Cats and Railfanning

Regular Visitor/Chatter of the Spartanburg Virtual Railfan Camera.

Welcome to the channel!

I railfan at Wellford every Saturday morning unless otherwise specified. Feel free to come out and meet me!

New long form video premieres every Sunday, usually 2:30PM, though sometimes YouTube decides to be difficult and it takes forever to upload the video, and I end up having to delay it.

I post 3 shorts a week, usually on a Monday/Wednesday/Friday basis, with occasional cat shorts, though I do sometimes forget to upload, and I have to alter the posting schedule.

I will go out to catch heritage units, or anything interesting, usually only between 08:00 and 22:30. I’m not a night owl when it comes to trains.

I’ve been a railfan since August 2024, though not entirely new to trains. I used to do a little railfanning during the pre-PSR era when I was little, I’d sit out by the tracks by my local park every Wednesday to watch trains, but I had zero railfan experience. I know my stuff now lol.


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December 13th Railfanning!
Mostly Average…
Pic 1 - NS 24X w/ friendly crew and Tier 4 GEVO trailing 2nd
Pic 2 - NS 18D with 4279 leading and horn salutes
Pic 3 - NS 243 w/ ACe duo and K5LLA hornshow!
Pic 4 - NS 28R w/ lots of flatbeds

1 week ago | [YT] | 7

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December 6th Railfanning!
This one was EPIC! A little bit of everything this morning! Plus 2 heritage units!
Pic 1 - NS P78 w/ SD60E trailing 2nd
Pic 2 - NS 27A w/ K5LLA C6M leader and horn salute

After this, I moved to Spartanburg to catch a few more trains, where I got this morning’s heritage units!

Pics 3/4/5 - NS 24X w/ ex BNSF leader with its K3LA still on him, and NS 8100 “Nickel Plate Road” trailing 3rd!
Pic 6 - CSX M693 w/ CSXT 1899 “Pere Marquette” leading!
Pics 7/8 - NS 243 w/ missing horse on the lead and NS 3625 TBD vandalized trailing 2nd
Pic 9 - NS 18D with 4279 leading again
Pic 10 - NS 28R w/ ACe leader with a K5HL equipped and friendly crew
Can’t believe this was all on the same day, within a span of just 4 hours! See yall next weekend for another morning spent trackside! 🚂🛤️

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 17

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Bonus Catch!
NS 154, Spartanburg, SC
NS 1074 “Lackawanna” leads!
Slug and GP40-2 trailing!
Video will be out next week.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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November 29th Railfanning!
Good trains, good crews!
Pic 1 - NS 24X w/ ACe leader and friendly crew
Pic 2 - NS 243 w/ AC GEVO leading and excellent hornshow
Pic 3 - NS 28R w/ hybrid K5LA, running 1x2
And 18D did not run today. BMW was closed for the thanksgiving holiday.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 14

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November 26th Railfanning! (My birthday!)
Birthday power couldn’t have been any better. I appreciated the fact of there being only 1 C6M leader today lol.
Pic 1 - NS 27A w/ ACC leader (my second ACC leader ever, as rare as they are. Woke up very early to catch this one lol)
Pic 2 - NS P83 w/ SD60E 2/2 and very short train
Pic 3 - NS 24X w/ legendary ACe duo + friendly crew
Pic 4 - NS 18D w/ two C6M’s + fouled horn
Pic 5 - NS 243 w/ AC GEVO duo
Pic 6 - NS 28R w/ DC GEVO solo up front, running 1x2.
Special thanks to ‪@landobwatchingtrains‬ and ‪@Trainguy7780‬ for joining me! Birthday railfanning wouldn’t be the same without yall, was great getting to see yall again, I enjoyed it!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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Update:
Nevermind! I got to come back and get the two I missed.
Both had friendly crews!

1 month ago | [YT] | 8

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November 22nd railfanning!
Disappointing.
Most weekends, I get 5 trains, others 4. On some rare occasions I get 3. But today, I walked away with only 2 catches, power wasn’t even that great. But oh well, it is what it is. 243 and 28R were both late.
Pic 1 - NS 24X w/ hornshow
Pic 2 - NS 18D w/ 4549 solo (again)
I am happy to announce though that my birthday is next Wednesday the 26th, and I will be out that morning again for some birthday catches, so it won’t be that long before I post again. I might also bring some friends along!

1 month ago | [YT] | 5

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My friend has a new channel -
‪@Trainguy7780‬
Go sub!

1 month ago | [YT] | 3

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Bonus Weekend Catch!
I don’t usually railfan CSX that much because of less activity, and usually only go out for CSX if there’s something good coming, in which this case, I had the rare opportunity to get this, where I wasn’t busy otherwise!

CSX M692, Spartanburg, SC
CSXT 1972 “Family Lines System” leads!

My first CSX Heritage unit!!

1 month ago | [YT] | 2