@@nkyrailfan Q303 and Q302 came back in Dayton KY, so now it's no longer 2 trains a day. Although I recommend you to try to go out in the late afternoon between 3-7 and maybe you'll see something
As an urban hiker often around Queensgate, Fairmount, Spring Grove, Camp Washington, and around the perimeter CSX Queensgate and NS Gest yards, over & under the yards (Hopple, Western Hills, Gest St, 8th St, 6th St/50, and Mehring access), Mill Creek access west of CSX and Canal Ridge along the 3 main rails northbound to Clifton Ave. Your channel gives me better appreciation of so much rail activity I observe on my hikes. Thanks for your quality documentary video and drone footage and informative commentary. Very well presented.
That's really cool! I bet you've seen a lot of great stuff in the area, that's right under people's noses and they don't even realize. Thank you for the kind words, I really do appreciate it.
@@nkyrailfan I also live about 1.1 miles from the Queensgate hump, and I've been hearing the retarders singing for the last 15 years. :D ... I actually like the sound, especially at night with the windows open. I'm sure people who live much closer to the yard might have a different opinion about retarders. But for me they are the urban industrial equivalent of animals and insects calling in the nighttime forest.
Tunnel #1 (left) was actually built first. The L&N built the second tunnel on the right to help with both north and south rail traffic. Great video as always!
You have quickly become my favorite railfan channel. The ground shots, drone views, narration, etc make for a great video. I especially love when you include maps and other visuals as I'm not very familiar with NKY (I'm buckeye biased) so that helps a ton. Look forward to your next adventure!
Thank you so much! I really do appreciate it. I'll keep trying to add maps to show where I am. Also, feel free to pass along any spots in your area that you think are worthwhile to check out. I'm in the Cincinnati area, but am happy to drive a few hours to check out a new spot. I have a new video video I'm working on featuring Louisville, and the Seymour, Indiana area. Have a great day!
@@nkyrailfan I think you've already visited my favorite spots in Dayton and Hamilton. Miamisburg by the old power plant is also a great spot but maybe not the best photo shots. A few hours east in SE Ohio is the pretty scenic line of the Kanawha River RR (former NS WV Secondary). It would be amazing if you could catch the Indiana Eastern if you can ever get their schedule down too. Looking forward to your Seymour video!
Thank you for this video! I've always wanted to track one of the trains from Cincy to Corbin (knowing they come through Paris, where I live) but could never get the time to do it. And then I found this video. And to see my hometown in the opening shot made it all the better! There was so much useful information in here, too!
I'm really happy you enjoyed it Kevin. I live in the Cincinnati area, but grew up along the Decoursey Yard in Latonia. You could say the CC was my first sub. I love following trains along the CC, but especially love that shot of a southbound coming around the corner with the Trackside Cafe in view. I wish I could make it down there more often because that is such a great line. Have a great rest of your day.
Another awesome video of this one-time busy line. Your narration is perfect and in the right places and your video work is exceptional. I can’t wait to watch part II.
Nice work.They have been doing a lot of work on the CC sub the last few years.They replaced some siding rail a few years ago around the 33.5 milepost.I was there a few days ago and the new ties that were staged along the line for a couple of months had been installed and both the main and siding have new ballast. It would be nice if they were to upgrade the line to handle double stacks. Thanks for the great footage.
Love your videos. The level of care put into filming, drone work, research, and production really shows. It's a pleasure to watch professional output. Just one FYI - Dave Oroszi's name is pronounced "OR-uh-zee". Had the pleasure of meeting him at a few of his slideshow-mania Friday nights in the 90's, with a mutual late friend. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much Keith. I truly do appreciate it! I will make sure to remember how Dave's last name is pronounced. He has quite a lot of pictures out there, and I'm sure I'll need to use another one in the future. Have a great day!
Here's an odd question, unrelated or not specific to this video ... about a month ago, perhaps 5 in the afternoon, I was hiking along Mehring way approaching the Bengals practice field. I was perhaps 150 yards from the C&O and Clay Wade Bailey bridges. And a CSX train was arriving Northbound. Nothing appeared special about the stock portion of the train, but there were *SEVEN CSX locomotives* on the front. I've never seen so many locomotives on a train before. Is this common as they relocate locomotives around the network?
What you saw could be a couple things. It definitely could just be moving the locomotives around the network where they're are needed. It could also mean that they have been sold to another company. If they were sold, they could be put into leaser service, where companies lease the units as needed when they don't want to maintain their own fleet. Or it could mean another company has bought them to send them to the scrap yard. Go to the 12 minute mark in this video below and you'll see an engine graveyard. The locomotive frames will be cut up and scrapped, while the diesel engines will be saved and restored. th-cam.com/video/2SQM15mf4JA/w-d-xo.html
Hey Keith, Sorry, it's taken so long for me to get back to you. I've searched and searched on the internet and cannot find any pictures of trains going over the bridge. I'm very surprised, because in a city the size of Louisville, I would have figured it would be a popular photo spot. If I find anything, I will let you know. Have a great day!
I wanted to extend the explanation of the signals being lit versus dark. Automatic Block Signals and Control Point Absolute Signals work similar to the conditions of when they are dark. When you have a dark on a ABS signal that means there is no train in the preceding and forward going signals. So when you have a train thats 3 signals away there should be no signal. However when the train approaches the signal from the last signal in the same direction they will be lit up to indicate a train is approaching, then when they pass you and knock down the signal you are at for the next 2 signals you should still see the signal lit indicating to any approaching train that its too close to the block. How its different for Control Points is its the same as the ABS however it only reaches block to block so say there are 15 signals in one block and the next train is in the control block preceding the next control point the signal set by the dispatcher should be lit up. If you have ever seen a signal lit up for a LONG time like nearly half an hour to an hour or so this is why its lit up. It should noted that for Control Points, If a train takes longer than usual to get to the next signal after a predetermined time (30 minutes is my experience) the signal will go dark until a train is closer to the next control point. A good example for 2 Control Points are Glencoe KY, to Worthville KY. Those are both control points. Control points are a way CSX spreads out its trains not allowing them to get too close to another and is another way of which Track Time can be confined, for example if the track time is done at 1PM. CSX will take liberty of time all the way up to 1PM for its manifests so eventually the closer you get to 1PM the more open the control blocks become allowing trains to get closer and utilize track they can. Control Points are set along every siding and at entryway to every subdivision, so at the split from LCL and CC for example or at the split between Worthville and Carrolton Utilities, or even from Paris to Maysville track, there is a control point set there. Red on one side does infact mean there is a train not allowed permission back into the block. but the track it is on has continuity, meaning it has railcars or locomotives on it. Then for a red on both sides that implicates that there is an occupied block with a recent knock down, and continuous continuity. The rest can be filled in, fun fact any maintenance trucks with the rail wheels actually have an insulator to prevent continuity which means the only thing protecting someone doing MOW on the track or another person would be the track inspector they would be only protected by the control point signals.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. I, and I'm sure others, do greatly appreciate you taking the time to do so. This will certainly help me understand what I'm seeing along the tracks. Have a great day!
Growing up around the L&N I always have a soft spot for anything L&N.
The local you caught at Latonia on the LCL was CSX J767 to Worthville KY
Thank you very much for the information. I always do appreciate how knowledgeable you are.
@@nkyrailfan Q303 and Q302 came back in Dayton KY, so now it's no longer 2 trains a day. Although I recommend you to try to go out in the late afternoon between 3-7 and maybe you'll see something
How do you know? You look up the engine number?
As an urban hiker often around Queensgate, Fairmount, Spring Grove, Camp Washington, and around the perimeter CSX Queensgate and NS Gest yards, over & under the yards (Hopple, Western Hills, Gest St, 8th St, 6th St/50, and Mehring access), Mill Creek access west of CSX and Canal Ridge along the 3 main rails northbound to Clifton Ave. Your channel gives me better appreciation of so much rail activity I observe on my hikes. Thanks for your quality documentary video and drone footage and informative commentary. Very well presented.
That's really cool! I bet you've seen a lot of great stuff in the area, that's right under people's noses and they don't even realize.
Thank you for the kind words, I really do appreciate it.
@@nkyrailfan I also live about 1.1 miles from the Queensgate hump, and I've been hearing the retarders singing for the last 15 years. :D ... I actually like the sound, especially at night with the windows open. I'm sure people who live much closer to the yard might have a different opinion about retarders. But for me they are the urban industrial equivalent of animals and insects calling in the nighttime forest.
nice train vdieo
Tunnel #1 (left) was actually built first. The L&N built the second tunnel on the right to help with both north and south rail traffic. Great video as always!
Thank you very much for the info.
I need to work on my 50/50 guessing.
Great video! My favorite CSX subdivision to railfan as a kid. Spent many evenings sitting at the OKC 4.5 defect detector.
You have quickly become my favorite railfan channel. The ground shots, drone views, narration, etc make for a great video. I especially love when you include maps and other visuals as I'm not very familiar with NKY (I'm buckeye biased) so that helps a ton. Look forward to your next adventure!
Thank you so much! I really do appreciate it.
I'll keep trying to add maps to show where I am.
Also, feel free to pass along any spots in your area that you think are worthwhile to check out.
I'm in the Cincinnati area, but am happy to drive a few hours to check out a new spot.
I have a new video video I'm working on featuring Louisville, and the Seymour, Indiana area.
Have a great day!
@@nkyrailfan I think you've already visited my favorite spots in Dayton and Hamilton. Miamisburg by the old power plant is also a great spot but maybe not the best photo shots. A few hours east in SE Ohio is the pretty scenic line of the Kanawha River RR (former NS WV Secondary). It would be amazing if you could catch the Indiana Eastern if you can ever get their schedule down too. Looking forward to your Seymour video!
Amazed with your videos and I'm super fortunate to live here.
Thanks Brian. I do appreciate it.
Awesome video! Love the shot at 4:14 of the train as it’s on the bridge with the river boat and barges going by. Very cool! 😎👍🏻🎥💯
Thanks Brandon, I really do appreciate it!
@@nkyrailfan no problem. You are welcome!
Great video. Good to see old L&N locomotives
Thanks, Kenneth. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for this video! I've always wanted to track one of the trains from Cincy to Corbin (knowing they come through Paris, where I live) but could never get the time to do it. And then I found this video. And to see my hometown in the opening shot made it all the better! There was so much useful information in here, too!
I'm really happy you enjoyed it Kevin.
I live in the Cincinnati area, but grew up along the Decoursey Yard in Latonia.
You could say the CC was my first sub.
I love following trains along the CC, but especially love that shot of a southbound coming around the corner with the Trackside Cafe in view.
I wish I could make it down there more often because that is such a great line.
Have a great rest of your day.
Another awesome video of this one-time busy line. Your narration is perfect and in the right places and your video work is exceptional. I can’t wait to watch part II.
Thank you very much I do appreciate it.
Happy Holidays and have a merry Christmas.
Awesome Video!!!
Thank you so much! I do appreciate it.
Thank you for another excellent video!
Thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
Great video. Really like your drone work.
Thanks Terry.
I really do appreciate it.
Nice work.They have been doing a lot of work on the CC sub the last few years.They replaced some siding rail a few years ago around the 33.5 milepost.I was there a few days ago and the new ties that were staged along the line for a couple of months had been installed and both the main and siding have new ballast.
It would be nice if they were to upgrade the line to handle double stacks.
Thanks for the great footage.
You would think if they could manage to fit double stacks on this line, it could become a preferred route from Florida to the Midwest.
Love your videos. The level of care put into filming, drone work, research, and production really shows. It's a pleasure to watch professional output. Just one FYI - Dave Oroszi's name is pronounced "OR-uh-zee". Had the pleasure of meeting him at a few of his slideshow-mania Friday nights in the 90's, with a mutual late friend. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much Keith. I truly do appreciate it!
I will make sure to remember how Dave's last name is pronounced. He has quite a lot of pictures out there, and I'm sure I'll need to use another one in the future.
Have a great day!
Here's an odd question, unrelated or not specific to this video ... about a month ago, perhaps 5 in the afternoon, I was hiking along Mehring way approaching the Bengals practice field. I was perhaps 150 yards from the C&O and Clay Wade Bailey bridges. And a CSX train was arriving Northbound. Nothing appeared special about the stock portion of the train, but there were *SEVEN CSX locomotives* on the front. I've never seen so many locomotives on a train before. Is this common as they relocate locomotives around the network?
What you saw could be a couple things.
It definitely could just be moving the locomotives around the network where they're are needed.
It could also mean that they have been sold to another company.
If they were sold, they could be put into leaser service, where companies lease the units as needed when they don't want to maintain their own fleet.
Or it could mean another company has bought them to send them to the scrap yard.
Go to the 12 minute mark in this video below and you'll see an engine graveyard.
The locomotive frames will be cut up and scrapped, while the diesel engines will be saved and restored.
th-cam.com/video/2SQM15mf4JA/w-d-xo.html
Can you find any videos or photos of the Big four bridge in Louisville ? As you know it a walk path now , but I remember the ramp there before .
Hey Keith,
Sorry, it's taken so long for me to get back to you.
I've searched and searched on the internet and cannot find any pictures of trains going over the bridge.
I'm very surprised, because in a city the size of Louisville, I would have figured it would be a popular photo spot.
If I find anything, I will let you know.
Have a great day!
Sounds like D. Prewitt calling signals
I wanted to extend the explanation of the signals being lit versus dark.
Automatic Block Signals and Control Point Absolute Signals work similar to the conditions of when they are dark. When you have a dark on a ABS signal that means there is no train in the preceding and forward going signals. So when you have a train thats 3 signals away there should be no signal. However when the train approaches the signal from the last signal in the same direction they will be lit up to indicate a train is approaching, then when they pass you and knock down the signal you are at for the next 2 signals you should still see the signal lit indicating to any approaching train that its too close to the block.
How its different for Control Points is its the same as the ABS however it only reaches block to block so say there are 15 signals in one block and the next train is in the control block preceding the next control point the signal set by the dispatcher should be lit up. If you have ever seen a signal lit up for a LONG time like nearly half an hour to an hour or so this is why its lit up. It should noted that for Control Points, If a train takes longer than usual to get to the next signal after a predetermined time (30 minutes is my experience) the signal will go dark until a train is closer to the next control point. A good example for 2 Control Points are Glencoe KY, to Worthville KY. Those are both control points.
Control points are a way CSX spreads out its trains not allowing them to get too close to another and is another way of which Track Time can be confined, for example if the track time is done at 1PM. CSX will take liberty of time all the way up to 1PM for its manifests so eventually the closer you get to 1PM the more open the control blocks become allowing trains to get closer and utilize track they can. Control Points are set along every siding and at entryway to every subdivision, so at the split from LCL and CC for example or at the split between Worthville and Carrolton Utilities, or even from Paris to Maysville track, there is a control point set there.
Red on one side does infact mean there is a train not allowed permission back into the block. but the track it is on has continuity, meaning it has railcars or locomotives on it. Then for a red on both sides that implicates that there is an occupied block with a recent knock down, and continuous continuity. The rest can be filled in, fun fact any maintenance trucks with the rail wheels actually have an insulator to prevent continuity which means the only thing protecting someone doing MOW on the track or another person would be the track inspector they would be only protected by the control point signals.
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
I, and I'm sure others, do greatly appreciate you taking the time to do so.
This will certainly help me understand what I'm seeing along the tracks.
Have a great day!
Actually tunnel 2 has a massive hole in it
Thanks for the info Brian. I do appreciate it.
I could certainly see how a massive hole would cause "drainage issues."
@@nkyrailfan Easy fix, we can duct tape the hole in the tunnel
My left ear is lonely
Sorry, about that. I don't know why it doesn't output in stereo.
I'll do my best to get it in both channels, so both ears are happy :-)