Grand River Railway's first run in 13 years with CSX 2773 in Grand River, Ohio
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Well after 13 years, the Grand River Railway began running a train for the first time on their newly-acquired tracks since CSX's abandonment in 2002.
The first portion of the video shows the crew switching in the Painesville Yard to get the hang of things as Q227 passes behind them.
CSX 2773 starts to shove four salt cars north to Morton Salt and quickly ran into a problem once it got to the downtown area of Grand River, Ohio: The patrons at Pickle Bills restaurant parked on the tracks. Since the tracks haven't been used in 13 years, the locals adjusted to using the trackage an extra space to park their vehicles. You can see throughout the middle of the video where a few vehicles moved as the train stopped and waited for them to move.
Once they moved, 2773 started shoving again towards Morton and from there the crew tied the train down and turned off the engine as they finished their first of many days to come. - Zábava
There is a huge disused military ammo storage dump near me. The dump had its own narrow gauge railway and several miles of track in a big loop plus plenty of sidings. There are two diesel locomotives and a selection of box and flat cars in the engine shed. I have tried every route possible to get in there,legally! Imagine having your own railway? I have even volunteered to service and restore the rolling stock and tracks but no joy. It is there just to break my heart and tease me! Can't even give free labour to look after something that's not been used for over 25 years!!
Nice to see trains using old tracks again
Oh wow I can't believe a video like this is on CZcams, I live in the area and have seen these abandoned tracks but wasn't sure if they were running trains through there. Thanks for the upload!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Its awesome to see a line come back to life. The line through my town came back to life just after this one. CCET is the new company on the NS line in my town. You did a great chase!
I live to see abandoned rail lines being used again! 10-4
It's the future
Rail is just so much more efficient than any other land based logistical service that uses lorries delivery vans, and automobiles.
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For a year I lived on Richmond Road in that duplex back up a gravel drive by the Grand River. I think those tracks run just below the house, down a steep embankment. It would have been a huge surprise to hear a train idle through there. :) I used to ride my bike through Grand River on the way down to lake Erie. It looks like the train went into Morton Salt.
I must say, i really love the sound of a gp38 engine.
One of my favorites!
I prefer the SD40-2.
Good to not only see an old railway brought back to life but an old Geep still moving cars around! One of my old friends watches one a local entity up there in Ohio close to lake Erie switch cars back and fourth for Morten Salt too with his young son. I seem to remember a completely black GP-10. cant remember the railroad though.
And the Double-Leaser Autorack just casually rolls by in the background... Nice catch!
Many seemingly abandoned tracks were recovered from being paved over, in my location. The ones that were still active when the paved over ones were recovered were upgraded for faster and longer trains. The recovered tracks only get slower, short trains.
I live in Newark Ohio and there is a abandoned Railroad crossing at forry Street that got paved over last year and the train trestle over raccoon Creek is still in pretty good shape not the Columbus and Ohio Railroad train trestle it's in really bad shape
According to CZcamsr Newark Tower one Ohio Central may be running X stone trains to St Louisville Ohio and beyond in the future that's part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that used to go all the way up to Sandusky Ohio back in the day that line is about to get really busy soon and I am very excited
@@austinmiller3497 It may be in disrepair by the railroad. But, unless the railroad sold the land, it can renew its interest in an ancient route and order the old tracks dug up by those that covered them.
@@indridcold8433 Yeah very true part of that area is supposed to become a bike trail in the future that line has not seen a train for over 10 years I saw that more of the brush and debris had been removed off the rails and ties further away from the train trestle that crosses over raccoon Creek and not far from The Trestle in a video I have on here Ohio Central was storing some tanker cars on that line from nearby the train trestle to the tectum plant building and there used to be a switch there too I would like to see a Ohio Central use that line again for train car storage and rail service and according to what I saw online and on my railroad apps the Columbus and Ohio Railroad still owns it
great video 5 stars we always love when people get the opportunity to catch history in the making we all got a kick out of watching those people have to move their cars at the beginning especially that box truck im from an area where one of the lines we work here isnt used to often either so i can imagine it must have been like pulling teeth getting people to move wonder if anyone thought he was nuts saying they had to move cuzz of a train lol any way great video keep up the amazing work 5*****s
Happy Train Watching ! :)
thanks for sharing this i loved old railraod tracks like this
Kenny Crafton , i also like that videos, i m from pakistan
Glad to see the YN2 on that GP38-2 is in remarkable shape.
Very nice to see new life brought into old lines. Especially with so many lines being abandoned.
What a beauty!! If I could only work for csx..
Ok, now I want to go and eat at Brennan's Fish House...
That darn Pickle Bill's!
Thanks for video. My grandfather worked in railroad!!
CSX 2773 was built 6/1978 as CR (Conrail) 8194
Excellent to see you documented this. I have ate at Brennan's and Pickle Bills many times since I grew up in Fairport. Only saw a train here once growing up, back in the Conrail era. Hopefully they will work some weekends so I can make the 4 hour each way to see them! Also nice extra bonus on that dual lease auto rack!
Scott Taipale Thanks Scott! As of now the crew said they'd be doing weekday work only, but all of that is subject to change. Also, that rack train is in the video uploaded right before this, I was able to get it again in Berea as you'll see with lucky timing.
+santoro2020 They ought to make this a tourist line as well and have one center cab locomotive and two cars since this looks like a tourist location.
i grew up in mentor. i have two questions for you, 1) how old are you, if you don't mind me asking. and 2) there used to be a second bridge crossing the river down river from fairport rd. if my memory services me right, that one used to a lift bridge like R&R bridge in Cleveland crossing the cuyahoga river. is my memory right or wrong. now mind you i was maybe 8,9,10yrs at the time and I'm 46 now.
Dale S Looks like on Google maps the bridge you are talking about is gone.
Scgdgsdfghhu
3:05 the airbrakes spew all over the tracks! 🤣🤣🤣
Very cool 😎 love seeing all of the vehicles moving out of the way! Hehe 😉
I love this video, I watched it several times. As this track is revived, I think it would be necessary to draw yellow painted line along it at this place.
Jacques, from France.
Good to see CSX finally reopened the line!!
They didn't
CSX sold it to the Grand River Railway and gave them the GP38-2
Santoro how about some more vids of Grand River? Very interesting when the people come out to watch the train. How is it going with the train going right through the town like that? Love it. Pete
Great catch!
"No, I haven't seen a train on these tracks in years! Oh wait..."
B-b-b-b-but ... that's my assigned parking spot! You CAN'T just go and run a train through here after 13 years!
Ram it at full speed
lol
Guess what...railroad owns the right of way
Great catches of trains it's nice to see CSX using the old tracks again and I live in Newark Ohio and I hope CSX will return to Newark Ohio in the future
Excellent video....👍
0:25 nice autorack train with HCLX leading!
Car driver “I don’t understand how my car got hit by a train “ engineer “ we left track so you would know we were coming back “
Nice shots!
Great Video!
Nice looking GP
Nice sound of a Roots driven EMD 16-645 engine :-)
Well done video. Would like to have seen close-ups of people being notified and moving their vehicles.Anyone riding on the first car to instruct the engineer. What about holding a portable horn?Any track problems discovered? That fuel tank is very close to the ground.
Great catch Nick!!!
Very Nice!
very cool!
At 3:45 is that a blind shove? Didn't see a trainman riding the back( lead) unless he was on the ground out of sight
I notice all four hoppers have the bottom two rungs of the ladders painted white on both ends. Is this something new? I don't recall seeing this on other covered hoppers.
I had hoped someone would've been able to catch the first loads out of Morton. Thanks. I'm curious to how many cars they moved out yesterday as I was there for the loading of the initial two around noon but I couldn't stay for the pickup. Did you happen to hear any radio traffic and what frequency if you did?
TrainBubba I believe yesterday was more or less just getting the hang of things, the crew came up to us at the end of their run to talk to us and they staid they still don't know too much of the area. So Friday was just a test run, non-revenue from what I got from talking to them.
santoro2020 Loved also your catch of the people dashing out to their cars in front of Pickle Bills!! I knew that was going to happen. At noon there was a beer truck unloading. Imagine if this occurs at dinner hour!!!
So amazing to see the first run. What were the police doing after the train passed the restaurants? It looked like several automobiles needed to move out of the way before the train could proceed. Are the crossings flagged at all?
bgsudude81 The police came to help get the people to move their cars as you saw them needing to be moved after being parked at Pickle Bills restaurant.
An old Conrail Unit 8194
Given this is what I would call shunting, where there drivers actually don’t have visibility of what is in front of them, but they are going this movement outside of a yard, how did they do this safely with Li limited to no forward visibility?
The conductor was driving his vehicle the entire time spotting for the engineer.
Did they make any public announcement to keep people from parking where they would block the track? I noticed that they had to get a delivery truck and a couple of cars moved where they were fouling the track.
+Allyssa Andrews I have no idea, I'd imagine new signage and notifications were posted around that area once the railroad started gaining a steady schedule through that location.
That is not needed as long as the tracks are there you stay clear of the tracks active or not a train can come any minute and he might not wait for you to move your vehicle off the tracks
Fouling the track, Allyssa that was hilarious. You go girl!
Nice Nick.
salamander078 Thanks Matt!
Lol HLCX and Ex-Union Pacific In the Background 😂😂
Nice to see
Very nice, is this spur still in use? I enjoyed the scenes, an interesting industrial typology, one that is rapidly disappearing in modern railroading.
Always expect a train :)
Ken Dufresne any time, any direction
@@jasonwhipp5721 *Gets hit by train going straight down*
Interesting. The crew had some serious crossing violations with no flag man at the first grain car. I guess safety was not an issue.
I have to write this under the orders of my 6 year old... "Tell them this must be fake the trains are going backwards". so now all you nice folks know. lol
Another child complaining of “fake news”😉
Sure were a lot of people trespassing on railroad property.
When?
Nice :)
Are they leasing the CSX GP40 or 38 or is it CSX doing the railroads work ?
Justin Voelker Yes, CSX sent this GP38-2 to them from Selkirk.
It would be very good tolive in the houses besides railrod
Maybe me missing something here...but why the use of the cop car there, when people should know the train is crossing? 😂😂
The fuel tank on that big boy is very close to the ground? Looks like only a few inches of air under it? Not funny if there anything on or next to tracks? Sounds good either way.
Wish you could tell us which industry needed cars again after 13 years? Whose tracks are those in fyy try UNT of the plant?
In front of the plant?
theres an old illinois central back there
I wonder how much prepping they had to do to the tracks in the days before they ran a train through there again...(?)
Nice
Those tracks look pretty old
I think the engine needs oil checked...
I am sadic, I love this train disturbing people, on its land ! lol Anyway, I love trains, in all the world, and I hate trucks.
I looked on GE, the track goes on 200 yards after the factory, and is cut, there was another factory a bit further. On these 2018 pictures, you can see parked wagons... and no more cars on the track in front of the restaurant ! This line is fully used. Jacques, from France.
First time in 13 years and they do it in reverse!
this would be a fun track to take a handcar or a Speeder down
+microbusss I'm not a huge speeder fan but I highly agree, going through that downtown area would be awesome.
+santoro2020 YEAH
WITH permisson of course & sign a waiver saying "that the railroad is not responsible for any accidents or death you cause" LOL
Near the end that guys fuckin loud ass harley is louder than the train 40 feet away! !!😄😄😄
I I know train 2773 it comes to my town a lot
No rail service for 13 years. Did a new customer needed rail service or did an old customer come back. Also is it a long term or short term thing.
+Ginger Rail Morton Salt came back, there's plenty of track back there that were abandoned once CSX took over (roughly that time) and left Morton Salt and a cement(?) company left to ship by other means. From what I remember, a contract for salt in Columbus is what got the salt rail service going again. Also, as far as I know, the Grand River plans to have this be as long as a service as possible, they received two SW1500's recently that were painted in the B&O passenger paint scheme, so it's clear they mean business.
Nick
+santoro2020 How much line is left and does it need to be fixed. And is there any news whether the cement company will be added. Track that goes past the salt company was that part of a main line or did it alway go to nowhere.
It's about 2.5 miles total and should still all remain, but I don't know what industry/siding tracks have been ripped out. As far as I know, most of it is there with potential to expand into the cement plant next to Morton Salt. I'm sure if the cement plant opens a contract with the Grand River, there would need to be inspections on the tracks but should be in good shape. And the tracks ended towards the lake at Morton Salt I believe.
+santoro2020 Will the GRR be switching any other places, or just here.
+santoro2020 And thanks for videos and infor. Its good to see lines reused and not rip up.
I bet u everyone was like oh shit when they saw that train rolling threw. 😂😂😂
No shoving platform?🤔
What city is this in?
How long is Grand River Railway. Do you have any customers?
GP9 body with a upgraded cab ?
Orion TheGamingRaptor GP38-2
I'm late but on 258 it looks like its on the road lol..but its not.
Great
Are they still using that track now in 2017
Or now, in Jan. 2018 ?
Or now in septmwber 2018?
Or now January 2019
Or now February 2019?
Or now in April 2019?
@ 3:54 Was that Williams St. ?
+freighttrainsahpassing Yessir!
Is 2773 still in YN2 paint?
I believe so but in indefinite storage.
how can get see of someone or something is on the track or not
I wish i have a few billion to restore, rebuild tracks in central Texas, many old time railroads died from 1941-2003 and left behind railroad dumps, roadbed, old iron bridges, and neat depots... Cotton Belt, St Louis Southwestern, Stephenville Texas North and South, Central Texas Railroad (Peanut Line) and Temple Northwestern Railroad, all died, and left behind trinkets of a once proud railroad... Never ever coming back, unless i find lawyers, investors and property owners willing and able to help, but it's a no-go... If you or anyone visits Texas, visit Gorman,TX, Dublin,TX, Stephenville,TX, Waco,TX, Temple,TX Killeen,TX, Copperas Cove,TX San Saba,TX Brady,TX.. Brownwood,TX Ireland,TX Aleman,TX... A railroad graveyard.... Just a few trinkets of railroad history...
You forgot to mention Llano, but that line is being restored if I remember correctly by some light rail
New paint on her
Shame
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Lots of trains there now on Google maps image
0:27 and 0:28 YAYYYY
I am like #2000 i guess :D
Nobody switches to get the hang of things. U either got it or u don’t.
At first i thought wow an old train with no
graffiti. But then at 4:22 there it is. The stupid gang tags.
Now I don't mind it a bit when they actually do art on them.
I've seen a lot of really good art on trains. But the gang tags make them look bad. Really bad.
Cop running a little late
I Noticed that too! Lol
No caboose? How
un American of you!
lol
Schola718 haha
santoro2020 that part where they had to wait for the cars to move was funny. I would have been like wth? There hasn't been a train here in 13 years, now one wants to show up today LOL
What this country needs is a rail road bridge to China
No. Just NO.
bomb china to ashes they are just theives, spy steal & copy.
OK Beemer.
Get this country back to work !!! Screw the damn food stamps and we'll fare. GO TRUMP !!!!
Go away.
yeah go away. backwards comment. of course US went backwards voting him in.