I wish they still had 56 and all the other CF7's that have met the torch.
@johnholstun512824 күн бұрын
I love the horn on this locomotive.
@rbpray15 жыл бұрын
Hey Danny, This must have been a thrill for you to watch. Thanks for documenting the move. I'm telling you, you could document grass growing and I'd watch it. Thanks a ton! Great work.
@jetlaw_13 жыл бұрын
Your videos are really awesome, Danny. Thank you for taking the time to make them for us.
@HyperActive715 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the backbone of American railroading. Them's the little enjines that could! Those little engines give 3985 and 844 a run for their money!
@michaelmccarthy46155 жыл бұрын
The last engine was blue smoke. Burning oil Rings, valve guides, turbo seals. Etc.
@davidkreider9422 жыл бұрын
What an awesome video of the FC locomotives pulling those cars up that small grade!! You can see the “bend in the line” as they crest the small hill. Thank you Danny. You’re the best!!
@distantsignal2 жыл бұрын
Thanks David.
@distantsignal15 жыл бұрын
That's a nice compliment. Many thanks!!!
@mhgs1314 жыл бұрын
You are right of course,the CF-7s did use cabs from the F-7s,but then,Santa Fe decided to build their own cabs instead.The early CF-7s had the rounded cabs from the F units and the later CF-7s had the angled cabs.
@andrewschannel42598 ай бұрын
The Florida Railroad Museum operates the final CF7 that retained its round cab during conversion.
@FloridaTrainKid15 жыл бұрын
There's also Indiantown and Miami coal trains that run through Winter Haven, though they don't run as often as the trains you mentioned. Excellent video as always and great job with the ethanol train! Keep up the great work!
@chuckgilly5 жыл бұрын
The engine on the point looks like an ex-Santa Fe GP-7R, love those CF-7's
@gordonvincent7315 жыл бұрын
I did 5 years on the Santa Feces Ry Valley Div. out of Fresno,CA. Had the Mormon turn local (Fresno to Stockton) as an engineer. I got stuck with 2 of those worthless machines for a time. For some reason, the exhaust would blow up into the cab. We had to hang our heads out the window like Casey Jones! Santa Fe, route of the Super Cheap! They cost $10,000.00 a copy. You gets what you pay for!!
@Landaux13 жыл бұрын
3:02 Love that SOUND!! Sends chills up my spine! :-D
@billmoran38128 жыл бұрын
It's good to see and hear those old non- turbo EMD's working hard. The biggest problem with short line power is they spend most of their life idling, or moving light loads. The result is wet stacking and carbon build up. Even new engines would suffer the same fate under those conditions.
@rdgk1se30195 жыл бұрын
Cypress Gardens also for a long time had an HO scale model Railroad.
@TolgaEastCoast15 жыл бұрын
Awesome catch of the Ethanol train, Danny! Heard it initially had two UP AC44s. CSX has been improving its business lately, and it shows with more carloads, higher stock, and these new trains. I wonder why the Ethanol can't be taken to Tampa directly by train, though... Keep up the great work!
@SFLRailFan14 жыл бұрын
Had to return to watch it again, Danny. Definitely a favorite of mine. ;-)
@mhgs1314 жыл бұрын
Granted,they were rebuilds,but only the trucks and the 567s.Everything else was pretty much built from scratch at their Cleburne,Texas shops.Forom what I have read,the CF-7 stood for Converted F7.These are actually one of my favorite units that Santa Fe had,other than thier FP-45s.Have a great day.
@SD40Fan_Jason14 жыл бұрын
Thanks Danny for sharing this video! I agree that you make even the dullest train runs fascinating! You are an asset to the hobby of railfanning.
@t0cableguy11 жыл бұрын
I wonder this myself. This train regularly interrupts my morning commute... Not that I mind the business but those trains sure take their time at the Bartow Air base.
@mafarnz15 жыл бұрын
Cool video, and nice narration. It's really neat to see those old Santa Fe units still running.
@distantsignal12 жыл бұрын
Thanks Johnny! Yeah, I wish I'd had the HD camera for this one.
@anjuarunderwood68696 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhh yeaaaa smoke it up love it
@waywardplotts35999 жыл бұрын
wow i learnd about too more railroads going through winter heaven
@Mercatoyd3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! that was awesome footage Danny... Always good stuff comes from your camera. Thanks for sharing.
@pdfsmail115 жыл бұрын
That is the longest train I have seen on this track!! Glad to see business is picking up! Too bad I missed it!!! I would have loved to see how they loaded the cars at the plant. I have only managed to catch the smaller trains. Excellent video!!
@vlogarchives7023 жыл бұрын
Nice catches dude! Omg 703s horn😧
@SFLRailFan15 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, baby!!! ... Awesome catch, Danny. You really outdid yourself this time my friend... Bravo!
@BudmanPackfan14 жыл бұрын
they were rebuilds, originally EMD F7's build in the 50's. they still have their original 567C prime movers.
@ncplantdoctor12 жыл бұрын
Clagtastic video. Those GP-7s were really working.
@andrewschannel42593 жыл бұрын
Locomotives 56 and 50 were CF7s. Locomotive 57 was the only GP7 in this consist.
@walterrogers3599 ай бұрын
Excellent video, Danny. Too bad Rockport didn't have action like that. Just lots of phosphate.
@RailfanFox5 жыл бұрын
First CF7 that's in good condition, great catch!
@LocalRailfan14 жыл бұрын
DistantSignal's work is magnificent, Great video 5/5 and fave!
@brakie4482014 жыл бұрын
CF7s-Alco wanna bes! Great video! Thanks for sharing!
@jjj1133012 жыл бұрын
Cool video! Practically in my back yard. The yard I think he's talking about is about a mile past the point where the track starts on a downgrade after the crossing with the not-so-bright pick-up driver. There's a storage siding as well as a siding where he cars are offloaded to the trucks. Driveway comes out onto U.S. 17. Might not be visible from aerial pics as it's only been there about a year or two.
@bobbyanderson96333 жыл бұрын
How many grass fires have those old dogs started. My cousin worked at the ATSF Clebune,Tx Diesel Shop where all the F-7s were reborn as CF-7'S. Its amazing those units are all over the country and into Mexico
@Orangeblossomtrains14 жыл бұрын
i love that horn on the GP7 wana say its an RS3L horn but i know musically its a high Db you have some of the best videos on youtube Mr. Harmon. Keep em comin
@ericposey37826 жыл бұрын
The first unit is a GP7U and the second and third are CF7s.
@distantsignal6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I put that in a graphic
@TPB-OPA4 жыл бұрын
Nice cf7's
@centeroftheearthmining40954 жыл бұрын
Great footage
@mhgs1315 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that Santa Fe did such a fine job when they built the CF-7s.
@gordonvincent7315 жыл бұрын
I did a total of 8 years with that lousy company as an engineer. Five years on the Valley Div. out of Fresno, CA. I operated the Fresno-Stockton Mormon turn. I got stuck with 2 of those worthless junkers for a time. For some reason the exhaust blew up into the cab. Complained loud and long enough, they sent them somewhere else. $10,000.00 per engine, what a waste of money.
@BudmanPackfan14 жыл бұрын
They are former Locomotive Leasing Partners units, orignially EMD Demonstrators 5-7.
@K-Rail15 жыл бұрын
Great Video, Excellent job on the Narrating, 5 stars.
@mhgs1314 жыл бұрын
Even the lead GP-7 is a rebuild and Ex Santa Fe unit with the Topeka Cab.
@RealJeep15 жыл бұрын
Those old CF7-s are about to have a hernia with that consist! That's not exactly your normal Florida Central type train. And was that Choo-Choo Charlie Hoggin' that lead engine?
@SD40Fan_Jason4 жыл бұрын
Yep, Charlie running and Chris bending iron. Good guys both of em.
@Canesfan701215 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video Danny, nice RS5T on that FCR 50
@Heyde197912 жыл бұрын
good job Danny
@SD40Fan_Jason13 жыл бұрын
@jutlandblue FRA requires there be at least one "cover" car between locos and these type of HAZMAT cars.
@ncrailfan14 жыл бұрын
Great work!
@norfolksouthernjb15 жыл бұрын
once again, awesome video bud, they are truly the best around :D
@flymanjg15 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and narration Danny. As good if not better that PENTREX. Thank you for the videos.
@CameraManJohnny14 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Thank you very much for sharing! Just a suggestion, at the scene for the crossings at 3:39, maybe wait for the narration as some people would want to hear the horn on the lead unit from far away as up close, But that is just an idea from me, like i said before, VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!
@thaw3455 ай бұрын
The way it was...
@SteamMasterGaming7 жыл бұрын
florida central has been operating in tavares for the past week they ate pushing tankers around.
@Saltrainrailfanning9 жыл бұрын
Excellent video
@distantsignal9 жыл бұрын
+Saltrain Thanks Sal! I've got lots of others, too. Just search Distant Signal here on KZbin. Thanks!
@dwkcamman61113 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@Railfanable9 жыл бұрын
Those CF7s look like Geeps
@JessicaKasumi19903 жыл бұрын
They were remanufactured from F-7 covered wagons by the ATSF. Later, they were sold off to carriers including Amtrak.
@RealJeep12 жыл бұрын
Hey Danny, You said the Florida Central has a "Tiny Yard" in Eagle Lake, FL between Bartow and Winter Haven but as far as I know and from aerial views there is not so much as a pass track in Eagle Lake. There's a spur just before they get to the CSX main line in Winter Haven but not much between there and the Bartow Air Base. I would assume that they get diesel at either of those places from trucks but I think they use Winston Yard for other maintenance.
@TimThatTrainGuy3 жыл бұрын
the station looks a little bit shabbier now but still a good place to film amtrak was there several days ago
@stevenmichael28459 жыл бұрын
Someone really needs to do a CF7 in O Scale....
@dougks20088 жыл бұрын
holy crap! is that a pay phone at :40? havent seen those in years!
@distantsignal8 жыл бұрын
+dougks2008 Yeah, I just noticed that when you pointed it out. Pay phones are few and far between anymore.
@EdEddnEddyonline18 жыл бұрын
There used to be a pay phone in the East End part of East Liverpool,Ohio
@CraftyFoxe6 жыл бұрын
There's still a lot of payphones here in New York City, although I don't think people use them at all.
@jasonking29435 жыл бұрын
What's a pay phone lol
@TheMonstertrucker11 жыл бұрын
Great videos and you have another subscriber.
@tommy4trains11 жыл бұрын
all autoracks thru winter haven go to palm center somone needs to get footage if csx in palm center!
@DJHOGHEAD14 жыл бұрын
Good job = 5 stars!
@OhioRails15 жыл бұрын
very cool
@Grainexpress3 жыл бұрын
Danny, where do the ethanol trains go to at Tampa? Do they take CSX all the way or is it still operating like in the video? They pass me in Indiana and wonder where the final destination is at Tampa. Thanks!
@kamala21115 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the vids
@paprna15 жыл бұрын
Agree.
@iceman977th15 жыл бұрын
Love the RS5T (I'm guessing right, i hope? Lmao.)
@BudmanPackfan14 жыл бұрын
please don't mis understand, I wasn't disagreeing with u. I didn't understand the context of what you meant by built. I don't recall, as it was a long time ago I read the article on CF7s (the C could stand for Converted or Cleburne, depends on who you talk to) but I think the long hoods were new from EMD, the cabs were from the F7's but chopped (used the same control stand, elec. cabinet, etc, refurbished). I don't remember if they used/made new frames however. I think they used the same ones.
@davesb4515 жыл бұрын
Too bad theres not a cash for clunkers deal for Florida Central. Where did CSX get GP60's? I thought they were pretty much a western road phenom.
@randyfleet99683 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that become Summer Haven when we switch to daylight savings time?
@anjuarunderwood68697 жыл бұрын
love them smoking they sound awesome
@andrewschannel42596 жыл бұрын
The old 567s have a classic whine to them.
@railhunterproductions6 жыл бұрын
If you don’t care about the bad smoke, you are truly a bad person, because we are killing ourselves doing that.
@andrewschannel42593 жыл бұрын
@@railhunterproductions The last locomotive on the Florida Midland train likely had some kind of gasket leak or was burning oil.
@ggstephens505 жыл бұрын
Seem odd that they would take the Ethanol half way across Fl and transfer to trucks to Tampa when a railroad goes to Tampa.
@lostinthe61915 жыл бұрын
I'd give it a 10* rating if I could.
@richintalent2 жыл бұрын
SMH at the fool at 4:02: "I'll pull in front of a loaded ethanol train, what could possibly go wrong?"
@SFLRailFan15 жыл бұрын
Serving as a buffer car per 49 CFR 174.85
@HotForgeChaos8 жыл бұрын
4:28 Here trees, have some coal....
@seaboardspastic5 жыл бұрын
??? CF7s are diesels, they run on gasoline fuel, not coal. This ain't a steamer.
@DannyTOG5 жыл бұрын
It was a metaphor...
@sethpacholko21125 жыл бұрын
@@seaboardspastic 😂
@deputydog3326 жыл бұрын
I think those babys need a tune up.
@bcrnfan11 жыл бұрын
The CSX diesels are actually GP40-2's, not GP60's. CSX never purchased any of those. The lead Florida Central unit is a former ATSF GP7 rebuild.
@walkerwood29557 жыл бұрын
bcrnfan you're wrong. CSX purchased 3 of EMD's GP60 demonstrators. They are different looking from the GP40s and they have a different number series.
@Firebird_8765 жыл бұрын
bcrnfan CSX did purchase 3 GP60s. You can clearly tell the difference between them and their other GP counterparts. What I’m referring to is the air intakes for the radiators section is much larger than the gp40s. Also the CSX GP60s have different noses than the GP40s and what I’m referring to on that is the 3rd head light is horizontally oriented and it is placed in the nose of the locomotive.
@aaronrowland74528 жыл бұрын
Q453 CSX mix fright train Waycross Ga to Miami FL
@SouthWye6 жыл бұрын
What’s your point? Your on pretty much every one of his videos. He puts the info in the video. There’s really no reason to do this.
@jeffrumbach1502 жыл бұрын
Danny how much of a local rail fan are you ? Would you be interested ever doing local cutoff lines like up here in Ocala about the old Atlantic coasr line that run from Lowell down to Sliver Sogs shoes north and south of the C S X main S - l ine that comes thru Ocala train thru the diamond at the train station
@jutlandblue13 жыл бұрын
Is that a buffer flatbed between the ethanol and locos? For safety?
@agentadq12 жыл бұрын
Smoke it up! :-)
@lewisbradford33054 жыл бұрын
Seems counterproductive to put the ethanol on trucks to go to tampa
@LeChungProduction15 жыл бұрын
i want a GP60
@DaMeng30008 жыл бұрын
So Danny, did this ever become anything? As in the CSX and FCEN relationship?
@CFRF136 жыл бұрын
After Kinder Morgan built their state of the art transfer facility at the Port of Tampa they cancelled the contract with FMID, however FMID was able to pick up Amerigas as a customer at the same facility and now transfers Liquid Propane Gas at Eagle Lake.
@TravisMackey-l1s4 жыл бұрын
does FCEN still get ethanol trains?
@charlesgreathouse73762 жыл бұрын
No, new ethanol terminal is in Tampa at the port.
@vitissubrailfan25404 жыл бұрын
That train no longer runs on the FCEN. They Complained about something about the power..
@steveamurray595 жыл бұрын
Wow, too much smoke, need some service.
@andrewschannel42593 жыл бұрын
The last one needed servicing, based on the white smoke. That's probably oil burning or gasket problems. The other two engines were just working hard.
@CSX477211 жыл бұрын
Would it be practical to put a turbo on the cf-7's
@Theoddinator8 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if Florida Central Railroad is a good company to work for?
@ClearwaterSubProductions12 жыл бұрын
3:59 what a dumb move by that truck!
@mattyboy35765 жыл бұрын
I know
@762Media426 жыл бұрын
dose Florida Central and its associates still exsist?
@CFRF136 жыл бұрын
Yes they do and most of them are doing pretty good. The only line that's in potential danger of shutting down is the FNOR Newberry branch.
@762Media426 жыл бұрын
CFRF13 ah ok thanks, from Australia
@fredpohl52029 жыл бұрын
I heard they are ex Santa Fe units
@arceus67939 жыл бұрын
They are ex-CN units.
@Slv2therhythm9 жыл бұрын
Fred Pohl The CF7 ARE all ex Santa Fe ultimately. They were rebuilt in house in Texas by Santa Fe from F units.
@CMOTrains7838 жыл бұрын
+Dat Scout they are ex Santa fe units CN never had cf7s
@geezer6525 жыл бұрын
@@Slv2therhythm - True, at the old ATSF shops in Cleburne, TX
@SD40Fan_Jason4 жыл бұрын
There's plenty of pics floating around the internet of these engines right after Florida Central got them from Santa Fe, sitting at their office in Apopka (Plymouth) with the blue and yellow Santa Fe paint. All the engines were renumbered a short time after they were painted red. 2474 became the 47, 2507 became the 50 and so on. They would knock the first and last numbers off and keep the middle two. Here's some of those photos: www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=46041
@Canesfan701215 жыл бұрын
57 i ment
@BudmanPackfan14 жыл бұрын
???
@tommy4trains11 жыл бұрын
*of*
@bonnieedwards81723 жыл бұрын
Hi Danny it's Bonnie do como to Tillsoburg Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 do ctsx please send me a message thank may God bless you all so very very very very very much