A SPECIAL CAR, SOMETHING WE DON'T SEE EVERYDAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA - DECEMBER 9, 2022

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The rain let up for a few hours and I headed down to Shawsville for a little railfanning. Just as I arrived I heard an eastbound approaching. This was an mixed freight with a mid-train DPU. At the end of this first train was a MARC Transit car. I have no Idea why it was attached to this train, but I did here some scanner chatter between it and a long westbound that it was a "Test Car" for Future Amtrak service that has been proposed for the New River Valley somewhere around 2025.
The second train in this video is a long westbound intermodal that was really working hard climbing the grade.
All Norfolk Southern Power in this video:
NS - 4321 NS - 9974 NS - 7524 NS - 4285 NS - 8022
NS - 4570
Special Car - MARC TRANSIT CAR #7824

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@Pauley_in_GP Год назад

Nice for a rail fan to get a surprise like that after watching a train go by. Thanks for posting.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

It was a very nice surprise. Thank you for watching and for taking time to comment.

@usmale49 Год назад

Very nice...thank you for posting and sharing! 🚅😊

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You for watching and for your kind comment

@usmale49 Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 You're more than welcome!

@wcox4 Год назад

Back in 2021 and early 2022, I rode Amtrak from Roanoke, VA to New Haven, CT to visit my son in the Coast Guard and then from Norfolk, VA to New Haven to ride back down with him when he transferred to VA for electronics school. Both times, I talked with the conductors and they said that' hopefully' Amtrak will extend into Bristol, VA/TN and eventually, maybe on down to Knoxville, TN. That would be nice.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

In 2018 I rode Amtrak from Roanoke all the way to Maricopa, (Phoenix) Arizona and enjoy it. I hope to take another long distance train trip this summer. The plan is for Amtrak to extend one of the Current Roanoke Trains to Christiansburg by 2025. They are studying extending service to the Bristol Area by 2030. But only time will tell if that will happen. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment.

@davidweyant9356 Год назад

Happy New Year to you and your family. I hope your son is doing well. I am a 24 1/2 year Coast Guard veteran. I was an Electronics Technician with some great tours of duty including 3 ships. It was a very rewarding career. I wish your son well in his career.

@daveyboy_ Год назад

Great catch , great catch , nice spot nice train , different cars on two bends 2 ND train giving a nice horn show .

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You for watching and for you kind comment. I really appreciate it.

@californigirl Год назад

The "expression" on the Marc's butt end said it all 😯 ( actually looked a lot like Domokun)

@nightwatchman5848 Год назад

Nice catch on that car and good job on the whole video.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You for watching and I really appreciate your kind comment.

@johnmeadows5645 Год назад

Well, it was almost in the New River Valley. Great video.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Close!

@georgebenson6036 Год назад

Good video. Thanks for sharing.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thanks for watching and for you Kind comment.

@jamessimmons1888 Год назад

Good video, nice catch

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank you very much, I appreciate you comment.

@johnalder6028 Год назад

Nice ! Yuletide Greetings from Port Saint Lucie Florida!

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank you for watching and for your kind comment, and Happy Holidays to you.

@frederickschulkind8431 Год назад

I live near Washington and have seen MARC cars on the end of freight trains. They were being sent out for repair/upgrade. I have also seen them in videos from western New York near where the work is done. The surprise here is the location. That is not a new car. Maybe they found a cheaper facility.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thanks for watching and for your Informative Comment. I appreciate it.

@The_DuMont_Network Год назад

Earl Scheib has a new train car facility a couple of miles ahead...

@rfpproductions1836 Год назад

Great video!!

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank you for watching and for you Kind Comment. I appreciate it.

@rfpproductions1836 Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 Of course, happy holidays!

@TheKenHerrick Год назад

Nice catch 👍

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You Very Much, I appreciate you watching.

@annahughes3677 Год назад

Wow..

@garymcginnis3099 Год назад

MARC is a Maryland to DC commuter train service.

@sophornnmun3479 Год назад

Good luck with your video

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate you watching.

@svbbriggs7395 Год назад

Wonder how many cars on that last train. I used to go to the depot up near where I live to watch them as they came through the tunnel.ongest I remember was a 132 cars.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Some of the longer trains here in Southwest Virginia are about 2-mile long if not occasionally longer. Thanks for Watching and for taking the time to comment

@BRHood Год назад

It's about time

@tuckerhuff692 Месяц назад

Saw a white ninja

@faydenereed4056 Год назад

I still didn’t get it what’s a MARC CAR? O I see it now thanks for the heads up at 3:12

@TZrailfaning Год назад

I live in Maryland and see Marc trains all the time. But how in the world does Norfolk Southern get their hands on Marc?!?

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Not a clue, hopefully someone will let us know in the comments

@cats0182 Год назад

Better yet, what does MARC have to do with future AMTRAK service. I've seen AMTRAK test trains several times. If VA was testing for future passenger service, wouldn't they use a VRE car? For whatever reason it was there, I assume NS leases it or rents it or pays mileage, etc.

@randallbrink3143 Год назад

More than likely it was going to a shop for repairs 6:50

@truckerkevthepaidtourist Год назад

Is interesting it's probably getting moved to a shop for repairs Was interesting though seeing it on the Norfolk Southern line now Marc mainly runs old B&o track. So if it was a CSX dragging it that could be anything but seeing it on the Thoroughbred it is interesting.

@judyoram999 Год назад

I loved riding the train. 1971 I could get my ticket $12.00 go from cherryvale ks to KC stay the weekend come home Sunday

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

I took my first long distance Amtrak Trip in 2018 and had a couple of more planned when Covid Hit. I hope to take another one this summer. I absolutely love traveling by train. Thank You for Watching and for taking the time to Comment.

@Halgarre Год назад

I wonder if some of these cars are from 26C and cleanup? I noticed the rail, ballast, and the logs car and it got me wondering.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Could Very well be, another local railfan said the same thing. Thanks for watching.

@ethanlee9441 Год назад

Uhhhhhhhhh i dont think so remember Collegedale,TN.

@lennyhendricks4628 Год назад

It's a MARC car at approx 3:12

@petermenningen338 Год назад

2 Matson 45 HC going west possible destination Hawaii/ Guam Harbors here cannot handle the new 53' containers.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You for watching and for your Informative comment. I am new at this and comments like yours enable me to learn and for that I am appreciative. Thank You again.

@michaeld53 Год назад

Chained shut to prevent homeless people from squatting!!

@JoseP-hj5zo Год назад

Is that locomotive in the middle of the train under power and if so what is the term used if it is so ?

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

The Locomotives in the middle or at the end of the trains are called Distributed Power Unit, that are capable of remote-control operation in conjunction with locomotive units at the front of the Train.. DPUs are placed in the middle or at the rear of heavy trains (such as coal, grain, soda ash and even manifest) to help climb steep grades. Thank for watching and for you question. I appreciate your interest.

@Greatdome99 Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 They're also used in dynamic braking

@monmixer Год назад

That last car was pretty quiet.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thanks for Watching.

@Terk131 Год назад

I wonder if it was being tested or delivered ?

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Some of the Scanner Chatter between trains seem to indicate that it was being tested.

@muley180 Год назад

I enjoy your videos. Please get a tripod and a camera with video stabilization. The constant motion is dizzying. Thank you.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

I have a new tripod that I have started using, so hopefully that will take care of the camera motion. Thank You for you comment, suggestion and I hope you will keep watching as I strive to improve. Thanks again.

@ridgec5670 Год назад

All I know is that 2nd train was working!

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

That it was!

@bradleyjanes2949 Год назад

Special car with a bad wheel

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Yep, Thanks for watching.

@bcsferromodelismo3822 Год назад

🇧🇷🚂🚃👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@janvarif Год назад

it's not unusual to see new passenger cars at the rear of the train new jersey transit cars come up to Allentown pa then into new jersey you have to look up who builds Marc cars and then look at the railroad maps sometimes you might see two or three could be daylight or at night and they usually go in the same train symbol

@robertadams6606 Год назад

Here in Pa. from time to time we see passenger cars headed to Reading & Northern RR. Their trips through the Appalachian Mts. of Northeastern Pa. so they bought Dome cars for their Routes. Occasionally they would be spotted on the rear of Freight trains. They were from Illinois Central with orange & brown in color cars. Usually they would get spotted enroute & we would get word of them through Horseshoe Curve Eastbound & other train watchers.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You for watching and for Leaving a comment. I am new at this and it is comments like your that have help me so much. Thank You again

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Thank You. It is comments from folks like you that help me learn this art of Railfanning. I am new at this and thank you for commenting.

@robertadams6606 Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 No problem. I know that the track checking trains in the NS system is called " the brick " I have seen on video but never in person. It looks like a Loco but does not have it's own power.

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

@@robertadams6606 The Brick was in Roanoke a Few Weeks ago and I though it would be heading west, but it Fooled me, It went south toward Winston-Salem.

@Chessie-System Год назад

YO I CATCH STUFF ON THAT LINE THATS THE EXACT SPOT

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

That's great, maybe we will run into each other one of these days. Oh, and by the way, I am a Wake Forest Fan. lol. Thanks for watching

@Chessie-System Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 ok will see I might be in a grey Volkswagen or a red impala

@Chessie-System Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 also have you been to Roanoke if not I need to go there

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

@@Chessie-System I have been to Roanoke a few times but mainly stay here in the Elliston/Shawville or the Christiansburg/Radford Area. In 2023 i hope to expand further into southwest Virginia and to the Roanoke and Shenandoah Valley.

@Chessie-System Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 oh ok and if you also go into North Carolina at any point then go to Thomasville and go to the train shop there it’s round by my dad‘s friend and his wife and come by Buchanan elementary school that’s the school that I go to and there’s a train line right outside

@waynenephew4515 Год назад

What happened northfork southern you deralaild couple days ago

@SneakinDeacon1 Год назад

Not sure what derail you are referring to.

@waynenephew4515 Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 the one Tennessee couple days ago look it up

@truckerkevthepaidtourist Год назад

@@SneakinDeacon1 talk about the viral video of the long beamed concrete flatbed that got nailed by the train up there in Chattanooga by collegedale I think