Conrail blue street running at Sunbury, Pa

[Smoovious]

as nice as this vid is, this is not street-running.

street-running, is the cars and train sharing the road.

this, the train has its own separate grade protected at each crossover by signals.

[dwi189]

@Smoovious well, its close enough for me....when you have a train running up the center of town with buildings on each side and running past alongside a sidewalk....

[StoneCrusher]

Always love to see the NS and Conrail action coming through downtown Sunbury Pa.

[inels100]

What Comment at 1:12?

[dwi189]

alot....I've only been in Sunbury once so don't know exactly how many.....

[inels100]

How many crossings are there?

[davidsrcs]

those tracks look rough!

[dwkcamman611]

AWESOME!!!

[NorfolkSouthern8830]

ignore the 1:12 comment

[NorfolkSouthern8830]

Nice near miss from the blue truck at 1:12

[dorado1221]

Kinda cool looking how the crossing lights blink as the train gets closer

Great video man

[FlyBikes089]

Great video!

[wrailfan]

Great place to catch trains, not only from NS but CP as well. I prefer the Packer Street crossing myself. Good video!

[xJengie]

@boweandrew3 True. I think one of the only crossings with a gate is the Packer Street crossing, next to the bowling alley. But of course, nobody really stops when the gates go down...typical Sunbury style.

[xJengie]

They're FINALLY fixing the Market Street crossing. About time.

[xJengie]

I HATE that Market Street crossing. HATE IT. The way the trains sway going over both sets of crossings on Market makes me nervous that they're gonna tip or something.

[boweandrew3]

@xJengie well at least no one was killed wow no crossing gates at least the crossing lights make great christmas lights

[pruitt3507]

i kno NS baught conrail but when a train gose to get repainted do they paint it NS logo insted of conrail logo if the train had the conrail logo on itor do they keep the same paint skeem an repaint it conrail untill the train is scraped.

[brainman214]

Were you nervous taking this video?These engines come by my location occasionally as CSX/NS shar trackage in my area.Thanks for sharing,Brainy

[dwi189]

I wasn't nervous.....I had the tripod and was able to stand back away from the camera for a good part of the time except for the segments where I had to pull back in on the zoom....

[1936case]

Cool video, she gets a little shaky looking when she aproaches the Market street crossing. Funny thing is this isn't even all the crossings in Sunbury. You were at the Arch street crossing by the looks of it. I believe that brick building to the left of the shot was hit by a tractor trailer in 96 that ran the crossing and was hit by a train. I grew up just outside of Sunbury in the RD and most of you are right . There are QUIT a few trains that go through Sunbury on a daily basis.

[1936case]

@1936case I looked it up and the building that was hit was the one across the street from you. When you pan the camera to follow the train it would be to the right of those trees behind the crossing signal in the right of your shot. clear as mud right?

[1xsooliner]

well no need to put up the christmas lights the street looks like a christmas tree!!!!!!!!!!

[rykember11]

Thats ALOT of crossings, and alot of people going infront of the train!

[dwi189]

I don't live near the Buffalo Line but I've been told that it averages perhaps a dozen to dozen and a half trains through the Sunbury area per 24 hours

[csxketh1]

About how many trains use this line?

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome railfan video, 5 stars!!!!

[Trainman11185]

cool video

[RailFanDavid]

thats alot of crossings.i like the horn on that CR GE C40-8W.

[singwith]

lol....

[DJGENEX71]

Awesome video! 5*****!

[miketlow]

I swear the northeast is beautiful!!! I would be in heaven around this many train crossings!! Thanks for posting this!!

[pimplicious91]

IDIOT TRUCK AT 1:11

[ConrailSD80MAC]

The train was 20 seconds from being in the crossing. I've seen and had closer calls in my day, ones where the train was about 3 seconds out of the crossing. One personal where the car was 2 seconds too late.

[ohiosouthern]

wow talk about alot of crossing, can we get more videos shot from here? good job 5 stars

[DaringDramis]

Peerless location!

[DL2045]

Does that line receive alot of traffic?

[dwi189]

A friend of mine that lives near the Rockville Bridge estimates that a dozen or more traiins roll onto and off of the Buffalo Line at Rockville on average per day.... We saw one Southbound and 2 Northbounds in a 1 hour timeframe on the day this video was shot...

[HighIronofWisconsin]

Is that an old PRR signal to the left of the tracks? Nice!

[dwi189]

Yes...PRR position light signal...

[PeavineRailfanner]

They need to put in gates at those crossings.

[dwi189]

This was shot around 8PM.....Cloudiness from an approaching thinderstorm is what likely made the video possible that time of day as sun would have been on the opposite side of the train, leaving the side I was on in shadow....

[chefjavier]

i love the blue in the morning.

[tj7283]

Big night in Sunbury, huh? Looks like that track is a little wobbly. Nice video. With the telephoto, that big blue Dash 8 kept growing and growing.. Fun to watch!

[o00o00ozy]

That's really incredible, and is a spot I have been meaning to visit for a long time. Tyrone is still one of my favorites, but this is just sweet, the amount of crossings blows my mind. Plus nice catch on some good blue power.

[dwi189]

This was my first time at Sunbury....as a friend of mine took me up.....When I set up the tripod and saw this scene in front of me, I was quite impressed.....

[AliceInChains243]

Conrail Blue street running looks like the BEST kind of street running there is...

[Reevesinator]

awesome video