Why We See Foreign Locomotives
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- Why we see engines from other railroads on our home road. Is there an exchange program? How do railroads keep track of this? Plus a day trip to CSX big yard at Baldwin, FL...and a seafood platter for dinner.
My brother sent me this after I saw a CN/CPKC train, I gotta say, seeing foreign power is really cool
I'm from Columbus, OH. and now that I'm older I can appreciate the trains I grew up seeing trains going through neighborhoods from lumber yards and fertilizer plants, and the OLD Rockwell plant that made the B-1 bomber and across from the Defense Supply Center Columbus.
You've got to be the only non-Kansan I've ever seen who pronounces Salina correctly. Well done!
There is no better railfan site on the internet than Distant Signal. Each episode has been marvelous. Please keep them coming, Danny Harmon. And, thank you.
R.Henry, M.D.
Foreign Power seems like a rare sight for us railfans because we always see the same power that runs the tracks so is always nice to see others railroads on the train
The only 2 railroads (freight ones at least there's still Amtrak and the local RTD) Union Pacific and BNSF only have those two trains everywhere in Denver. But it's really nice seeing foreign power. I've seen NS and KCS around Denver and I've caught a brief glimpse of a Canadian Pacific loco on the Moffat Line somewhere between Granby and Glenwood Springs. Foreign power is interesting and fun to spot when you see them.
It all depends on where one is.
I'm a stone's toss from CN mainline and I get to see CP, KCS, UP, (love it when a rare patched SP runs by), CSX, NS, on a weekly basis, and about once a month a loco for some nearby mining outfit, the NSMX.
I live beside a CSX line, and it’s getting kinda rare to see an EMD anymore, except maybe on a J train. Almost all you see are GE engines. Maybe an SD70 once in a while(almost never in the lead). You do see UP, CN, CP engine on some of the K trains, though.
not in north central Ohio on the CSX mail east west line! we see CP and BNSF all the time!
You're speaking for yourself, it just depends where you are. I see everything in Illinois
Here in western Canada, it's quite common to see Union Pacific locomotives working on Canadian Pacific trains. I've even seen BNSF and Norfolk and Southern locomotives in the Lethbridge, Alberta yard.
Still looking to catch a csx painted locomotive?
@@rushylvanianorthern Haven't seen one yet.
I'm in East Texas and see quite a few CN locos passing by usually with a KCS or UP in the lead. In fact, I've been seeing quite a few of the 100 year celebration paint schemes on CN units lately. Was that scheme only done for a year or are they repainting any loco in that scheme now?
@@jukeboxdude CN Rail bought out the Illinois Central years ago. that could be why.
I've seen bnsf at a border crossing, entering BC. I never thought about it in this context.
Fantastic Danny! Love the drone views!
Man i know im not the only one thats jealous of how good Danny eats on his trips lol!
Hi Danny! I did a little research and found out what the tank car holding Polyol was. Polyols are a specific group of sugar alcohols that are formed via the catalytic hydrogenation of carbohydrates. They are found naturally in certain fruits, vegetables, and mushrooms; however, they are also commonly used as sugar-free sweeteners in products such as chewing gum, candies, and beverages. So there you go. A tank car full of sweets. 🍩🍪🎂🍦When it comes to your videos I am a foamer. I always wait in anticipation for the next one.
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Wow! That's great info, Leo. Sweetners. Makes sense that the tank car was not HazMat placarded. Thanks!
Danny i one time saw a csx engine here in California it was a first time for me to see a csx engine on Bnsf tracks
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Polyols are also called sugar alcohols or bulk sweeteners. They are a type of carbohydrate found naturally in certain fruits and vegetables. They can also be manufactured to be used as food additives.
Thanks for explaining that.
Polyols are also reacted with an isocyanate to make polyurethane foam or rubber or plastic.
Awesome. Here in Reno/Sparks it is UP country with the occasional BNSF trackage rights train. It’s nice to see the occasional CSX, NS, or more rarely CP or CN locomotives on our trains. Thanks for the video!
It’s always a good day when Danny uploads
Thanks for explaining this US railroad practice - as a "foreign" railfan (from the UK) I wondered why and how US RRs did this and how they kept track of locos and payments for the use of 'foreign' power between the RRs involved.
Not being able to visit the USA at the moment videos on TH-cam like yours have become a substitute for the seeing the "real thing". Have been railfanning in CA, TX, DC, VA, MD & AZ. Thanks for your well made videos too; I like the interludes into those roadside diners!!
How did i not know about this channel?? Loving the high quality content sprinkled with generous ammounts of informations! -Sebastien, passenger trains driver for the belgian railways
Danny thanks for the newest upload! Wish we could get these weekly!! Always informative and incredibly entertaining!
Companies lending each other locomotives and working together has always felt like an analogy for what a train is. A train is like a sports team, where all the parts and positions are different but each one part of the whole. I think trains have always been my favorite thing because they remind me of what the world could be if we all worked together, like a train we a have different appearances, designations, jobs, body styles, origins and goals but together we reach the intended destination.
its too bad the people in this country now no longer agree on the destination
@@xisotopex well... if anything they all agree china is a threat...
@@PrograError no, they definitely dont all agree about that.
You nailed it. All the big railroads do what they have to do to make sure the system works as efficiently as makes sense in the moment.
@@PrograError china is the biggest threat to itself rather than the us. so is the us government the biggest threat to the us rather than china.
Another in the long and getting longer all of the time, excellently shot, scripted, produced and presented videos! Danny your videos are so much better than almost all videos of every category on all of TH-cam! Actually your videos should be on a cable service! Thank you again for all of your hard work and sharing these videos with us! If ever a channel deserved a million viewers, it is your channel.
Thanks so much, Rick. You are too kind.
@@distantsignal Just speaking the truth.
Seeing foreign is my most favorite part of railfanning because of the variety of color and fallen flags such as Santa Fe, BN, SP, and BCRail. I also enjoyed seeing the different leaser locomotives that ran on NS and CSX years earlier.
I'm reminded of two items. First, there's *really foreign power* that shows up: Ferromex engines come up from Mexico. And of course, Canadian Pacific has inroads down below the Canadian border.
The second item I'm reminded of is the concept of rescuing a train. I happen to catch MARC 68, a GP40WH-2, out on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Usually it's sitting at Amtrak's Odenton Maintenance of Way yard, in case something happens an a passenger train needed to be rescued. In this case, though, MARC 68 had to rescue a Norfolk Southern freight train off the NEC, contents and all, and get it into the MoW yard. It was long enough that the train was stopping at the Odenton MARC commuter rail station, my regular stop near home. Up... then back down into the yard to let MARC Train 410 stop at the station so I could get on and get to work.
I literally just saw a geometry car train with csxt 9969 and 9999 (before repaint to csx 4 in b&o colors) together!
@@alexander1485 (obligatory "nice" here)
Some Amtrak trains that let off passengers in Chicago sometimes is used for the Capital Limited.
Foreign power is a term designated by the AAR to describe any locomotive not owned by the railroad it's running on. Period. Doesn't matter where it came from. Canada and Mexico are not foreign, they are all part of the North American rail industry.
@@TheNemosdaddy I imagine a locomotive from Swizerland the US. I don't know how it would end up there
It’s always nice to see foreign power on the main railroads, a lot of the other reasons is due to power shortages which has caused that to come around alot.
4:04 DUDE! This is THE most BEAUTIFUL footage I have ever seen in a TH-cam video!!! It's so perfectly executed. So simple, but so perfect! I LOVE it!
Great video, Danny! The feeling I get with the notification that you uploaded is unmatched!
Thanks for demystifying some of the otherwise unexplained curiosities of railway (sorry, Railroad) operations. Here's one that you will struggle to explain. The iron ore companies in the Pilbara region of Western Australia obviously buy their locomotives "off the shelf" from the venerable EMD SD40-2 to the GE AC6000 and later. These locos come complete with their "must-have" accessory - the snowplow. The last snowfall in the Pilbara was about 30,000 years ago. Kind regards MM
As someone who takes trains into Chicago on a daily basis, I'm very used to having Foreign Power. Heck the train I brought in today always has 2 CP engines. For us, it's not really a big deal since probably half of our trains always has Foreign Power.
I had a K433 train the other day out of Chicago that's destined for Tampa, FL which had 2 UP's and a BNSF on it. A Canadian Pacific crew brought it down to me. Sometimes we don't know which railroad the train interchanges with because the power is so colorful! lol
As a former CSX trainman, i really enjoyed Canadian power. They had hotplates and teapots and working heaters!
@@KutWrite newer CN’s are even better with a nice microwave behind the conductor
Danny Harmon’s videos are consistently superb. The subject matter is presented with plain-spoken explanations for what we are seeing. The technical quality is top-notch. And there are even dining suggestions!
Would I buy a used car sight-unseen from Danny? Yes I would!
Danny, your videos always make me smile. Your productions are ALWAYS top notch and you just don’t see that very often. Thank you.
Thanks very much, Sam
I’m from LA and I love watching NS and CSX passing through here. Also like the foreign foreign catches such as the Canadian Pacific, the KCS Mexico and Ferrorex engines when they come to LA
Danny, your videos just get better and better. The production is top-notch and this one was especially educational. Just one thing: CP and CN are from a foreign country. ;) Greg in TN :)
i always say this, but your style of hardcore videography and of vlogging put together is magical.
Having grown up near where there were freight trains and as a kid getting to see inside a locomotive, I have always been a railroad buff. Your videos reveal even more detail and interesting facts, which have rekindled my interest in the field. Many thanks, Danny!
Glad to see a good video explaining this. When I was in central Mexico CP, NS and BNSF units were a common sight on both Ferromex and KCSM trains. Railcars and units tend to take a lot more abuse down there with vandalism and rocks thrown through windows being a common occurrence. BNSF got so fed up with receiving units back from interchange with broken windows that they started installing yellow mesh protective screens around the cabs of their units going across the border at El Paso and Eagle Pass.
Thanks! I can imagine had bad it is for rolling stock and locomotives down there. That's wild that BNSF had to put screens on their windows. I'm a big fan of your videos.
There's a video out there showing the wire mesh around the windows of the locomotives.
The video shows a bunch of people around the tracks and stuff and trying to stop the train because the local Mexicans were fed up with their local government.
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I remember seeing that on the ferromex engines
It's always fun to see something new. My family has farm land near Hoopeston, Illinois that is framed by two companies from days gone by. The Old Milwaukee Road ran North - South right next to the farm house while the old Nickel Plate crossed East - West at the back of a field behind the house. I spent a lot of time as a kid (50+ years ago) laying across the bed in an upstairs bedroom. I used to love to see how many different lines would be represented in the trains that went by.
About 20 years ago while I was up there I got caught by a train where the old Illinois Central crosses Illinois State Route 9 and spotted a friend hanging out of the cab of a CSX engine. Imagine the odds of two guys from Florida meeting up at a train crossing in Illinois.
Thanks for doing these. You're one of the best narrators on youtube for train content. :)
Your videos are absolutely amazing. They are also important to Run8. We have the A-Line and Waycross. Your videos make me long for the S-Line, but still your commentary teaches railfans a lot about railroad operations.
This is one of the best TH-cam channel for railfanning. Hope more people discover it.
Thanks Larry. Those are kind compliments.
If that old school Florida sign goes missing, we all know who took it lol 😂
Great video DH! We’ve seen some foreign power tapped onto Q453 a few time and heads back out on Q452. Q251/Q250, the Palm Center train had some as well before it was abolished.
The Diamond removal at Baldwin hit us all differently, something none of us expected and thanks for the food 🥘 spots!!
Lol 🤣🤣
6:36 - old road sign , C-200A
Lol
THE PALM CENTER TRAIN WAS ABOLISHED!?
As a retired CN Rail Locomotive Maintenance person, this gives nice insight of what goes on out there on the tracks.
I'm glad you clarified what you meant by foreign power for us novice.
As a 23 year csx veteran, this is fairly accurate. I can guarantee you they never ever pay a dime to a foreign railroad. It's just shared time, on a rotating basis.
Thank you Danny for this video! VERY informative! I enjoyed learning more specifically about why trains have foreign power, but also about a "bad order" car. I knew nothing about why individual cars were left like that.
As long as I watch Danny's videos, I find more places to eat! Stopped by that hot dog place in Ocala, it was great!
I honestly never thought that the Baldwin Diamond would EVER be removed, but...eh. CSX being CSX.
Nice take on the Foreign Power! I really love the ways you explain and how you sneak in some random facts or railfanning trips while you're on it! Whatever you do next, don't change anything!
Edit: 34 Likes?! Thank you all!
Edit 2: Oh god 2 weeks I get 40 Likes!? Seriously, I can't thank you enough!
WHAT hot dog place in Ocala?????
@@shariys1 It was called Dee Dee's Diner. Apparently they closed after I ate there...
@@D.O.T.D. Yes it closed down. I used to eat breakfast there sometimes. Now in Wildwood, Coney Island Hot dog restaurant has taken over the old Coffee House restaurant right across from the Railroad Station on 301.
@@russellp4160 aw man. That sucks.
DOTD, wasn't that diamond replaced just a few years ago? I thought DH did a video on it?
I live next to the Genesee and Wyoming's Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) line near Portland, Oregon. Since 2018, some BNSF units have ocasionally been used as run through power, light power moves, or dead-in-tow (dead-in-tow behind regular PNWR power), namely using GP38-2's, SD40-2's, ES44AC's, and ES44DC's. This explains why PNWR has been using BNSF power on some of it's trains in the last 3 years or so.
I grew up in Old Port Tampa City Fl
And miss the old SCL RR trains... but we still get the Train horns Almost every night... in the winter with the house windows open... Takes us PORT TAMPA CITY "KIDS" Back in time ! Thank you for your hard work on these Vlogs
Drove past the Baldwin Diamond this summer on my way home from Florida, I would have never thought that only a few months later it would be gone for good. Another great video as always!
With this video you touched on something that I think about a lot, as I'm sure lots of older railfans do. The reality of worlds that don't exist anymore, (in the railroad world). The old station at Lawtey, towers gone and the diamond being eliminated, but when you can find the old relics it makes railfanning that much better. Thanks for the video
Since I live in SE Michigan, I normally see CSX, NS, CN, _and_ CP Rail. So whenever I see the odd BNSF or UP power, it makes for a great day in my book! That and any locomotives still wearing the GT livery makes me smile (there's still quite a few that run between Detroit and Flint.)
If you go near Monroe, MI, you will often see BNSF or UP on coal trains heading up to power plant in Monroe or River Rouge.
@@EmpireStateExpress01 I'm a trucker and used to run dedicated freight up I75 past the power plant everyday for a couple years. I only had the pleasure of seeing a BNSF "pumpkin" on two separate occasions, never saw a UP engine.
Unlike the UK, the USA never had a national rail authority so this means you have complex issues in using "foreign" trains on different railroads. I am a newby on US trains and all this information but I love your presentations. Keep up the good work!
Great production, Danny! Foreign power was one of the greatest sights I saw growing up by the tracks. I lived by a Norfolk Southern mainline for six years. During my childhood, Union Pacific & BNSF power was very common on most NS trains and I can always remember telling my family how excited I was to see the different power… no matter how confusing it was to them. 15 years later, I still find it exciting to get a foreign power locomotive on a train when I’m out trackside. Oh, the joys of railfanning… what a great hobby it is!
You bring back so many memories. I grew up in Jacksonville in the 60s and 70s and we used to go to Starke, Baldwin, Lawtey (the Strawberry Capital of FL) but that was before I got interested in watching trains. I remember always being amazed at all the RR Tracks visible from I-10, it was the landmark telling us it was time to get off on US-301. Never knew what it was called but I now assume that is Baldwin Yard.
Always enjoy your videos, I'm on the west coast so we have BNSF and Union as primary engines, but I have occasionally seen a "foreign" CSX engine, Thanks
One of the best....if not 'the' best' commentory on US Railroading....very informative in soothe tones.
I'm from the Salina, KS area and really find it neat you open with a train originating from there. What's interesting is BNSF had to get that load off UP owned rail then take it 20 miles east to get on their own and head your way. I know I hear coal trains that pass through here are heading to FL but I figured our grain trains were bound for the Houston area. Really enjoy your channel even if in a different part of the country.
This "Legendary Cheering Railfan" always enjoys your content, videos and insight Danny! Great video as always man! :)
Great good made,mr Harmon.
As raillover from the Netherlands i thank you for these information about the railroad working in the U.S.A.. you hear over the radio where the trains are. In Europe are the railroadcompanys on a other way organized and work on a other way. All railroadcompanys work wij scheduled timepaths, when a train is not loaded OR unloaded the locomotives gonna do a other job and pics up a other train.
Thanks for this information on this video and wish a great time for Christmas and a nice changing of the year.
Greet from Zandvoort the Netherlands.
You are a Professional and your Videos are Top Notch and Chock Full of Great Details. Thanks!👍
Danny. You have answered the biggest question i had. I enjoy watching other channels and seeing CSX in other parts of the country. Hey I even found a CSX train in Canada. Now that's REAL foreign power. You Rock!
Man, that's sad to see what has happened in Baldwin :(
Danny, thank you so much for these videos.
I'm glad you explained about "foreign" power because I was recently railfanning near Palm Springs, CA. I had watched several BNSF trains, then along came one with two CSX engines as distributed power. Thanks, Jim C.
As I watch more train videos, the questions I have eventually get answered like foreign power! Thanks for covering that.
Here's an interesting one:
A regional railroad near-ish to where I live runs locomotives that play on every sense of the word "foreign." The old South Orient line is owned by the State of Texas (managed by TxDOT) and is leased to a company called Texas Pacifico (which is affiliated with Ferromex - the national railroad of Mexico). They mostly haul frac sand for the oil fields but occasionally I've seen parts of wind turbines for electricity pass through.
The locomotives are typically CIT leased SD40-2 in the blue and white livery, but lately I've seen some locomotives from Ferromex in that company's standard red, white, and green livery.
In a way, that line sees foreign locomotives (since the State owns the tracks and Ferromex doesn't directly hold the lease) in the railroad vernacular sense and foreign locomotives (literally from Mexico) in the more colloquial sense.
I wonder how soon we might catch a glimpse of a Grupo Mexico ( Ferromex, or Texas Pacifico ) engine on an FEC train? That would be a loco a long way from home. We already have seen passenger cars in their paint colors. The two Office Cars FEC recently got were in that color scheme.
I see Ferromex and KCSdeMexico on UP track and trains between Palestine and Longview, TX. I have seen CSX, NS, BNSF, KCS, CN, & CP units as well.
Probably my favorite train I caught on camera was a BNSF Z-train (stack train) out of Portland in 2018. Somehow, it ended up on the old GN line through Steven's Pass, and I found it leaving Wenatchee with a fresh crew. There were four engines on the head end, a BNSF C44-9W, an NS AC44C6M (Rebuilt from a Top-Hat Dash-9), a CSX ET44, and another BNSF Dash-9. I don't catch foreign power al that often, so that was a treat.
Great video, Danny!
Always appreciate your careful explanations of railroad operations and terminology.
Thank you, Roy
Why I get so excited to see new DS content I can't explain but always excited when I see it. Great video as always
My dad tells me that he can remember lots of foreign power running through on the Erie Lackawanna when he was growing up, and that would've been in the mid 60's and 70's. I want to say that foreign power run throughs may have started earlier than that, but I am sure that you have done more research than I have. Another fantastic and informational video, Danny.
Was always interested in the use of foreign power. Your video clears up a lot of my questions. Thanks Danny
6:59 Glad to know I'm not the only one. I'm always fascinated by the stories behind the designs. I like knowing WHY someone chose a particular idea they chose.
Thank you so much for making these videos, they are better than anything shown on network tv!
That's an awfully nice compliment. Thanks!
Another awesome documentary Danny! I’ve been seeing a lot of foreign power recently on the Greenville District (Atlanta, GA to Greenville, SC)
Also, glad you got to meet Ryan! We’ve known each other for a little while and he is a really nice guy.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks! - Carter
I’m in Greenville! Hey do you know where I can find a diagram of the rail lines in the upstate from around 1960?
It happens less and less but I love to see a Southern Pacific engine on the UP system.
Ways you can tell Danny started out in broadcast TV: he inserts leads into his videos for the ad breaks. Beautifully done - a lot of videos just get jarringly interrupted by surprising, out-of-context ads but that was clean and smooth.
Agreed - excellent narration, clear and thoughtful. It is pleasant to absorb the knowledge and enthusiasm for the history of the railroads. It is so easy to listen to that well-paced voice and diction. Reminds me of a voice from the Farm Report. My aging ears do not catch the rapid-fire mumble that is being taught in the schools of video journalism today (I assume that's where the lads and lassies pick it up - never a pause, can't separate the phrases.)
Thanks. I'm with you there, John. I guess I'm too slow on the uptake for this new generation of reporters. Too much information, too fast.
You have the best videos on TH-cam! Your narration is second to none!! I’m currently battling Covid and I’m binge watching your videos. Very entertaining and educational!
Sorry you've got the virus, but glad you're watching my channel! Welcome aboard! And a speedy recovery.
Thank you, Danny! I have lived near the tracks, watched trains, and even caught a long cab ride in Umatilla, Boynton Beach, Madison, Chattahoochee, and now back home in Tallahassee. (My father's people were all Central of Georgia, but as a boy I fell in love with the Seaboard Airline.) And I always learn something new from your posts! Again, thank you. And, a joyous Christmas to you and yours!
Danny could you do a video on why certain trains like inter-modals and others have to be a certain length and how railroad officials determine how much power to add to a train so that it’s not under powered, Great video again your channel is by far my favorite on TH-cam and always anticipate your next video.
It depends on lots of variables. On my territory we can't run trains over the mountain grade unless we are 1.8hpt DPd or 2.3hpt conventional when going eastbound or 1.3hpt going west. Intermodal doesn't have to be a certain length. But at certain lengths we add more power due to brake pipe constraints. So typical GEVO is 4400hp. Take HP and divide by tonnage and you get HPT.
@@braaap2065 & probably more in colder, freezing weather
as far as length of trains goes, the sidings play a role in that... sending out trains that are longer than the sidings limits the trains you can run in opposite directions if we're talking about single track territory... so subdivision "A", single track, longest pass track is 12,000ft but they want to run two opposing trains both are 15,000ft... won't work... one of those trains will have to be shortened if they want to run both trains and have a meet...but on double track you're good, that's why railroads love double track, the downside is the GIANT capitol investment in double tracking very expensive
what do you mean by "have to be a certain length?" Do you mean a maximum length?
I was born & raised just outside Crystal River. Back around 69-70 my father built a new home and ordered a special fireplace that "suposedly" heated your whole home. I remember dad taking me with him to the depot, (long gone now), and waiting patiently (or as patiently as a 5 year old can) for the train. Also remember riding on 495 out to my grandparents and getting caught by the coal train on its way to the power plant which was the ONLY place to work back then if you didn't fish for a living!! Live in western NC now and still enjoy seeing all the trains in Callahan etc when headed down 301 to visit relatives :-) Safe travels sir :-)
How personable and well spoken can somebody get? What a great channel. My dad was a switch engineer at a paper mill, he had the same demeanor.
Thanks James. Your dad sounds like a great guy.
@distantsignal I dislike most railfan channels except this one. I'm a on again off again, railfan and an engineer, and you explained the subject better then me
Polyol…something organic yet versatile for many uses….
Always love to see the standards like Q452 humming at track speed when you catch them…
And you can’t beat a December Florida pre sunrise as the ones you caught earlier in the segment.
As always thanks so much Dan and like we’ve said before - keep em coming!
I love the videos. I grew up south of Vicksburg MS at a place called Allen MS. There was a north South spur from Vicksburg to Port Gibson close to the farm. I had family that worked for Illinois Central Gulf that engineered allow that spur in the 60s. My Great-Grandfather was an Engineer for the ICG in the 50s and 60s. I rode the last passenger train service from Vicksburg, MS going west from Vicksburg, MS as a kid, probably 4 or 5, Great Grandfather as Engineer. My Grandmother was with me and Mom picked us up at Monroe LA. I don't remember a lot of the trip, but certainly crossing the MS River Bridge.
Excellent explanation of foreign power. Thank you!
I’m up in eastern Ontario, CN & CP mainlines run through town, I’ve been lucky enough to see an Illinois Central loco a few months ago on the CN! Very rare in this part of Canada!
Love your videos very informative I live in Utah but work in Los Angeles so I see a lot of freight moving up and down the line. I go by the Dagger yard and the Veron yards 4 times a week. I'm amazed at the weight's they move. Keep up the good work.
I needed this one after seeing a train in Troy, Ohio with four Union Pacific locomotives. I've also seen BNSF in Queensgate Yard recently.
I have been there it's a good place for railfanning
@@Daytonohrailfan I drive trucks over the bridges that cross the yard pretty often, there's some great views. Western Hills viaduct in particular gets a good angle of the yard, and you can see the loco shop.
Thanks very much for the Foreign Power explanation. I had never understood the simple reality that it's only the locomotive that's foreign, not the crew; that makes a lot of things much more clear.
Thanks Danny for explaining all this foreign power stuff. Norfolk Southern is the local main line around here with a big yard in Elkhart IN. I've seen UP and CSX power in the area and wondered about them being here.
Being an old "Baldwin boy" transplanted to Fernandina Beach by way of High Springs....it was quite nostalgically sad to see that the historic Baldwin diamond was no more. For sure, the Sunset Limited is never coming back to Florida! Yes, that was one loud piece of steel!! You could clearly hear the wheels framming on it all the way down at the elementary school almost 2 miles away!! As far as Baldwin Yard goes...after a misguided attempt to close it about a decade ago, it seems that if every new automobile that comes into Florida is blockswapped on the old Fruit Growers Express icing tracks at the yard, headed to various locations in South Florida! Since my daughter lives in Wesley Chapel, I need to make it a point to try Steph's in Dade City....although Kafe Kokopelli is quite good, also! As always, great catches!!
Great info. Fortunately, I do my railfanning in and around the St Louis area where we regularly see power from all the class 1's as well as frequent visits by Ferromex.
Great video again Danny! I see lots of foreign power in my part Illinois being close to a BNSF yard, always interesting to see what you may find.
I live in North Dakota, so all my life in our yard I’ve pretty much exclusively seen BNSF. But this video explains why in the last year I’ve seen UP, CSX, NS, KCS, and Ferromex engines. The CP and CN I understood, but everything else just seemed so far from home.
Danny, as always another fantastic and informative video. I lived in Marion,Ohio for a number of years. This was back when AC tower was still in service. Foreign power was almost a constant thing back then. With 3 railroads through town you were sure to see something from any of the western roads. My favorite for foreign power was the occasional Amtrak hospital train coming through on its way to Beech Grove shops. Once again, great video.
“Hospital train”-is that similar to a “funeral train”(?), a train taking damaged equipment back for repairs or dismantling?
@@2themoon863 A hospital train is taking equipment back to the shop for repairs. A funeral train is taking equipment scrap.
I so enjoy the history and information you share with your viewers Danny. I've been subscribed now for more than a year and have never missed a new upload. I have been a rail fan since my grandmother gave me an old Lionel train set (which I promptly tore up as a kid) I still smart from that knowledge and not knowing the value of something like that at my age now (62). But I've started an HO scale set for my grandson who has not seen it yet (He's just a bit too precocious) but I cannot wait to introduce him to rail fanning. Keep 'em coming sir and blessings to you and your lovely bride.
I caught a KCS way out here earlier this year in CA on a BNSF train going through Riverbank in the Central Valley of CA. I grew up in Titusville FL watching FEC going through town.
Hey Danny. I just want to thank you for uploading because whenever you upload I always get excited and your videos calm me down and make me less stressed.
I love how informative Danny’s videos are. I’m pretty new to all of this and honestly I learn the most and get the answers to nearly all of my questions about railroading from his videos.
This is amazing I catch lots of foreign power thanks for giving us info on trains and happy holiday!
Happy holidays!
Always so impressed with the quality and professionalism of these videos!
Just last weekend I was out taking photos of trains, being in Cambridge Ontario Canada I'm used to seeing Canadian Pacific locomotives. Saturday afternoon I caught a good shot of a Union Pacific Locomotive being used as a DP, and on Sunday afternoon I caught another good shot of a CSX locomotive tailing the four Canadian Pacific locomotives in front of it. I was shocked to say the least.
Look Danny, I don't even live in Florida and I'm as surprised as everyone else to see the Baldwin diamond be severed to cut off all the little communities which sprang up because of the railroad. It would be interesting to see how the Tallahassee Gulf Coast line is doing these days under Genesee ownership. Maybe they will do a good job at keeping it maintained since CSX is still sending a couple of trains down it for Tampa markets.
Great video as always! Interestingly, BNSF doesn’t own a single piece of track in Salina. They reach Salina via haulage rights on the UP between Abilene and Salina, with Kansas and Oklahoma (K&O) crews. Depending on the elevator it’s loaded at in Salina, a UP crew may actually be responsible for spotting the train. I had no clue some of these trains were running all the way to Florida.
I live in Minnesota, i once saw a Northfolk Southern locomotive trailing behind a Canadian Pacific freight train. Pretty rare since i usually see CN, CP, and BNSF.
Thanks for this nice video. Everytime seeing whats going on in the USA on railroad I learn something new. Greetings form a german train engineer (Lokführer).