It's funny that you should mention that. I emailed the governor here in N.Y. about the Beacon line a while ago ( which is owned by the MTA ), and is one step above being abandoned. It runs from Beacon N.Y., and eventually connects to the MTA's / Housatonic railroad to the east in Connecticut. I asked if any short line operators had been contacted to see if this route could be put to use to generate income for the MTA, which perpetually operates in the red. I'm still waiting for a response. This was a heavily used freight route ( Conrail ) at one time, and is the only east /west connection between the Harlem and Hudson divisions, which is why it still exists. A local fellow in the area on TH-cam wrote to me saying that he was told by MTA workers that the state didn't want to deal with the issue of the grade crossing on route 9 in Fishkill, which is already plagued with traffic lights and heavy traffic. I hate to see a possible revenue generating rail road sit unused. In my opinion, this is yet another failure of the State of New York to preserve and maintain railroad infrastructure - the upper Harlem division and the demise of the Putnam division were earlier victims of the same incompetence that we see today.
What a magnificent production. You did not over-narrate, and the drone footage was excellent , The RR now has the R.J. Corman label and re-painted locomotives.. Thank you.
A terrific video of a little-known operation in Tennessee. I liked the inclusion of drone and locomotive-based cameras. It was a nice variety of angles that gave me a better appreciation for the terrain and farmland the train traversed. I'm glad that I found this video to watch. Thanks!
Great Video. ! Used to deliver rail ties to Monterey from Kopper in Guthrie Kentucky back in the Day. Used to stay at that truckstop all the time. Used to have really great food there. Keep Up the great Work. 🇺🇲 ✅️😎
Great video I just live A few miles past the sand quarry in Monterey where they used to come up and load sand & take back to Nashville. Been 3 years since they have made A run up to Monterey wish they get the contract back always loved filming them & photographing them up here.
I was just surprisingly "captivated" .. What a GREAT production .... repeating others now, no over-narration and gravity-rolling train cars.... 68 years old... just "mesmerized" :)
As a Swede living in a small factory town with rail connection to the factory, I don't think I've ever heard the train horn be used, even outside my town. And usually you can't drive ahead of the trains, and I'm talking about freight trains. Seeing this video almost deafened me with how much they lay on the horn, even through neighborhoods, I'd go crazy haha. Also here people respect the crossings, they stop and wait instead of the train stopping for the non caring drivers, also in that case no horn necessary! Oh also main line has electrical switches and signals, just our factory railyard that lacks electrical switches.
This video is awesome. Makes me homesick. Grew up in Batesville Ar, former mopac area. Now it's northeast Arkansas and Missouri railway I believe. A line going beside the white river, probably the most scenery of many lines. Lots of bluffs and river scenery, beautiful area. Worth recording in as well. If I can get back out there, I'll try to catch some.
Nice video, love seeing the short lines, so much more carictor then the class 1's. Boy that track needs some TLC, you can see the cars lifting up on the grade crossing.
Your channel is an inspiration. As I live minutes from apart of the old AWRR/capmetro shortline I still need to film the west end but intend on putting all of its services into one video and try my best to do some narration and captioning but use your videos always as a good resource example as to how to edit my railfan catches. Thank you for this coverage and all that you do with the TH-cam railfan community 👍👍
@@DelayInBlockProductions always! You and distant signal are legends for yalls content. Nothing matches, and so much coverage over so much area, would love to see yall come down to Texas one day and film along the gulf coast, there’s a ton of fallen flag power still daily used, Houston area you will be guaranteed to see every class ones power including the now fallen flag southern belles in excess, 982 hopefully will get its flowers sooner rather than later bringing steam excursion on the gulf coast, port of Houston is packed with so many smaller yards and plants and industries the amount of half century or more old switchers working the plants if possible would be amazing footage, the main yards are extremely active and also plentiful with prevalent but quickly disappearing bloody noses, cascade green, warbonnetts and bluebonnets, exec 70’s vomit bonnets, and much more. Hill country has alot of concrete industries and quarry’s that are also a lot of fun to film and the line between Austin-San Antonio is super under coveraged. Between Kyle-new braunfels definitely being filled with such good scenery and angled shots. 👍
Absolutely Excellent , your production is always top of the class , this one sets a new bar . For those of us living outside the U.S., the additional information and general landscapes you also film are superb 😊.
This is really awesome watching the trains especially here in Tennessee and there is a lot of beautiful scenery there and seeing the nice towns that they go through this was really awesome seeing this thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲
another excellent video. every time you guys upload a video, i know i'm in for treat. definitely among the best produced, not only on you tube, but for general TV viewing.
Excellent video “ride-along”. Over the past few years I’ve been thinking how wonderful it would be to ride the rails on a freight train for fun. So the only thing on my bucket list of things to do before God calls me home is to do just this, even if it’s only a one time deal. If the author of this video can put me in touch with this railroad company I’d appreciate it as I do live here in Tennessee.
We rode Motorcars on that line last year from Lebanon to Sliver Point and back its beautiful line especially beyond Carthage Junction towards Silver Point.
MIght I also suggest you doing a similar video for the Nashville & Western? They run on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the line is quite scenic, especially the stretch between Jordonia and Ashland City.
Those two locomotives are beautiful together. Csx and Bnsf should do more Foreign powers with each other. It would be hard because csx mostly operates in eastern USA and bnsf on the western side
The only other scenic short line RR comparable in Tennessee is the Lhoist line. Beautiful scenery on both lines. Both parallel I-40 so there are those rare chances to get a great catch of forgotten lines.
Even if the ICRR had been able to get the whole line, it likely would have sold if off since they merged with the GM&O a few years later. That was a merger that never should have happened. The old TC between Hopkinsville to Nashville was part of the ICG’s route from Evansville, IN via Henderson, KY. It was called the Evansville District or Division. Unfortunately, by the late 1970s they had been operating that line(among others) at a loss. Another thing that hurt that route was it competed with the L&N’s route from Evansville to Nashville, and it was a better one.
Great work DIB! Quick question for those familiar with switching operations. @49:19 the train stops in Cookeville to pick up loaded gondolas. However, they cut the attached hoppers off the train on the main line to back into the siding and couple to the hoppers. Why? Wouldn't it be easier to just back into the siding without cutting off the hoppers? Seems like a bit of extra work to do an extra coupling, release the hopper hand brakes, and recharge the train brakes.
Love the content! I might head out that was next year to get some action there. But out of curiosity what camera do you use for videos? I’m trying to get one so i don’t have to use my phone.
Man, despite this line's age, I wonder about the structural integrity of those rock shelves as shown rolling up into 1:15:00 and 1:19:00. That looks freaky going through these parts.
They run "2" conductors? Little bit odd... Usually one of the 2 ground men would be either a switchman, trainmen and/or brakeman. Years ago, I was on a tree man crew and the brakeman kept calling himself conductor. Our local FRA stopped us and gave us a defect over it. I thought it was a bit petty, but, the conductor is the boss.
The line had most of the C40-8 which were Ex-CSX and Ex-BNSF but with all of them now in the RJ Corman colors, what will happen in the future for these locomotives?
The national freight railroad system has pretty much been cut to the bone. There are no real duplicate lines left to cut of any real size. These shortline operators are proving to be very efficient. Many are spin off s of what was once part of the large Class One railroad but didn t fit in the big railroad s big plans. . As ever increasing insurances and fuel and labor and interest rates cost the trucking industry these smaller operators are starting to be more common.
However nice this is, from the looks of it, they need to do some major track infrastructure repair. Also a little overpowered on that train, one unit would done the job just fine.
Good job promoting the local mom and pop grocery. Got nothing against Walmart, but its good to see local businesses making a go of it.
no thanks to Biden and Harris
I haven’t spent money in a Walmart in 20 years 😂
I love to see dead lines come back to life. I would love to see more great stories like this. The more short lines coming back to life the better 😊
Building back better baby ❤
Absolutely, more railroad shortlines!
It's funny that you should mention that. I emailed the governor here in N.Y. about the Beacon line a while ago ( which is owned by the MTA ), and is one step above being abandoned. It runs from Beacon N.Y., and eventually connects to the MTA's / Housatonic railroad to the east in Connecticut.
I asked if any short line operators had been contacted to see if this route could be put to use to generate income for the MTA, which perpetually operates in the red. I'm still waiting for a response.
This was a heavily used freight route ( Conrail ) at one time, and is the only east /west connection between the Harlem and Hudson divisions, which is why it still exists.
A local fellow in the area on TH-cam wrote to me saying that he was told by MTA workers that the state didn't want to deal with the issue of the grade crossing on route 9 in Fishkill, which is already plagued with traffic lights and heavy traffic.
I hate to see a possible revenue generating rail road sit unused. In my opinion, this is yet another failure of the State of New York to preserve and maintain railroad infrastructure - the upper Harlem division and the demise of the Putnam division were earlier victims of the same incompetence that we see today.
Amazing catches!!
Between you and distant signal I think you both are the best narrators for railroadi
What a magnificent production. You did not over-narrate, and the drone footage was excellent , The RR now has the R.J. Corman label and re-painted locomotives.. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice compliment.
Do they do car storage?
@@bradfordthompson8326car storage where?
@@ericshook9270I think he’s talking about auto racks.
Thats quite a run along that cliff! Thanks.
Lovely to see dash 8s still working. Always wonderful to hear when an old branch line comes back to life.
We agree. Thanks for watching!
A terrific video of a little-known operation in Tennessee. I liked the inclusion of drone and locomotive-based cameras. It was a nice variety of angles that gave me a better appreciation for the terrain and farmland the train traversed. I'm glad that I found this video to watch. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
The hour and a half video I didn't know I wanted to watch. Loved it.
Thanks so much for tuning in!
Great Video. ! Used to deliver rail ties to Monterey from Kopper in Guthrie Kentucky back in the Day. Used to stay at that truckstop all the time. Used to have really great food there. Keep Up the great Work. 🇺🇲 ✅️😎
Thanks for the info and for watching!
Great job on everything. I like seeing the back roads and towns along an old railroad line. Happy to see it used again.
Awesome video! Looks like a lot of ties have been replaced and ballast added to get the line back in service. Great to see!
That shot from inside the store was really cool
Great video I just live A few miles past the sand quarry in Monterey where they used to come up and load sand & take back to Nashville. Been 3 years since they have made A run up to Monterey wish they get the contract back always loved filming them & photographing them up here.
I was just surprisingly "captivated" .. What a GREAT production .... repeating others now, no over-narration and gravity-rolling train cars.... 68 years old... just "mesmerized" :)
damn you for forcing me to watch this compelling video of a train rolling down a track for an hour and a half.
As a Swede living in a small factory town with rail connection to the factory, I don't think I've ever heard the train horn be used, even outside my town. And usually you can't drive ahead of the trains, and I'm talking about freight trains.
Seeing this video almost deafened me with how much they lay on the horn, even through neighborhoods, I'd go crazy haha.
Also here people respect the crossings, they stop and wait instead of the train stopping for the non caring drivers, also in that case no horn necessary!
Oh also main line has electrical switches and signals, just our factory railyard that lacks electrical switches.
Great planning on your to get the entire job on video.
Thank you!
As photography, as history, as RR ops, as a document of one of my favorite short lines, this is phenomenal video!
That’s awesome to see them run that far! Nice Video!
This was so interesting and relaxing to watch. Thank you!
Great video. Nice to see rail traffic in Cookeville again..
Thank you very much!
This video is awesome. Makes me homesick. Grew up in Batesville Ar, former mopac area. Now it's northeast Arkansas and Missouri railway I believe. A line going beside the white river, probably the most scenery of many lines. Lots of bluffs and river scenery, beautiful area. Worth recording in as well. If I can get back out there, I'll try to catch some.
I love watching shortline railroading. Awesome video and cool operation to see.
Awesome video! I never knew that rail traffic dropped so low between Cookeville and Monterey. Nice to see some rail traffic coming back.
Nice video, love seeing the short lines, so much more carictor then the class 1's. Boy that track needs some TLC, you can see the cars lifting up on the grade crossing.
Thanks for the Memories !!
Spent 20+ years East of Nashville, doing TeleCom work, and these Views of Home and Areas-East were Wonderful !!
Thanks so much for watching!
What beautiful scenery!
Shortline operators are like the MOM AND POP of the railroad industry. I predict this will grow.
That pan at 11minutes was excellent. Great drone skills!
Thanks! 👍
Your channel is an inspiration. As I live minutes from apart of the old AWRR/capmetro shortline I still need to film the west end but intend on putting all of its services into one video and try my best to do some narration and captioning but use your videos always as a good resource example as to how to edit my railfan catches. Thank you for this coverage and all that you do with the TH-cam railfan community 👍👍
Thank you. That really means a lot!!!
@@DelayInBlockProductions always! You and distant signal are legends for yalls content. Nothing matches, and so much coverage over so much area, would love to see yall come down to Texas one day and film along the gulf coast, there’s a ton of fallen flag power still daily used, Houston area you will be guaranteed to see every class ones power including the now fallen flag southern belles in excess, 982 hopefully will get its flowers sooner rather than later bringing steam excursion on the gulf coast, port of Houston is packed with so many smaller yards and plants and industries the amount of half century or more old switchers working the plants if possible would be amazing footage, the main yards are extremely active and also plentiful with prevalent but quickly disappearing bloody noses, cascade green, warbonnetts and bluebonnets, exec 70’s vomit bonnets, and much more. Hill country has alot of concrete industries and quarry’s that are also a lot of fun to film and the line between Austin-San Antonio is super under coveraged. Between Kyle-new braunfels definitely being filled with such good scenery and angled shots. 👍
Absolutely Excellent , your production is always top of the class , this one sets a new bar . For those of us living outside the U.S., the additional information and general landscapes you also film are superb 😊.
Looks like the crossing lights at the road by the transfer point, have been deactivated. Love your history lesson interwoven with the action.
I love how these patches look. no messy spray paint and mostly matching logos.
Hopefully business picks up on that end of the line. How cool! I was afraid they were going to abandon that portion.
We need to go back to more railroads and it would get rid of alot of traffic
This is really awesome watching the trains especially here in Tennessee and there is a lot of beautiful scenery there and
seeing the nice towns that they go through this was really
awesome seeing this thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲
Thank you very much!
It be exciting it they run exciting if they run a dinner train or excursions 😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤
another excellent video. every time you guys upload a video, i know i'm in for treat. definitely among the best produced, not only on you tube, but for general TV viewing.
Excellent video “ride-along”. Over the past few years I’ve been thinking how wonderful it would be to ride the rails on a freight train for fun. So the only thing on my bucket list of things to do before God calls me home is to do just this, even if it’s only a one time deal. If the author of this video can put me in touch with this railroad company I’d appreciate it as I do live here in Tennessee.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, well done. I almost did not want it to end! Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Outstanding video, thanks for the history on the TC as well. Thanks for the hard work putting this together, really good stuff. 🤘
The track hangs off a number of hillsides along the way, especially the one that is straight down. Good video!
You should check out Ayer Massachusetts we got CSX NS Pan am and MBTA
Great video !!!! Those GE’s are awesome 😎
Yes, they are! Thanks for watching.
This was fantastic, thank you. Really great footage of N&E
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Excellent work as always, wish I could work with you guys on productions, keep up the great work!
Any time!
Very High Quality once again! Great stuff DIB!
We rode Motorcars on that line last year from Lebanon to Sliver Point and back its beautiful line especially beyond Carthage Junction towards Silver Point.
You're Awesome Train video Drayton.
you have a great day or keep up a good work!! 👍🏽💪🏽
Thanks! You too!
Hey Drayton lot a Great catch you are Amazing Train video and drone Action.
or N&E Locomotive since 2014 is this Tennessee and michigan?😎😎🚂
Wow! At 1:15:00 that is some tight cliff edge on the left! More in cab footage of this trip please! And more, this time on the left, at 1:19:00!
Absolutely amazing.
Beautiful locomotives! I love that they are in there predecessor schemes!!!
That bit of trackage starting at about 1:15:15 had me on the edge of my seat!
MIght I also suggest you doing a similar video for the Nashville & Western? They run on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the line is quite scenic, especially the stretch between Jordonia and Ashland City.
Those two locomotives are beautiful together. Csx and Bnsf should do more Foreign powers with each other. It would be hard because csx mostly operates in eastern USA and bnsf on the western side
fantastic production
Incredible content. So much for my plan to multitask while watching this video 😂
This video is absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for sharing 😊
The only other scenic short line RR comparable in Tennessee is the Lhoist line.
Beautiful scenery on both lines.
Both parallel I-40 so there are those rare chances to get a great catch of forgotten lines.
Excellent video! Narration is great,I really enjoyed the history too! The trackage on the side of the mountains wow!
new delay in block video, let's gooooo. small request for more longform videos to be peppered in with these smaller uploads!
Wonderful, Wonderful Great news Exciting video...many GOD PRAYERS FOR MORE OVERWHELMING NEW CUSTOMERS ❤❤❤❤❤
Should do a video on the Nashville and Western.
Very surprised that the N&E isn't in Red RJ Corman livery being it's owned by them. Cool video.
Man, those RJ Corman diesels sure are pretty. I rarely see a dirty one.
what a pair of rare Beauties!
Excellent!
Love the house at 25:37 that has a railroad crossing....on its driveway!
Increíble captura muy buen video Excelente estimado amigo Like 👍🏻 merecido un saludo 👋🏻 mi apoyo 😊
Even if the ICRR had been able to get the whole line, it likely would have sold if off since they merged with the GM&O a few years later. That was a merger that never should have happened. The old TC between Hopkinsville to Nashville was part of the ICG’s route from Evansville, IN via Henderson, KY. It was called the Evansville District or Division. Unfortunately, by the late 1970s they had been operating that line(among others) at a loss. Another thing that hurt that route was it competed with the L&N’s route from Evansville to Nashville, and it was a better one.
Great work DIB! Quick question for those familiar with switching operations. @49:19 the train stops in Cookeville to pick up loaded gondolas. However, they cut the attached hoppers off the train on the main line to back into the siding and couple to the hoppers. Why? Wouldn't it be easier to just back into the siding without cutting off the hoppers? Seems like a bit of extra work to do an extra coupling, release the hopper hand brakes, and recharge the train brakes.
Nice video.
Thanks!
COOK-VEGAS, .....(Cookeville) Rocks😊.
Train needs to be longer
Love the content! I might head out that was next year to get some action there. But out of curiosity what camera do you use for videos? I’m trying to get one so i don’t have to use my phone.
Canon HF-G60
Can someone explain to me, that if this is the first train in years, how long were those empties and loads waiting to be picked up?
Are those old rails rated for those engines? As far as weight...I'm talking about the rickety jointed sections. Great vid.
Yes, they are!
I wish I knew more about photography I live right beside an Norfolk Southern line where I could get am amazing pic with a drone but don’t own one
Love it! Ex CSX and ex BNSF GEs!
Thanks!
Really wish the TC wasn't cut between Monterrey and Crab Orchard.
At 1:15:10 he said August 31st 1968, the day I was born, awesome
Well whaddya know .. that's the very same day I was born also. Except nineteen years later than yours 👍
@@johnwayne3904 Awesome
Our local general grocery closed in 2017 or 18 and now the family leases the building to dollar general 😐
How did that drone didn’t die anyway that was a cool video i love it so rare supposed to be BNSF and CSX but cool video
I'm curious as to what model of horn is on the orange Dash-8.
Man, despite this line's age, I wonder about the structural integrity of those rock shelves as shown rolling up into 1:15:00 and 1:19:00. That looks freaky going through these parts.
They run "2" conductors?
Little bit odd... Usually one of the 2 ground men would be either a switchman, trainmen and/or brakeman.
Years ago, I was on a tree man crew and the brakeman kept calling himself conductor. Our local FRA stopped us and gave us a defect over it. I thought it was a bit petty, but, the conductor is the boss.
They followed the train by truck to make sure switches were aligned in advance?
The line had most of the C40-8 which were Ex-CSX and Ex-BNSF but with all of them now in the RJ Corman colors, what will happen in the future for these locomotives?
So many waves in those rails I had to take a dramamine
So did Jensen. 😂
Excellent video but its not the first train if there were cars to pick up
Why is 8585 wearing bnsf h1 scheme? And yet I can’t find history of it online being on the bnsf roster? I’m confused!
Correction it’s actually called quick trip
59:46 miniature australia!
The national freight railroad system has pretty much been cut to the bone. There are no real duplicate lines left to cut of any real size. These shortline operators are proving to be very efficient. Many are spin off s of what was once part of the large Class One railroad but didn t fit in the big railroad s big plans. . As ever increasing insurances and fuel and labor and interest rates cost the trucking industry these smaller operators are starting to be more common.
Did those GEs have an elongated short hood?
New customer?
whats up with the bell on 8585 lol
Talking about the dinging road crossing at 50-ish minutes?
That's a csx. And a bnsf engine
However nice this is, from the looks of it, they need to do some major track infrastructure repair. Also a little overpowered on that train, one unit would done the job just fine.
It would?
why is this being released a year after it was filmed?