Railroad ODDITIES LIVE

[@brentmiller3951]

My father worked for Southern Pacific for over 40 yrs .One of his jobs was running ahead of the train and opening 3 draw bridges . my first ride on a caboos was 1982 .I got to ride from the depot at coos bay Oregon to Florence along the central coast .I will never forget those rides .I was lucky and got to ride engines and cabooses lots of times .I got to ride with my dad to drop off water and batteries to a track gang in my dads high railer once

[@CrownXR1987]

I used to work for the City of Cornelia. That red apple takes longer to re-paint than some might think. Not a fun job during the summer months.

[@gerrywood5325]

In 1956 at the tender age of three, I received an "American Flyer" train set for Christmas. Initially, I was scared to death of the train because it made so much noise. The engine is a 4-6-2 steam engine which pulls a box car with sliding doors on each side, a "Gulf Oil" tank car, a flatbed car that has metal side struts for holding dowel logs, and a lighted caboose with a conductor holding out a lamp. I still own that train set and it still runs. Best of all, I wouldn't take anything for that train set because it was the very first one I ever got. I am 68 now and enjoy going to the Rail Fan platform in Cordele, Ga, where CSX and Norfolk Southern rails intersect. True story.

[@v12productions]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@kens.3729]

Looks like a Really Cool Office Suite on Stilts.😬👍 Really Enjoying the longer videos lately. Thx!👍

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@rayzayd4487]

A trick : you can watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@schizoozy]

We have a small concrete railway tower here in Johnson County, TN. The rails were Running from Butler, TN to Neva, TN in our county and joined with NC, VA and greater TN. We ran steam trains similar to the Tweetsie RR..

[@jdhinckley1954]

Great collection of RR oddities that many railfans are not aware of. I liked that you added a little bluesy piece to the segment about the coaling tower in Macon

[@TmaxRadio1]

You can contact NS and ask for permission, they generally grant permission if you sign a waiver. I have done this several times. My uncle was an engineer with NS for 25yrs I traveled with him many times and pretty much got to see everything east of the Mississippi. I learned a lot and even though not employed by NS some of the engineers would pay me to clean the cabs if we were overnighting. Never hurts to ask them. I am long since past my railroad years and my military career took precedence but I don't think they would say no.

[@bobjohnson6371]

Great videos, thanks for posting them. The first house my wife and i lived in, belonged to a former GT employee . It was located across the road from the tracks near Ada MI. He was in charge of maintaining a section of track along there in the early 1900's. We bought the house from his daughter in the mid 70's. I found a couple jacks, pad locks, tools and a tarp with GTW stamped on it, stored in an out building beside the house. Unfortunately, the tarp was "borrowed" and never returned. I donated the rest of the items to a museum in Durrand MI.

[@v12productions]

That's really cool! Thanks for watching!

[@billhennie]

What a great look into railroading. Keep up the great work!!! I used to work in Downtown Atlanta. Hearing the train traffic at Underground.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@TriGogglin]

Really enjoyed this segment. You always have great info on the things you cover, keep up the great videos.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@brianrigsby7900]

@@v12productions 2 questions: how does the scanner work and y is that BNSF wearing Santa Fe colors?😂

[@joebarto7434]

Paint it Green with yellow spots 😮

[@Unknown_Ooh]

Don't believe what property developers say. They'll tell you what you want to hear to prevent any possible protest (bad P.R. for them). That caboose is going to the scrap yard. No other reason to rip it apart with a cutting torch. That crane could've easily lifted that caboose and the track it sits on.

[@brentmiller3951]

Come on the way they caught it on fire showes the extreme care those greedy bastards were willing to take to preserve that caboose .

[@RailsofForney]

Well clearly they don’t care anymore :(

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Thanks airing the outstanding video.Your endeavors are preponderating showing the magnificent locomotives.Voice is reminiscent of podcaster Andrew Fischer of 'Fanof2012' YT channel..Bliss

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@RickGoodellSr]

I have a brass switch key from the SL&SF Ry. This key made an appearance in the Ask Trains section of Trains Magazine in 2011. I have photos of the key and the check for $25 the magazine issued to me for its use.

[@jyzo]

That’s pretty cool. I love hearing about things like this. Thank you for sharing!

[@georgecarlson1460]

As for memorabilia, how about 2' of 50# rail from the California Southern Railroad with the welder's bead on the web reading, "Krupp 1881?" Also, a collection of tie-date nails from the mid 1920s.

[@Gfysimpletons]

I have an 18’ gate from N.S. And a bunch of Edison acid oil glass bottles I found in Lemont, Illinois….

[@markcurto7881]

BRILLIANT presentation ! Thank you.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@SouthLouisianaRails]

Great Job, great way to pack all the information into a 1 hour video! Most of this I have never even heard about.

[@leifhighland2281]

I love the playing cards, awesome.

[@nc_railfilms2533]

What in the world kind of ns unit is that

[@jacobdubielak]

Are you talking about the brick engine

[@douggriffin2910]

very good documentary, I enjoy all of your V12segments

[@kwamesha3477]

I really enjoyed this video. I've learned a lot from your content. Thanks for such detailed history.

[@markz1789]

I enjoyed your video immensely especially on the coal towers. Growing up in southwest Detroit in the 50’s and early 60’s we’d often explore the railroad landscape. As daring and curious boys we’d climb into the abandoned tower which was quite huge, just to see if we could. This gave us a pretty good view of the rail yard. I believe the tower still exists. Like you said, it would take lots of money to take down.

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@billmorris2613]

I’m a retired engineer from the UP at New Orleans. I still have two of our safety rewards I got in the 80s. One is a UP jacket that I still wear. It is very light weight but very warm. I have worn it to go skiing in. The other one is a boom box about 1.5 feet long. It is in my garage and in use it anytime I’m working on something. I also still have things that we were given for other reasons besides safety. A very good pocket knife, an aluminum folder for our time slips, a nice manicure kit, several mugs and coffee cups, caps, etc, etc, some of these were because we made a good profit on our division.

[@v12productions]

That's really cool! My grandfather worked for GM and got a lot of nice items from them.

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

Excellent film ! Beautifully filmed, edited and narrated !! James.

[@davidstewart5694]

The only standard cab to wear war bonnet were the atsf U28CGs. It looked good on those too

[@rvnmedic1968]

Excellent Video, l love history of everything and RR history is no exception. Your videography is superb and the overhead drone shots add a lot to it. Cheers, Bob

[@montanasnowman3138]

You know you could totally get a job doing this. Like actually driving trains

[@kevinb9327]

Thank you for so many interesting stories. I'm subscribed. Keep 'em coming!

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@morganmeehan5199]

Each segment more interesting than the last! Nicely produced and presented.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!!

[@TheBrickCrew2013]

Hey so I’m currently at the training center to become a signalman and those stacked crossing lights are used to test the brightness of bulbs

[@jcclark6260]

What about the town like Richland Ga the old Railroads that will not die we have a lot of history points check it out you my like it

[@JT-ee1ii]

Greetings from Central Alabama! Thanks So Much for sharing. I’m a Rail Road Fan too. I got it from my Grandfather who loved anything to do with trains, especially EMD. Keep up the good work!!!

[@v12productions]

Cool! Thanks!

[@pruittiii]

There is still an A & WP water tower (also concrete) in Hogansville, GA.

[@v12productions]

I need to go see that sometime.

[@kinkindred]

Awesome channel. Glad I found it 😊

[@patrickharris4331]

I went there for my conductor training i enjoyed it was a lot of fun.

[@tom7601]

My brother and I grew up on a 640 acre ranch in Blythe, CA. 3 or 4 times a year we would drive a few cows about 4-miles and load them on to cattle cars. I was only 6 or 7 years old but remember the steam locomotive. We put pennies on the track so the loco would run over them. That’s where I got my love for horses and trains.

[@ewelmo3921]

I worked on the Southern Pacific just before the UP bought it at the Taylor Yard in Glendale CA. We had the occasional NS locomotive come thru and the crews hated them. They would go out of their way to put the (N.S.) locomotive anywhere but the front of the train. The reason for this is the Norfolk Southern was extremely cheap, to the point of not having a proper toilet in the locomotive, they have a plastic bag in the nose and that's it. The company everyone liked was the Canadian National (C.N.). They had a kitchen and bunks in their locomotives.

[@Boeing727-2H1BCF]

oof

[@joewood1335]

modern power is bougie lol , full toilets on ns locos now , spent the summer working for them didnt feel comfortable with ojt timeframe so i resigned but i do miss and loved my time there

[@pjwick2437]

No bags for #2 anymore they’ve been gone for a long time already. Chemical toilets are the standard. Now how well their maintained regularly is another story. There have been vast improvements made to locomotives compared to 20 years ago. They are better than before not in leaps and bounds but better.

[@RobTuck1475]

Great video!! I volunteer on the Rail operations crew at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC at the former Southern Railway Spencer shops.

[@v12productions]

Cool! I'd like to make it up there one day.

[@RobTuck1475]

@@v12productions You know you are always welcome!

[@BNSFrulez2022]

my first job was a engineer in the southern railway [now its Norfolk southern] my first actual drive was in 1979, dang these memories, I quit in 1988 to work for Santa Fe but in 1996 it became BNSF I do not work today, I'm currently getting a job from BNSF but soon.

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Incredible narration paired with photos and drone shots. Great channel!

[@v12productions]

Thanks!!

[@Bassotronics]

@ 1:32, that Apple statue should be in New York for it’s the “Big Apple”. Lol

[@Junkinsally]

I'm so surprised the railroad hasn't been forced to reroute that line that goes through the town! Seems the horn noise would be a bit much on daily basis.

[@luvr381]

Up until 2001 there was an active rail line that went down the center of 19th Street in Erie, PA, 1.4 miles through a residential neighborhood.

[@larryjanson4011]

if you ever make it over here to northern caifornia. just outside of dunsmuir, there is (at least was) a motel made of cabooses. for a fee you can sleep in one.

[@Gfysimpletons]

There is definitely one in Pennsylvania. Like 40 caboose(s) And there’s one in Lake Geneva, WI. 40+ caboose(s) but I think they are all privately owned now…..TooTs

[@demarlon82]

Im a big fan keep up the good work

[@tjbrown07]

Hey can you give a few of the frequency of of NS and CSX including defect detector

[@v12productions]

That specific DD is on 161.1000. That's the CSX Brnsk Rd channel. For NS, the Atl Terminal frequency is 160.7400 Also, check out the Radio Reference website. They have a comprehensive list. Just Google "Atlanta railroad frequencies"

[@tjbrown07]

I have 160.7400 already programmed I just programmed 161.1000 into my scanner thanks

[@robadams5799]

A very enjoyable video presentation. Great music at the end. You asked about memorabilia. I'm afraid I don't have a very large collection, but what I do have centers around Santa Fe's so-called "Yellowbonnets," the blue freight locomotives with "Santa Fe" in yellow on the sides and yellow cabs.

[@v12productions]

Yellowbonnets looked sharp! Thanks for watching!

[@JointedStudios]

Hold on. In the clip of the OCS Train, Why was there an SD70M-2 Leading? Was it recorded in a different time period when they were still in service of NS?

[@ricardojuricic9027]

are slugs used for yard service only or do they hit the main as well? muchas gracias por el video 👏👏👏👏 many thanks for the video 👏👏👏 saludos desde 🇦🇷Argentina

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@KentuckyAk101guy]

Very very rarely do they go on the main. As their name implies they are best at slow speeds

[@Gfysimpletons]

@@KentuckyAk101guy funny, back in the 70’s there was a slow kid they called slug. I didn’t realize why till later……..😂🤣😅🤣😂 derp

[@Christiane069]

Very nice street train running chasing.

[@travisgoff99]

Thanks for the great video

[@MichaelFrazier-tm1lh]

Ive just started watching your vids today and also subscribed something unusual for me lol, I've noticed you know your videos you continuously mention you can't get a closer view because it is considered have you ever tried to get how to access places like the the railroading training center with the staged accident are any of the other railroad officially that you have made videos of, I just asked out of curiosity

[@clevelandarearailfan]

The only railroad memorabilia I have is 3 spikes. 2 from ns lake erie district and 1 from ns cleveland line

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Where I live at about 20 miles away in new castle pa there are at lease 2 red heavy haul cars like that yellow 1 butt I haven't been there in a while so they could be gone

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Southern Pacific head cows and calves and also they had Tebu's

[@deannekwon6822]

Great content! Thanks!

[@gingerbread6614]

Very well done video. Thank you

[@deannekwon6822]

Those vines are going to bring that building down.

[@TmaxRadio1]

I have an original B&O Log Book for the Bellevue Ohio Shop, along with hand lanterns from same said shop. Also a set of keys to padlocks used in the 1930's in that yard. I also have a pocket watch dated 1910 Gold engraved with my family name. Not all unusual but still distinctive.

[@michaelrollo6518]

my cousin Jim Rollo worked for Norfolk Southern railway

[@Gfysimpletons]

Weird, my girlfriends’ sisters’ husbands’ brothers’ son worked at Amtrak. Small world, eh!

[@jacobdubielak]

As a train engineer or conductor

[@timdickieson4619]

Very impressive, really enjoyed 😊

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@moelSiabod14334]

Hi, quick question if you would be so kind. What restrictions apply to double stack containers, are they locked together in any way ? Can you place a loaded one above an empty one ?

[@brucybabyy7355]

awesome vid man! glad i found this!

[@Unknown_Ooh]

So the power for the caboose came from it being in motion so did they have batteries for when they stopped?

[@jacobdubielak]

I bet the Norfolk southern training center is a friendly place to railfan

[@RedDed228]

My grandpa worked at UP for 40 years, he was given a watch with a very nice wooden box that held it.. Sadly I have lost it, I wish I still had it. It was beautiful but it wasn't meant to be.

[@RailsofForney]

I know this has been over a year, but if you’re somehow seeing this, I’m curious to know, what kind of drone do you use? I’m interested in getting a drone license to fly mine and capture footage around railyards. But I think it’s be good to get info from someone who’s done this before, and has the experience to show for it. If you don’t have time to respond or better things to, I don’t mind, but I just wanted to try to reach out to you about this.

[@briangeorge7346]

Thank you that was incredible. Friday night after work beer, now in the doghouse just finishing my 3rd. Being from Ottawa I thought noticed a bit of a canuc accent eh! Just kidding about the wife very informative, will have to visit that area a ton of history.

[@restoredoutboards]

It’s Choo-choo U! It was a good school when I attended.

[@needs2quit1atgmail87]

I dont care!!! I NEED one!!

[@davidfbegin]

Before tearing down any of those old water & coal towers, the use by BATS should be considered.

[@mongrelhalfbreedobern]

What is response procedure for odd numbered axle count...

[@catz_crazy6672]

grew up around Norfolk souther and CSX

[@jacobdubielak]

Did you hear what happened in cordial Georgia on Norfolk Southern railroad

[@Gfysimpletons]

Imagine those ‘camp cars’ parked in Chicago or LA……..they’d all be robbed!

[@haroldalexis4200]

This video is great! 👋👋👋👋👋👋 I have a joke at the end of this video The NORFOLK SOUTHERN SD 40-2 I have 3 models of them in ATHEARN HO SCALE! 😃😅😅😅

[@dennisraymond4339]

Far out man good vid 👌.

[@billmorris2613]

Prayer to the defect detector we use to have to inspect our train at predetermined stations, about 20 miles apart. We still had a lot of friction bearing in those days. Some times we would leave our initial terminal with both brakemen on the head end. If there was a clerk on duty at a station we had to do an inspections, we could drop the rear brakeman off at the depot and the clerk could inspect the other side. This way we did not have to stop. At a station with out a clerk we would drop the head brakeman off and pull half the train by him. Then we would stop. The head brakeman would leave a flare where he started walking back to the head end. When the rear brakeman walked up to the flare he would give us a signal to move ahead.as soon as the head brakeman got back to the engine. We would start moving slowly until we picked up the rear brakeman. This could take 30 minutes to an hour depending on how long our train was. These detectors could save us several hours a trip. It is also part of why we lost the caboose and the two brakemen.

[@v12productions]

Never knew that practice occurred. Thanks for sharing!

[@grahamsawyer831]

how badly do you want to climb the coaling tower....

[@karlkuehn4783]

I slept overnight in a caboose at IRM (Illinois Railway Museum).

[@andrewholdaway813]

Slug is also a unit of mass.

[@davidstewart5694]

I never knew they moved the statue from Amtrak

[@billstill1794]

Well, I have a PRR shot glass and a metal diecast PRR 1930 delivery truck.

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

I have the same scanner.

[@tenkamenincrowder3486]

I’m guessing Spencer NC is named after him

[@DavidSmith-rc7hs]

Watching this vid I see what looks like a Lionel union Pacific alco behind this guy...

[@josephlalock8378]

46:30 😂😂😂😂 seriously? smh

[@rachelandwade3607]

I noticed an old SD70.

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

No one: Me naming roads In cities skylines 4:22

[@rossbryan6102]

I WAS WORKING FOR AT&SF 1964/1995 AND IN THE DAYS AFTER AMTRAK TOOK OVER I GOT TO SEE THE LOSS OF THE WARBONNET COLORS IN FAVOR OF THE BLUE AND YELLOW! MIKE HAVERTY OF THE SANTA FE REVIVED THE WAR BONNET COLORS IN THE LATE 1980s AND THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE REPAINTED TO THIS WAS ONE OF THE 100 CLASS F-45-P UNITS!! FOLLOWING WAS THE NEW GE DASH -8 UNITS OF THE 500 CLASS AND THE WIDE CAB EMD GP-60 100 CLASS! THIS WAS QUITE A MORALE BOOSTER! LATER HAVERTY LEFT SANTA FE TO RUN KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN. WHAT DID HE DO THEN? HE BROUGHT BACK THE ALSO POPULAR SOUTHERN BELLE PASSENGER PAINT SCHEME ON NEW LOCOMOTIVES, AND FOR EXTRA MEASURES HE HAD THE SCHEME INCORPORATED ON A LARGE FLEET OF NEW KCS GRAIN HOPPERS! IT WAS RARE TO SEE A KCS GRAIN TRAIN WITH ALL SOUTHERN BELLE LOCOMOTIVES AND GRAIN HOPPERS, BACK IN THOSE DAYS , BUT IT DID HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY!! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!! 👍👍

[@MariaSalgado-lu2bh]

I live in Georgia Atlanta

[@LakeStateRailfan]

Your point?

[@Gfysimpletons]

Sounds horrible.

[@DistanceNsVeterans]

Ah yes a GMD

[@steveberkley102]

MKT RAILROAD Pass From Grandfather .FOR Grandmother befor they married Eary 1920

[@lahiruyasanka1114]

I like mechanical training in Norfolk Southern. Not available our country locomotive structure disign training. I am Sri Lanka. I am very like union Pacific railway company.

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 23 Jan 22.