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I wish I liked ANYTHING that much...
Pretty sure you can actually see the camera quivering.
Reminds me of:
Jim Cantori from the Weather Channel with “thunder snow”
or
“Oh, the humanity” -Hindenburg
Double rainbow guy?
If I remember correctly, this was posted several years ago here and it was brought up that the foamer actually worked for that railroad and was trying to drum up more visitors to the railroad. 
Now thats funny !
Craig,
Your original title was spot-on! 
Great!
Peter
"This is Special!" Need to change my pants. 
What was the road name on the brown/orange engine?
Uh...you know this is all "fake news", right? Totally bogus.
This was debunked as a fake, put up job a couple of years ago.
It was still enjoyable to watch for first 30 seconds. Sounded a little like my 6 yr old calling out the road names on 1:1 auto carriers as they roll by us. He usually gets a wave from the engineer.
But then he just turned 6.
Maybe this clip is a good example of why people think the train hobby is weird.
Besides the fact it's a setup, it may be the most annoying video i've seen lately.
aussteve posted:...this clip is a good example of why people think the train hobby is weird.AMEN.
EscapeRocks posted:Besides the fact it's a setup, it may be the most annoying video i've seen lately.
AMEN...again.
Real or fake, stuff like this is what makes the general population believe ALL railfans are nutjobs. Also why I mostly keep my ferroequine proclivities to myself. Outside of my "Train Friends" very few people know of my addiction.
Not me, nosiree. I'm gonna' dawn my RR patch-covered vest and striped "Engineer's Hat" (with all the RR pins on it), sling three or four cameras around my neck an' hoot n' holler an' jump up an' down every time I see a train.
I ain't weird, just enthusiastic 'cause I love me some trains.
erdnA
laming posted:Not me, nosiree. I'm gonna' dawn my RR patch-covered vest and striped "Engineer's Hat" (with all the RR pins on it), sling three or four cameras around my neck an' hoot n' holler an' jump up an' down every time I see a train.
I ain't weird, just enthusiastic 'cause I love me some trains.
erdnA
This guy in the photo with me worked on the SW Division of the Frisco all his life minus multiple military services. I was a little surprised to see pins on his cap at the reunion in 2015, but he was no "foamer". He WAS a notorious "rant and raver" while he was always a great railroader.
There is no way to know, but Jim may hold the world record for: most men laying off his pool. My timebook had his name splashed all over it, top to bottom. Fond, yet tough made memories.
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AUSSTEVE: The name on the E8 is Iowa Pacific #518.
https://www.classicstreamliners.com/rr-iph.html
Rusty
Even without the sound, how can anyone stand to watch a video that is so jerky? Folks need to learn to move the camera SMOOTHLY and not jerk it around like that. Nauseating.
