FIRE AT THE HISTORIC EL RANCHO MOTEL, FUSES TRIPPED! CRAZY SKY AT KEARNEY, LIGHTNING & TRAINS 7/6/22

[@flamingohurricane7602]

Am I the only one that finds watching these Grab Bags the most relaxing part of the day? 😊

[@machinist04]

I absolutely LOVE the fast forward cloud formation! Amtrak conductor kicking the door gave me a laugh!

[@TravelingConductor]

Thank you for sharing me carrying the flag for the military train. Waited all day for it

[@RealLexaFans]

Nice!

[@RealLexaFans]

Your famous now

[@Narpets2112]

Amazing how that man was able to make all those MoW vehicles appear out of thin air and you got it all on camera!

[@davidpayne4310]

Who knew Harry Potter was a railfan? :D

[@rolpfeiffer4011]

Thanks VRF airing and sharing the outstanding video series with magnificent locomotives.Your exertions are preponderating.Bliss

[@locoburro6215]

I love the MOW ghosts you caught! There might be portal there since they all materialized in the same place! Props & good work!

[@Galaxy2517]

The ending was a classic fix to those age old problems.

[@katiest-amand2488]

2:44 Wow! 7010 Back in BC, Last time I saw it it was on a CP 251 At Montréal. So it took her about 3 months to get back there, Nice vidéo!

[@teresamartin3080]

Another Great Grab Bag with the Fire and Spooky Lights (praying No one hurt) 🙏& Where I live ...Chattanooga Again and my Favorite Camera Ft. Madison and Twice! Thank you! I've been watching since last summer but never commented until recently. Anytime you show Chattanooga & I don't comment I am Still Thanking you! GOD BLESS!☺🙋

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

Darn, I wanted to hear Waka Waka at ludicrous speed, oh well.😄 Santa Fe mosquito control at your service!

[@mattc.310]

Bummer about the El Rancho. Thanks for the Grab Bag.

[@karafaunt4386]

Wow! That 1st catch is a great one, BNSF In Folkston, Army train, and the flag of our country. Great grab bag!

[@raritanbayrailfan2558]

That thunder went INSANE at 07:42, didn’t know Mother Nature could do a bass boost!

[@Xpninjadan]

Thank you for uploading another great grab bag. Especially since there are maintenance trains in it.

[@Southwest_923WR]

I just wonder what is the reason behind posting "First" on a video, and not making a comment on content? Do awards or prizes be given out? Someone help me understand, please?

[@Xpninjadan]

They are attention seeking trolls. Just ignore them an report them as spam.

[@edporter8009]

Smoky old Sante Fe! Just love it.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

It’s nice to know that everyone made it out of the fire 🔥 in Belen NM Casey and the crew of the promise land express was bize enough this weekend

[@Tricky929]

El Rancho was considered a fire trap back in the early days of Barstow's, Route 66 History. It's been remodeled and it's sad to see it going up in flames. Time for something new.

[@MrBnsftrain]

1:00 quite the exhaust from this ATSF yellowbonnet 1:37 parade of MOW machines at Flagstaff. Including an excavator with two trailers and a 2-piece sprayer with two trailers 2:40 nice variety of hoppers and CP heritage at the end of this train 3:50 H1 1104 and warbonnet 642 in Elkhart 4:51 crazy flash at the motel on fire 6:17 CN sw1500, slug, and sw1500 trailing on a CSX train. Note the extra windows on 1567 6:33 Ferrosafe weedkiller train with an NS boxcar. This must be their 2nd train with white tankers instead of black ones 9:22 single BNSF unit with Herzog hoppers on CN tracks 10:10 CSX 1776 leading 11:23 N de M boxcar 11:33 I've never seen one of those containers before 11:43 CN doubleheader on BNSF tracks 12:22 what a giant hopper! 12:33 UP 1111 as mid-train DPU 13:20 CP rail ballast hoppers and a ballast conveyor on the same train

[@richardbause2453]

Just goes to show, A good swift kick can fix anything 🤣👣🥾👟

[@ChaiLatte13]

Nice wall cloud with that storm. Also looks like news articles are saying the motel was mostly destroyed and the fire is listed as 'suspicious'.

[@bdwhit6528]

Shelf cloud, wall cloud would have rotation (Skywarn cert. spotter) Common mistake. :)

[@ChaiLatte13]

@@bdwhit6528 Yeah my brain meant shelf cloud. sigh! Ty

[@michaelingram2492]

I’m in this one,going by the cordele cam on that 214 around 820 mark

[@anitaholmes8201]

Heck of a fire at the El Rancho Motel. It wasn't as nice as it once was, being almost 80 years old, but it sure didn't go down without a fight. Ten agencies responded to the fire. When you build with old railroad ties, those suckers burn. 🙁

[@jerzam3989]

My video of the fire

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Whatever the fire didn't destroy, the wrecking ball now will. It's gone.

[@Galaxy2517]

Wow! Caught some really good audio for this Grab Bag! 😁😁

[@brendenkennedy4304]

Ha ha I love that pac-man sound at 13:06 that is awesome.

[@jonathanrinda7171]

Reminds me when I watched the video of dramatic skies over Kearney in the past.

[@TrainguyNCL]

Was nice to see AMTRAK #8 in Skykomish. Sure wish we could see more shots from there.

[@Southwest_923WR]

Another nice video, 3:16 blew me away!

[@erickmorton8085]

That’s a shelf cloud very beautiful

[@wlejohn4326]

Thanks for showing the entire consist at Skykomish 3:00

[@williamjacobs236]

Another great Grab Bag video VRF .

[@willliles]

I agree I love watching the Cordele and Elkhart cams

[@josecotts5403]

3:14 a tornado Ming Ming: This Is Sewious

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Just great these railway pictures

[@juliegogo2941]

Those long haulers Canadian Nationals engines large and small are looking pretty shiny! Nice storm clouds moving in was it Kearney it looked like. Lot and lots of neat rail constricution stuff. Sad about the old hotel the electrical blowouts are interesting for sure with that fire. In canada was that iron ore from Minnesota? Thanks

[@annem8152]

as a Route 66 fan, the fire that permanently killed one of those roadside attractions is devastating to me. Terrible loss. Built from railroad ties.

[@jackulmen5791]

9:20 A single engine leading Ballast Train!!

[@nerd3d-com]

Let's hear it for percussive maintenance!

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Awesomeness 🚂🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃❤️😎👍

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Thank you for the 7:31 catch of the dropped signal in Fostoria

[@souldasherjoanie7517]

All right the Elkhart KABOOM made it!!! I requested that one

[@alanjanos652]

That's what's called "making an impact adjustment".

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the grab bag.

[@SchererProductionServices]

Last Clip: Emergency Repair Procedure #1!!! Works 99.9% of the time!!!

[@mels1811]

Awesome videos

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Awesome 🌺🌻🇮🇳🌺🌻

[@TheMetGuy]

Awesome grab bag

[@thelnner6765]

this storm at 3:16 ended up producing a tornado

[@KarimtherailfanandUnionPacific]

Big storm in Rochelle yesterday

[@louisbouchard6869]

1st Clip, is it me or did that pick up try to go around the gates?

[@FECironhorsepro]

IDK if you can but could you make an Austell ga cam? And could you put it in a pole.

[@rolioYT]

I didn't know thee was a time travel portal at Flagstaff! at 01.40

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

It’s the Santa smoker 😁🐿

[@tinas4838]

WOW!

[@thomasboese3793]

14:11 Working at the railroad I've met a few 'hammer mechanics' but never a 'foot mechanic'. Learn something new daily...

[@jackulmen5791]

12:11 Lehigh Valley on rear DPU!!

[@jhonsiders6077]

Sure miss the cam from the pass hope it comes back one day

[@geac9100]

Sorry it's unrelated, but the Georgia Guide Stones were partially destroyed by an explosion at 4:00AM today!

[@scottfw7169]

Didn't expect that to ever happen.

[@xr6lad]

And that means?

[@smokeandsteamxsw9831]

Camo loco!

[@Stretch54449]

@6:23 what are those engines on each side of the slug?

[@machinist04]

Switcher engines. Mainly used in yards to push cars around

[@kmagnussen1052]

$10,000 to fix the door. Just to kick the door? No $1.00 for the kick $9,999 to know where to kick it. That is an old IBM joke. Does anyone have the data base where they know every rail car and locomotive still in service?

[@joe-e-geo]

You know, God bless America I love seeing all the rail fans in these important hubs in our country's important infrastructure industry. And if Warren Buffett thinks the companies are good investments, I ain't arguing. and yeah you got me with the pac-man sound, I was like wha? then it was like ahh. and don't tell the maintenance union about that kick.

[@bmgirl]

What's burning in Barstow

[@scottfw7169]

From Yahoo news, "The historic but recently-troubled El Rancho Motel went up in flames Tuesday, prompting a multi-agency firefighting response in Barstow and roughly a quarter-mile of Main Street to be closed. And now, Barstow Police Department is investigating the inferno for a potential man-made, criminal origin." note the construction material, "The motel was built by Cliff Chase and launched in the mid-1940s. It was constructed in part with wooden railroad ties, contributing to an old-fashioned wooden look and functioning as a callback to Barstow’s heyday as the High Desert hub of Route 66 and the railroad industry. The motel is rumored to have once been frequented by legends of Americana, such as Marilyn Monroe."

[@xr6lad]

How do all those people know there's a camera there to wave at. Even train crew and passengers?

[@OMRA]

Same way you know there's a camera. They watch VRF. And the cameras aren't exactly hidden

[@erickmorton8085]

That cloud was a shelf cloud

[@barbaraurban9824]

Living in upstate ny. We don't get shelf clouds. Heard about them,always wanted to see one

[@smokeandsteamxsw9831]

Sw1500 slug Sw 1500 !

[@Dan_C604]

Pac-Man was very active in Revel, it seems!

[@kenshoemaker3318]

Seems like a lot of military trains every day. Hope that's not a good sign.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

Hopefully, it's just equipment being moved around.

[@kenshoemaker3318]

@@JessicaKasumi1990 I agree 💯

[@trashrabbit69]

Usually they're just equipment moves between bases for new deliveries or training. Might be preparing for a large exercise, but nothing particularly concerning. At least, the Army isn't what I'm concerned with. The USAF and their recent string of crashes, on the other hand...

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

the El rancho wasn't as historic as it used to be One of those rent by the month places it really went down the toilet sadly the last few years Take a good look at the reviews online on Google you can pretty much see the real strong reviews were from people who were like transients. Lousy reviews were from many of the disgruntled tenants. Now they're saying the fire is very suspicious think it was set

[@johnsiders7819]

1.00 needs some TLC

[@donaldfaris4798]

That wasn't a fuse trip that was wire getting together

[@jackulmen5791]

4:21 Run roh

[@jackulmen5791]

10:24 1776!!

[@nayanpanchal39]

I don't want to be first

[@davidkelley1488]

1 st

[@Southwest_923WR]

1st what?

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

A repeat winner!