My father in law worked for the SP&S and Burlington Northern as an engineer out of wishram and use to tell me stories about this run to Bend Oregon. He's gone now but he would have loved seeing this from the air with the big locomotives. He always wanted to get in one but never got the chance he retired in 1977. Thanks for the aireal memory lane.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear Jerry thank you for sharing! I am obsessed with this piece of railroad and could call it my all time favorite. He was a lucky guy.

Tolle Komposition von Eisenbahn, Natur und Musik👍

Your ability to capture this is incredible. Thank you.

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! This video specifically is one of my favorite regions.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ... THE BEST EVER ... EVERY TIME!! ESPECIALLY IN MY HOME COUNTRY ... WA AND OR STATES ... AND OUR RIVERS AND CANYONS .... BRILLIANT TRAVELOGUES!!!

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Daniel! This is one of my absolute favorite regions of all time.

Thank you for the video production,we get to see what normally we don’t have access to. Five stars to you

Thank you!! Awesome footage - you are a real craftsman with that drone! I can also see why you like that route, it must be a real pleasure to follow trains there. Thanks again.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yeah it's my favorite for sure and I enjoy the challenge of how little traffic runs on it. It makes it oh so satisfying when you capture something exactly as you want it.

It's at times like these I think there is no such thing as a big enough monitor screen. I have just started watching and already so grateful for your work Dan!

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

This is some phucking spectacular views in the mountains Bravo.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! One of my all time favorite pieces of railroad.

What a great way to spend a Saturday morning before tackling my “to do” list. Great scenery, a fine orchestral accompaniment and Dan’s outstanding video work shot at one of my favorite locations. Doesn’t get much better.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Some real terrain on the Oregon Trunk. Following the Deschuttes River and bordering the Warm Springs Reservation makes this area a good challenge. I hopped this line as a kid and to this day remains in my top 5 most scenic lines.

Fantastic video ... The combination and the harmony between nature and Railtechnology is fascinating. Add to that the really suitable music, for me that is pure relaxation... Please, more videos like this... Greetings from Switzerland...

Spectacular sense of scale. Most people would never know it is Oregon. I know that area.

This is 1 of the best pieces of work I've seen I think its fantastic...brilliant and thanks for work

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Just want to say I appreciate the text you add, I keep Google earth up and when i see something interesting I pause this and check it out, your videography is fantastic.

great video !!! Thanks Dan !!

Man. You have an amazing eye for this. This is amazing!!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael I appreciate it. It's a lot of fun.

Another WOW!

This is awesome! Great location, great photography, great editing!

Great video Dan! The trains running through this beautiful scenery is amazing! Thank you for sharing this video with us!

Thank you for sharing another great video Dan we all appreciate your work

Cinematic

Great video Absolutely wonderful and loved it Thanks so very much

These videos are in a class by themselves sming the genre!

@TheRailfanDan

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much you're too kind!

Really wonderful video. Landscape and music were both extraordinary.

The best images, perfect vídeo! Congratulations! Wonderful vídeos and music ever!

I love that country, and love those trains. I hope that FAA and the Police leave you alone.

Great landscapes, great railroad, blue sky and a fine film music - this is what an european railfan would call "american spirit". Thanks for sharing! Stay safe, man!

Absolutely amazing , everything. Words fail me, such is the beauty of all things, the landscape, the water and the craftmanship. Well done, Dan.

Great, I appreciate the map at the beginning.

This is the Citizen Kane of Railfan videos. Not gonna lie.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Dan Thank you so much I am very grateful

What also amazes me, is although the railroad may travel 32 miles between the Columbia and Beaver Tail, the surface roads are what 75 miles? With at least 10 is washboard gravel roadway! Nice work!

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Correct! It's about 60 miles on the road but that first train from tunnel 2 to Beavertail I was hightailing it pretty quick to make it from one place to the other. Once I arrived at Beavertail it was only 5 minutes later that the baretable train came around that corner.

Beautiful drone footage! Flatland railfans like me drool over scenery like this

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I feel so very fortunate to have such scenic places and mountain grades so close to home. I really try not to take it for granted.

Excellent as usual. :)

nice video!!!! the scenery is breathtaking. almost looks like a train sim with the lighting at the beginning. This is something relaxing to play in the background when you're not really watching the Tv the whole time. something to look at while your reading or something.

You make the most of the early morning light....thinking you must have camped out near the river to catch them so early. @27:25 you can see some rocks slide down the hill as the 2nd engine passes and a wisp of dust blowing up the hill a few cars later at the same location.

Just when I thought these videos couldn’t get better this one comes along. Great work!

Outstanding flying Dan! in August I actually did a bit of railfanning near Chemult on the Oregon Trunk, still pretty but not as scenic as the northern end of the line!

@barbaradarnell.3802

3 жыл бұрын

The Oregon Trunk line ended at Bend.The Great Northern built south to Çhemult ,then used the S.P. track to Klamath Falls,then to Bieber California on it's own track.

Simply stunning Mr. Dan, your work is excellent. Just curious about how you fly the DJI staying in the air for a long period of time and covering great distances?

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

It's all about your physical placement to get the most distance out of your flight. I do a lot of research on maps to figure out the best places to stand to maximize my range capability.

Very well done. No other words to say.

Impressive production!

Thanks Dan for a wonderful video.

Nice work, Dan!

RFD, the video is great, the musical score makes it damn near perfect! Where are you sourcing these great music tracks?

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Dave! I get my music from Soundstripe and more recently Artlist.

Amazing piece of work!

Great work on this! Inspiring stuff as usual!

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot my friend! 🙂

C'est Bien

Dan, I've enjoyed your video since I taught in Culver the first three years of teaching, I spent many days out exploring the Oregon Trunck. I know many of the places you visited, but my pictures don't look as good as your video. I still hope to have you video a Motorcar trip . Carl

Your selection of music for these videos is *very* effective! Do I dare ask where you get it?

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Sure! In the last year or so I have been getting all the music I use from a website called Soundstripe.

Wonderful drone flying and editing. The terrain is quite fantastic which required some excellent engineering and expensive construction for a railroad. All we have in N. Illinois are miles and miles of flat cornfields (boring).

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

This canyon one of my all time favorite pieces of railroad and it sounds like you understand why! I'm glad I can bring this to you to enjoy. I definitely try to not take living in the West for granted. Very fortunate to have the terrain that I do to play with.

@prsearls

3 жыл бұрын

I bet the original 4K file is really something to see. The file size reduction and compression needed for a KZread video probably diminishes 4K video quality significantly. When I view these at full screen size, the image looses lots of sharpness and detail. I've had still photography as a serious hobby for more than 60 years so I'm very aware of sharpness in the final image. Nevertheless, your videos are among the very best. I especially enjoy your composition of the scene. The DJI's "rock solid" stability and your thoughtful panning produces excellent views. You have a very good talent and skill that produces a product that we certainly enjoy watching .

Beautiful work, per usual. How many trains a day on this subdivision?

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

In a 24 hour period about 4-5 is average.

Also, gotta say, it’s hard to beat the canyons when seen from your “perspective”.

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Well I certainly won't argue that. :)

At 27:27 there is a rock slide right after the lead engines pass.

👍👍

What kind of drone do you have and how much was it?

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

I'm flying the DJI Inspire 2 with the Zenmuse X5S camera. I'll let you go ahead and look up the price😉

What river is this, it's to small to be the Columbia, maybe Deschutes? (sp)

@denault3985

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's the Deschutes River. www.google.com/maps/place/Wishram,+WA/@45.7407384,-120.8292394,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5496274973eb0ead:0x6efa8738004c0a41!8m2!3d45.6573451!4d-120.9667338

@hillbilly8106

3 жыл бұрын

HELLO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT AREA AND, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE, BUT I HAVE SOME GOOD MEMORIES OF THE RIVER. 👍- & FOR THE GENTLEMAN WHO ASKED: " WHAT RIVER IS IT"? - IT IS THE "DESCHUTES RIVER" ! 😇✌

😱😳😱😳😱😳😱😳😱😳🙏🙏🙏🙏

You appear to have missed Maupin.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

30:14

... BUT I AM HARD PRESSED TO UNDERSTAND THOSE AUTORACKS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ... COMING FROM NOTHING AND GOING????????

@TheRailfanDan

3 жыл бұрын

Repo train. Repositioning the cars for use in another location.