Derailment, Darwins and More in this Grab Bag!

[@Dreamworld986]

Beautiful sunset at 10:25. Always nice to see the 4014. Space-x launch was neat to see.

[@Heartmurdermystertwo]

7:43 when they took a picture and the train driver blew at them was so cool and nice!❤

[@Galaxy2517]

Can't get much cooler than a happy engineer and crew......

[@donnaj9964]

That sunrise at Fort Madison was stunning! It was wonderful to see Big Boy at Santa Fe Junction and also to catch a glimpse of Arvada; I've missed it. That lovely fox in Cordele is getting all furry for winter, and it's always nice to see Pere Marquette. The Keewatins were very sharp; I haven't seen them before. Thank you very much for a great Grab Bag and best wishes to Joe Peach!

[@nigelterry9299]

Super grab bag! More please VR!!

[@davidhibbs6989]

Great video! La Grange is always action packed 😅

[@60bui]

Great video, thanks!!! 👍👍👍

[@mybeasty3560]

Love the desriptions you now put on it. Helps us in otner parts of the world who may be not know what things are.

[@gp3829]

Fantastic Grab Bag, thanks VRF. Too many good Catches to mention, so I will settle for it being nice to see the Pavements and Access Ramp at La Grange - finished at last.

[@johndonovan5752]

15:34 What a beautiful dome car!

[@DeborahMaidon]

Fabulous Goodie Bag VRF 😊

[@inkeycat1]

Such a wonderful look at all the various stations, trains and the ISS! Great to watch with a coffee.

[@wampuscat7433]

We certainly appreciate your efforts! I especially like the all the captioning on the various clips. Here’s hoping Joe recovers very quickly and returns in a timely fashion.

[@donnaj9964]

💯

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.

[@thatonehondaguy2924]

3:40 I was at work and that same train went by my job! Cool to get a better view of the end coach.

[@matthewrinehart9514]

Great view of big boy. I love that dude😊❤

[@Bassotronics]

@ 7:47 She kept saying hi as if it were a Passenger train. LOL Those are DPS's with engineers on front only.

[@baileylynn6481]

Great grab bag!

[@chriscarlson7915]

Love seeing the heritage units of CSX

[@GamerRailfan8363]

Very nice grab bags!

[@JoinMyAdventures_YT]

Great Video!!

[@josephinemarie7307]

5:44 mark WOW

[@GamerRailfan8363]

5:45 There’s the Big Boy 4014!

[@ghtaboma]

Wow! Space launch, and ISS, back to back. Outstanding!

[@adriananderson76]

Great Grab Bag Virtual Railfan.

[@geepnut2459]

Great EMD fest on this grab bag, thanks 😁 CSX should bring the YN2 scheme back fleetwide, imho.

[@ZaneTheRailfan]

8:40 1067 definitely has the best horn out of the NS HU batch

[@Railfan6675]

Awesome Grab Bag!

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Video*

[@donaldfaris4798]

Wow all these SD40 in the grab bag!

[@peterjensen6844]

Man seeing Big Boy on that bridge is both terrifying and incredible

[@SilverreploidCLE]

That shave and a haircut gets me every time. XDDD

[@electladynanci]

So, Santa's vacationing in LaGrange Ky? I love it!

[@ebf82234]

Incredible SP Geep survivor @2:32 and @2:35...

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

Unbelievable after all these years that the unit has not been painted into UP colors.

[@IAm18PercentCarbon]

@@jamesghiorzoe107 "We'll get to it next month"

[@FamilyLinesProductions]

0:26 "you have lost your metrolink priviledges"

[@geraldtompkins5775]

Outstanding, thanks.

[@Milwroad4ever]

Another great grab bag. Thanks for sharing

[@mashuri_anggoro]

Hello... 🙋🏻‍♂️ Salam kenal dari Railfans Indonesia... 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@lynne6417]

Penn Central passing through at OKC/Nowers!!! Now that was unexpected!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@bowlinerailfan]

CSX ought to make plans for two more heritage units: one in the blue and grey paint they started with and the other in YN2. Also, it's great to see Big Boy on that bridge and her whistle sounds great

[@PowerlinePlanet109]

R.I.P. to the Metrolink F59PHIs...

[@thunderaarcanis98]

10:10 nice lower quadrant magnetic flagman there

[@Cnw8701]

0:38: there goes the train I missed! 😂 Waited 3 hours for it at Belen, NM and gave up!

[@Jacksonsemergencyphotos]

7:04 that fedex driver: "i stronger than train"

[@TylerDonitzen777GlorytoGod]

That red trucks rear end was out there that's why the FedEx driver did that

[@TylerDonitzen777GlorytoGod]

You see how tight those streets are next to the train

[@johnhenstock9668]

Very good!

[@Bumper55]

Great vid, one of the first times I have watched a grab bag all the way through. Glad I did!

[@mr.destruction615]

5:46 the Big Boy is a steam engine I dream to see. I live outside of the Twin Cities in Minnesota and wish to see such a majestic steam train.

[@santeebandit3246]

That SP GEEP ❤

[@DuhhTurtle]

YN2 csx sd40-2 is an insane catch these days

[@josephreed5155]

graphic overlays. great! thanks

[@Bassotronics]

12:43 Iv'e seen GATX on railcars but first time I see a loco!

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Very nice, like ! ! !

[@charlescoghlan2855]

Very much appreciate the ongoing effort to continue to generate the "Grab Bag" as much as possible. Lots of good stuff in this one. I do have a question, either I need to get my eyes checked or did some of the captures slightly out of focus?

[@PetesPrettyGoodTrains]

You don't need to get your eyes checked. There's some kind of issue with the clips, you can see if pause one there appears to be a 'ghost' image. Not sure what the cause is.

[@mabybee]

You need to get your eyes checked but the clips are also definitely out of focus.

[@zacharycalgher3978]

The Keewatin Railway Company P40DCs were awesome. Here’s their history. KRC 2506=Amtrak 801=LTEX 801 KRC 2507=Amtrak 802=LTEX 802 KRC 2508=Amtrak 803=LTEX 1803 KRC 2509=Amtrak 839=LTEX 839

[@skippes_view]

I appreciate the labels of what’s niffty in the clip very much 😊

[@CXensation]

Darned - he missed the FedEx van 😅 Just barely avoiding a true LaGrange event ...

[@Bassotronics]

I wonder what issue occurred that that particular truck derailed on the frog. I'm assuming its a guided frog turnout with no check rails.

[@Random_Sh9945]

4:02 I actually caught one of these sd40-2 YN2’s in Savannah GA heading to target! I couldn’t get the numbers but it was one of my rarest catches this year, sad most of these are going away plus with the ac44s in YN2 :(

[@Douglas-not-Dougie]

A Heritage unit in 1114 colors would look nice

[@Piedmontfoamer724]

17:46 I actually caught 5004 on 165 2 weeks ago ! It made up for missing the Lehigh valley heritage unit

[@OneHeartDove]

At 6:09, is that by chance 'Big Boy'?

[@CallMeCoal]

I waved at La Grange, KY on 10/23/24 at around 12:09, but I'm not sure if I saw it. Still a good GB!

[@CallMeCoal]

I did not wave at this time in the video, I waved at around that time on the date I said.

[@Smee124]

good old blue GT

[@nunyabizzy08]

only in La Grange

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

0:50 for the derailment

[@Windows95Fan532]

Wow! 1:38

[@DTD110865]

Seeing that camera on the roof of the old Ashland RF&P Depot makes me want to climb on the roof and take pics of some trains myself. But then I realize one of the benefits of that camera is that it make taking such fool-hearty measures unnecessary.

[@Agentmonkeofficial]

Hi❤

[@ISM_7767]

1:15 we just ignoring the es44 with an emd steel bell?

[@AkshajPlaysTrainGames]

15:51-16:19 Why is that Amtrak train (Sunset Limited) going in reverse?

[@relentlesscactus]

What is the passenger train at 3:11, and especially what dome car is that?

[@voidjavelin23]

one of CSXs executive business train, the dome car is probably from pullman

[@alanosilva886]

How is Joe Peach's health? Is he okay? When will he be back? I miss him.

[@annaf7812]

He is recovering and will return when he and his doctors make that decision. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers!

[@Qrail]

@@annaf7812 thank you for that answer. Wish him well from some of his dedicated viewers, and thanks for whoever is covering for him.

[@bowlinerailfan]

​@@annaf7812 praise the Lord! It's good to hear that.

[@donnaj9964]

@@annaf7812 Absolutely!🙏

[@PetesPrettyGoodTrains]

0:07 why is the video on so many of these now so glitchy? Seems like there is a double image trying to display, very apparent if you pause the video. Love me some of the VR Grab Bag but these are hard to watch when the video isn't smooth.

[@TylerDonitzen777GlorytoGod]

2:57 thats a nice place to park🤨🙄

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Did I miss the derailment, or was the hospital car the derailment they were referring to?

[@nathanjplatt]

Box car at 50 seconds in was it

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

​@@nathanjplatt Thank you! 😊

[@Straight2_Official]

Fr tho what were those locos at 18:22?

[@sinaehughes4809]

Did it rerail itself? Left rail should keep it from going too far right.

[@samstranghorwitz]

What’s happening the F59PHI

[@nickelplateexpressrailfan2]

6th comment great video

[@joeylawn36111]

IMO it's unusual to see a Blimp with 'puller' props - I think most of the time, they're in a Pusher configuration.

[@tony8074]

Blue box car , you had one job, one job and you let the team down.

[@patrickpaes6653]

Santa Clause!!!

[@RJCormanRailfan]

Where were those Dash 8's and 9's going?

[@oneastrails]

Nice to see the real thing has the same problems as my model railroad, turnouts....grrrrrrrrrr

[@trains-ip3kr]

Why are they using Metrolink locomotives to pull freight

[@budwhite9591]

4:38 wait? So they aren’t P40’s anymore???? Interesting

[@hifijohn]

Interesting how the boxcar just fell off the track, cant be a track problem, other wise the other cars would have derailed too.I wonder how long the train went before the engineer stopped it.

[@yyzedd]

3 car lengths before it stopped - head end was only a few cars further down. They brought in a compact crawler crane and re-railed it - set out that car and the one behind it - then left. Think it was about 6 hours total.

[@hifijohn]

@@yyzedd But what caused it to derail???

[@highplainsdrifter8034]

Don’t care for the way things were cut off just went I thought the interesting part of the grab was about to take place

[@TinkerTailor4303]

If it was cut off how do you know it was the most interesting part?! Maybe you SAW the most interesting part!

[@tomp8871]

Keewatin Railway Co. is that private?

[@Keikdv]

found it on Google in a few seconds...

[@tomp8871]

@@Keikdv did it tell you it was private

[@skerbs7755]

Doesn't surprise me with the FedEx driver. You should see them in a truck yard! They are just as dangerous!

[@mtalongisland7523]

you all probably havent seen this: 0:22

[@richardcarlson127]

Anyone know where the MetroLink F59PHI's are going?

[@jacobdubielak]

Horn show

[@KyleSmith-267]

I guess Reve Bear moved in with his brother over in Snomish (Washington)

[@TinkerTailor4303]

😢I miss Revy!

[@KyleSmith-267]

@@TinkerTailor4303 I do too, he hasn't been out much this year

[@robertgift]

What caused that freight car to derail? Showhen the train stopped. How would the engineer know? 2:55 Why not showhat happened? 7:03 Should show this video to FedEx. But he knewhat he was doing and did it successfully.

[@TylerDonitzen777GlorytoGod]

Well at 7:05 you see how tight squeeze that especially it being a street running train the FedEx driver didn't have a choice.

[@ihavenoideadanny]

When is VRF getting a utah location? Historic UP depot in salt lake city like cmon

[@anthonyhalstead3925]

Was there ever a resolution to 3:05? did they need to get towed off? did they just reverse off? I need to know!!

[@ExaltedSeahawksFan]

You should put up some cameras in Utah

[@jacobgore-jackson6704]

Ok nes

[@richardmclaughlin8345]

Dear Elon, Until we develop "Warp Drive" we're stuck here.