Chasing Reroutes On The Bow Line!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- I got word that CSX was re-routing some of it's regular traffic from the Fitzgerald sub to the Bow Line in South Georgia. So I jumped in the truck and made a dash up there to chase some of them down.
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New video at 6am on a Monday morning? Ehh who needs to shower before work anyway when I got some train watching to do...
Yes you are so very very much right
Danny:uploads
Everyone: *intense clicking noises*
When Danny uploads a new video you know it’s gonna be a good day
Yes sir
Agree
You put this up around 6:00 and by 7:05 you have 598 views. Must be more retired insomniacs out there than I thought!! Thanks Danny! Mike
Guilty as charged.
No some of us are just gonna be late for work haha priorities!
@@mark12.31 Can't argue with that.
No job...lol
Or schoolkids like me
Thanks for the travel by map in the intro, greatly helps setting the scene! Loved it!
Love the shot at 12:02 of the NS locos speeding by with your buddy in the foreground. It puts some real emphasis on the scale and power of those things
...wow!!!
I so appreciate the time, work, and styling of Distant Signal videos.
Thank you Danny. You're where I wish I could go, plus providing facts and lore.
I would buy the T-shirt if one existed
Man, this is extremely high quality content. I can see this being part of a paid DVD series. I can’t imagine the work it must take to make these.
Many thanks!
Good morning, Danny! What a great way to start off this Monday morning!
At 13:35
13:35 that’s an NS tier 4 GEVO leading 209
Love the old smaller lines. Reminds me of railfanning with my Dad 70 years ago in the Catskill and Adirondak mountains of New York State. Great memories.
"7 minutes ago"... Another great video!
Thank you Danny ! Your work is always top notch !
and also this ...... BRAVO !
sbf
Great production Danny, it’s cool to see old fashion railroading in a dark territory.
Awesome video. Love the details you give on the trains, the signals, the switches and the crew
Cool video on a section of line I've never heard of thank you.
Just have to say that it is amazing to get high quality, better then most, if not all professional videos for free on TH-cam. Thanks Danny for what you do.
Best rail fan site on TH-cam. Thanks for explaining things to us novices.
Thank you for taking the time to drive to South Georgia and do a feature on the Bowline. Enjoyed the video and appreciate your input. Also, appreciate your local friends for their input. Please do more videos from this area, and hopefully CSX is getting ready to use this track more.
Love your films and your explantations. -Bob
It would be cool to see danny doing some west coast train watching during vacation
Man those NS trains were moving! Love the action & all the videos, thanks Danny!
Gonna move to Florida in the next 5 years, thanks to your videos I’ll know where some hot spots are.
I remember when this line was the Seaboard System from 1982 to 1985.
I remember when it was the Seaboard Coast Line, and for a brief part of my years the Atlantic Coast Line, hosting the South Wind north and southbound daily to/from Chicago. It also tended to run parallel with CofG trackage around Pike County and into Montgomery, AL where it connected to L&N, West Point Route/WRofA, and GM&O.
I see a pattern, CSX reroutes freight traffic during main route rebuilding over low-volume lines it then rehabs for sale perhaps to boost the volume numbers and thus increase the appeal to potential purchasers.
Thanks for another fine video. Your narration always make the difference from other railfan videos.
Great video Danny, it's always a pleasure to watch your work
Thanks Tommy!
Great video as always. In September, 1973, I began work with Southern Railway as a management trainee headquartered in Valdosta. I was there for a year. The area and names mentioned in the video brings back many memories.
Danny Harmon, I like every single train video that you post.
Great video Danny!
Your shots, as usual, are glorious, Danny, as is your careful, measured storytelling. Such a pleasure, man, really. Thank you!
Thanks for taking me back to my roots nearest rail line to where I live now is nearly 200 miles away.
Danny I just love the way you make your videos so informative and insightful. Please keep them coming!
Thank you, Danny! Great way to start the week with a Danny vid!
Danny. I hear your voice over on TV at healthvana.
Great video, Danny! Loved the bowline action and scenery.
Thank you, Tolga!
I'm always so amazed on how informational your videos are keep up the great work.
Nice drone work
I watched this a couple of times. Very good job covering some old style jointed rail territory, it's neat to still see places like that. Looks like you had some good guides and once again came home with awesome footage. I hope you are doing well and staying safe!
First discovered the Bow Line after my wife and I were married. She had relatives that lived in Climax and Bainbridge and an auto rack train came through. This was over 25 years ago. Great job on it Danny.
Great job Danny and not that i don't like Florida rail fanning, I do, but it was great to see you in a different location doing what you do better than anyone else. Can't wait till the next one.
As usual a fine report from the high iron, thanks Danny and greetings from The Netherlands.👍😊
Thanks Danny. I always come away from watching your video's a little wiser in the way of trains and their operations.
Happy Rail and take care!
Darn you must do a lot of networking, you seem to know so many people with a lot of knowledge of train movement in there neck of the-woods!
I’m glad you and your buddies are willing to share it with us! Thank you Danny 😎 I agree with another comment Keep them coming!
Cool railfanning video. Thanks for sharing. LJL
I love the history lessons in your videos.
Being from Dothan, AL I am very familiar with the Bow Line. When I was younger there used to be a lot more traffic than there is today on it but it was still never as busy as the A and S Lines are or ever were but I love it because I got to grow as a Railfan because of the Bow Line
Truly enjoy your information and train spotting. The Valdosta stop brings back so many memories since my wife's family is from there and I recall when we were dating traveling down there to visit family and getting stuck at several train crossings throughout the city, always a hassle back then, but they've since built a bridge over the main crossing! Blessings to you Danny!
Great video as usual. If you ever get up to the Greenville, SC area, there is a GE Gas Turbine Plant that ships oversize loads on the Carolina Piedmont RR (G&W) from Greenville to Laurens, SC, about 30 miles at 10 miles per hour. It goes through small towns and is easy to chase. It's quite a site. The catch is finding out when a shipment happens. They normally run late in the afternoon. There are other TH-cam videos of this but none of your caliber.
Interesting video. I am glad you guys help each other out. That help turned out beneficial.
Great video. The map at the beginning made a big difference for a wannabe like me, thanks.
Just a touch of rain there and here I am looking at snow!
Such excellent shooting, editing and storytelling. Been a fan now for a couple years and always watch new videos the day they come out.
Great start to the week. Thanks for this, Danny. And I want to agree with some of the comments...the maps are a great help, especially for those of us from Texas who only know Florida because of Marco Island or DisneyWorld! Keep up the great work, AND...KEEP THOSE VIDEOS COMING!
A new video on a Monday morning from Distant Signal? What a great way to start the work week!
Nice catches! I like learning about the history of the railroad lines! I also like the narration in the video! Really nice!
Good to see you this morning Mr Harmon... Hope all is well!
Good catch brother
That drone footage looks like it's getting better every video. Thanks Danny.
Great job Thank You for sharing
Great video as always!
This must've been a great day rain and all. Thanks for sharing.
Man those NS trains are *FAST!*
Another great video for a Monday morning. Thanks!!😊
As I was just watching this a commercial came on the TV with a very familiar voice. No doubt who it was!
Haha!! You've discovered my side hustle!
Thanks Danny, enjoyed this one as usual.
Yet another great video with great rail fanning action.
A side comment DS. Yours is a dying craft. Too often, video is dedicated to the power source almost exclusively unless some rare or unique equipment is attached. You create a more complete trainspotter's experience showing the loads being hauled , the sounds that accompany the action and just as important, the quiet of the waiting. Reminder to that anticipation I had as a kid on my bicycle. Your great speaking voice makes a nice bow on Xmas present. Thank you
Wow! Those are very kind words, MacKenzie. Many thanks!
These are priceless. Thank you. He would be dangerous in Chicago or other major midwest towns.
Excellent railfanning day always enjoy watching your videos
Danny I have Loved Trains all my life. I lived in the Small town of Roebling NJ. On the Camden Line out Camden and Philadelphia main line to New York City. And runs through Trenton NJ.
Best rail videos hands down! Thank you Mr. Danny.
Many thanks to you, Green River Greg!
I love them all, but I think the chasing sugar cane trains has got to be my favorite. Absolutely fascinating process, along with your great storyline and video was the best. Bucket list, rail fanning with Mr. Danny.
I always enjoy your videos and even the 2nd and 3rd times. You're very thorough eith information.
Been watching the channel for several years now.
I appreciate that!
Hi Danny Harmon. Hope I didn't misspell your name. At the end of your videos, you always say out. Well, I am in. In, to watching, as many of your train videos as possible, because not only do you have great videos, but you give excellent information on everything Railroad ( ie; signals, crossings, Yards, old lines, new lines, & so much more).Thank you again.
Makes sense now why you went to check out this line. When I used to live in Tallahassee in the early 2000s I would drive up to Thomasville, Bainbridge and Cairo to try to railfan some of these same lines - not very exciting. Anyway, thanks for documenting this. Great work and informative as usual.
My Father worked in the John A Roebling Steel Mill the made the steel Cable that Built the Brooklyn, Golden Gate, George Washington and more all over the United States of America.
Danny, great stuff. I always learn something new from you.
Another fantastic video! Nice to see NS from time to time!
Lived in Dothan for a year back in the mid-1980s, but never paid much attention to the trains back then because they were mostly back-water freights.
Thanks Danny for all your great videos.
Thanks Danny!
I was looking for a Monday morning doldrums pick me up. And your video was just the trick! Beautiful work as always!
love the sound of rails whenthey are in perfect unison no flats it is like a jet engine
Now that the Tallahassee and P&A subs are out at CSX, the Bowline would be a prime candidate for a spruce up to run more trains- but the issue is that the sidings aren’t much capable to handle much more than 7,000 feet- that’s much less than a majority of what runs now on CSX due to PSR.
If it did go for sale, this line would likely fall culprit to the orange borg- an ideal candidate as there are several of their short lines that interchange to CSX on these two subdivisions. Who knows.
Hah, I haven't heard "orange borg" before to describe GWI. Seems apt!
Great railroad action Danny, the last time I was on the part of the line was as far as Jessup Ga., on Amtrak, about 28 yrs ago. Happy 😃 rail fanning Danny & be safe.😎👍👍👍🛤🚂
Jeff Baker, Amtrak still does run on part of the line from Savannah to Jessup.
Norfolk Southern Railfan Hey thanks for the infro, I guess I should have explained myself a little better, that was as far as I & my wife had tickets for to go was to Jessups on that line at that time. Thank you N.S. Railfan take care.😎👍🛤🚂
@@jeffbaker2897 also Amtrak's Floridian ran this line between Montgomery, Alabama and Waycross, Georgia from 1971 to 1979.
Thanks Danny. If I close my eyes while listening...I can still smell the old CREOSOTE of railroad ties from my childhood days in the 50's in Pennsylvania near Valley Forge.
Love seeing trains use jointed rail at a decent speed!
Lmao Brian Griffin 11:20! And wow an NS D9 with NO flashing ditch lights??
Good stuff! Keep your head down! The Weather Channel is forecasting storms for the southeast US of A. Big tornado hit Nashville last night and storms already in Georgia.
Yeah, thanks! We're forecasted to get something from this system, but probably not what they're getting in GA today.
Happy to see a new one up first thing this morning! And those numbers on that mile marker post at the beginning look like house numbers you'd buy at the hardware store.
Thanks for the video. Enjoy your channel.
Very nice video! I never knew that the line through Jesup going to Waycross was part of the Bowline.
What fantastic and unexpected kickoff to the work week!! And I’m one of the first 20 people to watch!
I just saw your plant city rail fan video with LORAM grinder. I live in minnesota not far from lorams manufacturing plant in hamal , mn. Fun to see what the latest jobs are.
I never realized you were an actual broadcaster, as I do not live in Florida. These videos are always fantastic. Thanks.
Great video! What a way to start my morning!
2 thumbs up. A great start to the week. I love it.
Excellent stuff. I’ve always liked how NS’ Safetran signals are wider than everybody else’s as that ABS signal shows.
I think they're rather ugly. But they work. And they're not the catbox signals!
Perhaps, but they're also different looking. Maybe that's what does it for me.
Thanks for your great work Danny. Much appreciated!
Great video, keep them coming thanks!
Beautiful video before some school testing... This video was awesome!
Great episode.. I love your channel. I'm retired from the KCS railroad and enjoy watching train videos. Keep up the great work.
I always enjoy your videos and knowledge. Keep up the good work!
Another great video! Your narration and extensive knowledge of the operations and history makes these videos so much more interesting.
I know it's pretty boring railfanning territory, but have you considered doing an Pinellas-focused video? Or maybe you have one in the archives that I can't find? There are definitely some neat areas and historic landmarks out here, only problem is CSX runs so infrequently.