TWO CARS ON THE TRACKS! GREAT ENGINE CATCHES, COYOTE HOWLS WITH SIREN AND A BIG GRAB BAG! 1/24&25/23

Mello out Humpday with a great Grab Bag!
Music: “Arms of Heaven” by Aakash Gandhi

[@parailfan]

I will never get tired of those sunrises at Strasburg. Very beautiful, especially with the clouds blending in. Great job you guys 👍👍.

[@littlelittledeer1435]

Wow! This was one of your best grab bags ever! It took a lot of work to put together, that's for sure. Something for everyone. Thanks so much!

[@louGriggs1944]

Love the way all those folks came to help the old guy at Ashland. Good neighbors are hard to beat.

[@billgoin4004]

who let the old guy drive?

[@MisterTee2010]

It was nice of them to help. But seriously, some people should not even be allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle. Could have been a lot worse.

[@mbbuckeyes8386]

He looks like he needs to give up driving.

[@ozgirl45]

A lot of good samaritans at Ashland. Those young people really stepped up to help.

[@b3j8]

Yep, kudos to them! But the nagging question to the driver...WHY??

[@TinkerTailor4303]

@@b3j8 It’s called old age and with any luck we'll all be there someday.

[@b3j8]

@@TinkerTailor4303 Yeah I saw it was an older person down further in the comments. I'm in that group myself. Haven't pulled that boo boo. So far. Tomorrow, who knows?

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Haven't seen a daytime Ashland car stuck on track in a while. The good samaritans did a excellent job helping them off the tracks, no tow truck needed...😁

[@roccolawson6703]

It's been a long time since I seen an Alco RS-1 locomotive at time post 25:21. Glade to see people came out to help the older guy in Ashland off the tracks.

[@kimtankersley6521]

SP locomotives! Wowza! Our Dad worked for SP from 1960’s until SP was consumed by UP. Always great to see an SP

[@jeffreystoddard7201]

Just my personal opinion, but the view at 13:12 should be the Horseshoe Curve default view. I know, details of trains will be lost when a mod is not present to pan the camera, but dang isn't that an awesome sight...

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:13 lovely shot of this military train 1:00 a frosty lead unit along with a pair of CEFX AC44CWs 1:28 empty schnabel car and caboose 1:47 a loaded Schnabel car train 2:35 the trucks further down this military train are covered in more snow 3:36 you can only go south on Beaver street while you can only go north a block east on San Francisco Street on the other side of the station. The crossings also only have gates on the one side 3:52 Cedar Rapids and Iowa City hopper 4:08 the Ontario Northland boxcar returning from Strasburg 5:07 a red MP1500D, one of 38 built between 1996 and 1999 by Motive Power Industries (again at 18:38 and 25:30) 7:07 executive MAC, UP yellow SD45 (rebuilt into an SD40M-2 but retained the old radiator), and SP gray SD40M-2 (again at 8:18) 8:10 CSX 911 9:28 car gets lost in Parkville and ends up on the tracks. Thankfully the driver manages to get back on the road without help 11:00 BNSF warbonnet 777 along with an H1 dash 9 and H3 SD70ACe 11:36 sweeping and grading the ballast 14:20 another blue tanker and BNSF run-through intermodal 15:08 long-hood-forward dash 9 with five cars 16:17 quite a few concrete ties on this mixed freight 16:39 BNSF local switching jobs pass each other 17:34 G means it's a grain train. VEA is its origin of Cassetlon, North Dakota and INB is its destination Interbay, Washington 19:02 Loram ballast wheel in action 21:17 ballast equipment waiting at Waycross depot 23:12 Loram grinder in Cumberland 24:05 a lovely meet in the snow 25:00 two geeps and one hopper 25:11 WOW! a yellow ALCO RS1. The Battenkill railroad is known for running older ALCO diesels in regular freight service 25:48 car makes too tight of a turn in Ashland. thankfully a group of bystanders helps push the car free 28:33 some CEFX units, another red MP1500D, and a GP10 still wearing the Paducah & Louisville on its nose 29:49 Amtrak had to switch tracks and reverse in La Plata 31:11 dash 8 on a Silver service 33:28 coyote thinks the siren is his friend

[@NoewerrATall]

Really enjoying the following of a specific train over multiple cameras in the last couple of Grab Bags.

[@starling5188]

That last part with the setting sun...... really beautiful!!! 👍

[@HeartlandTuber]

This was an excellent grab bag. I was thinking watching the 13k foot freight train, wondering if the inventors of the first trains realized how much that invention would transform the world, and form the backbone for so much commerce and travel world wide. That closing scene of the coyote was a great catch, and I love how you catch sunsets and sunrises and use peaceful music to accompany them. A moment of Zen. Also, I was impressed by the good Samaritans at Ashland, and unimpressed by KZbin spellcheck which does not appear to recognize the word. Somehow indicative of the state of society right now. (I capitalized the word Samaritan and KZbin recognized it.)

[@RGeezy911]

It's because the word Samaritan is a proper noun, so it needs to be capitalized otherwise it is incorrect.

[@HeartlandTuber]

@@RGeezy911 Yeah, I was late to the party, but I finally figured that out.

[@patrickunionpacific6986]

33:50 never heard a coyote howl to the sirens of firetrucks and emergency vehicles before

[@rogertemple7193]

😆

[@hirsutusi5536]

They do that here in Colorado also.

[@patrickunionpacific6986]

@@hirsutusi5536 cool

[@20PINKluvr]

I have here in phoenix.

[@rogertemple7193]

Here in Oklahoma dogs bark at sirens, those sounds the jets make, anything really etc. the coyotes aren't any different really.

[@kennethhanks6712]

24:45 Looks like the coke machine in La Plata station will have no trouble keeping product cold!

[@masterskrain2630]

HOW can someone not see that they are NOT turning onto a road, but rather onto a set of railroad tracks???

[@johncamp2567]

Cool coyote!! I lived in a big-city neighborhood where the dogs went nuts when fire/ambulance teams went by, howling from one building to the next, even after the sirens had passed!

[@user-marco-S]

Same here. Howling dogs when something with a siren passes. A lot of years ago, a dog almost managed to imitate the two tone siren.

[@johncamp2567]

@@user-marco-S Yes, Marco! It’s like they figured out that they could get away with making all that noise!

[@ashleydorsey2538]

11:01 TRIPLE 7!!!!!

[@franciscampagna2711]

Thank you. Even the scenes I didn't understand were enjoyable. Hope the crew has a good time at Amherst.

[@Queenie_78]

Had a dog when I was a kid that howled at the noon whistle at the town hall.

[@bozodog428]

Another great one!

[@janekiceniuk1578]

How do you drive onto the tracks in broad daylight? Not that I'm complaining, I always enjoy the "boinks". Ashland is most entertaining

[@edwardkee9274]

Wow, I'm amazed. I drive the same make/model as that poor old man in Ashland. Don't think I'll try that though.

[@osageorange2805]

Yeah, the folks of Ashland deserve a big hand for helping get the driver off the tracks!

[@peg4x449]

Kudos to all the people who helped get the car off the tracks. Good people all

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

La Plata is winter postcard picture worthy. Weird grey screen, then plop and oh hey there Deschler!😄

[@mikemalo47]

09:25 The doors are open , the lights are on, there just an't anyone home. 25:38 A local news story says this sort of thing is due to bad satnav info , but don't people bother to use their eyes anymore, this one is in broad daylight for god's sakes. Team work is a wonderful thing .

[@flarrfan]

Looked like a confused old man in the car...

[@SarahRenz59]

I doubt the Ashland incident was bad GPS, because the street onto which the guy was trying to turn is one way going the opposite direction; ie, GPS wouldn't have given that instruction. Looks to me like it's more of a "time to take grandpa's car keys away" situation.

[@terised]

@@SarahRenz59 Totally agree. I knew it was gonna be an elderly person just by watching how slow that vehicle was going into the turn. Anyone else going that slow would've seen where they were headed and stopped in time. The old geezer just kept creeping along, completely unaware.

[@1208bug]

At least he used his turn signal!

[@mikemalo47]

@@SarahRenz59 could be , but the blocked off street right at the conner used to be a right turn One way going opposite to the one-way that dumps onto the intersection, it might have been telling him to turn left and he got boggled.

[@MarkTheLostTraveler]

It's a week thing in Ashland VA. If it's not a car on the tracks, it a person almost getting hit.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Good job, Ashland!!🙆‍♀️🙆🧏‍♂️🧏‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️

[@anthonyperkins6364]

Love the action that Deshler exhibits !!

[@joejetj6800]

In plain sight unbelievable.

[@wayneyadams]

2:51 That's a lot of army vehicles. i like the way the train is tracked over several camera locations.

[@JeffreyGroves]

The lady walking the dog didn't seem to be worried that the car might hop up off the tracks an come careening towards her and her dog.

[@Xpninjadan]

Wind turbine blades are always impressive to see.

[@ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242]

Wow loved😍

[@davidbrown4823]

What was the unusual switcher seen multiple times. great video. thank you.

[@samh3029]

It was a genset. A failed experiment.

[@SarahRenz59]

29:50 I usually lurk on the La Plata cam, but I had a lot of meetings today and missed this. Why did the SWC #4 have to reverse back to the station? 33:30 My subdivision is next to a large forest preserve, and I often hear coyotes howling at night, especially during mating season.

[@up1989]

#4 backed up to the station to wait out a closure due to a freight train vs semi when the semi got high-centered about 36 miles East of La Plata. No injuries - Semi driver was out of the truck when the crash happened.

[@SarahRenz59]

@@up1989 Thanks for the details -- much appreciated!

[@ZiggyShadowDust08]

That car as Ashland. Absolutely no excuse. They drove so slowly onto the tracks in broad daylight.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Was probably not feeling very confident about where he was going, which turned out to be justified.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 7:20, I didn't realize that UP had any old SP engines still around, other than the AC4400s.

[@parailfan]

There are some GP60s that still have their Cotton Belt paint scheme as well.

[@trainmagnet5845]

Those engines are not owned by UP, they came from the Silvas shops deadline. Probably sold to someone.

[@Jan-iu5hc]

In the day light he did that can you imagine how he drives at night I hope they took his license here in canada the elderly have to take driving tests every so often to keep the license

[@rudebwoy8888]

I still to this day cannot fathom how someone drives onto the train tracks in broad daylight 😮 night time maybe but daytime?!

[@CraigBaughan-mg3hf]

Some crossings have signs warning of parallel tracks. Would it do any good?

[@ChaiLatte13]

It's nice seeing the snow!

[@jimmyhoffa7935]

4:25👍 love it when they are going fast👍

[@normsweet1710]

I thank God for eyesight to see a sunrise over Pa ……. From my couch 🙂🙏👍❤️

[@Yormsane]

Sitting here in my kitchen trying to stay warm, while today's Grab Bag is full of snow scenes! That's a spectacular long-zoom, head-on view at OKC (10:46) Gotta feel sorry for the train crews out on the rails in these conditions, I hope the locomotive cabs have good heaters installed.

[@TheMetGuy]

Drivers should know that stopping on train tracks is dangerous

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Nice*

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Well that was a great on, you never miss your shots

[@deriko8144]

7:20 missed these old Southern Pacific Style Painting

[@timwright3592]

16:17...Atlas Full Scale sectional track. 😁

[@emmasdilemma258]

Aw man. Props to the good people of Ashland.

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Fantastic job at editing

[@lynsmith]

Do Anybody learn bout Driving on the Tracks! Nice Musical Moment 🌅🎵

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Awesome!! 🥀☘️🇮🇳☘️🥀

[@willwozniak2826]

OUTSTANDING....the car made it off the tracks !....Whew!....loved that SP SD40...long live the Southern Pacific! .

[@trainandtruckmodeler786]

Yeah it's a SD45 rebuilt by MK.

[@parailfan]

9:30 I'm just glad that car didn't get struck by a train when this happened. But seriously, what was that person thinking?

[@poowg2657]

They weren't, they never do.

[@ozgirl45]

I’m surprised the driver was able to get the car off the tracks. And it’s funny that a car and two pedestrians went by and didn’t seem very interested. The girl with the dog seemed to wait before crossing the tracks as if she expected the car to just continue along them.

[@terised]

Looked like it was done on purpose.

[@jordialfonsoaragones4978]

Nice video, thanks

[@musicandplaces9426]

*Amazing. Looks like the driver knew what he was doing. **25:57** video.*

[@davidb3172]

We stopped our dad from driving when we realised how bad he was on the roads. My sister took his car because it is better than hers. He walked like the old boy here and that was with his walking sticks.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Think buddy at Ashland needs to surrender his licence.

[@rjkee5157]

People in Ashland will do anything to get on VR.

[@osmarlorenzi808]

Congratulations to the people who helped this lady to remove her vehicle from the train tracks in Ashland. It's people like that who make the world a better place. My thanks to them

[@noelheath8889]

I like seeing the CSXT first responders unit

[@gradnitzersl]

Our old dog allways howls at sirens well before we heard them. But we weren't near tracks

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Another great grab bag

[@maestromecanico597]

That ex-UP SD40M is a real ringer. It started out for the CNW (no D/Bs). Then rebuilt and to the SP. Finally to the UP with the acquisition. Overland Route...the long way around.

[@richarderickson8840]

Is it me or is there a BIG uptick in Military hardware moving about the country?

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Thanks to the Good Samaritans that helped out at Ashland🙂

[@boggy7665]

Love the Oklahoma City place marker - "NOWERS"

[@roccolawson6703]

That's why I live in Oklahoma.

[@rogertemple7193]

We got some snow in Oklahoma yesterday but it's melting off now.

[@DJScott87]

Oh oh!

[@arkansasrailproductions5507]

Former Illinois Central Gulf Paducah Shops rebuilt GP8 at 28:44. AGPX 8323 (built December 1954 as Chesapeake & Ohio GP9 5910. Rebuilt in 1974 by the Illinois Central Gulf’s Paducah Shops as ICG GP8 7715. Ex-Paducah & Louisville 8323.

[@tehseanyguy783]

Why did Amtrak back up ? In La plata

[@WatchesTrainsAndRockets]

Gotta love the Darwin candidate walking the dog that just cannot wait and absolutely HAS to cross the possible path of the car getting itself off of the tracks. It is not always with the train that they are tempting Fate.

[@nuuch3679]

What is behind those two blacked out squares in Elkhart?

[@craigtalbot6930]

Lights. The metal panels are there to prevent glare into the cameras at night.

[@ozgirl45]

La Plata under snow is beautiful! I wonder why Amtrak’s locomotives were pushing rather than leading at 30:12.

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

Train vrs truck further east was what the chat was mentioning

[@gingercat7925]

They forgot to stop at that station. ;)

[@sussymama5556]

I saw the best part 1:25 I saw two bran model of a train

[@jwshumaker2800]

It’s curious that the MRAPs went from sand color to green

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Ok that car in Ashland, there is no excuse for that in broad daylight. Thankfully she had someone to help her out

[@ld6103]

It was an elderly man that was driving. The woman was helping him out of the drivers seat.

[@stanbrown915]

God bless them old folks and keep them safe....and the little ones too.

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

All these people drive on the tracks need to be taught a leason

[@parailfan]

Agreed.

[@kennethhanks6712]

If getting stuck on tracks not a learning exercise then what would be?!?

[@trezjr73]

What they need to do is check their oil pans before their engines burn up!

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

@@kennethhanks6712 train hitting and destroying there car

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

@@trezjr73 Or quit taking short cuts

[@JCZ2601NL]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀

[@thebassanoalbertatrainspot8612]

I wonder why SWC #4 back up into LacPlata?

[@terrydurham3697]

Why would you deliberately turn on to railway tracks???

[@colefd]

When a camera shows a direction, is it Looking that way or From that way...?

[@brucestambaugh]

Looking that way.

[@leshemingway3352]

I can't understand how cars can continue to get on the tracks at Ashland after all the improvements to stop that from happening

[@shrek_428]

How in the heck are you going to drive onto the tracks in the daytime? That driver really needs an eye exam.

[@jimihendrix1575]

They will give ANYONE a drivers license in the USA. How in the world does a person end up on the tracks?

[@sharkey086]

What is it with that Ashland crossing anymore? 🤦‍♂️

[@robertgift]

Please postime, 25:38 , of your Headline. In EMS, I rarely have time to watch the whole video. Oldriver should no longer be driving if he could not discern pavement from tracks in daylight. (May have been an excellent driver when younger!) *Bravo and thank you to people and police!* Beforeven attempting to gethe car off the track, first call police and they will call the railroad.

[@VivianMakin]

Why don't they ever cite drivers who get stuck on the tracks?

[@richardbause2453]

Score card total for 2023 ASHLAND: Railroad 1 Good Samaritans 1 Does mental handicap tag hanging from rear view mirror count 🤔 ?

[@heavenlydays2838]

Concerning amount of Military Hardware. For last 2. Year's

[@nathanjplatt]

Going for training, also some of these cameras are on the same subdivisions so they show up more often

[@brucestambaugh]

Why did Amtrak have to back up at LaPlata?

[@up1989]

#4 backed up to the station to wait out a closure due to a freight train vs semi when the semi got high-centered about 36 miles East of La Plata. No injuries - Semi driver was out of the truck when the crash happened.

[@brucestambaugh]

@@up1989 Thank you!

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

@@up1989 Thanks.

[@Smilecollector120]

I am from Ashland Va. I can see if it was dark and that white car ended up on the tracks. But doing the day? He needs to put down the phone or stop smoking that grass smh

[@Yada_EL]

Only in VA 😁

[@whydoibother1632]

26:00 how do you not STOP as soon as 1, okay, maybe 2, tires boing??? And down the wrong side of a1 way street?

[@heidimunk4938]

What do the 3 knocks mean? I have been watching your videos for a year and can't figure out what they are happening.

[@heidimunk4938]

@@T_Hoog Thanks! I am going to pay even more attention now!

[@joepeach997]

LOL, they are to be taken out, but occasionally one will slip thru.

[@heidimunk4938]

@@joepeach997 With the Pacman sound I figured it was something cool for sure.

[@Dan_C604]

Maybe it is time to surrender the driver’s license and give up driving before it gets into more serious trouble.

[@jovetj]

Wow! Two very un-American looking locomotives in the same grab bag...

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

8323 once was PAL 8323 and according to Google was last in APGX registry

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

My bad, fumbled the order, AGPX, not APGX, and PAL was Paducah and Louisville

[@1208bug]

Kinda of paranoid, aren't you? lol

[@jovetj]

@@1208bug Nah, just greatly unusual! So odd looking...

[@jovetj]

1:45 What the heck is that that rolled through Kearney??

[@Mikey300]

It looks like a utility-sized electric generator (more specifically, the stator or cylindrical stationary section) being carried by a Schnabel car.

[@Mikey300]

There seemed to be an empty Schnabel going through La Plata at 1:40, followed by a loaded one going through Kearney at 1:45.

[@kennethhanks6712]

@@Mikey300 Yep, empty at 1:30 and 1:42 then a load at 1:48!