Rag Tag Railroading with a beat up GP9 on 100 year old rail ND&W Pioneer Lines PREX 105 leaning
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Short lines deserve a ton of respect. They keep small factories in business and keep a whole lot of semi's off the roads
For sure
Stop trying to keep semis off the roads. We have families too.
@@scenariomckinney less semis the better
If you don’t like semi’s, stop buying stuff, problem solved…
@@scenariomckinney Screw car culture, railroads rule! Individual freedom indeed, killing off most of the railroad industry just to control a vehicle on wheels on streets and roads that kill people more than planes and trains
It must be real nice for the towns folk to have a train running their lines again. A town with a working train always makes the town feel more alive, and will make most people smile... just a little bit.
That Geep has such a friendly-sounding horn. Most American locomotives' horns say "I AM A TRAIN! GET OUT OF MY WAY OR YOU DIE!!!" This one says, "Hey, guys. Just passing through. I'll be out of your way in a moment."
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Love that GP9…….has so much more character than all the newer units.
Growing up in the 60's, they used to switch cars at a nearby factory and often, depending on the engineer, they would let me & my friend ride in the cab of the GP9. Looking back, I can't believe they let us do that!
Love seeing old diesels still on the job. But man. That GP9 has needed some love for a long, LONG time judging by the oil residue running down the long hood.
Made worse by never getting over notch one or two.
I've got pictures of that very gp9 all polished up when it was still used on the Gettysburg scenic railway back before pioneer ever purchased them.
Ooh yeah it needs to be restored and put onto a museum
They better keep that hidden from the FRA. They'd kill it for hazardous oil leaks.
Rust prevention.
You really have a knack for documenting the worst maintained active rail lines still in use. It’s train comedy, love it! Love the old search light signal still on duty also!!
The ND&W has come a long way but still has a long way to go. great video
Father & son operation. Thumbs up to both! Very nice content. Relaxing to watch. Thanx for sharing!
Great views! That track in the beginning is scary! 😀😀
Stunning photography and well presented. Really enjoyed watching this video. Very well done and thank you for sharing. As a Brit who models American Railroads this film gives me a great insight into your railroad system especially these lesser known lines which are so full of atmosphere.
AT 6:18, looking at the condition of the track and seeing the sign "derail" to me was funny. Like the gp9, I remember in the 1950's when the New Haven RR got them brand new. Thanks
🤣👍🏻. Reminds me of watching the old Rock Island spur line line through our family farm between Atlantic & Audubon IA. Mostly OLD GP 7’s & 9’s. Think maybe an RS 2 during my early years (born 1958)…but I was to young to have a good memory of that! The Rock ran a weekly turn to Audubon. Biggest difference…the Rock had caboose’s back then! But, once a year we got a BIG train…called the T-bone express. Was a special cattle train to haul Iowa beef to market. That was a sight👍🏻
"What? The train hauls dinosaurs?"
Love the Patina on the GP9 Rat Rod!
That was a SUPER video!! So relaxing to watch are those drone shots. You really know what you are doing. Thank you.
The composition of these films is top notch. Keep up the great work!
Great video, that old battle axe of a train and the old rickety track exude the old times and small town/rural America. The Norfolk Southern hot shot was really nice too. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just a heads up to everyone asking the same question. The ND&W runs through the Black Swamps of NW Ohio. The track there is ancient and dates far, far, back. When under it's more infamous moniker, the MAW (Maumee and Western) this was a line that lived to the motto of, "Deferment makes this someone else's problem". Pioneer has definitely done great strides in doing this line favors in bringing it back to something that actually resembles a railroad, and not an open air ore mine cart experience.
It would certainly explain why they're running so slow with even extremely short trains. I wonder just how original that GP9 is given its age. It's certainly seen a thing or two in it's time.
@@PennsyPappas According to Wiki, it was made in 1957. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon,_Defiance_%26_Western_Railroad )
A cute little GP9 locomotive and a cute couple of trainspotters. Keep on loving those trains.
That GP9 looks like it went through the Battle of Gettysburg 😄
It did!!! It has the decal to prove it..
Yes, it did AFTER coming over on the Mayflower in 1620 A.D.
Haa haa
@@blaydCA And hauling Adam and Eve from the Garden?
That poor GP one has to wonder how much oil it goes thru per trip. I'm sensing the small covered hoppers were called upon to be the idler cars for the hazmat tanker. At the first grade crossing the unit slides over the grade Xing and then looks like it will tip over. Help! I'll give you extra credit. Good scenery' in slomo
That track in the beginning made me think the train was going to tip over. Wow. The views are great!
Love watching old GP9s in action even if they do get above notch 1, nice one Scott!
Much improvement on this line over the last few years.
Great video, BTW
I drive by those at least once a week usually and they have made a lot of improvements to the tracks lately south of defiance
Good to see Father and son enjoying trains together.
The Original GP7 was C&NW 1518 PLUS THE DEMONSTRATOR AND PROTOTYPE. Since 1988 it has been saved at the Union, ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM. Yet on the C&NW it served for nearly 38 years. Then it was renumbered into the 4311. And the high short hood was cut down to a low nose. The 4311 ran on many branchlines, like Pulaski to Wabeno. And between Oconto west to Oconto Falls through Stiles Jct. And Green Bay west to Wausau plus also Eland Jct.,North to Rhinelander. And so many more. But in the 1980s hundreds of miles of track were ripped out and made into nature trails. Thus hundreds of diesels were retired and sold and scrapped. And thousands of boxcar loads were changed over to semi trailers. That has led to millions of acres of pristine nature, being also ripped up for new superhighway. Like 54 west from G.B. to Wausau. And high gas prices. And driver shortages. And supply line issues. And unemployment and family hardships . But, when 4311 was in the scrap line, railfans recognized its historic value. 4311 was repaired here in G.B. with the high hood replaced here at the Roundhouse and repair shop at North G.B. When finished, the newly restored 1518 was debuted here at the NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM next to U.P. RR. 4017 "BIG BOY" 4-8-8-4 . THEN, shipped down South to Union, Illinois. And luckily, I was able to get some 35mm slides of this historic meeting between diesel and steam. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2021 A.D.!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 A.D.!!!!! GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!!!!! 🙏 AMEN AND ALLELUIA!!!!!
Professional quality production. Well done sir. Tom H.
Nice video! I live down where the IORY runs, and talk to the folks on it from time to time. As someone else here stated, having a train running through a town makes a world of difference in a towns atmosphere.
Looks like they could use a whole lot of track maintenance! I hope they have RJ Corman on their speed dial to pick up the pieces when something derails!
They’ve been working to improve the tracks night and day. I think they are doing south of the yard first then north idk where this video is
In general what you hope is that a derailment at those speeds will not result in a need for someone to pick up the mess
Great video Scott and that GP9 definitely needs some DESPERATE attention! It's a shame that maintenance is deprived for some of the older locomotives. Sad to see how much oil has run down the sides bcuz I'm sure in its day and time it was dependable locomotive and earned its keep. You can also tell it has some age on it by having no ditch lights. Thanks for sharing this video Scott and using the drone adds that special touch to your videos!
Ditch lights are only required if you are running over a public crossing at more then 20 mph. Since they barely manage 5 on this railroad it’s not needed.
Desperate? I dunno. Seems to be doing fine to me for this tonnage and speed
@@cdavid8139 I meant as far as fixing the oil problem. Wasn't referring to its ability to pull a load(s).
@@shawnpowell5876 Gonna agree with you there. Or, if it has been fixed at least power-wash the thing. LOL. Over the decades I've run many a beat-up old EMD unit, but gotta admit this one wouldn't inspire a lot of confidence that I am going to have an early quit that day
I’d bet that most of that oil is due to the engine essentially idling ALL the time. Poor old girl never gets a chance to get good and hot and burn out the carbon.
Fantastic short line railroading video with the drone. It really gives you the feel of short line railroading up close! Makes me want to model this in ho or n scale! Keep these video's coming i on Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan short lines.
Hello....I scrolled down a fair way to see if I could see any comments about the crewing of the locomotive. I read that the Engineer is sitting on the other side of the cab....but in the opening scenes, in particular the 50 sec mark.... No one on the opposite side of the cab.... So this is one man operation??
Great video by the way!
Wow 👌👌👌 very beautiful landscape 🙏🙏
Great video work, but, have to say your viewers could benefit from addition info; such as: what is "ND&W"?, what towns are you showing us, and who are the customers on these lines?
Absolutely great video work, but yes, it would be nice to have the info you mention either on the video or in the description! This F-S team does a heck of a job finding the most unique operations and locations, and sealing the deal with very professional production! Their vids of lakers on the Great Lakes are really good also!
The best kind of railroading!
This is one of the best You Tube train videos I have seen. Nice job.
It’s always a pleasure to watch the ND&W run. Thanks for the great footage!
Love the drone footage. Another excellent video...Thanks!!
Nice to see the GP9 still working; Great Video Scott!
I love this engine in particular. I had the pleasure of riding in it with my dad who crewed it in the mid to late 80s when it was the Huron and Eastern #105
Can't believe that they don't take out the time when doing maintenance on the Engine that they don't powerwash off the Oil and Exhaust stains. Plus it's just Amazing they don't do much maintenance work on the rails. One day the Engine is just going to fall over look it doesn't take much time to raise the rail joints and tamp them it would make a huge difference...
Money for appearance is a luxury.
The Norfolk Southern road foreman told me a few days before they got rid of the line that you could pound ballast until it came out in China and you would never find anything solid in that roadbed. Raising and tamping rotten ties and fouled ballast on top of soft roadbed might make a huge difference......for a very short period of time.
@@wst8340 Yessir
That old train on those old tracks looked like a caterpillar.
I deliver loaded reefer containers from BNSF in Elwood, Il to a customer along the ND&W in Napoleon. They do not regularly ship via rail, but the ND&W stores cars along their spur. I have only seen them use this unit one time.
Its probably not long for this world with Pioneer scrapping many locos on the KJRY recently. If its a half decent runner, hopefully it will find a nice home like the Algoma F Units
I love the old GP locomotives
GP9,10,15,20
Awesome 😎👍👍👍
This railroad never ceases to amaze.
Somthing about old short lines I love seeing! We had a few where I am that were used in 1904 for several factories but haven’t had a train on them since 2016 so sad
Brilliant video my friend like and Greetings from Argentina 🤩👍
I love this video and the RR even more! I think I could walk faster than the train. Long live GP 9s!!!!
Nice presentation of a classic. 🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲
Nice to see Gettysburg #105 still hard at work pounding showing off its age
Award winning video. 👏👏
Great video as always. Looks like the ballast is fresh. That's a start. Poor old loco could use a good washing.
I love seeing it just like this. It exudes rugged dependability and personality.
I'll bet the train crew crosses their fingers whenever they are on this track.
Too cool! Thanks for not using one of them skinny aspect ratio cameras and dubbing in music we hate.
I live next to that track.
It's goten much better, a number of years ago, the track was in such poor shape that the crew ran out of hours before making a complete trip and had to park it for the night and catch a ride home, to return the next day and resume. It also used to have derailments quite often.
a drone view always gets my LIKE!
Best video ever thanks for sharing 💚
You've done it with this video. An excellent video to inspire one in the model railroad genre.
Being a model railroader...I love the drone's perspective.
What are they using, 60 lb.
rail? Obviously no maintenance in the past 70 years! Small rail, rotten ties, and a worn out GP9 is pushing the railroad into oblivion.
Nice job filming it though, looking forward to more...
Believe it or not since Pioneer took over a massive amount of work has gone into this railroad to make it look like this. A massive track replacement project is about to take place soon which will see a good portion of the track completely replaced from the ground up.
@@PereMarquette1223 it needs it,heck I am amazed by the poor state of track,seen on TH-cam from here in the UK, even our heritage railways have better track
@@prestoncrewnarrowboaters8619 that’s what happens when you build a railroad across an ancient swamp and no one has thrown any money into it since the 60’s.
@@prestoncrewnarrowboaters8619 welcome to America. A few Shortlines are well known for their bad track.
I'd love the see that old engine being given a chance to flex its muscles and not just tiptoeing along track where it would fall over if it went more than 10 mph 😳
Thank you! Really nice footage (and great sound too!) of rural line! great locomotive, enjoyed that😉 regards from Crimea
Thanks for sharing Scott...tales me back home!!
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!!
Great shots, thank you ,to bad they don't go back to more rail service and more truck terminals keep more drivers close to home
👍This is one great video! Nice job. When I saw the engine wobble, I though this is as bad as the ND&W. Really well done. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great video, class filmed
The rumble and roar of the Gettysburg Cannonball !
Like that horn!
Sounds like a fouled P5 on that GP9.
Old GP-9 blowing oil out on top and yet getting the job done. The railroad needs to give it some love and fix it. Probably leaking around the cylinder sleeves. That engine can be fixed and continue to serve them if they just take care of it.
Nd&w making major improvement in it track
Scott,do you or anyone else know if that's a rare GP 9??? Noticed in the beginning of the video that the engineer was sitting on the fire man's side so i'm wondering if that unit is a rare long hood forward running locomotive???
yes it is long hood forward, as designated by the F on the frame
Looks to be an old CN unit, judging by the roof details, who did run their (unrebuilt) GP-9s long hood forward.
Well shot as usual
Gettysburg, PA
I live up in Quakertown. We have ESPN railroad and they have a bunch of older locomotives here in Quakertown and on the Perkiomen Valley line in East Greenville. Sees service every day
The best piece of track is across the trestle.
Jeeeze that track has more humps in it than a Skateboard park. Well done to the crew.
Great footage Cheers for sharing
Nice video thank you 😊
8:05 "Knoblauch Construction" is German for Garlic :)
Great video. Very interesting.
Superb camera work!
Some of those tracks are in bad need of repair. I love the old trains and I miss them. Perhaps our newer fast trains will make up for them here in Canada.
Well done, this was enjoyable to watch!!
Thank you for this neat video, Scott. Do you provide somwhere information on how you did the video?
I have traveled on much worse railroads before - I think some here underestimate what wheels on tracks can take.
Awesome video Scott!!!
How about some more great video of the track work?
the spurs are in better shape than the main
Awesome vid - looks like they have been working on the track, some new ties and ballast in some places but holy moly. It's like a roller coaster! We've got a tiny little shortline out here, the Ballard Terminal Railroad, and I thought it's track was bad.
So Casey the new dog manages 2 solve the mystery.
I always enjoy the little guy ( probably not so little any more ) at the end
Any newer vids coming since the lines have been upgraded? Enjoy them seeing success and hope they will keep it from just become another dotted line on a map. Thanks.
Great video.👍
cool !!
Not gonna lie, but with the way the engine and cars are leaning, it's a wonder the whole train hasn't capsized!
Being a former signalman, and now an accident investigator for at major railway and infrastructure owner this is scaring the s... out of me.
Woodburn, Indiana is 10 miles east of Fort Wayne, Indiana and 3 miles west from Ohio state line
Looks the the Bankrupt & Western RR.
Great new video from this line! ;)
Love these shaky train vids!
Sweet, Winchester western hoppers ! Lol
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