THUG LIFE ENGINE! (WINDOW GUARDS), TRAIN SEPARATES, EMERGENCY STOP! TRUCK BUST OUT OF AUTORACK!

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
  • Percy gets moved, NS 34 “The Brick”, Many Crew Waves, Wheelset changed by One Person & way more!
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Komentáře • 142

  • @andyolin3988
    @andyolin3988 Před 14 dny +76

    "And here, we see a rare video of an Autorack giving birth to a pick-up, so magical!" 😆😁

  • @ThePhilmaywalt
    @ThePhilmaywalt Před 14 dny +25

    Watching the gentleman changing the wheelset was astounding!! Great catches, as always...thanks for your hard work!

    • @williamlavelle7786
      @williamlavelle7786 Před 14 dny +6

      Interesting to see one man doing the change. Usually there about 4 sidewalk superintendants just watching.

    • @Z4Zander
      @Z4Zander Před 14 dny +5

      @@williamlavelle7786 The "support crew" are off the the clock at home tucked up in bed.(1:23am)Legendary minion tho.Under an hour solo.

  • @tiladx
    @tiladx Před 14 dny +19

    13:07 - "Would the American on the train tracks please leave the train tracks." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @trainencounters586
    @trainencounters586 Před 14 dny +8

    I love it when the railroaders themselves wave at the cams!!

  • @Dreamworld986
    @Dreamworld986 Před 14 dny +7

    "The little green engine that could". One guy and one remote doing the wheel set change. 👌👌 Always love seeing the old steamer.

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 Před 14 dny +11

    I liked Santa Fe Jct. (01:49) with the two Trains curving round whilst passing over & under.
    The Wheel-set Change at Burlington was good too. I always feel those Railroad Utility Trucks are the versatile Heroes of Railroad Maintenance Work.

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 Před 14 dny +20

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially the Heritage Units and so much more, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day.

  • @danw2112
    @danw2112 Před 14 dny +18

    9:20 Looks like something the A-Team would make to go after bad guys.

  • @ren-uz2mz
    @ren-uz2mz Před 14 dny +21

    Replacing the truck at Burlington, yep, one guy. dang dude got'er done

  • @ebf82234
    @ebf82234 Před 14 dny +6

    Very cool seeing three Florida Gulf & Atlantic SD70's @0:34 (rebuilt; in the "spirit" of the original Auto-Train, i.e. WHITE paint in the livery). Awesome ORIGINAL (and weather-beaten) Southern Pacific SD4 @1:37👍👍

  • @milwaukeeroadjim9253
    @milwaukeeroadjim9253 Před 14 dny +7

    Thanks for the shot of the Milwaukee Road grainer.

  • @laurieh9411
    @laurieh9411 Před 14 dny +8

    Loved the changing of wheels, amazing

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 Před 14 dny +2

      Right, usually there's about three or four other guys just standing around watching one person work, amazing for one dude.

  • @heavenlydays2838
    @heavenlydays2838 Před 14 dny +11

    Wow! I never knew that the wheel sets " free floated " on it own axel. I knew that the whole Truck Assembly would come right off. That I do know... Nice lesson.

  • @tdalton854
    @tdalton854 Před 14 dny +6

    The ending piece was nicely put together. Music was perfect. Went looking for it later, found it under Roy Edwin Williams in Apple Music. Love it .

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

      It's listed in the info under this video if you click "More"

  • @411gtz
    @411gtz Před 14 dny +6

    Love skilled people

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226

    Interesting how that it takes longer to setup to change a wheel than to actually change the wheel 😉👍

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 Před 14 dny +9

      If you are going to do this as safely as possible, then yes as it would be foolhardy to do otherwise.

    • @terin1862
      @terin1862 Před 14 dny +3

      Plus, it's only one worker. He's controlling the crane with a remote. Quite impressive! 👍

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

      As with so many things, prep is what makes it or breaks it.

  • @michaelmcgauran4013
    @michaelmcgauran4013 Před 14 dny +8

    Good stuff. Thanks.

  • @PeteScotCanuck
    @PeteScotCanuck Před 13 dny +2

    The changing of the wheels was fantastic

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan

    *Awesome Catches*

  • @FECchaserhenry
    @FECchaserhenry Před 14 dny +8

    I was watching this as I was railfanning today what an amazing video

  • @nicholaslowe3658
    @nicholaslowe3658 Před 14 dny +9

    Amazing amtrak trains

  • @mrbill3576
    @mrbill3576 Před 12 dny +3

    Outstanding video thank you very much

  • @coreypeters4170
    @coreypeters4170 Před 14 dny +6

    0:32, Oh wow! That's new!

  • @01FozzyS
    @01FozzyS Před 14 dny +10

    Truck said "I almost made it out."

  • @Oklahomarailfan.
    @Oklahomarailfan. Před 14 dny +10

    3:16 hello from Oklahoma! (That’s me and my friend 😄)

    • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
      @AndyK7JKAPKVL Před 14 dny +4

      @Oklahomarailfan. Hello there from Arizona :).

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 Před 14 dny +3

      @@AndyK7JKAPKVL
      Hello from N. California to you.(•‿•)

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +3

      Hello from Utah!

    • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
      @AndyK7JKAPKVL Před 9 dny +2

      @@sanddabz5635 Hello there :).

    • @AndyK7JKAPKVL
      @AndyK7JKAPKVL Před 9 dny +2

      @donnaj9964 hello there from Phoenix, Arizona :)

  • @Band__geek
    @Band__geek Před 14 dny +17

    18:05 percy will be heading to the US’s largest railroad museum, the Illinois Railroad Museum for 2 weekends

    • @lancomedic
      @lancomedic Před 14 dny +1

      I was wondering who that was. I’m not familiar with all the characters. Why wouldn’t they truck it there?

  • @JackieontheTrunk
    @JackieontheTrunk Před 6 dny

    Amazing footage of that wheel/truck change. One guy!

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Před 14 dny +8

    Switch panel cars are cool.

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 Před 14 dny +3

    8:15 Fantastic four-minute sequence at Fairpoint, NY!!

  • @Thatfarmkid4840
    @Thatfarmkid4840 Před 12 dny +3

    Percy got kidnapped!!

  • @sebastianbarthel2393
    @sebastianbarthel2393 Před 13 dny +2

    19:14 That reminds me a little bit to the UFO encounter on the road scene at Close Encounters of the Third Kind!😅

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

    This was an especially great Grab Bag--I absolutely LOVED that ending!! The steam-train footage, the Duane-Eddy-type music, and the sepia-tones combined into something that was completely magical. It was also super-cool to see that wheelset replacement, and Percy is adorable. But what was up with the window guards on that engine in Flag? Do they have to travel through a slum or something?

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 Před 14 dny +4

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

  • @Straight2_OfficalGaming
    @Straight2_OfficalGaming Před 14 dny +5

    I saw that 1072 lashup irl at Marion Ohio!!!

  • @joshthetrainfan
    @joshthetrainfan Před 14 dny +9

    Those window screens mean the engine was down on FXE trackage in Mexico. I know this bc I've seen some just like them.

    • @richarderickson8840
      @richarderickson8840 Před 14 dny +6

      Thanks for info. I thought maybe it came out of Port of Los Angles, (rough neighborhood ) Or moved things that go BOOM for D of Defence.

    • @joshthetrainfan
      @joshthetrainfan Před 14 dny +6

      @@richarderickson8840 Good guess, but FXE has a bunch of those and I’ve seen them down where I live.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

      Thanks!! I just asked about them in my comment above, but now your explanation solves the mystery.

    • @joshthetrainfan
      @joshthetrainfan Před 9 dny

      @@donnaj9964 Yeah, I was confused when I saw them first too.

  • @kcsthebetterway
    @kcsthebetterway Před 14 dny +3

    Good times during the runaround 😮

  • @bowlinerailfan
    @bowlinerailfan Před 14 dny +9

    Power move to start the grab bag with! And I'm certain those red, white and blue locos are new ones for the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, which is the former CSX line from Baldwin FL to Pensacola FL via Tallahassee. Despite the CSX bowline 's close proximity, I don't currently get down that way much, but these will be something to look for the next time I do. 😁

  • @jonmilburn4878
    @jonmilburn4878 Před 14 dny +5

    Dang, they Sponge-Bobbed that last CSX SD40-2

  • @RanexzProductions
    @RanexzProductions Před 13 dny +2

    Ns really showed up all their heritage unit

  • @DNCR935Railfan
    @DNCR935Railfan Před 14 dny +7

    Amtrak 516!

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 Před 14 dny +5

    Always a sad sight, crews confined behind wire mesh,.,,

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 Před 14 dny +2

    That 4448 one number short of a certain Southern pacific daylight engine

  • @ColAngus
    @ColAngus Před dnem

    That BNSF with the window guards goes into Ol Mejico...they routinely attack them down there.

  • @jchoward6451
    @jchoward6451 Před 11 dny +1

    At 24:13 how cool is that to be mugging for the VRF camera and be photo-bombed by a train, complete with horn salute?

  • @FXE-3173
    @FXE-3173 Před 14 dny +3

    Reference🔥🔥🔥

  • @Junction_Shorts
    @Junction_Shorts Před 14 dny +7

    00:30 the FGAR is my hometown railroad and I am so hyped that we are finally gettting these sd70m locomotives

    • @JustinsRailfanning
      @JustinsRailfanning Před 13 dny

      Me too! I am so excited!

    • @Junction_Shorts
      @Junction_Shorts Před 13 dny +1

      @@JustinsRailfanning it’s been a few months since they were first revealed and I thought that it was just a photoshop and forgot abt it then I saw the pfp on this and instantly freaked out, I’m hoping to catch these in between Greenville and Lee

    • @JustinsRailfanning
      @JustinsRailfanning Před 13 dny

      @@Junction_ShortsMe too I saw it back in May and then I was told they were coming along and I was just waiting for virtual Railfan to get a clip of them! 😅 Hopefully they’ll be running on the TA-East a lot so I can get them. I actually just got the Westbound heading back to Tallahassee about 1 hour ago!

    • @Junction_Shorts
      @Junction_Shorts Před 13 dny

      @@JustinsRailfanning alright! What was powering it? I think it goes through Madison around 5:00-ish. That’s the closest it is it me

    • @JustinsRailfanning
      @JustinsRailfanning Před 13 dny

      @@Junction_Shorts No it goes through Madison today at least at 11 AM and then returned at like 1:30 or so PM, it was 107 leader and 106 trailing, both SD70M-2s.

  • @alfpayne7703
    @alfpayne7703 Před 10 dny +1

    the blue bnsf gp38 is an ex conrail unit--there is one stored at rozet gillette wyoming

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny

      Thanks! I wondered about that livery.

  • @tomp8871
    @tomp8871 Před 14 dny +1

    Kool choice of song at the end, thought he had a 'gun'. Was that like a theater show type thing?

  • @LighthawkTenchi
    @LighthawkTenchi Před 14 dny +5

    It’s interesting seeing DPUs on trains, since the FEC down here doesn’t do that

  • @brianfreeman5208
    @brianfreeman5208 Před 14 dny +1

    Love that night shot as the engine approaches.

  • @negasinegasigp40
    @negasinegasigp40 Před 13 dny +1

    The locomotive with the rock shields are telling you this locomotive has been to mexico

  • @blakehiggins8735
    @blakehiggins8735 Před 14 dny +4

    Is that 4822 a new heritage unit for NS? @4:14

    • @Lnmwr
      @Lnmwr Před 14 dny +2

      Not heritage unit. Special paint. But new special scheme, yes.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

      @@Lnmwr It's very cool.

  • @davidbrown4823
    @davidbrown4823 Před 14 dny +1

    Where are the Red, White and Blue units going? that autorack had a little one..

  • @bobbysammons333
    @bobbysammons333 Před 14 dny +3

    At 20:27, is there nothing to do in Flagstaff at 2 in the morning except watch the work trains go through?

  • @SOU6900
    @SOU6900 Před 12 dny +1

    So what's the story behind the window guards on the BNSF unit?

  • @geoduck1779
    @geoduck1779 Před 13 dny +1

    What’s your favorite train ever? mine is the war bonnet

  • @alanosilva886
    @alanosilva886 Před 14 dny +5

    10:38 Can anyone clear this doubt for me? Does the driver have information when this happens? When does the train separate?

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Před 14 dny +5

      the F.R.E.D. indicates a loss of air pressure when something like that happens. The engineer stops the train.

    • @paulw.woodring7304
      @paulw.woodring7304 Před 14 dny +11

      The crew on the head end knows something is wrong when the air goes down in emergency. The conductor has to walk the train to figure out what is wrong; after they make an emergency transmission to any opposing trains in case their train derailed and is fouling the other main; they call the dispatcher to let them know they are in emergency and where and get any protection needed to inspect the train. This crew got off "easy". For some reason the train just separated between those two covered hoppers. Could have been a weak coupler pin that got bounced at just the wrong time? Could have been a high/low coupling between the cars that slipped out and separated? Sometimes you never figure it out for sure. Anyway, all they had to do was re-couple, do an air test and resume their trip, after I'm assuming, the conductor inspected the rest of the train to make sure that was the only problem.

    • @alanosilva886
      @alanosilva886 Před 14 dny +3

      @@jamesmckenzie3532 thanks

    • @alanosilva886
      @alanosilva886 Před 14 dny

      @@paulw.woodring7304 thanks

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 Před 9 dny +1

      @@paulw.woodring7304 Neat info--thanks!

  • @gabrielperez8864
    @gabrielperez8864 Před 5 dny

    What is the apparatus at the end of the NS business car(inspection car?). Looks like covering the coupler area. Is it to prevent unwanted coupling?

  • @mr.sir.
    @mr.sir. Před dnem

    Surprised BNSF took long enough to install Getto guards

  • @uberlpn
    @uberlpn Před 9 dny

    Wow 3 in 1 mishap!!!

  • @KCS4617
    @KCS4617 Před 9 dny

    Those windows that BNSF has, it protects them with FXE so that the window breaks

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 Před 14 dny +3

    What’s up with the window guards on the loco in Flagstaff?

  • @heavenlydays2838
    @heavenlydays2838 Před 14 dny +4

    Explore the " Strasburg tour line"!! That would be sweet! Out of Paradise thru the whole journy.

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 Před 14 dny

    Florida Gulf And Atlantic-a Pinsley railroad.

  • @deweygill1973
    @deweygill1973 Před 14 dny +1

    I think that’s the F-150 I ordered at 12:45

  • @KidClub726
    @KidClub726 Před 14 dny +3

    Hey nash i went to your live cam in Elkhart at the train museum it was fun i said hello nash on the cam

  • @drgwnut
    @drgwnut Před 14 dny

    Music at back reminded me of the Mandalorian theme - but pretty sure he was not an engineer...

  • @Dieselelectric1
    @Dieselelectric1 Před 14 dny

    FGA has almost same livery as HŽ Cargo in Europe😂

  • @johnsons74thsquadron74

    … and now it makes total sense why air brakes work the opposite of how people might guess they would work! If the air was used to force the brake shoes on the wheels, what would stop a set of cars should an air hose separate?

  • @SD45-ET44AC
    @SD45-ET44AC Před 4 dny

    Did a motor vehicle get claustrophobic?

  • @somebodyhere8259
    @somebodyhere8259 Před 14 dny

    What was that window guard for at Arizona? Was it to protect against sunlight and glare or was it for something else?

  • @norimono_channel
    @norimono_channel Před 14 dny

    ロサンゼルス発シカゴ行きのアムトラックが8時間も遅れてたから何かと思ったら車両故障でしたか😅

  • @LordCarpenter
    @LordCarpenter Před 14 dny +2

    Was Percy wearing a COVID mask?

  • @joshuapaul349
    @joshuapaul349 Před 14 dny +1

    Armed military ride freight trains in Mexico, probably where that unit it heading/coming from.

  • @Douglas-not-Dougie
    @Douglas-not-Dougie Před 14 dny +1

    Csx high hood

  • @peterwoodley7473
    @peterwoodley7473 Před 6 dny

    Someone forgot The brake

  • @TheEtiTransportesEJogos
    @TheEtiTransportesEJogos Před 14 dny +3

    1

  • @theillustrioushoard9262
    @theillustrioushoard9262 Před 14 dny +4

    6:10 Just can't bring yourself to say it! 😄 Too funny. again, it's an opera window centerbeam. It has that name because of the oval openings in the car body. Just own your error and call it what it is.

  • @bretz71
    @bretz71 Před 14 dny +4

    First 5!

  • @kevwebb2637
    @kevwebb2637 Před 12 dny

    So, the window guards are defensives against thugs? Why not just provide firearms as well as thugs will think twice when confronted with a Armalite Rifle 15.

  • @gfuelsalesman
    @gfuelsalesman Před 14 dny +4

    No views in 7 seconds bro you fell off😂

  • @ChainsawNW1218
    @ChainsawNW1218 Před 14 dny +2

    Great Grabbag, lot's of great power!🛤🚂

  • @bethdudley8563
    @bethdudley8563 Před 14 dny +1

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 Před 14 dny +5

    It's an awesome day for watching trains on Grab Bag and
    this is my favorite place to trains from around the country
    and even my state of Oklahoma thanks.🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲