Vertical Lift Bridge Action and Color Position Lights: Indiana and Louisville Railfanning

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Vertical Lift Bridge Action and Color Position Lights: Indiana and Louisville Railfanning

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@chuckashton9688 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video. Some very high quality work.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. Have a great day!

@geodeuce 2 жыл бұрын

The diamond at Seymour sees about 5-6 trains a week to serve Mitchell, IN where the concrete plant is located. The location in Speed, IN is shutting down and the plant in Mitchell is ramping up.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the info. I do appreciate it. That seems like it'd be a pretty interesting train to catch as it goes to and from Mitchell.

@robertgraham2641 2 жыл бұрын

Love that big bridge that is pretty cool happy holidays and Merry Christmas Happy New Year

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert. A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family as well.

@robertwhite9898 25 күн бұрын

Great pictures ! Seymour Indiana is home to John Melloncamp .

@kcwillsanchannel 2 жыл бұрын

great video. I got nervous there with those power lines.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

I did too. I had no idea how close I was looking from the ground. It wasn't until I saw the video on a monitor I really got an idea how close I was.

@trainsinkansas576 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, narration, and awesome drone footage. Meriden, Kansas

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerry. I really do appreciate it. Have a great day.

@HighlandHippie Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this video from beginning to end. So fortunate to get the vertical drawbridge to come down after the barge pass. I just flew this bridge last week from the Indiana side but because of the wind advisory, I was not able to cross to the other side as you did. This is a great video. Thank you for sharing. 👍 All the best, - Robert

@seanny4296 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video. Something about the shot of the CPL lighting up is especially exciting. Like when you first light up a Christmas tree. Great stuff!

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I loved getting the signal lighting up on camera.

@PaulL66 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant photography!

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I really do appreciate it.

@davestrains6816 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video. That is one awesome bridge. Thanks for sharing. Dave

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always! The bridge really is so impressive.

@brucegordon4924 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing, this is awsome drone work! The B&O also had a line from North Vernon, IN to New Albany that conncted to the K&I bridge into Louisville. The line was aboadoned and taken up around 20 yrs ago. Agian Many Thanks!

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bruce, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the info on the B&O. I would have never known it also had a line. It's a shame all that history can just be ripped up and disappear. I hope you have a great day!

@fakecumberland 2 жыл бұрын

J780 runs during the week west to Mitchell. Based on my contacts, it appears to be a popular chase.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always for the information Curtis, I do appreciate it. If I ever get a day off during the week, I may just head out and see about chasing it. Have a great day!

@Nethanel773 2 жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, Pennsy installed the drawbridge in 1912. That hunk of iron has been moving up and down non-stop for over 100 years. Also, good call sticking around at the CPL for the train to light it up. Thanks again for putting this up.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

It really is incredible how long these bridges last. It never gets old seeing it raise or lower. I do love the CPLs. It was pretty cool to see it light up as the train entered the block. I hope you have a great day!

@Nethanel773 2 жыл бұрын

@@nkyrailfan Likewise and Happy Thanksgiving.

@robertgraham2641 2 жыл бұрын

Got some cousin lives in Seymour Indiana Terry Graham from Indiana live in Plymouth Indiana live by 2settrack northwestern and southwestern tracks

@Rebel9668 Жыл бұрын

Yes, they did put in new rail, but before that the L&I had some of the best maintained stick rail you were ever likely to see so I can't really say the new rail is much of an improvement.

@terryjennings2791 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, very well done.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tracksidecraig 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig. I do appreciate it!

@Rebel9668 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of that East-West track in Seymour, the last I heard it sees one train a week going West through the big tunnel near Tunnelton & Ft. Ritner, IN but that's been probably close to a year ago I heard that.

@nkyrailfan Жыл бұрын

If you ever hear more about it, I'd love to know. That sounds like a fun trip to make.

@Rebel9668 Жыл бұрын

@@nkyrailfan Here's the video I saw of it and where I was told its schedule at the time. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbyRlNN5lpnFnZc.html

@Rebel9668 Жыл бұрын

@@nkyrailfan I've been through the tunnel myself but that's been quite a few years ago.

@lnrailroad3215 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video as always!

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Have a great day!

@keithlewis9106 2 жыл бұрын

You should get the Southern RR bridge just down from here too.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Hey this video has a little of the bridge and the history of it. It starts around the 18:50 mark. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/psyWiNJ33tyoo2g.html I've got another video in the works with the NS bridge in it, but it's a pretty cloudy and gloomy day. I'm hoping to get back to Louisville and spend more time with it and catch a few trains crossing. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great day!

@keithlewis9106 2 жыл бұрын

@@nkyrailfan very good video, I remember the round house at the yard . And my brother in law works for CSX goes across the draw bridge on his daily run to pick up cars. Thank you as I grew up in Louisville.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I will definitely say I am very jealous of your brother-in-law. That has to be a great trip across the river. That is a really fun area to Railfan. I want to get a little closer to the yard from the ground to get a better look at it.

@davenelson-xk6oc 2 жыл бұрын

this area around the bridge heading east is going to be devopled as part of the riverfornt park and the luoisville loop trail system that run down to the big four bridge that connect indaina and ky that was converted to a bike hike bridge connected the two states. that area was the old B & O yard the feed the the L & N depot over on broadway. the tracks to the west of the bridge that you were standing on iss the L & I interchange with the N S that happen once or twice a month the L & I droping on sunday and N S picking them up on tuesday i use the bike and hike trail along the river servial times a week to bike out to the N S yard in portland

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great info Dave. I do appreciate it. It will be interesting to see what the area looks like in the coming years. Have a great day.

@randymcneely4983 2 жыл бұрын

Your drone skills are so smooth. Do you finger pinch or thumb the sticks ???

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Randy. I actually do both, it just depends on the controller. When I fly the Mavic, I usually do just thumbs. When I fly something with a bigger controller, I'll use the finger pinch. I think the finger pinch gives more control, but once you are moving the thumb control is pretty smooth. Everything in these videos is using only thumbs. It sounds like you fly too. Which way do you prefer and why?

@randymcneely4983 2 жыл бұрын

@@nkyrailfan Thumber on both EVO and MavicMini. Retired mech/elec with arthritic hands.

@supercuda1950 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, the drone footage is a plus. You should charge consultation fees as your videos are very relaxing. It's a lot easier watching your videos than the daily "drama news" videos.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Rupert. I hope you're doing well. Have a great day!

@chatanugadotorg 2 жыл бұрын

Almost had a different kind of video with that pickup towards the end. Don't know why people have to be in such a hurry that they'd take chances like that.

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯. I just don't get it when people do that. Especially in an area where the trains go by quickly and it wouldn't be long of a wait.

@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't CSX just buy the L&I? Though the CSX ran on it from Louisville to Cincy getting on the old B&O, does CSX run to Indy on the L&I too? And wasn't the L&I a former Conrail line ex PRR? Did CSX not want it when they got there share of Conrail lines?

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't know why CSX didn't purchase the line when it was up for sale as part of Conrail. This is only a guess but maybe since it could route traffic over the LCL sub and the Indianapolis sub, CSX didn't think it was worth it to buy the tracks. The L&I was created just to purchase the line. I agree though, it would make a lot of sense for CSX to own it. Here you can read about the L&I: www.anacostia.com/railroads/lirc

@timdaugherty5921 2 жыл бұрын

What was the last town called in your video?

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

It is Holton, Indiana. I'm set up at the Downey St. crossing.

@trainsinkansas576 2 жыл бұрын

What is the weir used for and the wall ?

@nkyrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it's used to control the level of the river to make sure it remains at a navigable level. I've only seen the area inside the wall full after a heavy rain comes through the Ohio River Valley and the river is at a high level.