Scenic Siskiyou Line | Cow Creek/ Glendale to Medford (4K) Rare Daytime CORP Trains

Scenic Siskiyou Line | Cow Creek/ Glendale to Medford (4K) Rare Daytime CORP Trains | DJI Inspire 2

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March 30, 2021
I am pleased to present this rare production from a section of the Siskiyou Line in Southern Oregon on the Central Oregon & Pacific! This takes place from Cow Creek Canyon North of Glendale to Medford with in between locations including Wolf Creek, Hugo, Grants Pass, Gold Hill and more.
Trains on this section of the Siskiyou Line are scheduled to run during the cover of darkness which is a shame because it's arguably the best section of the entire line. However, one can sometimes get lucky to witness these jobs when they're behind schedule and catch them during the morning once it's light. This was one of those rare occurrences.
With some fortunate inside intel I was lucky enough to head down to this part of the Siskiyou Line to witness trains on some of my favorite section of railroad. I've been waiting for a long time to capture this part of the Siskiyou Line at length so please enjoy!
These scenes were filmed with the professional DJI Inspire 2 drone and the DJI Osmo Action.
Music is used from Soundstripe
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@jamesd2128 3 жыл бұрын

Oregon has to be the most scenic railroading state in the union, the variety of terrain is just sublime.

@michaelbozzini900 3 жыл бұрын

Been on the Corp several times. Chased several trains over the years.Mostly Weed to Grant Pass. Can't beat the beautiful scenery and the Railroad.

@richardnelson317 3 ай бұрын

I totally enjoy your videos. I retired from a residential carpenter. Now I'm building a model railroad in HO scale. I get a lot of good ideas for scenery. Bridges, tunnel portals and what not. Your drone footage is like seeing a model operate.

@TheRailfanDan 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Richard glad it can help! I have heard a number of people comment like you saying how useful it can be for modeling which is a great bonus to what I do! I hope I can continue to give you good ideas.

@richardnelson317 3 ай бұрын

@@TheRailfanDan I look forward to to them. aathanks

@prsearls 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful country that shows some of the problems faced by the Central Pacific engineers. It’s not hard to imagine all of the steam locomotives and helpers required to move trains over this route. It would have been a real wilderness when the railroad was constructed. It must have been something to see a century+ ago. Your video is wonderful. It brings “to life” history books of southwest Oregon. Thanks for shooting this historic route, Dan.

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

No kidding and the fact that they would have been building it in the 1880's and maybe earlier. I am very happy I could capture and share this one!

@eddingtonrailroading Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a passenger service on this line in the future

@RonStanek 3 жыл бұрын

Dan, Great job! As always! Have yourself a cool coke, sandwich & chips. Happy railfaning and be safe. Thank You, again, for all you do!

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

@dbottita 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent submission, your videos are the best in the biz!

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Dave!

@rickdee67 23 күн бұрын

You would not have to pay me to work for that railroad! And this has got to be one of the best train chasing videos ever the scenery is magnificent. The cinematography is on point and I just love those Genesee and Wyoming derivative Corp. schemed locomotives. A little narration on maybe how old the line isor how this railroad came together would be great. I am definitely not critiquing your video. I absolutely love what you’re doing. Thank you so much.

@TheRailfanDan 23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Rick you're too kind and I'm real glad you're enjoying!

@bruceritchie3874 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Dan - thank you. I always look for you and your car in the drone shots, it's a bit like 'Where's Wally'! Keep up the awesome work. It shows that you really enjoy what you're doing.

@snchilders 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Dan. We lived in Grants Pass many years ago but traveled the road to Medford many, many times. When I was in the Boy Scouts I climbed Mt. McLoughlin, probably 1956ish

@bruceskehan6189 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, never seen this area before.In the beginning looked like there were some tall trees that seemed really close! Great job. B

@ishkabiddle8930 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video of some of the most scenic spots along the old Siskiyou Line, which has many such spots to choose from. Your work with the drone is top-notch.

@tonydavey3741 3 жыл бұрын

Another superb video Dan, what a great subject to model ( If like me you you enjoy making pine trees ) nice to see the early sunshine on the mountains on the first train and the sun up on the second one, thank you

@BaronvonBavert 3 жыл бұрын

awesome video, thank Dan !!

@N-Scale 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful !!!

@MarylandAreaRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful video! Good work! The 2062-2066 came from the MMID near me, very cool to see drone of that.

@YardLimit 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, Dan!

@herbchilds1512 4 ай бұрын

Geography notes: Cow Creek is a significant tributary of South Umpqua River. The Rogue-Umpqua Divide on this route (as well as the border between Douglas and Jackson Counties) occurs between Glendale and Wolf Creek. The railroad route varies widely from that taken by I-5 and historic US-99. There is a good county road through Cow Creek Canyon on the opposite bank, as you can see in this video.

@herbchilds1512 4 ай бұрын

Sorry, I meant Josephine County, not Jackson.

@Bonserak23 Жыл бұрын

Bucket list of Trains to ride, don't snitch out your local Hobos Mr.Railfan Dan we are fans to.

@mikereep7974 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video of RR in my beautiful siskiyou mountains. Keep up the good work, Awesome.

@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 2 жыл бұрын

I think you’re setting the bar in rail-fan videos going forward. Consider me subbed.

@TheRailfanDan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Ken! I'm humbled you think so and glad you enjoy!

@mikeashely8198 3 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to ride in a caboose on the end of a freight train through that Canyon

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

I love that canyon. I would go as far to say I'm obsessed with it. Lots of history there.

@davidmihevc3990 3 жыл бұрын

Always thought an excursion train would be a hit, but will probably never happen.

@HamraHJ 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. Thanks

@komsomolac 3 жыл бұрын

This is a lovely video indeed. I like how you mixed the aerial views with music in the background and side view with the train sound.

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yes I'm trying to make ground footage a regular occurrence in the rest of my videos I upload because actually having the sound of the train adds a whole other dynamic. No sound from the drone is definitely the biggest drawback.

@needs2quit1atgmail87 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing best one yet!!! I love those hills

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@davidmihevc3990 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Dan. I chased many an SP train through the canyon back in the day. The drone gets some great shots. Really fortuitous to catch a train in daylight, very rare for sure with CORP.

@craigwillett9988 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done...love it!

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend!

@smalltowntraveller 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing views

@NuggetUnit Жыл бұрын

25mph looks so slow from the outside perspective. From in the cab it feels like 50!

@TheRailfanDan Жыл бұрын

Ha yeah funny how that is huh?

@barbaramiola4322 2 жыл бұрын

Maravilhoso! Brasil.

@Juan_A_Garcia 3 жыл бұрын

Niceeeeee videoooooooooooo!

@orgcoast5990 3 жыл бұрын

Dan: I love your videos but I don't have many good feeling re CORP after the way they abandoned the line between Coos Bay and Eugene. Thanks to Peter DeFazio, that line is now up and running. You did a excellent video of that line.

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I do know about that. That was definitely a shame. Very cool the Coos Bay Line was resurrected though!

@thomasmackowiak 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Dan! The scenery was beautiful. The train snaking along the river was stunning. Do you think that the train crew might purposely run late some times so that they can see this scenery in the daylight rather than just the tracks in front of them as they run the dark? Thank you for documenting the train between Glendale and Medford, Oregon and for sharing this video with us!

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas! I don't think they get late on purpose but I would imagine it's much more pleasant to run when it's actually light outside. They miss a whole lot of good scenery during the dark!

@ShoresRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Does anyone know if this train continues on over the Siskiyou's to Black Butte for interchanges with UP?

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

This one terminates in Medford and a different crew runs over Siskiyou Pass to continue towards Weed. Very minimal exchange happens between CORP and UP at Black Butte. 99% of exchange happens in Eugene.

@ShoresRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update. I have a video from July 1999 that shows UP picking up cars at Black Butte. You can see it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9yTiLuKuZPUnoU.html

@tonydavey3741 3 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of empty centre beam cars going both ways, i thought it would be empty one way and full the other ?

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

It is. Empties go South and loads go North. This whole video is chasing Southbound.

@snchilders 3 жыл бұрын

But what happened to the Wolf Creek Horseshoe? I was looking forward to it.

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

I had to choose between tunnel 8 and the actual horseshoe and tunnel 8 was the top of my list location to capture on this chase.

@mrgone658 3 жыл бұрын

Why were they running behind schedule? So we can have the proper lighting conditions for a Railfan Dan video. That's why. Recognize.

@RonStanek 3 жыл бұрын

Dan, I'm curious, with lumber prices so high, do you see a lot of lumber load trains, heading to market? Or is there a stockpiling of product, to boost up prices? I know your not an investigator, maybe someone else out there knows something?

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

There has definitely been a spike in lumber loads overall for sure. CORP included. I don't think there is much stockpiling happening but I'm not sure.

@dgunde13gunderson78 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Maestro Dan....Your best yet!!!!! Greatest Cheers! Every mile of this route I WANT to GO! I'll get a map, wish you'd provide one. Sometimes I leave your channel on ALL NIGHT! Congrats! DGunde, viola, piano, youtube @ dgunde13

@TheRailfanDan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! I'm glad to hear it! I wish I could have done a map for this one and wish I did more often on my videos but it just takes too much extra time to where I wouldn't be able to upload as often and keep them somewhat regular.