Florida Central Railroad Park Job on a Sunday

[@SouthernAlco]

Love that CF7 and locals switching.

[@Steve-xf4uv]

The CF7 was a great idea when it was converted and has proven itself over the long life it has enjoyed. I love this model; don't get to see any where I am in Canada but shot a couple of them in Winter Garden on vacation. Up here I chase GMD1's.

[@beeble2003]

Love that little tie-dye bat graffito a 6:10! Even if you don't like graffiti and think it shouldn't be there, you have to admit that's a cool little piece of artwork.

[@arkie74]

love those re-builds! ....my favorite is the cf7. several different configurations of them. the first round cabs then rebuilt with angled cabs, some with 1 side window, some with 4! in model form, you can modify easily, air conditioners, intenneas, your favorite kind of horn, all kinds of ways they can be customized!.....I love all the funky rebuilds that turn an original sd7 in to a "SDM". no model number because of all the changes. it can be anything from a sd7m, or 9m, to just strait up "SDM", due to all the internal, and external modifications. 567c block with 645 parts, more powerful traction motors, etc. lol. LOVE EM!!!!

[@centralohiorailfan]

Great video!!! That horn sounds sick. I love switching videos and this is for me!!!

[@JawTooth]

cool video

[@HolidayDecorator]

Nice switching video. I see #50 has gotten a new paint job since the last time I saw it {quite a few years ago now, and I do mean many, many years now}, the Florida Central Railroad along the side wasn't yellow letters against a black band, but yellow against a red background the same red as the loco body. I like the black background, looks much nicer than yellow against red that it had when I saw and videoed it in action.

[@thepozfromoz5166]

Very sweet cf-7!! You don't see many of these anymore......

[@jacobthorson8666]

We had two on the Illinois railway and they both got scrapped 😂

[@beeble2003]

2:45 "3 step protection dropped". I think you've misunderstood what three-step protection is. Three-step protection (brakes on, locomotive in neutral, generator field switch off) is used to prevent the train from moving while somebody is working between cars. Three-step was released some time before 2:00 so the train could move. Unless the conductor had to work between the cars again and you didn't show it, three-step would not have been applied again just because the train had stopped beyond the switch.

[@Mercatoyd]

I've come to really like this short line RR. There is quite a bit of activity here in Ocala with FCRR also. Lately I've been scouring Google Earth and running the roads finding viewing areas to park and watch. Most of the industry action is located away from good viewing and is private property. But, the shuffling happens pretty close to good viewing as you've shot in your videos. Maybe soon I'll begin to catch some footage to share here in Ocala.

[@bhigdaddymark]

Great stuff! Love the local action.

[@noahrailfan2162]

Nice!

[@tomroise9426]

Great video These customers still exist today ?

[@stevemclaughlin1812]

holy crap bill dusenbury doing work

[@rdgk1se3019]

LOL

[@distant2bowden]

Haha we saw that thing come in on 453

[@breakfastclub3909]

Those cars are a publicity stunt for the public CSX absolutely does not care about saftey in any way. They are more worried about cutting a job off to save a dollar and not have anyone do any switch maintenance. No one greases the switches every week like they used to and the workers are complaining about how hard the switches are to throw. Guys are complaining about their backs and necks from strain, but are afraid to say anything because of repercussions. Every time someone gets hurt they have made it where you are a target and will watch you and make you nervous until you screw up and fire you.

[@lukeWiz44]

Breakfast Club 1. What cars? 2. That’s not csx asshat LOL

[@jessicaburdell7779]

Class 1's (especially those like BNSF and UP) basically hire to fire you. Class 2's and Class 3's, though a bit more of a selective hire process, are definitely the way to go.

[@railfanningthecsx5170]

What time? I want to catch it tomorrow if it is running.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

They dont normally run on Sundays. This was a special day for them to run

[@railfanningthecsx5170]

Ok thank you!

[@ohboy2592]

How often does this line work? As needed or 7 days a week

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

They work tbis job 5 days a week

[@ohboy2592]

CF Railfanning thank you. Do you know roughly how many miles of track this line covers?

[@fredlohmann1448]

the other track doesn't loook good it looks rusty!

[@thedwaynerailfans]

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