I'm a UP fan so I really liked this upload. The new paint scheme is pretty simple but nifty. It's always great to see a freshly painted locomotive, when she's still clean and shiny. I'm sure the big bosses can enjoy lots of luxurious things on this train. From the fine foods and drinks to the comfortable beds. I'm certain this is a very nice trip up to Canada and the passengers loved every minute of it. Excellent video again Dan, thank you for your effort and hard work.
Glad you liked it! It is a pretty dang sleek looking train and this makes the longest version I've ever caught. Usually I see them at about 8 cars or so. They sent one with 3 cars through my area once.
Thanks so much Aaron! At first I wasn't sure if I would make these two short individual videos but I'm glad I went with one for the very reason you say. The contrast between both is pretty neat! Definitely lucked out on the lighting. Stood here for about 45 minutes with the drone powered on and ready for takeoff watching it get darker and darker.
I have been there! What is worse is having the drone in flight too early and having to swap batteries just as the train arrives. (I am thinking of some great 4449 footage that I can't show you!)
A spectacular video of one of my favorite places in Washington to see trains! If that train had arrived 15 minutes later, you probably wouldn't have had enough light to get video of it. I did a Snake River / Columbia River cruise with American Cruise Line a year or two ago and our cruise ship went under that bridge. Unfortunately, it was after dark, and pitch black outside. It was a moonless night, and so dark that you couldn't even see the bridge from the upper deck of the cruise ship. But I had been tracking our location with Google Maps and I knew we were coming up to the bridge, so I went to the top deck of the ship to see if there was anything to see in the dark. Nothing... pitch black... as we approached the bridge. Then I heard a rumbling noise. The exact moment we passed under the bridge, a train was going over the river on the bridge. I'm pretty sure that I was the only passenger on the ship that knew we had just gone under a train.
I was standing down below just waiting and I knew the train was getting close but no idea exactly where. I stood at the ready with the drone powered on for about 45 minutes until I heard my radio going off indicating it was close. All the while watching it get darker and darker! Started to get pretty nervous there near the end with as dark as it was but was handsomely rewarded. Oh that is neat and not something many people can say at all! That had to be pretty satisfying at the time I imagine. I knew there was some kind of cruise that took place on the Snake but no idea about specifics. Is that something you actually stay overnight on the ship for?
@@TheRailfanDan The river cruise actually lasts for an entire week. You can do it in either direction... start at the coast and cruise up the river, or start in Clarkston, Washington, and cruise down the river. We did the downriver version, cruising down the Snake River on the first night of the cruise, including going under the Joso High Bridge there at that point where the Palouse River joins the Snake River. The rest of the cruise was going down the Columbia River from the Tri Cities all the way down to the coast. I enjoyed it!
All I can say is wow! This has to be the best chase of an OCS train I've seen on TH-cam! Though at 06:30 they swapped the power I still appreciate the strong effort and chase of this awesome train! Thank you Dan 👏🏿 🙌🏿
Hey thank you so much! I am humbled you think so. Yeah I'm not sure how the turning of the train situation worked that they would turn the whole train but not the units. I'm not complaining though!
You really produced an entertaining video, Dan! The drone footage of the Union Pacific Office Car Special in the Pengra Pass area was beautiful. The passage of the same train over the Joso Trestle was breath taking. Looking up at the bridge from ground level was outstanding. I really enjoyed this video. You were lucky to have enough daylight left to catch the train going across the Joso Trestle. Thank you for documenting the Union Pacific OCS train in both of these locations.
Thank you Thomas I'm glad you think so! It was pretty great to get the contrast of the two different regions and even more special since Pengra is basically my 'backyard' as I like to say. I knew the train was on its way and getting close so I was standing at the ready with the drone powered up ready for takeoff for about 45 minutes until my radio started going off indicating the train was around the corner. Just enough warning to get off the ground and fly ahead of the bridge a bit to start recording.
Another amazing video Dan! What an awesome shot of the Joso trestle with the lighting. Also that train was MOVING in your opening shot! I noticed some antennas on the new paint scheme, what are those for?
Thank you Mike! I know it was sprinting at a pretty good clip and I was extremely satisfied I was able to keep up! They put those antennas on the lead units of those trains when the executives are actually riding them but I'm not sure what they do. It might be a kind of WiFi or something?
Fantastic Dan, great light at Joso and the music is bang on. In my world this train makes the occasional shippers special trek north of the border to the Potash mines in Saskatchewan. Your drone shots are a great resource for getting the details right. Really enjoyed this one! Cheers. -grant
Thank you so much Grant! That is very generous of you! I am very glad you think that about the music because I too was very satisfied with it as well! I wondered if any of these UP OCS trains ever actually made their way over the border. I believe this one stopped right at Eastport and turned around and came right back.
Happy to contribute Dan. There is a photo in Nils Huxtable's "Rocky Mountain Sunrise" of the UP OCS consist in Alberta being led by a pair of Maroon CEFX 90/43macs in November '05. The train was heading from Portland to the Twin Cities via Canada so it's been up here at least once! -grant
Thank you Steve! No you're right Google Maps/ Earth doesn't know where MANY railroad locations are but each one of those locations I put in videos I make sure are findable somewhere so if you type Crale Oregon into Google search there are a few sites that come up that know where it is.
There's nothing like the 'golden hour' to film... well, just about anything!!! While all your videos are epic and beautifully shot, the 'golden hour' simply takes it up to a higher level.
Thank you Michael! Yes you're definitely correct about that! I wish the train had got here about 15 minutes earlier but it still turned out pretty dang good.
What a wonderful video! I think the Joso Trestle is becoming my favorite bridge. It just stands so tall and majestic looking. Plus, the scenery around it is so stunning. I thought the shot from behind the train up through the cuts was great. Well done, Dan! Well done!
Thanks a lot Chaos! It's one of my favorite for sure. I love the region as it is so to have this out there is a massive cherry on top. There are a few spots back to back on this line including this bridge which makes it a really neat area to railfan but the traffic levels can be pretty low at times.
I haven't the words to say how beautiful and wonderful your work is to watch. Hours go by and I am captivated from the first frame to the last. Well done !
Well thank you Mike I am humbled you think so highly of it! It is truly a labor of love and I enjoy it so much. More so being out and the field and filming!
What happened to the union pacific big boy 4014 pulling those passenger cars with four thousand fifteen you know that union pacific EMD sd70m locomotive that's weird
Hey thank you so much I really appreciate it and yes absolutely! All of the money I receive from my fans on here I make sure is only spent on getting out and filming more material.
Oh I'm so glad you think so! It was a decent sized check off the list to get one of these Executive passenger trains on that bridge since they don't run very often and even less often specifically over the bridge. The last one I knew about was over 3 years ago and it seems to be getting even more uncommon as time goes on.
Just awesome all around, Dan! You know how to keep me interested by showing my favorite places on the planet. I guess Joel was running it if they delayed Amtrak! 🤣 Also, I love the fancy graphics animations!
I know! There will always be a part of you up there on the hill. Ha dang Joel yeah don't seem them put the Starlight in the hole too much for anything other than Cascades trains. Thanks I like giving the most info I can and I can organize that well with the different graphics.
My friend and I hiked around the mountainside to get to the west porthole of 11 several years back and it wasn't as daunting as one would've thought. Did you know of the access portholes along the side of that tunnel? There are two of them, which I think is really cool. Don't hang out in there too long though, especially after a train passes. You can become asphyxiated very easily due to the carbon monoxide! Beautiful video, as always, Dan. Keep up the great work!
That is one thing I haven't done yet but thinking more and more that I need to. I have heard about those up there from friends who have seen them. Yeah have to be careful about that for sure! Thanks so much Mike!
As usual for me. I was wondering if i were crossing that bridge on foot and a train came would I die, in the middle it looked like there wouldn’t be any room for me to escape, and I’d either be crushed or have to jump to my death. So, I guess I won’t try crossing it after all. I’ll just stay home and watch your films instead.
Mr. railfan, you make so many of my hours WONDERFUL! Your views and commentary continually improve. AND there's rarely a commercial. JUst overjoyed with these intimate views of my home state. Altho I'm stuck here in SoCAL. Nobody does it this good! Dgunde13 , check my aging site! Thanks
Thanks so much dgunde! When in the monetize settings I actually make a point to not have ads run in the middle of all my videos because I know I hate those interruptions during a video I'm enjoying so I don't want my fans to have to deal with that. Well hey I am starting to really hanker to get back down near you on Tehachapi and Cajon Pass! Hopefully in the next few years or so! Can only justify a few big trips a year.
I'm sure it wouldn't need two so yes maybe a backup just in case? But I have also seen these trains with only one unit so not sure what decides how many they would use.
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As usual another outstanding work of photography. Thanks for the great videos.
Thanks so much Craig!
Fantastic. No one does it better. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks a lot Mike I'm glad you think so!
You’re taking rail-fanning to a whole new level Dan. Atmospheric and elegant.
Well thanks a bunch! It is amazing what can be achieved with the drones.
I'm a UP fan so I really liked this upload. The new paint scheme is pretty simple but nifty. It's always great to see a freshly painted locomotive, when she's still clean and shiny. I'm sure the big bosses can enjoy lots of luxurious things on this train. From the fine foods and drinks to the comfortable beds. I'm certain this is a very nice trip up to Canada and the passengers loved every minute of it. Excellent video again Dan, thank you for your effort and hard work.
Glad you liked it! It is a pretty dang sleek looking train and this makes the longest version I've ever caught. Usually I see them at about 8 cars or so. They sent one with 3 cars through my area once.
Wow, I really loved this train trip, and the music
Thanks a lot Grandma! I also was very satisfied with the music I found to use for this one!
That was superb Dan! Nice contrast of the Cascades and the Palouse region. Great lighting too.
Thanks so much Aaron! At first I wasn't sure if I would make these two short individual videos but I'm glad I went with one for the very reason you say. The contrast between both is pretty neat! Definitely lucked out on the lighting. Stood here for about 45 minutes with the drone powered on and ready for takeoff watching it get darker and darker.
I have been there! What is worse is having the drone in flight too early and having to swap batteries just as the train arrives. (I am thinking of some great 4449 footage that I can't show you!)
Wonderful. And credit due for background music. Great job DAN
Thanks so much Bruce!
A spectacular video of one of my favorite places in Washington to see trains! If that train had arrived 15 minutes later, you probably wouldn't have had enough light to get video of it.
I did a Snake River / Columbia River cruise with American Cruise Line a year or two ago and our cruise ship went under that bridge. Unfortunately, it was after dark, and pitch black outside. It was a moonless night, and so dark that you couldn't even see the bridge from the upper deck of the cruise ship. But I had been tracking our location with Google Maps and I knew we were coming up to the bridge, so I went to the top deck of the ship to see if there was anything to see in the dark. Nothing... pitch black... as we approached the bridge. Then I heard a rumbling noise. The exact moment we passed under the bridge, a train was going over the river on the bridge. I'm pretty sure that I was the only passenger on the ship that knew we had just gone under a train.
I was standing down below just waiting and I knew the train was getting close but no idea exactly where. I stood at the ready with the drone powered on for about 45 minutes until I heard my radio going off indicating it was close. All the while watching it get darker and darker! Started to get pretty nervous there near the end with as dark as it was but was handsomely rewarded.
Oh that is neat and not something many people can say at all! That had to be pretty satisfying at the time I imagine. I knew there was some kind of cruise that took place on the Snake but no idea about specifics. Is that something you actually stay overnight on the ship for?
@@TheRailfanDan The river cruise actually lasts for an entire week. You can do it in either direction... start at the coast and cruise up the river, or start in Clarkston, Washington, and cruise down the river. We did the downriver version, cruising down the Snake River on the first night of the cruise, including going under the Joso High Bridge there at that point where the Palouse River joins the Snake River. The rest of the cruise was going down the Columbia River from the Tri Cities all the way down to the coast. I enjoyed it!
All I can say is wow! This has to be the best chase of an OCS train I've seen on TH-cam! Though at 06:30 they swapped the power I still appreciate the strong effort and chase of this awesome train! Thank you Dan 👏🏿 🙌🏿
Hey thank you so much! I am humbled you think so. Yeah I'm not sure how the turning of the train situation worked that they would turn the whole train but not the units. I'm not complaining though!
Great catch and great flying, Dan!
Thanks a lot my friend!
You really produced an entertaining video, Dan! The drone footage of the Union Pacific Office Car Special in the Pengra Pass area was beautiful. The passage of the same train over the Joso Trestle was breath taking. Looking up at the bridge from ground level was outstanding. I really enjoyed this video. You were lucky to have enough daylight left to catch the train going across the Joso Trestle. Thank you for documenting the Union Pacific OCS train in both of these locations.
Thank you Thomas I'm glad you think so! It was pretty great to get the contrast of the two different regions and even more special since Pengra is basically my 'backyard' as I like to say. I knew the train was on its way and getting close so I was standing at the ready with the drone powered up ready for takeoff for about 45 minutes until my radio started going off indicating the train was around the corner. Just enough warning to get off the ground and fly ahead of the bridge a bit to start recording.
Another amazing video Dan! What an awesome shot of the Joso trestle with the lighting. Also that train was MOVING in your opening shot! I noticed some antennas on the new paint scheme, what are those for?
Thank you Mike! I know it was sprinting at a pretty good clip and I was extremely satisfied I was able to keep up! They put those antennas on the lead units of those trains when the executives are actually riding them but I'm not sure what they do. It might be a kind of WiFi or something?
The UP head-shed must've be off on a hunting trip.
Breathtaking!
Thank you Bill!
This is clearly the BEST video you have done !!!!
Well thanks so much Mike I'm humbled you think so!
@@TheRailfanDan I think it is the best rail video I have EVER seen.
Mike
Mesmerizing, especially the segment over the Joso Trestle. Wonderful lighting and framing.
Thanks so much!
Fantastic Dan, great light at Joso and the music is bang on. In my world this train makes the occasional shippers special trek north of the border to the Potash mines in Saskatchewan. Your drone shots are a great resource for getting the details right. Really enjoyed this one! Cheers. -grant
Thank you so much Grant! That is very generous of you! I am very glad you think that about the music because I too was very satisfied with it as well! I wondered if any of these UP OCS trains ever actually made their way over the border. I believe this one stopped right at Eastport and turned around and came right back.
Happy to contribute Dan. There is a photo in Nils Huxtable's "Rocky Mountain Sunrise" of the UP OCS consist in Alberta being led by a pair of Maroon CEFX 90/43macs in November '05. The train was heading from Portland to the Twin Cities via Canada so it's been up here at least once! -grant
Dan, this is by far one of the most beautiful video’s I have ever seen. OUTSTANDING. The images, the editing, the sound…incredible. THANK YOU!
Well thanks very much I am humbled you think so! I am pretty proud of it.
Excellent video, Dan. I love tracks in the mountains. BTW, Google earth doesn't know where Crale, OR is.
Thank you Steve! No you're right Google Maps/ Earth doesn't know where MANY railroad locations are but each one of those locations I put in videos I make sure are findable somewhere so if you type Crale Oregon into Google search there are a few sites that come up that know where it is.
What a great catch! Thank you!
Thanks for the great video! Just superb and otherworldly! Wow!
And thank you so very much for that! It is much appreciated and will go to the cause of the channel!
There's nothing like the 'golden hour' to film... well, just about anything!!! While all your videos are epic and beautifully shot, the 'golden hour' simply takes it up to a higher level.
Thank you Michael! Yes you're definitely correct about that! I wish the train had got here about 15 minutes earlier but it still turned out pretty dang good.
What a wonderful video! I think the Joso Trestle is becoming my favorite bridge. It just stands so tall and majestic looking. Plus, the scenery around it is so stunning. I thought the shot from behind the train up through the cuts was great. Well done, Dan! Well done!
Thanks a lot Chaos! It's one of my favorite for sure. I love the region as it is so to have this out there is a massive cherry on top. There are a few spots back to back on this line including this bridge which makes it a really neat area to railfan but the traffic levels can be pretty low at times.
Nice relaxing ride in the sky. Really enjoyed this one Dan, Thank You!
I'm sure the Exec's will too!
Thank you Ron! Glad you did.
Phenomenal camerawork, thank you for bringing this masterpiece to us!
Thanks so much! I am pretty happy with how this turned out.
I haven't the words to say how beautiful and wonderful your work is to watch. Hours go by and I am captivated from the first frame to the last. Well done !
Well thank you Mike I am humbled you think so highly of it! It is truly a labor of love and I enjoy it so much. More so being out and the field and filming!
That scene whilst crossing the Snake River on the Joso Trestle is spectacular, nice catch 👌🏼
Thanks a lot Timothy that was a huge victory dance for me no question!
Absolutely remarkable video work!
Thanks a lot John!
Beautiful !!
Unsurpassed videography . . . as usual!
Thanks Jerry!
Spectacular
Pretty cool to see the Heritage cars all lit up. Kind of a rare catch in the dark.
I agree!
beautiful
What happened to the union pacific big boy 4014 pulling those passenger cars with four thousand fifteen you know that union pacific EMD sd70m locomotive that's weird
Excellent, very nicely done there Dan! (Dave).
Thank you so much Dave!
Love to watch the train on the bridge with amazing scenery 😍
Thank you!
Excellent videography.
Thank you!
Only one word for this Dan; Wow!👍
Thank you very much!
Beautiful video Dan, well done
Thank you Robby!
Gas money for the next chase.
Hey thank you so much I really appreciate it and yes absolutely! All of the money I receive from my fans on here I make sure is only spent on getting out and filming more material.
Magnificent as usual!
Thanks a lot Mark!
Thanks Dan YOU the man !!
Thank you Becky!
This was just stunning! I ended up totally lost in the beauty of the train making its way through the breathtaking surroundings! Excellent!!!
Oh I'm so glad you think so! It was a decent sized check off the list to get one of these Executive passenger trains on that bridge since they don't run very often and even less often specifically over the bridge. The last one I knew about was over 3 years ago and it seems to be getting even more uncommon as time goes on.
Just awesome all around, Dan! You know how to keep me interested by showing my favorite places on the planet.
I guess Joel was running it if they delayed Amtrak! 🤣
Also, I love the fancy graphics animations!
I know! There will always be a part of you up there on the hill. Ha dang Joel yeah don't seem them put the Starlight in the hole too much for anything other than Cascades trains. Thanks I like giving the most info I can and I can organize that well with the different graphics.
My friend and I hiked around the mountainside to get to the west porthole of 11 several years back and it wasn't as daunting as one would've thought. Did you know of the access portholes along the side of that tunnel? There are two of them, which I think is really cool. Don't hang out in there too long though, especially after a train passes. You can become asphyxiated very easily due to the carbon monoxide!
Beautiful video, as always, Dan. Keep up the great work!
That is one thing I haven't done yet but thinking more and more that I need to. I have heard about those up there from friends who have seen them. Yeah have to be careful about that for sure! Thanks so much Mike!
exceptionable dedication
As usual for me. I was wondering if i were crossing that bridge on foot and a train came would I die, in the middle it looked like there wouldn’t be any room for me to escape, and I’d either be crushed or have to jump to my death. So, I guess I won’t try crossing it after all. I’ll just stay home and watch your films instead.
Ha yeah probably not a great idea! Good call!
Mr. railfan, you make so many of my hours WONDERFUL! Your views and commentary continually improve. AND there's rarely a commercial. JUst overjoyed with these intimate views of my home state. Altho I'm stuck here in SoCAL. Nobody does it this good! Dgunde13 , check my aging site! Thanks
Thanks so much dgunde! When in the monetize settings I actually make a point to not have ads run in the middle of all my videos because I know I hate those interruptions during a video I'm enjoying so I don't want my fans to have to deal with that. Well hey I am starting to really hanker to get back down near you on Tehachapi and Cajon Pass! Hopefully in the next few years or so! Can only justify a few big trips a year.
Beautiful shot, very beautiful.
Are 2 locos needed for that short train? One is spare in case of failure of number one? Pure transport of number 2?
I'm sure it wouldn't need two so yes maybe a backup just in case? But I have also seen these trains with only one unit so not sure what decides how many they would use.
Beautiful.
stunning!!