UP Burns Local on the Oregon Joint Line

[@stevetk8174]

30 years as a conducter out of LaGrande, this really was very realistic. Im glade Im retired and dont have to do that shit. Cheers

[@harken2101]

Ok, I'm gunna say it for all of us. Where is our Joint line fix. You are killin us smalls. We need more OJL content. You do such a wonderful job we need more than 1 video a year. I know I am not the only one who thinks this. Please bring us more of your great content.

[@MiniModellingOfficial]

Every time I hear the intro jingle, it fills me with determination, keep up the good work!

[@KG-xt4oq]

Yay! So glad to see new ops sessions on the OJL. Make me happy now...

[@bnsffan6584]

I finally made it out to Oregon I'm in Ashland and I must say you have done a really good job on all of the scenery and the backdrop and everything!

[@derekalexander4030]

Nice ops session for the undervalued crew. No matter what’s going on with the railroad I’m always sucked into the beautiful scenery.

[@matthewhancock2127]

I liked how you edited to not take so long, and put an ironic and humorous twist into the radio chatter, thanks for being so entertaining. 😁

[@jdmills4370]

Excellent to see a new video. Was just rewatching some older ones. Good timing. Thank you.

[@stevencollins1643]

Super entertaining video... Great story, voices, lingo, train action, layout scenery, and especially the music (fun bass and keyboard lines)... And especially love UP, NP, and SP&S... Fun stuff! Thank you!

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

thank you Steven!

[@theubaum]

Man, can’t get enough of this pike! Thanks for the opps videos, they are GREAT!

[@smeagolplaysgames4517]

Can't help but wonder how much quality sleep the UP crew actually gets

[@bnsffan6584]

Maybe 5-6 hours if they are lucky

[@DEFCON08]

This channel has to be the best iteration of the northwest I’ve ever seen. Been watching y’all since the first yard videos

[@Veloxyll]

Always happy to see another Oregon Joint Line video. I love the narrated style - have tried to watch un-narrated train videos and it's just not the same

[@fredgemmill617]

Dean, Glad to see another OJL ops video. OJL, Columbia and Western, and Central Jersey Conrail have the best ops videos. I've watch them all multiple times. Just finished all the old OJL videos and a new one popped up. Please keep it up with more ops videos.

[@jhoodfysh]

Thank you that was very interesting. The scenery was excellent; you felt you were part of the scene.

[@Longshadowsmodeltrees]

Always enjoy seeing your Op's video, hope to see more. Bob

[@davestrains6816]

Always fun to watch your ops. Hope to see another one soon. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[@tedmaas3588]

Missed your videos, glad your back...

[@kevinm3428]

‘Make me happy now!’ Great video, thank you!

[@CharlieKrampitz]

You've got one nice layout. I really enjoyed watching this video. All I mostly worked was yard jobs and locals my forty year career with the Santa Fe and BNSF.

[@upsd402]

Poor UP local, love the story, and the humor. Great video.

[@tomoakes2337]

Thank you for the new video...have enjoyed all the vids you have done. I don't have the opportunity to have my own layout at this time so I enjoy the hobby through various videos but especially OJL videos. Have a great holiday season!

[@kkuehne45]

Great stuff as always! Always enjoy seeing this train on your railroad.

[@fernandoalbertobitarslim281]

In my opinión... The best N scale layout I've ever seen...

[@Ken-Kaef]

I enjoy operations videos. You tell a good story. cheers Ken

[@FNG0000]

Amazing layout,amazingly done video.Happy New Year from UK and God bless🙌🏻

[@cn.trainbuff3352]

Want new updates or operations coming soon????? Love your operations videos

[@Tezzathelearner]

Terrific. Love you guys operations. Just like a railroad! Really good background sound and excellent vision fades to keep things moving along.

[@sernajrlouis]

Beautiful layout. Great video and channel just subscribed

[@Valizan]

This was a load of fun to watch! Thank you so much!

[@anotherluckyone]

Beautiful and fun! Thank you for a great video!

[@gerdeguelle1967]

Very nice video and nice layout.

[@michaelfeldman-budarick9295]

I love the oregon joint line its my favourite its so cool to see some more new operating sessions love to see the NP emigrant local

[@mrrobscleaningservice6059]

Love your videos I've watched them all I hope you make some more soon and not keeping us waiting

[@Skylarq.]

Good to see you back again!!

[@admiralfoxarium8833]

I love train following the camera view. Wonderful work.

[@jeeper360]

I enjoy your videos. I had a great time operating the monument yard last year as part of DFW Interchange. I hope I have an opportunity to visit and operate again.

[@user-cu9kz5ec8o]

More! More! More! These are my favorite source of n scale media!

[@railwayjade]

That was fun - new subscriber here, greetings from South Africa!

[@PennCentral13]

Great to see you back. I was kind of hoping for a UP Burns Local redemption arc but oh well, I guess not.

[@Veloxyll]

UP burns gets no respect even when we see the poor hand they've been dealt.

[@kencotton4645]

It is a little nerdy, but I love the attention to detail and the complexity of the scenarios.

[@rimodeler7963]

Great video, Dean. Excellent camera work and fun to watch! Mike

[@michaelhoffman6354]

My kids are going to be excited to hear a new video came out!

[@RB.1595]

Thanks for the video. It's much appreciated.

[@ptitrainrouge]

the last one was a long time ago; nice to watch you on business again

[@aaronfowler3073]

You have the best op session videos! If you make them, I will watch them!

[@2011Maynard]

Bout dang time! 😀 Enjoyed….

[@MattCookOregon]

This is amazing.

[@markarnold8160]

This is my idea of operations. Great video!

[@RB.1595]

Hi, thanks for taking the time to film and post videos of your layout. It's an inspiration. I understand it's n scale? Can I please ask - where do you get your trees from? Are they made by yourself or commercially produced? Once again, it's a great layout. Thanks and kind regards, Richard.

[@gregalanharper]

Another question… It’s amazing to watch and listen to the dance that is the back ‘n forth between road crews and yard crews. Obviously that’s your background so you provide a fascinating insight. The coordination between the mainline action and the yards is not something we often think about or understand. How would the Local in this video have gone about it’s work before the age of radios? They’d get to a yard and then what? Would the conductor go and see, or phone, the Yardmaster and just get the same information. I’m guessing so.

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

hey Greg - think this varied depending on the yard, but many people who worked in this era tell me that phones were quite often used

[@Strelnikov10]

Nice to see Al Bundy found gainful employment with the UP… even if the hours are trash.

[@kcsthebetterway]

Only two? Surprised 😮

[@mysticrailroad]

Nice video, cool ops :)

[@intermodalman123]

The burns local is another one that hits a bit too close to home. Work for a class one, on a foreign line, class one sends a train into the city, they get one back, complain we make too much overtime and can't do crap when we ask to get treated better by the foreign line's dispatch. Hell I had to take my local to a branch that was two miles away today. Wait for two south, hour and a half later I'm going. Trip woulda taken 10 minutes.

[@Calispeedboi]

We need more videos!

[@harken2101]

Just another 12 hour day on the UP.

[@superjesse645]

I would love to see an Oregon Joint Line map for Trainz or some other train simulator.

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

Michael Lippincott has done a great Oregon Joint Line Trainz simulation. Join my Facebook page to make contact.

[@bnsffan6584]

Love to see the up power and all the other although it would be kinda cool to see a BNSF train thats like a run across from one sub across and back to another sub like for example off the up line do something in silvies yard and continue but yeah it would be cool to see bnsf power it would be interesting to see the future with the past and bn has already happened on the line so its feasible to have bnsf and it doesn't have to be a full operation change just one or a few BNSF run through trains say the nearby scenic sub got hit by a snow storm and it was too muc for there snow plow so they rerouted the train over the Oregon joint line. Or you could also run great northern trains off the scenic sub as they didnt have as good of snow equipment.

[@bnsffan6584]

I think bnsf would be cooler but you also wouldnt want to ruin it too much so GN for realistic operations and BNSF for fun and non realistic operation.

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

The Oregon Joint Line route would likely have been abandoned long before the BNSF merger.

[@bnsffan6584]

It manged BN so in theory it could make it to BNSF. Is the line its based off of still active?

[@Madhuntr]

Finally FINALLY you are back with New Videos. Oh how i missed These. No one else does These style of videos But have to say. The usual fire and excitement seems to be missing

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

You're probably right. It's hard to make a local exciting vs yard operations in this format, which is in part what took so long for me to get motivated to make this. Local crews aren't typically under the same kind of pressure as a yardmaster so it's tough to portray the same amount of conflict and tension as previous videos which made for better stories. Understanding that your feelings are likely shared by others will certainly weigh in on whether I ever spend the tremendous amount of time involved to make another one.

[@Madhuntr]

@@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125 just do something cheerful and maybe throw in some banter between the Crews and dispatch/Yard. Makes for a lighthearted and fun Atmosphere and a nice chance to Those more serious videos

[@Veloxyll]

The characterisation felt like it fitted for the poor underappreciated and overworked UP Burns crew. Them being all happy and chipper just wouldn't fit. Even if today they got actual help at Westpine instead of having to build their own train

[@wjsj69]

This is like ... Work!

[@gregalanharper]

Love it, Dean. Question: in the opening scene, the Milw Rd car is obviously a spacer car because of the propane car and it’s hazmat restrictions. Is it now, or ever, a requirement for train crews to stop short of a car before then proceeding to advance and couple up to it? If this is the case, when is that a requirement? In particular I’m wondering if that would be required when switching hazmat loads. Thanks!

[@intermodalman123]

Modern conductor here. Safety stops depend on the railroad, I've worked for some who require it and some who dont. The current railroad I'm at does not require them but crews will do them at their own discretion depending on the situation. Coupling in curves, longer drawhead cars, and the initial joint on an industry to look for cars that are still being unloaded are all common reasons trainmen will have their train stop short of the joint. Hazmat spacing depends greatly on era, to my understanding spacers are a fairly recent rule and likely just happened by coincidence in this situation. I could be wrong about that last part though. As far as switching hazmat despite some types of haz-mat having specific switching restrictions. Most crews will knock them around like any other car. I've got commodities I personally treat gingerly while handling but I'll also been a brakeman and have seen cuts of 5 of those cars get kicked at mach jesus by the conductor. Right now, to my knowledge the only type of hazmat that requires a spacer while performing switching operations are cars placarded for explosives. Otherwise you can switch pretty much anything next to anything else.

[@gregalanharper]

@@intermodalman123 Thanks for the info. Your description of operations reminds me of the time I was on a tour of UP’s Roseville CA hump yard. We’re standing at the top of the hump watching the cars go over when a boxcar goes by with large words on it saying, “Do Not Hump”. I though to myself, I hope that’s not carrying explosives!

[@superjesse645]

So I noticed Superintendent Thompson hasn't returned since the Monument Yard 2-parter. I'm guessing he got fired for almost melting down the yard? Also, why does Sylvies not use what remains of the NP Burns branch to do yard work? I feel like it'd be useful for keeping switching jobs off the main line.

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

Silvies Yard almost always uses the NP Burns Branch as the yard lead.

[@Tom-xe9iq]

"Make me happy..."😁😁

[@oubrioko]

5:39 Is that yarder on the flatcar custom 3D print or a commercial N-scale model?

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

it's a print from Clever Creek Miniatures clevercreekminiatures.ca/

[@danasoroko]

You've already heard all the superlatives, I can only add my agreement.

[@GreatNW]

Is that a 009 yarder in the mill yard I see?

[@oregonjointlinemodelrailro4125]

yes sir! clevercreekminiatures.ca/forestry-equipment

[@CharlieKrampitz]

Hurry up and wait

[@muffels6410]

Really was a 12 hour day

[@oubrioko]

14:19 *Conductor:* _A. Bundy_ 😆

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

Dang, that poor Burns Local crew doesn't even get any respect from the UP!

[@CNWrapidrails6867]

Oregon joint line you need to make 7th Avenue yard and 7th Avenue job

[@thaniteking5958]

How come the conductor sounds like Forrest Gump

[@NaomiClareNL]

Things haven't improved on the UP I see, not even their own colleague wants to help them. Poor souls must feel that they are in Purgatory whenever they catch the Burns local...

[@kennethrich2107]

Lol

[@professional_foamer2716]

Good to see your back online man, always loved watching your old videos!