SWEET! AVELIA LIBERTY SIGHTED! FENDER BENDER AT LA GRANGE, THROW STONES AT TRAIN, MEET POLICE!

[@SignalMan9292]

I railfanned on the UP Geneva Sub on May 31st. Yes 6706, 1995, 1111, and a Via set all went through that day

[@johnwalters1341]

At 20:54, a nice Great Blue Heron. Looks like he caught a breakfast appetizer!

[@davidhibbs6989]

A talk with the long arm of the law 😂 I wonder how it worked out for him? And another fender bender at La Grange - wow very active town it is! Nice video 👍

[@dennisb9157]

As always, a great compilation, VRF! Lots of heritage units shown and a former SP yard switcher! Darwin award in La Plata and a nincompoop in Lagrange

[@donnaj9964]

Lovely Great Blue Heron on Burlington, fox in OKC, and cat in La Plata! I always like to see the "Powered By Our People" engine because it really does take a village (or more like a fair-sized city) to run a railroad. La Grange? It must be something in the water...sigh...and to the thrower of rocks in Flagstaff: Karma's a witch ain't she? Another great one--thank you!

[@noah-dd4zq]

the new acela looks darn clean in the sun

[@kennyirish5021]

Wow I've seen more EMD SD80mac's in the last month then I've seen in a long while. Lot's of speacial people in La Grange... Crazy

[@PatrickESpecht]

@13:50 "Cheap and Nothing Wasted" Love seeing that locomotive; they had a branch behind my house growing up....

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the Heritage Units, VIA Rail Canada in Rochelle, Illinois, and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

[@DCxViper]

always nice to see the old C&NW out in the wild

[@gp3829]

Great catches tonight, thanks VRF. But the best was at Wichita - Coil Car CSS 2126 of the One and Only, Fabulous 'Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad'. I have waited so long hoping that I would see one of these on VRF, thank you.

[@lynsmith]

Great Grab Bag ! I Still don’t understand LaGrange KY those Goofs simply don’t know how to drive! The Bird Said in Burlington? Go Away I’m Having my Lunch! Cat in LaPlata well can’t cross violin for me ! Have no idea what that was in Folkston 🤔

[@Toad-In-A-Puddle]

Lamb or sheep

[@joãoAlberto-k9x]

Nice views.

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

Wow an BN surprise rare box car how cool ❤

[@dirkradler532]

4 way stop 🛑. Blue truck didn’t wait his turn as that car had already gone straight and it was blue car’s turn to go. Just another knuckle head

[@413TomaccoRoad]

That guy must have wanted a place to sleep for the night. 😅

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Just your garden variety out-of-state college kid being rebellious, independent and free, till he's booked in the Coconino County detention center and has to call his parents for help. I don't remember NAU kids being this way till recently.

[@randydobson1863]

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

[@bowlinerailfan]

Looks like the P42 in the first clip is trying out for a freight job before being retired by Amtrak. Speaking of, it's about time they got that new Acela rolling on it's own.

[@ChadSimplicio]

More than likely the P42 that broke down in Kansas and had to be taken off of the 4 that was shown in a recent Grab Bag with just 1 engine, 12 hrs. late.

[@bowlinerailfan]

@@ChadSimplicio yeah, that seems likely. I was just making a joke anyway.

[@coreypeters4170]

0:14, There's an Amtrak engine on the BNSF intermodal train!

[@markfisher1392]

It had derailed a week ago or so as the second unit on the eastbound #4 (the Southwest Chief) somewhere in Kansas. Only one truck derailed, but needed BNSF's help to pull the consist back, unhook the leading P42, and reassemble the train. The passengers were offloaded to buses in the meantime, and the rest of the trainset eventually made it to Chicago sans passengers. They got this loco rerailed and checked out and BNSF was delivering back to Chicago.

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Catches*

[@natesnews5105]

He be thinking: “Ima skip stones on a train while listening to the song: *DAS THE SOUND OF THE POLICE* “ Also, I’m wondering if the avelia liberty has came to penn station yet?

[@413TomaccoRoad]

That one was coming through Norwalk CT from the west. It had to come from NYC to be on that track.

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

Ahh, karma in Flagstaff.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

@@csrrjefflloyd6496 Reincarnation? Smh.

[@mikeharmon9995]

Think he be lucky to NOT have another train come through

[@rogertemple7193]

Awesome train action as always with a fender bender in La Grange Kentucky where there is always something happening along the tracks thanks for Grab Bag.🚂🚃🇺🇲

[@paulpietruszewski4226]

First Rail Fan Goat?

[@barry7391]

That Acela must be going at Mach two million! Almost didn't see it go by!

[@railfannerjs6308]

0:12 yay a new AMD-103 delivery!!!😂 :troll_face:😂 If only we could start over, but if a company doesn’t wish to produce the same model after retirement they don’t have to 😂

[@baedenwilliams8291]

0:08 Wait… A GE P42DC “Genesis” testing for freight service?

[@georgeadams1853]

9: 36 to 11:11 at 3X because the white reefers didn't have names on the doors? (Except Standley Lake at 10:38 in the 2nd set.) The blue car was at the intersection before the pickup. Failure to yield on the part of the pickup driver.

[@Keikdv]

Remus was the first one (09:36), and Jadaway was a car in the first set with a name too (09:54). I still do not understand why, of all trains running in the USA, just THIS one has to speed up. Never saw so many reefers in one train (exept for trains with Tropicana ones but they do not have names) Bad descision, VRF !! (we do not speak about Mario Bros and the lit open....)

[@kennethhanks6712]

23:30 The world famous Folkston Rail Gran Prix Racing Goat!

[@HeistLiamYT]

nice catch a SD90MAC 2:05

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 P42 83 trailing on a BNSF intermodal 2:14 new ballast hoppers 2:37 Avelia Liberty passing SONO. they have been cleared to test again this January, so we might see them finally enter service at the end of the year 3:19 this guy threw something at the train while a police car was on the other side of the tracks 4:24 CEFX blue SD45 now owned by BUGX, also an Auto-Max with grayscle BNSF logos 4:55 BNSF 25th Anniversary and MRL blue power 6:15 UP 1111 leading 6:55 new VIA Rail train 7:26 lots of old hopper cars 7:50 and some fresh new BNSF covered hoppers and TILX tankers 8:26 another 25th anniversary GEVO leading 11:22 three brand new BNSF ES44AHs 12:24 UP 1995 (again at 13:53, leading) 12:37 WOW! UP 6706 leading! 6706 is the last UP-owned loco still in C&NW colors 15:00 the two ALCOs going to Cuyahoga Valley placed after the rear DPU 16:00 8-car BNSF OCS (again at 21:55) 16:30 UP 1988 in an all SD70ACe lash-up 17:30 flagging a train through the crossing 18:16 Tugs and barges in Burlington 19:20 blue car wasn't paying attention and got sideswiped 21:30 Ferromex SD70ACe and a very dirty GMTX SW1500 on a bNSF train

[@jimtalbott9535]

3:13 - Coach 3262 - does anyone know what the orange door on this coach is all about? Maybe just a “one-off” from a replacement?

[@FredFredrickson-bip-bang]

I noticed that too and paused to read what was on the cars. I believe that was the only First Class service car and the orange door helps to identify it as such. Not completely sure though.

[@AbuPaul]

So you noticed 1234 but not 4567 :D Also, apparently there is a THIRD Kansas City in Mexico? That pickup truck ran the stop sign. He should be found at fault.

[@ZReddit]

Definitely the truck fault, it failed to stop at the stop sign.

[@NYC563]

Yep

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

It seems like it, but you definitely need to talk extra caution whenever you’re turning left. They seemed to intentionally speed up and hit the truck. Seemed avoidable and the blue car was technically correct in it being their turn?

[@jeraldbottcher1588]

yep too

[@jamiesuejeffery]

I've completed nearly 53 circles around the sun. Twice in my life, I have lived right next to two live train tracks. Both had trains about once an hour (It could have been worse...It could have been the Chicago L.) One had a crossing (I never met the engineers, but I knew who was driving that train by how they blew that four blasts.) the other had a siding, and sometimes the same train engines would idle for 2,3, 4, 6 days on that siding. I wasn't pleased with either of those setups, but I signed up for it. Why in the world would people randomly throw rocks at trains (or anything, really)? I guess some folk are just... (you fill in the blank)

[@jasonarnold8448]

CVLX looks like Roman numerals! Anyway, what was the power with CVLX doing on that BNSF train at La Plata?

[@TheSoutheastTexasRailfan]

9:56 BN Boxcar with BN reporting mark

[@NorthernNightmare2012]

The long BNSF in Wichita was 129 railcars long

[@jimtalbott9535]

Around :30 - Nice to see Amazon containers moving by rail - anyone know of details on what/where they ship stuff? Anyone know of Amazon facilities that have rail for direct shipment?

[@richardbause2453]

Shucks 😢, all those Cryo Cars going by so fast and couldn't get a name 😮😢😢😢.

[@EricAdventures.]

@ 4:01 Ernest T. Bass gets caught in the act 😂

[@vickie7490]

On the part from OK Model RR assoc....what kind of cars are those...light color, almost aluminum looking?

[@kennethhanks6712]

At 2:25 they do appear to be aluminum ballast or aggregate hoppers.

[@OMRA]

FreightCar America "VersaFlood II" aggregate hoppers. Used for rock and/or sand. Three new "VersaCoil" cars mixed in as well.

[@B422TMack]

The driver of the truck slowed down, never came to a complete stop & kept on rolling . Hope they have good insurance . They just paid to have someones car either fix or bought them another one . Mack

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

I wonder if any other autos got hit out of camera range.

[@HeistLiamYT]

nice catch carrying a military tank :)

[@lancomedic]

Is someone manning these cameras 24/7? How is it that they pan to capture specific things like wildlife or a specific car in the middle of the night? I assume that the zooming is done in post.

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

I believe they have quite a few people who can control them at different times. I wonder if they’re volunteers or otherwise. You can usually tell when the zoom is in post because you lose the VR - Location and time stamp at the top… and it just generally looks worse. I don’t recall exactly, but the coyote or fox? looked properly zoomed and not in post.

[@lancomedic]

@@andrewlaverghetta715 Thanks. I wish there were some near me. I know the location in Paradise but it would be dangerous to get in front of the camera there.

[@joepeach997]

Some locations have a PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) camera. If a Moderator is at that area you will see movement.If not, the camera might be on "Auto", allowing it to move around following a preset pattern. When the video is being edited, many adjustments can be done, but zooming in digitally will not be as good as optically. I'm oversimplifying this.

[@lancomedic]

@@joepeach997 Thanks

[@johnstafford4304]

@@andrewlaverghetta715 we are all volunteers, I work the midnight ET to 3 pm shift, so yes I do catch some of this at night

[@ggreg2258]

The Avelia didn't seem to be going very fast ! !

[@ISeeQuality-ox8ku]

The section off track is rated for 30 mph I think it's a super sharp curve and it crosses the soon to be replaced Walk River bridge. Even still the Avelia is only rated for speeds up to 90 mph until testing is done.

[@ggreg2258]

@@ISeeQuality-ox8ku Thanks for the info

[@jwatchorn]

The blue truck was clearly at fault, it was barely even a rolling stop. Good thing there is video footage.

[@Cleguy7788]

Westbound coal loads on UP at Rochelle? Seems odd. Anybody know where that coal originated?

[@Mereel9212]

10:34 somebody forget to close the hatch lol

[@collintherailfan]

I saw that military train that was at spartanburg

[@abbottb12]

It’s currently at the port on Charleston came in on 5/31

[@SignalMan9292]

Full SD70 Train 16:40

[@danielwalton4563]

Work on Medallion drive 4 santa cruz.

[@JonSampson-q6v]

19:25 Car Accident

[@Todd-i1z]

What is up with CVLX FA's at the end? Come on somebody knows.

[@kennethhanks6712]

Believe those are ex Napa Valley Wine Train and on way to new home Cuyahoga Valley Scenic.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@kennethhanks6712 Grand Canyon Railway. Before that, they were VIA Rail

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

Do tampers trigger crossing gates/signals?

[@kennethhanks6712]

They should or else they should have to flag at each crossing.

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

@@kennethhanks6712 Ok Thanks

[@ChamplainDivision]

What time stamp is the Avelia Liberty at?

[@mackdoyle8673]

3:24 what's that Darwin doing

[@janeordway4841]

Rocking a string of bare tables if front of a small town police officer not the wisest choice. Cops in the LA basin probably wouldn’t give him the time of day. Just look at all the thievery that takes place, and all the tagging on rail equipment.

[@Mikell-h2c]

Is that a 737 max Frankenstein plane?

[@tytn9978]

If a locomotive is going backwards, should we read the # on it as 4321 ??? Just pondering the imponderable!

[@matthewrinehart9514]

Nafta train at ft Madison 😂😊

[@jamesdenny4734]

Whoever hooked up the pushing engines must've been on heavy drugz ! 😮😖

[@oldshep2695]

What no power moves lately .. good vid tho ..

[@rickaser2383]

very nice but not digging the paint spatters, or whatever they are on the Avelia cars; bet that those are not redone as the cars are shopped.

[@stanicarlos2244]

At 19:28 Insurance fraud???

[@thedemolitionmuniciple]

oh no how will the railroad ever afford to repair the damage a few small stones cause on solid steel why am I supposed to side with the corporations and their bodyguards instead of a fellow human being Edit: 16:43 heehoo fluffy baby

[@leroyducharme2477]

🛤🛤🛣🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🚝🚞🚞🚋

[@markbonner1139]

Jeesh,even on this chnnel,cops messing with someone!!

[@kennethhanks6712]

Well, since there were pedestrians on the other side of the tracks, did you consider if one of those rocks thrown might skip off the train and nail someone in the face or wherever?

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

Throwing rocks at things that aren’t your property is generally illegal or against some kind of law or ordinance in one way or another.

[@rdbimages]

@@kennethhanks6712 Exactly. But remember, we now live in a society that rewards misbehavior. 😞 Hopefully change is coming.

[@johnstafford4304]

The guy was clearly inside the right of way, throwing rocks that may skip off train and crack a windshield or worst yet, hit another person.