I searched the term railfanning... i never thought i had this kind of feeling of loving trains so much since i was a kid 😭 not until i learn there is a term for people like me.. sorry, we had few, old trains in our country
Great video, thank you for showing the entire train. Far too many train videos just show the power and a few cars, I like seeing the whole thing like I was there. Very nice.
I only skip the middle in my youtube videos if they are unit trains because seeing tanker after tanker or autorack after autorack for minutes straight gets really boring.
Mentor Ohio is a great place to watch trains! I used to watch trains in that exact spot back in the 90's when it was conrail and still go there every time I visit Ohio 👍🏼. I laughed when you were running over to the NS line I've done that many times.
noticing where 4175 is labeled "Under Warranty" - wonder what kind of warranty you get on a locomotive, and I wonder if the fine print says "Warranty void if product used for other than intended purpose".
Very simple filming, but very dense and fascinating, about the speed et length of these trains, I agree with your appreciation of this day ! Tank you for sharing
Awesome just awesome is how I feel, I've been railfaning 35 years and I've never seen anything like this video, it's every thing and then some. The best ,thank you for sharing it.
Desde Chile agradezco infinitamente los videos que hacen los que filman los trenes. Ellos se sacrifican por horas esperando que pasen y yo los veo, còmodamente, en mi casa. Les agradezco una vez mas. Soy loco por los trenes. No me canso de verlos pasar. Si estan en HD es como verlos en vivo.
I knew as soon as I saw it, that was the Center Street Bridge. Every time I go back home to visit I make sure I go to that lot and get some photos! Love, it... Homesick.
Great video . The BNSF oil train at 7:20 and 34:00 was really cool. That spot to the right of the bridge is a great place to train watch , must be a very long stretch of straight track the trains cruise through there ...
I must admit that watching these videos is much more educational and entertaining than turning on daytime TV. Doctor and Dentist Waiting rooms could benefit from showing these as an upgrade to talk shows and Leftists news shows.
That first train chopping throttles was "OK, let's see how far we'll coast with a few million pounds shoving now". That made me watch entire video. Nice work.
Great watching the wind turbine train notch it all the way up. Was he trying to get ahead of a following train or just had to make it to then crew change point before he ran out of hours?
I don't mind at all. I simply use my video camera to record (no tripod), import my videos to my laptop with PlayMemories (which auto-organizes my videos when I import), and use windows movie maker to edit. Nothin special :)
Nice new approach to attention to detail. Loved the effort to " zoom in thru trees" at 200 or so yards!! Great. Serious main line action. Impressed TY. Love to see more Signal Reads..pre arrival.
Awesome. The trains in your area have places to be obviously. Here in north florida they just drag along. Short line stuff though so i cant talk bad about them.
Dude, your extremely lucky. Rarely ever get anything through here that I can catch, let alone something really interesting, and I have two class one railroads running through this area.
I would imagine that if had to sell or rent a house, condo, apartment alongside a railroad, something sane people avoid, these videos for people mesmerized by watching trains would be the ideal place to put those kinds of ads, yet I never see those kinds of ads. .
Dude be careful where you station your tripod I noticed from 14:00 to end of video the high speed of the trains is creating a wind wake disturbance that has powerline over the tracks (the line was also directly over your cam) noticeably swaying. It's unusual to see those type lines swaying with normal breeze conditions.
Erie West Sub Productions, thanks for the video. I'm pretty sure those wind turbine blades are the same ones that go by my house in Magnolia Texas all the time. If I remember correctly they are manufactured in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Pretty cool to see them all the way up in Ohio, if they are the same ones. BTW, I grew up in upstate New York and have spent some time in the Erie area (NY,PA and OH). Although, I've only really "been through" OH, haven't had a chance to spend a lot of time there yet.
Cool! I do believe that this turbine train originated from that area. The area I railfan has almost the exact same rail traffic as Erie. There are some good spots just west of cleveland to see trains, like Berea.
HOW is the track upgrading to fully welded on concrete ties going ? are AMTRAK and Union Pacific the only railroad companies taking up this ESSENTIAL UPGRADING ?
Thanks! Its in Mentor Ohio at Deekers Sidetracks. Not always this busy, but you just have to be there at the right time. I'd say the early morning and late afternoon are the best times to see csx and the late morning and early afternoon is best for ns.
Thanks and yes it is! The Deekers Sidetracks building was used here in Mentor, Ohio about a hundred years ago or so as a station for passenger service. There used to be 4 tracks that ran through here, but now there are only 2. And this spot is not commonly known for it's history of the deadly 20th Century Limited wreck in 1905 at this exact spot.
I've never seen Pan Am units this far west, and you caught one on both CSX and NS! In theory they should be frequent on NS since NS partners with Pan Am for Boston traffic, but CSX is Pan Am's competitor for same. Good catch on the safety train cars and the former Amtrak express boxcar.
9:56 is Pan Am power common here? 15:00 nice catch of a CEFX wide cab leading CP units! 16:31 it can be hard to find intermodal cars mixed with other types of cars! I've only seen it been done twice in person! 18:56 those little containers are hard to find too! I never knew what they carry! 30:15 I don't think I've ever seen wind turbine parts moved by train in person! I've also never seen Army equipment moved by train before either! I'm surprised you didn't catch a heritage unit in this video!
I can kinda answer some of your questions. At 16:31 sometimes empty stack cars are mixed with general freight to reposition equipment in this case, the containers might be needed for loading elsewhere. There are exceptions to this and those could be loaded containers by some chance. At 18:56 those garbage containers I've seen them loaded with medical waste going to the incinerator, contaminated soil, radioactive waste and probably other stuff that I don't know about.
I saw a truck hauling one of these thru Roswell NM last week and they had 4 escort vehicles traveling with it along with a local escort of a couple of city police cars.
Those are trash containers. For where I watch trains, there used to be a CSX Q711 (unit trash train) that was sometimes over 100 cars of nothing but trash. Smelled pretty bad... But now CSX has combined the eastbound and westbound unit trash trains with mixed freight trains.
That is a CEFX locomotive, a leasing company. CP is leasing many of their locomotives, and the train that I caught it on in this video was CSX Q165, an interchanged CP intermodal/mixed freight train.
I seen them windmill blades on a semi before and they are absolutely massive and he had cars of them. When he took off I could feel the power through my phone
33:08 not long ago I went to see the Christmas train in Gurnee Ilinois, along the the way we past 5 train yards. One of the yards had 2 Burlington northern engines just sitting in the yard. Once we passed that we passed a double set of tracks .at 33:08 that train u saw, I saw a train just like that stopped on one of the tracks, with a Emd Union Pacific leader.
Amazing catches! That windmill train...left me speechless except for the words I'm about to say, and the words I said. You should change the title to,"BEST Day Railfanning In My Entire Life! Windmill train, Foregin Power, Close Calls, and much, much more railfanning (whatever name of the town(s) you were railfanning in here)"
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I searched the term railfanning... i never thought i had this kind of feeling of loving trains so much since i was a kid 😭 not until i learn there is a term for people like me.. sorry, we had few, old trains in our country
Great video, thank you for showing the entire train. Far too many train videos just show the power and a few cars, I like seeing the whole thing like I was there. Very nice.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
i am in she same boat. all my vids show the entire train unless i run out of space while filming it.
Dolby1000 really? I'm the opposite. I like the power, and the end of the trains. Lol
I only skip the middle in my youtube videos if they are unit trains because seeing tanker after tanker or autorack after autorack for minutes straight gets really boring.
Trainzguy 2472 yah
Very professional video. No jumping all around. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you!
Rare Stuff Timeline:
0:35 Pan Am locomotive #1
0:44 CSX Safety Train Cars
9:58 Pan Am locomotive #2
10:24 Unusual Freight Car
12:31 Ex-Conrail Boxcar
12:45 Ex-Amtrak Reefer
16:02 CEFX + 3 CP
16:32 CP Rail Tanker
18:24 ACE Impostor GEVO
30:10 Windmill train with UP power
40:55 Ex-Conrail Auto Parts Boxcar
41:24 Another Ex-Conrail Boxcar
42:51 Two Ex-BN Grain Hoppers
Mentor Ohio is a great place to watch trains! I used to watch trains in that exact spot back in the 90's when it was conrail and still go there every time I visit Ohio 👍🏼. I laughed when you were running over to the NS line I've done that many times.
noticing where 4175 is labeled "Under Warranty" - wonder what kind of warranty you get on a locomotive, and I wonder if the fine print says "Warranty void if product used for other than intended purpose".
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Very simple filming, but very dense and fascinating, about the speed et length of these trains, I agree with your appreciation of this day !
Tank you for sharing
43 miniatures of my life I will never get back. And I frggin happy about that!
It's difficult to appreciate the scale of those wind turbines until you see them up close like that. Very enjoyable video!
Awesome just awesome is how I feel, I've been railfaning 35 years and I've never seen anything like this video, it's every thing and then some. The best ,thank you for sharing it.
Thanks man! It means a lot! Never thought I would be able to catch such great stuff all in one day, but somehow it happened!
Desde Chile agradezco infinitamente los videos que hacen los que filman los trenes. Ellos se sacrifican por horas esperando que pasen y yo los veo, còmodamente, en mi casa. Les agradezco una vez mas. Soy loco por los trenes. No me canso de verlos pasar. Si estan en HD es como verlos en vivo.
I had never seen wind turbine blades on a train before. Only on the road. Very Cool!!
Thanks! This was one of the few wind turbine trains to take the CSX Erie West Subdivision.
We see unit trains all over the West and Southwest.
Few routes can accommodate them; no tight turns!
They're even bigger in real life!
Where are the blades manufactured?
Excellent Excellent job on the filming. The camera work was outstanding, thank you for showing your valuable skillsset.
I knew as soon as I saw it, that was the Center Street Bridge. Every time I go back home to visit I make sure I go to that lot and get some photos! Love, it... Homesick.
Yes! This is definitely a very distinct location for train watching!
Great video . The BNSF oil train at 7:20 and 34:00 was really cool.
That spot to the right of the bridge is a great place to train watch , must be a very long stretch of straight track the trains cruise through there ...
I must admit that watching these videos is much more educational and entertaining than turning on daytime TV. Doctor and Dentist Waiting rooms could benefit from showing these as an upgrade to talk shows and Leftists news shows.
The windmill train was a crazy cool catch. I had no idea they were so massive. Nice!
i love those two long trains of nothing but tank cars. Thanks for an outstanding video
That first train chopping throttles was "OK, let's see how far we'll coast with a few million pounds shoving now". That made me watch entire video. Nice work.
Guess I have to go back and count. Was there more tankers or wind mill blades (factoring each blade took 2 cars.
Awesome catch. Good quality
Merry Christmas, EXCELLENT SHOT. I wish I was there.The best part is that you caught it on my Bday. Thanks for Sharing.
Thanks and thats cool! No problem.
Great watching the wind turbine train notch it all the way up. Was he trying to get ahead of a following train or just had to make it to then crew change point before he ran out of hours?
The windmill train was awesome. That's 21st century railroading. I wonder if anyone has modeled that yet in HO? The hobby lives on!
WOW!!! those turbine blades are HUGE. Awesome video my man.
Thanks!
ACe Railfan. You're welcome. What equipment do you use for your video work, if you don't mind my asking?
I don't mind at all. I simply use my video camera to record (no tripod), import my videos to my laptop with PlayMemories (which auto-organizes my videos when I import), and use windows movie maker to edit. Nothin special :)
Bruh you deserve more subscribers. Liked and subscribed!
Thanks man! I'm still growing but its finally starting to pick up!
Wow, I would have a woodie all day with that type of action! Great video dude!
Nice new approach to attention to detail. Loved the effort to " zoom in thru trees" at 200 or so yards!! Great. Serious main line action. Impressed TY. Love to see more Signal Reads..pre arrival.
Thanks!
Anybody else notice that the UP train was the slowest train? This film is true to life.
very nice video.. where did you film this that so many lines passed through? enjoyed it. Tom
All in one day, huh? Pretty lucky. Thanks for sharing.
That's a nice spot to watch trains in Mentor
You had a GRRRRREAT day of railfanning! Love It, and subscribed too! :)
Thanks!
Very cool shots, especially the windmill train! Greetings from Germany :)
Awesome. The trains in your area have places to be obviously. Here in north florida they just drag along. Short line stuff though so i cant talk bad about them.
Almost 100k views! Great job!!
Good stuff, Erie West! Love those catfish! None of those consists have any trouble laying on the burn throttle, do they?
Dude, your extremely lucky. Rarely ever get anything through here that I can catch, let alone something really interesting, and I have two class one railroads running through this area.
Awesome video. What made these trains extra special?
Have watched a lot of train videos and thinking of getting into rail fanning Live in Miami, Fl.
Great video! Never seen you channel before....just subbed! Also content! Great catches
I would imagine that if had to sell or rent a house, condo, apartment alongside a railroad, something sane people avoid, these videos for people mesmerized by watching trains would be the ideal place to put those kinds of ads, yet I never see those kinds of ads. .
Dude be careful where you station your tripod I noticed from 14:00 to end of video the high speed of the trains is creating a wind wake disturbance that has powerline over the tracks (the line was also directly over your cam) noticeably swaying. It's unusual to see those type lines swaying with normal breeze conditions.
Fantastic thanks 🙏 it's really moving some stuff
Erie West Sub Productions, thanks for the video. I'm pretty sure those wind turbine blades are the same ones that go by my house in Magnolia Texas all the time. If I remember correctly they are manufactured in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Pretty cool to see them all the way up in Ohio, if they are the same ones. BTW, I grew up in upstate New York and have spent some time in the Erie area (NY,PA and OH). Although, I've only really "been through" OH, haven't had a chance to spend a lot of time there yet.
Cool! I do believe that this turbine train originated from that area. The area I railfan has almost the exact same rail traffic as Erie. There are some good spots just west of cleveland to see trains, like Berea.
Awesome catches!
amazing video , you should try to get on one of the slow moving ones and see where you end up , liked and subbed .
Is that cloud of steam from the Perry Nuclear Generating Station?
were the safety train in the video? i didn't see or at lest i dont think i did lol
This man had a very good day today!
Wow wish I was there that day.i will never forget this day if I was with you
HOW is the track upgrading to fully welded on concrete ties going ? are AMTRAK and Union Pacific the only railroad companies taking up this ESSENTIAL UPGRADING ?
Man where is this at?Super busy there.Great video.
Thanks! Its in Mentor Ohio at Deekers Sidetracks. Not always this busy, but you just have to be there at the right time. I'd say the early morning and late afternoon are the best times to see csx and the late morning and early afternoon is best for ns.
Awesome video TY for sharing
How lucky you were to catch so much action in such a short amount of time! Was that an old station in the background? Where is this wonderful spot?
Thanks and yes it is! The Deekers Sidetracks building was used here in Mentor, Ohio about a hundred years ago or so as a station for passenger service. There used to be 4 tracks that ran through here, but now there are only 2. And this spot is not commonly known for it's history of the deadly 20th Century Limited wreck in 1905 at this exact spot.
I've never seen Pan Am units this far west, and you caught one on both CSX and NS! In theory they should be frequent on NS since NS partners with Pan Am for Boston traffic, but CSX is Pan Am's competitor for same. Good catch on the safety train cars and the former Amtrak express boxcar.
Thanks for sharing this is a great video
9:56 is Pan Am power common here?
15:00 nice catch of a CEFX wide cab leading CP units!
16:31 it can be hard to find intermodal cars mixed with other types of cars! I've only seen it been done twice in person!
18:56 those little containers are hard to find too! I never knew what they carry!
30:15 I don't think I've ever seen wind turbine parts moved by train in person! I've also never seen Army equipment moved by train before either!
I'm surprised you didn't catch a heritage unit in this video!
Thanks for the comments! And no, Pan Am power here is like seeing a heritage unit. They almost never make it all the way to Ohio.
I can kinda answer some of your questions. At 16:31 sometimes empty stack cars are mixed with general freight to reposition equipment in this case, the containers might be needed for loading elsewhere. There are exceptions to this and those could be loaded containers by some chance. At 18:56 those garbage containers I've seen them loaded with medical waste going to the incinerator, contaminated soil, radioactive waste and probably other stuff that I don't know about.
Wow, lucky day, thanks for posting!
Some great catches there friend.....thanks for sharing
32:49 nice catch,,,,,,,,,what are those things on the train
Windmill blades
Super epic catches!
I see trains almost all the time great video.and I almost got hit by a coin that I placed on the track that an Amtrak ran over
I saw a truck hauling one of these thru Roswell NM last week and they had 4 escort vehicles traveling with it along with a local escort of a couple of city police cars.
Also that Conrail Steel Coil car you caught is awesome on the last train. Also that CR Boxcar is to. And though's 2 BN cars at the end.
I wonder why they set the blades so high off the cars? The small over lap could be accomplished by angling them up and down.
Man UPS keeps their trailers looking sharp!
Also how do those turbine blades make it around curves? Is there some type pf articulation?
great job...love it
dang, how many units was that bnsf tanker trail!
nice video good position and top quality, some great trains too
Thank you!
Great work !
You should consider investing in a tripod for your camera my man. Great videos.
Go get a lottery ticket
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for making it. The 82 people that gave it a thumbs down are idiots.
So much good stuff!
Subscribed!
Thank you!
this proves that there can be better things than heritage units
Great video!
10:22 what is that freight car???? I've never seen one before. Looks like one of those trucks that carry glass panes.
Not entirely sure, but I believe they carry pieces of track or switches or something like that
Great catches boss keep up the good work
Nice video and nice catches! Keep up the good work!
Nice video! I liked and subscribed.
holy shit. Box cars. And double door box cars. I never see those anymore.
Great video
how do you know when these trains will be passing by?
very nice video work thks for sharing your videos
11:15 that would be me running up to a train if I wasn't there. Lol
Unusual loads make a day's railfanning extra sweet.
You were right GREAT day of railfanning ....
What is is the blue containers at 18:59 and 19:12? I've seen these several times in the Boston area and always was curious since they are so small.
Those are trash containers. For where I watch trains, there used to be a CSX Q711 (unit trash train) that was sometimes over 100 cars of nothing but trash. Smelled pretty bad... But now CSX has combined the eastbound and westbound unit trash trains with mixed freight trains.
Those wind turbine blades are massive.
what's that one engine towards the middle of this video with the 3 cp units behind it
That is a CEFX locomotive, a leasing company. CP is leasing many of their locomotives, and the train that I caught it on in this video was CSX Q165, an interchanged CP intermodal/mixed freight train.
I seen them windmill blades on a semi before and they are absolutely massive and he had cars of them. When he took off I could feel the power through my phone
I love how the the guy (transporting 36 wind turbine blades) bid goodbye to you guys.. 😍
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i you look you can see the wave in the track as each loaded car speeds by you can also see the wave from head units threw the length of the train
Fantastic!
Im going to pick up a CX405 soon, the quality is great!
33:08 not long ago I went to see the Christmas train in Gurnee Ilinois, along the the way we past 5 train yards. One of the yards had 2 Burlington northern engines just sitting in the yard. Once we passed that we passed a double set of tracks .at 33:08 that train u saw, I saw a train just like that stopped on one of the tracks, with a Emd Union Pacific leader.
Was that train carrying turbine blades?
I love NS and CSX!!
Amazing catches! That windmill train...left me speechless except for the words I'm about to say, and the words I said. You should change the title to,"BEST Day Railfanning In My Entire Life! Windmill train, Foregin Power, Close Calls, and much, much more railfanning (whatever name of the town(s) you were railfanning in here)"