The Not So Friendly Train Crew

[@oregonrailphotography5687]

I dont think they were being un friendly, they probably just dudnt want to be in the shot

[@canadianrailfan1532]

Though if I was a conductor I would be sticking my head out the window with a big smile on my face and waving 👋

[@a1919akelbo]

Well congrats you just violated about 3 rules, having the window open without eye protection, interacting with the public in an non safety or operations related way, hanging out of the train, and he'll trainmaster might get you in for not operating critically while going over a crossing.

[@Selfishslinger]

Shush we dont snitch cuz i would do the same thing

[@canadianrailfan1532]

@@a1919akelbo Okay foamer

[@a1919akelbo]

@@canadianrailfan1532 but i am a conductor....

[@canadianrailfan1532]

@@a1919akelbo That's great for you!

[@csxno601]

There's an engineer out of Cleveland, Ohio that holds paper up in front of his face. It's his trademark.

[@acvtrain]

Oh my gosh. You happen to know him or have you just seen him? I’ve been out there before holding paper over my face when he goes by. Must like Halloween be changed the paper out to a Jason mask during October 🤣

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

"Only in Ohio--"

[@csxno601]

@@acvtrain Dino Boukis is his name. He doesn't like his picture being taken.

[@acvtrain]

@@csxno601 yesssirrrr! He knows me very well now. He was doin paper with me for a while, then a Jason hockey mask, now he just hides under the control stand if he sees me. If only he knew we don’t care about him up in the cab haha

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

Back in the 1970s I worked at a steel mill in Western Pennsylvania. I was so young they put me out on the tracks to flag down the train. The train crew invited me in for a couple of pulls off the bottle they kept up there! I left that train a much happier man!!

[@paulman9989]

Johnny = That's the way it rolled back then = like the Wild west = All thats changed = Random Drug testing = I worked 25 years on the RR

[@furfman]

Good times! In the early 80's in central Maine, my brother and I were standing by the road in one of our parent's hayfields. The town dump truck drove by and ole Calvin Marston (RIP) held up his Budweiser as he drove by. My ole man (RIP) always drove with a beer between his legs, all through the mid and late 70's. They got him in 1980, that put a stop to that habit quick.

[@GP30RDMT]

Nice! Maybe they just didn't want their pictures taken? That's pretty tame compared to some of the stuff I've seen, and I certainly don't think it qualifies them as jerks.

[@xLars_]

Indeed

[@nickkidd2607]

lars metworst or they were doing their paid "JOB"

[@JayxRailBuffx94]

It could also be that they are trespassing for by the looks of it they seem to be standing on or very close to the grade. CSX don't fool around when it comes to that.

[@RoyalKingOfTheRails]

They probably don’t, certain people don’t want to be on video. I’m the same way honestly. You won’t see my face in any of my videos.

[@GamingWithJazz]

Looks like he didn't wanna be on tape. Not everyone does.

[@vuurvrproductions4656]

without the thing covering him you still couldn’t see him, every video that i have its literally impossible to see the people.

[@canadianrailfan1532]

He cares about his privacy and doesn’t want to be filmed. In my book that’s completely fine.

[@hakeemsd70m]

Obstructing your view of the right of way with a bright yellow safety vest in the name of privacy, is a serious and very dangerous offense. Foolish conductor.

[@Dannyedelman4231]

@@hakeemsd70m the kid should have not been filming there thinking about it because he can cause a accident

[@ianhotson6057]

@@Dannyedelman4231 what's going to happen? The crew gets distracted and swerves off the track!!

[@Dannyedelman4231]

@@ianhotson6057 he is far too close to active tracks

[@cravenm.2295]

@@hakeemsd70m bro u mite be the stupidest guy on the planet.

[@nofrankrelax6593]

Congrats M8, I hope you enjoy being a Rail!

[@ErieCSXguy]

😂😂😂

[@aaroncunningham5381]

Clickbait Express strikes again.

[@redrock717]

I guess I understand, but kinda find the comments a little ironic “maybe he doesn’t wanna be on camera”. In cab cameras are pretty standard on locomotives now, so he’s always on camera.

[@BenGagne]

That doesn’t get posted on any social media or online anywhere, it just gets streamed to Jacksonville and saved to a hard drive

[@alexbaker2851]

amtrak engineer here. i personally smile and wave but i can assure you many people dont want their picture taken just because thats a natural human thing to not want to be photographed by strangers and inserted onto social media (see video above) also yes inward facing cameras are becoming more and more the standard now, and im even audio recorded as well. that being said what makes you think that people should "automatically be okay" with more of the same? youre working 8hrs already, so you should be okay with working a 16hr shift right? gas is already expensive enough so you should be alright with paying even more for gas. see how the logic faulters?

[@BenGagne]

@@alexbaker2851 exactly plus nobody really looks at in cab footage unless you get in an accident or you break a rule and they have to review the video

[@oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066]

Looks to me like the guys were TOO close to the tracks !!

[@N.P.R.P.]

Dangerous. Railfanning rule #37T clearly states: “Any railfan must be 30-50 steps away from any moving train. The speed is a major factor and should be taken seriously. Failure to obey the rule will result in a fine of $200-$1000 for trespassing in railroad property”

[@UP7729]

I'll have to go to Target and take pictures of them while they're working!!

[@Creeperboy099]

I expected the middle finger

[@kevinrichards3288]

Lol

[@LILORIONVDIESEL]

They've got warrants and trying not to get caught......

[@LeoA2600]

Maybe it was his way to show his frustration that you were trespassing and far too close to the tracks.

[@xLars_]

In The Netherlands trains would go in the emergency brake, and you will get a fine.

[@tatersalad9416]

And wearing a red shirt.

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

There's an engineer here in Ohio that got his face messed up after falling into rail. Maybe it happened back in his conductor days. He still puts his vest over the window to this day.

[@IsupportVehicles999]

FR?

[@rustybarry3405]

I'm a driver for a contract transportation company. The crew report any kids playing around the tracks to the dispatchers. In my area there were kids racing trains on bikes & atv's, in another spot they were playing chicken. Locomotives weigh around 425,000 lbs. each. In case of a derailment you should be more than 20 ft from the tracks so at least you have a chance to run away.

[@metra202]

Cool, I’m a *union* locomotive engineer and 11 years ago I wasn’t playing chicken or racing trains. Thanks for the refresher on locomotive statistics and extremely uncommon mainline derailment scenarios in a popular train watching spot 👍

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

Maybe the guy was folding his laundry….

[@thewildwegonian92]

The fact there is a "debate" over this is kinda dumb. Some people don't want their picture taken. Some people do. In the end, life still moves on and technically the video still captured what it wanted. The train.

[@NorthernRailsTrainsInTheNorth]

I never look at or ever pay any attention to the crews I'm there to see the equipment I don't give a damn about whos running it

[@redrock717]

Northern Rails I always pay attention to who's running it. My dads a retired locomotive engineer. It takes a special kind of individual to do that job and run the equipment you love.

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

RedneckFreightTrain1 I know a few engineers who have the intelligence of a 10 year old, it's actually kind of scary but I guess, when computers do most of your job, you just have to sit there with your mouth open and hit a few buttons and complain about railfans.

[@redrock717]

Polish Sausage I got news for ya, a computer can't control a heavy freight train going down a steep grade. You've gotta be able to balance the perfect amount of braking with dynamics. Switching requires an engineer to be proficient in algebra. Good communication skills are a must wouldn't wanna be an engineer on a pusher unit and not be able to keep my throttle and brakes balanced with the headend engineer. Trust me my dad was an engineer for 39 years lol.

[@ashevilletrainman6989]

Stupid. I'm there to see how the crews work AROUND the equipment I hope to work for them one day.

[@a1919akelbo]

We have feelings too :( if you notice how shit the marshaling is how do you think we feel?

[@LoganB-iw7yo]

I was laughing so hard when I first saw this.

[@727.chasse]

Trust me, that’s the tip of the iceberg if you compare it to Florida crews lmao

[@ashevilletrainman6989]

Lmao.... maybe they aren't your best friend but avoiding being on camera isn't a reason to title your video "not so friendly train crew".... stop making a big deal about it.

[@DWS1435]

It was too cold and diesel smelling to open the windows.

[@KingTX2K]

What’s the point of a guy sticking is head out Did he say something bad or what? What’s the point of this video man!

[@Indiana_Railroads]

I think that’s the conductor just wanting to do his job and not be on camera.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

If you had my face, you'd hide it too : )

[@torque-drive2488]

K.

[@dand3975]

Make sure to wear hearing protection when doing your hobby. That "FoamHead" driving the train was trying to blow your eardrums out. Also a Canon DSLR with a Zoom 300mm telephoto lens will get some great close up photos of the train crew and also take great video. Tamron has some great affordable zoom & telephoto lenses.

[@bp4170]

A lot of sensitive railroaders on here. People film all kinds of professions all day every day. So calm down and go have that soy latte and avocado toast.

[@laneshireartistry2957]

Why do you care if they cover their faces? Are you more interested in the equipment or the crew?

[@Gamerboy-gy1rl]

Probably because y'all too close

[@dustinhatch4658]

Sitting up in my office enjoying the view, answering dispatch calls, entering my log information and calling out signals. Then all the sudden my Engineer and I come up on some weirdo that drove all the way from his house to eye f*** the s*** out of my train (which looks like every other greasy freight train) with his thousand dollar camera... indeed feels unnerving.

[@bp4170]

Poor soy boy.

[@dustinhatch4658]

@@bp4170 HE’S JUST A SOY BOY FROM A SOY FAMILY, SPARE HIM HIS LIFE FROM THIS MONSTROSITY.....

[@CableReadyTechnoSIut]

@@bp4170 by pretty much every definition, foamers would be the soy boys in this situation lmao. The title of the video proves it. (Soy boy gets offended at engineer)

[@mustardpuddle]

I understand both sides. It's always sort of disheartening to see the people who operate the machines you love being outwardly aggressive towards you for liking what they do. At the same time, though, it's totally fair to not want to be watched or filmed. IMO the engineer wasn't in the wrong here, wasn't flipping the bird or yelling, just wanted privacy.

[@milepost4846]

Maybe another person will leave their house that hates your trains, flips you a bird and races you to the next crossing around the gates and you clobber the vehicle.

[@MBTAMoreRailfan]

Why was he bad?

[@Txloganc]

add this channel to the do not recommend again list

[@metra202]

Aw why :(((( just kidding don’t care

[@gregoryeclifford]

There are laws against standing too close to a moving train.

[@metra202]

Oh yea? You gonna arrest me?

[@LakeMichiganRailfan]

@@metra202 You know what matter of fact I will, lol

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

There was a video out there of a conductor hanging out the window calling the camera man a stupid foamer.

[@bots08]

Don't blame them one bit.

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

Wonder if CSX would like to know that their crews are purposely obstructing their own view of the rails just to be idiots to a few railfans.

[@sirensofneohio3979]

Kurtis Kaskowski He’s not driving. He’s in the passenger seat

[@hakeemsd70m]

@@sirensofneohio3979 His job is to keep his eyes on the tracks, not on his safety vest in the window. Not a very smart move on his part.

[@Eric-nz1fu]

Just because you got a camera you still need to ask a person if he can film it idiot

[@freeride13]

You are essentially pointing a camera in someone's face when they're just trying to get through their shift.... Maybe respect that not everyone likes people stalking them at work

[@samholdsworth420]

It's a free country get over it snowflake

[@northtexasrailroadproduction1]

Why does it matter maybe he don’t want his face on camera nothing wrong with that.

[@gregrocks66]

I don’t get it. Crew didn’t do a thing

[@Kiwigeo8339]

Hope you've changed your idea of what constitutes a safe distance from a moving train. In the video you appear to be standing well within the rail corridor and if it was Australia.... within the danger zone (within 3 metres of closest rail).

[@metra202]

Well, I’m on highway to the danger zone ✈️🎵 Also how big is a meter? Because I’m not in Australia and was not in Australia 12 years ago either

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

​@@metra202Yikes to not knowing how big a meter is given how the rest of the world uses it

[@metra202]

@@benedekhalda-kiss9737 yea well I’m an ignorant American and proud 🇺🇸🦅

[@Kiwigeo8339]

@@metra202 3 metres is 9.8 feet. It's a distance that makes allowance for idiots who don't realize that locomotives and rolling stock are wider than the gauge of the track they're running on.

[@metra202]

@@Kiwigeo8339 oh wow! I actually didn’t realize trains were 9.8 feet wider than the tracks!

[@Ferrocarril_Chicago]

It was a little rude to obviousy their not liking of railfans. If anything, they should reacted in a way that didn't make it obvious. A professional way that wasn't rude that is.

[@eastcoastrailproductions5559]

Metra MP36 407 not even that. No railfan should ever be less than 30 feet from the tracks, then it’s considered railfanning. And they can’t be rude, I’m sure they didn’t become engineer and conductor to have pictures taken of them, u need both sides of the story🙄

[@hakeemsd70m]

@@eastcoastrailproductions5559 There are regular pedestrians that stand closer than that as they wait on the train to pass. Stop trying to be th railroad police.

[@rockisland4506]

He probaly didn't want to be in the video

[@Bryan-Hensley]

They stole it

[@Peter-mt6lg]

There just worried about an FRA man with a radar gun.

[@metra202]

@@Peter-mt6lg I can promise you that doesn’t happen

[@MuskokaWildOnes]

What was he doing?

[@tommytruth7595]

CSX, what do you expect?

[@MrCsxtrain]

Congrats on 200 subs!!!

[@lucky_cyclones1048]

Serves y’all right

[@metra202]

@@lucky_cyclones1048 Y’ALL🤠🤡

[@upstatenewyorkrailfan6775]

Some railroaders.are camera shy

[@shmoop2481]

Good lord when did railfans become so entitled? If a crew didn't wave when we were kids we didn't sit and whine about it. Now every little thing gets put on social media. And to you guys who post stuff like this about unfriendly train crews, do you really not understand why some crews won't? Not to mention the fact that we do have jobs to do up there. My main goal as an engineer isn't to look for the cameras.

[@metra202]

Yea if you don’t wave to kids you’re kind of a dick. I’m an engineer too, doesn’t inhibit our jobs to wave, but oddly enough putting a vest in the window (blocking your vision) does! If your main goal as an engineer is to stay away from cameras and not safely run a train, the fuck are you doing?

[@meverything2216]

Probably just doesn’t want face to be on camera!

[@EricTheOld]

30 feet from the tracks next time

[@DWS1435]

The engineer could have doped slapped him. He was being kind and closed the window.

[@ThatCarGuy2]

You should have closed up his face!!!!!

[@TheKwtrucker]

I hope they relize by putting stuff infront of them just cuz they don't want to be seen on camera that means they cant see whats infront of them even if it is just for a few seconds don't worry about railfans and watch what is infront of you a person could walk infront the whole time your trying to hide from the camera I'm not into trains I'm just saying

[@sharkheadism]

Hahaha yep. Foamers... when will they learn

[@gabrielbennett5162]

If someone was stupid enough to suddenly walk in front of them, there wouldn't be jack squat they could do about it, whether their faces were covered or not (maybe blow the horns and hope they move, but that's about it). You have to understand, a fully-loaded freight train weighs thousands of tons; you can't stop that kind of sheer weight on a dime, even if you tried. Even in full emergency, it would take a mile or two to fully stop from a good clip.

[@CRlocoman1989]

TheKwtrucker I like what Mark and Shark said. The only thing I can add: GFY.

[@michaelcalello8465]

TheKwtrucker I hope u realize that being within 50 ft of the track is railroad property and anyone standing that close is trespassing n subject to arrest.

[@Selfishslinger]

Me personality i am camra shy but i wouldn't care cuz i gotta job to do and i would just wave or honk maybe do nothing but any ways i would pay attion to what in front of me

[@ShawnCalay]

Um whats unfriendly??? I dont understand

[@metra202]

@@ShawnCalay makes sense, sleepy joe 💤

[@ShawnCalay]

@@metra202 blahahahaha....he is a sleeping 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

[@GOD_INCARNATE]

Railroaders have laws and rules to obey, and you are braking the biggest one, standing that close to a moving train. Trains are not toys, and the crews are not playing around to help you make videos. Hundreds of people commit suicide intentionally and unintentionally by train every day somewhere in the world, so they could have been hoping you would not jump in front of their train, just to film your death. Let that sink in to your brain then next time you stand that close to a moving train. Or you really pissed them off with your approach, and standing that close.

[@metra202]

@GP30RDMT yeah i guess they aren't, but it just took me by surprise. Normally i don't see this kind of stuff from crews, that's why.

[@7892rl]

Not seeing anything of what you speak....

[@nunyabizness9544]

Me personally i do not like foamers...if i see you out there its time to go to the restroom, reach in the fridge or read my paperwork. Im not interested in being in your photos and i dont waste my energy waving at you. I get it your their for your love of the trains not me (the crew). I would rather tongue kiss a rattle snake than see foamers.

[@sirensofneohio3979]

Nunya Bizness I bet you don’t even work for the railroad

[@richharris9489]

Some railroad workers are just not freindly some are i could care less. Know a bunch of people who work for the railroad that are cool.

[@nunyabizness9544]

@@sirensofneohio3979 you would lose that bet.

[@unitytwins6652]

@@nunyabizness9544 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LVc3iojrR7bNU&ab_channel=BaltimoreAndOhioRR There's a difference between you and actual railroaders. I remember when a passenger steam locomotive passed through my grandparents town, a place where the Wabash thrived and not too far from the Rock Island; At the end was the conductor on the back of the last coach who waved to us with a leaping smile. You don't forget moments of hospitality from strangers. You may say because he has the job of his life collecting tickets on a steam excursion but it doesn't kill or cost anything to be nice y'know, and even though the legend in this video is driving a normal freight train, he is happy to give respect, and thus, earns respect. But I'm sure in your insecure mind he's just sucking up to them foamers. I know you're grumpy because you work for a sleepy ass freight only railroad company but know any professional in any profession knows being a little asshole is bad for business, and anyone with some basic morals wouldn't classify people into a group, and talk shit about that group. Maybe neo-nazis and some other definitely-not-good groups but you saying "I would rather tongue kiss a rattle snake than see foamers" is like an old country fart saying "I would rather kill myself than have these black people move in next to me" Like why don't you do it then if you're so deadset on winning bets? Just keep bringing more negativity in the world, it will infect every relationship you have, and bring that negativity right back on you. As some people might call, karma, and if not so and not you, then that negativity goes to another person or person(s), spreading the asshole disease even wider. I would know because my Dad tried to infect me with it. It's called mental illness. Don't play the victim when called out, railfanning has been huge before you were even born, and if you don't like it you're welcome to quit, instead of y'know, tongue kissing a poisonous snake like omg you big baby you'd rather kill yourself than to look, wave, or even fake smile at some dudes who are admiring your train. Talk about drama queen of the century. Don't talk about privacy either, you are literally on the clock so idk what the hell people are talking about privacy unless the train is tied down and the engineer is forced to sleep in the cab otherwise it's literally your job so it's not like you should be on your phone, it's not like you should be touching yourself, so should treat it like an actual job and do the job. Mechanics and technicians (like myself) don't need the customer to watch us the whole time we work on their vehicle (and some even try to tell us how to do our job) but you don't see videos of us being like "STEP BEHIND THE CAUTION LINE NOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH!" or freaking out for customers standing close to their car as it's being worked on despite it being a massive risk insurance wise, and that's because we understand that customers will be customers and us being professionals may not at all want to deal with their bs but quite literally on top of all of the work we do understand that it is are unspoken job to deal with even some of worse customers and to try to satisfy them as for them to be satisfied with the business. Be lucky that the general environment for working on the railroad is shitty but not so much in a way that you can't deal with it because if the rr companies actually treated their workers a little bit better and got their heads out of their asses in general people like me and others whom always dreamed to work on a railroad would be happy to replace illness infectors like yourself. People like you take the spirit from the rails, and the railroading tradition will be lost to not only corporate's arrogance but yours and every other miserable jerk. I have a lot on my mind and this was only maybe 1/3 but it was the third that actually has anything remotely to do with your comment and it's arrogance. Mainly frustrated at my own arrogance and faults, and a lot of people's arrogance in the world in general. Half sad, half angry. Words cannot describe it.

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

An office job is fine then. Don't know a lot of people who enjoy watching offices.

[@bayard0157]

There's always jerks out there in any job.

[@xLars_]

I completely understand what they've done.

[@realcanadianrailfan110]

Yeah. Get a real job. Jeez you give railfanners a bad name. Grow up.

[@youngtank2601]

I dont see nothing worng they work for the public people can record them but if they dont wanna be on film they dont wanan be un film maybe they wear just playing with u idk

[@redrock717]

They don’t work for the public. They work for the CSX stock holders.

[@Amtrak90222]

lol wat

[@Amtrak90222]

+John Robinson JUST FUNNY!