11:20 Lovely footage of BCER 1225, haven't been able to find many videos of her when she was in the USA. 1225 now runs on the FVRHS (tracks are shared with SRY Rail Link) out in Surrey/Cloverdale BC. Since there are no longer overhead wires on that line, she has a generator car behind her at all times.
The day I filmed it at the museum in California, the group from BC that was purchasing it was testing it out before a final agreement was signed. Funny enough, there was one guy with the group who was filming from onboard with the same exact camera as mine. It's the only time I ever saw that car running. I haven't seen many other photos of it out at Perris either, probably because it still hadn't been restored. I need to go see 1225 now that it's back home!
Amtrak Phase 3 and 4 was around when i was born. Back when things were better, I just loved calling Amtrak trains "Fast trains" I used to always yell: "TWAIN". 10 years later, I get to meet an Amtrak Conductor with a Amtrak Phase 4 164 heritage. I will never forget those moments. I was also born in 2009. When they released the first iPhone.
I love how homemade this feels. This is just a guy who would film trains for fun, and you still do that today. I wasn’t born until a few years later but I like the 80s 90s, 2000s and early 2010s era of train films. There’s something about it.
11:41 it is great that you managed to catch Amtrak’s mail and express mail train in action. This was discontinued later in 2004. Super cool you caught it in its final moments.
Amazing Video my friend. Amtrak P-42’s and F59’s were honestly the best back in the good ol’ days. So sad they have left our train services. Thank you for posting these oldies but goodies.
My goodness this video is a trip; only 8 minutes through; and it is really giving the heavy nostalgic feel. Old paint schemes; old crossing equipment, all of it. Good material!
That was one of the more interesting lash ups I saw on an Amtrak long distance train. Not too often you see three different locomotives, all in a different paint scheme!
So freaking nostalgic I just wanna go back to back to like the years were before all the Genzie and Jen Alphus came. I missed those times when actual kids new and they played outside. I’m about like 30 years old but still watch you cause you’re just I love trains and I work for them It is union Pacific and I just love your videos and I love them.
Mike was 2004 TWO DECADES AGO? Man I was only 14 years old and remember the Surfline being original back in those days! Great times! Great footage you managed to capture during this period! Another great video! :)
Your old vids uploaded 2 decades ago! I almost forgot to noticed that! Nice callback tho! 16:18 Never knew Coaster 2305’s horn sounds decently good when full blasted… 19:34 If only we ever saw an Amtrak California engine leads or featured (not counting the carriages) in Coast Starlight back in 2010s…
I think there was maybe one time around 2012 that they used an AmCal F59 on the Coast Starlight but I don't remember when exactly or why. They used to send the F59s to LA for wheel work before the Oakland facility was expanded. For a period, it was pretty common to see them on the point of the Starlight between LA and Oakland.
1:563:52 Fresno has surely changed. Since then now it’s a quite zone near the city hall where this was filmed and most of those dirt lots are now buildings surrounding the area
Mike Armstrong once again has a throwback to the days of classic locomotives like the genesis and the F59PHIs. 2025 will be a throwback to the year 2005 I'm guessing
10:15 is it just me, or does the early Phase 5 scheme look better than the regular Phase 5 scheme? To me the extra pinstripe and the extra gray that lifts the pinstripes up to the side numbers just makes the Genesis locomotives seem more slim and trim idk.
and speaking of Alaska, I take it you have heard about the Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 steam locomotive 557 currently under restoration. It is getting closer to being completed.
Surfliner cars alone could not keep up with the increase of ridership during that period, so LOSSAN had to lease Superliners to make more 6 car sets, which is pretty much the standard now
I didn't exist in 2004, but it is AWESOME to see the trains back then!
Thanks for watching! TH-cam didn't exist back then either!
I wasn't born at that time as well, but the trains were awesome.
I was born in 2006 and I’d wish trains were the same as back then
@@CoasterFan2105I was born in 2014
@@jonathanlarathetrainguy7788 Yeah, trains hit very differently now, they have new features from time to time.
Your channel has ABSOLUTELY gone a LONG way, just getting nostalgia back in my head
Thanks! It's amazing to see how far things have come!
@@CoasterFan2105 your so lucky to see so many changes in generations of railroads
your parents are so chill, allowed you to see literally like 100 trains.
They are pretty amazing people.
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11:20 Lovely footage of BCER 1225, haven't been able to find many videos of her when she was in the USA. 1225 now runs on the FVRHS (tracks are shared with SRY Rail Link) out in Surrey/Cloverdale BC. Since there are no longer overhead wires on that line, she has a generator car behind her at all times.
The day I filmed it at the museum in California, the group from BC that was purchasing it was testing it out before a final agreement was signed. Funny enough, there was one guy with the group who was filming from onboard with the same exact camera as mine. It's the only time I ever saw that car running. I haven't seen many other photos of it out at Perris either, probably because it still hadn't been restored. I need to go see 1225 now that it's back home!
Mike I love your TH-cam channel ❤️ this is a beautiful video I hope you have a great day
Amtrak Phase 3 and 4 was around when i was born. Back when things were better, I just loved calling Amtrak trains "Fast trains" I used to always yell: "TWAIN". 10 years later, I get to meet an Amtrak Conductor with a Amtrak Phase 4 164 heritage. I will never forget those moments. I was also born in 2009. When they released the first iPhone.
Its interesting to see how far American railroading has changed in the last 20 years. Great video!
Thanks!
Going back to the good old days
An interesting comparison to today!
You got a point there dude!
I love how homemade this feels. This is just a guy who would film trains for fun, and you still do that today. I wasn’t born until a few years later but I like the 80s 90s, 2000s and early 2010s era of train films. There’s something about it.
Those were the days. I loved the uniqueness of those 4light amtrak california cars
11:41 it is great that you managed to catch Amtrak’s mail and express mail train in action. This was discontinued later in 2004. Super cool you caught it in its final moments.
Awsome year to see trains at the time! And your channel is nostalgic!
I was born in 2004 and I love trains I’m glad to see nice looking trains from back then
Great seeing these trains from 20 years ago! Have a good weekend 👍
Amazing Video my friend. Amtrak P-42’s and F59’s were honestly the best back in the good ol’ days. So sad they have left our train services. Thank you for posting these oldies but goodies.
I was born on 2004, and it was a fun and enjoyable enthusiasm of trains.
Happy 20 Years!!!
Thanks!
Very nice video Mike we see Alaska Railroad in 2004
My goodness this video is a trip; only 8 minutes through; and it is really giving the heavy nostalgic feel. Old paint schemes; old crossing equipment, all of it. Good material!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nostalgia hits
I was 10 years old in 2004. Also The Polar Express movie was released on November 10 of that year
SO BEAUTIFUL 😻 MISS THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE SO MANY TRAINS 🚂 🔥🔥🔥
you've been railfanning before i was even alive lol (2005)
4:05 my fav moment I love the Alaska railroad
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I didn’t exist in 2004 but I did in 2009 but I was into trains when I was a toddler, very fascinated in them :)
That is pretty awesome to see what San Luis Obispo was like 20 years ago. It’s much different now, there are still some similarities.
19:39 Now, that's a consist you won't see again on amtrak.
That was one of the more interesting lash ups I saw on an Amtrak long distance train. Not too often you see three different locomotives, all in a different paint scheme!
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7:58 the fact thats in San Luis Obisbo is so cool!
Same for 6:13
Trains were very different back then. I’m glad you were able To catch a different decade of railfanning to share with us! Great video!
I'm glad too! Thank you!
Very good video, I'm not from 2004 but it makes me nostalgic...
I love trains
me too
ayee yknow that train galore from like 9 yrs ago u still have that wooden acs 64
I started watching your videos when I was 6 in 2014 and I used to love trains a lot when I was 5-6!❤
Hey Mike, this is nice video of good old 2004 days, keep making more videos!
Thank you, I will!
@@CoasterFan2105 Np!
I came here bcuz the thumbnail caught my eye because of the ARR and man you don’t know how much I love the ARR
Watching trains in 2004 where i didn’t exist yet it feels good seeing how trains look 20 years ago
Awesome video! Wow, the old locomotives and equipment they used back then compared to now is pretty cool.
So freaking nostalgic I just wanna go back to back to like the years were before all the Genzie and Jen Alphus came. I missed those times when actual kids new and they played outside. I’m about like 30 years old but still watch you cause you’re just I love trains and I work for them It is union Pacific and I just love your videos and I love them.
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Nice compilation!
You have done a very good job!
Oh wow, lots of good stuff here. Cool to see the stuff that ran when I was 4, nicely done Mike!
Many thanks!
Hello Mike, an interesting video about train traffic in 2004. Thanks for showing and best regards from Germany
Coasterfan2105, you have the best youtube channel. I love your old videos. It brings a lot of nostalgia!!!!!
My fav moments 4:05 7:25 7:48 10:36 12:49 18:35 20:39 21:32
I remember some of these Amtrak consists from back then. Hard to think that I was 5 when this footage was shot!
Great footage!
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Awesome content and video. Enjoyed watching once again and have a great upcoming weekend. Steve
Hi Mike I think you should make a full video of all ATSF 3751 excursions to San Diego
All the trains are memories that he kept for years
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Please do show more of these type of videos especially the LA Metrolink. That in my opinion this was the best year for them.
This is nostalgia from 2004 before the sc44 chargers alc12s start replacing older trains like the f40 p42 and the dash 8
Mike was 2004 TWO DECADES AGO? Man I was only 14 years old and remember the Surfline being original back in those days! Great times! Great footage you managed to capture during this period! Another great video! :)
Very good video❤❤
Good ol nostalgia! Amazing stuff Mike!
Thank you for sharing this great video with us! Like!
2️⃣0️⃣ yrs of Footage!!!
It’s so iconic
Not bad Mike, I like to see videos that they're old like in 2004.👍
It’s amazing what has changed, but also what hasn’t
0:11 Pretty amazing videos in 2004. 🤙🏻
Thank you!
I remember you made a video trains in 2003 and now in 2004 well you are my favorite
Your old vids uploaded 2 decades ago! I almost forgot to noticed that! Nice callback tho!
16:18 Never knew Coaster 2305’s horn sounds decently good when full blasted…
19:34 If only we ever saw an Amtrak California engine leads or featured (not counting the carriages) in Coast Starlight back in 2010s…
I think there was maybe one time around 2012 that they used an AmCal F59 on the Coast Starlight but I don't remember when exactly or why. They used to send the F59s to LA for wheel work before the Oakland facility was expanded. For a period, it was pretty common to see them on the point of the Starlight between LA and Oakland.
So cool to see the trains on the year I was born in
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Ah yes, the good old videos. So nostalgic
This is what we needed nice video Mike!
I was born in a pretty good year for trains. Sure wish I had a camera then!
I don’t remember seeing these 2004 videos on the channel but I do like the trains they are actually cool the Amtrak is my favorite still
Great catch catching this heritage unit on this train
Sorry it wasn’t in the lead but nice horn action by its leader 139
the age of the trains doesn't really matter...trains are just awesome: powerful, a lot of forced energy, musical, cool, mesmerizing etc...thanks
This quality is to good for 2003
Congrats on 1M! Also great video
1:56 3:52 Fresno has surely changed. Since then now it’s a quite zone near the city hall where this was filmed and most of those dirt lots are now buildings surrounding the area
On the day I was born, in 2004, the trains where a runnin, in steam trains galore
Bad to the bone
You are still active? Oh my, pure nostalgia but I did not exist in 2004 but it’s so nice to see trains!
I started watching your videos sense I was 4 years old
Hi Mike can you please make a video of every month,date, & year on October 11 that you saw Santa Fe 3751 from 2008-2022
Im miss the old days of 2004
Still miss the old SoCal equipment
Mike Armstrong once again has a throwback to the days of classic locomotives like the genesis and the F59PHIs. 2025 will be a throwback to the year 2005 I'm guessing
I wasn’t alive in 2004, but dang I wish I did cause this video is so COOL!!! Railfanning in 2004 seems pretty awesome! Great video! ❤️👏👍
Thank you!
@@CoasterFan2105 No problem. 👍
@@CoasterFan2105 I was alive in the later portion of 2004.
8:10 It's nice seeing the oil cans in the Union Pacific day's.
Is 3751 the first steam engine you recorded in 2008
10:15 is it just me, or does the early Phase 5 scheme look better than the regular Phase 5 scheme? To me the extra pinstripe and the extra gray that lifts the pinstripes up to the side numbers just makes the Genesis locomotives seem more slim and trim idk.
Man.. I'm jealous of those who saw those trains around 2004 :(
I miss the old days like vhs and old thing that are not even now day I was 3 years old that time.
Cool I was born in alaska
Same I love. Alaska railroad
You are so lucky that I didn’t get to see it
and speaking of Alaska, I take it you have heard about the Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 steam locomotive 557 currently under restoration. It is getting closer to being completed.
1:32 Perfect Surfliner set... why are those unheard of all of a sudden?
And Alaska RR for sure got early access to those GW E-Bells.
Surfliner cars alone could not keep up with the increase of ridership during that period, so LOSSAN had to lease Superliners to make more 6 car sets, which is pretty much the standard now
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Trains Where A Lot Cooler Back In 2004! To Bad I Wasn’t Born Yet 😂
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I was 2 and I'm pretty sure I was just as into trains as I am now
Nice video Mike
Nice work coasterfan2105
Nice more 2000s stuff!