Buried Locomotive in the Bone Valley
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Here are clips from two days in Florida's Bone Valley phosphate mining region. All CSX. All EMD. Plus an 1880s locomotive found buried for more then 100 years.
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Thanks for the Charlotte Harbor and Northern shout out. I live in Murdock and love what little history that is in this area. I remember as a child watching the phosphate trains go to Boca Grande. Fond memories.
I love this one. That No RIght Turn signal is a beauty. I'm enjoying working my way through your back catalog!
You have just gained a happy subscriber, and I'll tell you why. Your video is extremely well done. Nice and steady camera work, not waving it all around making the person watching it sea sick. Also, I really enjoyed your intelligent and easy to hear commentary. One other point, and I wish all u tube publishers could read it. No obnoxious music playing. I love documentaries that are informative such as yours. Keep them coming. I, of course, also love trains. Thank you.
Jim Bos judged the video wrong and i quite agree
Jim Bos i got some good inside shots on some of my videos
I completely agree
Jim Bos I so agree. Dan is slick with his videos.
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Excellent video!, to those who put this one together. Great to have information on the trains destination, loads and origins. Narration is great, and is what's needed on these kind of video's. Keep 'em coming. Thanks, from Australia.
It was quite common in the Bone Valley for crews to bury the locos when they wore out. Gold Coast Railroad Museum has an 0-4-0T that came out of one of the mines.
Just came across this teriffic video and now I am seriously hooked. And to my surprise, RUclips has revealed a veritable gold mine of lots more of your wonderful visual rail artworks. THANK YOU!!!!
That part on the buried 4-4-0 was spectacular. You never know what you can find.
Boy, Danny you never change, just no. 1 . Top quality video’s one after the other, Thx so much for what you do.
Look forward to your vids. I wish you were still postimg everyweek ♥️
He's busy. I'm happy he posts period. Lol.
Amazing to see that old buried steam locomotive! Another great video viewed from here in the UK.
Another fantastic video! Thanks so much for taking the time to shoot and edit quality content. Love your work.
You're welcome, Craig. Much appreciated.
I was going to argue that there are no valleys in Florida. But now that you have gotten me to read-up on the Bone Valley, I can see it does have to refer to NOW.
Thanks again, Danny, for helping me learn.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner Danny but the Train ID you'd requested was O829, empty Wet Rock Shuttle from Ridgewood to Agrock/Four Corners. Awesome video as always.
Great video! I have been to Mulberry a couple of times, but don’t know the area well enough to find trains like you did. I hope to get back there again while in Florida this winter.
My cousin got married at Streamsong several years ago. Beautiful hotel. The only problem? There are no trees anywhere! In the hot Florida summers, this becomes extra apparant, especially on the golf course.
Love your video's! I'm a big train fan. Loved them since I was a little boy. Still in awe of them.
Keep up the great video's!
Neat to see that area again. Great video. I visited there in 1981 when U18B's and U36B's with slugs were the power of choice. A few rebuilt GP7's were out and about also.
Really great video, it's these kinds of productions that make me long to visit Florida and railfan!
Yep! We were right; you had indeed caught at least #4677 in the Bone Valley and posted it here in this video at the 3:54 mark! It’s nice seeing it still wearing the full CSX paint scheme and not the giant “CORP” emblem it now has on the long hood! I’m still looking for #4655 in your videos and hopefully I’ll catch it before too long lol :-)
Keep up the awesome videos, Danny!!
GREAT video! When I was a little kid around 50+ years ago in San Antonio, there was IIRC a grade crossing at a railroad yard that had cross bucks with the standard signals (no gates), but they were yellow, not red, and I think ALWAYS flashing. The one in your video is about the only other one I've ever seen even close to that.
I love the Mulberry area. We stay there at the Best Western to watch the trains and I like the diamond in the middle of the street.
Nice catches Danny,that's an interesting operation with all that phosphate stuff. Was on verge of buying Mosaic stock, LOL
Just love your videos for the information and the shots. Great work!
My favorite trains to come out the BV are those loaded PHOSPHATE with solid cuts of those jumbo sized hoppers. They tend to go North to various locations in the midwest & powered by various original six-axle power from the 90'S.
I HATE your videos Danny! Your awesome narration has spoiled me to where other trains videos i watch just don't compare and lack luster. Keep up the awesome job
Ha!!
Thanks very much!! Sorry to spoil you. :-))
CRengineer17 You Had me in the first half, not gonna lie
Then why do you hate em then
John Nack it was a joke..
I have to agree. Your (Danny) videos are narrated very well.
Subscribed. I quite like the narration, giving some insight into the specific purpose behind each train. And 60fps is a godsend too
Reflex Photography NZ i got some inside vidoes on my channel
WOW! Another great video you've made Danny.
The excavation crew was digging at the spot where they found the steam locomotive at first they thought it was a piece of pipe and one of the operators tried to cut thru the pipe and when they could not figure out why it would not break a crew started to dig around it and they found some old pieces of track underneath the locomotive. And the reason why it was buried is because when a pit ran dry of phosphate and they had no other use of the train what they would do is dig a huge whole drive the train into the whole and bury it.
+Hotrod379 Very cool. Thanks for that info.
very stupid to everything resales to someone for some purpose sad to see that I would at least restore what is left even if its just cosmetic
Hotrod379 seems like a waste
In New Zealand an 1887 Rogers K was unearthed from a River bank and restored. the-lothians.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/buried-for-47-years-amazing.html
Your video's are outstanding! From your number 1 Canadian fan.
If your ever up in Connecticut along the NEC go to the beach at rocky neck state park. The line from New Have the Rhode Island runs right through there cutting off the beach from the rest of the park. It's also high activity with at least ten passenger trains a day going through there with the occasional miscellaneous freight
Awesome video, and great camera work. The narration is top notch. Great vid!
Nice video. Florida is an interesting venue. Regards to all my Florida pals...
Awesome video, Danny! Looked like a photographically perfect day.
That Streamsong place looks more like central Arizona than central Florida.
Hmm... an engine that's been buried for what may be the better part of two centuries, beyond restoration?
Sounds like some museum's "Challenge Accepted"
That would be a financial pit deeper than the hole it was shoved into
Hey, it being done in NZ
Love the all EMD power! Nice production Danny; hope to make it to the BV one day.
Cozart and Jamison Roads. You got two of my old stargazing spots.
That's a good question, Adam. It comes from out west and Canada so I don't know what it takes to keep it heated.
What radio frequency does CSX use on train O-700? Where can I get a portable scanner? RadioShack?
I stole this answer off the trains.com forums where someone else asked the question:
Tank car class 111A100W1 are insulated tank cars with heating coils between the inner and outer shells to keep the sulphur in a molton state. There are 2 varieties with capacities of 13,470 and 15,100 gallons.
Great video! When i go down railfanning the CSX S line this summer, maybe ill bump into you! Awesome video, as always
hey, im a new subscriber and love your videos,i like that you give info about the trains that roll by!
Poor old girl. By the amount of major missing pieces, it looks like she was at least part dismantled before interment. There are actually several, similarly buried engines over here in the UK - one, very well known, in Cumbria and another in Lancashire, which tragically took her driver down a pit shaft with her, and they still lie together, too far down to ever recover either.
You should be a spokesperson/ narator/ voiceover artist
He is, professionally. Works as a voiceover guy for Fox 13 in Florida
JJRicks Studios fox sucks
JJRicks Studios but I like Danny
@@JJRicks OMG! I can’t unhear it now.
@@MBTAMoreRailfan Yea same
Great video! It was nice to see those SD40-2'S working the line. Here in California we very seldom see any on the road,it's usually just newer stuff
Very informative and I thank you for posting great video.
2:36 CSX 4695 (involved in the 2004 Zephyrhills, Florida collision and was repaired, is now retired as of 2021)
Excellent video no annoying music in the background
Brilliant informative commentary.
I can remember when trains loaded from W. R. Grace phosphate sitting on the track on Highway 60, blocking traffic for hours.
Danny, your the best!
Thanks Craig!
Nice 2 see these old trains still working!!!
Bradley Junction!!! I have photos of the station before it was torn down. Great little station, all the attributes a good station should have. Was going to model it in H.O. but still that has got to happen. I even put marked measuring sticks in the photos to get the gauge just right.
That was very interesting. Thanks for the video. 👍👍👍
Another great piece DH. Btw, at Dinsmore, AT is not doing track speed, which is 79. He's limited by CSX to 70. Just an info tidbit. Cheers....
Thanks Chris. I think I must have meant "Maximum Speed". right?
Distant Signal There ya go, Maximum Authorized Speed! Take care...
Man I freakin LOVE your videos!!
Cool video I love EMD! I also like that you recorded me when I was recording a train.
Wow, thats crazy! nice catch with the CSX Action.
4:27 - We have those in some locations up here in Ohio. They're along the former Pennsy in my hometown of Bucyrus as well as along the former NYC/EL tracks in downtown Marion. In Fostoria at the B&O depot at the entrance to the parking lot between CSX (former B&O) and NS (former NKP) there is one that has both "No Left Turn" and "No Right Turn" lights that light up depending on which track trains are approaching on.
that engine is actually restorable just get a new cab, get a new boiler, build a front bogie, make some valve gear and side rods, rebuild the chassis, rebuild the wheels and tires, make a funnel, and make a tender
if the museum is up for it I'm sure they will do it
That old rust bucket should be broken apart for scrap with cutting torches.
heelfan1234 do you even care about how this nation was built
No, why should I? I am not American.
But to be honest, nations or nationality have nothing to do with it.
I would have said the same for any old rusty peace of junk, regardless of location. Cut the sucker, and melt down the scrap.
Its an early American 4-4-0 locomotive, it's probably civil war era steam
I just did some rail fan there last week. Man it was fun
US&S's are still common on the old B&O and P&LE up here in the north, PA, MD, and WV.
Wow, great set of pipes!
You should come to Arcadia,FL and see CSX's O725 Mulberry to Arcadia train and also the interchange with Seminole Gulf Railway
Fabulous job, Danny. Maybe one day we can meet up down here and railfan for a day. I live right near Edison and I railfan BV frequently.
I love seeing only EMDs on trains. We saw the 8004 3 times. The second was with a SD70 or 60
Danny, not sure if you read comments on old videos like this but liquid sulfur tank cars in this video raises a question that I have had for a long time. Usually, when I see a train video with tank cars that look exactly like these in this video, how does the man behind the camera know they are ethynal cars vs. something else? I know that there are a lot of things carried in tank cars and I do not understand how someone can just say what they are carrying on a mainline track. Of course, in the instance of this video, someone familiar with the area would probably know what goes in and out of plants like this one. Love your videos, you were my second channel to subscribe to when I started watching RUclips, Don
Cool. I have been to the phosphate meuseum before.
Great video! i would of seen this video the day you uploaded it but for some reason youtube i guess unsubscribed me from your channel! i just resubscribed before watching this video.
2:15 the perfect shot in my opinion
Video was so well done you have a new subscriber!
Thanks Danny
Danny, Your videos are really excellent. You get into the details that make the subject interesting. I particularly enjoy your narration. Were you professionally trained? Your delivery is superb!
Thanks very much. The voiceover comes from 45 years in broadcasting. Thanks for NOT saying "Your voice is great! What kind of mic do you use?"
@@distantsignal Hahahaaa! Gotcha. You heard that before? (:^D)
Another greaat day of watching trains on 5/24/20>
There is no difference between dry rock and wet rock other than that the raw phosphate rock(dirt as it's called by the crews) has water in it. The "phosphate " as is referred to in the video is actually finished product aka fertilizer. The processing plants used to take wet rock and spread it on the ground until the water evaporated, then took the "dry" rock and run it through the processing plant to make fertilizer. When doing this they added water ack to the rock to help the chemical reaction. Later on they rightfully realized it was a waste of time and resources to dry it out. The dirt stacks you see at Ridgewood and New Wales these days are just for storage, not drying out the rock.
There is a no right turn at or near Gettysburg Pennsylvania along the CSX train
Loved it! Great job
Long gone are the days where BV was all EMD. Now it’s just whatever they have operational. Times have changed so much
The NO RIGHT TURN signal at 4:28 is neat. I remember seeing a few of these along the track that parallels Busch Blvd when I lived in Tampa. Don't know if they're still there or not, as I left Tampa for good in 2005.
that crossing With the no right turn signal in tampa is nerbraska ave it also had one of the Last US&S teardrop bell sadly those Old 1960's signals were replaced 😣😭😢😩🙁😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 in 2012
Great video. Like the informative narration!
There's a set of those US&U Y pattern signals on the CSX Chicago Line in Bergen NY. Probably being ripped out soon, as CSX is ripping out the old New York Central signal bridges on the line.
As always a great video
Cool Video! Nice EMDs!!!!!!
Worlds best narrator right here 😂
Danny, as much CSX territory that you cover, have you ever thought about being an official spokesman for the railroad? I think you would be great at it.
Excellent narrating!
4:28 The no right turn crossing signal is similar to some a few miles from my house, except those are brand new.
Nice video danny can't wait to see my first American train not long now :-)
Just letting you know of a derailment in Lakeland.
Gay Rd and International Dr.
Just happened an hour ago.
I would like to thank this reporter for using the proper terminology, i.e. "diesel fuel". "Diesel" is not a noun.
I love your videos
As a new sub to your channel, can only say, i love it, but one thing puzzles me, when you say the train number, nothing matches up on the loco, ie, head board on on the sides, where you get that number from, will certainly be watching out for more videos from you, thanks Danny.
What is the difference between he "Wet Rock" and the "Dry Rock"?
rdgk1se3019 one is wet, the other is dry.
I believe the wet rock is the phosphate mineral that has been separated out of the sand/clay matrix at the benefaction plants. The matrix is a slurry when it enters the plant, hence the wet rock. The wet rock is shipped to a plant like New Wales were it is further processed to the finished dry rock product.
Mulberry is about the best place to Railfan the BV. Start at the yard on SR60 then move east to downtown. Bradley Jct is also one of the busiest placest in the Bone Valley.
Distant Signal
Great job !!
I Love CSX, BNSF and many other American Diesel Locomotives......... I think India must have these massive and attractive Locomotives..... 😊😊😊😘😘
Wow! MACs galore!!!
Also intresting to know is that there is another US&F signal in central florida besides the one at 4:50 and the ones on the Tallahasee line. in Auburndale there was *im not really sure if it still standing there as i saw on google maps and the view on google maps of the signal was taken of the signal in i think 2011* another US&F signal on the EX SAL *now CSX obviously* Miami Subdivison (SX Line) located next to the Auburndale diamand with the A line.. im not really sure if it's still standing due to all the upgrades and new track work that took place in auburndale for the new winter haven Intermodal center
Yeah that was still standing up until December. It's been swapped with a new SafeTran signal.
Is there anymore Information about he steam loco that was burried
Hey could you come out to Illinois and railfann with me and a buddy of mine some time
at 4:51 i got tired of waiting for the buried loco
How do they keep the sulfur molten, do the tank cars have heaters?