Amtrak Train 95 Cab Ride: Richmond to Newport News (2003)

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  • @detlefkurpanek
    @detlefkurpanek ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad I came across this video! Very nice to see a full, unedited cab ride on a US rail carrier. Plenty of them from Europe and other places, but seems hard to find similar for mainline US. Appreciated that there was no commentary, no music, no edits; just the ride. So thank you! And hopefully more will come out!

  • @jimbradley7904
    @jimbradley7904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The conversation in the cab is - by far - the most interesting part of this trip

    • @jimbradley7904
      @jimbradley7904 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      New York Times coverage of the 1992 derailment and the subsequent arrests is available on Google

    • @fluxthelycanroc9603
      @fluxthelycanroc9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What derailment? They talking about chase? I can hardly hear over the purr

  • @milepost4846
    @milepost4846 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video. Love seeing those C&O signals especially.

  • @ikebrown8357
    @ikebrown8357 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always wanted to bid on this route.

  • @AllAboardAudio.
    @AllAboardAudio. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Please, if you have any more cab ride footage, please share it.

  • @davidkingsbury2257
    @davidkingsbury2257 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I RODE THIS TRAIN WAY BACK IN 1992 AND WE SURE WENT A LOT FASTER THAN THIS THROUGH THE RICHMOND TERMINAL AREA.

  • @davidmeyers6884
    @davidmeyers6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This shows Norge station where it was before being moved next to the library near the bridge overpass nearby. It's now a museum with a caboose off of Croaker Rd.

  • @markschenher4559
    @markschenher4559 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really enjoyed that.
    In my Navy days I lived in Newport News and took this train many times.
    Brings back old memories, thanks

  • @larrycaldwell261
    @larrycaldwell261 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Brings back some old memories of when I rode the C&O Fast Flying Virginian from Ashland, KY to Norfolk, VA back around 1955. We had to take a C&O ferry boat from Newport News to Norfolk. Thanks again for posting this.

    • @nutt1674
      @nutt1674 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Larry, you probably remember the C&O passenger depot in Huntington, WV when it still had the passenger platform awning.

    • @larrycaldwell261
      @larrycaldwell261 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, but my trips on the C&O always started at the old Ashland, KY depot before it became a bank. Rode the old C&O on trips to Detroit, MI and Lexington, KY; even took several special trips to Cincinnati, OH to the old ballpark where the Reds used to play.

  • @roanokesnswinston-salemdis8629
    @roanokesnswinston-salemdis8629 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We rode this same train in Aug of 2006. I really enjoyed watching, & it really joggled some memories of the ride from Richmond to Newport News.

  • @glennsmallotgvideoproducti3497
    @glennsmallotgvideoproducti3497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thanks for posting this video....It brought back some great memories for me being a conductor on this route...We would start out In acca yard and end up yarding the train in newport news yard...Thank you again for posting it.

  • @HircusHircus
    @HircusHircus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My god it took 26 min to get from Staples Mill to Main Street Station. LOL

    • @thebeaz1
      @thebeaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, that was really funny.

    • @jamielacourse7578
      @jamielacourse7578 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The classic train movie "The Silver Streak" was about as fast as this......Streak it is NOT.......

    • @thebeaz1
      @thebeaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, that was really funny.

    • @thebeaz1
      @thebeaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamielacourse7578 what?

    • @vincentcarnemella7402
      @vincentcarnemella7402 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keep. Your draws on !!!

  • @slowb4lls1
    @slowb4lls1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for posting these vids man they are awesome I’ve gotten stuck watching like 3 full ones today

  • @Arpeggio2007
    @Arpeggio2007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice seeing the run-up to Williamsburg (my fave vacation spot) from the cab rather than the passenger seat.

  • @mikewalsdorf8744
    @mikewalsdorf8744 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Awesome video ! This video shows all of the old C&O cantilevers, signal bridges, signals before the dreaded darth vadar hooded signals.

  • @LouisDefaux
    @LouisDefaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful trip. Thank you to notice the interlockings.

  • @vhsorbeta95
    @vhsorbeta95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to see the Providence Forge station. Sadly, it pretty much fell down before it could be saved. However, it's original sign was rescued and resides at the Norge Depot.

  • @corbyaboi
    @corbyaboi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    living in the newpot news williamsburg area this video really shows alot. thanks for sharing

  • @tinkermccardle7393
    @tinkermccardle7393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like those white New Century sw/stands in the beginning shots.

  • @coinman1972
    @coinman1972 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very cool and entertaining. I've never been on the Amtrak, but live close to Newport News. Lee Hall and the Newport News station are two of my favorite train watching places.
    I've never realised how much of the Newport News area is single track. I'm very surprised that no westbound coal trains met you on that run.
    Looking forward to seeing more of your footage.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @patriciamorrell4954
      @patriciamorrell4954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I too enjoyed the country freight train ride, listening to Alan Jackson and viewing the lovely scenery. People like to rush here and rush there but this ride was a nice pace to travel on rail. Lots of cross roads, over bridges. You do like sounding that train horn, don't you USA?

  • @RailroadFanatic-hr6pf
    @RailroadFanatic-hr6pf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish they could’ve done the wrong trip from Boston to Newport News. That would be awesome!

  • @SpaceYourFace
    @SpaceYourFace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i live right down that bridge on staples mill. parham rd.

  • @pashon4percushon
    @pashon4percushon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for posting this, I've been staying in the Hampton Roads area for 2 years now and its interesting to watch the NEC from here and its curious to watch the line. Especially that far back I still think 2003 is not that long ago, but its 14 years! I was looking at the scenery in Williamsburg and everything is still there except 1:22:26 the cantilever has been replaced by modern signal posts, 1:23:05 the grade crossing across HWY 143 is gone and so are the buildings along HWY 60 on the other side. 1:23:12 the shack off to the right is now a 7 eleven store and the motel block further up is gone and replaced by Riverside Hospital tucked way in the back. The signals at LEE hall have been upgraded to modern posts and rearranged but its still a signal hub.

    • @pashon4percushon
      @pashon4percushon 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't see any Coal Trains, there are at least 4 coal trains a day now on this line

    • @thebeaz1
      @thebeaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's the address!

  • @kernalva2484
    @kernalva2484 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:23:25 I drive by those tracks some times I even stayed in the hotel by them and it's so cool seeing my city from a train

  • @midtnrailfan1785
    @midtnrailfan1785 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good video, but how sad looking at all the area where double track used to be.

  • @retmsgtinpa.8252
    @retmsgtinpa.8252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Geez, how utterly depressing. 25 minutes to get from Staples Mill Road station to Main Street station? When I rode it back in 1967 it was a double-track Main Line all the way from Hampton Roads to Richmond. Now the former Hampton Roads station is the Newport News station, the Newport News station doesn't have tracks running to it any more, and Lee Hall isn't even a station stop any more.

    • @PGHammer21A
      @PGHammer21A 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Freight favoritism rears its head, sir,

    • @PGHammer21A
      @PGHammer21A 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No need to remind me; I am shocked that AMTRAK - or Amazon for that matter - did NOT put a VRE station in the old RF&P intermodal facility between Crystal City and Alexandria. VRE uses the tracks, and there is even space to put such a station in the shopping center where the yard used to be! (Why did I bring up Amazon? HQ2 is - literally - just north of the space in question - Potomac Yards.)

    • @tomt9543
      @tomt9543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PGHammer21A I worked at the old Southern Railway yard in Alexandria in the mid 80’s and stayed in a house across the street from the Amtrak station there. I went up there because I was laid off from my Sou. Ry. job in NC, and I couldn’t believe how many trains came in and out of Pot yard in a 24 hour period! The place was basically a funnel through which moved pretty much all rail traffic between the northeast and southeast, and was used by Conrail, Southern, RF&P, C&O, B&O, D&H etc.. Used to love to sit at Crystal City and watch the action! Still can’t believe it’s all gone!

    • @checkyoursix5623
      @checkyoursix5623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomt9543 RF&P owned the tracks between Richmond & Alexandria, they probably made more money from pulling someone else's freight than from running their own.

    • @tomt9543
      @tomt9543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@checkyoursix5623 Oh they were a running railroad for sure! If memory serves correct, all their even numbered road engines faced north, the odd numbers south! Another unique practice was sticking switchers in engine consists if they were short on road engines! RF&P bought their switchers with trucks geared for mainline service! Really a shame the “Run Fast & Push” is gone!

  • @patrickbertaux5047
    @patrickbertaux5047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello, here is a good way to discover your country. I am French and I love your trains. Thank you for sharing.Tranlator made with Google Translate.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @crawdoogie
    @crawdoogie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This trip takes 1 hour 28 minutes according to Amtrak schedule. Distance is approximately 70 miles.

  • @ap70621
    @ap70621 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I rode this train in the 90s from Newark Penn to Staples Mill Road.

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:28:40 Lee Hall Station has been moved to other side of tracks, and is being restored to be a museum.

  • @TheShadowWolfz
    @TheShadowWolfz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rail Videos and Hoagies the guy does it all

  • @Zerbey
    @Zerbey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting video, one of these days I'm gonna take a cross country trip on the train, guess I'd better bring a good book it'll take a while! Still, it's something few Americans experience.

  • @LouisDefaux
    @LouisDefaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The train rides slowly but surely.

  • @paulw.woodring7304
    @paulw.woodring7304 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for posting, brought back some memories. I was a qualified T&E employee from Baltimore to Richmond on CSX in that era. I had to go to Fulton yard a few times to get a coal train (yard at the end of the James River Viaduct), but was never officially qualified past South AY, always got a pilot. So I never saw the railroad east of the Fulton yard office area. Not very scenic is it? Really sad it takes over 30 minutes to get from Greendale station to past Fulton Yard, but for one train a day each way not really worth the money to upgrade and bypass a lot of the yard stuff. Was Doug Ridell the engineer? He's a great guy if it was him.

  • @danburch9989
    @danburch9989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    40:20 Splat!

    • @hunterriley9904
      @hunterriley9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep 😂👏

    • @neko7684
      @neko7684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he doesn't have the guts to do it again
      sorry not sorry

    • @radanju3
      @radanju3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it looks like it's giving the finger too lol

    • @laaeeh
      @laaeeh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @StormySkyRailProductions
    @StormySkyRailProductions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool video to watch.

  • @alltheoptions4youdutchandr271
    @alltheoptions4youdutchandr271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    40:45 what did the windshield say to the bug? Bet you don’t have the guts to do that again!

  • @Davehash
    @Davehash 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol. We used to party under that bridge. Hillard Rd Bridge @Glenside Drive and Staples Mill Rd.

  • @halhosmer1820
    @halhosmer1820 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Putt, putt the Peter popper. Oh wow we got up to 40 mph. This run is wild fast. 1940s tech.

  • @jeremynolan4681
    @jeremynolan4681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is hypnotizing

  • @WETrains
    @WETrains 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow the unit you were in had a K5H Horn.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      How can you tell the difference?

    • @WETrains
      @WETrains 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The chimes of the horn.

    • @amtrakamerica1913
      @amtrakamerica1913 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amtrak GE P42DC's are not equipped with K5H's. When they rolled out, they always had K5LA's.

    • @fluxthelycanroc9603
      @fluxthelycanroc9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amtrakamerica1913 it might have been a k5h i mean i cant tell because im not that good at guessing but its somwhere in there maybe a really fouled up k5la. Usually though k5la's have a bit more lighter sounding note

  • @billconserva1461
    @billconserva1461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice footage, but geez, all that time to get out of Richmond. Wow!

  • @rjl110919581
    @rjl110919581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you detail ride on train show diff things long line in real railroad today

  • @mike32277
    @mike32277 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen freights do faster over the road. This engineer was certainty not in a hurry. Never seen one that drug his feet quite so much. I notices a track speed sign of sixty five and the engineer kept it a 35 or 40. Remind me never to ride this train. It's a wonder why Amtrak trains are late most of the time with timid engineers such as this one. I don't think he ever reached sixty!

  • @helmitpeak
    @helmitpeak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What happen to Ashland, VA? When I took the train, twice, to Williams Berg we went through Ashland, that was in the last part of the 80's.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ashland is before Richmond,

    • @helmitpeak
      @helmitpeak 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh, sorry, I forgot, thought it as after.

  • @ebt12
    @ebt12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoying the video. It was disturbing how slow the train was going. Does it usually travel that slowly?

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a 70mph line. The camera zoom likely contributes to the effect.

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not sure why the stretch from Richmond Stable Mills to Main Street is so slow, but at least it picks up speed later

  • @davidkingsbury2257
    @davidkingsbury2257 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ONCE WE CLEARED FULTON YARD WE REALLY STARTED MOVING ALL THE WAY TO NN.

  • @ShortArmOfGod
    @ShortArmOfGod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonder what OSHA would say about the noise levels in the cab.

  • @philliplee980
    @philliplee980 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    very cool. awesome video.

  • @laundryandtrainman2467
    @laundryandtrainman2467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you make another video just like this?

  • @TheIronweed-vx5lg
    @TheIronweed-vx5lg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jersey Mike, you've got the moniker, now we need to teach you how to ride freight. :)

  • @coolleo149
    @coolleo149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonder what engine number is the P42DC

  • @daciatravel.647
    @daciatravel.647 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.

  • @zygmundzygmundowski
    @zygmundzygmundowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video.

  • @ethanmcdowell9677
    @ethanmcdowell9677 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Nice bug smash at 40:30....
    Diano is actually Toano. At 1:05:45

    • @andrewkoenig8095
      @andrewkoenig8095 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is Diano at 1:05:45 the signal at Toano is at 1:09:09 right next to Jack Massie stone yard.

    • @JeffersonMartinSynfluent
      @JeffersonMartinSynfluent 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The train and the bug were almost at zero relative velocity thanks to limitations on Amtrak passenger trains being set at 35 mph.

    • @btpcmsag
      @btpcmsag 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ethan McDowell -- The bug splat is at 40:19 and it's the only thing that happens, making it the video subject, besides moving the camera at 1:02:19, so the bug smash is now on the left side where it remains, all the way to the end of the video! So the video should be titled, *Amazing Bug Splatter on Windshield **40:19** Gets Moved at **1:02:19** -- Stay Tuned for Sequel!*

  • @librisfidelis793
    @librisfidelis793 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a cab-ride in an Amtrak passenger train. Starting a passenger train is always gradual for the comfort of patrons who may be walking in the train car aisles. Note that the first signal bridge is YELLOW which signifies a maximum speed of 40 miles-per-hour prepared to stop short of the next signal, and that the next signal is a red-over-yellow signifying crossing-over to another main track at the prescribed speed being prepared to stop short of the next signal, which is "all red" (red over red over red). Pay attention to that signal when the bottom signal changes and goes red-over-red-over-yellow!
    I do not like the way they re-built the tracks due to railroad mergers and I definitely do not like their signal system. I also do not like the air horn habits of this engineer but modern train operations have changed greatly from when I was a locomotive engineer! Also notice the great speed handicap that Amtrak has today which did NOT exist during the days of steam and pre-Amtrak! This is not railroading at its best!

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Departing Richmond this train was following something slow for some time. Also, don't assume that things were waster back in the day. Most terminal areas were low speed operations (15-30mph).

    • @paulw.woodring7304
      @paulw.woodring7304 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      CSX rule for "Approach" is reduce to medium speed (30 mph for CSX), prepared to stop at next signal.

    • @baileyparadis1815
      @baileyparadis1815 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Things have gradually improved over the years as money was put in to improve service.. less coal service and better track allowing 75 to 80 mph on some stretches. Richmond has and continues to be a very slow area

    • @fluxthelycanroc9603
      @fluxthelycanroc9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What exactly do you mean air horn habits? I heard nothing wrong, in fact he did a pretty good job of trying to quill the horn sometimes which is pretty hard with a button. Man i wish they still had levers for that sorta thing

  • @mikemorris631
    @mikemorris631 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Makes you wonder why at 17:23 they do not restore the track to the left

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure what you mean. There isn't an interlocking at 17:23

  • @elizabethfarrell9650
    @elizabethfarrell9650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly enjoyed watching the video. :)

  • @alannishioka
    @alannishioka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    nishioka.com/trainmap/fm8_qz7wrhk.html is a page i wrote which shows the current position of this train on Google Maps. It also shows speed and elevation.

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:26:45 Dow-Badasche cut off. Now abandoned..

  • @nicholaswhitfield9341
    @nicholaswhitfield9341 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The interlocking you called AY is actually NA. The one you called South AY is actually AY. Hermitage Road (the first time you called one Hermitage Road) is actually South AY... the second one you called Hermitage Road actually was Hermitage Road. The intermediate they went by after Hermitage is called Dog Pound. Most of those signals at Fulton are gone now. Heading the way they were now it's just Coney Island -> R Cabin (with no cabin anymore) -> Darbytown.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame R Cabin was demolished :-(

  • @reneecollin8825
    @reneecollin8825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ❤ it ! I live in Richmond. Saw "crossings" that I stop for on a weekly basis! Nice video, but who the heck was that talking so much ??? Have they ever heard of the word - HUSH ?! 😊

  • @SupernalOne
    @SupernalOne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow, somewhat crusty trackage near Richmond - fun to see though

  • @vicsaul5459
    @vicsaul5459 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Perfect cab ride asmr, 👌 what is that blot on the windshield? Birdstrike

  • @joydivisionisnotdead67
    @joydivisionisnotdead67 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video. Good Sandwiches😄

  • @josephsmith2063
    @josephsmith2063 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Our rail infrastructure is in a terrible state of disrepair!

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ft. Eustis cutoff 1:29:23

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Abandoned BASF cut off 1:26:47

  • @djpalmer593
    @djpalmer593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:17:32 wait that crossing had no side walk gates! i live next to here and now they have sidewalk gates

    • @yamahonkawazuki
      @yamahonkawazuki 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      video is 17yo yeah it caught me by surprise as well.

  • @djpalmer593
    @djpalmer593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What engine are u driving a heritage unit or original

  • @Virtuflight
    @Virtuflight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If they have this route in Train Sim, please tell me!

  • @erikjames9733
    @erikjames9733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you get a cab ride ?? It appears as though something disappeared at Hermitage rd

  • @nutt1674
    @nutt1674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FYI...at 1:32:30...it's Oriana...not Orina.
    Not trying to be a jerk or minutia freak...just thought I'd point that out. But that doesn't take anything away from this being a great video. I'm glad you posted it Mike.

  • @sclpete2917
    @sclpete2917 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bug hit the window and messed up the shoot.

  • @joanjackson4365
    @joanjackson4365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video was very good I enjoy it so much, do another one.

    • @btpcmsag
      @btpcmsag 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @joan jackson -- maybe you'd enjoy it more in reverse.
      Next time try 2x speed, what a headrush........ not.

  • @adamm2837
    @adamm2837 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Possibly a stupid question, but why every so often does the locomotive make a "thud...thud...thud...thud" noise almost like an unbalanced washing machine? It happens several times throughout the trip, is it the air compressor or something? Or just a phenomenon that occurs when the diesel is at a certain RPM?

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam M air compressor cycling on and off.

    • @btpcmsag
      @btpcmsag 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Adam M -- That would be the lone passenger pounding on the cabin door trying to tell the conductor to do something exciting because he's bored out of his mind.

    • @richardpehtown2412
      @richardpehtown2412 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam M, that was Chuck Norris chug-a-lugging a pony keg in the club car

  • @norms3913
    @norms3913 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You be going by my old place when you get into providence forge area of new Kent county

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Naval Weapons stationspur 1:26:24

  • @CastleMr40
    @CastleMr40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Black's Crossing 1:23:29

  • @corpsevoice
    @corpsevoice 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the sound of the motors what is the type of that locomotive? a GM?

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, P42.

    • @parkerjon29
      @parkerjon29 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No GM could ever sound that good :)

  • @dalegeorge6409
    @dalegeorge6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    #95 is running so slow. They wonder why the ridership is low

  • @WilliamCrew
    @WilliamCrew 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are doing quite a bit of work from Staples Mill to Main Street to raise the speed limit to 40 mph

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, interesting!

    • @btpcmsag
      @btpcmsag 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is 2018 -- why would the speed limit be less than 100??

  • @chris.smitty33
    @chris.smitty33 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So they use the WYE loop down the tracks to turn around and then where do they sit overnight? I don't see a layover yard

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In 2003 I think a set would just hang at the station.

    • @Tyler-3712
      @Tyler-3712 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m a news expert. They take the HAMTPON Branch wye, then go to the shops

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm confused about something. the ACL line toward Richmond cuts off way North of Broad Street Station. So did their trains have to back track every day? Seems like a stupid place to put a station then.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      RF&P Broad St Station had a loop to send trains baco to the belt line junction or send them on via Main St Station and continue across the river and re-join the A-Line south of downtown Richmond.

  • @buletpoint
    @buletpoint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Missed a horn blow at 1:34:50

  • @JeffersonMartinSynfluent
    @JeffersonMartinSynfluent 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love watching American cab rides after watching British and European cab rides.
    Obviously, those 'across the pond' do not understand that passenger service should be limited to 35 mph or that American passenger trains travel as far side-to-side as they do forward on any given day.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Peninsular Sub is a 60mph line and you wouldn't want to be in a piece of Euro trash when it slams into a semi-truck at a crossing.

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Enjoy paying 2 euros a liter for petrol to subsidize all that rail service.

    • @queenfanpiper6299
      @queenfanpiper6299 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Train travel in Norway alone makes this ride look like America is in the Stone Age. Amtrack sucks.

    • @BloodRain23
      @BloodRain23 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im faster on the bike lol.

    • @tater259
      @tater259 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wouldn't be an American train video without someone from Europe talking shit. They cant help themselves . Always trying to compare things.

  • @jameshowitt2463
    @jameshowitt2463 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Slightly surprised that there seemed to be no Platform starter at Richmond..

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are you talking about?

    • @paulw.woodring7304
      @paulw.woodring7304 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PositionLight That's a British term and practice. They usually have a station person on the platform to signal to the driver when it is OK to depart (usually by blowing a whistle).

    • @陳宥君-i9l
      @陳宥君-i9l 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😀😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😀😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😁😀😀😁😀😀😀😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😀😀😀😃😃😃😀😀😀

  • @Theoriginaltkg2902
    @Theoriginaltkg2902 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whats the normal consist on there, Mike? Seven or eight cars, more or less?

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Gray I think 8. Trains 94/95 are quite busy.

  • @tinkermccardle7393
    @tinkermccardle7393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You’ve got to remember! This is somebody else’s R R. M A C

  • @nastynate4916
    @nastynate4916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss it when GP38s were a more common sight where I am. Nowadays it’s mostly GE AC6000CWs and those like it

  • @gozonthight
    @gozonthight 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    like to see dc to new port news

  • @1968Greybill
    @1968Greybill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My son takes this train…

  • @bob18fan29
    @bob18fan29 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What kind of cow path is this?

  • @alexsmith-em5qx
    @alexsmith-em5qx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:28:28 lee hall!

  • @fredthompson7947
    @fredthompson7947 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Takes a wile to leave out from yard. I could not get a good read on the signal's leaving out of the yard. Was it flashing caution then red over approach caution?

    • @PositionLight
      @PositionLight  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The 8:42 and 10:39 signals are both lunar white Restricting.

    • @陳宥君-i9l
      @陳宥君-i9l 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@4Gfoley 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @nathanielnelson5123
    @nathanielnelson5123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have any recent videos from ladt year and this year?

  • @curtisbernard4458
    @curtisbernard4458 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow , my grandmother could beat this train in her wheelchair lol . Or hopping on her crutches even lol . Even me with this arthritis lmao & smh ....

  • @rodhard688
    @rodhard688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gee I hope this line has been improved! So slow!

  • @blue99bug
    @blue99bug 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why 15 mph???