I railfan Rhode Island so there is not a GEVO in sight (anymore) lol. I have never in my life filmed one and the closest thing I have here are the cool fleet of PW B40-8Ws. This week was actually the first time i’ve ever caught freight power lol, a heritage unit in the state of Rhode Island would be insane leading or not. What you value all depends on where you are like you said.
People complaining about GEVOs is uncommon near me because in CN we get the ex CREX SD70M-2s,SD75M/Is,GTW GP38s,IC GP40s,GP40-2Ws,C44-9Ws,BC C44-9Ws,C40-8Ms,Blue devils so we get something
Maybe my kind of comment was written somewhere else on your channel if you have the ocasion to go to Europe go for it not only beacuse of railfanning (example here i live in poland where the most common is the electric EP-07 under Polish national railway PKP for short) but also most of Europe has very good looking landscape tbh england is a bit cloudy i reccomend visiting Coinsborough its about 7-6 miles from Doncaster a pretty big town (arround 11k people) with a castle and resemblence of th railway line that was decomissioned arround the late 1960' there is a station there and some train pass like the class 156, 158, 170, 221 and some more ok thats all have a nice day tho! Note: Sorry for my english, its not the best so i avoid using punctuation. Im not the smartest person either.
Tell me about it, I’ve wanted to go to Europe for so long but flights are so expensive now! Every time I’ve looked, it’s been way out of my price range. But I’ve been trying to put some money aside so eventually I can take a trip down there. Europe’s rail system is gorgeous and it sounds awesome to railfan.
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan I know like its expensive to go both ways about 700$ in Poland but here yea countries are the size of the state so you can also visit france, Germany and UK but also its worth it when you have the money. In short i like trains so when i go on a spiel like this and talk about countries ill talk about their trains Germany: The most known The ICE series mostly DB class 403 and also siemens vectron, DB class 101, 200, 218, 219 (note there is in France and Netherlands the ICE 3M there exists about 20 Deusche Bahn class 406) and France: mostly SNCF like the BB 15000, 16500, 17000 and most known the TGV design was for a gas powered TGV-001 made in 1982 but changed due to nuclear power in France plus the oil crisis and later in 1984 we have the known guy Sud-Est series (wow i wrote a lot anyway i better get going bc im gonna be laying in bed the whole day lol like its 3 am when im writing this anyway good day you'll have!) Edit: My bad for the train talk im thinking about buying an H0 scale model but yep the European Landscape is beautiful but unfortunately like in the rest of the world trash is everywhere also the food is good recomend tasting some couNtries signature dish or the meal of the day its a safe option and most of the time good too Sorry again and cya!
@maxkin882 no need to apologize, I enjoyed reading that. Yea, Europe is a stunning amalgamation of cultures and trains. It’s definitely going to be a trip. I’ve saved this comment so that I can reference it when I’m there. I also want a layout, but that too is so expensive. Instead I make layouts online
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan Well yea i agree that europe beautiful in all sorts of way and i know one or two things by watching videos about layouts like SMT mainline mostly makes in H0 and im guessing you are interested in the scale Well you can also look at Key model world unfortunately its paid to watch the series but they made a layout with a english shunting puzzle and a terminating station in under 500£ or about 600$ and its quite big (if i remember correctly about 6x3ft) plus its 00 scale (00 is 1:76 H0 is 1:87 and scale im using is TT 1:120) material is not that expensive only the track, wiring, tools and pre-made scale models for me the biggest pain is finding locos in my scale like the newer american loco is a small switcher made by MTB but i need to look at 1960’ models if i want to find something like a GP7 or an F3 but i can easily change the scale im using since i got only three trains over the seven years im in the TY scene but my friend will have a problem because he has more than 20 trains and also about 500 feet of TT scale track modules and a big 5 platform station plus Cargo Part has 7 tracks and the station is like longer than a car but yea each scale has its pros and cons like H0 is big but it isn’t as Fiddly like N but N scale is Compact but fiddly althought TT scale is the sweet spot of both pretty compact yet not that fiddly its models are scarce (british, french, polish, american and other countries except Germany and Czechia will be pretty rare to find a big variety of them) hope it Helps a bit with making your layout in the future also i hate the timezones because im wirting this in Poland at 12pm and you can see it about 6pm in east america and thanks for saving the comment Well cya!
lol don’t worry about the time zones. Here in America we don’t really have TT scale, that must be more of a European thing. It sounds like you’re very knowledgeable about your models! I had a small layout a long time ago, but had to get rid of it because we moved. More recently, I’ve switched from model trains to online software where I can make model layouts on the computer. It’s waaaaaay cheaper. All I have to do is download the files of the engine I want.
Thanks a lot for telling everyone that CSX 101 looks like lol. I can't unsee it! Really though, NS 1111 is special interest so that is probably why it's on heritage units.
Yes, it’s under special interest and I think that made it even more special to everyone because it got onto HU.com - wrongfully imo. I’m glad you can’t unsee 101 lol. It’s a shame number don’t normally go up to the five digits or we could have something like 80085 lol (or 101)
Nice! It's nice seeing people enjoy the overpriced stuff downtown lol. Slight correction, but the REM is built and operated by the ARTM, the regional transit agency, and not ViaRail, which is the federal transit agency. Cool trip though!
Unfortunate you didn’t take a step in our train station, I’ve hung out in there with friends before just for a minute, and you can only handle a minute it’s like 180 degrees, as a local I instantly thought of drying off there hearing how bad the weather was hitting you
This was my playground as a kid I got into all kinds of great trouble there I lived off liberty street and murryhill ave so the train yard was across the street. I had the greatest childhood I could ever imagine hopping trains and lookin for trouble .
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan Monson mass east bound west Springfield west bound I was only 8 years old . Hell I went down the Connecticut river in a kiddie pool with my 7 year old friend from the old bridge on front st chiopee all the way to memorial bridge in Springfield. We walked back to chicopee via the railroad tracks and stopped to get a drink at a spring where a bunch of hobos were hanging around there was a pipe going into the side of a hill along the tracks with a tin cup. Ice cold spring water flowed out of it we drank with the Bums while they told us rail stories.
I'm old enough to remember Springfield and the train station the way it "used to be" back in the 1950s and 1960s. The train station, like the entire city of Springfield, is a shadow of its former self. Decay, disrepair, unkempt housing, filth, garbage, and neglect------and to think Springfield used to be called the City of Homes. It should be called the City of Neglect. Thank you for your efforts to show why I won't drive to Springfield to take any trains.
Yes, Springfield has definitely seen better days. Once businesses leave, cities try to grasp onto whatever to stay afloat. The station is the only place I feel safe enough to railfan in Springfield. I’d love to see the station in its heyday. It’s less the city of homes and more the city of houses.
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan Most of the city's homes are decayed and rotting----the houses didn't do that to themselves----it's the people who live there and don't care. Ditto for the RR station. I knew Springfield when it was a vibrant city worth traveling to get to. Now, forget about it. Good luck to you.
@FlexibleFlyer50 Well, regardless of quality, I’ve gotten some pretty cool catches over the past 5 all-day trips. That video will be out eventually. Thank you for your comment btw, I don’t often get experts in the fields I post videos about. Trust me, I’d go anywhere else but Springfield is the only place where the Hartford line and Berkshire Line cross and I’ll take the dilapidated station with lots of trains over Windsor Locks with less trains. And believe it or not, I’ve met some cool people there.
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfan I grew up by the CT River and the tracks---two sets back then. At night I fell asleep to the train whistles and the clackety clack of the trains passing over the rails. Good memories. Do what you enjoy and love!!!! That's what counts.
I put all the songs I use in the description, if it’s not there give me a timestamp, I’d love to help you because I hate that feeling of not knowing a song lol
@@ShortAttentionSpanRailfanI found it, it’s at the part where you got hit by bogus focus, it’s recently happened to me and i’m disappointed in my camera
@SometrainDude that audio clip is taken from a Loco video. The link to that Loco video is in the description. I don’t know where the piano line comes from (sorry!) but you should ask Loco, he might know. @LocoPro help this guy out!
Saint James: the oldest station building on the LIRR, built in 1873. I grew up with the LIRR and it has definite advantages/drawbacks as a place to railfan: Plus: There are a lot of trains Minus: The trains only fall into a few large classes, so there is a lot of duplication. Plus: Much more than average there are passenger trains. Minus: Even if freight isn't extremely rare, it's unusual. I live near a busy branch and may only see a couple of freight trains every year.
Wow! Had no idea the St James was that old! I feel your pain brother, I live near the Amtrak Hartford Line, and that line is just Amtrak and CTRail shuttles all day long, plus they’re not even as busy as you get. There is some freight, but it’s sparse. When all the trains look the same I focus less on the trains being unique and put a lot of effort into making each shot unique in its surroundings or the setting and experiment with different angles or viewpoints to make each shot interesting even if all the trains are the same. That’s why I moved around all day while in LI, I knew all the trains would look the same. Do you at least get to railfan other places as well?
Sure! -here and there... I was in Alaska at White Pass and Yukon two summers ago, and I go to Maine for the narrow-gauge lines here and there. Back when my son was "Thomas Age", we were in Strasburg maybe once a year: plenty to see there that ISN'T Thomas. I grew up in Western Long Island: back then it was all MU and Electric. seeing a Diesel was a novelty!
@Narrowgaugefilms WP&Y, so jealous, dude, that’s so cool! Yes, Strasburg has some amazing stuff. Im definitely going to visit there once I move to PA. Also, I’m sure we all had a Thomas phase. To be a railfan, it’s kinda obligatory. That’s really great that you got to see the LIRR MU electrics back then, definitely wish I could’ve seen that. It’s crazy how fast the face of railroading can change. Someday we might be saying “Remember when there were GEVOS everywhere? Man, I miss those.”
There isn't much coverage on the layout - I don't think he has a (public) schematic. The only thing I can find is this Model Railroader Article about his layout. I remember where each picture was taken, so if you'd like I can figure out a way to compile each picture showing the direction and location to give you a virtual map. www.trains.com/mrr/videos-photos/videos/layouts/layout-visits/mrvp-layout-visit-robert-gross-new-haven-waterbury-line-in-ho-scale/ It is for members only, though, sorry. My pictures are the best I have. (you had to go frame-by-frame didn't you? Yeah sorry about that...)
i once found an entire railroad spike just on the ground near some old track. it sounds like common sense but i'd just ever seen one in person before. i was so tempted to take it home.
In the situation you just described, you can absolutely take that home. Especially because it seems like old or disused track. I took two spikes from that crossing that day. You won’t get in any trouble, it’s basically trash to the railroad - if anything you’re cleaning it up for them. What’s the railroad gonna do with a rusty spike? There are three on my windowsill right now.
