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A decently large number of this type of wigwag actually survived on CNW and ex-CNW branchlines in Wisconsin into the late '90s and few even into the 2010s, but they were probably pretty unusual on the mainline by the time of this video. The last pair were at Saemann Ave. in Sheboygan, WI and were removed from service in early December, 2020. Your meet actually reminds me of one I caught on the BNSF near Prairie du Chien, WI at the end of July 2014 (I'll be uploading that video for the 10th anniversary in a few days). Only this time it was westbound intermodal and eastbound autoracks. The autorack train even had an old UP GE second out (in this case a C40-8, which by then was as unusual as a C30-7 like 2451 was in 1992).

The beginning of F.R.E.D

Super cool stuff!

Any chance you have or know of a video of amtrak 801?

good ol day !!!!

That video was very good having been almost 30 year old technology. Nice video and thanks.

I noticed the westbound empty coal train had hoppers with rotary couplers facing both directions and then had coal gons on the end. Usually don't see that. That train is not made up for loading because if sent to a power plant with a rotary dumper, those hoppers could only be bottom unloaded through the gates, since there were fixed couplers connected. Then there were the gons on the rear that required a rotary dumper - that string all appeared to be lined correctly. That train probably got re-sorted at the South Morrill NE yard, or the cars were being sent to the inspection facility south of Bill WY. Thanks!

Great stuff!!

I used to love to railfan at the east end of Marshalltown Yard and listen to those GP7's throttling up!

Boy that AC4400 was as fresh as it gets! Only two months left for the CNW at this point.

What happened to the 5 chime that was on 8419?

Thank you for uploading these, crazy how much has changed since these videos were taken. I've spent lots of time at Santa Fe Junction in the last 5-6 years wondering what those searchlight signals have seen, and now I have an idea.

Awesome stuff, i graduated in 1994, love to hear the prime horns and leslie horns, great memories for me.

At about 1:10 you can see the old Montgomery Wards warehouse in the background where my mom and I worked for many years.

It's amazing how everything looked back then vs now

I really like seeing old those old cars and their reporting marks, especially the RI/CNW renumbered cars. Thanks for sharing.

Holly smokes…51 trains in a single day!!! Camden still looks much the same today is it did nearly 30 years ago…minus the telegraph poles and the wigwam. Great perspective on how things have and haven’t changed over the decades. Thanks for sharing👍💯

The NS I remember and grew up watching in Danville IL.

Thanks for posting. Always good to see the CNW green and yellow. Retired CNW locomotive guy 36 years….great time…. great people!! Hired in ‘74 Milwaukee… ‘86 Council Bluffs ….’92 Proviso…’03 back to Butler shop in Milwaukee and 2010 “pulled the pin” miss it all very much at times👍😎

Enjoy your videos of railroads in the 90s in the Midwest. Takes me back to my younger days and HS years as this to me was when watching trains was an experience.

I remember all that green rolling through Scottsbluff Nebraska years ago and later with Santa Fe mixed in for awhile. Great video you have.

That was a cool video. I remember seeing CNW trains running the cowboy line past Chadron Nebraska when I was a kid in the 80s. Most of that track is long ripped up except for a small section around Chadron for the Little short line and round house. Its a pretty cool place.

It's absolutely heinous what Soo Line did to Milwaukee Road locomotives.

Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Intermodal 48' van. I had no idea they invested in such equipment. Shortlines can be very surprising. And fun to model. UP inherited SP's grunge look. Except with SP it was kind of endearing.

Conrail in KC is cool. Run through agreement with Santa Fe seems likely. Have you noticed that even though it's dead of winter the railroads kept their locomotives relatively clean? BN and Santa Fe especially valued their corporate image. One look at UP today and you have to ask, why are your locomotives so f'n grungy? Can't afford degreaser? It's really disappointing being an old railfan today.

For all the railroads running in and out of Chicago, it's nowhere near as tightly packed as KC, which makes KC unique as an urban railfan hotspot. And Santa Fe Jct. is the king of them all. It's like a 3D chess board. Everywhere you look; up, down, left, right, front, back, there's a potential rail line hosting a train. Very cool, pre-mega merger video. And yeah, what's up with all the Wisconsin Central rolling stock? Too cool. lol

Glad to see your old videos!

I have a pic of Gate Way Western 3020 going behind my house . I will put it on my main page so you can see it. Many great videos you have. Those were great times, and a great spot to film . Days of future past !!! Thank you so much for posting.

i feel sick that i was only a year old at this time. what a time to have been by the rails.

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Traffic jam at AT&SF JCT.😊

Once again, excellent content!! Keep em’ coming!

Great footage!

those grey units, 2176 and 2144 were at that time csx units and both became csx road slugs.

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9:00 I looked up UP 25800 to try to see if it was still around. Turns out, it was UP's first bay window caboose.

Nowadays, NS runs mostly in the late afternoon and nights. You'll be lucky to catch one running west in the day if they're running super late.

Holliday doesn't look much different minus a bunch of trees and bushes along the upper track.

00:37 the first video I've seen with an NLG box car. North Louisiana & Gulf. Thanks for sharing this.

Awesome video

Seeing that SOO lead loco brings back memories of when I lived in excelsior springs mo during that time of this video being made. It’s probably the same one that ran though there .

I live in orrick just down the road. I miss seeing that old wig wag!

Neat. I'm going to guess that wooden bridge isn't there anymore.

Interesting they added a "normal" crossing bell in addition to the wigwag's built-in gong...out west IIRC it seems they mostly just used the gong by itself. Most Midwest roads (such as C&NW/Milwaukee Road) used WRRS wigwags which did not have built-in gongs, but Soo Line also used these Magnetic Signal Company ones. Man, would kill to see power like this over the last ~17 or so years since I took up railfanning.

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Nice ….visited MT shop many times in my CNW time….nice shop great people 👍😎

Boy I bet that E was happier then a pig in shit to get out and run free again, even if just for a couple days.

Watching 31 years to the day! Thanks for uploading!

I lived in LaVista Nebraska in the 70s and 80s im pretty sure I remember seeing GW equipment in Omaha in the late 70s early 80s . Am I dreaming?