Virtual Railfan, thank you for the "HI MOM." It made me smile out loud, which is something I needed...

They really need to fix the boarding situation at Ashland. Nothing there tells you which side your train will pull up on, and the trains will switch sides throughout the day. When I visited, they told me the only way to know was to wait for the train to be close and look down the tracks and see what side the headlight’s on. If a freight train is running, there’s nothing you can do but miss your train.

@scottfw7169

2 ай бұрын

Wow, allowing that situation to exist is the height of "I don't care about anyone or anything except me myself and I."

@TheVicarstownSentinel

2 ай бұрын

Yes...a footbridge or two between the two platforms would benefit the station greatly. Lotta stations in the UK have em. Why not here?

@californigirl

2 ай бұрын

So the Amtrak app and train tracker does not indicate which track the train will be on?

@ClariNerd

2 ай бұрын

That sounds an awful lot like a skill issue. Just plan ahead!

@TheVicarstownSentinel

2 ай бұрын

@@ClariNerd You're really pulling the skill issue card for a railway station issue???

I was wondering how they move that Crane in one car to the next. Very interesting

@jamesmckenzie3532

2 ай бұрын

It was great to watch live as well..there was more but the Automatic tracking walked away during it.

I haven't been to Boston since my mom's funeral. Alot has changed since I was a kid! I was born & raised in good Ole Beantown!!

For nearly 50 years old the Rock Island hoppers looked in remarkably good. Also a pink Klemme Co-Op hopper. Painted pink so yardmasters would hate to see them and get them out of their sight as soon as possible. Or on a more negative moment when the car got lost in a yard it was easier to find, In those days it was not unusual for enraged shippers to enter the yard to find "their" car and take the problem face to face with the yard master.

A little rocky mountain spring fever!😂

Thanks for the Trains VRF. The view (07:00) across the Valley and Township at Cumberland was nice to see. (14:00) Good to see Illinois Terminal on the point, but she still needs a clean. At Waycross (20:20) I enjoyed watching the Trucks and Suspension of CSX 1136 as she traversed the Point-work.

We ❤ trains.

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the passenger cars in La Grange, Kentucky, Heritage Units and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

0:17 ex-LMX B39-8. Burlington Northern leased a lot of these in the 80s and 90s. The only Dash 8s BN ever owned were three B32-8s (again at 2:22) 0:34 CSX 1871 in Atlantic Coast Line heritage livery along with new MBTA cars on the rear built by Hyundai-Rotem 1:21 CSX OCS (again at 4:32) 2:07 ex-Citirail doubleheader! 3:07 two Gulf & Ohio units trailing! One is an ex-CN GP40-2LW with wide cab, while the other is an ex-Conrail GP38-2 3:17 empty low-center flatcar placed after the rear DPU on the same coal train the black units were on 4:12 an Amtrak Phase VII geep trailing on a cSX train through La Grange! 4:25 two BNSF locos, two barrier hoppers, and two automated inspection coaches 6:06 grapple crane with a special base moving between gondolas 7:04 CSX 3914 trailing through Cumberland 7:48 Conrail boxcar and Southern gondola on a welded rail train 8:54 unusual containers without sides or a roof. 9:23 Cascades F40 cabbage, five horizon cars, phase V P42 154 and phase VII P42 138 9:33 all CN power on a BNSF oil train, the DPU is ex-Citirail 10:49 Carolina Coastal Railway GP15-1. The livery is similar to that of the old Norfolk Southern (Known as Norfolk and Southern Railroad prior to 1942) 11:16 not only did this driver drive towards an oncoming train, but almost hit a pedestrian before that! looks like they need to be re-tested on their driving! 12:31 John Deere tractors 12:55 Rock Island hoppers 13:35 Williamette & Pacific SD9, still in SP gray. This unit was built in 1955, rebuilt to SD9E specs in 1975, became a W&P unit in 1994, and was sold in January 2024 at the request of the EPA 14:08 WOW! Amtrak 161 'Arrow", 203 in Operation Lifesaver livery, and two freshly overhauled LA metrolink cars on the Southwest Chief. (again at 17:00) I saw pictures of this amazing consist in Kansas City, but did not see it myself. 14:44 fool around and find out! I hope the new Siemens cars don't have this gap 15:23 Oregon & northwestern boxcar 15:54 Conrail coal hopper 19:45 NS 1111 leading 20:44 quite some exhaust coming from these four K&O units 21:25 an entire train of TTX boxcars 22:30 NS ballast train, all orange hoppers 23:04 MOW equipment at work on Horseshoe Curve, installing new rail 25:25 replacing the bridge in front of the WMSR camera 25:40 CSX 1852 as mid-train DPU

Love watching V R videos and im from England love ur American diesel locomotives! They're huge and a lot more interesting than our UK ones! Keep it up V R 🥰😍

Loved this video, beginning, middle and end!! Hi to Everyone!!

Colorful SWC 3 ! ElkDeer Just Having Fun but one said He Plays too Much! LaGrange Ky Here we go A Train coming!

Every Mom should have a Son like that. Yeah, it made me smile too. That CSX Exec train sure is purty.

Best ending ever!

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

Those guys didn't disappoint! Glad you liked it!

Some fantastic catches through the windows of opportunity today - the Willamette & Pacific RR loco at 13:35, and the Oregon & Northwestern RR boxcar at 15:22.

The magnet trackmobile is awesome

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

Thanks Virtual Railfan for posting details of the locomotives.

Terrific collection, really enjoyed the closing song with the Elk having fun 😉

Loved Thanks VRF❤

As a former railway employee, I’m glad I spend most of my career in the boondocks. Spending a few years in a medium size city, it’s a lot more work. My hats off to those guys that did work in cities. Just wasn’t my cup of tea.

I love the pandas

I like the Wingnut of Opportunities.

Hay it’s the Texas Csx unit! 25:45. :)

Loved the video.

Hello from UK I really enjoyed your video and channel keep it up with fantastic work

Can anybody tell me what that machine was doing at 6:05? And what were those handsome purple cars with the T on their sides? I loved seeing a couple of pieces of Pacific Northwest history--Willamette & Pacific and Oregon & Northwestern--and the hoedown at the end was just plain fun. Keep up the great work and thank you!

@yyzedd

2 ай бұрын

It is an excavator on a chassis that allows it to "walk" across gondola cars. It is used to either set off ties or load ties from the gondola cars below.

@donnaj9964

2 ай бұрын

@@yyzedd Very cool--thank you so much for the info!

@roxxma

2 ай бұрын

Those handsome purple cars with the T on their sides are MBTA Commuter Rail cars being delivered for service on Greater Boston's extensive regional rail system.

@donnaj9964

2 ай бұрын

@@roxxma Awesome--thanks for the info!

Blue car at La Grange: I should be there soon. (turns left onto street running tracks.) CSX locomotive: Out of my way! Auto train coming through! Blue car: 🤪 "Aaaahhhh!" (backs up into parking space.) "If I was a human, I would now need a fresh pair of pants."

@DavidWsTrainVideos

2 ай бұрын

He certainly “Escape”d that crash lol

Good Video

Funny. I never knew deer knew how to play 'tag'! 😃

I wonder where that SD9 was going.

happy deer :D or mutant deer (elk)

Jonesborough Tennessee add some flange Oilers

Springtime zoomies

@stevegird7706

2 ай бұрын

Their wives are off somewhere giving birth.

*Nice Catches*

@Primeandfeastablescollector10

2 ай бұрын

Wide world of trains on youtuba

Those deer must have gotten into someone’s secret grow… why they call it the mile HIGH city

That Carolina coastal gp38-2 looks like ns 8114

Looks like MBTA cars getting delivered in La Grange KY ...off to Boston , MA.

@kennethhanks6712

2 ай бұрын

Believe the scene you are referring to at 0:48 is Ashland, VA not La Grange, KY.

@413TomaccoRoad

2 ай бұрын

@@kennethhanks6712 Probably.

0:49 new cabcars for me on the mbta

Golden West Service SSW - St Louis and Southwest, Cotton Belt.

Bruh why did I know it was gonna be orange shirt before he went under 💀

15:26 If they don't leave a boxcar open, where will the Hobos ride? LOL

Never knew deer can get the zoomies lol

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

0:30 Not gonna call out the Norfolk and Western hoppers on that train?

In Ashland, don't they make announcements beforehand as to which track the train will be boarding on? I know at the mbta commuter rail stations, the message is usually posted if there's a change in track.

@desw9146

2 ай бұрын

No announcements or signs ... Amtrak trains can arrive on either track, and there's no indication of which it will be until the train is in sight.

I've seen passenger trains with CSX livery in several recent grab bags. Is that operator looking to resume regularly scheduled passenger service or perhaps some type of premium cruise service?

@georgeadams1853

2 ай бұрын

Office Car Special train.

How about ACL purple on the heritage engine.

How come all the camera angles aren't available? Like on the one's with two or three camera angles. Like the 2 at Lagrange, for example.

Newbie here, so when a particular engine or car are highlighted does that mean they are rare? 🤔

@scottfw7169

2 ай бұрын

Yes, rare, or old and therefore now rare, or otherwise not something commonly seen.

@sirkrunch

2 ай бұрын

Yes. UP ripped up the tracks at the Klemme elevator in the mid 2000's in an attempt to make the line unprofitable North of Belmond to Forest City to abandon it.

@ryanfrogz

2 ай бұрын

Rare, uncommon, or just worth looking at.

@thedesigner00

2 ай бұрын

@@ryanfrogzor just cool lol

Okay dancing pandas on a flatbed

CSX 3194 also had a flag in the background at 12:12:06

9:12 I know the song is copyrighted, but "Rhythm of the Falling Rain" (The Cascades) would have been quite excellent here.

@Mikey300

2 ай бұрын

As an alternative, how about The Doors' "Riders on the Storm"?

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

Be happy there are copyright songs, all great songs would be ruined by everyone playing them to everything out there.

Noice!

that edge at 12:00, makes me question humanity.... just go to the other side of the road....

Deer zoomies?.

What is that thing at 6:17 called?

I guess the Deer will be safe from Kristi Noem as long as they stay away from gravel pits.

Smoke if you gotta em

In all fairness, did car have any way of knowing train was on the way?

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

They could have went to the left like most of the cars do. I live near a town that has tracks coming down the Main Street (West Brownsville) and trust me, with the headlight on and the enormous size of the engine, it can be seen from quite a distance.

I thought maybe it was a craw fish under the train.

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, deadlines make you push "Publish" too quickly, lol!

0:46 how on earth did an MBTA bi-level car go to Virginia?

@kennethhanks6712

2 ай бұрын

Those new MBTA cars are coming North FROM assembly plant thru Ashland, VA TO Boston and there are numerous thru rail routes from the VA area to Boston, MA so all railroad transit for this equipment is not a problem.

@woodentrainboi3769

2 ай бұрын

@@kennethhanks6712 I gotcha

THE MBTA HAS MORE ORDERS FOR CTC-5S??????

@SuperOwensTrainsYT

2 ай бұрын

Yep

@coconutmall333

2 ай бұрын

“-MBTA”🤨

One day people are going to learn why you shouldn’t crawl under a trap even If It Is Parked

@coconutmall333

2 ай бұрын

You do know that Trains block railroad crossings so far this year that people started to lose patience to the Railroads nowadays. I guess I can’t say I blame these people for risking their lives just to beat, crawl under or climb, or worse even tries to play chicken. I adored mighty machine of trains. But now. The Railroads isn’t the same old time anymore.

@kenm3245

2 ай бұрын

@@coconutmall333I CAN and WILL blame people for risking their lives and other lives for being too trifling to wait for the train to get clear. Factor in extra time for getting places and that alone avoids a host of problems.

@JamesDavis-sh9gh

2 ай бұрын

@@kenm3245 Amen! Anyone who graduated from Kindergarten knows how dangerous a train can be stop and go. Lord knows when it will start again. Extra time to get tp a destination always helps.

@coryhoover01

2 ай бұрын

There is usually another way around or over the tracks

@coconutmall333

2 ай бұрын

@@coryhoover01 Like what? Built underneath the tracks, or they just built a bridge. Like the Northeast Corridor Lines.

What was up with the dancing pandas?

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

If you watch the Grab Bags long enough you will see humor/animals/oddities/music/etc along with 95% Train clips. We have a diverse crowd from hard core train fans to "I like Trains and more" folks. Pandas were just a few seconds of humor thrown in. And thanks for viewing, it really helps us to get new camera locations and keeps these Grab Bags going.

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There is no Darwin Candidate in this video.

Hey virtual railfan it is spelled c r a w l

@joepeach997

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, YT cuts the title at 100 letters and I must have had the cursor in the wrong position because when I looked again it said it was ok. Being at deadline I didn't question it and hit "Publish", lol. Thanks for catching it.

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@Sean_0415

2 ай бұрын

And nice video!

@keithclark681

2 ай бұрын

Who cares

Exceedingly long trains should be outlawed and railroads should be fined for fire breathing, and polluting engines. Seriously.

@RandomAmerican3000

2 ай бұрын

No.