For those who're curious about the K5LA's unique tuning, it's actually a K5LAR24, meaning the 2nd and 4th chimes are facing backwards whilst the 1st, 3rd and 5th are facing forward, thus making that unique sound you hear on the majority of CSX's locomotives.
You know it’s gonna be a great day when DS uploads. Edit; wow holy guacamole. This is a super popular comment & the highest rated in the section. Wow thanks!
I was filming a local switching in a tight area and the conductor asked me not to post it because he was standing in a dangerous spot that he wasn't supposed to be in while the train was moving. I didn't post it.
When I was young (1950's) my grandfather would take my in his car to watch a switch crew on the Pacific Electric. I loved it, but after a couple of hours grandpa had enough, so we would head home.
No matter what i'm doing on a hot, humid Sunday morning here in Ontario, Canada, I get notified you uploaded a new video, I'm stopping and watching! Thanks again Danny. :)
@@realcanadianrailfan110 Windsor, Leemington and Amherstburg via Sterling Hts, MI. Sarnia via Attica, MI. Good times via Brewers Retail. "What is the nature of your visit". "Real beer" "Ok lads, lets just be careful". Now in Ft Myers, FL.
Another Great and informative video,Danny. Interestingly enough,I just did a spot on Derailers on my Train page Norfolk Southern in Southern Indiana Group. Thanks again for taking time to post these video's. I always enjoy!
So, how popular are Distant Signal videos...? This one's only been up for a couple of hours and it already has almost a thousand views. Keep up the good work, Danny! Thanks!
Hi Danny long time no see love the video local switching is interesting and I don't see a lot of videos on it thanks for showing all the neat Trackside artifacts can't wait till your next video peace out have a great day Danny show as much local switching as you want I think it's interesting
It’s funny that you say your favorite things to chase are mainline trains, because the videos of yours that I enjoy the most are the ones where you chase locals. Watching crews pick up and set out cars is so interesting to watch.
Definitely my favorite horn as well... I dreamed for years of having one and finally last year I made that dream come true.My second favorite horn is the Leslie RS5T.. Not as melodious as the Nathan but definitely LOUD!
Excellent example of railroading at the local level where the customer comes first in all moves and spots. Great work by the conductors and engineers to assure the safe delivery of products and raw materials. Especially like the air horn work by the engineer at the crossing. Thanks.
Good morning Danny, awesome video as always. I love the Nathan K5LA in that tuning as well because it almost always told me a local CSX train was headed my here in Miami. When I used to work in downtown a few years ago, I would always catch Y322 local early mornings during the week on the Downtown Spur. My good RUclips friends like Tolga Erbora and Tommy4trains showed me the ropes on how to catch the local CSX and FEC trains and what jobs they were. Your videos keep this hobby awesome and I just wanted to say thank you.
Distant Signal that would be an honor Danny thank you!!!!! I’ve been one of your subscribers to all of your social media for a long time now. As excited to see your new videos. I work as a letter carrier for the Postal Service now so days off are few and far between; but my evenings before bed are usually spent going through your channel looking for videos I haven’t seen. Thanks again Danny for your professionalism and awesome narratives!!
New Haven, CT used to have the busiest railyard in New England. Now, it's mostly forested, with the rails and cars still in place. Many switching towers are slowly going to ruin. Worth checking out. Accessible from I-91 at Exit 9 in North Haven, CT. Entrance to the state hiking trail is behind Target. Plenty of parking. Love your videos!
Nice video, Danny! I spent some time down in your neck of the woods recently visiting the in-laws in Winter Haven. It was cool seeing several of the locales you frequently mention firsthand. Took a little time to get over to the museum in Plant City and catch Amtrak 91 and O709 at the diamond. Hope to get back down soon, but meanwhile I look forward to your posts. Cheers!
Enjoyed this video! Wish there were more informative ones like this showing what the trains actually do after they get where they are going. Very good video. Excellent audio information!
Another great video. While not a true railfan, over the time of watching your videos has peaked my interest more and more. If you're ever up around the Charleston SC area give a shout out
The K5LA is by far my favorite horn too. My wife laughs at me when I can distinguish it between other horns by ear. Thanks for your true love and passion for railfanning!
Hi I enjoy your video’s so very much I will continue to follow your video’s. Thank You so much I live up in the Boston area There does not a lot of opportunities to watch trains. So I thank you for your video’s. Thank you Sir
Thanks, Danny! I really enjoy seeing these switcher clips; the real service work done so expertly for rail customers is what keeps these businesses rolling. Great work!
I spend 50 hours a week switching and spotting cars. Pretty accurate info, however, not all industries get loads and expel empties. It can be the other way around. Especially with tank cars. Good video
Love your videos... I wish I had as much luck as you do catching these things, Danny... I've sat at 78th for long periods of times with very little action... Back on Fri, Jul 5th, I did catch a phosphate (K339 I believe) out of Bradly Jct. I didn't know if he was going to Mosaic New Whales plant or to the port, so I left him there an I scooted around the Bone valley area in search of more trains, but no luck. Headed to Plant City, then I came back through Tampa heading back one last time to 78th before calling it. I went over Orient Rd bridge, I saw a train moving through Uceta. I caught him at the highway 60 grade crossing. Turned out to be the same one (K339) I caught in Bradly Jct, He was heading south to the Palmetto sub. Was this the same K339 on the same day, Friday, July 5th?
Awesome video! I am building three of those GP35 road slugs just like the one in this video, one in YN3, one in Yn2 and one in stealth paint in HO scale. That Family Lines hopper is ancient by the way, literally older than most of the cars out there. The Family Lines was a CSX predecessor marketing name that combined the Louisville and Nashville, Clinchfield, Seaboard Coast Line, Georgia Railroad and West Point Route railroads.
Close to home ain't a bad thing. I live about 1/4 mile from the "Linwood Yard to East Winston Yard, in Winston Salem.Linwood yard is about ten miles and E. Winston yard is twetny miles. NS Main line passes through Lexington, NC and when the wind is right, I hear the horns. Happy railfanning to you!
I love all the details about the numbering, the types of cars, the loads they're carrying and I'm loving the drone shots. You seriously make rail fanning fun!! Keep up the great work.
I do love to catch the locals and short lines. We see a lot of the main line stuff all the time, it's nice to break away and catch something different 😎😎 feed mills, wood mills, ect..... Dont have CSX in my area but NS.... When Money and time is a stretch, it's great to catch the locals😊😊😊
Danny, your videos are first rate! They're so informative and accessible to the layman. I've been in love with trains since I was a kid and I'm about to turn 60. Your videos about train traffic, control and routing are the best ways for one who is uninitiated in railfanning to get up to speed when it comes to rail traffic in the Florida/Georgia area. Thanks again!
Great stuff! As one who worked the local from Houston to Hearne back in the dinosaur days of railroading on the Southern Pacific, dropping a car in had a different connotation. Heading west out of Houston, if we had a covered hopper or two for the Rice Co-op at Hockley, Texas we would do the following. If there was a load/s, which was usually no more than two because the siding was extremely short, we would uncouple the empty hopper from the train, the brakie would throw the switch and we would move in, couple up, release the handbrake and bleed off the air, then back out. Once on the mainline, more often than not, I would shut off the air from the engine, bleed the air off the hopper, check the handbrake, and then it was hold on to your hat. The engineer got up some speed, braked if you will, and hanging onto the ladder, I pulled the cutlever and off the engine went. The brakie on the ground had to judge it just right before he threw the switch into the siding. Me on top of the car would ride the handbrake until spotted. Then if we had a hopper on the head end of the engine, we would back down to the siding leading into the United Salt Mine, and go through the same motions dropping the car into the siding. Lot's of work. The worst was the Farmer's Co-Op in Bryan, Tx. If it had rained, the grain on the ground had fermented and rotted and it permeated your nose and stuck to your work boots. Ah, those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end....
Another great video Danny. Great narrative and informative. FYI.... I personally like locals and the nitty gritty of switching. Keep up the great content.
Thanks for another great video. You never will post enough videos to ever satisfy your fans. You do, by far, produce some of the best train video available.
I enjoy your work more than I do many TV shows. So informative and engaging! As a brand new Railfan, I'm learning so much about my new hobby since I retired from the Fire Service. Thanx, Danny!
Your videos are such an inspiration to me Danny! I absolutely love the commentary that you do in your films. Envy of many I suspect. I absolutely love local workings like this, it’s a mix between the 1960s and 1980s in South Australia when many industries particularly around Port Adelaide were still served by rail. Now only the oil facility at Birkenhead and the steel siding at Wingfield are served by rail. A far cry from the last half of last century. I love that you Yankees still use Rail to serve so many industries including small ones featured in your video. So much interest in shunting or what you Americans call switching interests me a hell of a lot. You guys are so lucky to have so many different types of trains running over there. Our once huge South Australian Railways network that extended throughout the state has declined more so than any other state excluding Tasmania in the past thirty to forty years. It’s a real shame and a shame to railway men that remember the good old days of our railways. A good mate of mine had to build a massive miniature railway in his backyard (still under construction) to remind him of the good old days because the railway network that he loved was being destroyed. The only lines we have operating in the state now are the interstate mainline connections between the East & the West as well North & South. Along with a few obscure narrow gauge lines serving the Gypsum & Iron Ore industries. All other remnants have been swept away or abandoned. Hundreds of videos that I’ve captured from 2014 onwards feature on my channel including double stacked trains, I invite you to have a look. Can’t wait to visit the states at some point. Would love to capture all of these movements on film for myself. But for now I’ll just sit back and relax and watch your great videos from the comfort of my Aussie home. Awesome video once again. Cheers Caleb
We need more people like you who can put these amazing videos together with great production value. I love local stuff actually. I try to find every business in my city/metro area that gets rail service. I love finding those hidden spots and hunting for new ones.
Hey Danny & folks, did you know that GP40-2'S & Road Slugs use to be the ROAD POWER for coal trains in Kentucky & West Virginia back in the 90'? In addition, It is of interest you caught that yard job carrying coil steel, for back in the 90's, Santa Fe use to handle up to 20 cars of these in their daily (Kansas City, KS - Richmond, CA) mixed freight 339 & even operated a ONCE-A-WEEK train of coil steel in each direction between Kansas City, KS, - Pittsburgh, Ca symboled U-KCPB WESTBOUND or it's EASTBOUND empty counterpart U-PBKC. Then later into the early BNSF era, four new trains were added symboled U-BIRPIT & U-PITBIR which operates between Birmingham, AL - Pittsburgh, CA along with trains U-JOLPIT & U-PITJOL which runs bewteen Joliet, IL(Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern) - Pittsburgh, CA.
Hi Colin. Yes, I'm well old enough to remember Road Slugs in through-freight service. I think that's why they called 'em ROAD slugs. Had lots of 'em down here in the Bone Valley from 1990 through about 2005.
Like I can go around and chase locals! I live in the SGLR (Seminole and Gulf Railway) area. When I can't go out, I always look at your videos. Nice one Danny!
Those K5LAs are good but my favorite has always been the Nathan M5 Five Chime, followed closely by the Leslie R5ST that a lot of our SCL engines had through Chattahoochee back in the day.
This is what railroading should be. Wish we still did stuff like this here in Australia. Wish there was more local freight work instead of loading trucks to take it between terminals and customers. I believe If the factory or warehouse is near the rails then use the trains instead of trucks.
Excellent video Danny. I'm a student without a car, so getting out to the main lines is impossible for me too! Luckily I'm quite near the New England Central Railroad, a class III that goes straight through where I live.
Hey Red Pilled...ya theres a reason they used to write so many old blues songs that involved trains in one fashion or another. Arlo Guthrie's song 'The City of New Orleans' comes to mind ( ha ha..now that song will be stuck in my head for a few days). Trains do have a certain fascination and wonder about them. And theres nothing quite like hearing a train clickity- clack its way off in the distance late in the night..especially when theres a road crossing and you hear that all too familiar 2 long - a short - and a long blast of the horn telling anything and everything 'look out.. Im comin' thru'! Take care. MIke
For those who're curious about the K5LA's unique tuning, it's actually a K5LAR24, meaning the 2nd and 4th chimes are facing backwards whilst the 1st, 3rd and 5th are facing forward, thus making that unique sound you hear on the majority of CSX's locomotives.
Yes, the K5LA's for the most part have three bells forward and two reversed.
misterPSYCHOPATH3001 yessir, like NS has I always hear them. Especially the third generation version
@@BNSFBishop I Like The 1st Gen. K5LA Horn!
You know it’s gonna be a great day when DS uploads.
Edit; wow holy guacamole. This is a super popular comment & the highest rated in the section. Wow thanks!
Always
I could watch these distant signal videos for hours
I was filming a local switching in a tight area and the conductor asked me not to post it because he was standing in a dangerous spot that he wasn't supposed to be in while the train was moving. I didn't post it.
When I was young (1950's) my grandfather would take my in his car to watch a switch crew on the Pacific Electric. I loved it, but after a couple of hours grandpa had enough, so we would head home.
Your voice and disposition is so reasurring and pleasant!
You can tell 4304 is an ex-Reading Unit because it has the rain gutter on top of the cab. Pretty cool to see those Reading GP39-2's still in service!
No matter what i'm doing on a hot, humid Sunday morning here in Ontario, Canada, I get notified you uploaded a new video, I'm stopping and watching! Thanks again Danny. :)
Where in Ontario?
@@markwilliams2620 Perth
@@realcanadianrailfan110
Windsor, Leemington and Amherstburg via Sterling Hts, MI. Sarnia via Attica, MI. Good times via Brewers Retail. "What is the nature of your visit". "Real beer" "Ok lads, lets just be careful".
Now in Ft Myers, FL.
@@markwilliams2620 I;m heading to London in September for a railfanning weekend. Too bad you're far away. Now you're in EHH territory.
@@realcanadianrailfan110
Have fun. I miss the fall. The only way you know of seasons down here is be the displays at Walmart.
Wow concrete ties on a spur that is very cool great video Danny
Shortline railfaning is the best in my opinion excelent video as always Danny-Nate
My favorite!
100% - much slower speeds and frequent stopping for lots of viewing.
Great video Danny. Locals and yard jobs are my favorite thing.
Mine too csx 3026
This is far better then trains rolling around in the middle of nowhere. Here you see the people, the scenery, the machines.
Always looking for the next new video Danny. I'm commenting before I watch the video. 🚂 🚃🚃🚃 Excellent video!
I enjoy learning about the "inside baseball" of the RR business.
Thanks Danny.
Another great video, love watching locals at work
Very nice Danny! Not only do I love mainline freight, but I do love a good local and yard jobs!
agreed
also i subbed you
Another enjoyable video...... already looking forward to the next one also,be safe out there Danny
Love your videos and narration. Always learn something. Anthony
Morning Distant Signal. Great video man. Ill be railfanning the A-Line all next week
Do you make Ideas I will watch this week 😊
I meant videos
Another Great and informative video,Danny. Interestingly enough,I just did a spot on Derailers on my Train page Norfolk Southern in Southern Indiana Group. Thanks again for taking time to post these video's. I always enjoy!
So, how popular are Distant Signal videos...? This one's only been up for a couple of hours and it already has almost a thousand views.
Keep up the good work, Danny! Thanks!
This guy is very informative and knows his stuff. His popularity has grown tremendously over the years
Thanks Danny for the video. It is always a pleasure when you post. Thanks.
Great video Danny.I learn at lot every time I watch you.
Great video! Your narrations are always really good!
Hi Danny long time no see love the video local switching is interesting and I don't see a lot of videos on it thanks for showing all the neat Trackside artifacts can't wait till your next video peace out have a great day Danny show as much local switching as you want I think it's interesting
It’s funny that you say your favorite things to chase are mainline trains, because the videos of yours that I enjoy the most are the ones where you chase locals. Watching crews pick up and set out cars is so interesting to watch.
What a professional voice the narrator has. He must have a career using that voice somehow.
Yes, for 40 years.
Another great video Danny! Nice to see coverage of a part of the railroad that many forget about.
Real nice video Danny ... Yep I am in TOTAL agreement on the favorite horn ... That Nathan K5LA is absolutely sweet ...
Another great one, Danny. Especially enjoy the narrative as being in Canada there is so much I don't know about Florida operations. Keep 'em coming.!!
Definitely my favorite horn as well... I dreamed for years of having one and finally last year I made that dream come true.My second favorite horn is the Leslie RS5T.. Not as melodious as the Nathan but definitely LOUD!
Excellent example of railroading at the local level where the customer comes first in all moves and spots. Great work by the conductors and engineers to assure the safe delivery of products and raw materials. Especially like the air horn work by the engineer at the crossing. Thanks.
like your channel and special local trains like this one.
I like watching local freight trains. We have a lot of those here in Jacksonville.
Hold on how you and Danny not friends real friends
Tampa to J-ville is nearly 200 miles!
Good morning Danny, awesome video as always. I love the Nathan K5LA in that tuning as well because it almost always told me a local CSX train was headed my here in Miami. When I used to work in downtown a few years ago, I would always catch Y322 local early mornings during the week on the Downtown Spur. My good RUclips friends like Tolga Erbora and Tommy4trains showed me the ropes on how to catch the local CSX and FEC trains and what jobs they were. Your videos keep this hobby awesome and I just wanted to say thank you.
Thank you, Michael. I hope we can meet up next time those guys take me railfanning in South Florida.
Distant Signal that would be an honor Danny thank you!!!!! I’ve been one of your subscribers to all of your social media for a long time now. As excited to see your new videos. I work as a letter carrier for the Postal Service now so days off are few and far between; but my evenings before bed are usually spent going through your channel looking for videos I haven’t seen. Thanks again Danny for your professionalism and awesome narratives!!
New Haven, CT used to have the busiest railyard in New England. Now, it's mostly forested, with the rails and cars still in place. Many switching towers are slowly going to ruin. Worth checking out.
Accessible from I-91 at Exit 9 in North Haven, CT. Entrance to the state hiking trail is behind Target. Plenty of parking.
Love your videos!
Nice surprise while eating Sunday breakfast with the wife👏🏽👏🏽
Nice video, Danny! I spent some time down in your neck of the woods recently visiting the in-laws in Winter Haven. It was cool seeing several of the locales you frequently mention firsthand. Took a little time to get over to the museum in Plant City and catch Amtrak 91 and O709 at the diamond. Hope to get back down soon, but meanwhile I look forward to your posts. Cheers!
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Thanks Don!
Oh, nearly forgot. Loved the battery box emergency latch on 2316. RR ingenuity at its finest.
Excellent video, well done as usual.
Great video. I could watch switching all day.
Enjoyed this video! Wish there were more informative ones like this showing what the trains actually do after they get where they are going. Very good video. Excellent audio information!
Another great video. While not a true railfan, over the time of watching your videos has peaked my interest more and more. If you're ever up around the Charleston SC area give a shout out
The K5LA is by far my favorite horn too. My wife laughs at me when I can distinguish it between other horns by ear. Thanks for your true love and passion for railfanning!
Thanks Rich. Much appreciated.
I've learned something new about derailers & close clearance areas today, thanks Danny!
Drone shots really add to these videos.
Great job. Explaining the train system. Your knowledge is very helpful. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for posting a local vid. Have to say some of my favorite videos of yours are of local/switching moves.
Thanks Jeremy. Yep, I think I get the most positive comments from folks on the switching videos.
@@distantsignal It is always alluring to see a locomotive go back and forth moving cars around for industry.
Hi I enjoy your video’s so very much I will continue to follow your video’s. Thank You so much I live up in the Boston area There does not a lot of opportunities to watch trains. So I thank you for your video’s. Thank you Sir
Thank you, Brian!
Thanks, Danny! I really enjoy seeing these switcher clips; the real service work done so expertly for rail customers is what keeps these businesses rolling. Great work!
Hi from the UK! Great video, really looking forward to visiting Florida next summer :)
As usual, great job with another video! This footage makes me wish I lived in Florida!
Great video Danny!
I spend 50 hours a week switching and spotting cars. Pretty accurate info, however, not all industries get loads and expel empties. It can be the other way around. Especially with tank cars. Good video
Love your videos... I wish I had as much luck as you do catching these things, Danny... I've sat at 78th for long periods of times with very little action...
Back on Fri, Jul 5th, I did catch a phosphate (K339 I believe) out of Bradly Jct. I didn't know if he was going to Mosaic New Whales plant or to the port, so I left him there an I scooted around the Bone valley area in search of more trains, but no luck. Headed to Plant City, then I came back through Tampa heading back one last time to 78th before calling it. I went over Orient Rd bridge, I saw a train moving through Uceta. I caught him at the highway 60 grade crossing. Turned out to be the same one (K339) I caught in Bradly Jct, He was heading south to the Palmetto sub.
Was this the same K339 on the same day, Friday, July 5th?
I think I got this guy on Saturday, July 6th.
Awesome video! I am building three of those GP35 road slugs just like the one in this video, one in YN3, one in Yn2 and one in stealth paint in HO scale. That Family Lines hopper is ancient by the way, literally older than most of the cars out there. The Family Lines was a CSX predecessor marketing name that combined the Louisville and Nashville, Clinchfield, Seaboard Coast Line, Georgia Railroad and West Point Route railroads.
great video as always!
Close to home ain't a bad thing.
I live about 1/4 mile from the "Linwood Yard to East Winston Yard, in Winston Salem.Linwood yard is about ten miles and E. Winston yard is twetny miles. NS Main line passes through Lexington, NC and when the wind is right, I hear the horns.
Happy railfanning to you!
I love all the details about the numbering, the types of cars, the loads they're carrying and I'm loving the drone shots.
You seriously make rail fanning fun!!
Keep up the great work.
I do love to catch the locals and short lines. We see a lot of the main line stuff all the time, it's nice to break away and catch something different 😎😎 feed mills, wood mills, ect..... Dont have CSX in my area but NS.... When Money and time is a stretch, it's great to catch the locals😊😊😊
Danny, very informative...as always!
Thanks Jerry.
Danny, your videos are first rate! They're so informative and accessible to the layman. I've been in love with trains since I was a kid and I'm about to turn 60. Your videos about train traffic, control and routing are the best ways for one who is uninitiated in railfanning to get up to speed when it comes to rail traffic in the Florida/Georgia area. Thanks again!
Another great and informative video from the master of RUclips. Cheers from Sweden!
Thanks Ollie! Hope all is well in Sweden.
@@distantsignal The weather sucks, but sure beats any day during the winters!
Great stuff! As one who worked the local from Houston to Hearne back in the dinosaur days of railroading on the Southern Pacific, dropping a car in had a different connotation. Heading west out of Houston, if we had a covered hopper or two for the Rice Co-op at Hockley, Texas we would do the following. If there was a load/s, which was usually no more than two because the siding was extremely short, we would uncouple the empty hopper from the train, the brakie would throw the switch and we would move in, couple up, release the handbrake and bleed off the air, then back out. Once on the mainline, more often than not, I would shut off the air from the engine, bleed the air off the hopper, check the handbrake, and then it was hold on to your hat. The engineer got up some speed, braked if you will, and hanging onto the ladder, I pulled the cutlever and off the engine went. The brakie on the ground had to judge it just right before he threw the switch into the siding. Me on top of the car would ride the handbrake until spotted. Then if we had a hopper on the head end of the engine, we would back down to the siding leading into the United Salt Mine, and go through the same motions dropping the car into the siding. Lot's of work.
The worst was the Farmer's Co-Op in Bryan, Tx. If it had rained, the grain on the ground had fermented and rotted and it permeated your nose and stuck to your work boots. Ah, those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end....
Another good one, Danny. For my money, you can't beat videos of bread 'n butter carhandling.
Another great video Danny. Great narrative and informative. FYI.... I personally like locals and the nitty gritty of switching. Keep up the great content.
Thanks Danny, good video .
Hi Danny, Another excellent video. I really enjoy watching the locals work the industries. -Tom
Very informative. I enjoy these videos of these trains pottering around local sidings as well as the high-iron trains.
Yet another terrific effort, Danny. BTW, not that you asked, my favorite horn is the Hancock Air Chime.
Thanks for another great video. You never will post enough videos to ever satisfy your fans. You do, by far, produce some of the best train video available.
Albert Jones yes
Fantastic as usual Sir!
Thanks!
Some days this is best plan. Quick and easy fun Danny. Thank youuuuuu.
Thanks Ken. Yes, sometimes you just have to do what time and range allow.
Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
Good morning Danny, interesting, as always. Don't blame you a,bit. Conserve your resources.
I enjoy your work more than I do many TV shows. So informative and engaging! As a brand new Railfan, I'm learning so much about my new hobby since I retired from the Fire Service. Thanx, Danny!
Thank YOU Duke!
Your videos are such an inspiration to me Danny! I absolutely love the commentary that you do in your films. Envy of many I suspect. I absolutely love local workings like this, it’s a mix between the 1960s and 1980s in South Australia when many industries particularly around Port Adelaide were still served by rail. Now only the oil facility at Birkenhead and the steel siding at Wingfield are served by rail. A far cry from the last half of last century.
I love that you Yankees still use Rail to serve so many industries including small ones featured in your video. So much interest in shunting or what you Americans call switching interests me a hell of a lot. You guys are so lucky to have so many different types of trains running over there.
Our once huge South Australian Railways network that extended throughout the state has declined more so than any other state excluding Tasmania in the past thirty to forty years. It’s a real shame and a shame to railway men that remember the good old days of our railways. A good mate of mine had to build a massive miniature railway in his backyard (still under construction) to remind him of the good old days because the railway network that he loved was being destroyed.
The only lines we have operating in the state now are the interstate mainline connections between the East & the West as well North & South. Along with a few obscure narrow gauge lines serving the Gypsum & Iron Ore industries. All other remnants have been swept away or abandoned.
Hundreds of videos that I’ve captured from 2014 onwards feature on my channel including double stacked trains, I invite you to have a look. Can’t wait to visit the states at some point. Would love to capture all of these movements on film for myself. But for now I’ll just sit back and relax and watch your great videos from the comfort of my Aussie home.
Awesome video once again.
Cheers Caleb
We need more people like you who can put these amazing videos together with great production value. I love local stuff actually. I try to find every business in my city/metro area that gets rail service. I love finding those hidden spots and hunting for new ones.
Another great video Danny .
Hey Danny & folks, did you know that GP40-2'S & Road Slugs use to be the ROAD POWER for coal trains in Kentucky & West Virginia back in the 90'?
In addition, It is of interest you caught that yard job carrying coil steel, for back in the 90's, Santa Fe use to handle up to 20 cars of these in their daily (Kansas City, KS - Richmond, CA) mixed freight 339 & even operated a ONCE-A-WEEK train of coil steel in each direction between Kansas City, KS, - Pittsburgh, Ca symboled U-KCPB WESTBOUND or it's EASTBOUND empty counterpart U-PBKC.
Then later into the early BNSF era, four new trains were added symboled U-BIRPIT & U-PITBIR which operates between Birmingham, AL - Pittsburgh, CA along with trains U-JOLPIT & U-PITJOL which runs bewteen Joliet, IL(Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern) - Pittsburgh, CA.
Hi Colin. Yes, I'm well old enough to remember Road Slugs in through-freight service. I think that's why they called 'em ROAD slugs. Had lots of 'em down here in the Bone Valley from 1990 through about 2005.
@@distantsignal No doubt you have proof of that in your video titled TRAINS OF THE BONE VALLEY.
Gee those aerial shots make a difference, look forward to the next adventure. Keep up the good work, Danny! Thanks!
Awesome Video Danny!! 👍👍👍
Like I can go around and chase locals! I live in the SGLR (Seminole and Gulf Railway) area. When I can't go out, I always look at your videos. Nice one Danny!
Those K5LAs are good but my favorite has always been the Nathan M5 Five Chime, followed closely by the Leslie R5ST that a lot of our SCL engines had through Chattahoochee back in the day.
you crushed it again awesome work.
wow I wish I was this knowledgeable about my own local railroad.
Thanks for the great entertainment, Danny!
Always a pleasure when Danny rings the doorbell better than a k5LA approaching
Love those local switching videos. Excellent job.
Excellent video Danny, I agree with you about traveling 30-50 miles to watch trains, I'm staying right here in my local area to film trains xD
Interesting stuff Danny and you always do such a great job describing what is going on in the video.
another great video...id love to see you at a big yard......and hear you do the play by play on the big timers!
I just feel like you need to hear ( we love you Danny) keep up the awesome work and be careful out there.
Great video as always! We happened to be out the same day!
This is what railroading should be. Wish we still did stuff like this here in Australia. Wish there was more local freight work instead of loading trucks to take it between terminals and customers. I believe If the factory or warehouse is near the rails then use the trains instead of trucks.
Excellent video Danny. I'm a student without a car, so getting out to the main lines is impossible for me too! Luckily I'm quite near the New England Central Railroad, a class III that goes straight through where I live.
Nice to have that DD on the Valrico Sub. SZ 2.3. Near where the old Acco mine used to break off the main and go north close to hwy 60. Now long gone
Wow! I never knew there was a mine there.
Great video! Locals are my favorite!
Love watching trains I don’t know why
Hey Red Pilled...ya theres a reason they used to write so many old blues songs that involved trains in one fashion or another. Arlo Guthrie's song 'The City of New Orleans' comes to mind ( ha ha..now that song will be stuck in my head for a few days). Trains do have a certain fascination and wonder about them. And theres nothing quite like hearing a train clickity- clack its way off in the distance late in the night..especially when theres a road crossing and you hear that all too familiar 2 long - a short - and a long blast of the horn telling anything and everything 'look out.. Im comin' thru'!
Take care.
MIke
Great job Danny, you have a beautiful place to railfan