We haven't had trains in our local area since 2000. The rails were removed, and we now have 300 kms of atv trails. We love it, and we ride often.
@BollocksUtwat5 жыл бұрын
The singing and whistling of the rails echoing in the background is really cool.
@softail19515 жыл бұрын
This is letting me relive my old run from Needles to Barstow! Awesome 1973 to 2010
@another_unique_username6 жыл бұрын
A cow/calf unit AND a cabless B unit! Awesome!!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks- definitely quite the operation up there!
@mrhearse7775 жыл бұрын
A lovely way to enjoy a lazy morning in retirement ! Thanks.
@CallsignGarza6 жыл бұрын
Dude I have family there and I have been there so many times it’s so awesome
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ashton! Glad that you enjoyed it!
@rakasome6 жыл бұрын
Never tire of this. Thanks.
@dafolker62106 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, I used to go there with my dad a lot up until age 4. Never got a veiw of it like this. Great video sir.
@dalesnale6 жыл бұрын
One of the worst nights sleep ever, at a motel near this yard on our way to Grand Canyon as a kid. Thanks for the birds-eye view.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Been there done that. We love to hear the sound of a train off in the distance but could never live any where near the tracks. People say that you get used to it but I'm not sure how.
@dalesnale6 жыл бұрын
Lived 1 to 3 miles form SP and UP tracks most my life. Love the chimes at night of the Amtracks and it's easy to tell if they are running late. Barstow rail-yard had a rhythmic thing going on. Great to see it in action.
@davidartreides39324 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I could watch this more than once. This is awesome.
@jeffreyg38315 жыл бұрын
It is very cool to hear the rail cars bump into each other occasionally. 😃
@masoodbukhari51575 жыл бұрын
Thanks. good overview of the yard.
@coxsj6 жыл бұрын
Felt like I was there. Thanks so much!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Glad that you enjoyed it!
@Z4Zander6 жыл бұрын
Sorry Coxy,had an itchy left click moment on the thumbs down when I meant to agree with you.
@paulcartlidge7516 жыл бұрын
Stunning ,that's some operation
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
There should be a webcam overlooking it!
@daletrongale26066 жыл бұрын
I have the Run8 Simulation that I run with several friends and THIS video is just SO comfortable to watch considering that i can recognize so much of the yard from the Sim. VERY interesting video !! Thanks.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dale! Glad that you enjoyed it. We had no idea it matched up so well with a simulation.
@IowaRail81145 жыл бұрын
This view is just breath taking, it'd be cool to see it like that in person
@jeffeffery81815 жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant view!!!
@davidwhiting17616 жыл бұрын
Loved it.
@geordieceltic22 жыл бұрын
Hi. This is the best video I have seen showing the hump shunting. Thank you for sharing.
@RailfanJunction2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@charlesbeckham77466 жыл бұрын
Sweet, some bump yard action!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Glad that you enjoyed it Charles!
@atiladorsay34784 жыл бұрын
RailfanJunction hi wagons moved itself how? Magnetism tech?
@mikeyoungblood17066 жыл бұрын
What a great video, Thanks for sharing
@terrellhoward52315 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking, just awesome
@deguircecil72826 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhhh yesssss Thank you 2 sharing this Train on ! !!!! Patrick Rancourt Montréal (:
@andross516 жыл бұрын
One of the BEST rail fanning videos I have seen in a long time! Thanks for the unique angles of Barstow's yard RailfanJunction!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
So glad that you liked it!
@dave32166 жыл бұрын
You deserve an award for this video. I hope you enjoyed making it as much as I enjoyed watching it. Doesn't get any better than this. 👍👍👍👍
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks David! It was a lot of fun watching all of the comings and goings. I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
@tudieu-qng68174 жыл бұрын
Nice video train! Super video!
6 жыл бұрын
The action going on and the careful editing you used to represent this make this video simply awesome. Thank you so much for taking the time to capture all this activity. It's simply gorgeous to watch.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Raphael! It's hard to go wrong when there is so much going on down there.
6 жыл бұрын
I keep a window looping on your "All the Best!" playlist at work. I personally would suggest that video is totally worth being on your Best playlist!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Point well taken. Thanks Raphael!
@dustingallentine47916 жыл бұрын
Great Video thank you so much
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dustin!
@antoniomarciosilvasouza61206 жыл бұрын
Wow ... I'm amazed at the size of this work. It deserves to be digitized for the Steam Train Simulator, with at least 50 tasks of maneuvers of loading, unloading, assembly of composition for express trips, etc. Congrats on the video.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Antonio- 24/7, 365 days a year up there. Kind of amazing how much traffic goes through the yard.
@willberestartingthischanne99843 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video
@helenburman88974 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Perth.Really enjoyed this train spotting.You certainly have very long trains over there!! Thanks again 😀
@nynjrailvideos71986 жыл бұрын
Awesome, beautifully shot video!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@trainwatcher4114 жыл бұрын
Great Video,Thanks keep it up love to watch your video,s
@VirtualRailfan6 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sc0tte1-4165 жыл бұрын
It's crazy seeing how massively long these double stack trains can be zoomed out...
@CajonSub6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, thanks for sharing! - Steve
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Steve!
@CajonSub6 жыл бұрын
RailfanJunction - anytime, I always look forward to your great videos! 👍
@Livrehirmiz20145 жыл бұрын
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@murrayhall9084 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Many thanks for large vistas and lengthy shots allowing time to see how the yards operate. Regards from Scotland
@Nicola6361286 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MrSw9guy4 жыл бұрын
Best View of Barstow that I've seen! Well Done!
@fritzd21166 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable. Subscribed!
@trainwatcher4116 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
No problem!
@rodddelparte52656 жыл бұрын
nice vantage points. been there a couple time since last august, a friend of mine live at the veterans home in Barstow, been railfaning at the Harvey house.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Rodd!
@jimsmoter45106 жыл бұрын
Great video...
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim!
@Tully36744 жыл бұрын
Amazing photography!
@otp77776 жыл бұрын
I always am excited when you post a new video. This one is very special. I can count on you to keep rail fanning fresh. Pentrex and others have nothing on you! Keep up the great work. It will pay-off one day I assure you.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tyler! It pays off by sharing our hobby with others.
@jimaz65326 жыл бұрын
Great compilation of mixed freight and motor power. Thanks for sharing. 🚂
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
And thanks for watching. It's only fun to post if people watch!
@rxramblingrose48574 жыл бұрын
Poetry In Motion Beautiful video 📹 ❤ And i absolutely love this yard and barstow Knights of the rails
@kswift6720006 жыл бұрын
Love it!!! Love it!! LOVE IT!!!!!!
@WallyDWolf4 жыл бұрын
Great Stuff !!
@kadrapakomprda13166 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video from Barstow yard it's exactly it. Interesting would be to map more terminals in the USA. It's very interesting to watch work in terminals rare. Thanks a lot.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@FrogandFlangeVideo4 жыл бұрын
Tremendous panoramic view. It really gives you a nice perspective on the yard operations. This must be quite a climb to get to the top where you were filming. Thank you for sharing it.
@shnimmuc6 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Juan_A_Garcia4 жыл бұрын
Excelente!!
@carlospada95866 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the video! your trains are fascinating.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Carlo1
@EdWhizAviationTrains4 жыл бұрын
WOW! Really enjoyed the high above footage, I Just Subscribed 😎👍
@mythicmesa6 жыл бұрын
Top quality video, most fun I ever had in Barstow!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Besides visiting the original Del Taco?
@domtron88735 жыл бұрын
The mcdonalds in the train cars are lots of fun too
@johncamp2567 Жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable!! Watching this, as an N-scale BNSF model railroader, I try to image how room it would take at 1:160 to recreate this yard. 🤯
@dolnick74 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this tasteful and visually arresting look two of my favorite things: trains and the desert. The nat sound is most appreciated. You've taken something that could have been merely informative and turned it into something approaching art. Subbed.
@ranggaagussaatmaja13042 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Nice chaught brother 👍👍👍
@fighting17chicago6 жыл бұрын
I don't normally watch videos like this for long, but caught myself almost in a trance watching. Great editing and thanks for hiking up there! Such a neat view of the yard. I only ever stop on US58 on the west end and watch the Mojave/Cajon trains, would love to go up that mountain and watch Needles come in!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Glad that you enjoyed it! Check us out on Facebook for photos related to the videos.
@reginaldwilkinson60194 жыл бұрын
Great shots of the humps. It is such an amazing concept. You just need a lot of technology and gravity. Think about the work that went into building trains before it was all computer based.
@artimusflowers44125 жыл бұрын
You need to do a video on the east coast railroad. I work for csx transportation in Cincinnati at its Queens gate yard. Love railroading
@pauljason6326 жыл бұрын
That train crew is cleaning the engines windows and lights before departing.
@theflapjackaviation26454 жыл бұрын
I live about an hour away and I’ve been through to see trains, and I’ve been through on Amtrak, but I’ve never seen any angles like this! I’m dying to see when the Wabtec Electric loco comes through in a test BNSF consist this year
@larryblaha6 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks !!
@thomaspalmer10196 жыл бұрын
Cool video!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Thomas!
@trainwatcher4116 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Selkirk yard in Selkirk New York just below Albany N York I don,t know your handel but sure do thank you.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Yes, Selkirk was a great yard but I assume that since the hump has been shut down it is a shadow of what it was.
@trainwatcher4116 жыл бұрын
+Been about 10 years for me can,t aford to go because on fixed income now but thanks to you my friend i can still enjoy watching the trains comeing and going only place where i can see trains now are west springfeald and palmer Ma. I live in Ct.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
That is such a nice thing to say and we are glad that you can get enjoyment out of the videos. It makes the trips out to get the footage that much more worthwhile to know that others can take pleasure in watching them! We wish you the best!
@geosutube6 жыл бұрын
Deluxe Trainspotting!.
@Huntermatt2025 Жыл бұрын
cool video
@johncamp2567 Жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable!! Watching this, as an N-scale BNSF model railroader, I try to image how room it would take at 1:160 to recreate this yard. 🤯. I will watch again (new subscriber). 👍
@phildralle45264 жыл бұрын
Big yard man like the noise
@HighRail625 жыл бұрын
Very well done. Very interesting and professional . Maybe the best video I have seen. Thanks for the time and effort that was obviously put into the making. (Very Relaxing) :)
@trains3656 жыл бұрын
This action was very well shot! An idea for future video's would be to go back to that hill top perch and , if you can, set up for a day long time-laps session. I think this could be simply amazing, this is very well done as it is, keep up the good work and thanks for posting!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Yes we are considering going back up sometime soon. It is an area that we probably would avoid because of snakes at this time of year but definitely are considering it.
@felipenico2 жыл бұрын
Increíble, saludos desde chile
@yagikaroo6 жыл бұрын
Nice, when does this game come out :) JK looks amazing, great footage!!
@fernmixrip93705 жыл бұрын
Uhhhhhhhhh Yeahhhhhhh Barstow 4 ever !!!!!!!! Train on Zack !!!!!!!
@clausfalkmagnussen5884 жыл бұрын
That is wery nice wideo with aut music you can hear the train
@KutWrite5 жыл бұрын
Wow, meditative! Brings back memories of my training on BNSF and CSX. You picked some scenic and informative observation points. What video gear did you use? Well done!
@Locoforce5 жыл бұрын
Incredible video, you must have a pretty good zoom on your camera for it to be so high quality from so far away!
@jeffreyg38315 жыл бұрын
I applied for a position with BNSF at Barstow in 2010, interviewed but was not hired. 42 years old at the time. :(
@Conrail1225GP15T6 жыл бұрын
What happened to a RailfanRewind this year? This a great video by the way! I love seeing yard action!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for asking. I have been busy with school but it is finished and just needs to be exported. Look for it soon!
@deriko81446 жыл бұрын
Nice's camera angle of the entire whole yard how did you set up a perfectly images sighting edges
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! There was almost too much to take video since it was so busy.
@gabrielrivas54594 жыл бұрын
I feel like a kid again playing with toys train's from Gabrielle Rivas from Roslyn heights ny
@kenamaro6 жыл бұрын
Meet me at the Railhead.....🚂🚂🚂
@Muggar625 жыл бұрын
AWESOME. Looks like a big bowl of spaghetti :)
@EddieMcDonald816 жыл бұрын
I do not know exactly what I could say here except, thank you very much for this gigantic insight. This width ...... wooow really a huge thank you! Now I wrap myself in respectful silence and listen to the sounds !!! PS: is as much going on at night as it is during the day?
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Hi Eddie- this yard is non-stop 24/7. It is the primary entry point for BNSF freight traffic into the LA Basin. Consequently, most if not all freight cars are classified at Barstow and then move to the LA Basin as BAR trains. Any actual freight train (i.e. not intermodal or auto rack) that you see on anyone's videos from Cajon Pass is a BAR train moving from the classification yard in Barstow to different destinations in SoCal including San Diego (BARDGO), Los Angeles (BARLAC), and Fontana (BARKAI). These trains have to be put together and the reverse trains taken apart at BAR. Barstow also handles many trains from NorCal as well as Washington State including the BARRIC (Barstow to Richmond), BARBAK (Barstow to Bakersfield), and the BARPAS (Barstow to Pasco, WA). Consequently, the yard is always hopping. Thanks for watching!
@jeffreyg38315 жыл бұрын
RailfanJunction Great 👍 explanation! Thank you.
@darryljmathews5 жыл бұрын
Muy bueno.
@marcosinnes59996 жыл бұрын
Mega cool video i like it
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Marco!
@markhayes64076 жыл бұрын
How many tracks comprise the hump bowl? Love looking at it from this vantage point. Excellent shots.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. I unfortunately don't know the track layout.
6 жыл бұрын
Barstow has 15 classification tracks, grouped in 3 balloons of 5 tracks each.
@adriaanpretorius59522 жыл бұрын
this is the 3de time watching this video... its good
@BurtonSKnowles4 жыл бұрын
Great footage! A fun place to watch yard operations, but the hump and that constant squealing can be a bit annoying! :-) All day and all night it goes on.
@miltonfarr90136 жыл бұрын
REALLY COOL VIDEO!!! I have a couple questions, though: -Why do the railcars coast by themselves? -Does the UP have trackage rights on the line?
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Hi Milton- I assume that you are referring to the cars coming down from the hump. That is the way that they classify the rail cars in Barstow and in other hump yards. The cars are pushed up to the crest of the hump and then uncoupled. As they roll down hill, there are retarders that control their speed and their path into the appropriate track is lined up. That way they coast down to a stop on the track that represents the train that they will be leaving on. As far as UP, yes the UP has for at least 100 years had trackage rights on the Santa Fe and now BNSF to go from Yermo/Daggett down to West Riverside, CA via Cajon Pass.
@imapaine-diaz44514 жыл бұрын
The "HUMP" is a small elevation or hill. An incoming train is pushed up this hill and at the top the cars are decoupled. each car has a unique identifier which is read by a scanner. the identifier says where the car needs to go, how heavy it is, and which train is being made up in the yard and which track that includes that car. the rest of the yard is "downhill" from the hump, so gravity takes the car and sends it down the track. there are "retarders" built into the tracks which squeeze the wheels of the cars and control the speed of each car so they don't go too fast. the scanners at each switch operate the switches according to the computer system, to direct that car through each switch in turn and onto the correct track for that consist. When all cars in the train (called a "consist") are lined up and coupled together, the power units are assigned according to the needs of the consist and the train is ready to be dispatched, and off they go on the next leg of their journey.
@minebloxlife23716 жыл бұрын
Can you do more Barstow plz👍
@scoobycarr55586 жыл бұрын
Check out the ex BN and Santa Fe units painted in BNSF's new swoosh livery
@phildralle45264 жыл бұрын
Like this
@railyardfilms64916 жыл бұрын
Large in charge BNSF has
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
It is a well oiled machine for sure.
@washingtonstaterailproduct53826 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. FIRST!
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Glad that you enjoyed it.
@washingtonstaterailproduct53826 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. I uploaded my first video today.
@RailfanJunction6 жыл бұрын
Very nice video indeed! Liked the Executive MAC in the consist!
@washingtonstaterailproduct53826 жыл бұрын
Thanks up here we've seen alot more lately.
@PatsPurposefulPutzing4 жыл бұрын
Are you shooting this from the top of "B" hill? I haven't been able to see a way up there that doesn't look like trespassing. Can you give me a hint? thanks