Finding Local Freight Trains In Tampa 2022

[@jack18888]

"Hello again Rail Fans", every time I hear that greeting I can be a kid again for a few minutes.

[@tomroise9426]

Yep, I love to hear it too.

[@river1403]

Same 😌

[@SmallMartingale]

Adults are allowed to enjoy trains too :)

[@tsrtrainproductions]

I agree greatly

[@larrykisser547]

I enjoy your videos

[@davidkroening9104]

For those who may not know, whenever you see a CSX locomotive with the yellow strobe lights flashing, that’s means the loco is in remote control setup.

[@richardsmith4187]

That's a nice thing to know, I was surprised to see the guy holding the remote and "driving" the train ! I didn't even know it existed

[@icosthop9998]

TY Somewhat sad to see that the RR Companies trying so hard to cut out as many jobs as they can 🥺

[@rapman5363]

Engine 2056 driving down the middle of the street had yellow amber flashing and you can see the engineer inside the cab. Look at 10:33 you can see him inside.

[@unity3596]

@@icosthop9998 There trying to save money due to PSR

[@icosthop9998]

@@unity3596 Price/Sales Ratio (I had to Google it)

[@KMACKTIME]

Always a treat when you see a new video from Danny. Thanks for the great content. Cheers for Champaign IL

[@valf1733]

Conductor flexing at 14:51 is a nice touch.

[@happyjack880]

The guy running the RC is living out every little boy's dream with a life size train set! Trains, chili dogs and a drawbridge. Can't ask for more than that. Great video Danny!

[@treos17]

that dream dies reallllll quick

[@happyjack880]

@@treos17 I'll bet but man those first few times gotta be great

[@treos17]

@@happyjack880 they were, same as when actually running

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@treos17 haha! Agreed 👍

[@masonkpiano]

If you’re in the Tampa area, if you go North on US-41 into Land O Lakes, There is a CSX main that parallels the highway with an industry they stop at. Last time they came through, they had 2 EMD’s running a consist.

[@johnsturm3128]

Hello Danny. I lived in Orlando for 31 years and I would often see CSX Freights or AMTRAK come through south Orlando. It was always fun for me to get stopped at the crossing when I was driving. Unfortunately, there are no trains where I currently live, Honolulu, Hawaii. As a youngster, when visiting my grandmother in Bristow, Oklahoma, I would often run the four blocks downhill to see the truly massive trains pass. I could hear their horns for miles. It was much the same in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where the KATY came through twice a day - once each way. Trains are a very important linchpin in our nation’s infrastructure. Together with tractor trailers, they keep America moving. Great job as always, Danny.

[@icosthop9998]

No trains ❔️❗️?❕️?❗️❔️

[@MikeInPlano]

"There are no trains [in Hawaii]". Yikes. Another reason to add to my list of why Hawaii is a great place to visit, but not live. ;-)

[@brvfd822]

What a pleasant surprise on a Friday evening!

[@metropolisubway47]

Danny’s videos relieve stress honestly

[@snuffy166]

like the bob ross of trains

[@James_Lee_]

14:45 lol that conductor was flexing that whole scene

[@stevekalis139]

I lol’d at “I will not do that again” That area is pretty shady

[@SebisRandomTech]

Anytime Danny uploads a new video I drop whatever I’m doing to watch.

[@DoubleBRailProductions]

Nice video yet again Danny! The way you edit them makes everyone stay to the end! Very informative!

[@arthurschipper8906]

If I were looking for someone to read ANYTHING to me, it's gonna be Mr. Distant Signal. This is one of my favorite episodes.

[@colemanwalsh7232]

Hi Danny - this is Coleman from Newport News, VA - been a subscriber for several years but this is my first time to comment. I really appreciate your content and all the background and context you provide. When it comes to railfanning, your channel is tops in my book. Keep up the good work.

[@CSC2001]

His videos are just amazing. The narration, the details, makes me feel like a little kid watching my favorite show again

[@tomcarr1358]

Danny . I'd be lost without the maps. Google maps disappoints when it comes to clarity on railroad routes. Tom . Norfolk UK

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Danny, you never disappoint. Your videos are sooooo interesting and your narration is spot on. No question, you do your research and you know your stuff down to the smallest detail. i really like the drawbridge (another interest of mine). Thank you and 73 de WA4CIF

[@freddienz]

Another great video Danny. Excellent production values. I have retired after 50 years in broadcast TV, and know that you produce great work. Cheers from New Zealand. FG.

[@distantsignal]

Many thanks, Fred!

[@sportsguy1992]

​@@distantsignal how many trains do you see in Florida and Georgia when you travel to see them? Jordan from Columbus Ohio

[@Diversion_Clear]

@@distantsignal very nice video as always!

[@southeastiowarailfans5560]

That street running is really cool!

[@kevintaylor3427]

Love the train videos and explanations. But I especially enjoy the tidbits on the mom & pop restaurants. Next time in Tampa, I'll check out Mel's hot dogs.

[@brianbickley8368]

I need to move to Florida! I'm 58 and tired of Ohio. Your videos are so inspiring! Thanks!

[@distantsignal]

Thanks! Yes, you should move to Florida. There are so few others coming here right now. I'm kidding. With all the New York, Connecticut and Jersey money flowing into this state right now, home prices are ridiculous.

[@shawnpowell5876]

Great video and tutorial as usual Danny! Nice looking bridge to have been there so long and I'm sure its quite a sight to see when a train crosses it. It just amazes me so much w the Remote Control capabilities of these trains no matter how many times I've watched them. Thanks again for sharing your videos with us along with your time and effort!

[@Hgshelby]

I just found this channel and I must say I am very impressed! I could watch these all day long! Keep it up :)

[@cabooseabs6864]

I love exploring out of the way spurs. It always makes me sad when i come across dead tracks and how many companies used to get rail service.

[@spartan117zm]

3:45 - the sad thing is that IKEA could benefit from a rail spur, as many of them in Europe are connected via rail to their distribution centers.

[@americandancebands814]

Beginning in 1969, I attended a technical meeting every March in Tampa. I managed to squeeze-in much rail photography around the area. But over a 10+ - year period, I managed to catch only one train on the downtown bridge to Pt Tampa. It was powered by a U18B. The main yards were noteworthy because many of the yard switchers were re-engined Baldwins!. And Uceta Yd. appeared to be some sort of main service facility for the rr's GE locomotives. Unit phosphate trains ran shift-fashion: empty (eb) in the AM; loaded (wb) PM. At that time Tampa Station was was the origination/destination of a passenger connection to Sarasota and Venice. Luckily I kept my Leica busy during these yearly sojourns. It was a great show!

[@danyay]

At The Hub dive bar shown at 10:10, patrons commonly play a game where they pool their money together when they hear the horns and guess how many train cars will go by. Closest one wins the pot.

[@aidentaylor1833]

Always a very good day when he uploads

[@robhow7962]

I love your Bone Valley video from the 90s. This felt like an update. Thank you for your time and efforts in developing this content. I am a virtual rail fan now.

[@distantsignal]

Many thanks, Rob.

[@AJ-zx4pl]

Please do a video on Pinellas County trains!!

[@AndreiTupolev]

'NYC', that hopper at2:32is still branded. That's a bit of a relic

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Actually CSX owns the rights to use NYC, PRR, PC, CR, BO, CO, SBD, SAL, SCL, ACL and a plethora of other fallen flags that made them who they are. A lot of times they will apply the fallen flag letters to reporting marks of a series of cars that are used in a special market such as the Rock Hopper business seen here. Reporting marks are 1-4 letters followed by up to 6 numerics, therefor a company like CSX that owns 2.3M cars has to use multiple letter assignments.

[@wfermier]

@@SD40Fan_Jason How do they keep track of those 2.3M cars? Do they sometime get switched to other railroads or left on a siding somewhere and forgotten?

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@wfermier it's called a Perpetual Inventory Car List PICL for short and it is a system that's used by every North American railroad to keep track of every car. Lost cars are virtually impossible. (Not completely impossible though, heheh)

[@BrickMasterB06]

Not me binging all your videos right now. I love your videos! Keep them up!

[@paulcarlsen4088]

The remote controlled life size train. The ultimate train set!

[@tanmann224]

Yes and no on the one man crew comment about the remote jobs. I work for CSX and we have remote jobs that are both single and two man jobs. Yard jobs with a puck protection system to protect the forward moves can be one man crew, but any remote jobs that require forwards moves with no puck system like industry jobs need a second man to help protect the head end at all times. we also have RCO yard jobs with a foreman and switchman that require heavy switchman because it’s just faster and more efficient to have a switchman versus a single foreman out there doing everything by himself.

[@distantsignal]

Very interesting and good to hear. That's apparently why there were three guys on that Y295 job that night. Although the one guy was in an orange vest which indicates a trainee. Is that correct?

[@wfermier]

I'm new here. What is a "puck protection system" and how does it work?

[@tanmann224]

@@distantsignal that is correct. Typically a new hire has to wear a orange vest, or a orange hat if he’s on a RCO job for a year. After one year you upgrade to a yellow vest or if you prefer to work remote jobs you can go back to your normal headwear. When we have trainees for the first few nights we’ll continue to run the engine using the remote box until they’re comfortable and then we’ll hand the box over to them. That’s why on a three man remote job you’ll see one guy without a remote box. Either the trainee will have it, so one of the regular crewmen will not, or a brand new trainee may not just depending on the day and workload.

[@tanmann224]

@@wfermier the puck system is a safety feature they install in yard remote zones to protect forward moves and allows the remote operator to remain in the middle of the yard and make forward moves without the fear of exceeding his zone. There are electronic pucks set every so many feet on the track that corresponds with a speed. The locomotives setup for RCO have a transponder that will detect those pucks and adjust to the speed. Typically you’ll have a 9mph through stop. Obviously once the locomotive reached the stop puck it brings the train to a stop before it can exit its “zone”. I hope I explained that well enough to understand.

[@paulbrown4625]

I agree with Citta, please continue doing the maps, they are very helpful and interesting. Be safe sir.

[@DC4260Productions]

That's so bizarre seeing a railway track in the street, especially when the thing running on it is a big diesel locomotive rather than a tram or interurban unit. I wonder what the people of Tampa who aren't railfans make of that situation. My favourite part of this video was the clips of the GP38-3 running under remote control. Here in New Zealand we also have some shunting locomotives fitted with R/C, specifically the DH, DSC, DSG and DSJ classes. On the rare occasions when they venture onto the mainline, they're always driven conventionally instead of by remote. I don't think this video would have been anywhere near as enjoyable without Mr. Harmon's local knowledge and presentation style.

[@RCAvhstape]

Street running trains used to be a lot more common across the US. There are still quite a few locations where it is done. Morehead City, North Carolina comes to mind, last time I was there the trains still ran down the middle of the road to the port area. It's awesome if you're a rail fan, if not it can be a problem, especially if they are blowing the horn.

[@bushwood]

Virtual Railfan's La Grange, Kentucky cam is street running: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2i0moGdqs5oisk

[@noahater5785]

@@RCAvhstape La Grange, Kentucky also has street-running trackage as well

[@ollieahokas9179]

Wow! Another masterpiece video from the king of KZbin. Once again very enterteaining, yet informative video which in every respect is in a class of its own! Congrats my friend! Greetings from a very sunny Sweden! Yes, we do have a summer here too!

[@distantsignal]

Much appreciated, Ollie!

[@ghall7763]

What an awesome start to the weekend Danny posted!!!!

[@ktar7189]

Mr danny Harmon thank you for the awesome videos I got into trains from my late uncle who passed away 6 years ago and my dad and I used to go so I go to the local train shows in remembrance of my late uncle and my dad

[@maggies5049]

Yay!!! 🥰🥰😘😘👍👍👍👍 Love watching Danny. Always learn new and fun things. Thank you, Danny

[@minuteman59]

I never get tired of the videos or the voice. Excellent productions every one.

[@JawTooth]

The last half dozen times I was in Tampa I tried to catch the street runner and struck out. That is a difficult train to catch. The one in Clearwater would be awesome to catch also

[@distantsignal]

He runs Mon - Thu as Y295. He departs Yeoman yard right after 92 gets out of town, usually around 6PM. Takes about 30 minutes for him to get downtown.Listen out for him on the dispatch channel 160.230. He'll have to get authority over the TWC blocks between TN Tower and the A882.7, which is the switch to the Amtrak station. South of that switch the track is excepted and essentially yard trackage from there to end-of-track at Port Tampa.

[@YourLocal_AsteriaFan]

Nice comment

[@YourLocal_AsteriaFan]

Hope u catch some trains on July

[@JawTooth]

@@distantsignal Awesome and thanks for the info!

[@YourLocal_AsteriaFan]

Np

[@MasterDuf]

Great video It gives a glimpse of not often seen Tampa.

[@joeyc229]

Thanks for doing the maps, those were super helpful.

[@Cozmo-hp4uo]

My dad ran the Evansville indiana to Danville Illinois and back leg of Intermodal train 120/121 which ran from Jacksonville Florida to Chicago Illinois for the last 9 years of his career at CSX.

[@BarredCoast0]

One day I'm gonna visit down there and see these tracks and diners you've been talking about. The heck with the beach. Let's go watch some trains!

[@rustyr0824]

I have never heard the tail end of a freight train called "on the bottom". Until watching your excellent videos. 🙂

[@mattmarino8727]

Like the information. I am a train enthusiast from Chicago years back. My Grandfather worked for the NY Central and merged with the Penn Central. We use to travel from Chicago to Dallas on the Super Chief line in the 1960s. We moved to central AZ in 1970 when the Sunset Unlimited use to run through a small town called Coolidge, AZ. We moved to the southeast Valley in Phoenix. The Southern Pacific use to run through central AZ and through PHX until the middle 1990s. Now the Sunset Limited runs through Maricopa, AZ as it's central AZ stop. Took the Amtrak from Flagstaff, AZ to Chicago in summer of 1984. From there, took the IL Central from Chicago to NOLA. From NOLA, all through to downtown PHX. Great trip. Lots of great memories. Have to consider traveling by train again. Thanks.

[@jpenn727]

My 4-year grandson loves trains, but they are hard to find in Pinellas. Maybe Conrad Yelvington can get me a schedule for rock delivery and we can watch someday. Or better yet a train full of automobiles being unloaded.

[@Orlando_Rails]

3:30 IKEA maybe needs rail because if they like need to get their furniture in there stores wouldn’t it be like cheaper and better for the environment to use the trans is one train can haul more freight than a truck 🛻

[@MrTomb1976]

i like hearing about the best places to eat and then when im down on vacations i try to stop in at those places

[@alwillis7186]

Always good stuff. Danny for President!

[@taavinen]

Hi Danny I’m cycling around Europe, currently in northern Lapland in finland (am from Australia) but still check in to watch your videos. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Thanks for all the time and effort you put in to them.

[@columbusrailfanner2179]

Another great video as usual. Keep it up Danny!

[@ihavespoken2459]

Love your videos. Have been in Florida since 2011. So I guess I’m still considered a transplant not a native Floridian. I always learn something new watching your videos and for a little while can forget about the problems of my day. Thanks!

[@craighigginbotham3902]

Hi Danny, cheers from PEI Canada. I have watched your channel for years, first time comment. I really like the local history that you relay in all your videos, feels like I've been there. Looking forward to more great vids!!

[@chuxtuff]

There shouldn't be ANY one man crews doing ANY work with active locomotives by themselves. That's an open invitation to disasters and mayhem and the railroad knows better too. Anyway your videos including this one are great!!

[@ajidamarjati]

It is a good day when Danny throw a new video!!!

[@arkiefyler]

Danny! Are you sure you are only "rail fanning"?! Sometimes it sounds more like a report on favorite restaurants! I also had to laugh a bit when you reported on the local "climbing" a hill! We both know "hills" are scarce as hen's teeth in FL!! 😜 Keep up the great work! Always enjoy your well researched and interesting videos. I gotta go; you've made me hungry!! 😋

[@christiansrailfanning3168]

This video was very insightful! Keep it up I’ve been very interested in industry’s! Great to learn more!

[@jahfar67]

There was a storage back in the 70’s or 80’s where the University of Tampa Parking Garage stands as of now.

[@imorrish]

Quite a few years ago I had relations over in Tampa and would usually visit once a year... I could have done with this video back then.. (in the early 2000s) would quite often hear the horns sounding from where I was staying but never knew where they were. We did go for a visit to the Florida Railroad museum at Wimauma that was great! Keep up the great videos Danny, I really enjoy them .👍🏻

[@davidsimmons9763]

I got to get up there and see some of that street running!!!!

[@Robert-lg2bl]

Awesome video! I have been a rail fan since I remember. Believe or not I have a set of railroad tracks in the backyard.

[@BNSF1458]

Same

[@colefd]

Always a great time with Danny Harmon...somewhere out on the high iron.

[@richardburns4593]

Hi Danny 👋 Saying Hello from Alameda California .

[@distantsignal]

Hello from Tampa! I sure would love to come out to your territory someday.

[@slick87gn]

Lived here almost 20 years. Very informative.

[@tvd1188]

In europe, i'm pretty sure Ikea's stock is served by rail.. Wish they did that here.

[@stephenlessner5686]

Industrial railroading is my favorite type of operation. I love how you weave eating in your videos as my stomach rules me.

[@jasmannygonzalez7462]

Another awesome 😎 video +Distant Signal aka Danny Harmon and I love how you make the videos very educational for the rail fans to follow along and showing us the awesome & best places to eat around town! 5 Stars Danny and please stay safe of this storm and yourself a safe weekend and keep up the good work on these train videos!

[@RollThunProd]

Love the K5LA horns on those old geeps! Great work as always! Fascinating stuff!

[@johnperrotto64]

Excellent video Danny! I went to school at USF in the 1980's. Mel's Hot Dogs was a regular hangout. I miss those hot dogs since I moved far away. Back then there was a yard(s) and daily switching activities across from campus along Fowler Ave. The breweries and Thatcher Glass received rail regular service. It kind of breaks my heart when a spur or siding is severed or ripped up.

[@socalspottersrailfanningpr1449]

Danny, I’ve been watching your for about 3 years now I love every single video you do

[@richardrutel6806]

Danny, I learn something fascinating with every video you produce. Thanks. As a resident only an hour away from Tampa, I now know where to go to train spot. Is there a way to find out in advance what the operating schedule is for any specific freight line?

[@davidwood3477]

I come from a very technical background, Naval nuclear power servicing and have just started watching railfanning videos. I enjoy how well you explain the different aspects of rail operations. Keep it up.

[@christophercrane923]

Danny, I love all of your videos. Living in Ohio, it’s great seeing all the rails and restaurants back home that I grew up with. My mom is actually a manager at Chemical Formulators on Rattlesnake Point. This was really exciting to see.

[@thepandaman3007]

Watching from up in Charlotte, but used to live down in Central Florida. Thank you for the great videos!

[@Jax_Lines]

Love your videos Danny

[@alexrobert13]

Danny Harmon!! I truly love and appreciate your videos! I live in the UK, and your offering is showing me an insight not only of train activities, for which I have no idea the actual mechanics of how an engine or train actually work, I do still like watching!! Only problem I have, if you can can call it that, is the vast and varied variety of places to eat that you find!! Always makes me unbelievably, out of this world, hungry!! Just glad I don’t live to close as I would probably be bankrupt by a week ago that Thursday, after going to them all! I could and would watch videos of you doing reviews of just the eating joints on your journeys!

[@sixtoes2313]

What happened to the light that used to be on your fence ?

[@distantsignal]

I moved it in my shed to make room for another sign. I'll put it back up soon. Thanks for asking.

[@enlitenaudio6517]

Danny, you are STILL the classiest rainfanner on KZbin! 2 thumbs up for us here in Colorado. Makes us still wish the DRGW still ran freight over Tennessee Pass through the center of CO as back in the turn of the millennium!

[@davidschick6951]

I hate remote control locomotives because they mean that at least one person has been furloughed. Usually a locomotive with flashing amber lights is RCL.

[@kensingtonchapp4819]

Yeah I feel the same as you, considering I am a locomotive engineer haha. If it makes you feel better, my railroad abolished RCO at a few of our yards and returned engineers to the seat.

[@ChainsawNW1218]

ChainsawN&W1218, really enjoyed Your video, interesting, good 👍 shots of locals working and liked that vasquele draw bridge,caught a Loram rail grinder working on NS Christiansburg District VA, one of the places I film,first one I've caught, My Son really liked it, like filming trains highballing out on the high iron.

[@GeneralJackRipper]

It's sad to see rail being ripped out, because once it's gone it rarely ever comes back.

[@EngineerLewis]

Love the big train remote control set - wow such an amazing experience for a grown up person! 🤣

[@Orlando_Rails]

Love this video

[@jerrygrant1439]

Hey Danny, seems I’ve been seeing more “high iron” than the normal rails. Seems more like your saying of the high iron is coming true in the Richmond area. Also the rails are being replaced with a continuous rail with no joints. I’m always watching all trains and learning all the signs, and mostly looking at the lights to see if they are green…lol. I just want to see all the trains I can. Great video in Tampa. Been there several times. Have a great day! Jerry

[@BigSmokeRailfanning]

Hey Danny, have you heard that CSX has changed some of its train prefixes? Ex: Q to M and M to L? I wonder if you would cover that change in a future video. Cheers, Big Smoke.

[@distantsignal]

Yes, I heard they did that back in the winter. I guess I'll have to spend a day out there chasing some of those down.

[@BigSmokeRailfanning]

@@distantsignal Wish i could too, but it would be nice!

[@gwilbur1]

it is clear that you spend a fair amount of time with the narration of the videos...always well structured, clear and concise. thanks for taking the time.

[@ww32]

It is to bad that IKEA doesn't use the RR like they do in Switzerland to help remove trucks from the road

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

They are part of the big box movement where everything has to be shipped quick fast and in a hurry. While the intermodal service is capable of setting off containers to truck and shipping quickly, it may take a month or more for a single boxcar to get from its originator to the destination. Big box stores like Ikea, Walmart, Lowe's even Scotty's before they closed, will take a location with rail access but never use it.

[@ww32]

@@SD40Fan_Jason if we want a truly green future going back to car load freight is the way forward, removing as much truck traffic as possible and reducing emissions that’s the ultimate goal. But that will never happen with the push towards PSR, the local customer is no longer the RR’s concern

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@ww32 You are 100% correct and I agree with you. But for the last 40 or 50 years, Class 1's have been attempting to distance themselves from carload service. With CSX dismantling a bunch of their hump yards in an attempt to disrupt service, and several others following suit, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[@ww32]

@@SD40Fan_Jason it’s funny too because anyone who remembers the old Reading Line’s “Bee-Line” service will know that it was very efficient despite the slightly high cost in crew over time, it was worth it to both the RR and the shipper to get the car to its destination as soon as it was ready to go even is it wasn’t being sent on a mile long freight train. It was just “oh you have these three cars that are ready to go in this general direction to our shippers? F**k it, send them,” and they would just go. It was really effective until the PC dragged everyone down.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@ww32 it's currently taking 36-40 days for our refrigerators to get from Idaho to Atlanta by way of Indiana then to Waycross. We are usually switching 16-30 reefers a day and we can't get them any faster yet the customer cannot afford to ship them as a unit train either. If it were a unit train we could get them here in 4-7 days and have the ability to switch them and return the train in 96 hours.

[@derekhendley6146]

I’m a local in the St. Petersburg, Tampa area and I enjoyed the history and behind the scenes details you give !

[@Grandpa82547]

Is there a deadman switch on a remote controlled train

[@distantsignal]

Yes, there is but I'm not sure exactly how it works.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

There's a few safeguards actually. One is the heartbeat signal. It's a signal sent from the remote that let's the Loco know the pack is active. If it loses that signal, everything stops. There's the man down sensor which is detected when the pack is on the ground or rolled over. In addition to stopping the movement it's also supposed to transmit an emergency beacon. "MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN!" it will say.

[@gdrriley420]

funny thing about saying IKEA doesn't need a spur. in switzerland IKEA would have a rail spur because almost all warehouses and large stores are required to have one.

[@ReflectedMiles]

Several IKEA locations _would_ have regular need for, and use of, rail service from the ports, except for one thing: the railroads priced themselves out of most of the general freight market long ago. They claim their wild mpg/ton efficiency numbers, but they aren't able to translate that into their prices, whatever the cause. This is one of the main reasons that the ranges of loads carried on the rails now is so much narrower than it was back in the day. As a logistics manager for one large company put it, a container of bananas at the port will make it 1,300 miles down the road with a big savings in both time and money if it is on a truck instead of on a railcar. Until and unless that changes, rail will continue to operate at the margins for most consumer goods, especially.

[@birbeyboop]

Wonderfully insightful comment, you describe exactly a large part of what's causing such a decline in rail freight these days. Rail generally offers many benefits in both cost and sustainability as it compares to truck freight, but the practices of rail companies and the refusal of the federal govt to nationalize the railroads drives prices through the roof.

[@waynepasko9901]

Thanks to your video i found Conrad Yelvington that you mentioned. I am going to call them to see if they will tell me when their next train delivery will occur. I hope they will tell me

[@KG-xt4oq]

$10+ for a chili dog, ff, and a drink? Yeah, I think I CAN miss Mel's...I guess "Chicago-style" means to charge double.

[@distantsignal]

Been to a Chik Fil A lately?

[@KG-xt4oq]

@@distantsignal Yes, as a matter of fact...a couple weeks ago. It had been a couple months since the time before that and the most recent trip reminded me why I haven't been going there as much as I used to; it's too expensive now, as are most fast food joints. But the point I was trying to get across was I can go to several hot dog joints in my area and get 2 hot dogs, ff, and a drink for what you paid. Not telling you how you should spend your money or you don't deserve it; just think paying $10+ for what you got is high...

[@wfermier]

@@KG-xt4oq Not much longer for the small local joints, I'm afraid. Everyone is raising their prices these days. I'm old enough to remember getting a complete meal at McDonalds for under a buck! (Yeah, I'm that old!)

[@cwaldrip]

Its a shame ikea doesn’t use rail for store delivery here in the US. They use it in a number of other countries.

[@SCLModeler]

Trying their hardest to eliminate as many contract jobs as they can, but yet want to “do right” to their employees. I wondering how (or if) they got a waiver from the FRA to run remotes over multiple grade crossings…

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

They don't need a waiver if they have an RCO on the point of movement every time.

[@CFRF13]

Another excellent video. Next time you're in the Sulfur Springs I'd highly recommend checking out Big John's Alabama BBQ.