8 Train Sunday On the Vitis Triangle

These are clips from a July day in 2015. I'd misplaced them on my iMac until last week. So, I put this video together from what I'd remembered.

[@benchedthatpiece]

"But that's where I was when the train got there" I wish more people were like that. I hear so many people complaining they missed a train because it wasn't in a good location for photographing, etc. They try for a better spot and miss it altogether. Good or bad location I'll take what I can get and enjoy every second of it. Great job as usual Danny!

[@CNSD75I]

benchedthatpiece couldn't have said it better myself!

[@WaffleDragon]

benchedthatpiece So, going by your name, do you find interest in graffiti too? It's always interested me, but I perfectly acknowledge that it's vandalism.

[@RFurneyJr]

That's exactly right. That or "Well its just another Dash 9". I remember well when it was "just another SD40-2", or "B36-7". Nothing stays the same for long, signals, industry, everything about the railroad scene changes faster than we realize! I have many fond memories of watching trains where not even a single piece of roadbed remains today...

[@flarrfan]

Maybe not the best for video, but that was some sweet audio pounding the diamond!

[@distantsignal]

Yeah that was nice wasn't it? At Auburndale you get not only the sound off the diamond, but the reflected sound off the overpass.

[@ryantheredrailfan2535]

You and me agree I also love the GE-8 wide cabs as well in fact they are my favorite locomotives, as well as the AC44CWs as well.

[@hunterriley9904]

Me too me too. love em ! 😎😎😎

[@bconzzers]

I don't really like the dash 8 widecabs because Pan Ams look so ugly

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

I like the GE's. From the Dash-8s all the way up to the modern EVO Series.

[@ash7700]

Hate a wide cab? Well, I'm just an amateur when it comes to trains and rail fanning, but I don't know I could ever not like any railroad locomotive. I've loved them all since I saw my first one, from the front porch of my family's rental house in Atlanta, just North of the Emery University Station, about 1955 or so. My parents allowed me to wave at the crews lifted a silver stream-liner about 6:00 pm-ish every weekday evening before I went to bed. Those things were breathing fire and belching black smoke and roaring like nothing I'd ever heard.

[@paullindberg9230]

Hello Dan When I worked for Conrail back in the late 70s that SD70S were as you mentioned were good work horses. I don't miss knee deep snow. dealing hot boxes etc.Love your channel

[@distantsignal]

Thanks Paul. Yeah, those SD's were hearty beasts. Don't blame about working in that snow.

[@hunter_575]

I used to live in Wildwood and i would always go to the rail yard and walk around and collect alot of things like lights off of trains or pipes for connectors.

[@randallmiller3746]

Wow, another great info packed video. I'm learning a lot about central Florida railroads thanks to your videos! Thanks

[@goodolebb2994]

I'm sure I need not tell you, but I will anyway :). You're doing excellent work with these videos! I'm a huge railfan but only recently started 'fanning' on KZbin, and discovered you. I'm commenting now tho about something other than trains! Start by telling you ..... I'm OLD ... VERY OLD (LOL), and spent more than 30 years in the production end of the Entertainment Industry. which should explain why I'm asking these questions! 1) what part of the broadcast/entertainment industry do/did you work in? 2) What was your fathers name? 3) Was "Rick Nelson" ever a part of your past? . . . . Any answers will be appreciated, and I would completely understand if you would rather not. In todays America you must always think before you share!!! Thanks for your time!

[@davedeiler2072]

Good morning Danby. I really enjoy your videos your knowledge of railroads timetables engines and track layouts be safe and keep having fun. Dave

[@distantsignal]

Thanks Dave!

[@BMeyer87]

Thanks so much for your videos. They are the best of the best. We live in Western New York and look forward to your videos,

[@distantsignal]

Thank you so much. I would love to railfan that part of the country someday.

[@ralphclark6034]

Railfan Danny, you are by far my favorite rail fan to watch your videos. You can really see the desire you have for trains !! Keep up the good work !!

[@theubaum]

Danny, another fantastic evening video! Please keep sharing these true gems with us!

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Always cool to see you vids. Keep up the great work, Danny.

[@jim874]

i'm glad you're back! Good one with the FEC power.

[@JJRicks]

Love to see ya again! As always, production quality is fantastic!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

I love that shot of you running up to the tracks already in record mode with the train already entering frame. I'm guilty of that too often.

[@distantsignal]

Yeah, if you're really railfanning it's hard not to have that happen occasionally.

[@danielsprowl1998]

Your rivet counting buddy explained the difference between the GP38-2/39-2 to you correctly. Great vid. Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelsmith-wv3ee]

great stuff, astounding commentary. really a pleasure to watch. I want to move to Florida to do some rail fanning along central Florida's freight lines. Seems like a great place to retire and kick back. Thanks for all the great video!

[@Charles77598]

Great video as always! Thank you Danny!

[@WaffleDragon]

It's nice to have another video from you! That's crazy about the Tropicana train. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen a solid Tropicana train in a long time, even before I moved from Tampa.

[@dmorgan28]

This was a great video. Thanks for all your hard work. 👍👍👍❤️

[@mikegonzales5470]

I'm a big railfan myself I love the railroad that's why I love your videos two thumbs up in a billion stars

[@countdooku1971]

Glad to see you back with a new video. You're one of my favorites

[@donmusolff5808]

Another good video great to see you along with the trains

[@anastasiasheniloff8973]

Danny Harmon i loved this video! So incredible and interesting. I loved the uplose of engines and all engines were very interesting to me. I love trains.!!Wonderful video!!

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Great job as always Danny. I remember that day very well, I believe I was the one Shannon was on the phone with there. Caught that Q213 a bit up the road at Loughman Holdout Thanks for the new upload!

[@jjhaas8184]

Excellent work, Danny!!!

[@easttennesseerailfan1057]

Another great video, Danny. Great to see that you made it thru the storms ok.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

Glad you caught 8719 when you did. She was retired in 2017 and sold to LTEX.

[@georgeclausen2408]

I always appreciate your videos, Danny. Having grown up in Florida, but for my adult life living in the Midwest, I like your rail tours of "old Florida"; takes me back. Please keep up the great work.

[@distantsignal]

Thanks George. Glad to revive those old memories. ;-))

[@williamadam3888]

Greetings from the neighboring state of Alabama--close to NW Florida. Started watching your rail videos. Like them, and especially the informative narration.

[@cn706jc]

Danny!!!!!! This is probably one of my best remembered vidioes!!!!!!!

[@phlydude]

My wife went to the Univ. of Delaware from 1997-2001 and her 1st year, she was placed in the "Rodney" dorm buildings. Little did she know that there was a busy CSX single track line running about 100 yards from her dorm room. Fortunately, there was a portal pedestrian tunnel to get from the disconnected portion of campus to the main campus area. She hated it...never had she experienced train traffic like that before growing up in a coastal town south of Boston. Me on the other hand couldn't get enough of it (I grew up in Philadelphia less than a mile from the old PRR NE Corridor mainline and had much local service in my river bound neighborhood). The Tropicana juice train rolled through daily and made a racket due to 2 grade crossings less than 1/8 mile from the dorm building. 2AM wake-ups were always fun for her... LOL

[@oldtown6240]

Great video. Informative content and visually enjoyable. And what a great voice for narration.

[@paulperrottet113]

Many thanks for your articulate and very informative north and central Florida videos. I enjoy your material, especially the series on CSX signalling and look forward to future videos. Greetings from Melbourne, Australia.

[@distantsignal]

Thanks so much, Paul. Glad you're enjoying the material, especially from so far away!

[@chrisfuller8383]

What kind of a hole gives these videos a “ thumbs down”? Keep em coming Danny!

[@amessman]

CSX 8595 was idling in a siding up here in lower Michigan by my house a while back, cool to see it in your video!

[@countryrailfanproductions2784]

Another Great video Danny Loving the way you’ve been doing your videos lately thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you have given me over the years your in-depth knowledge has been invaluable to me and I fully give you the credit for the amazing amount of knowledge and experience in the field that I have today keep doing what you do Danny. Sincerely W.G. Chesnut Cofounder & Narrator for Country Railfan Productions Happy Train Watching‼️🚂🛤

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Cool video Danny! I remember that FEC consist, saw them down here a couple of times

[@billypowell8082]

Good to see you making videos again. Glad the hurricane didn't take you out. God bless.

[@317edb]

Thanks Danny! Great to see you back on here.

[@BanditAviation]

Thanks Danny for the Tropicana train info, I was afraid it wasn't going to run anymore. This video helped me alot. Thank you! Can't wait to see more of you videos.

[@csxfloridafunnelrailfan3065]

Yes all Tropicana traffic has been folded into intermodal runs. No more unit juice trains.

[@BanditAviation]

How many juice cars do they run from Tampa to Jax?

[@csxfloridafunnelrailfan3065]

CSX2057 there's never an exact number. Sometimes there is 30 or more.

[@Dan-uv5lw]

Very cool. Greetings from Nashua New Hampshire. I used to live in the Lowell, MA area about 300 feet from the Old Boston & Maine Line which is now Pan Am/CSX. I miss seeing the trains as I live in the city. Looking forward to seeing more videos. If I could, I would be a railfan in New England.

[@CranieBoy]

Really love your videos they make central Florida railfanning a cake walk, I took a family trip to Disney and stayed in Kissimmee drove from there one day last to catch the Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres game. Managed to catch 91 in Lakeland, Q442 with a UP duo in Zephyrhills, a local and 91 again in Plant City and a local around Yeoman yard in Tampa, and that wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for your extremely professional and informative video's. Thanks and looking forward to more content in the future

[@southernkentuckyrailfan9177]

Great video nice catch with the FEC engines.

[@mile57.2galtsub6]

Always nice to see searchlights. I own 2 US&S and 3 GRS searchlights. Glad l aquired them as they are becomming more and more harder to find.

[@briankeith5437]

i've been following you a few years back lost my old account but great videos and would love to see more keep the great work

[@shariys1]

Nice to see a new vid from you, Danny, even though it's an old new! Don't be such a stranger! All the best from Belleview.

[@nigelrichardson4327]

Those FEC units have that low idle sound that I like

[@charlesbutler4646]

Great video Danny, always interesting and very well produced. It's easy to see that a great deal of effort goes into these, and the quality really shows.

[@distantsignal]

Many thanks, Charles.

[@randallbyrd1973]

Awesome video TY for sharing

[@edwardaustin740]

Another great video Danny.

[@REVELLO608]

another great video danny loved it

[@1traintracker]

Great video as always 👍🏻

[@chrisbeard5794]

I love the old GE Dash 8s with the old CSX paint.

[@davidbridgham9538]

Danny, I caught the tail end of your video of the NE corridor. Sad to report Amtrac owns this rail line and it is closed to all NS freight traffic until after 11:00 PM. Thw best viewing spot is in Perryvill MD. Occasional viewer, Bear

[@carolinarailfanning]

1:03 he better not have a crank failure... 1:08 spirit of the mulberry! 2:30 thats very smart 4:49 isn’t that the diner/cafe? 6:38 eh its ok plus the overpass echos the diamond and i love that

[@deloresbrown9187]

Thanks Danny, enjoyed the video!

[@mattjohnson9942]

I love your video's Danny thank you

[@atariforever2002]

Danny! You're back! It's been like 3 months! I hope you have been busy filming more trains. Can't wait to see your next vid!

[@PHelm]

as always, GREAT JOB Mr. Harmon. I enjoy your videos and commentary and actually own your "Jacksonville DVD" from several years ago,

[@distantsignal]

Many thanks!

[@redtrainproductions]

1:00 you don’t see those lashups anymore. Duel yn2 dash 8s, a yn2 Mac, and an sd50. Insane.

[@traincentral5108]

Nice video I love to watch your videos stay safe

[@93greenstrat]

Three years after the fact: SD50 #8595 is significant because it was the final locomotive delivered to the B&O (albeit ordered by then parent CSX Corp.).

[@CowpoteAdventures]

My weekend railfanning got to love it

[@walterfink9782]

Thanks, Danny. Glad to see you're still doing videos. How about a video on how trains in Florida, were affected by the hurricane?

[@distantsignal]

Thanks Walter. I don't really know how trains were affected by Irma. We had lots of trees and limbs down but that was about it. I'm not sure if there were any washouts after the flooding or not.

[@griz4020]

Great video, Danny! Just real quick, it's "Naturally Aspirated" not normally lol but great work as usual.

[@misssouripacific]

great videos, thanks

[@barrycarlisle8206]

Love your video's.

[@dennisfree5754]

Those auto racks at 10 minutes had every major line represented.

[@WaffleDragon]

So does every other auto rack train in the country...it makes me wonder how the ownership works, I think TTX owns the flatcars, while the railroad owns the rack, but any given train will have a complete mix of railroads on it. I also wonder about intermodal cars, most are owned by TTX for sure, but there's always BNSF, FEC, and CSXT cars mixed in too.

[@dennisfree5754]

Interesting, I guess there must be some sort of agreement between the various lines.

[@RT-md6nx]

Loveeeee you videos God bless you

[@bdsisti]

I have watched all your videos twice!

[@eddie_wolf_]

Wow up to the Greenville NJ yard? That's Short Line Morristown and Erie territory also tug assisted NY/NJ Rail Float Cars across the Hudson to NYC.

[@redrock717]

Those old ge's are my favorites!

[@haegenbyrne]

great work danny

[@jeanhorton58]

Love your videos.

[@ns_guy5149]

Old Ge’s make me feel old even though I was born in 2005 every time I see them 👀

[@williamrbohrer2513]

Thank you info on CIT I didn’t know what that meant . Seen a few in NI while on the Njtp

[@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202]

Thank you for telling me what that paints keep was called I like the yellow nose to paint Scheme the ones that were on the old ge's the eye called a three-tone paint scheme yellow gray and blue is so much cooler looking then the yellow and blue on the newer engines cool video man I really love all your welfare videos and how much you are passionate about railfanning I graciously appreciate all the information and little tidbits of weird walkie stuff like signals and different things that most real fans don't talk about thank you for sharing your love of trains in the knowledge that you have peace out man have a great day

[@distantsignal]

Thank you very much for the nice compliment, Austin!

[@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202]

Distant Signal I love your videos they're very informative and fun to watch I have a question for you cuz I'm pretty good at voices is that you that narrated then there was one the steam locomotive documentary on 4501 if you're a big steam fan check out my steam locomotive poem on KZbin it's called AustinGlines steam locomotive poem it's on KZbin and it shows a video of a locomotive that I drew it's a 4-8-2 mountain class steam locomotive if you love trains I know you appreciate it check it out thank you and have a great day

[@AFLKProductions]

Great video!!!

[@christianhunterfec]

God if trains ran in central Florida like this today😢

[@emmittbunn8412]

awesome video

[@jacks4733]

Keep 'em coming!

[@TrainsNStuff]

Nice catches!

[@greatsouthwesttrains3310]

Cool you caught engine 2 & 6! I’ve seen engine 6 before

[@kellcash6800]

Great video

[@minnesotarailfan12]

Man...power was so cool back then.

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

Glad to see you survived the Hurricane Irma!!! Also very happy with this video, got see some different sights of the famous triangle! :o) Stay safe.

[@hankmccoy6779]

great video

[@evanbart4109]

Great video! :)

[@ricklee4]

I used to build the light and number boxes for these locomotives, I think they were for GE and looked a lot like the 702 about midway in the video. I ran a flame cutter and press brake to bend the angles and pack it through to the welders; we shipped several other steel parts as well but I don't remember them all. What model locomotive would these number boxes have been used on? Perhaps the GE GT26 or even several models. Seems like they rolled three a day off the assembly line, or it might have been three per week.

[@SteamMasterGaming]

Great video just to let you know next time your either in tavares, Eustis or mount dora, we now have another tourist company. They are called the royal palm experience.

[@shariys1]

SteamMaster Gaming - hey, thanks for that info! I just checked out their website and Facebook page ... that looks like a class act! Hopefully I'll be able to get over there and take a ride some time. Greetings from the S-line in Belleview.

[@rogerhampson8717]

just subscribed and my only regret is not doing it sooner keep up the work Danny

[@distantsignal]

Thank you Roger!

[@rogerhampson8717]

No problem i do have a question to i am looking for a scanner. Something easy to use and gets good resection and something for beginners. Do you have any suggestions?

[@anjuarunderwood6869]

Nice video brother

[@James_Lee_]

Love your videos. You should go railfanning on the FEC.

[@parkertrainz6149]

Hi I’m a new subscriber I love your videos!!

[@distantsignal]

Thanks Bobby!

[@parkertrainz6149]

Distant Signal your welcome

[@railfan439]

Where have you been? We had the Railroad Police out looking for you! Welcome back, and don't be such a stranger. Jon, Union Pacific RR, Pacific Coast Line, Santa Barbara Subdivision, Mile post 404.5, Oxnard California.

[@NestorLewis]

I hope you come up to jersey soon, I want you to Railfan the CSX River Line Subdivision and the northeast corridor, there’s always high traffic in northern jersey! If u ever come up here I recommend Ridgefield Park, Bergen County, NJ.. that’s where I live, give it a thought. also we’re 10 min away from NYC

[@fastcsx1412]

And I don’t see much CSX on this side of the state lol.

[@onebigrailfan]

Danny, Thanks much sir! Your videos are always captivating, informative and entertaining. I would love to see more - but always quality over quantity. I have a lot of video I'd love to submit for your voice over. I sound like a duck with COPD.

[@blogrhett1329]

Nice video