Pittsburgh Railfanning

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6 жыл бұрын

Part 3 of our visit to the Maryland and Pennsylvania area focuses on the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad and Monongahela Railroad lines in the Pittsburgh, PA area with a little bit of Union Railroad and CSX action thrown in. Join us as we tour the Pittsburgh area starting up at Conway Yard along the mighty Ohio River. Several iconic locations are included in our footage including shots at CP Penn just north of downtown Pittsburgh as well as Duquesne on the south side. While having only a short time to tour this railfan hotspot, we were able to check many things off our bucket list including rare footage of the Union RR crossing the Monongahela River, a shot of a CSX train pulled by a pair of BNSF pumpkins, and the NS 1069 Virginian Heritage locomotive pulling a hot eastbound intermodal through town. We hope that you enjoy our visit to one of the must see railroad locations in North America where coal is still king and towering bridges dominate the skyline! As always, thanks for making RailfanJunction your destination for railfan videos. Now celebrating 10 years on KZfaq!!!!
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Пікірлер: 45

@jimsutter149 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos of trains on KZfaq.

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! High praise indeed and much appreciated.

@markhayes6407 6 жыл бұрын

growing up there I have always loved those railroad bridges in Pittsburgh. Nice video as well.

@giovanninalin5529 2 жыл бұрын

ottimo filmato

@RailfanJunction 2 жыл бұрын

Grazie!

@EdEddnEddyonline1 4 жыл бұрын

The old PRR era signal bridge at CP-Rochester in Rochester, PA has been gone since June of 2019 & I do miss seeing that bridge

@TankGuyz Жыл бұрын

A train just derailed in Pittsburgh yesterday. Happy Easter everyone!

@heatherallan2695 4 жыл бұрын

some of the longest trains i have seen

@heatherallan2695 2 жыл бұрын

well photographed zachary exquiset place i never the trains could go 3 ways

@Mikey300 Жыл бұрын

Every time I see the Virginian Heritage Unit, I'm hearing the theme music from the '60s TV series "The Virginian".

@trainsofminnesota5375 6 жыл бұрын

Time to sit back for a hour 25 mins and watch all this greatness

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! To be honest, it wasn't quite what we were hoping for traffic wise. During a visit 30 years ago by my dad, there were Conrail trains stacked up all the way from Conway to downtown Pittsburgh and Conway Yard was overflowing. Maybe we just hit it on the wrong weekend or overall things just aren't what they used to be. It certainly didn't have the level of traffic that would've warranted a 3 track mainline much less the 4 tracks of years past. But even so, the scenery was unmatched and Pittsburgh definitely is unique in a great way!

@westernpennsylvaniarailfan 6 жыл бұрын

Sadly, no, you were there on a pretty average weekend. Maybe 1-2 trains waiting from leetsdale-pittsburgh. The union railroad catch was very good though.

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

That's what we figured and it is a real shame. Industrial railroading in rugged mountain scenery is about as good as it gets but without trains it is hard to make a good video. Sad to think that CSX and NS fought to take control of Conrail yet 20 years later, both seem to have far less traffic than what they inherited :(

@trainsofminnesota5375 6 жыл бұрын

Including with what EHH is doing to CSX nowadays

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

The hard part about Pittsburgh was looking around at all of the infrastructure and imagining what it must have been like 50-75 years ago. CP Penn was especially depressing seeing the rotting concrete surrounding the trench and the decrepit bridges. It must have been absolutely fantastic back in the day when the area was in its heyday especially when the pedestrian overpass was still there. Between the bridge at the south end of Conway and CP Penn, I don't think I would've ever gone anywhere else back when it was PRR.

@mikeflynn1629 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 64 and this isn't what I saw in the '70s with container trains. But I saw finally if there wasn't Railroad would not exist much anymore. I'll watch any train without a caboose nowadays.

@mobujr 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing but perfect performance !!

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Maurice! A fun time was had by all. Figures that I would come down with a terrible cold while there but I wasn't going to miss the scenery for anything!

@Nicola636128 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@DelmarvaRailProductions 6 жыл бұрын

I used to have a best friend who went Duquesne University, I will be sharing this with him!

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

Pardon us if we got foam on the camera when we were down there. The Union Railroad hauling a mile long hopper train was something we never thought we would see.

@DelmarvaRailProductions 6 жыл бұрын

Haha foam. But I don't see any. Lol

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

Look closer in slow motion. There is definitely drool in the shot ;)

@RailfanTurner 6 жыл бұрын

Nice catches!

@syahdanalwiardinsyah7821 2 жыл бұрын

So cool 👍😁

@bigdawgshawn674 6 жыл бұрын

How I'll remember Pittsburgh: 12:18 "Get over here!!!"

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

That was another railfan upset that the train was on the far track rather than doing down the middle ;)

@davidcoleman958 Жыл бұрын

Awesome videos. Never have railfanned at Cp-Bell. Leetsdale is the best NS hotspot in Pittsburgh IMO. Have you ever railfanned west of Pittsburgh on NS?

@sweetmaa9621 5 жыл бұрын

I want to see it I live in the Baltimore revens

@marcfencil5855 6 жыл бұрын

Your video looks much better than the footage from "Pittsburgh Mainlines." What kind of camera do you shoot with?

@marcosinnes5999 6 жыл бұрын

Super video

@wurlitzer1538 4 жыл бұрын

Where the shots at ISLE taken from the pull off on 65?

@sweetmaa9621 5 жыл бұрын

The steelers stadium

@railbuilderdhd 6 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me the location the video was taken for the 4 track pass between the walls? Looks like northern park area. How often do trains run through there?

@PC10.8 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! Guess where I’m from lol

@Dachamp2001 2 жыл бұрын

Yep home sweet home. Them coal hoppers are either going to the coke werks to load or there going all they down to the coal mine down there somewhere around the WV/PA border

@SPDRailfan 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful trains , track sound , bell , loco honking !!!! amazing !!!! i am a rail fan from India. I shoot and post videos of high speed trains of Indian rail way. hope you will like it.

@SCL6054Prouctions Жыл бұрын

Do you think that it's worth to railfan in Pittsburgh im going there this summer Also sweet profile picture

@RailfanJunction Жыл бұрын

I mean if you're there already I'd recommend it, lot of cool places to go for sure :)

@PM08203 6 жыл бұрын

How do you obtain the train schedule names? such as 'C35', etc...is their a web data base? TY!

@RailfanJunction 6 жыл бұрын

The only way we could keep track was to have a radio scanner with us. Whenever trains went through construction areas or were given instructions, they would give their train symbol. Otherwise, it is anyone's guess.

@markklinefelter9263 6 жыл бұрын

You can then look up the origination/destination of the train by googling NS/CSX train symbols.