I really enjoyed the LaGrange Walk, the various horn sonatas in Cordele, and the trash-panda ballet (or was it a marathon?--speedy little beast!). But I have loved ones who fight wildland fire, and I would like to ask everyone to please be extra-careful now that fire season has started. Thank you all for caring and thanks to VRF for another stellar video (the end was amazing as always)!
[Continued] California- Flying Banana,douses Creosote bushes fire hazard! Those fire protection pilots never get their deserved recognition! And the spring cleaning on the camera,was a bonus! Great going Virtual Railfan!! Thank you 😇 😊!
Well one thing is for sure! It's the first time ever I've been so very close to a brush fire 🔥 and then a water drop by helicopter 🚁 truly amazing, and I didn't even get wet! I could smell that smoke and dry brush and plant growth like I was there in person! Being born and raised in California, I've witnessed and experienced numerous brush fires 🔥 in and around different areas in California. It's also great that thr railroad right away made for a nice fire break!😊
@@bettym7346 I can remember back in '64 the kid next door to us brought home a '57 BelAir two door . His dad stopped counting when he had sunk $2500 into it . I could have bought it in '69 for $1000 , which I didn't have at the time .
0:22 CSX 1853 leading (again at 1:47) 2:05 Beech Grove business car on the Capitol Limited 3:14 CSX 1836 leading (again at 23:01 and 24:59 and 25:57) 5:18 CSX 1869 6:54 thick, fiery, exhaust coming from the two P42s on the Southwest Chief 7:17 river cruise ship American Melody 8:50 MOW sweeper machine 9:14 UP 1988 11:46 Loram grinder 12:06 wildfire and water drop near the Hesperia cam! At 15:00, a blaze breaks out in front of the camera! 17:20 intermodal train gets clearance through the smoke 19:16 smoke has died down for another train to slowly pass through 19:58 CSX 1967 leading in Seaboard Coast Line heritage livery 20:58 X Games ad wrap cars on a Surfliner along with a Superliner in Amtrak California colors 22:27 I've never seen a Purely Canada Foods hopper before! 22:48 CSX 1899 leading solo 23:36 NS 8101 leading 24:04 CSX 1871 leading in front of two NS units 24:22 three private cars on the Lake Shore Limited 25:39 KCS solo leader with empty military flatcars 26:14 CSX 1776 26:54 wow, CSX 1976, 911 and 2712 triple-heading 27:28 pipe-laying ship and other Army Corps Of Engineers vessels passing Ft Madison 28:38 all new Ferromex gray and plain white autoracks 28:57 a little bit of everything on this MOW train! articulated gondolas, ballast hoppers, machines on flatbeds, big machines, even an MOW locomotive in the middle! 29:53 Hi-rail trucks passing SONO, one being a sprayer 30:30 NS 1066 leading 30:37 more Army Corps of Engineers vessels heading to lay new pipe
Great Grab Bag Of CSX Heritage Engines ! Boat shenanigans in Fort Madison! Speaking of FMD Raccoon I need a place to Hide ! Awesome Fire Shots in Hesperia with a Good Camera cleaning too I thought it was the Wash And Wear Cycle at the Laundromat😂😂😂
What an awesome Grab Bag - "Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Boats" as well!! Always enjoyable to watch all the catches all over the country!! Thank You for the effort and much appreciated!!
I liked seeing the Amtrak Observation Coach at Elkhart, it looked very smart and really suited the Budd profile. Also, on the Bow of the first of the US Army Barges being propelled by 'General Warren' - I thought the Pikestuff HO Yard Utility Building, looked cool.
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and happy late-Father's day.
Nice footage in Hesperia of water drops, UP and BNSF IMs,hopefully Cal Fire 🔥gets them under control safely, nice lash up in Ashland with CSX and NS motors,nice video!🛤🚂
Hey Randy, thank you - you always make polite comments and that puts a smile on my face! So thank you for the smile!!! And keep up the great comments my friend! My railroad nickname is "Ghost of the SP." Even though Southern Pacific is now part of UP, I'll always be an SP fan at heart. What's your favorite railroad?
no those toes are credited soaked they were trying to keep it from reaching the rail road , tracks make terrible terrible fire breaks i know because our mainlines didn’t stop or even hold a fire
That New York Central heritage unit (0:30) is an abomination and disgrace, if not an insult to the legacy of the NYC. The New York Central title should have been placed above the lightning stripe (as on the E7) for greater visibility; choosing the correct font wouldn't have been a bad idea, either. But the cut-and-paste approach to the CSX heritage units overlooks the best part: many of the legacy railroads added an extra touch of color and distinction by placing the corporate logo on the nose. You will not find that on any CSX heritage models.
You might consider that at least CSX made an effort whether you approve their approach or not. Might want to consider that some might think your opinion is as poor as you think of CSX effort.
@@kennethhanks6712 I applaud CSX's interest and dedication in producing these heritage units, as I do the several other railroads who have honored their predecessor lines. What we have here, however, is a failure of design. With the resources available under its umbrella, CSX is capable of doing much better. BTW, thanks for your comment - always enlightening to learn of others' perspective.
One thing you have to consider is that NYC is the predecessor for more than one current Class One rail line. To prevent confusion CSX decided to keep the front CSX and cut in the heritage line. I applaud the effort CSX took to avoid confusion and to honor the lines that proceeded them.
31.15 Don't you just hate it when you are all ready to bring out the birthday cake and no one remembers to buy candles? Thankfully, Amazon delivers lol
2:56 When BABYMETAL made the same walk in Piccadilly Square, they were just as hilarious. Check em out at "BABYMETAL and Jokes." 11:13 Suh-WEET!! 12:38 From a onetime firefighter, that water dropping on the fire makes a very satisfying "Puh-WOOMPF!!" sound. Love it!!
3:50 VR has always said that trains come first. Why are we watching a racoon when there is a train rolling by? This is not a wildlife channel. This is a railfan channel. 😖
Thank you to all the dedicated firemen and first responders
I really enjoyed the LaGrange Walk, the various horn sonatas in Cordele, and the trash-panda ballet (or was it a marathon?--speedy little beast!). But I have loved ones who fight wildland fire, and I would like to ask everyone to please be extra-careful now that fire season has started. Thank you all for caring and thanks to VRF for another stellar video (the end was amazing as always)!
It was a real treat yesterday to have back to back trains with a heritage unit going up the MET sub in MD 1871 on i135, then 1776 on a empty coal drag
[Continued] California- Flying Banana,douses Creosote bushes fire hazard! Those fire protection pilots never get their deserved recognition! And the spring cleaning on the camera,was a bonus! Great going Virtual Railfan!! Thank you 😇 😊!
CH-47 Chinook, was the copter.
God bless Frank Piasaki.
Well one thing is for sure! It's the first time ever I've been so very close to a brush fire 🔥 and then a water drop by helicopter 🚁 truly amazing, and I didn't even get wet! I could smell that smoke and dry brush and plant growth like I was there in person! Being born and raised in California, I've witnessed and experienced numerous brush fires 🔥 in and around different areas in California. It's also great that thr railroad right away made for a nice fire break!😊
Loved that old Chevrolet at Fort Madison. That thing was sweet.
Ah, memories, in aqua blue
'56 BelAir , they seem to have a lot of very nice classic cars around Fort Madison .
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 My first car was a '57, bought used, four years old for $400. Hard to imagine these days.
@@bettym7346 I can remember back in '64 the kid next door to us brought home a '57 BelAir two door . His dad stopped counting when he had sunk $2500 into it . I could have bought it in '69 for $1000 , which I didn't have at the time .
0:22 CSX 1853 leading (again at 1:47)
2:05 Beech Grove business car on the Capitol Limited
3:14 CSX 1836 leading (again at 23:01 and 24:59 and 25:57)
5:18 CSX 1869
6:54 thick, fiery, exhaust coming from the two P42s on the Southwest Chief
7:17 river cruise ship American Melody
8:50 MOW sweeper machine
9:14 UP 1988
11:46 Loram grinder
12:06 wildfire and water drop near the Hesperia cam! At 15:00, a blaze breaks out in front of the camera!
17:20 intermodal train gets clearance through the smoke
19:16 smoke has died down for another train to slowly pass through
19:58 CSX 1967 leading in Seaboard Coast Line heritage livery
20:58 X Games ad wrap cars on a Surfliner along with a Superliner in Amtrak California colors
22:27 I've never seen a Purely Canada Foods hopper before!
22:48 CSX 1899 leading solo
23:36 NS 8101 leading
24:04 CSX 1871 leading in front of two NS units
24:22 three private cars on the Lake Shore Limited
25:39 KCS solo leader with empty military flatcars
26:14 CSX 1776
26:54 wow, CSX 1976, 911 and 2712 triple-heading
27:28 pipe-laying ship and other Army Corps Of Engineers vessels passing Ft Madison
28:38 all new Ferromex gray and plain white autoracks
28:57 a little bit of everything on this MOW train! articulated gondolas, ballast hoppers, machines on flatbeds, big machines, even an MOW locomotive in the middle!
29:53 Hi-rail trucks passing SONO, one being a sprayer
30:30 NS 1066 leading
30:37 more Army Corps of Engineers vessels heading to lay new pipe
Great Grab Bag Of CSX Heritage Engines ! Boat shenanigans in Fort Madison! Speaking of FMD Raccoon I need a place to Hide ! Awesome Fire Shots in Hesperia with a Good Camera cleaning too I thought it was the Wash And Wear Cycle at the Laundromat😂😂😂
What an awesome Grab Bag - "Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Boats" as well!! Always enjoyable to watch all the catches all over the country!! Thank You for the effort and much appreciated!!
I liked seeing the Amtrak Observation Coach at Elkhart, it looked very smart and really suited the Budd profile. Also, on the Bow of the first of the US Army Barges being propelled by 'General Warren' - I thought the Pikestuff HO Yard Utility Building, looked cool.
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and happy late-Father's day.
Nice shot of the B25 at 20:24. We have the Red Bulls one, temporary based at a local airfield, for the air display at it, next weekend.
Nice footage in Hesperia of water drops, UP and BNSF IMs,hopefully Cal Fire 🔥gets them under control safely, nice lash up in Ashland with CSX and NS motors,nice video!🛤🚂
Great to see some awesome grab bags
Nice at Elkhart 911 Red, White and 1976 Conrail Blue
I do believe that B-25 is "Maid in the Shade" out of Arizona on victory tour
The boat action is cool!
9:22 i love MKT trains! big part of oklahoma rail history
Super-young railfan -- what a cutie!🤗
04:46 love that SD40-3 Spongebob horn show 🤩
Based on the chat for the Cordele cam yesterday, I think the engineer was honking for railfans at the viewing platform.
Loved Loved VRF Thanks 👏👏
Hey! My Ebay purchase was supposed to be from a smoke free home.😮
Yes please good Good thanks 😊
At the 20:19 that was a WW2 North American B-25 Mitchell think the Dolittle raid
Wow, so yeah even more new Ferromax autoracks says something about future automobile production...that CoE looks like high speed stuff, very cool.
Big smile and wave from Sean 😎👍🏻
The ROW. Makes a good firebreak there are houses behind the camera
🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒yes please good Good thanks 🔥
I love train awesome 🚂🚂
I guess that's one way to wash the camera lens.
At least they could of wiped it.
Rocky tried again to do a night withdrawal 🦝😅
Hi virtual railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks virtual railfan & Friends Randy
Hey Randy, thank you - you always make polite comments and that puts a smile on my face! So thank you for the smile!!! And keep up the great comments my friend!
My railroad nickname is "Ghost of the SP." Even though Southern Pacific is now part of UP, I'll always be an SP fan at heart. What's your favorite railroad?
Nice 56 Bel Air
Opening the Grab Bag with a well known and enthusiastic Railfan.
*Awesome*
Cool BNSF catch.
Another Grab Bag, Another amount of Heritage Units 🗿🇺🇸🔥🦅
Yerp
take the HU's out and what's left over?
@@Keikdv More trains, people waving at cameras, and other events 💯🦅🔥
Eid Mubarak to those who celebrate!
3:10 bird randomly appears and suddenly disappear
Thats A Fire.
I can Image How Did This Fire Going?
ATM bandit in Ft. Madison?
Loram sparky in Elkhart.
At 12:48, bet y'all are happy that chopper did a water drop and not a retardant drop. Then the camera would have been nothing but red.
12:15. Testing the camera for waterproofing???
Lol
Nah, the cams were a bit dusty, so the helicopter crews decided to clean it for us
Why did they do the horn like that at Cordele, around 4:48?
I guess they got bored
I blame the 🔥 on 3/4 Amtrak was shooting flames in Flagstaff
Was the B-25 over Ashland 'Panchito'? I've not been following her schedule lately but it did look like her.
The railway acted as a firebreak.
no those toes are credited soaked they were trying to keep it from reaching the rail road , tracks make terrible terrible fire breaks i know because our mainlines didn’t stop or even hold a fire
@28:42 How long do these cars have...with no graffiti...
Chriskent helio love you 😍❤ 😘♥ 😍 ❤
it wasn't just a helicopter it was a chinook
Welcome to California. Just remember not to breathe too deeply!
I can't you show fire day!
That's the most dramatic crew change footage ever, well music anyway....
I know I overdid it, but figured it was worth a couple of laughs.
@@joepeach997 You didn't either--it was terrific!!
Remember: If you need to watch the Fort Madison railcam, then it breaks, or it’s down, switch to the Steel Highway Railcams Fort Madison railcam.
The visible helicopter is a Chinook
Flying Bananas were an older Sikorsky, much less lifting capacity.
Awesome to see the firefighters dumping water on the fires from the helicopters
along the tracks thank you very much.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚒🚁🇺🇲
Nice “Train” 😉🙃🤣
B-25
Didn't you have a camera at San Bernardino?
And where is the fire train?
That New York Central heritage unit (0:30) is an abomination and disgrace, if not an insult to the legacy of the NYC. The New York Central title should have been placed above the lightning stripe (as on the E7) for greater visibility; choosing the correct font wouldn't have been a bad idea, either. But the cut-and-paste approach to the CSX heritage units overlooks the best part: many of the legacy railroads added an extra touch of color and distinction by placing the corporate logo on the nose. You will not find that on any CSX heritage models.
I agree. I don't have a lot of good things to say about Norfolk Southern, but they did a better job on the Heritage units. Not perfect, but better.
You might consider that at least CSX made an effort whether you approve their approach or not. Might want to consider that some might think your opinion is as poor as you think of CSX effort.
@@kennethhanks6712 I applaud CSX's interest and dedication in producing these heritage units, as I do the several other railroads who have honored their predecessor lines. What we have here, however, is a failure of design. With the resources available under its umbrella, CSX is capable of doing much better. BTW, thanks for your comment - always enlightening to learn of others' perspective.
One thing you have to consider is that NYC is the predecessor for more than one current Class One rail line. To prevent confusion CSX decided to keep the front CSX and cut in the heritage line. I applaud the effort CSX took to avoid confusion and to honor the lines that proceeded them.
@@kennethhanks6712 Also CSX still better than BNSF with their stick on heritage logos.
What is that at 3:49 😮
It’s a raccoon.
I thought riding open platforms was prohibited on Amtrak.
Well when you are an exec on an Amtrak office car...
Raccoon is doing hotel security
Looks like the Amtrak units were trying to pretend to be steam locomotives with a smoke show.
Actually a Boeing Chinook.
Was that fire part of the Post blaze there in California, or was it started by a train?
Neither. It is the Hesperia Fire, which started off of Hwy 173. It's about 1000 acres and 30% contained.
No, its a different one this is a separate small fire from the Hesperia one but they are not far from each other.@@neillschultz7253
Just when you thought there was nothing to burn. Seriously bad conditions when desert scrub is burning.
@@johnlang4198 That stuff smolders for days and is some of the worst fuel to put out. And when the wind kicks up the sparks travel for miles.
Beatles' walk, huh?? where?
Ashland
Yes Chinook dropping water is cool and when did California stop doing controled burns?
Mr Horn Blower 🤣
Where's George?
B 25
31.15 Don't you just hate it when you are all ready to bring out the birthday cake and no one remembers to buy candles? Thankfully, Amazon delivers lol
Thank you for the time stamp, however, the syntax should have been 31:15 so it worked.
It is also not unusual to see those CRYX freezer cars in the wild on the Waupaca, WI VR cams.
Instead of “spirit of ravenna”, it should have been “Heritage of CSX”
2:56 When BABYMETAL made the same walk in Piccadilly Square, they were just as hilarious. Check em out at "BABYMETAL and Jokes."
11:13 Suh-WEET!!
12:38 From a onetime firefighter, that water dropping on the fire makes a very satisfying "Puh-WOOMPF!!" sound. Love it!!
🥵🦝
1st
3:50 VR has always said that trains come first. Why are we watching a racoon when there is a train rolling by? This is not a wildlife channel. This is a railfan channel. 😖
Уходите домой из Украины!
5th
We don't need fires burning down rails in California God no
California-
Please stop wasting viewers' time by pausing the video to recognize Cryo-Trans' boxcar names. None of us care!!
I like the easter eggs.
I’m sure you’ll hate to hear that’s what my wife looks forward to the most in the grab bags
Sorry, ain't gonna happen. It's like 2% of the whole enchilada. And using the word "none" is not truthful. Hit the fast forward once or twice.
Some of us do--those things are cool!
I DO. You are a good example of today's world: Me, myself and I and the rest can die. Shame on you!
vXr... Virtual Raccoon! 🦝