Passenger Trains > Chasing the PRS Special from LAUPT to Bakersfield

BNSF7400 Ryan sent me a heads up for the PRS Special, which helped me decide what to do last weekend. I chased the train and the "Pointless Arrow" AMTK #156 for almost the entire length of the trip, from Mission Tower near Los Angeles Union Station to Bakersfield. 3 videos:

- Mission Tower, Ontario, Lytle Creek Bridge, and Hill 582.
- Cameron, Walong, Bealville, Caliente Creek near Ilmon, and Kern Jct.
- Pacing along Edison Highway.

Enjoy.

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Very nice... can't even tell that oddball railfan was kneeling down in front of you to take his picture in the second scene of the first video.

Great video's Charles, thanks for posting. Glad you were able to make it down.

Thanks for the post. Neat prospective as I watched it from the "Bunker" despite it being a tiny red blip.

Axy

Excellent videos!

Steve

AWESOME VIDEO Charles! Love the pacing video from West Sandcut through Edison to East Bakersfield - nice meets too! Highball Drew Jacksich and pickup truck at 2:27!

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> Highball Drew Jacksich and pickup truck at 2:27!

Nice and proper photo line at Bealville, too! Chatted with Drew at Kern Jct. after the PRS Special left, and heard some great stories. We both agreed that you are one of the few crazy people on this planet who'd go up to Andover to meet the rotaries.

In fact, just before I started the camcoder rolling on the following video at Tunnel 2 for Sunday's south(east)bound trip, I overheard your name mentioned again, while the railfans below were conversing about UP management's handling of Donner Snow and how you got the shot of the rotaries.

Anyway, the video is typical Tehachapi, Tunnel 2 and doing The Loop at Walong.

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This must have been you Charles on Hill 582. Taken from Nenana nee ATSF 511.

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Well done . . especially the Loop clip . . . . tough to shoot a steady (long zoom) panning shot in fairly heavy wind. And loved the pacing sequence . . . very steady . . . the old Edison Hwy must still have good pavement!

A quick question . . . do others who post video clips find they become a little washed out when uploaded . . . I've noticed that with my recent uploads (although my current VOTD was shot into the sun, so that is understandable) . . . think I may have to do the equivalent of 'photoshopping stills' by doing some colour (Cdn spelling) correction in post.

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/11 08:11 by spdaylight.

Awesome video shots. Love those shots. I was railfanning with my best buddy and another friend at the Loop. The last visit was on Halloween Day, 2001.

spdaylight Wrote:
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> A quick question . . . do others who post video
> clips find they become a little washed out when
> uploaded . . .

You probably want to upload the video at a high quality setting so it compresses nicer. Our system recompresses the videos for web serving and that means you want to give it the best quality video to work with. With compression, color is lost. I have the option of cranking up the color universally for everything uploaded, but I am not sure how the results will look. It might just make them look horrible.

Todd Clark
Canyon Country, CA
Trainorders.com

Where did ATK heritage 154 go after hauling the PRS special in SoCal?

webmaster Wrote:
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> spdaylight Wrote:
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> > A quick question . . . do others who post
> video
> > clips find they become a little washed out when
> > uploaded . . .
>
> You probably want to upload the video at a high
> quality setting so it compresses nicer. Our system
> recompresses the videos for web serving and that
> means you want to give it the best quality video
> to work with. With compression, color is lost. I
> have the option of cranking up the color
> universally for everything uploaded, but I am not
> sure how the results will look. It might just make
> them look horrible.


Thanks Todd . . . appreciate the input . . .with uploading HD with higher settings to retain the colour, I guess the compromise is longer download times for the board members. . . .

Craig

Very Nice Video. Thanks for sharing.

Brian
Burlington, Iowa

Sheesh- when I really should be prepping my tax stuff for my appt. tomorrow, you
post up these videos, cchan! Great work, fun to watch and now I've got
to do the tax work. Thanks for making a bright spot in my day-- the hills
are really green up there from the rains; looks good against the venerable
and historic Amtrak "pointless arrow" logo...

What is really nostlagic in this consist (beside the great P42 paint scheme ) is this ex ACR ex ex CPR baggage car that was blt in 1947!!! and still ply the road at track speed, awesome, thanks for preserving whoever this one belong to.
Charls

Charles... many THANKS for posting these videos--GREAT work!
Like "Oldporter," I truly enjoyed my Turbotax break thanks to you!!

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> What is really nostlagic in this consist (beside
> the great P42 paint scheme ) is this ex ACR ex ex
> CPR baggage car that was blt in 1947!!! and still
> ply the road at track speed, awesome, thanks for
> preserving whoever this one belong to.
> Charls

Not sure about the ACR reference. The Pony Express was built by Canadian Car & Foundry for the CP in 1941 as CPR Baggage-Express-Horse car 4210.

Mark Dees bought the car from Anbel, Brownsville, TX in 1987. I bought the car from the Dees estate in 1997.

Absolutely outstanding video. However; I am not familiar with PRS acronym. What was it and how did I miss it.

Nice videos my man!