AMTRAK BACKED UP THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BIG TEN CURVE! WEGDAHL, BADGER STATE ETHANOL & CAPE & SON!

Cryo-Trans with names, XP on the Rails, 2~4~2 Train with 228 Cars & Much More!
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[@donnaj9964]

Very nice fiddlin' in Cordele, and the wind-farm blades in Burlington at night looked very cool. But why didn't the guy in Waycross get a Darwin award? He certainly pulled a stunt as dumb as many I've see on here...Loved the cats and those quick bird cameos that showed up in a couple of places. A really nice one--thank you for putting it out on Easter and I hope it was happy for you folks!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Happy Easter Virtual Railfan and to all the rail fans out there, Brenda from Rhode Island

[@TheAlabamaWildman]

LOVED The Southern with "1111" Indicator !! Awesome Catch !! !!

[@carsonthorpe6696]

The XP reference got me lol😂

[@shospulecolupis9718]

I was on that Amtrak train. We were about 20 tunnels into the tunnel district when we stopped and they told us about the rock slide and that we would have to back alllllllll the way back to the denver station.

[@shospulecolupis9718]

Our train got turned around and sent easy again and most of the passengers were bussed west to Grand Junction were we boarded the westbound that was stopped there and turned around to go back west.

[@davidlipscombe916]

I hope that Doesn't happen when I use this at the end of July .

[@donnaj9964]

@@shospulecolupis9718 I wondered what happened when they got back--thanks for letting us know!

[@renegadetenor]

Wow, in all my years at Big 10, I've never seen that! Have to keep track of it from MT. now..

[@shospulecolupis9718]

I've never experienced or heard of it before this time but the conductor told us that he has backed a train back to Denver before.

[@jonathan.westerling]

Love that the delightful unassuming fiddle player has been heard by 23k viewers. Well done!

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

Nice violin player there.

[@ren-uz2mz]

Oh my the fiddler!

[@bowlinerailfan]

Happy Easter everyone! Wishing you happiness and joy as we celebrate the Lord's resurrection. Revelation 1 :18. Romans 10 :9-10

[@btugaming9991]

Satan loves trains

[@t-bonejones3576]

Thanking you christians for a coupla days off. Good Ramadan as well

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

Amen!! ❤❤❤

[@BigAlFPV17]

Amen to that!!

[@wayneyadams]

14:40 Another super economy flight on Spirit Air. LOL It may be slow but there is no danger of mid-air collisions or mishaps during take-offs and landings.

[@kennethfuller8347]

lol .. good one!

[@toddheisler9874]

Awesome 👏

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

Happy Easter. Thanks J.P. for helping with the rare car in Tucson this morning. Couldn't make out who it was.

[@JacobWheeler-xr4ed]

Nicely done on this grab bags lots of good Stuff on

[@matthewsturm9170]

Caught that power move with the 737 and the Superliner Coach in Wenatchee yesterday.

[@thomasboese3793]

I can envision a Boeing re-engineered Superliner with wings that allow it to fly.

[@randydobson1863]

hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

[@terin1862]

Mount Elbert is the highest peak in Colorado at 14,433 feet.

[@poowg2657]

4:53 That is one cool night shot!

[@joepeach997]

Yes, Burlington has a ton of good video/picture locations.

[@donnawoodford4127]

Where were the kitties? I'm as much a cat lover as I am a railfan, and someone mentions cats, I'm there. I did enjoy seeing that train in Chehalis with the MRL and CP power. I also loved seeing the clean autoracks (what a concept), and the overpowered Boeing fuselage train with the Superliner at the end. Saw that one live on the Skykomish camera.

[@britannia55]

Love the spaghetti works, in Birmingham UK they have the Custard works, it’s now used as a community building.

[@tecardwe]

The Katy !!! ❤

[@chief1b]

Nice to see the foreign power move, the CSX on BNSF tracks. That's unusual!

[@tompaton1899]

Must be what car haulers look like before the animals degrade them.

[@brianvalley5223]

Must be nice having your own private railcar.

[@nigelterry9299]

Superb grab bag!

[@smokeywaggoner1981]

A rock fell somewhere on the line

[@MrThecroatian]

The jet being transported was the find of the video.

[@GregKenyon-v6i]

Fantastic videos nice footage

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Very good camera work at OKC

[@Keikdv]

If railroads do their job right, than EVERY loco is a one of their kind

[@peterp1158]

1:37 Archive this video. Those auto carriers won't be pristine for long.

[@bowlinerailfan]

Even if those "artists" miss one somehow, over time they can still get grime, dirt, and even rust. So your quite right, these auto racks are beautiful in pristine condition so we got to enjoy such a sight while we can.

[@rogertemple7193]

It's Grab Bag on Easter Sunday with a lot of train action from around the US and part of Canada this is really great thanks.🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲🇨🇦

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:40 Florida East Coast passenger cars on the rear of a CSX freight train (again at 2:40) 1:20 four locomotives, three well cars with containers, and a bunch of new white autoracks 3:13 this man just walked in front of an oncoming train like it wasn't even there! 3:44 cool shot right here 3:56 Empire Service led by a Phase III P32AC-DM 4:56 CP doubleheader in Burlington 5:23 Reading and northern covered hopper, looks like ex-Canada Grain 5:54 Badger State Ethanol hoppers 6:20 SD40Es and NS 1111 trailing 6:32 UP 1988 leading 6:53 CSX 1836 leading 8:18 gondolas and MOW equipment behind a single H2 dash 9 8:38 California Zephyr not making it through the Rocky Mountains today! The State of Colorado needs to be better at trying to reopen Tennesee Pass 9:50 Borax hopper car 10:45 CP 8876 as DPU. It was the Vancouver 2010 Olympic unit and still says Canadien Pacifique on the left side 10:58 BNSF MOW train 12:00 CN doubleheader on an oil train in Wichita 12:30 engine room door left open 13:13 CSX 14-car OCS 14:30 what an unusual train! Six wide-cab units including a warbonnet and a Ferromex, three flatbeds for carrying one fuselage, and an Amtrak superliner 15:48 NS high-hood SD40-2 16:04 this long BNSF grain train has BNSF, CP, KCS, MRL, and NS power throughout it! 16:23 UP 1995 17:53 I've never see one of these before 18:25 two ALC42s on the Coast Starlight 18:40 another complete CSX train running through on BNSF tracks 19:30 H3, H1 7695, and warbonnet

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

11:34, all those empty canvases! 2:05, y’all are trespassing.

[@carmellahartzke6060]

Hoppy Easter virtual railfan

[@train_chicken6143]

cool

[@jorgenlolz]

nice video

[@Lefturnowski]

I caught the CSX L&N heritage unit out of the blue today was on M583

[@-Cece]

"umm excuse me...i paid for a ticket to go in the other direction"....

[@coreypeters4170]

14:59, They have an Amtrak car on the back!

[@thomasboese3793]

I can envision a Boeing re-engineered Superliner with wings that allow it to fly. The replacement for the old 737-Max.

[@howardcitizen2471]

From the description, I thought an Amtrak train had caused a backup on the Big Ten Curve.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

2:58 Nyaa!

[@PghDon77]

Why did it back up?

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

It was explained why at the end of the clip. There was a rock fall on the track ahead of the train.

[@PghDon77]

@@csrrjefflloyd6496 okay, thank you I'm at work so I just saw it briefly

[@kennethlacewell1517]

What I don't understand is why didn't they run the engines to the other end!

[@110productions6]

​@kennethlacewell1517 For a few reasons, probably. 1. The passing track is long and would have taken while, especially if they were just trying to get back to Denver. 2. Once they got back they wouldn't have to take extra time to turn on the wye to back into the station because they were already backwards.

[@stevekile1919]

@@kennethlacewell1517 The head end (the engines that generates power for the remainder of the cars) would have been disconnected from the rest of the cars and they would have had no power to run things like lights, heaters, AC until they were reconnected. Plus there may have not been a switch to get the engines to a siding at either end for miles.

[@fordtough91]

I didn’t know Badger State Ethanol sent rail that far. I know one plant is in Monroe WI

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Nice footage and catch on EMD high hood SD40-2, nice power on train in WA with mid helper distributed power!🛤🚂

[@jeffdayman8183]

What? where's the YT buffering , at 14:22? (just jokin) 8^) Always enjoy the VRF grab bags and the channels. Great entertainment!

[@wayneyadams]

0:45 There's the classic FEC color scheme I remember. FEC is the only railroad in Florida that has not been grabbed up by CSX even though it is now owned by a Mexican Company. Henry Flagler would be proud to see his railroad still running under the FEC banner.

[@robertgift]

Could Amtrak not stop near the Tolland rockslide and wait for the track to be cleared and inspected. The crawl through?

[@volvofl180]

Seeing so much UP units but keep wondering where the SP heritage unit is? Is it decommicioned?

[@sventee6365]

I watch since nearly a year your livecams and grab bags. What are the facts for the wagons and companys, you show as frozen picture? Regards from germany. :)

[@DaveInCanada081]

Was that the Presidents coach?

[@gp3829]

Thanks VRF. More named Reefers and Freight-car rarities. CP 2321 GP20C-ECO looked smart at Elkhart. Alas Windows XP and Starfield Screensaver - how I miss you. Again at Elkhart, BNSF 9650 SD70MAC Executive - on the Point and a sight to behold.

[@moodydon1]

There are lots of 'fallen flags' and little-known RR shown.... Brand new locos with the colors of the fallen flags... Where are the locos showing Milwaukee Road colors? Anybody seen a loco with Milwaukee Road colors? They had 2 yellow kinda like UP colors for passenger, but the freight was red & orange/

[@JohnTuck-j8y]

Backing up the Big 10 Curve must have taken some time. Was there an alternative route or was the train cancelled? What happens when a passenger train is cancelled in the USA? Does Amtrak get them forward transit by other means?

[@desw9146]

It was reported that the train shown went back eastward. The original eastbound train (on the far side of the blockage) was also terminated and sent back to its origin. Passengers were ferried between the two by bus, to continue their journeys.

[@Element-of-supriseVR]

Train coming The person is like I’m Jesus I’ll come back 👇 Happy Easter everyone

[@pgronemeier]

So what did the Amtrak train do? Wait? Take another route?

[@richardmclaughlin8345]

If they can't paint something I can read, I don't think that VFR should translate it for them. Just let it be the 'paint salad' that it is.

[@robertlafnear7034]

We just had a MAJOR Train wreck here.... many killed, Several Semi-Trucks split in two....... Cars all over blocking traffic......... JUST Heart Wrenching ! NOT TRUE ! APRIL FOOLS FANS ALL. Well someone had too !