I remember this EMD GP9 locomotive back in Oregon. Even have some pictures with it taken by an actual film 🎥 camera. Back then, it used to be all shinny and bright colored. Now it looks all faded and weatherized. I would definitely restore this EMD GP9 if I owned it. It has quite a history behind it. Being over 63 years old now, I'm more than glad to see it still running! I love it's paint scheme as well! Would definitely re-paint it to it's original paint scheme.

I really enjoyed this video. I'm a retired Conductor living in Canada. We didn't do any street running in the territory I worked, so that aspect is especially interesting to me. Thanks for a high quality well put together film.

I owe my love of trains to the Southern Pacific who operated the line from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, Felton and Davenport back in the 1950’s. Their tracks ran behind our home which was located near what is now the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. The steam locomotive pulling freight cars would often stop behind our home and switch a cannery at Seabright Avenue. The caboose often came to rest behind our home where I could talk to the train crew. Occasionally they would invite me into the caboose and show me how the equipment worked. What eight year old would NOT get hooked on trains.

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

That’s such a cool story. Thanks so much for sharing it! It’s an honor to have your viewership.

@bradleyogden5688

3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents used to live in Los Gatos and San Jose. I remember one time my parents took my sisters and I out to Santa Cruz fun park in the mid 70's. I remember that I was in the upper half of a building trackside to the SP branch and was lucky enough to see an afternoon train roll by, I loved it!

@drtalkboxsa9412

3 жыл бұрын

I got hooked in my early 20s when we used to work on a health care train in South Africa. We lived and worked on the train.... spend one week at one station. At the end of the shift I d be chilling in the sleeper watching trains pass by through the window. At the end of the week the train would travel for up to 20 hours to a new station. I even appear in a BBC documentary about the Phelophepa train

Never get enough of that short line service.

I loved watching the big freight trains come through the Cajon pass out of Victorville. right on . I sometimes miss my days in California.

It is without doubt one of the best American railroad channels.

Wow, wish you could have gotten more of the BNSF at Richmond because that's a very busy intermodel hub for them. It was funny to hear the old geep with a Santa Fe horn on it paying tribute to the Santa Fe. Seeing a now 75 year old S2 still earning her keep all these years later is a real testament to taking care of your equipment!

I am surprised they had not instituted "quiet zones" when these were filmed. When I was a kid/teen in the 90s, I'd watch the California Northern build Napa Pipe trains north of Vallejo. I miss those days, and was sad to learn California Northern went defunct after Napa Pipe ended operations.

@jgalexander510

3 жыл бұрын

California Northern still exists :)

@kishascape

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah california folk love those.

@josephbennett3482

3 жыл бұрын

When street running it's not safe AT ALL to do away with the horns or bell because they are a locomotives warning signals.

@cup_and_cone

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett3482 Not true... many cities have quiet zones through them. CSX through LaGrange, KY or CSX through Clearwater, FL for example both have quiet zones. That said, in an emergency the engineer will sound the horn as necessary.

I love seeing old Cotton Belt engines!

I love this video! having now watched the whole thing. What a variety too. As an Englishman, I found that the USA street running trains are really fascinating. The action of a train in a busy yard full of road traffic etc. but best of all, the train snaking its way through the middle of narrow streets and climbing impossible looking gradients. To me this is so much more interesting that just watching trains running fast along mainlines. The shots inside the cab and camera mounted on the outside of the train are brilliant.

Incredible! A locomotive running on the streets of a city.

@oregonrailfan7046

3 жыл бұрын

Street running is common in the US dude

@straightto8

3 жыл бұрын

There used to be quite a but of street running in SF proper, I’ve been fortunate to have shot the SP in the 90’s working around SF and on sections of street running. Was able to ride over some portions, and also to run and engine or two on field trips when I was still working for Amtrak..

@davidmorris7696

3 жыл бұрын

See St Mary's WV!

@redstonerelic

3 жыл бұрын

You should see LaGrange Kentucky, they have a CSX mainline funning down main street!

@anteliomonteiroabellan1214

3 жыл бұрын

@@redstonerelic Wow! This one I need to see. This is amazing! Thank you my friend.

Vintage locomotive street running. Another great video.

I absolutely love trains!

Really enjoyed this. I have been a student of the the worlds railways for most of my life. Happily, through the wonder of KZread, there is always something new to see and learn about. This is Informative, well put together and carefully filmed. Here in the UK, street running is really a thing of the past, with the recent removal of track between Weymouth Station to Weymouth Quay one of the final nails in the coffin! It's good to see see that the states has kept a lot of the infrastructure that the uk has foolishly removed. Thank you for your hard work in bringing this to us all. :-)

"STREET RUNNING TRAINS" are my ABSOLUTE favorite and thanks for sharing from the 1st state of Delaware!

Thank you for documenting these two California short lines and for sharing this video with us!

Great video, liked the SF footage, my old stomping grounds, shot a lot of SP in the 90’s, and some SF Belt at Port. I lived not far away, could always hear the horn from my house about 3 miles away. I ran one of the Alcos here back when my engineers license was still valid, used to see same engines on SF waterfront as a kid, also worked the commutes for Amtrak. Was cool to achieve a childhood dream of becoming an engineer, on the same route I watched trains as a kid.

@bradleyogden5688

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to have met you FJ Caron!

@kishascape

3 жыл бұрын

You had one of those nice shoulder mount VHS cameras back then yeah?

@straightto8

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyogden5688 How are you my friend?

@straightto8

3 жыл бұрын

@@kishascape I shot a lot of stills, did shoot some video in the mid to late 80’s on VHC, 90’s on Hi-8, late Mini-DV and digital, still all the while shooting stills, I don’t do much photography any more, am considering a drone though.

I enjoyed this film. I ran for Southern Pacific and for NWP RR as an engineer. This brought back some memories. Thanks👍👍👍❤️

Alcos and tight curvy street running is tough to beat.

Chances are good that I saw this engine back in it's heyday. We used to wander the tracks in the Milwaukee Road yard in downtown Milwaukee (Menominee Valley) back in the mid 60's thru the 70's. It's awesome to still se Milwaukee Road units still in use!

Very nice video!!! Good subject, great cinematography and narration! Thank you!!!

Great video. Welcome to my part of the world. One day you got to visit Stockton tower where you'll see BNSF, UNION PACIFIC, ACE COMMUTERS AND AMTRAK Valley trains. The interlock is so busy they are building a flyover to keep trains moving.

This is by far one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen. Sweet RS3L on the 89 too haha

I worked on maintaining EMD's back in the mid 70's. Love that rumble on start up.

10:25 "How do you do, fellow automobiles?"

Anyone else get anxiety when the dog was walking in front of the train?

This is the exact video that got me into railfaning! I’ve caught some really cool stuff since ! Thank you for this !

@DelayInBlockProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I’m honored.

So, I live in Santa Cruz County and very local to the Bay Area of California. I can fill you in on what has happened since 2016 that DIB didn't mention. Roaring Camp recently acquired the rights to run the tracks. After Progressive Rail canceled their contract with Santa Cruz County, nobody during July of 2020 wasn't willing to run the line. Roaring Camp, having some tiny freight customers on the Felton Branch Line that they now run as the Beach Train, talked to the County and signed a deal to run the line. Currently, the most prominent customers are Big Creek Lumber and Martinelli's Apple Cider. The San Francisco-based company has done the same since 2016. The Richmond Pacific has also done the same.

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know. Great info!

@clevelandmaker386

3 жыл бұрын

@@DelayInBlockProductions buy that Geep!..... you can have a D.I.B paint party and your subscribers can help you put your paint scheme on it

Great work like always as a Californian resident it's good to see some small railroads still in operation!

That was fantastic. I never knew about the Bay Railroad and I worked in San Francisco! Great video.

Man you guys do a brilliant job of these vids, as soon as your vids come on I know they are going to be sick! Love those zoom shots! 😍

I like seeing the locomotives roll over pavement like a truck hehe specially more busy pavements like around loading docks or where it has to go around buildings and slopes.

Several times while traveling on train number 5, the westbound California Zephyr and running late we was told since the citizens of California was paying for Cal-Trains their trains had the priority over Amtraks LDTs. Makes cents!That's a nice ride through that area throughout Crockett? C & H industrial area. Great footage of the SF Belt too! Been to the Bay Area many times but never was able to shoot the South City Switcher. Nice to see the former WP 3552 on the point! (UP 9986) .

I'm not an official Railfan, but do pay attention to trains if I have opportunities. I swear, that same model of Engine, is owned by a Tourist related company in Waterloo Region Ontario. They do runs in between Elmira & St.Jacobs (about 5 Km one way). Only 12 1940s or very early 50s passenger cars, a Diner & decommissioned old time CN Caboose. Only runs in summer. The Engine.. same shade of very faded blue, same look, identical Horn and Bell. Lots of rattle and squeaking, and endless plume of blue smoke. I only see it late evening and it's dark. Like I say I'm not a train expert but that thing is really old, and small/short compared to typical CN Freight engine. Wish they'd use a Steam Locomotive. (The first engine shown being started up beginning of video. Thank you for sharing

Another great history lesson, the trains just add more color. If I had to guess these short lines will become more valuable as import and export become even more important to US. Getting goods in and out of the city become more convenient by rail than buy truck do to the increased traffic flow. It all depends on how forward thinking city government's are, dirty industries are not going away anytime soon if anything even clean energy has a dirty side to it, scrap metal, scrap electronics still need to be recycled.

@arandomtrip8082

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree 👌

@chcopping1358

2 жыл бұрын

@@arandomtrip8082 no

Thanks for SF coastline, very picturesque, keep them coming! 😎

Nice! Love the country out there. Lived in Santa Cruz in 2006 and made my way down to Watsonville as well. That Richmond Railcar is a beaut.

Excellent video!

Excellent photography. Thank you!

interesting. l live in the SF Bay area so very informative. thanks for the history as well.

Thank you for sharing your amazing camera work and knowledge of the local railscene!

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! That means a lot.

This is fantastic! Loved it!

I remember riding behind the 89 on the MHRR back in the day. Hopefully she keeps on chuggin!

Excellent Coverage 🌱🌱🇮🇳🌱🌱

Great video as always dude. So informative and cool. I love street runners

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for those kind words, man. I really appreciate you watching.

St. Paul & Pacific Railroad isn't operating the line anymore, the Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific has assumed operations on behalf of Progressive Rail.

@arandomtrip8082

3 жыл бұрын

What materials does the Santa Cruz railroad transport ? I know it was a logging train along time ago

I live in a city bisected by both CN and CP rail, so I wasn't really that aware of these smaller lines. About a year ago, a news story about an accident at a crossing outside town mentioned "Ontario Southland Railway", which has been operating for years in smaller towns around me. I'd never heard of it. Curious, I went looking on line and came across it's locomotive roster. The "Newest" dated to the 1970's, the oldest to the late 1940's. I think they have the last two F Types still in operation, making money and not "museum pieces". I don't consider myself a Rail Fan, but I do have a reverence for old machinery that is still operational in a business sense.

I got to see the video early from the super chat in the livestream but now I'm gonna watch it again😜😜I love the part where the guy in the car backs up😂😂

Wow what a way to start the day, Great Video

The F59PHI locomotives still roll on in Amtrak California service despite the onslaught of Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotives which already replaced the F59PHI locomotives on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner All of those F59PHI locomotives along with the Amtrak Cascades locomotives were sold to Chicago Metra one happy exception is locomotive number 90 which sports a Chicago Northwestern heritage scheme

I love this video .keep up the great work

That first train was beautiful

That was cool watching UP climb that hill to the main track.

Very cool!

Awesome video :)

Awesome 😎

Another great video. Maybe some footage is old, but I don't care at all when the quality is this good. Great stuff here!

Kool awesome video

Wonderful video.

Hello from the UK, where I can't think of any street running that we still have left. Given that it is also required that all railway lines must be fenced off, you will never see scenes like this on our side of the pond. I love that footage of the street running, taken from on the train. That first train is really serious street running. However, I think that from your historical account, engine number 89 is jinxed.

Wow what a great video

Good video and informative narrative.

Nice.....!!!

Great video...

A very nice video!

Beautiful California

I love your videos and videos love you love love you and your videos love you love love you and your videos love you love love you 😘

The horn is absolutely amazing, weird thing is I remember going on a trip where they used this engine but it was moved from Oregon to California in the same year I was born, I think even before, anyway, back on the horn it also kinda sounds very very very slightly fouled. Maybe it’s just me.

Roaring camp railroad purchased two more cf7’s for freight service in the area, they had to purchase two more locomotives because the track between their current route and Watsonville is in very poor condition. For the foreseeable future roaring camp will remain as the short line operator.

It looks like this unit/ power could use a. paint job. I enjoyed your presentation as goes all your videos I hope your Christmas.

An Alco, this video just gets better and better.

i liked the street running by the UP local

Aha, I thought that looked just like the Mount Hood Railroad livery!

Also would you ever video the NorthWestern Pacific railroad & S.M.A.R.T. trains please

5:50 wow, wow, the locomotive is driving down the street, right among the cars, I saw it in a dream ... 5:50 вау, надо же, тепловоз едет по улице, прямо среди машин, я это во сне видел...

That engine 89 I remember seeing it pulling some passenger cars at mt hood back early 2000" time sure change

I lived in the bay area from 83 to 01 but never knew about the street running in Watsonville. I would have liked to have seen it...just not in my car's rear view mirror!

This reminds me of Railroad Avenue in Colonie NY back in the 50s, 60s and early 70s All the warehouses and businesses that used rail Service All gone now

Neat

#89 once ran on the Mount Hood Railroad

What a shame freight trafic nearly disappeared in France! Wonderful video about short lines.

Unique with track on the street hopefully drivers pay attention

@raypitts4880

3 жыл бұрын

THEY DO WHEN ITS TO LATE

Big fan of all your RR videos. Especially enjoyed this video a lot. Great local history in the narration! Curious if there is a DVD version available to purchase?

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

No DVD version, but I appreciate you tuning in. Thanks for watching!

Well ,…. #25 is now a static model as of 2021 the engine had issues and the state belt just got a new KLW switcher. #23 is Sid lined as a backup unit … I have the cracked piston and rod out of #25 in my living room as “art”… But the line is still going.

Awesome! I was hoping for a Mare Island showing?

Very good video and sound quality, what kind of camera are you shooting with?

Why did t they have their full lights on, especially going down the road. Just found it odd that’s all, and I absolutely LOVE that horn. Interesting video. Keep them coming

you need to come to the central valley and sacramento area we have some great shortlines here

2:25: Hey! That engineer is wearing a White Sox cap! Good man.

Didn't know the Mt. Hood RR had gotten rid of this engine.

👍👍always 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!!!

At 12:06. Car alarm set off by train

theres a great model train group in crocket

16:11 Yeah, nah. People in my town have argued with me that the train doesn't come into town. It comes about 5 days a week.

How long have you been recording trains?

@DelayInBlockProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Since 2010 or so.

That locomotive is former mount hood railroad 89 which I believe went out of business

how soon would make another Abandoned railways video ?

Well done, informative video. Like the locomotive view best. 3:00 Is it illegal to show the train proceeding through the grade crossing? If a vehicle had been struck, you would have completely missed it.

Man I wish this stretch of San Francisco was put in Peninsula Corridor for TSW2😒

I wonder what the guy on the bike with the dog was thinking...