күн бұрын

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

Very strange lash up at 20:00 in Galesburg. Is this normal?

@Soundersfan84

22 күн бұрын

Only if the track past galesburg gets shut down and the 4 and 6 has to go around.

Karma cop in LaGrange

What were the things at 3:17 on the OKC cam?

@thephantomeagle2

22 күн бұрын

Bridge segments. We had the old wooden rail bridge replace a shield back. The lower the segments into place between bridge piers, or central supports. Then they can fill them with ballast and then ties, rails and all. They do many things. First maintenance is a breeze since it’s just another stretch of track. You don’t have to worry about wood rot from rain and rivers, which can be impossible to detect until it’s too late. Look at how much support structure wood rail bridges need. If one of the wood segments rots and collapses the whole bridge can collapse. Second. Wood bridges are also prone to warping. Even the tiniest warping can misalign the track. 3 speed. Many old wooden bridges are speed restrictive. Those concrete segments allow the same speed

@andyolin3988

22 күн бұрын

Bridge sections.😃

That GP30 rebuild looks goofy with the angled cab roof.

The Flaming Engines look cool but better in the dark mode (Can someone explain mode is this at 4:14, I don’t know what it’s called? lol)

Guess people think it smart to cross inside in middle of trains in wrong ways

13:29 UP6379 Is this a new heritage unit paint scheme from Union Pacific?

@citxsd70m-2

22 күн бұрын

it was never a heritage unit. Originally delivered to the Southern Pacific railroad. That’s just what’s left of its original SP paint

16:10 ok what is actually happening here?? A solar powered BNSF Passenger car and a single covered hopper being transported by a single loco? There’s definitely lore behind this and I desperately want to know it.

@BudgieJane

22 күн бұрын

The hopper car is in use as a buffer between the loco and the passenger car. If you stop the video you can read the notice on the side of the hopper, which says it is for buffer service only.

@markfisher1392

22 күн бұрын

The passenger car is a track inspection car (a "geometry car") with sensors, including cameras, lasers, radar and machine vision systems to survey the track structure passing beneath. That's why it's rolling so slow. As BudgieJane said, the hopper car is a "buffer" car. I'm not certain of its actual function -- maybe to add braking capability or reduce electrical interference from the locomotive?

@kennethhanks6712

22 күн бұрын

This is a track geometry consist for detecting flaws in the trackwork. The hopper is filled/ballasted to a specific amount and the ex-passenger car has instrumentation and technicians to monitor the effect on the track and detect any anomalies or flaws.

WAMX 4246 ex-SP SD40 in ORIGINAL livery @12:22 (despite the "rust and crust") is not only an incredible survivor, but an "honest-to-goodness" heritage unit. What???...no stopping the video @21:45, @21:59, @22:00, and @22:02 for either of those four ex-C&NW covered hoppers??? 😕

Hi

I would fight that ticket, you look, that Stop sign seems blocked by a clock and a tree.

@metronorthrailfan2244

22 күн бұрын

I’m wondering if that’s actually what the driver said to that deputy

@andyolin3988

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, I had to look closer myself, can barely see it, it needs to be a little further out to the corner.

@joepeach997

22 күн бұрын

Look on Google Streets (2023). It looks unobstructed and 99.9% of cars stop for it.

@nycfeat

21 күн бұрын

The VRF cam is not on street level. And if it was zoomed in, even a bit, the image is compressed. So it looks like things are closer than they actually might be.

@thurmandavide

21 күн бұрын

@@nycfeat I stand corrected, though based on how they ran that stop sign, says they never saw it. Lot of distractions on that street. Not an excuse though.

1st

434 was that snow?

@ren-uz2mz

22 күн бұрын

Ash from a fire I think

I wish you wouldn't use "po-po". We find it offensive.

@devtrash

22 күн бұрын

Don't be a snowflake

I got to it on time this time 🥹