Cresson PA 08.13.15: Doug Day Afternoon
Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары
Having successfully lensed our second wild 11A lashup in as many days, we departed East Conemaugh to return to Cresson, or the general vicinity at least. Rather than returning to the Station Inn and setting up across the tracks by the pumphouse by habit, we continued through town and stopped at the Route 53 overpass. The road had recently reopened after a months-long closure so the aging bridge could be replaced, and happily the vantage point from the old abutment alongside remained intact, save for the loss of the stand of trees that would have been at our backs. All the better to let in a little more light, if the clouds would leave us alone that is.
Our motley ranks increased by one with the arrival of a distinguished guest. We were joined trackside by video maven and fellow railfan Doug Obert, creator of the 'Around Our Neighborhood' promotional videos for the Station Inn, who was also staying at the Inn for a few days. Doug's stories about his railfanning adventures and his days as a cameraman in the D.C. press pool are always a great source of entertainment, and his contributions to our banter were welcomed as we awaited the flood of trains that traditionally appeared in the late afternoon.
Before the flood, a trickle. At 4:36, westbound autorack train 11J cruised past under the classic signal bridge, led by ES44DC 7538 and C44-9W 9374 with SD40Es 6333 and 6312 assisting from the rear. After 11J, it was another 45 minutes before eastbound stack train 20Q roared out from under the bridge behind SD70M-2 2772, SD70M 2599, and C40-9 8808. The sun shone brightly on a long parade of Hub Group, EMP, and J.B. Hunt containers as the head-end trio charged towards the summit. The pace slowed noticeably as the head end crested the grade and prepared to brake the consist 6 miles down the mountain into Altoona. SD40Es 6329 and 6323 bunched up the slack from the rear, ever vigilant against the negative effects of gravity. As the pair curved away towards Gallitzin, they were met by westbound stack train 23M, led by ES44AC 8129 and ES44DC 7700, their dynamic brakes wailing in full song as the duo maintained their speed.
The sound of 23M fading into the distance mingled briefly with the deep-throated crescendo of a hard-working eastbound, but the pace of the newcomer was too slow to keep the camera rolling. Whatever it was, it was heavy. Two more minutes of undeniably-GE chugging noise ensued until 14G finally struggled into view behind ES44AC 8110 and C44-9W 9339. The booming bass chug of the GE pair faded into the quiet clanking and creaking of the freight cars, which itself faded several minutes later into a rapid EMD drumbeat. SD40Es 6320 and 6332 leaned hard against 14G's tail to keep it moving the last mile or two into Gallitzin.
After 14G disappeared around the curve, we barely had time to get a word in edgewise before Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian showed up, led by P40 821. We had a little more time for conversation after Amtrak's passage before we finished up our visit to the abutment with SD40Es 6310 and 6318, running light westbound 12 minutes behind the Pennsylvanian. We had seen 6 movements total in 80 minutes counting the light helpers, but the last 5 passed in the last 36 minutes. What it must have been like to stand here in the heyday of Pennsy's four-track main...
#train #trainspotting #railfanning #railroad #pennsylvania #travel
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Cresson looks like railfanning paradise.Nice video.
@FastFlyingVirginian
2 ай бұрын
Thanks. The area stretching from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh is jam-packed with railfanning points of interest. If you are particularly interested in the mountainous portion of the line, Cresson is a good spot to base a visit and then spiral out from there to other locations.
I met Doug once a number of years ago. I haven't been back to this location since the new bridge was erected. Excellent video Dave.
@FastFlyingVirginian
8 жыл бұрын
+iusetano Thanks! most of the hillside there is just tall grass now; the only trees left are further down towards where the service road comes out beside the tracks.
@deepakgilotra7879
4 жыл бұрын
@RIYANTO RIYANTO Qmbkn c xc n bjuvn .
Wonderful captures!!
Amazing.
Great video! Beautiful place! 👏👏👏
Awesome video!
ASOMBROSO,,, Hola a todos, desde Cali Colombia un fraternal saludo, excelente video 🤜🤛
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
Gracias!
@LSKORPIONDOR4DO
4 жыл бұрын
Salud2 para ustd también
@pavanuppin6005
4 жыл бұрын
Pavan
Nice video With 4 parallel tracks there must be a lot of action going on all the times - Thanks for sharing :-) Cheers Adam
@FlyToChina0071
8 жыл бұрын
+FlyToChina0071 Not 4 but 5 tracks - Maybe time to go to bed..... /Adam
@FastFlyingVirginian
8 жыл бұрын
+FlyToChina0071 I can totally understand the need for sleep. :) In the Pennsylvania Railroad days this would have been 4 main tracks and the 'Ought' track (track 0, the one nearest to the camera) which only ran between AR Tower in Gallitzin and MO Tower in Cresson. Nowadays there are 3 main tracks - the two furthest away from the camera plus the middle one of the other three. The other two tracks were sometimes used to store cuts of coal cars waiting to be returned for loading, but given the recent drop in coal traffic that has become less common. Now imagine what it was like back in the 1940s-1950s when you had all four main tracks busy plus the coal branches funneling trains into Cresson, over the mains on a flyover bridge, then down into a yard and onto the Ought track...
@FlyToChina0071
8 жыл бұрын
+FastFlyingVirginian Looking closer - after sleeping - it is clear that track 0, the right-most track, is not in the same condition as the other 4 tracks. Thanks for the info regarding the tracks - would be nice to visit one day :-) Cheers Adam
@Maytredan2024
4 жыл бұрын
@@FlyToChina0071 gfhoisutth0idsuyhoosiu
No Brasil é só refugo q tristeza quando isso vai mudar estamos caminhando para traz !!!!
I went to New York in August 2015. But I'm not going there anymore, because Durand, Michigan USA is very close to home and that's where the diamond is located where CN's Flint and Holly Subdivisions cross each other at grade. You can also see other railroads at the Durand station as well, such as Great Lakes Central, Huron & Eastern Railway, and Amtrak (GLC, HESR, AMTK).
Im going to PA in march, for spring break. Im already gonna be visiting Altoona, Gallitzin, Horseshoe Curve, and Harrisburg. But this is on my to-do list.
@FastFlyingVirginian
7 жыл бұрын
Sadly, this angle from the old abutment may no longer be accessible. Since I was last there, one of the nearby homeowners has reportedly gotten aggressive about running people off from it. I'm not sure what their standing is to do so, since it was not their land before and was not posted in any way. The shot can pretty much be safely replicated from out on the Route 53 bridge itself, but you're more likely to get traffic noise in the background.
@muntasirmamun9726
4 жыл бұрын
SUMONGT
9:45 I wish I could put me one of those mobile cabins right there on that spot next to the signal bridge! RAIL CAMP!
@pavanuppin6005
4 жыл бұрын
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@ednalarina281
4 жыл бұрын
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@ednalarina281
4 жыл бұрын
N
It's amazing
so good
Brilliant
Muito bonito ver locomotiva e vagões bem conservafos
@muhammadaziz2284
4 жыл бұрын
Jma
Great train video ...
@iqbalmasih8203
4 жыл бұрын
F
@SaraSara-xc3pz
4 жыл бұрын
Super fast train
@SaraSara-xc3pz
4 жыл бұрын
Super fast train
Impressionnant je n ai jamais vu de tels convois en France
❤
amazing
Hermosas bestias....
Wow very good
Excellent
Isso sim que é malha ferroviária
Nice to see some steel products being shipped; structural steel, hopefully the coil cars contained coils & I believe I saw some slabs in the gondolas.
@FastFlyingVirginian
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think they do a good business bringing raw coils and slabs west for finishing. The eastbound seen here with the coil cars, 14G, would be headed back to Morrisville, PA with the empties. There is a westbound train with a solid consist of loaded slab gons (currently symboled as 60N) that is one of my favorite catches in this area - it is one of the only westbounds on the Pittsburgh Line (stone trains being the other) that will rate a four-unit helper more often than not.
@robertkennedy5178
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for responding,nice action,thanks!
God
@asifkhanroadconstructionas4724
4 жыл бұрын
Hii rani me call 8758866220
Where do far tracks 4/5 go?
@FastFlyingVirginian
7 жыл бұрын
The two tracks furthest to the left are main tracks 3 and 2, the middle track is storage (which I think only runs between AR and UN Interlockings), the fourth track is main track 1, and the last one used to be known in the PRR days as the 'Ought' track, which runs between AR and MO.
how fare from that one hotel you're from that's right across the tracks? I think it's the station inn
@FastFlyingVirginian
8 жыл бұрын
It's about a mile and a half from the Station Inn on Route 53.
@JTTheRailfan
8 жыл бұрын
ok cool ive never been there but I watch the live train cam there sometimes. wave at the building next time and maybe ill see you waving.
@balubhairadadiya6027
4 жыл бұрын
1233૩333445567૮88900ક્વ્વીર્ર્ત્ત્યુઇયોપ્પસ્ફ્ઘ્હķķલ્ક્ષ્ક્ષ્ઝ્ઝ્ઝ્ક્ષ્ચ્ચ્વ્બ્બ્ંં
I like it
Super fast train
Wow
@shreeduttaphoto8116
4 жыл бұрын
very long train why you like Dear?
126 wow
روووعة
@mohammadraees4706
4 жыл бұрын
8799343412
खुप सुंदर आहेत विडीवो
Muito lindo 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Train chala bagundi
View
🤩🤩🤩
👍👍
Good
@asifkhanroadconstructionas4724
4 жыл бұрын
Hiii
@asifkhanroadconstructionas4724
4 жыл бұрын
Suman call me 8758866220
Nice
Super railway
Hello brother where is this place ہیلو بھائی یہ جگہ کہاں پے ہے اور یہ ٹرین کہاں پے چلتی ہے کونسا رکھا ہے یہ
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
This is in Cresson, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.
it was neat meeting you at lily
@FastFlyingVirginian
5 жыл бұрын
When? Earlier this month?
I had a funny feeling the title was a reference to Doug Obert and wasn't just simply dog day with an inadvertantly added "u" hehe. I too met the man in the same territory, on the same porch. Haven't spoken to him much sense then but those aforementioned stories were indeed just as entertaining as they were informative to someone like myself who's still breaking into that same field, albeit a different market. Is he still doing the promotional stuff for B&B's these days? Great display of fanning though, proof that you don't need anything flashy on the point to have a good time. I haven't spent a lazy summer's day next to that bridge in a while that I can recall, though I've spent plenty everywhere else though on my recent once or twice annual treks out that way over the years.
@FastFlyingVirginian
8 жыл бұрын
+AliceInChains243 I'm not actually sure how much video he still does, to be honest. We keep up on Facebook, so if I can remember I'll ask him. It's funny, I spent the better part of a few days trying to think of a good title while I put the video together, and then while it's uploading the idea hit me. Go figure. You are right about the lack of flashy stuff on the point. Personally, I find the chug of a good plain-vanilla ES44AC plenty entertaining, as it was on 14G. We got plenty of flashy stuff at night though; the 'original' NS and the PC heritage units passed somewhere around midnight on two separate days. Doug managed to convince Tom to let him dig out a 5,000-watt xenon lamp that was in the basement, and he hauled it through the underpass and up the other side to plug it in so the group could catch the units. Unfortunately, I was long passed out by that point or I would have been out there trying to capture them in 24p. Next time...
@AliceInChains243
8 жыл бұрын
+FastFlyingVirginian The way I see it, trains are trains. I expect them all to have less than "ideal" power, and if they do, it makes things all the more fun and interesting. A day of nothing but catfish box-nosed EMD's is fine with me, just like a day of GEVO's and dark AC44's is fine while out alongside their yellow-nosed competitor. I didn't even realize Tom had that lamp, too bad it couldn't be utilized for an FFV piece this time around. I've always flirted with the idea of purchasing an HMI lighting setup (a lamp fixture that literally produces daylight and lots of it) for that same purpose...if it wasn't half the cost of a new car. Is it out of the question for the future? Considering I'll ideally have practical uses for one down the road for things well-beyond the hobby, absolutely not. Until then, I've been settling for blasting the high beams, which usually isn't quite enough for a one-chip 1/3" sensor to work with at 1/60. Really curious as to how well Tom's light put out.
Great location, never knew 5 tracks.
Very good
សាមមាឌីបានភ្ញៀវប្រចាំថ្ងៃដែរឫមើលទៅ
Puxa vida esse é cumprido três máquina pra puxar e uma empurrando
@FastFlyingVirginian
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes there are even more units pulling and pushing, but many times the extra units are just in tow, along for the ride. It is still an impressive sight though.
Lagi asik² ngitung gerbong kontainet eh transisi, bikin bete.
@user-yk9wi1lu3z
4 жыл бұрын
RESIDIVIS BLONG KIRI बवसप एम लज्ञझं
Nice filmd
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
火车🚄第一那张好看呢？👍👍
@aramanali3220
4 жыл бұрын
Sadanaaaattidqod
@shreeduttaphoto8116
4 жыл бұрын
write in English.
@majidrayma1990
4 жыл бұрын
錢袋🐭輩分✋工費用餐廳事件數位置放👇屠刀叉燒包🎒括約肌🍖🍖肉肉麻辣味道路線條碼
D indonesia gk ad kereta barang sepanjang inie. Mantull boss
@restukomplong9147
4 жыл бұрын
Raono bos
super goods train
몇칸이나되나 세어보려고해도 화면이 자꾸바뀌어서 셀수가없네
@jayantachakraborty4654
4 жыл бұрын
Hi
Kaha ka vidio hai
Du😁😁😁
how long are these trains
@FastFlyingVirginian
5 жыл бұрын
It varies. The longest I've seen where I could count was 195 cars.
Nice video....
Wah,kereta nya panjang banget.,kalau di INDONESIA bisa bikin macet di perlintasan kereta nich.
@rasiminmintuk6796
4 жыл бұрын
Ujungnya indonesia barat dan indonesia timurrr,,
@muslimmuslim8497
4 жыл бұрын
Menit 9 jumlah gerbong nya 127 gerbong
That's called Vikas no doubt
Muito logo
128 gerbong😯😯
@restukomplong9147
4 жыл бұрын
Mwantul
@Ncaudiotuban
4 жыл бұрын
Duuuoooowoo
@restukomplong9147
4 жыл бұрын
@@Ncaudiotuban koyo gonku gede dowo
What a Train... How long it is..?..? Where this is running... which country?
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
This is in the USA, in the state of Pennsylvania, about 110 miles east of the city of Pittsburgh.
good
Oh god
Which country is this,I want to visit
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
This is in the USA, in the state of Pennsylvania. Specifically, it is in the mountains approximately 110 miles east of Pittsburgh.
202 contera
गज़ब
Unsafe at curves 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
Good, doing well
It's Looks like In India
no brasil isso nao funciona !!!!
Where is it?
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
Between Cresson and Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, along PA Route 53.
Super video about the train. Like and subscribe for it👍
Where is it??
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
The outskirts of Cresson, PA where Route 53 crosses over the tracks.
@AlfaNudeXxX
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks you
5 tracks?
@FastFlyingVirginian
7 жыл бұрын
Yup, it's not an illusion. :) In the Pennsy days it was 4 main tracks and the 5th was the 0 or 'Ought' track (the one farthest to the right), which ran between AR and MO Interlockings. Nowadays NS uses the 0 track and the former track 2 (third from the right) for coal hopper storage as necessary. Note that the two mains closest to the camera run to AR Tower, where they come together in a single track for the New Portage Tunnel, while the other two mains run through UN and eventually the Allegheny Tunnel a few blocks over from AR in Gallitzin.
Sanggar sepure uuakhe
Let's see how attractive it is for Vietnamese trains?
Wowo
Кто посчитал ? Сколько всего вагонов ?
Doug Dimmaday afternoon ...
🤭🤭🤭👌👌👌🙏🙏
Ya
buju banyak
128. Gerbong cuy... Indo aje 8 gerbong udah ngerasa lama banget kalo ada kereta lewat...🤣
Mossa u vidio ficou muito top brasil
Panjang banget Ujungnya mana Setuju like
@dormessujobolsonaro4565
4 жыл бұрын
Borsonato .
@restukomplong9147
4 жыл бұрын
Kek punyaku panjang
@dormessujobolsonaro4565
4 жыл бұрын
@@restukomplong9147 e nois
@amatsuramat2732
4 жыл бұрын
@@restukomplong9147 dasar kou
Ooo
Кто посчитал сколько вагонов?
Ngawa apa dawa temen bro😧😧😧😧
@alimobiletulamba5843
4 жыл бұрын
Hy
কত বড় জিনিস টেনে নিয়ে যাচ্চে----bangladas
@raselmiah3379
4 жыл бұрын
Hm
Those were some long trains, especially the second eastbound.
@ronaldmorrison6013
4 жыл бұрын
I know right?!
@marciopaixao6509
4 жыл бұрын
Lindo de se ve a quantidade de vagões 🤔
very long train. I see first time.
Dp
That train it seems to be using other source of power such as diesel engine instead of electricity
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
Correct, these trains operate with diesels. The electrified territory ends about 140 miles east of here, and the freights all operate with diesel power regardless.
Oh teri 128 hain dabbe
Hii
कोन सा देश का है
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
Pennsylvania, USA.
Kitni lambi train hai ya malgadi like kar do mere bhai
@FastFlyingVirginian
4 жыл бұрын
127 platforms on the container train from 3:02 to 9:11