8:20 Wow, those kids on bikes had no view whatsoever of the two tracks behind the oncoming train, but they set off across them anyway. Some wild decision-making going on there.
Every time I see the NS 'Conrail' loco it just reinforces what a good piece of design that livery was. Simple but effective. Better than most of the current schemes.
The bikes crossing all those active tracks reminds of the lady that ran past her lawyer and a stopped train into the path of a passenger train. Nothing left of her and she missed her divorce hearing.
0:12 NS 8098 leading solo 0:34 CSX 4568 as mid-train DPU 0:53 CN and Ferromex double-header 1:02 SP gray as DPU along with an AC6000CW 2:50 two Amtrak trains within an hour of each other in Galesburg 3:18 I've never seen CP containers ona BNSF train before, but I have seen CSX ones 3:36 P42DC 70 and ALC42 301 'Blackout" on the Capitol Limited 4:08 ballast conveyor machine in La Grange 4:48 C&NW hopper 5:22 the lights go out in elkhart, but the camera remains online 5:53 CSX towing Amtrak 6:14 three Amtrak trains in Springfield, including Phase II heritage unit 130 6:33 Family Lines boxcar 7:38 SD40-2 with mOW equipment flatbeds through La Grange 8:12 people trying to beat the Capitol Limited over the crossing 10:16 I like seeing Combined Surfliners as that was one of the first real train videos I ever saw on TH-cam 12:05 ALC42 331, P42 72, and ALC42 301 "Blackout" on the Capitol Limited along with private dome car "Silver Palace" 13:32 Herzog well train in Revelstoke (again at 14:44) 17:38 NS 8102 on a BNSF train 17:57 and to finish it off, a family of trash pandas!
@@user-mv9tt4st9k Doesn't matter. There was a train very obviously moving towards the crossing. I believe you'll find the law in all 50 states says that the crossing is closed and CANNOT be used. It is the responsibility of everyone using a public or private crossing at grade to be sure the crossing is SAFE to use before proceeding onto and across it. Active warning devices like flashing lights and gates can help, but they do not supplant common sense and situational awareness. P.S. It is also illegal, presumably in all 50 states, to proceed past a railroad crossing gate when it is lowering or raising. A lowering or raising gate must be considered as fully lowered, and it is always illegal to drive around a lowered railroad crossing gate. (Many areas permit stopping for JUST flashing lights, and proceeding across if the way is clear, but not all areas allow this.)
@@TinkerTailor4303 That's true to a point. But railroad safety is not as widely taught as it needs to be, and I suspect the majority of cases is people not understanding how dangerous what they're doing really is.
Clips I saw live 2:30 - California Zephyr #6 taking the yard route rather than it's usual 2:52 - Missed the actual wave itself, instead saw it on rewind although I did see the rest
@@MIkeCoffey5117 I can only guess that the person in control of this area at the time lined it to go along the Brookfield sub rather than take the usual route along the Ottumwa sub. Although whether it's due to freight trains or not, I'm unsure on that bit.
"Unstoppable" definitely a fine Hollywood action/drama and by Hollywood standards not a terrible railroad movie it does still have a number of, shall we say, "artistic licences". For example when the locos got ahead of train and tried to stop it by braking why not have had a fireman/conductor/brakeman on board so once connection made could have just gone aboard and stopped engine/applied brakes. Also when the attempting to stop locos derailed and crashed the chances of them not damaging the track and or their coupling not taking the following units along was highly unlikely. Another example near end was the high speed crossing of the curved bridge-if you're going fast enough to raise your wheels off the far rail as shown (with the pipe loads joining the birds) then you are probably going to wind up a substantial mess. It may be an older movie, and a European railroad setting in WWII (and also loosely based on true events), "The Train" with Burt Lancaster is excellent and fairly close to more actual railroad realities.
@@kennethhanks6712 Thanks! In your first example, isn't that what happened? I figured a lot of creative license was taken, but an entertaining movie nonetheless.
Yep, millions will be lifted into the scrubber/shaver or whatever it does and maybe one day Bugs Bunny eyes will bug-out when he sees all them carrots, lol!
i agree always obey the crossing in my hometown i saw woman not pay attention and her car got clipped by the train but she was not injured only the car got damaged
Wait...is Conrail still around? I thought they were bought out. I lived 100 yards from a Conrail track when I was in graduate school in Ohio. (I now live in Reno, Nevada on the UP line.)
Neophyte railfan question. Why would a CSX locomotive be pulling an Amtrack train, including Amtracklocomotive? Mechanical breakdown, out of fuel, etc? I've been seeing a lot of that lately. Thanks for your answers in advance.
Does anybody know what time the tree went down on the tracks, last night or early this morning ?. I saw the tree down when I was driving by around 5am this morning
I'd guess it's whatever is available most quickly. The nearest spare Amtrak engine could be many hundreds of miles away. Freight engines are far more numerous so more likely to be available nearby.
TO GET TO ANOTHER STATION! Seriously the likely reason the Amtrak loco had mechanical issues that would take too long to fix and no Amtrak spare available so a freight loco obtained to get the train over the road with minimal delay (a normal occurance).
Those kids on the bikes, i wouldn't call them darwin awards candidates. Maybe just impatient. That train was obviously slowing to a stop. They had plenty of time. Would i have done the same thing probably not of course I like warching trains too. Ive been known to pull off the road and watch the train go by. Bur i wouldn't go as far as calling them Darwin award candidates. Besides in our youth we probably did things that were considered dangerous too. Just my thoughts. Have a great day everyone
Exactly. From the still shot, it was inferred/looked like the train was going a 100mph. It wasn't. Just the other day, I crossed the street in front of a street sweeper that was a half a block away. If I was a street sweeper fan, I would have waited and watched it go by. But I don't care about street sweepers. LoL
And if one fell, wrecked into the other, or some other unexpected move? And the train might have been leaving, they did honk 4 times. Darwin is just a loose term for anyone that might cause a tragedy or injury by not following common sense or laws to protect them.
They illegally entered a railroad crossing. If a train is moving to a crossing, you stop. (Which is the law, FYI.) It doesn't matter what the gates and lights are doing, what you _believe_ the train is going to do, or how far down the track you can see. You STOP. Darwin candidates.
@@joepeach997 No. "Darwin Candidate" is a reference to his belief in "survival of the fittest"... where the less-than-fit do not survive and their contribution to the gene pool ends poorly.
To be fair, it's not just kids, it's people OF ALL AGES that do stuff like this. I know in the now 4 years I've worked at Railcrew Express, there's been at least a few instances where I've heard crews on the radio, reporting people walking on the tracks, running out in front of them, etc. It isn't just a youth problem.
I hope someone will read this comment and act on it because the optics are deplorable. The visual looks like some form of animation, not real in the sense of filmography. Whomever decided to install this form of video recording need to see an eye doctor or a numerologist. Thank you.
Glad I'll be moving to a country where the railways are 100% more safe, 100% then better then America with their unsafe level crossings and unsafe track conditions. America will never have safe level crossing and tracks in the country I'm about to move to soon
Sadly in the same state there are poor children who are Darwin candidates because these freight trains park for hours across the only path these kids have to go to school. Kids have to climb over and under these trains to get to school. There are several news stories about this. Hope federal legislation will put a stop to this.
I can do you one better, I heard a story that BNSF tied a Z train down and left it sit FOR FIVE DAYS, not 5 hours, 5 DAYS! Not surprisingly, the containers were broken into, although I can't recall if they were loaded or not, but still! Not only does block important routes, as you said, but it also opens the door to vandalism as well. It's not the crews' fault, they're only doing what they're told to do!
@@bobsmith9947more than a candidate now But in all seriousness, a very sad event. Stay safe everyone. Remember that no footage is worth your life or physical wellbeing
@@bobsmith9947 The guy had been taking pictures for years. It was a tragic accident never the less. So many take pictures and videos everyday. We the fans of this type of content could be to blame as more views promote the creators to make more videos.
Come for the trains. Stay for the raccoons 🦝 People that were on the #6 through Galesburg, I’d say they took the scenic route and got a preview of the yard
What in the world were those three people on the bikes thinking? Cute raccoons! Great Grab Bag, as always.
Looked like dumb kids to me. Cute little ring-tails where a lot smarter.
3:50 Those new Amtrak engines look like they have a screened-in porch in the back. All that's missing are some rocking chairs and a waving auntie.
That would make for epic viewing!
@@user-mv9tt4st9kLet’s get some seats in there and ride!!! Lol
If you’re questioning who has the right of way,
The train always has it.
I abide by the lug nut rule. If there’s any doubt, the vehicle with the most lug nuts has the right-of-way.
@@macmedic892 we truckers always said the guy with the biggest tires goes first. the railroad has the biggest/most tires.
There more maneuverable vehicle must yield.
Benny Hill strikes again!! Thank you 😇!
I loved the raccoons at the end, reminded me of watching an old Benny Hill show.
Raccoon music is unbeatable! Made for a brighter day, thanks!
8:20 Wow, those kids on bikes had no view whatsoever of the two tracks behind the oncoming train, but they set off across them anyway. Some wild decision-making going on there.
Love the music you put with the racoons, perfect!
Watched the raccoons live. VRF has the best camera operators! I’m guessing Mr. Stafford was at the controls. In any case, many thanks VRF.
Thank You, the Mods/Camera operators put in a lot of time and it's so appreciated when they are given a compliment.
Love that wiggly Amtrak sleeper at Galesburg,IL! 😅
Every time I see the NS 'Conrail' loco it just reinforces what a good piece of design that livery was. Simple but effective. Better than most of the current schemes.
Wow😮 Thanks VRF 👍
*Awesome Catches*
Maybe Ft. Madison should be declared a wildlife sanctuary. 😁
Another great grabbag
The bikes crossing all those active tracks reminds of the lady that ran past her lawyer and a stopped train into the path of a passenger train. Nothing left of her and she missed her divorce hearing.
Mama Raccoon 🦝 was told there was extra chicken 🐔 in the KFC 🍗 dumpster tonight 😮😮🤣 .
Three times thumbs up from Berlin
Who ever does the editing is great. My husband and I love the Grab Bag.
Love the 'FAST 5' !
csx 4568's paint job looks amazing
Amazing video virtual railfan!
Is it just me or does it seem like there are more darwin candidates recently?
Your not the only one, there’s more Darwin Candidates recently
I am giving up saying how dumb can people get. Some are taking,it as a challenge.....
Ya there are more and more Darwins ridiculous!
Unfortunately there are.
It's the heat. Makes people crazier than usual.
15:50 Maintenance of Way action at its best. I like it 👍👍.
Awesome!!
🌺🥀🇮🇳🌺🥀
sonya s is on the grab bag cool i see she got a stuff bear
What a juxtaposition, from the dangerous bicyclists to the young man with the camera enjoying a fine summer day safely and giving us a wave.
0:12 NS 8098 leading solo
0:34 CSX 4568 as mid-train DPU
0:53 CN and Ferromex double-header
1:02 SP gray as DPU along with an AC6000CW
2:50 two Amtrak trains within an hour of each other in Galesburg
3:18 I've never seen CP containers ona BNSF train before, but I have seen CSX ones
3:36 P42DC 70 and ALC42 301 'Blackout" on the Capitol Limited
4:08 ballast conveyor machine in La Grange
4:48 C&NW hopper
5:22 the lights go out in elkhart, but the camera remains online
5:53 CSX towing Amtrak
6:14 three Amtrak trains in Springfield, including Phase II heritage unit 130
6:33 Family Lines boxcar
7:38 SD40-2 with mOW equipment flatbeds through La Grange
8:12 people trying to beat the Capitol Limited over the crossing
10:16 I like seeing Combined Surfliners as that was one of the first real train videos I ever saw on TH-cam
12:05 ALC42 331, P42 72, and ALC42 301 "Blackout" on the Capitol Limited along with private dome car "Silver Palace"
13:32 Herzog well train in Revelstoke (again at 14:44)
17:38 NS 8102 on a BNSF train
17:57 and to finish it off, a family of trash pandas!
You should always obey railroad crossings, going around the lowered gates is dangerous
They did not go around lowered gates. The gates had just started lowering. 😊
@@user-mv9tt4st9k Doesn't matter. There was a train very obviously moving towards the crossing. I believe you'll find the law in all 50 states says that the crossing is closed and CANNOT be used. It is the responsibility of everyone using a public or private crossing at grade to be sure the crossing is SAFE to use before proceeding onto and across it. Active warning devices like flashing lights and gates can help, but they do not supplant common sense and situational awareness.
P.S. It is also illegal, presumably in all 50 states, to proceed past a railroad crossing gate when it is lowering or raising. A lowering or raising gate must be considered as fully lowered, and it is always illegal to drive around a lowered railroad crossing gate. (Many areas permit stopping for JUST flashing lights, and proceeding across if the way is clear, but not all areas allow this.)
Hey DMV never seen you here before
@@jovetjYou don't understand. They don't WANT to be safe. It's risky, dangerous and exciting ... that's why they do it.
@@TinkerTailor4303 That's true to a point. But railroad safety is not as widely taught as it needs to be, and I suspect the majority of cases is people not understanding how dangerous what they're doing really is.
Talk of playing with fire, what if been a second unseen train?
Like Brazil👍
SALUTĂRI👋👋👋😃
The Raccoons were great!
A Former Western Pacific Cal Zephyr Dome Car with a Orange Stripe which they never had. Should be in the Western Pacific Railroad Museum.
Clips I saw live
2:30 - California Zephyr #6 taking the yard route rather than it's usual
2:52 - Missed the actual wave itself, instead saw it on rewind although I did see the rest
Why was the Zephyr re-routed?
@@MIkeCoffey5117 I can only guess that the person in control of this area at the time lined it to go along the Brookfield sub rather than take the usual route along the Ottumwa sub. Although whether it's due to freight trains or not, I'm unsure on that bit.
Ey that’s me! At 3:07😊
Nice ending with a family of racoons giving some entertainment
The raccoons were a hoot!😅🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝😂
Обожаю поезда❤
The raccoons at the end are the original Hooligans. They can qualify without having to be apprentices.
I saw Amtrak 321, NS 8114, and a Darwin candidate in Bryan OH this past weekend
Watching "Unstoppable" right now. I'm not all that train-savvy, but have always thought it was a good movie, exciting and tense, and seems realistic.
"Unstoppable" definitely a fine Hollywood action/drama and by Hollywood standards not a terrible railroad movie it does still have a number of, shall we say, "artistic licences".
For example when the locos got ahead of train and tried to stop it by braking why not have had a fireman/conductor/brakeman on board so once connection made could have just gone aboard and stopped engine/applied brakes. Also when the attempting to stop locos derailed and crashed the chances of them not damaging the track and or their coupling not taking the following units along was highly unlikely. Another example near end was the high speed crossing of the curved bridge-if you're going fast enough to raise your wheels off the far rail as shown (with the pipe loads joining the birds) then you are probably going to wind up a substantial mess.
It may be an older movie, and a European railroad setting in WWII (and also loosely based on true events), "The Train" with Burt Lancaster is excellent and fairly close to more actual railroad realities.
@@kennethhanks6712 Thanks! In your first example, isn't that what happened? I figured a lot of creative license was taken, but an entertaining movie nonetheless.
Carrots!!
Thats right carrots season has begun.
Yep, millions will be lifted into the scrubber/shaver or whatever it does and maybe one day Bugs Bunny eyes will bug-out when he sees all them carrots, lol!
i agree always obey the crossing in my hometown i saw woman not pay attention and her car got clipped by the train but she was not injured only the car got damaged
you could put a camera at newriver yard up in cincy or newriver jct
Is that a heritage SP at 1:05?
Wait...is Conrail still around? I thought they were bought out. I lived 100 yards from a Conrail track when I was in graduate school in Ohio. (I now live in Reno, Nevada on the UP line.)
it's just an engine never painted. but also there is a small part of Conrail that is still around.
🇳🇱👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯🍀
Neophyte railfan question. Why would a CSX locomotive be pulling an Amtrack train, including Amtracklocomotive? Mechanical breakdown, out of fuel, etc? I've been seeing a lot of that lately. Thanks for your answers in advance.
Most of the time it is a mechanical issue with Amtrak. Host railroad helps out.
17:57 You need to use this tune again.
Does anybody know what time the tree went down on the tracks, last night or early this morning ?. I saw the tree down when I was driving by around 5am this morning
5:23 the power goes out
Surf Liner DPU?
Can someone explain to me the Amtrak 301 and 331 locomotives? What's the purpose of the blue glow coming from near the rear of those two locomotives?
How often is it really to have freight locomotives coupled to Amtrak trains? Wouldn't it be easier to call for another Amtrak engine?
I'd guess it's whatever is available most quickly. The nearest spare Amtrak engine could be many hundreds of miles away. Freight engines are far more numerous so more likely to be available nearby.
I am placing a prediction that because of CPRs merger with Kansas that the CNR and Ferrmex will get together at some point.
I don’t know what thease people were thinking
9:46 BNSF v/s Amtrak Train Racing?
2:31 WHY DID AN AMTRAK TRAIN GOT DIVERTED VIA THE YARDS!?!?
What are the people waving at ??
You're kidding right?
You!❤
We need to start a petition to make CPKC railroad have the awvr paint scheme
That would be awesome. But at the same time, I can't see that happening.
It's already close enough all they have to do is just add some more paint
why
Oh, this is at the Ashland VA location
More and more Darwin Candidates have been popping up lately...
5:52 WHY DID A CSX ENGINE RESCUE AN AMTRAK TRAIN!?!?
TO GET TO ANOTHER STATION! Seriously the likely reason the Amtrak loco had mechanical issues that would take too long to fix and no Amtrak spare available so a freight loco obtained to get the train over the road with minimal delay (a normal occurance).
Who is monitoring the feed at 4am to capture a raccoon family?😊
That would be me, 12am 3 pm, everyday, and I love it.
@@johnstafford4304 as they say when I wear my Air Force Veteran cap, “thank you for your service “.
Why does Florida always get the cool UFO videos??
Those kids on the bikes, i wouldn't call them darwin awards candidates. Maybe just impatient. That train was obviously slowing to a stop. They had plenty of time. Would i have done the same thing probably not of course I like warching trains too. Ive been known to pull off the road and watch the train go by. Bur i wouldn't go as far as calling them Darwin award candidates. Besides in our youth we probably did things that were considered dangerous too. Just my thoughts. Have a great day everyone
Exactly. From the still shot, it was inferred/looked like the train was going a 100mph. It wasn't.
Just the other day, I crossed the street in front of a street sweeper that was a half a block away. If I was a street sweeper fan, I would have waited and watched it go by. But I don't care about street sweepers. LoL
And if one fell, wrecked into the other, or some other unexpected move? And the train might have been leaving, they did honk 4 times. Darwin is just a loose term for anyone that might cause a tragedy or injury by not following common sense or laws to protect them.
They illegally entered a railroad crossing. If a train is moving to a crossing, you stop. (Which is the law, FYI.) It doesn't matter what the gates and lights are doing, what you _believe_ the train is going to do, or how far down the track you can see. You STOP. Darwin candidates.
@@joepeach997 No. "Darwin Candidate" is a reference to his belief in "survival of the fittest"... where the less-than-fit do not survive and their contribution to the gene pool ends poorly.
To be fair, it's not just kids, it's people OF ALL AGES that do stuff like this. I know in the now 4 years I've worked at Railcrew Express, there's been at least a few instances where I've heard crews on the radio, reporting people walking on the tracks, running out in front of them, etc. It isn't just a youth problem.
I want to know the name of that tune with the raccoons🎶
It would have been really "interesting" if a faster westbound had been coming in on 3.
Next time you find the Ft Madison racoons, I think the "Benny Hill" theme would be more appropriate!
How long until we get Darwin award winners
Hopefully, never.
@@raytaylor6412 Dito!
🥕 🙂
The girl wearing the St. Louis Cardinals jersey in Fort Madison looks a little like Bella Thorne.
Sorry, that was a boy, 🤣🤣
1st 1 to watch the grab bag
Has anyone seen the Revelstoke Bear yet ?
Yes, finally, a few days ago!🤎🐻🖤
🦝
Click Bait lol
FIRST, CUZ WHY NOT
I hope someone will read this comment and act on it because the optics are deplorable. The visual looks like some form of animation, not real in the sense of filmography. Whomever decided to install this form of video recording need to see an eye doctor or a numerologist. Thank you.
They look different because they are 360 and it’s live feed from coming all around the country 24/7, looks fine to me
Trash pandas!
1st
Your not first
@@TrainGuy765 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@SignalAspect no he is not there is another one that said 2 min ago while his said 3 min ago
@@SignalAspectCounting the wrong way!🤪🥴😵💫
@@SignalAspect I repeat, but I'm not arguing about it.
Glad I'll be moving to a country where the railways are 100% more safe, 100% then better then America with their unsafe level crossings and unsafe track conditions. America will never have safe level crossing and tracks in the country I'm about to move to soon
We are glad you are moving too. Well, at least I am.
Buh bye..don't come back.
Is said country as large as America? Or is it the size of two Californias side by side?
Don't let the gates hit you on the way out!
Sadly in the same state there are poor children who are Darwin candidates because these freight trains park for hours across the only path these kids have to go to school. Kids have to climb over and under these trains to get to school. There are several news stories about this. Hope federal legislation will put a stop to this.
There used to be like 3 crossings in downtown elkhart until NS closed them all but main street
That's the worst thing ever, since any train could move at any time.
I can do you one better, I heard a story that BNSF tied a Z train down and left it sit FOR FIVE DAYS, not 5 hours, 5 DAYS! Not surprisingly, the containers were broken into, although I can't recall if they were loaded or not, but still! Not only does block important routes, as you said, but it also opens the door to vandalism as well. It's not the crews' fault, they're only doing what they're told to do!
MOW equipment and mountains in BC was nice shot, MOW equipment in Roanoke on manifest and raccoons! 🤣🛤🚂👍
We just lost a 25 year old rail fan up here in Utica/Whitesboro NY. He was hit by a CSX trail while taking pictures 2 days ago. Very sad.
You mean a "Darwin candidate"?
@@bobsmith9947more than a candidate now
But in all seriousness, a very sad event. Stay safe everyone. Remember that no footage is worth your life or physical wellbeing
Rip
@@bobsmith9947 The guy had been taking pictures for years. It was a tragic accident never the less. So many take pictures and videos everyday. We the fans of this type of content could be to blame as more views promote the creators to make more videos.
Come for the trains. Stay for the raccoons 🦝
People that were on the #6 through Galesburg, I’d say they took the scenic route and got a preview of the yard