Loaded Coal Train Crosses Giant Bridge With Me On It! Thurmond West Virginia Trains, RJ Corman & CSX

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On A Bridge While Heavy Coal Train Passes! RJ Corman Railroad Coal Train With CSX Locomotives Pulls Into Thurmond West Virginia Ghost Town! The locomotives are running backward coming off the Pax railroad spur and entering the interchange with the CSX main line. The awesome railroad crossing next to the historic train station has several tracks and is at one end of the big bridge over New River. Amtrak stops at this station while making 3 round trips a week.
First we drive next to the coal train coming down the Pax branch. I got in front of it and drove over the bridge that we will have a closer look at. Then I walked out on the narrow bridge and filmed the train coming across it. The whole bridge shook when the train stopped on it. The train stopped before coming onto the CSX interchange track. I got in front of the train again to watch it pass the railroad crossing next to the old train station. This train station is famous for being in the movie "Matewan". I recommend that movie. We also get to see a classic dwarf signal in use as the train passes it.
We then see the RJ Corman crew get in their red truck and head back to their office. The locomotives that pulled the train off the branch are then seen coming east back into Thurmond after leaving the coal cars on a siding just west of town. Then they pass me again and tie back onto their train and wait for it to head east to the customer. The old coaling tower was built in 1922 by Fairbanks Morse and was used for loading coal onto steam locomotives. It was used for a little over 35 years or so. The best frequency for RJ Corman here is 160.845 and the best frequencies here for CSX are 160.230, 160.320 and 542.9375 for the EOT device. One thing I learned by experience is to never stand to close to a fast moving coal train. Here is a video that I made in Ironton, Ohio showing what happens: • This Is What Happens W...
Filmed in 1080p with 60fps on Saturday, October 22, 2022AD
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@danslejardindecytrus Год назад

Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! ✨✨✨✨👍Thank you very much! 🙏

@CloroxOfficial Год назад

Awesome seeing coal train especially because there are fewer and fewer

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@TM-tw1py Год назад

This is making me feel like a kid again - watching huge trains go by in the mountains! Very exciting - especially when you are like 6 years old! :)

@JawTooth Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR Год назад

This was neat, I always love bridges! 👍✔

@JawTooth Год назад

Me too! Thanks for watching Dave!

@brianhickey5949 Год назад

Amazing train! Two engines pulling all that weight - that's impressive. I could hang out on that bridge for every train for days - so cool!

@robertplunkett4737 Год назад

Magnificent. Beautiful scenery and great video. Coal train one of the Heart Beats of America. Love the animals wonderful rural area. If doggie and kitty are able to get along, same, people should get along. Enjoyed doggie and kitty in the bag hiding or having fun with doggie. Ggreat. Thank you rmp

@JawTooth Год назад

Thank you very much!

@jeffpeterson9627 Год назад

Loved the scenery in Thurmond. Trains and great scenery are an unbeatable combination. Nice video.

@keithewing9944 Год назад

That was a great train. This place is beautiful.

@zactherailfanner Год назад

Wow! That coal train is loaded!! And as a railfanner my friends know when there loaded

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@terrancemahoney4669 Год назад

worked in that area almost 30yrs ago, Thurmond train station was in real bad shape then. It's nice to see history preserved.

@stretchlimo7275 Год назад

What an awesome spot JT! That was quite the shot seeing that new MAC rebuild running long hood forward💪🏼! That’s was a pretty decent coal drag for just 2 units, GE and EMD locomotives never cease to amaze me when it comes to pulling power. Great catch JT, have a great evening 👍🏼😁🇺🇸

@scotabot7826 Год назад

That SD70 sounds so much better than any of the newer GE's. They sound like a Locomotive should sound like, unless we're talking about Alcos and early GE's. Yep!!

@rodsmith3911 Год назад

Nice to see a coal train. In the UK coal is almost finished and what coal trains there are mostly bring imported coal from Immingham Docks. A big coal haul here is about 24 cars at around 100 tons each, mainly because the sections between signals are much shorter here to increase line capacity for passenger services which are far more in number than freight trains. That makes the 110 cars in that train a real joy to see. I would love to get a drive of one like that! Our biggest coal trains in steam days were usually around 60 or 70 wagons at 16 to 21 tons each (2 axles) but then we had no continuous brakes so stopping them was a real art with loose 3 link couplings and sprung drawbar the guard could sometimes have a rough ride in his van (caboose) at the end of the train, especially if the driver (engineer) was a bit careless when setting off or slowing down. The loose couplings would make around a foot of difference in length between cars being pulled and being buffered up so the train length would change by some 70 feet! You had to set off real gently until the train was all on the move. It was a different game to todays brake fitted trains! Thanks for yet another excellent video with real insight into West Virginia coal hauls. At 75 I'm no longer likely to get over to see them in the flesh so it's great to be able to see your videos. I've often looked at Thurmond and thought it a beautiful place and sad to see it as a ghost town but the fall scenes on the video are a joy to behold. No wonder so many folk were there to see it. Good to see the animals too as they make your videos so entertaining!

@dexterdog62 Год назад

Love your informative comment! Cheers from Canada!

@thomashninan3825 Год назад

You Brits are crazy

@stevenbrucci Год назад

Rod Smith - Hi, I wonder whether the coal being imported there--through Immingham--is of a kind that's unavailable in England.

@rodsmith3911 Год назад

@@stevenbrucci No, it's becoming hard to get coal here as there are almost no mines left open since the global warming problem sent fossil fuels into decline. It is now almost impossible to buy coal suitable for the heritage steam railways as we have only one pit supplying steam coal from South Wales and that is scheduled for closure in a year's time. The cost will also cripple those lines unless we can find an alternative fuel. They are currently trying out a substitute "coal" made from oilseed rape and other vegetable matter but although it's quite good it's yellow! It doesn't smell like coal when it burns either, but it's a start to keep the steam lines going. The coal imported via Immingham is for steel production. The North York Moors Railway is using Colombian coal so I'm told, as they can no longer get Russian coal! Sad days when the UK has tons of unused coal left underground, but government policy has been focused by the green lobby into stopping coal power stations and building wind farms to the extent that coal has become a dirty word here. Yet we can haul the stuff halfway round the globe to keep the steelworks open. How much extra CO2 does that add to the world's air I can only wonder, but I think it must be more than if we used our own supplies.

@isleofthanet Год назад

Still got the little kitty i see, good on you!

@338lapuaLRS Год назад

I counted 111 coal cars. Great shot an great location very cool

@edmundoramsesgalvanflores5898 Год назад

Fabulous doble and parallel bridge (railroad and vehicle one way only everyone)... 🇱🇷🚂😱😱😱😱😱

@gaborandrejszki2553 Год назад

Amazing freight trains!

@johnh6791 Год назад

One of your top best's. Living the dream.

@alfheib Год назад

Have to admit that this that's a cool bridge.. one size car the other side of the train.. one of the steel mills had I set up like that in pittsburgh.. I think it was janelle.. and it was the hot metal bridge.. one side was trained the other side was vehicles.. now they just took the railroad tracks off it and it's Republic bridge now..

@BamBamBigelow.. Год назад

Now that is a lot of coal

@byrw9557 Год назад

This must be my favorite of any train vid I have ever seen !!! That engineer sure is a smooth operator. Is that coal business all that happens on that line? Enjoyed it so much! Thanks!

@martyhardman3892 Год назад

What a great video. Back at the old town

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks!

@Rail-India Год назад

Excellent Coverage 👍

@davids8808 Год назад

Thanks for the follow up

@dhanitoldon3945 Год назад

Jaw Tooth you're doing a great job!!!😀😀😀

@raybame5816 Год назад

Wow, really liked this video. Neat dual purpose bridge. Most of those hoppers looked new or part of CSX reconditioning program. At 100 tons each X 110 cars = 11,000 tons of coal plus car wt of 28T X 110 = 3080 tons, those 2 locos are pulling 14,000 tons!! What an excellent video as usual; thank you.

@joshpaige5745 Год назад

Do they just use RJ Corman to load the trains? Then csx picks them up?

@stephenmajor5498 Год назад

Okay, I was more impressed with the bridge and scenery then the train. What a letdown! Try watching a high-nose locomotive (don't know what type) from Florida East Coast go through multiple intersections at high speed while blasting it's horn and pushing several freight cars to their selected sidings then speed to another siding between the regular North and Southbound scheduled trains. Unfortunately, the scenery is not even close to yours but the action is so spectacular!

@Eddy63 Год назад

I speak and understand Goat language and that goat said CSX back to you 😂😅🤣... That was a long and enjoyable coal train ... Thx ...

@kinkindred Год назад

Awesome dude. Great job!

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks a ton!

@DarkTerritory71 Год назад

People keep telling us, "we're running outta coal"! Really? I truely enjoyed the applause at the begenning!

@garydiypapa2846 Год назад

Either that CSX 4583 loco was new or it had just been washed. Rare to see such a clean loco.

@robertbeacham4314 Год назад

Probably a rebuild

@tomy.1846 Год назад

Another awesome video BUT the cat's cute face at 24:00 was the highlight for me! Your videos are the best. 😎😎😺😺

@bthomas6381 Месяц назад

JUST GREAT and the Black Kitty…!

@NSWNY Год назад

I love the Tesla driving past the coal train 🚂 😆

@pnwsounder1420 Год назад

Thank you for filming and posting this Jawtooth! Is there any motels in the area where one could visit here and train watch here and at Prince? Easy time for me-sit in a camping chair and enjoy nature and rail activity. :)

@Hereford98 Год назад

I want to move there! 😊 tracks right next to roads 🎉

@JawTooth Год назад

You can do it!

@gravelydon7072 Год назад

Odd that RJ Corman leases/ owns that line when NS ( N&W ) is on the south end of Pax, and signs are up for KNWA ( Maxwell Hill Rd 408208T) which is a Watco reporting marks company. Signs were there in 2021 and I have seen N&W and NS locos on that branch near Pax at times. RJ Corman lists Oak Hill as their HQ for that branch. And the Red Star Rd B ( 225709G ) crossing lists RJ Corman as owner, C&O Division. 2016 report for crossing Co Rte 23 ( 482508G ) shows it as owned by NS on the paperwork and KNWA on the signs. Pax Rd ( Main Street/Paint Creek Rd ) Pax, crossing ( 482218Y ) also shows KNWA as owner. Actual split of the two lines is in Pax. With the Thurmond line of Ex C&O and the DeepWater Line of Ex NS. RJ Corman should be able to ship out either way. Know the Pax exit off I-77 too well as my truck threw an A/C belt just before there and it also took out my main belt. Which meant no power brakes with a loaded trailer in tow. Brake controller for the trailer helped slow us down going down the exit ramp. A walk up Paint Creek Road from the gas station to a vehicle repair shop, which got the belts delivered from the Beckley NAPA dealer. Repair shop then drove me back to the truck.

@ericzerkle5214 Год назад

Used to be a bridge like that going into Frsnkfort Kentucky .

@panhandletrains Год назад

Great location - nice catch 👍

@JawTooth Год назад

Thank you very much!

@DWH072 Год назад

I love long hood forward I wonder if engineers dislike it because of visibility

@Guy_de_Loimbard Год назад

Your drives through Appalachia really make me resent living in the lame, flat, boring Midwest sometimes. Then again we're the place to be if you wanna see huge double-stacked intermodals with DPUs blazing through at 80mph.

@brandonhendrixson2372 Год назад

Plus trains going to baltimore pittsburgh and the west. Wv is a beautiful state

@bobmeginnes324 Год назад

Doesn’t seem possible for 2 locomotives to pull 100+ heavy cars up a grade out of the bottom and still gain speed. Very cool.

@BlackMan614 Год назад

Train is actually coming down into the gorge from Pax. All downhill.

@walterlangston4484 Год назад

when to prince yester day got nice long coal train going in to tunnel may upload latter

@jebbthetrainkid1281 Год назад

My Home State of West Virginia is a Beautiful Place to Film Trains. Here's the Proof. I see Walter was there too.

@hinanokia6607 Год назад

💞💞💞nice video

@trainfan92756 Год назад

i guess that's where there Customer is since that's where the train stopped

@TheRealAmericanRailfan Год назад

Nice video

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks

@Firestorm2814Sector Год назад

Long hood forward!!!

@frankkie3849 Год назад

Are those your sheep, if so do you sell the wool. Thanks again for your videos.

@JawTooth Год назад

No, sorry, they are not my sheep and goats. It is my land and my neighbours animals. I let him use a few acres of my pasture since I only have one horse.

@corbettmanley932 Год назад

I noticed they were running "Long Cab Forward", must be because they're not running that train a great distance , what's your opinion JT ?

@ojofelixnm3608 Год назад

That is a Mallard duck whose moma fooled around.

@onemat2000 Год назад

Was Billy Joe McCalister on the bridge?

@UnipornFrumm Год назад

nice

@Howoldareweanywayyipes Год назад

A tight turn after coming across that bridge... for so heavy a load...

@sircampbell1249 Год назад

one of the oldest rivers in the world, with some estimates being as high as 360 million years old.

@isaiahdavis8205 Год назад

How do you find the trains? How do you know where they will run and on which track? We have been trying to catch the trains in our city for a while and only catch them by chance. We saw your video in our city (Augusta) and my son went nuts! Lol Any advice is greatly appreciated! ~Mom of a train fanatic!

@JawTooth Год назад

Before I visit a new area I look for videos of those areas and I ask the person filming how many trains come through in a day. I also get info from magazines. I have several subscriptions like Trains Magazine and Railfan Magazine. Sometimes I get info on FaceBook. I look at Google Maps all the time trying to find interesting places to film. I get what info I can and then I just go there and wait. Sometimes I will wait for one or two days before I get a train. Twice I have waited for over two days and never got anything. I spent 2 and a half days at Natural Tunnel, Virginia trying to film a train going through the tunnel. Nothing came in the light. Only two trains went by and both were in the dark. I went home with nothing. I spent two days in a town in Pennsylvania trying to film a street running train and nothing went by in the light. It takes a lot of patience and luck. 90 percent of success is just showing up and waiting. Sometimes I get bad information and come up dry. I roll the dice and see what happens. lol

@ericvonp Год назад

Epic

@chuxtuff Год назад

A loaded coal train with no DPU's??? Must be some flat mainlines around there...

@mikebaker9121 Год назад

What mine does the coal come from?

@charlesbonkley Год назад

Hopefully the buyer isn't paying for hoppers that are supposed to be full!

@walterlangston4484 Год назад

my video of this train did not tun out the best so plan be when road work is done on the Thurmond road will re do video or may upload what I got

@robertbeacham4314 Год назад

Didn’t sound like 906 was online running

@koalameat9523 Год назад

110 cars of coal , nice pull there

@jimihendrix1575 Год назад

Just imagine watching steam trains coming outta that holler and crossing that bridge!

@sanddabz5635 Год назад

That would've been really cool!

@1940limited Год назад

I don't think steam has been to Thurmond in a long time.

@icosthop9998 Год назад

He said in the fifties

@leehillier7912 Год назад

Look for the videos of Pere Marquette 1225 and NKP 765 doubleheading through Thurmond in 1991. I was part of the 1225 crew. It was spectacular.

@jeffkerr7418 Год назад

What's a holler? Tunnel?🤔

@frankmetz867 Год назад

That coaling tower shows how well they built structures a hundred years ago

@gieb6428 Год назад

That is the way railroads built everything. (Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR, B&B Dept, Tinner, 1974-1984)

@brittnaesimmons5170 4 месяца назад

Coaling

@johnpyle6860 Год назад

The natural beauty of this place is amazing. The beach eventually gets boring, but these hills are forever changing. People should WANT to move here.

@tonyhoneyman3693 Год назад

And have 👍

@the_minimalistic_adventure Год назад

But don’t invite it lol. The mountains are developing too many cabins and vacation homes as it is. It will take away from the beauty.

@johnpyle6860 Год назад

@@the_minimalistic_adventure That's a good point.😆

@marenjeworowski9859 Год назад

Ssh! Don't give people ideas. They're fine where they are 😀

@davidcaskey4669 Год назад

Try to keep it a secret too many coming now they always want to change things

@r.g.o.6313 Год назад

Cool bridge to magnet fishing from. Regards from Sweden.

@jameschristiansson3137 Год назад

Ja !

@patriciamartinez3047 Год назад

That’s a lot coal on that train ❤

@blazertooth7763 Год назад

The train is cool, but that ghost logo spray painted by someone on almost every single rail car? Iconic!

@craigstergriffin2097 3 месяца назад

What is the story on that ghost logo, tagging person. I often see same on rail cars coming through Point OF Rocks, MD. 👻

@djhotfatbabyboy Месяц назад

@@craigstergriffin2097 they call him tubby! fellas all the way from australia if youd believe it

@jdmacduff1444 Год назад

Good morning JT - Thurmond WV is one of the best locations you’ve highlighted in your numerous videos; just outstanding, thank you again.

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@pisnotmynamesisnotmygame3757 Год назад

@@JawTooth Next time you are there in WV, stop by Concho, near the ACE Adventure Resort, in Oak Hill. There is an over look that gives you a view of Thurmond, the bridge, the station and the curve of the river.

@jameschristiansson3137 Год назад

Would you consider a Patreon or Ko-fi account? So fans can drop a few coins into your piggy bank. More travel funds for you, son. 50 cents? Wait, there's more!

@JawTooth Год назад

Wow, I don’t know how to do that. I will have to consider it but I hate to take peoples hard earned money for my fun. Extra views on my videos really help with the gas because if you watch the ads I get a half cent or more depending on how long the ad is.

@jameschristiansson3137 Год назад

@@JawTooth Ko-fi is more casual and like a tip jar. Worth a look. I hear you though. By the way, I have RU-vid Premium so there are no ads to watch. Hopefully you get paid something from my views.

@joemc111 Год назад

I can’t comment but here is a channel I watch on the other side of the globe ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1lKhDD-lCEs.html

@Terk131 Год назад

@@JawTooth Seriously, if not set something up. Like I told you last week, with my leukemia I cannot get out much and with gas prices so high I would definitely drop some coin to you. It will help with gas food etc. are your videos monetized?

@Gigie2Z Год назад

Definitely do a tip jar. Some RU-vidrs call it a coffee fund. It starts at $1.99, or you can do $4.99 on up.

@tammaletta2069 Год назад

What an incredible video! I absolutely have to visit Thurmond. Thank you so much for sharing this video. Chessie , Dupps (?) , kitty and the sheep are so cute. A big thumbs up😊

@JawTooth Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@douglasalan5783 Год назад

This is one of your coolest videos ever, JT. Thurmond is such an iconic location. And to think you caught a coal train coming over the bridge from Corman. Good thing those coal trains were moving slowly. No coal dust!

@smflatt Год назад

You said "cool" leventy leven times! I counted! Now, where's my special prize?🤣

@smflatt Год назад

How often do you get to record a train...on a bridge...coming right at you, with you on the bridge too?! This place in Thurmond is unique and makes for some pretty terrific railfanning too! Keep it up JT! You'll be moving to WV before you know it!😉

@moultriemanicmechani Год назад

Even more so because it travels on the road ,like a street running train , next to the one way road ,but doesn't actually cross the crossing

@moultriemanicmechani Год назад

Train signals are really interesting too , red over white to proceed , then red then flashing white over red

@JTTTTx Год назад

@@moultriemanicmechani ❤

@EnjoyFirefighting Год назад

although a main track, there was a cool spotter point in my old home town with trains coming right towards you across the bridge: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Yf9LAn42ks.html

@Nano-pj4lh Год назад

The site of Thurmond is splendid and offers beautiful images. I'm impressed by the coal train crossing the bridge with its 110 cars loaded to the brim! That must represent a huge total weight!

@ped832 Год назад

I like railroad videos from various locals. I grew up in a small town in Montana where the Milwaukee was the electrics origin on its way west. Don't advise your kids to jump on railcars as they enter the yard. Leave that to us old folks who survived. Don't let them shoot firearms unsupervised. No fire crackers. No yada, yada, yada. Kids that can grow up in a railroad town have a sense of life that cannot be duplicated. I will bet that penny I just put on the rail.

@trainchasersatwork Год назад

Well you about out done yourself this time. I would place this video in the top ten you’ve ever produced. It was fabulous, to say the least. I fully enjoyed watching and may come back later to watch it again. Thanks for sharing your work. Happy railfanning my friend. Awesome plum awesome!!! Beautiful!!!

@JawTooth Год назад

Wow, thank you!

@musclecarmitch908 Год назад

Awesome video Jawtooth! Awesome location! I'm definitely going to have to go there someday! Thanks for sharing!

@BeeLineEast Год назад

Well Brian you answered my question about the bridge shaking. Cool video.

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@Sven_Okas1967 Год назад

Nice bridge and nice old station building. How many trains goes per day over the bridge?? Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

@psg6314 Год назад

Like to see this place in the future snow fall it would make a great video and post card, great video keep up the good work God bless from GA and stay safe

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching! I will be there in the snow

@davidbarnett9312 Год назад

Now that's a money train. If memory serves from my days as an SP brakeman, that flashing yellow over red means 40 mph and be prepared to stop at the next signal. Course that was over a half century ago so who knows what it means now. Folks in the bucolic area around Thurmond are fortunate because developers have not moved in and turned it into a tourist attraction complete with hundreds nee thousands of vehicles bringing in thousands of sightseers.

@paulbergen9114 Год назад

Narrow roads. Sharp curved. Drop offs into gorge. Sure makes it hard to film at the same time so Safety First even being a pedestrian can be tough. Excellent catch of the coal train it eased off the branch past the dwarf signal and out to the mighty main line. Just imagine this location circa 1940 with smaller shuttles coming off the branch which maybe came off another branch as coal car after coal car we're gathered in the yards From the time you started filming it's amazing how fast the sun disappears in the valleys where some areas may be lit for mere minutes per day and you know the perpetual smell of coal smoke was there as it was your heating and cooking fuel. Indeed the long drags of black diamonds is decreasing but until the last one runs savor the moment. Thanks JT

@divox9pqr Год назад

So cool…I’ve been at that junction of the CSX interchange and Amtrak’s Cardinal many times. I always would imagine what it would be like to see a freight train at that junction as the Cardinal makes its quick stop. This memorable episode makes me want to ride the rails even more than usual. Thanks a heap Jaw Tooth.

@shawnpowell5876 Год назад

What an awesome catch of the CSX Coal Train in Thurmond! 2 CSX locomotives pulling 110 cars w no DPU was amazing! That had to be cool standing on that bridge to feel it shake when it stopped! Thanks again JT for another great video that never disappoints! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware!

@Indo49 Год назад

I do agree so much. Jaw Tooth videos are really worthwhile.

@shawnpowell5876 Год назад

@@Indo49 you won't find any better videos in my book! Always on top of the action!

@richardbrobeck2384 Год назад

for sure !

@steveo6034 Год назад

I kept waiting for the DPU! That was long with a lot of weight for only 2 locomotives!!🇺🇲

@icosthop9998 Год назад

Thank you for the count 👌

@edmundoramsesgalvanflores5898 Год назад

The sheeps and goats...2 ducks in the lake...the field is lovely,so good!!!! 🇱🇷😱😱😱😱😱😱

@dct1 Год назад

Great watching you from over here in Scotland. We no longer extract coal from our land so no mines, Power Stations or coal traffic 😪 The locos sounds very similar to our Class 66 which were built by EMD in the states and their headquarters are in La Grange, IL. Is that the same location you film the street running trains?

@thomasdupee1440 Год назад

The street running trains are in Lagrange, Kentucky. Same city name, different state.

@michianarailfan Год назад

Morning Jaw tooth! Hope you are doing well, another great vid!

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@stevelaminack1516 Год назад

4583 looks brand new. It's cool to see all that old railroad infrastructure in Ohio and W VA which you don't see in many other states, PA too.

@fefnireindraer144 Год назад

All that untouched wilderness. I'd love to build a small home there, nessled among the trees. How the engines rev up @9:00 yeah :D

@telemachus53 Год назад

So different from the UK freight. Sounds different, rides completely differently and goes along tracks that UK freight drivers would be terrified of. I love the steps in between coaches and the wheezes and squeak and rumbles as they go by. The background scenery is amazing! This vid is one of your best.

@bernadettec6386 Год назад

Love the sound of the wheels on the track.

@nancyhodges444 Год назад

I have to admit, how many bridges allow u to film trains while your on the same bridge, that’s cool. Lovely view of the new river and surrounding fall mountains. I grew up with nothing but coal trains, so there my favorite unit trails too. Nice little surprise at the end, Norfie in a bag, so cute. Thanks for sharing JT.👍🏼

@arthenry498 Год назад

I think I counted 110 hoppers. I "think" cause I was not too careful. Pretty good size train though. Bet that felt good on the bridge!! Thurmund is neat! Great video JT. Thanks for another wonderful train piece of history. YOU just may be the archives of railroading. You had a lot of company on this shoot.

@2railnation Год назад

It's easier if you put the playback speed on 2x. 👍

@masseyhemenway4298 Год назад

My cousins live up the road in Anstead and I grew up in Newport News where that coal was most likely headed. My Dad is retired from the coal industry. It kept a roof over my head and put me through school. Great video.

@Last_day_events Год назад

I like the "Thurmond West Virginia" trains. It would be neat to go there.

@JawTooth Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@miguelarroyo6239 Год назад

@Jaw Tooth It has been a little while since I've seen your videos, but this one was a gem amongst gems. I recently watched an awesome "ghost town" video about the history of Thurmond and it fascinated me so much that I am hoping to put it on my next road trip. Thank you for being my first look into Thurmond. Your videos are always great to watch. Excellent applause track in the beginning as well. Be well and stay blessed.

@sireldemar6004 Год назад

Did you watch the video by Part-Time Explorer? If not, go and check it out as it‘s worth the watch!

@nateleonard5270 Год назад

That was cool seeing that coal train crossing that bridge

@kompst_tu Год назад

What a beautiful CSX unit! Looks like they take care of them too. (But then again, why wouldn't they?) I'm happy they still use these old lines! Fall has made this valley look beautiful on top of all of that. This was a great watch!

@JawTooth Год назад

My thoughts exactly