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[@gp3829]

Good to see Skykomish and the Suburban units at S. Norwalk Tower again. The Metro-North Railroad cars looked very interesting. I enjoyed watching Burlington Jct. Railway 1501 - nice and laid back train action.

[@jimmiller1686]

I used to be a daily commuter on Metro-North. That's an experience I would not want to repeat.

[@bowlinerailfan]

Chattahoochee Industrial cars in Roanoke. That's an interesting surprise. The CSX bowline connects with it near the Georgia/Alabama line so it's basically pieces of my home area there.🙂

[@danacampbell-vu2ut]

I sure hope that the engineer wasn't hurt in that BNSF loco. WOW what damage! 👍❤️📹😳😃

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

I hope there was no crew on board when that incident happened.

[@adriananderson76]

1:22 did i just heard a "Super Mario Bros." tune on amtrak?

[@TsalagiRailfan]

That engineer earns a 1-up!

[@Mcdaffodilhill]

I am curious as to why JBHunt does not have its own railroad Company. It is seldom that a train does not contain JB Hunt cars, and plenty of them. In our local neighborhood gossip line on the Internet, the group is protesting the trains at a local rail crossing, “they are too long, and waiting for a train that long is crazy”. One person suggested a stop sign for trains! Hilarious. Just for fun I spent some time checking how many trains cross that rail crossing per day. I went to the local hump yard, and played the nosy old lady (I am 80). The folks were very pleasant, got a limited tour (I use a cane, not conducive to safety in a rail area) and info about the rail line, 2 trains overnight, one about mid morning and two in afternoon, depending on rail and equipment incidents.

[@scottfw7169]

Thing is, the JB Hunt boxes are multimodal international shipping containers, not rail cars. A manufacturer or supplier can rent the container, have it trucked to their warehouse, filled and closed, trucked directly to its destination; or trucked to the railroad; or trucked to the seaport; as appropriate. Then the container box can be hauled anywhere from hundreds of miles to thousands of miles on land by rail, or across oceans; and once there offloaded to a truck for its ultimate delivery to whoever purchased its contents. Managing the containers is enough of a full time job that such a company is wise to leave the actual transportation of the container to those companies who spend their effort and resources and money providing and maintaining the transport vehicles. 📖 A book worth reading for more history and information is "The Box: How the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger" by Marc Levinson, April 2016, with 544 pages.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

First, railroads are very expensive to operate on a long haul basis. Second, JB Hunt contracts for rail haulage. They get a rate per container and somewhat of a delivery time table. Third, it's less expensive to move by rail than over the road.

[@FurthermoreJack]

JB Hunt can make a deal to have BNSF do a JB Hunt Tribute Train 😊

[@FurthermoreJack]

But then Besos would also need Union Pacific to do his

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I agree with the engineer’s use of the horn in Princeton. Too many Darwin Candidates out there not to.

[@FurthermoreJack]

I love the sound of those bells

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Catches*

[@rogertemple7193]

More exciting train action on Virtual Railfan Grab Bag with the best trains around the country thank you.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃

[@donnaj9964]

Very cool grab bag--that Schnabel was awesome. Thanks for another great one!

[@user-vh1uc6in7b]

Oh no what happened to the BNSF Locomotive what happened!!!😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@smokayman]

This is what happens when a train sideswipes another train (via running thru a switch into opposing traffic)

[@user-vh1uc6in7b]

@@smokayman yeah That's happened.

[@smokayman]

The same thing happened to UPY 867

[@T128Productions]

There was nobody inside the cab, right?

[@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan]

​@T128Productions not anymore

[@zactherailfanner]

That torn up cab is something you rarely see

[@railfaningutafrontrunner]

2:28 we caught that in utah

[@PowerlinePlanet109]

6:48 Imagine these two UP's racing each other.

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

1:22 MARIO!??!??!

[@joepeach997]

Cool, huh?

[@TsalagiRailfan]

Ya-hoo!

[@ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242]

Loved VRF Thanks 👍

[@geepnut2459]

Great to see the Covington local (Queensgate-Decoursey yard) make the grab bag. With 60 or so cars it was one of the longest locals I have seen on that cam, with the exception of L411 Cincy-Worthville turn. Wonder what happened to the poor ol BNSF geep?

[@lancomedic]

I thought the Reading heritage unit on the “curve” was the highlight of this video until I saw what sure looked like a Crusader observation at 19:30.

[@Eastman4]

An Amtrak Polar Express baggage car in Galesburg, IL…lol.

[@wayneneher6362]

Rochelle does some real rocking at the diamond.

[@filanfyretracker]

I know that nobody really gives a flying duck about Amtrak anymore in this country but sometimes when I see these videos I cannot help but wonder what people are doing. Is it just a regular trip or someone going off somewhere they had never seen before. maybe their first time on a train or maybe some ole RR vet who rides trains everywhere regardless of distance. I met a guy at a convention once who hated air travel, rode Amtrak anywhere for long haul trips.

[@Howard-ix2dc]

Amtrak 125 (1m11s) has had paint job since I saw it last in Niagara in October 2023 ! Was looking scruffy - Much neater now.

[@the-terrible63]

Excellent catch, @Virtual Railfan.

[@stephenkehl7158]

Was a switch out of service in Ft. Madison? Only reason I can think of for the backup move.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

The rail could be blocked or out of service north of the station. We had that happen in Tucson where a train broke down and blocked the rails just east of the depot. Same situation where the train had to back in. Interesting to watch in real time.

[@johnstafford4304]

there was a stowaway on the end DPU of previous eastbound, who had to be dealt with in Niota, which blocked Main 1, there for A3 had to use Main 2, go to switch and back into the station

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

@@johnstafford4304 Thanks John for that information.

[@scott2726]

Oh how cute!! A switch engine!👍 I like the double stacks! I wish I could buy one I would commute to Chicago and back.. I could beat the traffic😂

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

[@sanddabz5635]

Hi Randy!

[@jeffpederson4295]

Mcdaffofihill, certain RR have been contracted to haul certain containers and not others.

[@afarangi4839]

bullet trains AKA Amtrak :)

[@oldshep2695]

Thank you ..

[@andyolin3988]

I'd hate to live near that crossing at Princeton, IN

[@FlyBikes089]

Why? Princeton IN are cool and, beautiful town..

[@VWdabug]

I was in Russellville

[@scottfw7169]

Aw man, there around 5:01 and after, the visual effect of the moving corrugated sides of the JB Hunt containers is messing with my eyes!

[@adamc1966]

So now Amtrak is not only late it also runs backwards 😂

[@Thatmanrailfan-channel]

The right side of the cab of BNSF 2795 REALLY took a hit!

[@mikeyoung5211]

Wasn't that where the engineers set, OH BOY.

[@davidbrown4823]

That BNSF unit got serious damage.

[@AGamerThatIsAFanOfTrains2879ツ]

1:22 Mario bros theme. Cool!

[@user-vh1uc6in7b]

10:47 oh my goodness Bro NS turn on CEFX units Locomotives NS man in the are retirement on the fort Worth Texas.

[@wirtr]

What

[@Gaia_IsBetterThanNanaho]

Funnily enough I also saw beeline unit while in Syracuse on the same day

[@kevinstewart449]

Is Fort Madison going to get a fort, or change it's name?

[@BPRRFan19]

I better be featured on this next grab bag

[@Top-Trains-1943]

Just a little dent on the BNSF train

[@andyolin3988]

Don't worry, It'll buff out!😆

[@alanosilva886]

11:34 What happened that the train wasn't on the right track? 21:24 what happened here?

[@johnstafford4304]

11:34>>there was a stowaway on the end DPU of previous eastbound, who had to be dealt with in Niota, which blocked Main 1, there for A3 had to use Main 2, go to switch and back into the station

[@MichaelMitchRailfan2009]

That BNSF Locomotive need to be stored to charity

[@TsalagiRailfan]

1:20 I have been waiting for this for so long! Not a shave and a haircut, but something clever in a horn show! Like, in this case, the Super Mario Bros theme!

[@barman2355]

Can someone who knows, tell me what the piece of equipment is at 4:29 is? I have seem a lot of these transported lately.

[@lightnin1989]

Looks like an electrical transformer for a power station or switch yard

[@donaldfaris4798]

As a Lineman I can tell you its a substation transformer

[@barman2355]

@@lightnin1989 Thanks.. What I was thinking.

[@richardbause2453]

Autobotts seeking new Scenery cross-country trip 😮😂...

[@T128Productions]

@@richardbause2453 No, not those kind of Transformers silly! 🤣

[@mikeyoung5211]

Did they take that engine out of service

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Great video, the NS GE in Princeton might have been a P5 Nathan!🛤🚂

[@Kaiserkalthesocalrailfan]

Here early

[@railyardfilms6491]

Cab on side of bnsf unit has nascar damage to it

[@EpicRails]

What happened to BNSF 2795? 9:01

[@joeylawn36111]

0:58 What causes that sound?

[@joeylawn36111]

The “whoop” sound - not the bell

[@T128Productions]

@@joeylawn36111 I think it might be caused by an air compressor idk.

[@FurthermoreJack]

Generator switch off kicking on I presume , it's on an old Sound affects album from 1995

[@SangNguyen-ic8sr]

There's but out side BNSF is After Crashing to 2024

[@Shuttletrain]

The downside of not having a center platform at Fort Madison and of course poor dispatching.

[@kennethhanks6712]

While what you say is possible, before you assume too much, believe this has happened before where north switch blocked/out of service requiring station access from south/west end with a back-up.

[@johnstafford4304]

there was a stowaway on the end DPU of previous eastbound, who had to be dealt with in Niota, which blocked Main 1, there for A3 had to use Main 2, go to switch and back into the station

[@Shuttletrain]

@@johnstafford4304 they still could have just walked across the tracks with and all station platforms like old days.

[@kennethhanks6712]

​@@ShuttletrainDon't think the RR Safety people or the insurance carriers would agree with you.

[@Shuttletrain]

@@kennethhanks6712 it works in lots of places. And railroads use block protection all the time..

[@KLMB747YT]

200th viewer

[@Keikdv]

How am I supposed to watch a picture of a twenty axel (20!!) schnabelcar in 2 seconds??? Lot's of not even highlights to cut (04:22 - 05:45. really? Not even garbagecan worth) to get that one corrected...

[@J3scribe]

Pause the video where you like. duh

[@joepeach997]

@@J3scribe Bingo!