(HD) P&W Freight Train running down the Street

[@ErvansTrains]

It is a very old track. On New Year’s Day 1908, Oregon Electric trains began operating between Portland and Salem. The Oregon Electric’s 122-mile Willamette Valley route was Oregon’s longest electric interurban railway, and many of its trains served Portland suburbs. A dozen trains a day catered to commuters, students, and shoppers in Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Beaverton, Wilsonville, and Tualatin. On weekends, reduced-fare excursions

[@JawTooth]

Cool, I love street running.

[@JawTooth]

liamdrivestrains 1988 Yes it is

[@gramnylen5961]

So do I

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Interesting operation, street running is always fun to watch!

[@alinemas2210]

Srsrsd !jzjzuzhz

[@aesteticstuff3115]

Aline nascimento hhhhn

[@tracypanavia4634]

I've never seen such a random selection of rolling stock!

[@aesteticstuff3115]

Okk

[@tracypanavia4634]

Aymaan Ansari should learn how to use a keyboard before registering with websites.

[@nakayle]

The sound is the best part of this- all the squeaking, rattling and banging of the rail cars passing by so close. Sounds great on a surround stereo system. People who live in apartment buildings should play this at full volume. Your neighbors will think they are going nuts. ;-)

[@casperfriendly47]

You've got a real knack for setting the scene before the action begins. A big part of the fun for me in watching train vids is the views it gives me into other places, whether parts of our USA unfamiliar to (and distant from) me, or others as far away as China or Africa or Australia (tons of great Down Under train and scenery vids on You Tube).

[@357Shakey]

People gave this a "thumbs down"? Why? How? this is all good!

[@Edge21190]

This is amazing. This looks like a fairly heavily traveled street. You would think the railway would build dedicated tracks next to the road or build a bridge or tunnel rather than having to share the road with cars. There must be a space issue not allowing that to happen. Not to mention safety issues. How many runs per day are made on this line?

[@EdWittenable]

I enjoy watching videos of trains running down a busy street. I always wonder if the railroad was there first or the street. It seems like a bad idea to combine a railroad with cars and trucks but it looks cool.

[@6484373]

EdWittenable I guarantee 100% of the time the railroad was there first. Even if the road is next to the railroad track the train was probably there first. All the train routes that are used today are the same routes that were built 150 years ago. New tracks, same route. What usually happened was when cars started to become popular, they built roads to towns that railroads already went to, so they just built them next to the tracks, or in rare cases, on them.

[@incidious13]

Excellent footage at either speed...thanx for the update too.

[@MrSuperVids]

Thanks, ervans, for telling me what it actually was in the description!

[@deathmasta455]

Siren at 2:20! My two favorite things, emergency vehicles and trains, ALL IN ONE :D

[@BeHumbled]

Great camera and great shot! Your video made my son and I's morning!

[@todayslife7648]

He is probably in the top 10 Subscribed Rail Road Fans.

[@sheilatrachtenberg8997]

This is a great video. Besides the basic appeal to railfans, it helps to show why we need to have more cargo transported by rail - especially in the New York City area. Even if they could have got by with fewer than 4 engines, that one train of 108 cars replaced about 430 trucks, which is an environmental plus.

[@JuneKydutz92]

wow, is for the first time when i see trains going on the street :) Good job!

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

The South Shore Passenger Rail Line that runs from South Bend Indiana to Chicago has part of the line that runs though the streets. The South Shore Line street runs through Michigan City. Wikipedia said there is no longer a train platform there but people still wait for a train there. The station is more like a tram station without the station.

[@ferdinandbutler3846]

OMG !!!!! The BEST view of a train EVER !!!!!!! I am the # 1 Train fan !!!!! Nobody Loves Trains more than me !!!!! Thank You Ervans !!!!!! And I will subscribe to your Channel.

[@bestamerica]

' wow that is a soo long lane trains with trailers on the track... very cooooool... also canon videocamera is so good perfect focus and zoom in / zoom out

[@lokisgodhi]

Running down the middle of streets was very common. Back when the railroads were new and being built in the late 1800s, when the railroad came to a town, they generally just laid the tracks down the middle of the main road. Later, after the turn of the century, the tracks started being relocated to the outskirts of town because people found that it was a nuisance and a hazard. There are only a few of these relics of history left today.

[@trdtt339]

Cool street train of the Portland western train in Salem Oregon I wish I can go there

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Cool video, but its also cool that some of those cars are from Canada, like CN hopppers and Procor tanks

[@707hudson]

Well done great show Jim in Australia.

[@MarkShannonroad_videos]

Thanks for uploading this video! Enjoyed it.

[@Lightwolf333]

Wow! That's a lot of train for only 4 geeps! Nice catch.

[@stevenethan4638]

These Beasts walking slowly like a Huge Long Destruction Machine on road is called "On-Street Running or Street Running" which is normally the routing of a railroad track... ;-)

[@columbia_photos]

Love street running!!! Nice catch.

[@HughFSmith]

Evans, how long is that section of street running? You had your video camera zoomed in pretty tight at the beginning. I also enjoyed the surprise at the beginning where you see the train at the crossing way down the street not realizing that because of some trees blocking the view, you are in fact watching the P & W heading down the street. It re-emerges from the trees down the street from you. Great job! I love street running!

[@buffaloditka]

okay, I was watching it thinking I've seen it before. Thanks!

[@MrLehnerd]

That a beautifull camera video shot not ever been to a town where the Train runs thru city...How many Trains Pass thru there daily.....

[@Lymebay55]

Street running always fascinates me. Look on Streetview and you will see several industries which are rail served along this street.

[@adelgado75]

Fantastic video.

[@2mejt]

It is so funny and interesting to see the train running in the street.

[@CaliforniaZephyrProductions]

Cool street running. Most of these are becoming obsolete because they only service yard work or locals. Nice to see a manifest street running. I live near a much busier street running line at Jack London Square in Oakland.

[@ErvansTrains]

Thanks, Salem,Oregon

[@cr1901]

I don't have streetrunners in my area... have you ever been driving and pass one of them or see one in your rearview mirror while waiting for a light? Must be a daunting experience...

[@bluecomet390]

Great video. Very impressive.

[@ErvansTrains]

No there is no shipping area. The train wheels just making a lot of noise because of the track.

[@randallfunk8389]

great video

[@charlesdell2864]

Still amazed at street running

[@juggerable1955]

awhoops. pull that train over, he didn't use his turn signal at the top of the hill to make that right turn ;) LOL. wtg Ervans. good work. hope to see more street running.

[@marywohletz5570]

WOW How many cares are on that train? Pretty amazing!

[@alexsbikesandmotors]

that is so dank how it just comes down the street like that!

[@buffaloditka]

this looks similar to another one of your long street running fright train videos. was this one a re-upload or a new video you shot recently? nice catch either way good sir

[@samivcartwright9742]

I really like the sound of the horn. Horn type, Nathan airchime K3HA

[@ErvansTrains]

Thank you

[@JBofBrisbane]

Chances are there'll be a pretty hefty speed restriction on the street running section, so you'll be going faster than the train anyway. Just keep driving, and don't pull up foul of the tracks.

[@kalebcarroll3509]

I live just north of where this was taken, I've seen trains run down this track all the time

[@henrytaysom6616]

Great video - like a growling starry-eyed caterpillar approaching down your street. Run for cover! (lol)

[@UnionPacificBNSF]

They have the longest trains of any shortline I have ever seen.

[@ErvansTrains]

Thank you for your comment, only a !/4 mile long

[@eighthnotch_]

I would assume the tracks have been there decades prior to the actual street being built... as is the case with most places. Tunnels and bridges are expensive.

[@davidbarnett9312]

I've seen a video of tracks running down a street in some city in Florida, so this is the second rail/street video I've seen. Somehow, it just doesn't look right. What came first: the railroad or the road?

[@ErvansTrains]

Yes sometimes

[@trdtt339]

Coon is that in shipping street

[@genpvrailroad]

Ótimo vídeo!

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Street action is always great !! I wonder what the grade% is ? thanks

[@pilierofq]

WOW driving down the block !

[@kalidindidattuviddu4628]

11i

[@GUSTAVTIME]

The train traffic, behind a lot of patience

[@coashddjj2]

How freaky to see something like that coming down the street.

[@TheZeke1974]

Look up Elwood, Indiana street running. NS runs a mainline down a side street and they run at track speed!!!!

[@JeffrevinYT]

Now, reverse the time, make the light in the background red, and put the train back there, stopped. BOOM, we got a train waiting for a red light. Would hold up traffic preeeetty well.

[@jimmydcap]

I pulled up google maps on my cell phone and found Front street. Pretty cool street for trains..

[@AlbertoHernandez]

amazing!

[@RailRide]

There's usually a throw lever under a metal hatch next to the switch.

[@ajracer101]

One word: RARE!!!

[@WATERS57]

Some train spotting eh? When I was a boy of your age we did that in old Manchester, kept us off the smack...

[@AlejandroGonzalez5050JORDAN]

se ve padre el tren en esa calle buen video se ve que estaba haciendo algo de frio , saludos desde mexico

[@richekay]

Cool video! I have a question though. If I'm driving on that street and see a train coming up behind me what am I supposed to do? Do I pull over, speed up or take the first turn off? BTW, it looks like 26 people missed the train:)

[@FactorVIII]

I was driving in Anaheim the other day and saw a railroad track in the middle of the street. Is it used often?:

[@lawrence18uk]

The idea is that the tracks run down the centre line - so that when it's going in the opposite direction, its not actually head straight for any cars?

[@ErvansTrains]

Thanks

[@widowmaker7291]

appears the tracks were there long before the road was even built.

[@MisterDopeTunes]

13:25 Lol never seen a train cause a hold up like that before. Def cool to see

[@MrSuperVids]

Is this a slow-down from the original video?

[@1978cao]

This nice. But if there were to derail the train in that area?

[@Barnzey000]

Not enough trailers. Throw a few more on there for good measure!

[@charlesdell2864]

Was this like a shortcut of the rail line. Or were there customers along this route?

[@1chish]

So a car hits wagon No 83 and the train driver just keeps on going because he is half a mile away and no local supervision? As a Brit and used to our very restrictive loading gauge I marvel at the height and length of American freight. Sort of typical of the country itself but this just seems very dangerous. Just saying.

[@CullenRick]

Other countries are, perhaps, a bit more capable of taking responsibility for themselves and spotting the giant train running down the road?

[@1chish]

I can only speak for the UK and there is only one place trains run along a public road and that was closed some time ago ... I guess its all to do with local custom and history but that does look very dangerous from this side of The Pond ..

[@CullenRick]

1chish You are right, in that in the UK we have become incapable of managing risks or taking responsibility for ourselves. The rest of the world just shows us how babyish we've become.

[@1chish]

Richard Cullen No I wouldn't agree there. I think if anything we 'over-manage' risks and the 'Elf & Safety' mob have become unnecessarily powerful and load extra costs to everything but at least we take personal safety seriously. I would agree about people tending to look after their 'rights' rather than their 'responsibilities'. For me the latter comes before the former....

[@6484373]

1chish These street running places are rare, you only find them if you know where they are. That being said the reason they exist is because they paved over the track that was already there. It would be more dangerous if the trains traveled faster down these roads but they are restricted to something like 10mph. And with Cars being able to stop and go way faster than a train, as long as the driver isn't an idiot they should be ok.

[@ErvansTrains]

I grew up in Anaheim and I don't remember seeing any but I Google it and found some. Look at "Union Pacific train cruising down Santa Ana St in Anaheim, CA," on KZbin

[@JulieAV]

This really drives home the point "Share the road" LOL

[@UnionPacificBNSF]

Same thing applies to pedestrians on tracks and vehichles at grade crossings you must clear the tracks until the train has passed or least that is what the Texas Law Reads

[@calif1mc]

Yes, it is heavily used, it's Union Pacific track-

[@MrPummi88]

Is there a video showing traffic on the side line to the right?

[@Jamersonde]

Does the siding at the beginning get used, anymore?

[@ErvansTrains]

In this case there's no place else to put the tracks because of the river

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

There seem to be some very unsubtle changes in this area between when this video was taken and now. At least according to Google Maps and from the angle I get on that site compared to the one you have on you video. For one there seems to be more trees in your video and the track seems a little more curvy. Also the track that appears to come off that main line to the right before that tiny bridge shows up is missing on Google maps. Even the bridge is labelled differently on Google Maps then in the video. Either a bit has changed in Salem in the last 5 years or Google is inaccurate IDK !!!

[@NorthEastLowrider4lyfe]

tailgating a train..man those motorists are smart!!!

[@arimabuss]

Be a shame the train would slam the brakes. Hmm, better not to give ideas. :D

[@ErvansTrains]

Thanks, just keep on going and hope they don't hit you

[@emilybernhardt8917]

your welcome ervans

[@kalebcleveland7128]

Hm, I didn't know freight trains went through the middle of roads, except transit. Cool, though.

[@robertgift]

When I was 5? years old, parent's heading home from grandparent's house westbound on W. Water Street in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, a steam locomotive was heading west several blocks behind. I was wondering if it would hit us. Stupid that my father did nothink to stop for the few minutes it would take for us to marvel athe steam locomotive and short local freightrain rolling by. We could have followed the caboose.

[@PonyVisation]

how do they control the switch in the middle of the road?

[@Complexity77]

How come all the PW trains that you record are so slow?

[@TheEltopian]

That's one long freight. Did anyone out there count the cars? I didn't think about doing that until half way through the video. LOL

[@MrSuperVids]

Also, you haven't got a train in a long while, too!

[@erichumphreys5655]

how many times a week does this line get used?

[@killerbees177]

Who was the genius to build tracks in the middle of the streets?

[@geoffreypenzer415]

how long was that train,unbeleivable,but I woud love to see one for real

[@sheilatrachtenberg8997]

108 cars + the 4 locomotives.

[@5allyanne]

I wouldn't play witha train. Looks like it is stopping occaisionallyand you can hear brakes. Is it near a shipping area? .

[@rogenes1]

Nice.

[@ErvansTrains]

Yes, it does mean weird to be in that spot