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Our VRF Grab Bags (GB) videos are compiled from content from our cameras as Mods and fans spot something neat while watching our cameras. In the GB you will, of course, find a variety of TRAIN content, special trains, maintenance, steam, diesels, interesting rail cars, cool paint schemes and more. You will also find fun people, city events, boats, planes, cars (sometimes going wild) and nature. Thank you for taking the time to sit back and enjoy these highlight reels that we call "Grab Bags"!

[@bengone3349]

Great ending sunrise with snow devils and sparkles! How does a railroad deal with an engine having a blown turbo? Do they pull it before the end of the run or?

[@Yormsane]

Brrrr! But I do love that series of little 'snow devils' at 29:15.

[@braydenrailfanner710]

I do love some csx BBQ in the morning

[@travismeekstravism4112]

That is a PENNSYLVANIA Congressional Express observation car.

[@coreypeters4170]

4:21, It's Bambi!

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Great catching all the trains, especially the CSXT9969 in Deshler, Ohio, UP military train in Hesperia, California, BNSF Heritage Units, and more, @Virtual Railfan, thank you.

[@NW611]

At 5:07 you can see sparks coming out of the second locomotive.

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@ 3:58 great shots of the Alien Invasion Force doing a fly over. Maybe they're following up on the SpecOps at Miami this past weekend.

[@1208bug]

Phoenix lights, or perhaps geese? 🙂

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@1208bug or Alien's ...the US Military say so.

[@veeas11]

my actual guess is probably a borealis discharge. but yeah, definitely little green men

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@veeas11 all the top scientists keep saying we're not alone...so I thought I'd hyperbolic and facetious, too. 🤣🤣

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@1208bug btw, I've never seen geese with tail or wing tip lights. Where do they come from?? I thought maybe in that part of the country the FAA requires geese to be lit up now. 😏🤣

[@southerncsxvlog]

VR With It’s Great Grab Bags!

[@BaltoJoey]

Was that a swarm of UFOS at Kearney at 19:53?

[@rxlentess.2856]

At 3:30 but yeah I thought the exact same thing

[@adamc1966]

Yes they were shaped just like a flock of geese 👍

[@SMichaelDeHart]

It's the invasion force enroute after the special operations in Miami. "They're here...." 😂😂😂😂

[@donnaj9964]

@@adamc1966 I thought geese or cranes--something that flies in skeins

[@bettym7346]

Snow Devils at the Big Ten!

[@JamieMakin]

Pretty epic to see two Reading & Northern hoppers come into view just as their coach number 563 passes through! 8:06

[@parailfan]

Good eyes. Thank you for pointing that out.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Saw the GE toaster live last night on the Cordele cam. That thing put on quite a show!

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome Gyralight at the beginning!👍

[@cockula776]

I love seeing a Gyralight, wish they were more common these days!

[@randydobson1863]

hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

[@FlightAndTrack]

I love grab bags

[@parailfan]

7:12 Nice work with the close up on the Rail Grinder at Elkhart 👍👍.

[@donnaj9964]

I always really enjoy seeing those too.

[@gp3829]

Good to see BNSF 9653 SD70MAC in Executive livery on the Point at Wichita. Also, the Commuter Trains at S. Norwalk Tower, thank you VRF.

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I didn’t know CSX had Mars Lights on any of its locos.

[@CRPULSE300]

They bought it second hand from commuter operator MARC, thats why it has one.

[@DE124MAN]

11:00 And now Fast and Furious

[@kaiolsen3841]

If I could would give you a double thumbs up. Very nice ending 🎉👍🇨🇦

[@donnaj9964]

Not only a beautiful icy snowy sunrise, but a glorious sunset earlier at La Plata!

[@zacharycalgher3978]

Norfolk Southern AC4400CW 3985 at 24:01

[@retroolschool]

Just want to show my gratitude for these unique vids, as for me they really represent why ive always loved KZbin! Keep em coming!

[@davidbrown4823]

The deer was very happy go lucky.

[@donnaj9964]

I don't think so--he was running from something. Watch him look back after he stops to see if it's still behind him. It's a huge energy drain to run through deep snow like that, and they don't do it unless they really have to. Whatever it was, I'm glad he got away--he was a gorgeous young buck!

[@trainlandia697]

What are those things at 3:48? Satellites? Drones?

[@maynardcarmer3148]

Probably geese of one kind or another; either Canada or Snow. We have them around here, and yeah, they do sometimes fly at night.

[@donnaj9964]

@@maynardcarmer3148 Often, actually.

[@randallellison6421]

You got BNSF 9653! Nice to see the BN herald restored on the nose!

[@barbararuiz5960]

Hello VR Friends👋🏻

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

How bad is fire coming out of the exhaust like on the csx? I swear one time when I was younger I saw an NS train doing that. Maybe the late 90s.

[@randallellison6421]

It could be something as simple as carbon deposits building up in the exhaust and burning as the locomotive accelerates. The worst case scenario is that it's a turbo failure, which if the diesel engine is not shut down, could cause catastrophic engine damage and failure and setting the locomotive on fire!

[@srvntlilly]

What in the world was that thing in the sky over Kearney!

[@josemariagarridolopezJosaco]

Rare UFO !

[@srvntlilly]

@@josemariagarridolopezJosaco They aren't so rare these days.

[@ssweeps]

Nice moving triple catch!

[@genejablonski9909]

LOVE ALL THE MEETS ESPECIALLY THE ONE WITH THE STEAMER IN THE BACKGROUND ... THANKS.

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Nice Catches*

[@ClarissaPacker]

Fried locomotive

[@Cpr1234]

3:34 What on earth's this I'm seeing?

[@Brycen_trains]

Nice

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:08 CSX 9969 still has its flashing light like the Metra locomotives do! (9969 is an ex-MARC unit that goe its wide cab in 1998) 0:42 FEC red and blue doubleheader being raced by a Brightline train 2:20 vapors coming off the radiators of these units 2:30 NS 3496 moving alone through Roanoke Yard 2:40 another new VIA Rail train 2:52 Maryland midland hopper and NS scale test car. 3:02 executive MAC still with a BN nose logo leading solo 4:06 mega caboose! (again at 5:12) 4:58 K&O Wichita State unit! 5:18 BNSF 4-unit light power move of all older EMDs 5:33 8-unit lash-up with two Ferromex unis and a 25th Anniversary GEVO 6:10 Loram grinder in action 7:39 a streamlined lounge observation on a flatbed over Horseshoe Curve 9:30 Raineir Rail action 10:40 Amtrak 100 "Midnight" racing an autorack train 11:04 CSX long-hood-forward local running parallel to an Amtrak 14:36 sounding the air whsitle on the caboose! 15:06 fiery exhaust on the trailing unit! 15:29 CSX 1853 as mid-train DPU 15:58 Amtrak 130 towing an ACS64 and its train 16:13 Fairfield Southern SW1001 18:10 GREX unit trailing 18:20 hornshow from ALC42 331 19:14 CT Rail GP40-2H. It used to be in New Haven colors until 2018 when the CT Rail branding was adopted for the new Hartford Line. The Shore Line East also got CT Rail branding at the same time 19:50 9-unit UP lash-up with an Al Gilbert locomotive which might be a Brookville BL20CG. Central California Traction is the largest operator of Brookville freight locos 20:48 one of CT Rail's Metro North P32AC-DMs still in New Haven livery. 21:48 M8s are all jointly owned by Metro North and CT rail 23:06 camera is completely frozen! I don't mean the image is stuck, I mean the camera is covered in ice! 23:53 ex-CEFX unit never got the new blue paint 25:45 one of two CEFX AC44CWs that were leased to CMQ. CMQ recently became part of Canadian Pacific 26:16 Amtrak 130 on a Pennsylvanian with a Viewliner baggage right behind the loco 26:51 ALC42 315 on the Capitol Limited with the baggage car doors left open

[@canyonrunner953]

The Big Blue Caboose belongs to the US Navy, its one of a fleet of them used to escort "Special Nuclear Shipments" Heavily armoured and full of armed sailors

[@ren-uz2mz]

14:40 a song to sing?

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

Unusual to see a local that early in the morning.

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

Is that steam rising from the locos in Chehalis?

[@robertscott9756]

Hi there. Rainwater pooled on radiators when they finally heated up is when you saw the steam

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

@@robertscott9756 Ok Thanks, I thought it was something along those lines.

[@robertscott9756]

For sure. That train was sitting overnight nearby so when it was on video it was only a few miles from the yard. They were making a run at the hill so heated up pretty quick.

[@JV-qe7ez]

1853 already missing its horn LOL

[@hhwinterproductions8850]

VR at Decatur Al NS 4000 and NS 3990 past so put it in next grab bag pls.

[@CRPULSE300]

The Fairfield switcher is probably being transferred to the Gary Rwy

[@tytn9978]

@ 13:58 ... a WOW moment indeed! @ 24:18+ ... Tanks for the memories!

[@chuxproductions1090]

Sweet Grab Bag!!! Quite the show of multiple trains and Fake Bonnets!!! Sunset was nice! I Loved the CSX second locomotive with Flames shooting out of the top at about 15:08!!! Terrific locomotive action!!! Military train🎉.

[@trens_bahia]

At minute 13:30, there is a hooper train, what is the destination and origin of this composition? Your videos are incredible, talking about Brazil.

[@michaelb9629]

I swear that the AL Gilbert Co. locomotive at 20:04 is the exact same one I saw on a NS train in Knoxville, TN a couple days after Christmas. It was eventually on the TVRM cam in my hometown of Chattanooga and made the grab bag.

[@DaveInCanada081]

What is the blue caboose?

[@jamesupchurch6037]

12:15 what's in those gondola cars

[@bobsmith9947]

Switch panel cradles.

[@peterp1158]

26:12 The Virginian heritage loco is the sharpest of all heritage units. Reminds me of the Lionel version.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thanks Ya'll Great Video, have a wonderful weekend.

[@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on]

9969 on the CSX my favorite engine. Best looking of them all.

[@ronfogarty3888]

Nice one thats pretty cool i have no idea whats up in that sky weird is all i can say there keep up the good work

[@robk1310]

Very cool 😊

[@mirandavanzee6366]

😍🥰🤩🤩

[@jefferykeeper9034]

You missed the two CSX engines in Princeton Indiana

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

🍄🌾🇮🇳🌾🍄 Nice Video!

[@johnpinckney4979]

I always got a good laugh at the reporting marks of Wisconsin Central, given what "WC" means in much of the world.

[@trainencounters586]

We Concur!

[@glengreen362]

I'm Queensland born from Australia, and snow isn't something that occurs all that often up here, and if it does happen, it's not happening where I live, so I've never experienced it. Watching these videos gives me a sincere appreciation of the beauty of a snowy landscape. I do have a question though, does the Mississippi ever freeze over?

[@johnstafford4304]

yes, it does, partially frozen now

[@davinhuffaker4670]

Gotta love it when 2 or more trains race

[@U_ever]

OUTSTANDING ! ! !

[@donnaj9964]

What the honk was up with that horn in Covington? Did it have the hiccups or was the engineer just feeling wild and crazy? It was fun anyway--and I always love the Happy Honkers of Chehalis too. It's even cooler that now they're waving. Thanks for another great one!

[@buddyrailfan9856]

Like the video if you hate Amtrak changers but love all 3 genesis series locomotives.

[@DCxViper]

UFO confirmed

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Geometry train diverting at the crossovers was nice, meet with local in Roanoke, three way meet in Ft Madison ,beautiful sunset in La Plata ,GE motor flaming, ice Sickles, military loads in Hesperia, great video,saw the Virginian EMD ACE on 13Z on rewind yesterday!🛤🚂