Fastest Street Running Trains in America!! Elwood, Indiana & New Railroad Track Installed In Muncie

STREET RUNNING TRAIN IN West Virginia!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgQA_fySJ74

I grew up in a city where we would play in the street, occasionally being interrupted by car traffic. I can imagine being a kid on that street.

Trying to tell your boss you were late because a 2 mile long train was blocking my driveway 😂😂😂

Hey jawtooth that was a good way you told your viewers to look up "sundown towns". It surprised me that some folks didn't know that at one time during segregation and jim crow that i would not have been able to work as an engineer or conductor, i was proud to know that my late grandfather was one of the first crop of black men that were in the train crew ( he worked for Chicago,Burlington, and Quincy and when they became Burlington Northern, he retired 12 years before the merger) Just glad i was never raised to hate anyone. As always this BNSF conductor enjoyed the video!!

Thank you for sharing! As an NS employee at corporate in Atlanta, I never knew “Street Running” was even a thing. Yes, the first train was a grain train or unit train. The second one is what we call a mixed freight train, and because it was so short, it was probably a local train, instead of a road train, but it could have been a road train. Again, good stuff and thanks for sharing.

I once saw a NKP Berkshire on that line around 1956, I was 6 years old...never will forget it. It was at night, whistle screaming, orange glow from fire box, loud combo sound of pounding and swishing steam from the locomotive. A memory I wish I could relive.

I don't know why but seeing brand new track is always satisfying to see

I used to go to Elwood every summer to visit my grandparents from the early 1950s to the mid 1960s. There were train tracks that crossed their street, down by the old Continental Can plant. Trains coming through were really exciting for a small boy.

That train is going really fast for a residential area let alone down the middle of a street. I grew up in Modesto CA where a train went two miles down the center of 9th street. They were required to go 5 mph.

Each time I watch street running, it's like the first time I discovered it. You could be out mowing or edging your grass, and a train that is just feet away from you is something that is unreal. Boy I tell you, you better get your car nice and close to curb, or you're going to have one messed up car! Great job brian! Thank you for all your hard work. Meow meow meow and bark bark to Norfie and Jesse!

I never saw a train going right down the middle of the road. Thanks for sharing.

I lived off that street. Cool but weird little town. It’s literally split into north and south sections with each street starting with the abc’s and 123’s. Easy town to walk around in, very hard to get lost. I never even knew trains could still go down those tracks I swear they were closed for years. So as a former resident, this is a double rare find😂

Hi i am Brazilian. The possibility of travelling to USA and seeing all these marvelous places is minimal. So, thank you for this. The USA must be the most underrated geographical wonder in this world. I know that Brazil is known as having natural beautiful places , but the more I see the more I disagree. I actually have been in Houston in 2002, I had to stop in Dallas, so I saw it from the high above and seemed as a land of wonder. I would treasure the natural beauty and culture that is today the American land, if i were you before travelling abroad.

Lol. That house trying to tell you "leave a public sidewalk!" 👍

Thank you for this! I live in Elwood, about 3 blocks from the tracks in-town, close to our City building. My family and I love hearing the trains come through all day and night, you can almost set your watch by them. My kid likes to walk down to watch when the train comes. We've only lived here for a year and that first victorian house you showed always makes us laugh when we drive by, but we hope they fix it up because it's looking rough from the outside. That spooky house, we wonder about that one a lot. I wonder if it was a hospital of some sort or a school maybe when it was originally used. Very odd place for sure hahaha.

I live in Hummelstown Pennsylvania and we have here the Hummelstown Middletown Railroad which currently gives tourist rides but back in the day also transferred freight to the former Reading lines which are now Norfolk Southern. One part of the track goes across Route 322 and goes through both towns. Love trains since I was a youngster!! 🚂 🚃

Unbelievable to see a quiet family street like that with fast freights on them. Surprised it actually exists. Thanks for posting it. Elwood (name)...reminds me of the late Neil Peart drummer of Rush. He would always use the name Ellwood Peart when travelling with his family or alone for booking hotels, restaurants, etc. Thought that might interest you Jawtooth since you are a fellow musician as well. The blue open boxcar in Muncie was cool. Cheers.

I cannot believe how fast they run through that neighborhood! Absolutely crazy!

Man, those street running trains were moving fast 😵‍💫. Nice to get a look around Elwood too, great video. Thanks JT👍

Crazy seeing trains come down a street…I’d imagine so many accidents this way.