First, on the 'up' side, you did a great job getting on scene with your car and you located out of harms way, you were patient enough to get a lot of the action, you used a tripod (I wish more people would do that!) and you showed everything that was going on. I don't mean to sound excessively critical but perhaps I can recommend a few things. Consider 1). loosening the drag or clamping screws on your tripod head or use a tripod head with 'fluid motion' to avoid the left-right-left-right herky jerkiness, avoid the rapid, repetitive movements. 2) FOLLOW THE ACTION - as the commuter train passes by, keep your eyes on nothing else but the screen or viewfinder of your video camera and PAN SLOWLY AND UNIFORMLY WITH THE SUBJECT - keep the picture glued to the engine as it slowly rolls by the stationary train. 3) Keeping the tripod arm under your armpit will allow you to use your body weight and inertia to slowly pan the camera smoothly. Remember, your video represents the care that you take and the details that you control. You always want your finished product to look like it came out of a professional movie studio. Try as we all will, that's very hard to achieve. Keep up the overall good work, just steady the cameras rapid movements and keep practicing and improving.

thanks for posting this!

The derailed car is a former Northern Pacific wood chip car built by Thrall in 1968 (the big NORTHERN PACIFIC letters have been covered over with lighter brown paint but you can still see the letter placement). When they get to a certain age, they're sold off to leasers (GBRX = Greenbrier Leasing).

great video. thanks for posting

Wonderful video, very educational, thanks much!

great video man! whats with the police dog though @ 28:40?

i like how the FRA Past right by the deralment

Thanks Walter

Nice video capture!

Did anyone else notice that the Pennsy car on the Amtrak train belonged to the FRA under the Office of Safety.

Norfolk Southern Police show up at every accident/derailment that happens on the system to make sure that the train didn't derail due to someone messing with the equipment at the previous stopping point of the train. Oh and that Amtrak horn definitely sounds like an Acela horn.

Excellent video of the entire operation. What was the final outcome for the woodchip gondola?

Great Video man! Now I know how they clean up wrecks.

Good video

Cause appears to be that the rear truck was off center and shifted either thru rough handling or missing center pin. Could have been put off center from unloading process, it appears to be a scrap metal car. Anyway it was a good day for NS, the next turnout would have pile 'em up.

Yes I Was At Fat Cats They Were Closed At The Time. Thanks And Thanks For Watching.

also good job on the Amtrak train too....that's my grandfathers favorite train

Nice video.

Why would the police be walking a canine back and forth at this? Are they looking for workers who do drugs?

Awesome catch. It is always interesting to see how these folks do what they do. How long did the clean-up process take?

Nice video...

nice video dexter and great catch of the ns train derailment and how did this train come off the track's.

Kept seeing this car laying on the side of the tracks in Mableton. Kept wondering why it was there. They finally cut it up and hauled it away in pieces.

Great video, thank you.

That horn on the amtrak train sounds like a acela horn

Luckily the severity was only 1 axle.

tHANKS aNd Thanks For watching,

Either the Conductor or the Engineer job is fucked.

Dont Know Why Norfolk Southern Police Shows UP bUT tHEY lEFT sHOTLY After Wards.Thanks For Watching.

Maybe Ive Heard Three Different Causes.Thanks For Watching And The Feed Back.

The wheel has like no flange on it

Great video and answered questions! Wonder why one NS guy was not wearing a hard hat??

What with the police dog?

7 minutes until we see something? Ever heard of EDITING?

Ok cool I was wondering why Norfolk Southern Showed Up.Thanks.

What was with the dog? Bomb sniffing dog?

What minute does 19 pass?

that is a nice catch, but its not nice to see her like that....it just makes me feel like crying lol :'(

what happend with the wheels ???

Not Sure It Was Mentioned The After A Derailment Tha There Was Not Any Sabotage.

"thats not good"

Me Too I Think The Train Crews Pride Was Hurt And Norfolk Southern's.

That sounds like a acela horn.

Train ctashes not good

Lol