James E Strates Fair Train Street running in Augusta

[@raakone]

Awesome video! There's something special about "mainline" trains street-running!

[@MrRobertcoe]

I was stationed at Fort Gordon for 15 months in late 1967 to December 1968. I don't remember seeing the trains when we went to Augusta. I wish I had. Reminds of some of the old days in Southern California.

[@UnionPacificBNSF]

Startes and Ringling Bros are the only entertainment companies who move their entire show by train.

[@BessemerLakeErie902]

+UnionPacificBNSF Now the Ringling Brothers are shutting down the circus for good in May! That means the end of their train!!!

[@CSX2665]

wow nice...reminds me a lot of my lil hometown of Tarboro North Carolina because the tracks lie beside Albemarle Ave. but the tracks are not welded in the street like this but still and there is a slow speed limit there as well...also i love the old classic horn on that leading geep...plus i thought this was a circus train but after looking it up on google it turns out it is the fair train....i never knew the fair had its own train lol......

[@HammerQQ]

Sorry, I forgot to thank you for the great video. I hope generations in the future will appreciate this.

[@tarmac2001]

I bet that's one hell of a carnival. Looks like a portable disneyland. I wonder how long it takes for them to set it all up.

[@microbusss]

real neat I have the James E. Strates passenger train set that IHC put out just before going under

[@robbsharpe]

It takes them about 3&1/2 to 4 days. They come to Syracuse, NY every year for the New York State Fair. I worked for The Fair for 6 years and used to watch these guys do their thing.

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

nice video Sam and great catch of all the train's in your video.

[@KKEM641]

A great shot of street running, and with a special movement as well. I have Pentrex videos of both Street Running, and North American Show Trains -- but this one has them both.

[@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663]

Man it's sad to these Engines go, I used to used to these on the Marion Branch Up north through Anderson when they ran the Train From Marion to Indianapolis way back in the Day, Now your Lucky if you Catch one, but glad I grabbed in opportunity grab pictures and videos on these!!

[@mattsfilms2012]

Sweet catch! We used to have a circus train in Wisconsin, but it hasn't run for a long time

[@tarmac2001]

Thanks for the info. I figured, it would be quiet a bit from seeing all those rides and the equipment loaded on those numerous flat-cars.

[@csxmansam]

@56yuoi yep, Ive talked to a few people around Augusta and they think since the Rairoad tracks go down the street that there Abandond, so they just ignore the tracks.

[@MMMMMDIESEL]

wow amazing catch and video!!

[@CSXer]

Nice catch. Whole bunch of trailers and not many tracktors.

[@k750iL]

Damn that james e strates fellow is shure got a lot of dough owning train cars trucks traktors safety equipment plus all the coach cars!!! Nice vid

[@Z1CAUSEDEATH]

great catch man.

[@HammerQQ]

Brings back great childhood memories when James E Strates used to do the Clearfield County Fair. They would offload on 3rd St (which used to be a coal train route) and people would flock to watch all day long. My favorite part was when Jack Kochman's Hell Drivers would unload their '70 'Cudas. We never had a decent midway since Strates and our fairboard could no longer agree on terms. The tracks downtown are paved over, too. Moments like now leave me with a deep *sigh* that time marches on..

[@Deutschus]

i love the nathan P3!

[@lawbench191]

Just plain Cool! Now that is a circus train!

[@csxmansam]

@picturethisalso Thanks Its always intresting to see it come down,

[@mkl62]

Some of the NS freights that go through Augusta originate in Macon, GA and terminate in Charlotte, NC. A stopped NS freight in Augusta is either taking a meal break or changing crews. But some do originate/terminate in Augusta.

[@csxmansam]

This is Augusta Ga. lol. but yeah its a great town with great railroad scenery.

[@brett624]

Now THIS is what I call STREET RUNNING lol

[@bsfink2]

Awesome horn

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video!

[@riiq]

wtf that's weird.. train n the street.. :D greetings from finland

[@davidtheriot3205]

When the railroad is there first and then the town develops around the railroad that is when you get track down the middle of the street.

[@stevieianni]

guess who put them rides and wagons on ...

[@waltonwayaugusta]

WHILE IN THE VA HOSPITAL I USED TO WATCH THESE CRAZIES RUN UP TO THE TRAINS

[@robertgift]

How close were those wires crossing over the track?

[@donconklin1770]

nice catch and P5 horn!

[@1000tCSX]

It's a p3

[@KwillATL]

R line is from cola to nc I work at ns in Greenville sc

[@AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral]

we got Street railroad in Albany ga the Strates train runs right through town

[@robertgift]

Well done! Glad you used two cameras to also show the train going away. Why so slow? Holding up traffic far too long. Any height clearance issues with some of those circus rides? Thank you, csxman, for videoing and posting this.

[@davidtheriot3205]

No, train speeds are restricted when running down the street like that because of idiots in cars not giving the right of way to the train. At slow speeds the trains crew can react quickly to something.

[@youtoo12306]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@picturethisalso]

very neat

[@csxmansam]

there both ex Southern railway units

[@Strüdle1099]

So cool

[@KManXPressTheU]

Seriously, they don't have RR crossing signals there?

[@deandretaylornoeltherailfa986]

Hi Hood

[@benschlechter]

Are those ex-NW or ex-Southern units?

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

Ex SOU

[@therailthing610]

Is this track still around?

[@hundio88]

Is this Inception for real??

[@Dmia232]

Train running in the street! meanwhile in USA :D

[@1000tCSX]

Love the P3

[@southern4501isawesom]

Nothing better then a couple high-hoods pulling a fair train... Unless it was steam hauled of course.

[@cubbiejack6659]

That's a long train for one engine to be hauling

[@markkevinwalters1994]

There were 2 units

[@davidtheriot3205]

There were 2 engines

[@stevieianni]

Check my page view of the carnival train from inside the engine

[@tpearl209]

hard to believe that there are people out there who are stupid enough to try and beat a train and those people who get lucky well luck will run out on them if they make it a habit of trying to beat a train.

[@robertgift]

The train was far enough away to be no problem.

[@inels100]

That one kid was really stupid of walking in right in front of the train.

[@carbon2983]

i think it is dangerous.it needs rr xing signals.

[@passengerspotting]

O_O;

[@pruitt3507]

to bad it didnt hit that black guy, been 20 points. lol