We don’t want to keep using superlatives, but it’s true, these Grab Bags are catching an unbelievable amount of Train magic from locations all over the USA and one in Canada!
🙋🏼♂️ Wow ! Trains ,fire trucks ,wild life , people…. ,classic cars ,weed killers , grinders ,friends,antique rail cars ,boats ,flags and more ! A real GRAB BAG ✅
0:50 plenty of old boxcars 1:27 P42 on a Cascades Service of Horizon cars 4:34 firing up the Southern GP38-2 at the TVRM 6:00 cool train maneuvering through La Grange in both directions 7:44 the lead unit of this 9-unit lash-up is on backwards! 8:55 Loram grinder followed by the smaller one grinding the crossing 11:08 two NS slugs on this train 11:28 Amtrak 606 in the King Tut exhibit livery 11:53 excellent ATSF tall gondola 15:50 WOW! CSX GEVO pulling an Amtrak train without any Amtrak locomotive. I hope it's just a stock move because that locomotive doesn't have any means of powering the cars with electricity 16:15 UP and NS power on Cajon Pass 16:44 CSX 3194 leading solo 17:27 UP 1995 trailing 17:37 all CSX power on CN tracks 17:46 just make a right turn at that point. The road's wide enough for ya 20:26 BNSF 25th anniversary unit on a uP intermodal 21:32 NW hoppers with NS 8103 passing them 22:30 all three versions of BNSF orange, NS, and CSX power on one train 23:06 person cuts in front of the arriving Amtrak with 169, 184, and 309 on it 25:19 the hand sticking out of the window of a P42 makes them look even cooler 25:47 the WAMX geep emitting sparks as seen on the thumbnail. The fire department is called to clean up the mess it made 28:35 stacks raising on the American Queen 29:08 Amtrak 160 "Pepsi" and train being towed by a BNSF GEVO 31:53 the ex-Algoma Central FP9 we saw a few grab bags ago 32:47 Maine Central boxcar 33:00 NCRC Rio Grande Pacific GP15-1 33:56 caboose at the very end of this freight train 34:20 baretable (completely empty intermodal) train passing two other trains 34:56 warbonnet 686 has a lot of Xs on it 35:25 an old geep and two ex-Citirail GEVOs on this train
You mean the ones that started to run at the bear to scare it? I'm sure they're aware but equally oblivious to how close they came to death if the bear decided to fight back. Surprised it didn't have a Darwin Candidate highlight as well.
Algoma Central F7 @ 32:06, used to come through Green Bay South to Fondulac and Milwaukee during the Wisconsin Central Ltd Era in the early 2000's particularly during winter when the A.C. Snow train to Agawa Canyon was on a shortened schedule. Plus I saw 1 in Ashwaubenon by Sugar Factory siding by M.P. 239 and parallel to Ashland Ave by the newly re-opened Willard Street grade crossing, when the Sugar Factory siding was expanded North to provide another passing track for the longer W.C. Freights, and S.F.S. at mp 239.5 is also the primary access track to the NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM !!-!
Does the engineer have anything on his system displays showing that that the engine is blowing those sparks out the exhaust? As someone that is retired fire department, that is more than a slight problem when you are setting fires as you go on your merry way. Set the wrong thing on fire or get someone hurt and it changes the outcome a lot. You would think if it's happening in the engine you are in you would look behind you every few miles and see it.
I live just NW of Wichita. When Omnitrax was running this area (prior to K&O) we could tell where the train was, and direction of travel due to the fire department pages for ROW fires.
I always love the grab bags, but even better when we make it in one twice! Elkhart is our favorite location! Love all the action around the cams though. Thanks for giving us great videos to watch VRF!
One thing about these grabs a bag short video. It makes up for what I could miss watching it live. Trains and especially wildlife. The locomotive that was sparking the fire, don't come to California! It would be forced to retire! We are a tender box here! One more thing to add, that person that walked in front of that Amtrak train, which was a dumb move. If you would have trip, it is over!
God made us in his image but however he let's us think on our own and in the case of this person walking in front of a moving train maybe her brain just wasn't working.
17:50 I guess the driver of the black car was afraid the train was going to swerve onto the frontage road. Oh well, at least they didn't try to play chicken with the train.
The K & O needs to properly maintain their engines, especially if they're getting ones from another RR such as UP. I live in Wichita and surprisingly the trees didn't catch fire....
10:21 Huh, that took me by surprise. Before anyone asks it ain't the man, it's the number of the engine as it's the same diesel that assisted UP Big Boy 4014 for the first part of its Southwest tour in 2019 from Cheyenne to Texas or Arkansas I believe.
23:13 I feel for the engineer. That's the "Is today gonna be the day I end some careless imbecile's life" moment and unfortunately being a railroad worker in that position puts one in those traumatizing incidents. Probably gave him flashbacks to the last time he ran over someone fooling around and/or intentionally trying to do away with themselves on the tracks.
Sadly, sometimes they're not "fooling around" but intentionally there trying to do so, without any empathy or regard for the years of recovery from PTSD they are likely causing the engineer. People who commit suicide this way are extremely self-absorbed in their pain, and simply don't care what their actions cost those who are left behind, be they loved ones, friends, children, bystanders, or first responders.
@@le_th_ Son is a firefighter. In one place here the suicides are so frequent he noticed some "chunks" had dried on the engine from the last one. Makes for a bad day for everyone.
I see she was on the phone just before crossing (I'm not surprised). Wait and see, there will be fences all along the trackside and stairs to get from one side to the other thanks to this kind of stupidity. A number of stations in Canada already have such designs.
Those must be the worst-mainted diesels in the country. Local first responders should have authority to stop them in place until repaired - if they were blocking the track for a few days waiting for mechanics and parts, there would be some action.
We had a great day and were glad to make the "grab bag" at Ft. Madison. Thanks, John Stafford, for getting that family on as well! They had stopped and had a picnic lunch up by the station and were a pleasure to talk to!
Where does Chehalis get all of those old cars, and I will never think of carrots the same way again. Lil bear safe at Revvy, bunch of other good stuff...
Have marked La Grange as an area to avoid in any trips in Kentucky. Glad the Whistle Stop crew remembers the ones who stayed behind, thanks for photos. The number of engines belching smoke and open flames at time is a real concern. Are there no standards for this type of pollution? Recall last year a fire @ the Spaghetti Works site, shared it with our grandsons as a teaching aid showing how fast flames spread. This was unavoidable and unfortunate.
I don't know if its done this way but imo a train that spews out sparks shouldn't be allowed on the tracks due to the fire risk to people Outside of the rails.. think if UP or BNSF had that going on in Fire Prone Southern Cal and starts a Major fire. the rail company should be liable for the damages. if it sparks it should be parked.. stop cutting corners.. putting everyone as risk to move cargo when there are other Good Engines that Don't Do that...
@@christianwishmeyer4107 UP was fined by the state of Missouri for starting grass fires due to sparks. The crew knows that sparks are shooting out, WAMX probably doesn't care or have to money to address the problem.
Ex Western Pacific GP35 almost 60 years old, California will not allow non Turbo Charged Locos in Certain Parts of the state, I know it is Kansas, just making a point that Turbo Charged Locos start fires also.
Engine WAMX 3511 - former UP, now run by a short line. Probably shouldn't run a fire breather. There were other engines in the consist if they didn't need all engines online. I saw a very smoky engine one day. A few minutes later fire crews responded to false reports of a grass fire. The person reporting apparently didn't see the engine spewing smoke.
hope the fire department bills watco heavily for this. believe they also caused the last fire. if they cant maintain their junk, keep it off the rails!
Its really not that big a deal. Locomotives powered by fire that shot smoke directly from said fire out of their stacks once ran everywhere in this country daily for over 100 years. A few diesels shooting sparks here and there isnt worth fussing over.
Idk if y’all do this but I keep up with locomotives that caught fire so I can do my research to see if they are still around or if they have been scrapped
So, I'm curious to know the story behind CSX 9280 at 4:28. A freshly painted CSX C40-8 in 2022? I was sure those had just about achieved dodo bird status by this time. I mean, I hope it/they still have a good bit of life ahead of them on CSX.
@@carsonthorpe6696 Yes thanks, I came across more info after I posted the question. I just don't see why CSX would feel the need to repaint and possibly refurbish an engine that they didn't want some years ago. I for one, am glad to see an old standard cab DASH-8 getting some love instead of a torch. It looks good!
Billy Bobcat and the B C Yogi Bear 🐻, now that's a catch. Hope the girl that walked out in front of the Amtrak wasn't planning to ride, don't think they'd open the door for a idiot. There shouldn't be much brush left to burn on that curve, they've already burned the tree next to the Spaghetti House 🏠 😐 😳 😬.
Its Kansas, its not gonna be until someones injured most likely. The Goverments been on Watco for years about that and its amounted to only them buying two electric switchers.
Haven't they been transfering too because of NATO reloadings to UK and EU. Big build up. I thought too today I saw a green possible john deere tractor at the royal airforce base field while NATO was practicing today in the horizon... thanks
Incredible to me that a danbury train exiting the branch and an acela made the grab bag (which happen 10-15 times a day) but the ACS-64 towing a dead acela didn’t
How much noise can a train make to warn people not to walk in front of one, bells horns, but she would have headphones with music, and looking for the next song.
