The most EPIC train race you'll ever see! Amtrak vs. BNSF in Ottumwa, IA 12/9/14

[@R7300]

I was a dispatcher for UP, one time I had two intermodal trains neck and neck for 110 miles through the Arizona desert. Would have loved someone to have got that on video.

[@robsonbatista5095]

Vbc

[@justanaveragedork]

You have earned my respects!

[@robertflores3543]

😅❤

[@notarotomwithhair5637]

An that you have there is a 1h 30m+ late sunset limited

[@davidwhiting1761]

My mind cannot comprehend having two trains travelling neck and neck like that for such a distance. I am amazed but also befuddled how on earth that happened. There just wasn't any opposing traffic for that long? Amazing.

[@Nitsujy12345]

That could not have been timed better! Great job on picking your recording location and date, because I'm not so sure this will ever happen for a long time!

[@SantaFe19484]

Being sandwiched between two trains is both awesome and scary.

[@crankbait_the_hitchbilly]

It's more scary than it is awesome

[@58gentlegiant]

How can anyone "thumbs down" this amazing video? Once in a lifetime...and no panic, no screaming...no shaking...perfect zoom out...GREAT SHOT!

[@peters1127]

Thanks for the Video. Perfect timing, just plain cool!

[@johnblackstock748]

Best timing I have EVER seen! Very awesome video and I'm super jealous!

[@Edwardo4953]

Even though they were going rather slow. This was so badass. Great video.

[@BNSFrailfan101]

Wow Bobby, excellent catch bro! I need to ran my way east towards Ottumwa one of these days.

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Rob Koppert Thanks!

[@irelandbloke]

Fantastic videos. Well done !

[@TheChucksGreatTrainJourneys]

You were in the right place, at the right time! Awesome. We love the California Zephyr too. Thanks for sharing, and Happy New Year! *Cheers!*

[@carvcom1]

Great camera angle and good timing! The Amtrak GE locomotive looked like an old Alco engine with the belching black smoke.

[@zachwheeler9846]

Very great timing that both trains arrived at that crossing at the same time, couldn't have been better. Great video

[@JTTheRailfan]

the zoom worked perfect with both trains. great video

[@colbs4055]

that is one of the hugest beauitful train i ever ever ever ever seen in my hole life

[@bradleylangton4296]

CSXT3301 *whole

[@rupajeevan6651]

JT The Railfan is

[@makinwayne]

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[@afsarsaikh8627]

JT The Railfan

[@brycedebner1146]

Dang that has to be the best shot I have ever seen, perfect spot for the camera to see down the line and the split at the end

[@rxrfan866]

Very nice catch!!! Talk about perfect placement and timing!

[@Greenrail1]

Nice video. Some very good train action. Well appreciated. Love the Genesis's Alco impression......

[@boringtrainfilms8513]

1:56 never seen a P42 smoke like that!

[@oceanlinerhub5765]

BoringTrainFilms Wonder Why?

[@phil7165]

Paris Smith don’t troll

[@CN_Planefanner]

I’ve seen one do that on my train to Chicago when I was 10

[@thetreedemoknight4827]

homeboy just turned from a GE into an ALCO

[@antmer3954]

Great video here of a BNSF Manifest, US residents, General Freight here in Australia, and an Amtrak passenger train parallel running. Please keep up the good work.

[@jimbos1567]

That was a neat video. Very well done. Thanks for sharing with us. You have a new subscriber

[@gutter1]

you think the genesis is a tall locomotive until its next to a freight one

[@jeremeymcdude]

They reach you like they were trying to be side by side when they got to the station xD

[@lawrencekeesler7369]

This has to be a once-in-a-lifetime shot! Lucky you! And lucky us, your fan club! Nice work!

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Lawrence Keesler Thank you!

[@someperson5265]

BNSF wins the race.

[@Ferromexfan4081]

+Zack and Zane that is sad

[@yusmerysoko8378]

Zack and Zane c

[@stefanieburke355]

Amtrak Dash 8 Lover A

[@AbhinavLHB]

What a parallel action !! Great video ! Subscribed to your channel !

[@Patrick_3751]

Perfectly timed! I'd say you picked the right spot to shoot from! Awesome catch!

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Thanks!

[@markazyousof9394]

Patrick3751

[@daveyboy_]

Bobby Harvey great camera

[@sonnypruitt6639]

Markaz Yousof

[@randomshortvideos1581]

Bobby Harvey Video Productions Can I use this for.a meme? I'll give you full credit

[@oregonianrails7176]

awesome catch! awesome how you got in between the two tracks.

[@amtrakatsfnyc]

Very nice video. Thank you for sharing. This brings back memories of my trip on the Zephyr several years ago.

[@shakyamunieducations4940]

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[@CaptainJustice166]

That was EPIC!!!!!!!!!! I like how it looked like both trains split off in 2 directions, coming at you, wish I could get that here

[@kryhtz]

Captain Justice Look Who Decided To Comment XD

[@CaptainJustice166]

Two years ago bud :)

[@the_idiot_podcast]

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[@kryhtz]

Captain Justice 😆

[@senglivingston9024]

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[@derricktherailfan]

That's the best train race I have seen!! That was a perfect timing!

[@shemcg7830]

That was beautiful! ⚡️✨

[@dmurailfan]

Wow! Nice catch! Thanks for sharing this video.

[@ns4270railfan]

What an epic video this is especially with that Amtrak engine smoking like a steamer when its getting closer to you! I got to say that this is a great video!

[@ThatTrainBoi]

Great Gyat bro this is INSANE well done!

[@russbear31]

That Amtrak train is the California Zephyr, which runs from Chicago to Oakland/San Francisco. After leaving Illinois it runs through the southern half of Iowa and on to Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno, and finally San Fran... 😀

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great work mate...Big like from Romania

[@KrazeeClark]

These videos are oddly satisfying and I'm not a big train guy.

[@Millenniumforce]

That was a great video. Very lucky with timing.

[@F-14DSuperTomcat]

I love your vids MilleniumForce

[@hautry2009]

Millenniumforce I know i don't think I've seen a train race before very lucky timing and #1 fan

[@Dunia0607]

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[@tapasdhonk8866]

Millenniumforce

[@angelablakely2910]

I love your channel and #1 fan

[@ATrainVideo]

I thought I was lucky to catch the end of this, but you had the best angle on the whole thing!

[@USARailProductions]

Now that's what I call timing! Excellent catch(s)! Subscribed.

[@afsarsaikh8627]

SoCalRailfan

[@LSM_Lover]

Awesome video! I saw something like this today.

[@dolphignition7176]

2:24 is where the goosebumps start kicking in!

[@BossSpringsteen69]

That was pretty cool. Great shot kid that was one in a million. Remember ...the rails (force) will always be with you.

[@colbs4055]

ok i see you

[@beebeenyneeee7692]

BossSpringsteen69 A FINE ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION

[@edisamaya9176]

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[@gouravmehra1755]

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[@BossSpringsteen69]

@@edisamaya9176 Oh,yes!

[@SeanMurrellRTS]

It's a great shot from a video perspective, but honestly it happens all the time. At least on 2 occasions I've seen it with my own eyes. Riding across Canada outside Jasper we raced trains for a good amount of time. Now if I do this trip every 5 years imagine how many times this really does happen? I've also seen 2 freights do this at Welland Canal once they got a clear signal when the bridge went down on a double track mainline. Honestly with that title I expected something I've never seen. My son is 9, and he has never seen it. But for this 40 something seen it twice already, and several videos on KZbin in the past as well.

[@SupernalOne]

Nice! Always good if there's room between the tracks to set up the tripod, I've gotten train-race situations before, but from the side of double tracks, where the Amtrak comes up the far side of the freight and can't be seen -- oof, just dying to get in a little track walking these days, and set up some interesting shots!

[@newriverproductions12]

Amtrak Engineer: Good evening ladies and gentleman. This is your engineer speaking. To your right you can see a BNSF locomotive. They have challenged us to a race so fasten your seat belts, this is about to get real.

[@tapasdhonk8866]

RailMan3416

[@marialittle128]

Lol railman

[@DavesRange]

Ya and you can tell he gunned it because of that plume of black smoke

[@Ace1992able]

Full Throttle!!!!

[@LSM_Lover]

RailMan1225 Lol

[@InstructorDriving]

That's where Corporal Walter Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H is from

[@fastrains56]

Very nice video and race Bobby!

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

fastrains56 Thanks!

[@murdocniccals7152]

question for all, can you get fired for train racing ?

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

No not really. Either train just happened to be there.

[@jeffreygosselin1143]

I would like to know for what reason(s) did viewers vote this down? 5.4K down votes as of 04/05/2021.

[@conceyullena]

Nice video! Greetings from Asturias 📹👌🚂

[@DanielPerez-ws6ts]

The trains were slow to be a race. The UP train sped up but Amtrak stopped

[@IowaTrains]

Awesome catch!! When my dad got of work he told me all about this.

[@MICHIGANTRAINS363]

Amazing shave and haircut, love this video.

[@cameraman655]

Is Walter "Radar" O'Reilly still hangin out in Ottumwa?

[@mikeytrains1]

I just HAD to subscribe because of the race AND the BNSF Heritage 2 paint!

[@ants8527]

Childhood memories of me and childhood friends skitching on those big trains running on the sides grabbing on the ladder part and jumping on while the train would be going about 10 15 mph And then it would get scary when the train would start picking up speed And then we would jump off. That was pretty dangerous for us as 10 year old kids to be doing this back in 1984, But at the time we were doing this it was fun, But scary as hell, And dangerous at the sametime.😎

[@shariys1]

Been on that Amtrak a few times, so I've seen it from the inside. Love Amtrak ....

[@Milepost414Productions]

Fantastic race and catches!

[@moosejunky99]

that camera location was awesome... nice catch!!!

[@robzillafpv7481]

One of the best catches I've ever seen,,, nice job

[@irelandbloke]

Fantastic catch ! :)

[@lmsubman243]

Trains are AWESOME. .and a ZooM Lens to bring you the Action keeps it all in perspective!

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Einfach nur Spitze. Dankeschön 🐺🇺🇸🌹

[@TheRailroadCrossingChannel]

Amazing video! I just subscribed!

[@trainsvideos8636]

Nice train and amazing video!!!!!! Big like from Romania!!!!!!

[@Cdubbz905]

It's like the tortoise vs the hare. The hare has to make his stops, while the tortoise just keeps going and going till the finish line. Slow and steady wins the race!

[@HookLineSinker4343]

Dear Lord! What a shot!! New sub! ;)

[@williammyers9773]

Amtrack passengrr wakes up and looks out the window, and wonders why they haven't left yet???still looking at the same freight car

[@grebnellok]

Great catch. I also noticed the sleepers were in front, instead of usually in the rear.

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

grebnellok I noticed that too. The consist was the same way when I saw the train the day before as well.

[@LongmontRailway27]

You got a great shot on both trains! BNSF Oviousley won because it didn’t need to stop at the station!

[@jaysonthetrainmasterprofil221]

Well bnsf is ahead of amtrak so it kept going but amtrak made a stop so second place for amtrak and first place for bnsf

[@jaysonthetrainmasterprofil221]

And which location is bnsf heading to?

[@avontaprice9661]

From 0:35 to 1:38 why does those vehicles look like they came from a simulation system or a simulation gaming system or a animated simulation system or a animated simulation gaming system while everything else looks realistic?

[@IsaiahsTrains]

Amazing video!

[@Brickiplier]

wow nice catch i never rarely seen this in my town. But great video.

[@granskare]

I did not know amtrak was running in southern Iowa so nice to know :) thanks

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

You're welcome! There's two routes: the California Zephyr (shown in this video) stops in Burlington, Mt Pleasant, Ottumwa, Osceola, Creston, and Omaha. The Southwest Chief skirts the lower southeast corner of Iowa with a stop in Ft Madison.

[@hgodtx]

Nice lens work! I didn't know rails had speed bumps like apartment complexes!

[@jeremeymcdude]

I always wondered why the amtrak engines always have those flashing front lights as opposed to frieght trains.

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

+jeremeymcdude It's a railroad preference. Personally, I think flashing ditch lights (the two lower lights below the main set of headlights) is better because it acts as more of a visual warning to motorists and pedestrians. CSX and Norfolk Southern also have their units equipped with flashing ditch lights, along with some others, including some of Iowa Interstate's newer units.

[@GEES44DC]

+Bobby Harvey The only bad thing about them is they keep flashing for 30 seconds after you blow the horn so you can't shut them off if you're meeting someone right after a crossing ... unless you kill the breaker on the back wall.

[@CaptainTransit]

I saw the Amtrak spewing black fumes at one point... Not sure if good or bad...

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Probably not a big deal. Sometimes notching up the throttle rapidly causes black exhaust to shoot out the stack, which I think is exactly what happened here.

[@ironmatic1]

Bobby Harvey I'm an engineer, and yes, throttling up puts out quite a bit of black smoke.

[@bhproductions1061]

Amazing catch I just subscribed

[@MrAquinas1]

The freight train had a supercharged hemi running nitro. What do you expect?

[@stormeskyelynn07]

Wow that was amazing. Its like a train race and I would say the other train is winning haha😊😊😊

[@americanrails]

Awesome catch, thanks for sharing!

[@rabikumbhakar3154]

American Rails #

[@mantriserenity2133]

Awesome!!! I’ve never seen a Race Like That.

[@CintiRailFan]

That is an awesome video! I like that video just as much as the one that JawTooth posted

[@flexmann2148]

@ 0:12, the E.O.T. packet signal outbursts on the radio scanner. Thanks on the video.

[@RubyyVista]

Never realized how short the Genesis locomotives are compared to freight locomotives.

[@pctshooter]

That was awesome! How did you get access to the tracks?

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

+Robert Wicker I just crossed the first track (the one on the right) and walked down the middle platform at the station. There's a pedestrian crossover right in front of the station to get to the middle platform.

[@timdaugherty5921]

where are the passenger sheds? why is there no roofs?

[@moonspots01]

Now THAT was pretty cool! Nice work.

[@jaredklock8754]

Well see it's not fair, Amtrak had to stop at the platform

[@sonnypruitt6639]

Ramzy Azeez

[@NPTNReddek]

Jared Klock Well it was a race to start off with

[@someperson5265]

yeah

[@kenseehusen2530]

Jared Klock i

[@Mrcharles.]

Jared Klock. Well you gotta understand BNSF owns the line so they had to let their train go through while the passenger train has to wait for it to go by.

[@ceo_of_poop_9199]

How come the Amtraks lights were blinking like that

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Some railroads prefer flashing ditch lights as an extra warning at grade crossings or whenever the horn is sounded. Amtrak has all of its locomotives equipped as such. BNSF, on the other hand, does not.

[@Emi-775]

theres your anwser

[@Altair9678]

Hey, "Radar's" hometown, how you doing?

[@daniellucas6573]

All you really needed was some sunglasses and a tall glass of lemonade the way those two trains rolled up in there!

[@IsaiahVerseRailfanning]

Talk about being at the right place at the right time at the right angle. Great catch!

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Isaiah Jackson Thanks!

[@stevenjrrice5694]

So in the first minute. You actually captured trains, plane, AND automobiles?

[@pranavghantasala6808]

"Sure you don't want to give up? I'm a couple dozen feet ahead!" "Laugh while you can, aerodynamics is on my side!" Narrator: "In fact, neither of them were going fast enough for aerodynamics to matter"

[@Hawqis1]

I wonder how come the Amtrak engine had it's bottom lights flashing where bnsf didn't.

[@PerfectCell1994]

Perfect spot to stand . Awesome

[@danz409]

geeze. what lense are you useing on that monster? 800+MM?

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

danz409 It's just the optical zoom on my video camera. It has a 30x zoom.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Nice Catch!

[@Thomas1980]

Fantastic Train race Video!!! LIKE 9088👍👍👍

[@tnrpvideo1414]

whats the horn on the BNSF unit?

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

K3LA

[@ТёмычЗагора]

Tacoma railfan produc

[@tnrpvideo1414]

tions

[@Fxe-il6uv]

its a K3LA

[@tnrpvideo1414]

really doesnt sound like it