GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!! REAR TRUCK ON GON COMES OFF THE RAILS AT HSC! BIG, BIG GRAB BAG!! 8/27&28/22

[@christopherscott722]

don't know about everyone else but I'm loving the hodge-podge of power traveling all over the US, Canada, and Mexico. I guess everyone has figured out its cheaper lol

[@outdoorfrenzy]

I can’t stand it personally. I loved the days when a railroad took pride in itself and would only run the company locos on company freight.

[@johnlang4198]

Don't mind it. Co-operation and hiring each other's locomotives kinda makes sense in these times. Essentially, they're part of the same greater transportation network anyway.

[@Queenie_78]

It’s quite sad, all the railroads that are gone and tracks everywhere overgrown with grass, trees etc and many places tracks are gone completely where there was once RR crossing.

[@davebennett8434]

Next week im traveling to Canada

[@Queenie_78]

@@davebennett8434 There is talk of passenger trains from coos county NH to Montreal to Quebec City. That would be awesome but new tracks would need to be put in and lots of work to do with rails over grown with trees, grass etc

[@greenmanofkent]

I would love to have heard the reaction of the photographer in Revelstoke when the bear ran right in front of him!

[@DarkVoidIII]

He'd probably be like "Oh that bear comes by twice a week, even knows who I am!"😊👍

[@klingterra]

"Bring me my brown pants!!"

[@john_nip_nop]

A heart-rate monitor readout would be interesting.

[@pauldavis2013]

Yeah they're used to it just keep your distance I see him all the time but don't leave your pets out alone

[@lornperkins4270]

@@john_nip_nop ha ha

[@paullindberg9230]

I like the way an old vintage Penn Central leads power on a Norfolk Southern job Well done folks on that clip!!!

[@Delta_productions07]

I'm Glad I made it In this Video A Hello From Seattle Washington 28:34 Is were me and my Father were For this moment On KZbin. Thank You The Virtual Railfan Team! Also I was Again In 30:34 Clip of the Trash Train

[@annem8152]

I've been wanting to get down there from Tacompton. The traffic scares me from doing it...

[@Mcdaffodilhill]

A happy trip to all the folks leaving in September for the West Coast trip, happy rails and much fun for everyone. Age and illness has made the trip impossible, but will enjoy the events thru RAILFAN eyes. Tonight’s grab bag excellent!

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Same here. But I'm across the pond.🤥

[@Mcdaffodilhill]

A rail fan is never far from the high iron.

[@davidurban6813]

I've said it B-4 and I'll say it again I always like the way you edit in things that are non-railroad i.e. bear 🐻 crossing the tracks fireworks lighting storms and lightning bolts . But the momentary pause in action to bring to.attention specific rling stock or engines i.e the I.C.G. covered hopper and that I.C. deathstar logo power on the point. Keep up the good work gentlemen. Have a great day everyone 😀

[@gunslinger434]

Looks like in La Grange STOP signs are merely a suggestion. Love VRF!

[@dmroth2495]

The bear in the daylight. Great shot

[@christinatweet6580]

.....running as fast as she/he could go! 🐻❤️🐻

[@michaelb9629]

I was on that passenger train at the Tennessee valley railroad museum at 12:52 when that NS auto rack passed by with the blue mane trailing. Then we left shortly after the entire NS passed by.

[@davidpayne4310]

That bear REALLY wanted to get to the museum!

[@Yormsane]

2:46 Guy standing on the corner got the fright of his life!

[@Rhr-lv1pm]

Good thing he had brown pants on

[@lightwavz]

I seriously said NO WAY! But hopefully it was a videocamera?!

[@EBsRailfanProductions]

nah, I had seen lot's of bear, it just took me by surprise

[@EBsRailfanProductions]

@@Rhr-lv1pm they were black actually but close enough lol

[@chnbal]

EB's Railfan Productions It was definitely high tailing it out of there to get somewhere, it didn’t even notice you lol. Also can you explain why the bears always cross to go to that certain spot? I tried google maps but it looks like just peoples yards. I thought for sure there was a ravine there or some sort of natural path.

[@lynne6417]

I would have completely had 10 heart attacks and p*** myself had that bear at Revelstoke....glad that guy stayed calm. omg.

[@john_nip_nop]

yes - calm and quiet is probably best. Or maybe he just froze up, same result.

[@catherineanthony5353]

This was a fantastic Grab Bag. Enjoyed seeing BNSF'S in Hesperia CA. Chattanooga trains were exciting and seeing the Amtrak CZ with the new engines. Great Video

[@churt6754]

Iirc you're talking about the ALC-42 chargers?

[@catherineanthony5353]

@@churt6754 Yes if that's what they were

[@christinatweet6580]

it's the Revelstoke bear, God protect him........🐻❤️🐻

[@EBsRailfanProductions]

2:46 that was me at the light will that bear pass me lol

[@parailfan]

Can't wait to see those Difco Dump Cars at 19:20 in action on VRF.

[@djsns21]

Great job at 17:15. Kudos to the guy waving and on the other side of the camera for catching it.

[@lonestaridiot4159]

One of them was me. It definitely stressed me out but glad i saw it

[@lonestaridiot4159]

At horseshoe curve

[@littlelittledeer1435]

WOW! You outdid yourself! Thank you, this was outstanding!

[@paullindberg9230]

Happy trails to the folks embarking on the west coast Zepher run Much Joy and making special moments to. all!!!

[@CR7659]

HLCX 3889 GP38-2 ex-MP 955, to UP 2106, to HATX 210, to UP 1840, back to Helm Manned locomotives on the rear are helpers, not DPU

[@ThatOneMichiganRailfan]

A quad of ALC42s? Bro that’s sick!

[@Jim-hw1xr]

What the heck was the bear doing out in the afternoon? Looking for a picanic basket maybe?

[@fraukatze3856]

Revelstoke is in the Canadian Rockies, lots of bears.

[@seemoore57]

great to see far away places and just down the street!

[@louGriggs1944]

Really good one here. The Revelstoke bear is either getting very bold or desperate to get somewhere in a hurry. Don't know what I would have done had I been that poor railfan that looked up to see a bear charging toward him. Thanks for great video.

[@willwozniak2826]

UP GE 60/44 ACs are still a treat to see!

[@SouthernIllinoisRailfan]

Hey, that’s me! 15:25

[@MrBnsftrain]

1:02 Probably one of the few intermodal trains that still goes via Baltimore. Hopefully those tunnels will be enlarged soon. The only other major low clearance tunnel left in America are those entering New York Penn 1:26 a quartet of ALC42s! 301 "Blackout", 309, 313, and 314! I beleive the last two are being towed fresh from the factory. Note the Northeast Reigonal Amfleet cafe 2:50 a bear running across in broad daylight! I'm glad he didn't hit the guy with the camera 3:46 Amtrak Southwest Chief waits for the Ft. Madison swing bridge to close 4:50 12-unit light power move 5:15 two GEVOs pulling a 10-car OCS 6:14 Ski Train car and private car on the Coast Starlight 8:03 NS 1073 has an unusual horn 8:58 Southern steam loco 4501 turning around 11:30 warbonnet, KCS southern belle, NS black, and ATSF yellowbonnet (seen again at 16:10) 12:30 UP 1111 leading 13:15 CN's 7-car OCS is stuck on the end of an itnermodal train behind the tail DPU 15:33 CSX YN2 C40-8W on a UP run-through train 17:00 AC&W private dome car on an Amtrak in Ashland 19:30 just a guy driving his lawn mover over the crossing 22:07 P42 and ALC42 on the California Zephyr 24:04 fiery exhaust from this P42 24:30 six-unit light power move 24:54 three trains at once at SFJ, one of them having an Ontario Northland boxcar! 27:20 ALC42s 313 and 314 traling on the Capitol Limited. Hopefully these units will start running on east coast trains soon 28:15 a lot of shiny new hopper cars 28:53 two private cars on this Coast Starlight 31:50 UP, KCS, NS, and BNSF power on one train 32:23 that one hopper car is really leaning over. thankfully Horseshoe curve still uses manned helper units 33:30 nice catch of that! I thought Amtrak would've let BNSF or UP crews rescue their stranded equipment

[@rastewart100]

24:05 That P42 did an ALCo. impression.

[@joannriza06]

1:27 Wow! Lots of ALC 42s on the Amtrak train! Even had a Northeast Regional amfleet!

[@Whathandleisavailable]

The back 2 engines were fresh from the shop and Siemens officials were in that car.

[@williamjacobs236]

Another great Grab Bag video VRF .

[@LilJigglypuff999]

3:49 that was awesome to see.

[@timothyrachford1868]

Another great grab bag, thanks for the great work

[@flyerbob124]

The bear was sure in a hurry to get home. Must have been a late date night😎

[@PCBill0622]

I have the emergency 800 numbers of the class I's in my contacts on cellphone so I can speed dial if I see derail, dragging equipment, trespassing , etc.

[@SarahRenz59]

28:44 Isn't that the same young man we occasionally see cleaning the cam at Chehalis?

[@ChadSimplicio]

I hope 301 or some other alc-42 unit in revenue service is scheduled to pull 5 on Whistle Stop Tour Thursday.

[@thestreetshamanlife]

So very spectacular!❤️🤜🏽💥🤛🏽

[@richblacklock]

Please show the entire consist of passenger trains! I want to see what Amtrak is running. Thanks.

[@wlejohn4326]

I agree. The consists aren't always the same, even on the same train.

[@frankthomas855]

Does a bear poop in the woods? I don't know, but I'm sure that Canadian railfan pooped their pants!

[@philfurrow9026]

Not if its in the zoo.

[@cliffordhurst2564]

Please, with all those multiple locomotives, please give us an idea as to where from and where to and how many trucks are being hauled. It makes the video so much more interesting!

[@annem8152]

the BC Bear surprised that railfanner. does anyone in OKC know where those fireworks are coming from on Friday nights? I thought maybe a ball game. My local AAA team does that.

[@Victoryisthine]

It is a ballgame. We have the AAA affiliate of the Dodgers. They do Friday night fireworks every Friday home game

[@kittty2005]

I watched a YT video that was being filmed on opposite side toward the top of the curve and the lead truck on the first gondola had come off the rails, and the owner of the channel gave his brother the camera and he ran down the slope and jumped into the ditch near the track and ran up till the engineer saw him waving his arms in the rear view mirror, he put it into emergency and stopped the train, this happened 10 years ago. I think.

[@kilt2024]

Just keeps getting better 🚂

[@bizjetfixr8352]

I'm beginning to think that the DOD has the railroads haul M-1 Abrams around randomly, to confuse the Chinese and the Rooskies.

[@paulhare662]

Not a new idea. They built an army of balloon tanks and trucks in England to confuse the Germans in WWII.

[@franciscampagna2711]

The multiple 50th anniversary locomotives at Galesberg. They aren't being repainted already? Hope the trip is fun, and successful.

[@ditchpatcher]

24:03 now that's how you roll coal

[@allanlester3561]

🎶Silver rails 🎵in the sunset🎶

[@WestValleyRailfan]

That’s crazy how the swc got on fire

[@pepawg2281]

I was watching live when the Amtrak in the thumbnail approached Fort Madison!! Whoaaa!!

[@paullindberg9230]

The BIG BOY gets launched this Monday Aug 25th@831am!!

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Excellent Video 👍🌲🇮🇳🌲👍

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

Get my good side Fred. Sure thing R.B. Add The Katy to my list of EMD locomtives.

[@bozodog428]

Love the grab bags!

[@gevo1899]

Penn Central 😍

[@patrickmcarter6244]

No trespassing on rail road property. as always see track think train. be safe y'all.

[@poowg2657]

Glad to see that with all the "climate change" Amtrak is running extra clean. I always thought that the best tornado intercept vehicle would be an M1 Abrams tank.

[@TheMetGuy]

Great grab bag VRF

[@parailfan]

Yeah that C40-8W at 15:38 sure has seen better days. I wonder how much longer until CSX decides to do away with them.

[@Wesley45454]

they just got them out of storage

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

they also got their C40-8s back since they bought Pam-Am.

[@dkilgu82]

5:00 I don’t think they have enough power to haul that load.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Holy smoke, where did that bear come from??!! Wonder if it's the same one always around there?

[@christinatweet6580]

same same....digging thru his fav garbage cans?? 😁🐻

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Dunno about you, but I think with that thumbnail, Amtrak is getting VERY desperate to get rid of their Genesis diesels.

[@len-zeplin480]

Sounded like a Lunkenheimer Whistle!

[@greenmanofkent]

What is the CN "passenger" train at 13:15? My guess would be a business train, but I've never seen it.

[@AaronAnderson-bz2sq]

You're exactly right. That is CN's business train.

[@johnwalters1341]

The bird at 22:48 is a Turkey Vulture, but you probably already knew that...

[@Flymochairman1]

Nice 'Grab' of some great shots! The Heritage Units are quite a catch, along with some of the older companies' rolling stock. Not being in the USA/Canada, some of the older rolling stock with old company names on them may not mean the same to me but I do appreciate them being picked out. Some great non-train shots...the hawk or eagle there was fine to see! Did the crew on the horse-shoe get that Gon's re-railment sorted? Great stuff. Cheers!

[@jpayawal]

28:08 those silver and blue hopper cars also saw them on the Galesburg cam later in the day. Might have been around the time either #5 or #3 came in

[@gerardmdelaney]

Those tanks look like they are fresh from either depot maintenance or the factory.

[@paullanyi516]

Entertaining group of videos . . Always something interesting rolling by : >)

[@matthewdempsey6583]

2:05 that is a lot of loco power

[@fluffnose3386]

I didn’t know they had crew in the DPUs!

[@slee8475]

Manned helper units

[@kmfsinny8436]

Me either, I thought they were remote controlled

[@johnniekelly]

Lots of manned helper sets in the area around HSC in Altoona. Lots. It's one of the things that makes The Curve so great.

[@fluffnose3386]

@@johnniekelly Cool!

[@railfanningrailproductions]

That is the Turbo Burning Up

[@thomasboese3793]

it starts with an oil leak and gets very interesting from there...

[@railfanningrailproductions]

Yeah it does if not there be a turbo blown

[@charliebrooks2570]

Nice show of trains.

[@jonathanburrowaz]

Took the fam on Saturday to Jonesborough TN to be on the grab bag but didn't make it. : ( Maybe next time

[@pokedude104]

8:25 How about that, its the Chattanooga choo choo!

[@HNT63]

4:26 pretty lady

[@Kaiserkalthesocalrailfan]

OMG SUPER AWESOME

[@chickenstudiotvgamer9162]

Suggestion for a railcam: you shoud do Lafox illinois Becuase it’s super busy there with metras and union Pacifics

[@LilJigglypuff999]

That would be awesome.

[@paullindberg9230]

Trains fom all across this great land of ours bringing much needed products to our market. Its the most efficient way other than the ships that bring the products here

[@paullindberg9230]

Thank you kindly railfan for making my day of Aug 26th 2022@ 5:10am

[@raytaylor6412]

The bears in Revelstoke are becoming more adventurous. They are coming out in the daytime. Plenty of Darwin candidates in Quanah. An inquiry regarding the passenger cars with skylights. Are these restored cars or are there any companies still manufacturing them?

[@Wesley45454]

I was one of the hero’s who stopped the train at horseshoe curve.

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

*heroes*

[@Wesley45454]

@@jayskicksnfits9372 my bad

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

@@Wesley45454 👍🏻😁

[@annem8152]

I have no idea what a GON is and couldn't tell in the video what was happening.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

@@annem8152 Same here. Wish someone would 'splain...🤔

[@2themoon863]

I thought the Howard Street tunnels had been fixed to handle double-high stacks of intermodal and the project was finished…?

[@joeylawn36111]

11:11 say a train is rolling thru town.... "Now Youse Can't Leave!" 😉😂

[@franciscoayala1996]

According to CSX they are changing Howard street tunnel higher but they made them longer thanks to dpus

[@paullindberg9230]

That baby black bear was "sprinting" across that four lane mom's likely in the vicinty

[@tdevinetampa]

At 13:44, show us the trolly cars at the Virginia Museum of Transportation please.

[@davescott2485]

Ontario Northland! That's from my neck of the woods :)

[@cameronader8524]

I was at the Curve I see and video the open hopper car came off the rail and was one of the people flagging the helpers stop the train

[@Wesley45454]

same!

[@lonestaridiot4159]

Same it was crazy

[@SpraqNetworkR1J]

Over in Angola indiana for the past couple Saturdays we had a steam engine pass through

[@TassieDinkum90]

That 'passenger' train through Waupaca was interesting, never seen that before. Also, side-note: Can someone PLEASE get around to restoring audio on the Hesperia cam? One of the real-standouts but the lack of audio really sucks

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Hesperia is a cool site.

[@christinatweet6580]

Maybe they lack the $$ cash to do the repair? 🤑🤔🤔

[@MartyMacgyver]

@30:08 "Good hot dog harvest this season!"

[@fredmcg9442]

It's getting so you never see a BNSF train without a NS unit or 2 in the consist.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

24:06 GE being GE

[@paullindberg9230]

All clean Shiny powr from all agencies working together as foreign power!!

[@stanbrown915]

That person waiting for a train to film had to fill thier diaper when ol Yogie went loping by.

[@allthingsharbor]

ok, not sure I'd be that calm if a bear was barreling down on me ! LoL

[@christinatweet6580]

❤️🐻❤️🐻

[@serails_]

Wow that’s a grab bag

[@josefw.1934]

Man the Tower 55 doesn't get much attention, there are countless times every week I see something go thru Tower 55 and think it should be on one of these, but noope.

[@richardhancock2771]

Who was the young lady waving

[@paullindberg9230]

Penn central. on the head end cammied on a Norfolk Southern roster

[@ericwilliams1023]

It's the bear for me

[@headsup2433]

If you have a train that is so heavy that you need 11 locos to pull it, how do the couplings stand that much weight without breaking?.

[@tomcline5631]

Power move. Not all of them were running.

[@NEC859]

How do you make a Virtual Railfan cam?