Abandoned Railroad leads into Tree
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- This is a CSX industry spur Railroad Crossing in Miami, Florida specifically NW 36th Ave near Opa Locka Airport. At one point, it was a 3 track grade crossing but throughout time with the advent of trucking and outsourcing and now covid 19 some companies have gone belly up, so even though the sign says three, it is now a one track crossing. One of which went out of business was AC Italian Bakery. These industrial spurs have been here from the days of Seaboard Air Line as some rail read 1951 and older even. There were never any signals or gates or bells here, just cross bucks and that's it! If you're familiar with the South FL area, you know this area is where Hialeah Miami and Opa Locka meet. The Tri Rail and Amtrak pass just a few blocks West from here on the main. And going South you have the Iris interlocking with the FEC train tracks in Hialeah. Join me for me history and archaeology in this video!
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It's attempting to call that emergency contact number and report that there's a tree in the way. 😀
LOL I like the way you think, Kevin! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Not only is it sad to see
Abandoned tracks....
It is also sad to see all these
Businesses now closed up..
Jobs lost!!
Looked like at one time a
Bustling commerce area...
Great history...great expertise
Thanks!!
I think you pretty much covered it all, Carolyn. From jobs lost to wasted potential and history, great job! I appreciate the kind words. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
@@railrol82 It is all a product of the 'outsourcing' that the corporations love so much. This allows the giants to use foreign labor to cut their costs enormously. They also love the laws that favor them and hurt the small and medium businesses and eliminate their biggest competition. The big corporations then become monopolies and the shareholders and managements become wealthy. The small and medium businesses must then fight tooth and nail to survive against great odds. Many have been decimated, even before covid19, and as a result, many sidings have been pulled up, branches and secondary through routes removed and converted to 'hiking, biking trails' ostensibly to protect the route in case rails are needed to be relayed in the future, but we all know that rails never come back. This results in less business for the railroads, and less people working and able to spend. This does not matter to the corporate oligarchs and their servant politicians, who are only in it for the money and perks.
Hey Roly! Sweet video! Can you imagine the smell from all those baked goods! And load after load of supplies from rail. Must have been a cool place to work back in the day. Thanks for sharing. Great find. Would be neat to see them working this line at the remaining customers! Stay safe my friend! 🛤
Good morning John, I can surely imagine the taste of all those baked goods. I bet they would even give the crew some samples! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
There's alot of history in those spurs. Decades and decades. Makes you wonder how it was back in the 60s and 70s. Thanks for the video as always
Great minds think alike, Daniel. My go to is always historicaerials.com, where you can go back in time through the decades and see how it was. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Hey that's a cool site! I didn't know about historical aerials. Let me check it out and play with the site. Thanks again
As always he is back at it with wonderful content . Anyone can agree that RailRol82 is a professional at this !
I'm extremely flattered to read this wonderful comment, Arrow. I wish I could shake your hand with gratitude in person one day! Thank you as always for the views and comments!
@@railrol82 Its my pleasure you just need to know you do a good job man and me and 10k+ people appreciate your works . And by the way you can call me Victor instead of Arrow 😂😂😂.
@@ArrowIIIRailfan LOL Thanks Victor! I try to give you guys what l would like to see in a video. Thanks again for the kind words!
👍👍🚂 It is a bummer that the Italian bakery closed down and the jobs lost. Mother Nature likes to take over abandoned tracks. Have a good week!
Can you imagine all the goodness that came out of the Italian bakery?! Hopefully the crew got free samples. Thanks as always for the views and comments, DP. Hope all is well.
Awesome work as always Roly! Stay safe out there! Cheers, Danny
I'm glad you liked it, Danny! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
RailROL: another great video! You’re a true archeologist and historian. And, yes, that sign is baloney.
I appreciate your kind words, Mark. I'm glad you think so. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Another great video!!! Many thanks and best wishes!🇺🇸
Many thanks and much appreciated to you for your continued support of my channel, James!
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It’s a great channel. I really enjoy the content. I’m the rail fan in the family but, the wife loves Happy! Pet the little pooch for us! Cheers!👍🇺🇸
This was an very interesting video. It definitely looks like the line to the Italian bakery was cut off since the track ends before it is anywhere near the industrial spur that is still in use. That other track that went to the building on the other side of the spur had to have been in disuse for a very long time when you look at the size of those Palmetto trees that are now in the middle of the tracks. Thank you for finding this interesting crossing and for sharing it with us!
I'm glad you liked the video, Thomas. I bet there are crossings like this all over the US, thanks to trucking and outsourcing. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Wow! One of those rails on that main track appears to have "rail head shelling" at least on that one rail. Chances are, that these rails were laid in the 1920's by the Seaboard. This trackage appears to have what looks like 112 pound rail, fairly common as "main line" rail in those days. Now most main line trackage is constructed with 132 pound rail or even heavier rail like 140 pound rail, I 've seen that on Amtrak's North East Corridor Line just out side of New York's Penn Station.
I noticed that too, that it looked like main line rail. And yes, nearby I saw a 1925 rail which would put us at the SAL days. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Josh!
Yea a video with active track. Thanks Roly nice video. Good Sunday morning. Appreciate the presentation it does look active in the area probably the line will be active for many years to come? See you Wednesday.
Good morning Edward, I hope this track does remain active for years to come. Honestly, it is tough for shortlines to succeed in today's world with trucking and outsourcing. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
The tree is amazing. You mentioned about the polished track showing still in use, that broken rail at around 2:20 was polished too.
I didn't have my glasses on as I was filming this : /
Thanks as always for the views and comments, Geoff!
One, two, tree like they say in Chicago.
Good Sunday Morning Roly!
HA! My main man Antonio, I hope all is well and that you have a great week. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
In case you haven't been over there, there also is an abandoned team track in front of Miami Northwestern HS. The rails are still in the road ( NW 72 St and 11th Ave ) just they were paved over.
Good stuff, Don! I just looked it up on Google Maps and will document it in the future. I appreciate the heads up!
@@railrol82 It is depressing to see other countries using their railroads the right way and improving service and comparing them to the USA, which is seemingly abandoning everything in sight and capitulating to the trucking/highway/trail lobbies in every demand, putting down the big, bad, dirty, smoky, noisy, all around nuisance, polluting, rotten, and old fashioned, ancient rails, and boosting the modern, hip, progressive roads and highways. Free up rail right of ways for wellness trails and development "for the people's wellfare" (real estate deals$$$$$$$$), and nevermind the destruction of entire neighborhoods for one massive freeway to freeway interchange! When the extensions of 836 and 874 meet each other and either highway or both head for Homestead and meet up with S. Dixie Hwy and the Turnpike, they will decimate South Miami Dade and the resulting mass of highways and ramps, traffic and pollution will be far far worse than would have resulted had the CSX and FEC lines used as intended. There have even been on and off talks through the years of turning the South Miami Dade Busway into a toll road, like the 874 and 836 highways all under the control of MDX, further proving not only who calls the shots, but that the busway is an abysmal failure and that it was built as a favor and kickback for political support. It is beyond disgusting!
That is a really cool area with alot of history! Love the old cut off spurs mixed with still in service track! Great video Roly!
I knew this would be your cup of tea, Blake! We love all this historic old school stuff. Hope all is well. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Blake!
George,George, George of the Railroad,Strong as he can be...... WOOONK WOOONK! WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!
LOL! Thanks as always for the views and comments, Keith!
@@railrol82 Someday, you can come up to Fayetteville,NC; We got some abandoned trackage to explore too.
@@KManXPressTheU I would love to visit there!
Mmmmmm, I like bologna. Another good video Roly!
I thought you were a spaghetti and meatballs kind of guy! Thanks as always for the views and comments, Mike... Hope all is well.
Considering the size of the tree, unless it was transplanted there I'd say that spur was long gone. Weird about the concrete ties. Great video my friend.
Yes, I agree Roy. Judging by the size of that tree, I'd say that track has been out of service a good twenty something maybe thirty years. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
Keep up the good work my friend!
I appreciate the kind words, Jeffrey. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Always interesting! Thank you!
Thanks as always for the views and comments, Robert
Hey great work! I love finding and exploring abandoned Railroad tracks. You should see what I have in Northern VA.
I would love to visit VA one day. I hear Roanoke is a great place to railfan. Thanks as always for the views and comments, William!
That was interesting very interesting thank you.
Great minds think alike, Scott! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
The archeologist has spoken 👍🏽
You're awesome, C! Thank you for that and the continued support of my channel!
Wow, that signage looks new. It's obvious that only one line is active being the other 2 are severed. That's just plain common sense, don't need to be a railroad engineer track planner specialist for that. Great video .....😀
LOL @ RR engineer track planner. That's good stuff, Vistalite! Thanks as always for the views and comments.
So sad how the other abandoned tracks had to say goodbye while abandoned it
On the bright side, at least there is still an active one. Thank you as always for the views and comments, UPK!
Good job reporting from Miami
Thank you very much, I appreciate that!
Nice Coverage
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Thank you as always for the views and comments, Taslim!
I thought I was going crazy with the steel sign post crossbucks, normally their made from wood posts.
I hear you, C. Same here. That is a big shock indeed! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
I guess you could say the palmetto tree is like a grave marker for the spur track if the rail were still connected one could try to pawn it off as " green" environmentally friendly bumper post though one couple impact would kill it A friend of mine worked for the CNW and he took photos of the MOW crew sawing thru 15 year old trees in order to deliver a boxcar in South MKE WI. Since we don't have a mini Havana all I can offer are spilled breaded chicken tenders on the UP branch to Jefferson WI which does use ARMN reefers
The Palmetto tree as a "green" environmentally friendly bumper, nice! LOL. Yeah, that could be dangerous though. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Paul.
Looking at Historic Aerials the earliest date shown is 1961 and this building did not exist, only the remains of what appears to be an abandon airport of some kind. The building was standing in 1969. The business seems to have lasted until the late 1980s or early 1990s
You're right on the money, Albert. I remember someone telling me this was an airport way back when. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
This is just unacceptable! These tracks need to join other tracks and go so many places!!!
Absolutely, they had a great destiny at one point and were cheated out of it! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Awesome video! Never gets old.
You're right on the money, Mike! I feel the same way. Thanks as always for the views and comments.
Great Video! I hope you had a great week! Keep up the good work! RailRol82 is the best railroad archeologist on UA-cam! More Voodoo!
I really appreciate you saying that Colton! I'm flattered you think so. Best wishes and hope all is well. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
I've witnessed overgrown, out of service tracks rehabed. Even with trees, brush and even pavement, tracks can be restored rather quickly.
Please excuse any spelling and grammar errors.
No need to excuse, Larry. You're right on the money with everything you wrote and how you wrote it! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Cool 😎 video 👏🏻 👏🏻
I'm glad you liked it, Sue. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
All the commercial business areas are like this now, from austin to San Antonio if you take the Amtrak Texas eagle I bet I counted 60+ cut off industry spurs to business that no longer exist. Heartbreaking
Ouch, more than 60 cut off industry spurs.... that hurts. What a shame, those spurs were what made this country what it is today. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Jordan.
Boy, when Mother Nature reclaims the land, She doesn’t play around! Seeing that palmetto brings back fond memories of vacations in the South Carolina lowcountry, especially the beach vacations every summer! Hope your feet don’t get chewed up by fire ants, because those little bastards are EVERYWHERE down there! Nice video and stay safe, Roly!
The only place I've been to in SC is Historic Downtown Charleston with the brick pavers and brick building, very cozy and love the architecture. In retrospect, maybe the flip flops weren't a good choice. Luckily there were no fire ants or sharp rusty objects. Thank you as always for the views and comments, DD!
At least one track is still being used.
I agree, the glass is 1/3 full! Thanks as always for the views and comments, Celio
That Tree is lucky, any locomotive could snap its roots just like that! LOL
Facts! LOL Thanks as always for the views and comments, Glenn.
So I went rail fanning one day and I notice I saw some 2 rail tracks still sitting and then it leads into old ware house and then down by the main line where trains are still running I've notice there was still wood that goes under tracks still sitting there so I looked up my town rail line and the fact that alantic coast line railroad used to own the rail line and that the city train station was built in 1924 and there use to be like 3 rail lines that ran down to the next town and on before and siding that lead to loading docks for box cars and etc man it's cool to know history is still laying around for me to find
That signs like an awesome place. You said ACL, in what city is that located? Thanks as always for the views and comments
@@railrol82 this in wilson NC and np
This might be a track used to park some freight cars before that track was created
That could also be a possibility. I like the way you think, Ravyn. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Awesome video railrol I wonder how many train pass thru there
I bet back in the day, this line would see a lot of traffic! Thanks as always for the views and comments, Alan.
you really wouldn't think there would be much in the way of money saving by cutting out those two switches on an industrial spur. I also think property owners would want to keep them active as a selling point for companies to lease or buy property based on rail access.
Jim, what you just said is waterproof logic! I don't think anyone can argue with that. Thanks as always for the views and comments.
That’s a strange place for a track to into
LOL I agree, it is. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
Good video glad the main line is still being used would be nice if the spurs could be brought back to use
I agree, but I don't RR companies care for small customers these days. They go the big fish, intermodal business. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Alfonse.
@@railrol82 They have to give better service or they won't survive, plain and simple! There is a lot of intermodal that they leave to the highways, which have 90% of the trucking companies' freight business! It is incredible to think that even if intermodal volumes doubled, that 80% of the trucks would still be on the highways. It is true that Class one RRs and regionals generally shun the little customers, but shortlines court them and give them service, since even one customer can make a difference to them. A lot of the businesses have gone under and do not exist any more. But too many are given crappy service and turn to trucks. CSX is notorious for giving bad service, but FEC under R.W. Wyckoff also went for nothing but rocks, automotive, and intermodal traffic, and could care less about carload customers. He sold off the tracks from Dadeland to Florida City for scrap value and sealed the doom of the Ludlam Corridor as well. Thankfully, Wyckoff is gone.
Well...I guess technically, it IS a triple-track crossing. LOL.
LOL It is a matter of perspective like everything else in life! Thanks as always for the views and comments, BN
Railroad ending into tree = RailTree
I like the way you think, Dragogos. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
the Tracks look a little Faded since they look like they never been in use for a While!
Yes sir. That is a sure sign of that. Thank you as always for the views and comments, Sega!
Very weird ending. Very legendary once again. Is anyone else buying this property or can I use it for a drop off station
The center spur is still active, so it isn't for sale. But who knows what the future holds. Thank you as always for the views and comments, World!
@@railrol82 I only asked because who knows whether it will be active when I get down there. I have decided to add railroad nationwide to the restoration in Florida. It will go all over the USA.
Yeah, I know what that is, it should have been lunch or dinner, what a waste. Its cool to see old spurs and what they went to but also kinda sad they have been taken out of service. Especially to an Italian food producer, who doesn't love Italian food!
I agree Kman, that should've been food for a starving person and unfortunately it was wasted. On the bright side, Italian food is awesome all the way around! Thanks as always for the views and comments!
@@railrol82 No problem keep em coming! I'm curious, you mentioned you used to work for FEC RR. Are they a shortline? do they only operate in Florida? I live just outside of DC and around here there are no shortlines, just two of the big boys operate here, CSX and Norfolk Southern. Pretty much from here traveling north to Baltimore where the ports are, those two own the rails.
When was last time all rails were in use.
The last time was in 2016 to removed stored rail cars. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Craig
Nice vid! Sad to see abandoned businesses and railroads. Btw, I uploaded a couple vids of an extremely rare RR Xing if u interested in checking em out.
I'll definitely check out those videos. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
again the handle is backwards on the switch stand.
Hmmm, I see what you mean. Good obsveration, Lou. Thank you as always for the views and comments!
Hmmm. If you were trying to have a train remove evil spirits from a poor, sacrificed chicken, wouldn't you choose a more active rail line? I'd think that a fast train would do a more efficient job of sucking out the bad stuff. Or is a slow train is better? Cheers from Wisconsin!
Good observation, Andrew. But these voodoo doctors aren't very bright to begin with, so they can't tell an active track from an unused one. All they know how to do is manipulate vulnerable people. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Andrew! Hope all is well.
"Did you guys see the size of that... chicken?!"
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I think they'd be better served maybe making some arroz con pollo, Roly! I think the train gods are full by now.
LMAO! Good stuff, Robert. I wonder if the train gods are going to become vegan after all that decomposed chicken...
Thanks as always for the views and comments. Hope all is well!
@@railrol82 Heh. I guess broccoli is back on the menu for the santaria folks then, eh?
All is well, and hope the same to you, brother. Keep 'em coming!
@@robertscharlow Will do!
might as well say one track if the other two tracks are cut off that line
YES! That's exactly what I'm saying. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
@@railrol82 you know it
That one siding must've been disused for ages if palm trees are growing there. And what's up with the dead birds? Most everyplace you show has em. Is it some sorta trend? I won't even ask how the watermelon got there.😁
Yes it's an animal sacrifice for Santeria. He mentions it in most videos. Hence why he says "you know what these are."
Yes, the dead birds are a sacrifice to a particular saint in the Santeria religion. This happens a lot in Miami because there is a big concentration of Cubans here and they practice that a lot. Thank you as always for the views and comments, gentlemen!
Alright, who put that tree there?
LOL It would be funny if FEC came and planted it one day right there!
Uprooted railroad crossing..
That's always a sad site to see. Thanks as always for the views and comments, R!
Bruh
Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Good stuff, please get a gimbal, so much work you invest, but the videos are toooo shaky. Later on you regret it and won‘t redo them.
Honestly, l get very few complaints about shakiness. 2 in the past week. I appreciate your input. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
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Thanks as always for the views and comments, Georgette
Kind of like the Democratic Party..........
LOL Good one! Thanks as always for the views and comments!