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Our VRF Grab Bags (GB) videos are compiled from content from our cameras as Mods and fans spot something neat while watching our cameras. In the GB you will, of course, find a variety of TRAIN content, special trains, maintenance, steam, diesels, interesting rail cars, cool paint schemes and more. You will also find fun people, city events, boats, planes, cars (sometimes going wild) and nature. Thank you for taking the time to sit back and enjoy these highlight reels that we call "Grab Bags"!

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

Well, since no one has said it(yet) What a purr-fect ending to this edition of Grab Bag😺

[@johndeerefan725]

11:28, Gotta love that Instant Justice. Always on the LaGrange, KY camera that catches people breaking laws in front of police.

[@poowg2657]

Karma, she be a beeyatch!😊

[@JaxFPrime81]

LaGrange just needs it's own channel at this point 😂

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

The driver didn't even slow down; going to be an expensive ticket!

[@JaxFPrime81]

@@jamesghiorzoe107 I guarantee you the driver lost his job over this

[@chrissabds6975]

time to feed the bear

[@stfanboy]

Cat Dad here. The family and the cat was just heartwarming.

[@andreah5554]

The kids were so excited. That was a great vid, and a lucky kitty. :)

[@donnaj9964]

So glad that cat was rescued--the kids were ecstatic!!

[@musicman8942]

Cat parents here and that was heartwarming to see

[@stormraven4183]

Very heartwarming. She was a lucky girl to have picked the right family ❤

[@swanlakelady4180]

The kitty just wanted to hitch a ride so it could catch a glimpse at a Chessie railcar.

[@DouglasP201]

Or the Chessie heritage unit.

[@BarredCoast0]

The crow was a nice added touch to this grabbag. Thanks VR!

[@t-bonejones3576]

It was a grackle, not a crow. A close relative

[@johnwalters1341]

At 12:55 looks like a pair of Common Grackles out gracklin'...

[@donnaj9964]

Grackles gonna grackle...

[@centralillinoisrailpix453]

Nice of that cat to adopt that family.

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, especially the Heritage Units, military trains, and a Sperry truck too, I like them, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

[@donnawoodford4127]

Aww. I love cats every bit as much as I love trains. Kitty cat hopefully got a good forever home with that family. I used to have a gray and white tabby cat. Her name was Chessie. She had the same colors as the original Chessie, but the pattern wasn't the same, and she had more white. My Aunt and I got her as a kitten, and she lived to be 19.

[@jamesklenotiz7422]

17:25 Cat distribution system at work

[@saratoga123321]

The girl jumping in exuberance over the kitty was *the best*

[@amtrakharry]

Now that was a first for that "C/O" kitten...:):):)

[@dannymccarty6680]

15:43 Excellent split screen . Sky and lights courtesy of M. C. Escher. 👍

[@tucobenedicto109]

I love tha movie trick where you have the auto racks disaper left on the side of the screen and make them came back out over the top. LOL! Nice video. You are the cat's meow!

[@ChadSimplicio]

Cat must've been taking shelter from the severe elements and just happened to find a spot on top of the front left tire of that truck. Good intuition by that family.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

It was under the hood of the truck. Cats will do this to stay out of the weather. Good catch by the family and that's on very lucky kitty.

[@ChadSimplicio]

@@jamesmckenzie3532 I'm sure that family is making arrangements to have a veterinarian check on the cat, and help it adapt to new surroundings.

[@jscott8695]

3:46 - Some of the Somerset Railroad cars are still around! After the closure of the Somerset Kintigh Generation station the railroad was abandoned, tore up, and CSX was supposed to scrap all of the cars. Some escaped the grim railcar reaper. Great Grab Bag as usual!

[@waynemiller7382]

Interesting that (as the editor has pointed out) at 1:24 that the Ferromex AcE 4037 still has the cab side window rock guards on in in the US, all the way up there in WA.

[@DTD110865]

Too many anti-immigration fanatics throwing rocks at them?

[@timslager5966]

10:25 at least CSX got that heritage scheme right, prettiest paint in the USA 15:55 that shot should be on the company calender Thanks for sharing this video 👍 👍

[@JoshBowren]

Thank you for taking the time to post all this content. Love the channel, have for years. I'm an editor and know how much work it is to assemble these videos and nicely done by the way. Just a quick thank you!

[@BigAlFPV17]

I'm glad that family checked around their truck & found that cat. My wife & I have 5 cats of our own & seeing that felt so heartwarming. Also, excellent catches of the trains too & seeing that bird fly by the camera

[@gregginter5867]

One massive BNSF power consist after another on VR! 🎉❤

[@chatanugadotorg]

Very lucky cat!

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Lots of great Military train action,Loram rail grinder working, OCS NS and CSX trains,Amtrak meet in Ashland VA, good video!🛤🚂

[@citibear57]

Sez no one: That Ram truck is powered by a Cat engine! Me: No, I think it's a Cummins 😂

[@TOTMGreenish-Top-Of-The-Morrin]

and here I thought we only have to worry about them BEARS 🐻 in the air

[@danmiller7079]

@12:33: great catch! It’s nice our feathered friends feel comfortable near the camera. “Raven air, you’re cleared to land at pad 9. Roger that! @18:18 leave it to Dad to grab the cat the right way otherwise them kids would’ve been hurt by that cat scratchin and bitin.

[@emdB67]

Perhaps the cat stowed away hoping to catch the bird it saw earlier in the video?. 🤔😁

[@DTD110865]

@@emdB67 It looked like it wanted to grab something under the hood. Maybe it had a kitten?

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Nice Catches*

[@CassidysWorkshop]

Wow, three visits to La Grange. Always a high point to a grab bag. 👍

[@johncamp2567]

Cat rescue upstaged the very cool Amtrak Phase 7 paint-scheme on the P-42 locomotives….which looked very sharp. P42’s get second lives, too!

[@willhazyblue]

Cute looking DC crossing under hopper❤

[@coreypeters4170]

17:53, There's a cat inside a pickup truck! 😂

[@DTD110865]

It happened to my family back in the 1970's, but we didn't keep it.

[@allenra530]

I was going to church one morning and I thought that my cat was in the apartment. When I got into town, 14 miles away and parked at the church, my cat came out from under the pickup and demanded to be picked up. She had ridden somewhere under the hood, all that way.

[@JacobWheeler-xr4ed]

Nice grab bags in La plata Train long one

[@dennisb9157]

That's mine, no it's mine! No it's mine! It's mine I say!!!😂 Ducking underneath? Never saw that before! YN2 leader, trucker thinking he is better than everyone else, a bird paying a visit, multiple military movements, near bottleneck in Deshler, H2s, foreign power, SD40s, and more! Excellent grab bag, VR!

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 10-unit lash-up, only one of them is currently a BNSF locomotive, the rest have been sold to GECX 1:22 this Ferromex unit has bars over the windows. A few Amtrak F40s once had this feature too 1:33 warbonnet and Ferromex unit that does not have bars over its windows 2:18 UP 1988 leading 2:36 SP&S heritage hopper 3:42 Somerset Railroad hopper 4:15 Loram grinder at work in Revelstoke 5:12 doubleheading H2 dash 9s with all new white autoracks (again at 8:38) 6:16 probably a backup between here and Fostoria which is the next diamond. The side effects of PTC. 7:26 two ex-Amtrak baggage car and a California Zephyr dome car Silver Palace 8:11 another CRRC carbody for Exo in Montreal. SEPTA recently canceled their order for CRRC cars 10:26 CSX OCS in Deshler. The line is cleared by then. (again at 15:40 in Covington, south of Cincinnati) 11:25 semi didn't even try to stop, and probably didn't notice the Dodge Charger police car to his left. 12:18 Burlington Junction geep 13:04 3-car BNSF inspection train 13:53 CSX and UP GEVOS and a BNSF genset 14:30 this person crosses between stopped freight cars 14:58 Georgia Central dash 8 15:27 unusual way to see CSX 1869. First time I've seen a CSX heritage unit on a non-CSX train 16:28 Amtrak 167 in phase VII paint leading the Southwest Chief. This is the third Phase VII P42, the other two being 174 and 82. 17:10 Speaking of Amtrak 82, here it is leading a different train

[@tazrortheelder5307]

I know it had something in it's beak, but that first shot of the grackle made it look shocked lol

[@colefd]

Darwin looked cute with a spry and bouncy gait, not the brightest move but we see worse on a regular grab bag basis...

[@adriananderson76]

This is a 100/100! Virtual Railfan!

[@davidbrown4823]

Buddy must been happy after the ticket..

[@warrenpowlison-wells3950]

I love your video's!

[@Steve_Hunts96]

Oh wow, 6:30 going through the red… I know certain occasions a dispatch will permit an engineer to pass reds, but I don’t think I’ve actually seen it happen till here!

[@Messicrafter]

If you look closely the top most orbital's light was lit making it a restricting indication instead of stop. (Restricting: Ok to pass, not exceeding restricted speed, prepared to stop due to broken rail, misaligned switches, or train ahead.) (Restricted speed is able to stop with in 1/2 the range of vision not exceeding 15 mph in interlockings, 20 mph else where.)

[@J3scribe]

All those auto racks for Utah Central Railway. But they're not headed to Ogden. Odd.

[@jchoward6451]

At 1:56 "Birth Control" is stenciled on the barrel of that tank; a few of the others have different sayings, e.g., "Deus Ex Machina." On one of the fancy passenger cars at 10:54 I saw "Alfred E." and my mind added "Newman" which would have been a Mad Grab Bag for sure!

[@chrismoseman6671]

just when you think you have seen everything on this grab bag someone pulls a cat from under the hood of their truck. that would have been funnier if it was shown 2 days earlier

[@thomasboese3793]

11:34 La Grange, KY - I'm convinced there's something in the water/air that's affecting the drivers. This intersection is a one-ring, continual circus of problems.

[@boxcarvibe5671]

Kid: "Hey dad, your truck engine sure is purring like a kitten!" Dad: "..........then something must be wrong...." 🙀

[@poowg2657]

1:39. In the 70s those were called "ghetto grates".

[@menslady125eif2590]

Aww, kitty.

[@jackulmen5791]

0:07 A Power Move to start out the Grab Bag!! 😁

[@paulw.woodring7304]

A lot of those units looked to be new being delivered. I noticed blue plastic covering intake and exhaust vents.

[@Milwaukeeroadfan]

@@paulw.woodring7304 Those are actually a few of BNSF's many veteran D9-44CWs that served them for many years. Unfortunately, BNSF has been slowly retiring them from their books, and they are now selling them off in favor of new GE Evolution Series locomotives. Many of them are being given away to shortline railroads, however some went to Kansas City Southern (now Canadian Pacific Kansas City) and then to Norfolk Southern (cuz they're rebuildin' 'em to AC44C6Ms). It's a shame that BNSF is ridding themselves of one of their most successful locos, but as the old sayin' says: Not everything lasts forever unfortunately.

[@kevinbaker4241]

@@paulw.woodring7304 Nope. Those units were all probably being returned to GE after their BNSF leases expired. The paint around the patches on the noses tells me that they were delivered to BNSF before they adopted the new 'swoosh' scheme.

[@robertkavich7426]

Somerset RR up until the last year or so shipped coal to the Somerset Power plant not far from my home . It is all gone now , plant and rail lines , everything gone in the name of GREEN ENERGENCY ????? The shame of it all was the power plant was only about 30 years old , what a waste !!!!

[@stephenhudson8739]

That's nice scenery at Revelstoke And I think those are the selkirk mountains

[@donnaj9964]

Always love watching the LORAM at work too

[@Todd-i1z]

Trains are always smoking thru Thomasville, NC!

[@ColonelMarcellus]

But he has a big truck and that makes him more important than ordinary folk.

[@ELOfanatic]

OK, i remember reading somewhere that Ferromex engines were not allowed to lead trains in the US. Is that true, and if so, why?

[@johnpinckney4979]

No PTC. So they can't lead in the U.S.

[@toddheisler9874]

Awesome love this 🙌🙌🙌

[@donnaj9964]

So is a heritage unit the same as a fallen flag? I saw a lot of neat new names in this video. Another great one--thanks VRF!

[@maestromecanico597]

I can CLEARLY see a Cummins badge on the side of that truck. The "CAT" obviously had nefarious intentions.

[@kens.3729]

Bad Boy, Bad Boy, What you gonna do when they Come for You. 🤪👎

[@BurritoFarmer46]

At 6:15, CSX 802 blows by the red signal. Was he stopped by PTC kicking in?

[@bowlinerailfan]

Here's another instant justice story that I saw on monday night as I was chasing the Chessie System heritage unit. As I was going to my spot to film it, a white pickup was driving the other way with his lights off. I flashed my lights to let him know but he didn't seem to take notice. The car behind him seemed to though, because after they both passed me, he turned on his blue flashing lights. The police car was unmarked so I didn't know it was a police car until it lit up. If anyone is interested in seeing the video I got of CSX 1973 that night, it's already on my channel.

[@davidcrook5511]

Another Like and sorry I've been away so long. Great seeing La Plata included and I loved that speeded up train that just seemed to go on and on and on Good to see Covington on the GBs again and what a sky!!! And lots lots more as always and I loved the cat!!! 🐱🐈

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

Not to mention the new looking auto racks and no graffiti in sight.

[@georgeadams1853]

Interesting; 5:15 - 5:55 Brand new autoracks, apparently all with Utah Central (UCRY) reporting marks. They probably won't spend much time on home rails.

[@GodsloveJesushugs]

Travel mercies❤

[@kennethfuller8347]

So, I have to wonder ... did the cat belong to the family that owned the truck ?? .. probably so, because of how easy it was for them to put it in the truck. I'm very conscious of where my cats are when I leave the house for this very reason.

[@peterp1158]

17:08 Call him Rudolph!

[@gusjones9388]

What was that Chinese owned railroad manufacturer equipment at 8:30 doing going thru Ft Madison? Going to or coming from China?

[@danmiller7079]

I was wondering the same thing! Slowly but surely.

[@johnpinckney4979]

Likely heading to the CRRC plant in Springfield, MA, for finishing and delivery to Boston.

[@stevegird7706]

6:36 Did that CSX train run the red at Deshler?

[@DTD110865]

So what was happening in LaGrange? I saw some passenger cars that looked like they should be preserved, mixed with others that looked like they were going to be scrapped.

[@SuperOwensTrainsYT]

0:20 maybe going to NS?

[@kentuckyrailfan1]

I was going to say that but they don’t have that kcs patch the ones ns has plus they came from kcs I believe

[@Silver_Turtle]

No. As stated in a previous post [since removed/hidden] their lease has expired; being returned to leaser.

[@OnlyTheEd]

Wow!🙀

[@ale.3463]

Protected windows? For the eclipse?

[@kamcaree2493]

Hi

[@liamweaver2944]

8:33 Is this the CRRC Subway going to the MBTA?

[@richardmosher8334]

And there goes a CSX Transportation train, all passenger and baggage. Where do I find them?

[@taj1460]

11:28 nothing new there!!! no one stops at them stop signs....... Like how the truck run the stop sign as the po-po is turning around lol

[@georgew.5639]

I wish that the popo would go after people here who think that they don’t have to stop at stop signs. The police don’t even stop at stop signs here. They ignore the rules just like everyone else does.

[@richardmosher8334]

What is with the NS passenger cars? Is that a local commuter train? I live out in the country away from major railroads so I'm curious where they are so that I could get a ride. Thanks.

[@desw9146]

The NS (and CSX) "passenger" trains would have been OCS (office car special) trains, mainly used by railroad management to travel around the system and demonstrate routes to potential or current customers. They're rarely if ever available to the public.

[@Davotechtucky]

11:28 is stop sign

[@draganasselin8602]

The Popo is popoing in the street

[@victormioduszewski4729]

Name the cat Chessie..!!!

[@bobniehaus5053]

Even the truckers in Lagrange? 😮😂 Question: are the freight haulers doing passenger service (CSX today)? Is it just local intercity or crew relocation?

[@randydobson1863]

hello Virtual Railfan & Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

[@davidbrown4823]

Who received the auto carriers?

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I don’t think white was the right color to paint those autoracks. It’ll probably really attract the graffitists.

[@yoursweetheart85]

Why was the train and rails sparking?

[@timkelly6796]

Can someone explain what the NS and CSX passenger trains are used for?

[@dumpythekangaroo7028]

A few days ago, I saw that the NS train was going to transport VIP's to the Masters in Augusta.

[@Garbageman_Matt]

0:08 why so many DPUs 💀💀💀💀

[@jameschristiansson3137]

8:30 "Tianjin CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd in north China's Tianjin ... reached a production of more than 300 rail transit vehicles annually to satisfy demands from home and abroad." - Xinhua/Li Ran

[@BMgirl-mx1xh]

Cat under the hood gotta be a first.

[@emdB67]

Even Virtual Railfan knows that cat videos are a surefire way to get clicks, likes and audience engagement. 🤣

[@donnaj9964]

It happens from time to time that a critter takes shelter from the elements in what looks to them like a stationary object...One driver here in Utah found an owl under his hood! It was rehabbed and eventually released.

[@Keikdv]

But that time when 5000 were watching at La Grange instead of the normal 15 is denied to 20000...

[@roger3958]

Dude could’ve killed someone. Sheesh.

[@frederickschulkind8431]

All those white auto racks are really impressive considering their habit of collecting graffiti.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Oh some people just don’t 🤔😒🙏

[@darrinmartone2288]

At 14:36 instead of Darwin Award how about PSR victim ?

[@MrMark85044]

was it a Cat or Detroit diesel.

[@01FozzyS]

A tractor trailer at that too! SMH

[@richardreid6377]

A real bonehead trucker.

[@centheiatrust9153]

I say again, for the upteenth time, why can't you move the video title down so that we can see the camera locations. Does anyone know how to get this message across to whoever is making the videos?

[@joepeach997]

[e-mail]

[@danmiller7079]

On my laptop, the locations are at the top of my screen. My two cents.

[@maritasue5067]

I have watched on my iPad or streaming on tv; internet services have been from Comcast, Verizon Wireless, and a local telephone company. The camera locations and time stamps always show up on a bar at the top of the screen. Maybe it’s your phone or internet provider that somehow cuts out the information?

[@bonnienesbitt9593]

Locations are always shown on my laptop.

[@ronwade5646]

Looking up the word, upteenth, nope! Not here.

[@tiansuoli3793]

What is that? 8:29

[@katd6745]

What was the music at 11:36

[@rovertaw22]

"Bad Boys" from the old FOX Network show COPS

[@katd6745]

Thank you

[@PigFinn]

Not for the umpteenth time, only the third or fourth: Military movements are NOT grab bag worthy.

[@devtrash]

Do you hate our troops?