(HD) Railfanning in 2010: Conrail, High Hoods, Leslie Horns and More

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(HD) Railfanning in 2010: Conrail, High Hoods, Leslie Horns and More

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4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy some of my early work from the beginning of the last decade, as I was discovering what works...and what doesn't. At the time, Conrail blue power was dwindling on Norfolk Southern, and I set out to capture as much of it as I could. Fast forward and hardly any of the locomotives captured in these scenes still roam the rails. Many of the shots were "happy accidents," but they document some of the most fun and enjoyable times of my adventures in the hobby.

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@Cessna-er4je 3 жыл бұрын

Conrail Quality all the way

@idocare4586 Жыл бұрын

You said it! All!!! The way!!! Baby!!!😜😜😜🚂

@CunardLine647 7 ай бұрын

Era coming to an end said it to late I think

@RDC2003 6 ай бұрын

Rip CR BLUE 1999

@minnesotarailfan12 Жыл бұрын

Pure bliss, remembering the old NS. I was around in PA from 2011-2017 and I believe I saw one CR unit hanging around Enola during my years there. Still miss everything else, from the D8's and older SD70s, hell the SD40E helpers had just recently replaced SD40-2s on Horseshoe Curve! Even those engines didn't last 10 years. Spent a bunch of time on the old CR/NYC main in Chesterton this summer and how things have changed. GEVOS and AC44C6Ms with the occasional ACe or D9 was mostly all I saw. Very sad sight.

@minnesotarailfan12 Жыл бұрын

Sidenote: I counted, out of this entire video, only 2 GEVOs, and 3 SD70M-2s. These are pretty much the newest engines in this compilation. What's funny is that the SD70M-2s also are gone from the roster!

@evanj2400 3 жыл бұрын

1:27 right outta the 90s shot

@BRUINKITTYFOXYCAT 2 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing conrail colors amazing I remember seeing them only when I was 5-7 years old good video love it💙👍

@josephschroeder7778 3 жыл бұрын

I seen a Conrail locomotive running on a Jacksonville Florida line today. I thought I was seeing a ghost, because I haven't seen one in over 25 years.

@evanj2400 3 жыл бұрын

Probably the 8098

@scheldon2244 2 жыл бұрын

Heritage unit most likely. All the original Big Blues are either out or repainted.

@JDStucks 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I feel like this video was made for me. My favorite railfan location (Vermilion) with my favorite era of trains to model NS/Conrail. Definitely saving this to my favorites. Thank you!

@WhiteRiverRails 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Crazy how much railroading has changed in just 10 years

@pennrr1858 4 жыл бұрын

Surprised that so many conrail units survived till 2010!

@wrrail 3 жыл бұрын

says the walter profile picture

@pennrr1858 3 жыл бұрын

@@wrrail what's that suppose to mean?

@TheAB-xv3ec 4 жыл бұрын

36:26 NS 5254, crazy to see how it was 10 years ago, today it works in yard service with an admiral cab and the horse head paint

@robscott8296 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen 5253 still with her high hood

@NS6711 Жыл бұрын

All of the High Hood SD40-2's now have admiral cabs & horseheads There are still high hoods with the old & horsehead paint

@MP_67_Productions Жыл бұрын

The years of Geep leaders and standard cabs are gone sadly. This was a great video that shows that great period of railfanning

@orbitsrailfanvids Жыл бұрын

Honestly though. The variety was crazy.

@CBB1981 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up seeing lots of Conrails here in Indianapolis, and also visiting rail yard in Avon, IN.

@wisconsinrailfanner8963 4 жыл бұрын

Talk about hella rare power and horns! It’s sad to think that most of the these units are nothing but rotting rust or rebuilt in sd60e’s and 33ecos and other, but in a way, they are still being used! Lots of great horns too man, I personally love horns just as much as the units, if not more if it’s a great one! Thanks for making this awesome video man, see you in the next once ✌️

@wisconsinrailfanner8963 4 жыл бұрын

Looking thru the comments it looks like I kinda took off of gt rail prod’s but I swear I didn’t mean to! Lol

@GTRailFanProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Great Stuff! It sad to think a lot the Units in this video are either gone, or hanging on by a thread or have been rebuilt.

@KILLUA957 2 жыл бұрын

Conrail is back

@nickygaming1911 3 жыл бұрын

I miss those times when Conrail existed...

@rebooted.jupiter_ Жыл бұрын

the 2010s was an interesting time for railfans

@trainwatcher1976Lolz 5 ай бұрын

This video is too nostalgic to me as I watched most of these clips on Cool Trains.

@orbitsrailfanvids Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe the amount of blue still around in 2010. I thought I never witnessed conrail in my life until I saw this video. I may have no recollection of it, but I definitely saw the blue in action at one point.

@caramelhustle 3 жыл бұрын

23:31 was amazing with a high hood!

@NS6711 2 жыл бұрын

I surely agree with you man That P5 was a monster one 😍😍

@pAtOsHtRaiNs001 3 жыл бұрын

Wow the Nostalgia is real, I miss those days.

@NorfolkSouthernModel 3 жыл бұрын

I miss them too! Thanks to your heads up I caught that crazy lashup on 14N at 27:25

@wrrail 3 жыл бұрын

@@NorfolkSouthernModel Question how to you read train codes like "14N" Do you have a dector or something?

@NorfolkSouthernModel 3 жыл бұрын

@@wrrail A few ways; the easier is to have a radio scanner set to the railroad's frequency, and you'll hear them call signals. For instance, this train said "NS 14N clear, 216, track 2 east out." However, some trains always have identifiable cuts of cars. 309 always has a bunch of two-bay sand hoppers on the rear, 364 was always reliable with coils, auto parts, and old power, and 14N always had gondolas or coil cars up front. Look for 145, it appears many times in this video with a healthy string of auto parts boxcars on the headend.

@wrrail 3 жыл бұрын

@@NorfolkSouthernModel Is there a certan radio scanner for railfanning? and how do you get Frequencys?

@tranquilityoverload2947 3 жыл бұрын

@@NorfolkSouthernModel have you seen a GP60B before? If so, tell us how it felt seeing a cabless train

@belindamorano1512 9 ай бұрын

this might sound crazy but I was born on May 4th of 2010

@CaptainJustice166 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video dude! Tons of great catches in here! You won't find most of this stuff on the rails today unfortunately. Glad you got them when you did

@TheRrxing 3 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining video. Had to add to my favorites!

@NorfolkSouthernModel 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@anthonyangotti4250 2 жыл бұрын

Those Conrail engines hopefully are still around being used somewhere I noticed some of NS horns sound like Conrail most probably got painted NS logo and colors

@CyberSoldat Жыл бұрын

I can tell the crews preferred to run a Conrail painted unit as leader over an NS painted unit. The way it should be

@robscott8296 2 жыл бұрын

What make that bell in the loco sound like it’s got two of them

@robertroth4171 Жыл бұрын

CEFX 6012 ( ex NS 3329 )

@tropicalties3806 7 ай бұрын

It's funny, I remember vividly the railfans complaining back in 2010 about the lack of variety. I appreciated what we had in 2010, and it wouldn't last forever.

@Pocaconductor22 4 жыл бұрын

What I'd give to go back.

@robertroth4171 Жыл бұрын

IT HAS CR! 8384!

@thekentuckyrailfan 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I can see more conrail the only conrail I've seen is 8098

@NS6711 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr that's the conrail heritage unit I saw the heritage unit too

@robertroth4171 Жыл бұрын

HLCX 7163 ( ex NS 3579 )

@MilesG6010 6 ай бұрын

My favorite is 15:15.

@GGProductions-wk5if 4 ай бұрын

Before the dark times, before the Empire…

@berkshiresubrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

3:40 what horn is that??

@NS6711 2 жыл бұрын

Letter raised K5LA or something

@IGuessIDoThings 5 ай бұрын

NS back when it was cool

@El_Transportacoches_33 Жыл бұрын

20:00: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!

@fidelvelasquez3870 10 ай бұрын

Mis locomotoras cefx

@strenesperu9956 2 жыл бұрын

27:40 do you know the numbers of this train?

@EasternSeaboardRailfan 2 жыл бұрын

8303

@strenesperu9956 2 жыл бұрын

@@EasternSeaboardRailfan thanks

@UPRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

The things I missed lol

@strenesperu9956 2 жыл бұрын

Where were these catches taken?

@fidelvelasquez3870 10 ай бұрын

Yo voy a salir a trabajar sin descanso 99999999989 meses y semanas y años y ser maquinista y pitar largos y cortos y presentar a los nuevos esquemas de Norfolk southern heritage units

@evanj2400 3 жыл бұрын

10:22 best train horn ever (name pls(

@TrainsandFTFEnjoyer 3 жыл бұрын

Probably a ??? gen K5HL or a ??? K5LLA?

@NorfolkSouthernModel 3 жыл бұрын

It's a strange shop mutt, but officially a "K5LL." Very similar to the K5LLA, but no A bells and a 1L. The 1L is that deep note you hear after it goes by. I've never heard another one, it was definitely sweet.

@evanj2400 3 жыл бұрын

@@NorfolkSouthernModel hmm ok

@NS6711 2 жыл бұрын

I like it too 😍😍 Sadly it's gone 😔😔