I was in Waycross in early 1993 and the town was loaded with unprotected crossings. They only had crossbucks. I saw a few tractor trailers almost collide with freight trains because they appeared out of nowhere. One truck slammed on his brakes as the freight suddenly appeared and stopped in time but his side mirror got smashed.
Ah Danny, once again you hit me w/my past lives. I spent 15 yrs in Tally as the Owner of Culligan on W. Brevard St, then I purchased the M&M Ice & Cold Storage in Cairo, just a block north of the Rail line. You're SO right about Mr. Chick, He's a highly respected part of the Community & haven't thought of him 'till you brought back many fond memories of my time in Cairo.10 years of fun! You're a true joy!
The owner of Mr. Chicks once used the caboose for his office. If you' gone into those warehouses behind the restaurant, you would have fallen in love with his museum quality collection of antiques of all sorts.
My 6 year old daughter and I watch your videos when I'm trying to get her to sleep, its probably a bad choice of videos for that because she is always so excited to see the big trains racing by on the main lines. She seen you closing out this video here and she said, "daddy, he is nice...." her name is Vanessa and she is most definitely a future rail fan lol
"All-benny..." Brings back memories--we lived in Birmingham; my grandparents were from Eufaula, AL. When I visited as a child, I remember them talking about "All-benny."
I was furloughed in1974, a little more than a year since I hired on in Feb 1973 in Hialeah, Fl. Waycross was a fascinating place to work: 3 huge flat-switch yards, at least 60 trains a day, 50 or more yard jobs, enormous back shops. Stayed there for 2 years and witnessed the start of construction of the classification yard. The hump tower was built first toore all operations from Oklahoma ave. And centraize the yardmasters, as well as the Thomaville Eub road freights(that's where I worked). 12 trains a day plus 2 locals. I gained a lot of experience while there as that side was run by timetable and train orders,aka "dark territory". Nice to see how the whole yard turned out.
I grew up in Brooklyn and have memories going to Alabama by train, the artifacts at Mr Chicks made me think of going to the store with family! Also, my middle school in Brooklyn with Ebbets Field Apts across the street! Cairo is where Jackie Robinson was born and grew up!
As always, one of my favourite channels whilst I'm in my shed working on my model railroad. Oh yes, my wife reckons she was going to take my old cap out back and shoot it. Put it out of its' misery.
@23:22 you are correct; even in dark territory, you don’t want to accidentally shunt a switch because you’re sitting too close to it, so it’s better to park away from it. General code of operating rules says 150ft at minimum where ever feasible; 400ft for signals (though each railroad company has their own specified rules. It’s usually 400ft though).
That morning shot at Boston, GA brought back another memory: depot is set back from the main because there was a long siding near the depot that served a feed mill as well as another customer behind the depot. Usually worked the mill enroute to Thomasville on the local 611/610 back in the mid '70s. Lots of business back then. Also the local you video'd coming from Qutman used to be run out of Thomasville to Perry, Fl on the old ACL Perry cutoff, the line from Dunnellon to Thomasville, 789/790. Good to see the Bowline getting modernized, it's been dark territory for too long.
Just watch your B-Day trip with your son to Ohio. That was wonderful to watch. Another part of the country both you and your son need to see the Chicagoland area. The central hub of railroads for the country. 👍
Danny, I’m so glad you are back with another great video. Hands down, you are the best source for a RailRoad education..! I’m addicted to your presentations..lol!
Danny Speaking of the concrete ties, I ran into a CSX crew that was replacing the ties that told me that the reason they are going back to wood was the cost and time to replace kevlar pads that sat between the rail and tie. They were put on with an adhesive and when they wore out, it was costly and very time consuming to replace those pads.
One of the perks I enjoyed being a customer of CSX is their desire to show off their capabilities and equipment to customers. One of the best things I remember is when I was invited to the Rice yard in 2007. The train master had some one show me around the entire yard that also included visiting the top of the hump and being up in the control tower to watch the guys work the yard. Well worth the drive up from Tampa.
This channel has a great narrator! Please tell the producer, director, editor and writer that we appreciate the detail information on the locomotives including the air horn.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS DANNY,. THANK YOU...A WONDERFUL VOICE FOR ALL US RAIL FANS. ALL YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO WELL PRODUCED AND I HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THEM THROUGH THE YEARS,.
Wow you really go out of your way to explain things which is really great. This is to dennis fox2340 I still live here in Tally and remember Culligan on Brevard and if I think about it , it's close to Swain Pools (I think!) and we've been using them for years, you know I've been to Cairo a lot of times, my mom's mother was born in Cairo and drove right by Mr. Chick and never stopped, guess I'll have to change all that next. Thanks for all of this you guys it was special!!
Great Video Danny Waycross is big. There is another yard that is even bigger you've probably heard about it before North Platte Bailey Yard in North Platte Nebraska. 8 mile long Yard complex. With two hump yards
I grew up in Waycross 46- 71. Albany Ave area. Loved seeing all the railroad crossings. My family came from Atlanta area to Waycross in 1920 to work for Coastline railroad. Love to hear the train horns. Thanks for the sweet tears of memories.
I'm really not a "Rail Fan". But I always look forward to your videos. I learn so much and You do a wonderful job. I think you outdid yourself with this one. Thanks for all your hard work putting the videos together.
As a kid, my uncle (55 years ago) would take me along on in cab his diesel runs w Fairbanks Morse engine. Back then it was permissible. Thanks for reflector strips explanation; never knew that)
Danny, Great video as always. After 27 years with ns I retired last year. Just had my fill of their mess!!! I grew up very close to the bow line and it amazed me that csx hadn't done much to this line. Still jointed rail still speed restricted etc! . Alot of freight moved through this area as you touched on alot of ag products then another big papermill in cedar springs Georgia that csx serves on the southside. Ns use to serve them on the Northside. The papermill once had their own railroad that connected the two but they sold off to g&w. Norfolk southern out of Albany to Dothan. Lease that line now to g&w. As the bow line gets into dothan there is a small yard there. Then on up to Montgomery...there is a huge Hyundai plant there csx serves. Then on to bham where coal use to be king but Honda ships their autos to birmingjam from Lincoln Alabama to be loaded on auto racks. As well as Mercedes in West of birmingham in Vance alabama. Norfolk southern line runs from Atlanta to Norris yard in irondale right beside Honda but due to pricing Honda found it cheaper to Cary their autos to the bnsf yard in birmingjam and load them. As well as Mercedes. ... sorry got into a rant there. I would think the bow line would be a very valuable asset to csx and just shocked to see they have not upgraded before now!!!
CSX is under new management. One that thinks finding new customers rather than alienating existing ones is better for business. Go figure. Good luck in retirement. You made the right decision. NS is a mess.
Thanks for another great video Danny! My 7 year old son and I just love watching and looking forward to your videos!!! Thanks for all the amazing videos and the great time spent with my son learning about railroads!
I love info about Rice Yard. I went to church with the Karle’s and to high school with some of Gus Karle’s children and spent some good times at their home. Thanks!
There is Only one (1) thing that can make Saturday Night any Better and Danny Harmon posted a Video today so we can Watch it and Learn more about Railroads.
Never expected to see a video showing locomotives I used to work on in Massachusetts in Georgia. I was a conductor and engineer and Pan Am Railways and we had a bunch of the ex CN GP40-2 motors. Adding an ex B&M motor to the same consist just shows how small of a world this really is.
Danny, your guess about PTC being the reason why the engineer stopped so far from the switch is spot on. PTC tends to be very sensitive to stopping distances, and will start beeping and flashing on the screen if you get closer than it feels comfortable with, despite crawling at a handful of miles per hour, and still having plenty of room left. As for leaving the switch open, I can say that it’s somewhat of an unwritten rule on the railroad that if the train going in the siding gets there first, and the train occupying the mainline is close, you are to leave the switch open and return to the cab in order to expedite the meet. If the mainline train gets there first, you get down and line the opposing train into the siding. If they’re still a ways away, you’re expected to line the switch behind your train and walk back to the head end so the mainline train can come on through without slowing down. I’m a conductor for Norfolk Southern out of Birmingham, and our north end to Chattanooga has all hand operated switches, so these types of situations are extremely common. However, we did just have an engineer get dismissed for pressing the “all arrived” key on his PTC screen when making a meet, before verbally and visually confirming that he was meeting the right train and lead locomotive number. There was a train locked up in the clear in the siding, so they weren’t going to have to stop and line the switch back, so the train on the main came through at track speed and when it flashed up “all arrived” on PTC, he quickly pressed it and they carried on since they had a clear signal (non CTC territory). When the next northbound train (the one they were supposed to meet) knocked down the signal at the north end of the siding just to the south, the signals dropped on both trains and PTC shot the brakes. The northbound train crew was relieved and taken to Chattanooga, and the southbound crew was relieved and taken out of service.
Dang!! That could have caused a serious problem. Well, I guess what did happen was pretty serious to those two crews. Thanks very much for this explanation. Helps me better understand the PTC system.
I live in Bakersfield basically central California outside the tehachapi loop so I’ve always been a Union Pacific BNSF fan. Ever since I’ve came across Mr. Harmon’s video’s I’ve caught myself focusing my attention on CSX which is all fun to me being it’s new territory. I just want to thank you for everything you do for the railroad community and I look forward to watching your video’s keep up the hard work and let get those thumbs up folk help monitize channels like these trips chasing trains does not come cheap. 🚀
I enjoyed watching this video. My husband was a signalman for csx. Waycross is our hometown. He worked in wacross for a while but we also lived in south Carolina, fla. DeLand, fla was my favorite. The history of rice yard was very interesting. Thank you. My name is sheri Rockett Clanton
Love your Shows..... "THE GOVERNOR "......(DANNYS NEW NICK NAME)....EVERY TIME WE SEE "THE GOVERNOR " SHOWS WE ALWAYS THICK OF BEAUAFULL FLORIDA .. THANK YOU DISTANCE SIGNAL FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEO ❤❤WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.. LOVE HOW YOU ALWAYS INCLUDE THE SWITCHING MOVES...NOW IS "THE GOVERNOR " GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A LONGER FENCE FOR ALL YOUR NEW SIGNS.....ENJOY..😅😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Danny, I really appreciate you showing us your goof with the fogged up lens. Things don't go perfectly all the time and this is a great learning moment for us all!
I don't really consider myself to be a "Railfan" but I enjoy your videos immensely. They are so interesting and informative and your videography and narration are incredibly professional.
Always enjoy your videos and especially your places where you stop to eat. Love the mom and pop restaurants instead of chains. Keep up the great work after I retire I’m dragging my girl friend with me to Georgia to rail-fan
I’ve heard about waycross and watched the webcam feed from there but I learned a lot about the yard and whole of the bow line from this video. Thanks DH
This video is so full of history and new information you shared with us Danny. I would love to visit Cairo ,Ga to see all those artifacts. This excites me. Good seeing you again and thanks for a stunning video. Take care and be safe. 😊
I think what CSX is going to ultimately do with the BOW line is its going to make it a primary route since the old Gulf Coast route through the Florida panhandle is no longer in use. Just a guess given what all you've shown us on the line.
Hello, Mr Harmon! Though I was raised in Brooklyn, I lived in Columbus,GA for 26 years and drove tractor trailer. After the great information on Mr Chick's restaurant, there was the display of the cross! I would've sworn that was in Virginia; on I-81, south of Winchester! I have always wanted to be a railroad engineer but the closest I came to it was trucking!
I spoke with the owner of Mr. Chick before about that caboose. He said that it was delivered to Waycross brand new in 1964. So it's highly likely that it's a former Atlantic Coast Line caboose, and was likely a regular on freights through Cairo and other points outside of Waycross. The orange color is possibly the old paint scheme as ACL had their new cabooses painted orange in the 60's to stand out. If you like to see it up close, he'll allow it as long as you call ahead about it at Mr. Chick for an appointment for a tour of it and the classic and antique cars inside the buildings that the caboose is in between.
Gosh what an enjoyable video. Love the history and info and insight on expansion... how it all came to be. The flashback to the 70s.. so much good meat to this video! Thanks so much for the extra work you put in not making simple "watch a train go by" video... but instead insight into "why" the train is going by. Love it.
Excellent commentary, three examples: at 10 minutes concrete ties replaced with wood, turnout technology is described, at 15 minutes are unique Georgia & Florida locomotives, etc,etc, very thorough !
I rode the Bow line in 1960 from Montgomery to Savanah. II was local and stop at every small town. I was by myself and thirteen years old. The train got into Savannah around midnight after leaving Montgomery around eight that morning.
Loooong time watcher Danny and I'm glad you're still cranking out videos. I'm no longer in FL and have moved to Norfolk Southern territory but I still love your videos.
I always love seeing your videos, Danny! I live near the UP mainline, so it’s interesting to me to see how CSX operates differently down in Florida as compared to the massive freights that have been common for a long time.
One of my brothers worked the Rice yard for many years and his last job as track inspector and retired after 40 years. I have always been fascinated about how busy the rice yard is.
I was in Waycross in early 1993 and the town was loaded with unprotected crossings. They only had crossbucks. I saw a few tractor trailers almost collide with freight trains because they appeared out of nowhere. One truck slammed on his brakes as the freight suddenly appeared and stopped in time but his side mirror got smashed.
Danny, great video! Listening to you is like listening to an old friend telling a great story.
Ah Danny, once again you hit me w/my past lives. I spent 15 yrs in Tally as the Owner of Culligan on W. Brevard St, then I purchased the M&M Ice & Cold Storage in Cairo, just a block north of the Rail line. You're SO right about Mr. Chick, He's a highly respected part of the Community & haven't thought of him 'till you brought back many fond memories of my time in Cairo.10 years of fun! You're a true joy!
Sounds like a great place to live and raise a family.
It is. Coming from another native of the city
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Mr Chick has Plenty of Hard Working Employees who are Not Afraid to Work their Shift and Earn their Paychecks. What a Concept in Year 2023. 😬👍
The owner of Mr. Chicks once used the caboose for his office. If you' gone into those warehouses behind the restaurant, you would have fallen in love with his museum quality collection of antiques of all sorts.
I hope to take that tour one of these days.
My 6 year old daughter and I watch your videos when I'm trying to get her to sleep, its probably a bad choice of videos for that because she is always so excited to see the big trains racing by on the main lines. She seen you closing out this video here and she said, "daddy, he is nice...." her name is Vanessa and she is most definitely a future rail fan lol
"All-benny..." Brings back memories--we lived in Birmingham; my grandparents were from Eufaula, AL. When I visited as a child, I remember them talking about "All-benny."
I was furloughed in1974, a little more than a year since I hired on in Feb 1973 in Hialeah, Fl. Waycross was a fascinating place to work: 3 huge flat-switch yards, at least 60 trains a day, 50 or more yard jobs, enormous back shops. Stayed there for 2 years and witnessed the start of construction of the classification yard. The hump tower was built first toore all operations from Oklahoma ave. And centraize the yardmasters, as well as the Thomaville Eub road freights(that's where I worked). 12 trains a day plus 2 locals. I gained a lot of experience while there as that side was run by timetable and train orders,aka "dark territory". Nice to see how the whole yard turned out.
I grew up in Brooklyn and have memories going to Alabama by train, the artifacts at Mr Chicks made me think of going to the store with family! Also, my middle school in Brooklyn with Ebbets Field Apts across the street! Cairo is where Jackie Robinson was born and grew up!
As always, one of my favourite channels whilst I'm in my shed working on my model railroad.
Oh yes, my wife reckons she was going to take my old cap out back and shoot it. Put it out of its' misery.
I normally don’t watch ads but for Danny, I make sure to watch them all the way through. That drone footage is worth every second of my time.
That is so nice. We do the same for him.
@23:22 you are correct; even in dark territory, you don’t want to accidentally shunt a switch because you’re sitting too close to it, so it’s better to park away from it. General code of operating rules says 150ft at minimum where ever feasible; 400ft for signals (though each railroad company has their own specified rules. It’s usually 400ft though).
That morning shot at Boston, GA brought back another memory: depot is set back from the main because there was a long siding near the depot that served a feed mill as well as another customer behind the depot. Usually worked the mill enroute to Thomasville on the local 611/610 back in the mid '70s. Lots of business back then.
Also the local you video'd coming from Qutman used to be run out of Thomasville to Perry, Fl on the old ACL Perry cutoff, the line from Dunnellon to Thomasville, 789/790.
Good to see the Bowline getting modernized, it's been dark territory for too long.
Love the Bowline feature. Used to live in Dothan a few moons back and have traveled up Highway 231 to Montgomery many times.
Just watch your B-Day trip with your son to Ohio. That was wonderful to watch. Another part of the country both you and your son need to see the Chicagoland area. The central hub of railroads for the country. 👍
I have to watch this again because I fell asleep to you soothing voice 😅
I love your photography and editing. It shows exactly what you're talking about. Excellent video
Danny, I’m so glad you are back with another great video. Hands down, you are the best source for a RailRoad education..! I’m addicted to your presentations..lol!
Great video, Danny. Good history and current status of the Bowline, which we thought was doomed just a few years ago.
Thanks for the history lesson, Danny. It opens up a few lines (😀) of investigation out of personal curiosity. Till the next meet, 73 de MM5AON
Danny
Speaking of the concrete ties, I ran into a CSX crew that was replacing the ties that told me that the reason they are going back to wood was the cost and time to replace kevlar pads that sat between the rail and tie. They were put on with an adhesive and when they wore out, it was costly and very time consuming to replace those pads.
Another absolutely brilliant video. Full of details and information. Thank you
One of the perks I enjoyed being a customer of CSX is their desire to show off their capabilities and equipment to customers. One of the best things I remember is when I was invited to the Rice yard in 2007. The train master had some one show me around the entire yard that also included visiting the top of the hump and being up in the control tower to watch the guys work the yard. Well worth the drive up from Tampa.
This channel has a great narrator! Please tell the producer, director, editor and writer that we appreciate the detail information on the locomotives including the air horn.
Thanks! You just told him. Ha!
Another excellent history lesson!
Once again you have produced an extremely informative program. Thank you so much
Thanks Mr Danny. One of my old favorite trips to fan back in the day.
Danny your rail videos are very professional & extremely educational for me some of my friends that watch your channel , thank you!
Just another note. Yours is the ONLY UA-cam channel that I watch about Trains.
Glad to see my neck of the woods upgrading and also all the road freights are run throughs now.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS DANNY,. THANK YOU...A WONDERFUL VOICE FOR ALL US RAIL FANS. ALL YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO WELL PRODUCED AND I HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THEM THROUGH THE YEARS,.
Wow you really go out of your way to explain things which is really great. This is to dennis fox2340 I still live here in Tally and remember Culligan on Brevard and if I think about it , it's close to Swain Pools (I think!) and we've been using them for years, you know I've been to Cairo a lot of times, my mom's mother was born in Cairo and drove right by Mr. Chick and never stopped, guess I'll have to change all that next. Thanks for all of this you guys it was special!!
Great Video Danny
Waycross is big.
There is another yard that is even bigger you've probably heard about it before
North Platte Bailey Yard in North Platte Nebraska.
8 mile long Yard complex. With two hump yards
I grew up in Waycross 46- 71. Albany Ave area. Loved seeing all the railroad crossings. My family came from Atlanta area to Waycross in 1920 to work for Coastline railroad. Love to hear the train horns. Thanks for the sweet tears of memories.
Thanks Elizabeth. Wish I'd have known about Waycross in my youth in the early 1970's. I'd love to have visited there when it was still all Coast Line.
I’m really enjoying your long videos, Danny. This one was so great. Your flyover of that mothball track for CSX engines was breathtaking.
Yes it was!
I'm really not a "Rail Fan". But I always look forward to your videos. I learn so much and You do a wonderful job. I think you outdid yourself with this one. Thanks for all your hard work putting the videos together.
@russellp4160 I agree, even if you are not a railfan, you can still enjoy the history, scenery, and stories of the various areas of Florida he visits.
@@wayneyadams And of Georgia! And anywhere else he goes!
As a kid, my uncle (55 years ago) would take me along on in cab his diesel runs w Fairbanks Morse engine. Back then it was permissible. Thanks for reflector strips explanation; never knew that)
Danny,
Great video as always. After 27 years with ns I retired last year. Just had my fill of their mess!!! I grew up very close to the bow line and it amazed me that csx hadn't done much to this line. Still jointed rail still speed restricted etc! . Alot of freight moved through this area as you touched on alot of ag products then another big papermill in cedar springs Georgia that csx serves on the southside. Ns use to serve them on the Northside. The papermill once had their own railroad that connected the two but they sold off to g&w. Norfolk southern out of Albany to Dothan. Lease that line now to g&w. As the bow line gets into dothan there is a small yard there. Then on up to Montgomery...there is a huge Hyundai plant there csx serves. Then on to bham where coal use to be king but Honda ships their autos to birmingjam from Lincoln Alabama to be loaded on auto racks. As well as Mercedes in West of birmingham in Vance alabama. Norfolk southern line runs from Atlanta to Norris yard in irondale right beside Honda but due to pricing Honda found it cheaper to Cary their autos to the bnsf yard in birmingjam and load them. As well as Mercedes. ... sorry got into a rant there. I would think the bow line would be a very valuable asset to csx and just shocked to see they have not upgraded before now!!!
CSX is under new management. One that thinks finding new customers rather than alienating existing ones is better for business. Go figure. Good luck in retirement. You made the right decision. NS is a mess.
Thanks for another great video Danny! My 7 year old son and I just love watching and looking forward to your videos!!! Thanks for all the amazing videos and the great time spent with my son learning about railroads!
Another excellent video…..
I love info about Rice Yard. I went to church with the Karle’s and to high school with some of Gus Karle’s children and spent some good times at their home. Thanks!
Thanks again Danny!
Always a pleasure to watch these. I've always loved trains since I was a kid.
There is Only one (1) thing that can make Saturday Night any Better and Danny Harmon posted a Video today so we can Watch it and Learn more about Railroads.
Thank You.
The Trainmaster is back. Book 'Em Dan-o.
Very cool 😎 very good very great 👍
Never expected to see a video showing locomotives I used to work on in Massachusetts in Georgia. I was a conductor and engineer and Pan Am Railways and we had a bunch of the ex CN GP40-2 motors. Adding an ex B&M motor to the same consist just shows how small of a world this really is.
Haha! You never know what you're gonna run into out there.
Danny, your guess about PTC being the reason why the engineer stopped so far from the switch is spot on. PTC tends to be very sensitive to stopping distances, and will start beeping and flashing on the screen if you get closer than it feels comfortable with, despite crawling at a handful of miles per hour, and still having plenty of room left. As for leaving the switch open, I can say that it’s somewhat of an unwritten rule on the railroad that if the train going in the siding gets there first, and the train occupying the mainline is close, you are to leave the switch open and return to the cab in order to expedite the meet. If the mainline train gets there first, you get down and line the opposing train into the siding. If they’re still a ways away, you’re expected to line the switch behind your train and walk back to the head end so the mainline train can come on through without slowing down. I’m a conductor for Norfolk Southern out of Birmingham, and our north end to Chattanooga has all hand operated switches, so these types of situations are extremely common. However, we did just have an engineer get dismissed for pressing the “all arrived” key on his PTC screen when making a meet, before verbally and visually confirming that he was meeting the right train and lead locomotive number. There was a train locked up in the clear in the siding, so they weren’t going to have to stop and line the switch back, so the train on the main came through at track speed and when it flashed up “all arrived” on PTC, he quickly pressed it and they carried on since they had a clear signal (non CTC territory). When the next northbound train (the one they were supposed to meet) knocked down the signal at the north end of the siding just to the south, the signals dropped on both trains and PTC shot the brakes. The northbound train crew was relieved and taken to Chattanooga, and the southbound crew was relieved and taken out of service.
Dang!! That could have caused a serious problem. Well, I guess what did happen was pretty serious to those two crews. Thanks very much for this explanation. Helps me better understand the PTC system.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, Danny. I've learned a lot. Thanks for all the hard work.
Another good one.
Thanks Danny. As a CSX shareholder, it’s good to see how those dividends are generated. 😁👍🏻
Waiting out the Storm here in Pahrump Nevada 🇺🇲 and perfect timing😊 Distant Signal to the boredom rescue. Thank you sir 🙏 😁
Thank you for another great video Danny. Cheers from Canada!
Another great video
I live in Bakersfield basically central California outside the tehachapi loop so I’ve always been a Union Pacific BNSF fan. Ever since I’ve came across Mr. Harmon’s video’s I’ve caught myself focusing my attention on CSX which is all fun to me being it’s new territory. I just want to thank you for everything you do for the railroad community and I look forward to watching your video’s keep up the hard work and let get those thumbs up folk help monitize channels like these trips chasing trains does not come cheap. 🚀
Better than any documentary on TV!! Love the trains, and love the history.
Awesome video! Love the new hat!
Great video, as usual.
I enjoyed watching this video. My husband was a signalman for csx. Waycross is our hometown. He worked in wacross for a while but we also lived in south Carolina, fla. DeLand, fla was my favorite. The history of rice yard was very interesting. Thank you. My name is sheri Rockett Clanton
Another good one!
Another great video!
Love your Shows..... "THE GOVERNOR "......(DANNYS NEW NICK NAME)....EVERY TIME WE SEE "THE GOVERNOR " SHOWS WE ALWAYS THICK OF BEAUAFULL FLORIDA .. THANK YOU DISTANCE SIGNAL FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEO ❤❤WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.. LOVE HOW YOU ALWAYS INCLUDE THE SWITCHING MOVES...NOW IS "THE GOVERNOR " GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A LONGER FENCE FOR ALL YOUR NEW SIGNS.....ENJOY..😅😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing!
Danny, I really appreciate you showing us your goof with the fogged up lens. Things don't go perfectly all the time and this is a great learning moment for us all!
Great video as always Danny
I don't really consider myself to be a "Railfan" but I enjoy your videos immensely. They are so interesting and informative and your videography and narration are incredibly professional.
That's an awfully nice compliment, Freda. Thanks for taking the time to write and welcome to the channel!
Good stuff, as usual
Dang, high praise on that chicken!!
Gotta love Danny Harmon! Best channel on UA-cam! "Two thumbs way up".....
Thank you for this video. My Dad was a supervisor in the Rice Yard. Great memories:)❤
Always enjoy your videos and especially your places where you stop to eat. Love the mom and pop restaurants instead of chains. Keep up the great work after I retire I’m dragging my girl friend with me to Georgia to rail-fan
That hat is fantastic, Danny!!! Thanks for another awesome and very informative video!! It’s always a great day waking up to a new DSP!!
I love Danny's food stops would see a video of all his favorite restaurants
I’ve heard about waycross and watched the webcam feed from there but I learned a lot about the yard and whole of the bow line from this video. Thanks DH
This video is so full of history and new information you shared with us Danny. I would love to visit Cairo ,Ga to see all those artifacts. This excites me. Good seeing you again and thanks for a stunning video. Take care and be safe. 😊
Nice keep them coming
Danny's videos are always so interesting. I love watching him & Jaw Tooth.
I think what CSX is going to ultimately do with the BOW line is its going to make it a primary route since the old Gulf Coast route through the Florida panhandle is no longer in use. Just a guess given what all you've shown us on the line.
I though CSX leased the line to Florida Gulf and Atlantic
@@notarotomwithhair5637 They did sell the Florida Gulf Coast Route to FG&L. I was just saying the line is no longer in use by CSX past Mobile.
Hello, Mr Harmon! Though I was raised in Brooklyn, I lived in Columbus,GA for 26 years and drove tractor trailer. After the great information on Mr Chick's restaurant, there was the display of the cross! I would've sworn that was in Virginia; on I-81, south of Winchester! I have always wanted to be a railroad engineer but the closest I came to it was trucking!
Thanks for the great info
I spoke with the owner of Mr. Chick before about that caboose. He said that it was delivered to Waycross brand new in 1964. So it's highly likely that it's a former Atlantic Coast Line caboose, and was likely a regular on freights through Cairo and other points outside of Waycross. The orange color is possibly the old paint scheme as ACL had their new cabooses painted orange in the 60's to stand out. If you like to see it up close, he'll allow it as long as you call ahead about it at Mr. Chick for an appointment for a tour of it and the classic and antique cars inside the buildings that the caboose is in between.
Gosh what an enjoyable video. Love the history and info and insight on expansion... how it all came to be. The flashback to the 70s.. so much good meat to this video! Thanks so much for the extra work you put in not making simple "watch a train go by" video... but instead insight into "why" the train is going by. Love it.
great video , thanks
Great Video
Fun interesting video.
Excellent commentary, three examples: at 10 minutes concrete ties replaced with wood, turnout technology is described, at 15 minutes are unique Georgia & Florida locomotives, etc,etc, very thorough !
That's an extremely nice compliment. Thanks very much.
Awesome vid Danny, I watched it twice and put it in my watch later also. Keep them great vids coming 👍👍👍👍👍
I rode the Bow line in 1960 from Montgomery to Savanah. II was local and stop at every small town. I was by myself and thirteen years old. The train got into Savannah around midnight after leaving Montgomery around eight that morning.
Loooong time watcher Danny and I'm glad you're still cranking out videos. I'm no longer in FL and have moved to Norfolk Southern territory but I still love your videos.
Love the memorabilia at Mr Chick. If I'm ever in the area, I'll stop there for sure.
I always love seeing your videos, Danny! I live near the UP mainline, so it’s interesting to me to see how CSX operates differently down in Florida as compared to the massive freights that have been common for a long time.
Agreed! Agreeing from Omaha, Nebraska. (UP's headquarters, for those that may not know that)
Enjoying your Videos Danny
Well done
One of my brothers worked the Rice yard for many years and his last job as track inspector and retired after 40 years. I have always been fascinated about how busy the rice yard is.
Another excellent video. Thanks for all your efforts!
4:01 Two of the Last 3 AC6000CWs on CSX can be seen on the left side of the screen
South Georgia resident and long time viewer enjoyed that video. Thanks for all your videos and the professional quality you put into them.
Thanks, Danny, that was interesting.
New to your channel and I’m enjoying it very much.
Welcome aboard, Lonnie!
When people think about Switches, they think about a Standard Type but GOD knows there are many Different Types of Switches currently in Operation. 👍🙏