Thank you Z! Much appreciated! I am pretty happy with this but man it took a while sitting at the computer! I recently started timing my edits and this one was around 23 hours in the chair...

Yes if only! That would be amazing.

Hey there very cool thanks for all that info! I live in Eugene so it's not too far away for me to film the Coos Bay at any given location. I'm glad to live so close.

That's pretty neat I must say!

Well thank you so much!

Hey thanks a lot!

I see there are official plans for a container terminal at the port, very exciting.

Thanks Ron!

Remember, if the drone sound is on all you would hear is the sound of the propellers.

Mathew is right drones don't even have the capability to record audio as it is but all you would hear would be propellers. This is a major reason I shoot ground video when I can because the sounds are for sure something that is being missed out on! I agree with you.

@@TheRailfanDan You could dub in the sounds from the ground shots to the drone footage where appropriate; it would not be that hard. I have seen some others do it and it works well.

@@royreynolds108 I myself have done this before and I also love the results but it adds a lot of time in the editing room when I already feel like I'm at my limit with editing time. This long video alone was 23 hours of sitting in the computer chair... For a good example of my work with this though check out my more recent video Steam Train Pulls Revenue Freight. I added in sound to the steam engine where I could and I think it turned out great.

Ah yes that was the money shot for me as well for the whole video. When I began that chase earlier in the evening I did not think there would be enough light left to be able to get a shot at that bridge. VERY happy to have it as a bonus!

Yes, it is really amazing!

Thanks so much!

Well thanks so much I'm humbled you think so! You might enjoy some of my more recent videos if you enjoyed this. The one from Moab Utah is pretty amazing.

Well thanks very much!

I live 7 miles west of Florence on the line, remembering the passing of the "Speeder" Interest Group. I was told by my neighbor a retired Railroad conductor on this Southern Pacific Line that after WW II it had over 40 Lumber Mills to serve. It was than to run all the way to Powers, Oregon than.

Well thanks a lot Nick! I just had a major week long trip to Utah for railfanning and have a whole bunch of video to go through and process to put up here. Stay tuned!

Well thanks very much I'm humbled you think so!

Well thanks very much!

Thank you! I very much try not to take it for granted. I know I've got it good. Some of the best in the world in my opinion. Encompassing all of the Western US States that is.

@@TheRailfanDan My dream is to make it over to the USA one day and take in railways,those very long trains and some bands along the way. We've got good trains to watch in GB but you have everything and more which is off the scale....the long shot of the train going over Tahkenitch Lake is pure class!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you Dave!

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed!

Glad you enjoyed it thanks a lot!

Go back and watch the trestles carefully. Many of them have bents (piers) that do not actually support the stringers. The supporting piles and bents were driven after the others and those have not been removed. Look carefully at the long trestle at the end; there are several bents with material on them to help prevent the spread of fire if one were to get started on the trestle. This prevents the total loss of the structure in the event of a trestle fire.

Thanks a lot Bill glad you enjoyed!

Back when it was real railroading! Those days are sadly long gone now but how great you got to witness it.

Well thank you very much!

Well thanks very much!

Thank you Jerry!

Thanks a lot and sounds like a good idea to me!

Oh cool! I know one of the engineers who was featured a few times here.

How often does this line run?

Adding to this Bohemia, INC had a plywood mill at Vaughn. My late Father worked for International paper in Gardner for 7 1/2 years 1956 to 1963. Then for Bohemia, INC in Saginaw, OR. He did a lot of the road's on the Smith River drainage for International paper. Owner of Bohemia, INC LL "Stub" Stewart (state park on HWY 26.)

Thomas, at 54:34 and there after, it looks to be a barge, farther down the river from where the speed boat was coming. I'm sure that's what the bridge swung for. Nice relaxing video.

Not sure how it is done these days, but back in later SP days the swing bridges were left open for river traffic and only closed to allow trains to cross. A bridge tender would line the bridge, then open it behind the train, then travel to the next bridge and do the same for all 3, Coos Bay, Reedsport and Cushman (east of Florence) . It was fairly easy to get back ahead of the trains as alot of the track was limited to 10 mph back then. I'm with Dan on the container port ever being a reality, it has been talked about for as long as I can remember. Would be great to see it happen though.

@@davidmihevc39903990 Thank you for the information on how the bridges were controlled in the Southern Pacific days. The procedure that SP used sounds like the same procedure that the City of Chicago uses in the Spring and Fall of each year to get pleasure boats to and from Lake Michigan. In the Spring a bridge is opened on the south branch of the Chicago River to allow pleasure craft that need the bridges opened to get up the south branch of the Chicago River to the main branch of the river that goes out to Lake Michigan. The boats are all lined up and the bridge opens. The boats proceed to the next bridge where they must stop. After all the boats have passed the first open bridge, the bridge tender lowers the bridge. He then gets in his care and drives to the next bridge where all the boats are waiting for him to open that bridge. This hopscotch method continues until the boats can get to the lock that allows them to lock into Lake Michigan. The reverse process is done in the Fall to allow pleasure boats to go back down the Chicago River to the locations that take the boats out of the water and store them for the winter months. Woe to the drivers who get caught in a bridge lift on a Wednesday or Saturday.

@thomasmackowiak Wow. That's pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. I forgot mention that the bridge tender would have to use a boat to get to the swing spans when the bridges were open to river traffic. I would imagine this was pretty dicey in inclimate weather.

Thank you Thomas I'm glad you enjoyed! I would assume the bridge tender doesn't have to be there very often but I am not sure. Technically there would only be two train movements on average ever 24 hours at that bridge. I assume there was some larger water craft that would be passing through shortly since they rotated the bridge right after the light power went over it but I caught back up with the train after the rotation completed so didn't see.

Wow thank you thank you very much! Your donation is extremely appreciated!

Well thanks very much Lawrence! I had quite a bit of fun filming this over time. Edit time at the computer for a long one like this was about 23 hours and it was definitely longer than that out in the field.

@@TheRailfanDan That's why $1M. Looking forward to your Utah adventure.😊

Had no idea about those. Thanks for the info!

Well thanks so much I'm humbled you think so and glad you're on board! I've got some great stuff in the works.

@@TheRailfanDan I like videos on Shortlines as I am building a freelance short line HO layout . I am in the UK so your video allows me to see how Shortlines operate.

@@trapdriver7006 Very cool! I've got a Playlist on here on shortlines of the Northwest. You might enjoy some of my previous videos then of other shortline operations I've captured.

@@TheRailfanDan I will check them out and I am watching your Big Power on the Corp Roseburg Turn

Glad you enjoyed!

I wish I could have lived to see some of those days but I was born too late!

Thanks so much!

It's pretty much all excepted track which is 10mph. Most of what I shot is where they run at night but they run in the Eugene and Coos Bay areas during the day.

I am thinking I once hear that structurally it is on its last leg but not positive.

Thanks! Yes it does have to do with the quality of the track. They're running on the lowest classification of track which limits them to 10mph.

The through trusses at Poodle Creek and the 2 over the Suislaw River near MP 691 look to be one panel shorter than the other short through truss spans. By more or less standardizing on span designs, saves on bridge design and construction. I think he said the line was completed in 1916 by the SP. I have an idea that all of the steel spans are original to the line unless a particular span was replaced because of damage. From observation, the pile trestles have been redriven at least once and probably a couple of times. I doubt that the SP would have built any of the spans with wood in 1916. The Vaun Rd and Noti Creek trestle being replaced is probably because the repairs to the trestle would be as or more costly as the construction of a new bridge which can be done without really disrupting traffic until the cut-over. The new bridge will have modern loading, a big plus. This trestle is on a curve and superelevated plus it appears to me to need some steelwork done besides some wood replacement. Granted, it is hard to tell from a video; just my educated guess.

I heard about that and saw photos. Then later on I realized I knew the engineer who was on it when it happened and he said it was a pretty intense jolt for him! He was ok though.

Cool! That was when they were on the way.

THAT Osprey on the bridge IS NOT happy with you ..and your drone ..

They will still stick around and be used. I noticed while flying about the Osprey and started flying farther back once I realized!

I wanted to but it just never worked out for this video. Maybe in a future video sometime.

hold on I want my container NOW not 8 hrs from now ..

Haha!

This railroad isn't that old, its a subsidiary of the Port of Coos Bay. It's entire existence is because Central Oregon and Pacific abandoned the line back when they were owned by Rail America. They're probably still growing as a company and plan on buying more equipment, they're going to need bigger power if they want to haul anything intermodal, they may have to up the track speeds as well since the volume of traffic will be increasing!

@@jacksonwhittier3646 They just leased a bunch of these units in the past few months. I know T2-4 GPs on lease are rare but there is a few like GP15D/GP20D

... Sarcastic? Drones do not record audio so unless different audio is synced up then there isn't anything to hear.

I can tell you that they do host motor car runs on the line a few times a year! I believe it's a pretty expensive hobby to get involved with though.

@@TheRailfanDan Well thank you for your reply but my son was thinking of Doodlebugs, Budd RDC'S, and Fairmont A8's with trailers attached to them for use on this line.

@@gretchenchadwick8343 As great as that would be I just don't think it's in the cards. The only reason I brought up the speeder runs is because at least something extra curricular happens on the line in some fashion. In this modern era of railroading we have to take anything special we can get! I am grateful the Coos Bay Line is open in any capacity!

@@TheRailfanDan But it's not impossible because: "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Luke 1:37. And my son is on the autism spectrum and dreams big but wants them to be realities and not wishful thinking.