Wabash Central Railroad drags out storage cars CNUR 7 Illinois Central Death Star train on bad track

The Wabash Central Railroad with CNUR 7 pulls a short train consisting of 1 airslide hopper and 5 ethanol tanks heads east on the former Cloverleaf line. I picked up the chase east of Warren Indiana and followed the train to Bluffton Indiana where they work out of a trailer.
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[@jaeFFCC]

Wow a wooden bridge still standing (7:14)😯 And all the accompanying sounds of luxury👍

[@ironmatic1]

There's a lot of wooden bridges on class I mainlines.

[@jaeFFCC]

@@ironmatic1 Someday I would like to meet them👍

[@billginnj6595]

Great photography!!

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you

[@flyingwithbrian3287]

Nice video! Thanks

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you

[@charlessharrardiii7086]

Love the drone footage on that geep rebuild former Illinois central .

[@kahunatiki6498]

Outstanding video!😁👍

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you

[@alcopower5710]

Love that caboose at the end.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Yes I had to include that!

[@chrisperry1151]

Can’t figure out why, but that little short line fascinates me. I love it!

[@spuwho]

Because they are 1 customer away from disappearing forever.

[@chrisperry1151]

@@spuwho I have to respectfully disagree with you, if you look at the video, there appear to be at least four customers on the line. Just sayin’

[@spuwho]

@@chrisperry1151 Weaver Popcorn in Van Buren. If Weaver stopped they would cut back and stop serving the 2 small grain elevators nearby and their 6 cars a year. That leaves ADM and 20-20 Plastics in Bluffton, only 1 track mile from the NS. If Weaver goes, CNUR goes.

[@chrisperry1151]

@@spuwho thank you for the explanation!!

[@pilotguy8685]

same here!

[@markfortin421]

*New Subscriber* Been watching your vids for a while...and it dawned on me, Their beautiful, polished and well worth my time, so why not? Love the drone shots, they add a new perspective to things, letting us know whats between point A and point B. Good Job!!

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you so much for subscribing

[@tom-and-mom]

Scott Taipale, what is the original IC road number of CNUR #7?

[@brjr2009]

Great footage! Thank you.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you

[@verdantacres4460]

Thank you

[@dave.of.the.forrest]

that lonely caboose at 13:30

[@littlewingpsc27]

Great video and great drone shots as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you for watching

[@trapdriver7006]

Excellent video I enjoyed watching it Scott.👍😀😀🇬🇧

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you!!

[@davebeedon3424]

Nice drone coverage! Fun to follow the video in Google Maps from Buckeye to Bluffton. Love the shot of the caboose at the end. Google Maps says the one-way road distance is 11 miles.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I love following railroads on the map

[@jschmid]

I haven't seen an airslide in revenue service for at least a year.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

This was only in buffer service too

[@yankee1789]

Love seeing the different seasons in the fields surrounding the tracks. Corn is almost knee-high here

[@mikeuk4130]

Another perfect little rural line, Scott. Amazing echo of the sound of the train groaning and crossing the rail joints, and in such flat lands too! Spookily, this continued long after the train had come to a halt. My new EV also has that, to warn pedestrians when I sneaks up behind 'em!

[@davidbarnett9312]

Nice flight. From an abandoned spur to a trestle with debris washed up against it to a busy industrial spur lined with covered hoppers to a freight yard that's about as up to date as the rails the train traversed. Nice caboose.

[@spuwho]

Not sure if anyone noticed but the author is playing the same "clickety-clack" sound track in a repeating loop on all his videos of CNUR.

[@littlewingpsc27]

Probably because there is either no mic on the drone, or all you would hear is the drone motors.

[@chriswoodruff2293]

He explained before that there is no mic on the drone so that’s why you hear it repeat. You hear the sound from track side when watching drone shots.

[@Barney-hk3es]

Who cares?

[@mikekole]

In a side/related note, I drove past the Connersville & New Castle (reporting mark CNUR) this weekend and saw that they are storing a lot of covered hoppers and coal cars on their line again. All visible from I-70. I'd love to see some action on that line again.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Cool. I heard about a storage move a few months ago and I’m still kicking myself for not filming it!

[@DruSteel69]

Excellent video. You think looking from an aerial view, and creating this on a model layout is easy. HA HA Love the simple view of the land. Thanks for all your work on your videos, Scott. Have a happy and blessed new year.

[@kge420]

It does beg to be modeled.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you Drew! I have seen a guy that did a Penn Central model of really bad track. Maybe I’ll attempt a bit when Intermountain finally comes out with that Pioneer GP16

[@johnspencer7291]

caboose ever used??

[@MrUnforgiven765]

Highly doubt it.

[@SantaFe19484]

Nice video! Is that a no horn zone at 6:30?

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Haha this engineer seems to hate the horn

[@tpwandnsrailfan1234]

Crossings been broke for years

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

I love the shot of the train passing the blowing American flag...

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thanks! That was a fun scene to set up.

[@yankee1789]

Scott, please make a calendar for 2021 with some of these incredible shots

[@embalm209]

Nice work. Couldn't tell if the flashers at the one crossing were working though.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

so is this the same line as the MAW & NDW?

[@bryanlosen3262]

No. That line extends from Napoleon to Fort Wayne now. This line extends from Bluffton Indiana to Van Buren Indiana.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

This is part of the same company that used to own the MAW though.

[@cdavid8139]

once again...amazing work

[@fogdan]

Thanks for posting!!

[@jamesburnside3023]

Surprised they allow chemicals on those tracks

[@WindyCityExpeditionist]

Rolling stock does not exceed the weight, its a shortline after all. What would however is maybe a modern diesel or a decent sized steam engine.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Those are empty tanks. But they are classified as hazardous residue so they need cover and are restricted to no more than 5 hazardous cars in the consist.

[@philliplee980]

nice

[@ProScaleModels]

Hey man always love your stuff. I have a question though - how far out can your drone go? Like that first 3-4mins you followed that train for a loooonnnnngggg time lol. Just curious - I have a drone and trying to gauge how high and how far I can push it. Thanks in advance man.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thank you! With this one about 4500 feet if the view is unobstructed.

[@ProScaleModels]

@@ScottTaipaleRail thanks bro

[@clevelandrailfan9776]

Pretty cool

[@sofreak6]

Awesome video Scott

[@kcrailroader5297]

They might want to clean up that trestle at 7:25. That's going to come down in a hard rain.

[@danielwalton4563]

Goodbye BNSF Santa Claus Express From 1993-2001! (Thanks to The Townsfolk of Disneyland)

[@Chessie1985]

Great video Scott!!!!

[@caryhuff8924]

Does anyone know how much they charge per car to store them per month? TIA.

[@cdavid8139]

empty hazmat railcars tend to be in the $3 to $5 per car per day range. In addition there is a switch in and a switch out charge. This can very depending on location and commitment. Cherry picking (where the customer orders cars out of storage based on requesting specific cars can be factored in. Also long term agreements can impact the rate. For example you might make an agreement with a car owner to lease them 5,000 feet at a flat monthly rate.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

5x residue tanks and a cover car... I am having flashbacks to an earlier time in my career where my employer made some terrible decisions about storage and the crews paid dearly for their mistakes

[@BOSSGAMING-sw3xe]

SUPER SMART SUPER

[@KG-xt4oq]

I enjoy your videos and subscribed to your channel some time ago, but I think adding sound(s) to the drone footage is unnecessary, imo. Otherwise, top notch content my friend!

[@haroldreardon8070]

Extremely loose rail at 6:30 just as the unit hits the joint bar. Not much holding it. Poster forgot to cut off the looped audio 'after' the train stopped.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I just got lazy. Not enough people watch to the end anyway