Trackside with ChasingSteel.com
In the TRACKSIDE video series you will stand next to me as we witness a passing train, or trains, as I shoot some photos of the train. I’ll give you the location information and as much train information as I know, where possible. Within the video you will hear the camera shutter fire at the points that I took some photos and at the end of the video I show you some of the photos taken of that train. This is a virtual railfanning trip for the uninitiated or those who prefer to let me do the dirty work. Don’t worry, I am happy to do it!
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #1 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this first of a series of videos as we take you trackside to El Casco, CA on Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision in southern California on January 24, 2010. See a westbound manifest train pass our location on its way to West Colton, CA. (4:34)
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #2 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this second video in the series of videos as we take you trackside to El Casco, CA on Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision in southern California on January 24, 2010. See a westbound intermodal train pass our location on its way to Long Beach, CA. (7:18)
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #3 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this third video in the series of videos as we take you trackside to El Casco, CA on Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision in southern California on January 24, 2010. See the eastbound Sunset Limited, Amtrak Train #2, pass our location on its way to New Orleans, LA. (2:32)
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #4 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this fourth video in the series of videos as we take you trackside to Lavic, CA on BNSF Railway's Needles Subdivision in southern California on February 13, 2010. In this video we watch a westbound intermodal train pass our location on its way to Barstow, CA for a crew change. (4:47)
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #5 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this fifth video in the series of videos as we take you trackside to Lavic, CA on BNSF Railway's Needles Subdivision in southern California on February 13, 2010. In this video we watch a westbound Z-train, or hot intermodal, pass our location on its way to Barstow, CA for a crew change. (4:50)
TRACKSIDE with CHASINGSTEEL.COM #6 - Come along with ChasingSteel.com in this sixth video in the series of videos as we take you trackside to Lavic, CA on BNSF Railway's Needles Subdivision in southern California on February 13, 2010. In this video we watch a eastbound hot trailer-on-flatcar train, or TOFC, pass our location on its way to Needles, CA for a crew change. (3:41)
Future Plans
I would love to produce more videos along this vein and I intend to do so as time and circumstances permit. Stay tuned!
Additional Video Content
While not specifically part of the Trackside library, the following videos are additional content for your viewing pleasure:
Three Trains from the Crossing Near Bagdad, CA - We caught three trains pass the crossing just east of Bagdad, CA on BNSF's Needles Subdivision in January 2012. The second train in the video has a vintage warbonnet unit on the point and two more buried in the consist and the train is a manifest train to boot! (8:13)
Siberia-Klondike 1 - A BNSF four unit intermodal train negates the s-curve as it climbs Ash Hill near Klondike, CA on January 2, 2012. (6:20)
Siberia-Klondike 2 - A BNSF three unit intermodal train negates the s-curve as it climbs Ash Hill near Klondike, CA on January 2, 2012. (5:34)
Santa Fe 3751 at Encinitas, CA on May 1, 2010 - See the former Santa Fe 3751 (4-8-4 steam locomotive) lead the San Diego Steam Special II pass the Coaster Encinitas Station. This video shows both angles, coming and going. Read the 3-part story of this chase here. (1:41)
3751 at Los Angeles' Union Station on May 8, 2010 - See the former Santa Fe 3751 (4-8-4 steam locomotive) lead a special excursion train out Track 8 at LA's Union Station bound for San Bernardino, CA and that city's Railroad Days and Bicentennial Celebration on National Train Day, May 8, 2010. (1:49)
RBBB Blue Unit Circus Train at North Ontario, CA. - A quick video of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baliey Circus' Blue Unit Train passing through Ontario, CA. (2:00)