CSX provided the World's heaviest parade float!!

@rm8166

Жыл бұрын

Was better than the parade itself.

@shannongreenwell1278

Жыл бұрын

They should’ve had a float on the back of the train 🚂 instead of the train cars

@loft306

Жыл бұрын

That should of strung lights on the thing

@bagnome

Жыл бұрын

Would have been amazing if they put a caboose on the back, lit up with Christmas lights and had Santa waving.

@Nareimooncatt

Жыл бұрын

@@loft306 Canadian Pacific has that covered with their touring holiday trains.

Glad to see town and rail road respect each other.

@JM-zg2jg

Жыл бұрын

As though that weren’t common.

@hozkahilgarri3936

Жыл бұрын

Unlike Florida, where it seems someone gets a car stuck on the main every other day

I loved that they cheered for the Train, Railroad workers deserve better than they get

Great to see a town full of people enjoying themselves.

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

It was fun and everyone had a good time

@Kurokyura

Жыл бұрын

Good folk

@imfunniguy3744

Жыл бұрын

It would’ve been real cool if the railroad got a part of this. Imagine a CSX locomotive adorned in Xmas colors and ornaments and moving along with the parade.

@GeneralLiuofBoston1911

Жыл бұрын

@@imfunniguy3744 A missed PR moment

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

@@FabianDiazTrainsTrucksNCars I filmed this at the spot with the most light. I checked out the whole street first. I wish I had my wife camera because it does better in the dark

When the crowd cheered and waved to the crew, it teared me right up. There is goodness and love all around, even as all the other stuff is so prominent.

@HMSHOOD1920

Жыл бұрын

Why did you tear up? Are you that weak?

@noisefuljoy

Жыл бұрын

@@HMSHOOD1920 Not weak, just wired that way. I buried my parents both with dry eyes. But, if I am struck that I'm witnessing a moment of perfection, it can bring tears. Sometimes it's music, once it was seeing a family waiting by the tracks with a happy bouncing golden retriever, as the sound of the whistle of the approaching steam locomotive pulling the circus train was drifting in. Perfect.

@arcticchod5370

Жыл бұрын

@@HMSHOOD1920 Projection. Touch grass

@HMSHOOD1920

Жыл бұрын

@@arcticchod5370 gonna cry?

@madtrucker0983

Жыл бұрын

Go take your meds

What a kid’s fantasy Santa , Fire trucks , and a Train !!!

The railroaders should get all they deserve. Everyone is out enjoying the festivities, but these guys are out keeping the country moving. That's what it's all about..

@sammartland932

Жыл бұрын

Including unplanned sick days for Pete's sake!

@samallan6616

Жыл бұрын

A shame they could not get the Canadian Holiday Train out there. That would have helped the show big time!!!

@brianburnett5049

Жыл бұрын

I think they should light up some more trains!

@moultriemanicmechani

Жыл бұрын

They are still working on it , the government just wanted to avert a strike while it was worked out , even they think they need the sick days , the only ones who think they don't ,are the railroads 🤦🏻‍♂️

@NorthWARail

Жыл бұрын

Trying to move the country while workers are illegally striking rn

CSX: We're coming through and will be a part of the parade whether you like it or not!

@BlackMan614

Жыл бұрын

CSX workers: We had our Christmas ruined thanks to the politicians, now we're ruining yours!

@lynnkramer1211

Жыл бұрын

That town like it alot. That is a town that really loves their railroaders.

@Austin.D

Жыл бұрын

Town didn't invite CSX train to the parade so CSX fixed that 🤣

@DVeck89

Жыл бұрын

From that radio conversation between dispatch and the train crew, it sounds like the town could request 72 hours in advance for CSX to not come through during the parade, but the town decided not to request this. Maybe there's a fee involved.

@calebalt1557

Жыл бұрын

@@DVeck89 from the looks of those people, they didn’t want to 😂

That's gotta be both cool as hell for the engineer to be "part of the parade", while at the same time nerve-wracking as all get-out having all those people, including tons of kids, so near the tracks. . .

@h8GW

Жыл бұрын

Well, once the driver gets the loco past the crowd, there's nothing left he can do and it's left all up to the baton cops. Also, now he knows what it's like to drive a subway train past Yankee Stadium on game days 😁

@maly2ts408

10 ай бұрын

Health & safety would have the screaming habdabs they wouldn't allow anything like this in the uk every rail track has to be fenced off

@wallyman292

10 ай бұрын

@@maly2ts408I hear ya! Laying tracks down the middle of mainstreet like this is definitely something that wouldn't be done today! It's simply a relic of the past, when train depots managed to become towns around the tracks that were already there.

Best parade ever! A train with 50,000 individuals watching it 😊

@samallan6616

Жыл бұрын

A shame they couldn't get the Canadian Holiday Train in there too! What a show that would have made!!!

Thank you for visiting our RR Museum. We enjoyed nearly 1500 visitors this day. Our goal is not just to preserve rail history, but to serve the community thru education.

While so many parts, so much of the world is in turmoil, is engaged in war - while so many are losing their homes and lives, it's GREAT to see so many people happy and engaged in peaceful community events: GOD Bless AMERICA and all who reside within this great land. Thanks for your videos, Mr. JT - :0))

@jamesmurphy9346

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Street Trains. Great to see The Spirit of Christmas alive and well. Wonderful numbers of participants. Santa's arrival was awesome with the Fire Department lending a gracious hand. Great video. Thank you.

I wonder if some of the folks thought that the train was part of the parade? That poor engineer had to be a nervous wreck for a few minutes. GREAT video !!

@jovetj

Жыл бұрын

But he still had time to wave! One hand on the horn, the other out the window. :D The train crew got a very warm welcome, which was great to see!

@h8GW

Жыл бұрын

Considering how often this happens, I don't see how it's not scheduled intentionally.

I get a little thrill every time you stand so close to a moving train-and I am a lot envious, too! Been a railfan for 76 years (since I was three) and being able to be close to a train while it is moving has always been a wish of mine. Thanks for your great videos!

LaGrange should be proud of their downtown. You did a nice job of filming the train and the crowd. A real nice touch and what a great plce to be at Christmas.

@flpedal2metal

Жыл бұрын

Heard rumor the new incoming mayor is going to get csx line reroute outside of downtown

@shawnpowell5876

Жыл бұрын

LaGrange is the "STREET RUNNING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"

@brianlawson5127

Жыл бұрын

But, is it really 🤔🤷‍♂️?

@garykuipers2696

Жыл бұрын

@@flpedal2metal Considering the enormous cost of that project, I doubt that CSX would comply. I'm sure that the street running is what attracts the tourist trade. A reroute would devastate the town's business. I don't know what the current tax ratable is but CSX pays property tax to each municipality it travels through.

@robp3246

Жыл бұрын

@@flpedal2metal Physically impossible, the area is all developed. There is no "out of town" to move it too.

Woah. This is so cool! Seeing all the townsfolk just waving at the train as it passes by thru the parade. Makes it very wonderful to see that even a train can make a parade worth seeing.

Man this really shows how BIG locomotives are and and trains in general. Cool interruption!

Hats off to the rail crews! Thanks for the hard work

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

@opiumextract2934

Жыл бұрын

You got it 👍

There is something about 'street running'. It is just awesome whether it is long freights in the US or passenger trains in Switzerland.

This looks like it would've been so much fun to be a part of. Everyone seemed like they were having the time of their lives. I love seeing stuff like this. So much positivity in the air

Thank you JT for bringing us "real life" and "real moments" of the towns you visit. Very nice !!! 👏😀

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

More to come!

No parade is complete without a train, CSX, best part of the parade!

Listening to the train radio traffic it definitely sounds like there was a breakdown in communication between CSX and the town.

@billstill1794

Жыл бұрын

and it caused an extremely dangerous situation!

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

@@billstill1794 not really. Not as long as people didn't do anything stupid like crawl under the train, climb over it which does happen albeit not with auto racks, or refuse to get off the tracks with the train coming

Good morning JT - It does not get much better than this;Santa, Firetrucks and Trains! Locomotive engineer getting in on the action; LaGrange Kentucky is the best. Thanks JT

I counted 96 cars on the 1st train. That matches the 396 axle count.

How many Christmas parades have you been to that an actual real train in it? lol Thanks so much, JT. Excellent video and Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa and trains.....doesnt get any better than that

That's what I call a great parade! Santa,fire engines and last but far from least, a train! Now that would be a great holiday tradition.

@AmandaTexas

7 ай бұрын

I'm traveling to the Light Up La Grange parade this year, with the hope that I might see such a great parade.

The CSX train cutting thru the parade was really awesome. Great footage! Love all your videos. Keep it up.

Even a turned off clock has the correct time 2 times a day. Sounds like the town didn't want to do what was necessary in time to halt scheduled trains for a while. It was a little nerve wracking watching the train go through the crowd.Nice museum and train display(s) tour. Thanks for sharing.

@roadtrain_

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure the town could've stopped CSX if they wanted to, because well. CSX are rich. Still, the train was going slow, the tracks were blocked off and as long as nobody has a brain fart and decides to run infront of the train, that situation was perfectly safe and hella cool to watch.

WOW...that was the largest float I've ever seen in a Christmas parade...LOL!!!

My uncle's mom drove through a parade in the middle of the day when she was in her 90 s my uncle took the keys away from her after that great video and keep up the good work God bless from GA and happy holidays

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 6 Dec 22.

@williamcoulston7788

Жыл бұрын

Morning bill from Metairie la I have vacation time coming up and hope to get to meet you soon

Pretty cool that the locals are completely comfortable with the street running trains, just accepting it as part of life in that town. Everyone seemed to take due care and stay out of the way, treating the train as just a part of the parade.

@josephbennett3482

Жыл бұрын

Actually, they're not very fond of it anymore because it interrupts daily life and people sleeping , they are in the works for relocating the line to a different place and get rid of this line that runs through the street in the near future.

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

People who comment complaining about these trains running through La Grange have an extremely poor understanding of the relationship between the town and the railroad. Truth is the town promotes the trains as an attraction for visitors

@nathanjplatt

Жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett3482 lol no they aren't. There's no news anywhere of that. La Grange promotes this street running on their website. It isn't going anywhere.

@AmandaTexas

7 ай бұрын

@@perchlarkin And they do a good job. I'm traveling to the parade this year and for a few days, I'll be spending my money in La Grange.

Kind of reminds me of a trip my family and I took in the early '90s behind MILW 261 between Green Bay and Appleton Wi. There was about 3 blocks of street running in Appleton and we came into town smack in the middle of a Flag Day parade. We had a marching band on each side of the train and got an impromptu police escort. Since we were on Wisconsin Central tracks WC's president Ed Burghart was at the throttle and gave a huge toot salute to the crowd which in return gave all of us on the train a standing ovation. I'm glad we rode when we did because the next day 261 derailed at the Green Bay depot and the trip was cancelled. Great video and sorry for rambling on.

Thats the BIGGEST group of RAILFANS that I've ever seen...

Thanks so much for the great video Jaw Tooth!! It was fun seeing La Grange from ground level as I've only ever seen the elevated Virtual Railfan camera view! A big thanks also for the tour of the railway museum, it was awesome! Fantastic job, it was an amazing experience all around! I truly appreciate you sharing it with us!👍🏻👍🏻

So cool. Would have loved to be there for that. Loved how everyone applauded the train.

That was awesome... the way the engineer was waving had me laughing and the crowd cheering.

1st - love the street running! Great video as always. Go ahead and start the video SON!

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here so fast!

This is nearly unreal...I wonder how many new railfans there were after witnessing this...

It seems like every time you film in LaGrange, there's usually always more auto rack trains than mixed freight or intermodal trains. Both trains in this video were empty auto racks. I noticed that the second train made an exception to the "No Train Horn" ordinance and blew its horn due to the large crowd. It's rather hard to have a parade with a heavily traveled street running track in a town like LaGrange. Those model HO scale train layouts were pretty cool. Great video.

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

The horn blowing is permitted under the rule South bound there are 6 daily trains 3 are auto racks, 1 is inter modal, and 2 mixed freight manifests.

@filanfyretracker

Жыл бұрын

id not be surprised if lots of those empty auto racks are going to Philadelphia, It has a large auto terminal for its port which has direct access to a CSX yard.

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

@@filanfyretracker my belief is the first train is M217 which originates in Philadelphia. The second train is maybe M205. That one originates in Worcester MA. The trains terminate in Louisville which has a big Ford plant. The other auto racks is M209 which comes out of the Toledo area. It also ends up in Louisville. So they do have trains to and from Philadelphia. M216 northbound will sometimes go through La Grange.

Being a railfan and train driver, of course the train was the best part for me :D

I just noticed that there were no articulated racks! That train in the parade wa COOL! They got into it by the looks of it.

Mornin'

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Morning and thanks for being here so fast!

Thank you JawTooth for another incredible video. I look for you on the Virtual Railfan La Grange cam a lot. Love your videos from La Grange.

I've never seen so many railfans watching a train. I bet they couldn't wait for that parade to get out of the way. 🚂😁👍🇺🇲

@hardrays

Жыл бұрын

they could have been expecting a steam engine

I love watching the live feed from La Grange but it's much better to see it from street level. This is a good-quality, interesting and fascinating view of the USA - thank you SuperJaw!

Rail workers are the backbone to this country. Great vid as always son!

I’ve lived in this town for most of my life and this is special

Wow , it '' Trained '' on their parade 🤣😅😂 Son this was a great vid especially the model train display ... What a parade , Santa , firetrucks and a mile long CSX train ... Awesome ...

Come fo Santa, stay for the trains. Lol

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

JT, I can't say it enough. I freaking love your videos. This one in particular reminds me of when my dad used to take me train spotting as I was a kid. That's how he became a railfan.

At least the folks stayed to see the Train at the Parade! Awesome Video JT! Send that to Wide World of Trains

😁😁Good morning! 🌞

JT, I'm still somewhat new to watching trains on You Tube, actually it was 1 of your videos I came across just scrolling thru You Tube, now I watch every day, Point I'm trying to say is street running thru LaGrange is my fav to watch. Appreciate you sharing.

Grats on the Parade guys, I am sure everyone had lots of fun :D God bless all those emergency response people, keeping everyone safe.

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

CSX: "Hey, can We be part of the Parade too?"

@norfolksouthernrailfan2006

Жыл бұрын

City of La Grange: "Absolutely you can"!

27:23 "yes they roll on the tracks" Genius of the year right there.

Other than the liability aspect, it would neat if they could integrate a short train into the festivities.

Personal best in a 5K race was 32 yards (Cough). Excellent video JT! 🙂 Different to see a few US model trains (Ewhurst Green is my own UK 1950s based model). More importantly so wonderful for the railroad to put on a real train especially for the town's parade (Coughs again). 😃 Keep up the good work! 👍

At least the train and parade were going the same direction. Can you imagine the chaos if they’d conflicted, especially if the train had shown up in the middle of the parade?!

@charlottecunningham2141

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen videos where that’s happening in other areas😮

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

Town knows 80% of the trains are south bound. The only north bounds are fairly short trains or manifests with tankers carrying chemicals like chlorine which have a toxic or poison inhalation hazard.

@roadtrain_

Жыл бұрын

@@perchlarkin That makes... very little sense. Unless the trains going northbound are like 5x the size... because every car that comes down has to go back up, right?

@perchlarkin

Жыл бұрын

@@roadtrain_ they take a different route.. The chemicals which are toxic and poisonous if inhaled are not allowed on that route because portions lack PTC which I believe is positive track control.

This makes me happy to be born in the Midwest. Where a train running down the street is the worst problem of the day, lol. Great video Jaw Tooth!

The video came out great. Can see you and everything else very good.

I love that a train came into the parade. I would love to go to a parade that a train comes into it even if it's unintentional. I'm glad you got to see that.

@AmandaTexas

7 ай бұрын

I don't even know anyone in La Grange, but I'm going to the parade because of JT's videos.

Only Jaw Tooth can do that!!! Have a parade and then follow with a train behind that. So great!!

You gotta love all those model trains and layouts!

Beautiful parade made even better with a street running train! That's the first time I've heard that train horn blown so many times. That's because Lagrange has a no horn ordinance. What a pity, they don't know what they missing.

@AmandaTexas

7 ай бұрын

I used to have a house in a small town that was established as a water stop for the trains. I always loved the train horns (no quiet zones there), and when the trains didn't run, I would miss them, and I would have a hard time sleeping.

I'd actually start going to parades again if I knew there'd be at least one train!

@JawTooth

10 ай бұрын

Me too! that's why I went lol

a street parade with a real train... what a real treat for the kids 😀

Amazing preservation of architecture. Straight out of "A Christmas Story" kind of place. I need a Chinese restaurant made from an old bowling alley and call it "Bo ling". Or an Ice cream shop to take the family to and watch the train roll by. Thanks again Jaw Tooth. Keep em rockin and a rollin.

Communication is the problem.to the answer. Nice catch on the first train I'm sure the crew was shocked to see no crazy driving or pedestrians running around. It seems like he Juiced the 25 mph limit a bit. Thanks for the behind the scenes look at the platform which does have a decent View along with the museum display and layout operation. A few weeks ago America's Funniest Home Videos had a clip at the end of the street trackage before it goes by the platform in which somebody in a car is backing up at various angles and seems flustered before finally cranking the wheel and driving away

@jovetj

Жыл бұрын

The Virtual Railfan cameras here often catch cars doing wonky things. They regularly put out "grab bag" videos showing highlights of the past day or three, and oopsies in La Grange are not rare in those. The track speed limit on the street-running section is 10 MPH.

@paulbergen9114

Жыл бұрын

@@jovetj This clip wasn't from the VR cameras. This was shot with a telephoto lens at street level looking towards downtown. They were standing down by the Curve across from the viewing platform a view not possible with the.VR cameras. Mercifully Kearny doesn't rate that high in terms of bad driving it seems tilted towards pedestrians and bicyclists

@jovetj

Жыл бұрын

@@paulbergen9114 _“This clip wasn't from the VR cameras.”_ I never said it was...? _They_ is also not correct, since *_he_* was on the street and viewing platform.

the train coming through the parade was awesome

Dangit. I waited on that train. It pulled up just behind the museum about 9. Waited until 10 and it hadn't moved. Was hoping to see Jawtooth there as well. Looks like we missed it all by just a few hours. Had to get to our next destination though.

Breakdown in communications between city officials and the railroad dispatcher . Usually the railroads will cooperate when Holiday Special Events are scheduled for events . Great video Jawtooth .

Good video Jawtooth

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

Fire Engines, Santa and a train!!! Doesn’t get any better than that 👍🏼👍🏼 Awesome live action 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Merry Christmas Jawtooth. you rule dogg.

Great job @Jaw Tooth and Merry Christmas

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and thanks for being here so fast!

Hey Brian! AWESOME ! 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏 I love it! A CSX freight interrupting a Santa Claus parade! Beautiful with the sculpture and the Christmas lights!

That was very nice having a parade and a train at the same time and the city light up

Interesting to see a UK industrial locomotive on display. The repurposing of the British Railways logo made me smile, more so as it was never owned or run by BR.🙂

Very great video! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

Thanks again Brian. A very Merry Christmas 🤶 to you and your extended family.

I spotted you recording on the VRF cam. So, I was expecting a vid from you soon. All the best!

I saw a similar video where another town was having their Christmas parade and they were going across the tracks and a train unexpectedly showed up and literally cut the parade in half so they had to wait forever just for the train to pass just so they can continue on

Great video of the Christmas Parade with Santa Claus and the CSX AUTORACK that had to accidentally interrupt it. I also noticed that parade people are also fans of a train too as the CSX Engineer was waving back! I admire all workers with the railroad industry for what they do to keep our country running! Thanks again JT for another great video as well as your time and effort that's put day in and day out for us! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

It was really cool to see how many people like watching the trains pass by. The train had perfect timing at the end of the parade. I would have set it up this way if I was in charge. lol

@shawnpowell5876

Жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth I agree it couldn't have worked out any better! Wish ida been there to witness it all.

That was pretty cool. Thanks Jawtooth!

Thank you! So enjoyable, as usual!

Good video jawtooth

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

@danbedford5419

Жыл бұрын

@@JawTooth ur w

Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! ✨✨👍It's a very nice place! Thank you very much! 🙏

The LaGrange Railroad Museum is worth a visit. Model railroad enthusiasts like me will be delighted!

The engineer seemed to be getting into the spirit. The crowd was hooting and cheering the train just like it was part of the parade. NOTHING was going to spoil that festive holiday spirit right there....not even a freight train. AWESOME. Got to say though....it would have been one phone call to the railroad a few days in advance to say WE HAVE A PARADE between 6 - 7 PM and could you please hold any freight trains off that section for one hour ( or whatever the duration would be). Easy Peasy. Somehow it didn t get done. Dangerous as heck...but...it worked out O K.

That was an awesome video Jawtooth. We really enjoyed it. Thanks ❤️👍

Great video! A saver! It’s nice to see the street view. I watched the parade and train that followed on the street cam. I really enjoy the street running trains, would love to actually get up there one day. Model trains and museum footage was awesome.

I don't know where he lives now. But an old friend of mine who I use to work with when we were both working AUTO REPAIR at a WESTERN AUTO (now out of business) Name "JOSEPH BIEDENBENDER" WOULD GO NUTS OVER YOUR CHANNEL, ESPECIALLY THE MODEL TRAINS IN THIS EPISODE!! He loves and knows TRAINS even more than I do.

GREAT video, JT! Merry Christmas!

I am pleased to know that you were at the parade. It was much a very happy occasion that is better than the one that was in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where Darrell Edward Brooks drove right into the crowd on November 21, 2021. Wherever you are, that is the time for a happy occasion to come through and sure.

Loved this one, especially all the people and the 2nd train. No worries about it being dark; it looked great!

Lmfao, those people didn't even stand a chance 😱🚂

@JawTooth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !