Your commentary is great, your videos have great quality and you give great info on how freight hauling works in the USA. From Europe i salute you, Danny Harmon!
Some nights I watch your oldest videos, some nights I binge the 2014-2019 era videos. Thanks for all you've done Danny, been watching since I was at least 9 or 10, 18 now. It's been great being part of the journey!
Enjoy your videos... I took to railfanning in memory of a friend who unfortunately passed away.... I always found it interesting to hear him talk all things Railroad!!
Agreed! I don't have a lot of time to rail fan out like you do. We have CSX and a couple of short lines but that pretty cool. The city I live in is really a cross road we get freight coming from north, south and east and west. Most trains just pass straight through with only about 25% of the freight staying here Nice video , nice comment thanks for keeping it clean.
It’s nice to watch someone who doesn’t pretend to know it all. Still working on the railroad for the last 17 years in the great white north, on the ground as a conductor and in the “seat” for the last 13 years, it gets exhausting watching people talk about things they have no idea about, EVEN I DON’T know everything and I learned from a lot of old heads with 40 plus years even learning their tricks behind the throttle. When you think you know it all, that leads to either getting hurt or killed because STEEL has NO FEELINGS...NOW YOU, say that you don’t know but I am sure if you asked a conductor or engineer they would tell you the why’s of something being done if you were to ask...Stay safe and enjoy rail fanning
Thanks EMS. Yeah, I'm certainly no Know-It_all. Just when I think I;ve got it all figured out, the railroad ups and changes it all around. Thanks very much for your comment.
Great 👍🏼 👍🏼 Videos. 💕Words can express how much I love your videos. Narration & Plenty of Train Video Captures. My recommendation is do one on Street-running. Plz.
I almost cried at the beginning when you were talking about the weather, while you were saying how nice it was, it was currently snowing and 19 degrees here in Missouri.
Evening Danny! A few weeks ago CSX ran a 16000' Q453 with mid DPU, and they've started running Q032 in a 1x1 format. That signal was doing something called "floating," a common practice on NS that CSX has started picking up lately. As far as the shuffling the reefers, most customers have specific spotting instructions, and want their cars in a certain order. If you have any questions feel free to ask! I'm a CO and I'll answer them as best as I can (ps thanks for all the great videos! Always loved em as a railfan and still love em as a railroader :P )
I’ve only just found your channel but I’m fascinated from here in the UK. Such great production and explanation and these trains make our railroad stock look like toys. Awesome. 👍
Danny, your videos are the best! Coincidentally, my family and I are visiting central Florida for two weeks the second half of the month. I’ll try to sneak in some railfanning. Hoping the good weather stays for us!
Ok, that was a great video. Love the editing, the footage, the commentary, the information going in step with what’s being presented. Very very cool. Thank you for sharing.
Great video and commentary yet again. Particularly love the videos you do about local customers, last mile switching etc. Totally different from our way of doing things in the UK but also totally fascinating. Keep em' coming!
Danny, thanks for this great switching video !!! I am a big fan of switching operations it is my favorite thing to do on my Model Railroad, Train Simulator, and as a volunteer at the Wilmington & Western Railroad, where I am a Trainman and Assistant Brakeman.
You are one of the sharpest, smartest and professional acting and up to date rail video photographers that I have seen and I watch a lot of different railroading videos. Keep up the good work. I would like to hear what you think of this precision railroading?
You make very nice informative videos that are really fun to watch! Love seeing the real world freight operations. I lived 21 years in Central Florida. I recommend Blue Springs State Park in Orange City - esp in winter when the manatee's re there, but is always a nice place.
He's definitely right about Florida being perfect for railfanning in the winter. And if you live anywhere close enough to the Auto Train station at the Virginia-DC line it makes your trip even nicer. It's a direct run to Florida with no stops except a very brief crew change halfway. You get to ride the rails there and back as they feed you and provide nice accommodations. Plus having your own car freighted down to Florida with you makes things nice when your driving back and forth spotting trains and such. It's really a great time of the year to visit Florida central or otherwise.
Greetings from Ontario. Just a note to let you know your channel is one of, if not my favourite channel on the net. Keep up the good work, and keep the tutorials coming. Especially the Switching Ops Regards, Scott..... Out!
This was amazing Danny , I really liked it Thanks, I wish you could come to visit the Old B and O CSX line to st louis its going abanboned for the ex Conrail CSX line :-(
@6:10 my educated guess is, the customer wanted that car at a specified loading door, requiring the change. as to why they didn't shove it to spot may very well be because of the curvature in the track and the fact that in order to fit the cars in the track and get them to match up with the doors, they had to all be coupled. Coupeling long cars in a curve is difficult and if done wrong with a bypassed coupler can derail the car, so the adage is. never cut off in a curve. Locomotives, my area of expertise, are practically impossible to do in a curve. Not to mention, trying to m/u the things, I'm not the limber 24 year old I was when I became an engineer and couldn't get my self in between two snow plows in order to reach the cable and hoses 😂
Would like to see you do a video showing how trains are uncoupled before they reach the top of a hump. And how the switchers know the destination of each car. Thanks! Keep up the great work.
By far, the most enjoyable and informative railfan videos I have ever come to know. I come from a railroad family and worked on the railroad myself. Thank you for doing such a professional job showcasing these operations.
Happen to find your channel, I think of the several RR channels I have subscribed to, on first watch your approach to the content is very refreshing, thank you.
This was very interesting. Thanks for the video. I work in a rail yard at an ethanol plant in indiana. Its such a fun job. We use a remote control system to operate our locomotives.
Danny, go ahead and brag. Your videos are arguably some of the best and professionally done. VERY VERY VERY knowledgeable. ... still thinking in the back of my mind, you got some railroad background in ya.
CSX recently started using DPUs in the toledo area too, which was a very interesting suprise. Ive seen them all the time at places like horseshoe curve where its very hilly, but the toledo area is quite flat. The more I looked into it (and after watching your video) it makes much more sence that they started using them- especially considering that before they had been pulling trains out of flint as long as 14,000ft with only head end power.
In reference to DPU's, I happened to catch a grain train in Laurinburg NC a couple weeks ago that had 3 lead units and 3 mid train units. Quite a surprise as I've never seen that many mid train before. This grain train had to be 11,000ft. One of the longest I've seen.
As always, great video. On my way to work in the mornings I may catch KCS, UP, BNSF or CSX with DPU on nearly every train. I started seeing units at the end of most trains for the past couple of years. It seems it has become common practice(cost cutting?). I drive next to a very busy stretch of rail by HWY 90 in Sugar Land, TX.
Your lucky you found agood woman who supports your hobby. My wife was like that. She would come with me and our grandson on train watching trips sometimes.
Danny you never seem to fail at these videos. Your content is always worth while. Out here in Northwest Indiana, the weather sucks,12 degrees to 28 isn't ideal for railfanning. So I'm always happy to watch any of your videos, keep up the great work.👍🏿💯❤️
Rare footage of Amtrak staying ON the rails.. all joking aside, it's quite fun to watch a well experienced switch crew handle cars. I used to work in a rail yard hauling crews, you get a crew that knows how each other judges distances, they get the stretch with the roll out of the slack. Thanks for sharing!
My Two and a half y/o son is obsessed with trains. Searching for train videos we stumbled across your channel and now for the last month you have become part of our daily routine. I thank you, and my son thanks you. I hope you keep making great videos.
This is very common in Canada. Not just because of the large grades, but because of the train lengths. CN runs a fair amount of trains in southern Ontario. Better of 20-40 a day and each one is massive. Usually having 2-3 up front and 1-2 DPU's. Been like this for many years up this way
As far as that Signal goes, The dispatcher had probably already lined up the next movement going the opposite direction at the next control point. This is called “stacking in” a signal, and the next train is lined up as soon as the first clears. The approach lit intermediate signal displayed the aspect reflecting the next signal until the train had cleared the block.
Danny I’m a new subscriber and I absolutely love all of your videos. I used to work on the NYC subway so I was a different kind of rail fan. But with your videos I absolutely love learning rail fanning from a different view. Absolutely love your channel. Thank you for everything.
I've been watching some other rairfan videos over the past few years adn stumbled upon yours today. These are some of the best since there is commentary about what is going on, not just the videos of trains. Thanks for putting these together!
DPU's seem to be appearing all over the CSX system. Up here on the Mohawk Subdivision, most of the Intermodal trains (Q003 & Q004 especially) are using one or more rear/mid-train power units.
@@distantsignal People film a ton of trains around here but no one really narrates what's happening. I enjoy the explanation of the train symbols and what they are doing.
As I always say Matthew: want something done, do it yourself. Mr. Harmon has shown us all how to do it right! Get out there, learn the trains, get friendly with many of the crews, and soak up everything you can just like Mr. Harmon has! Just practice your TV voice, too! You can do it!
The extra switching moves of the loads could be for several reasons: #1: Sometimes a customer will request certain cars at specific doors at their facility. #2 the actual car length and/or height can also play role in the switching of rail cars into different positions so they fit properly at the dock area doors. If you look at the string of reefers the ARMN cars are shorter than the BNSF cars. We actually have a Potato customer on our line that gets ARMN and BNSF cars and they do have to be spotted differently due to length and height.
Danny, I really enjoy your videos. They are so professionally done and you have taught me a tremendous amount about trains. I look forward to watching them every day. Thanks so much!!
Thank you for yet another interesting video from US railroads! It´s impressing professional, and I assume it is much work and time behind this clip! Many greetings from Sweden and keep up the good work! :)
Love your videos. As a former hoghead on the SP in LA I find myself really missing the work. Funny because all we did was complain about it while we were working, hahaha. But then that's life on the RR.
My coworker who is a signal maintainer said that the DPU on the back is acting as an EOT and since it sends the air pressure and other data via PTC, the whole PTC ATCS system registered that DPU as a locomotive going the opposite direction which is why the signal gave the aspect of approach limited
2:34 Just a guess here but, I suspect the reason that the signal displayed the Approach Limited indication was account a new northbound routing that may have been stacked ahead of Q441's southward indication. Being approach lit, the signal displayed stop while 441 was in the track circuits both north and south of the signal but once the bottom end exited the circuit protected by the northward signal, it cleared-up, allowing for the appropriate signal for the northbound train. Then as Q441 got farther south and out of the "approach" circuit the signal went back to being dark.
that was the best coupling job i've ever seen. smooth as well-worn rail!
Your commentary is great, your videos have great quality and you give great info on how freight hauling works in the USA. From Europe i salute you, Danny Harmon!
I love those up-close switching shots. Really helps when the crew is nice, too!
Some nights I watch your oldest videos, some nights I binge the 2014-2019 era videos. Thanks for all you've done Danny, been watching since I was at least 9 or 10, 18 now. It's been great being part of the journey!
Thank you, Shane. Hearing this makes it all worth it.
A good conductor and engineer working together....awesome. I have my favorite conductors to work with just makes the day go by so much smoother!
Enjoy your videos... I took to railfanning in memory of a friend who unfortunately passed away.... I always found it interesting to hear him talk all things Railroad!!
Best content / commentary hands down. You’re the man!
Thank you, Eric. Please share with your friends.
Agreed! I don't have a lot of time to rail fan out like you do. We have CSX and a couple of short lines but that pretty cool. The city I live in is really a cross road we get freight coming from north, south and east and west. Most trains just pass straight through with only about 25% of the freight staying here Nice video , nice comment thanks for keeping it clean.
It’s nice to watch someone who doesn’t pretend to know it all. Still working on the railroad for the last 17 years in the great white north, on the ground as a conductor and in the “seat” for the last 13 years, it gets exhausting watching people talk about things they have no idea about, EVEN I DON’T know everything and I learned from a lot of old heads with 40 plus years even learning their tricks behind the throttle. When you think you know it all, that leads to either getting hurt or killed because STEEL has NO FEELINGS...NOW YOU, say that you don’t know but I am sure if you asked a conductor or engineer they would tell you the why’s of something being done if you were to ask...Stay safe and enjoy rail fanning
Love how you show/describe how making up a train works. The educational part of your vids I like best.
Thanks EMS. Yeah, I'm certainly no Know-It_all. Just when I think I;ve got it all figured out, the railroad ups and changes it all around. Thanks very much for your comment.
Great 👍🏼 👍🏼 Videos. 💕Words can express how much I love your videos. Narration & Plenty of Train Video Captures. My recommendation is do one on Street-running. Plz.
I almost cried at the beginning when you were talking about the weather, while you were saying how nice it was, it was currently snowing and 19 degrees here in Missouri.
LMAO
I mean it's misery in Missouri all the time isn't it?
Night Fury -_-
Hahaha when it’s Christmas for us in Minnesota it’s about below zero most times
These kind of videos are the best! Love it!
Great video!!! I love Plant city. Although I don't live anywhere near there, I still think it is a great railfan spot.
Evening Danny! A few weeks ago CSX ran a 16000' Q453 with mid DPU, and they've started running Q032 in a 1x1 format. That signal was doing something called "floating," a common practice on NS that CSX has started picking up lately. As far as the shuffling the reefers, most customers have specific spotting instructions, and want their cars in a certain order. If you have any questions feel free to ask! I'm a CO and I'll answer them as best as I can
(ps thanks for all the great videos! Always loved em as a railfan and still love em as a railroader :P )
Really nice crew on the switching job
I’ve only just found your channel but I’m fascinated from here in the UK. Such great production and explanation and these trains make our railroad stock look like toys. Awesome. 👍
Danny, your videos are the best! Coincidentally, my family and I are visiting central Florida for two weeks the second half of the month. I’ll try to sneak in some railfanning. Hoping the good weather stays for us!
Ok, that was a great video. Love the editing, the footage, the commentary, the information going in step with what’s being presented. Very very cool. Thank you for sharing.
Great video and commentary yet again. Particularly love the videos you do about local customers, last mile switching etc. Totally different from our way of doing things in the UK but also totally fascinating. Keep em' coming!
Wo, what a great narration, production and content, very, very well done. Your voice is made for this! Your knowledge is fantastic.
Danny, thanks for this great switching video !!! I am a big fan of switching operations it is my favorite thing to do on my Model Railroad, Train Simulator, and as a volunteer at the Wilmington & Western Railroad, where I am a Trainman and Assistant Brakeman.
You are one of the sharpest, smartest and professional acting and up to date rail video photographers that I have seen and I watch a lot of different railroading videos. Keep up the good work. I would like to hear what you think of this precision railroading?
You make very nice informative videos that are really fun to watch!
Love seeing the real world freight operations.
I lived 21 years in Central Florida.
I recommend Blue Springs State Park in Orange City - esp in winter when the manatee's re there, but is always a nice place.
My wife and I love your commentary and videos.
Thank you! Happy New Year to you and your wife.
I have seen DPUs on a lot of CSX trains lately too.
Great video Danny 👍
So have I, they're doing it more and more. I just hope they're not laying off a bunch of people as a result.
They’ve only been putting consist together to save time, therefore locomotives will be pinned in the middle
They are laying off every railroad is cutting job's by doubling trains
He's definitely right about Florida being perfect for railfanning in the winter. And if you live anywhere close enough to the Auto Train station at the Virginia-DC line it makes your trip even nicer. It's a direct run to Florida with no stops except a very brief crew change halfway. You get to ride the rails there and back as they feed you and provide nice accommodations. Plus having your own car freighted down to Florida with you makes things nice when your driving back and forth spotting trains and such. It's really a great time of the year to visit Florida central or otherwise.
Amazing as always!
Greetings from Ontario. Just a note to let you know your channel is one of, if not my favourite channel on the net. Keep up the good work, and keep the tutorials coming. Especially the Switching Ops
Regards, Scott..... Out!
This was amazing Danny , I really liked it Thanks, I wish you could come to visit the Old B and O CSX line to st louis its going abanboned for the ex Conrail CSX line :-(
Nice presentation. Especially like the explanation of signals and rules.
This will go down as one of the best channels in history. Thanks Danny!
@6:10 my educated guess is, the customer wanted that car at a specified loading door, requiring the change. as to why they didn't shove it to spot may very well be because of the curvature in the track and the fact that in order to fit the cars in the track and get them to match up with the doors, they had to all be coupled. Coupeling long cars in a curve is difficult and if done wrong with a bypassed coupler can derail the car, so the adage is. never cut off in a curve. Locomotives, my area of expertise, are practically impossible to do in a curve. Not to mention, trying to m/u the things, I'm not the limber 24 year old I was when I became an engineer and couldn't get my self in between two snow plows in order to reach the cable and hoses 😂
Would like to see you do a video showing how trains are uncoupled before they reach the top of a hump. And how the switchers know the destination of each car. Thanks! Keep up the great work.
love the videos. I work on a shortline and let me tell ya, those near perfect hooks are about the most satisfying thing there is!
Danny, Could’ve been the customer wanted them in a particular order. That’s called a inter plant switch.
Another outstanding video!!
Great video first time watcher just getting in to train watching and model railroading. Thanks for your hard work.
Your are the best, keep up the good work. You know your stuff, your my go to railfanning channel.
loved it Danny
By far, the most enjoyable and informative railfan videos I have ever come to know. I come from a railroad family and worked on the railroad myself. Thank you for doing such a professional job showcasing these operations.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Great content! I see this at my job here in the NY&A's Fresh Pond Yard.
Excellent narrative. Thank you.
Happen to find your channel, I think of the several RR channels I have subscribed to, on first watch your approach to the content is very refreshing, thank you.
Many thanks. Glad to do it. DH
This was very interesting. Thanks for the video. I work in a rail yard at an ethanol plant in indiana. Its such a fun job. We use a remote control system to operate our locomotives.
Thanks for the video. I appreciate your time and explanation of railcars. Massive amount of weight. Later.
Watch it again trying to catch the city. Later.
Great video . Love to watch switching .....
Danny, go ahead and brag. Your videos are arguably some of the best and professionally done. VERY VERY VERY knowledgeable. ... still thinking in the back of my mind, you got some railroad background in ya.
I absolutely love your voice! Your commentary also seems very well informed, and your editing is top notch. Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Good quality and well done.
Love you videos God bless you ❤❤❤
great audio level balance with the radio feed!
thanks for the effort
Ha! You are welcome! Audio is my thing.
CSX recently started using DPUs in the toledo area too, which was a very interesting suprise. Ive seen them all the time at places like horseshoe curve where its very hilly, but the toledo area is quite flat. The more I looked into it (and after watching your video) it makes much more sence that they started using them- especially considering that before they had been pulling trains out of flint as long as 14,000ft with only head end power.
Great video once again. Enjoy your narration and information as well.
In reference to DPU's, I happened to catch a grain train in Laurinburg NC a couple weeks ago that had 3 lead units and 3 mid train units. Quite a surprise as I've never seen that many mid train before. This grain train had to be 11,000ft. One of the longest I've seen.
As always, great video. On my way to work in the mornings I may catch KCS, UP, BNSF or CSX with DPU on nearly every train. I started seeing units at the end of most trains for the past couple of years. It seems it has become common practice(cost cutting?). I drive next to a very busy stretch of rail by HWY 90 in Sugar Land, TX.
Great video Danny. Excellent content and presentation.
Love the way you explained everything.I work on the railroad and love it when rail fans really appreciate what we do.
Really enjoy the local switching,not many show this.
Your lucky you found agood woman who supports your hobby. My wife was like that. She would come with me and our grandson on train watching trips sometimes.
Good afternoon Danny, This is my first time watching. Very well done. Good content, excellent descriptions and awesome rail action.
Great video. Looking forward to seeing more about DPU
Yes, I hope to catch a lot more DPU in the coming weeks
Outstanding job Danny as always thank you!
Incredibly well done video, good for you!
Danny you never seem to fail at these videos. Your content is always worth while. Out here in Northwest Indiana, the weather sucks,12 degrees to 28 isn't ideal for railfanning. So I'm always happy to watch any of your videos, keep up the great work.👍🏿💯❤️
Morning and thanks for new knowledge
Rare footage of Amtrak staying ON the rails.. all joking aside, it's quite fun to watch a well experienced switch crew handle cars. I used to work in a rail yard hauling crews, you get a crew that knows how each other judges distances, they get the stretch with the roll out of the slack. Thanks for sharing!
My Two and a half y/o son is obsessed with trains. Searching for train videos we stumbled across your channel and now for the last month you have become part of our daily routine. I thank you, and my son thanks you. I hope you keep making great videos.
Wonderful job, as were “End of the Line...”., and “Fire Closes...”. Thanks for the great work and your efforts!
Excellent, entertaining and informative video. As always!
This is very common in Canada. Not just because of the large grades, but because of the train lengths. CN runs a fair amount of trains in southern Ontario. Better of 20-40 a day and each one is massive. Usually having 2-3 up front and 1-2 DPU's. Been like this for many years up this way
As far as that Signal goes, The dispatcher had probably already lined up the next movement going the opposite direction at the next control point. This is called “stacking in” a signal, and the next train is lined up as soon as the first clears. The approach lit intermediate signal displayed the aspect reflecting the next signal until the train had cleared the block.
Always leave when you want to see more, Keep the videos coming.
Awesome Video Danny. I'm always looking forward to your next video
Well done. I really enjoyed it.
Danny I’m a new subscriber and I absolutely love all of your videos. I used to work on the NYC subway so I was a different kind of rail fan. But with your videos I absolutely love learning rail fanning from a different view. Absolutely love your channel. Thank you for everything.
Central Florida... Yes. After April It feels like the sun is sitting on your back
Great video as always, Also enjoy the informative commentary. keep up the great work. Gordon watching in New Zealand
Thank you, Gordon!
I've been watching some other rairfan videos over the past few years adn stumbled upon yours today. These are some of the best since there is commentary about what is going on, not just the videos of trains. Thanks for putting these together!
As always, awesome Danny!
DPU's seem to be appearing all over the CSX system. Up here on the Mohawk Subdivision, most of the Intermodal trains (Q003 & Q004 especially) are using one or more rear/mid-train power units.
Very informative. In fact I learn a lot from you. GREAT job.
New viewer here in west ga. Love your videos and all the commentary you put with it. Keep it up I for one love it
Thanks Dennis! Welcome to the channel.
I love these videos, I wish someone would do them like this around DFW.
Thanks! I know there's a lot of railroading out there and I'd love to get out and shoot some of it.
@@distantsignal People film a ton of trains around here but no one really narrates what's happening. I enjoy the explanation of the train symbols and what they are doing.
As I always say Matthew: want something done, do it yourself. Mr. Harmon has shown us all how to do it right! Get out there, learn the trains, get friendly with many of the crews, and soak up everything you can just like Mr. Harmon has! Just practice your TV voice, too! You can do it!
DPU's are common on the CN trains that run through my area in Wisconsin. My favorite is when there is one or two DPU's in the middle of the train.
Just getting my first taste of CN railroading on a trip to Louisiana
Always love these danny! Love learning about the FL rail scene. Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta.
The extra switching moves of the loads could be for several reasons: #1: Sometimes a customer will request certain cars at specific doors at their facility. #2 the actual car length and/or height can also play role in the switching of rail cars into different positions so they fit properly at the dock area doors. If you look at the string of reefers the ARMN cars are shorter than the BNSF cars. We actually have a Potato customer on our line that gets ARMN and BNSF cars and they do have to be spotted differently due to length and height.
Enjoy them all; Thanks!!
Glad you like them!
Fantastic video Danny!
Great video thanks
Danny, I really enjoy your videos. They are so professionally done and you have taught me a tremendous amount about trains. I look forward to watching them every day. Thanks so much!!
Thank you for your time posting this-
Thank you for yet another interesting video from US railroads! It´s impressing professional, and I assume it is much work and time behind this clip! Many greetings from Sweden and keep up the good work! :)
Love your videos. As a former hoghead on the SP in LA I find myself really missing the work. Funny because all we did was complain about it while we were working, hahaha. But then that's life on the RR.
Spoken like a professional newscaster. Speaking a lot of Greek but still fun to watch.
Great as always.
You're a real pro Danny and great voice!
great videos thanks Danny
My coworker who is a signal maintainer said that the DPU on the back is acting as an EOT and since it sends the air pressure and other data via PTC, the whole PTC ATCS system registered that DPU as a locomotive going the opposite direction which is why the signal gave the aspect of approach limited
Perfect as usual greetings
From ceaderhill
nicely done, sir!
Keep up the good work Danny!
2:34 Just a guess here but, I suspect the reason that the signal displayed the Approach Limited indication was account a new northbound routing that may have been stacked ahead of Q441's southward indication. Being approach lit, the signal displayed stop while 441 was in the track circuits both north and south of the signal but once the bottom end exited the circuit protected by the northward signal, it cleared-up, allowing for the appropriate signal for the northbound train. Then as Q441 got farther south and out of the "approach" circuit the signal went back to being dark.
Danny, I really enjoy your videos!
Glad you like them!