The Florida Main Line Loop May 2017

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  • Опубликовано: 25 май 2017
  • In this episode, I re-create a trip from back in 2000 when two railfan friends and I left Tampa and went north on the S-Line, then back south on the A-Line. Here are the highlights

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  • @theubaum
    @theubaum 7 лет назад +40

    Danny, your extensive knowledge of the trains and routes you rail-fan make your videos the best I've seen! Please keep chasing trains and sharing with us! Thanks!

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  7 лет назад +18

      I appreciated your comments so much! I'll keep it up as long as The Lord lets me. :-))

    • @paullindberg9230
      @paullindberg9230 2 года назад +2

      Hello Danny;! if there a train comming across your scanner, You will. find it and iftherse Anything
      that serves great food,You will
      give us the whereabouts. Love all your videos

    • @connormuysson4502
      @connormuysson4502 Год назад +2

      I agree with this guy best rail videos around !

  • @courtemanche437
    @courtemanche437 5 лет назад +24

    That timing at 9:43 when you step out of the shot and turn the camera towards the tracks just as Q455 rounds the curve never ceases to amaze me. Keep up the good work, Danny! I've been a fan of yours ever since the early days of RUclips and your adventures in Florida railfanning have always been a treat to watch.

    • @tedrickgreen4857
      @tedrickgreen4857 5 лет назад

      I have to agree that was a cool shot and angel. It was so natural. I enjoy your videos and have learned a lot about railroad Danny H. I have loved trains since I was very young. Here in south Central Kentucky CSX is the main railroad. Go west of here about 65 miles in Paducah you have UP, ICG, the P& L, CN, a big freight yard. That make some interesting railfanning. The Amtrak run in Fulton, Ky. City of New Orlean twice daily.

  • @cedricwyche3896
    @cedricwyche3896 5 лет назад +10

    The way he brought in Q-455 at 9:50 tho! Smooth Danny just Smooth !

  • @franksita4719
    @franksita4719 4 года назад +5

    Love your down home Southern humor along with your extensive knowledge!

  • @evanbart4109
    @evanbart4109 7 лет назад +38

    I'm liking the new style of you being in the video

  • @CycolacFan
    @CycolacFan 5 лет назад +5

    Really don't know what is is that I find so fascinating about your videos since I'm not really into trains. I think it's the professional feel to the filming and voiceover and the fact that there's so much information contained within them.
    Keep up the great work.

  • @TrainNut85
    @TrainNut85 7 лет назад +6

    What a day you had Danny! You never know what you stumble upon when you turn off the beaten path, great video!

    • @paullindberg9230
      @paullindberg9230 2 года назад

      Hey. Danny
      I guess I'm admiring your great productions. I caught you at the Wildwood yard.if there's a train you
      Will hunt them down. sure hope. all is well with you & yours.
      Keep em rolling Love em all

  • @FalconXE302
    @FalconXE302 7 лет назад +4

    I really like the new format Danny... makes it like we are on the chase with you. Cheers.

  • @BBT609
    @BBT609 6 лет назад +17

    DH, the horn on CSX 559 ( the one with the crazy horn) is a Leslie RS3K. 3 chime horn, working 100% properly!

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  6 лет назад +8

      It may be working properly, but you've got to admit it's highly unusual on a CSX engine.

    • @mrserious55
      @mrserious55 4 года назад

      @@distantsignal sorry but i think BB is incorrect...not picking here...but im a musician....and that "chord" is one note short...only 2 notes...listen

    • @Finetales
      @Finetales 4 года назад

      @@mrserious55 There are 3 notes...it's an F minor triad.

  • @Caltrain927
    @Caltrain927 7 лет назад +26

    That lead unit on T471, CSX 559, has a Leslie RS3K. Burlington Northern was the biggest user of these horns and it's unknown how one ended up on 559.

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  7 лет назад +2

      Yeah, I figured it was some kinda Leslie. Had long chimes.

    • @NortheasternRailPhotography
      @NortheasternRailPhotography 5 лет назад

      It was most likely a HLCX SD40's horn taken off and replaced with a K5LA and the reverse happened to 559.

    • @TPB-OPA
      @TPB-OPA 4 года назад

      Northeastern Rail Photography they must have taken a HLCX horn and put it on 559

    • @TPB-OPA
      @TPB-OPA 4 года назад

      Caltrain927 maybe they took a BN horn and put it on 559

    • @brothacontext
      @brothacontext 2 года назад

      its horn has been removed

  • @BaronVonPwn
    @BaronVonPwn 3 года назад

    Old Florida is best Florida to me. I cherish the loads I get going to small quiet towns in Florida.

  • @benchedthatpiece
    @benchedthatpiece 7 лет назад +34

    You always do good work Danny, another fine video!

  • @8989theman
    @8989theman 7 лет назад +42

    That AC440CW on T471 didn't have a fouled horn, but a Leslie RS3K type horn. UP and BNSF were the only railroads that I know of that bought them. So its very rare seeing and hearing one on a CSX engine!

    • @Tcaauwe2002
      @Tcaauwe2002 7 лет назад +14

      actually.. that horn.. is a forner BN S3K. likely off on old HLCX leaser SD40-2. it sounds perfect!

    • @8989theman
      @8989theman 7 лет назад +6

      Your actually wrong on both comments. 1) The difference between S3K and RS3K aren't judged by bells or sounds. Sounds, kind of... but bells, no. The difference are the tab back chambers. 2) It was a RS3K on the engine. It was hard to find a good angle of it, but I saw a spiked tab back chamber, thus being a RS3K. So to make it easier to understand: Regular S Style Tab Back Chambers have the S on it, RS Style Spiked Tab Back Chambers add the R and S.

    • @AbelG8781
      @AbelG8781 7 лет назад +5

      CentralOhioTrains lol incorrect! UP nor BNSF purchased RS3K's. Only BN did.

    • @8989theman
      @8989theman 7 лет назад +6

      Just did some research. Have heard some on BNSF Dash 9s though, but yes. BN was the only railroad to buy the RS3K and S3K.

    • @AbelG8781
      @AbelG8781 7 лет назад +3

      *****​ well you said UP and BNSF bought RS3Ks so I was a bit confused since I've never heard them on either but you're correct, BNSF recycled and salvaged lots of Leslie horns unlike UP :(

  • @1traintracker
    @1traintracker 7 лет назад +2

    I didn't think your videos could get any better, Danny, but I was wrong. Such an excellent video and with you in front of the camera now they're excellent! Great work!

  • @coxsj
    @coxsj 7 лет назад +9

    Yo Danny, one of your best!! And you have many bests!
    Thanks for rail-fanning Florida for the rest of us!!!
    Cheers,
    Coxy

  • @CSXKid5016
    @CSXKid5016 7 лет назад +21

    Hi Danny, great video as usual!! Gainesville native here. A965 was most likely destined for the Conrad Yelvington rock plant in Gainesville. There is a wye in Alachua where they sometimes leave cars, then continue east to Gainesville for the rocks. Hoppers will most likely be split off at some point, then continue to their destination further west down the line. This is only to my knowledge from what I've observed over the years, could be wrong.

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  7 лет назад +7

      That sounds exactly what it was. Thanks!

    • @walloffame8383
      @walloffame8383 4 года назад

      Yeah in Gainesville, we also get a good number of coal trains that run to the GRU Deerhaven power plant

  • @jeswelch
    @jeswelch 5 лет назад +1

    Your videos are such high quality, especially with your knowledgeable narration that I find it difficult to now watch other rail fan videos that don't share the same post production values. Thanks and keep them coming Danny.

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  5 лет назад +1

      "Post-Production values"... hmm.... makin' me think you're in the business. Thanks for the nice compliment!

  • @Dash7Studios
    @Dash7Studios 6 лет назад +4

    559 actually had a Leslie RS3K on it from the sound of it. Quite rare for a CSX engine from what I can tell!!!

  • @tuxedorailfanproductions1349
    @tuxedorailfanproductions1349 7 лет назад +5

    At 17:03 you can see the horn. On old Leslie S3K. BN had that type on all of their units. Awesome sound and yes all of the bells are functioning as they should!

    • @DannyTOG
      @DannyTOG 5 лет назад

      Tuxedo Railfan Productions RS3K. There is a difference.

  • @colinmulder6806
    @colinmulder6806 2 года назад

    Sweet catch to visit the private car yard in Orange Park Danny. Back in the 90'S those & others would come together once a year to be assemble into a special train for the annual convention of A.A.P.R.C.O. & they've been to many great places. In fact of those conventions happened in Florida when the association held the gathering in your home town of Tampa in 1999. The GEORIGA 300 was used most of the time to negotiate business & discuss plans on where the next annual convention should be held & car owners would then spend the next few months planning ahead & making many new improvements to their cars keeping them up to date with wheel conditions, air breaks, the interior decorations & modern devices to make the rides better each time out.

  • @selatoski
    @selatoski 7 лет назад +1

    Always enjoy your videos. Love the drone's eye views!

  • @paulbeard4218
    @paulbeard4218 2 года назад

    Great lineup -- much appreciated, Danny .

  • @r.s.andrews5032
    @r.s.andrews5032 4 года назад +4

    Danny: While the Chinese Flu is affecting everyone in some way, it can get pretty dull being at home 24/7. I'm one of the folks at high risk to catch it, so staying at home is my favorite thing to do. Besides keeping the house clean and running, planning the next food delivery (From Publix), there isn't much to do. But being able to retreat to the computer room and watch your great videos make life one hell of a lot easier. I've been to many of the locations where you travel, seen them and remember them, I can spend 5-6 hours reminiscing of years past on the road. Keep up the great work! Be Careful, Stay Safe, Eat Well To Stay Healthy and .... DON'T BREATHE!

  • @TrainTrackTrav
    @TrainTrackTrav 7 лет назад +3

    The horn on T471 is actually a rare RS3K. These horns were designed to sound a D sharp minor chord to comply with Canadian horn laws. Strangely, the RS3Ks were most well know for their use on the Burlington Northern. From what I know, CSX 559 is the only unit on the entire CSX roster to carry this particular type of horn. Sounds like this particular RS3K has a very pronounced 48 bell (the highest note of the three). It's not the very best RS3K I have ever heard, but it is pretty close. Awesome catch, and great video, Danny! Thank you for sharing.

  • @mikehudsonrocks9585
    @mikehudsonrocks9585 3 года назад

    Thanks very much, Danny. Appreciate your efforts, always!

  • @edwardaustin740
    @edwardaustin740 6 лет назад

    As I lay in bed watching this great video in Belleview... A train rumbles past the homestead.. Living near the ' Belleview curve ' as I call it, there are quite a few trains everyday !!

  • @darrenhillman8396
    @darrenhillman8396 6 лет назад +1

    Another cracking video Danny.
    You have a great voice for narration and a good screen presence. You should be on TV!
    Really enjoying your productions.
    Thanks again from a UK railwayman!

  • @nolankaplan6646
    @nolankaplan6646 2 года назад +1

    Danny- Your knowledge of railroad operations is tremendous and I enjoy your commentary very much!

  • @paullindberg9230
    @paullindberg9230 2 года назад +1

    Hey Danny loving all the goodies you show! Your like the railroad Santa

  • @craigymac5386
    @craigymac5386 5 лет назад +3

    Another excellent video Danny, I'm really enjoying them. It makes me want to get back over to the states to see some of this action 👍

  • @317edb
    @317edb 7 лет назад

    Always good to see a new video from you. Thanks Danny.

  • @gogetthegoose1
    @gogetthegoose1 7 лет назад

    I love your videos , thank you for being so informative. I have learned a lot about railroading watching tons of your videos .... thank you!

  • @jeffthanson
    @jeffthanson 4 года назад +1

    Well done Danny .. thanks for all you do to share these awesome videos!

  • @tedpennebaker9542
    @tedpennebaker9542 7 лет назад

    Another great video and commentary Danny. Thank you for your efforts.

  • @BessemerLakeErie902
    @BessemerLakeErie902 7 лет назад +5

    Epic Video! I just watched the old one! Love your videos!

  • @lionbill
    @lionbill 7 лет назад +2

    Great Danny. I always look for your videos. . . Thanks!

  • @dancohen9141
    @dancohen9141 4 года назад

    Again love your content and I also enjoy the fact that unlike a lot of the other videos out there you take the time to narrate things and share your knowledge with people which is very helpful I must say so thank you for that and I loved your channel so much that I actually went through the process of changing my RUclips password and then saving it so that I could access RUclips to subscribe and comment as I’m doing now

  • @dmorgan28
    @dmorgan28 5 лет назад

    I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for all you do. 👍

  • @mattbaxter508
    @mattbaxter508 7 лет назад

    This is one of the best videos of yours I have seen since chasing fast trains in georgia. I loved that shot of the brook water tower depot and train. Thanks for post such a great video I highly enjoyed the Q455 chase all day there. I do similar things in indiana. Keep it up!

  • @EdWittenable
    @EdWittenable 7 лет назад +4

    I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your hobby with us. :-)

  • @cajunrescuemedic
    @cajunrescuemedic 5 лет назад

    I totally enjoy your videos and your narratives. You certainly have a fan here. Keep on doing a great job on everything.

  • @johnsims2728
    @johnsims2728 4 года назад

    These wonderful videos are addictive!

  • @tact86
    @tact86 7 лет назад

    Excellent video, as always. Thanks!

  • @cinthb
    @cinthb 7 лет назад

    Thanks Danny, I have so little time to travel and a video of train watching is really appreciated

  • @grandparails8858
    @grandparails8858 7 лет назад

    Thanks Danny for taking us along!!

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 5 лет назад

    I tell you man you really remind me of Jim Boyd he was just as in the trains just as knowledgeable and just as humorous and hilarious with his commentary a true railfan at heart y'all both are

  • @peterhanahoe4913
    @peterhanahoe4913 5 лет назад

    Great stuff Mr Harman, like it a lot.

  • @dominicperna25
    @dominicperna25 7 лет назад

    Great video as always. In Rondout, IL is a great spot for trainspoting, with Metra and Amtrak passenger service, and CP DPUs.

  • @FDNY8231
    @FDNY8231 7 лет назад +2

    Excellent video Danny .... I REALLY enjoyed it ....

  • @BearOfTheBeach
    @BearOfTheBeach 7 лет назад +2

    Great shots, Danny.

  • @kevinreid3529
    @kevinreid3529 5 лет назад

    I could listen to you all day long & not bat an eye. Keep up the great work.

    • @diesel10rules23
      @diesel10rules23 3 года назад

      Me to also if you know about Thomas he would make a excellent narrator for it

  • @dochutto
    @dochutto 7 лет назад

    Danny another good one. I was Folkston with Donnie when the OUC train passed, I heard the dispr instruct him to take the Callahan Sub and the East WYE back to West Jax. They likely had a load in the plant and couldn't take the train. That East WYE sure is handy, wish we would have had it when I was working.Stan

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  7 лет назад

      Thanks Stan! Much appreciated. Hope to see you in Folkston one of these days soon.

  • @michaelross8968
    @michaelross8968 7 лет назад +2

    Great video! I enjoy your commentary as well!

  • @rsandrews8115
    @rsandrews8115 3 года назад +1

    You're traveling up 301 to Hawthorn, an area we traveled back in the 80's as War of Northam Aggression reenactors. Tracks are right there to the West of 301, an old road in Florida.

  • @JetSetDiva
    @JetSetDiva 7 лет назад

    As always, another top-notch video. Thanks.

  • @55nimrod55
    @55nimrod55 7 лет назад

    You do great narration and provide interesting information.

  • @YardLimit
    @YardLimit 7 лет назад +1

    Nice work, Danny. The narration and occasional use of the drone is perfect.

  • @spotts9668
    @spotts9668 5 лет назад

    always a good video! Thanks for the info about those Orange Park cars... I live within 10 miles and will go take a look.

  • @davidkreider942
    @davidkreider942 2 года назад

    A very, very interesting video this was!

  • @eddie_wolf_
    @eddie_wolf_ 2 года назад

    'Conductor sure knows how to work that horn with the bell layin' down the rhythm.
    Master Blaster.
    E

  • @georgeclausen2408
    @georgeclausen2408 7 лет назад

    I love those videos, Danny, especially around Orange Park. I grew up down there but haven't lived if Florida for decades. As a kid they once stopped a passenger train in Orange Park to let my 4th grade class on for a ride to Green Cove. There was a small freight terminal at that Orange Park curve, on the east side of the track. It's been gone for half a century.

  • @22RailProductions
    @22RailProductions 7 лет назад

    Great video as always, Danny!

  • @AbelG8781
    @AbelG8781 7 лет назад

    Leslie RS3K. The one and only CSX with that horn. Congrats on that catch Danny!

  • @dave3216
    @dave3216 7 лет назад +3

    Best video's on the net. 👍👍👍👍

  • @16thaveproductions
    @16thaveproductions 7 лет назад

    Awesome video Danny thanks for posting! -Austin

  • @TolgaEastCoast
    @TolgaEastCoast 7 лет назад

    Awesome video Danny! Really enjoyed it.

  • @chrisrobertson8214
    @chrisrobertson8214 4 года назад

    Love your videos!!!

  • @nickklein6678
    @nickklein6678 7 лет назад

    Awesome video again Danny!

  • @olentangy74
    @olentangy74 4 года назад

    Great video, Danny. I am seeing this for the 1st time, lol. Where you were filming at Orange Park is at Kingsley Road. The rail yard there has been empty for months now, which is an indicator of how well our economy is doing since all those private cars are busy! The A line from there southward is very picturesque, with lots of nice curves to shoot from. Surprisingly, I don't see rail fans here, which is a shame. . I live in Green cove springs about three miles from the A line. I'm glad you made it up our way!

  • @steveinsc9199
    @steveinsc9199 7 лет назад

    Great video, like the way you are narrating in front of the camera.

  • @flsts52
    @flsts52 7 лет назад

    Great video - I grew up in Orange Park (OP)! There used to be a second Georgia car. But it was destroyed in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew hit the building it was kept in (down in South Florida). The yard isn't really open to the public. However, if you happen to come across one of the car owners, they're almost always polite and love to talk about their car. One told me that I could rent one for a month for $10,000 or so... in my dreams.

  • @HyperActive7
    @HyperActive7 7 лет назад +4

    Looked like 455 had lots of limestone cars on it. I know limestone is pretty big business in that part of Florida.

  • @gardnersmith3580
    @gardnersmith3580 6 лет назад

    Nice work. I see two of your trains every day up here in Riverdale Park, MD,, the loaded Q140 and the empty Q141 juice trains

  • @philliplee980
    @philliplee980 7 лет назад

    awesome video. sweet catches.

  • @legs4ever1
    @legs4ever1 7 лет назад

    as always, great video! thanks danny

  • @johnmeadows5645
    @johnmeadows5645 7 лет назад

    great video danny. love your channel

  • @eddrck4679
    @eddrck4679 7 лет назад

    Danny I have seen N-013 In your videos and live on the Folkston rail cam with the same power on it for 2 weeks now.Thats pretty cool.

  • @SoFloRR1018
    @SoFloRR1018 7 лет назад

    My uncle lives directly across the dirt road to Burnetts Lake. I usually go rabbit hunting on my buddy's dad's property at least once a year. So cool to see you're in my second back yard. Eventually moving back up there.

  • @railfan439
    @railfan439 7 лет назад

    Thanks, Danny. I always enjoy your videos. Jon, Railfan-439, Union Pacific RR, Pacific Coast Line, Santa Barbara Sub, MP-404.5, Oxnard CA.

  • @ollieahokas9179
    @ollieahokas9179 7 лет назад

    Another great clip!!!! Wow!

  • @jfreelan1964
    @jfreelan1964 7 лет назад

    Excellent video, love how you cut the Brookville water tower into the video. I would like to learn more about orange park.

  • @r.s.andrews5032
    @r.s.andrews5032 4 года назад

    I remember the turn table at Wildwood. Now gone but still has some marks on the ground.

  • @RailfanDaniel1997
    @RailfanDaniel1997 7 лет назад +2

    Nice!!! I never knew any of CSX's locos had a Leslie RS3K!!!

  • @loubuffardi6188
    @loubuffardi6188 6 лет назад

    Love watching and listening to your videos ! !sx

  • @BuckeyeNationRailroader
    @BuckeyeNationRailroader 6 лет назад

    That SD70M from 0:40 to 0:50 can do a good Alco impression

  • @paullepage203
    @paullepage203 6 лет назад

    559 has that amazing RS3K. Nice catch

  • @ratfink55
    @ratfink55 7 лет назад

    Had a break in the schedule here Danny so Cartoon Network just payed me to sit and watch you chase the A line. Hahaha. Nicely done.

  • @tommy4trains
    @tommy4trains 7 лет назад

    Great video!

  • @Victoryisthine
    @Victoryisthine 5 лет назад

    One of my favorite things? A cold winter morning in the Midwest. All quiet except for the lonely sound of a train

  • @johntorres9941
    @johntorres9941 6 лет назад

    Danny great video from an old fec eng Bach
    In the days ,7 &, 9 lots of HP now again great video keep the great work yes it's a Leslie for sure strange JT

  • @fecbill
    @fecbill 6 лет назад

    Danny Old Florida to me is red and yellow FEC and SAL what I saw growing up in Lake Worth. Also never missed a chance to check out Wildwood. Bill Michael

  • @frankpierce2008
    @frankpierce2008 7 лет назад

    Danny, great video, maybe in July if I go to Orlando, I can catch some action

  • @shnimmuc
    @shnimmuc 7 лет назад

    Very fine video.

  • @michaelepps9550
    @michaelepps9550 6 лет назад

    keep sending more railroad videos I m a rail fan thanks

  • @leologan
    @leologan 7 лет назад

    been wondering where Chapel Hill was, now I know. You found it for me, thanks.

  • @Scotford_Maconochie
    @Scotford_Maconochie 7 лет назад

    You could travel to the UK and film freight trains over here. Only that you would find the track is often fenced up or brick up making difficult to get a good shot depending on the locations. Most freight trains also run during night time as the railroad is so busy during the day with other types of trains.

  • @michaelwarner5280
    @michaelwarner5280 9 месяцев назад

    Mr. Danny. That crazy horn on that CW44 was a S3K. Ussually these horns are on old BN units. I could tell in the video that ot was only a 3 chime.

  • @CSXCO1122
    @CSXCO1122 7 лет назад

    7:36 the horn is a Leslie RS3K. Rare catch among GE wide cabs. Nice catch!

    • @distantsignal
      @distantsignal  7 лет назад

      Yes! I don't think I've ever seen or heard an RS#K on any CSX GE

  • @jaymack6341
    @jaymack6341 7 лет назад

    great video

  • @mramtrak7292
    @mramtrak7292 4 года назад

    14:23 That "jillion miles an hour" joke made my grandmother laugh and i laughed too