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Harrison's got a new one coming, tomorrow at 7:00 PM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnPMOPVNyl0
Freight action at "World Famous" Point of Rocks MD.
And boy am I glad, their ain't squat on the tube tomorrow night I consider worth watching!
Here's the video for your convenient viewing right from the forum:
https://youtu.be/nnPMOPVNyl0
Enjoy! Next up will be a tour of the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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HarrisonHere's the video for your convenient viewing right from the forum: https://youtu.be/nnPMOPVNyl0 Enjoy! Next up will be a tour of the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA.
Q216 & Q217 service the CSX auto ramp at Twin Oaks, PA outside Philadelphia. Q216 provides the loads and Q217 takes the empties out.
It is unusual to see a Baltimore coal train operate on the Metropolitan Sub, they normally run the Old Main Line. I suspect Q372 had HAZMAT within the train that is prohibited from operating through the District of Columbia, thus it is required to operate the Old Main Line.
BaltACD Harrison Here's the video for your convenient viewing right from the forum: https://youtu.be/nnPMOPVNyl0 Enjoy! Next up will be a tour of the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA. Q216 & Q217 service the CSX auto ramp at Twin Oaks, PA outside Philadelphia. Q216 provides the loads and Q217 takes the empties out. It is unusual to see a Baltimore coal train operate on the Metropolitan Sub, they normally run the Old Main Line. I suspect Q372 had HAZMAT within the train that is prohibited from operating through the District of Columbia, thus it is required to operate the Old Main Line.
Harrison Here's the video for your convenient viewing right from the forum: https://youtu.be/nnPMOPVNyl0 Enjoy! Next up will be a tour of the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA.
Thanks for the info on the autoracks. I too found it interesting that both coal trains ran on the Main Line. Q372 did have many tank cars with red hazmat diamonds, as I mentioned in a caption.
In today's video, I explore the Red Caboose Motel and give a tour of the caboose we stayed in, #42. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/Cw60VeRyGkw
The full Strasburg Railroad video comes out Friday...
Nice! And I got a kick out the "Lionel" and "LGB" cabooses! Shows they've got a sense of humor there!
Here it is folks... the one you've all been waiting for... Exploring the Strasburg Railroad is out now! Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/GMwvsP75qjE
New video is out now, where I visit the Railroad Museum of PA. I check out the HO scale layout, G scale switching challenge, and of course the many, many locomotives and cars.
https://youtu.be/L9BOKDfs-jw
I visited Strasburg and the Museum some years ago. It is imposing to look out over the hall from the balcony.
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"An old GG1".
That hurt.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Nicely done Harrison! Looks like there's been a few additions since I was in the RR Museum of PA in the early 2000's. I don't remember those layouts, I certainly would have remembered that elaborate HO one!
If memory serves that PRR electric switcher you saw is a BB1. They were used extensively in the PRR's Sunnyside passenger equipment yard in Long Island, and it MAY be the only one in existance. That big Pennsy E unit is an E7, and it definately is the only E7 in existance.
They DO have some good stuff there, don't they?
Flintlock76 I don't remember those layouts, I certainly would have remembered that elaborate HO one!
That one was added about 10 years ago in the lobby.
zugmann Flintlock76 I don't remember those layouts, I certainly would have remembered that elaborate HO one! That one was added about 10 years ago in the lobby.
Story of my life, too early or too late!
National Train Day 2021 was interesting... we were able to catch a handful of CSX trains on the River Line and Mohawk Subdivision. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/TM70M6z_b6E
Also, if you're looking for more River Line Action, my buddy River Line Productions just released an awesome video. He's branching out from a more traditional railfanning video style to include more narration and vlogging. Click here to watch.
A quick video today, featuring a CN ET44AC trailing on 931.
https://youtu.be/IyLRgwfvEo4
Nice catch! Thanks for sharing it!
https://youtu.be/NDJufvr9ga8
Another short one this week. This Friday will be a short tour of Vermont Railway's yard in Burlington, which I haven't been to in a couple of years. Enjoy!
Burlington, VT is my video for today. Enjoy! Should I keep doing the "vlogging" style?
https://youtu.be/0yFQttjCKeE
If the "vlogging style" is what I think it is, remember I'm a dinosaur when it comes to these things, it's fine as long as you remember the trains are the "stars" and you're the "supporting cast."
Which isn't a bad thing. Supporting actors get Oscars too and frequently have longer careers than the headliners do!
Good video tonight! Too bad about that pesky fence!
I've never cared for the vlogging style in railfan videos. The 'human side' of the railfanning experience is fine for social media such as Instagram, but I'd much prefer a proper narration of context and then operations without constantly having to watch the narrator's face and stream of consciousness.
That said, I'm not the target market for Harrison's channel.
I've never cared for the vlogging style in railfan videos. The 'human side' of the railfanning experience is fine for social media such as Instagram, but I'd much prefer a proper narration of context and then operations without constantly having to watch the narrator's face and stream of consciousness. Basically, you lost me by 'hello, goose'.
Overmod I've never cared for the vlogging style in railfan videos. The 'human side' of the railfanning experience is fine for social media such as Instagram, but I'd much prefer a proper narration of context and then operations without constantly having to watch the narrator's face and stream of consciousness. Basically, you lost me by 'hello, goose'. That said, I'm not the target market for Harrison's channel.
Thank you for your feedback. So basically, if I just show the trains it's "boring", but then if I try to add interest (I am not big into narration for regular railfanning videos) then it is, I don't know, still boring?
I will see what I can do. As long as I am still having fun...
There's a fine line between too much and too little - and it's often a moving target.
OTOH, you can do one video in one style, and another in a different style...
tree68 There's a fine line between too much and too little - and it's often a moving target.
That's the best quote I've heard in a while.
tree68 OTOH, you can do one video in one style, and another in a different style...
I may try that.
tree68There's a fine line between too much and too little - and it's often a moving target.
That's the most profound thing I've read here in a LONG time!
Harrison Overmod I've never cared for the vlogging style in railfan videos. The 'human side' of the railfanning experience is fine for social media such as Instagram, but I'd much prefer a proper narration of context and then operations without constantly having to watch the narrator's face and stream of consciousness. Basically, you lost me by 'hello, goose'. That said, I'm not the target market for Harrison's channel. Thank you for your feedback. So basically, if I just show the trains it's "boring", but then if I try to add interest (I am not big into narration for regular railfanning videos) then it is, I don't know, still boring? I will see what I can do. As long as I am still having fun...
I think it is totally cool that you can show us flat switching operations from the public jogging trail -- a safe, fenced place not on railroad property.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
HarrisonThank you for your feedback. So basically, if I just show the trains it's "boring", but then if I try to add interest (I am not big into narration for regular railfanning videos) then it is, I don't know, still boring?
As I said, that should not stop you from making material, having premiere events and 'dropping' new content, etc., just because curmudgeons don't like it.
It's not that I don't appreciate the human side of railfanning either. John D. MacDonald as an editor revolutionized science fiction by having the stories be about people rather than science and things... and the same is certainly true for fanning; it gets awful dry just the see the same ¾ 'catch' panning at the same point in consist after consist with only a list of movements in the description for company. But what I like is to have the humanity come from the people, as with some of the material Pechulis has made with the Bednars, where the very best part of the trains is when someone waves from the cab, you learn their name, and get a sense of the people that make the magic happen.
Second to that is hearing in the narration that you love what you're doing; if you're going to vlog, please make that a focus...
Here's a couple of afternoon trains I caught in Plattsburgh a couple of Saturdays ago. Hint: afternoon trains never occur normally in Plattsburgh. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/RybozaBcz48
Disclaimer: I filmed/edited/uploaded this video before I received feedback to include less talking/vlogging. The train timestamps are in the description on YouTube if you just want to see the trains.
This week's video is a LONG one. Enjoy...
https://youtu.be/Nr9XgBc_gZk
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