BNSF Snow Day!

[THEATREofPAIN270]

Real nice post. Thanks for that.

[takeuchi40]

In the UK trains stop running if there's a few leaves on the tracks. seriously.

[dumbcow1]

nice railfaning , Just wish it was more than 240p =( Those were some beautiful captures. and LOVE the conversation at the end, if that doesn't make your day, I don't know what would!

[WVRailroadFan]

Excellent video!!  Perfect song to accompany it too! Added to my favs!

[Seekanddestroy1ful]

wow very nice

[adamski3119]

So awesome...hard to believe you caught that many oakways in one day! great commentary at the end too haha..makes it even more worthwhile

[AMH9217]

HAHAHA!!! Love the comments from the crew and dispatch. GREAT VIDEO!!!!

[TRAVAM91]

SO THATS WHERE THE OAKWAY SD60S WENT...

[woody71130]

that is an awesome job you did on the video!!!

[walkerbelle]

Shooting in snow is an actual artform and you nailed it with this footage and stills both! This is one Hell of a video and the stills are amazing! You should be damn proud of a job "WELL DONE" my friend!!! Did any of the shots make a calendar? If not, you definitely got robbed!!! Thanks for sharing and thanks for your dedication & effort! All the best, Walker.

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

Ahhh, theres noth'in like a goo snow train to wake up to on a snow day!! :D

[dirkovision]

Thanks.! Beautiful ! Really enjoid it. also the music. Thans from Hungary

[amarkanders777]

When I traveled west bound ...winter of '64....'Western Star'... the train was stuck in snow-drifts for a couple days in MT... we ran short of groceries, I believe they had to do an extra re-stock along the way.

[ssbjohn]

great video one of the best i have seen

[vaadaenmacchi]

what a beautiful sound!

[dale6829]

Another great video, excellent sound and filming.

[aeroguy86]

ha ha ha i love the ending captions thats great and to answer the question "was it worth it" HELL YEAH! i would do it

[e081194eng]

That was a long chu chu.

[frinfre]

2 motrici e 108 vagoni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaxVassilyev]

I think waggons are empty

[irishpride527]

Congratulations on getting such great footage after so long a wait! Xlnt vid. *****

[countrygentleman10]

Cass Lake MN? Love that area.

[1macgeorge]

In April that is not winter why will it snow in April?

[redimixofmd]

Great vedio! The train shot in the middle had 109 cars. How long is that! lol

[deetjay1]

@redimixofmd

Mostly hoppers...around 1 to 1.5 mile long...and, if mostly loaded, close to 10000 tons...give or take...

[ajkopy]

How could there be any dislikes about this video,all i can say is that there are some pretty sick people out there in this world, Best winter clip ever. SPOT ON !!!!

[williamwesterkirk]

Fantastic. Keep Chasing them trains.......

[fcentaur]

Good American guys! I hope we had such people in Russia in 21th century...

[EWS60500]

great stuff mate

[FireAce44]

This winter, I'm buying myself a train. Wonder if BNSF will let me run it on their tracks....

[phillyslasher]

wow, you seem to like snow lol You should make a trip out to Donner Pass in California or Stevens Pass in Washington. The snow those places get is EPIC. I'm sure you'd capture some amazing video there :)

[mutt1256]

great video hope you do more like this one this winter

[microbusss]

hey the snow could be alot worse Just search

BNSF Snow Blower in Aurora, NE

[The92foxbody]

Awesome video, never seen a train while there was snow on the tracks before... Just a question of interest, how'd you film this? Were you with the camera when it was filming this?

[carme656]

i treni in america non si fermano al nulla. in italia basta un po' di neve da paralizzare la circolazione

[fuzzypeach777]

Worth it...? Only those who know really understand. 8-)

Chased two of these today in Georgia in 100 degree heat. Great power!

[up199519981982198319]

@casslakechris55 i saw emdx 9055 in irondale alabama check it out

[MrBrakovich]

Here in the Netherlands,it takes 1 inch of snow to take out the train. LOL

[Nikolay2308]

Beautiful video! I am working on the railroad in Russia. Very likely, as in Russia

[mordecai10000]

very nice

[hbre78a]

Great Video!

[musico81986]

Only 2 locos required to hull that long train through snow?! Dang...impressive!

Check out my videos!

[mixxmexx]

Hey, could I have those snow photos as wallpapers? 1920x1200 for example? Impressive stuff.

[MegaMequetrefe]

Congratulations for the video! I also shoot great trains in Brazil, but here there is no snow to give beauty to the images. My videos are on youtube too!

[rayunseitig]

Great shots.

[trainguy3]

6:53 lol hes got a headlight out!!

[mromanik]

I must have heard that 108 car, EMDX monster pass through town but knew I'd never make it out of the driveway. Nice work Chris!

[mromanik]

I'll never forget this storm. At 5pm on Saturday April 5 it was sunny and 50 degrees in Grand Rapids, MN, the last of a long winter's snow had finally melted in my yard. By 10pm I barely made it home from town through 6" of wet snow in a blinding snow that limited visability to less than 100 feet. I shoveled Sunday morning thinking it was over but got pounded again that afternoon.

[shadoskill]

bnsf?

[lostboyswerd]

burlington northern santa fe

[murphicus]

Thanks for the great video! I loved it! I grew up on the Northern Pacific/BN mainline (in Hawley MN), so the sounds and sights trains are in my genes! Now in Seattle, so I take the Empire Builder back often. I just added a video response of a clip in the snow W of the Cascade Tunnel. I cheated & reversed the footage! The train was @4 hours late (as we actually broke down in the middle of the 7 mile long tunnel) & the snow looks pristine, even on the trees. I was very lucky there was no wind.

[Johngeiger747]

That train had 108 cars, with the two locomotives the whole train was well over 5400' long. Over a mile easy

[Bahnfan08]

Nice video!

Greetings from Germany! ;)

[jtaforJesus]

incredibly awesome!!!

[CoastStarlight11]

WOW!!!

[MinasGeraisRailways]

How is possible not to have problens with the rails on very low temperaures?

[PhantomDark21]

@MinasGeraisRailways The locomotive have sanding mode.

[MRiceH0le]

Great Video!!

[050179mh]

wow, he's pushing up a lot of snow.

[MyDavid1960]

nice.....love it

[Yomobdiba]

You hit it that day. Loved it that they were EMD demonstrators. The perfect catch. Thank You!

[ibook133]

My 2 favorite things, trains & snow. Gotta long that loooong consist. When we get them at area grade crossings, we turn the car off, i hop out (in any weather) & watch and/or take vids. Usually we end up stopping for fast mid-sized or shorter stuff, but every once in a while we get a jumbo like this one.

I don't normally rate vids ever, but this got a 5. No BS, just trains in snow, good stuff man, good stuff.

- A

[MilwaukeeSDman]

Nice catch! 5*****! & fav

[cnwbelvideresub]

thats awesome!!!!

[railman247]

sunshine rain or snow that train gotten go

[hogger01]

Great Video! At the 2 minute 30 second frame it almost looks like the locomotive had a railway tie edged in the front "Cow Catcher". Thanks for posting

[s764e19]

dude that was cool due it agin

[yourabuttkiss]

dude this vid makes me want to jump on a train to nowhere just for the ride thanks for shareing

[NCCR2580]

Great vid! hats of to you there Sir!

[railfanalways]

Excellent video, I'm always at work when the snow falls and never get to see the trains go through the fresh snow.

[rockisland57]

It was worth it!

[clo42287]

Beautiful work! 5 stars keep it up!! =)

[teddybeareleventeen]

Great video! Love the snow shots!

[mbwolf61]

Thanks for reminding me why I hate country music. Great video though.

[bigboy4016]

I Wish We could get that much up here (NH) So I could get some video of CSRX's plow, lol. I have stood out in snowy weather to see a 0-6-0 going over my bridge, the temp was 10, with winds gusting at 30MPH, BRRR 5 stars

[rob31895]

I Love Trains!!!

[mongo5888]

TOTALLY worth it!!! Us railfans will do anything to get a good shot of a train won't we? LOL! Great job man. I'm subscribing! ^_^

[WMkid]

Hey Chris, Just wanted to say what a killer video. Bearing the elements just to get a video or photo or two, yeah, no doubt that it's worth it, awesome! I love the comment that the crew and dispatcher made at towards the end of the video. Too cool man!

[cooncoon100]

I like snowey vids

[Ischaue]

@cooncoon100

Ich auch :-)

[canadiantimberwolf1]

Some really great shots,you railfans really show your passion in the worst of times.Nice going..

[Bartman1764]

beautiful shots man

[julesmc56]

great shots!

[Killswitch204]

vary vary good video AWSOME!!

[thersaholycow]

AWSOME VIDEO!!!!!!!! 5 STARS!!

[sneadfootball]

i'm still waiting for my great snow day, you have some great catches there. I have had crews say that a few times when I was outside railfanning when the temperature was -20 below zero

[liljeepz]

AWSOME VIDEO! even caught my wife's attention and she was watching behind my shoulder.

[mccunecp]

great video and yell yea it was worthit great job.

[alienwareufo]

Hey..Awesome vid..And good choice of a Kenny Chesney song..Im a big fan of his.

[Z06jay]

Very nice video. Love those Oakways, The snow just makes them look even cooler. I would have chased on that day also. good job.

[iusetano]

Excellent Video.Wow.I agree with my fellow railfans.Thanks for sharing.

[Derailedtrain666]

I had to come back and watch this video, and i guess you did get to do it again, and my guess, you'll do it again too lol.

[theup3985]

I love it! That's the only thing I could think of going up north for - shooting trains in the snow. 'Cause I hate cold weather! Thanks for braving the conditions to get those shots.

[M855Ball]

Awesome video. Interesting to put a persona with the voice I hear on the airwaves.

[hoggerdave]

my father worked for the CNR in northern ontario many years ago and told me they once were in a bad snow storm and couldn't see anything ahead. So they ran their train at the minimum track speed of 30 MPH for almost 80 miles until they could clear the snow off and have it stay off the windshield. Railroading in winter can be a pain but the view can be amazing too while cozy warm in the cab.

[NJT4111]

great horn

[RandomFacts20]

Awesome video!! well done creating it!

[nels1jac]

This sure was a fun day, i hope we get more of them this upcoming winter :)

[TrainDr101]

One of the best snow shots around. Great story. Non of the vid responses compare.

[fireeater999cmcc]

I can't get over the length of cargo trains in the states, amazing!

[MYTOYS1]

I really enjoyed this video love to see more

[marjotto]

ładne filmiki musiałeś sporo zmarznąć zeby nagrać ale czasem warto masz 5/5

[RANDY2045]

very good video i would thast in a heart beat

[Heterodyne]

Do what?

[roito70]

bellissimo

[williamwesterkirk]

Thats one hell of a show. We never get snow like that in the UK.. we get about 4 inches and then the job stops....What were you driving to catch the trains?

WW

[upbnrailroad]

Shit... I remember this storm... down here in the Twin Cities we got nothing, but I was up north and I was impressed. Great video!!!5 stars.

[ovationpdh]

Wow, that old SD60 was throwing some snow.

[ohiosouthern]

U r a True RailFan. LOL

[MattBNSF1991]

BNSF is getting rid of the Oakways at the end of this year

[golfingrobert]

man, nice catch man! i love those oakways! I cought one down here in pechtree city georgia!

[BNSF5608]

So your the one who took away my Oakway action this winter! Great video!

[casslakechris]

Take 'em back!!! LOL, one of my least favorite engines to shoot are the Oakways. I'll take the Oakways over faded H2 C44-9W's though!

[Davhid1]

Awesome video lol!!!!!

[hancockben]

just a awsome video

[HyperActive7]

Now that is some real snow.. I enjoyed this a lot and I really got a kick out of the dispatcher telling the crew they'd be on somebody's wall calender.

I'll watch out for next year's BNSF color calender to see if any of these snow pics made it on there.

[dni252]

They can actually see where they're going through all that snow on the windows?!

[mrsmargerax0]

awesome video chris! i'm so proud of my talented brother!

[Chadwickchow]

I wish my dad and gramps could see this. They were both railroad men and would have been thrilled.

I live in Minnesota, too. Thanks for showing me something I would never have thought to look for in my own back yard.

Awesome...in the truest sense of the word.

[saab900se]

Amazing snow scenes. Here in Britain about 3" is usually enough to bring the entire country to a halt amid cries of "It's a hard winter this year".

[jmehl77]

Best rail footage I've seen anywhere, you can't even pay good money to get this kind of footage, I wish I could get out and do some of that, gotta get a good vid camera and now a new still frame since mine was stolen, good job PTI!

[Clare230]

Great video and photos--loved that sequence of them pushing the bow wave of snow in front of them.

[RailroadGeek]

Completely Awesome!

[frontierfan]

great vid as usual chris

[stuntedcards]

long train least 150 cars

[bibleortraditions]

My boy loved your trains! Thanks!

[Derailedtrain666]

Awsome!!! Abosolutly a new favorite, Pretty cool they talked about you over the scanner... 5 Stars Best I've seen in a long time...

[tmechatronik]

Great video! 5* :).

[nels1jac]

Some people question what us railfans like to do, but it sure is a lot of fun...I have a snow vid as well above (nels1jac) from the same area as Chris got, not as great as his, but i like it :)

[railfanalways]

These are the shots I would love to get. Great video, keep up the great videos.

[Ianscape]

Very nice!

I'm glad that our 12' of snow here in NH is on the way out though!

[johnrf84]

Great video!  It really captures this major event!

[kelbym07]

your best movie yet. i cant wait to get up to the north land in 6 weeks stay warm and safe

[UPTurner]

WOW!!! Excellent Video!! Looks like you guys got nailed on snow!! Excellent snow shots, and you even got them on 2 SD-60 Oakway leasers!! LOL!! "We got a railfan chasing us" "I bet your going to be on a calendar somewere"!! Hilarous!! Never had that happen before!!

[Stephenson18]

LOL! thats halarous... '' we got a railfan chasing us '' lmao oh my god that is funny... bet you that made your day! great video