As a former railroader I can add a couple things: 1) Federal rules require trains and dispatchers to communicate regularly. 2) Trains call out signals, locations, or Mileposts because the dispatcher use the call outs to time a trains progress to help insure a train isn't speeding or dragging it's feet.
What Federal Rule is that? If you're referring to 49 CFR 200-232 those aren't rules. Those are laws. With the advent of GPS monitoring which is voluntary by most railroads today, they know exactly where the trains are. And with the progress of PTC which is a federally mandated feature on Class 1 main lines, they know if a train is speeding, dragging, running too fast within a block or following another train too closely. There is no law that says trains must call out anything while operating. And in fact, on UP and BNSF, you won't hear them on the radio at all unless they are switching or if there's a problem and they are relaying the matter to the dispatcher.
Danny is a real nice guy. I met him once a few years ago too. Compare him to ""AL SMITH"... that asswipe got me on the Orlando Evening News some years back when we had a knuckle break enroute to Tampa doing a coal haul. He just happened to get the break on video. Just like a little kid jumping up and down in the middle of the road yelling ""We got an Emergency here"....Well first off it isn't n emergency. It 's a mechanical problem that takes some time to fix and they do happen more than you would think....Cheryl CSX Engineer
I remember that one. My boss called me and asked "Is this a big deal?" I said "No, it happens occasionally, there was no danger. The safety system worked."
I've noticed a darkness lately, a disturbing sadness, an ominous blanket of despair, and I could not tell whether it was some unnamed dread or a failing of the human condition or even the changing of the seasons with the ever-advancing dusk. Well, as it turns out, it was just an lack of Danny Harmon's 'Distant Signal' videos. Now, with the introduction of a new video, the air is crisp, the darkness has been driven from the corridors, and birds again sing in the trees. Thanks, Danny!
Thanks for the comm breakdown, Danny. I'm a 25+ year airline pilot, but even with no experience whatsoever, plane/ATC radio calls are a cinch compared to tryin' to pick up RR radio chatter. Those guys really like to slide their words together! PS Nice shoutout to V12. He does some great stuff.
As a retired rail train operator for Union Pacific we had our somewhat different lingo on the rail trains . I worked in 18 states of the UP system and being from Arkansas I was interested in the different accents in the other states . The first time I went to Nebraska to unload rail my boss asked how I was treated by the UP guys as we were the first Missouri Pacific guys to cross over the river between KC, Mo and K.C. Kansas onto the UP railroad . I told the boss all of the UP guys talked funny , when I was telling the UP crew I was working with the next day they laughed and said they didn't talk funny but I surely did . Another place where we wre picking up rail was New Iberia , Louisiana , now them fellers sure did talk different and it took a little while to understand . Railroad lingo and accents all over the railroads vary in quite different ways .
Indeed. Working for the UP out of Salt Lake and Vegas, and then Amtrak, I transferred to Florida thereafter. While generally the same lingo, I find the radio chatter can be too much in congested terminals and highballing every signal vs. a CP point tiresome.
Thank you, Danny, for this wonderful video that you put together to help us understand what the CSX train crews were telling us with their radio chatter. I found the video informative. Please continue to interpret the crew chatter in future videos when you think that the radio chatter we hear in the video might be confusing to us. (Posted on 16 November 2023 at 2021 CST.)
Dr. Harmon does it again. Great explanations and side bar to spell out exactly what the conductor said - and you let us hear it a second time. Somewhere in your genes there was a teacher or professor!
@DuCo_Loco I've never put those two together until now. But now that you mention it, Mike is a little more animated, yet has a lower voice. "This is Danny Harmon here with you today on the railroad's dirtiest jobs!" Haha! I know Danny's done plenty of commercials but I can't remember if he's done any for Ford yet.
@ Mike Rowe ‘s voice is recognizable when he narrates anything. I can recognize Danny’s voice when he has narrated a couple other things not related to his channel.
@DuCo_Loco Both Mike and Danny are really mellow, down to earth gentlemen in person. Mike's not as much into trains though but I know he has a special place in his heart for guys who've made a career out of it as a trade job.
Thanks for the insight in de American radio communication. As a Dutch viewer, I have no experience how the Dutch Railway communication sounds like, but thank you for this information and wonderfull video 💪🏻👍🏻
Another great one, Danny. My brother Jim, who passed away recently, got me started watching your content, and becoming a railfan. Thanks for everything you do--Dan Aikin, Prescott Valley, AZ.
Always a great day when Danny shares a new video! I've learned long ago once becoming a subscriber that you stop what you're doing and watch! Thank you Danny for explaining what the radio chat stands for. Certainly gives new meaning of what the rail jargon represents. Thanks again Danny for sharing another great video with us along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
Nice video Danny! One time I was rail fanning my local CSX double track mainline and there was a CSX locomotive built by GM having break trouble on the locomotive as he was talking about on the radio, and right at the end of his transmission he said “thank you General Motors!” I started laughing 😂!
Very interesting listening to how the East Coast runs things. Here in California, and I imagine the further west you get aswell; ALMOST all the railroads out here don’t call any signal that doesn’t require a reduction or prepared reduction in speed, so hearing clears regularly called on a class 1 is definitely different. Also; most of the signals out here are “route signals” not “speed signals” which is what CSX, NS, TRI-Rail, and I imagine other railroads out east use. BNSF mixes route and speed signals together, and the Union Pacific has 3 Speed signals of their own. Nevertheless; it is Very cool to see how other railroads operate. Truly is a magnificent hobby; great video!
Being a ham radio operator, I have most all the Jacksonville, FL rail frequencies entered in and this video helps for what I hear!! On a side note, while I can't share pictures here, I road some "high iron' in Arizona last week, wife and I taking the Grand Canyon Railroad from Williams up to the canyon. Great time!!
I got to fire the 4960 during their steam season back in 2003. They also had the American Orient Express out there that year. I got to shake hands with Michael Gross as he led the National Geographic crew on a tour of the National Parks of the West while on it. That whole season was an experience of a lifetime! 73s - KE4CPC
Thanks Danny really helps. Wife was going to get me a scanner for Christmas but I said not until I know what they are saying. UP fan from west suburbs of Chicago.
Back in the 70s, I was a telecommunications tech with Canadian National. One of the systems I worked on was the train to wayside radio and also dispatcher's phone (the 2 were tied together). I could easily listen to the radio traffic, just by plugging in. I also worked closely with the radio techs and they often had radios on, listening to the trains. In addition, I often rode freights and would be sitting next to the train crews as they were on the radio. I also worked on the teletype circuits that carried a lot of the railway communications. Later on, I lived in a tall apartment building, overlooking a CN main line, where my scanner could easily receive the train radio traffic.
That was an amazing video Danny ... I think my main problem was trying to understand their accent and the speed in which they talk, but it was still very educational. Thanks for providing this video. Have a great week.
Fantastic video Danny! Im a conductor on this wonderful railroad and you did a great job explaining how calling signals works! The way i do it is, Engine number, direction of travel, signal aspect and then train number. Heres an example, CSX 3310 south on the main, clear south end Deshler, m276 out. Thanks again Danny for making an amazing video!
Excellent content as usual, Danny...and YES. It can be VERY hard to decipher what they're saying! I've noticed on some busy lines, the engineers don't call out every signal when they pass it (BNSF's southern transcon comes to mind as an example). Traffic is so thick and moves so fast the engineers within a subdivision would be talking over eachother all the time.
Dan "The Man." I will keep on saying CSX needs to offer you a position in their media department or at least a cab ride for the expertise and knowledge of the CSX operations. Your videos are way more informative than their commercial-produced products.
They talk fast because in some locations (cities) , alot of radio traffic is shared on 1 channel . Thru try not to step on each other but it's impossible. They talk fast to report before the next person speak
Another cool video, Dan. It's also pretty cool seeing you travel through where I live, Belleview, FL, about nine miles south of Ocala. I'm seventy and pretty much retired, I do some rideshare driving which takes me under that railroad overpass on 441 multiple times just about every time I'm out and through Wildwood past the CSX freight yard along 301 when I have to take the Florida Turnpike south. CSX did a pretty nice job refurbishing the office building at the Wildwood freight yard. Keep up the good work and always keep teaching us what all those RR paraphernalia things are, how they work and what they mean. I just enjoy learning about these things.
Great educational video about railroad radio and its intricacies and nuances. To borrow a quote from some fellas who follow an Aussie YTuber whose subject is about ocean liners... "Hello there, its our friend Danny Harmon from Distant Signal Productions!"
Growin' up in the Shenandoah Valley around the Old C&W Line, I've been enthused about trains where ever I've been. Always learn new things with you here and do look for your updates!
So glad to hear a video again. You are absolutely correct: One needs some "practice" listening...wow. Thank you SO much for creating. That was also so nice of you to mention a fellow YTer in V12
I always thought those transmissions were hard to understand as they are meant to be short and to the point. Thanks for helping to understand them the annotations help quite a bit!
Thank you Danny. We enjoyed your "closed captioned" radio calls very much. A huge help. We encourage you to consider doing the same going forward. Happy Holidays & stay safe on the High Iron.
Thank you, Danny! It is such a pleasure to hear you explain things!! I was a dispatcher for a fleet of up to 14 drivers at once. The nuance of such chatter is often impossible to really be certain what you are hearing if you are not part of the conversation. A decent dispatcher knows exactly how the message should sound and flow and exactly what they SHOULD be hearing. It becomes a finely choreographed dance, but one that cannot be a solo. A savvy train crewperson knows exactly the things the dispatcher HAS to know from each call. It makes the dispatcher's heart beat a little more easily when heard. These crews all know each other, I'll wager, and if not, they know What to say and when and how because it truly is self-preservation.
As an Aussie adding the accent, over a (likely) 12.5KHz channel width. I was struggling to understand 90% of the radio calls. The annotations helped. Thanks Danny!
Danny, I sit here in Murcia in Spain and Iove yor videos which are supremely informative and interesting . I love watching American trains, British too but I am always fascinated by the systems organisation that allows them to function at all. Thank you.
A very informative video once again, thank you Danny. I'm from the UK but I visit your part of the world whenever funds allow. My favorite spot is Folkston, GA, where us railfans are well catered for. I was there recently when I heard a conversation over the radio about a member of the public who had reported a fire under a train. No fire, it was the rail grinder doing what it was supposed to. 🤣
Very informative ! Thank you for sharing that. By the way a dog on crutches in the wild west walked into a saloon and said I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.
Great video as always, Danny! As the river crossing in Decatur is controlled by NS, I'll often hear the NS dispatch telling CSX trains waiting to cross that they have a light or will get a light over the scanner.
Thanks Danny for the clear explanations on railroad communications (and for repeating them with text for those of us who are a little slow on the pick-up....🙂). It certainly does make railfanning a lot more interesting. Gotta get myself a scanner radio to follow along.
Hey Danny, the P71203 move was in preparation for the trains run towards Waycross, designed for the Clinchfield Santa Train. It departed Waycross earlier today heading north towards Cordele, Atlanta (GA), Etowah (TN), Corbin (KY), Cincinnati (OH), then east to Russell, and south to Pikeville (KY), further down to Kingsport (TN) for loading, and then back to Pikeville for the run on the 23rd. Thanks for another amazing video!
Thanks Micah. I had not realized they were prepping that train that far out. This was two weeks ago. I'll have to miss the Santa Train again this year. My friend Vic Lewis is going to be on the train crew for the Santa run. Hopefully I'll see it in 2025.
I worked for the SP and then merged with the UP. We had similar terms but somewhere totally different. For example a butted knuckle was called a bald knuckle. On the SP we called a clear signal the color of the signal green. Flashing yellow is an advance approach. Control point at a siding was also known at the east end or westend. That will do is to stop. Funny story a man was a new hire and his wife called the crew dispatcher wondering where her husband was since he wasn't home after a few days. The crew dispatcher said he died at Santa Barbara . She started to cry and said why didn't you people call me before now? He had died on the hours of service law.
I was in the middle of watching trains on the Union Pacific main line when Danny uploaded this video so I got home and watched this video and it was good as always
In my small neck of the woods, I can't pick up a DD, I get a little bit of yard work. Most of what I hear is track warrants. Those can be quite a mouthful, especially when the person is trying to get all the info in one breath! Warrents and track limits. Cotton Belt Line in East Texas,
I drove a van transporting railcrews in Houston TX and Taft Florida near Orlando I got familiar on the way how the spoke to each other on the radio. It was a fun job being around the trains.
After over 25 years as a utility system operator before retiring, the jargon we used when executing switching orders and other tasks would be utter gibberish to the lay person listening in, yet after learning it, the step by step instructions were clear as a bell ever since.
Hey Danny. Long time subscriber. As a Jax native I am somewhat partial to FEC. Could you maybe do a vid in future on the history and current standing of the FEC?
As a former railroader I can add a couple things:
1) Federal rules require trains and dispatchers to communicate regularly.
2) Trains call out signals, locations, or Mileposts because the dispatcher use the call outs to time a trains progress to help insure a train isn't speeding or dragging it's feet.
Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I learned something, awesome. Another tool in my railfan tool box.
What Federal Rule is that? If you're referring to 49 CFR 200-232 those aren't rules. Those are laws.
With the advent of GPS monitoring which is voluntary by most railroads today, they know exactly where the trains are. And with the progress of PTC which is a federally mandated feature on Class 1 main lines, they know if a train is speeding, dragging, running too fast within a block or following another train too closely.
There is no law that says trains must call out anything while operating. And in fact, on UP and BNSF, you won't hear them on the radio at all unless they are switching or if there's a problem and they are relaying the matter to the dispatcher.
Really great video and thanks for the shoutout!
Thanks! You're welcome. 'I saw that EMD refurb in Baldwin and immediately thought of your video.
Had the pleasure to run into this man in the past… He is just as great in person as he seems on video.
Great video as usual!
Danny is a real nice guy. I met him once a few years ago too. Compare him to ""AL SMITH"... that asswipe got me on the Orlando Evening News some years back when we had a knuckle break enroute to Tampa doing a coal haul. He just happened to get the break on video. Just like a little kid jumping up and down in the middle of the road yelling ""We got an Emergency here"....Well first off it isn't n emergency. It 's a mechanical problem that takes some time to fix and they do happen more than you would think....Cheryl CSX Engineer
I remember that one. My boss called me and asked "Is this a big deal?" I said "No, it happens occasionally, there was no danger. The safety system worked."
@@cherylsims5636 Yeah, they try to hammer you on NS, when that happens, no matter the circumstances. I’m glad that I retired.
I've noticed a darkness lately, a disturbing sadness, an ominous blanket of despair, and I could not tell whether it was some unnamed dread or a failing of the human condition or even the changing of the seasons with the ever-advancing dusk. Well, as it turns out, it was just an lack of Danny Harmon's 'Distant Signal' videos. Now, with the introduction of a new video, the air is crisp, the darkness has been driven from the corridors, and birds again sing in the trees. Thanks, Danny!
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Thanks for the comm breakdown, Danny. I'm a 25+ year airline pilot, but even with no experience whatsoever, plane/ATC radio calls are a cinch compared to tryin' to pick up RR radio chatter. Those guys really like to slide their words together!
PS Nice shoutout to V12. He does some great stuff.
As a retired rail train operator for Union Pacific we had our somewhat different lingo on the rail trains . I worked in 18 states of the UP system and being from Arkansas I was interested in the different accents in the other states . The first time I went to Nebraska to unload rail my boss asked how I was treated by the UP guys as we were the first Missouri Pacific guys to cross over the river between KC, Mo and K.C. Kansas onto the UP railroad . I told the boss all of the UP guys talked funny , when I was telling the UP crew I was working with the next day they laughed and said they didn't talk funny but I surely did . Another place where we wre picking up rail was New Iberia , Louisiana , now them fellers sure did talk different and it took a little while to understand . Railroad lingo and accents all over the railroads vary in quite different ways .
Indeed. Working for the UP out of Salt Lake and Vegas, and then Amtrak, I transferred to Florida thereafter. While generally the same lingo, I find the radio chatter can be too much in congested terminals and highballing every signal vs. a CP point tiresome.
What would you say to someone wanting a career in a class one Railroad?
I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy your videos.
Thank you, Danny, for this wonderful video that you put together to help us understand what the CSX train crews were telling us with their radio chatter. I found the video informative. Please continue to interpret the crew chatter in future videos when you think that the radio chatter we hear in the video might be confusing to us. (Posted on 16 November 2023 at 2021 CST.)
Between you and V12, appreciate all the information.
“Charlie” from Atlanta on the V12 Channel does a Great Job also. Thanks Danny! 👍🙏
Thanks for explaining this rail road talk thank you .enjoy your videos
your drone footage is very good following the trains help tell your story thanks again for your work
i showed this to my autistic nephew and he's been binging your entire channel the whole day.
That's fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing the channel with him.
Dr. Harmon does it again. Great explanations and side bar to spell out exactly what the conductor said - and you let us hear it a second time. Somewhere in your genes there was a teacher or professor!
It's always good to get a Railfan Danny upload.
Highlight of my Saturday evening getting a notification that Distant Signal has posted a new video! Thank you, Danny!
Danny always love to hear your commentary. You have a voice equivalent to Mike Rowe.
@DuCo_Loco I've never put those two together until now. But now that you mention it, Mike is a little more animated, yet has a lower voice.
"This is Danny Harmon here with you today on the railroad's dirtiest jobs!" Haha!
I know Danny's done plenty of commercials but I can't remember if he's done any for Ford yet.
@ Mike Rowe ‘s voice is recognizable when he narrates anything. I can recognize Danny’s voice when he has narrated a couple other things not related to his channel.
@DuCo_Loco Both Mike and Danny are really mellow, down to earth gentlemen in person. Mike's not as much into trains though but I know he has a special place in his heart for guys who've made a career out of it as a trade job.
Another wonderful video Danny! Thanks for sharing -Austin.
Thanks for the insight in de American radio communication. As a Dutch viewer, I have no experience how the Dutch Railway communication sounds like, but thank you for this information and wonderfull video 💪🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm a simple man, I see that Danny uploaded a new video, I like and watch it immediately.
Another great one, Danny. My brother Jim, who passed away recently, got me started watching your content, and becoming a railfan. Thanks for everything you do--Dan Aikin, Prescott Valley, AZ.
Always a great day when Danny shares a new video! I've learned long ago once becoming a subscriber that you stop what you're doing and watch! Thank you Danny for explaining what the radio chat stands for. Certainly gives new meaning of what the rail jargon represents. Thanks again Danny for sharing another great video with us along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
Nice video Danny! One time I was rail fanning my local CSX double track mainline and there was a CSX locomotive built by GM having break trouble on the locomotive as he was talking about on the radio, and right at the end of his transmission he said “thank you General Motors!” I started laughing 😂!
Very interesting listening to how the East Coast runs things. Here in California, and I imagine the further west you get aswell; ALMOST all the railroads out here don’t call any signal that doesn’t require a reduction or prepared reduction in speed, so hearing clears regularly called on a class 1 is definitely different. Also; most of the signals out here are “route signals” not “speed signals” which is what CSX, NS, TRI-Rail, and I imagine other railroads out east use. BNSF mixes route and speed signals together, and the Union Pacific has 3 Speed signals of their own. Nevertheless; it is Very cool to see how other railroads operate. Truly is a magnificent hobby; great video!
Being a ham radio operator, I have most all the Jacksonville, FL rail frequencies entered in and this video helps for what I hear!! On a side note, while I can't share pictures here, I road some "high iron' in Arizona last week, wife and I taking the Grand Canyon Railroad from Williams up to the canyon. Great time!!
I got to fire the 4960 during their steam season back in 2003. They also had the American Orient Express out there that year. I got to shake hands with Michael Gross as he led the National Geographic crew on a tour of the National Parks of the West while on it. That whole season was an experience of a lifetime!
73s - KE4CPC
@@SD40Fan_Jason Very nice. It was a great and relaxing time! Jeff KC9QQM
Danny, if a railfan doesn’t follow your information, they aren’t a serious railfan. 😊 Great job buddy!
@@kinkindred As a railroader, his info is quite excellent. Take in what he says.
Thanks Danny really helps. Wife was going to get me a scanner for Christmas but I said not until I know what they are saying. UP fan from west suburbs of Chicago.
Another school day Danny. I always learn something from you excellent videos. Well done 🤓
Back in the 70s, I was a telecommunications tech with Canadian National. One of the systems I worked on was the train to wayside radio and also dispatcher's phone (the 2 were tied together). I could easily listen to the radio traffic, just by plugging in. I also worked closely with the radio techs and they often had radios on, listening to the trains. In addition, I often rode freights and would be sitting next to the train crews as they were on the radio. I also worked on the teletype circuits that carried a lot of the railway communications. Later on, I lived in a tall apartment building, overlooking a CN main line, where my scanner could easily receive the train radio traffic.
Thank you for posting another 😎 video +Danny Harmon AKA Distant Signal and your videos are always amazing and the details are always spot-on!
That was an amazing video Danny ... I think my main problem was trying to understand their accent and the speed in which they talk, but it was still very educational. Thanks for providing this video. Have a great week.
Fantastic video Danny! Im a conductor on this wonderful railroad and you did a great job explaining how calling signals works! The way i do it is, Engine number, direction of travel, signal aspect and then train number. Heres an example, CSX 3310 south on the main, clear south end Deshler, m276 out. Thanks again Danny for making an amazing video!
I do it a little different, but with same info.
As always love your videos.
Wooohooo 🥳 A new Distant Signal video!!!!!!!!
Great job Danny as always Danny!!! I wish the 2 railroads near me would talk more.
I don't watch a lot of YT videos that run longer than 5 or 10 minutes, but when I do it's almost always a Distant Signal video.
Danny your amazing sir. I am better enlightened now about radio transmissions. Thank you.
No lunch this time around Danny!!! LOL !! Thanks for the description of the railroad jargon, gets confusing trying to figure that out!
Excellent content as usual, Danny...and YES. It can be VERY hard to decipher what they're saying!
I've noticed on some busy lines, the engineers don't call out every signal when they pass it (BNSF's southern transcon comes to mind as an example). Traffic is so thick and moves so fast the engineers within a subdivision would be talking over eachother all the time.
Thank you Danny for another interesting tale about ‘The High Iron” 👍🏻😃
I really enjoy watching and listening to your videos because
i always learn something about the trains take care and
thank you Danny.🚂🚃🚃🚉
Hi Danny Nice video and happy holidays
Dan "The Man." I will keep on saying CSX needs to offer you a position in their media department or at least a cab ride for the expertise and knowledge of the CSX operations. Your videos are way more informative than their commercial-produced products.
That's helpful Danny. My biggest hurdle to understanding is the speed of their talking .
They talk fast because in some locations (cities) , alot of radio traffic is shared on 1 channel . Thru try not to step on each other but it's impossible. They talk fast to report before the next person speak
Another cool video, Dan. It's also pretty cool seeing you travel through where I live, Belleview, FL, about nine miles south of Ocala. I'm seventy and pretty much retired, I do some rideshare driving which takes me under that railroad overpass on 441 multiple times just about every time I'm out and through Wildwood past the CSX freight yard along 301 when I have to take the Florida Turnpike south. CSX did a pretty nice job refurbishing the office building at the Wildwood freight yard. Keep up the good work and always keep teaching us what all those RR paraphernalia things are, how they work and what they mean. I just enjoy learning about these things.
Informative video as usual Danny,safe travels mate,🙏🙏👋👋👍🚂🇦🇺
Another awesome video!
I always wanted to work for the railroad and I'm always learning.
2:36 The footage that starts here looks so good. The cloud movement, the lighting, the framing make this scene special.
Great educational video about railroad radio and its intricacies and nuances.
To borrow a quote from some fellas who follow an Aussie YTuber whose subject is about ocean liners...
"Hello there, its our friend Danny Harmon from Distant Signal Productions!"
Yet another excellent video! Thank you Danny!!!!
Danny as always an excellent video. Thank you for the information. Learning something new each video. Keep up the good work. JV
Growin' up in the Shenandoah Valley around the Old C&W Line, I've been enthused about trains where ever I've been. Always learn new things with you here and do look for your updates!
Many thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the channel.
Always a pleasure Danny. God bless and take care
Fascinating. Until now I could never understand what it was they were saying. Now, after your explanation it's becoming a lot clearer. Thanks.
So glad to hear a video again. You are absolutely correct: One needs some "practice" listening...wow. Thank you SO much for creating. That was also so nice of you to mention a fellow YTer in V12
Excellent video Danny! Thank you for helping us better understand railroad scanner radio transmissions.
Bob Kozminski
Railfan in Middleville, Michigan
I always thought those transmissions were hard to understand as they are meant to be short and to the point. Thanks for helping to understand them the annotations help quite a bit!
Thank you Danny. We enjoyed your "closed captioned" radio calls very much. A huge help. We encourage you to consider doing the same going forward. Happy Holidays & stay safe on the High Iron.
Thank you, Danny! It is such a pleasure to hear you explain things!! I was a dispatcher for a fleet of up to 14 drivers at once. The nuance of such chatter is often impossible to really be certain what you are hearing if you are not part of the conversation. A decent dispatcher knows exactly how the message should sound and flow and exactly what they SHOULD be hearing. It becomes a finely choreographed dance, but one that cannot be a solo. A savvy train crewperson knows exactly the things the dispatcher HAS to know from each call. It makes the dispatcher's heart beat a little more easily when heard. These crews all know each other, I'll wager, and if not, they know What to say and when and how because it truly is self-preservation.
Thanks for the video Danny. Always learning something new with your videos and narration. Please keep 'em coming!!
Always like your video's!
Cheers from Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
I’m so glad you and your family made it through the hurricanes. This detailed video is incredibly useful!
Love how you walk threw the steps of the videos love to hear them crack jokes over the radio
You should hear them talk here in western Kentucky, it’s almost like a cb radio at times.
As an Aussie adding the accent, over a (likely) 12.5KHz channel width. I was struggling to understand 90% of the radio calls. The annotations helped. Thanks Danny!
Danny, I sit here in Murcia in Spain and Iove yor videos which are supremely informative and interesting . I love watching American trains, British too but I am always fascinated by the systems organisation that allows them to function at all. Thank you.
Many thanks, Robin. Glad you found the channel!
A very informative video once again, thank you Danny. I'm from the UK but I visit your part of the world whenever funds allow. My favorite spot is Folkston, GA, where us railfans are well catered for. I was there recently when I heard a conversation over the radio about a member of the public who had reported a fire under a train. No fire, it was the rail grinder doing what it was supposed to. 🤣
Danny, great video. Understanding train talk is no problem for me. I took the CTA "L" for years.
Awesome video! I love how you do your commentary, in my opinion, you’re one of the best railfans around!
Very informative ! Thank you for sharing that. By the way a dog on crutches in the wild west walked into a saloon and said I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.
Should I groan now, or wait 'til later? 😂
Great video as always, Danny! As the river crossing in Decatur is controlled by NS, I'll often hear the NS dispatch telling CSX trains waiting to cross that they have a light or will get a light over the scanner.
you are a wealth of info...I love your channel!
Excellent class on how to decipher a lot of that talk. I rather enjoyed it. Thank you for the railroading lesson.
Excellent and very educational video, Thaks for sharing.
📽️ informative as always .
Thanks Danny for the clear explanations on railroad communications (and for repeating them with text for those of us who are a little slow on the pick-up....🙂). It certainly does make railfanning a lot more interesting. Gotta get myself a scanner radio to follow along.
No questions just another fan from Tampa saying thanks for the channel.
Another excellent video! Happy Railroading!
Hey Danny, the P71203 move was in preparation for the trains run towards Waycross, designed for the Clinchfield Santa Train. It departed Waycross earlier today heading north towards Cordele, Atlanta (GA), Etowah (TN), Corbin (KY), Cincinnati (OH), then east to Russell, and south to Pikeville (KY), further down to Kingsport (TN) for loading, and then back to Pikeville for the run on the 23rd. Thanks for another amazing video!
Thanks Micah. I had not realized they were prepping that train that far out. This was two weeks ago. I'll have to miss the Santa Train again this year. My friend Vic Lewis is going to be on the train crew for the Santa run. Hopefully I'll see it in 2025.
Any idea of when it comes thru Cincinnati? Would love to see it
love V12's videos, definitely gone down that rabbit hole before
Thanks for this presentation Danny.
Thanks Danny I appreciate you and your videos as always they are very informative
This is a lot of help for my model railroads. I'm going to start making TH-cam videos on it and I want it to be super realistic. Thank you!!
Crummy day. Until Danny posted a new video. Now it's a good day! Thanks, Mr Harmon!! 👍🏼
Thanks DS. Always Cool Videos*** Take Care and Rail On****
I worked for the SP and then merged with the UP. We had similar terms but somewhere totally different. For example a butted knuckle was called a bald knuckle. On the SP we called a clear signal the color of the signal green. Flashing yellow is an advance approach. Control point at a siding was also known at the east end or westend. That will do is to stop. Funny story a man was a new hire and his wife called the crew dispatcher wondering where her husband was since he wasn't home after a few days. The crew dispatcher said he died at Santa Barbara . She started to cry and said why didn't you people call me before now? He had died on the hours of service law.
Funny
Nice video once again,lots of time it's hard to understand what the crews are saying because they talk fast and run words together.
I love the aerial views of the crossovers. It looks like a worm or snake slithering along the ground.
I was in the middle of watching trains on the Union Pacific main line when Danny uploaded this video so I got home and watched this video and it was good as always
Always a pleasure watching your videos! Informative and your delivery is simply perfection.
In my small neck of the woods, I can't pick up a DD, I get a little bit of yard work. Most of what I hear is track warrants. Those can be quite a mouthful, especially when the person is trying to get all the info in one breath! Warrents and track limits. Cotton Belt Line in East Texas,
Thanks, Dan, for giving us more information about railroading. I really enjoy it.
Thanks Danny for another great video!
Been a while in between videos. Glad a new one dropped.
I drove a van transporting railcrews in Houston TX and Taft Florida near Orlando I got familiar on the way how the spoke to each other on the radio. It was a fun job being around the trains.
After over 25 years as a utility system operator before retiring, the jargon we used when executing switching orders and other tasks would be utter gibberish to the lay person listening in, yet after learning it, the step by step instructions were clear as a bell ever since.
Your Channel does a great job educating us as rail fans! Thanks Danny!!!!
Great video Danny! A good quality scanner w/ antenna is a must when railfanning!!!!
Another incredible Distant Signal production! Thanks so much for your hard work.
Hey Danny. Long time subscriber. As a Jax native I am somewhat partial to FEC. Could you maybe do a vid in future on the history and current standing of the FEC?
Thanks for another interesting video! BTW I finally become a train driver 😉 just finished my last exam.
Thanks for this information Danny. It gives me a clearer understanding of what's happening, though lack of local knowledge. Watching in New Zealand.