Even the bear was smart enough to stop look and listen

Nice to see a caboose every now and then 😊

Flashes of light in Waycross yard caused by power lines touching as an outer band of Hurricane Idalia passes with wind gusts and heavy rain. Outer bands with this storm were as far as 280 miles from the center.

That frog knows where the action is.

It always amazes me how quickly you guys can edit and post a Grab Bag with videos from the same day - some from less than five hours prior to the upload. Great job in all you do! Virtual Railfan is amazing!! 👍

That’s one smart bear!!

One smart Bear knows to look both ways for train..great grab bag also

Love these Grab Bags! Little Red and Yellow Caboose - Cute. Nice Paintings or Photos at Austell on the fence. The Darwins at LaGrange really had me holding my breath and then screaming right afterwards. Just Wow for those people.

Cute frog tummy closeup!! 🐸

Yay, Revy!!!🤎🖤🤎🖤 Careful crossing the road!

Usual death wish in La Grange

Nice variety of BNSF at Galesburg. From the smurf, to a green BN engine, and then the 25th anniversary pumpkin

0:20 Schnabel train 1:10 H3 B40-8W 525 and blue and white GP38-3. This came from GMTX in 2009 and was originally built for Penn Central 1:48 two H2s and and RSSX yellow geep 3:02 I've never seen a road locomotive trasnprting a Herzog well train without any other freight cars 3:18 two executive MACs and DPU on a coal train. 3:47 CSX 3194 leading 4:00 another Herzog train moving under its own power 4:34 four SD40-2s. One with a high-hood, one that got his high-hood cab replaced with a more traditional one in 2015, and one that always had a normal cab. 5:26 brand new Ferromex gray boxcars along with some old boxcars. I thought they built freight cars in Mexico, but I know EMD built some locomotives there. 6:55 double heritage on the Lake Shore Limited again. 100 "Midnight" and 108 "Red-head" 7:33 SBZX 9582 and 9529 are ex-Aberdeen, Carolina, and Western GP40-2Ws. 8:55 Amtrak MOW train through Paradise 9:30 CanDo Rail geep 10:35 two warbonnets trailing and a tanker on a flatbed 10:50 Amtrak inspection train passes N&W 475 11:40 unusual ballast hoppers. They look more like something you would see in Australia 11:56 that was pretty close to a collision! 12:38 Strasburg's shops does work for a lot of steam locomotives around the country. They even did some work on Big boy 4014. Nickel Plate 587 is stored alongside C&O 2716, which is under restoration. 12:53 CEFX blue unit that hasn't been sold to NS yet. One with NS markings was seen a few grab bags ago. 13:03 an H3 GP60M and BN green SD40-2 trailing 13:33 Amtrak 160 "Pepsi" trailing on the Cresent, while a cop car pulled someone over 14:07 UP OCS with an AC44CW, SD70M, and 11 cars. I wonder what will happen to their E9s as they weren't with 3985, 5511, and 6936. 14:30 these DODX cars come in quite a few colors. I'm not sure if that's an attempt to somewhat disguise them, but that wouldn't make much sense because they look unlike other boxcars. 15:07 CSX 1976 leading 16:42 H3, Executive MAC, and warbonnet triple-heading a mixed freight 17:02 power flashes! I've seen a few videos of them happening randomly, maybe because the equipment is old, broken, or something got stuck on the wires. 17:50 empty Schnabel at the end of an intermodal 18:36 NS 8100, two UP units, and a KCS unit. NS 8114 and 4002 also pass by here leading their trains on the same morning 19:30 Amtrak 100 "Midnight", 108 "Red-head", 117, and 82 with combined Cardinal and Lake Shore Limited. NS had signalling troubles and the Lake Shore Limited consist is deadheading back to New York. Also four Phase III Viewliner IIs together of three different layout types 20:38 race between local job and through freight 21:37 CP heritage as one of three tail DPUs on a BNSF coal train 21:48 NS 8102 leading 22:15 four locomotives with five tank cars wait for a confused driver 23:02 Warbonnet towing the Empire Builder! It would be cooler if this happened on the Southwest Chief 23:16 hi-rail truck pulling articulated gondolas 23:44 Amtrak 203 leading the Coast Starlight 24:37 10-unit lash-up with two CN units on the front and a 25th anniversary GEVO trailing

My wife says, "Hello Revy." She worries so that he has no parents to look after him. She's not a train fan, but is a Revy fan.

*Awesome Catches*

Thanks again VRF. Executive livery SD 70MAC's BNSF 9830 & 9761 at Fort Madison and another at Chehalis - spot-on. I also liked seeing down the street to the right, at Fort Madison. That Bear was very cautious at crossing the Railroad and the Highway (something the Darwin's might like to try) Also, he/she didn't seem to be walking too easy and I wondered if the Bear might have been injured recently.

12:40 It's Southern 722's boiler.

Had to go looking to see what Amtrak 521 there after 9:06 is. Turns out be not be Amtrak's first loco numbered 521, an SDP40F previously carried it. Present 521 seems to be a GP38 variant created from a GP40TC used by CN. RRpicturearchives lists 521 as a GP38H-3.

Revy the Bear certainly takes her/his time crossing a normally busy highway.

Love you, Revy!

Rev Bear! For The WIN!

11:59, That Darwin definitely probably made the engineer's heart skip a beat. That driver was very lucky because if he crossed a second later, his car would have been hit and totaled by the train. Nice Grab Bag though

Wow that's pretty close love your train 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂 video from Indiana happy holidays

At 17:21 those were power flashes in Rice yard causing the power to go out because of the Hurricane pushing on shore.

CSX almost picked up some new red paint.

Old bear is looking pretty well fed.

Hey VxR, that B.K., (Burger King ) that's @ Austell, Ga., location, I would be dining in and sitting in the parking lot all the time. Thanks for the 📸 camera loca'n

A nice grab-bag good camera work job well done

Virtual Railfan has more wildlife on it's cameras than most trailcams!😂

Wow, I didnt think they had any of those B locos running…..surprise at 1:15.

Love the new Ferromex boxcars. Look much better that the 50 year old NdeM ones.

How much is the froggy in the window? The one with the tiny tiny tail? I do hope the froggy is for sale.

hello virtual raiflan it's is randy and i like yours video is randy

DODX 902 there at 14:46 looks like it has enough antennae on its roof to be more of an ELINT asset than a transportation crew asset; especially with it having 2 air conditioners.

Amazing video

At the 5:20 mark those apartment's or condominiums under construction I would live there also at trackside

I enjoy the dusk clips, the lighting is great!

SALUT👋👋😀

11:55 Car runs right in front of train.

The hopper cars seen at 11:40 closely resemble those running on Australian railways.

Good video !

Keep it going as always

I got a Fever. And the only cure is more wig-wag bell! Great stuff R.R. Thanks for fulfilling this request. First clip at Lake Bluff makes me wonder if the GP35s still had ATS.

do those in La Grange, KY drink Jack Daniels all of the time, and then drive to town for another??? yeah, that is what i thought.

Man revi is huge

What's the blue bnsf?

2:03 8216 is Classic

Another amazing one and why is there paintings on the fence in Austell and nice Amtrak heritage unit but why did it go a different route than normally?

The flashes around 17:02 onwards, look to be arcing on high voltage cables, most likely a combination of them being wet, and possibly phases touching together. If that happens, usually the cable will enter a fault state, and line end circuit breakers will shut off the power, which is possibly the really bright flash you saw at the end of the sequence. It would also explain the signal lights failing shortly after.

A+ Content ... That Bear remembered- noticed the caution at the crossing / Seems it recovered

Revy has a girl friend across the street.

I would live in a caboose

Best thing on the internet!!! You know it!!!

A lot of Darwin candidates amazing! Plus that Bear 🐻 was smarter than humans, notice how he looked both ways before crossing the tracks 😅

1:20 WOW what a catch!!!

Saw them unusual Ballast cars on a ELS video. the next big merger CN/BNSF? easy come/easy go..buddy at crossing..but the train crew really suffers.

LaGrange is still good for some SERIOUS entertainment 😝 Glad to see Revy the Bear is still around and healthy. Hope some wildlife carers will take care of him and possibly move him to a more bear-safe location.

Somewhere's getting a new HV transformer block!

12:15. Can the engineer have some new shorts?

at 20:38 race between a manifest and a local freight :) thanks to Grandma Cindy for putting this up.

That seems a nice bear walking on RR at night

12:39 That's Southern 722s boiler

Nice footage 🎊🍁🇮🇳🍁🎊

Now That A Train Race In 20:34 👍👍

It always amazes me that some people Re so impatient that they cannot wait for a train to pass....

11:34 WOW! That's a LOT of driving!

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0:28 and 0:49 Schnabel w/caboose? 11:11 Norfolk and Western 475 has Wikidata article 12:11 Darwin award candidate 13:25 toad or frog? 14:49 cool yellow caboose 15:29 bear - Revelstoke BC 18:19 Schnabel TEXX1135 (could have slowed this down for easier, better viewing) 20:28 stereo NS engines approach 23:14 Amtrak Superliner, track maintenance train

I would've paid good money to see that guy get punted down main street in La Grange.

glad to see Revy the bear look both ways before crossing the second track

There are gates at that intersection in La Grange, right?

Passenger in the car crossing the track at 11:59 must have had a impressive view of the locomotive's coupler! This is S. Walnut Ave. in La Grange. Not only are there no gates, there are no crossing lights. Just a crossbuck above the street stop sign. The sight line for drivers to see a train are also completely blocked. Check it out on Google Street view.

I only watch the Grab Bags

Hello from France. Nice Grabe bag as usual. At 16'45" and 23'30" same train in the same location.

Is anybody in Revelstoke missing their dog thar bear is looking well fed

Flashes the hurricane

I Love My Buddy Bear 🐻! LaGrange Folks just don’t how to handle CSX !

What is up with the cars LaGrange? Some of them have a death wish. True stupidity.

1:06, NOW YOU DONT SEE THAT EVERYDAY! I THOUGHT THEY WERE RETIRED

A caboose!!

The bear has enough common sense to stop look and listen at least..

The bear stops to check the tracks an the road , why don't the Darwin candidates??

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯🍀

16:11 it looks like Revy is wondering what happened to the third set of tracks

What is the large building in the background in Tucson?

What is that at Austell, some kind of art exhibit?

I gather there's no gate on that side street in La Grange, KY.

What was that Blue BNSF loco at the start

Where I live there's a 2 track N S main line going by Micky d's across the street is a Burger World(King) it's a downsize line for locals. I Don't go there it may still be called the Fort Wayne line

So many entitled people from Louisville are moving to Lagrange it’s slowly loosing it’s small town vibe .

What if diesel locos had Jake brakes like the truck with the boiler. Obviously the pipe cannot go up, but forward under the cab would sure clear the crossings and road obstructions? Ha!

3:29, how did they........ do this.........

0:28 what is that on the flatbed car

Need one off camera in Chicago area or Northwest Indiana

The flashes are caused by car headlights.

😂😂😂

What has become of the N.P. 587?

Was there a twister or windstorm in the Waycross area?? The blue flashes were power lines shorting out.

if that's the same bear, definitely put on weight this summer.

The jury is still out regarding the "coming and going" shots. I don't think I will be a fan.