Bennington PA 01.17.16: What Do You Mean, 'We're Out Of Creamsicles'??

[@joaovitorsantos5283]

Parabéns video top , o primeiro trem com 3 locomotiva e carga de carreta e container e o encontro com o trem que via vindo com 2 locomotiva na cabeça e 2 na cauda e a carga de caçamba vazia e o outro encontrando 3 na cabeça e 2 na cauda e carga misturada, o último com 8 locomotiva na cabeça e 2 na cauda e carga misturada, maior trem que eu já vi impressionante ❤❤❤❤

[@jmumford9]

Hi, it’s Jim Mumford, met you at the Station Inn the other day, one of the guys from Canada. Really impressed with your video style, partially I guess due to it being quite similar to mine.😅

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

Hi Jim, and thanks! I hope the rest of your trip was as good as mine. Well worth the sore feet and pulled muscles that I'm now nursing back at home. 😁

[@AliceInChains243]

You get points for even just attempting to get to that spot during the Winter months. There may not have been much precipitation on the ground on this particular day, but I can't imagine that Strip Mines Rd/Bird Eye Rd are maintained very well in the Winter, if at all. Creamsicle or not, the time spent there definitely yielded some great action. It was nice seeing that 60N again, loaded slab trains on that side of the hill have always been my favorite thing to see while out on the Pittsburgh Line. That 2657 was howling up a storm on what appeared to be a late running 17G there at the end, one could still hear it even after the power had passed around the curve with the camera and mic pointed in the other direction, I can't imagine how long the sound carried being there on the rocks firsthand to hear it.

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

At least part of the reason for the sound carrying with the camera pointed the other direction is the mic I'm using. I shelved the Rode SVM along with my HV20 in 2012 when I upgraded to an HF-G10 and a Canon SM-V1 5.1 surround mic. I render all the clips as MP4 with a 5.1-channel AAC soundtrack, but KZbin downsamples it to stereo. What would otherwise be the rear channels getting mixed back in still adds something to the sound I think. I have a 5.1 speaker setup on my workstation that does the original clips justice. I could swear they filled in some of the potholes on Strip Mines Road this year, but it's still a fun drive in the Subaru. On my way out, I raced a 5-unit stack train up to the point where the road bears right at the tunnel. It's a shame I didn't have a GoPro to record the occasion.

[@paulmatulavich7321]

Man, you really are lucky with meets on Bennington Curve. All the more reason I will be going there- thanks to your directions. Looks like you go in all kinds of weather, and so do I here in Ohio.

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding vid.Endeavors are unmatched.Bliss.

[@wolfgang548]

Does anyone know what the steel loads are exactly called in the gondolas beginning at 4:48?

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

Slabs. I believe the train originates in Camden, NJ and delivers the slabs to a plant in Farrell, PA for processing.

[@wolfgang548]

Thank you. That'll be helpful for modeling these for some of my gondolas.

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

You're welcome! Depending on the era you're modeling, NS has since taken delivery of new gondolas for slab service; the old beat-up ones seen here are rapidly disappearing.

[@wolfgang548]

I model from the late 90's to the present. I'm interested to see what type of slab cars they're going to receive.

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

They've already got most if not all of them by now, I think; the model number is G122. I saw a few trains that had both kinds of cars, then some that were solid consists of the new cars. I have a video on deck from last August that includes an eastbound empty slab train with a cut of the new gons at the front and a few more spread throughout the train.

[@timothykelly2807]

Love that EMD howl! Awesome video!

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

Thanks! This clip is one of my personal favorites for the soundtrack.

[@iusetano]

Excellent, excellent video Dave.

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

Two excellents? Wow, I'm moving up. :)

[@Cabooselover79]

pretty cool that 1166 and 1167 pass each other ! Great vid

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

Wow. I'm normally perceptive about little details, but I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. Thanks!

[@malloryoslacky9142]

Also, they have 6325 and 6326 lashed together as the DPU on your last train

[@anrails3220]

that first train was so quiet

[@FastFlyingVirginian]

They can be sneaky like that. Even moreso when there's snow on the ground to dampen the ambient noise.

[@anrails3220]

@@FastFlyingVirginian yeah I heard that snow makes the noise dampen Also heard that well cars are very quite in rain , snow , ect

[@nathanmatusek9244]

I would love to be able to spend a day or two shadowing a rail worker or workers. From loading to actually cruising down the rail to wherever it is they are going. I wish I could see the whole process. It seems fascinating. Something most people never think about let alone see.

[@boomer8806]

One of your best titles yet!

[@davidcollins7306]

I love that steel on steel squeal, Nice power move on that NS Manifest

[@robertkennedy5178]

Nice action! & Steel going in both directions,I like it.

[@lamontduplessis3552]

Great video!! ☺✌Ty