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@@user-do2rm7bu3k thanks. It was awesome out there

@@StormySkyRailProductions thanks Steve. Can it be Friday already? Lol

@@Atsf1976 Your very welcome and soon enough indeed.

Thanks. A great perspective from the air. Crawford Hill is such a great place to watch southbound trains especially with the manned helper sets.

@@richardk5849 you're very welcome and yes indeed for sure.

@@richardk5849 those manned helpers were awesome to see and even better to detach on the move like that.

@@aznstylepn0y mining is used to get metals and stuff like coal out of the earth to be used for items that we use daily

@@Atsf1976 thank you much. For the information . Because I use a lot of compressed charcoal pencils for art . Wanted to make sure from an expert . Thank you.

Yes sir. How you been?

Thanks Richard. I'm hoping that you are able to make many notes of the areas for me because when I went out there, I don't know if I had bad luck, but it didn't seem like I saw many trains (especially in Montana by the national park up there). I'm going to send you an email later buddy. A little more than a month for you, so I'm hoping that you're doing your research.

Were there still a bunch of BN SD40-2s? I always wanted to see that and when BN ran the fuel tender between units. That won't happen now, but that was a better time for this area.

@@Atsf1976yes I can remember seeing SD40’s but they were being used as manned helpers over Crawford Hill. No fuel tenders. We still have fuel tenders here on some trans continental trains across the Nullarbor plain.

Thanks Steve. I agree with you 100%. Now it seems like they don't run them like they used to. It's a shame because three mainlines should be being used to capacity, so that we can see loaded coal trains slowly climbing little hills. Maybe that'll change in the future. Have a good weekend.

@@Atsf1976 you're very welcome and hopefully someday it will change for the better. Thank you very much also.

Thanks Dave. Have a good Sunday.

@@Atsf1976 you're very welcome. Thanks and you also.

Thank you very much

Sometimes it's nothing more than lucky timing. Kind of a bummer about less coal traffic, but that's alright because there was other traffic out there. Loaded coal trains are great to see climbing up even little hills with DPUs on the rear though. Next week, Cajon, Beaumont and Fullerton. Then, it's off to Elko, but I just hope that there is enough traffic out there.

@@Atsf1976have driven SLC to Reno a few times. Can’t remember a lot about Elko. Are the 2 rail lines far apart there? I take it both are still in service.

@@richardk5849 There are two rail lines there, but from the video that I saw, they aren't far apart like at Sherman Hill.

Thanks Luke. How's your neck of the woods?

Anytime. You're lucky to live there because I can only imagine seeing bnsf trains daily. Not only that, but the area is so nice and clean.

Thankfully because I live out in Nevada and I can't imagine living without A/C.

Or so some people can run their mouth.

@@snydedon9636 huh?

@@richardk5849 seems like trains have become technical in terms of what types of engines haul what

@@user-do2rm7bu3k not much snow where I am at

Thanks Steve. You too. Time for a weekend nap. lol.

@@Atsf1976 Your welcome and thank you also. Yes indeed.

Thanks troll boy

Thank you very much. It's somewhat railroad related, so I figured that I would post it.

Yes, but it's not as busy as it once was in the powder river coal basin. How's Switzerland?

Thanks Steve. Just a few more days until the weekend buddy.

Thank you very much. More to come.

Head north on 59 out of Douglas and you'll run across County Road 43/Walker Creek Road on your right. It's way before you hit Bill and it's south of County Road 55 (Google Maps).

@@Atsf1976 Thanks. Yes it looked more like the Powder River than around Cheyenne but being in your Hermosa to Cheyenne video I wanted to make sure. Have been off to the right of 59 in that area but don’t remember the road, or it was more of a track and gravel, I remember that.

@@richardk5849 That article about the Powder River Coal Basin was really a bummer. I can only imagine being in that area to watch trains like 10-15 years ago. I bet it was a constant stream of trains. Lots of meets and races. Oh well. I still want to go back there someday.

@@Atsf1976 Yes, back when I first saw the Powder River Basin it was just that-a procession of coal trains. It was still very busy the second time around but the weather was making it hard to get to good places and take video. But it was between Christmas and New Year’s so it was to be expected. Anyway, got to see it in the snow.

@@richardk5849 another month till your trip?

Thanks Steve. You do the same.

Cheyenne had some decent locations. I liked shooting east of the crew change point because of that sweeping curve and how slow the trains go. Only bad thing is that the trains headed west stop in front of you, so there is the chance to miss an eastbound. Hopefully this went well with your Sunday morning coffee.

@@Atsf1976 Thanks. Yes I really like the area especially if you get a heavy westbound using the original line. And good timing for coffee! Did you get to see the static Big Boy in town. I know it’s not the same as the operational one but it’s still good to see the size of them. Is the model railroad still operating in the depot?

@@richardk5849 I did get to see the Big Boy at the park, but I didn't pay to go in the museum. I just walked around the shop and then went back to train hunting. The wind got worse on day 2, especially out at Hermosa, so be prepared for the noise. I still don't like how they separated the tracks for westbounds and eastbounds. haha.

Thanks Steve. You do the same. I finally get to see some trains at the end of August.

@@Atsf1976 you're welcome. Good to hear!

Thanks. I had to chase that military train as I was leaving Monolith when that sucker came through, so I had to race to catch up before heading home. It was worth it. Did you notice the blue tint in the video?

Yes the military train was good and different. Looks like the west side of town. Can see the blue tint but doesn’t overly detract from the video.

@@richardk5849 I had to work on removing the blue tint because it was worse than what I posted. I don't know how, but I bumped the autofocus button, which made it manual, which then turned the footage blue. I'm going to try and email you later.

@@StormySkyRailProductions thanks Steve. You do the same. No train trips this month. Going through withdrawals

@@Atsf1976 Your welcome and thank you also. Same here none since May for me.

@@StormySkyRailProductions That's tougher than me as I got to railfan in June.

Thanks Dave. It was. Tehachapi is an awesome place to visit. Lots of curves and a steep grade make for lots of good sounds and angles.

@@Atsf1976 you're very welcome and yes indeed it sure looks plus sounds like it.

Thanks Richard and sorry about last week. No trains for me until the end of August, but I'm working on the Wyoming videos. As you can see, day one is posted. Next week's Tehachapi video may have a slightly blue tint to it as I hit the manual focus button on accident. I think that I was able to correct most of the clips, but we'll see. While this video camera (Panasonic) seems nice, I am thinking of trading it in for something else. It will occasionally have focus issues and my previous video camera (Sony) never had an issue with focus.

Thank you very much. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and one last Tehachapi video to come, but there was a color issue.

I don't think that the UP shortie is the regular occurrence because I haven't seen that before out there. I thought that I scheduled it for Saturday like usual and then I looked and I had scheduled it for the following Saturday. As a result, I changed the premiere to Sunday. Still working on my Wyoming stuff. You must be getting excited about your trip?

@@Atsf1976 Thanks. I remember looking Sunday morning (Saturday there still) and not seeing any new video so it would have been Monday here. Anyway all good now. Yes looking forward to the trip but it’s still 12 weeks away.

Thanks John.

Thanks KC Top Dawg. You ever railfan from KC to Fort Madison?

@Atsf1976 no. Furthest I've been is to Camden, MO from KC

@@KCTopDawg have you been as far west as Wichita?

@@Atsf1976 nope

Thanks for watching. It's my pleasure to be able to capture these trains and post them. It's incredible that folks like to watch my stuff, so have a good day.

Thanks Steve. Hope that you had a fantastic 4th of July.

@@Atsf1976 you're very welcome. Yes we did and thank you. Hopefully your 4th was great also.

Thanks Shawn

@@sd7d_ace656 glad you liked. I miss Tehachapi, but it’s too warm now to visit. See you soon buddy. Next time maybe I can try and make a video about things out there.

@@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 thank you very much. Tehachapi is one of my favorite places to visit and thanks for subscribing.

@@Atsf1976 it was my pleasure, mate.

@@Atsf1976 in Portugal, we dont have that many trains pulling heavy around curves, bends and tunnels.

@@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 I will visit Europe one day and watch trains

@@Atsf1976 thats cool, mate.

It was great, but at the end of it, I was like, oh oh, I need to go other places like usual. I would like to go back this year, but I'm not sure if I will.

Thanks Steve. Same to you.

@@Atsf1976 Your welcome and thank you also.

I’m not 100% sure, but they ran the one of the intermodals down Orin sub and they ran that vehicle train through the Orin sub as well. I’ll email you what this guy told me who has lived out there for about 15 years. Part of it didn’t make sense