RAILFANS FOR LIFE! Raising a railfan in the South Sound is a ton of fun. 🚆
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2024
- Cooper Bryan has been a railfan since birth. He and and his father Saint Bryan have spent years together on the hobby in the South Sound region of the Pacific Northwest and on vacations around the country. Cooper's interest has only grown with age, becomeing an accomplished photographer, TH-camr and Instagrammer. Segment producer KING 5 Evening's Saint Bryan. #k5evening #railfan #trainphotography
There are probably more glamorous places to spend a summer day than a track side parking lot in Chehalis, but there's no place my teenage son, Cooper, would rather be right now.
“You're almost sure to get a train if you stay around for a while,” he says.
And so we wait.
Together we've spent years waiting for trains, catching them climbing the Tehachapi Loop in California, on the bridges leading into Spokane, and along the Columbia River.
“It's something that has always sparked my interest,” he tells me. “I’ve just been watching them go by since I was a little kid. It's kind of fun.”
It always has been fun.
I recently found a video I made when Cooper and I visited Titlow Park in 2009. Cooper had just turned four. I asked him what he loved about trains.
"I love everything about trains," he said. " I love the BNSF. The Cascades. Amtrak. And the Union Pacific."
He even loved the garbage train heading down to Oregon with a full load. We live in prime railfan country. Over the years, Cooper has taken up shooting trains . First with a hand me down iPhone. Now with professional quality cameras. He has 6000 followers on his @tacoma_railfan Instagram page and more than a thousand subscribers to his TH-cam page.
COOPER'S TH-cam CHANNEL: / @tnrpvideo1414
COOPER'S INSTAGRAM: / tacoma_railfan
"The interesting thing about railroading is there is something for everyone," says Robert Scott, who caught the bug around the same age Cooper did.
He and his friend Dale Skyllingstad have traveled as far away as Chile to catch trains.
They've both had photographs published in magazines that cater to the 175-thousand railfans in America.
"When people say what are you doing I say well I hunt and a fish but I do it with a camera and I go after trains," says Scott.
To better the odds they'll catch something, Scott and Skyllingstad set up a camera outside the Lewis County Historical Museum in 2018.
The live feed got a million views worldwide in its first month.
"Being around the railroad is a pretty dirty area," Skyllingstad says leaning out the window of the museum with a rag, "so we periodically come by and clean those lenses."
Some northbound trains passing through Chehalis will soon be passing within blocks of where we live in Tacoma.
If it's something special Cooper will head out to try to catch it. Some locomotives--like those called fallen flags--are rare. They honor railroads that no longer exist. Other trains might have interesting cargo. Then again they might be hauling garbage to Oregon.
Over the years as Cooper has grown, his interests and his skills as a photographer have also grown. He just had a photograph published in the July 2020 issue of Railfan & Railroad Magazine.
This is a hobby that can last a lifetime and Cooper is right on track.
"I don't have any plans to stop doing this because it's basically something you can always do and it's never really going to end," he says." It's really nice."
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I’ve been a railfan since I was born train tracks would pass by my backyard and I’d watch them only 2 years ago I’ve started Filming them
Greatest hobby in the world. So glad to be a part of it! :)
I love railfanning!!! It’s the best thing ever!
Me too
Me too
Agreed!
Me too.
Me too I really love enjoy the hubby of railfanning
Railfanning is my favorite thing in the entire world!!
A wonderful hobby that brings us all together. Safety is always key, but rarely hinders the excitement of seeing several hundred tons of steel roll on by
Whether it's a long freight train or a speeding passenger train there's something for everyone
I have loved trains for as long as I can remember. While my main interests have shifted to buses in the past couple of years, I still love trains
Ive always loved trains so much I would get so excited when the railroad crossing gates would start going down
Wow! I like that! I've been a train enthusiast since age 7. Trains are very exciting machines!
Omg I watch virtual railfan all the time!
I love Virtual Railfan Good to know they started it!
As a teen that has been a railfan before i could even talk, i gotta say its the best thing ever. I love seeing trains. If i had the choice, i would live by the railrod tracks
I Got Into Trains When I Was A Baby, And Ever Since Then I Will Always Have A Passion For Trains No Matter What Comes In The Future
Railfanning is a fun thing to do every week! Definitely a talent
I’ve done railfanning since I was like two years old. And it never gets old.
Saint and Cooper have such a great time doing it and have spent some quality time together.
This is so good! I rail fan with brother too New sub 😎
I really love railfanning. More fun then roller coasters, swimming, and going to museums. Railfanning is way too important to me...
What a great story!
It really is. Thank you!!
Enjoyable. Glad I know him.
I am glad i joining this hobby when i was young, greatest decision of my life, and also very awsome video!
RAILFANS FOR LIFE
YESSIR!! RAILFANS FOR EVER!!!
I wish my dad did this with me. Instead he just yelled at me if I drank a glass of tea and slept all day
Saint IS a pretty awesome dad.
I've loved trains since i was 18 months old! Still do to this day
With the current social limitations, I've been home a lot and spending more time than usual on railfan sites and documentaries. I've chatted with train buffs on Virtual Railfan's live streams; I'm getting to know others who 'get' railfanning. (They have one camera at a station along the Amtrak route I've taken to visit my family for the last 30 years, which was a great discovery to share with relatives!) I've always liked watching trains. Had I grown up living with my dad, he probably would have shared in the hobby so we could bond as father and daughter. He's skilled in photography (unfortunately I'm not), which would have meant souvenirs of train sightings. What an awesome video about Cooper and his dad!
Railfanning is one of the greatest things to exist.
Nice.
Awesome video liked 🚄🚄👍
Thank you 👍
I really wish I could go out railfanning more. Right now I barely have the time do it.
Nice RS3L
I would love to railfan with hin. I have the same interests as him. I started to like trains at the same age as him.
Beautiful
Me and Cooper would spend the whole day of railfanning on Norfolk southern railroad tracks
There is no other place that us railfans will rather me than trackside
He’s exactly like me I’m 15 Years old and I’ve always loved trains and I always will. It’s a great hobby to get in to and I suggest anyone who wants to do it should do it. Me and my Dad go Railfanning every weekend since about October 2021 and me and him on the weekends wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but trackside.
I was waiting for this
My now 8 year old grandson, his Dad and I have been doing this together since he was 2. The only downside are the wives / girlfriends or significant other who don’t share in your train passion. I personally have been a railfan for about 55 years now. Great story and great way for Dad & Son to bond.
I grew up in Northern Illinois as a railfan in the 90s. If you get the chance, go to Chicago.
Since school started I’d rather be Railfanning but hey If I want to be an locomotive engineer I have to go to school
Hi Cooper, my name is Dean! I am probably one of the most FAMOUS rail fans in CA! I have loved trains since two years of age, for 28 years and so happy to see great young people like you also love trains! This "Legendary Cheering Railfan" enjoyed this video a lot! You seem like a great person, great railfan, and enjoy trains as much as anyone!
Welcome to the community ❤
I have 15 but i started loving trains Since i was 3.in the future I want to be a train driver and I want to visit the orient express
AWESOME!! Do it!!
there could be a railfan park in Chehalis, WA same day
hi is cooper going to photograph for trains magazine someday !
I have caught the bug at the age of 5, im 19 now.
Amazing - what's your favorite route?
@@king5evening my favorite route would have to be Colorado Joint Line.
What’s his TH-cam Channel? (If he has one)
copper's TH-cam channel is tnrp video i thank
That's right! th-cam.com/channels/bO_lkJRFrwpV7i9qAHJAVQ.html
@@king5evening Thanks, subscribed!
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Put a 15 year teenager on TV (All he can spit out I it..s really nice
1:08 garbage train? Ok?
Intermodal train
see there’s more to railfanning than just idiots flipping switches or derailing trains for views