CN Freight Train 2

[@Warcrazyness]

One of the oldest and best train videos I watched

[@user-kx1ck2kp7j]

Warcrazyness the first version of this is the oldest not this vid

[@sjtom57]

Used a tripod, no senseless zooming, filmed the entire train. Everything is perfect. Why so many dislikes? New subscriber here.

[@11LK]

Still watching this from time to time. Sits in my favorite videos. Thx.

[@suthnuh24]

We love Brenton81's train videos. Nice angles and no camera jerking, and the readouts at the end. This train had everything, from auto racks to intermodels.

[@aycsmom]

Believe it or not, in the middle of the night, here I am searching for good train videos so I can show them to my son tomorrow... my 1.5 years old son!!! :D

[@Brenton81]

Basically, yeah. It checks each car for overheated wheel bearings, sticking brakes, dragging equipment, excessive dimensions, etc. If there were any problems, it would give a count of how many defects there are and their location in the train based on the axel number from the front.

[@bmenzul]

My 2 1/2 year old daughter loves these videos.

[@Brenton81]

@Berqy123 A detector is a device that automatically checks the train for defects like hotboxes, sticking brakes, dragging equipment, etc. as it passes. A status message is then broadcast from it on the railroad's radio frequency once the train finishes going by. If there were any defects, it would specify what the defect is and give a location (axle number) on the train. The train would then stop and the problem would be checked out and corrected. 78.7 is a milepost number.

[@Csx204SuperWhy]

I watched this years ago as a kid And I it’s one of the first train videos I saw

[@EthantheRailfanner]

OMG I remember watching this when I was growing up!!!

[@iaqua8261]

Ethan the Railfanner me tooo 👍👍👍😃😃😃😃😃

[@SCPEthicsCommittee]

Me four

[@ObsoleteNewChannel]

Same

[@Blaze-hh7vw]

Man same.. I legit thought I was the only one

[@coltconnorproductions1016]

Same

[@KToTheLau]

I turned this on for my baby brother who LOVES trains, and he loves this video! Just out of curiosity though, why does this have over 1 million views?

[@NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

Sweet Catch! CN 2522 C44-9WL CN 5635 SD75i

[@NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

hold up, i saw both of these units within the past 4 months, looks like my childhood was brought to me irl!

[@Buckskin1290]

@@NorthernAlbertaRailfanI agree with you buddy!

[@luaialbukaai3581]

I like that old railroad crossing bell

[@bladegriggs4090]

Back when I watched Thomas and friends alot I would watch this video alot. Thomas and friends got me into real trains.

[@martistytas1674]

Me too.

[@csxketh1]

I saw the four windowed cab and thought it was. Now when I think about it, CN bought some too. Thanks for the info!

[@Brenton81]

These signals actually do have LEDs, but they're a different type than the other ones. These are ball LEDs. They're pretty intense when you're looking at them straight on, not so much from an angle though.

[@Brenton81]

It's the message automatically broadcast from the defect detector. You can pick them up on a scanner that's tuned to the railroad's frequency.

[@paelgin]

At least the crossing gate and lights stayed down/on until the train was past now.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Nice vid, I get CN and CP trains here in NY a couple times a week

[@juliangarcia1221]

Wide world trains how are you doing I never would have expected to find you here

[@bmet47]

The Bing Map Birds Eye view still has this crossing as gateless!

[@liberfrog27]

really enjoying these train videos! dont know why but im getting a fascination with trains lately

[@Brenton81]

Woah! I hadn't heard anything about that. I know there's one or two crossings with the little lane seperation barriers on each side so people can't swerve through the lowered gates, but I wasn't aware it was a quiet zone.

[@Robotman2268]

pretty long train again. good to see they put gates up!

[@nedturner7405]

wow the track has been upgraded alot since the first video! and the gates now have crossing arms!

[@justanaveragedork]

If nostalgia had a location, this is it.

[@DougCeleste]

I agree! It is my most favorite location where Brenton has filmed his train videos and I have told him that. Sure wish I lived in Wisconsin since I would be going there often to see trains. 😎

[@slipperyelmful]

great low & close perspective in order to see the length of this passing beauty

[@rock3tcatU233]

Your videos are very simple, but yet amazingly entertaining. :D

[@fr8ARTruleZ]

This is an excellent spot to railfan. You should film here more often, everyone seems to like this spot!

[@frudlemax]

Thank you! I'm writing a novel, and one of my characters gets hit by a train (brutal. I know). My only difficulty was how fast the train would be going, and how much dialogue I could get through from hearing the train to impact. This video has definitely helped, especially with the angle. So thanks!

[@trainzandbridgez101]

No problem, and yup! CN only has about 15 Dash 8s. They're pretty rare!

[@Brenton81]

@seahawks847 Thank you@ The first one was taken in March 2007 and this one was taken in July 2009. They were in the process of installing the gates back in 2007, so these gates have been there for a little while now.

[@dragonBOps]

my little brother loved this train

[@Brenton81]

@Saemar900 Detectors are installed by the railroad in different locations, trackside. You need a scanner to be able to hear them after a train passes.

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

I'm happy watching your videos...... keep posting. This train was really interesting for the stack cars--I don't usually see them with any containers in them at all when tacked on the rear of a mixed freight like that.

[@zombiewraps]

I work weekly with trains (at least once or twice a week) the yellow cars with the gray siding are used to transport cars, usually 2 or 3 levels of them too, if all of those were full of vehicles... well that is just a lot of vehicles.

[@meadam04]

Yeah nice video ... I am from Canada and the CN main line runs right behind my house .. 2 crossings with gates and bells with in 3 minutes drive away !

[@Brenton81]

I use a Mini DV Panasonic PV-GS65. I transfer the videos from it using the SVHS port for a nicer picture. KZbin tends to make the videos a little darker than they really are.

[@WorldCoffeeGuy]

The alternating red lights have been fixed to so that both the near and the far signal flash together instead of opposite.

[@TransportLondonPhoto]

This is a really interesting high quality video, well done!

[@Brenton81]

You can see them partially installed in the original video. It took them a while to get everything finished.

[@lordbemylight]

Not very many places to hear the horn anymore, since Mukwonago and beyond, Burlington, and all of NE IL are quiet zones for CN.

[@Brenton81]

You're lucky. I have the Union Pacific Chicago-Milwaukee main a mile away from me but I can't see the trains from my house, I can only hear them. When CN bought Wisconsin Central, the tracks in this video went from about six trains a day to well over 20.

[@Brenton81]

@childofgod140 They're most commonly refered to as a "police scanner". There are all kinds of different brands. You can find them at Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. or order one online. You program the railroad's radio frequencies into them and you can hear the radio conversations.

[@mutanay77]

sweet this crossing gets gates now, nice video

[@DC-gw3cl]

0:26 The first train horn I've ever heard

[@Brenton81]

Both signals with the gate mechs were up, the arms and lights hadn't been installed yet. so they weren't in service. I was standing almost directly next to the new signal in the first video. If you look in the upper right side of the screen, you can see a small part of the gate mech in the frame. In this video I was standing further back from the crossing.

[@unionpacifictrain]

oh i wonder wat they did too the safetran type 1

[@lordbemylight]

Did you know Mukwonago is now a quiet zone??? I didn't see this coming.

[@nickthetrainman]

Good Video.🚂

[@RailfanBrenden.]

From mighty machines

[@Brenton81]

@childofgod140 You can use a scanner to listen for trains, check the signals to see if something is coming, look down the tracks for a headlight.... lots of ways.

[@ivancoley11]

It was pulling 28 car carriers too.

[@AlanTheRailfannerAndGamer]

My nostalgia

[@angelmalarkey7946]

I love trains

[@AccountingFan2008]

Like it was yesterday I remember both the Original & follow up video

[@FunTime-uu7tu]

I remember seeing this video when I was 7 years old

[@trainzandbridgez101]

No, it isn't. I didn't see a BCOL mark on the side, and I did some research, and found out that it's just a regular C44-8W (Dash 8).

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

I watched both this film and the first film from the same location... I noticed how in the other film the red flashing lights switch off just as the back of the train is passing whilst in this newer film the crossing has automatic half barriers which wait until the train has fully passed the crossing, plus a little longer, before raising and the lights stop flashing.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Aw, nostalgia

[@johnwood57]

Wow! that one is better than the first one, keep them coming..John.

[@Brenton81]

@OlioPL Thank you. I actually have an HD camcorder now. The last seven or eight videos that I've uploaded have the option to be watched in 1080p.

[@SouthernRailfan]

Excellent video.

[@Brenton81]

I see that! As of right now, the original video has 642,431 views. It was one of the first train vids I shot. This one is at 2, 564 view after only three days.

[@TheSantafe26]

Great video & new gates , signals working good also thx.

[@iggyjill]

CN has 55 straight dash 8s 12 former LMSX and 26 former BCR's

[@no4472]

Great vid! You guys know how to run freights over there!

[@Brenton81]

It looks like they're using ball type on new installs. I've even seen a Safetran T3, so there will probably be more of those popping up as well.

[@TheBCRailfan]

They’re now using GE Uniform Look LEDs as their lights.

[@BurlingtonNorthernModeler]

Neat video! Great location!

[@Ih8kone]

I hope the old signals from 2007 were preserved in a museum.

[@Brenton81]

They were just plain old flashing lights, like tons of others they replaced along this line. I'm sure they ended up in the scrap pile.

[@Ih8kone]

@@Brenton81 Aww that's too bad. Do know of any railroad museums with wig wag signals?

[@Brenton81]

Illinois Railway Museum

[@Ih8kone]

@@Brenton81 Awesome! How many wig-wag signals do they have?

[@Brenton81]

@sillydylan2010 Yeah, it's the same crossing. They did install new gates. I also set the camera back a little further than in the first video.

[@Brenton81]

@dudekusko You do in the first video "CN Freight Train". In this video, I've changed my position and am standing further back and to the right. I originally shot a few feet back from where the crossing signal is now.

[@arlingtontrains7]

great mix man :D

[@allisonhartraft739]

Awesome videos!

[@spoiler539]

Ah yes, the engine leading is an epic *C44-9WL*

[@armandovazquez5731]

Does anyone know what's the type of horn from this locomotive?

[@koryyyy]

In this we can see 2 locomotives. I think that this train takes about 300 meters to brakes to 0

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Awesome Video

[@Brenton81]

Thanks!

[@SuperDuckman24]

So in the first video, the crossing the background has the gate but it's not in service.

[@stampycatfan01lol]

CN 2522...this sounds familiar....OMG! CN 2522 is on my TS2010 copy! I downloaded it, BTW.

[@rambler05]

@Brenton81 Actually, only 116 cars give or take. I've seen trains over 200 cars long - go to the flatlands or trains along rivers and the trains get longs.

[@TylertheGeek28]

lol are u listening to the freight car's radio ? good video. I subscribed

[@JawTooth]

Awesome!

[@Brenton81]

This seems to be the favorite spot for a lot of people, out of all my videos.

[@Brenton81]

@sillydylan2010 Those are autoracks. They're used for transporting vehicles.

[@unionpacifictrain]

just like i said that crossing has gates now

[@mjd7]

Beautiful. Amazing. Thank you.

[@DougCeleste]

One of my FAVORITE locations in your videos and thanks again for making this VERY interesting video almost 8 years ago. I wonder what part of Wisconsin Honey Creek Road is located in and it is a LOVELY place to watch trains. I would love to see it in person someday (but NOT in the winter time, of course, for obvious reasons).

[@Brenton81]

This spot is in Southeastern Wisconsin, right off Highway 20, between Waterford and East Troy. The actual town of Honey Creek is just a little ways south of the crossing. (Heading down the road in the direction the camera is facing.)

[@DougCeleste]

Thanks for the reply and where this LOVELY crossing is at. My friend grew up in Whitewater which is 26 miles northwest of Honey Creek. And before you replied, I went online and found a Honey Creek Rd. in the Oshkosh area but obviously, it was not the same road as this road.

[@angelgirl7473]

i havent seen a train for so long.. its bad that i have to watch them on here =( i miss hearing the Horn when the train is getting closer to the crossing.. from loud.. LOUDER....

[@GeorgiaStateRailfan]

When was it that CN changed the detector to announce CN instead of Wisconsin Central?

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

@skinnyshit8888 In the SOO magazine CN is always quoted as saying the tracks are just duplicate lines.

[@Brenton81]

@maddy31400 Hi. I don't actually work for any railroad. I just film trains every once in a while.

[@koryclarke1991]

Have you ever been to Midway Siding, which is not far from this location?

[@706d]

Thanks for the video!

[@bgmir121]

There's about 116 cars, it reminds me of Star Guitar (from outside perspective).

[@QiXiXiQ]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome video 5*****

[@nyctolupus450]

oh my god, my home city has a sub division??

[@oldmainrailfanningtrack5896]

My birthday was on this day july 7th every year

[@techtube2665]

I'm July 5th ;)

[@hermesmartinez3809]

the railroad crossing bells they sound like canada

[@Brenton81]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@Brenton81]

@TYLERMIDDLEBROOKS96 They took down the old signals from the first video and installed new ones with gates in the time between when these videos were shot.