Say hi to My new YouTube account! At this time, I am uploading a video from the Houston Aeros hockey game I went to showing the intro when the players came out. Also, until I can work out a deal, comments will be disabled on the video. The name of the account is "CrossingTalkAdmin". Because i am not only into trains, but also football, hockey, and trainz, I will post videos of those, too.
Friday, we made our weekly outing to BW3(Buffalo Wild Wings for those of you that do not know). On the way back, we came up to the closest crossing to our house, and sure enough, a train!
To reveal to you parts two and three of my December trip!
Part two: Carlsbad. Yes, the Carlsbad Village Coaster station. I don't know exactly how it will go beyond the start, mainly how security will be that day, but I still have three months to plan for that. Also, I may Coaster down to Encinitas, but that will be a game time decision.
Part three: Fullerton. Yes, Fullerton, the giant trash can. But when you see the videos from Fullerton I am about to post, you will see how good of a train-watching place it is. There are Amtraks, Metrolinks, and BNSF that go through here. We will take the Metrolink to there. Plus, there, I have a good chance of meeting up with some other railfans.
Here are some videos of both stations:
Carlsbad Village:
Fullerton:
Note: In the Carlsbad video, there is a freight train. There are normally four that only go through during the night. On a VERY, VERY rare occasion, something will pop up so that causes one to go through in daylight. As you can tell, it it night time when it passes through, so everything is normal there.
My grandparents are currently on their way home from Montana, but a few days ago, my grandfather went out to the Marias Pass(not sure of the location, that was not provided) and shot some pics of a crossing. He caught a grain train, and sent me some pictures.
The relay case:
The sigs go off:
A BNSF C44-9W leads this grain train:
Many thanks to my grandfather for going out in the morning and catching this!
Remember how in my behind the scenes post I said that a big event would be revealed in the next few weeks?
It will be revealed September 14th
I have put up the first of the few long polls! This will have to do with part one, and this would be the most basic and shortest outing, just to get my tripod and "horn ears" going for parts 2 and 3.
Here are some videos shot from both stations(neither of them are mine).
Yes, the fact that there is a behind the scenes for September means something big is going to be revealed! If you thought that, then you are correct!
When the current poll ends, that is when the big month will kick off:
Trainztalk will be coming back up after a two month hiatus!
The Oklahoma series will be coming back with a shocking twist!
And, finally, I have tried to do a big Orange County event for my blog back last Christmas, that failed. I tried to do live updates from Tehachapi Pass back in June, that failed. I thought those would fail. However, the big event that is planned for December will be revealed in the next few weeks. That is all I will say for right now.
As of 7:00 PM central on 8/23/11, Crossing Talk was merged with Traintalk. Now the name is up to you. I have put up a poll, you can decide whether the name changes to Trainstalk, or the name Crossing Talk stays. the poll ends next week.
As we approached the private crossing that landed in the middle of Boron with signals, I saw something coming around a bend in the distance. Duh, it was a train. But it was far enough away so that I could easily get this picture with about a minute to spare:
The signals go off:
The train approaches at about 70 mph:
Something you don't see every day: a BNSF h1 style locomotive!
On the Operation Lifesaver California webpage, I noticed a video of the BNSF DAYGO that was switching that was going to leave that evening. There just so happened to be a Padres game that night, and this video shows some of the stupid behavior these Padre fans made(not my video). This is in downtown San Diego.
AND, notice how, at the end of the video, people started crossing without confirming that there may have been a second train on another track???!!! I can't BELIEVE some people have to risk their lives to see a baseball game! It really irritates me!
