CSX's Queensgate Yard and a Chase Down the LCL Subdivision

[@phuturephunk]

40:00 Oh man, La Grange. I've left that feed up literally all day with the sound going on a second computer while working from home. I don't know what it is about watching that intersection, but it provided like...days of comforting background ambience during last years dark times.

[@Joeyjupiter123]

Fantastic video when you’re that high up it looks so much like a model rail road. Thank you.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thanks Joey, I appreciate it. It is pretty cool to see everything from above.

[@nickylee7062]

I love, love, love the train!!!! Your video is great with the drone camera. I tell people especially in small towns that nature and wild zones areas drone cameras are not to used do to the wild life. 😁

[@nkyrailfan]

Thanks Nicky. I would love to video some wildlife with the drone. Have a wonderful day.

[@Mtnjumper]

Great camera angles. Made me feel like I was there watching a real life model railroad in action. Great Stuff!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much Lynn. I do appreciate it.

[@robertbooth6144]

You did a great job on the video. Love how you did the drone. Love it

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much Robert. I really do appreciate it.

[@markhayes6407]

Another great drone video of the yard and surroundings. Love that Southern railroad bridge too.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thanks Mark. I do appreciate it.

[@nervousstranger]

I've watched this like 5 times. Your drown and editing is fantastic!

[@WVRailroadPapa]

Great video and drone work! I remember as a young boy back in the 1950s getting to ride C&O passenger trains to Cincinnati from Huntington, WV and back. I always enjoyed seeing the Cincinnati skyline from the bridge over the Ohio.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you Doug. I do appreciate it. I bet those were some really fun trips.

[@mumps59]

OMG, felt like Christmas came early this morning! As a regular watcher of the La Grange VR live cam, I was thrilled to see a different street view and the drone view of a train going through town. Thank you!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much. It is always fun shooting in La Grange.

[@thomaswordeman9004]

It was neat to see that when your following the north bound over the Ohio river I could see the place I worked at before I retired, the IRS building. I like how you give us information of were you filming.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you Thomas, I do appreciate it. It is hard to miss the IRS building. It'll be interesting to see what goes in its place.

[@DNDBOT]

Im rewatching this on Samsung tv.. this is niceeeee 💯💯

[@drc930]

Nice work, love the yard footage.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much, I do appreciate it. I've got a new video I'm working on after going to Avon Yard, just outside Indianapolis. I hope to have it up within a week.

[@geepnut2459]

Great video thanks, as always very informative

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much. I do appreciate it.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Excellent video! Love the narration and drone footage! Got a new subscriber! Looking forward to more!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much, I really do appreciate it.

[@tbs10916301]

brings back memories, I used to work out of Osborne Yard to Queensgate Yard back in 1997.

[@nkyrailfan]

I'd love to get video of Osborne, but it's too close to the airport and there aren't any areas I'm aware of that give a decent view of the yard. Let me know if you know of anywhere I should check out.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great train video

[@charlesb3208]

mighty fine job on this. thx for sharing

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much Charles. I do appreciate it.

[@mtener01]

I just stumbled on your channel, you have a new subscriber. Great job.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you Michael. I really do appreciate it.

[@GreenRC24]

Fantastic footage!!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day!

[@jim874]

Just stumbled upon your Channel. Very neat. Live in Madeira, so all of this is very familiar. Very good video. Just subscribed.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you Jim. I do appreciate it.

[@1traintracker]

What an excellent and interesting video. I just subscribed.

[@xstugee]

Fabulous video...thanx

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much, I do appreciate it.

[@joshuaparsons8800]

That’s the pin puller working the hump. He has a signal board that tells him how many cars to send over when pulling pens.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thanks for the info Joshua. I wondered how the system works.

[@fakecumberland]

I haven’t been to Latonia in years. Outline of station and platform still clearly visible. Also, a good shot can be had at Sparta by what I call the tobacco barn.

[@nkyrailfan]

I think I know the spot you're talking about in Sparta. There are several spots I always think about shooting from , but end up in the same areas. Next time I'm on the LCL I'll try to mix it up.

[@AviationMetalSmith]

Three days after the attack on the World Trade Center, I made an urgent phone call to Queensgate Yard. They had what we needed, a string of 75 gondolas to haul away the scrap metal.

[@BF-qt2wp]

Nice Video keep up with a great work and be safe out there.

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much. I really do appreciate it.

[@BF-qt2wp]

@@nkyrailfan your very welcome sir

[@lnrailroad3215]

Awesome as usual!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you very much, I do appreciate it.

[@lnrailroad3215]

@@nkyrailfan Please keep up the great work!

[@wolfgang548]

The yard in the beginning would be a great HO Scale project.

[@nkyrailfan]

It really would make a great project. A person would need a lot of space for it though, but it would be really cool to see in action.

[@wolfgang548]

@@nkyrailfan Agreed.

[@mansize6622]

Enjoy listening to the scanner but can you adjust the squelch ?

[@nkyrailfan]

I will try to adjust it and see if I can improve the reception and narrow down what it picks up.

[@arthursogaugelioneltrains5744]

Big yard.

[@billchapel3194]

Yup, they still use that handle on the end of the car they half to lift to un couple it.

[@nkyrailfan]

I'm sure the railroads have been trying to figure out a way to automate it to save money and get rid of another job.

[@lukeWiz44]

This was fantastic! Question, so there’s 2 yards in one? NS operates and CSX? Where do they split? Truly a fascinating operation I plan to visit soon.

[@nkyrailfan]

The yards are separate but right next to one another. The CSX Queensgate Yard wraps around the NS Gest St. Yard as its tracks head south and west. Just looking at the satellite imagery of the yards, the NS looks to be about 1/3 the size of the CSX. The NS yard takes up the southernmost portion of the area. CSX has an intermodal facility nearby to the east and a little north. Then everything north of the Western Hills viaduct (a road that goes over the yards) is CSX except for NS' departure tracks on the easternmost portion. Let me know if you are able to make it and I can give you some spots to check out that I've learned from other railfans.

[@lukeWiz44]

@@nkyrailfan this really helped my understanding. Thanks so much! I’m planning a trip for mid August, so I’ll be sure to reach out and ask. Thanks so much for the info!

[@nkyrailfan]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy your trip. The first place to start is cincyrails.com It will give you an overview of the area and the radio frequencies for each line if you want to listen in.

[@supercuda1950]

See it going past the old Tim's Trains close to the museum. A great place for the modeler but now closed. Like all good businesses, only the good die young.

[@nkyrailfan]

It certainly is a shame about Tim's Trains. I remember when there were several shops in the area you could go to, and now I can't even think of one.

[@hoosiersub47167]

I would like you do a video from CSX Louisville to Seymour make the turn east and follow it into queensgate. I still haven't caught a CSX train going into yard from the west

[@nkyrailfan]

I can't take you all the way to the Queensgate Yard, but I can show you Louisville, the turn at Seymour and another stop on it's way toward Cincinnati in this video. When the days are a little longer I'll try to make this trip again and catch it entering the yard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5OWZnethNCtj7s I hope you enjoy it.

[@lesashiminski690]

Hi . Do you know Jaw tooth? He's filmed trains in Grange alot of times 🚂

[@nkyrailfan]

I have never met him, but I've watched plenty of his videos. I always enjoy them.

[@kevinshiley9061]

Great video!! What kind of drone and what is the distance? Wow!

[@nkyrailfan]

Thanks Kevin. I do appreciate it. It is a Mavic Pro 2. The furthest I will fly is about a mile or so away. I put ultra bright flashing lights on it so I can see it at extreme distances.

[@natgass8102]

another great video as usual. one suggestion would be when the radio communications has as much static and background noises as it did in the first part of the video over Norfolk Southern’s yard, I would elect to not use it, as it becomes distracting and takes away from your video. when the communications are clear it adds to it. I fast forwarded the video to get past the noise, but really enjoyed the video overall and all your drone work!

[@charleswoods9938]

That is a outstanding video are there anymore videos of about this area of the USA

[@supercuda1950]

The rust does not affect the strength of the bridge...CSX calls it patina.

[@nkyrailfan]

I've heard that. Essentially they say it forms a layer of protection for the underlying steel.

[@geodeuce]

Lagrange about 9 trains a day 30 Would have been rare on a good day 20-24 on a good day back in the day

[@albertvieira6635]

I'm going to pass your information on to my friend he will want you on Roku I want to do that right now

[@joseantonioplivo9243]

My hobby special

[@albertvieira6635]

I have a couple of suggestions for you Santa Fe Junction and Fort Madison Iowa thank you

[@nkyrailfan]

If I'm ever able to make it to either of those spots, I'll make sure to let you know Albert. I hope you have a great day!

[@gy1952]

Does Amtrak Go Thru that yard?

[@nkyrailfan]

It goes through the bypass track after stopping at Union Terminal.

[@gy1952]

@@nkyrailfan oh okay well that still count as going by the yard period

[@johnhalstead5006]

Those posts are mile markers before certain next stops or whatever. Learned this another website that I watch all the time. He doesn’t travel much but does he ever get the trains. He’s in New York. Bye 👋

[@nkyrailfan]

Thank you for the info John. I do appreciate it. Have a great day!