No need to go outside in the cold. Let's do some railfanning in the comfort of our own basements and attics:
Leading the charge: Postwar Lackawanna FM Trainmaster and 623 Santa Fe Switcher.
Now we can share our railfanning with each other from home. Arnold
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Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve. 
Record cold temperatures coming to New England on Thanksgiving. Railfanning at home a big thankful possibility!
Nice motivating video clip, thx Arnold.
gunrunnerjohn posted:Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve.
GunrunnerJohn, your video of the Horseshoe Curve reminds me of fishing. You may have to wait a very long time before anything thrilling happens. That's one reason I fished for a very short time and stopped 20 years ago.
I think I prefer Railfanning from home more than Railfanning with real trains.
Now if only model train manufacturers could make the floor tremble and shake in our basements and attics when we experience all the train sounds and smoke there. Common, Lionel and MTH, you can do it! LOL, Arnold
When I'm at my computer, I sometimes just fire that up on the second monitor full screen and then just work until some action happens. 
briansilvermustang posted:
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'Bout.....!!!!!
gunrunnerjohn posted:Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many trains a day on average pass through Horseshoe Curve? If there is such a thing as an "average" day there.
Yes, I am more of a railfan model operator than an operations oriented operator. Let's see what I can find, since my layout building is in disarray right now. 
My latest, MTH PS3 Western Maryland RSD-5
Arnold that's one bright tunnel. I like it
Railfanning the New Haven:
gunrunnerjohn posted:Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve.
Thanks John. Didn't know that live feed existed. I've been there a few times and from ground level, I didn't know the Geep has an oxide red roof.
mike.caruso posted:Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many trains a day on average pass through Horseshoe Curve? If there is such a thing as an "average" day there.
I seem to recall something like 40 per day.
Erie Camelback hauling freight across the Ohio River Bridge:
LOL, Arnold
Arnold D. Cribari posted:Erie Camelback hauling freight across the Ohio River Bridge:
LOL, Arnold
Nothing personal Arnold, but Camelbacks are one of those offspring only a mother could love.....LOL
i often use my desk top computer to monitor Norfolk Southern radio chatter from Fallston, PA (west of Conway Yard) as I do my train work. Something a scanner can't do from 30 miles away.
Dan Padova posted:Arnold D. Cribari posted:Erie Camelback hauling freight across the Ohio River Bridge:
LOL, Arnold
Nothing personal Arnold, but Camelbacks are one of those offspring only a mother could love.....LOL
Kinda like a bulldog. LOL
Its my latest acquisition and, of course, I love it. Arnold
Freight Train Jim posted:i often use my desk top computer to monitor Norfolk Southern radio chatter from Fallston, PA (west of Conway Yard) as I do my train work. Something a scanner can't do from 30 miles away.
When I started this post, I had no idea that real railfanning of real trains could be done from home. Very cool.
briansilvermustang posted:
So many "dream homes", I would love to live in any of them!
mike.caruso posted:gunrunnerjohn posted:Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many trains a day on average pass through Horseshoe Curve? If there is such a thing as an "average" day there.
Mike: it’s around 60 or so trains every 24 hours; not counting helper sets running light through the curve.
Curt
What's our favorite winter sport? Football? No. Skiing? No.
Railfanning at home? Yes! Especially today, another bitter cold day in NY.
This is a very strange train: Erie Camelback. She ain't pretty, she's the bulldog of my layout, smokin' up a storm:
If you want real rail fanning from home try Virtual Railfan live feed on YouTube. Lots of places to look.
If you like boats you can even watch lake boats live going up the St. Clair river!
Dick and Gunrunner John, thanks for mentioning the live feeds on YouTube for real railfanning. I had no idea that such live feeds existed.
I just visited Virtual Railfan live feeds on YouTube, as Dick suggested. Although not a live feed, I saw a YouTube video there showing real trains plowing through heavy snow. That was spectacular. The snow would fly high in the air, almost as if an avalanche was coming at you. Arnold
Holy Cow, a Reading Crusader hauling heavy freight just came barreling through my basement:
It was beautiful when I took this video along the tracks on the western side of the Hudson River.
CSX diesel oil tanker freight train passing West Point and heading to points North:
LOL, Arnold
PS: I pulled out the little hair I had left on top of my head getting that Lionel signal bridge to work using the original weight bearing triggering device.
Slept overnight railfanning in the same spot, and took this video the next day of a Jersey Central Trainmaster hauling the oil tanker empties Southbound to the oil refineries along the NJ Turnpike:
LOL, Arnold
How thrilling! On the eastern side of the Hudson River, the earth trembled as a New York Cental lightning striped passenger train roared by:
Along the Hudson is a great place for railfanning, where you can see freight and passenger service, and the scenery is breathtaking. I was so swept away by the trains, I forgot to take photos of the magestic river.
LOL, Arnold
PS: Soon I'll be railfanning and posting video of trains along the Delaware River in the great State of Pennsylvania, so stay tuned here.
Along the Hudson River water route , I feel like a kid again, time machining I am.
much appreciated.
Heavy weight title fight: Pennsy GG1 vs. NYC Commodore Vanderbuilt:
And the winner is . . .
Sitting ringside watching all the heaviness!
Cant decide between the GG1 and Commodre Vanderbilt....but that reading crusader's is a TKO in the first minutes of the first round! Lol.
The Crusader holds the championship belt.
Leroof posted:The Crusader holds the championship belt.
Those Proto 1 steamers have brand new BCRs in them, so they need to do a lot of sparring. LOL, Arnold
mike.caruso posted:gunrunnerjohn posted:Or you can just sit at home and wait for some action at the Horseshoe curve.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many trains a day on average pass through Horseshoe Curve? If there is such a thing as an "average" day there.
Average 20-30 a day including Amtrak
It's the year 2525 and technology has finally given us the time machine.
Now we can railfan back in 1950, and see the New Haven and New York Central rolling by:
LOL, Arnold
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