Thanks, Ken. I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed it.

See also russian humps. They are really fast sorting and sound so cool

See also russian humps. They are really fast sorting and sound so cool

Thank you very much, Daniel. I really do appreciate it.

Thank you. I was really pleased with this video. I'm very glad to hear you liked it.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. It sounds like you know how just about everything runs and works. That must've been one heckuva day on the hump.

@@nkyrailfan OMG, longest day.....Rt 4 yardmaster and trainmaster thought I was doing great, so they used the other crew to pull trains in, or some say dog catching.

That's what you get for being good at your job and doing hard work! No good deed goes unpunished.

@@nkyrailfan LOL, that is how it felt.

The crews make an extremely challenging operation look easy. You really do have to hand it to them for pulling it off without any problems.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Rupert. This was a fun video to shoot and to edit. I hope you're doing well.

Thank you so much. I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed the video.

Glad you liked it, Drew. It does seem incredible these crews are able to seamlessly sort these cars with no apparent issues or injuries. Good communication goes a long way.

Thank you, Dan. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Good luck getting on with any of the yards. They all seem like great places to work. I'm hoping to get to Cleveland at some point this summer.

I'm very glad to hear that you enjoyed the video.

Thank you, Lee. I do appreciate it.

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It's all controlled by computers. The computer knows where each car needs to go and will assign a path for it to get on the destination track it needs to be on once it goes over the hump. The computer flips the switches and applies the brakes (retarders in a few spots to slow the cars) so the cars have just enough speed to make it where they need to be.

Thanks, Vic. I was pretty happy with it too.

I'm glad to hear you like them. I plan to get back up to Chicago hopefully this summer. Although I'm not sure what yards I'll be able to get the drone up from. I believe the NS yard is too close to the airport to film with the drone. I'll have to check the locations of the other yards.

Yes it not to far from airport unfortunately

Sometimes the humps can work its own set of cars.

I hope you enjoy it and get some good video.

I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed it, Dave. I hope you have a great day!

@@nkyrailfan You also! (Dave).

Nothing will top Bailey Yard

@@Scorges1 Bailey Yard is INCREDIBLE!!

@@samuelsmith2317 An average of 5+ trains an hour need to leave cause of that endless parade.

It's what is known as a slug unit. You're exactly right, it provides added oomph to get the cars over the hump. Here's more information on it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(railroad)

@@nkyrailfan Thanks!

They are let loose but a crew member will connect each one and make sure they're safe before the cars leave the yard.

It all depends on the cars' final destination and their weight. If they're not too heavy, the cars can be cut in lengths up to 4 cars to be sorted. It all depends on the weight though.

I'd have to get a closer look because I'd say it's a 50/50 chance of either a rat or a groundhog.

I had the same thoughts and question. A few people have commented that a hump operation is very expensive to maintain and that if the car volume is not high enough, it makes more sense to simply flat-track switch the cars instead.

I believe it was April 14th.

I actually haven't found one that consistently catches the radio traffic. I use the scan function on my scanner. I believe several channels are used throughout the yard, so if you used just one, you'd likely miss out on a lot of other radio calls.

I wish I had some advice for you, but all I can give you is best of luck. Hopefully someone who works for the railroad will see this and can offer you some advice. Again. Best of luck!

So far, rail yards have not been designated as critical infrastructure nationwide. However, a few states have prohibited flights over the yards. Currently, only places like nuclear power plants are no fly zones. In Kentucky for instance, the state legislature recently passed a bill saying no recreational drone flying over yards, but the bill has exemptions for commercially licensed pilots. So, while it's not illegal to fly over rail yards, depending on how low someone is flying their drone, it could be considered trespassing. I try to stay above the tallest structure in the yard. That way I'm not in the yard's "usable space." I have seen plenty of videos where people are flying at basically eye level. That would be trespassing and they could get in trouble for that. Hopefully, this helps.

@@nkyrailfan yes thanks!

@@nkyrailfan and wouldn't it be safe to think that the FAA already has restricted airspace around existing critical infrastructure?

Certain critical infrastructure has been marked no fly zones. I was out in Norfolk recently for another video I'm working on. I had to get authorization to fly near the Naval base there. It was near a U.S. Coast Guard facility. Even with authorization to fly in the Naval Station's airspace, I was not allowed to fly over the USCG facility. The drone has maps built in that prevent you from flying over things like that. Plus, the FAA works with companies to provide maps showing what's off limits. I use an app called Air Control. It shows me everything I need to know about where I'm flying. Without it, it would be very hard to know for sure whether you're legal or not.

Glad you enjoyed the first part. I've had people say they don't like it sped up or they only like it sped up. So, I try to appease them both by putting the sped up and normal speed footage in the same video.

I had been only posting the sped up version but had more people than I expected say they wanted to see the videos in real time. So, put the sped up version first and then the normal speed after. I also try to put any locomotives or buildings or other interesting things at the end too. I hope you enjoyed the video.

Thank you very much, I really do appreciate it.