4th of July weekend Monster Montauk Branch trains. Never seen so many long diesel trains. 7/2-7/5

[@scottwitoff8932]

I hate that 5th ave crossing in Brentwood. Traffic is always crazy over there.

[@3985uprr]

I had to go by there and trains were coming so I captured them

[@aeoliankid1]

Outstanding LIRR railfan video, with great camera work and narration. Bravo!!

[@evangouldtransit]

That Spaghetti and Meatballs was fantastic, absolutely lit up the night.

[@edhoran1709]

Excellent work!! Love your style.

[@sandydennisbrody4742]

Nice to see the Montauk trains filled up again! Guess my LIRR pension checks won't bounce! LOL

[@ariesarethebest271]

Was quite busy during the holiday. Glad to finally get some time to watch this wonderful video. As always, great work and commentary. 👍🏿👍🏿

[@AA_8184_1]

Another great video! Thanks!

[@natera87]

Just wholesome railfan content 🙌

[@TheChachLINY]

21:43 I was on that train heading to Islip. Great video.

[@lennysvideoz]

i counted 10 on the first one... thats a long boi great video!

[@davidvilabrera]

Do any New York and Atlantic freights run on the Montauk branch ? I miss the GP38-2 locomotives that used to handle the passenger runs out east, but they were sent to NY and Atlantic, and along with the ALCO C430 - they did not hold back at all.

[@3985uprr]

Only as far as Babylon.

[@davidvilabrera]

@@3985uprr Thanks - now I must check out other freight lines, any suggestions for the NY / NJ metro area ?

[@3985uprr]

@@davidvilabrera CSX River Line north of NYC and Conrail Shared Assets with CSX/NS trains. Union and Bound Brook stations on NJT can access those

[@davidvilabrera]

@@3985uprr Thanks ! All I need now is a scanner and what frequencies to listen to. Keep your ideas coming - I have two grandsons ages 8 and 3 who would be mesmerized watching the freights run past.

[@3985uprr]

@@davidvilabrera I would strongly recommend going out to Altoona Pennsylvania and horseshoe Curve. You will see plenty of freight trains there

[@railfanlondonwhaley9521]

I enjoyed the video👍👍

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Do you ever do New York & Atlantic freights ?

[@youminholastransit3218]

Please do a tour of port Washington branch 😫

[@democraticpatriot2657]

Today's Cannonball is nothing like the luxurious Cannonball of yesteryear. Wish Amtrak would originate the Cannonball from Washington or Albany.

[@TJSTrains]

163’s K5LA sounds like a NJ transit horn

[@stivenramos25825]

At what minute was it?

[@hornshowrailfan2554]

DAM 1,000 people? How many cars was that train?

[@blakemcnamara9105]

I wish they still used the F7 locomotives and old coaches for the diesel runs.

[@LIMowersAndMore]

Spaghetti and meatballs was pretty good!

[@lescobrandon3047]

I also love the terminal in Greenport which has a small museum. As a kid, my little brother and I watched steam locos and miss the coal smoke aroma. Diesels unfortunately smell like buses.

[@chrishowell4845]

Are there any LIRR trains that come close to being nonstop from Penn Station to Montauk ?

[@stevencuffie537]

Yes express train from Penn Station to Montauk known as the Cannonball with Southampton as the 1st stop i believe

[@sayvilletech9135]

What is it about a lone work engine thats so thrilling. I think its like joy riding, the engine decide he just wanted to take a ride.

[@TylerRailfan210]

I was on train 2737 to Lindenhurst

[@vicentesilverio858]

Great vídeo

[@jrailfanning48]

Awesome video

[@theodoretaylor5228]

how fast do these cannon balls go?

[@3985uprr]

80 in Electrified territory 65 in non electrified territory but it depends on what the local speed limit is

[@jrailfanning48]

That was me at great river

[@3985uprr]

I was talking to you briefly

[@anthonyraymond4933]

No cannonball ever will be a 400 only 500 engines are used for cannonball being they are the only engines with 3rd rail capability. Cannonball starts in penn . Great video tho

[@bryantarailfan]

C3 2 car, 3 car, 4 car, 4 car, 5 car, 6 car, 7 car with a loco end, 8 car 9 car 10 car 11 car 12 car!

[@thatkyledude1093]

C3 cars have a K13B. Not an A. There is no A. It would be cool if there was because I would love to hear one. But alas.

[@3985uprr]

They still stink

[@thatkyledude1093]

@@3985uprr some could beg to differ. I personally like them. Oh, and controversy time: the hybrid K5LA on the Acela power cars is better than the K5LLA. I said it. Sorry but it's a fact🙂

[@3985uprr]

@@thatkyledude1093 hey it’s all where your head is at. The best I heard is the RS5T. N&W had the best RS5T’s I ever heard.

[@matthewhall1062]

those tracks are in good condition by U.S. standards.

[@Olizimm]

WOWWWW

[@joemcmahon3541]

Please do not stand inside the gates. You may scare the engineer, but it is also a violation of good sense.

[@3985uprr]

All places I was at were public property. Islip has a public walkway close to tracks but a fence separated me from the tracks.

[@ThumperKJFK]

That was Great. I would like to make a few points on your style. You would do much better in quality of the shots if you just 1. take off the Star filter. 2. Stand back from the moving train. your much too close to get sharp moving shot. it also hurts the eyes. I have noted that most all the videos I have been watching. for some reason, everyone tries to put the lenses right head onto a moving object. Not a good Idea, everything is blurred at speed, even on a slow moving object. Stay still. Do not Pan Fast, Do not Zoom Fast. Your not doing any of that so don't worry. Just the fist two I noted with numbers. Please Keep em cumming. Hey Cannonball back in the day's gone by, I remember counting many a Friday 14 and sometimes 16 cars behind 2 and 3 lash up of power.

[@3985uprr]

Thanks for your constructive comments. I will keep that in mind when appropriate. I have shot video for numerous video producers and I still do. I just have had that style for decades. It’s been well received. Unfortunately it’s hard to please every viewer. I have seen lots of video and I have seen many poor styles and I do my best not to adopt them.

[@youminholastransit3218]

This guy films perfectly fine. He’s not like the others who just shake their camera, shivering like they just came from the North Pole.

[@paulmatulavich7321]

Tim does a helluva job for being one of the steadiest hand-held phone videographers on KZbin. Most of us like his style and narrative form, else we wouldn't watch them with such anticipation and zeal.