"Voodoo & Palmettos": The Miami Industrial Train Scene in 2020

[@mollycaz1]

I like when the train goes on old tracks

[@VirtualRailfan]

Great stuff Tolga!! Love this type of railroading.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks for the high praise! I agree single car switching is cool!

[@Daniel-lp2wi]

Hi Virtual Railfan

[@JawTooth]

This is awesome! Switching videos are my favorite and I'm watching it now

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! I like switching action a lot too!

[@silverfox5319]

Great video with detailed narrative. You guys make train watching from the convenience of my laptop a real pleasure.

[@slgordon3]

I find this much more interesting than, say, a video of a huge intermodal train going from LA to Chicago on the Transcon. Thank you!

[@csxrailfan45]

Very impressive job man! Its always neat seeing some local action vs main line traffic. Just subscribed, very awesome channel! Just found it.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you! Welcome aboard!

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@TolgaEastCoast 9:28 Wow, i was not expecting UPS of all people to go around the gates

[@patricknoveski6409]

I love these videos. Reminds me of L.A. back in the day. Plus fec. Colors chrome + red. So nice. Good job bro.

[@jeffallen5698]

Really enjoyed this video!! Awesome effort following all these different trains. Local switching are my favorite videos. Thank you for doing this

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Jeff! Its fun watching them switch!

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video.Endeavors are unmatched.South FL Railfan..Bliss

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@busprowler]

Love it, love it, LOVE it! Nice to see the pros at work.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Joe! I wish I had a better hand at video when there were more of these back then.

[@johnsims2728]

Another great video with Informative narration. Keep up the Good work!

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@Alcanman1]

Superb video and great to see East Rail & Downtown Spur still working. Loved FEC switching Trujillo. I do hope LM builds East Rail 2. Seeing this stuff makes me think I should build another South Florida layout.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Mal! I hope he gets it done too. I'm about to do Commerce Park in HO. Fun stuff!

[@_toyotapro]

Awesome operations on the spurs!

[@daveyboy_]

I find it so damm cool that u could be walking by what u mite think ( just by looking at them ) are abandoned tracks , then a train might just show up . Awesome

[@Frosty-productions]

Great footage especially details for us modellers.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! As a modeler myself I agree

[@davidrowbottom2523]

Really pleased to have found this. Excellent film with explanations which help this viewer in theUK.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you David, glad it's helpful!

[@jaeFFCC]

Good video with detailed narrative and satellite locations👍 Yep, we waited for the styrofoam cut🤭 And I want a churro, please🤤

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!! I'd love to have a Churro too lol and the cut was interesting haha

[@25mfd]

really nice vid... i'm using your footage to get some scenery ideas for my layout, VERY VERY helpful... you can never make enough industrial lead footage keep 'em coming

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! Glad these are useful reference for you. Miami is a one of a kind setting for switching layouts. The crews get puzzled seeing me out there sometimes and I make the point about this and the spur layouts that are out there lol.

[@erikmcc804]

Wow TogaEastcoast, The was a amazing and awesome catch, Thanks!!! this is my first time on your channel i love it and BTW i am a subscriber :-)

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you! Appreciate it!

[@erikmcc804]

@@TolgaEastCoast your welcome :-)

[@jeroldcrawford3431]

Great video. Signed up immediately.. Lots of detail and good video work.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Jerold!

[@perryamicangelo4008]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing

[@davestrains6816]

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing. Dave

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Dave!

[@sheafan1971]

I live in Broward County and watch live cams all over the country. Great Video

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@sofreak6]

This video is simply awesome 👌 👏 😎

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you Scott!

[@lindsayrichardson5947]

Great video again really like watching them all the way from New Zealand

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Lindsay! Wow, New Zealand, awesome! Appreciate it!

[@matthewcragg3607]

I wish the Downtown Spur and East Rail fortunes would turn around and there would be enough business demand to warrant renewed rail service into those areas. Some new and busy shipper at the extremity of the Downtown Spur and more happening at East Rail would bring tears to my eyes. "Voodoo & Palmettos" is some of the coolest railroading anywhere.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

I'm with you 100%. East Rail has some potential, and Downtown Spur I'd say west of 17th Ave but some areas are being gentrified into Wynwood style places.

[@TonyM.8542]

Awesome video and documentation Tolga!! Love it.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Tony!

[@marykrauthamel7559]

Very interesting collection. What was the powdery stuff being hauled at the end?

[@BurtonSKnowles]

It always amazes me that those horrible tracks can handle the weight of the locomotive, even the 4 axle ones. Either way, this is awesome to watch!

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! The trackage is quite resilient

[@craigpalmer5693]

South florida Miami Florida dangerous job but awesome video CSX frieght train and central florida coast line to Jacksonville Florida Melbourne Florida off us 1 bless you keep it coming friend 2021

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks

[@louis9750]

Great video! Happy New Year.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you, same to you!

[@ICE6365]

Awesome job here Tolga! You know quite a lot about this area, and I love all the details you give about the switching operations, industries, time of day when they typically work, etc. I found it very interesting that they chose to keep a buffer car while they were switching the LPG cars at AmeriGas. Is a buffer car always required or just preferred by the crew?

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! Generally its a requirement when handling loaded LPG.

[@ICE6365]

@@TolgaEastCoast good to know. Thanks!

[@TheQuebecRailfan]

I love to see this, can you shot that again please ? Local train on old track is my favorite!

[@bradfordthompson8326]

You are right. ....great ideas

[@Mdrailer1]

The ATW cars are owned by Atlantic and western railroad here in sanford, nc and the LRS boxcar is laurenburg & southern RR in Laurenburg, NC. Both are small shortlines. ATW is owned by G&W now though

[@joedelusso1415]

great vid Tolga, seen some nice modeling ideas such as the sunken track near the middle of the video and the TBOX #889448 with those wooden wedges holding the doors closed at 31:44..

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Joe! Good eye seeing the shimmed boxcar

[@joedelusso1415]

@@TolgaEastCoast those were big,somebody don't want that cargo falling out before it reaches it's destination...

[@firefighting25]

Enjoying the videos, are you using the Hialeah street number system, or Dade County street number system to identify your location? Enjoy seeing home.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks. Largely the Dade County system.

[@v2factoryman]

Great, really enjoyed this. Greetings from the UK.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! Greetings!

[@cdavid8139]

well shot. congrats

[@burnuts007]

Great job! This is awesome footage!

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@user-sm4hq9tu7h]

@TolgaEastCoast At 12:41 is the train Y322 from Miami, FL to Downtown Spur, East Rail, Trademark Metals, Hialeah Yard.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

17:26 Wonderful 16 cyl non-turbo'd music! The audio quality is great!

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! Amazing what an iPhone can pull off.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Great video and great place to shoot..................

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks

[@andrewpalm2103]

New subscriber here. Thanks for this video. I always enjoy watching industrial switch jobs, wherever they are. Cheers from Wisconsin.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! I enjoy working these videos just the same. Cheers!

[@luniadomenechi8024]

Very good video, thank you to show me some.. from Miami. Like for you, Good job.

[@saxgaming4441]

Hi do you think ot would be better to link my channel or my best video? Because I am going to make a video go live 1-2H before your video.

[@Bhil3]

What a nice, informative video. I just love trains.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks!

[@DebbieSarahKasch]

Loved this.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks!

[@jasmannygonzalez4376]

I just can’t wait!!

[@garykcs5532]

Great vid, love all the switching

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Gary!

[@multicolorfilms]

Hello Tolga! Great job on this one, this is one of your best videos so far! Awesome intro too! Just a question: I know a lot about CSX, bit not much about FEC. Where is the best place to catch daytime FEC trains? I’d like to take a trip to see them, but I’m not much for nighttime railfanning. Anything inbetween 6am and 8pm, I’ll catch. Any suggested locations? Thanks.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks a million! In SFL the Hialeah-Medley area will usually keep you a little busy between the early morning and noon. Traffic quiets down once 202 leaves but occasionally 109 is late or port train meddles around at 2pm. The lull is usually 2-4:30 where the 5am yard job comes back and sometimes they kick the 11am job out west.

[@multicolorfilms]

TolgaEastCoast Thank You sooo much! Will do

[@stephenheath8465]

Did that UPS Truck went around the Crossing Gates at 9:33?

[@leskeegan9033]

Is this the old spur that CSX use to handoff the Circus Train to the FEC?

[@trapdriver7006]

Excellent video 👍😀😀🇬🇧

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@timwright3592]

Interesting...at 31:30 seeing a 60' HC boxcar TBOX 889448 in brown. No TTX markings. Cool.

[@w.r.adams-cooley8096]

Can't you use a drone to fly overhead to see the switching that is as you say "out of the view of railfans"?

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Maybe. It's a little tight but i guess that's a part of the composition.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Nasty looking track

[@billylozito1789]

Any Seminole Gulf Action?

[@MLWQC]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks!

[@MLWQC]

@JF D rail Super belle video

[@andyknott8148]

Never noticed before but the FEC GP38 has horns on the long hood as well.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Yep, all 4 axles have bidirectional horn

[@scubajoe3321]

Grupo de mexico fec is a Mexican owned company?

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Great video 🚄🚄👍

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks!

[@TwoRibbonRailvideos]

EMD's ran the show on this one, I like it

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Yessir!!

[@jefffleetwood8173]

@@TolgaEastCoast j111

[@rb810810]

Fantastic work! One question: what was in that MQRX hopper?

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! It was loaded with slag

[@rb810810]

@@TolgaEastCoast thanks!

[@timpriddy349]

That UP boxcar is old enough for scrap if not used for an older spur dock

[@originalm3233]

*That grass and weed growth on the spurs would make me think that the tracks are used once a month at most. However, it was said in the video that the spur is used 3 times a week. It must be a Florida thing due to being tropical???*

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Yeah plus the trains don't spend too much time on them. Sfl is really prone to vegetation quickly growing much of the year

[@williammorse8330]

is Lance Mindheim in the house?...... now I can see the attraction in modelling all this..... great stuff, thank you from Vermont

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks! He sure is, maybe by remote access with the pandemic :)).

[@williammorse8330]

@@TolgaEastCoast you're welcome... but, isn't Florida open for business? much of Vermont isn't....

[@jamesburnside3023]

Well done video

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@jeffrumbach150]

FEC run propane on their locomotives with the tank car between 2 locomotives too fuel the engines

[@davidvanschaick5565]

Good Stuff TEC

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thank you!

[@shawiniganterminal7061]

Lance M. will love it

[@timothydemarco3525]

Can’t wait

[@CSXandrewFEC]

Very nice tolga

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks Andrew

[@saxgaming4441]

Thanks for the quick reply man I was wondering if I got you a compilation of footage would you be willing to edit it and post it you don't have to shout me out so it would be nice of you at least put my channel in your description I just enjoy filming trains but I'm really trying to concentrate on RC content now I will be posting a video of 8102 but other than that I want to keep it RC but have some nice clips and if you'd like more I can get as many as you like since I live up by the Elkhart yard which as far as I'm concerned is the biggest classification yard in the midwest there's a lot of traffic through this area

[@ChrisCarpenter-d5e]

Early in the video looked like the back side of Opa-Locka and Hialeah

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Geographically close. Downtown Spur looks just like it

[@yardlimit8695]

a really good video..............i enjoyed it............BUT.........maybe it's just me but i had a bit of a hard time hearing your words, to me there seemed to be an echo like in an empty room.............i think you need some work on refining the sound,,,,,,,,i admit i measure all train videos by the standard of danny harmon and distant signal......so ,,,,,you take it from there for all it's worth or not worth..........you're decision........thanks,,,,,,,,,,,,,and once again, a REAL GOOD VIDEO, except for sound IMO........

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks for the feedback. It needs fine tuning. Probably my equalizers on the home stereo fool me at times thinking it sounds alright.

[@yardlimit8695]

@@TolgaEastCoastthanks for the response,,,,,,,,and not taking it the wrong way,,,,,,,,,,i see you put a lot of work into the videos ,,,,,,,and if they can be better ,,,,,,,,,why not do what it takes.........i had a feeling you were not aware of how it really sounded.......lookin' forward to more of your work

[@briandougherty4058]

If I wanted to watch commercials, I'd watch terrestrial TV/cable...

[@jakejackle9125]

When is there gonna be another circus train at fec

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Won't happen. It was discontinued almost 4 years ago

[@GRE2057]

tolga sounds like he is in a drain tunnel

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Guess i gotta tweak the voiceover effects a little more

[@saxgaming4441]

Could you please read the comment form 22h ago?

[@saxgaming4441]

Doing okay? Haven't seen a vid from you for a while. Do you have a date on my videos posting time? Sorry about so many questions for just one more would you like a little help with your algorithm I couldn't do much but I could just look over it the see if your videos could grow a little bit more if you would like or if you're just a person who makes videos to make videos that's okay too.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Hi, thanks for your concern. In general I am doing fine. Being a physics grad student first and a hobbyist second, I can only accomplish so much for the train hobby in the free time available. That said our collaborative project is in the queue but like this video has been pushed back for one reason or another. I take enjoyment in providing local content as well as those from travels and the like for the community, so sharing and putting out what I and/or my circles experience/opine on matter most. Thanks for your comment.

[@really5453]

18:04!

[@TimThatTrainGuy]

great video but some of the switching shots look like they are in the ghetto

[@danmartin8414]

I buy pool salt from Salco!

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Yeah!

[@aldrinnunez4932]

We're are you

[@aldrinnunez4932]

Ohh

[@-HDK-]

7:20 Engineer has skills to pay the bills. Its ways easier to run that way when your crew are cut in and not a bunch of Nancys'.

[@chrisstromberg6527]

5:20 That horn is horrible!

[@CSXKid5016]

Nice vid. Awful horn on 511, just dreadful.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Thanks, that's the downside.

[@SplitHairz]

36:10. There is something you do not see often. An almost graffiti free train.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Interesting, right?

[@SplitHairz]

@@TolgaEastCoast yep I love your videos. Came here via Mindheim.

[@randyjacobs9489]

Everything looks so dirty and run down.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Yep!... not everything is chamber of commerce material

[@LeeDfined]

South Florida...so yeah...

[@booda51]

Miami one big garbage dump