AMTRAK RACE, 3 CAMERAS! ASHLAND, VA

Just think, being on the boarding Amtrak train and seeing another Amtrak train going alongside of you at the station!
"Did I catch the wrong train?"

[@rick9811]

The "2 minutes later" panel just brightened up my evening!

[@MHzToGHz]

I was on board the 195 regional and got to see it live. 195 was a good 15 minutes late leaving ALX, so the star would have been right behind. We eventually overtook the star again just south of ASD. It must have held up for a few minutes to allow the regional to offload in RVR before coming in itself a few minutes later.

[@cito1101]

1:33 Amtrak Silver Star: Catch me if you can slow poke!! Amtrak: Who you calling slow poke, I'm coming for you

[@paintnamer6403]

@ 1:01 Horn blast denied. Sorry kid it's a quiet zone.

[@VIARailMaddy]

@@tucano72 quiet zones are only for horns

[@donaldthomas7070]

I thought they had to have 4-quadrant gates in quiet zones. They don't here.

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

Ridiculous

[@Thebigdog_1984]

denied because he did it waaaaaay to late pause the vid when he starts making the gesture and look at where the front power car is in relation to him, the driver (sitting on the right) would never of seen him, the kid should of done it a few seconds earlier

[@ROTE]

@@tucano72 bells are the next required safety hazard. So at no horn zones they always have to use their bells

[@1ndygirl]

So cool that there are 3 cameras at Ashland considering all that goes on there!

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Vehicles getting stuck in the tracks, near misses, and now a race? Lovely...😉

[@frenchchicken2799]

Random kid: *Honk the horn gesture* Conductor: No I don't think I will.

[@ROTE]

Yeah I was surprised that the driver did not even do a tiny horn because Amtrak drivers are usually nice

[@frenchchicken2799]

@@ROTE Maybe he was not in the mood. Or probably tired.

[@ROTE]

@@frenchchicken2799 or maybe he did not see the kid and was paying attention to the station

[@frenchchicken2799]

@@ROTE Or that.

[@elijahyaddow6433]

No no no lol. this area is a no horn zone so the engineers only use bells in that area. Apparently they made it a no horn zone because it was to loud for the houses nearby, and I think this is in Florida.

[@steambricks2729]

Back when Amtrak trains had more than 4 cars

[@majorwoody1720]

I saw 2 bnsf freight trains in a race and we drove under them at just the right time! It was amazing!

[@gilbertplays]

Driver: can't wait for this stopped train to pass. *Another train passes*

[@38911bytefree]

Like the road runner, the second one come from the other side ... BUUMMMMMM coyote

[@vernicethompson4825]

These trains have different destinations and origins but all meet up at Ashland!

[@NoseyNana]

Gee, you watch the 2nd incoming train pass the 1st & it looks like it could rival one of Japan's supertrains...until...you see the two trains on the 3rd camera. Amazing the things that switch up a camera's perspective!

[@benray9071]

You can easily tell that it isn't that fast, the cameras don't really change the perspective of speed cause you can easily see it's not that fast..

[@georgesenda1952]

I liked seeing the train store on the right. Nice touch. Can we see a video of the train store both inside and out ? Living in Martinez, Ca. I see Amtrak trains all the time but they don't run in the same direction ever as far as I know. Very cool. I wonder just where those trains were going to and where they came from as well.

[@libertyforever4270]

I rode the Amtrak from New York to Washington DC back in '01 and the trash piled up along the tracks for several miles prior to entering DC blew my mind. I lost count of the absurd number of tossed shopping carts and mattresses, etcetera.

[@port566]

It's almost as bad as the trash piled up in DC now. Let the flame war begin!

[@Normal1855]

I took Amtrak, from Plattsbugh, to Buffalo, in 1986-87. Better than driving. Especially in the winter.

[@therosijedha]

"YOU HAVE 1 LOCOMOTIVE WHAT A LOSER HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" -the faster diesel train

[@Trolleyatthestation]

Lol

[@timothymeineke1169]

Silver Star for the win!

[@papertxrtle]

Oh look the Prius wants to race too!

[@coinman1972]

I'm only guessing. I'm thinking one is the Northeast Regional and the other one the Silver Meteor. Any good input welcomed.

[@Fcutdlady]

I'm European could you tell me where both of them go please.

[@johnjrambo1247]

Nice work Bob and Amy! danced off to the sunset and beyond"

[@CohaLevelcrossingsChannel]

Nice catch. Choo choo 🚂🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋

[@MarioRBSouza]

This level crossing is the bread and butter of that channel : P

[@irelandbloke]

Great catch ! :)

[@braysfinds7479]

This is kind of random but, what's your guys favorite Amtrak scheme? My favorite would be the one Amtrak 4316 has

[@CNYRF97]

I like the Phase 4 scheme. It makes the locomotive match the coaches

[@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx]

Phase one point less arrow is the best I wish they would paint the new fleet of chargers that are coming in the phase one.

[@Chicken_o7]

If you get on a train in Tokyo, you're almost guaranteed to get another train running parallel to yours :P

[@RosaFan161]

Hey! 25 was the locomotive that took me and my dad back to Washington, DC on the Capitol Limited a little over a month ago!

[@ausblue1]

lovely thanks

[@ETrain-mv4ck]

Cool race

[@SgtLuke]

The first Amtrak train in the video, was that on track one, or track two? There has to be something to distinguish the tracks in two-track territory, even in a city.

[@patsematary]

One technical question: at 0:59 the train that is coming has 2 coupled units: . are such locomotives enabled to tow back to back? It is possible put one unit in the queue to get a fully " reversible" consist. ?

[@stabilini]

That is insanely dangerous for pedestrians, as people crosses think the train is stopping, and there it comes the second one.

[@num1hendrickfan]

Nicolas Stabilini the gates are down. Should be enough to know not to cross the tracks in the area.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Precisely why the trains should NOT be restricted from blowing their horns.

[@TheBoyinatl]

I Don’t Get It? Why Was This Posted?🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♀️

[@mieux24]

Bars did not come down and both trains did not blast horns at all going through the RR crossing

[@Knards]

Thats just wrong! The turtle never had a chance!

[@Juanlopez-hr6qn]

Hello, I'm in Spain, I follow every day the train chambers in Ashland, and since yesterday I can't see it, someone explains to me what happens, please,

[@cnwrailfan100]

The stopped train is the Northeast Regional train. Think of it as a local commuter train and has no checked baggage. The one coming up alongside of it is a Florida train hence the baggage car and sleepers on the rear. Overnight train. The 3rd type of train through this area has checked baggage (baggage car) but no sleepers since it travels a shorter route to north Carolina. There are people with much more knowledge on the east coast trains since I'm in Chicago.

[@rslitman]

@@cnwrailfan100 Doesn't the Amtrak Auto Train go through Ashland, too? That one has rail cars of automobiles.

[@cnwrailfan100]

@@rslitman yes it does. It seems to come around 5 am in one direction and 5 pm in the other direction.

[@GraceandWisdom]

I would like to know why does the camera shrink the length of the passenger windows on the Amtrak train, starting from the 2:19 mark? Also: Two trains leave different cities heading toward each other at different speeds...Oh, wait....Whoops!!

[@anneangstadt1882]

They're using a telephoto lens which "brings closer" distant views, visual effect is to compress the distance.

[@Ostermond]

Pause anywhere between 1:35 and 1:42 and look at those amfleets. Only one set of doors per end? Is that Amfleet II?

[@briansmith8967]

The crossing gates didn’t go down????

[@Peter_Morris]

Yeah that’s what I was wondering!

[@UKHeritageRailways]

Look again. They are already down.

[@briansmith8967]

@@UKHeritageRailways not the first set at 0:24

[@UKHeritageRailways]

@@briansmith8967 I'd get yourself some glasses if I were you. You can see both are down at this point. One is just above the red car, the other is level with the pedestrian crossing and sidewalk.

[@briansmith8967]

@@UKHeritageRailways there are two sets of gates. The first one at 0:24 is clearly up and stays up most if now all of the time in the video, and the second set is down and can be seen later. I think you’re the one that needs glasses.

[@firelinemedic1977]

What's the noise @2:10 that the first amtrak made? I've heard it before with black horses too.

[@timcas1242]

Two locos for 7 cars and one loco for 8 cars.

[@AlexTheRailfan]

THATS A AMAZING RACE! I SEEN AMTRAK TRAIN RACING BEFORE! :D

[@realrtot9138]

Amtrak 132 wins the race!

[@THEATREofPAIN270]

I'm betting my 💰 on Engine #132 for this race 😜

[@rusticrailproductions4804]

THEATREofPAIN270 I saw 132 in Maine over the Summer!

[@THEATREofPAIN270]

@@rusticrailproductions4804 Nice 👍

[@frankbullitt4556]

very cool video

[@epiccsx]

that was cool

[@indianrailwaywesternrailwa1398]

Good click 👍 from Indian railways

[@betsykeller9096]

Okay, so if both of these tracks go in the same direction, is there another set of tracks in town that go the opposite direction?

[@pingpaul]

Excellent!

[@firelinemedic1977]

132 wasn't letting the dust settle! LoL

[@MrAntoneebravoster]

Overtaking should be the word. The first train can't I guess overtake the second on in running because the second one is a double header.

[@emmanuelsavage1271]

Amtrak: What's up bro? gotta go bye! Amtrak loading: Man no fair! I was still loading!

[@Seeded335]

😂😂

[@ichabodon]

Always amazes me the US have trains on the high street

[@sansovino4124]

In the UK you have an up line and a down line - in the US, anything goes!

[@taylordively4567]

As long as signals are clear, signallers can divert trains to the opposite track for a stopped train.

[@democraticpatriot2657]

No crossing gates at vehicle intersections?

[@michaelsullivan3581]

The crossing gates are there. They are quite hard to pick out in this video for some reason.

[@port566]

Two trains leave Ashland at the same time, both going in the same direction. Train #1 is at rest and accelerates to 25mph, and train #2 maintains a constant 30mph. How far must they travel before they can merge onto the same track with the federally mandated 1-mile buffer between them?

[@cogman62]

Doesn’t matter... they’re both 3 hours behind schedule.

[@stephentaylor9382]

6 miles?

[@anthonyhalstead3925]

Depends first of all on the train's acceleration..

[@port566]

@@anthonyhalstead3925 A common rate is about 0.15 ft/s^2. But this is Amtrak, so that figure needs to be negative. :-)

[@anthonyhalstead3925]

@@port566 true, I've taken Amtrak a few times. The speed is so unreliable. I'd wake up and we were going 80, or I'd wake up sitting still in the middle of the desert, or we would just be going a constant 20. But most of the time we were going slow😂

[@MrSteamDragon]

Is it usual for trains to go through a built up area that quickly? ....just seems that second train was going a tad too quick.

[@maximilianbaumann1200]

That's quick? 😂

[@MrSteamDragon]

Maximilian Baumann well yes, i would have thought so for an unfenced track in the middle of a pedestrian area. True, these tracks down the middle of a town are quite common in the US it seems so i guess residents are used to it. But from an outsider’s perspective it just seems a tad odd. 😎🇦🇺

[@gemmusa5455]

LOVE USA 😘💕☝

[@mikejames4540]

Why are the road barriers still raised when a train is approaching?

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Who needs Formula E?

[@eastender74]

Why is the No Left Turn signal so high up? There’s no way you see it in your car when you’re at the turn!

[@jeremytucker8853]

What a dangerous place for a train going that speed. Just think if someone on the right saw the first slowing train and decided it would be safe to run across it only to get completely decimated by the 2nd oncoming locomotive.

[@ahooper5193]

Happened to some armed forces personnel in Kannapolis,NC 1945

[@ziongaskins5765]

how did i miss that? i am not even 2 minutes from the tracks

[@daviddowling9830]

Zion Gaskins if you had been zero minutes from the track you would have seen it,move closer

[@CaptHC]

If u lived on the tracks then I am 100% u wont have missed it😁

[@80012453]

Doesn’t any of the cars bother to stop at the stop sign?

[@Jackieism]

the only time ashland didnt have a car stuck on the tracks

[@adammaher6601]

Nice one

[@pezdiablito]

Looked to me as if train 1 was on main line, and was allowing train 2 to pass, most likely to get back on schedule.

[@captainufo4587]

I don't understand the rationale of having a signal that stops train right after a road crossing (So taht a train stopping there blocks the crossroad) rather than right before it. It's also weird to see two parallel one direction tracks with no returning one (unless they are both two ways, which makes it even weirder).

[@kneemeister]

The first train was making a station stop,. It is a corridor train to Norfolk or Newport News. The second was a long distance train to Miami. Both tracks signaled in both directions with crossovers so trains going the same direction can pass.

[@taslimchaudhry1431]

🚂🚂Lovely 🌹🇮🇳🌹 Video 🚂🚂🚂

[@carlosrobertocamargoscamar4797]

*Do you like trains? This is mine... hehe... Ghost... Love from Brazil... Minas Gerais*

[@glenngoetz3054]

I guess the express was passing the local on the double rail......

[@benhudman7911]

Almost 30 passengers combined!

[@Tanxmann]

1:23 Trains and Toys :-)

[@EqualizerPG]

Go Prius!

[@blakek5llak5la]

Not fair he got a running start! Lol

[@CityOfParis93]

no barrier like in europe? it's dangerous !

[@okd521]

Where's the race I don't get it

[@laaeeh]

1:01 I kinda feel bad for the kid

[@davidhbingham6812]

Wondering what train's these were & if one was way off schedule or detouring?

[@taylordively4567]

One was a Northeast Regional as they are the only ones to stop in Ashland, and the other was either a Carolinian or Silver Service.

[@wilfstor3078]

Hmm, E-Bells aren't that common on amtrak. Especially on the P42s 1:00

[@r.z.1827]

Sorry in the first 2 Cameras i saw an classical Overtaking maneuvers of a slower train. In Camera 3 it seems that the slower train stood there at a station and the second faster one wanted to stopp on the station further in front on left hand side. But i never saw in any time there a race.

[@grendal1753]

Where’s the race?

[@grigorirasputin5020]

Last car on the train using the left track had a flat tire.

[@TheGreatRailroadProductions]

Two Amtrak trains on Side by Side

[@micahgotracksplays340]

Why do there bells sound different ?

[@kens.3729]

We ALL know Who had the Green Signal. ALL Aboard, Amtrak. Beep, Beep! Thanks!

[@richtracy98]

1:08 Vehicle blows stop sign. No wonder it is dangerous for trains to pass there.

[@avigdonable]

Penalty in the post.

[@citxsd70m-2]

1:26 the game begins in 3, 2, 1, *train passes*

[@Railfan225]

Wish the p42’s were still going strong

[@cdarting91]

What’s wrong with the crossing guards?

[@spiralhillrailfan3768]

Nothing

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

A race????

[@uprailroadkidthomas]

Spongebob title card

[@Fcutdlady]

Notice the crossing gate arms haven't gone down

[@michaelsullivan3581]

They are down.

[@davidcurtis7163]

Brilliant

[@duncanmcewan1024]

Why don't the crossing arms drop?

[@paulwarner5395]

Good question. Was right side running unless they were turned off for some reason.

[@billdougan4022]

Where on the video? They are down 0:12-0:20 & 1:52-2:00. There's a telephone pole in the background, making them appear up.

[@duncanmcewan1024]

@@billdougan4022 On reviewing it I thought there were gates in the first sequence, possibly because I thought there should be considering the speeds, but there are none. I see the gates go up in the later sequence.

[@port566]

@@duncanmcewan1024 That's what I thought at first. It took me a minute to see it.

[@sharronunger7053]

Awesome

[@FutureBaggageHandler]

I was there

[@papertxrtle]

Why didn't the gates go down?

[@BarryHunter]

There are no gates. (Well there are, but they are small)

[@papertxrtle]

@@BarryHunter Oh okay thanks for the explanation

[@seanc6468]

11 ft 8 bridges little brother.

[@konstkaras]

Driving rules, however, prohibit takeover at road/rail crossing... oh, but they are _car_ driving rules.

[@colinsmith2618]

That's epic

[@williamsxd2004]

Cool

[@Cydonius1]

2 engine one wanted to go first before the one engine train