Vintage heritage power frieght run up the Florida Central

[@kevinbaker4241]

Good to see two old veterans still doing their job after many years. The 1030 was originally built for the Louisville & Nashville as one of 58 total units purchased by the railroad in 1962-63. It is the only one preserved in its original as-built configuration; five others now serve as road slugs on CSX, and three were sold to Burlington Northern and rebuilt into GP39M units by Morrison-Knudsen. All three are still in service on BNSF. (Information about the L&N GP30 fleet can be found in the January/February 2016 issue of 'Diesel Era' magazine.)

[@thehackmycomputer]

One of those CSX road slugs runs around between the O'Bannon and Mapother yards in Louisville KY pretty regularly.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

@Jason Peterich CRR never had GP30s. back to LN is fine with me.

[@Peter-mt6lg]

Did the ever give 1030 a new paint job?

[@kevinbaker4241]

@@Peter-mt6lg Not yet - it's still wearing what's left of its Seaboard System paint scheme while operating in Florida. There are plans to return it to its L&N colors, but so far, it hasn't happened.

[@HolidayDecorator]

I see that old Seaboard loco still has it's dual working MARS light, which I always thought were the coolest lights ever on a locomotive! I love MARS lights much better than ditch lights! Surprised it was still functional! Would've loved to seen those two in action, but my driving days are over, so I don't get out to railfan in Orlando or elsewhere any longer. Sure miss it though. Great video! BTW: I'd rather see that old L&N {Seaboard} GP30 repainted in the old Black-Yellow striped scheme I grew up with here in Florida on the SCL! That was my favorite paint scheme. BTW2: The reason SCL {Seaboard} blacked out the MARS lights is they failed many times, usually the motors would go bad, and it was too costly to repair/replace them. So they blacked them out because they were stuck in a single position, so it was useless at that point. They also told me when I asked about them, they were very difficult to replace because of the way they were installed in the loco, so it was easier to just black them out than attempting a replacement. And if they did replace them, they were replaced with a standard dual headlamp or single headlamp assembly and did away with the MARS light all together. Just going by what I was told by an old SAL/SCL trainmaster and a locomotive repair person during that era.

[@TrainzDriver2]

Key Lock very cool info thx

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Wow thats a great little history lesson

[@25008272]

I was thinking the very same thing about those lights. I can remember seeing those lights working like that on those old Seaboard engines and the train when it was switching and working in the town I grew up in at that time in Marion South Carolina

[@Roethorn_pb]

"Whatever happened to MARS lights?" expensive, difficult to replace, otherwise amazing! Awesome spot! ❤

[@bnsfbandit9807]

Omg I love that Mars light on the L&N! and the RS5T

[@chrishauser5505]

I remember those lights on freight trains down in Texas when I was a kid. Never knew they were called that!

[@NSAaron]

That's actually a Gyralite by Pyle National. MARS lights are lot more rare and the eccentric mechanism made it do a figure-8 pattern. I wired this one up on 1030 before it left Oak Ridge.

[@braydenmarshall9369]

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[@wilsonray2497]

@Brayden Marshall Yea, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

[@luislandry5568]

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[@Peter-mt6lg]

The trestle scene was Amazing. The ACL had a trestle like that at Croom on the AS line and the SAL had one at Holiday over the Anclote river on the now gone SYA line .

[@PC10.8]

That engineer sure knows how to quill a horn!

[@luv2fly452]

CFR, awesome catch I remember when this type of engine were running though Florida.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Thank you. Theyre def one of my favorites

[@هخخخهبق]

@@Orangeblossomtrains fflfkkdkdjy If unsnkkwkwkkwkjwwjehhhwh

[@derekdrever3470]

GP30 is my favourite locomotive. Love Alco centuries too, but the GP is king.

[@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663]

WOW What a nice shot, Someday I'm planning on shooting the 800 Down the Road!!

[@Survivor1547]

Wow it's nice to see old Seaboard System running the line and i tought these locomotive was sold scrapped, or rebuild, repainted when CSX merged in 90s.

[@tird108]

My entire lifetime in lake county ain't ever seen nothing freighted to eustis this is cool as hell man wish they would still run the tavares line and all that I know they do it for tourism traps now like polar Express every year

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

I work for the ONW that runs the polar express and we work with the FCEN to get stuff done. They run a train to Eustis a few times a week actually, I think Tuesdays are a main day they run up to Eustis. This run was awesome though, definitely a highlight of last year

[@thepozfromoz5166]

Nice horn on that gp30!

[@chrishauser5505]

Love the old horns

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

I want emd F unit still running again And Cooperation with Bnsf,Ns and Csx.That's very Cool guys!, so If End F units stil running like GE Ac6000cw it will be cool!

[@rileyhogan8248]

4:12 the sign on that bridge still says SDBRR Proporty, so that GP30 is at home!

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

That was actually a prop that we pulled out of my trunk for the photoshoot tbat I thought would look nice BUT she is still right at home on the old Seaboard System, with plenty of those signs still placed

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

Waaw, the train is very big and tall, full power. Greeting from Indonesia.

[@PC10.8]

Wow! That’s a powerful horn on the gp30!

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

One of my favorites!

[@Steamerchoo]

Love this video!! More!

[@mhbpodnk]

Must have been a real treat for the to actually do some freight in stead of passenger service all time

[@hankmccoy6779]

great video

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Thank you Hank, I'm glad you enjoyed watching

[@gatortrainchaser2080]

Excellent Video, Christian!

[@RailfanDownunder]

Superb

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

I like EMD f unit and Sd 70 Ace

[@chrishinnant3924]

Now that's one badass horn.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

That horn is owned by a buddy of mine at CSX. Its my favorite horn there is. Nothing but power

[@chrishinnant3924]

@@Orangeblossomtrains they need to put that horn on CSX engines. All of CSX's horns sounds the same.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

@@chrishinnant3924 thats the horn a majority of CSX engines used to have in the 80's quite a few still have them like 2634, 1185, 2641, 2642, 911, 1776, and 3194

[@chrishinnant3924]

@@Orangeblossomtrains my favorite horn is the Wabco E2 horn. I used to hear that horn on the Seaboard Coastline back in the 70s and early 80s. It was a very low pitch sounding horn. But when Seaboard became Family Line System I stopped hearing it. If I ever hear that horn again I'll be super shocked. I think some shortlines still uses it. Man I miss those old horn so much. CSX done trashed them all. I also remember Seaboard coastline having a horn that sounded like a steam whistle. CSX stopped that one too.

[@williammckenzie1941]

Such an angry flagman, lol, it can be frustrating. Nice vid.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

We were cracking up with him about it afterwards lol Thanks!

[@mikedurhan9941]

Yeah. He got a little hot around the tooter-hole for sure.

[@daniels4227]

Love your channel. Have a new subscriber

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Thank you and welcome, hope you find more you can enjoy here

[@cherylali5113]

Me too

[@parrychapman7703]

Man, that's a lot of weight for the two old girls! I live next to a NS line that usually sees a daily steel train that came from the ship docks in Mobile, AL. Most of the time, they will have 3 AC units on them.

[@ohboy2592]

That would be the 60/61c. Train goes to Chicago for loads and empties to mobile.

[@melperry3576]

where was all the steel going? didn't realize they had a fabrication facility in sofla?

[@generosen999]

It’s central Florida

[@maddennis55]

I hadn't noticed before on other videos, but your angles show the GP30 with no dynamic brake.

[@hoosierhobbies]

Good eye! Original L&N GP30's did not have the dynamic brake option. SBD GP30's from the C&EI, SAL and ACL did.

[@melperry3576]

and a working mars light to boot, classy

[@GP9railfan]

It’s either that or ditch lights per FRA regulations

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

Hi guys,Actually I want EMD F unit live again in America,In Australia F unit locomotive still run,why in america This emd Was death?

[@shortliner68]

I was curious as to where the steel was bound in Eustis. Looking at Google Maps, I don't see any online customers for steel in this quantity, or any quantity for that matter. Must have been going to an offline customer via rail/truck transloading with Eustis being the closest town to the receiver.

[@tird108]

Maybe metro steel there right by eustis tavares I know lake tech gets some huge steel from them or it.could been hauled over to maybe durastress they build bridges

[@ohboy2592]

There’s a small steel company that had the contract for the new stadium in downtown Orlando. This was being stored for them until they needed the cars I believe.

[@danieldowling7421]

Sweet video! Do you know where these locos are usually stationed?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

They keep the engines stored and locked up in Eustis, I think on Friday and Saturday nights though they park on the street running section In Tavares on the Sorrento Branch

[@danieldowling7421]

CF Railfanning oh ok thanks man!

[@1500chessie]

Very nice video, like the Gp30 a lot.Can someone explain why the loco has ditchlights only on the back ?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Thank you. It only has ditchlights on the back to comply with the FRA ruling on auxiliary lights on the locomotive. Since is has the gyralite up front, it doesnt need front ditchlights

[@1500chessie]

@@Orangeblossomtrains Thanks for the explaination.I didn´t know that the Gyra Light comply to todays FRA rules.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

@@Orangeblossomtrains L&N was class, but when FL/SBD took over,,,,,,,,they blanked out ditch lights.

[@RailPreserver2K]

How did distant signal not hear about this

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

He unfortunately wasnt able to make this run

[@RailPreserver2K]

@@Orangeblossomtrains oh

[@wisconsinrailfanner8963]

Omg I love that S5T on that old Seaboard unit! So does the FC normally run seaboard and clinch field? Or newer stuff?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

This was a one time thing for them, having to move ONW's power back to Tavares. FCEN has it's own roster of diesels

[@wisconsinrailfanner8963]

Oh, nice

[@ishirotanaka]

does the Leslie S-5t horn have the same notes as the nathan airchime m5 and old cast p5?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

I dont think it does

[@GTRailFanProductions]

Was this a scheduled photo shoot or just random run to grab freight?

[@TrainzDriver2]

Random run

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

This was a scheduled photoshoot for a select few people in the area, but also with the purpose of moving these cars to Eustis

[@TrainzDriver2]

where were they taking this in eustis and will this become a normal run?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

This was a one time run to Eustis to be offloaded for somewhere, not sure where they were going after the unload

[@TrainzDriver2]

CF Railfanning if u find out anything else I would love to catch them any time they do freight ops, thanks!

[@PalmerSubRailVideos]

RS5T sounds like Vermont Railway 303's 5T

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

ok

[@SteamMasterGaming]

Truly marvelous

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

That horn is stupid loud hahaha

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Its my alltime favorite horn, ahead of the K5LLA. I dont hear these this often but, it was music to my ears. As a friend and I say, "That horn will put some hair on your chest" lol

[@ishirotanaka]

tell me, Will 1030 ever be restored to her original L&N Livery?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

It'll eventually happen but personally I prefer it in Seaboard System. Nothing I love more than riding in her knowing its a SBD loco on old SBD rails here

[@robertbowman3406]

I think the 1030 needs a makeover. It could sure stand it. Yes I know it take lots of cash flow too.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Its in the plans for it eventually to be repainted inti a fresh coat of its original L&N As a Seaboard fan myself, im loving the Seaboard paint

[@nathanielbolden5053]

@@Orangeblossomtrains yeah I liked the Seaboard System paint job better

[@Foghorn1218]

fine video. I love the RS5T horn. Is no 1030 till around?

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Yes sir, shes still on the Orlando & Northwestern Railway here in Central Florida

[@danieldowling7421]

Oh and also what camera do u use? Sorry for all the questions 😂

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Oh no worries Keep watching my content and you can ask whatever 😂😂 I use a Canon Vixia HFR700 On occasion I'll use my phone (mostly with my Railfan Shorts series) But for productions like this I use that Canon

[@danieldowling7421]

CF Railfanning ok thanks man and yeah I will definitely keep watching your videos!!

[@CSXKid5016]

Im also curious. Was this just a photo-op or was this move with an actual purpose?

[@TrainzDriver2]

steel bound for Eustis

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

CSXKid5016 both a special photo shoot and a purposed move for those steel cars

[@TheEmilychurchill]

Nice gp30 marslite

[@tdluvs]

Why did they cut off the F unit at the end

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

They cut ol girl off to put her back on the ONW passenger train, which the GP30 currently wasnt being used on

[@ivyandroses4373]

I would like to mount those air horns on my 1950 chevy truck 😆😨😨😨😆

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

That’s a very sorry-looking GP30.

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

She was rough with her original 1980's paint but she ran likeba dream.

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

@@Orangeblossomtrains interesting

[@benconway9010]

Wat the hell is with the lights why are they going round in circles for??

[@Orangeblossomtrains]

Thats a gyralite, used back in the day before ditchlights

[@rosaleal6043]

Come to Australia there are bulldog nose locomotives working everyday

[@trainzguy2472]

1030 looks a little in need of some new paint!

[@WhetstoneCreek]

Trainzguy2472 nooooo. Keep it L&N original

[@bnsfbandit9807]

@@WhetstoneCreek he is saying repaint it in L&N

[@nathanielbolden5053]

Repaint it Seaboard System colors they looked awesome

[@nathanielbolden5053]

Repaint it in the old seaboard livery

[@gracenauen9828]

Don’t wait to Long To Take Video’s February 6, 2019

[@JeanPierre-jb5ln]

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