“I WILL NOT LOSE THIS PARKING SPACE!” GREAT ENGINE CATCHES, DEAR DEER, POWER MOVES & RACES 12/7&8/22

Please stay for the ending as we go back in time for a very brief period.

[@leohopkins71]

The Pac-Man sound bite on the snowplow train was 🤣🤣 🤣

[@georgeadams1853]

The open container reminded me that the LAPD announced the arrest today of 22 container pirates and the recovery of $18 million worth of merchandise.

[@pendlechild7516]

What a classy, nostalgic and beautiful ending to another fantastic Grab Bag!

[@geepnut2459]

Love that CP snow plow and the superb lashups at Galesburg, Fostoria and Deshler, another great grab bag thanks.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Revelstoke looks like a Christmas card!

[@Bongofurry]

That darn ol pac man keeps popping up dag nab it !

[@jpayawal]

Those Metra electric district highliners were tried and true. They ran from 1971 to 2016. What’s really interesting is there are some bi-level gallery cars from the Eisenhower era that are still in use to this day on the diesel powered lines. The highliners also did not have washrooms on board. They were a big part of Metra’s history and also the Illinois Central Gulf who ran the service before Metra took over.

[@CR7659]

Going to scrap? I suppose they'd make interesting coaches somewhere

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Nice to catch a rare dropped signal in Galesburg, Ill @ 13:30 and Paradise, PA never fails with the foggy glow of an aspect change @14:12

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Video Nice Virtual Railfan*

[@rippersix293]

Great catch of those two NS high nose GP38-2’s 😉👍

[@franciscampagna2711]

Another great video. Thank you.

[@jeremypreece870]

Those people who live in La Grange must be so used to that railway in the middle of the street that they become more daring each week. As they say, familiarity breads contempt!

[@poowg2657]

Great all around, thanks much!

[@juliegogo2941]

Incredible skyscape in Pennsylvania. CSX in field and fog at Ohio nice clip. Florida has is excusions cars out as well as BNSF. Amtrek has a showing of a potential renovation car? The Canadian duel head snow and ice machine is fun. Virginia has a interesting airy construction engine running and stopping. That was a huge blue dumbbell thingy too. DOD was running with a caboose..plus a multipack long convoy train in California. Wave of the day goes to a Washington state engineer. Lots of unknown engines to me. Plus a BN green machine out too. The steam engine in PA reminds me of Petticoat junction show. I am surprised that the fleets of electrical trucks et al after weather disasters don't go by rail...... Fun to see the truck train too. Thanks Addendums..nice appears to be a huge potential project UP construction train in Nebraska heading to warmer weather place? Plus a really nice showing of the riverboat push me boats on the Mississippi at the Fort in Iowa. They looked super fine and fun. Do they do excursions too? Thanks again.

[@DesertRailProductions]

When you gotta park, you gotta park. SCIENCE!

[@catlover2368]

7:20 that poor crossing gates is getting a workout 😂lol

[@dasoffendor]

Love those Metra Highliners! Used to ride them every day. Dependable workhorses

[@Thomas1980]

This is a wonderful video my friend! The thumb is up 👍

[@craiglawin193]

I was on that train going through Skykomish.

[@aaronb7631]

3:28 Mobile "Christmas Tree"!

[@Josephcavagnaro]

9:34 lucky for him they werent bringing a high n wide through

[@realulli]

"Trains always have the right of way!" ;-)

[@dougm1]

8:53 Parking Space guy

[@Zetharion1]

21st! Great grab bag as usual.

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Nice footage 🌱🌵🇮🇳🌵🌱

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

The Private car at Tucson used to be the Patron Tequila car. Hope it is going in for rehab.

[@chrisdc4291]

The Patrón Tequila Express private rail car was once owned by John Paul DeJoria & Dan Aykroyd. In the late 1990's, it was parked underneath the Chicago House of Blues on the old C&NW Navy Pier Line. (DeJoria is co-founder of HOB.)

[@kennethhanks6712]

She must be, at least mechanically, in pretty good road worthy condition or she would not have qualified for an Amtrak move.

[@CR7659]

Judging by the GM&O herald it's going to see new paint

[@TrainLoverHimu]

Great coverage 😍👌

[@rogertemple7193]

You ought to make some best of Darwin Candidates videos.

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

i think that deer should get that drawin award too

[@patrickmcarter6244]

Again I love the N&W/SRC 475

[@jovetj]

16:10 Ooo, a _Slow Approach!_ Don't see that there very often!

[@TheMetGuy]

Keep those grab bags and porch train videos going

[@moosescorner]

still relieved that 475s damage wasn't serious and was able to get running again quickly

[@youredefeeted8136]

19:47----Tucson, a great place to wear a kilt!

[@engineerrailfan]

ALC 42's come to the Keystone Corridor for the second time! 13:59. This probably means that the p42's will be taken off pennsylvaniain soon.

[@thomasboese3793]

19:47 Yes, absolutely it's a great idea to have crystal clear windows. However, each long distance trip I've been on only the bottom row of windows ever got washed mid trip.

[@dennismundt7378]

9:21 Perhaps it would be better if there were an absolute parking ban or a car-free zone on this stretch of road. Delivery traffic, police and authorities are the only vehicles allowed to drive on this section. That would be my suggestion to improve security.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Seeing that UP work train made me think how cool it'd be to see it next to its 1940's predecessor.

[@jamesgeorge960]

hello friends from North carolina

[@jovetj]

Merry Christmas!

[@TinkerTailor4303]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Speak for yourself!!!😠

[@littlelittledeer1435]

Merry Christmas!

[@bbtrainproductions4203]

Nive

[@johnsiders7819]

15:15 we can get cams added but no new one here ! over 8 months no sound one of the most popular cams they have ! miss the audio .

[@jimtownsend6139]

What’s that ‘choika choika’ noise I’m hearing in the Revelstoke footage?

[@ADIX2400]

It's a noise from a 1980's called pac man. They nicknamed the CP multi mark units "pac man units"

[@CR7659]

CSX 1715 "ET23" built from SD40-2 8004 (LN 8004 3/79). Looks like it's not finished yet. Searching further tells me it's an ET23DCM with a 6 cylinder GEVO L6 engine. It's enroute to Wabtec in Erie PA for further work. I'm thinking it's been a long time since they were cross-bashing engines with other brand diesels, maybe the Conrail RS3M program the most recent example? GMTX 2142 GP38-2 built 11-76 as CRI&P 4333 Amtrak 2275 I believe this is a GP38-3 that's been sold and renumbered, can't find any data. When the last refrigerated tank car passes, they're argon

[@wyldemusick]

6:45 Reminds me of a Japanese railcam I watch…there’s so many trains that the gates will open then five seconds later the lights will start up again. People end up running because they’ll be halfway across when it happens.

[@CR7659]

Link?

[@raytaylor6412]

Was the passenger car in Tucson headed to a museum or a scrap yard?

[@thekeystonestaterailfanner1334]

What locomotive is at 6:34?

[@nathanw7114]

Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW) 4400-ACT4 (SD70M-AC shell with a Cummins QSK95 prime mover).

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

14:00 I wonder if that run is for crew preparation for the eventual ALC-42(E)s and the cab cars that will look like the ALC-42s.

[@nathanw7114]

Possibly that or an evaluation run, generally there’s a few prep stages before they begin training and transitioning..

[@crystalkittykat3581]

9:08 Omg 😂

[@trainmandavid8408]

I was able to catch the Marge Simpson autorack on video going through Coal City, IL about a month ago heading west.

[@dncarac]

I know that each train company keeps track of what other companies' cars are in a train and regularly reimburses the other companies for their use. I had a silly question about engines: does the reimbursement rate change depending on where the engine is in a line of engines? That is, if the engine is the first one, is that reimbursement higher than if the engine is the last one?

[@dncarac]

@@T_Hoog Thank you. I understand now.

[@Cpr1234]

5:09 Is that the camera affect or was that actually the Aurora Borealis ?

[@debikawaii]

Camera effect. It's like that every night on that cam

[@JointedStudios]

Hello VRF!

[@jmcfarlandjr]

What is that behind the snowplow?

[@desw9146]

They look like Jordan spreaders, equipped with side blades to push snow further away from the tracks. The blades are folded flat against the sides when they're not being used.

[@grahamsowerby6087]

I remember when great Britain had a proper working railway system for everyone, not just for shareholders and millionaires!

[@dangooch5267]

Makes me wonder what it costs to carry a flat car of whatever for a certain distance.

[@briancooper562]

I saw three ships a sailing in. On........ Was that Wile e Coyote looking for an ATCO agent. Any one seen the anvil?

[@yyzedd]

Oh no! the container pirates are in Canada now! 17:27

[@chuckdalldorf4077]

Why oh why oh why doesn't the city of La Grange KY close that street to vehicle traffic and make it a pedestrian/ bike street only. The amount of cars on tracks, collisions, near collisions is astonishing and the cost in police/ fire response costly to their taxpayers. Looks like there is plenty of parking around, so there is no need to park right in front of the businesses on the street with the tracks. Remarkable.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

One of the stranger, more awkward configurations for sure...

[@kennethhanks6712]

Due to the topography of the town site and the way its central area developed there really isn't an alternative that wouldn't be grossly expensive. Besides the locals generally appreciate the notoriety, and especially the extra business, this arrangement has provided over the years.

[@trainnut1958]

One would also imagine that the bicycle riders might do the same thing as the car drivers do, don't you think? 🤔🤔

[@chuckdalldorf4077]

@@trainnut1958 I have yet to see this happen in La Grange after following this site for more than two years. In La Grange it's been a constant parade of cars/trucks constantly creating hazards around the in street railroad track. Not bicycles. Not pedestrians. The city could also place stanchions if they felt they needed it for bikes/ pedestrians. It works successfully in other cities with light rail in north America and all through Europe.

[@trainnut1958]

@@chuckdalldorf4077 As the old saying goes, "There's always a first time!" 😜 🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@Tiffy552]

Well there's one less track to plough at Revelstoke this winter.

[@johnwoodall3791]

Ok, Would you rather your Vehicle spend a Few Weeks at the Fender Benders or maybe the Wrecking Yard might be more appropriate depending on how far you are Willing to chance a Run In with One Big Train.

[@verticalexcursion]

6:32 what is that black unit?

[@verticalexcursion]

@@T_Hoog thank you

[@DogeSFS]

Imagine the car driver jump onto the train

[@wyldemusick]

The PAC-Man shots are so idiotic that they make me laugh now. Good job!

[@MegaSquadVincent]

1:36 Fortnite bus?

[@TinkerTailor4303]

What were we looking at at 20:09?

[@TinkerTailor4303]

@@T_Hoog Thank you.

[@parailfan]

Don't know if anyone else caught that open container passing through Tucson at 17:14?

[@TomCat13461]

The doors look like they're latched open, so the container is probably an empty.

[@jonathanburrowaz]

What do most taggers have in common? I'm writing a paper and any feedback would be welcomed. Thx

[@Matt-yc2mz]

When I was a kid living in East Moline Chicago we use to shoot out the Combine and Tractor windows coming out of John Deere.

[@charlottecunningham2141]

😮

[@CapitolCityRailProductions]

I have the vid on my channel. I saw this engine for the first time! 12:36

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

Y'know I dont want to jinx things but I belive SOMEDAY there will be a "Darwin Award" shot of the crossing in Flagstaff AZ or Driving Idiocy shot in either Ashland Va or LaGrange Ky, where it will suddenly cut off, screen goes black and it will say: "This time, they didnt make it, the funeral will be on this date"...

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

@@T_Hoog Somehow thaqt doent surprise me, though I can see WHY they wouldnt mention it or acknowledge it...they might draw VR into whatever legal proccedure followed the incident...

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

4:30 What are we looking at? A single deployed brake?

[@r_mon_e]

It could be a hand brake not fully released but it is most likely a sticker. A shallow brake reduction on long trains can cause them. I will assume their system is like CN’s and a detector will pick up those axels being warmer than the rest and mechanical will call the train.

[@yyzedd]

10:10 Turbine?

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Metra Cars*

[@Xpninjadan]

It's a shame that the Metra cars were covered in graffiti.

[@organrick]

@@Xpninjadan it looks like the Metra part was just painted white, so my guess is that the cars are being scrapped, and probably haven’t been used in awhile.

[@georgeadams1853]

I think there's a scrapyard near Lordstown; that might be their destination. Lordstown is on CSX's former B&O main line.

[@michaelfoster1453]

Was that a passenger train or a subway train? Couldn't tell with all that graffiti. Need to check out the Strasburg PA Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, too!

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

They’re Metra highliners not sure where they’re going

[@roberthuron9160]

Those Metra double deckers,were used on the former Illinois Central lines out of Chicago! 1500 volt electrification!! They used to have Edison type cars,as on the DL&W!! Thanks for the mood shots,excellent editorial work!! Thank you 😇!

[@littlelittledeer1435]

I'm the 769th !

[@Unknown_Ooh]

It'd be nice to put some effort in to add time stamps or if you want to be extra lazy and at least somewhat helpful put your thumbnail clip video in the beginning so people don't have to scroll through a 25 minute long video for a short clip.

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

First up!

[@Xpninjadan]

Organize the comments from newest first. Your not first

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

@@Xpninjadan I am definitely 1st.

[@Xpninjadan]

@@jamesghiorzoe107 Just organize the comments from newest first. You're definitely not first. None of the "first" comments are first.

[@railfanmictherailfan5168]

First

[@Xpninjadan]

Organize the comments from newest first. You're not first.

[@mec4703]

Lose the pac man wacka wacka Very annoying

[@oc2phish07]

Rubbish!

[@abcderghijk]

They need to reroute the train around the town or somebody is going to get killed and then there is the lawsuits..The lawyers are gritting There teeth and rubbing THERE hands together over this..

[@nathanjplatt]

If talking about La Grange it's been this way for well over 100 years, they make it a big part of their tourism tracks arent going anywhere people just need to use common sense and brainpower