It was quite a refreshing sight to see a grain train without the customary markings of vandals paintings on the side of the cars. Great video as usual!
Nice Video,Dan. Loved the narration. I see where your video was up-loaded 3 yrs. ago come this June,just goes to show,great videos such as this,live on!!
All I can say Danny is, excellent work as usual. Great to see you step in front of the camera, I really like the Rowe-esque quality you brought to the video. Keep it up and as always, stay safe and I look forward to the next one.
Hi David!! It's great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thanks very much. Yes, I'm just trying to keep these videos interesting. (Not sure if anyone really wanted to see me or not.) :-))
Just wanted to note about your comment on the s-line. There was another route into Tampa way back when that branched off at Waldo. This line, "SR" went thru Gainesville and turned at Archer(was the line to Cedar key), then paralleled the ACL West Coast Sub down to Inverness. There it broke away and made it way Donna to Brooksville and connected with the Clearwater Sub at Sulphur Springs. I think it was an early victim of the ACL/SAL merger.
I have scouted remnants of that old line pretty much from Gainesville to Brooksville. There are still some highway crossings where the pavement rises to a long-abandoned railroad track. I wish that line was still there.
Danny you always amaze me with your train knowledge and of the State of Florida. I was born and raised in South Florida and have not heard of half of the towns you go to. Great job. Mike
Great video, can't wait to see more about the S-Line and other's around there. It's very sad about Wildwood, I see that for myself everyday here in Auburn, WA. The BN yard here used to be the biggest and busiest in the all the Northwest, now its nothing more than a crew change point and some minor MOW work.
Probably for the first time in history we see the FACE with the voice! Lol Nice work Mr. Danny Harmon! Your videos are top notch, well narrated, filmed well and is always fun! :) Did you know Campville had the same Family lines SAL defect detector? The same on you heard before at Winter Haven was the same one there. Heard it got replaced in 2012 :/
Sad to know that all are replaced by modern equipment, though I wonder what made the old detector work for so long? and good luck on the search! :) Would love to see a video on SAL/SCL defect detectors lol just for fun!
5249 is my favorite CSX locomotive... Congrats on catching it. I love the horn. When i saw it it was lower pitch. Probably because it was going slow tho... Last time i saw it was July 2 2015
I always look forward to your videos. I always watch them in High Definition and full screen. I also like your drone shots. Keep up the good work. Warren Johnson Bountiful, Utah
I couldn't have said it better than "walterrich" below. Both excellent and informative. Can't thank you enough for sharing them. The best on the internet or anywhere else for that matter! ps: My wife still thinks I'm a '"kook" for watching train video's but I really don't care!!!
Did you ever here the cause of the previous derailment? In your talk of Wildwood and what previously was you speak of the ice house and I commented to you about about an icing facility in a previous video. My question do you have any old video or still shots of the facilities before they were tore down. I don't know how long you have been rail fanning, actually you are creating video history for all of us to enjoy for years. And I would like to say a very fine job of it at that. Also Danny would you know what is done if a refrigerated car quits operating is it cut out some where and mechanics sent to that location or are they unloaded to trucks to save the load, it would be interesting to know. Do you also know how these cars are monitored for their correct operation to know when they go down? Perhaps some type of satellite uplink or manually checked?? In your talk of the grain train you say it will be completely unloaded in one day. Do the CSX engines stay with this train and continuously move them to unload? Or do they leave another engine at this site which means they would be providing the manpower unless robotically controlled? Or does the grain dealer have their own engine on site to advance the cars? It would be nice to see one of your drone views of the site sometime to see if it's made up like I've seen other large facilities up north here that I've seen on Google Maps with a circular track layout? I like to look up and follow rail lines all over the country in this manner and could do it for hours if I had the time as I love the greatness of our railroad system even though it was way more vast 50, 60, 70 years ago. Danny once again you have outdone yourself on this excellent video and I love seeing the respect you get from other fans or enthusiasts like you that see and meet you. You are one of the best and should be very proud of your work. Personally I wish you worked for "TRAINS" magazine but then I wouldn't get all of this good work to see here. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the magazine on train watching or following or fanning? I think you would do an excellent job of it if you could put your words into writing as easily as you narrate your videos. But don't let me distract you from your true passion, it's just an idea to think about. Love your great work!
My family would drive to Wildwood and catch the Silver Meteor(?) to New York City in the late 1960's. It was an SAL passenger train. The yard was big and busy then.
You caught a rare leader locomotive painted white which is an SD-40 EMD noted by two holes in the truck frames between the axles, if the engine has a lager than normal platform on each end it marks it as an SD-40 or a SD40-2 if it has three holes between axles in the truck frames. Cheers!
Two questions about this video Danny: 1. Any idea who that MYSTERY southbound was that you heard about over the scanner while chasing northbound L-230? 2. Any idea how that June 2nd derailment @ Campville happened exactly?
I feel like Ive heard your voice several times but I cannot seem to place it where. It feels like I should have heard it on several different documentaries, forecasts/traffic scout for a news-station or reading dialogue for mini-documentaries.
I would swear that i just seen a TV commercial and it was you, Danny, speaking for some kind of hemp cream for pain. It sounds exactly like you sir. Was that you, Danny? Loving your videos. Thank You for all your time and hard work!
Really enjoying your videos! Can't get enough of them, the narrating really adds a nice feel to them. I have to ask though, what tripod and camera do you use? I'm looking for some new "railfan gear" since I thought it was time for an upgrade.
Yeah, I don't normally do that, but it was 6:30AM and even though the video doesn't show it, I looked to the left to make sure there was nothing coming.
hello mr harmon.thanks for what you do.you are very good at it.and still you sound just like mr bill curtis who most of us know if we see him.his sister still lives here in kansas.not alot to film in florida with trains it seems but i do enjoy it.just wanted to say you have a real knack for doing this and maybe should head into it a little farther.how about some bascule bridge action.kansas is not full of bridges.lol.
Thanks very much Curt! I'm an admirer of Bill Curtis. I first became a fan of his when he hosted the CBS Morning News with Diane Sawyer. I hope to do something on thru-truss bridges in the near future. Those are becoming scare. Thanks again, Danny Harmon
I grew up most my life near the yard under the overpass in Auburndale. I saw one of your videos of a CSX going around Lake Airana. I love trains but don't know anything about signals or the types of locomotives. I thank you. I guess when I was growing up it looked bigger. (Google Earth) lol
I was wondering the same thing and if he has to get it programmed for specific frequencies to pick up the rail channels or if buying the same radio will do the same thing on its own
HoustonRailFan ™ Awesome! I always look for the American flag, but because there are so many more engines with them, the diagonal side air intakes are a big hint.
Hey Danny, That SD40-2, #3111, Pure white, what leasing company was that? I couldn't tell and I've never seen a leasing co. that painted an engine in pure white.
At 9:00 you can see the CEFX reporting mark below the window and unit number. My meagre Google skills identifies CEFX as CIT Equipment Finance Corporation.
Stan Patterson I was just teasing Danny but to answer your question, I never have in 43 years of driving (and 20 of those years professionally), and I certainly wouldn't today or in the future especially since some idiot ran a stop sign a year ago broadsided me on a two lane road pushing me into oncoming traffic where I was hit again head-on and he took off. My car was totaled in that crash and I spent four days in the hospital banged up and luckily with a broken wrist only, so I've always taken stop (complete stop wheels not moving) signs seriously as my police officer friends will tell you.
It was quite a refreshing sight to see a grain train without the customary markings of vandals paintings on the side of the cars. Great video as usual!
Another excellent video . Learning more and more about movements and the governing signals . Thanks old boy !
Another fine video Danny and so nice to see you in the picture.
Beautiful, Danny! Thanks for hosting. Always great to see my old railfan buddy, Travis Taylor too.
Another great video. Thanks for the ride.
I am a SAL fan, and I think they had class. Those fast passenger trains, the long freight trains, and the beautiful "Citrus" paint scheme.
Tropical Storm?? No problem; snacks and Distant Signal videos!!
Loving you in front of the camera, and the unique views that the quad copter provides. Another superb offering!
Another great video, Danny. I always enjoy your work!
Outstanding work, Danny! You've really outdone yourself this time. Enjoyed!
Nice Video,Dan. Loved the narration. I see where your video was up-loaded 3 yrs. ago come this June,just goes to show,great videos such as this,live on!!
Great Video Danny. I love the addition of the Copter in the newer videos. Nice touch
All I can say Danny is, excellent work as usual. Great to see you step in front of the camera, I really like the Rowe-esque quality you brought to the video. Keep it up and as always, stay safe and I look forward to the next one.
Hi David!! It's great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thanks very much. Yes, I'm just trying to keep these videos interesting. (Not sure if anyone really wanted to see me or not.) :-))
Nice one Danny! Really like the aerial views from your "copter camera". I have footage of Wildwood on a VHS and can't believe how much it has changed.
More amazing catches and great info about what's happening, thanks Danny.
Just wanted to note about your comment on the s-line. There was another route into Tampa way back when that branched off at Waldo. This line, "SR" went thru Gainesville and turned at Archer(was the line to Cedar key), then paralleled the ACL West Coast Sub down to Inverness. There it broke away and made it way Donna to Brooksville and connected with the Clearwater Sub at Sulphur Springs. I think it was an early victim of the ACL/SAL merger.
I have scouted remnants of that old line pretty much from Gainesville to Brooksville. There are still some highway crossings where the pavement rises to a long-abandoned railroad track. I wish that line was still there.
Danny you always amaze me with your train knowledge and of the State of Florida. I was born and raised in South Florida and have not heard of half of the towns you go to. Great job. Mike
Hey Danny great video! Love the new "Air-Cam"
Awesome video, thanks again for all the time and effort you continue to put into them.
Nick Greed Thank you, Nick for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.
Fantastic video as always, I really enjoyed the part where you gave a brief history of Wildwood yard, very interesting, keep up the fantastic work.
Great video, can't wait to see more about the S-Line and other's around there. It's very sad about Wildwood, I see that for myself everyday here in Auburn, WA. The BN yard here used to be the biggest and busiest in the all the Northwest, now its nothing more than a crew change point and some minor MOW work.
By far the best one video! This is an excellent mix of cuts in the editing you have done. 5 out of 5 Stars!
Thanks very much jfreelan1964 . I've covered this territory many times so I wanted to do something to make it a little more interesting.
Great video, Danny. Really like the foreign power on that grain train.
I have all of your videos and they are awsome keep them coming and I'll keep ordering them for my collection
Railfan Danny you have a very nice truck
Probably for the first time in history we see the FACE with the voice! Lol Nice work Mr. Danny Harmon! Your videos are top notch, well narrated, filmed well and is always fun! :) Did you know Campville had the same Family lines SAL defect detector? The same on you heard before at Winter Haven was the same one there. Heard it got replaced in 2012 :/
BBT609 Thanks very much! Yes, Campville was one of the last of the old SAL DD's on the S-Line. I'm going in search of more of them this Fall.
Sad to know that all are replaced by modern equipment, though I wonder what made the old detector work for so long? and good luck on the search! :) Would love to see a video on SAL/SCL defect detectors lol just for fun!
5249 is my favorite CSX locomotive... Congrats on catching it. I love the horn. When i saw it it was lower pitch. Probably because it was going slow tho... Last time i saw it was July 2 2015
Very informative video with great (as usual) narration.
Another awesome video. Thanks 👍
Lovely work as usual Danny! Finally I can put a face to the voice..LOL Nice aerial shots of the grain train !
Cheers Gregg
Thanks Gregg. Yes, the aerials add a whole new thing to railfanning.
Great Video Danny!
Love the new "on scene reporting".Would you happen to know what caused that derailment?
Another great video, keep them coming, really enjoyable.
Roy Snelgar Thanks very much, Roy. Glad you enjoyed the show.
I always look forward to your videos. I always watch them in High Definition and full screen. I also like your drone shots. Keep up the good work.
Warren Johnson
Bountiful, Utah
I couldn't have said it better than "walterrich" below. Both excellent and informative. Can't thank you enough for sharing them. The best on the internet or anywhere else for that matter! ps: My wife still thinks I'm a '"kook" for watching train video's but I really don't care!!!
Al Caruso Thanks very much, Al. It's great to know that folks like you are enjoying these little stories. Many thanks for your kind words.DH
Liking the new additions to your video format.
Nice work Danny as always good to see Travis too
I really enjoy your videos.
I think I have a new favorite video!
Another great video! Nice job Danny.
Did you ever here the cause of the previous derailment? In your talk of Wildwood and what previously was you speak of the ice house and I commented to you about about an icing facility in a previous video. My question do you have any old video or still shots of the facilities before they were tore down. I don't know how long you have been rail fanning, actually you are creating video history for all of us to enjoy for years. And I would like to say a very fine job of it at that. Also Danny would you know what is done if a refrigerated car quits operating is it cut out some where and mechanics sent to that location or are they unloaded to trucks to save the load, it would be interesting to know. Do you also know how these cars are monitored for their correct operation to know when they go down? Perhaps some type of satellite uplink or manually checked??
In your talk of the grain train you say it will be completely unloaded in one day. Do the CSX engines stay with this train and continuously move them to unload? Or do they leave another engine at this site which means they would be providing the manpower unless robotically controlled? Or does the grain dealer have their own engine on site to advance the cars? It would be nice to see one of your drone views of the site sometime to see if it's made up like I've seen other large facilities up north here that I've seen on Google Maps with a circular track layout? I like to look up and follow rail lines all over the country in this manner and could do it for hours if I had the time as I love the greatness of our railroad system even though it was way more vast 50, 60, 70 years ago. Danny once again you have outdone yourself on this excellent video and I love seeing the respect you get from other fans or enthusiasts like you that see and meet you. You are one of the best and should be very proud of your work. Personally I wish you worked for "TRAINS" magazine but then I wouldn't get all of this good work to see here. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the magazine on train watching or following or fanning? I think you would do an excellent job of it if you could put your words into writing as easily as you narrate your videos. But don't let me distract you from your true passion, it's just an idea to think about. Love your great work!
Wow Danny you the man I really enjoyed this thanks!!!!😁
Glad you liked it, Eric.
Another great video! I like the new format too!!
Aww Man. I was hoping to see the unloading operation! :(
Nice catch of the U.P., CSX, and CEFX 3111 looks like former conrail
My family would drive to Wildwood and catch the Silver Meteor(?) to New York City in the late 1960's. It was an SAL passenger train. The yard was big and busy then.
At least CSX still trusts SD40-2s on their mainline trains, unlike SOMEONE.... Union Pacific, I'm looking at you...
because SD 40s suck you try and work on them for 12 hours
@phillyslasher BNRR used them all the time on Crawford Hill. I heard the crews loved them. They called them Great pullers.
UP still has hundreds only they're rebuilds, still noisy though
Great video Danny! I really enjoyed it!
At 2:02 that sounded like a little girl. ;) I'm getting too old......
Great job Danny! I wonder where the grainer originated from?
the car in that wreck looked like a ford truck or an older silveradoe
Well done Danny!
You caught a rare leader locomotive painted white which is an SD-40 EMD noted by two holes in the truck frames between the axles, if the engine has a lager than normal platform on each end it marks it as an SD-40 or a SD40-2 if it has three holes between axles in the truck frames.
Cheers!
If I'm not mistaken, the 38, 39, and 40 shared the same frame.
4:07 I have that exact engine as an N-Scale model :)
Two questions about this video Danny:
1. Any idea who that MYSTERY southbound was that you heard about over the scanner while chasing northbound L-230?
2. Any idea how that June 2nd derailment @ Campville happened exactly?
Great video! Enjoyed!
Damn! I dont think anybody made it out of the 4 wheeler
Nice video. I was impressed that you could jump out of your vehicle to catch a quick view and not have the jitters and shakes so often seen in videos.
ncplantdoctor Ha! I don't know how steady it was. It helps to have SONY's "Super Steady Shot" feature on the camera.
very intertaining video, Distant Signal, btw hi from south africa
Hello Theo!! Thanks, pal. Hello from the USA!
Great Video Danny
I feel like Ive heard your voice several times but I cannot seem to place it where. It feels like I should have heard it on several different documentaries, forecasts/traffic scout for a news-station or reading dialogue for mini-documentaries.
Vic Reece
Danny has the PERFECT narration/radio voice and should be doing voiceover work.
I would swear that i just seen a TV commercial and it was you, Danny, speaking for some kind of hemp cream for pain. It sounds exactly like you sir. Was that you, Danny? Loving your videos. Thank You for all your time and hard work!
Great Video! 5:49 i Can see new Signals are Going up at SE Waldo. Also Intresting Power on G929.
Like the videos keep up the good work
Q613 was rocking and rolling
Really enjoying your videos! Can't get enough of them, the narrating really adds a nice feel to them. I have to ask though, what tripod and camera do you use? I'm looking for some new "railfan gear" since I thought it was time for an upgrade.
MASRailfan Right now I'm shooting with a SONY CX900 camcorder and still using my old Gitzo 1330 tripod with Miller DS-5 fluid head.
excellent work on the video.
say have you thought of doing a video in Panama City?
Great stuff we love it
terrific job! I actually managed to follow along on a map. Great to know where you're talking about. Where does Cal-Maine keep the chickens??
Ted Cartwright Thanks Ted. Cal-Main has many chicken farms in the area. No idea where they are.
You can still see the ruminants of the turntable if you are willing to negotiate some tall weeds.
Wow! You do it right! Great video. What video editing software do you use?
nice video!
This is your best video ever
You mention Wildwood being a major SAL terminal; what did that make Baldwin? Were they both terminals, or was Baldwin just an outlying yard?
Yes i agree☺
1:25 YAY YOU BEAT THE TRAIN TO THE CROSSING
Distant Signal My friend ***** also took photos of the remains of the derailment at 4:56!
At about 1:15 I love how Danny just runs a stop sign
Yeah, I don't normally do that, but it was 6:30AM and even though the video doesn't show it, I looked to the left to make sure there was nothing coming.
lol
Great catches, Danny! What was the cause of that derailment?
A hot journal if I remember correctly.
OMG! So it broke an axle if it was a hot box, eh?
The derailment in Campville, FL was on 6/2/2014. 3 weeks later, the scrap company is still cutting up the cars at the wreck site.
Hey I’m watching this on June 2 2019 that’s ironic
hello mr harmon.thanks for what you do.you are very good at it.and still you sound just like mr bill curtis who most of us know if we see him.his sister still lives here in kansas.not alot to film in florida with trains it seems but i do enjoy it.just wanted to say you have a real knack for doing this and maybe should head into it a little farther.how about some bascule bridge action.kansas is not full of bridges.lol.
Thanks very much Curt! I'm an admirer of Bill Curtis. I first became a fan of his when he hosted the CBS Morning News with Diane Sawyer.
I hope to do something on thru-truss bridges in the near future. Those are becoming scare.
Thanks again,
Danny Harmon
you should video the Valdosta railway Clyattville Valdosta switcher their locomotives are LRWN 1544 SW1504 and VR 2207 GP7u
Great video :)
Nobody talking about the albino SD40? :)
You should make a trip to tallahassee .
Can you do a video on in acworth Georgia it's a car main line through the town with a parking lot next to the tracks made for great rail fanning
+Killerswarm 1890 If I get up to the Atlanta area this year, I'll do that. Thanks!
Auto rack train engineer wasn't sparing the horses.
Was the Cefx gray engine an sd35?
What's with the Union Pacific engines hauling with CSX? Did CSX buy them from UP? Or are they on loan from UP?
Did 453's route change? I remember it going through Lakeland Jct. and through Winter Haven on the S-Line.
I think it still does that... as far as I know. Plus it now picks up empties at Auburndale.
I grew up most my life near the yard under the overpass in Auburndale. I saw one of your videos of a CSX going around Lake Airana. I love trains but don't know anything about signals or the types of locomotives. I thank you.
I guess when I was growing up it looked bigger. (Google Earth) lol
Ex CNW hopper @ 4:22. Isn’t that signal leaning @ 5:49 ?
It's unknown why the ES44DC has a K5LA
What kind of radio is that in your vehicle
I was wondering the same thing and if he has to get it programmed for specific frequencies to pick up the rail channels or if buying the same radio will do the same thing on its own
Was that UP engine a ge ac4400cw? It's my favorite.
j3rsdm5 sure was
HoustonRailFan ™ Awesome! I always look for the American flag, but because there are so many more engines with them, the diagonal side air intakes are a big hint.
j3rsdm5 Whenever in doubt just google the # on the engine and you'll find what model it is on the rrarchives website
Thanks! I was able to pinpoint the location of my friend's vacation based on the locomotive on display in the background. :D
j3rsdm5 Nice!
Hey Danny, That SD40-2, #3111, Pure white, what leasing company was that? I couldn't tell and I've never seen a leasing co. that painted an engine in pure white.
At 9:00 you can see the CEFX reporting mark below the window and unit number. My meagre Google skills identifies CEFX as CIT Equipment Finance Corporation.
Belive it or not, I own the Q452 leading engine 7654 as a model
Danny did you run that stop sign at 1:16???! LOL!
Well.... yes...it does appear that I blew through that Stop. I'm sure I looked to the left before I did, though. It was very early in the morning.
Distant Signal
Just teasing you good Sir, haha. Love your SUPERB videos! Oh, and you MUST look into doing voiceover work.
Who hasn't done a "rolling stop" at some point in their driving career? :)
Stan Patterson
I was just teasing Danny but to answer your question, I never have in 43 years of driving (and 20 of those years professionally), and I certainly wouldn't today or in the future especially since some idiot ran a stop sign a year ago broadsided me on a two lane road pushing me into oncoming traffic where I was hit again head-on and he took off. My car was totaled in that crash and I spent four days in the hospital banged up and luckily with a broken wrist only, so I've always taken stop (complete stop wheels not moving) signs seriously as my police officer friends will tell you.
When chasing trains don't be distracted to the point you run stop signs.
Yeah, I blew the stop sign at Panasoffkee, but it was clear all the back to my leftt. You have a wide view at that interection.
It happens
hey do ur dvds have digi copies or just the actual dvd?
Michael Wurster I don't understand the question.
your dvds on your website do you sell them digitally via file or just dvd pyhsical copy
CSX 6900!!!
Swift. ..stevie wonder institute for trucking. ..lol
csx6900!