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Wow! Had no idea the St James was that old! I feel your pain brother, I live near the Amtrak Hartford Line, and that line is just Amtrak and CTRail shuttles all day long, plus they’re not even as busy as you get. There is some freight, but it’s sparse. When all the trains look the same I focus less on the trains being unique and put a lot of effort into making each shot unique in its surroundings or the setting and experiment with different angles or viewpoints to make each shot interesting even if all the trains are the same. That’s why I moved around all day while in LI, I knew all the trains would look the same. Do you at least get to railfan other places as well?

Sure! -here and there... I was in Alaska at White Pass and Yukon two summers ago, and I go to Maine for the narrow-gauge lines here and there. Back when my son was "Thomas Age", we were in Strasburg maybe once a year: plenty to see there that ISN'T Thomas. I grew up in Western Long Island: back then it was all MU and Electric. seeing a Diesel was a novelty!

@Narrowgaugefilms WP&Y, so jealous, dude, that’s so cool! Yes, Strasburg has some amazing stuff. Im definitely going to visit there once I move to PA. Also, I’m sure we all had a Thomas phase. To be a railfan, it’s kinda obligatory. That’s really great that you got to see the LIRR MU electrics back then, definitely wish I could’ve seen that. It’s crazy how fast the face of railroading can change. Someday we might be saying “Remember when there were GEVOS everywhere? Man, I miss those.”

Yes, some good shots. I really want to go back. You’ll have to show me around one day!

There isn't much coverage on the layout - I don't think he has a (public) schematic. The only thing I can find is this Model Railroader Article about his layout. I remember where each picture was taken, so if you'd like I can figure out a way to compile each picture showing the direction and location to give you a virtual map. www.trains.com/mrr/videos-photos/videos/layouts/layout-visits/mrvp-layout-visit-robert-gross-new-haven-waterbury-line-in-ho-scale/ It is for members only, though, sorry. My pictures are the best I have. (you had to go frame-by-frame didn't you? Yeah sorry about that...)

Yes.... Fun.... (But yes, I loved every second of it - I love LIRR's paint scheme and its power)

Oh don’t stress yourself, this was 2 years ago (thank you btw)

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan Ok (np)

* facepalm *

Gotta get that retention up ;)

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan True, BTW your really underrated!

It is indeed. Haven’t seen it since - definitely want to

In the situation you just described, you can absolutely take that home. Especially because it seems like old or disused track. I took two spikes from that crossing that day. You won’t get in any trouble, it’s basically trash to the railroad - if anything you’re cleaning it up for them. What’s the railroad gonna do with a rusty spike? There are three on my windowsill right now.

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan dang.... next time i find one! thanks!

And a real pain in the ass…

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan You feel my pain, brother, because no amount of editing is recovering an out of focus video. 😭

I’d say I got “tolerable” levels of light on it

You are correct on so many levels

Noted.

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan 😂😂😂😂😂

I wasn’t using a selfie stick but thanks for the tip.

It’s everywhere, tbh. Can’t think of many clean areas sans California maybe

Please, do tell…

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan i think my comment got deleted

@@deancostello001 Your original comment or the one where you were going to go in depth giving me all of the best apps for railfanning or the super nice post you made on your YT channel?

Oh, damn you’re right! To be noted on the spreadsheet. Btw I clicked on your timestamp and I had to watch 2 15 second ads to get into my own video that I’m not even making money off of yet. I hate YT sometimes.

You’re not being mean, I know lol. These videos were taken on my old phone which didn’t have stabilization like my current phone, which I’ve had for a while. In the next few videos the clips were taken on my new phone. I’m getting a camcorder soon and the one I’m thinking about has an internal gimbal which automatically stabilizes the videos. I actually prefer to take videos freehand because I feel like it leaves me more open to movement. I’ve tried tripods and I don’t like using them. Alright rant over

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan great rant lol makes sense to free hand I personally don’t because I have a boring line (the Rochester subdivision) only three tracks and you can hear and see trains a long time before they get to you so that’s why I use a tripod, I understand where your coming from though. Rant over

@@donutjokersproductions yeah, I live around the Northeast corridor, so all the time I’ll be filming train in one direction only to have one jump scare me from the other direction. The Rochester Sub is a cool line, I’ve only been there on an Amtrak ride through it which is in my Niagara Falls video. That’s way better than my hometown line, the Hartford Line going up CT. About 12-19 trains a day with freight mainly at night and occasionally during the day. I only see consistent freights when I leave the state. I’m so sick of seeing the same passenger trains over and over. But, in the fall I’m moving to Altoona, PA and we all know what’s there. Book over, The End.

They used to have GP38-2s but they have been retired for over a decade and a half now. They wore the McGinnis scheme and were numbered 253 and 257

I see that mistake on the spreadsheet, thank you for notifying me.

Thanks for the tip. This appears to only be Amtrak and Via rail, is that right?

Thats so cool!! In an upcoming video I have a really similar experience…

I take huge inspiration from him, but am trying my hardest to not copy him. He’s actually the reason I started this channel.

I don't know, why does he? 😏

@@LocoPro what the sigma (I’m in most of your premieres)

Nice!

Great minds think alike…

(That’s the joke :)

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan ik

I see, it was a double entendre.

Yeah, that’s correct. Newington, CT just south of Hartford.

But you were the m Massachusetts in the beginning of the video

​@@ilovebusesandtrains7777 This video is of multiple trips, in the beginning I'm in Providence (Which is in Rhode Island) and then I talk about a different trip in Newington, CT.

Its those quick wits from my dad’s side :)

What I think happened was the manager gave me permission but one of the employees saw me and called the cops without talking to the manager.

@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan hope he gets fired

Soon the videos will be taken on my new phone where there is stabilization. I agree some of the videos can be hard to watch with how shaky they can be.

Kinda hard not to when they specifically call you out and talk to you. I’m not the kind of guy to just shrug a guy off like that, I might as well hear what he has to say. And if that high five made his day a little better, then I gave him all he needed.

If I’m honest I don’t blame you as although you could help it’s very difficult to check if it’s a scam it’s best to try and get someone to help them.

It’s comments like these that keep me going. I’ve been reading this comment all day :)