1st Time Railfanning in Ashland, VA

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Жыл бұрын

This is the absolutely first time I’m out railfanning outside the Northeast Corridor. The town of Ashland, Virginia is a phenomenal train watch area for people who sit on porches or in cars watching Amtrak & freight trains go by. As for me i did alot of walking around getting to know the place while it was brutally hot on both days. But i enjoyed seeing the trains on street level as vehicles. Enjoy the video

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@carmel6471 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your videos. I watch all of them but don’t comment because I watch on my TV and can’t comment. This time I watched on my computer so I took the opportunity to tell you how much I appreciate you. I am bed bound and medically retired. I have spent 9 years in a 12 x 14 bedroom. This is why you and your videos are precious to me. I was a wanderer when I went on vacations. No destination, just a tank of gas and a week off work to explore our great country. I have driven or taken Amtrak to every state in the lower 48 but Maine. Now I see the world outside my room via people like you. You are important to me and probably a lot of others in similar situations. The next time you stand on a train platform or when you video that new Acela on its first revenue run, I am there with you because you are my eyes and ears. I hope you will know that I am quietly thanking you for the journey. 🙏💜 Bless you during your travels. May you always be safe wherever you go! ❤🚂

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that alot, got more videos coming up. Btw is your TV 4K? Most of my latest videos are in 4K

@carmel6471 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 yes TV is 4K

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Living by the tracks here in this town would be heaven to me . . . . .🥰💫

@jayydarailfaner549 11 ай бұрын

I strongly agree

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Just found this video, it is excellent!! It makes one feel like they are live at the location

@ferroviarionomade Жыл бұрын

Beautiful images! one day I will be in this city to film the trains, my dream!! Hugs!!!

@stevehinnenkamp5625 Жыл бұрын

Me,too! I would love to have 2nd floor apt. above the tracks.

@johndemarzo7896 Жыл бұрын

This is where my wife and I live - great captures!

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Y’all very very very lucky y’all do. Me and my wife been there once and enjoyed it. We live in Ny & hoping to live in a place like this one day it’ll be a phenomenal environment for our children

@MurdamanTy Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 as someone from the NYC Area and who moved to ashland if your kids are teenagers they will hate the inconvenience of life here. Everything closes hella early the malls suck, and there is zero nightlife plus Ashland Police are always trippin.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@MurdamanTy I’m also from NYC & my kids are blow the ages of 8 & i heard things close early I’m not sure why

@j.r.796 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering what’s it like living in Ashland ? It looks like a nice quiet place to live 😎

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Oh, lucky you . . . .

@RailJapanStory Жыл бұрын

Beautiful scenery. Excellent video 😉👍️✨ Thank you for sharing :)

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Thanks & you’re welcome

@moishglukovsky Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! My favorite is watching the AutoTrain passing through.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Same here

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Please come back, you will enjoy even more!!

@jayydarailfaner549 3 ай бұрын

i intend to

@bryanlloyd1099 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bryan!

@peggyscott66 Жыл бұрын

Just now seeing your video! Beautiful work! And I guess everyone in comments has already told you about where the street running trains are located by now. lol. I love to watch those on Jaw Tooths videos.

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Yup, LaGrange KY, very similar view . . . . . .

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

Your first time rail fanning in Ashland, VA is quite impressive to me . . . .

@njtrailfan4106 Жыл бұрын

Very nice captures

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, wish they had sum like this in NJ

@aIex_ander Жыл бұрын

11:04 La Grange is a great place for street running and a VR camera

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

I already know about LA Grange, VR cams should also be placed in these California cities: Emeryville, Los Angeles & Jack London Square

@aIex_ander Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 Yes I agree with that

@kevinfan726 Жыл бұрын

yep. lots of intriguing close calls there.

@chessiefan902 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I think I seen you waving on the live cam on VRF

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Yes I’m sure you did, i waved plenty of times & now the Ashland cam is now a member’s only thing, i think it’s temporary though

@Jackie0748 Жыл бұрын

Very, very nice, Jayy! Excellent work! 🙂

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ms Jackie, I’m kinda upset that this cam has now been taken down idk if it’s temp or permanent

@Jackie0748 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 Jayy...the Ashland cam is, for now, a members only cam. If you're a VRF member, you can view the cam. Hope this helps.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@Jackie0748 it does but why is it a members only cam ? And I can’t search it

@Jackie0748 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 Hi Jayy...From what I read online, it has something to do with "criminal activity" and for that reason the Ashland cam is members only at this time. In other words, you have to be a member of Virtual Railfan to access the site. When this issue has been resolved, hopefully, it will be open to everyone again.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@Jackie0748 i heard about the criminal activity but idk what does that gotta do with anything, hope it comes back to life too, I’m planning another visit in the fall

@Quadlibetbx Жыл бұрын

Sup Jayy!!! Bruh, whenever I see a DPU in the middle, I know that's going to be a long ass train. lol

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Mann that shit be 5-6 mins long 🤣 freights be long asf out there big homie

@maureenjanus8512 11 ай бұрын

As far as I am concerned, Ashland, VA is "The Center of the Universe" for rail fanning . . . .

@JSRKYT 5 ай бұрын

16:30 I laughed so hard😂😂

@jayydarailfaner549 5 ай бұрын

Bruh that mf is weird as hell 🤣

@kennysmith3083 Жыл бұрын

There are commuter train on south side of chicago. South shore line metra

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

ik, ive been in Chicago, a cam should be placed around Union Station

@robertmungenast4193 Жыл бұрын

the guy on the bike is a local, Ken Hale Also known as MR Jingles

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Moderator Bruce Williams told me about him in the VR Ashland live chatroom before my visit

@MattyC62185 Жыл бұрын

A little further south on the same line that goes through here you’ll see street running in Fayetteville North Carolina. You also get a lot of military personnel there, because There’s a Bass formerly known as Fort Bragg there

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Fayetteville in 2000 & 2008, have family live there. Didn’t know there was a military base though

@MissJools11 5 ай бұрын

^base

@MattyC62185 Жыл бұрын

Also Fayetteville, NC you will see this.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Fayetteville i have family who lives there, but not much Amtrak passes through there like Ashland which has more trains. But a cam in Fayetteville would be good too

@maureenolin199 Жыл бұрын

La Grange KY has a track that runs in the road. The cars have to share the road with the train.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Thanks , now that you mentioned La Grange KY I think i heard of that town, there’s a VR cam planted there i think

@PamB81 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 - Yes, LaGrange has a Virtual Railfan cam there. No Amtrak, only freight.

@mikemalo47 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 Two one ea for north and south bound trains. Virtual railfan

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@PamB81 thanks

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@mikemalo47 they should actually place a cam in Oakland Jack London Sq

@mikemalo47 Жыл бұрын

They turned one of the streets , the one with jersey barriers into a ped walk because cars at night kept missing the turn and ending up stuck in the RoW

@kernal5183 Жыл бұрын

It needs to be a street again, it’s so annoying driving around it lol

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Where in NJ

@MrBudcrewchief Жыл бұрын

@@kernal5183 The drivers in Ashland can't stop driving on the RR tracks. It was at least one a week.

@kernal5183 Жыл бұрын

@@MrBudcrewchief skill issue

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@MrBudcrewchief please do not drive on the tracks lol

@TheBronxFanner Жыл бұрын

16:28 26:38 LMFAOO

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

LOL i was wondering who TF that dude was 🤣

@TheBronxFanner Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 😭😭🤣

@EL-nc1cs Жыл бұрын

Wow #92 Long consist ..... is this one of Amshacks last LD Cash Cows?

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Huhh ?

@stevehinnenkamp5625 Жыл бұрын

Love it, but I long for passenger trains.

@paulsomers6048 Жыл бұрын

The speed limit for trains passing through ASD is 35 mph. As for the heat, what did you expect? Keep in mind that if you go due east across the Atlantic, you'll be in the Sahara Desert!!

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Well Ik it’s 35mph what do you mean “what do i expect” ??

@paulsomers6048 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 1) You mention that the trains go 30 mph. So if you know it's 35 mph, why say 30? 2) You complain about the heat when you chose to visit a lowland area in a southern state in August. Why mar your truly excellent video with such strange comments?

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@paulsomers6048 1. It’s obvious i been told that trains run 35 mph through there 3 weeks after this video has been uploaded and i thought they ran 30 🤷🏼‍♂️ that’s why i said 30mph. And is there really a huge difference between 30 & 35mph ? I think not. 2. I never actually complained about the heat & I wasn’t aware of the hot brutal weather apon my arrival sooo that part of the air is also cleared. 3. What strange comments have i made ??

@paulsomers6048 Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 These are trivial misunderstandings on my part. The important thing is that you have provided a lovely look at the ASD no one can see from the VR cams. For that I thank you very much. It is such a pleasant place that invites everyone to visit awhile. Some of the old houses you found take the mind back to a century or more ago. Thanks!

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@paulsomers6048 appreciate that, I’m planning another visit

@AmtrakSmurf Жыл бұрын

Those 5 coach NERs is actually #66.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

No it’s 186, 66 now originates in Roanoke, VA as of July 11

@AmtrakSmurf Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 Weird, At SS in the morning, 66 is still from NPN.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@AmtrakSmurf what’s SS ? And nope it originates at RNK now, i wish it would still originate at NPN like it used to before covid

@AmtrakSmurf Жыл бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 South Station. And, I think it's an error. I'm from BOS, and NER's 65, 66, and 67 run btw BOS-NPN.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

@@AmtrakSmurf 65 & 67 still run btw BOS-NPN 66 now runs btw RNK-BOS not sure why but schedule has changed as of 7/11/22

@19brittani Жыл бұрын

i love trains but i do not want to live next to the train tracks. its just too close.

@jayydarailfaner549 Жыл бұрын

Why not, what’s the problem? It’s absolutely amazing

@nametagmannametagman5014 Жыл бұрын

La Grange KY

@zyraxes23 Ай бұрын

its all nice and all, but why are the trains going throu the middle of the town? I wouldnt wanna live there. the noise pollution...

@jayydarailfaner549 Ай бұрын

It’s not very noisy in person it may seem like that on video, try not to focus on the negative, living there is definitely worth it & way better than where i Live at

@valerienicholls8913 11 ай бұрын

U talk to yourself a lot

@jayydarailfaner549 11 ай бұрын

How ? I never said anything

@valerienicholls8913 11 ай бұрын

@@jayydarailfaner549 I could hear u whispering

@valerienicholls8913 11 ай бұрын

Liked the video well done

@jayydarailfaner549 11 ай бұрын

@@valerienicholls8913how could you possibly hear me whispering when you can hear a bunch of things in th background like birds chirping for ex; and thankss alot