AMTRAK COMBO MOVE! DOUBLE DARWIN, INSTANT PO-PO KARMA, CAT & RAT, 3 FLAMING ENGINES, FENDER SCRAPING

[@donnaj9964]

Hooray for the Golden Swoosh! And it's always good to see Engine 911; I may not always mention it but I always notice because I have family members who do those jobs. Cheers to the happy railfan at Elkhart; it's great to see someone enjoying something so much! The cat-and-rat ending was indeed a cliffhanger. Thanks for another great one!

[@johncamp2567]

17:33 to 20:50 Galesburg…of all the remarkable things seem on this channel, that combining of Amtrak trains due to a derailment was among the most unique of them all! So cool! An excellent catch!! 🛤️

[@bigpebble]

Thanks for explaining the Amtrack thing at Galesburg yesterday. Saw it live and had no clue.

[@natethetrainboy9864]

So cool to see two amtrak train coponed together.

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Yeah, that was strange

[@Soundersfan84]

@@jerrysinclair3771 Not the first time 4 and 6 did that there. Usually happens when something shuts down the tracks on its normal route after galesberg and they have to use the old ATSF route that was used pre BN and SF merge.

[@PowerlinePlanet109]

Pretty rare to see an Amtrak passenger train like that, eh?

[@crazycuber-e]

This was because of a coal train that derailed near Somonauk, IL on the Mendota sub. It blocked both tracks so the Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr were combined and sent up the Chillicothe sub to Chicago.

[@01FozzyS]

I just love La Grange. lol

[@jeraldbottcher1588]

Love the instant Karma!

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the Heritage Units and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day.

[@akitalady]

Loved these vignettes of goings on around the rails!

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 tank car on a flatbed 0:24 That driver acted like the stop sign wasn't there! Good thing a police car was around the corner 1:18 CSX 911 leading 1:46 BNSF 7695 leading 2:24 a coal train using a flag instead of a FRED. Flags are only used for local switching jobs 2:36 CSX 1967 leading 3:08 new concrete bridge deck pieces 3:45 not that truck, *that* truck 4:10 you can see the exhaust coming from the stacks in this night-vision cam 4:46 sperry truck 5:10 NS 1072 leading 5:22 Conrail hopper 5:36 CPKC and Conrail autoracks together. I saw what might be this exact same train almost a month later 5:46 a honk from the BNSF train at Rochelle 6:48 nS 8098 trailing on a UP train (again at 22:10) 7:21 cyclists cutting across the tracks far from the crossing, and between freight cars on the stopped train! 7:50 Amtrak 108 "Red-Head" and 46 "Joe" on the Lake Shore Limited 8:20 UP SD74ACe leading. They only have 97 of these tier 4 EMDs 10:28 CSX 1776 trailing 10:54 old Union Equity hopper 11:15 warbonnet leading 12:07 SP gray leading a K&O train. This is also the first time I've clearly seen the rear of one of the new livery Ferromex units 12:48 ALC42 and dash 8 on the Capitol Limited 13:28 SP gray as mid-train DPU 14:00 NS 8100 and 6704 doubleheading 14:18 9-unit lash-up with a warbonnet and quite a few SD70ACes 16:08 BNSF automated inspection train 17:05 NS 1065 and new construction vehicles 17:36 nice catch of the Southwest chief and California Zephyr combining in Galesburg. one actually turned around before coupling onto the other 20:58 New Orlenas Public Belt boxcar 21:10 this guy didn't go when the pickup next to him did, and ended up getting scraped 21:42 C&NW hopper and Amtrak express boxcar 22:48 another BNSF automated inspection train

[@slimonion1975]

Yes those two with the bikes crossing through the train are just plain crazy definitely Darwin award for their stupidity and awesome catches as always

[@TsalagiRailfan]

Never thought I would see PSR on Amtrak. Also, the Cat was funny. Great catches all around!

[@JacobWheeler-xr4ed]

Wow Amtrak 🏆 the Great grab bags as always

[@ACamelEmoji]

LOL I saw that instant karma live. Pretty funny.

[@johndeerefan725]

0:27, Gotta love Instant Justice & 21:16, Big ouch from that sideswipe. I feel like the LaGrange camera has seen of bunch.

[@metronorthrailfan2244]

Well, I guess little did he know he was gonna get pulled over by that deputy. Now that’s some instant justice from the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office.

[@ChadSimplicio]

Considering that it could've been alot worse, yeah, police karma.

[@metronorthrailfan2244]

@@ChadSimplicio I mean, yeah it certainly could’ve been a lot worse, but it is a good thing that deputy actually saw that and was able to issue a citation for that.

[@davidbrown4823]

As always the Fallen flags. great catches.

[@lynsmith]

Great Grab Bag The Last Time 6/4 hooked up was Last Year I the Spring cause Of Severe Thunderstorms ! Trees along the track! And I see Folks can’t drive in LaGrange Ky ! Hmm It the Tom And Jerry Show in Fort Madison 😂😂😂

[@AndyK7JKAPKVL]

@lynsmith yes and LOL

[@rogertemple7193]

More exciting train action on Virtual Railfan Grab Bag with the best trains and a couple of Darwins in LaGrange KY. have a great Thursday afternoon everyone.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🇨🇦

[@tylorevans]

Loved the cat and mouse chase at the end it was pretty funny!1

[@bj8342]

That was a rat.

[@tylorevans]

Oh well rat and mice are pretty much the same they are both rodents just one is bigger than the other.

[@capitolabill1921]

3:10 Looks like the parts to rebuild a Winona Washington trestle destroyed by a wildfire. There's an interesting video on the re-build process.

[@gp3829]

I liked the night-scene at Hesperia. Good to see Illinois Terminal at Roanoke and an Executive SD70 MAC at Quanah (I had just about given up on seeing one of these again) Also BNSF 2590 GP35 is one to check-out. Mostly, at Deshler New Orleans Public Belt Boxcar, I was switching my Roundhouse HO model only today.

[@Z4Zander]

I like seeing exec MACs also.Justifies keeping my N-Scale coal haulers.Same with the Amtrak MHC cars.

[@MJMYouTuber]

20:30 That’s a big monster train!

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Video*

[@lancomedic]

Cat waits until rat goes into the tall grass; no witnesses.

[@sanddabz5635]

Thats the truth!😂

[@ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242]

Loved VRF Thanks ❤

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

[@warrenlindner7830]

Wow. A Conrail coal gon. Never seen that before...

[@NASCOrailfan]

14:18 so much powerrrrrrrr, they are just flexing at this point ngl.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Must have been cold that kid had his hoodie up !!!

[@lancomedic]

No that protects him from the wheel crushing his head.

[@WesleyEast-RRfan]

WHAT A CATCH at 13:47

[@JonScaptura]

RIP Chehalis cams. They will be missed.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Well that’s the way of the 4 way stop 🛑 you stop and go 😉👍

[@nigelterry9299]

Oh, bless. The tanker in the 1st sequence was so tired they let it ride....

[@WesleyEast-RRfan]

MAN ALIVE, Elkhart Indiana was PACKED on the 11th!!!

[@iAmScope2]

It's so impressive how it can hold all that weight

[@dennisc6716]

The cat was like, "I don't want to eat you. I just wanna play!"

[@deweygill1973]

He looked well fed, didn’t need the meal

[@PghDon]

Good job LaGrange pd and what the heck is wrong with those kids? Wow

[@iAmScope2]

0:16 Machines making machines.....

[@timjackson6311]

Talking about being in the right place at the right time. Lil civic driver beeping like they had the right of way

[@citxsd70m-2]

4:09 is the first time I’ve ever seen GEVOs spit fire

[@thephantomeagle2]

I don’t think the engine itself is spewing flames. They’re too light. I think it could be something flammable was on the top of the exhaust pipe.

[@Z4Zander]

I'm no expert but it almost looks like a DPF burn off.

[@thephantomeagle2]

@@Z4Zander that was my first thought

[@Z4Zander]

@@thephantomeagle2 I did wonder as I hit send,so I G-oogled it.Tier V CEVO's do have DPF and to have all 3 locos having similar burns at once is beyond the realms of coincidence.

[@thephantomeagle2]

@@Z4Zander I was wondering if it was ash, and it likely is. It catches ash and soot from the "burning" of diesel fuel.

[@peterp1158]

23:11 Tom and Jerry

[@joepeach997]

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

[@daveintucson8541]

@21:44 painted over ex-CNW hopper right next to that Amtrak boxcar, 3 more at @21:58

[@Hgshelby]

6:12 if you know, you know.

[@Brother_D_therail]

😂

[@BLACKVIKNGS88]

Back the blue. 💙

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Very strange lash up at 20:00 in Galesburg. Is this normal?

[@Soundersfan84]

Only if the track past galesburg gets shut down and the 4 and 6 has to go around.

[@stephenhudson8739]

Looks like those engines had a bad case of heartburn

[@paulw.woodring7304]

That cat was just playing. Don't know why Amtrak didn't just couple the trains together elephant-style, which is common European practice for two trains that either combine or split en route? I'm guessing it has something to do with the crew being able to pass all the way through the train, but they can't on PVs that are on the end of a Superliner consist anyway.

[@markfisher1392]

Since a coal train derailed ahead of them on the former CB&Q line, both trains would have needed to reverse several miles to Cameron Illinois. The "connector" track (a high-speed double-wye) at Cameron allows trains to switch between the former CB&Q main line and the former AT&SF main line in either direction. Rather than back both consists that far, the first train reversed direction while the second did its station work. Doing it this way allowed the locomotives on the first train to lead back to the Cameron connector. The combined trains could "do a U-turn" without stopping and proceed back northeast to Chicago on the old AT&SF line at track speed. It would have taken additional time to turn the second consist. This happened last summer as well, when a storm dropped trees on the CB&Q line.

[@peterp1158]

13:29 UP6379 Is this a new heritage unit paint scheme from Union Pacific?

[@citxsd70m-2]

it was never a heritage unit. Originally delivered to the Southern Pacific railroad. That’s just what’s left of its original SP paint

[@agostinomusitano208]

I see so many people running that stop sign in LA Grange I bet if those cops sat there all day long undercover they would make millions with the amount of drivers doing it

[@jjasea]

Is that the new Tom & Jerry?

[@joepeach997]

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

[@chrislongbeard]

That GP30 rebuild looks goofy with the angled cab roof.

[@RailsofTX1845]

The Flaming Engines look cool but better in the dark mode (Can someone explain mode is this at 4:14, I don’t know what it’s called? lol)

[@ebf82234]

WAMX 4246 ex-SP SD40 in ORIGINAL livery @12:22 (despite the "rust and crust") is not only an incredible survivor, but an "honest-to-goodness" heritage unit. What???...no stopping the video @21:45, @21:59, @22:00, and @22:02 for either of those four ex-C&NW covered hoppers??? 😕

[@nickcook2775]

16:10 ok what is actually happening here?? A solar powered BNSF Passenger car and a single covered hopper being transported by a single loco? There’s definitely lore behind this and I desperately want to know it.

[@BudgieJane]

The hopper car is in use as a buffer between the loco and the passenger car. If you stop the video you can read the notice on the side of the hopper, which says it is for buffer service only.

[@markfisher1392]

The passenger car is a track inspection car (a "geometry car") with sensors, including cameras, lasers, radar and machine vision systems to survey the track structure passing beneath. That's why it's rolling so slow. As BudgieJane said, the hopper car is a "buffer" car. I'm not certain of its actual function -- maybe to add braking capability or reduce electrical interference from the locomotive?

[@kennethhanks6712]

This is a track geometry consist for detecting flaws in the trackwork. The hopper is filled/ballasted to a specific amount and the ex-passenger car has instrumentation and technicians to monitor the effect on the track and detect any anomalies or flaws.

[@donaldfaris4798]

Karma cop in LaGrange

[@kamcaree2493]

Hi

[@railyardfilms6491]

Guess people think it smart to cross inside in middle of trains in wrong ways

[@rickchapman9232]

434 was that snow?

[@ren-uz2mz]

Ash from a fire I think

[@thurmandavide]

I would fight that ticket, you look, that Stop sign seems blocked by a clock and a tree.

[@metronorthrailfan2244]

I’m wondering if that’s actually what the driver said to that deputy

[@andyolin3988]

Yeah, I had to look closer myself, can barely see it, it needs to be a little further out to the corner.

[@joepeach997]

Look on Google Streets (2023). It looks unobstructed and 99.9% of cars stop for it.

[@nycfeat]

The VRF cam is not on street level. And if it was zoomed in, even a bit, the image is compressed. So it looks like things are closer than they actually might be.

[@thurmandavide]

@@nycfeat I stand corrected, though based on how they ran that stop sign, says they never saw it. Lot of distractions on that street. Not an excuse though.

[@davidkelley1488]

1st

[@gusjones9388]

I wish you wouldn't use "po-po". We find it offensive.

[@devtrash]

Don't be a snowflake

[@richintalent]

What were the things at 3:17 on the OKC cam?

[@thephantomeagle2]

Bridge segments. We had the old wooden rail bridge replace a shield back. The lower the segments into place between bridge piers, or central supports. Then they can fill them with ballast and then ties, rails and all. They do many things. First maintenance is a breeze since it’s just another stretch of track. You don’t have to worry about wood rot from rain and rivers, which can be impossible to detect until it’s too late. Look at how much support structure wood rail bridges need. If one of the wood segments rots and collapses the whole bridge can collapse. Second. Wood bridges are also prone to warping. Even the tiniest warping can misalign the track. 3 speed. Many old wooden bridges are speed restrictive. Those concrete segments allow the same speed

[@andyolin3988]

Bridge sections.😃

[@spaceship092v3]

I got to it on time this time 🥹