Awesome three train meet in Ridgefield Park

Having a train meet is always fun, and having a three train meet is even better. However, when there are three trains from two different railroads meeting in one spot, with all types of oddball power, you have something special. In this case, we have CSX Q434 as it heads towards Selkirk with a pair of ex-Conrail Norfolk Southern engines, being C40-8W 8381 with a great sounding Leslie S3L and SD70 2559 with a huge 153 car mixed freight. As it makes its way north, we see CSX Train Q118, a southbound double stack freight crawling into the area. Q118 consists of a pair of GEVO ES44DC's and double stacks. However, I couldn't see the whole thing, due to the fact that at the 4:00 minute mark, we hear another horn. This time, it's from NYS&W train WS-4, the local freight out of Little Ferry. WS-4 has some stone cars that it's putting in the yard. WS-4 consists of CSX GP38-2 2732 and Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5273 "Northumberland" still in Conrail Blue. If you ask me, I think this is one of the coolest meets I have seen in a very long time. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The video was taken on June 25th, 2009.

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[OhioRails]

sweet

[FL92002]

yes...yes it is.

[CRPULSE300]

I remember when i caught 6 trains at once at the Sheffield flyover in KC. Never got more than two since

[sooline2551]

Dude that Kicked serious ass!!!  Its all about being at the right place at the right time.

[nhIives]

? Q434 is only long when it needs to be.

[ecoRfan]

That first manifest is one of the longest trains out there.

[ERIELACKU34CH]

boy was that great.

[GP9railfan]

Talk about a busy spot! Wow. Nice job on the video.

[JgordonAmtrak1]

Now this is very cool, I would have been really happy, never seen anything like it, but when it's real busy like that here in Bham ALA downtown you can get lucky and see that.

[Railfan108]

dude this was awesome, i have never seen a meet like that!!!!!!