W&LE 300 leads 262 past an abandoned railroad diamond in Canton Ohio

[@stevendorris5713]

Gives new meaning to the term "mixed freight". Great video of small town America!

[@paulbergen9114]

Whew! So much good stuff in this tape. Talk about back door entry to a town that line slink's in then goes by the odd angle building and next to a neat industrial diamond. A a friend of mine would say a scene like that is Titzoid to the max. The Drone view absolutely enhances the uniqueness. Then the nice view along the river and then they tiptoe across the quiet side of the diamond. Some Freight cars worthy of mention. The new KNOX scrap gons for Philips Metals. The regular hoppers with the gravel residue. The sound of the leaking air hose between the tank cars to help build your confidence. AGR boxcar in yellow which still has Green Bay and Western lettering. The 3 blue TRLX Texas Railcar Leasing blue Vulcan flats with wooden slats on the floor and side chains. Scenes like those are a winner every time!

[@GHOSTTRAINPRODUCTION]

Good to see the engine that played 1206 in unstoppable is still blue at least

[@ICrailroadprod.2007]

That Is one of the most beautiful 1st gen K5s I've ever heard.

[@WMAC_Master]

interesting really colorful set of locomotives too! i wonder why they left only part of the diamond i guess the had to repave part of the road

[@Northcoastrails]

Love seeing wheeling and lake Erie engines 😊🚅👍

[@verdantacres4460]

Thank you!

[@achamber765]

Looking at Google satellite and street-view images, it appears that the tracks were just short, stub-end sidings for the 2 buildings. The larger one (B&G Distributing, 835 Spring Street) has several freight car loading doors (now blocked in) down the side.

[@conceyullena]

Like 21 beautiful video, greetings 🚂👍🙋‍♂️

[@Steelers2841]

hey Scott i used to live right off Perry Drive SW south pf Southway Street inPerry Township baack in early 90s when WLE WAS JUST GETTING STARTED i was still chasing Conrail in Canton, Wooster and Alliance

[@train1962]

Talk about an early spring.😆 Thumbs up.

[@jax9769]

Old vid just posted

[@robertalcock1523]

Scott, I may have an answer for you, but I need to go To the Lippert road crossing an look for myself.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Filmed excellently.

[@NWORails]

That's a beautiful train!

[@NWORails]

You missed out on some cool action at the CSX diamond in Lima on Monday, Norfolk southern and Union Pacific was there.

[@megatrains]

Great shot!!!!!!!!! MEGA power!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesburnside3023]

Great work Scott.

[@thomaskittsii1008]

Love the Power on this R/R.✌🇺🇲

[@Chessie1985]

Excellent trains Scott!!

[@TheRrxing]

Awesome shots!!

[@raymonddunnit412]

That's a really cool location.

[@jeffmurphree2937]

Excellent video!

[@wrfreemo2006]

Scott - the diamond supported 2 crossed sidings for Interstate Door and Sash Company "back in the day". I shot a video from the grade crossing on the opposite side of the train.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Very interesting, thank you. I find a lot of the smaller industries get lost to history and memory once they’re gone. Googling usually is no help because they’re always trying to lead you to businesses that are open and paying advertising dollars. Was the video you shot recent or much older?

[@wrfreemo2006]

@@ScottTaipaleRail - My video was taken in July of 2020.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I’ll have to step over to your channel and take a look..

[@jeffstrains]

I saw 107 and 109 on a local last Friday.

[@timothystrauss3838]

Nice video

[@tommyhunter1817]

They cleaned out the ready track with that lash up.

[@gp3829]

Hi Scott, that was great to see. I liked the aerial views of the Freight cars. I noted a couple of brown-oxide Boxcars with small black hatches or vents in their roofs. Do you know what these are for, please? Thanks, regards.

[@paulbergen9114]

I think you're referring to the 2WFRX Wells Fargo Leasing box cars. I'm don't know who the previous owner of those cars was or when it was modified but those 8 vents traditionally indicate the cars hauled baled pulp and this helps to vent it however it is missing the vents on the side walls. CP & CN have them most

[@gp3829]

@@paulbergen9114 Hi, thanks for the info. I half-guessed they might be Vents and now you mention the baled pulp - that would confirm it.

[@paulbergen9114]

@@gp3829 we still have a lot of Wisconsin.Central cars like that and biggest short line group.is OAR Old Augusta RR. Fun to watch them Steam on a Sub-Zero day!

[@kenwoodbury1888]

Wait just a minute, is this video telling me that in Ohio the trees are blossoming and leaves are sprouting.? We've got snow and frigid temps coming tonight and tomorrow. Not to mention that yesterday, I went flying ass over heels on the ice. I gotta move south.

[@jax9769]

Old vid that was just posted

[@kenwoodbury1888]

Thank you, perhaps if I had engaged my brain I might have figured it out on my own. Maybe. I have been watching too many Leland Sklar videos as he tours Texas, It's green almost everywhere down there. That already had me thinking that I am much too far north.

[@alandavis1245]

Im near Cincinnati and we have had motorcycles out a couple times this week. Wont be long now

[@remylopez4821]

Some of those locomotives look like they have ALCO trucks under them

[@rearspeaker6364]

ex- southern railway locos.

[@beeble2003]

1:00 I just had to laugh when I noticed that the sign for the Flashy Mobile Signs company is... black and white paint on a wall. Presumably, the Classic Static Signs company has some kind of gaudy, animated neon. 🤣

[@DamionJTrains]

I feel like I saw this train. Might I ask the date this was recorded

[@chrisrich7281]

Is this a good railroad company to work for?

[@ЖеняСладкий-в5з]

Good video ))))

[@dougobrien4877]

The tracks in the first part of the video look to be in rough shape. With the recent derailment in Ohio you’d think railroads would maintain their track to be in better shape.

[@Poker2662]

The tracks in question are more than acceptable for the 10mph speed restriction through downtown Canton, and the zoomed-in angle makes exaggerates any mildly bad spot. Nothing to see here.

[@Pitchblackplays]

The tracks always look horrendous when you zoom in. But I promise you, new ties were just installed there and the rail was just regauged along with tamping and regulating. All WLE tracks in service are constantly and meticulously inspected because WLE doesn't play around with safety.

[@TheWeavingBagel]

nice

[@davezobeljr9025]

How can the rails be that bad like that. How does the NTB allow it. especially now with all the derailments

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I don’t see anything in my footage that indicates bad track for the speed they’re running