TRRS 553: A Snowy Morning at Porter Junction

[@aquaspire7671]

That second shot was incredible with the snow settling!

[@byrongilbert3720]

nice to see ya back. looking forward to the video. :)

[@ThornappleRiverRailSeries]

Hope you enjoy!

[@trailwayt9HG]

View of Passing of train through on snow is beautifully

[@MrCarlna]

Thank you for providing closed caption.

[@LyfovRyan51]

Now there's dedication with the photographer being out there in the snow. The snow certainly gives a different perspective.

[@mijyadoc5374]

Thanks for this reminder of the tremendous value of our rail system......

[@Zoubirking-1970]

Thanks Tommy for this magical video and more it’s mesmerising I love trains and don’t ask me if i enjoyed it OH YES I did

[@skimmer8774]

Great show. Nice to see your work again you've been missed.

[@cerievans134]

Superb video, glad to see you uploading again, brilliant work, thanks 🙏👏🇬🇧

[@stevethetrainbuff5718]

Great video alex! Trains in snow are a magical experience trackside! Merry Christmas

[@andrewpalm2103]

Thanks for this footage from Porter! I grew up in MIchigan City and remember visiting the Porter tower at least once. I was interested in Porter because the former NYC (MIchigan Central) and C&O (Pere Marquette) lines coming into Porter both went through Michigan City. If I remember correctly, in the early 20th century the Michigan Central crossed over the NYC at Porter and continued on to Kensington where it met the IC, not far from where the South Shore joins in. A leftover from this was that the James Whitcome Riley from Cincy to Chicago went to IC's Central Station instead of La Salle Street until Amtrak took over (but I don't think by the original MC route).

[@ThornappleRiverRailSeries]

Correct, the MC passed on around to Kensington - one of the tracks is still there, operated by the IHB to get to a scrap yard. Once the MC was absorbed by the NYC, it was of course only a matter of time before the shorter Waterlevel Route became the standard for trains out of Michigan, and also routing most of the freight from Detroit off the MC and onto the Waterlevel.

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

I used to live just minutes from here. Good times!

[@edpeak6847]

Great videos. Winter conditions add to your outstanding pictures.

[@oldtown6240]

Always well done and enjoyable.

[@jbdbackfan]

Per usual, excellent work on the camera. Hoping for more content!

[@mr.goldenrod291]

Great to see you back with a video!

[@xela001]

Hey great video 👌🏻👌🏻 love it 😍 Great that you re back 👍🏻 Hope there are more episodes to come 😉 Merry Christmas 🙋‍♂️

[@YardLimit]

Very nice. Nothing better than trains in the snow.

[@ConrailQuality775]

railroaders would disagree with you about that.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Great scenes with the trains in snow!

[@ohiorailfan124]

Funny enough I’m heading to Porter Junction/ Chesterton next weekend and watching this video on 1/23/25!

[@ericsturniolo]

Great video! Thoroughly enjoyed the snow videos!

[@ThornappleRiverRailSeries]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mahmoodkohatiPakistan]

Best beautiful sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@timdodge7845]

nice video, snow adds a nice effect

[@amandap569]

Keep up the good work making new videos!

[@lastplacetrophy3821]

Where did you go bud? Miss your videos.

[@erfp551]

👍

[@RAtheGoodRailfanner_888]

Cool! You should post more videos!

[@denisetindall1487]

I like train videos videos on KZbin 👍

[@kohnaRL]

Can we get more railroad superhighways? Much love homie🔥

[@CombsTowerProductions]

CP autorack train was more than likely CP 137, Autos for IHB Gibson Yard

[@Georgiarailvideos6325]

nice

[@traintalkproductions5934]

What microphone do you use? It has some nice directional contrast to it.

[@Nderak]

hope youre doing well m8

[@acefeeley7836]

And are you planning on producing new videos at some point?

[@othernewsid2]

🙏😁

[@MichaelJudge-jp5bz]

CP 8146 was CP 9599.

[@maxsands3861]

Do you know what year the tracks that went from Mayville Michigan to Caro Michigan were built and when they were torn out? Thanks.

[@BilC47films]

I can't believe you were able to shoot these engines, every time I get near a train with the camera, the cop show up. Everyone is so uptight these days.

[@Juptak]

Why do some engines have blinking lights and others don't?

[@ThornappleRiverRailSeries]

Are you talking about the flashing forward lights, or the strobes on the Amtrak engines?

[@Juptak]

@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries The forward lights.

[@acefeeley7836]

I just discovered your channel I absolutely love it. I am, however, dismayed by the complete carpetbombing of ads throughout the videos. An ad every 90 seconds to 3 minutes is not enjoyable.

[@train_chicken6143]

q on csx is now m

[@MokkaMatti]

Is this channel now DOA? Doing some purging of my subscriptions in January 2025; I'm wondering if this is the time to say, "goodbye, happy rails to you?"

[@ThornappleRiverRailSeries]

Nope, I’ve still been doing some shooting and have some new projects planned - just been super busy the last two years getting my career started. I will be back soon!

[@STC987]

@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries that’s awesome. I have been hoping you were working on projects. You have the best railroad content on KZbin, and I appreciate all the hard work you put into these videos. Top notch quality!!