Hello Mike. Dalton, Ga native here. I wanted to get hired by CSX or NS and work through or near my hometown, but I couldn’t get on. However, BNSF hired me on and promoted me to engineer after some time. I enjoyed it, but it never felt quite right since I could not work near home. Thanks for the uploads! Though I can’t work the rails in this beautiful part of the country, it’s nice to see what it would be like. Thank you for the great footage! God bless!

I grew up a Block West of Flint, Michigan CSX Switch Yard and Terminal. I moved aways 30 Years Ago Only To Realize I Am Now 22 Years Later A 1/4 From The Very Same North and SouthBound CSX Line. CSX Leased to a Canadian Company but They Still Run The 8:30 Southbound Train Every Night. It’s not Quite As Good a A Break Yard For 24 Hours a Day Trains Moving Around But I Will Take it. There is Nothing More Lonely then That 8:30 pm Line Blowing at Every One Mile Crossing. I Can Hear that Train Coming From Five Miles Away. I was a Fireman For 23 That Covered The Flint Break Yard, I Have Worked a Propane Tanker Leaking ( Eventually They Brought In a Blow Crew From Texas To Blow The Fire Out. Then just a Leaky Valve on a different Propane Car, A Driver Having a Nervous Breakdown From His Wife Leaving Him Took off North With a Single Engine at Full Speed Eventually Derailing at The Curve North of The Break Yard( He Was Moving Fast) so Don’t ever think an Engine By itself Won’t get Going Fast Because They Will. Then just a Derailed Engine Tank Caught Fire But We were about To Get The Fuel Shut Off Fast. I can’t even Count The Calls For Camp Fires from Train Hobos. One Thing About CSX Sure Sent Us All To Schools all Over For Any Little Situation That Might Pop Up.

I grew up a Block West of Flint, Michigan CSX Switch Yard and Terminal. I moved aways 30 Years Ago Only To Realize I Am Now 22 Years Later A 1/4 From The Very Same North and SouthBound CSX Line. CSX Leased to a Canadian Company but They Still Run The 8:30 Southbound Train Every Night. It’s not Quite As Good a A Break Yard For 24 Hours a Day Trains Moving Around But I Will Take it. There is Nothing More Lonely then That 8:30 pm Line Blowing at Every One Mile Crossing. I Can Hear that Train Coming From Five Miles Away.

They should have left out the dam music, music don't belong in train videos,it drowns out the sounds of the train videos

Hello Mike, amazing vídeo!

Mais ce nest pas moi qui ai mis le commentaire ci dessous? Amicalement? J e suis en France et dionc ne travaille pas chez CSX Bonne année 2025 et j'espère à bientot0 Amicalement.

I’d imagine it isn’t an overly appealing work-life balance, being on a freight train crew .. Working at any given time day or night, time away from home and/or family, etc .. If I’m wrong on this then please educate me ..

At 0:47 is that Stanton FL

Thanks for delivering for America. I hope your retirement is going well and many more years to come thanks for dedicating 37.5 years!

Good God you love using your train horn,lol. A lot of cities now ban the use of the horns.

666 the demonic locomotive

What trains do you pull

I have a question what trains do you pull coll trains, manifest

Csx❤❤❤😊

Merci de cette vidéo que je n'avais pas encore vue? Il est 03h00 en France et je regarde depuis mon PC de façon à pouvoir vous mettre des remerciements pour vos vidéos? Merci et à bientôt. Amicalement.

Cartersville?

Cela veut dire qu'il n'y a plus de vidéos récentes de votre part? Dommage ? Que vais je faire la nuit à ne plus vous suivre sur youtube???, Bonne retraite et à bientôt.

J'essai de comprenddre l'américain, mais c en'est pas facile? Bon courage Mr BARNETT et à bientôt.

Bonjour Mr BARNETT, je'ai fait toutes vos vidéso et je vous dis merci pour la qualité. Je ne peux rien laisser de messages sur youtube. Mais remerciements sincères pouir les nuits que je passe à vous voir piloter votre trains, en effet je suis handidcapé et je vois mieux sur ma tele 165 cm? Bravo pour toutes vos explications et bon courage. Amicalement.

주황색 디젤전기기관차 운전실 쪽문옆에 서울발 여수엑스포행 무궁화호 1517호 탈선사고로 사고현장에서 과다출혈로 안타깝게 숨진 양모 기관사님이 순천역에서 탑승했다.

Great video Mike. Congratulations on your retirement and hope you are enjoying it.

All that horn blowing , not for me!

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You’re a good driver there Mike

What’s up man! Just wanna say thank you for everything. I actually watched ur channel growing up and happened to stumble across it just now. Brings back many memories, have a good night n happy fishing.

Are u still a train engineer

Geez look at that beautiful cab with no ptc screen anywhere...those were the days....

Mike how are you have you been to Birmingham on your run

Nice work I love trains but when I grow up I’m going to work for Norfolk southern

Man I wish my dad was a engineer

I grew up watching bro until he retired.

What’s this song call

I thought you retired.

I'm a locomotive driver for 18 years

Man, Mike Tyson is everywhere

Wow! Come here looking for some train action and found Mike behind the wheel! Great stuff.

I don’t think it’s allowed to have cameras in the cab 🤔

I’d love to see you do a hornshow or give horn salutes if you see a railfan or someone you know outside seeing trains like you!

I just wanted to hear the train sound that woke me up 😂

Hi Mike Barnett I hope you enjoying your retirement my name is Donald King from Jacksonville FL you might have been to csx moncref yard. I'm 49 years old a railfan myself I wanted to get on the railroad if I wants to get on the railroad I would have you to get me on.

I think it's wonderful that you like what you do, because I meet engineers some time and they're just glad to retire and don't want to talk about the railroad. I was a retailer, and a meat cutter to be exact and a very good meat cutter, and I loved my occupation. Until this day at 74, I still keep up with the retail industry modifications. I believe I mention this to you before that I have a shelf train in my home office with approx. 60 feet of track. I love trains since I was a child. I tell people sometimes that are board to rediscover some of the things they liked from their childhood. I've had an H/O train since i was 20 years old. The divorce messed up one layout, but I didn't quit. . Man you have a great collection of photos for the family down the road.

Do the mirrors on trains state.....objects may be close then they appear.

Good luck with your retirement....

Sounds Like a UP locomotive

Seems like a job that I can dig, @ 59 prolly not gonna happen. You young dudes...

A guy who name jaw tooth went there

I would love to operate an old steam locomotive at a theme park.

Am locomotive engineer from Algeria 🇩🇿 nice to see fellow engineers in action from other countries 🎉🎉🎉

But u work for csx

We’re u driving a SD70M Union Pacific