Top 10 things i hate about railfanning 

PART TWO HAS BEEN RELEASED: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t055woO63Xw.html I don't hate railfanning itself, don't worry There's just certain things that make it really annoying at times, and these are some of them. Enjoy the video! For all you "🤓" people out there, I'm talking about *appearance*, not performance

This has nothing to do with the train itself but I hate when other people think they can just call the cops every 2 seconds on you for standing (NEAR) a railroad track!

I think one of the worst things is when someone walks into your shot. That has to be the worst thing it has happened to me sadly. It’s sucks.

When I miss special units like heritage units, fallen flags, and so on. I've already missed several 25th anniversary units. I also hate car railfanning, terrible shots and I'm trying not to film my mom in the process. Another thing is not getting a single train at all. At times I can 3-5 trains, but yeah.

I think everyone can agree, We all hate forgetting our tripod and when the train blasts its horn you jump with the camera to space...

Heres my top 10 10. My shot getting ruined 9. A train sneaks up on me 8. I was told something rare was coming, it took a long time to come 7. Waiting 2+ hours for a train 6. Train gets blocked by another train 5. A train beats me at my railfanning spot 4. A train comes right after i leave my the railfanning spot 3. Not getting a train on camera 2. Camera stops mid train Dishonorable mention: music playing in the background 1. Barely missing a rare catch

2:42 bro this just happened to me. I was Railfanning in Altoona, PA and I was packing up. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a train came, WITH A HERITAGE UNIT. I was able to get it, but the video was shaky because I didn’t have enough time to get my tripod.

Honestly, some of these points, I don't really mind, like for example, the solo leaders, I like those based on the fact the train would have a DPU. But I can relate with the brush getting in the way. I'm at a spot where there is so much brush or plant stuff between the CSX and NS tracks. I have to film it most of the time I get a meet.

I can just railfan at home so it’s super fun to chill and wait at #1

WE NEED A PART 2 OF THIS!❤ Edit: I also hate it when someone is calling me during railfanning. Like I don’t have time right now to talk to you, I have a heritage unit to catch!!!

If you don’t want the railroad crossing bell ringing the entirety of a train, there’s this place called eastern USA

1. People giving you looks when standing around 2. Being indecisive for what shot i should get 3. Missing something special 4. Waiting for a train you believe will pass through your area but you realize it went on another subdivision

The only thing that I hate about railfanning is that no matter how far I go, there's always a quiet zone. I don't hate wayside horns, but I just don't like the fact that the closest crossings to me are in quiet zones. I sometimes have people that comment on my train videos, "Stop it with the wayside horns!".

Ah man, honestly I relate to just about all of these. ...even though I like the crossings myself for some reason lol. And elephant style too, since you can get better pictures of whatever's trailing, especially since it's also a huge advantage if the trailing locomotive is something rare

I have to agree with you on a few things here especially with the gevos, and Shadows from trees getting in the way. but I have to say most of your shots look a lot better than mine. Even the ones that do have objects in the ways. what I hate the most about rail fanning is Probably also gevos and the fact that I'm not gonna be able to rail fan for a while since I broke my arm recently.

Interesting, I never knew that "elephant style" had a name. Definitely looks more interesting when they don't all face the same direction. I admit I actually didn't mind GEVOs at first when I only railfanned a couple of times. Then when I visited California and saw that every freight train coming was a BNSF GEVO, it got boring real quick lol

"The best way to get a train is to leave your spot" HahahahHAHAHA so true

That common phrase you’ve mentioned “the best way to catch a train is to leave your spot” is so accurate bro. I mean, today I just finished railfanning and then once I was finished railfanning and the moment I leave the rail yard, I saw big international train coming. I was so pissed at myself 😮‍💨😮‍💨😤😤😤

There’s A Few Railroad Crossings Near Me That Have The Sequence Where The Bells Stop Ringing When The Gates Are Dowm

2:26 i can relate to this SOOOOO much bro everytime i wait for like 7 hours and i leave, people end up catching it and then i get pissed cuz i was trackside for like half a day just to miss it by like 15 mins.. super annoying ngl

Another thing I hate When either a train is stopped WAY down the line Or when a train with say a heritage unit is coming and another train shows up and blocks your view

I honestly don’t mind elephant style running, solo leaders, Gevos, k5hls, or super long trains. I just see them all as part of the fun of railfanning. After all, someday, we won’t have Gevos in regular service, and we’ll be missing them as much as we miss seeing f40phs and sd40-2s on the mainline.

Anytime I railfan something sneaks up on me

“Whatever they go by these days” yeah I chuckled at that

I agree with most of this. I like elephant style because I think it just looks badass trains at speed with all the locomotives facing towards you. Only time I like GEVOs are when BNSF gevos lead, or any with a unique horn (K5HLA, K5HLB, RS5T)

I can relate to the single leaders 😅, i get em all the time....also the trees are a pain in taking pictures! I can relate to everything in this video.

Trees, brush, weeds, the constant ding ding ding if the crossing bell (it's a blessing when you get to one of those crossing where the bell turns off after the gates go down lol ) and gevos!! - Jenny

The only thing that i hate about Railfanning is not about missing Heritage units, Veteran units, and Fallen Flags, Its actually there's no Trains during in my areas like waiting a train in my areas needs 3 or 4 hours during morning and afternoon, Then I decided to leave and then When i see the train, Its too late.

My one gripe is people who have never worked a day on the railroad and talk like they think they know everything about railroading…. Live it then talk

Things I don't like about railfanning:Missing a train,Waiting for a train for a long time,train going very slow,wind interference and seeing only one type of freight car for the whole train/low variety

"Looking like an idiot for 4 hours at a time" LMAO, OMG George this is great man, laughed the whole way through, bring on part 2!!! -Ken

Bro proceeded to list down all my inner thoughts 💀

The most relatable railfan doesn’t exi-

Literally the thing I hate about Railfanning is harassment

I really do love watching trains, but I just get bored waiting - I have to be doing something else, can't just sit out there for hours. Also agree with the "surprise", the I coulda/shoulda/woulda have gotten a really nice shot except I didn't know it was coming, (but maybe it's motivation for the next one...) Thanks for the vid sir.

We need a “bro” counter

The worst thing about railfanning imo is that if you wait like HOURS, ans you get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING sometimes

2:40 this is EXACTLY me. Always leave and then something comes. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

I would Love a Part 2 and I Hate when your waiting or Trying to Listen for a train and you hear a Truck Car or Motorcycle and you think its a train

When it comes to crossing bells, over here in GA, the bells would usually stop ringing when the gates come all the way down. Also 3 things i hate about railfanning: Foamers, Trespassers, and backlit shots.

Bro is mad at everything He's ALSO Probably mad at the air and the Clouds

I felt my IQ drop after watching this

I hate when I wait 2 fricking hours for a HU and I go home for 30 mins and that’s when it goes through!

Later in life you will remember fondly those GEVOs you hate today. Railfans griped about SD40-2's because they were so common and that's with a variety of paint schemes. Today, we look forward to them on class 1s.

3:53 is the one I can relate to the most. I was waiting, FOR ONE TRAIN, and it was a local as well that had both 1411 and 1412 (Sister unit Triclop 60m units), and ended up staying from 11 AM to 4 PM (I left when they started to leave sandpoint), AND ENDED UP GETTING 13 TRAINS. Don't get me wrong, I was glad to get a ton of rail action, BUT I ONLY CAME FOR ONE TRAIN, and I just wanted to go home.

The thing is what I hate is when the engineers don’t see you

10: i dont mind the bells. sometimes the engine noise drowns it out. 9: elephant style seems weird to me. 8: at one point my dad's car broke down so i had to wait a bit and the last train before my brother came to jumpstart the car was a 5 goddamn minute long train. only one locomotive in the front and one as the mid dpu. and it was a fully loaded intermodal train. how the hell can this be possible??? 7: solo leaders are okay for amtrak but what the hell is that 6: gevos are repetitive but i dont give a crap about how many i can catch or how many emds i can catch 5: i dont enjoy gevos, like them or hate them 4: everywhere i railfan its impossible to not get trees and brush shadows cuz its the pacific northwest 3: trains are slightly fast in the pnw 2: i got jumpscared by an amtrak train because the green signal burned out dishonorable mention: i missed many trains before. 1: never happened to me.

If you're in the city like me and you're late for the train, not getting a good spot due to how long the line is. Thats the flipsides i face.

1:57 what would you say if for example, a South American or African railfan goes to the US and gets impressed by the sight of GEVOS because he has never seen one?

I hate the amount of new Gevos Csx has due to those engines not having 2nd Gen K5hls and the Stupid Gevos with 3rd Gen K5hls just blowing for the dang crossing not giving a horn salute! Csx needs to either get rid of those Gevos get better crews who are friendly!

Stupendous video BNSF 1458! 👍I agree with some of your views. The things that I hate about railfanning is missing the train when the leader has a special and unique horn! Another one I hate about it is when trees and shadows gets in the way. Last one is when people gets in my way, don't get me wrong but I don't mind people getting in my way but not too close.

Something that pisses me off is when people have unnecessarily large vehicles and go .001 mph

One thing I hate about railfanning is when PEOPLE GET IN MY SHOT!

2:38 people are gonna think this is a joke, but it’s actually so true. I cannot tell you how many times this has happened to me

I've had a BNSF Intermodal sneak up on me, especially in a quiet zone XD

About the elephant style part: I prefer all of the locomotives facing forward except for the last one.

Dude I usually wait like 1-3 hours for a train, I’ve been lucky lately, but I know that feeling where you start yelling “cmon BNSF gimme train”

Oh, the gates are a safety thing they are designed to prevent cars from getting hit by a train

The NR class is essentially the Australian Gevo, see them everywhere and always leading

I can understand the part about the ES44s (GEVOs) but if you ever see a Ferromex one or from various companies it can be exciting.

Nice video for #1 I waited 5 hours for BPRR RIBT a year ago with an ex CNW nose Gon leader it was worth the wait

single leaders are only for short trains only tho. Not long ass freights.

Yep!!! Waiting for ever for a train, leave, then one shows up. Happens all the time.

GEVO person, I am and yet *I agree, they’re too common for their own good.* The first DCC model locomotive in BNSF colors I ever got was a GEVO. They love those things a _l i t t l e_ bit too much. Also, it was a 25th anniversary unit too! I personally love that model, and the GEVO, but mainly because UP (the railroad which operates in Forney, where I live) has just the right balance of SD70s, AC44s, DASH-9s and *GEVOs.*

Ngl when safety cabs lead elephant style it’s badass.

Elephant lash up and single engine has to be my top 2 for sure. Single engine is definitely number 1. I miss the horns from the 70’s and the god old Leslie A 200 on stream liners aka A E F units. Funny video!!!

0:25 The issue with the bell is it's a stupidly common GS e-bell which BNSF loves to the moon and back. The old mechanical ones and the WCH e-bells are much nicer. As for the gates, just move over a bit

I'm trying to get into trains and this helps out Alot! Thank you!

I played this video at 2X speed because it cracks me up a lot

CSX has alot of solo leaders

One thing I hate about railfanning is getting the wrong platform. Once I was at a big station and one of the new acela units comes in and it was arriving so I had no clue what platform. So I just guessed the one with 2 open tracks. And I was 4 PLATFORMS AWAY

Bro this video mad me laugh the entire time. Everything was on point and so relatable. 😂

Things I hated about railfaning 1 gevos 2 Ns ac44 power 3 waiting forever for train 4 boring freight trains 5 the day you can’t go that’s all I have to say

"Who likes gevos how can you be so interested in an everyday sight" bro we watch trains for fun

Super respect bro! I love your stuff. I agree with most of what you said in this video.

I don’t hate much about rail fanning because I really do like trains a lot but one thing I don’t like is waiting forever

I don’t like it when there are multiple tracks, and one train stops in front of them and blocks my view.

My least favorite part about railfanning is that my home territory Norfolk Southern (lol). The good part is that I'm on the main line between NYC and Chicago, so I don't have to try too hard to see a train. Still, though, getting rid of PSR would make it even easier.

I’ve only been railfanning for a year so far, but I already relate to a few of these. It kills my soul anytime I hear a train horn in the distance and I’m not there for it, I’m really trying to push to Railfan in the afternoons sometimes because I know for a fact some of them do pass through around that time of day. But I do get them on a fairly consistent basis during morning hours which isn’t the worst, but I do grow a little tired of seeing RJ Corman locals often without any signs of NS. Not to mention intermodals are the only thing I’m able to get as of late, but I can’t complain on that too much. I don’t mind the woods or trees being in the way too much, since it can add to the surprise factor with any encounter. I really don’t care if the units are elephant style or not, as long as I can identify the units (as in the numbers because they really matter to me) I’m happy. But I’m not a fan of railfanning at night because YOU CAN’T SEE S**T!!! No but really, the lack of lightening really bothers me. Then there’s the unfortunate possibility of dealing with entitled morons acting like they’re the law of the land around them, even if it’s really owned by whatever RR runs through. I mentioned this because I once had an incident with some old man giving me an attitude because I unintentionally kinda trespassed in his “property”, he was being unreasonable and throwing a fit over nothing basically. I’ll probably never go to that crossing again because of that, but if I do I won’t be so nice next time. It really does get frustrating when no trains pass through when you go out, nobody can lie on that. I once actually cried over the lack of rail action, and normally I just don’t want to cry. I may not agree with everything in this video, but I’m a polite guy and don’t mind giving some of my own dislikes in the hobby.

I don't really hate gevo locomotives. I do disagree with the elephant style I like it when locomotives face either way. But you are right about the solo leaders. God I hate those.

The only thing I hate about long trains or slow trains, is they eat up SD card space on my camera! 😂 I love filming them, but wow. Once I filmed a 15 minute video of a long intermodal, and it took up 3GB of space!

I agree with everything but I also hate railfaning in the dark because I hate but I have to go to school and I can't railfan in the morning or something but rail fan is pretty cool but I get to miss a lot of trains I broke my phone a couple months ago before making the channel I missed it so many cool trains that went by especially the BNSF 25th anniversary.

The crossing bells could be better IF IT WASNT AN E-BELL

Worst thing is when the sun disappears behind a cloud when the train comes

My favorite is when the tripod you have your camera on falls over.

“The Front Never Comes” 💀

Here is my top 10 things I hate but Croatian Edition: 1. Anoying people who doesnt know how to mind their own busines and asking me "what are you filming" 2. Toxic railfan community 3. Suspicious railway workers who treats you like a spy who wants to start nuclear war 4. When you wait for a special train to come for hours, but after you leave train comes 5. Failing to find a perfect location to film on time 6. Battery on camera dies 7. Missing a rare train to catch 8. There is no heritage railway or train in Croatia 9. When train is covered in graffiti 10. When the sound of train is ruined by nearby road vehicles

I can agree on the crossing bell and the long trains for sure. I’m on the Chester sub so I get the ZEGYC, a 17,000 ft Z train and when You’re catching it just taking off it can be a pain.

This is insane how both your top 10’s have done!!!!😳 LOL, I may have to make one of some kind!😂 Just kidding, this one and your part 2 are very well done!

Imagine liking trains but you live on a island were there isn't any trains

I have missed tons of stuff and I got SO lucky one day because we were leaving our spot and out of no where a Sand train with NS DPUs NS, UP comes on the BNSF and we had to FLY back to the last crossing just to get some horn action which it had a beautiful P5 and I almost missed a CSX YN2 C40-9W Leader solo on a military train but just barely got it because it had to stop for 5 seconds before proceeding into the yard. I can relate to mostly all these things lol

Yeah, man! I can agree on a bunch of your points. 👍

I love the way crossing bells sound, and many railfans like myself love railroad crossings!

Number 10 is a problem i have but sometimes the bell is quiet without the gate

Ik I hate crossing and the noise they make but the crossing is there for a reason it is there to keep us safe and to know if a trains coming or not

I was waiting for a UP Business Train. It sat at the depot for an hour, but too far away to take photos. Then the Business train began to move and with perfect timing a slow moving coal train came by blocking any chances of my getting any photos.

I don't usually mind crossing bells as i find they are part of the experience but when they are the electronic ones... Oh god they are so irritating!

I've never had the cops show up before while railfanning but I always make sure to let everyone know what I'm doing. I did have a woman ask for me not to stand too close to a passing train once because it was going pretty fast and I understood her concerns. I stood back but I did get an awesome crew wave though

As a Bri'ish guy, pretty much any American train would be cool to me.

If you don't like solo leaders, you aren't going to like British trains (more than one leading loco is rare)