OUR LONGEST CAUGHT TRAIN AT “THE BIG 10 CURVE”! GREAT NORTHERN & GRAND TRUNK CAR, ENDING SONG

Pristine Route Rock (The Rock) car, Beautiful Virginian Engine, Choo-Choo Charlie & a Train/Song at the end
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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"!

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 NS 1071 as mid-train DPU 0:26 executive MAC trailing, MRL boxcars, and a Great Northern tall gondola (probably the oldest freight car still in use) on the same train 1:12 Grand Trunk boxcar 1:20 Amtrak 100 "Midnight" leading the Lake Shore Limited 2:19 you can see a long ways from the Ft Madison camera 3:26 CP heritage, KCS, and CP triple-header again 4:28 NS 8103 6:17 BNSF 7613, well car 937503 with white container, and two inspection cars 6:42 geep pushing a local train with caboose first. Listen to its air whistle! 7:06 KCT black diamond geep and Kaw River SD60M on the same train. Usually, both Kaw River SD60Ms work together on a KCT/ Kaw River job 7:30 9-unit lash-up of all older EMD power 8:29 BC Rail blue unit trailing 9:09 CSX OCS (again at 10:20) 9:59 intermodal train races Hi-rail truck over Horseshoe Curve 11:30 the longest train caught on the Big 10 Curve camera1 You can see it all in one shot 13:35 Wow, NS 1010 pulling an empty 8-car Pennsylvanian over Horseshoe Curve without any Amtrak loco! 14:10 EMDX 1605 is now a hybrid power locomotive. Similar to GECX 2010 14:33 Ferromex hoppers 14:53 Rock Island hopper 15:07 NS inspection car without rebuilt loco 34 or 38 15:22 NS 1069 leading 15:38 CN doubleheader with wind turbine heads 17:00 this hi-rail truck just got off the tracks and is setting down new crossing surfaces

[@chief1b]

CSX 1 on the move for the Kentucky Derby May 4.

[@johncamp2567]

Relaxing ending….☺️

[@kens.3729]

Double Empty Coal Drag at Big 10 Curve. 👍🙏

[@crickkett7510]

Surfliner and VT fam smiles and waves in Capistrano 😊

[@davidztog9011]

I thought that NS DPU looked familiar. I caught and posted that anaconda UP empty coal drag coming out of Big Ten Curve and climbing the grade to Tunnel #1 at Blue Mountain Drive in Arvada. Thanks for sharing. 👍🐾👍

[@ClarissaPacker]

Dang that's a Monster 🚂

[@nycrr-bko4382]

Love that Good & Plenty insert 👍

[@kens.3729]

Grand Trunk (GT) Railroad is Not to be confused with the Grand Funk Railroad Band. 😬👍

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Very true However GFR took their name from the GTR believe it or not

[@thefrase7884]

How original

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@@thefrase7884 Michigan pride They were from Flint Michigan

[@susanwahl6322]

Still love the dancing bears

[@bowlinerailfan]

Plenty of military equipment on the move.🇺🇲

[@Dreamworld986]

The Big 10 curve train was cool and the ending with the rain at the train station was also neat.

[@hunterwolfscar2287]

Hey I See Cocacola Truck in Roanoke, VA - East!!

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the UP military train and the CSX military train, I like them, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

[@VRF-Social]

You are welcome!

[@U_ever]

OH YEAH !

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Nice wave from NS Conductor in Elkhart, good video and catch on the EMD SD70ACE VA HU on point, might be heading up to Roanoke tomorrow to do some railfanning!🛤🚂

[@donnaj9964]

Fantastic! (Just so you know, Othello is a town in Washington state.) Horseshoe Curve is looking beautiful and springlike, the looooong train on Big 10 Curve was amazing, the lights on the night train @8:49 were stunning, the tie-unloader was neat, and the Grand Trunk Western was just plain cool--and to top it all off, another musical visit to stormy La Plata. Superb--thank you so much!

[@joepeach997]

Thank You! We try to put a little of everything in, and balance the Grab Bag. At 8:49 those were regular tank cars reflecting the RR signal and car headlights (making an interesting show). We knew about "The Bard" and Othello, (and the town) but since the decal was worn, we thought it might be spelling something different because some of the names are crossword worthy, lol. So glad you appreciate our eclectic offerings.

[@Pat1943M]

Is there any chance that VR could make connection with the Tehachapi Loop Bed and Breakfast live webcams? They have awesome pictures of trains going around the Tehachapi Loop, plus four other web cams along the line from Bakersfield, CA to Mojave CA. It would be a great addition to the VR family. Thanks for all your highly entertaining and informative Grabbags.

[@joepeach997]

@@Pat1943M Try: virtualrailfan.com/suggest-a-location/

[@donnaj9964]

@@joepeach997 Thanks for the explanation about the light show; I loved it even without knowing what was making it happen but now it's all the cooler!

[@Pat1943M]

@@joepeach997 I will. Thanks.

[@gp3829]

Thanks another good GB, VR. Also thanks for Executive SD70MAC 9570 and the Montana Rail Link Boxcars (I like the Livery and have Accuready and Athearn HO versions) The Train behind the River Boat at Fort Madison was a nice longshot and the way that the rain came on at La Plata was cool.

[@davidbrown4823]

The Great Northern wood chip car is like the Boston and Maine covered hoppers, not going away.

[@GriffinStuff-fh4vz]

Cool video

[@VRF-Social]

Thanks!

[@GriffinStuff-fh4vz]

Your welcome

[@user-zt5xz5fz4q]

❤

[@leroyducharme2477]

😀😀👍👍

[@user-bb3yv8dy7q]

4:58 P3 Horn on a GEVO?

[@TheMetGuy]

Cool grab bags! Love my tanker trains

[@North_Cascade_Railfan]

8:54 Congratulations, you caught North Cascade Railfan in Skykomish! Sight: common

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

👍🏽🤠😂

[@cathyv51]

I wonder how many cars on the Big Ten?

[@Mcdaffodilhill]

Every time I witness CSX grand show train, I wish they would treat the working trains with the same concern. Shamefully not so.

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Catches*

[@kevinburt]

I always like that commercial

[@joepeach997]

An oldie but goodie.

[@kens.3729]

ALL Aboard! 👍

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thanks Ya'll Great video. Have a wonderful day.

[@Karl_Martin83]

Lots of heritage units

[@mlptf]

6:54 What the heck was that inside that caboose?

[@joepeach997]

Something that the old timers will get. Look up: Choo-choo Charlie, Good and Plenty. 😉

[@user-hx5fs6mw9m]

Oh my gosh

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

At 13:38 why are the vestibule doors open on the deadheading Amtrak train?

[@Trainman-611]

I saw NS 14Z with NS 1071 at the start of the vid!

[@keonikaig9247]

🚂 great editing 🚂

[@Z4Zander]

@6:17. Things that make you go Hmmmm.

[@randydobson1863]

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

[@Yormsane]

Nope, I didn't have plushie sharks and dancing bears on my Grab Bag card today. 🤣 Always great entertRainment, keep 'em coming!

[@richblacklock]

Charlie says, love that good & plenty…Charlie says, really rings a bell…

[@slimonion1975]

That train was like a snake in Colorado wow

[@peterp1158]

15:40 What's under the covers?

[@ThePhilmaywalt]

I was wondering the same thing!!

[@adamc1966]

What is a "caught train" ?

[@daveluehr8685]

Any idea what the light show is at 8:39 ? ?

[@joepeach997]

Those are regular tank cars reflecting the RR signal and car headlights, they might have been in the rain at some point because of the reflectivity.

[@kevinfan726]

@@joepeach997 I live north of Chehalis. lots of rain lately.

[@daveluehr8685]

Thanks! Now that I look really close I can see the top hatches -- I need new glasses or a better monitor

[@Retired88M]

Did anyone count how many coal cars were in the consist on big 10?

[@00Zy99]

Once again a wonderful show. But I simply must know. At timestamp 16:00, Just what IS that cargo?

[@urchy54]

With all the people sending their greetings to cameras in the Grab Bag, I guess it's true that Virtual Railfan rules the "waves."

[@HenrikSweden1]

i love your videos. Great way to see lots of exiting trains without having to be there. One question isn't there an issue running long military trains like that, in daylight ? wouldn't it be safer to spread the tanks over several trains ? and the best ending ever ! supernice to watch ! thanks !

[@haroldbenton979]

Hard to believe that the BN was founded 54 years ago.

[@RenTheRailfan]

My friend was there 😮

[@kevinburt]

Some of those box cars haven't been painted since the 50's

[@Keikdv]

Where can I book those dancing bears for my next party?

[@tnscavenger]

5:37 I wonder if the Abrams Tanks are part of the $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine.

[@daphetidroberto797]

I do not understand why you stop the video to show the names on the doors of the “Cryo” reefers. Why??

[@donnaj9964]

Because a lot of us like them and think they are fun. They're like grab bags in their own right; you never know what kind of name you'll see.

[@kevinbaker4241]

​@@donnaj9964 For example, the car at 4:19 took me by surprise. I've actually been to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and it's a nice place to visit in the Smoky Mountains. I just wish CSX or NS had a rail line running in that area.

[@currentbatches6205]

Be nice to know when the click-bait happened. Gone.

[@joepeach997]

Click-bait? It's free, must you have more? Bye.

[@jj80251]

It is absolutley NOT cool that it is that long and dont glorify it.

[@joepeach997]

How long is it?

[@rogertemple7193]

It's a nice Tuesday evening with a new episode of VR Grab Bag I've got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll it doesn't get any better than this does it.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲

[@VRF-Social]

no it does not!

[@bowlinerailfan]

Now you got cinnamon rolls on my mind, just as I'm about to get groceries.

[@donnaj9964]

Ooh, I envy you the cinnamon roll!

[@WilliamBowen-md5gh]

Ft.maddson