It really hurts my heart to hear you speak of how that small rail line became in dierstraight s. In this country greed hurts alot of company s . Thanks for another great video ,your love for all things trains as always is outstanding.
I really enjoyed this. Thank you for uploading the video again. I like those old geeps still working. Part of railroad history! I particularly liked the light power/street running segment where, after giving a good blast of horn, the car alarms saluted back!
Drayton, thank you for reloading this video and allowing us to view it again. You must have added or corrected some information in this video. It was nice to be reminded of the street running in Watsonville, California that the Santa Cruz & Mnterey Bay Railroad used to do before its demise/
the watsonville part of this branch is now served by the up local switcher on a as needed basis only, nothing goes past watsonville anymore. there was once weekly traffic north of santa cruz when the cement plant was working, but that has been defunct over ten years now. and sadly they have said this week in news about the line past the watsonville city limits that the track is to be pulled up and put in a storage yard, for maybe future reuse not that you can put much faith in that,they are just waiting on fra approval.
Oh how Sad thank you for show casing the line to ,let's pray for future customers 🙏....we are surprised there's no Transloads Facilities ..on this line.....very sad that no tourist Railways don't locate here ......wow..how beautiful.....Hope you keep us involved us on any new customers...any Congratulations "Delay block on bringing in new Customers......wow now there's the video "of the Year.....
You hear correct! A very political battle. They keep pushing for what's called rail-banking which means, "tear up the rails but say if a good use for them comes up, we promise to tear out all our millions of dollars of 'improvements' and put the rail back down".
@@princessofthecape2078 Interesting. Hadn't heard that but I believe it. Our little ocean-side town has about 30,000 commuters that drive daily over a treacherous mountain pass into Silicon Valley. There used to be a rail line called the Suntan Special that brought thousands of tourists over every weekend from the valley. During a lull in users right after cars made their debut the fools stopped the Suntan Special and abandoned the tracks. Subsequently a bunch of homes were built on the rail path and all the many tunnels were turned into places commercial paperwork goes to die (storage). That railroad would now be a bonanza to the weekend tourists as it services the local beach and boardwalk. Tourists wouldn't sit for an hour each way on the clogged highway puking out exhaust and commuters could've used it daily to connect into the extensive Silicon Valley mass transit. All that's impossible now due to the simple loss of the tracks due to shortsightedness. I can see the same thing happening everywhere they rip out track or do so-called rail-banking. If bike routes are so desirable then they should put them in, just don't take out tracks to do it.
My railroad in Brooklyn new York used to do lots of street running learned one thing most people are morons used to tell the engineer blow the horn and keep coming
Love those old geeps. Have a blessed day everyone . God bless.
My favorite is the geep 30 God bless you too!
The Leadville Colorado and Southern owns #89 now
Like that cool horn
I'm watching from Kalam valley...
It really hurts my heart to hear you speak of how that small rail line became in dierstraight s. In this country greed hurts alot of company s . Thanks for another great video ,your love for all things trains as always is outstanding.
I really enjoyed this. Thank you for uploading the video again. I like those old geeps still working. Part of railroad history! I particularly liked the light power/street running segment where, after giving a good blast of horn, the car alarms saluted back!
The Leadville Railroad in Colorado owns locomotive 89 now
Drayton, thank you for reloading this video and allowing us to view it again. You must have added or corrected some information in this video. It was nice to be reminded of the street running in Watsonville, California that the Santa Cruz & Mnterey Bay Railroad used to do before its demise/
Drayton, filling my need for short-line action ! You are the best at what you do! Thanks for ALL of it- David
12:06 it even triggered an aftermarket car alarm 😂😂😂😂
Great Horn!
the watsonville part of this branch is now served by the up local switcher on a as needed basis only, nothing goes past watsonville anymore. there was once weekly traffic north of santa cruz when the cement plant was working, but that has been defunct over ten years now. and sadly they have said this week in news about the line past the watsonville city limits that the track is to be pulled up and put in a storage yard, for maybe future reuse not that you can put much faith in that,they are just waiting on fra approval.
Did that horn set off the car alarms?!?!
Yep. They do that to the glass-break sensors.
I'm watching from Kalam valley...
Very interesting video... That's one Hell of a paint scheme. The shots during the street running were spectacular !!!
That was a paint scheme only a tourist railroad could love!
What a treat, thank you so much.
Awesome video!!!
Nice video! I rode the MH 89 on the Mount Hood Railroad in the late 90's.
When did this railroad shutdown and what happened to the locomotives ?
2018 and they were all sold off after Iowa Pacific’s bankruptcy and liquidation of assets in 2020.
Ah okay thanks
GP9 89 was sold to the Leadville, Colorado and Southern railroad, and moved there in September of 2021.
Oh how Sad thank you for show casing the line to ,let's pray for future customers 🙏....we are surprised there's no Transloads Facilities ..on this line.....very sad that no tourist Railways don't locate here ......wow..how beautiful.....Hope you keep us involved us on any new customers...any Congratulations "Delay block on bringing in new Customers......wow now there's the video "of the Year.....
I understand the local bike nuts are working hard to close the whole line and turn it into a trail.
You hear correct! A very political battle. They keep pushing for what's called rail-banking which means, "tear up the rails but say if a good use for them comes up, we promise to tear out all our millions of dollars of 'improvements' and put the rail back down".
@@princessofthecape2078 Interesting. Hadn't heard that but I believe it.
Our little ocean-side town has about 30,000 commuters that drive daily over a treacherous mountain pass into Silicon Valley.
There used to be a rail line called the Suntan Special that brought thousands of tourists over every weekend from the valley. During a lull in users right after cars made their debut the fools stopped the Suntan Special and abandoned the tracks. Subsequently a bunch of homes were built on the rail path and all the many tunnels were turned into places commercial paperwork goes to die (storage).
That railroad would now be a bonanza to the weekend tourists as it services the local beach and boardwalk. Tourists wouldn't sit for an hour each way on the clogged highway puking out exhaust and commuters could've used it daily to connect into the extensive Silicon Valley mass transit.
All that's impossible now due to the simple loss of the tracks due to shortsightedness. I can see the same thing happening everywhere they rip out track or do so-called rail-banking.
If bike routes are so desirable then they should put them in, just don't take out tracks to do it.
lol no one wants to ride a bike to watsonville.
My railroad in Brooklyn new York used to do lots of street running learned one thing most people are morons used to tell the engineer blow the horn and keep coming
Excellent Video
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That horn!!
Nice ride along. Would be nice to restore it to Milw Road or paint satin to preserve the patina. Nice history of this power unit and operations.
I feel like I’ve seen this before. Is this a reupload?
DIB reuploads videos frequently
Got to love street runners.
I think I watched it before, but I didn't join the chat
lol the Toyota Sienna at 11:10
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I Born In 89 & My Dad Born 1959
What Year The Railroad Shutdown And What Happened To The Locomotives From Railroad
When do they run this train?
nice
You got to crush some cars then they will get the point !
A former amtrak exec making poor business decisions? Feature that.
C. No.