WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU… NUCOR SWITCHER! ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF HUGE BOXCAR, 2 STEAM ENGINES

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  • Lightning, Riding the Shove Caboose style, 3-Way in Galesburg, Chessie Engine looking beautiful in the setting sun & way more!
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    Our VRF Grab Bags (GB) videos are compiled from content from our cameras as Mods and fans spot something neat while watching our cameras. In the GB you will, of course, find a variety of TRAIN content, special trains, maintenance, steam, diesels, interesting rail cars, cool paint schemes and more. You will also find fun people, city events, boats, planes, cars (sometimes going wild) and nature. Thank you for taking the time to sit back and enjoy these highlight reels that we call "Grab Bags"!
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  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 Před měsícem +10

    That poor truck owner...but the steam engine footage was wonderful--especially with everybody waving at everybody else and the Amish guys in black and white. The lightning in Big Sandy was beautiful, and the car show in Revy was a blast--thanks for another great one!

    • @StephenLevine-r4d
      @StephenLevine-r4d Před 6 dny

      Sorry, I thought you were referring to the fire department’s response time and not the “extended warranty”

  • @Yormsane
    @Yormsane Před měsícem +21

    6:50 "Bacon Ridge" sounds like a breakfast joint most railfans would approve of.

    • @andyolin3988
      @andyolin3988 Před měsícem +9

      I would eat there, because........? BACON!!🤩😍🤪

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před měsícem +1

      I was wondering if it got named that because somebody shot a hog up there...

  • @foreststewart1968
    @foreststewart1968 Před měsícem +7

    Steam locomotive in black & white. Nice touch! It's the little details!

  • @davidhopson729
    @davidhopson729 Před měsícem +8

    I thought the Mustang was cool until the 427 Corvette came into view!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @yyzedd
    @yyzedd Před měsícem +11

    The black and white footage at 8:16 is the best yet - if not for the modern string lights in the foreground, it would be perfect. Is it 2024 or the early 1900's?

  • @tytn9978
    @tytn9978 Před měsícem +5

    There's nothing quite like a "classic" vehicle show! Brings back memories of the days gone by when I could name every car and truck make that passed by our family farm!

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan Před měsícem +4

    2:19 a rare treat for the grab bag, a steam double header, complete with a caboose! 😁

  • @paulaschlager
    @paulaschlager Před měsícem +3

    Thank you, thank you so much!! What a great Grab Bag and the ending with the car show, I was dancing along with my headphones on!! You made this old lady very happy!!

  • @The_Dudester
    @The_Dudester Před měsícem +5

    Thank you so much for the look at those vintage vehicles. 🙂🙂👋👋👋♥

  • @danacampbell-vu2ut
    @danacampbell-vu2ut Před měsícem +5

    Just love your lightning shows!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍📹❤️😃

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před měsícem +1

      And the rain-and-light show too!

  • @Tom-id1wl
    @Tom-id1wl Před měsícem

    Best regards from Hamburg Germany😃

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Před měsícem +1

    The old N&W cabooses are always nice to see, filmed that one before in Roanoke, nice footage of the 630 and 4501,great video!🛤🚂

  • @cartergreene750
    @cartergreene750 Před měsícem

    Cool car show‼️😊

  • @railyardfilms6491
    @railyardfilms6491 Před měsícem +5

    Car show was incredible

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan Před měsícem +8

    *Awesome Catches*

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 Před měsícem +3

    I love going to car shows as love older pick up trucks. the triple train catch was wow.

  • @themechanic9226
    @themechanic9226 Před měsícem +9

    11:31 That’ll buff out. 😆

    • @railfannerjs6308
      @railfannerjs6308 Před měsícem

      My toast was burnt to a crisp this morning, not as much as that truck 😂

  • @glocke380
    @glocke380 Před měsícem +2

    That paint job looked so real!

  • @CharlesUrban
    @CharlesUrban Před měsícem +17

    The sped-up footage of the firefighters putting out the truck looked like something out of a 1920s or 1930s short film. All it needed was Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" in the background.

  • @ChessieSystemFan
    @ChessieSystemFan Před měsícem +1

    7:47 I’m sorry, but why does that Conrail Boxcar look so fresh!

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 Před měsícem +4

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the CSXT1973, ChessieSystem, in Deshler, Ohio, I like them, they're awesome, I hope everybody's okay at the red pickup truck in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much.

    • @MediumApproachSlow
      @MediumApproachSlow Před měsícem +2

      Just saw her last night

    • @the-terrible63
      @the-terrible63 Před měsícem +1

      @@MediumApproachSlow Really?

    • @MediumApproachSlow
      @MediumApproachSlow Před měsícem +1

      @the-terrible63 yup didn't get a great photo though which is fine as it was the third time I've seen the locomotive. She was on m631 to Avon indiana.

  • @TinkerTailor4303
    @TinkerTailor4303 Před měsícem +4

    Wonder if Revy checked out the car show?!
    That effect at Paradise was cool -- black and white, old train and the (?) Amish boys watching.😊

  • @jeffdayman8183
    @jeffdayman8183 Před měsícem +3

    At 5:22 - great to see some loads from the Paul Bunyan toothpick factory (Blue Ox brand?). Nice looking 57 Chebbies (and many other beauties) at Rev. Great grab bag! Cheers.

  • @jtr990
    @jtr990 Před měsícem +5

    Not the first time I've seen a truck caught fire, even on a Nissan Titan.

  • @user-uz6oy9qf3f
    @user-uz6oy9qf3f Před měsícem

    We love Strasburg R.R. and have been on it many times . A great photo moment with the Amish Children watching the train.. love the trains, fun to watch and listen to...

  • @williamralph5442
    @williamralph5442 Před měsícem

    It’s fun to see train action from around the country. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

  • @palmertrainvidos
    @palmertrainvidos Před měsícem +1

    great catches love it

  • @keonikaig9247
    @keonikaig9247 Před měsícem +4

    ❤AWESOME❤

  • @oscarcubas3792
    @oscarcubas3792 Před měsícem

    That’s awesome 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @jefferykeeper9034
    @jefferykeeper9034 Před měsícem +3

    Thats when cars and trucks had style

  • @kcsthebetterway
    @kcsthebetterway Před měsícem

    Double heading 4501 with 630 brings back memories 😊

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 Před měsícem +4

    Hi Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends & Randy

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 Před měsícem

    Nice rail and road coverage. I'm a Corvette guy so the Blue Vette caught my eye for sure.

  • @HoboEAT
    @HoboEAT Před měsícem +2

    The pick-up bed and rear end are salvageable.

  • @jimmyehlschlaeger3624
    @jimmyehlschlaeger3624 Před měsícem

    I saw that Illinois Central Gulf while train watching in Tolono, Illinois. VRF should put a camera there, in my opinion.

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Před měsícem +5

    It's Monday afternoon with VR Grab Bag and the great trains thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲

  • @kevinbaker4241
    @kevinbaker4241 Před měsícem

    (7:11) There is a Holmesville in Ohio, south of where I live. Never thought I'd see that name show up on a Cryo-Trans boxcar.

  • @yourultimamax
    @yourultimamax Před měsícem

    truth be told, I saw that IC Boxcar at my local train yard once at Flat Rock, Michigan on the CN/Former GT and boy was it cool!

  • @01FozzyS
    @01FozzyS Před měsícem +7

    LOL! So our famous La Grange was having some event and they didn't even take into account the trains that pass through there on a regular basis?

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Před měsícem +3

      Ah, if you believe that there is some ocean front property in Kansas you might be interested in purchasing.

  • @cxsarmusic_
    @cxsarmusic_ Před měsícem

    12:19 holyy 3 piece meet no way🔥

  • @user-xe3gx2ep4r
    @user-xe3gx2ep4r Před měsícem +1

    Beautiful cars at Revelstoke. Been there done that fighting a car fire. Been a volunteer firefighter for 47 plus years. Let the young whipper snappers do it now. lol. Question.when Amtrak breaks down and a rail company hooks up to it does the Amtrak crew drive the train or does the rail company provide engineers? Always wondered. lol. Thanks. Bruce in Wv!!!

  • @coreypeters4170
    @coreypeters4170 Před měsícem +1

    10:24, The truck's on fire!

    • @railfannerjs6308
      @railfannerjs6308 Před měsícem

      Gotta be combustion chamber issues. No car should be like that
      Especially in 2024

  • @timslager5966
    @timslager5966 Před měsícem +3

    Thanks for the "woka-woka-woka"!

  • @alanosilva886
    @alanosilva886 Před měsícem +7

    10:26 I didn't see anyone stop to provide any help.

    • @whydoibother1632
      @whydoibother1632 Před měsícem

      No it seems like they couldn't scramble to the left lane fast enough

    • @JackF99
      @JackF99 Před měsícem

      I didn't see anyone in the truck either

  • @colorado1088
    @colorado1088 Před měsícem

    Nice auto rack car with 10 ft. straight edge grafitti lettering down the side at 7:29.

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 Před měsícem +3

    I had a car that caught fire like that. Took a long time for it to burn past the engine and I was able to get everything out before the fire trucks came.

    • @colorado1088
      @colorado1088 Před měsícem

      I stopped and gave a guy my fire extinguisher once to put out his engine fire. When he put it out he was grateful but said he should have let it burn.

  • @user-vh1uc6in7b
    @user-vh1uc6in7b Před měsícem +30

    Guess what's Virtual Railfan sad news RIP Railfan Christopher Brusman 💙😢🕊️😇😇who's seen on CZcams video is NS CSX Railfan.

  • @trainlandia697
    @trainlandia697 Před měsícem

    4:56 “CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING?”

  • @Karl_Martin83
    @Karl_Martin83 Před měsícem +4

    Car on fire at 9:30

  • @ilonahauch7308
    @ilonahauch7308 Před měsícem

    Two steam vintage Locos with Caboose

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 Před měsícem +4

    Roanoke: SD40-2 NS 6079 + Caboose NS 555079 - Classic.

    • @ghancock1218
      @ghancock1218 Před měsícem +1

      And all of it original N & W.

    • @gp3829
      @gp3829 Před měsícem

      @@ghancock1218 That's good to learn of, thank you. I've got an Athearn B/Box NW SD40-2, so I will have to look out for a suitable Cab to paint & decorate. It was good to see the Cab in such nice, clean condition too.

  • @colefd
    @colefd Před měsícem

    Aways cool and the outro was, far out...

  • @xray606
    @xray606 Před měsícem

    I’m kind of shocked at that IC auto box. I thought all those were gone for sure.

  • @Z4Zander
    @Z4Zander Před měsícem +2

    @ 19:30.Noice rack and pinion.

  • @nolanharder167
    @nolanharder167 Před měsícem

    2:20 a double header

  • @jamesgeorge960
    @jamesgeorge960 Před měsícem +3

    sheesh that’s a lot of wheels squealing makes you to have a bad headache afterwards

  • @highlife0586
    @highlife0586 Před měsícem

    At 02:21..seeing those steam engines reminds me so much of my grandfather who worked on the railroad for forty some years..at 10:06 lets hope whoever the driver of that truck was got out of there and was uninjured. That truck is done.

  • @tallmansfavorites7563
    @tallmansfavorites7563 Před měsícem

    How do the "odd" pieces of rail equipment,like the grain inspector car or some local grain association grain car get inspected and certified OK to operate. I assume they have to pass some sort of annual(?) safety check?

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Před měsícem +1

      It is the responsibility of the owner/operators of said equipment just as if they are an operating railroad. If they don't have the "know how" they go thru contractors.

  • @jdsharp1366
    @jdsharp1366 Před měsícem

    Dad worked for IC for 43 years, good to see some IC cars still around after CN bought it.

  • @ilonahauch7308
    @ilonahauch7308 Před měsícem

    LA Grange, 1 Loco and auto racks

  • @Keikdv
    @Keikdv Před měsícem

    What do we see at 06:22? And if the loco is in plain sight at 13:55, why a 'black/white' shot at 14:09 too? Still puzzled what the background supposed to be at 14:40 Nice long train, though.

  • @jhonsiders6077
    @jhonsiders6077 Před měsícem +1

    So much plastic used even in the fire wall of newer vehicles they burn fast !

  • @leonardadamson3257
    @leonardadamson3257 Před měsícem

    12:24 three trains at a time

  • @hunterwolfscar2287
    @hunterwolfscar2287 Před měsícem +1

    Did That Red Pickup Truck Had Overheat Problem?

    • @georgeadams1853
      @georgeadams1853 Před měsícem

      Probably a fuel line or oil leak. Some makes and types of vehicles are more prone than most to engine fires, but I don't think Nissan is one of them. (Looked like a Nissan badge on the tailgate as it was being hauled away.) Makes you wonder where he last had the engine serviced.

  • @StephenLevine-r4d
    @StephenLevine-r4d Před 6 dny

    9:31 Come on! The OKCFD responded within 8 minutes to the truck fire on the southbound lanes of the Centennial Expressway. Your headline is unfair to a fine fire department!

  • @DCxViper
    @DCxViper Před měsícem +3

    seems like the p42's been breaking down alot lately?

  • @mikehudsonrocks9585
    @mikehudsonrocks9585 Před měsícem

    Mopar!!!!

  • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
    @lowellvillerailfanproductions Před měsícem +6

    So they put up a road closed sign for when a train goes Street running?

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Před měsícem +6

      Looks like the street was closed for an event not related to the CSX train running.

    • @poowg2657
      @poowg2657 Před měsícem +1

      They should. More accidents there on VR than anywhere else.

    • @lowellvillerailfanproductions
      @lowellvillerailfanproductions Před měsícem +2

      @@poowg2657 I would argue that Ashland probably sees about the same the only difference is with this location is that the train literally runs on the street so my argue could be invalid

    • @poowg2657
      @poowg2657 Před měsícem

      @@lowellvillerailfanproductions Come to think of it, Ashland does have a lot of oopsidents but more of the "Make a hard turn onto railroad tracks, proceed until car gets stuck and/or damaged, notify police and call wrecker" type.

  • @thebnsftracker1317
    @thebnsftracker1317 Před měsícem

    That poor truck. It didn't deserve to go out that way.

    • @tarnishedknight730
      @tarnishedknight730 Před měsícem +1

      A guy 3 blocks down from me was rebuilding a Charger. Not sure what year but it was an older one.
      Had most of the body done and finally got the engine running right.
      Closed it up and locked it for the night. Left a cigarette burning in the ashtray...
      Raise your hand when you think you know where this is going.
      Long story short: The fire department had to pry the hood and both doors open. Even the taillights were melted.
      This truck reminds me of that.

  • @GE25tonner
    @GE25tonner Před 22 dny

    cant we use trash to fuel for steam trains??

  • @DTD110865
    @DTD110865 Před měsícem

    A notable roof leak in Dalton, Georgia.

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 Před měsícem

    My eyes, my eyes, I'm a go blind, the half nude girl on the side o the truck!!!

  • @truckinpoppop6777
    @truckinpoppop6777 Před měsícem +2

    What do the different names on the refer cars represent?

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Před měsícem +5

      Some are places and some are names depending on the company.
      Cryo-Trans are places.

    • @yyzedd
      @yyzedd Před měsícem +2

      Mostly towns and cities. Like Bat Cave North Carolina and Fries Virginia.

    • @siglavikingkearns8108
      @siglavikingkearns8108 Před měsícem

      @@yyzedd There's a "Carberry" town in Manitoba.

    • @Keikdv
      @Keikdv Před měsícem

      @@jamesmckenzie3532 is Truth or Consequences a city in the US? (Car number 5265) And there are more with names NOT belonging to places.

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Před měsícem

      @@Keikdv TorC is a town in New Mexico. It is located between Albuquerque and Las Cruces on I-25.

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 Před měsícem

    Hey Deshler dry the water off the lens

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před měsícem +1

      Oh heck no--that was a gorgeous light show!

  • @georgeadams1853
    @georgeadams1853 Před měsícem

    9:47 Oops! He opened the hood.

  • @lancomedic
    @lancomedic Před měsícem

    Someone please explain the first part of the title. Thanks.

  • @ilonahauch7308
    @ilonahauch7308 Před měsícem

    Two Locos leads coal train

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Před měsícem +1

    My car has a lifetime warranty good for the life of the car. When the car dies, so does the warranty.

  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 Před měsícem +1

    Nissan Frontier Pik-Em-Truk was Toast. 👎

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 Před měsícem +2

    I reckon if CryoTrans were hoping that naming their reefers would deter graffiti they were wrong!

  • @littlejohnny4470
    @littlejohnny4470 Před měsícem

    Nissan Truck! HAHAHAHAHA! Leave the truck building to America...RAM

  • @jasonsmity2707
    @jasonsmity2707 Před měsícem +1

    I have no interest in seeing model train footage in the grab bag , plenty of good real stuff out there .. and I’m a modeler myself..

  • @WaffleDragon
    @WaffleDragon Před měsícem

    I am disappointed in whoever decided to make fun of someone's tragedy in the title and thumbnail. That could be your vehicle tomorrow.

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 Před měsícem +1

    Revelstoke car show….someone in a bear-suit would have been perfect!!
    🏔️🏔️🛤️🐻🏔️🏔️

  • @barbararuiz5960
    @barbararuiz5960 Před měsícem +2

    Hello VR Friends🚂🚃Happy Monday🫶🏻I've been out of of touch because I'm in between packing & trying to move..Miss Y'all♥️

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226

    Well a good reason to have a fire 🔥 extinguisher 🧯 in your vehicle at all times in OKC because depending on where you are it could take up to 2 hours for EMS to get there such as in Wyoming Montana Alaska and so forth 😊👍

    • @georgeadams1853
      @georgeadams1853 Před měsícem

      Took about 7 or 8 minutes for the FD to arrive in this case.