These SW-1200's remind me of my childhood, when we lived across from Dodge Main Engine in Hamtramack, I would spend weekends just watching the SW switch up and switch boxcars, best entertainment a 4 year old could get. Thanks Jaw Tooth.
Very enjoyable video. I really enjoy the short line switching videos, as they remind me of how proud I was of every “kiss” coupling (no cars loudly slammed together), and how much I appreciated a good conductor . . . his skills helped make me look like a good engineer! Thanks for the memories!
Hi JT Just wanted to say thank you for the fine videos you do. They have been a great help to me to get through the last year since my wife Teena passed away. This is her husband David. Your friend David H. Please keep the great videos coming.
Should be the “Graffiti Railroad”every car but one was tagged. It’s a shame property is damaged and seems as if nothing is done about it? Great video Brian always view yours as soon as I can. Thank you. Edward
I'm guessing it's probably to much trouble and expense to repaint the cars every time they get marked only to have them marked up again a few days or weeks later. Plus, you would need an army of yard guards (bulls) looking out for taggers where ever the cars are parked.
There is nothing to be done about it. Such things the railfans care more about than the railroad. The railroad just hates the necessary information covered with paint. Companies are never going to repaint a car to get rid of graffiti. It's not worth the expense.
Enjoying your channel including this one. Is there any chance you could explain exactly what is going on here. Thanks and keep it up (if you want to, that is).
@@johncombs2990 What you need to put a stop to these graffiti taggers is make it a federal crime 20 years in prison if that doesn’t get their attention nothing well.
Those first hopper cars are considered the "Cadillacs" for train riders. Those holes at the end are perfect for hiding and keeping dry. Lots of room too
The ones at 12:30? I don't think those are "Cadillacs". Cadillacs have open ends, but with plating across most of the side, don't they? Now I have to remember to come back here if I find one mentioned in a Shoestring video.
OK, minor miracle -- I found a relevant Shoestring video _and_ I was able to find this comment again! Confirmed that the grainers here aren't "Cadillacs". th-cam.com/video/iOUK6_7cCIo/w-d-xo.html Shoestring identifies a car as a "Cadillac" and then you see him sitting on it. The area under the sloping end of the hopper is open but obscured by high plate sides.
It's cool that your couplers can both couple cars and work as buffers. And they can take a lot of abuse, clearly. Here in the UK we have buffers and couplers. We do have buckeyes but they aren't used much.
Way to go, Jaw Tooth! A totally entertaining video of one of my favorite railroads. No one covers this type of action like you, and it’s always fun to watch the MP15 at work. Can’t beat it.
In the 70s and 80s do you remember seeing, I believe it was, “Herbie.” A line drawing of a guy with a big sombrero sitting under a palm tree. They say the artist could draw it in just a few seconds. He was a Carman working in a rail yard.
Jawtooth i love your videos!they are fast not wade down in superfluous nonsense. And they are highly informative. I love your descriptions they always answer my question and curiosities! Thanks big dog!
Love your videos. Shortline railroading is a hoot as you get to see slow speed movements in action. Despite the fact that the graffiti is destruction of private property, I am at times impressed by the creativity and artwork that the vandals have done.
The third and fourth boxcars in that train are owned by the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER) which (a) has a fantastic name; (b) was the last steam-powered Class III in the USA. They didn't retire their last steam locomotive until 1986!
@@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 Apparently, southern Illinois is known as "Little Egypt". The specific reasons seem rather fanciful to me, but there was a lot of desire in the then recently-independent USA to anchor their civilization to something from the past. They didn't want to model themselves on European colonial powers, so they went back to classical times. You see a lot of places in the US called Carthage, Cairo, Syracuse, Athens, Rome, Ravenna (a capital of the late Roman empire), Sparta, Lebanon, and so on. They're mostly named because people admired those civilizations, not because the city was founded by a bunch of people from there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois#Origin_of_%22Little_Egypt%22_name
Crossed over the Pea Vine several times on the 28th and drove past that very location in Mt Orab. Told the wife how cool would it have been to have seen you there videoing.
I love hearing the slack action..and the sounds of the engines reving up..I used to like watching and counting cars, but now when I do I get motion sick. Lol
I always give the thumbs up upon starting the video. I've never been disappointed. It's been at least a month since I've watched a rail cam video. They don't have the human touch somehow. Thank you for doing these.
Back to looking a bit rough again -poor old MP15 even got chalk numbers again ! But then it's a busy machine -rare to see a CCET train that it isnt part of these days -works hard for its owners ! First box car looks like its had a bit of a repaint and no tags on one side ! Things are looking up ! Nice video Jawtooth -catching all the action and the talk, Regards
Southern Pacific was famous for running switch engines here in California when i was kid I lived on Floradora street in Fresno ,,them old S6 and SW1200 would pull 50 loaded cars solo down the Clovis branch line right in front of my house. The San Joaquin valley RR still uses that line I should film it and post it. That line hasn't changed in over 100 years. I remember pulling up date nails from ties that were 1918 dtd 😉😉
Hey Jawtooth, I got down to the Canal Ridge Rd site today. Wow, you are right next to the tracks, that was cool. Caught a northbound train coming out as I went in. Thanks for the tip !
@@JawToothI put northbound CSX5379 up on my channel. I'm not a TH-camr so I'll just leave it for few days so you have a chance to check it out. It's in portrait because I was not expecting to see a train right away and it's shaking because my phone was in the dash holder. Yeah, I should have stopped driving and held the phone... maybe next time. I cut out the next 5 minutes because I doubt you will want to use portrait footage. Anyway, thanks for your vids, see you around.
Wow! This video had more, more, more, more and more! Funny when you're daughter popped out from behind the chair, ha! Great stuff as usual. That switcher got a workout there today. Really enjoy watching all your videos.
Well, if I didn't love your videos before this one then adding the kids really made it for me. 100% for cute and as always, 100% for interesting videos.
I remember back in the late 60's into the 70's the only graffiti on the cars was chalk that the railroad employees put on them. Sometimes I would see Kilroy was here. These days the entire car can be painted. Most of it I have no idea what it says.
I have 1 of those scanners ... Haven't programmed it yet ...It would be strange not to see graffiti on train cars now ... Good vid Son ... Chessie being Chessie ... Sweet dog ...
FYI: A RR education moment: At the 2:20 mark the employee getting on the boxcar while in motion got on with the wrong foot first. You ALWAYS get on and off moving equipment with the trailing foot first. If he would have gotten on the correct way with his right foot first it would have caught the right corner of the stirrup. A more secure way with less chance of slipping. That’s IF the railroad allows getting on and off moving equipment. Most railroads that I deal with do not allow it any longer. If he was to get off while in motion in that move he should get off with his right foot first. That way if he stumbles the momentum would take him away from the car. With a few scraps vs loosing a body part because the momentum carried him under the car.
CET ignores a lot of rules, like having a flag man at the crossing. Also, check out JT’s video about an idiot conductor (no names, please), riding the back of a boxcar as if he was starring in the Passion Play. That’s one of JT’s best videos.
True. Back in the day, we got on and off while rolling stock was moving. None of that stopping business, but I guess that's a safer way to do it. We also kicked cars and rode them, dropped cars into sidings/spurs and rode them in order to apply the hand brake and spot them. Ah, those were the days.
David Barnett I liked dropping cars. The largest drop I can remember was 28 gons into a sugar mill spur for loading the bagasse. Bagasse is the fibrous stalk particles left over after processing sugarcane. It was used to make a wall board that went on the outside of the outer walls of a house or building. The most popular size was 4 X 8 foot sheets around 1/2 inch thick. It was coated with a black tar like coating. I believe it is where the term, “blacked in,” comes from in construction. We had a big Celotex plant in Westwego, LA about 3 to 5 miles east of our Avondale Yard that got most of the bagasse.
@@davidbarnett9312 Goes around, comes around. I saw in a comment on another video that CSX (I think it was CSX) now allows staff to jump on and off moving equipment again, because it's more efficient. Presumably, over time, there'll be some accidents, it'll get banned again and the cycle will restart.
Love the reporting marks you see on this short line COER Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway, AOK Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad you do not see these on many sites.
The 5857 train with the american flag by the window looks familiar. I have seen it in alot of the videos but reminds me of a train I saw as a kid in Souderton Pa that looked like that. The train in souderton Pa was a CSX.
I bet those rails were shining after all that action. I was over there a couple of weeks ago and you can tell they work that siding heavy. Those rails shined more than the main line
That is the shiniest place for rails on the whole system. I got to talk to one of the new guys for a couple minutes. He is from a part of Kentucky near where I went to college and not far from my dads area when he was little. That was cool
You should come to the little town in Minerva Ohio. And film some trains. There is at least five or six railroad tracks running through the town. And also the back side of town has what’s left of a railroad turntable from the early 40s and 50s. That would be cool if you can get permission to go on their property to film it and talk about the history.
Cool video, JT. Lots of activity for a short line. I can’t stand graffiti. These days, it’s the rare boxcar that is graffiti-free. If you watch videos from the early ‘90s - such as the Conrail videos I like - there’s virtually no tagging. What puzzles me is how many modelers who model modern day railroads spend lots of time recreating graffiti as part of their weathering process. Seems like a waste of effort. That MP15 is a great puller. Consider that first generation diesels like GP9s, FAs and RS11s had only another 250-300 horsepower compared to the MP15. You were brave videoing with that nasty sky overhead! Lots of ads in this video. I hope YT gives you some of the $$$ it collects.
"What puzzles me is how many modelers who model modern day railroads spend lots of time recreating graffiti as part of their weathering process. Seems like a waste of effort." Sorry, don't get it. If you want your model to look realistic, it needs graffiti. If you want it to look more like your idealized version of reality, then it won't have graffiti. Then, you can justify why your idealized world includes things getting dirty...
@@beeble2003 It could be realistic for 1980, like that guy in Vermont who models the CP. Plenty of dirt, no graffiti. Were I modeling, I’d opt for a graffiti-free period, e.g., the New Haven in the ‘50s. Believe me, I have no “idealized version” of today’s freight railroads and their rolling stock. Some graffiti is actually quite pleasing graphically.
These SW-1200's remind me of my childhood, when we lived across from Dodge Main Engine in Hamtramack, I would spend weekends just watching the SW switch up and switch boxcars, best entertainment a 4 year old could get. Thanks Jaw Tooth.
Every time I hit a rail crossing, I’m looking for Jaw Tooth!
Yeah, me too
Very enjoyable video. I really enjoy the short line switching videos, as they remind me of how proud I was of every “kiss” coupling (no cars loudly slammed together), and how much I appreciated a good conductor . . . his skills helped make me look like a good engineer! Thanks for the memories!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi JT
Just wanted to say thank you for the fine videos you do. They have been a great help to me to get through the last year since my wife Teena passed away. This is her husband David. Your friend David H. Please keep the great videos coming.
I’m glad my videos help! Have a great week David!
Thanks for your reply JT
Even the juvenile delinquents were more respectful back in the 1970s and 1980s!
Seems like the more "Like" buttons I hit, the more commercials I have to sit through. Aside from that, I really enjoy the videos.
Thanks!
And jaw tooth and that's cool train when doing switching ❤😊
Should be the “Graffiti Railroad”every car but one was tagged. It’s a shame property is damaged and seems as if nothing is done about it? Great video Brian always view yours as soon as I can. Thank you. Edward
Thanks Edward!
I'm guessing it's probably to much trouble and expense to repaint the cars every time they get marked only to have them marked up again a few days or weeks later. Plus, you would need an army of yard guards (bulls) looking out for taggers where ever the cars are parked.
There is nothing to be done about it. Such things the railfans care more about than the railroad. The railroad just hates the necessary information covered with paint. Companies are never going to repaint a car to get rid of graffiti. It's not worth the expense.
Enjoying your channel including this one. Is there any chance you could explain exactly what is going on here. Thanks and keep it up (if you want to, that is).
@@johncombs2990 What you need to put a stop to these graffiti taggers is make it a federal crime 20 years in prison if that doesn’t get their attention nothing well.
Those first hopper cars are considered the "Cadillacs" for train riders. Those holes at the end are perfect for hiding and keeping dry. Lots of room too
Cool!
The ones at 12:30? I don't think those are "Cadillacs". Cadillacs have open ends, but with plating across most of the side, don't they? Now I have to remember to come back here if I find one mentioned in a Shoestring video.
OK, minor miracle -- I found a relevant Shoestring video _and_ I was able to find this comment again! Confirmed that the grainers here aren't "Cadillacs".
th-cam.com/video/iOUK6_7cCIo/w-d-xo.html
Shoestring identifies a car as a "Cadillac" and then you see him sitting on it. The area under the sloping end of the hopper is open but obscured by high plate sides.
It's cool that your couplers can both couple cars and work as buffers. And they can take a lot of abuse, clearly. Here in the UK we have buffers and couplers. We do have buckeyes but they aren't used much.
Way to go, Jaw Tooth! A totally entertaining video of one of my favorite railroads. No one covers this type of action like you, and it’s always fun to watch the MP15 at work. Can’t beat it.
Thanks again!
You doing outstanding job keep up the good work and your daughter is a very good helper God bless that young lady
In the 70s and 80s do you remember seeing, I believe it was, “Herbie.” A line drawing of a guy with a big sombrero sitting under a palm tree. They say the artist could draw it in just a few seconds. He was a Carman working in a rail yard.
Yes I do remember that. I had forgotten about it
Missouri Pacific @ Dupont IL. Up in Chicago it was ZZ Proviso and there was the front of a loco with Bellevue O
Jawtooth i love your videos!they are fast not wade down in superfluous nonsense. And they are highly informative. I love your descriptions they always answer my question and curiosities! Thanks big dog!
I'm happy..I can see live American Locomotive. Thank you.
I LOVE THE LITTLE SWITCHER TRAIN PLUGIN AND PUSH THE BOX CARS IN THE BACK OF IT 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 I LIKE THE VIDEO. YOU ROCK JAW TOOTH..
Nice video to watch and relax with after dinner,thanks.
Great Report Mr. Jaw Tooth! Ahh but wait! There is mooore! 💤💤💤😂. Thank you very much!
More to come!
Love your videos. Shortline railroading is a hoot as you get to see slow speed movements in action. Despite the fact that the graffiti is destruction of private property, I am at times impressed by the creativity and artwork that the vandals have done.
Glad you like them!
The third and fourth boxcars in that train are owned by the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER) which (a) has a fantastic name; (b) was the last steam-powered Class III in the USA. They didn't retire their last steam locomotive until 1986!
Why are they named that they are in Illinois not Egypt?
@@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 Apparently, southern Illinois is known as "Little Egypt". The specific reasons seem rather fanciful to me, but there was a lot of desire in the then recently-independent USA to anchor their civilization to something from the past. They didn't want to model themselves on European colonial powers, so they went back to classical times. You see a lot of places in the US called Carthage, Cairo, Syracuse, Athens, Rome, Ravenna (a capital of the late Roman empire), Sparta, Lebanon, and so on. They're mostly named because people admired those civilizations, not because the city was founded by a bunch of people from there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois#Origin_of_%22Little_Egypt%22_name
Awesome too watch a great video Jaw Tooth watching now and enjoying it too like the locomotive 🚂 😎👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️ awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it
Very good capture Jaw, liked it 😉👏👏👍
My two favorite things shortline and switching
I love all of your videos and stories on TH-cam on trains everyday they are good train videos and stories.
Thank you very much!
Crossed over the Pea Vine several times on the 28th and drove past that very location in Mt Orab. Told the wife how cool would it have been to have seen you there videoing.
And your co-host is GREAT....
BOY, are you lucky she didn't try to play a joke on you in the scene with you asleep! I wouldn't put it past her!
Boxcar with AOK markings is Arkansas & Oklahoma RR. Spotted a centerbeam car with those markings at our local lumber yard one time, 84 Lumber.....
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I love hearing the slack action..and the sounds of the engines reving up..I used to like watching and counting cars, but now when I do I get motion sick. Lol
Same here!
Awesome picture jaw tooth one locomotive all box cars short train weather is cloudy look like going to rain outside be safe
Sure is
I always give the thumbs up upon starting the video. I've never been disappointed. It's been at least a month since I've watched a rail cam video. They don't have the human touch somehow. Thank you for doing these.
Wow, thank you! I try to move around a little and tell ppl what is going on.
Looks like a storm is brewing. Nice video, keep them coming
Thanks James! Will do
Another fun Jawtooth video -- thanks much! Love your daughter, a cutie.
Thanks so much!
Back to looking a bit rough again -poor old MP15 even got chalk numbers again ! But then it's a busy machine -rare to see a CCET train that it isnt part of these days -works hard for its owners ! First box car looks like its had a bit of a repaint and no tags on one side ! Things are looking up ! Nice video Jawtooth -catching all the action and the talk,
Regards
We like the short line! Poor MP-15, too busy to get cleaned up :) Great action - the crew was working that day!
Thanks for the cool video Mr J.T. The switching and the graffiti was cool. ZA
Southern Pacific was famous for running switch engines here in California when i was kid I lived on Floradora street in Fresno ,,them old S6 and SW1200 would pull 50 loaded cars solo down the Clovis branch line right in front of my house. The San Joaquin valley RR still uses that line I should film it and post it. That line hasn't changed in over 100 years. I remember pulling up date nails from ties that were 1918 dtd 😉😉
Heh J.T., LOVE to watch Shortline stuff, LOVE that SW #2414, great lil workhouse!
Every time I see a switcher, it kind of reminds me of train youtubers.
Hello Jaw🙂 in the 70s I found out a train had been sitting in a big city like Chicago or NYC had graffiti aka tagged Railfans love you Jawtooth
We used to have public passenger trains here in Jamaica. Now we only have the bauxite trains in St Ann and St Elizabeth. Used to ride the train a lot.
Great video; everytime we watch one of your videos, it makes our day. Thank you for what you do to bring these wonderful videos to our home.
Our pleasure!
Wow. I wonder which one of those boxcars being shoved and bumped around had the crystal vases....
A friend said to me “you always watch those videos by that guy Lockjaw,don’t you?”LOL
I demand a LockPickingLawyer/Jaw Tooth crossover!
That sky was threatening a big thunderstorm on that day - no need to get struck by lightening at any time...
Hey Jawtooth, I got down to the Canal Ridge Rd site today. Wow, you are right next to the tracks, that was cool. Caught a northbound train coming out as I went in. Thanks for the tip !
Very cool! I filmed 2 trains at Canal Ridge today. I also filmed at Elmwood Place today at a different crossing that I have never filmed.
@@JawToothI put northbound CSX5379 up on my channel. I'm not a TH-camr so I'll just leave it for few days so you have a chance to check it out. It's in portrait because I was not expecting to see a train right away and it's shaking because my phone was in the dash holder. Yeah, I should have stopped driving and held the phone... maybe next time. I cut out the next 5 minutes because I doubt you will want to use portrait footage. Anyway, thanks for your vids, see you around.
Well maybe not, it says uploaded but I don't see it. Oh well, like I said, it was not the best footage.
Very cool! Love shortlines and shortline switching. 👍
Thanks! 👍
The wheels are a squealing, the hose is a airing, The couplers are a coupling and the pistons are uuuuhhhhh! working! Laughs!
Very Cool!!! Thanks for posting!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Good morning from SE Louisiana 1 Jun 21.
Wow! This video had more, more, more, more and more! Funny when you're daughter popped out from behind the chair, ha! Great stuff as usual. That switcher got a workout there today. Really enjoy watching all your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The cute little yard switcher has it going on!!
Lol .. nice!! . I use a uv5r !! My old radioshack Bit it!!
Well, if I didn't love your videos before this one then adding the kids really made it for me. 100% for cute and as always, 100% for interesting videos.
Wow, thank you!
I remember back in the late 60's into the 70's the only graffiti on the cars was chalk that the railroad employees put on them. Sometimes I would see Kilroy was here. These days the entire car can be painted. Most of it I have no idea what it says.
Very cool video! Some really good switching action.
That MP 15 is so cool 😎. It does however have one of the most annoying air horns. Oh well, it makes you take notice
I loved the old truck on the other side of the tracks at the last location.
Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work
Love your videos, great as always maybe I should get one of those radios to listen to train crews
You should!
I'm looking at those clouds.
Good Morning Jawtooth!!
That'll do then back a few then put them all together doing the freight car shuffle. Plus you beat the impending storm
Love the trains in the rain,,what a great job to have huh?
You got that right!
Is top on boxs cars working on time throughout the line yes switcher callers is become good artists Graffiti
My favorite, short line railroading at its best.
Nice, I see some boxcars that come from the paper mills in my area on Pan Am.
That's cool!
I really enjoy your train videos I happen love trains
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃 I LIKE THE LITTLE SWITCHING TRAIN AND THE BIG TRAIN TO 🚃🚃 I LOVE THE VIDEO'S YOUROCK JAW TOOTH.
I have 1 of those scanners ... Haven't programmed it yet ...It would be strange not to see graffiti on train cars now ... Good vid Son ... Chessie being Chessie ... Sweet dog ...
What is the model number of that scanner
Love the harmonic horn!
As always, great video! I see the other "B" isn't running yet...what's up with that? They need to get that thang fixed and rollin' man! 👍👍
FYI: A RR education moment: At the 2:20 mark the employee getting on the boxcar while in motion got on with the wrong foot first. You ALWAYS get on and off moving equipment with the trailing foot first. If he would have gotten on the correct way with his right foot first it would have caught the right corner of the stirrup. A more secure way with less chance of slipping. That’s IF the railroad allows getting on and off moving equipment. Most railroads that I deal with do not allow it any longer. If he was to get off while in motion in that move he should get off with his right foot first. That way if he stumbles the momentum would take him away from the car. With a few scraps vs loosing a body part because the momentum carried him under the car.
CET ignores a lot of rules, like having a flag man at the crossing. Also, check out JT’s video about an idiot conductor (no names, please), riding the back of a boxcar as if he was starring in the Passion Play. That’s one of JT’s best videos.
True. Back in the day, we got on and off while rolling stock was moving. None of that stopping business, but I guess that's a safer way to do it. We also kicked cars and rode them, dropped cars into sidings/spurs and rode them in order to apply the hand brake and spot them. Ah, those were the days.
David Barnett I liked dropping cars. The largest drop I can remember was 28 gons into a sugar mill spur for loading the bagasse. Bagasse is the fibrous stalk particles left over after processing sugarcane. It was used to make a wall board that went on the outside of the outer walls of a house or building. The most popular size was 4 X 8 foot sheets around 1/2 inch thick. It was coated with a black tar like coating. I believe it is where the term, “blacked in,” comes from in construction. We had a big Celotex plant in Westwego, LA about 3 to 5 miles east of our Avondale Yard that got most of the bagasse.
@@davidbarnett9312 Goes around, comes around. I saw in a comment on another video that CSX (I think it was CSX) now allows staff to jump on and off moving equipment again, because it's more efficient. Presumably, over time, there'll be some accidents, it'll get banned again and the cycle will restart.
Some dark skies in the background ⛈
Excellent JT!!!!
Thnanks Jeff!
@@JawTooth You're welcome!!
Another great video!
Love the reporting marks you see on this short line COER Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway, AOK Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad you do not see these on many sites.
Cool to see an old GE still operating!
Ah, yes! the legendary 2414 locomotive....the little engine that could! Lol!
Good to see the switching and what happens after that
It's about time that 2414 got its full logo back on the cab. Your early videos showed it but it was all painted out a couple of years ago.
Thanks
Excellent coverage of the switching operation.
The 5857 train with the american flag by the window looks familiar. I have seen it in alot of the videos but reminds me of a train I saw as a kid in Souderton Pa that looked like that. The train in souderton Pa was a CSX.
Nice horn, interesting consist. Liked.
Many thanks!
I bet those rails were shining after all that action. I was over there a couple of weeks ago and you can tell they work that siding heavy. Those rails shined more than the main line
That is the shiniest place for rails on the whole system. I got to talk to one of the new guys for a couple minutes. He is from a part of Kentucky near where I went to college and not far from my dads area when he was little. That was cool
Great video
Kudos to Darth Vader in the death star truck at @24:05. Must be a railfan. A lot of peeps would have run that gateless crossing.
Good Day buddy, always great work. Gotta get you up here for a rail fan day (you know, once the Vid has calmed down)
Thanks 👍
You should come to the little town in Minerva Ohio. And film some trains. There is at least five or six railroad tracks running through the town. And also the back side of town has what’s left of a railroad turntable from the early 40s and 50s. That would be cool if you can get permission to go on their property to film it and talk about the history.
Good morning Jaw Tooth.
Cool video, JT. Lots of activity for a short line. I can’t stand graffiti. These days, it’s the rare boxcar that is graffiti-free. If you watch videos from the early ‘90s - such as the Conrail videos I like - there’s virtually no tagging. What puzzles me is how many modelers who model modern day railroads spend lots of time recreating graffiti as part of their weathering process. Seems like a waste of effort. That MP15 is a great puller. Consider that first generation diesels like GP9s, FAs and RS11s had only another 250-300 horsepower compared to the MP15. You were brave videoing with that nasty sky overhead! Lots of ads in this video. I hope YT gives you some of the $$$ it collects.
"What puzzles me is how many modelers who model modern day railroads spend lots of time recreating graffiti as part of their weathering process. Seems like a waste of effort." Sorry, don't get it. If you want your model to look realistic, it needs graffiti. If you want it to look more like your idealized version of reality, then it won't have graffiti. Then, you can justify why your idealized world includes things getting dirty...
@@beeble2003 It could be realistic for 1980, like that guy in Vermont who models the CP. Plenty of dirt, no graffiti. Were I modeling, I’d opt for a graffiti-free period, e.g., the New Haven in the ‘50s. Believe me, I have no “idealized version” of today’s freight railroads and their rolling stock. Some graffiti is actually quite pleasing graphically.
Nice video jawtooth !
Amazing Video!
YOU ARE THE WORLDS GREATEST PAPA JERTOOF
Thanks son! I work at it
It's been great long day Brian 😊
Nice vid, went through Trenton last weekend, a lot of trains
Very nice!
‘Bit long there, son. But, interesting and fun. Wooo!
I didn't think they had that much switching to do. When I first got there I thought it would be quick but I was way wrong
great
DPU Alright! Start the video son! 👍
On it!
There actually using a lot of paint and time to do that artworks