Hello Danny! I actually work for CSX up north in MD. I just wanted to let you know my son loves trains and i always had a hard time finding decent videos for him to watch till I came across your channel! Now he watches it daily. Thanks for all the hard work!!
I watch many railfan channels and really enjoy yours. Great narrative. I lived in Sebring and Central Florida and enjoy hearing about the trains in the area. I’m now back to my birthplace of Texas. But love seeing Florida through your channel.
Thank you Railfan Danny I really enjoyed this video. My brother Lecester Johnson use to live in Plant City but now in heaven. A beautiful place on Florida. Love the trains.
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 video. Informative and professional. It’s nice to see a railfan that doesn’t pretend to know everything. You are a humble gentleman who admits that it’s never possible to be all-knowledgeable as a bystander.
Hi Sir, You know, you and your incredible acoustic golden voice, given at your videos a professional aspect and quality equal or better than as an documentary shows on classic television channels. You're the best.
Danny, you do a great job explaining what's going on. I also appreciate the fact that you admit that a spectator can't know everything. I wish I had more time to watch your videos. I'll try.
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.
If you're into big rigs, you should check out Plaza Towing's channel. They have all kinds of POV clean up jobs from truck accidents. Guy on the channel is super nice and professional. I've been bingeing those recently.
Hey Danny, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos! Don’t normally comment because I watch them on TV from TH-cam streamed on my roku. I love trains and everything about them and you definitely have the best railroad channel. Great videos and educational at the same time. Just great 👍 Thanks! 😃
As far as switching the reefers around goes; it’s a customer request. On the old MILW in Burlington, WI; there is a glassmaker that gets four covered hoppers at a time and those cars “must” be in the order of the customer’s “recipe” so once the process starts they just need to dump one carload after the other. If a car is missing the others sit in the local yard until it shows up and all four cars are delivered in the proper order.
Another train fan and huge fan of your show here! I live in Tampa and I have to say, I only discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I've binge watched my way through most of your library of content. Your commentary is what sets you apart and makes your videos so much better than other railfan channels Keep it up, and maybe I'll see you out there! - elliott
As a train conductor myself, it’s very interesting to watch switching moves from a different railroad. In many cases it’s exactly the same, (calling for 3-step, telling the engineer which way to go, etc.) and in many other cases, it’s completely different!! lol.
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!
Being from New Orleans I wish we had someone with his skills to do this here. Back in the mid 70's I used to follow a crew from the ICG, take pictures and kitbash some of the cars that caught my eye, only if we'd had and idea what our future had in store. Thanks for all your time..
As a long time viewer, I have to say that I really enjoy seeing you on video talking to the camera. I started adopting that to some of my content in the form of vlogs last year. It’s an added personal connection to the audience that I find adds a lot to the kinds of content we do (railfanning, transportation, etc).
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!
I swear you're THE BEST Rail Fan TH-camr. Smooth commentating/narrating voice, great shots, and very knowledgeable. Just wish you could come out here to SoCal and get some of the UP and BNSF stuff we have!
Danny, absolutely wonderful upload as always. I grumbled a little to myself when you described the weather down in your neck of the woods as I glanced outside my window to see the snow flying with a windchill of 20 here in central Ohio. At least I got to enjoy the warm sunny day of your video for 8 minutes. My favorite part was the switching. I never get bored of observing crews do customer switching. It sure does look like those guys have been working together for some time--talk about making a nice easy coupling between cars.
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.
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.
Danny, Very enjoyable. Thank you. hey, I was thinking that a time laps cam of switching operations in some of those places might be neat. Also, basic map views of where of where we're going. it's nice to get the lay of the land for us who don't have the time to get out there and train spot. Of course, these take time and might not interest you but I figured I'd throw it out there. Tks again. Jon,
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!!
Danny, I work at 84 Lumber in Plant City, and I get a front row seat to Amtrack's daily runs plus we have a spur into our yard that we get up to 6 cars a week delivered to. CSX has 2-3 other customers they deliver to behind us. Ive been a railfan since the SCL days and still remember your voice as the station ID for FOX 13. I love your videos and am a loyal subscriber. If you need some good footage come by 84 Lumber in Plant City.
Here in Brazil they use these DPU trains for a long time. Called "locotrol". They say it's more efficient, especially if the ground is not "smooth". Nowadays they're testing trains with 150+ wagons and three to four locomotives (DPU). Excellent video as well, I've been enjoying your channel.
Hi Fox Trot, we have a similar arrangement with our trains here at BHP in the Australian Pilbara. We have two rake trains totalling 268 iron ore wagons and four SD70 locos, two of which run in 'Locotrol' mode half way down the train. Each rake is generally two locos and 134 wagons. DPU works well... only one driver required... all single manned trains.
@@GaryNumeroUno That's so nice. In Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EFC) here in Brazil the trains run with 330 iron ore wagons, and locos which also run in Locotrol. DPU is very nice!
GaryNumeroUno no fireman? Engineer only. Wow. I believe they’re pushing for that here in the U.S.. Not sure if only in passenger service or freight as well. Cheers mate
Always love your videos. I love watching trains go be especially when no one gets hurt, mechanical problems are a fact of life, but no one wants to watch a tragedy unfold on film, and I am thankful you don’t show us that side of things. Thank for a great video. Kind regards
I'm from Alberta, Canada. Almost every freight train here both CN Rail and CP Rail use combinations of DPU's: one to three in front, one or two rear, and sometimes one in the middle. The maximum length is 14000 feet. Great video 👍🏻
In dealing with csx daily there conductors don't have much time to talk if the engineer calls for them if the conductor seems like it is taking longer then it should.
Canadian Pacific has been using DPU’s for years. One in the end and one in the middle. So three locos. On freight trains, grain trains and coal trains.
Hey...."Uncle high iron"**...Danny can brag anytime....Thank you so,so much sharing switching videos and gorgeous Florida with us....Please keep making switching videos.......
Completely agree! Not that I don't enjoy seeing mainline action, but it isn't nearly as fascinating for me as watching a good crew switch out industrial spurs.
Comes from an old cowboy saying; "Got my rope...got my saddle..time for this cowboy to skeedaddle." It just means there's no time to waste so hit the dusty trail!
I only clicked on this because the text on the thumbnail of calling out the distance for coupling interested me, and I figured I would have to skip through to find it, but then you started talking, and I discovered that you are not annoying to listen to! And even interesting, and pleasant, and hold a good banter of what's going on and what you find interesting, plus you know a lot about the trains and common procedures. I did enjoy seeing how they couple (like butta!), and the rest of the video too! So, keep it up, this is the best rail fan video I have ever seen, and better than a lot of the professionally produced stuff I have seen over the years, which considering that this was one camera one take one day, is saying something! Oh, and great job on editing too.
Hi Danny! My name is Christian. I’m a very amateur train enthusiast but I especially love your videos. Your commentary skill is of the upmost professional level. That keeps me very interested. I mean, it’s almost like I have listened to you before as a commentator for a History Channel documentary or a National Geographic special. Have you? Anyway thanks for some good quality entertainment in a world that needs way more of you. P.s My girlfriend and I have a small oil and gas production company in New York Sate. We produce wells that was once the worlds first oilfield. We do everything just the two of us. Everything from drilling to excavation to servicing. A lot like a small family ranch. So obviously we like your content. If you ever would like to do an interesting documentary, we have a good story! LOL anyway God Bless!
As a retired yardmaster, I can appreciate the depth of your knowledge. Your productions are consistently good. You really seem to know a lot about railroading, even things I didn't know and I worked for CSX for 39 years. I enjoy your work, although I suspect it's not really "work" to you. If you haven't already heard about or seen it, the best railfan spot in Savannah, where I'm from, is in front of the Amtrak station off Telfair Road. Lots of activity there.
Yes sir! I love that spot at Amtrak in Savannah. I also enjoy Central Junction and Alabama Junction....though I never understood that one, a place named Alabama Jct. being on the east coast of Georgia
The Alabama, as we called it, connects the Georgia Central railroad (located at what we called "the old yard", which was the former Seaboard Air Line Savannah switching yard located off of Gwinett St., replaced by Savannah Yard which, if I remember correctly opened in 1956, the year I was born.) to either Savannah Yard or what we called the West End. Savannah Yard used to connect directly to the West End but pulled up the railroad when the GCRR leased the old yard from CSX in the 80's. The West End line goes through Collins, GA, Vidalia GA, Cordele GA, Americus GA and on to connect to Alabama although I'm not sure where in Alabama. Sorry if I blabbed on....
Another great video, hearing you talk about the nice weather is making me jealous! Great to get a peek into the local jobs, not too many people cover what really keeps the railroads going. Thumbs up 👍🏽
Probably request of the customer on those reefer cars. A lot of places I’ve switched want certain cars at certain doors for loading or unloading. Nice video Danny. Looking forward to the next one.
Dan, great job. Keep them coming. When I was young I lived in Seffner. My Uncle in Dover and Aunt in Lakeland. I remember very well Florida Coast Line, Atlantic Coast line, and Seaboard. Your bring back memories. Keep the film rolling
I dont normally like narrated videos, but you're ok... I respect the fact you know what you know and are modest enough to say you're not sure about the things you don't.
They shuffle cars from time to time in accordance to where the car’s future destination is. Most will go to the Sam place but not all and it makes it easier in the yards to sort the cars. Your videos never disappoint Danny, keep up the great work!
What another great video! One of my favorite things to watch are locals. It is so fascinating watching the crews pull a car out, switch it back and repeat. I would love to come down to Florida sometime and see CSX maybe Danny you could show me around! Again another great video done! 👍🏻
Danny. That is how ABS signals work. If I had to guess I would image there is one more ABS signal after that one and then an absolute signal. ABS signals always function on the conditions of the block it is protecting. CSX has been using approach limited as a "replacement" for advance approach. So in that example that next ABS signal would be an approach to a stop at the absolute signal. When I lived in west palm beach, I would go to the boynton beach tri rail station at night and facing northbound you can see three signals. The 1st signal is the intermediate to orange blossom, 2nd is the distant to orange blossom and then orange blossom. They would frequently show the aspects in the order I described. Just the ABS signals showing a more range of signals which gives an engineer more time to slow down.
Thank you for this explanation, I was also baffled railfanning CSX when hearing an "Approach limited" called at an ABS signal, then "Approach"...then "Stop." The train didn't even cross over. You would have thought they meant to say "Advance Approach" at the first signal.
@@CentralPennRailProductions it's not just limited to approach limited either. It depends on the track speed. Distance between signals etc. I've seen approach medium and approach slow used for the same reason. When I was mechanical in savannah, I've even seen an approach limited to an approach medium to an approach to a stop. All signals were within 2 miles of each other.
A similar setup exists on the ex-Georgia Railroad near Atlanta. On the Atlanta terminal sub, if the NE Lithonia (YYG-147.8) is at stop, the automatic at YYG-151 will be at approach, YYG-152.9 will be at advance approach (yellow over yellow) and the NE Stone Mountain (YYG-154.4) will show approach limited. My best theory is one of train handling, coming south through Stone Mountain, the speed goes from 45 to 50, the approach limited basically tells them not to throttle up if they're just going to have to start braking again.
In recent times CSX has started replacing all of their "advance approach" indications with "approach limited/medium." The reason being, Adv Approach tells a train they have an approach next, but no specific command, whereas the Approach Lim/Med force the engineer to slow to a specific speed.
Those are not ABS signals. ABS signals only exist in Automatic Block Signaling territory. This is CTC territory. An intermediate (CTC) signal may operate automatically, but that doesn't make it an "ABS signal." Sorry, as a signal nerd, this is a pet peeve of mine :)
i was born and raised in central Fla. We moved to Indiana exactly 50 years ago. Listening to Danny talk about Florida's weather and seeing the moss hanging from the trees in the background sure brings back good memories for me. Thanks Danny!
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Hello Danny! I actually work for CSX up north in MD. I just wanted to let you know my son loves trains and i always had a hard time finding decent videos for him to watch till I came across your channel! Now he watches it daily. Thanks for all the hard work!!
4:35, absolutely musical when the only sound is the pins dropping :D
G'Day from Australia, 36 years service
Always a pleasure to watch and enjoy.
Good lord these are enjoyable. Favorite railfanning videos on TH-cam! Thank you for them!!
Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying them.
You were born to be in front of camera and microphone. Very enjoyable to watch and hear. So professional yet easy going.
Clear, concise and informative without just sitting here watching car after car go by. And agree with the comment below; great commentary.
Danny has the best rail channel with good commentary.
I watch many railfan channels and really enjoy yours. Great narrative. I lived in Sebring and Central Florida and enjoy hearing about the trains in the area. I’m now back to my birthplace of Texas. But love seeing Florida through your channel.
Perfect voice for commentary! (...and that's coming from an Englishman!) Peace and love from the 'Old Country'!!
I had to watch this one again it was so good. Thanks Danny. 👍👍👍❤️
that was the best coupling job i've ever seen. smooth as well-worn rail!
Thank you Railfan Danny I really enjoyed this video. My brother Lecester Johnson use to live in Plant City but now in heaven. A beautiful place on Florida. Love the trains.
These kind of videos are the best! Love it!
Now that is a awesome, amazing professional rail fan video..!!! Great work..!!!
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.
Excellent video as always. Your videos are always the best part of my day Mr. Danny. Thanks for all of your efforts.
Great video. Informative and professional. It’s nice to see a railfan that doesn’t pretend to know everything. You are a humble gentleman who admits that it’s never possible to be all-knowledgeable as a bystander.
absolutely. A railfan who doesn't spend his time second guessing or trashing the industry he follows. Millineum Force should take note
Incredibly professional videography!
Always enjoy your videos, and your comments, about the trains and signals, and related railroading.
4:40 “”It don’t get no better than that!” That was precise!!!
Lots of fun Danny. Great work.
Hi Sir,
You know, you and your incredible acoustic golden voice, given at your videos a professional aspect and quality equal or better than as an documentary shows on classic television channels.
You're the best.
easy to watch,easy to listen too,easy to understand you are teaching me new things very professional work. Thank you
Danny, you do a great job explaining what's going on. I also appreciate the fact that you admit that a spectator can't know everything. I wish I had more time to watch your videos. I'll try.
Anyone, railfan or dedicated hogger, who claims he knows everything is LYING!
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.
All your videos are such good quality, while some people binge Netflix shows, I binge distant signal. 😂
You're not the only one!
That's a very nice compliment and muchappreciated, Spooked Bol!
He does have the voice for Narrating does he not :)
yeah netflix should make a railroad documentary with him as a narrator
If you're into big rigs, you should check out Plaza Towing's channel. They have all kinds of POV clean up jobs from truck accidents. Guy on the channel is super nice and professional. I've been bingeing those recently.
Hey Danny, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos! Don’t normally comment because I watch them on TV from TH-cam streamed on my roku. I love trains and everything about them and you definitely have the best railroad channel. Great videos and educational at the same time. Just great 👍 Thanks! 😃
Many thanks, Al. I'm the same way. I love railroads and everything about them.
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!
Enjoyed listening to your commentary! This was well done!
Thanks Andrew!
As far as switching the reefers around goes; it’s a customer request.
On the old MILW in Burlington, WI; there is a glassmaker that gets four covered hoppers at a time and those cars “must” be in the order of the customer’s “recipe” so once the process starts they just need to dump one carload after the other. If a car is missing the others sit in the local yard until it shows up and all four cars are delivered in the proper order.
Right. They probably needed sooner date stock rotated to use first.
Reminds of the glass factories in West Virginia that does all the beautiful blow glass that made in the state
Another train fan and huge fan of your show here! I live in Tampa and I have to say, I only discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I've binge watched my way through most of your library of content. Your commentary is what sets you apart and makes your videos so much better than other railfan channels
Keep it up, and maybe I'll see you out there!
- elliott
Thanks Elliot! Glad you found my channel!
I love those up-close switching shots. Really helps when the crew is nice, too!
Thanks for taking the time to put together a nice explanation of the operation of this siding and local freight. I definitely learned from it.
As a train conductor myself, it’s very interesting to watch switching moves from a different railroad. In many cases it’s exactly the same, (calling for 3-step, telling the engineer which way to go, etc.) and in many other cases, it’s completely different!! lol.
Good stuff. I like the railroad inside info you provide, and that as an observer we won't know everything the crews do.
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!
It’s a pleasure watching your videos I’m a lover of anything with wheels that moves.
Starting to see 15k+ triple dpu trains now in the west.
6:30 Customer probably wanted it first in.
Being from New Orleans I wish we had someone with his skills to do this here. Back in the mid 70's I used to follow a crew from the ICG, take pictures and kitbash some of the cars that caught my eye, only if we'd had and idea what our future had in store. Thanks for all your time..
As a long time viewer, I have to say that I really enjoy seeing you on video talking to the camera. I started adopting that to some of my content in the form of vlogs last year. It’s an added personal connection to the audience that I find adds a lot to the kinds of content we do (railfanning, transportation, etc).
Nice work! That crew switching did a fabulous job.
Love your videos and commentary. Just like being there. Thanks.
I have learned so much from watching your videos. Much thanks. Been sort of railfanning for years but you really know your stuff; we's amateurs !
Some top notch railfanning! The best part of your videos is the voice overs, it really makes the video interesting!
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.
Great video Danny . Switching video's are so interesting. I like hearing the radio conversations from the crew.
That coupling after 4:15 is still perfect three years later!
Danny been watching your videos for years.. they just get better and better. Keep up the great great work.
Many thanks, Ricky. Glad you're enjoying them.
You never fail with your videos Danny! Way to go.
I swear you're THE BEST Rail Fan TH-camr. Smooth commentating/narrating voice, great shots, and very knowledgeable. Just wish you could come out here to SoCal and get some of the UP and BNSF stuff we have!
Danny, absolutely wonderful upload as always. I grumbled a little to myself when you described the weather down in your neck of the woods as I glanced outside my window to see the snow flying with a windchill of 20 here in central Ohio. At least I got to enjoy the warm sunny day of your video for 8 minutes. My favorite part was the switching. I never get bored of observing crews do customer switching. It sure does look like those guys have been working together for some time--talk about making a nice easy coupling between cars.
I enjoy watching switching operations! Great video!
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
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.
Danny, Very enjoyable. Thank you.
hey, I was thinking that a time laps cam of switching operations in some of those places might be neat. Also, basic map views of where of where we're going. it's nice to get the lay of the land for us who don't have the time to get out there and train spot. Of course, these take time and might not interest you but I figured I'd throw it out there.
Tks again. Jon,
Excellent video with pro narration. I learn something kool on every post. Thank you. 😊❤️🇺🇸
Danny Harman, best voice on the internet bar none - another informative and very interesting video - your knowledge is outstanding...!
Thanks Greg
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!!
Danny, I work at 84 Lumber in Plant City, and I get a front row seat to Amtrack's daily runs plus we have a spur into our yard that we get up to 6 cars a week delivered to. CSX has 2-3 other customers they deliver to behind us. Ive been a railfan since the SCL days and still remember your voice as the station ID for FOX 13. I love your videos and am a loyal subscriber. If you need some good footage come by 84 Lumber in Plant City.
Gary Cole - “Amtrack”??? Gonna have to look for that!!
Danny,I don't simply "like" your videos, I love em'! Great job sir and keep them coming! Blessings.
Here in Brazil they use these DPU trains for a long time. Called "locotrol". They say it's more efficient, especially if the ground is not "smooth". Nowadays they're testing trains with 150+ wagons and three to four locomotives (DPU). Excellent video as well, I've been enjoying your channel.
Thanks FoxTrot!
Locotrol is a product of GE, GE designed that particular technology.
Hi Fox Trot, we have a similar arrangement with our trains here at BHP in the Australian Pilbara. We have two rake trains totalling 268 iron ore wagons and four SD70 locos, two of which run in 'Locotrol' mode half way down the train. Each rake is generally two locos and 134 wagons. DPU works well... only one driver required... all single manned trains.
@@GaryNumeroUno That's so nice. In Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EFC) here in Brazil the trains run with 330 iron ore wagons, and locos which also run in Locotrol. DPU is very nice!
GaryNumeroUno no fireman? Engineer only. Wow. I believe they’re pushing for that here in the U.S.. Not sure if only in passenger service or freight as well. Cheers mate
Always love your videos. I love watching trains go be especially when no one gets hurt, mechanical problems are a fact of life, but no one wants to watch a tragedy unfold on film, and I am thankful you don’t show us that side of things. Thank for a great video. Kind regards
I'm from Alberta, Canada. Almost every freight train here both CN Rail and CP Rail use combinations of DPU's: one to three in front, one or two rear, and sometimes one in the middle. The maximum length is 14000 feet. Great video 👍🏻
Best commentary in railfanning. Thx Danny.
surprised that you did not ask about the move. The conductor did seem like nice guy.
It was all happening so fast I didn't get the chance to ask.
In dealing with csx daily there conductors don't have much time to talk if the engineer calls for them if the conductor seems like it is taking longer then it should.
I absolutely love the narration
Canadian Pacific has been using DPU’s for years. One in the end and one in the middle. So three locos. On freight trains, grain trains and coal trains.
Canadian national to. They always use one on their intermodal or mix freight.
Hey...."Uncle high iron"**...Danny can brag anytime....Thank you so,so much sharing switching videos and gorgeous Florida with us....Please keep making switching videos.......
Nice video Danny! I always enjoy the switching aspect of railfanning, something rarely seen FEC wise!
Completely agree! Not that I don't enjoy seeing mainline action, but it isn't nearly as fascinating for me as watching a good crew switch out industrial spurs.
Another great video Danny 👍 Love watching sunny Florida from the wet and cold UK 🇬🇧
“And skeedattles into Tampa with their empty cars”
I’ve never heard someone say skeedattle before
Beans, its probably a regional accent, but I've seen + heard it written + said as skedaddle in N.Y. area, far back as the 50's +60's, and told to.
Ok
Comes from an old cowboy saying;
"Got my rope...got my saddle..time for this cowboy to skeedaddle."
It just means there's no time to waste so hit the dusty trail!
skedaddle skadoodle!
My wife and I love your commentary and videos.
Thank you! Happy New Year to you and your wife.
4:36 That has to be the best coupling job I've ever seen.
I still remember the worst one I've ever seen.... BAAAAAANG! lol
I only clicked on this because the text on the thumbnail of calling out the distance for coupling interested me, and I figured I would have to skip through to find it, but then you started talking, and I discovered that you are not annoying to listen to! And even interesting, and pleasant, and hold a good banter of what's going on and what you find interesting, plus you know a lot about the trains and common procedures.
I did enjoy seeing how they couple (like butta!), and the rest of the video too!
So, keep it up, this is the best rail fan video I have ever seen, and better than a lot of the professionally produced stuff I have seen over the years, which considering that this was one camera one take one day, is saying something!
Oh, and great job on editing too.
I always look forward to your videos. You always do a great job. Its nice to see warm videos during our snowstorm. From Utah, Thanks.
Hi Danny! My name is Christian. I’m a very amateur train enthusiast but I especially love your videos. Your commentary skill is of the upmost professional level. That keeps me very interested. I mean, it’s almost like I have listened to you before as a commentator for a History Channel documentary or a National Geographic special. Have you? Anyway thanks for some good quality entertainment in a world that needs way more of you. P.s My girlfriend and I have a small oil and gas production company in New York Sate. We produce wells that was once the worlds first oilfield. We do everything just the two of us. Everything from drilling to excavation to servicing. A lot like a small family ranch. So obviously we like your content. If you ever would like to do an interesting documentary, we have a good story! LOL anyway God Bless!
I worked on the Southwest Airlines ramp for 16 years. The RR looks every bit as exciting.
It's not. It's quite miserable anymore. Thanks to greedy CEOs and wall street.
Your are the best, keep up the good work. You know your stuff, your my go to railfanning channel.
As a retired yardmaster, I can appreciate the depth of your knowledge. Your productions are consistently good. You really seem to know a lot about railroading, even things I didn't know and I worked for CSX for 39 years. I enjoy your work, although I suspect it's not really "work" to you. If you haven't already heard about or seen it, the best railfan spot in Savannah, where I'm from, is in front of the Amtrak station off Telfair Road. Lots of activity there.
Yes sir! I love that spot at Amtrak in Savannah. I also enjoy Central Junction and Alabama Junction....though I never understood that one, a place named Alabama Jct. being on the east coast of Georgia
The Alabama, as we called it, connects the Georgia Central railroad (located at what we called "the old yard", which was the former Seaboard Air Line Savannah switching yard located off of Gwinett St., replaced by Savannah Yard which, if I remember correctly opened in 1956, the year I was born.) to either Savannah Yard or what we called the West End. Savannah Yard used to connect directly to the West End but pulled up the railroad when the GCRR leased the old yard from CSX in the 80's. The West End line goes through Collins, GA, Vidalia GA, Cordele GA, Americus GA and on to connect to Alabama although I'm not sure where in Alabama. Sorry if I blabbed on....
Danny, hard to believe this was created 2 years ago. Just as enjoyable now as it was the day it premiered!
Another great video, hearing you talk about the nice weather is making me jealous! Great to get a peek into the local jobs, not too many people cover what really keeps the railroads going. Thumbs up 👍🏽
First Railfan vid i ever seen, my childhood is coming back when i watch the little doco's that we watched in the 70's - well done keep it up
Probably request of the customer on those reefer cars. A lot of places I’ve switched want certain cars at certain doors for loading or unloading. Nice video Danny. Looking forward to the next one.
you have an awesome job! I never got hired so instead I just film you guys. Lol
Old warehouses were built long before boxcars were more than 60 feet long so only the shorty fits at the bottom door.
That was a textbook coupling, beautiful...!
super video
Dan, great job. Keep them coming. When I was young I lived in Seffner. My Uncle in Dover and Aunt in Lakeland. I remember very well Florida Coast Line, Atlantic Coast line, and Seaboard. Your bring back memories. Keep the film rolling
Love your work Danny!
I dont normally like narrated videos, but you're ok... I respect the fact you know what you know and are modest enough to say you're not sure about the things you don't.
Excellently Produced and FUN to watch! Great Job!
Excellent video sir, I'm 60+ years old and still learning to be a railfan.
Really nice crew on the switching job
This will go down as one of the best channels in history. Thanks Danny!
Very great video as always Danny! Looking forward to meeting you at Folkston Railwatch this year!
Mad respect to the switching crews, I work in the mechanical department and have seen some heavy moves, you guys rock!
Very interesting and entertaining. Appreciate your work and can hardly wait for the next one.
They shuffle cars from time to time in accordance to where the car’s future destination is. Most will go to the Sam place but not all and it makes it easier in the yards to sort the cars. Your videos never disappoint Danny, keep up the great work!
What another great video! One of my favorite things to watch are locals. It is so fascinating watching the crews pull a car out, switch it back and repeat. I would love to come down to Florida sometime and see CSX maybe Danny you could show me around! Again another great video done! 👍🏻
You are the One if they start a 24hour Railroad cable channel 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Great video and narration.
Great Video, from this 18 year retired CPR Conductor , I started in 1971 as a Operator, and in1987 on the running trade I'm 76yo now
Danny. That is how ABS signals work. If I had to guess I would image there is one more ABS signal after that one and then an absolute signal. ABS signals always function on the conditions of the block it is protecting. CSX has been using approach limited as a "replacement" for advance approach. So in that example that next ABS signal would be an approach to a stop at the absolute signal. When I lived in west palm beach, I would go to the boynton beach tri rail station at night and facing northbound you can see three signals. The 1st signal is the intermediate to orange blossom, 2nd is the distant to orange blossom and then orange blossom. They would frequently show the aspects in the order I described. Just the ABS signals showing a more range of signals which gives an engineer more time to slow down.
Thank you for this explanation, I was also baffled railfanning CSX when hearing an "Approach limited" called at an ABS signal, then "Approach"...then "Stop." The train didn't even cross over. You would have thought they meant to say "Advance Approach" at the first signal.
@@CentralPennRailProductions it's not just limited to approach limited either. It depends on the track speed. Distance between signals etc. I've seen approach medium and approach slow used for the same reason. When I was mechanical in savannah, I've even seen an approach limited to an approach medium to an approach to a stop. All signals were within 2 miles of each other.
A similar setup exists on the ex-Georgia Railroad near Atlanta. On the Atlanta terminal sub, if the NE Lithonia (YYG-147.8) is at stop, the automatic at YYG-151 will be at approach, YYG-152.9 will be at advance approach (yellow over yellow) and the NE Stone Mountain (YYG-154.4) will show approach limited. My best theory is one of train handling, coming south through Stone Mountain, the speed goes from 45 to 50, the approach limited basically tells them not to throttle up if they're just going to have to start braking again.
In recent times CSX has started replacing all of their "advance approach" indications with "approach limited/medium." The reason being, Adv Approach tells a train they have an approach next, but no specific command, whereas the Approach Lim/Med force the engineer to slow to a specific speed.
Those are not ABS signals. ABS signals only exist in Automatic Block Signaling territory. This is CTC territory. An intermediate (CTC) signal may operate automatically, but that doesn't make it an "ABS signal."
Sorry, as a signal nerd, this is a pet peeve of mine :)
i was born and raised in central Fla. We moved to Indiana exactly 50 years ago. Listening to Danny talk about Florida's weather and seeing the moss hanging from the trees in the background sure brings back good memories for me. Thanks Danny!