Almost Street Running Trains In Crowded City & Inside Caboose, Ferry Boat & 5 Trains River Fest Days

Trains Going Right Through The Town With Sidewalks On Both Side Of Tracks! 5 Trains & Inside A Caboose During Riverfest Days! Ferry Boat, Western Maryland Locomotive, 600+ Axle Train & Industrial Spur In Town Close Look At Rail. Augusta, Kentucky Trains On CSX Ohio River Line. This Line Cuts Between The Home With Great Railfan Homes In A Peaceful Ohio River Town.
Augusta, Kentucky was having their annual 3 day event called Augusta Riverfest. This is a family event with food, numerous vendors, beauty pageant and live bands. They also have a caboose on display that you can walk through and look at displays inside it. The town has a ferry boat that goes across the river to Ohio. For me, taking the ferry can shave over 20 miles off my trip in one direction. I had my scanner with me so I could listen for the trains. Best frequencies here are 160.230 for the road channel and 452.9375 for EOT. There is a nearby defect detector so by monitoring these frequencies you can get about a ten minute warning per train. It really paid off for me. Each time I heard a train approaching I made a leisurely stroll a few blocks to the tracks and had plenty of time.
I got to Augusta just a little after 11am on a Saturday morning and the first train came at 1:52pm eastbound. That was a long one but they were all long trains. I went back to the festival to check out everything and before I knew it I heard a train approaching westbound at 5:27pm. I show my radio up close and then head back to the festival.
I was just getting in line for a drink when I heard my scanner start chirping for the EOT of another westbound train. This train came through town at 6:16pm and blessed me with the Western Maryland Heritage Unit! That was my first time to see that CSX special locomotive and I am told it has only been out a little over a month. That was really an awesome surprise!!! I heard someone in a car asking about that unit but I was still filming and by the time I was done filming they were gone. I felt kind of bad about that but I hope they see this video and understand.
I went back to checking out the bands and just before 9pm I started picking up action on the radio. The Jacksonville, Florida dispatcher was talking to an eastbound train so I went to the Main Street railroad crossing and waited for it. I was able to get a quick picture of the line side signal. This train came through town at 8:56pm and was booking pretty good. Just had enough light left so the timing was perfect. The ferry boat stopped running at 8pm so I had to take the long way home.
I had to drive about 16 miles up river to get to the bridge that crosses into Ohio. I drove about 10 miles and then looked over and noticed that I caught up to the 4th train. I never planned that so I went to the bridge, pulled over and filmed the other side of the train. I kept hearing the chirping on my radio but I didn't think anything about catching up to the train. They must have slowed down somewhere. I filmed that train at 9:25pm on the eastern edge of Maysville, Kentucky.
When I went over the bridge I noticed that the red light for the intersection was gone. A closer look and I determined that the light was not working at all. It was completely dark out and the red light was totally dark as if it weren't there. That was odd and people were just driving through and yielding. I guess someone unplugged it. Lol

Filmed Saturday, July 20, 2024 in 1080p with 60fps. Thanks for watching!
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