Needles Subdivision Railfanning

Watch in HD! This past weekend, my father and I took one last trip up to the Needles subdivision before my last year in high school started, and over the course of our four day trip, we saw close to 100 trains along the Cajon, Needles, and Seligman Subdivisions in Eastern California and Western Arizona. Featured in this spectacular video are train meets, multiple train races, action on the iconic bridge over the Colorado River at Topock, BNSF 7695 (The "Golden Swoosh"), a set of brand-new consecutively numbered ES44C4's along the entire Needles subdivision, the Arizona & California's Cadiz Job, and its BNSF counterpart, pulled by immaculate warbonnet DASH 8-40BW 543!
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Canon 7D Mark II - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
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Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 Tripod - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
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Bogen 3040 Video Tripod - No link, but it's relatively easy to find on eBay for about $150
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ATCS Monitor - groups.io/g/ATCSMonitor
Uniden Bearcat BC245XLT - wiki.radioreference.com/index...
Final Cut Pro X - www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/

[@Jingy2003]

I love freight trains, and there is something special about watching them in the Mojave Desert. I guess it's the openness and beauty of the desert. Awesome videos!

[@patrickschadowski1937]

Best California Train Video ever on TH-cam.

[@sangitatalukdar4279]

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[@sangitatalukdar4279]

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[@sangitatalukdar4279]

হসপিটাল ধৈতারিখ

[@Trackside1234]

Just great. I wish that I knew how to get to all of those places.

[@mdgfb05]

TRAINS ARE AWESOME

[@denisetindall1487]

I like train videos on TH-cam 😁

[@charliebrooks2570]

Nice desert scenery and great catches!

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!!! It was a really fun trip to go on, can't believe it's already been almost 8 years since I shot this

[@cp9831]

Excellent compilation!

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding Long video.Endeavors are unmatched.Bliss

[@RailfanJunction]

Thanks Rol! Hopefully you can make it out to see some trains on Route 66. It's worth the trip.

[@renelopez2244]

Tehachapi loop! Fantastic terrain. I don't think Union Pacific allows for entry anymore....love the videos ..

[@JimWinsor100]

Holy crap West Amboy looks like you had about 6 trains there at one time!!!!

[@kenamaro]

Railhead stacktrains....... 🚂🚂🚂

[@BNforever2009]

beautiful video!!!

[@charlesb3208]

nice stuff you have here. very impressive. great quality, and professionally done. keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing.

[@lightkeeper77338]

Love your work. Hope you continue to do this even while in college

[@denisetindall3313]

I like train videos on TH-cam🌷

[@dbaker3751]

Santa Fe Warbonnet at the 3:55:40 mark.

[@phildur]

Merci Zachary
Your vid is amazing. Really interesting for both raifanning and country visiting. I'll try to find the road you used and memorise it for an eventual tour in south California and AZ.
Congrats for the quality ; I'm sure it wasnt captured with a phone ;-)
Thanks for sharing
Greetings from France

[@boblittlejohn]

Cool

[@jimesser477]

Damn near got stuck under the bridge at the 18:00 mark. Sand must've been at least a foot deep

[@alanash5870]

Maybe you can help, RailfanJunction. I've recently started watching these train videos, because I do like trains, but never got really into realfanning myself. My question is How do you tell which engine is what model, make, etc. I see the big ones at the beginning of the first clip at Helendale have those fan vents (?) that stick out like little wings. One model that I've seen mentioned is the SD-40. Is that what I am seeing here? Who makes the SD-40s? Thank you in advance for any introduction you can provide.

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

The Wikipedia articles have better explanations.

[@alanash5870]

***** Thanks, TimeQueen. I have read several of the articles , and got some nice information. "A lot to digest though for the first time haha.

[@oranjeakuhata9398]

I think they either for dynamic braking or water radiaters

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

1:30:28 is where the river bridge is located.

[@ponycar24fan]

Awesome shots!!
Can someone tell me what type of locomotive is @ 32:43 ? Looks kinda odd :/ ...

[@RailfanJunction]

ponycar24fan That would be a GP60B, one of 23 built for Santa Fe in 1989.

[@marcuspaulocosta6455]

oi trem tudo bom

[@masonlikestomes7316]

Most Of Them Are Intermodal Trains

[@RailfanJunction]

They are!

[@jessicasteelman5011]

Thd

[@heatherallan2695]

whaere listen to mke
it tells me i'm ht do whistles on trains tell u it tells me to go ride them

[@user-kz4ye6lm9v]

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[@user-kz4ye6lm9v]

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[@clem666ish]

I remember, when trains were pretty... now, just a bunch of ocean containers.... BLAH!!! Hate 'em!!

[@olafmichelson8017]

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[@user-kz4ye6lm9v]

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