@tHazza2745 Well, the 2 customers on the line would have to not want carloads by rail anymore and I don't see that happening. Also, CSX doesn't own the branch, so all they could really do is stop servicing it. The branch is owned by the City of Auburn Port Authority

What do you mean nerds

It's a figure of speech more or less. Although any time you're chasing a train with your kids, and you're trying to corral them back into the van and buckle everyone in, it does eat up some time.

@SpringfieldAndWestern Thank you! So, at least for now, this can all be done without any permits and is completely legal. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) does not restrict drones over railroads. Now they do have a rule about not flying over people or vehicles, which is why I play it safe and keep a good distance away from the locomotive. I do fear rules changing in the coming years though, as I've seen many reckless and careless drone operators on social media. Most recently, someone even crash landed their drone on the UP 4014 steam excursion train. So long story short, this is all completely allowed and doesn't even require any special permits or permission... yet 😅

@@BeginCTC thanks for the quick reply! That's cool that it's that easy in the USA. A few years ago I wanted to get a drone myself but I never bought a serious one because why should I when I am basically not allowed to operate it anywhere it would be cool? 😅

@SpringfieldAndWestern I hear that sentiment quite a bit from some drone Facebook groups. I intend to enjoy every second of it here until the troublemakers ruin it for everyone and rules have to be tightened up. We only just recently had the concern of losing access to all DJI drones so you never know what changes are coming.

@@TheNorthwestWind Thank you!

Enough for their crews to feel comfortable enough raise their running speed from 3mph to 5mph. This also has intermittently allowed the throttle of these locomotives to sometimes be pulled out to run 2.

Thank you! And yes, the roadrailers aren't going anywhere any time soon. This is the 8th year in a row that they are rumored to be getting canceled. Usually just people believing the rumors or trying to get clicks on their videos by saying they're going away.

Thanks! And yes, it has been amazing to watch this railroad progress over the years and rebuild

@@BeginCTC keep filming them if you cen 👍👍

Oh I plan to! I have a new DJI drone coming this week to really "elevate" the next video of them 🤣

@@BeginCTC 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 noice!!

Thanks!

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That's awesome! Hopefully they'll be able to keep it for a while or find an exemption for the upcoming emissions law out there

It sure does! We're all hoping it stays this way for a while and doesn't get repainted into Patriot Rail colors, or replaced with newer motive power.

@@BeginCTC I hope it stays that way too!

It sure is. They've come such a long way, they even won the "Shortline Railroad of the Yard" award from Railway Age in 2023.

I was going to say the same thing. I've seen videos of the ND&W in its former "glory" and this looks waaaay better

Thank you! Progress has been on hold while we move to a bigger house, but I'm itching to get back to work!

Thank you!

Thank you, and I couldn't agree more it was a great day!

Thank you! And great video from onboard. Love those shots

@@BeginCTC Thank you very much!

Been narrating for months now but since you mentioned it I think I'll go back to using text to speech. It's honestly much easier than trying to get some quiet time in a house of 5 to do voice over.

@@BeginCTC You seem to be saying that, just to spite me, you'll make videos that I don't like. Oookay. I hope that works well for you. Makes no difference to me -- I'll just watch videos that I do like.

@beeble2003 You came here and tried to tell me how to make my content, on a year old video no less. Had you watched any of my other videos, you'd see the ones I narrate I do myself now. But you didn't, so why would I tailor my videos to someone who's just stopping by?

@@BeginCTC You could have just said "Yes, this is an old video. I narrate my videos now" and then I'd have gone watched some more. Instead, you've had the opposite effect. I won't bother you any more; I've set KZbin to not recommend your videos to me.

@beeble2003 oh no. How will I ever recover without your precious views... Guess it's time to hang it up and abandon my channel because some rando with no uploads won't be watching my future uploads 😭

Thanks man, me too lol. We tried to meet them in Monroeville and chase them to FW but they snuck up on us in Maples. Played catch up just barely in time to get this shot all the way back in town. They were moving today!

The fastest I've seen them move was through the countryside near Delphos, going about 25-30 MPH. I'm still trying to catch one of the sand trains but it's always too late by the time I hear of one coming through and it's typically on a school day. I'd also like to catch another CSX grain on the line, I only ever got one. Happy early Easter by the way!! Do you know why they stopped doing autorack trains? Or was that when NS still had trackage rights, I remember seeing one getting unloaded at their N Cole Street Lima yard.

@NWORails Maples detector clocked them at 32mph today which was impressive considering the size of their train. As far as operations go, I'm not very well versed on the CFE despite living in Fort Wayne for nearly a decade now. I used to railfan them more back when NS still ran through freight across the line, but around the time NS stopped I got my start with the RR and took a years long break for being a buff. The guys in the CFE FB group are a wealth of knowledge though. I'm sure one of them has the info

@@BeginCTC I wish that NS still had trackage rights, it'd give more of a reason to go out there. I personally never saw any, I wasn't around when they still were operating. I started watching trains in the area when I was 16 I believe, by then, they were gone. I would also love to catch the W&LE more often. I wish I had someone to give me heads up about all of the sand trains, grain trains, and the W&LE trains that are coming, I don't check the group soon enough.

Yes the diesel provides power when it's leading, although if memory serves me right, 765 has been known to push during some stretches as well.

Thank you! And welcome to the channel!

Yes, the Marion Branch where this moved was heading to is south of the Chicago Line, where this move started. They eventually took the crane south of Goshen, where the Maintenance of Way territories switch from Elkhart based guys to Wabash based guys on the Marion Branch.