[8c][4k] Don't Do This! It's Dangerous. Trains on the CSX Abbeville Subdivision, GA 10/30/2024

[@rylixoxo]

I enjoy your videos alot I see myself finding your channel alot as of recent, great video & I look forward to the next.

[@mbmars01]

Awesome, thanks very much for your nice feedback! Keep watching :)

[@melvin0833]

Glad you’re back brother, I really did miss your videos!

[@mbmars01]

Thanks for your kind words - appreciate you watching!

[@countdooku1971]

'Nuther cool video. I used to put coins on tracks as a kid, but even at that age I had enough sense to not do it when a train was coming at me.

[@mbmars01]

Great you enjoyed the video! Right, one would think common sense prevents people from doing such foolish things. Apparently not...

[@HolidayDecorator]

​@@mbmars01yes, people are extremely dumb at times. Oh look, here comes a fast freight, let me get this penny on the track before the train gets here, lays penny on track, train moving faster than expected, ah well, I really didn't need that hand anyway, oh look, also got part of my arm up to my elbow, ah well no problem, at least I got the coin on the tracks.🙄 Oh brother, I've actually seen more than my fair share of idiots doing this over my many years of railfanning. Did witness a few accidents, 2 that ended in fatalities and dismembered bodies. Not a pleasant sight. You just can't fix stupid people. Now years ago, I used to work with a guy and we scraped up what was left of victims, such as train vs pedestrian, train vs vehicle accidents and other morbid scenes, so if I was at an incident that happened I'd just call Gerald(wasn't his actual name, it was his codename, which sometimes changed several times over the year, as did mine to protect our identities) and have him meet me at the accident seen, since I already knew we'd be the ones cleaning and bagging the evidence. That's how I got the nickname Mr. Bones. I'm retired from everything now, but I doubt I could do that job today, I think I'd look more like this now 🤢🤮. But when I was younger nothing like this ever bothered me. I was a strange one in my younger days.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BOATNIAGARA]

[..CSX..] in action ! good video !

[@mbmars01]

Cool :) Thanks.

[@iusetano]

Excellent video.

[@mbmars01]

Thank you!

[@RadicalRailfanner]

Nice video, what software do you use to edit your videos? Looks great.

[@mbmars01]

Thanks! I still use Final Cut Pro X for editing my videos.

[@zdthelehighlinerailfan5362]

@mbmars01... i bet the Crew on CSX 932 had notice that person was standing too close to the Tracks... plus i'm surprised the Engineer didn't blew the horn at him

[@mbmars01]

Right, I also thought he would blow the horn. They are probably used to this nonsense.

[@zdthelehighlinerailfan5362]

@@mbmars01... Yeah plus i think they might have to report the person to the RR Police for doing that?

[@mbmars01]

I don't know, maybe they did.

[@zdthelehighlinerailfan5362]

@@mbmars01... Yeah

[@MrNorth69]

I don't work for CSX but when I see someone standing close by I either sound the horn 30 seconds straight or call it in

[@Zsolti0NYM]

Idiots like that guy gives railfans a bad name and reputation. I guess he placed a coin on the rail. I'm sure it was a bit scary watching him close to the approaching train. But on the bright side the CSX blues looks nice again here. The switching at the feed mill was interesting. Great update as always, thanks for the Saturday fun.

[@mbmars01]

True. I was also somewhat worried. One just never knows what can happen. The train was still accelerating after he had left Fowler Yard, but I don't think he could have stopped in time in case the person had gotten stuck near the the track. Great you liked watching this video, too!

[@andreasforster7757]

Vielen ❤Dank für den hervorragenden Beitrag. Spielende Kinder, oder Jugendliche mit ihren Mutproben gefährden sich nicht nur, sondern auch das Zugpersonal. Hier in Deutschland gab viele Späße oder Mutproben mit tödlichen Ausgang. Teilweise im Personenverkehr die Pendolinos haben eine Geschwindigkeit zwischen 100 und 160 km/h. Bremsweg und die Reaktionsschnelligkeit des Lokführers wird sehr unterschätzt. Persönlich habe ich auch viele Erfahrungen in meinen Berufsleben gemacht (34 Jahre). Es ist immer wieder eine Freude deine Filme zum schauen. öfters schaue ich sie mehreremale. Andreas👨‍✈😇👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@mbmars01]

Hi Andreas! Danke fuer Deinen Kommentar. Hier ist das alles noch gefaehrlicher, weil es i.a. keine Absperrungen in der Naehe der Gleise gibt. Es passiert staendig irgendetwas, meistens mit Trucks oder Autos, die bei geschlossenen (Halb-)Schranken noch versuchen, den Bahnuebergang zu passieren. Das ist fuer das Bahnpersonal verstaendlicherweise sehr stressig. Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, dass Du viele solche Erfahrungen selbst gemacht hast. Viele Gruesse nach Bayern und noch viel Spass beim Anschauen der Videos :)

[@drezdin4557]

That’s one stupid sob. Nonetheless fantastic video as usual

[@tommyhunter1817]

We don’t get as many trains through Comer as we used to.

[@mbmars01]

Yes, unfortunately.

[@williamdavid9333]

Great video!

[@mbmars01]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jermainewyatt1995]

I see u got a video at my favorite place i still watch the other video u post here from a couple of years ago switching there at the grain elevator

[@mbmars01]

Yes, it's still a great place to watch activity at the feed mill and trains passing by.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Nice catches there man!

[@mbmars01]

Thanks!

[@jamesmdean1987]

When I was 11, 12 somewhere in there, I was given a cab ride in an old U Boat of some kind, maybe a B36-7, from the depot there all the way to the yard up from it. Is the yard Fowler Junction? Childhood memory I'll always cherish, with a perfectly tuned K5LA on top of the engine, and a horn valve I was in control of. Times were so different back then.

[@mbmars01]

Very cool. At least the depot is still standing.

[@anjuarunderwood6869]

Love your videos brother….the dcs be growling

[@mbmars01]

Cool! Yeah, they really do lol

[@chriswilson7965]

Hi mbmars01 Great TO SEE YOU AGAiN

[@mbmars01]

Nice to have you here.

[@denisetindall1487]

I like train videos on KZbin 👍

[@mbmars01]

Great you do!

[@jsax4heart]

It's a penny?

[@heckinghausen]

now its a euro..lol

[@heckinghausen]

nice Baby Coaster action...lol

[@mbmars01]

Lol

[@arlingtontrains7]

Why did they horn blow at crossing at 17:32, but not before or after it?

[@Nicola636128]

Leaving aside the idiot on duty who are everywhere, I wanted to dwell on a curiosity, noted in several videos on CSX trains: is there a reason why CSX uses on certain trains (mainly coal trains, stacks and manifests) one or two in the lead and one in mid-train? I'll leave aside the "mega-trains" which are understood to be two trains joined into one.... Great video as always.

[@mbmars01]

If I'm not mistaken, CSX uses computer software to optimize the load balance by distributing power along the train. So, one lead engine and one well-placed DPU may be more fuel efficient and cause less strain on couplers and draw bars than, say, three units upfront. Funnily, we tested this on my hilly HO layout recently and also found that midtrain DPUs caused less trouble than rear-end DPUs :)

[@arlingtontrains7]

Why did the grain train only blow its horn for your crossing, and not the ones before?

[@TherealJamorieDesean]

I grew up watching your video's. For some time, I thought you quit uploading because of that long gap you left us with.

[@mbmars01]

Awesome. I never considered quitting, but my work keeps me quite busy at times.

[@Nashvillesteam42]

I believe that rail line from Evansville Indiana Florida and South Carolina is all conrail

[@reginaldwilkinson6019]

Show the entire train!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Surprised they put a Gevo on the local. That sort of yhing is usually a job for a Geep

[@mbmars01]

It looks like they have so many surplus Gevos because they run fewer through trains, so they can also put them on the locals.

[@minerran]

Don't the trains have cameras? Hopefully yes and the footage was given to RR security to find and charge the person. While I'm sure the intent was to have the train smash some object, the person cannot know if doing so might cause a derailment. Its irresponsible.