BNSF Puts on a Show In Ludlow,CA- Count The Meets!!!

[@TestTest-fm2cu]

This is why I admire BNSF. First thing you notice is the road bed. It’s immaculate. In the middle of no where too. No other railroad has roadbed like that. Secondly, the volume of trains and how fast they are moved and how closely together they follow behind one another just shows the proficiency and hard work of the railroad and it’s crews. BNSF is just awesome.

[@williamchristian8389]

I spent 18 hours in a crappy little motel waiting out a sand storm in Ludlow 43 years ago. I was on my motorcycle heading to Little Rock, Arkansas. Crappy little town but great video. Love railfanning!!

[@tronaboron_99]

Nothing has changed in Ludlow!🥴🍻

[@debrasalathe3581]

Imagine each one of those cans being transported on our highways. Rail transport is the best!

[@highbrass3749]

We need it all.

[@donnebes9421]

How do you think those containers get to and from the railhead?

[@sontungle2641]

Same, cheaper, safer and more weight

[@brandonreeves5979]

Awesome video! It’s pretty cool too see that much train traffic on just two sets tracks! Very cool!

[@MariaOliveira-zr3fw]

Muito legal estes vídeos

[@MariaOliveira-zr3fw]

Ja andei de trem mais esse e magnífico 😂

[@dianastuart7693]

Just stumbled on this epic video - mesmerizing! Now I wanna find that spot and watch the real thing. Thanks for sharing!

[@aztraingranny7015]

Watching for the umpteenth time under my new YT name. This is the very first video that got me hooked on railfanning. And this one is still the gold standard. A work of art.

[@samsrailventures1961]

That's a great spot, and you captured what we on the rail call a "cluster." Railfans love them, but railroaders hate them. What you have is a bunch of trains held for 2 Z's. It's what the customer pays for, but challenging to dispatch.

[@judefernandez827]

This really is a show .By golly never been so excited watching so many trains in such an amazing location .

[@DeanPropps]

They use signalling, high red, high green, let's them know what sidetrack they should wait on and what train has priority over the other. Sometimes they wait for hours on a sidetrack until the other train passes, clearing the way until the next time.

[@mochamadsagaf4689]

Dean Propps lomba telanjang

[@DaveWVideo]

Awesome video. You found some great POV's to shoot from, and also encountered some friendly crews who greeted you with some horn action. Ludlow is one of the best places in CA to railfan if you can put up with the extremes in the weather. It can get damn hot out there, as well as pretty cold. Good job all around!

[@MrSnowy79]

Wow, thats incredible dispatching. And a very well presented video. Love the location and sound too. Big thumbs up. Lost count of how many times I watched this now.

[@johnpenny5638]

As a Brit watching this it just blows my mind! Mind you, tip to tip England is only 603 miles as the crow flies. Somewhat different to the States! Fantastic vid - thanks for sharing. (p.s. Had some fab holidays in the States, very hospitable people!)

[@cdavid8139]

Same for the UK. I travel there whenever I can.

[@Scaw]

Your 603 miles includes Scotland. England, tip to tip is much less. This is why the English view Scottish independence as a disaster: they see "England" as much diminished.

[@butthurt8]

This is why we don’t have high speed train because the land is massive here, they rather to take airplane.

[@bob1412]

butthurt8 and the turns you can’t go fast on turns

[@ConradSpoke]

This is awesome. On Google Earth I found the exact hillock you were perched on. I've never seen this kind of action outside of a train yard. I had no idea there were consecutive passing sidings out in the boondocks like this.

[@skydancerforever]

can you point it out. i can't seem to locate it?

[@roboftherock]

It is not fanciful to compare your use of the camera lens with the use of the paintbrush and oils by the great masters of the art world. The sequence at 11:00 of two trains moving left to right on the screen, but heading in opposite directions is superb. The concluding sequence is stunning with the rear of the train rounding the curve in the dying rays of the sunset leading your eye to the front of the train - so far in front. While the operation of the railway is an essential part of the whole, it was a poor second to the images captured by your camera work. My appreciation of your art knows no bounds.

[@otis311]

One of the best train videos I've ever seen. Unbelievable amount of cargo.

[@Furnessvale1]

Great long shots showing several trains moving at the same time. Very impressive. Thanks.

[@raymondmartucci2049]

This is one long train. It's amazing how two locomotives are able to move all those cars. It look like a mile long

[@daniellaubach7544]

Just amagine what the axel count would've been?

[@rayopeongo]

I like the Distant Signal channel. He often tapes the defect detector reports and replays them, so you get the axle count and train length down to the feet.

[@daercego]

I can't believe there were so many trains in one place. Thanks for sharing and for outstanding filming. Hope to see more from you.

[@dharmrajpathak1012]

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[@dharmrajpathak1012]

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[@DaveWVideo]

Ludlow is about 52 rail miles east of Barstow, CA on the BNSF Needles Subdivision. It is accessible from I-40, and has a small motel that caters to railfans. The reason it is so busy is because this is BNSF's mainline between Barstow and Chicago. Barstow hosts BNSF trains to and from the Bay Area via the San Joaquin valley/Mojave line, as well as Los Angeles and the ports of San Pedro, San Diego and Long Beach. This guarantees a steady stream of trains day and night.

[@redshoesgirl]

we shot 9-10 trains, 3-23-2018 in 75 minutes, standing in one spot east of Ludlow. and missed many more just driving from barstow.

[@skydancerforever]

where is the hotel? where were you standing for these video's? thanks amazing.

[@sergeyp5297]

Отличное видео, смотрел много раз. Как на другой планете...) Спасибо автору...,

[@ciudadanoindignado1347]

Disfruto mucho con estos largos trenes que me hacen recordar cuando yo viajaba. Excelente vídeo.

[@davidbarnett9312]

Spectacular. Great job! The BNSF separates the south 40 from the north 40 at MP 231.6, but not like that. I see trains all the time, yet here I am on a very cold blustery day in central Texas watching trains. Go figure. Again, great job!!!!!

[@blackkimba851]

This is an AWESOME place for watching trains. You are so lucky. I'm JEALOUS

[@franksita4719]

Outstanding video. I could watch this all day!

[@sushilkumarjha7846]

,sbhi

[@jurassicrailfan]

i love this videos fo lots of large freighters trhough deserts or similar places. in spain is difficult to see this, because of the lenght of the trains and the places where they pass

[@bruceroberts8640]

Artistic and almost ballet-like! Absolutely stunning! Great job, Trains232!!!

[@tyiscool777]

All of those "BEEP BEEP , CLICK CLICK" shows that he is a multi tasked rail fanner. Shows respect of both video and pictures. Nice video again! lol

[@lawrencekeesler7369]

I can't imagine the amount of truck traffic taken off the highway the trains here represent. Fun video!

[@ianbrown7327]

that's what I wonder sometimes when I am able I always count how many containers are being transferred by train

[@peacefulmind1559]

This video gives new meaning to the term " wild wild west " wish I could have been there!

[@scoobycarr5558]

Peaceful Mind Only this time it's BNSF and not notorious outlaws like Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with a six gun

[@MainTrack]

Awesome train video! I love to see trains rolling through the desert scenery.

[@BUNCHofxs]

Looks like my flat screen and toilet paper is on its way.

[@bdailey8065]

BUNCHofxs Yea true and I bet you cut the trucker off in traffic who deliver your goods to the stores lol!

[@Goofy653]

BUNCHof

[@johnfellows2867]

Stunning !! Only the Americans can put on a show like this !! And why have I got the line from that old song " little boxes, little boxes made of ticky - tacky " going round in my head ??!!

[@bnsfeng]

The Z trains are Highest priority and they have the JB Hunt containers and UPS trailers. The customers pay a premium to get their goods across the country faster than regular S train customers so, yeah, the lower priority trains wait. I'm an engineer on a commuter train and sometimes I wait for a Z.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Dennis Shogren I would suppose J.B. Hunt does contracts for mail and express like DHL, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service

[@cats0182]

The scenery is starkly awesome. The length of the trains defies the imagination. The railroading knowledge and skill needed to make sense and safety of all of this is amazing.

[@erickrosin97]

I spent a few night in Ludlow. I was driving truck. I would like to take a vacation one year and spend some actual time here checking out the town.

[@billfrank3573]

Holy Toledo. This is the coolest awesome video I've seen in a long time. Great work on this u did. Wish I was out there seeing all of this nonstop movement and recording them myself. Glad I watched this because I sure enjoyed very much.

[@N41haul]

A good example to illustrate the massive amounts of China imports coming into this country and to consider how many US manufacturing jobs are exiting.

[@jimdep333]

Cast Away not for long. MAGA

[@davidbarnett9312]

Not to mention the fact that if you want to do business in Communist China, you must have a Chinese partner who owns 51% of the company, as well as giving up all the secrets a foreign company has spent millions in r&d thus saving and catapulting the Communists into the fast lane.

[@kiDkiDkiD12]

Cast Away - Thats not how economics work you dumb fuck

[@lookingcastle]

@@davidbarnett9312 I own since 2010 3 companies in Mainland China and all of them are held 100% by foreign companies. What you describe is not the reality...

[@TheTrainMan570]

It’s disgusting. As a teenager in the 90’s. I watched the Baby Boomer generation absolutely DESTROY the manufacturing economy in the states and ship everything over seas all in the name of some yuppie on wall streets stock portfolio.

[@chingchungchang3533]

Warren Buffett paid an estimated 26 billion dollars for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe would be in a Cell so I wish them good luck it's a very beautiful railroad to watch operate the backbone of America along with the Union Pacific CSX and I hope this helps our economy rebound

[@yolandajohnson8685]

if I would see this in person, I would need a box of tissues, this is so cool!!!!

[@upbnsfrrfan]

Right place at the right time!!! 😎👍👍👍

[@johnburns3582]

This video has got to have the most containers I have ever seen, stack trains rule... thanks for posting.....

[@petersaupe7455]

That is how goods should be moved around a country.Viva American railways.

[@technotrains7954]

Ah!!Si nous avions de tels trains de fret en France!!!

[@easternsprails]

Looks like this video was captured from a small hill about 1/2 mile west of downtown Ludlow on the north side of the track. Nice vantage point.

[@Tcostello105]

You have some of the best train videos on youtube! Great locations to and I cant believe the amount of trains in one area at a time!

[@denray6783]

This is the best railfan I've seen yet. Wonder how he was able top hop to place to place to video all of this. That dispatcher really had his hands full. Sincgranazation is the key. Just like air traffic controler.

[@NOTHEOTHERGUY]

Am I the only one who thinks 11:30 looks like a model train set? Amazing footage!

[@chuckfink7419]

Heck with counting meets. I couldn't count the trains without noting the lead unit numbers.

[@ojandgreg]

Great camera work. Thanks for sharing.....

[@tudieu-qng6817]

Very nice video train, love from Vietnam.

[@johnathanlewis7059]

Busy Busy Busy Transcon Route. Too many meets to count. Great Video!!

[@uawildcat50]

i drove past this yesterday coming home from bakersfield its cool too see!

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Thank you for sharing....Absolute great video

[@uawildcat50]

now i want to go here just to sit there for a day and watch the trains seems like they get a good flow through here

[@USArailfanner3448]

Aweosme bro! I remember watching this as a young kid!

[@irfanlahertelden7946]

super video,,,İstanbul, Türkiye..., thanx...

[@UNIONPACIFIC3606]

Hands down the best train video I've ever seen!

[@Grainexpress]

Who needs signals when you can see the train you'll be meeting! :) Awesome scenery and video! GREAT JOB! I love that part of the country.

[@AlexKhvedor]

It's just wonderful!!!

[@DougCeleste]

Is that Interstate 40 in the background???? Sure looks like it since I have traveled on it many times in this area. And watch your step when filming in this area since it is mojave green rattlesnake country and that snake is one of the most venomous in this country.

[@thomasf.giella5359]

Yes it's I-40. I passed through Ludlow in September 1992 and saw allot of train action. I had never seen such wide open spaces and desolation as I did then. The temperature was 110 deg that day.

[@booksbenji]

I live in Midland TX and we have these container train going and coming. From Allen Tx to Long Beach, CA and back. Pushers and middle helpers, art deco on the cars, 1 or 2 hobos!!!!

[@jnutt2351]

Holy crap. What's with the 2 tank cars with the power move and gp60?

[@challenger179]

Wow!!!! Amazing video!!!!! I´ve fallen from de chair!!! That´s something impossible at Spain. Greetings from hundreds of kilometres!

[@lawrencestaeden3145]

Westbounds into Barstow sometimes may be held out online due to the yard congestion therefore the dispatcher tries to hold them hold them back at a location that won't get a log jam going. It happens quiet often especially during heavy traffic and when a yard has to work the train on arrival so they run other priority trains around that do not have yard work at the crew change yards. Also the destination of the train may be having mechanical or congestion problems so they hold em back.

[@ojandgreg]

I love the welded rail. So smooth!

[@nigelcaine3061]

Absolutely awesome video and even better ending as you listen to and watch the train go into the distance. A*

[@TheViper53]

Excellent Video,man what i would give for a day like that!! Thanks

[@Locomotive450]

Incredible video! You have to wonder why train crews like that last one leave the nose door open. It must cause a total cyclone in the cab at 70 MPH.

[@1997jankuschef]

Did I count 7 trains there? Excellent.

[@boplatt2564]

id say this meet is biger bigger than all the meets I've experienced

[@nudist0885]

I was just looking at the google map "satellite" view for this immediate area.............. I don't know man, can someone explain to me where the "sitting trains" are. The one @ 2:08 looks longer than the siding that it can fit into.

[@slug96]

That's how you run a railroad! 4:00 minutes into the video and I can tell this is a hell of a video Great light, great actions and great shots, Robert!

[@howielane8406]

Wow Non stop! LOL! Not one Amtrak...All day? Great views; Landscape, Trains, Wildlife. Awesome show! Thanks.

[@megaphonejeff]

Great job getting such a cool video of all these trains passing by.

[@bnsf1311]

You guys are great, thanks again.

[@TheMadNorsky]

Sometimes one just has to have a little luck, and WOW! Did you hit the jackpot! What a traffic jam, and what luck to be there when it happened. Superb video, well done!

[@momoperez7173]

Gracias compa por tus videos y tiempos de esa época .....super bueno .

[@JimTLonW6]

I looked at this and thought I didn't think the railway in Ludlow looked like this; then I realised this Ludlow is an imposter; the real one is in Shropshire, England (but doesn't have trains as huge as this)!

[@ianbrown7327]

I had a similar thought it's a nice town to visit

[@lynneleader6267]

Wow what a show this video awesome and one of the best.

[@jerryhibler7670]

Great video, one of the best I have seen.

[@kraigkasten]

Awesome! Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Another great video!

[@AdamV1313]

Great video! That is one incredible area!

[@azizismail4612]

Saya dari Malaysia, wow sungguh cantik pemandangan di tempat ini, kalau di tempat saya, di semenanjung Malaysia sudah tiada lagi pemandangan cantik saperti ini lagi, sebab semua nya telah tercemar persekitaranya oleh orang yang tidak bertanggung jawab yang tidak tahu tentang kebersihan alam, sekian terima kasih.

[@syscom3]

That was a busy afternoon. I've been to this location quite a bit and posted many video's I've taken from there .

[@GWAYGWAY1]

Yeah great everyone of them seems to have china shipping on it makes you realise how much th US imports from them

[@keokiracerhalsteren]

Like there is a country in the world that doesn't import a shitload of stuff from China...

[@chrisschene8301]

Shows how interdependent we are.

[@JimTLonW6]

keokiracerhalsteren It's not all bad, the UK sends them our rubbish just so as to create a back load for the container!

[@scoobycarr5558]

We send quite a bit of silica to China. We send quite a bit of fertilizer to China. We send quite a bit of coal to China. And we send off quite a few much needed American jobs to China. This shit between us USA and China is really getting out of hand. China is a worthless pagan unholy and atheist nation that doesn't give a shit about us USA. It's about time for us USA to send all our military might to Beijing's front door in response to their threats. Our fleet of B2 stealth bombers based just in Whiteman AFB in Missouri can lay waste to possibly 80 percent of China without them ever noticing, and Beijing should understand that us USA has that capability.

[@castillofrancisco7110]

Wow this is really amazing There’s a lot of train’s

[@AndreiTupolev]

Impressive operating flexibility- or perhaps the despatcher thought "oops, i gotta bit of a backlog building up here ..."

[@SteveShambach]

I wish i could get shots like that around where i live. You have an execillent view of it all. Great video for sure

[@ktowntex]

i love driving down i20 watching the meets and the dpus pushing up those hills.

[@jsstudystation1897]

Loving it,,,From Pakistan.

[@ClearSignalProductions]

Great video!!! I counted at least 10 meets. Fantastic shots!

[@Finetales]

Wow, what amazing shots! I definitely haven't seen this many trains in one place before...awesome video!

[@andyjackson3127]

If Clyde Patterson were dispatching the Needles District there would be NO stopped trains!!!!

[@brianweber6112]

Andy Jackson : I know him. A REAL train dispatcher

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Nice catch....

[@Trenibycarmefastfurious]

Sono Italiano appassionato di treni. Quanto sono lunghi quei convogli? Bel video. (I am passionate about Italian trains. How long are those convoys? nice video)

[@jflaviovidal]

Superb events. Another great video.

[@michaelhall9138]

I think I get the priority... As these are union jobs, the senior crew gets the priority and the junior crews wait on the sidings. 😁😁

[@AmjadKhan-vb9do]

Breathtaking!

[@bricub72]

You missed my whole point, the camera has a menu that you can turn the sounds off with, or it SHOULD have anyway. Also, I was referring only to the sounds, that's all, takes away from the serenity of waiting for the oncoming train. It is a great video in my opinion. Afterall, I do keep watching it.

[@terrygraham3609]

Love it be beautiful ❤️ from Indiana ☮️

[@chestateegold]

i sure wish i could see for miles like that around here. too many trees! ahh!

[@sergiochavez9577]

I love it was fantastic video,