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SousaKerry wrote:Like said above best bet is to catch them in Mason between 8:00-10:00. Once they are done switching the south end of Mason the power will go to the house for a crew change and service(refuel) and if there is a Lansing train that day follow them north around 10:00-12:00

What he said.

As I think more about this, I believe what amazes me the most is that even after writing a letter to the sup of the carrier, he then writes an article about it in Trains Magazine boasting about it like he's some stoic railfan hero that has done foamers proud from coast to coast. Evidently, he didn'...

J T wrote:

MQT3001 wrote:http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/observation- ... etter.aspx

Wow, I don't know if what I just read is satire, or what, but railroad employees owe railfans NOTHING.

End of story.

Amen, brotha.

Let the train crews do their work without acting like a pompous wannabe. That stupid incident last year occurred because of a ignorant and unnamed female individual who believed the train crew was out to get revenge on her. You do not, under any circumstances, call in and complain about how railroad...

J T wrote:Drayton, narrow looks so much better than wide. Very little distortion compared to the older stuff.

Thanks, JT. I appreciate it. I'm trying to get better with the drone. It's just hard, because the Phantom has pretty crappy 1080P.

JoJames wrote:Very nice video. Few minor things. K682 is a loaded ethanol train and the cranes at North Baltimore run on regular rail.

I fixed the narration, just for you, and re-uploaded the darn video.

Drayton, Did you get any flack from security or did you go unnoticed? If it were me I know I would be afraid of loosing the drone due too mechanical problems or something in the middle of the yard with no hope of recovery. BTW love the arial shots keep em coming. Ever been to Willard Yard yet? I wo...

JoJames wrote:Very nice video. Few minor things. K682 is a loaded ethanol train and the cranes at North Baltimore run on regular rail.

Great, now I'm going to have to remove the video.

The new drone video is purdy cool, if I do say so myself.

hoborich wrote:What is the range of the drone from the controller? Does it have some kind of stabilizer? Looks like it takes sound videos. Pretty cool!

By sound, I thought you meant solid! Haha, no. It doesn't record sound as JT has stated.

January 8th and 9th, 2015 the 39E was running during the daylight in snowy weather. I caught them at my two favorite locations on the Michigan Line: Grass Lake and Chelsea.

hoborich wrote:What is the range of the drone from the controller? Does it have some kind of stabilizer? Looks like it takes sound videos. Pretty cool!

Yes, it has a stabilizer. It has a range of 1600ft up and away.

Gotcha. I'm not of a fan of the fisheye look with the curvature of the earth. Just wish I could afford a $6K drone to avoid to help me avoid that! :lol: Well, if you have a nice video editor, you can take it out. I've done it before, but the video's quality goes down when applied. I'm not a huge fa...

J T wrote:Nice vid. The aerial pacing at the beginning was well done.

Do you ever shoot narrow vid with that or is it all ultra-wide?

Yeah, you can shoot narrow videos...But I prefer the wider angle.

CSX Q507 charges south, over the Garrett and Willard Subdivisions, at Deshler, Ohio on 12/26/2014. During the day, we filmed several CSX trains with our Phantom 2 Vision+ aerial drone.

kqwdNDBwPzk On 12/26/14, Jan Blackgrove, my Grandmother and favorite railfan partner, passed away from this earth to be in heaven above. The first scene was recorded three years ago at Bryan, Ohio. In it, my Grandmother, the woman in red, waves at a passing Norfolk Southern train with her good frie...

I got the chance to experience the amazing organization that Operation North Pole is...

Metra and Union Pacific made the dreams of over 40 children with special needs come true two weekends ago.

Merry Christmas!

I chased 1225 twice this last weekend. Merry Christmas, everyone!