[4J] Exploring the Alabama State Dock Railyards in Mobile, AL, 01/15/2017 ©mbmars01
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- This time we visit the different rail yards of CSX, NS, TASD (Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks), and AGR (Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway) in the Alabama State Docks area. We see some exciting trains, including the BNSF wind mill generator train CSX W241-14, at very nice places. Enjoy!
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There is a lot of cool railroad activity in this video. I've never been to your part of the country but it looks like it has a lot of interesting trains to video. Excellent video!
Well, it's not my part of the country; I have also only visited it. But yeah, it's interesting, for sure.
State docks interchange is on the i165 side of mobile and their actual yard is on the water channel side, CSX (sibert yard) is in the middle of them.
awesome video. awesome catches. sweet CSX, BNSF, NS, & UP nice.
Yes, there's indeed lots of interesting stuff to discover in this area.
i agree 100%
Cool video, very nice the windmill generator train.
Thanks; I particularly liked this one, too.
Superb video, I really enjoyed seeing the trains and downtown Mobile as well. I take the Battleship Alabama (BB-60) is nearby as well. Saw the ship once when I passed it headed West to Corpus Christi, TX with a load of computer paper that picked up in Sanberg, FL. I was a helper/passenger on a J.B. Hunt 18 wheeler, back in 2001.
Thanks! Yeah, I went to see the USS Alabama briefly, but didn't have the time to get on the ship. I spent some hours exploring the decks, engines, and fire control of the USS Missouri last year at Pearl Harbor, so I skipped the tour on the Alabama this time. But it's definitely worth a visit and maybe I dedicate more time to it next time.
Sweet Bridge Action! Nicely done! Shared on both my Railroad Bridges, Related Photos & Video, and Rail Box Freight Car Fans pages on Facebook!
Cool, thanks.
You are so welcome!
Awesome video!
Thank you!
I have a friend who lets me use his tractor trailer repair shop to work on my rv on Deakle Rd. It truly is a neat place for rail fanning. You never know what might be sitting our in the yard. I've seen everything from windmill generator to M1 Abrams.
Good stuff, Q606 brings back memories for me, he runs New Orleans to Waycross and comes through Fl.
Nice, yeah, I know.
9:11 I think thaty is the bridge that is close to where Amtrak derailed low those many years ago? I know it was close but am not sure. Thank You for a great video of the area where I live!
I don't know, but it happened in this area. You're welcome; great you enjoyed watching the video.
I have a video of one of those windmill trains. It had a BNSF GEVO leading and a BNSF Tier 4 trailing. I was with a few friends that day and we got a lot of great stuff.
cheers to you for this awesome video
Thank you, I'm happy you like it.
I imagine the CSX activity in Mobile is a bit different now that FGAR has control of the Panhandle route. The Q60 trains now run north out of Waycross even when they're a negative number, it's wild stuff to hear a NB Q601 in Cordele, when I remember getting 601, 606 and 605 in Folkston.
There's a more recent video from this area on this channel (label [6W]).
Well tbh CSX could’ve just sold Half of the Bainbridge Subdivision between Tallahassee,FL and Attapulgus,GA but no they sold the Entire P&A and Tallahassee subs between Pensacola and Baldwin too
Excellent video.
Thanks!
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Great video...yes, Mobile is a nice city...but have you been to Jacksonville? There is rail action 24/7 and police are pretty knowledgeable about rail fans as long as we stay of the ROW.
Thanks. Yes, I've been to Jax, but not yet for railfanning. It's not very close to where I live. The nice thing about Mobile is that several railroads border each other, which means there is a lot of colorful power (at least more than we typically get in the CSX and NS heartlands).
I'm new at railfanning because I just recently discovered it on U Tube and I love it! I am 78 years old and I just can't get enough of it.
I have a question for you experts out there.......Why is it that when a long train has more than one engine that the second engine and at times, also the third, is facing backward behind the first engine???
+Mike Roy Awesome! The different directions of the lead and trailing units have the advantage that they don't need to be turned around if later assigned to a train that goes in the opposite direction. Otherwise a wye or a turntable is needed. For safety reasons (better view), nowadays the lead locomotive of a long-distance train always travels nose-forward.
In a power string, there is a huge effort made to put a cab on each end, as that way there's no need to ever turn a locomotive around. And the way the middle locomotive faces doesn't matter, they're diesel-electrically driven and work equally well when travelling backwards as they do forwards.
Wow, pretty much all of the railroads meet down there in Alabama!
It's quite interesting down there, indeed.
Awesome video.
Thanks!
beautiful stuff
Thank you!
mbmars01 your welcome
That GP30 literally has been repainted in the last 2 months.
I've been in mobile so many times because my grandparents live in uriah,al
awesome video
Thanks!
mbmars01 you're welcome
Nice catch on that generator train. Seen plenty of the blade trains, but that was a first for me. What does the TASD use for power?
very enjoyable video, cool gp-30! curious to know what you think of the csx -3 rebuilds? can't wait for the next video! 😊
Thank you! Someone said they look like Sponge Bob and I must somehow agree lol
Also shared on Union Pacific Flag Units
Great.
Now I would love to see same location but in the 1950s including the Ingalls 4-S
+Charlie Harris Sigh... I understand you.
I never knew ns went to mobile
Awesome
Thanks!
mbmars01 your welcome . how many trains did you see.
I don't remember. It wasn't that many trains; what was more interesting was the variety of activities and the different railroads.
mbmars01 Cool '. I need to do it Thanks
How did you figure out the manifest was a wind mill turbine? Love the switching. Mobile is, as you say, a nice quiet town. Sure beats the insanity/zoo of South Florida....
I was told it was and I think the loads are recognizable as well.
awesome
Thank you.
I've got great CSX BNSF NS UP Fort Worth and Western action coming around April May so please subscribe
Do you have any pictures or videos of Mobile in the 90’s?
Unfortunately not.
mbmars01 thanks any way. I’m modeling the port in Mobile in the early 90’s trying to find some pictures.
Cool.
Was any of your filming near the Big Bayou Kanot (sp?) accident bridge?
No, this bridge is not easily accessible. The state docks, where the video footage was recorded, are about 6 miles southwest of it.
GP30'S are beautiful
@mbmars01 NS 8911 Went into the "DC to AC" Program as well i saw it at Horseshoe Curve in August 2018
Nice!
Ive seen these cars and tried to Google but to no avail have I found my answer. At 6:13 you see it, Norfolk Southern train, it looks like they cut an oil tanker in half, gave it a flat bottom and called it good. What is it called and what do they haul in it?
These are coil cars and carry coils of sheet metal.
I like train videos on TH-cam 👍
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did you have to get permission to film here also love the intro, and I hope you and I could meet up someday
There are public roads that go right through the yard area. No permission needed.
Curious to know system of numbering--some now have alpha codes. Most do not. Wassup? --TT, otherwise named OCD-TT. Great camera work. You muist be a pro.
Thanks, I'm more amateur than pro but experience helps to improvise when necessary.
ROAD TRIP !
YES!
did you have to get permission to film here also I love the intro you have made
to bad you didn't live closer we could have done a meet up at Rochelle in march. 😦
The country is just big...
....to big nearly almost every state has some type of railroad.
Have u been to linden Alabama we typically see csx bnsf ns sometimes
Nice! No I haven't been there.
mbmars01 if u in Mobile Alabama we are 3-2hours away
I think you made a typo. did you mean to say 4k not 4j. nice video
Haha, sorry, this is just my video numbering system and the code for this video is 4J. The video is in Full HD anyway, not 4K. Thanks.
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Have you seen a csx SD80MAC yet?
I don't remember it. Keep in mind they all went to NS some years ago.
what are them at 10:49?
what kind of train horn does it have
PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU INTEND ON VISITING THE MOBILE AL RAIL YARDS:
Very nice video of my area.(see my channel for hundreds of Mobile area videos). I want to know how you got away with shooting video on/around Dekle Road. You say " it's public road, no permission needed". You obviously (and amazingly) didn't get hassled by the State Docks Police (although I believe they stopped and talked to you...I saw the truck go by and heard them pulling up behind you). Maybe it's because it was on a Sunday, but the TASD cops have run off nearly everyone that stopped to shoot video/stills on that public road, claiming that they were including the State Docks in the background (!). Since the State Docks has a Coast Guard slip there, they consider the ENTIRE facility, including the McDuffie Island Coal Terminal, a military base. They say you can't shoot pictures or videos of a military base, so they have threatened us with arrest if we came back. My friends and I (all mature adults, not kids) have safely and respectfully railfanned Sibert Yard and the area around Dekle Road since the early 1980s. It took a while after 9/11, but the State Dock police came down hard on all of us for just sitting there, parked in the grass next to the microwave tower on Dekle Road, shooting pictures and videos. They took names, drivers license numbers, tag numbers and vehicle descriptions. We were doing nothing illegal, and were at all times being respectful. BE WARNED. Railfan there at your own risk.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Yes, the officer talked to me and wanted to know what I'm doing (he checked ID and license tag). I told him that I like to watch and shoot pictures of trains and it seems he was surprised about doing such insane thing. He asked about the "radio" in my car (he meant the scanner) and I explained him what this is good for. Another, very friendly officer came by and told the first "they do it all the time". I was also respectful - eventually they just do their job - and asked if I'm on a public road which he confirmed. His only remaining concern was that I parked on what he called "state property" (of course, there are no signs!) and I promptly left this spot. Finally, he said "you're good" and went his way. I have made these experiences several times at other places, but what can they do? Eventually, google earth provides way more detailed information than any snippet of an amateur's video can capture. As long as google earth exists and drones are permitted, I'm not really concerned, but I fully understand your point.
thank you
No worries USA happens to be huge in rail road considering their mass but still india happens to be more electrified than USA
Nice video you should go check out my downtown opelika train video
Thanks. I've watched it, nice!