“WE ARE TRAINS!” A BIG THANKS TO ALL OUR SUBSCRIBERS, 400K IS SO CLOSE! LOADED GRAB BAG 1/7&8/23

[@parailfan]

11:43 That was very thoughtful of the Amtrak station at Tuscon putting together a celebration for Joseph Eskenazi. Happy Birthday Joseph and thank you for serving our country.

[@kennethhanks6712]

May he survive many more Dec. 7 Anniverseries!

[@markrobinson3830]

Happy birthday to a soldier that lived through everything in his 105 years. May he be blessed with many more birthdays and anniversaries to come.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

We are blessed with a fabulous crew at the Tucson AMTRAK station. Joseph is one of the many who received greetings on transiting the station. His journey though is very high profile though.

[@20PINKluvr]

I wonder what his secret to long life is.

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Thank you Joseph for serving in AMERICA’S NAVY!

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

@@T_Hoog my mistake, the same thanks is still given!

[@jasminaalm]

I would have nothing to eat without trains ! i still live close to tracks. I love the thought of trains. There is no life without trains in Southern California. The sound of trains makes me happy.

[@johncamp2567]

How nice of you to feature the Eskenazi tribute! The last of a special breed of American heroes.

[@christinatweet6580]

Were those men code talkers in WWII ??....No! Just saw, this man was a Pearl Harbor survivor..Great to honor him as they did. 👍❤️👍

[@TranscontinentalRailfan]

Awesome grab bag! Thank you for your service, Joseph!

[@jonny7dreamin]

Probably not the only railfan here in England but thoroughly enjoyed your video. more of them please!! Thank you. A retired railwayman...❤👍

[@suzycheshire21]

You're not! I watch on wife's account, should get get my own I suppose. We live near Crewe, a shadow of the place we visited as kids from Manchester. For my 60th I got a present for a day on the East Lancs Railway at Bury. In the morning we had a go on the footplate of a BR standard tender loco, driving and firing. Whilst firing my shovel shot off into the firebox and I was left with just the 'T' bar in my hand, Embarrassing enough but in the afternoon we went round the works and they had already retrieved the shovel, misshapen through heat but largely intact and mounted in on a board. To this day I wonder if it was indeed 'my' shovel as the firebox should have reduced the wooden part to ashes. Whatever, I have still got the T minus the rest.

[@Jackcouldnotgethisrevenge]

Congratulations to Joseph Eskenasi for making this far and for serving are county during a time of need almost 100 years ago.

[@albertvieira6635]

I'm gonna make sure that my friend watches this video he will like it guaranteed A double Thumbs up Job well done

[@_delaney_r]

Congrats! Thanks for putting your time and effort into letting us have a place to watch trains from home! :)

[@bozodog428]

I think railfans might be some of the happiest folks in the world!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

I know I am I watch trains every day and go to sleep listening to them

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

On KZbin because there's none near my house

[@robadams5799]

2:04 - I thought it was cute how the girl in the middle of her group of friends made a heart shape with her fingers at then pointed at the camera.

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

🤮🤮🤮

[@danguid2753]

When I subscribed there were less than 50K subscribers. I visit regularly and thanks to you I travel. Greetings from France.

[@kens.3729]

Virtual Railfan Rocks the Trains. 👍🙏

[@roberttimmons6333]

Thank you Amtrak for honoring an living American Hero !!!

[@cncpgreatlakesdiv4896]

just awesome THANKS VRF😊😊👍👍

[@parailfan]

16:50 Nice close up of the Ballast Hoppers dispensing the ballast on to the right of way. Maintenance of Way action never disappoints me.

[@garyparker1937]

Love your sunset endings..so peaceful and beautiful...no one else rr fan site does this I believe. Thank you!

[@gordonbliss5301]

Thank you for your service Joseph, and happy birthday!!!!!!! :-)

[@coolchicken744]

There was a really cool grain car in Revelstoke yesterday morning, also I saw the (probably) chemical grain railcar but on a different train

[@MissRailfan]

Happy Birthday to an American Hero!

[@Mikes5785]

A real nice display of precision railroading in the traffic jam at Elkhart

[@caseymclaughlin9835]

Rochelle always has EMDs, A pleasure to watch. Thanks VR.

[@jimmiller3732]

What a show. Thank you

[@joannecarpenter8725]

Thank you for sharing the Eagles also 😊

[@toddbehrends1373]

I am still watching for that elusive orange swoosh!

[@michaelg.damons6229]

Good guitar music.

[@poohbearsmom160]

Excellent grab bag, as usual! I loved the race on Horseshoe Curve.

[@WaffleDragon]

Those SP AC44's sure are getting rare. I have a picture of 6248 in Georgia in 2018. I think she's been repainted now.

[@spnkysy791]

I love trains from watching old movies!

[@hvfd5956]

It is hard to watch these video's when UP is burning up the rails out back. It is hard to tell if it is a real train or one in the video. UP's line that run along US-79 between Austin and Taylor are only about 1/4 of a mile behind the rental duplex I am presently in. Regular passers on this single track line include almost daily hopper cars of something, often gravel headed east toward Taylor and perhaps on as far as Hearne (right now for all the concrete they are making for the new Samsung Chip plant in Taylor that is being built. Or the empties headed back west. We also get a full train of Autoracks, going either way about every other day. Then there is the assorted freight loads that spin by daily. Oh yeah, I almost forgot - we also get an Amtrak daily going one way or the other. Sometimes it is a run that goes in towards Austin and on down to San Antonio, then comes back out. You can always tell an Amtrak coming up as the horn is almost always pitched slightly higher...and they aren't letting any dust collect on their wheels - they are hauling tail.

[@markh58]

Virtual Rail Fans, we salute you🫡

[@scandncarearailfanner4886]

That’s me and a few of my friends at 18:03 in Thomasville!! Awesome job

[@TheQuebecRailfan]

who actualy ?

[@nedj10]

2 Amtraks in the entire vid at least one of them was pretty dern impressive.

[@heavenlydays2838]

So the Chessi logo is of a kitty sleeping on a pillow!? Now I know that is what it is after 63 years! Well now.

[@barrettwbenton]

"Chessie's" history is quite long...and, as a cat-dude, I strongly identify.

[@cecedavis6155]

Chessie's "Sleep Like a Kitten" from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is one of the greatest advertising campaigns in American history!

[@papiopapa356]

20:13 The red in the sky seems to be coming from the direction of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant on the other side of the Tennessee River from Decatur...but there's nothing to worry about, right?!?

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

🌼💐🇮🇳💐🌼 Nice Video

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

I miss chessi :( Rest in Peace kitten till we meet again

[@pietersleght6905]

now I know why the military is in Lagrange..........they do not obey the traffic rules..

[@rogertemple7193]

Army tanks and firewood.

[@kennethhanks6712]

1:35 Looks perhaps more like new, untreated ties heading for creosote plant.

[@TheQuebecRailfan]

I cant see the video right now but tonight, am gonna listen with some popcorn

[@christinatweet6580]

How about while drifting off to sleep?? 🥱🥱😴😴😴

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome!*

[@barrettwbenton]

25:50...sounds like an orchestra warming up...which somehow seems appropriate.

[@dannymccarty6680]

6:10 Looks like NS is trying out BNSF’s method of stacking trains on top with small fleets of locomotives so they don’t rust away in yards waiting for too few overworked engineers and conductors to man them. Assuming 4 of the 12 front end engines are actually pulling this train, 8 engines approximately 75’ in length occupy 600’ of track. Circulating fleets of idle engines around a railway system reduces the need for storage yards and their associated costs. UP has miles of mothballed locos stored in Arizona. NS & BNSF may not have that option. Just thinking out loud…. 🤧

[@chrisfrailfan7541]

I made it onto the VR Grab bag

[@jonathanburrowaz]

WHO AND WHERE IS THE ONE CONTROLLING THE POURING OF THE GRAVEL BALLAST???

[@KTRFP]

EPIC!! New grab bag.

[@zactherailfanner]

Hope you make it to 400k bud! I gotta get better beg school tomorrow

[@johnpyle6860]

When I see those loaded coal cars, I know all of us will not freeze in the dark this winter.

[@hvfd5956]

Are you referring to the Herzog cars around the 17 minute mark? That is not coal. It is track ballast. If you look closely, you will see there are two of the hoppers that are side mounted and periodically open and deposit fresh ballast along the side of the track. The first few hoppers are empty, then the next car is the one dropping ballast. Herzog is a contract maintenance of way company that mainly does track maintenance, but here in Austin, they also control the commuter trains movement on what used to be freight tracks. The freight contractor is Austin Western Railway, which was bought by WAMX a few years ago. Their local yard, all 4 tracks of it mostly does Diesel rebuilds. It is not unusual to see an engine or two with the hoods off.

[@dustin4]

Nice!

[@dncarac]

They're refilling ballast stones. Where do they go that they have to be refilled?

[@dannymccarty6680]

Herzog’s Ballast Depot

[@dncarac]

Never mind a Tesla. I want a tank

[@fraukatze3856]

Thanks!

[@Retired88M]

Who was controlling the flow of ballast on the ballast train?

[@JointedStudios]

Ive seen BNSF 5630 Leading a BNSF Coal train before.

[@kyleplayz3080]

2:18 what a jump scare

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

At 11:12, are those boxcars that are going to Modesto, CA entering revenue service?

[@markh58]

To me, the graffiti on the rail cars are such an eyesore.

[@mayhemhavoc272]

Subbed.

[@wyldemusick]

24:30 Chasing the fishies under the ice.

[@chucksayers1248]

I have a question. What is the purple haze from on certain engines

[@lynne6417]

Was that a heat of steel being poured off or a slag dump off in Decatur?

[@TheMetGuy]

I am ready for you to hit 400K subscribers and my membership has expired

[@billking8926]

Could someone let a long time railfan know what is "Purple Haze", other than a Jimi Hendrix tune?

[@Qrail]

Bill King. The color is from the ballast resistors on the dynamic brakes. Only detectable on video wavelength.

[@billking8926]

@@T_Hoog Thanks for taking the time to reply to my query. I've been a railfan for a looooong time and this is the first time I have heard of that term used

[@billking8926]

@@Qrail Thank you for the information. First time I heard of it was on Virtual Railfan

[@wyldemusick]

7:24 Tune those bagpipes, boys!

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

7:30, 12 Black beauties!

[@xeroxcopycat]

7:25 THUD - The Audience is Now Deaf...

[@schizoozy]

Does each engine on a multiple engine line-up require a full operating crew?

[@bnsffan6584]

What are the wood things in the cars?

[@robiscrupe7694]

i need my kitt y - kitty bring back chessie the kitty there CSX im mad that you changed the logo

[@davidbrown4823]

What are the reels? thank you.

[@nigelterry9299]

I"d subscribe again if I,could!!!

[@paulwilton735]

The graphetti makes me mad.

[@christinatweet6580]

graffitti 🥰☺️🥰 sp.?? 🤔

[@ntisoshl3201]

BNSF

[@V_E_X_OFFICIAL]

Why do you guys never include the horn guys at Horseshoe Curve?

[@ren-uz2mz]

they have

[@V_E_X_OFFICIAL]

@@ren-uz2mz rarely. We've been doing for years and it's never more than 5 seconds.

[@yeahman70]

Once again, Fairport NY camera is completely ignored. BC Rail C40-8M and CP ES44AC Olympic unit both passed yesterday, in clear daylight, yet once again, VRF includes a random Do Not Hump boxcar at Decatur, AL, which probably shows up every few days, and does not include the best trains. To the people at VRF, please actually put in some clips there because there is really cool stuff that passes, and this is just so dumb that something that rare wouldnt be included.

[@FrozenRose816]

Apparently you can submit a timestamp to the contact email on their website or tag a mod in the chat to do so if you see something you want considered for a grab bag.

[@BNSF556]

1st

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

18:26, giving rail-fans a bad name. Most likely tress-passing.

[@medicbabe2ID]

Don't you have a teacher to remind about the homework somewhere? Also, it's trespassing*

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

@@medicbabe2ID yes it is trespassing. Sometimes the voice texting gets it wrong. I stand by my comment.

[@vgan4theanimals]

We do not need to hurt animals. We can have a kinder, more compassionate world. It’s time to stop this unnecessary discrimination against these innocent beings, never mind taking the only thing they have in this world: their one life. Please be vegan moving forward.

[@romans9266]

These are becoming unwatchable due to the clowns dancing in front of the cameras in Ashland and the editors/mods who put them in the videos!

[@The_Pizza_Pilot]

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