DPU Chase Across North Florida
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- I'd been hearing rumors about extra long DPU trains running across the Florida Panhandle on the Tallahassee subdivision. This is my quest to catch one.
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DPU: exists in florida
Florida railfans: *glowing eyes*
The Y signals was a nice catch. One of my favorite signal types.
Great video I spent 29 of my 39 year career on the Tallahassee Sub as an engineer great memories.
I live in Sanderson they have sold it to FGAR.i miss seeing CSX everyday.only get the daily turn job now.
1:52 LOOK HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS
I know they are idiots
Danny, Your videos are great and you productions of them are superb, spent 60 years min the RR industry and I am still shooting photos of the Railroad here in San Antonio, Tx been a railfan all my life all 86 years of it. Keep up the great work...OUT
5:27 I know that feeling.
Same especially when your running late to school
@@EdEddnEddyonline1 not for me
Another great video, very informative and very well narrated, I could listen to this guy all day!!! By the way, I'm a Brit and I'm constantly amazed at how easy access is to the tracks in the US. In the UK , most railway tracks are fenced and access is very restricted.
Just stumbled across this video. I sure wish they still ran through Tallahassee like they do in this video! Hardly ever see trains here anymore. Great work!
That's because CSX sold this line west of Jacksonville to Pensacola in 2019 to a class 3 railroad and they don't run as much.
Great work! I love how the simplest of videos turn into a whole story that we would have never known. Again, great work!
man you do some good work. you should be a spokesman for alot of these railroad companies.
Man! Those old code poles are so neat! The ones by you down in Florida are in great shape! The old C&NW poles up here in Wisconsin are starting to show signs that Father Time is winning the battle.
Thanks again for a wonderful show full of action and history.
What a trip!! Thank you for your informative video. Your work is appreciated!
Magnificent production. Always appreciate your videos and the work that goes into them!
Awesome work, I watch these videos over and over again...cant get enough! Keep up the good work
I love the zoomed in shots that show how much the train is swaying side to side. Also the 60hz looks great on my TV.
These videos should be on Discovery!
Always a pleasure to watch your exploration of rural settings, bridges over cities avenues, Capitol building, etc
Danny, as usual a GREAT video! I can watch them everyday. I know they require dedication of your time and resources and I'm grateful you share them with us!
You could tell you have loved trains from a child
And today you prove yourself Guilty (ha ha) as you show us you childhood hove one block from the railroad tracks. Just as I’ve told you about my childhood living in the northern Illinois town of Genoa where we had the double tracked mainline Milwaukee Road with the Freeport branch of the Illinois Central overpassing it. There is something permanent that happens to a little boy when he sees his first train that changes him for ever, and oh what a wonderful thing it is!
I would say those two railroads were a major part of my life into my twenties as we hunted along them, fished of of the bridges. Camped along them in our teens. Ah yes you bring back good memories Thank You Thank You Danny. Best of all for you and all of us out here your love of the railroad has not wained but only grown to be probably one of the main things in your life, And to be able to do that is a Great thing for you and all of the hundreds and probably thousands of your fans that enjoy nothing more than watching another Fantastic Video from You Danny!
Always glad to hear from you, Danny, and share in your obvious love for Florida and Railroads.
Bud Harriss, St Augustine.
I've had my fair share of DPU sets. The advantage we had with them in the Hill Country of Texas was that we could hit the steep grade with loads in one shot. Without DPU we were forced to split the trains in two (or more) and section them up the grade unless another crew with power was available to tag on and shove us. For traffic like that, it's far more efficient and less likely to snap off a knuckle or drawbar in the process.
Did you ever break any Draft gears?
Danny! You've done it again! I love your videos! It's so amazing how you incorporate everything in. Missed your videos on here. Must have got busy like so many of us are. I should know. Railroad life! Ugh! Well great catches and completely didn't know CSX hadn't been DPing trains across Florida yet! Very cool!
Another wonderful vid . I always look forward to your next one, I learn lots about your state, and your childhood stomping grounds ,, Thx
thank you so much for everything you do!
Love your videos. They're so much more than just a video, more like an adventure.
Great chase and video Danny, keep them coming sir we just love them.
I'm always amazed at how bad they let the tracks get in some areas.
One of my favorite things to draw when I was in grade school in Texas was railroad signal masts on relay boxes, very similar to the old ones you showed!
As usual Danny, another great video. Thanks for sharing!!
Love the video, great quality and views. Keep up the awesome work Danny!
Awesome video, looks like you had quite a day! I enjoy your uploads, the professional touch really adds to it. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Danny, always enjoy your adventures rail fanning. Andrew in Australia.
Q606 was cooking! Great video Danny, love seeing my hometown in your videos :)
Hey, thanks for the tour of your old stomping grounds.. Didn't realize how nice a city Tallahassee really was.
Great chase Mark--what a thrill it must have been for you to get back tom your roots and recall all the great times and places you and your Family had in the capital city----
excellent video Danny, despite all bad weather, thanks
As always!!! Thank you for the video,always a pleasure to sit down and watch you work your magic. I know you make great videos,because I hate to see the end show up! But I look forward to the next! Thanks for sharing!
+Mark Turner Thanks very much Mark. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
+Distant Signal those two kids were lucky that train didn't run they over
Great Video...glad your back!
Well I certainly enjoyed that one. You do a great job on these videos. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
You knocked it out of the park! Awesome rail footage, but combined with an very enjoyable ride across the Panhandle of Florida. Amazing stuff.
+Ted Newkirk Thanks Ted! Glad you enjoyed it.
I use to work for progress rail been to every rail yard in America just about.... I asked a UP signal maintainer in Houston delivering there why they used DPU's he said they got 8% better fuel mileage
russell379x
Another Masterpiece!!! Excellent Video!!! And Excellent Chase Too!!!
I love all the information in your videos!
+apo234 Thanks very much. Yes, I like to share the info and history I learn about a place.
I just found this video and I love it, especially the areas in Tallahassee. I know the area very well. I brought back memories
Enjoyed this very much indeed, thanks
Excellent Video Danny! Thanks for sharing!
Once again a great video from you. I love that diesel sound.
+Gert Ladefoged Yes, me too, Gert. I love the sound...and smell of diesels passing.
DPU's are quite common on the CP/SOO mainline near me, especially on intermodal's.
Great Video! I didn't know about the DPU trains here in FL. Thanks for the education.
Very Nice video as usual! I was just down on the CSX S-Line for a little while and I would like to thank you as I got my guidance from your videos! Ocala was my personal favorite spot, and I enjoyed chasing & pacing the trains on 301.
Awesome video Danny! I remember seeing 606 in Folkston with a DPU. It was a real surprise
Another awesome video Danny!
Totally great video, thanks Danny.
A great vid. Thank you.
Glad you got to catch a DPU train. Looks like you hit the Tallahassee Sub on a good day to see that much traffic in daylight. Another five star production!
your videos are fantastic, I always wondered how to read the signal aspects since I was a young boy, I've got a three head signal nearby my house where I caught a medium clear indication and watched the train diverge onto another track, very cool and informative, keep the videos going!
Great photography and narrative as always - and I learned we share childhood stomping grounds (but rival alma maters)!
Fantastic video. I lived at Park Point 1971-72 when I was at FSU. My apartment was directly across from Jim & Milts, and I ate there all the time, especially the pork sandwich.
Always interesting, educational, fun and a good use of time. Watch them for hours, all nighht, over night. Better then sleeping!!
Awesome video! The first CSX train with a DPU I saw was L032 which had a DPU at the end.
Another great video, keep em coming!
Here in the Eastern Canada (Province of Quebec) most of country's defectors are quebecer's man voice in french and english. Always nice to hear.
Awesome video!!! Thanks for making this!!
Danny--- I always enjoy your very informative videos. -----TB
Dear Danny, I'm gonna watch em all!
Hi Danny
Just just found your channel .
You have a great voice and very professional .
Looking forward to seeing more .
Thank you from PA
Awesome job! I train watch in northeast Ohio on the Norfolk Southern Fort Wayne line and the Cleveland line, a lot of times in Alliance OH (if you find yourself in Ohio, make a stop there, almost 50 trains on a 24 hour basis.) in 2012 they ran DPU's on the oil trains during the beginning of the ND oil boom, but since then eliminated use of DPU's (unfortanirly) so its nice to see you watching DPU's now!
Great video, much enjoyed!
Danny i really enjoy your videos. I've been with Norfolk southern now 25 years, October 11th 2018 will be my last day. I will be retiring and going to work with a contractor for the railroad. I started straight outta highschool. Being from southwest Georgia I especially enjoyed this video. Class one railroads are not what they use to be!
Very nice video Danny!
Great video, lots of action! I know I always say this, but your narration is great!
Great video. Just moved out of my apartment in tallahassee on High Road. Got lunch every friday at Railroad Square in time to catch the 1 o clock train roll though. A weekly ritual.
Great job, DPU Danny! Great to see all my old stops in Tallahassee, the depot at Lloyd and the mill at Live Oak. Oh yeah, that old Florida rain and AC thing too. You forget when you move to the other side of the country. Hahaha. Thanks for sharing that. This was really enjoyable my friend.
+Ken Mitchroney Thanks very much, Ken! Yeah that Florida humidity can be murder.
I forget and then I head home for a few weeks and POW, There it is.
Was really nice to hear and see some of your childhood history, too, Mr. Harmon!
Awesome video, Danny!
Another fantastic video Danny! It would be nice to see those DPU's going through Folkston. Hopefully CSX will keep this going.
Nice video Dan 👍 utubes an endless time machine loads to catch up on in here dad was a 🚦🚂🚦railway guard in OZ back in the days
Hello Danny! I purchased your Folkston Train Watching dvd several years ago. Was disappointed that your online store is no longer available, but at least we have TH-cam.
Thanks very much! Yeah, I had to get out of DVD's because sales are so rare now. The cost of producing and duplicating is just too high and the minimal sales don't cover the cost anymore.
Nice catches Danny. I guess I'm just used to the DPU's here in Columbia, SC. The CSX CN&L runs through my neighborhood. We're at MP C 6.32. We've had DPU's at the end of coal trains for several years. Before our flooding in early October, we had 130 car coal trains with mid-train DPU's. Only other place I've seen this was out in Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas. Always a neat sight to see.
Just discovered this video, Living in Tallahassee, I did not know you were from here! Gonna try out some of these great spots. Thanks
Very amazing video! I like the little history segment :)
+JJRicks Studios (j3rsdm5) Thanks very much. Yes, the history is just as interesting to me as the trains.
Another great masterpiece Danny!! the Tallahassee subdivision is a gold mine filled with a SAL signals, SCL detectors and even code line that looks good :)
Only one piece of RR I know that still has its own originallity to it. Y patterns, US&S Color lights and dwarfs....how more beautiful can it get? it seem like NOTHING has changed since you left home and to come back and find it STILL the same way is unbelievable. I think why CSX hasn't touched the Tally Sub was because of the disappearance of Amtrak...so almost in a way...no need to upgrade lol.
Nice coverage Danny
Distant Signal, I love this video. As a matter a fact I love all your videos. I am a fan of the SCL and I Love it when you say SCL. Also I have seen a 300 car train with a DPU. I live up north and have wanted to go to folkston to see you and the other railfans. I would love to come to folkston next year. Hope to see you there.
as always, great video!
very cool sweet catch of the dpu unit. and sweet catch of the different kinds of locomotive's to love it. emd's and ge's nice. awesome.
Saw a DPU train at Vienna, Ga. today, my first. It was loaded gravel train headed south. Didn't have my radio to see how long it was. Pretty cool.
Great video Danny, I saw Q606 with a DPU at Folkston Georgia back on August 13th, and there is two Y pattern signals at the mulberry diamond on the ex-ACL bone valley sub.
+CentralFlorida Railfan Oh, you're right! I always forget about those two at Mulberry,
Love your videos. Especially since I was born and raised in Tampa.
The US&S Y pattern signals were installed in 2008 on the NJT MetLife stadium track. They are approach lit. Also on the CSX river sub in NJ, the Y pattern signals are both approach lit and ABS installed in the 1960's.
When I'm in Manchester,Ga at the CSX yard, or right outside of Manchester in Warm Springs,Ga, I'll see a DPU at the end. Last night, my buddy and I were at the CSX/NS diamond in Opelika,Ala, and here came a CSX train with a DPU in the middle. That's the first time I've seen that in person ever. It was a mixed freight train, mostly autoracks and hoppers full of wood chips and a few tankers. It's on a incline so that DPU was much needed.
As always love your video
Thanks. I had no idea about these.
I love your old childhood memories
Many thanks Jacob.
You are super welcome denny Harman
We saw an csx double stack train in dekoter Alabama and the engineer threw me a norfolk southern safety vest im think it was a welcome gift from csx to me
Another great video A+
Good ol' Tallahassee. I'm having some good flashbacks of North Florida watching this video. I lived on Lipona in my FSU days in the late 90s, early 2000s. Railfanning was kind of weak there though. Only 8 trains a day.
Great job! Enjoyed!
Thank U For The Videos, I Love Trains. I Have The Union Pacific West Line Behind Me.
Great one Danny !
+Edward Stewart Thanks Ed!
+Distant Signal Danny part 2, Live oak to Folkston, part 3 Folkston to Waycross ? LOL