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Our VRF Grab Bags (GB) videos are compiled from content from our cameras as Mods and fans spot something neat while watching our cameras. In the GB you will, of course, find a variety of TRAIN content, special trains, maintenance, steam, diesels, interesting rail cars, cool paint schemes and more. You will also find fun people, city events, boats, planes, cars (sometimes going wild) and nature. Thank you for taking the time to sit back and enjoy these highlight reels that we call "Grab Bags"!

[@kens.3729]

Everyone (Except “The Cape Crusader”) Knows that Unit # 2 is Reserved for the Crews to GO # 2. 😬👍

[@midtnrailfan1785]

The accommodations train in Revelstoke is so cool, what a nice catch.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Is that what that is? Thanks!

[@Bill5071]

What’s an Accommodations train?

[@sidetracked6092]

​@Bill5071 it's accommodations for the MOW track crews when no hotels are nearby

[@joegladstone7739]

How large are those crews?! That was a loooong train! 😮 12:47

[@susanwahl6322]

That’s a Canadian thing!

[@paulpietruszewski4226]

Opportunity missed. A close up of the dog taking a dump in the flowers are 1:58 mark. Ashland VA. 😂

[@kenm3245]

Hopefully they cleaned it up

[@paulpietruszewski4226]

@@kenm3245 they seemed to be oblivious. So I do not think so.

[@paulbergen9114]

CSX and like Hollywood Squares "X" marks the spot but it wasn't the coal train so it wasn't a rotary dump

[@donnaj9964]

The music and the sunrise at the end caught at my heart--and I learned that concrete ties are a thing! I don't think I've ever seen any before--at least not knowing what they were. Thank you--another great one!

[@J3scribe]

The SD9 trailing behind the FP9 was built in the same era, 1954 to '59. The longevity of old EMDs never ceases to impress me.

[@RudyTheRailfan]

there was also an SDP40/SDP35 (technically not the same era but still)

[@crollwtide9452]

1:33 This is an incredible amount of welded rail. It looks like they're building a whole new sub with that amount of steel.

[@J3scribe]

That was about 7 miles of rail, or 3.5 miles of track.

[@stevensolway1054]

One of the last cars with welded rails STILL HAS THE CHEESIE CAT 🐈 😻 , HOORAY!!

[@MsShaunaM]

As I watched the accommodations train rumble through, all I could hear in my mind was the late Gordon Lightfoot's song "Canadian Railway Trilogy."

[@joepeach997]

A song that stays with you for a lifetime. "So over the mountains and over the plains Into the Muskage and into the rain Up to St. Lawrence on the way to Gaspé Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay..."

[@johnmorriss5308]

@ch997It would be a much better auto-response to a CP unit than "Wonka, wonka, wonka...

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

@@joepeach997It's muskeg

[@-Cece]

The "Celebrating Gordon Lightfoot" concert at Massey Hall this May wil include his band and other musicians like Burton Cummings. See you there.

[@donnaj9964]

@@joepeach997 I hadn't thought of it while watching that train, but now I will.

[@NS3210]

5:58, that colorful consist takes me back to the 2000s.

[@gp3829]

Thanks VRF - Great Lash-Up of Locos at Great Plains, Wichita.

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, especially the Heritage Units, a Darwin Candidate in Elkhart, Indiana, and so much more, @Virtual Railfan, I like them all, thank you very much.

[@dennisryan7487]

I wonder how big a crew the work train can accomidate?

[@googlefan11]

"This is why you never give up on watching a virtual railfan live camera feed. Even if it takes forever, You might find something very rare. It takes patience." - me, From past experience.

[@toib.7143]

@googlefan11: You are so right, I usually watch the Flagstaff cams daily, but I had guests over far past the #3 arrival and departure, so I'd gone to the feed, with the intention of catching the arrival and departure, so in realtime, I noticed the lights and the gates coming down, and the lights from the locomotive. I could see it approaching, but as I waited it appeared to move very slowly, I began to watch, and I thought must be something wrong with the engine, and was shocked when it stopped altogether, I thought what a spot to breakdown completely, especially when I saw the engineer come around with his spotlight, walking past his lead engine and 2nd engine. I then switched to my other view and saw eventually he was joined by others going back to the otherside again, then coming down out of the 2nd engine with a guy wrapped in that blue blanket. What a priceless surprise that turned out to be. I hadn't considered people actually did something like that. I always thought that when my dad used to tell us kids that he, two of my uncles, and a couple of their friends used to do that, traveling the country that it was just to entertain us. That the security was of the highest levels. Now I've witnessed it live. I feel a bit sorry for the young man and hope he won't be dealt with too harshly. I probably will raise someone's ire saying that, but it's how I feel, so save all your Yada, Yada, Yada, about a crime, stealing etc. I Get It!!

[@super_zeus1548]

21:20 the sneaky triple meet. Did anyone notice the bottom head of the signal drop from yellow, whence it was near perfectly between the two locomotives? Talk about a window of opportunity!!

[@davidcrook5511]

Another classic with a great ending what a beautiful sunrise to end with... You will notice I've missed two GBs will try and catch up later... more greetings from another GB!! (Great Britain aka United Kingdom Of ~ ~)

[@davidcrook5511]

They would notice that I haven't made a comment! 😂

[@ChainsawNW1218]

What a great lash up in Wichita,lots of crossties on gondolas in Roanoke and EMD exhaust sparking!🛤🚂

[@andrewp6387]

Those passenger cars at the beginning have such a unique design

[@Josephcavagnaro]

The kawasaki M8 EMUs

[@charlescrawford7039]

These are two M8 cars (electric multiple units) typically used by Metro-North Railroad on the New Haven Line and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for the Shore Line East. The railroad cars are manufactured by Kawasaki. The pantograph for the electric units is in the down position. I am assuming they are being shipped to the east coast.

[@DTD110865]

@@charlescrawford7039 I'm surprised. I would've thought they'd be made in Yonkers.

[@sragoss]

@@DTD110865They are made in Lincoln, NE.

[@ClarissaPacker]

Busted !

[@ronwade5646]

Never a dull moment

[@HoboEAT]

I hope the padded cell was comfortable...

[@zulfika_]

9:27 the cape crusader

[@ByronNoe]

Great Grab Bag

[@randydobson1863]

hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

[@rogertemple7193]

Awesome another new VR Grab Bag and a lot of great train action thank you. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲🇺🇲💨💨

[@truthteller8459]

Well, if you ever wondered why Amtrak trains are NEVER on time look at the 25:35 point in this video.

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 new Metro North M8 cars. These were built by Kawasaki in Lincoln, Nebraska 0:40 Amtrak 161 "Arrow" passes a welded rail train heading to lay some new rail 2:42 CSX 4810 and 1850 3:00 two GEVOs without any cars passing the Oklahoma City cam 3:39 quite a few old hoppers 4:04 CSX 1897 4:19 CP doubleheader in Alabama 4:37 8575 and 8518 are SD50-2s sold to LTEX 5:38 two ALC42s clatter over the Plant City diamond 5:55 9-unit lash-up! With warbonnet and executive MAC trailing along with BUGX's SDP40 in BN green FP9 in Algoma Central silver and maroon, and BNSF H1 SD9 7:20 BBF 1113 as mid-train DPU! A BNSF H1 with an H2 side panel door 7:52 concrete tie gantry cranes 8:44 CN doubleheader in Plant City, the 2nd unit being ex-Citirail (again at 14:50 with the ex-Citirail now leading) 8:58 CSX 1776 leading solo 9:06 a sotaway has been caught in a trailing unit's cab and arrested 10:17 CP SD60 6241 in fresh paint trailing on an MOW bunk train that's 44 cars long. Probably one of the last units to get repainted in Candian Pacific golden beaver. 13:57 it seems like the dog was smart enough not to cross! The kid was even hesitant too 14:34 two CSX SW1500s that have been sold off. these were built for the L&N in 1971 15:39 CSX 1982 leading a 14-car OCS with F40s 1 and 2 trailing. Sperry car is also parked in the siding. The red over green signal means the train is switching onto another track. 17:52 warbonnet and H2 dash 9s doubleheading a baretable intermodal 18:34 three P42s and an extra viewliner baggage and superliner transition sleeper on the rear 19:22 American View inspection car on the rear of another superliner train. Both Southwest Chief and California Zephyr run on the same tracks between Galesburg and Chicago. 20:58 Amtrak 100 "Midnight" leading the Lake Shore Limited 21:12 Amtrak 161 "Arrow" pulling the Capitol Limited 21:28 three trains at once, each blocking the view of another 22:49 Conrail gondolas transporting ties 23:22 sparks from the exhaust of NS 3403 23:55 CSX 1836 leading 25:34 replacing switch rails in Elkhart 26:29 backhoe grabbing ties out of the back of an old hopper 27:24 GN 3443 switching Potash cars. A few years ago, BNSF began giving switching locomotives BN and GN designations 28:03 splitting a train in two at the mid-train DPU 28:34 Sperry cars enters Cordele yard 29:04 RJ Corman boxcars

[@user-iu5wf9yj9w]

I ran that ACR engine out of Sault(Soo) Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada!

[@crollwtide9452]

26:28 I've always wondered how they offloaded those railroad tie bundles

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Nice Catches*

[@davidhibbs6989]

The cape crusader, no body rides our trains for free 😅

[@user-lj2sc8hy3l]

27:23 thats is the greatest conductor i have ever seen

[@user-do2rm7bu3k]

Great videos seen alot of engines

[@ChamplainDivision]

No wonder you have Darwin Candidates at Elkhart. The crossing lights and gates were not working!!!

[@MatthewMello]

They were working just fine on the tracks that tre train was travelling on.

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Nice footage! 🎊🌺🇮🇳🌺🎊

[@lonsterschaeffer1701]

My grandson had fun with the sign at FMD. THANKS!

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Philippine in canada 🇨🇦🇵🇭

[@jamesdenny4734]

Red in the morning, sailors warning!!! 😮

[@reddog-ex4dx]

1:59 Oh what a cute dog!

[@Retired88M]

Looks like that one covered hopper with all the blue graffiti must have sat still and in an unguarded place for a bit too long

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

🇺🇸

[@chrissmith6028]

Leading by example

[@vickslab4608]

9:49 What was that about? Did someone actually sleep in a train cab? O.O

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Aw! I was just being sad the other day about how you never see any L&N paints any more.

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Philippine 🇵🇭

[@railscenes4959]

So at Revelstoke Cam: What are the COFC that look like living quarters for section gang?

[@Nthuziast]

fort madison wigwag finally getting attnetion no way????????

[@danacampbell-vu2ut]

Love your pong games!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣👍❤️📹😃

[@hank2205]

7:24 4 DPU’s

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Philippine in canadian 🇨🇦 🇵🇭 AKO

[@richardcarlson127]

What is the reason for the boards between the tracks in Ashland? Something related to the new ballast?

[@J3scribe]

There are several pedestrian crossovers. They are actually wider than they appear and are made of asphalt.

[@johnmorriss5308]

Does it count as a four-way, if you can see the third train doubling back on itself?

[@pierpaolopensa310]

Primo ❤

[@joshthetrainfan]

6:04 What is the number of this warbonnet? Also, I caught those three units a few weeks ago. Surprised they haven't ventured further. A year before that, I got on that very AC FP9 and took a selfie, unit 1751.

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

🇺🇸🇵🇭🇰🇵 Philippines USA north korea

[@user-hf3wv9yo3l]

The engineer at 15:25 was not happy.

[@janeordway4841]

Wonder where that F unit was heading to ?

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Taiwan taipei 🇹🇼

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

🇺🇸 🇹🇼

[@robertgift]

How do they connect the commuter cars to the rail cars?

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Caped ...

[@fiberrabit8229]

Whos cape crusader?

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Kids waving, I'm all for it. But those 4 "adults" at 6:51, smh!

[@warrenlindner7830]

It's "Caped Crusader".

[@dannywilliamson3340]

16:45 What is the purpose of the "business train"?

[@jimwinchester339]

Why no handcuffs? Is it not a criminal trespass?

[@susanwahl6322]

I did like the Pong.

[@jeffallmond5030]

What type of cars were those around the 12 minute +/- mark?

[@everettrailfan]

The video says it's a CPKC accommodations train.

[@Narpets2112]

What is that structure over the tracks in OKC?

[@robchit1]

That's the I-235 overpass

[@arcticanimations1058]

7:40 why is that Norfork Southern blue im going to call it the blueberry NS now

[@arcticanimations1058]

And a Canadian National here in Florida at plant city I was there a month ago

[@everettrailfan]

It was recently purchased from CEFX, that's why.

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

🇺🇸🇰🇵

[@dddd-yy3yf]

Accomodations train?

[@terin1862]

For maintenance workers in remote areas

[@tacomarailmultimedia1486]

6:51 theres me again, this time with my mother before i go to the empire builder in 1 week and 1 day

[@colefd]

Great shots for the kids at FMD.

[@susanwahl6322]

Cute kid at Fort Madison.

[@randomtransitadventures]

whats the cape crusader

[@saratoga123321]

Likewise lost with this

[@kennethhanks6712]

Never heard of Batman?

[@stunicholson1648]

Not sure I like this new page layout....where are th links to the other cameras at each location????

[@Amber19922]

my son 12 48 mins

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Usa train BNSf US NS

[@JackStrawfromWichita1]

Love the PAC man sound along with the Pong👍

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

Philippines 🇵🇭🚎🚉 manila

[@user-pz2ox9yx5m]

japan airlines BOEING 777 🇯🇵

[@johnpinckney4979]

Like the sound used for the CP "Multimark", "Pong" is getting irritating fast due to overuse.

[@tacomarailmultimedia1486]

2:34 i find this very funny that i was doing a pose inspired by cuphead

[@joepeach997]

LOL, now I get that! We have a lot of viewers that have been around for a while so I figured I use the OZ theme. The original concept of Cuphead was probably from around the time of OZ though. Funny either way.

[@donnaj9964]

It was fun to watch anyway...and you showed up twice!

[@stevensolway1054]

20:56; TRANSFORMER: THE HEAVY LOAD!! "AUTOBOTS!! TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!!!!!" FAMOUS MR. PETER CULLEN!!! GOD ✝️ BLESS 🙏 YOU SIR!!!!! OK! WED. FB.28,2024AD.

[@user-zx2om8kv2f]

Chriskent helio

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

How far did that stow away travel? There are actual YT channels of jerks "riding the rails" illegally.

[@davidbrown4823]

Why are people so careless at crossings?

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

That paintwork on 1836, 1850, 1897 and 1982 look awful.

[@AHomelessDorito]

What’s the cpkc accommodations train for?

[@J3scribe]

Work train service. It was actually more than one train. I'd guess it was 4 trains altogether. Possibly more.

[@carlfalt174]

CPKC is spending a lot of money 💰 to upgrade the BC side of the Rockies this summer

[@AHomelessDorito]

@@J3scribe thank you!

[@user-uk9gs3ni8z]

@@carlfalt174are they double tracking more of the line between Revelstoke and Kamloops ?

[@CarlHardiman-jc7br]

😝🤣😂😅...😶😳🙄🤨🥴😖😵CAPED......CRUSADER?