Pioneer Lines New Corporate Image ND&W Railroad PREX 3001 Napoleon Defiance & Western Bad Track 

They still have a lot of work to do, but it's awesome seeing what great progress they've made over the last few years. And now with a new paint scheme, they are really starting to look like a right and proper shortline business.

They come such a long way! The new livery looks great! Seems like Pioneer is taking pride in things.

Wow, I'm really amazed that the time of the bad tracks is probably coming to an end so slowly with this train. They have invested a lot in new tracks. And the new color scheme looks really good. Thank you for this Video. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

Love this old short line. Pure small town Americana.

THOSE TRACKS!!!! I don't see how it doesn't derail!

The tracks look better than before they have been working on them

The Gettysburg locomotive is on the western section with flatbed cars of rail. It still looks like it went through the civil war. The old Santa Fe had a single car of rails . Nice video

I just glad to see they are making progress. I noticed a bunch of track laying along the Jewell elevator. Boy they need to get a siding back in there to move grain! When I was a kid the lines had been abandoned, and to see freight go down the lines is great. Its not every day a track is resurrected from the dead. Good work.

The new paint scheme looks decent and is a bit like the first Reading and Northern. That is a really neat old elevator in scene 2. Glad to see some progress on the tracks though that one siding looks better than the main line. For a line in an agricultural area it's rare to see an all boxcar train

This is one of your best videos! All of the different camera angles is incredible!

I like the new paint scheme. Another great video. The pacing shots with the drone are cool. Thanks!

Excellent Scott, love the new livery and watching the Progress 😉 of this Shortline. I can't get enough of this Shortline or the Wabash Central... Hint.. Hint 😉👍

I seen the Woodburn "western" portion had new rail waiting for installation!! Last 2 weeks they were working near the diamond in Defiance

Scott, you make the best videos! I live 15 minutes from the Union Railway Museum and I have only been there once . I will be there next spring.

The shot starting at 5 minutes in looks like it belongs in a Train Simulator game

Excellent video Scott. Great scenes. I shot 3001 a week before they painted it. Gotta get back.

Great video, I liked the mix of the drone and hand held filming. Keep up the great job

This locomotive has a great paint job. Filmed very nicely. Greetings from Germany

I assumed the new rail was being installed on the western end of ND&W. Pioneer lines did an interview with Paulding County Business Weekly discussing the improvements and that locals should be aware of the crossings because the trains will moving much faster.

The work they've done between Defiance and Cecil is amazing! I never thought I'd see the rails straight again! Thank you for the video!

godbless usa whit those beautiful train tracks

Scott you sure know how to fly! The pacing is superb!

In some of those bad spots, I'm surprised they didn't go on the ground! Love your video and that paint scheme is great too!!

Cool new look. they are clearly doing much needed track work. Greetings from Saint John NB home of NB Southern railway.

Thanks for this video. I love this line, hope it does well!

Love the new livery! Another great video,as always,

3:45 "Rough Crossing" sign. Even the vehicle crossings are bad on the ND&W!

That is an awesome paint scheme!

Very Cool!! Thank you for posting!!

Holy cow! That track is so much better. Watching the locomotive NOT rolling in all three axis with movement! Amazing!

Great stuff, Scott .... keep up the good work...

I like the new livery. I hope they can improve the rails faster than the swamp can eat them.

still runs much faster than they used to

Looking good.

Awesome new coat of paint on that freight train looks amazing.

I like to see the old Geeps! Nice video of the ND&W.

Wow, nice to see investment going into the line.

The new locomotive is handsome.

I have to say, that's looking a lot better than 5 years ago.

Reminds me of the W&LE at start up. You almost had to wear helmets when the engineer fell asleep and the engine started to speed up. Love the sound of stick rail, don't like the idea of the cars rocking like this. Someone needs to tell them to contact a class 1 railroad and ask them for their old ribbon rail!

You are not kidding about BAD TRACK. I like the color of this engine.

Nice video! Some of the short lines really have nice looking vintage locomotives! Other, not so much.

Now THOSE tracks look like my layour trackage.... therefore, I AM prototypical ... kinda, sorta, maybe....

I remember driving along US 24 in Ohio last November. I noticed they had placed a lot of ties and track along the right of way. The next year (2022) I noticed they did track work. Talk about major improvements.

Cracking up with all the “track looks better” comments! Only thing I see different is that they covered up the horrible track with ballast on top. No tamping. Rails just as crooked as ever, the cars are wobbling like a fat person on a flight of stairs! If nothing else, this stretch of railroad has always been good for comedy!

I like the new colors, very cool!!

Awesome video thank you.

Great video!

Nice Video Scott!!

Yet another great video...

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I hope they don't derail and scratch up that new paint job. Excellent video!

Great to see, and that engine is looking good. But some things never change, the tracks lol

Very Nice Video Scott!

I love the new paint job

Love the new livery!

Great video Scott!!!

Nice video!!!

It has been a while since I have commented. Great video as always. I love that new image, especially the nose, is awesome. Thank you, for another good one. I have one question, are they operating with a one-man crew?

What a lovely relaxing jewel video you made Scott. Nice blue sky above a gentle rural surrounding. Just the sound of that slow peace train with fresh paint loco. Superb drone shooting from above or preceding the train. Everything is slow and a real joy to watch the funny team betwen snaky rails and dancing boxcars. Why been in a hurry with a faster train ? To save on crew wages and burn more fuel ? "Dog and butterfly" said the song. Why not "train and butterfly" ?

Great video, +

Be sure to stop by the bar in Okalona for some of the best wings around! Not overpriced, either. And if you go on taco night, you only need to order one taco- they're huge.

Is there a map somewhere showing where work has been done / still needs to be done? Is work being done first on the worst sections / those with the most traffic?

I will watch this video! However, I am sad to see this "Santa Fe" loco repainted! Did they have two ATSF colored GP20s? If so, is the other one still in "Bluebonnet" colors? hope so! I been trying to get the ATSF locos for years! I hope there will be another chance and that there is one remaining!!!! RJ

That drop off @13:25 looks like a roller coaster! That track is a mess.

3001 looks so much better than b4. The numbers r readable. N when they light up in the dark, everyone can see them.

Nice paint livery. How old are those d tracks the train was traveling on?

I'm a mode railroader and I wish this locomotive was able to be purchased to run on my layout. The majority of the locomotives I have to run are short line trains.

Really love the new Pioneer image image,but oh the track is horrendous. How do the locos and wagons remain on them? Here in the UK it would get shut down but regardless of that it still makes for compelling viewing You made a brilliant job in the filming of this railroad, it's absolutely outstanding. Well done you.

Love short lines.

Do you think before long they may be able to increase line speeds to above that of an elderly lady on a single speed bicycle 🚲? 😀

Awesome video on one sad a$$ rail line!! I love the new paint job, looks very professional. I forecast 100K hits on this video. Did this replace that old black #7 locomotive?

You can tell it's a short line railroad, the locomotive is clean. Notch 8..............

Are all the Gp20s repainted to Pioneer lines livery?

Isn't it about time they spent some money and improved the track? Wouldn't they make more money if their trains went faster as a result of the improvements in the track?

I never heard of Pioneer Lines before. They might as well call it the Napoleon Railway with their logo being the Tricolor and a silhouette of the emperor's trademark hat, lol!

So, umm.. Basic question, does the nd&w have access to a tamper? Or ballast regulator with a broom?

Wow

Trains look to be getting longer

Much accomplished so far. Any idea how much it costs to rehab a mile of old rail and roadbed?

This railroad has come a long way and the new paint scheme on the engine is awesome. It's wonderful to see a short line that is starting to thrive again...

Just watched a clip 8 years ago nothing changed why?

I really do like the new corporate look. But, with this line's terrible track, I feel the money spent on paint could have been far better allocated to some track work.

Nice to hear that they're in process of laying down new rail... Got in an debate with a guy about using plastic ties on these short lines made out of recycled plastic and maybe used rail from a class 1 railroad. Would be better than this crap - Fresh rail, fresh ties... Part of a government program.

Was this before the track was finally upgraded?

Heh. It is so, so weird to see the clamped together rail (I forget what they call it). Sometime ~5 years or so back the rail company in my area decided they were going to start welding the rail ok every section when they replaced it. No more clamped together rail, and the trains go scary fast. But best of all? They are also ghostly quiet. I forget their exact logic behind it, but I kind of suspect part of it was they wanted the local Amtrak lines to get through faster so they were fighting them for rail space less.

Nice to see crossing signals being installed at Okolona. Even at slow speeds, the field of vision on approach from the one direction is terrible.

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I owned some of their stock before they were bought out.

America !

Wheres the conductor? I only see the hog in the engine

I can't believe it's a video from the 21st century. The only sign is the 4 K resolution.

There’s the Branchline.

Very cool, I like the new colors on PREX #3001! Also, she has a sweet sounding airhorn too. This GP20 definitely "screams" ex AT&SF if you will. The GP20 was the first EMD "Geep" to have a turbocharged V16-567D Engine, instead of being roots blown. These units were originally manufactured by EMD with a single one piece windshield, while others were built with the "original" high short hood, resembling a GP18. PREX #3001 is likely an ex Santa Fe GP20u, probably been rebuilt by the Santa Fe's Cleburne Texas shops in the late 1970's or early '80s. It appears that Pioneer has done significant trackwork on this line and isn't in that much terrible shape as it was a few years ago. I know this line is an ex Norfolk Southern, ex N&W exx Wabash. The tracks appear to have either 80 Pound per yd or 100 Pound per yd rail, hard to really tell though. Did you ever get any dates on any of the rails? I suspect the rails were probably manufactured roughly a century ago, as this size rail was typically acceptable for most mainline and branch line trackage in the early 20th Century. Stay safe and God bless.

We need to save the short lines.

What does ND&W stand for

There are a couple of new box cars with NO graffiti!

Who are the customers?

That constant rocking back and forth is enough to make me sea sick

Oh lord, they are aswell making a simpilfied paint scheme.