San Juan Branch Line: Mountainous Spectacle

Two veterans of the SJBL's fleet are back for an all out photo charter spectacular! With each of the 4-8-2 Mountains having a different approach to how well the event should go, how much friction would this cause between the railfans and engines?
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[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

*It is good to hear the voice of Nicholas Ozorak voicing Frank again*

[@joneau261]

12 years and still voicing strong.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

I might have rewatched the Storm of 1952 review

[@trainknut]

"What? Frank you're not cutting and running on us are you??" "Afraid so... I've gotta get back to The Roundhouse™ " "Wait, what roundhouse?" "The one At The Railyard"

[@npk765fan]

Lol

[@joneau261]

Nice

[@rayvaul3539]

Pfft- lol, I know that reference

[@DerpyPossum]

...why didn’t they actually use that?

[@kadenrobinson7067]

Lol

[@usstiger_cd4165]

"Unless there is a big derailment somewhere and the rising insurance premiums cut my career, leave a key under the map," 5 years later, "I'm back and I am here to stay."

[@mr.oliver_11]

2022:”San Juan branchline is canceled.”

[@rastewart100]

@@mr.oliver_11 Or that.

[@nickaprill5427]

​@@mr.oliver_11 2023: is no longer canceled and will be ready to ride the rails once again

[@mr.oliver_11]

@@nickaprill5427 I already know

[@eothetrainmaster]

I can already hear the Mountain Foamer riff

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I really love 4-8-2s and I can confirm you're correct.

[@JoyceLund]

Yees

[@joneau261]

"Friends Of Any Mountain: Eastern Rocky Sub"

[@michaelpham8368]

2 Mountains and 1 Mohawk, One Event. This oughta be interesting

[@joneau261]

This definitely was fun to write.

[@michaelpham8368]

@@joneau261 well now, I hope this isn’t the last we’ll see of Frank

[@michaelpham8368]

@@joneau261 say, wats the progress on Steam against the Current?

[@goldgamercommenting2990]

“We waited 8 months for this” No kidding nathan

[@goldgamercommenting2990]

I still like this film though

[@joneau261]

@@goldgamercommenting2990 Thanks

[@ryanmisner8824]

“Where did he come from” from Dan still cracks me up every time.

[@BMMEC6000]

I loved how much Frank changed! He used to be a regular engine and now he’s a hot shot city cool boy who try’s to take the spot light whenever he gets the change to

[@joneau261]

We basically went to match the reality.

[@BMMEC6000]

@@joneau261 I could see that. And I love it! By far one of my favorite SJBL episodes!

[@frankf.addison1522]

Frank: "Unless there's a big derailment somewhere and the rising insurance premiums cut my career, then leave a key under the mat." Hint-Hint to what later happens to 1522's career. Great episode as always!

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I thought just the rising insurance premiums lead to 1522's downfall.

[@The_L-3C_Pro]

Oh hi

[@capitollimitedproductions211]

@@harrisonofcolorado8886 Yes, but 1522 was kind of an honorary member of the Norfolk Southern steam program. Not owned by them, but often made trips with them. The infamous derailment that would silence 611 until 2015 helped to end the steam program, shrinking the areas were 1522’s group could run and make money. Ya lose money, but the insurance costs go up. I think you see what I’m getting at here.

[@joneau261]

Also 1522 itself derailed in 1999 during a test run. That's what we were referencing.

[@capitollimitedproductions211]

@@joneau261 Did not know that. Interesting trivia about 1522.

[@Thomasboi01]

Frank has got a new k&l trainz look now awesome!

[@joneau261]

Yep, it's a good look

[@carolinarailfanproductions]

YES YES YES OMG 😱 YES THEY ARE FINALLY BRINGING BACK CRAIG FRANK AND NATHAN ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME THEY BRING THEM BACK AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH HIGH IRON FOR BRINGING THEM BACK AND AMEN TO THAT!!!!

[@BMMEC6000]

Nope. Craig is not there

[@BMMEC6000]

Also by the look of the description it sounds like Frank isn’t there to stay just yet

[@joneau261]

In time.

[@goodrichfarms8795]

"That's the best thing I've seen since Huntington!" Are you referencing PM 1225 and NKP 765! If so, best reference ever made!

[@joneau261]

It should give a good hint to when this takes place

[@goodrichfarms8795]

@@joneau261 so this is.... my brain already hurts because Huntington w/ 1225 and 765 was in August of 1991, and in the Christmas episode, Ben and Anthony were playing Wii. The plot thickens

[@joneau261]

The story isn’t told in order

[@ethanjohn7534]

I'm soo happy to see frank return because hes my favourite

[@prairierailproductions6737]

Sorry I won’t be at the premier. I will be rail fanning hope you guys understand :)

[@joneau261]

Hope you had fun.

[@Comeng_]

"We waited 8 months for this?" Funniest line in the whole episode

[@Toaster844]

Really nice work on this series! I have been wanting to do something like this for years

[@ItstheBreadMan]

I cannot believe Frank, Craig, and Nathan are back Noice

[@BMMEC6000]

Nope. Not Craig. He’s still in fakeville

[@ItstheBreadMan]

@@BMMEC6000 oh yeah his frame got broke

[@Thomasboi01]

Anybody know when Craig coming back anytime soon?

[@ItstheBreadMan]

@@Thomasboi01 he would but his frame got bend so yes he will return if he has a new frame on him I guess

[@Thomasboi01]

Thanks for the info.

[@ks_56]

love how friends of any mountains acronym is FOAMERS

[@MOHAWKL4A3124]

Damn I love Nathan's new look. It actually inspired me to reskin my Mohawk 3124 and dang he looks fine.

[@joneau261]

Nice

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

@@joneau261 Speaking of which, I downloaded NYC L4b 3135 from the DLS, and even in T:ANE the model still looks like a TS12 model. Is your current model of Nathan a reskin (proper NYC tender text font, a better coat of black paint, smoke deflectors, etc)?

[@JXPNetwork]

Amazing work on this episode. You guys went above and beyond. Also, 19:14 Thank you.

[@joneau261]

Glad you enjoyed

[@BurlingtonNorthernProductions]

This is gonna be awesome

[@Mr.RailYard-LJLRailYard]

Great video guys.

[@joneau261]

Thanks

[@granddrunkwestern6325]

I have no clue what to say for this so yay they came back

[@The_L-3C_Pro]

Just say its awesome

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

20:42 Most people's reactions to most movies made nowadays.

[@Jaidyn228]

I hate how people just keep on hating on others movies that they put so much work into

[@McCloud19250]

I Can Tell That Frank And Nathan Are Making A Comeback

[@BMMEC6000]

Maybe not Frank just yet because if you read the description it sounds like Frank is just visiting

[@McCloud19250]

@@BMMEC6000 that’s what I was saying in a different way

[@joneau261]

Getting there

[@Cwilliam1999]

That's one heck of a show well done

[@joneau261]

Thanks

[@Thomasboi01]

Yay! Frank is back! Heck yeah!

[@jaredsedoris6736]

It felt good to see Frank and Nathan back on the show. I was surprised that Frank had to go back to St. Louis.

[@joneau261]

He still has a career

[@jaredsedoris6736]

@@joneau261 I see.

[@Thomasboi01]

Yes! The San Juan branchline is coming back!

[@Thomasboi01]

This san juan branchline episode is so cool!

[@joneau261]

Thanks

[@trainlandia697]

I’m actually going to the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis to see Frisco 1522 this Saturday!

[@l4aproductions346]

Congrats on 10k!!😊

[@NSWSteamFan]

Congrats once again for yet another awesome episode! 👍

[@joneau261]

Glad you enjoyed

[@thatd59ladlarry]

Oh boi here we go

[@Hotboxphotography]

Ooo I can’t wait

[@ottodantaslemos5784]

I hope Craig (CN 3254) comes back too, but in the L&L Trainz S1b version, as well as Frank in the new K&L Trainz version, he is my favorite.

[@maxnash8450]

Is that Frank in the thumbnail?

[@BMMEC6000]

Yes. They updated his model like they did with Ben and Annie

[@kosmostimber1174]

Oh cool, Franks back for... probably not back-back judging by the description, but he seems to be back for this episode.

[@BMMEC6000]

@@kosmostimber1174 yeah but Nathan’s here for good. If could tell by the hints in the knockoff SJBR special along with the last scene in Reefer madnesses

[@kosmostimber1174]

@@BMMEC6000 Yeah, its nice to have Nathan back at least.

[@eriktrainzfan9429]

I can't wait for the diesels to arrive on the SJBL, I'd really like to be the voice of the Southern TrainMaster since it's my favorite American diesel.

[@joneau261]

The diesels are coming, don't worry

[@MiddletownBranchProd.]

that. was. Fucking amazing.

[@joneau261]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Nighttime-Challenger]

Cant Wait, This Will Be An Amazing Episode! (EDIT) And It Was!

[@railfan101productions7]

Me too btw love the Berkshire on your Icon

[@Nighttime-Challenger]

@@railfan101productions7 Thanks, its the 765 when I went in 2020

[@joneau261]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Drockthe3rd]

9:35 really funni would love to see a video on that

[@joneau261]

Give it time

[@Drockthe3rd]

@@joneau261 Alright

[@Kanefan701]

I'm so looking forward to this! This made my 2021

[@railfan101productions7]

Same

[@multifan75]

This is gonna be cool! Three 4-8-2 mountain type steam locomotives together on the San Juan Branchline!

[@Kanefan701]

@@multifan75 something we all dreamed of and now it's here!

[@joneau261]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Kanefan701]

@@joneau261 again it was just so nice to see Frank return. We have missed him.

[@Somerandompokemon]

Its good to see frank

[@Thomasboi01]

Also nice to see nathan cool!

[@Trainboy11]

Welcome back frank my buddy

[@bluebellsfan8704]

Yes! Another San Juan branchline video! Honestly I wasn't having the best day. But this makes up for it!

[@joneau261]

Glad this could improve your day

[@GABYTRAINIAC28]

5:05 details, details...

[@bigboychallenger779]

Now I think of it I don't think we have any 4-8-2's running these days, mostly we got northerns, mallets, consolidations, pacific's maybe switchers, prairies, mikados and american type but no challengers, hudsons, atlantics, mountains nor any operating 4-10-2's.

[@frankf.addison1522]

Don't forget the Berkshires. They seemed to have taken most of the spotlight in the community.

[@joneau261]

The Mountain types are old but large. Most mainline engines are younger "War Baby" eras, and most tourist engines are smaller sizes. The 4-8-2 simply got squeezed out.

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

"What kind of people make their career from filming steam engines?" *Dynamo productions, Blue Comet productions, and practically every other big railfanning channel:* 🗿

[@ryan_1265]

Lock it, pop it, rock it

[@mechamax7919]

Wes' little "um, ta-da???" was pretty funny

[@spyhunter7056]

17:01 son of a yard goat we stopped 20 yards to short FRANK!!!!!!

[@theresalwaystrainsintetonv69]

I love Wes’s gradual decline into insanity

[@qdogccfc8258]

Finally Frank is back in the roster for now

[@joneau261]

A few more years

[@necjerseyrailfan7500]

The nyc mohawk reskin is really nice i wish i had it

[@rainierbagatsing1073]

Looks Frank the famous 1522 is back on the San Juan branch line

[@NBRailfan]

I want to know more about CNR 5270 witch is a J-7-a 4-6-2 pacific built in 1918 by the Montreal Locomotive Works

[@joneau261]

The internet can answer that for you

[@cedricbethea2343]

Cool thing you know the expressions even tho they don’t faces

[@RailsofMichigan]

Well a little bummed that Frank had to go I was hoping he was back to stay but I hope he will be back again someday. But It was great episode i love Frisco 1522 the most I miss that mountain the most of all.

[@Jaidyn228]

Well considering that they’re basing it mostly off of real life railroading, we’re probably gonna have to wait 5 years for him to come back

[@NishnaValleyRailVideos]

He does come back in the end as in the K&L special he is seen at the round house

[@RailsofMichigan]

Still I am going to miss Frisco 1522 I loved that mountains loud exhaust and the locomotive all over. Hope Frank will return one day

[@ironphilly2366]

cam i have mohawk files because mine feels like SHIT

[@NSWSteamFan]

I’m pretty they only give their files to those they can trust

[@ironphilly2366]

@@NSWSteamFan the can i have ben files

[@TheNoogaRailfan]

No.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

@@ironphilly2366 The Ben model (the non-TRS2019 one)can be downloaded at a site called Subpar Productions. As for the 2019 model (or any of the mountain types), I don't know. There is a Russian website called TrainzLand.ru that might be able to help download those. If you can't find them via names, search them up in the Auran DLS, then use the creator's content ID to search them up in Trainzland. Usually, anything under Trainz 2010 ed. can be found on it. (That is how I also found a ROLLINS PASS route for Trainz 2009 and below, though it was unfinished, so I had to mod it.)

[@Northern1225]

Where is Crag in this just curious

[@joneau261]

He's in Pennsylvania

[@consisepepper73]

Holy cow he ain’t dead

[@NMCAR2006]

Nice episode you guys! I didn’t get to be at the premiere due to WiFi issues but that’s alright, this episode was spectacular nonetheless.

[@joneau261]

Thanks

[@NMCAR2006]

@@joneau261 Ay, no problem!

[@onetrackmind3558]

Wait is that Frank and Nathan? The two/three that left originally?

[@pixelgames4915]

Ay the Juan Branch line is back :D

[@BMMEC6000]

SAN Juan Branch line

[@pixelgames4915]

@@BMMEC6000 i know there is San on the name

[@alishamcdonald7316]

12:10 6:05 6:11 6:59 7:00 7:23

[@mattypad777]

Matthew Hudson: You told the fireman to drop the fire, WHAT IS UP WITH YOU!

[@GreatNW]

How long has it been since a video for this series? To long so I'm gonna enjoy this!

[@joneau261]

"We waited eight months for this?"

[@colbelayton2848]

Was coalination the last of the San Juan series

[@haegenbyrne]

where can i find the NYC Hudson

[@ganendrareswarabintangpras6981]

17:02 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MiddletownBranchProd.]

SoN oF a Yard gOAt *FRANK*

[@hudson_productions1769]

i still cant believe i still havent bought frisco 1522

[@GreatNW]

I love dan

[@joneau261]

Good choice

[@jeffgames8710]

Frank is my favourite

[@Hiawatha_Productions]

How did you fix the boiler pressure problem with Nathan’s model?

[@ludwigtails]

So are the footages old footages? Are completely new ones?

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

3:00 Not really. What kind of people make their career filming steam engines? Trainz video makers: are we a joke?

[@Hiawatha_Productions]

How can you get Nathan’s old model onto Trainz A New Era

[@julieknox1622]

yeh, did u put the surfliner in there?

[@drawkillennard1348]

Can't find sp train

[@CJsTrains]

Where can I get that engine in the beginning please

[@southernkansasrailfan3746]

NATHAN!!! *F R A N K ! ! ! !*

[@therago-xm7lg]

Wait this isn't Three Mountains Outside of Trinidad were is sid

[@BMMEC6000]

Sid’s a Pacific REMEMBER

[@NishnaValleyRailVideos]

I’m surprised she didn’t say anything after moonrailer

[@BMMEC6000]

@@NishnaValleyRailVideos well I mean what did she have to say. She had a few cameos but she never really needed an episode about her

[@NishnaValleyRailVideos]

@@BMMEC6000 Well yes but she hasn’t said anything since paint it back and she was the reason why they were taken away

[@Michael-eg3rs]

@@NishnaValleyRailVideos Sid wasn't the reason they got sent away. That was their own faults that got those three sent away.

[@davidtull452]

I love steam trains

[@ludwigtails]

And damn I miss frank

[@MOHAWKL4A3124]

Yes Frank and Nathan are back to run the rails of San Juan. Glad to see Trainmaster finally forgave them.

[@BMMEC6000]

By the look of the description it sounds like Frank isn’t staying there just yet

[@joneau261]

He's forgiven them for a while, they just have new commitments

[@starfilmsracing]

What trainz simulator game is it

[@ethanramos4441]

Trainz simulator 2019

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Epic

[@joneau261]

Nice

[@ironphilly2366]

who will remake the mohawk

[@HighIron]

K&L Trainz

[@rayvaul3539]

@@HighIron eeyep!!

[@maxnash8450]

What do you guys think is the population of Junction City?

[@joneau261]

Depends on the time of day

[@Jaidyn228]

So I might as well ask. Considering Elis being a reading t1, is he the primary locomotive for the coal trains?

[@joneau261]

He's one of several

[@Jaidyn228]

Oh. That makes sense.

[@Toaster844]

What year does San Juan Trainz take place in?

[@rayvaul3539]

I assume the late 80s to the 90s

[@carolinarailfanproductions]

What trainz website did you find Nathan I want to get him and put him in my trainz game I tried looking for him and I could not find the Mohawk locomotive 🚂

[@joneau261]

Auran Download Station

[@IlanTheSouthwesternRailfan]

17:18

[@colbelayton2848]

Or is there more

[@Stupidaso2]

Yeah no that Mohawk featured in this (Or this version rather) is not listed on any of the sites you posted. You should probably keep up those sites up to date so people are not asking.

[@ScrepTure]

yoooo this is coolllllllllllll

[@drawkillennard1348]

And I can't find Westerm Pacific 173

[@ethanramos4441]

It on TrainzForge but it of the Exposition Flyer set which is payware

[@joneau261]

@@ethanramos4441 Thanks for saying

[@ethanramos4441]

@@joneau261 Your welcome

[@trainzsimulator4013]

How did you multi track drift that car?

[@MiddletownBranchProd.]

its known as a railroad gridlock

[@muffels6410]

Yes(: