Stunning video of an RR ore loading dock in MI

[Smike]

[Mark5]

Pretty cool - thanks!

[Chris333]

I got to see that very same dock when I was young. At that time there were 2 old steam locomotives rotting away in a lower yard from the high line. Also got to tour of the LS&I engine shop.

[sirenwerks]

Was this shot using a video drone?

[tom mann]

I tell you these drone-filmed videos are incredible.  They give a new dimension to everything, and make the mundane look amazing.

[pedro]

Yes, that's a stunning video, all right! Thanks for posting it. The lake boat flyover is a huge bonus.

[trainforfun]

This is incredible !!!
I would give an Oscar for this production , many rare shots never seen before , I liked the fly over the ship and also the pacing of the loco at 75 feet in the air , the shot while the ore car was dumping from above !!!
 

[Chris333]

They have drones now where you wear a "watch" and the drone will follow you. Just throw it up in the air and it tracks you.

[Smike]

With the footage here, you can tell they have a high quality camera on a quality drone, as well as excellent gyro stabilizer and remote camera movement controls. They also show they know how to use it to get the shots they envision.

I’m betting they used the Movi  with a Drone setup (or very similar)

http://freeflysystems.com/alta

Also check out this video to see this rig in action: Not a valid vimeo URL  (the first 15 seconds tell you all you need to know)

This stuff is so amazing, even the best film makers with the largest budgets couldn’t produce this stuff (let alone dream it)  just 6 or so years ago.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I saw this video a few week ago. The way it capture that operation in a new and interesting way absolutely blew my mind.

This is another one that's stunning as well. You've got to go watch it in HD, on a large TV or something. It's beautiful. I so wish this stuff had been around in previous eras. I can only imagine what it would've been like, watching half-dead PC units slug it out around Horseshoe Curve, or PRR M1s cruising across Rockville Bridge.

[tom mann]

or PRR M1s cruising across Rockville Bridge.

Say Ed, could K4's do this as well?

[wazzou]

Say Ed, could K4's do this as well?

Probably not Minitrix ones and certainly not those brass ones but the Bachmann ones show some potential. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Say Ed, could K4's do this as well?

Not without a mob with torches and pitchforks chasing after it.