DRIVER PAUSES 9 SECONDS, THEN DRIVES ONTO THE TRACKS! NUCLEAR WASTE CONTAINERS, GOLDEN SWOOSH ENGINE 

Imagine being in full control of your vehicle, with 100% clear visibility, hitting the brakes right before you turn onto the tracks, and then... driving onto the train tracks.

Ashland PD must have the emergency number for CSX on speed dial.

The fact they drove onto the tracks after pausing, while the sun was still out, is what makes it art. Wow. Great catches overall. Love the sunset!!

The Union Pacific. What a beautiful train. 👍 And a beautiful ocean of clouds.

The sun rises from a soft pillowy bed and says "good morning Colorado!".

24:43 It's like watching a NASCAR pit crew. 🏎😂

That bogie change was fascinating to watch.

I loved the ladies waving in Tucson--the one in particular looked so surprised and so happy!!

Two things: thanks for notifying us about the subpar video so we know it's not our RU-vid feed or ISP. The second is for the music at the end - that was beautiful.

I would love to be in the tow truck office when the calls come in.

Dear God another one. What is with drivers (almost every week now) seemingly under some spell to leave the asphalt their vehicle was meant to operate on?

1:55 beautiful Union Pacific passenger!❤

Who else was aware that 7695’s swoosh design was the first prototype of the swoosh itself? Apparently BNSF didn’t like the lighter color so well. Kept the design but made the rest of the fleet with black swooshes so as to be seen better. Hence, the Golden Swoosh 😊😊

Beautiful ending. It's like watching the ocean waves out in the sea. Except it's in cloud form. Very nice & sweet music choice.❤🚂

Thanks VRF for another entertaining grab bag. The closing scene was absolutely beautiful 😊

Running man at 21:12 We can see him again whit God 2nd chance at 21:36 whitout whistlle adverstise !!!!! Tribute & Respect to all loco engineering whit their obligatory patience May God bless and protect you guy'z a lot !!!!!!!!

The hydraulic crawler crane with its adjustable tracks was great. These specialized cranes are something you do not see everyday.

28:44 - This aught to be a channel on it's own; so beautiful and soothing.

0:39 Ooo, a GP30!

Aww, that was so pretty, reminded me of my beagle, she was so cute and had the most perfect voice for chasing rabbits.

We think we'll Conquer the Stars yet at the same time can't negotiate a Rail crossing successfully 😂

That guy really ran back across the track. I just cannot. 21:31

I saw a crossing in northern England where the gates swung horizontally 90°, blocking the railroad tracks when auto traffic was allowed to go.

Great footage on all the Class 1s,and scenic in CO!🛤🚂

And I thought it was pretty interesting driving through that fog on the way to work Thursday morning. I had no idea how awesome it was from above! Thanks, V/R!

My favorite show to watch the trains going down the tracks and at the crossings as well as an occasional Darwin from time to time yeah this is a really great train show with VR Grab Bag Thanks.🤠🇺🇲🇨🇦🤠 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲🇨🇦💨💨

11:00 Some people should be banned from driving. And from the looks of it, she may have been charged.

So that carriage in Galesburg finally received its winter tires... 😉

OK, if I worked for Amtrak, I would so figure out a way to put some of those color changing party lights inside of the engine compartment on the Challengers...

What a maroon! But man, that time lapse at the end made me forget all about it.

A beautiful and relaxing moment at the end of the video! Thank you! Greetings from Brazil 👋

"Help me" btw ..ah yes darwinism at its very finest 😅

hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, especially a Darwin Candidate in Waycross, Georgia, and the CSXT1836, RF&P, in Folkston, Georgia, I like them all, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and happy late-Valentine's day.

29:00...Great Sunrise!

21:33 I knew it! I was waiting for him to pop out!

The one the only BNSF Golden Swoosh

I enjoyed this

Amazingly Beautiful Ending. You guys are great, thank you. I ❤ VRF.

That random bobtail truck at 11:30 made me laugh.

Nice catch of the Rookie heritage unit RF&P

love the end with the air current playin with the clouds

18:31, If a CSX train was already going through La Grange, that chase would end on a bad level. Cool Grab Bag though.

26 passenger cars!!! Wow!!!

Love the clouds, like waves on the ocean.

24:51. Appx 37 min to swap that wheel assy out. Wow ❤❤❤

Loved the UP domeliners back in the day!

I never seen a crane expand its track base. that was more then cool.

Gorgeous cloud sequence at the end there. It's only a matter of time before one of those crAshlanders gets hit by a train, as busy as that line is, and with Amtrak in the mix.

Awesome grab bag with my tanker train

11:04 getting a driver's license is easy.

This is a truly great Grab Bag!

I'm at a loss for words because of the stupidity of that driver on the tracks in Ashland. What possessed her to drive onto the tracks when she could easily have backed up?

0:08 Brightline passes a slow intermodal 0:19 CSX 1869 leading 0:44 BN green SD60M and H3 SD60M pass an SKOL train 1:50 UP 4404 and 4533 pulling a 26-car OCS. 3:46 switch track sections 4:21 CP 7023 as DPU. a good view of its rear too 4:40 old MOW cars, the boxcar is even in Penn Central green! 5:04 the railing on the top of this tank car is bent 5:10 Amtrak 203 and two Phase V P42s on the coast Starlight 5:33 two ex-Amtrak baggage cars. I'm not sure if these are the same ones we saw before. 7:30 flagging a train through the crossing 8:23 FEC 431 in a new blue livery, not in a Ferromex-Style one the GEVOs are getting 8:37 empty switch-carrying flatcars 9:29 BNSF 7695 trailing 10:00 CN 3008 leading 10:33 ex-CEFX unit that did not get painted in the newer livery 10:48 is this driver an NPC? He stops himself, yet ends up driving on the tracks anyways. Ends up taking over half an hour until its towed out. The train that has to be flagged through is pulled by two ALC42s 14:12 11-unit power move with a graffitied locomotive and SD75Ms 15:16 CSX 1836 in an RF&P heritage livery. The tracks in Ashland are originally RF&P tracks 16:08 The Tropicana Juice Train passes a coal train. The Juice Train used to be long enough to be its own train, but is now stuck onto intermodals 16:27 Amtrak crews seem to now honk at Ashland, but CSX crews do not 16:52 lovely horn on this H1 geep 17:51 new VIA Rail train being towed by a UP unit. Hopefully you guys get a camera on the route where these VIA Rail trains run 18:04 Amtrak 130 trailing on the Lake Shore Limited 18:28 police chase in La Grange 18:46 It's been a long time since I've seen footage of a rocket-carrying train. Usually, all those boxcars on the rear would be placed between each rocket part car so any bridges the train travels over won't break 19:42 nuclear waste train 20:15 Sperry truck Hi-rails up 20:42 KCS, CP, KCS and five FEC GEVOs 21:06 I've never seen a Darwin here before 21:43 P&W freight train on the Davisville cam along with Amtrak MOW equipment 23:18 two trailers in well cars! 24:44 replacing the wheelset on a Superliner in Galesburg! The car has no side ladder like freight cars do, so the guys had to use their own to hook and unhook the chains 28:45 a sea of clouds viewed from the edge of the Rocky Mountains. Reminds me of the time I went up Pikes Peak

Great grab bag!

Another Grab Bag ALREADY?! Nearly 10 pm here in UK will have 2 wait until 2moro but I've already given it a Like!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

A lot of good clips for today’s grab bag.

Definitely revoke that person's driving privileges and charge them for time lost by the CSX.

Thanks VRF. Some catches tonight of Railroads to check-out. VC and LEF&C Railroads. I have heard of GTRA, but will check it as well. I really liked at Galesburg, the Crane's self-widening Tracks for Stabilisers, worked on Site plenty of times but I've not seen that before. Cool.

Cops and tow truck driver be like, repeat that again!?!?

Wish you could make (and I would buy it), a DVD with the beautiful scenes and songs you always show at the end of The Grab Bags :)

❤ YAY , The Golden Swoosh ❤

The ending was mezmerising.

People need to learn to drive and pay attention I have a suggestion put a small Jersey barrier in between the two tracks maybe it will stop them trying to go on the track Maybe it's just a suggestion

Only the U.P. can still make a real passenger train. Nice.

Nice to see CP 8876 in Flagstaff at 6:15 .I saw it up near Saratoga, NY about 4 weeks ago.

18:27 Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha gonna do...Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

A great Grab Bag

Score card for ASHLAND continues to grow. I believe this makes 3🤔for the year so far.😮

Nice long video, gteat variety. Thanks again.

*Nice Catches*

Awesome Video! 🌴🌹🇮🇳🌹🌴

AMTRAK Superliner wheel change-out at Galesburg, IL…..very unique catch!! 👍

Must be something in the air or water in Ashland. Crazious group of drivers I've ever seen.

Simple solution to the crossing issue: add a yellow hazard sign on a post (like at a T intersection) between the two sets of tracks or the orange traffic lane delineator sticks (like what is used to prevent turns from a lane) on the crossing. Costs less than $100.00. Drivers can’t see the drop off from the crossing onto the ballast due to the height of the crossing. Do railroad regulations prohibit such traffic control devices on the RoW?

Most dangerous activity I saw was the workers on the AMTK coach. Never should work under a suspended load! I bet they weren’t railroad carmen.

Boings at Ashland sat there and looked! And did

11:00 this one has to be the most goober drive on the tracks I have seen. Stop, back up. Someone even honks, (maybe to warn them) and yet the driver still goes on to the tracks. Maybe they have cognitive decline and if that is the case, driving may not be in the future as spilt second decisions have to be done while driving. Goodness.

6:42 here in Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦

What went thru Waycross, oh my

With the continuing decline in the Earth's magnetic field,migrating birds,whales,and numerous other creatures are getting lost,and that seemingly applies to the humans too! Much to much,is happening right under our noses,but people can't put 2+2,together! Anyway, beautiful coda,from the Big Ten curve! Thank you 😇 😊

The UP heritage train was great. I noticed that car 209, Howard Fogg, was not in the consist. Can anyone verify that car 2055, which is in the consist, is the renumbered and refurbished Howard Fogg car. I couldn't find any real clear data other than what I stated and not real sure of that. Pretty sure that the Amtrak coach getting the wheelset swapped out at 24:45 came off of a westbound California Zephyr. Saw another railfan video (Mike Jensen 80701 channel) of the hours late Zephyr arriving at Fort Morgan, Colorado where it was noted that the 8 car consist had to have a coach set out at Galesburg, IL because of a wheel problem. Passengers on this car were moved to another coach and the train proceeded west with 7 cars. Great video here.

Darwin Candidate... oh he's good, not too bad... DOH!

26 car UP passenger!

Maybe give the skid steer driver and mechanics a Darwin candidate also.

10:13 👋

Appears some of these drivers are vying for Darwin Candidate recognition. Looks like they've earned it.

I was wondering when the Golden Swoosh would show up again.

And this is when we should revoke licenses

18:27 bad boys, bad boys! 🚓

Beats me why the RR cant just put sloping sides on the crossings so any car on the rails can just reverse off or be towed back onto the road

16:14 CSX 4589 Repainted

Ummmm how hard is it to distinguish the difference between Railroad tracks and the asphalt??? Just saying 😉

That road is a regular highway thru town,

And there were two kore dimwits after the one cleared Ashland - one al,ost repeated the same manuever and another car tried to run around a conductor who was trying to manage the traffic

11:27. She would've stayed in the car and gotten n hit too. Based off how she just sat in there yelling "help me"

Not everyone enjoys driving, but they have to. The solution? More passenger trains.

26 Union Pacific passenger coaches. Was that the entire fleet?

never see the swaping wheel's of superliner!

I was just wondering how much damage would driving on the tracks do to a car's chassis. Just kind of curious.