Railfanning Union Pacific’s Kearney Sub with a Drone

Union Pacific's Kearney Subdivision in Nebraska is one of the busiest freight mainlines in North America. There is a section of triple track that stretches all the way from North Platte to Gibbon. Locations featured in this video include Brady Curve (also known as Buttermilk Curve), Cozad, Overton, Elm Creek, and Gibbon. There is a Virtual Railfan webcam located in Kearney, Nebraska, where railfans can watch the nonstop railroad action 24/7! This video was recored using a DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone, and the audio was recorded at ground level using a GoPro HERO Session camera.

[@santeebandit3246]

Very nice video. Great perspective on the length of the trains being run up there. 👍🏻

[@stevehildebrand8448]

Great video, not just for the trains but a great view of the landscape

[@slimonion1975]

Nice work With the drone...great catches

[@tgw8998]

This is amazing 👍 Thanks for uploading this air view material 🍀 Thumbs Up and subscribed to your channel

[@martinkammerer1144]

Nice Video, Top Quality

[@Deejayboy]

A whole new way to railfan. Almost looks like a model railroad...albeit lifesize. Very nice video. Count me in as a new subscriber.

[@donivanmarsh5171]

Even though he is going home to get my car back to work I will get him home to you and then I can come home and then I will come home to you and get you home to get my car home now I will let you know how I can come back home to get my car home and then go home to do a good day and then I can get you some time and I will get home and get home

[@RailfanTurner]

Terrific catches!

[@williamjacobs236]

Great looking video ! Subbed.

[@arejay54]

Great video! I subscribed!

[@taslimchaudhary2541]

Woww Amazing video 🇮🇳

[@leonardolucero4437]

Te pasaste amigo con el vídeo. Muy buenas la filmación desde arriba. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@daveg.4862]

The Center of the Barbell, 120 + trains per day. Gibbon to North Plate is Mecca nice footage

[@corduerorose9747]

The union pacific whistle sound like it's on crack 😆😆9:49

[@jesusmicheel7003]

3 ACes! Nice

[@XOXFilmStudio]

I'm looking to get a phantom 3, is there a way I can add an external mic or a bluetooth mic to hang from the drone so I don't have to record sound from the ground, and later edit it so the Doppler effect doesn't make it all funky?

[@DavidLauback]

I've also had the idea of hanging a mic from the drone, because it would definitely make things a bit simpler when it comes to accurately matching the audio to the video. Depending on how far down it hangs you may still pick up a lot of drone propeller noise. The mic would have to hang down pretty far to avoid picking up any propeller noise at all, because even the ground mic picks up the propeller noise at times. I hope this helps!

[@XOXFilmStudio]

David Lauback Thanks! I'd think maybe a mic hanging 5-10 feet below the drone covered with a wind silencer would cover up the propeller noise pretty well, but I guess the drone noise depends on the drone itself

[@WVRailroadPapa]

Nice video. I have a DJI Mavic and enjoy it very much. I assume you recorded the sound on another device.

[@DavidLauback]

Thanks! Yes, I recorded the audio at ground level using a GoPro HERO Session.

[@Atsf1976]

What is your frames per second? 24? 30? Thanks for the great video.

[@DavidLauback]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I believe that drone records on 30fps.

[@KyleMurph09]

Did you use another microphone on the ground for audio so you don’t have the noise of the drone?

[@DavidLauback]

Yes! I used a GoPro to record audio at ground level.

[@josiahortiz5416]

How is the audio so good?

[@DavidLauback]

I record all of the audio at ground level and then use Adobe Premiere Pro to match the audio to the drone video.

[@josiahortiz5416]

@@DavidLauback and how do you fade one clip to another?

[@DavidLauback]

In Adobe Premiere Pro I use the cross fade transition. I just drag it wherever I want within the video timeline and then tell the program how long I want the transition to be.

[@josiahortiz5416]

@@DavidLauback thanks👍

[@scottlake]

What kind of person would down vote this?