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An interesting day on the Fort Wayne Line at Haysville, just west of Pittsburgh. There was the usual cast of characters: a lone SD70ACe, a newish AC44C6M rebuild, Catfish, and four axle Geeps on the local. The big story was the classic horns; with only two exceptions, the GEs sported P5 horns, and the EMDs featured heavenly RS3Ls. Additionally, 10K had both an SD80MAC and my first DPU set. Enjoy what will probably be my last railfanning video for a while, as I head back down South.

Train 1: Eastbound trash 62V (0:00)                                                                                       

       NS C44-9W 9911 (P5)

       NS C44-9W 9398

Train 2: Eastbound local, probably C28 (1:22)

         NS GP40-2 3059

         NS RP-E4C 707

         NS GP40-2 3008 (pilot striping)

        NS SD40E 6333 

Train 3: Westbound Manifest/local, likely C35 (4:32)

        NS SD40-2 3380

        NS SD60E 7021

        NS SD60E 7015

Encounter 4: Westbound hi-rail pickup (6:51)

Train 4: Eastbound Intermodal 26E (7:32)

       NS SD70ACU 7338

       NS C44-9W 9086

Train 5: Eastbound Manifest 10K (9:48)

      NS ES44DC 7681 (P5)

      NS SD80MAC 7219

      DPUs:

      NS SD70ACe 1185

      NS C44-9W 9647

Encounter 7: Eastbound hi-rail truck (12:08)

Train 6: Eastbound manifest 10G (12:32)

     NS AC44C6M 4263 (quasi-fresh)

           C44-9W 9466 (HH)

          C44-9W 9421 (THB)

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Number 90 posted:

That seems to be a pretty good location to watch trains.  Your sound recording was good.  Did you use an external microphone to beat the wind noise that so often interferes in train video?

I enjoyed the tripod mishaps.  We have all had them, and you were not afraid to be honest about yours.  Your recovery was pretty fast.

Thanks for the compliment!

Regarding the microphone, I use the internal microphone on my iPhone SE. There are probably two factors that help cut down on wind noise. First, as you can see in some shots, there is a building behind the road I shoot on, which blocks any breeze from the Ohio River side, and the tracks lie in a shallow (but narrow) valley, blocking easterly winds. Second, my phone probably filters out some of the considerable background noise from traffic; this filtering probably also removes any remaining wind noise. That said, the mic is not perfect; if the temperature is low or high, or if I turn on Low Power mode to conserve battery, the mike will sometimes cut out/make a "click" noise. 

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