[4K] 100 MPH VIA TRAINS!!! | Railfanning the Chatham and Windsor Subs

Today we find ourselves Railfanning on the outskirts of Chatham-Kent along the VIA Chatham Sub and the CP Windsor Sub. Through the day we encounter some cool stuff, such as a double header on 72 and a CEFX leader on 140! The only downside to this trip was that 71 ended up begin 4 hours late due to a braking issue encountered in London. As always have a great day and keep on Railfanning! (Train info can be found bellow)
[0:19] VIA 72 (: Windsor - Toronto, ON) On Time
VIA 910 (GE P42DC), VIA 6453 (EMD F40PH-2D)
[1:46] VIA 71 ( Toronto - Windsor, ON) 4 hours late
VIA 903 (GE P42DC)
[02:45] CP 141 (Toronto, ON - Benseville, IL)
CP 8104 (GE AC4400CWM), CP 9715 (GE AC4400CW)
[4:22] VIA 73 (Toronto - Windsor, ON) On Time
VIA 920 (GE P42DC), VIA 917 (GE P42DC)
[05:12] VIA 76 (Windsor - Toronto, ON) 2 h 45 m late
VIA 903 (GE P42DC)
[6:13] CP 140 (Bensenville, IL - Toronto, ON)
CEFX 1031 (GE AC4400CW), CP 8951 (GE ES44AC)
[8:33] VIA 78 (Windsor - Toronto, ON) On Time
VIA 917 (GE P42DC), VIA 920 (GE P42DC)
© Josh Bontront

[@LShaver947]

Sometimes I get to see them passing a GO Station and it is the best thing ever, the rush of wind and hot air after is the best part

[@mencshighlights3390]

Ill be 100% honest, watching railfan videos of freight trains in the US isnt that fun but knowing the rush of being meters away from these things blasting by you in all their mechanical glory is amazing

[@NewBrunswickRailfanner]

especially when some of them weigh 1 million pounds

[@MikeSOR]

Great video, Josh! You really did catch em' hauling and powering thru Chatham-Kent! Awesome video!

[@marclemieux8269]

In just a few years, just imagine the new Siemens Charger train sets recently purchased by Via Rail running even faster at a full 110 mph or 177 kph on high frequency dedicated tracks between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City! Passenger rail enthusiasts really look forward to that day since this project will provide an affordable, more environmentally-friendly, faster, more relevant, reliable and safer travel choice to Canadians!

[@GEES44DC]

Lol, that's a pipe dream. VIA will be stuck on CN until the end of time.

[@marclemieux8269]

@@GEES44DC Why are you so sure that this project will never take place considering that Via Rail has already purchased new Siemens Charger train sets capable of operating at up to 125 mph or 200 mph, that a top UK passenger rail specialist named Vernon Barker has been hired as project director to oversee the construction and implementation of this project, and that Aecom and Arup have also been hired as the owner-engineers in order to perform the necessary engineering and planning, land acquisition, new railway station and final route selection, etc? Do you know something we don't?

[@sebastianmunera5470]

@@GEES44DC they are replacing those heritage cars with Siemens venture cars

[@GEES44DC]

@@sebastianmunera5470 I am aware.

[@calerail9558]

Love the wildlife and nature you show in the beginning! Makes for great Aesthetics!

[@Steve-xf4uv]

Great video Josh, you caught some really cool stuff. The VIA trains roll pretty good on that stretch.

[@gda44256]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@KyleMills1]

Great shots, I love to hang around by Pump Road as well just west of here. Nice steel bridge that crosses the creek there, they do haul ass between Chatham and Windsor.

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Thanks! Are original plan was to catch the last VIA train seen in this video at Pumb Rd, but we got word of Eastbout CP train that would pass us at about the same time. So we changed plans and headed to Dillon Rd were the two tracks are only about 200m across from eachother. And ya, if 160 km/h isn't hauling ass then I don't know what is.

Very nice footage, especially the sunset one! Thanks!

[@seminnesotatrainsairplanes839]

amazing shots!!

[@LONEWLF]

Masterpiece

[@derricktherailfan]

Amazing video!! The Via rail F40PH and P42DC are my favourite engines but I love the P42DC better because it has a better horn doppler effect especially when it's at high speed!

[@MrBnsftrain]

First time I've seen the dark green applied to the heritage coaches I'm glad some of the VIA rail P42s still have K5LA horns. they sound way better than those custom horns

[@GalaxyQZ]

Nah I love the K5CA-LS way more

[@KaciCooperations]

@@GalaxyQZ Not all these trains horn are better. plus it was your opinion.. HORN is just HORN…

[@GalaxyQZ]

@@KaciCooperations huh? Not really.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Absolutely not. I prefer the K5LA (or K5L) more than the K5CA LS because the K5s sound much better (especially when traveling at speed)

[@TheRailfan360]

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 Technically the K5CA-LS is also a K5, but a very dissonant one.

[@billwilliam836]

8:50 beautiful shot with that amazing gorgeous sunset

[@firebuffandrewphotography]

Love the horn VIA Rail horns sound

[@Railfan225]

Wow you got a great cam!

[@vthome78]

Kool video very nice

[@davidoickle1778]

Bird strike! bird strike! Oh no, that's the airlines isn't it?

[@Lorijenken]

there's a nice corridor between London and Windsor, Gps speedometer we hit 159kph on train from Toronto to Windsor :D a night time they book it hard down there.

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Yup, they move at a max speed of 95-100 MPH (153-161 KMPH) between Toronto - Oakville and Chatham - Windsor on 70 series route.

[@cole6099]

Did they take the f40ph-2d out of leading group service in your area of Canada?

[@raymondtaylor2152]

Why do the signals go dark after the the last VIA train passed. I noticed he didn't have his headlights on!

[@MrJustinbegley]

Nice video!

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Thanks!

[@8000Christopher]

Well, the crows didn't stick around, they don't like noise !

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Hey, this video was uploaded on my 12th birthday!!!

[@geraldgreen5371]

I would love to have a VIA P42 I that VIA on the front scheme...COOL...

[@andrerenault]

4:45 is terrifyingly fast

[@Osaka_Ai]

Pretty scary that the tall locomotives are rolling fast

[@railvideosbc]

Awesome footage! What video camera was used to film these great videos, I’m currently looking for one!

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Sorry my reply is kinda late haha, this was filmed with a Sony FDR AX53

[@railvideosbc]

Southwestern Rail Productions no worries, and thank you very much! I’ll make sure to check them out!

[@justinjrailfanproductions1164]

At 4:55, what line is it, and how often you can a locomotive(s) at each end?

[@jennyklein5515]

If you go to Chatham Kent, it is pretty common for that, especially in Chatham.

[@MikeSOR]

This is the VIA Chatham Subdivision, and sometimes CN operates on it. The Chatham Sub operates from Windsor, to London ON.

[@jiovaniloncarevic]

1:30 nice

[@OldIronVideo]

Where was the location of filming?

[@mayperez1420]

At 2:17 it first sounded like a 1st gen k5lla

[@supermariotransitfan1662]

1:03 I caught that train at Burloak on the same day March 2 2020

[@windsorrails]

Nice!

[@ricardohenriquez9283]

IRIS INETRLOCKING I HEARD IT THAT THE TRAIN PASSING!!

[@karafaunt4386]

9:06 sounds like a freight horn

[@H5subway5707]

07:50 is there a diamond in Chatham-Kent, just east of the station?

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Yes, just west not east of the station. It's name is Ringold.

[@H5subway5707]

@@southwesternrailproduction9901 Oh cool, last night I looked at google maps and found a diamond east of the station, but the secondary track looks abandoned in the street view. I just looked again and found the diamond west of the station that you mentioned (where the tracks cross at a much less orthogonal angle).

[@that1coolkid60]

What’s the point of the first one? Why does it need 2 engines to carry 4 carts?

[@ChamplainDivision]

2nd unit could be deadheading from wherever it was being worked on.

[@fluffnose3386]

Dude. The guy at 8:06 straight up vanished wtf 😂

[@user-mp2tk3pw6j]

4:43 What crossing was this footage taken at?

[@MikeSOR]

Tisdelle Drive in Tilbury ON

[@tylermcintyre1454]

Tyler Mac hey is that you via rail gensis train

[@anniebellemiller2986]

6:14 what bell is that?!

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Yeah lol not sure if it was something wrong with the bell it self or the box but definitely wasn't working right

[@dannyvasquez4581]

a WCH E-Bell

[@MrJustinbegley]

Western Cullin Hayes Type 1.5

[@KaciCooperations]

Slow Tone

[@YeeBoy]

Are those speeds even allowed????

[@nononononon494]

EMERGENCY HORNS!

[@Charlolecheminot]

What country is that?

[@smudgekitty19]

Canada😊

[@Charlolecheminot]

Ok

[@amtrak1214]

Why can’t Amtrak run an “all heritage” or “mostly heritage” fleet like VIA rail

[@itsdad0c]

probably cause they don't have the "reuse recycle" mentalitly that via has

[@amtrak1214]

@@itsdad0c EXACTLY!!! So they need to do just that!!

[@itsdad0c]

@@amtrak1214 agreed. personally, i don't like that amtrak throws away their entire old fleet of their locomotives just because they're now 20 years old.

[@amtrak1214]

@@itsdad0c Not to turn this into a political debate or anything but I have a good feeling that if he’s elected, Biden will provide more than enough funding for Amtrak for them to start returning their more luxurious onboard service, and maybe even rebuild the heritage fleet.

[@Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist]

Because Via cant afford new train sets and will refurbish the crap out of them. (Although amtrak should run at least to 30 years) We inherited 30 year old cars in 1977 and we're still running them after several refurbishments.

[@rushijaradi810]

What's the location at 8:15?

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

Ringold Dimond

[@chief1b]

Minus 4 degree. Really?

[@davidburnell8635]

Are you really going to tell me that there’s a via train that’s doing 100 miles an hour I travel weekly between Windsor and Toronto and Toronto in Montreal and you’re lucky to get 100 km an hour maybe there was a typo in your description

[@southwesternrailproduction9901]

There is not a typo in the title. VIA can reach speeds between 90 and 100 MPH depending the equipment/locomotives that are being used. This speed can only be attained on VIA Rail owned trackage, the Chatham Subdivision being one of them. On CN trackage they can reach speeds of up to 80 MPH. Ask any VIA Rail Locomotive Engineer and they will tell you the same. The next time you take the train, you can use this link to select your train number and track your train speed in real time and see for yourself: tsimobile.viarail.ca

[@MrMitch5656]

You are wrong. They can very well reach speeds of 100MPH.

[@MrJustinbegley]

Glad your not a locomotive engineer, every train would be late 😂😂😂

[@karafaunt4386]

6:18 ERROR [Railroad Crossing 219.exe] Has stopped working Click HERE to restart the Crossing

[@polishwater4884]

What's the location at 8:30?

[@MikeSOR]

Dillion Road Chatham-Kent, ON