Mr. H. Condolences for your loss for sure . So have been missing your 🎥 lately and I sure do welcome your latest. You absolutely do a terrific job on your 🎥 you know how to MIX things up to keep one interested , not the same old standing at a crossing and counting a two hundred car train go by. Now counting cars is ok but does tire one out and loose interest. Big boy Dave in western Pennsylvania also does a splendid job too, not the same old same old. Enjoy the humidity, heat and mosquitoes 🦟 in Florida. 😂😂
I see a Distant Signal notification… I immediately jump straight to the video and like it 👍 Hope things are better know, Danny. Greetings from México 🇲🇽
At 73 now, grew up with Uncle who was LIRR Engineer. He used to take me along on diesel out of Jamaica yard to Montauk. Back then engineers could do that. Danny, your videos are excellent and bring back lots of great memories. Thanks.
I love the drone shots. For those of us who are not familiar with Florida railroading, but follow your channel, we see all these wonderful viewing sites from track side but have no concept of distance to some of these places and the drone shots allow us to see that many of these locations are really not that far from each other. It really helps in comprehending and understanding what we are seeing (and wishing we had some of these great viewing vantages). Thank you!
Growing up I lived only a short walk from railroad tracks, hear trains at all times of the night and day. Even now, about 20 years after moving out of my home town, I still find the sounds of trains to be very relaxing. Thank you for another awesome video!
I'm in the UK and I was thinking of you during the hurricanes. I'm so relieved that you have come through it OK, especially as your neighbours apparently fared less well. Now to enjoy the video!
Great video as usual! 7:50 The cars which only have vertical ribs (UP and GATX boxes) are Trinity cars. The ones with vertical and horizontal (Waffle) ribs are Greenbrier. And if it's a TBOX with tapered ribs, that's a National Steel Car car (no that's not a typo). I think some of the older hi-cube boxes with only vertical ribs are Gunderson cars, but it's hard to keep up with company mergers.
Thanks Danny! And glad you weathered the Hurricanes okay. Excellent detail on turnouts. Never too old to stop learning; now I know. And I’ll “second” your take on Johnson’s BBQ; that and Fred’s next door (they serve Johnson’s on the buffet!) are excellent. Again, thanks!
We're glad you guys are okay We're all sorry of hearing Alan's Passing We will say a prayer for the murley family for their loss We're glad to see you back and safe Glad you are okay Danny We will keep on saying a prayer for Florida 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hello Danny.. really enjoyed this one video as usual. Your videos are great. I like your side trips to different restaurants and the meals that you get looks very appetizing and also the topography of Florida is very nice. Thank you for your effort…
@distant signal i.m very happy that you guys made it through the hurricanes and i enjoyed watching your videos even if my arms are hurting me too much keep up the good work
It's amazing the design, operation and intricacies of rail operations. Aircraft and air transport don't have anything on the railroad industry. Railroads are not as appreciated as they should be. Your videos are very educational. 👍👍👏👏🇺🇲🇺🇲
Awesome video Danny!! I also want to recommend the book you mention at the end. For years, we (Norfolk Southern) would provide this book to our management trainees as they came on board. It is a very comprehensive look into the industry, and the basics needed to understand operations. Thanks for posting!!
1.6k views within 30 minutes of postint your vid - just show how much people like these!!!!! Thanks for posting from the UK My personal favourite is still the Bone Valley one !!
Good seeing you again Danny and we really enjoy this video and tracks info. Always interesting and exciting. Thank you so much and have a wonderful rest of your day. God bless you.❤😊
I suspect those gondolas with large rocks on M603 at 18:37 will likely go on from Winston to the Seminole Gulf in Arcadia. I’ve heard Seminole Gulf has been bringing those rock loads in to Fort Myers for the post-Hurricane Ian renovations to the Sanibel Causeway, where they will help protect against erosion. Thank you for your dedication to keeping Florida’s railroad history alive.
Thank god you guys are ok! Those hurricanes (especially Helene) were insane to say the least. My deepest condolences as well for the loss of your friend. Glad to see your alive and well! Nice video as always!
Sorry for the loss, Danny... Also, what are your thoughts on Amtrak combining the Capitol Limited and the Silver Meteor next month? I like the idea of a single train going between Chicago and Miami once again.
Side Note about the Phosphate: I trucked it out of Central Florida in bag form. This phosphate was course ground and went to pig farms to be used as a feed supplement
Love your video's! I watch them all. No expensive TV for me, so I have RU-vid Premium so I don't get commercials. I live in Sebring and I hear the train doing something behind where I live in south Sebring, but it's always in the middle of the night it seems, so I have never checked it out. Growing up in northern Indiana, we had a super busy RR and it's still very busy today (Noble County). I just wanted to let you know that I have watched I think just about all of your video's. Thank you for doing them. I wish I knew the way around your area as well as you do, but I don't get up that way very often. Thanks Again!!
Mr. Harmon. We share the last name. My nephew is Danny coincidentally. I come from a long line of railroaders from New England. My Grandad and Grandmother also worked for the Grand Trunk in Portland Maine, then for the Central Vermont Railway a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk and Canadian National Railway. They operated about 400 miles of main line from the Canadian border to New London Ct. My dad started on the section gang in the summer and other than 4 years in the service worked his way up through the ranks from the engine house as an electrician then foreman, general foreman, mechanical officer and totalled 42 years railroading. I worked for the CVRY in White River Jct. in the engine house for 8 years as a hostler, car knocker, machinist and many other things as it was a very small point with 6 people in the mechanical dept. Changes in operation and the closing and sale of the engine house was the beginning of the end for my career, sadly I might say. Attrition and moving work to other points was a process to save money and appease the bean counters.My last full year was in 1983 and I got about 5 months out of them in 1984. OH how I miss railroading so I have to thank you a million times over for bringing back good memories. I miss those GP9"s a whole lot and not so much the RS 11's we had. (dirty smokey things they were) My entire life would have been different if I had had 20-50 uncorrected vision as I was chosen and offered to be sent to Gimli Manitoba to the CN engineers training school. I begged my optomitrist to write a referral but as you can guess he wouldn't do that for me. Lasik had not been invented yet. I still love railroading. They say it gets in your blood and i am here to tell you they are right. Thanks Mr. Harmon
The TGV system has turnouts that allow a diverging route to be taken at 220kmh (about 140mph). Most of the track is fixed, it’s really long - it’s wild, man 😄 Glad to see you got through the storms OK. We just had our own version in Dunedin NZ recently, and it’s not fun. See you around next time, Danny! 🙏👍
If in the future, you get "North", love to see coverage of the North Eastern corridor rail infrastructure. Really glad you are OK... love your "stuff"... thank you!
My old stomping grounds in west Lakeland while working for Lakeland FD. I can remember being woke up by old GE power working the grade from Plant City to Lakeland. Few know that's a pretty substantial grade going into Lakeland. Those ole U-Boats used to shake the walls.
