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Jersey based railroad videography.
Lots Of EMD's & Heritage Units In North Jersey, Railfanning Hillsborough - Piscataway, NJ 8/18-25/24
A short video of some trains in North Jersey in late August. Highlights include many CSX SD70MAC's, an NS K76 with an SD60E/SD40-2/GP40-2/GP38-2 lash up, NS 8099 & NS 8102. Enjoy!
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Chasing NS H66 & RBMN NRFF In Eastern PA, Railfanning Allentown - White Haven, PA 8/11/24
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A chase of NS's Upper Lehigh local H66 making their weekly daylight run to Hazleton, and NRFF later in the day in a few spots in or near the Lehigh Gorge. Highlights of the video include H66 meeting the Lehigh Gorge train at Glen Onoko, H66 passing Stockton Mine in Hazleton, and NRFF exiting the Tamaqua Tunnel. Enjoy!
Mid Summer Mainline Freights In North Jersey, Railfanning Pattenburg - Bound Brook, NJ 7/26-8/10/24
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Some trains from NS and CSX in New Jersey from earlier this summer. Some notable catches include NS's Pennsylvania Railroad & Monongahela heritages, NS 1800 DC/AC Yellow Mane, CSX's Seaboard System heritage, YN2 duo and more! Enjoy!
Alco C420 Switching Action On the NDC Railroad, Railfanning Northampton, PA 7/29/24
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After being in the area for the BDRV, I took a ride up to NDC to see if they were working. Luck would find them about to pull cars from interchange with NS in to their transload facility, and I was able to end my day 3 for 3 with short lines. Enjoy!
Black River & Western/Belvidere & Delaware River Freight Ops, Railfanning Ringoes - Phillipsburg, NJ
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Freight ops on the BRW & BDRV railroads in New Jersey on 7/29/24. I started off in Three Bridges for TB-1, which had a single lumber load to bring to Ringoes. Afterwards, I was able to shoot the PB-1 in Phillipsburg thanks to the conductor who had told me they would be working that job after they were done in Ringoes. Enjoy!
Reroutes On Conrail's Port Reading Secondary, Railfanning Bound Brook - Port Reading, NJ 7/13/24
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Reroutes from the Lehigh Line detouring over the Port Reading on account of track work at CP Townley. I managed to grab H76 in Manville on my way home as an added bonus. Enjoy!
Quick Clip: Fast Freight Trio On RBMN NRFF, Railfanning White Haven, PA 7/3/24
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A quick grab of NRFF passing through White Haven on a sunny evening. While on the way home from the Midwest, a conveniently late NRFF was only five minutes out of White Haven as we were on I-80 East passing through town. We took it upon ourselves to stop for them, as neither my friend nor I had seen all three Fast Freight SD50's together at once before. In and out in less than 10 minutes, not bad!
Long AVR Freight Train Leaving Glenwood Yard, Railfanning Pittsburgh, PA 7/3/24
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Allegheny Valley Railway AVR-6 leaving their yard in Glenwood. Track work on the NS would stop us from seeing them in the trench and prematurely send us towards home.
CN Trains In Chicagoland; IC SD70s & Griffith Diamonds, Railfanning Griffith, IN-Chicago, IL 7/2/24
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CN action around Chicagoland, with chases of IC Death Star SD70's and an evening of trains in Griffith, Indiana. Enjoy!
Metra, BNSF & CPKC On Chicago's West Side, Railfanning La Grange - Franklin Park, IL 7/1/24
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After Rochelle we spent the evening in the suburbs West of Chicago shooting Metra, BNSF and CPKC. Highlights include a BNSF Warbonnet, Metra's CB&Q heritage and a couple SD70MACH's. Enjoy!
BNSF 1706, Burlington Junction Railway & UP In Rochelle, Railfanning Rochelle, IL 7/1/24
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LCHI476 with BNSF 1706, a little bit of switching on the BJRY, UP freight & more! Enjoy.
An Afternoon Of Trains At BNSF's Northtown Yard, Railfanning Minneapolis, MN 6/30/24
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After leaving the Iron Range we stopped in Minneapolis to kill the rest of the day at BNSF's Northtown Yard. Hoping to see the BNCP transfer job with a pair of Warbonnets, we set up shop at the East end of the yard. Unfortunately the Warbonnets never showed up, but we still were able to snag a few neat catches. Such as CP's own transfer job leaving with a beaver GP38AC leading, UP's transfer wi...
CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 4, Railfanning Iron Junction - Duluth, MN 6/30/24
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Our last day on the Range before heading back to Minneapolis for the evening was spent chasing loaded or train U711. We received a tip from a friend they'd be leaving MinnTac sometime after sunrise, so we headed North. After finding the daily southbound Ranier job in Keenan, we intercepted the U711 in Iron Junction with two wide cab SD40's and an IC Death Star leading the train. After chasing t...
CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 3, Railfanning, Mountain Iron - Proctor, MN 6/29/24
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Day 3 of the Iron Range trip, mostly focused on chasing IC 6260 still in the Death Star scheme up and down the Range. Some other trains of interest thrown in as well, such as a empty coming back from the docks at sunrise in Proctor, Ex. CitiRail leader on a limestone train, Dash 8's on Thunderbird's/Two Harbor trains and an IC SD70 making an appearance on M345. Enjoy!
UP, CPKC, BNSF & CN Trains Around the Twin Ports, Railfanning Duluth, MN - Superior, WI 6/27-29/24
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Aside from the Iron Range, we were also able to see a few trains around the Twin Ports. I decided to compile them into this video as opposed to them randomly being in with the Range footage. Here you'll see UP's Itasca turn job, CPKC Duluth transfer, BNSF Superior Yard job, CN dock job bringing loaded pellets down to Dock 6, and lastly a CN mixer crossing the iconic Oliver Bridge and tackling S...
CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 2, Railfanning, Iron Junction - Duluth, MN 6/28/24
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CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 2, Railfanning, Iron Junction - Duluth, MN 6/28/24
CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 1, Railfanning, Ramshaw - Proctor, MN 6/27/24
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CN Trains On the Minnesota Iron Range; Day 1, Railfanning, Ramshaw - Proctor, MN 6/27/24
CP, BNSF & Minnesota Commercial In the Twin Cities, Railfanning Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 6/26/24
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CP, BNSF & Minnesota Commercial In the Twin Cities, Railfanning Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 6/26/24
NS 4822 "Moving the Weight Of the World" Leads 23G, Railfanning Manville, NJ 6/23/24
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NS 4822 "Moving the Weight Of the World" Leads 23G, Railfanning Manville, NJ 6/23/24
Reading & Northern T1 2102 In the Lehigh Gorge, Railfanning Jim Thorpe, PA 6/22/24
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Reading & Northern T1 2102 In the Lehigh Gorge, Railfanning Jim Thorpe, PA 6/22/24
NS Trains In the Altoona Area On the PITL; Part 2, Railfanning Lilly - Altoona, PA 6/9/24
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NS Trains In the Altoona Area On the PITL; Part 2, Railfanning Lilly - Altoona, PA 6/9/24
NS Trains In the Altoona Area On the PITL; Part 1, Railfanning Summerhill - Altoona, PA 6/8/24
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NS Trains In the Altoona Area On the PITL; Part 1, Railfanning Summerhill - Altoona, PA 6/8/24
Rush Hour Trains On NJT's Morris & Essex Line, Railfanning, Summit, NJ 6/5/24
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Rush Hour Trains On NJT's Morris & Essex Line, Railfanning, Summit, NJ 6/5/24
Saturday Morning On the Raritan Central Railway, Railfanning, Metuchen - Edison, NJ 6/1/24
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Saturday Morning On the Raritan Central Railway, Railfanning, Metuchen - Edison, NJ 6/1/24
Mainline EMD's In Central Jersey, Railfanning, Manville - South Plainfield, NJ 5/11-18/24
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Mainline EMD's In Central Jersey, Railfanning, Manville - South Plainfield, NJ 5/11-18/24
CNJ 175th Anniversary Celebration On the M&E, Railfanning Morristown - Whippany, NJ 5/19/24
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CNJ 175th Anniversary Celebration On the M&E, Railfanning Morristown - Whippany, NJ 5/19/24
Chasing RBMN's Fast Freight To Pittston, Railfanning Reading - Pittston, PA 5/5/24
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Chasing RBMN's Fast Freight To Pittston, Railfanning Reading - Pittston, PA 5/5/24
Conrail SA-22 Chase to CMC Steel, Railfanning Sayreville, NJ 5/2/24
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Conrail SA-22 Chase to CMC Steel, Railfanning Sayreville, NJ 5/2/24
April Trains On Conrail, CSX, NS & Amtrak, Railfanning Manville - Metuchen, NJ 4/14-28/24
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April Trains On Conrail, CSX, NS & Amtrak, Railfanning Manville - Metuchen, NJ 4/14-28/24
NS Masters Tournament OCS Near Harrisburg + 2 Others, Railfanning Cove - Rossmoyne, PA 4/1/24
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NS Masters Tournament OCS Near Harrisburg 2 Others, Railfanning Cove - Rossmoyne, PA 4/1/24
W heritage units
Nice heritage units video.
Thank you.
Where is that spot in 11 minutes in? It’s a great spot
It's at Rock Machine Park in Bound Brook, NJ. I'm standing on the levee behind the ball field.
@@RailWatchers thanks man great to know it looks like an amazing place also does it get CSX and NS daily?
@@NACFlims Yes.
@@RailWatchers nice man! Great to hear
The NRFF gives me Milwaukee Road vibes... massive amount of power for medium sized trains, trying to make a go of through freight service on a mountainous, winding, inefficient route. They must make money, but the fuel use and loco and track maintenance and wear and tear must be high. If they could ever reopen the Hauto tunnel, this would go a LONG way to improving the efficiency of the route.
From what I've heard the NRFF makes the Reading & Northern a nice chunk of change, and the railroad has this service down to a science. I'm not familiar with the Hauto Tunnel, but I take it would avoid having to turn towards Manahoy?
@@RailWatchers Yes it would cut off the steep grades and super sharp curves leaving Tamaqua and heading up to Haucks. Restoring the Hauto tunnel would allow the trains to leave the line just south of Tamaqua (a new connection to the Greenwood running track would have to be built) and then the tunnel cuts straight through the mountain past the current end of track, rejoining the "main" at the other side of the mountain opposite Lake Hauto
@@Roon3808 Ah interesting. I wonder what condition of the tunnel is.
@@RailWatchers Probably terrible. I know the north side entrance is collapsed and now built over by a main road. Still I bet it could be done if there is a will to do it.
How’d you access the trestle?
My friends and I climbed the side of the mountain. We parked in about the same spot I shot the video of the trestle from the ground. From there it's about a 30/45 minute hike up, give or take a few.
Nicely done
Thanks bud!
Nice video
Thank you.
Nice catch! Equipment from 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team; 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, NY heading to Iraq as part of Operations Inherit Resolve and Spartan Shield.
Thank you. And cool! Thanks for the info!
Do you have more info on the NDC? not much online about it.
It's owned by the Horwith trucking company in Northampton. The railroad consists of the 4 track interchange yard they share with NS, and their transload facility which is inaccessible private property. They work Monday through Friday I believe and can usually be seen bring cars in and out of the interchange sometime in the early afternoon.
@@RailWatchers usually every day or certain days of the week?
@@SteelandSteamProductions Monday through Friday.
Just liked and subbed to you keep stacking them vids!
Thank you!
Great stuff! How many hours and how many trains a day was you averaging?
Thanks! It was about 20-25 trains during the daytime last year, I went again this year and it was significantly less.
@@RailWatchers Yeah I am wondering if its the economy/election year? I am not even getting half of what I was when I was filming just last year.....have you noticed it is down on other lines also?
@@lookingback6314 Could be the economy, NS cut some select intermodal services due to a downturn in traffic late last year I think. They also took a step back towards PSR and combined a lot of trains again earlier this year.
Cool stuff ya got there
Thank you!
Well put together all around 😊
Thanks!
Great video. We plan to go to HS curve someday. SUBED.🇺🇸
Thanks! It's a fun trip to do.
Whats the track speed on the secondary?
30.
Can’t say enough good things about your work. Your framing, composition, lens work, patience (allowing the action to come to you), lack of shutter clicks and chatter (for the most part😉) are all pro-level. I’ve worked with some talented DP’s in my career. You rank right up there.
Thank you very much! It makes me smile knowing people appreciate my work for more than just the trains. The occasional shutter clicks I'll probably never get away from, but I can overlook them if it means having quality stills to go along with my video.
Very nice catch.
Thanks!
Was nice meeting you while chasing BDRV. And also, nice video too.
Thanks, you too!
What was the reason for the reroutes?
Conrail was reinstalling the 2 to 1 East crossover at CP Townley on the Lehigh Line. It was wiped out almost 7 years ago by a CSX derailment.
**4th Like & 1st Comment** Definitely the best thumbnail for this video. Amazing job!
Thank you!
My son is special needs and he loves trains 🚆🚋🚞🚝🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃🚂🚊🛤 they're one of his favorite things in the whole world 🌎! He finds the Raritan Central Railroad very interesting with scarlet paint scheme which reminds him of the Chicago Central Railroad which had a similar paint scheme and the use of rare locomotives like GP30M #5 and these high hood GP38-2's.
Yes, the Raritan Central's entire roster is quite unique. I'm not familiar with the Chicago Central, but I agree the red fits the RC!
@@RailWatchers Well thank you for your reply we appreciate it and are glad you agree God bless you 🙏✝️🗡🛡🥀🕊🦅👑🦁🐏🤴🐑🌅🍞❤⭐👍💧🔥☁️🎼🫂✡ John 3:16
Nice chase
I tried.
My son is special needs and he loves trains 🚆🛤🚂🚃🚄🚅🚇🚈🚉🚝🚞🚊🚋 they're one of his favorite things in the whole world 🌎! He really likes the rock cutting at 19:32!
I'm glad he liked that footage of the train coming through the rock cut! That was one of my favorite scenes from that trip. Thanks for watching!
@@RailWatchers Well thank you for your reply we appreciate it God bless you 🙏🎼☁️🔥💧👍⭐❤🍞🌅🐑✡🤴🐏🦁👑🦅🕊🥀🛡🗡✝️😇 John 3:16
I was up there a bit on the 30th, only trains I caught were a UP coke run through and a sand train with a BC Rail unit. Cool video
Thanks! I had seen the reports of those trains after we left.
@@RailWatchers Yep, I spent about half an hour waiting on that BC Rail unit, then I caught it again on A439 out of Proctor 3 days later by surprise, so it was cool to see it again, but it basically made my first catch of it pointless lol
Wow! I figured that the white Centex Centerbeam's would be all gone by now
I had not seen one in a while myself.
Great video
Thanks!
long intermodal at the beginning can the pull into the yard without having to be broken in two if their destination is MN
1000 score this
The swing bridge that opens and closes the video is the Grassy Point Swing Bridge. The Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge is the the US-2 highway bridge over the river to the north. Aside from that niggle, nice catches. Especially the string of new CN ore jennies. Need to find some drone video of the ore pier ops.
Yes, I had put that in there since I was standing on the R.I. Bong Memorial Bridge, but in hindsight it is misleading. I've never been into drones, but damn I wish I had one for this trip for the docks alone. Thanks for watching!
@@RailWatchers Ah, that makes sense. Happy railfanning! Subbed.
@@J3scribe Thanks again!
16:15 to 30:00 is University Ave.
Great coverage and captures
Thanks!
Where was this at? 12:53
That's still PA 53 in Cresson, just looking the other direction.
@@RailWatchers thanks for the info, might railfan there soon
What’s the status of coaches 3209 and 3528??
Not sure, sorry.
Awesome Work. 💯😎
Thank you!
Great video Brendan! A nice start to what I’m sure was an awesome trip. I loved it up there!
Thanks Dan, glad you liked it. Had a blast up there, might be some of the most fun I've ever had buffing, and that's saying a lot!
Hell yeah Brendan!
Oh yeah lol
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Thank you thank you!
You finally caught it! Great Photos and Very Neat Content
Yes I did! Thanks a lot!
Glad everyone got out for 4822, I was glad I saw it in the afternoon lol, great video!
Same here!
@RailWatchers... Nice i saw it at Phillipsburg NJ on that Day... plus i was surprised it got on from NS 24X to NS 23G that quick!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
@@RailWatchers... You’re welcome
nice job, the area where you shot 20X looks like at one point had 4 tracks and is now at 3?
Correct
Great catches there man, you had some great action!
Thank you!
This is a n amazing video! Summit is a great and quiet spot unless a festival is in town. 😊
Thanks! Agreed, I like this town a lot.
Quality content right here! Been loving this series of videos from PA!
Thanks! More to come!
Great video
Thanks!
@@RailWatchers You’re welcome!
EMDs rule!!👌
Great vid as usual…gotta love Summit station…my dad took me there as a kid to watch trains and felt like I was in the Grand Canyon. Very cool to see again.
Glad you enjoyed it! I like this one a lot myself, very unique!
what does "nj turn" mean?
Turn means turn job, train terminates back where it originated.
Hello. I live not too far from Piscataway. Do you know around what time that 5637 local comes out? is it daily? I pass through on weekends so maybe will stop by and give it a watch one of these days
Yes, they work Monday through Friday out of Manville and usually leave Manville Yard around noon. Only very rarely do they work weekends.
@@RailWatchers thank you for info will check it out
Nice catching
Thanks.
fantastic Video of the Railfan.
Thank you very much!