I lived in Northeast Missouri for the first 40 years of my life. I saw the passenger routes disappear and railroads merging. It seems like the railroads have lost something, but your videos tend to awaken that excitement of seeing trains passing by. It is more than going from point A to point B. It's a bit of an adventure.
Dirtcop, i'm from Sedalia. We used to have MO-Pac passenger train pass through between KC and STL. We also had to deal with the long MKT trains too. Now it's the MO-runners and UP westbound trains.
I’m originally from the north central MO area and many many ages ago (not sure when they removed it) they used to have that repair yard in Moberly area and passenger service. Now a lot of the freight just bombs right on through although the do seem to do some amount of switch stuff around there in what yard they do have left. Nearest passenger service I think would be Amtraks stop in LaPlata on I think it’s the Southwest Chief?
I'm Canadian and used to work for Canadian National. What I find curious is the way the two major Canadian lines are taking over the Americans to the point we're now all the way into Mexico, with CPKC.
Hey Danny - I honestly am not even a rail-fan but I love your videos regardless, you're a great presenter. I also love your road-side food reviews! Keep up the good work boss.
It was really interesting to see the Silver Star and Silver Meteor down there in the Florida heat. I'm used to seeing them come by Long Bridge Park in Virginia, and it was 36 degrees here yesterday. It really gives you an idea just how much territory they actually cover.
This is pure gold! You do a video showing train action, explaining the history of the locations, all the while discussing and answering the questions about Divisions and Subdivisions. Just great content as always. We are blessed to get this stuff!!
Excellent video as Always. Your Railfan Channel is Better than Any Other Channel out there. I Bet you did a Great Job with your Homework as a Youth. 🤔👍🙏
As an American Locomotive Engineer working in China, I was really impressed by how you explained everything. Please posting RR stuff. Reminds me of the old US trains. Oh, here in China, our areas are provinces. Nothing American.
Danny, I know you are interested in history, before welded rail and the elimination of most industrial spurs, there were also sections, the section foreman, had a section gang and sometimes lived in a section house, owned by the company. Their main duty was checking joint bars for loose bolts, tamping pumping ties along with a great many other duties. These gang did heavy jobs like aligning track and adjusting gauge. The section varied in length, probably 10 to 25 miles. I worked on a section gang in the mid 60s and believe me it was hard work. Remember the song "Steel Driving Man", John Henry. The gangs also sang rithmatic tunes to aid their team work. Looking forward to your next video.
Another great video Danny my daughter and I spent this Thanksgiving weekend binge watching all your videos. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday
I enjoy listening to the dispatchers out of Jacksonville talking to the crews up here on the S&NA and how they coordinate the traffic. Lots of talented people in the industry for sure, IMO. Awesome video, Danny!! You have a knack for teaching 👍
Thanks for the railroad lesson about divisions, subdivisions and what they cover. Always great to have another Florida railroad history lesson as well and great videos!
Another term is region. I used to work in the Canadian National Ontario region, which covered most of the province of Ontario. The westernmost point I work at back then was the division point at Armstrong (northeast of Thunder Bay) and on a few subdivisions, some since abandoned, across Northern Ontario. You mentioned starting trains, I used to hop on and off slowly moving trains, because the engineers didn't want to come to a full stop unless they had to. I'm aware of one wye that was not part of a junction. It's sole purpose was so that passenger trains that ran between Toronto and Kapuskasing Ontario could turn around for the trip back south to Toronto. Incidentally, back in the days of steam power, subdivisions were shorter, due to the higher maintenance requirements of steam locomotives. Back when I worked for CN, I was in a few towns with abandoned round houses and workshops that were no longer required with diesels.
That's very interesting James ... thank you for your reply ... that's when my Dad worked for CN back during the steam era ... he worked for CN for 40 years ... his section was between Stratford and London, Ontario. Thanks again for your reply.
@@twofoottaylor1 I guess you'd remember the locomotive shops in Stratford. Stratford was one of the places I worked (I was a relief tech for CN Telecommunications back then) and I saw where the shops had been. From Stratford, I'd get down to Glencoe, Strathroy and Komoka and up to Goderich. There was also a track from Stratford to Goderich back then.
@@James_Knott I do remember the locomotive shops in Stratford ... my Dad new quite a few of the fellows who worked there ... I'd been over that way quite often but unfortunately never got to tour the shops ... I've seen lots of photos of the inside of the shops though ... I know my Dad had been inside ... the line still runs from Stratford up to Goderich which I believe services the Salt Mines.
@@twofoottaylor1 I remember the big pier at Goderich, sticking out into Lake Huron. There was a shack way out on it, where the federal Dept. of Tides and Inland Waterways had some equipment to measure the water level. There was some equipment in that shack I had to fix. Out there, if you dropped anything it would fall through a hole in the floor and into the lake. I also had to turn around a big Chevy station wagon, without going over the edge, to get back to land, after I finished my work.
As soon as I get a notification for a new Distant Signal video, I nail the play button and the like button instantly! You know it's going to be an awesome video from the best in the business!
Always a great day when Danny has posted a new video! His voice and informative information I'd definitely advise any railfan to tune in! I hope someday to witness the busy railroad traffic in Florida. Thanks again Danny and hope you guys are doing well! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
A video from Danny always brightens your day. ☀️ Even though I'm in Wisconsin and you're in Florida, you make your videos so they can easily apply to anyone anywhere. 👍🇺🇲
Another great, informative video Danny-thanks for posting. One minor comment: when you showed No. 91 following No.97, you commented that 91 would likely face approach signals all the way to Miami. Not quite. As both trains make station stops at Winter Haven and Sebring, there will be a little separation after Winter Haven, but likely catch up at Sebring. But that should be the last approach for No. 91. After Sebring No. 97 will high ball all the way to West Palm. However No. 91 also stops at Okeechobee (97 does not). Again I always look forward to your videos and still are catching up on the old ones. A fellow Tampa Bay resident, “multicolor films” is also putting out some great videos. I think he learned from you “how to” do it right. 😊
Running on "approach" is a big No No, and a potentially deadly game. "Approach" in the rule book typically means "reduce to medium speed (or whatever) and approach next signal prepared to stop." The crew that failed to approach prepared to stop had no answer for their failure to stop as required when the Trainmaster or Rules Examiner standing at the r"next signal" held up the red flag he was holding behind himself as the engine as the engine blew by at 40 mph.
Another good video. With you and our mutual friend @SEABOARDSYSTEMfan, I've been kept well up to date on what's going on with CSX and how things work with the railroad. Thanks again for your great videos.👍
Thanks for the through explanations, Danny. I've had some of the same questions myself. Its always a good day when I see the notification of a new Distant Signal video!
Great video as always Danny! I’d love to see a video of your take on how motive power on trains has changed during your life, from your early railfan days to now. What do you like that’s changed? Is there anything you wish was still around? What are you going to try to see now that’s brand new and that’s going away?
Great video! I love that you do overviews of railroad happenings. Good way to get new people interested. It’s how you got me a few years back! My home subdivisions: CPKC Watertown Sub CN Waukesha Sub UP Milwaukee and Adams subs Feel pretty lucky to have 3 really solid train lines so close to home!
In Canada, subdivisions are also signifcant from signaling point of view and connecting from one sub to another involves trackside connections as well as CTC systems talking to each other. The system controlling Sub A needs to know if Sub B is ready to welcome the train. And the trackside hardware/interlocking needs to know about track occupancy on the other sub's adjacent track.
You really do a great job of explaining terminology to the layman and in such a way that it's easy for people in other parts of the country to apply it to our local lines. Keep up the good work.
And now they have the New England Division encompassing the former Pan Am Railways lines in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Great video as usual!
Always enjoy your videos and information. Will be down in Jacksonville permanently as I retire after the first of the year. Will have to see the lines there.
Great Video Danny, My subdivision is a kinda easy in my territory is the Amtrak Michigan Line also know as the Jackson Sub. except a 2 mile stretch where it is owned be the CN as the South Bend Sub.
As a Lakelander, that line that 766 backs down is right past Lakeland Station. It back all the way down the old Atlantic Coast line, a little past the WaWa on Bartow Road, it services Westlake Epoxy, if there's tankers, Azteca Milling LP a machine shop, and Packaging Corperation of America. I've only ever gone down there once or twice myself, there's not much room to rail fan on the road near the industries.
I may be mistaken, but I believe in the days of steam division (points) were around 150 miles apart. They hosted roundhouses, maintenance shops and the supporting towns and were mandated by the mileage interval possible before dumping and hot inspecting the boilers. It would seem reasonable, then, that subdivisions were where water tanks could be found. I realize things change, but for those of us who live in the past, this is what we understand. It may also be that the sizes increased as locomotives became more advanced. Certainly, with the advent of diesel, these criteria changed, and one would expect the management to also stay up to date.
Hi Danny! Daniel here! I'm doing great down here in Central Ga where I live near the Ga Road (Formally Ga Subdivision). I haven't been back on the Railroad for possibly 1 year because how busy I was and sadden that CSX hasn't runned their Manifest trains like they use to. There's a new local that was built 12 miles from me but I can hardly tell when the train comes because of all the trees around me and idk when the train comes because my radio doesn't pick up about 4 miles from the Distant Signal to my town. So I've decided to come back cause I got friends that misses my Train Sims and tend to get back into it. Its great to see your channel still growing and I wish you the best! 😊 Ohh and by the way, I'm hearing the passenger services wants to run on my line and my former Abbieville Sub I use to live by. I look foward to see some Passenger trains!
Hey Mr. Harmon, hope You'll had a good thanksgiving. I sure wished I taken my vacation this year, but I lost train of thought with work and other things. I hoping to take my vacation next year. Maybe I'll get back to Plant City !
My dad worked out of the Nashville division for 40 years on the Bruceton&Chattanooga subs. Occasionally he ran the old Tennessee Central route and the Huntsville, Alabama route too.
11:09 Great narration on a brief history of the old line. It would be cool to learn more history of retired lines and what they serviced. Seems like something you'd be great at.
Good to see another post from you. Here in Hutto Texas, the UP track has had enough ties replaced that the slow order has been lifted and Amtrak is now running full speed again. Some of the freight traffic is as well. This track is mostly east bound traffic, so I figure it must be paired with a like west bound rail. There are 2 sidings at about MP 151.7 as this is a single track. Both have clearly marked derail points. This has been parking for the MOW team, now up to 3 crew buses and a bunch of pairs of tie re-placers.. We had a Dyna-cat for a while, but something that large doesn't stay put very long. This route has had a slow order since mid-August. It was funny looking to see Amtrak only going 15 MPH when it used to run much faster. This single track runs east and west through Round Rock out to McNeil, Texas where there are two big wye's that allow interconnect to what is now Capitol Metro's line(ex MKT I think and a small yard operated by WAMX that seems to have a good crew of Diesel re-builders.) and also a CSX line. McNeil is home to the Austin White Lime plant, that was apparently large enough at one time to have it's own company store and port office including it's own zip code! The story I got in 1993 when I moved up from Houston was that they had been digging limestone out of the ground there for 40 years and there was another 40 year supply on this site. The stone is crushed and washed, then loaded into tankers for use in road building for the most part. This line takes commuter traffic downtown for now, but a future line will continue to the airport. Daytime is commuter traffic and freight at night and on weekends. The above mentioned ex-MKT line ran from a yard in Smithville up to Marble Falls One of the few west bound runs from Hutto is an almost daily train of hoppers going out to Marble Falls for gravel, which is then returned to a new yard at Frame Switch (now part of Taylor) where Samsung is building a huge new chip plant. This gravel trains runs around 105 cars with 3 power units, two up front and one pushing.
Thank you for posting another awesome 😎 video on UA-cam and you make these videos awesome 😎 and enjoyable and educational too! 5 Stars! @Distant Signal aka Danny Harmon!
I remember when the A-line was just thr Sanford Subdivision from JaxTerm all the way to Tampa Terminal. I cant imagine what kind of changes the Bone Valley Sub has undergone. Thanks Danny for sharing this.
another great and informative vid. love your photography or I guess it's videography . And I greatly admire that young gentleman using a tripod to film that train . I always aspire to use one and somehow it never happens. Thanks
As an engineer myself, it makes me so mad when I see a long train running 1 motor in the front and 1 in the middle. Makes it so difficult to get up to speed. Best way to do it is 2 and 1
At 5:57, there are some even longer subdivisions out there. The CN/Metrolinx Kingston Subdivision is 333.8 miles going from Montreal’s Gare Centrale to the Union Station Rail Corridor in Toronto. It’s so long it’s part of 2 separate CN Divisions. 0-127.4 is part of the Champlain Division while 127.4-333.8 is part of the Great Lakes Division.
I love how you do a fine job describing the different terms, and toss in some great railfanning action to spice it up and provide examples. Always great to see Plant City, home of a couple of Virtual Railfan live cameras. I recognized that double-diamond and tower immediately. :)
Always love your videos Danny and learn something new every time. I took a trip on VIA Rails The Canadian from Toronto, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia, a trip you should take some time if you are ever up this way.
I did that trip in 1974, on CN's Super Continental. This was back before VIA and I worked for CN back then, so my fare was free, though I had to pay for my berths, which included meals. A very enjoyable trip
When Distant signal uploads, you know it's a good day. Really fun video Danny, love em all!
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Nah, honestly, he only uploads when I'm having a good day. Like. All his uploads. It's nuts. I love him. Don't ever stop you, beautiful train man.
Great informative video!!! Thank you for all you do!!!
Every time I see that notification, I'm all happy.😊
I lived in Northeast Missouri for the first 40 years of my life. I saw the passenger routes disappear and railroads merging. It seems like the railroads have lost something, but your videos tend to awaken that excitement of seeing trains passing by. It is more than going from point A to point B. It's a bit of an adventure.
Dirtcop, i'm from Sedalia. We used to have MO-Pac passenger train pass through between KC and STL. We also had to deal with the long MKT trains too. Now it's the MO-runners and UP westbound trains.
I’m originally from the north central MO area and many many ages ago (not sure when they removed it) they used to have that repair yard in Moberly area and passenger service. Now a lot of the freight just bombs right on through although the do seem to do some amount of switch stuff around there in what yard they do have left.
Nearest passenger service I think would be Amtraks stop in LaPlata on I think it’s the Southwest Chief?
I'm Canadian and used to work for Canadian National. What I find curious is the way the two major Canadian lines are taking over the Americans to the point we're now all the way into Mexico, with CPKC.
I almost never comment on UA-cam videos but this man is an absolute gem and it makes my day whenever I see a new upload here. Cheers to many more.
That's a nice compliment. Thanks!
Hey Danny - I honestly am not even a rail-fan but I love your videos regardless, you're a great presenter. I also love your road-side food reviews! Keep up the good work boss.
It was really interesting to see the Silver Star and Silver Meteor down there in the Florida heat. I'm used to seeing them come by Long Bridge Park in Virginia, and it was 36 degrees here yesterday. It really gives you an idea just how much territory they actually cover.
This is pure gold! You do a video showing train action, explaining the history of the locations, all the while discussing and answering the questions about Divisions and Subdivisions. Just great content as always. We are blessed to get this stuff!!
Many thanks Buddy. Glad you liked it.
Excellent video as Always. Your Railfan Channel is Better than Any Other Channel out there. I Bet you did a Great Job with your Homework as a Youth. 🤔👍🙏
As an American Locomotive Engineer working in China, I was really impressed by how you explained everything.
Please posting RR stuff.
Reminds me of the old US trains.
Oh, here in China, our areas are provinces. Nothing American.
When Danny uploads you drop everything and watch. I can tell this will be a great and informative video as always!
Danny, I know you are interested in history, before welded rail and the elimination of most industrial spurs, there were also sections, the section foreman, had a section gang and sometimes lived in a section house, owned by the company. Their main duty was checking joint bars for loose bolts, tamping pumping ties along with a great many other duties. These gang did heavy jobs like aligning track and adjusting gauge. The section varied in length, probably 10 to 25 miles. I worked on a section gang in the mid 60s and believe me it was hard work. Remember the song "Steel Driving Man", John Henry. The gangs also sang rithmatic tunes to aid their team work. Looking forward to your next video.
Another great video Danny my daughter and I spent this Thanksgiving weekend binge watching all your videos. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday
Never fails the info and entertainment you provide Danny.
I enjoy listening to the dispatchers out of Jacksonville talking to the crews up here on the S&NA and how they coordinate the traffic. Lots of talented people in the industry for sure, IMO. Awesome video, Danny!! You have a knack for teaching 👍
Awesome production Danny! Appreciate all the hard work you put into your videos!
Such a good way to end a holiday weekend. Thanks Danny!!
Danny!!! Every time I roll through Wildwood, I look for ya!!!
Thanks for the railroad lesson about divisions, subdivisions and what they cover. Always great to have another Florida railroad history lesson as well and great videos!
Another term is region. I used to work in the Canadian National Ontario region, which covered most of the province of Ontario. The westernmost point I work at back then was the division point at Armstrong (northeast of Thunder Bay) and on a few subdivisions, some since abandoned, across Northern Ontario. You mentioned starting trains, I used to hop on and off slowly moving trains, because the engineers didn't want to come to a full stop unless they had to. I'm aware of one wye that was not part of a junction. It's sole purpose was so that passenger trains that ran between Toronto and Kapuskasing Ontario could turn around for the trip back south to Toronto. Incidentally, back in the days of steam power, subdivisions were shorter, due to the higher maintenance requirements of steam locomotives. Back when I worked for CN, I was in a few towns with abandoned round houses and workshops that were no longer required with diesels.
That's very interesting James ... thank you for your reply ... that's when my Dad worked for CN back during the steam era ... he worked for CN for 40 years ... his section was between Stratford and London, Ontario. Thanks again for your reply.
@@twofoottaylor1 I guess you'd remember the locomotive shops in Stratford. Stratford was one of the places I worked (I was a relief tech for CN Telecommunications back then) and I saw where the shops had been. From Stratford, I'd get down to Glencoe, Strathroy and Komoka and up to Goderich. There was also a track from Stratford to Goderich back then.
@@James_Knott I do remember the locomotive shops in Stratford ... my Dad new quite a few of the fellows who worked there ... I'd been over that way quite often but unfortunately never got to tour the shops ... I've seen lots of photos of the inside of the shops though ... I know my Dad had been inside ... the line still runs from Stratford up to Goderich which I believe services the Salt Mines.
@@twofoottaylor1 I remember the big pier at Goderich, sticking out into Lake Huron. There was a shack way out on it, where the federal Dept. of Tides and Inland Waterways had some equipment to measure the water level. There was some equipment in that shack I had to fix. Out there, if you dropped anything it would fall through a hole in the floor and into the lake. I also had to turn around a big Chevy station wagon, without going over the edge, to get back to land, after I finished my work.
As soon as I get a notification for a new Distant Signal video, I nail the play button and the like button instantly! You know it's going to be an awesome video from the best in the business!
Thanks Danny for adding the maps. It sure helps for those of us not familiar with Florida’s geography.
Really important video for those of us still learning. Thank you so much for this!!!!
Danny… thank you! Always learn something & have fun at DS❤️👍🏻🚂
Outstanding footage as usual, to say nothing of your stunning narration! Always a treat to see a new Distant Signal vid come out.
understandable specially for a new railfan like me.👌
Always a great day when Danny has posted a new video! His voice and informative information I'd definitely advise any railfan to tune in! I hope someday to witness the busy railroad traffic in Florida. Thanks again Danny and hope you guys are doing well! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
Great video and documentary of explaining what railroad Subdivisions are, Danny😊
A video from Danny always brightens your day. ☀️ Even though I'm in Wisconsin and you're in Florida, you make your videos so they can easily apply to anyone anywhere. 👍🇺🇲
Glad to see you're still out there runnin the high iron, Danny! Best wishes from your railfanning brethren in the lonestar state! HIGHBALL!!
Kudos to you Danny for your efforts at educating us ignorant distant signal rail fans.
Another great, informative video Danny-thanks for posting. One minor comment: when you showed No. 91 following No.97, you commented that 91 would likely face approach signals all the way to Miami. Not quite. As both trains make station stops at Winter Haven and Sebring, there will be a little separation after Winter Haven, but likely catch up at Sebring. But that should be the last approach for No. 91. After Sebring No. 97 will high ball all the way to West Palm. However No. 91 also stops at Okeechobee (97 does not). Again I always look forward to your videos and still are catching up on the old ones. A fellow Tampa Bay resident, “multicolor films” is also putting out some great videos. I think he learned from you “how to” do it right. 😊
Running on "approach" is a big No No, and a potentially deadly game.
"Approach" in the rule book typically means "reduce to medium speed (or whatever) and approach next signal prepared to stop."
The crew that failed to approach prepared to stop had no answer for their failure to stop as required when the Trainmaster or Rules Examiner standing at the r"next signal" held up the red flag he was holding behind himself as the engine as the engine blew by at 40 mph.
What a way to end thanksgiving break with a new Distant Signal video! Awesome video Danny!
Always an education when you post a video Danny,
Well as always with Distant Signal videos, I've learned something new today.
Always nice to see your hard work. Great video as per usual!
This man i so knowledgeable and professional both in is delivery and videography. Amazing.
Another good video. With you and our mutual friend @SEABOARDSYSTEMfan, I've been kept well up to date on what's going on with CSX and how things work with the railroad. Thanks again for your great videos.👍
Thank you for your wisdom and insight Danny. Your videos are informative and greatly produced!
Thanks for the through explanations, Danny. I've had some of the same questions myself. Its always a good day when I see the notification of a new Distant Signal video!
Welcome back my friend and you and your family have a safe and healthy holiday
Thanks again for another great video Danny, always look forward to your videos!
Great video as always Danny!
I’d love to see a video of your take on how motive power on trains has changed during your life, from your early railfan days to now. What do you like that’s changed? Is there anything you wish was still around? What are you going to try to see now that’s brand new and that’s going away?
I love it when I get a notification of an upload from the legend, Danny!
Great video! I love that you do overviews of railroad happenings. Good way to get new people interested. It’s how you got me a few years back!
My home subdivisions:
CPKC Watertown Sub
CN Waukesha Sub
UP Milwaukee and Adams subs
Feel pretty lucky to have 3 really solid train lines so close to home!
In Canada, subdivisions are also signifcant from signaling point of view and connecting from one sub to another involves trackside connections as well as CTC systems talking to each other. The system controlling Sub A needs to know if Sub B is ready to welcome the train. And the trackside hardware/interlocking needs to know about track occupancy on the other sub's adjacent track.
Great video those 2 trains is always back to back I’ve seen that in person it’s amazing how how they follow each other with out any incidents
Always enjoy watching your videos Danny.
Happy holidays to you & yours.
You really do a great job of explaining terminology to the layman and in such a way that it's easy for people in other parts of the country to apply it to our local lines. Keep up the good work.
All this Florida action helps warm up us Michigan railfans on the Canadian National Flint subdivision in Lapeer. And its snowing here too!
Another good one, Danny! It's always good to see some familiar landmarks in Hillsborough and Polk Counties!
And now they have the New England Division encompassing the former Pan Am Railways lines in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
Great video as usual!
Really great informative video! Have always enjoyed your style and videography. Thanks for posting and i look forward to the next one.
This answers a number of question I have had about the naming convention. Makes a lot of sense. Thank you from New Zealand
Thank you Danny Keep up the great work love your vidoes and just be safe out there
Always enjoy your videos and information. Will be down in Jacksonville permanently as I retire after the first of the year. Will have to see the lines there.
Always good to see & hear from D H. Great job 5 Star Review.
Another wonderful video! Hope you’re doing great Danny.
Thanks Danny for your vast interest and information on all things rail.
Great info Danny! I was hoping to bump into you at Folkston Rail Watch but I gotta work. Hopefully I’ll catch you out there on the high iron!
Great Video Danny, My subdivision is a kinda easy in my territory is the Amtrak Michigan Line also know as the Jackson Sub. except a 2 mile stretch where it is owned be the CN as the South Bend Sub.
It's always a good day when Danny posts another video
I love your videos. Many times I hear terms I guess at the meaning of terms. Your videos help relieve the uncertainty when that occurs. Thank you.
Another fantastic video Danny! My favorite railroad UA-cam account
As a Lakelander, that line that 766 backs down is right past Lakeland Station. It back all the way down the old Atlantic Coast line, a little past the WaWa on Bartow Road, it services Westlake Epoxy, if there's tankers, Azteca Milling LP a machine shop, and Packaging Corperation of America. I've only ever gone down there once or twice myself, there's not much room to rail fan on the road near the industries.
A Distant Signal video a day keeps the doctor away!
I may be mistaken, but I believe in the days of steam division (points) were around 150 miles apart. They hosted roundhouses, maintenance shops and the supporting towns and were mandated by the mileage interval possible before dumping and hot inspecting the boilers. It would seem reasonable, then, that subdivisions were where water tanks could be found. I realize things change, but for those of us who live in the past, this is what we understand. It may also be that the sizes increased as locomotives became more advanced. Certainly, with the advent of diesel, these criteria changed, and one would expect the management to also stay up to date.
As always, thanks for sharing that information. Greatly appreciated. Take care & stay safe.
Hi Danny! Daniel here!
I'm doing great down here in Central Ga where I live near the Ga Road (Formally Ga Subdivision). I haven't been back on the Railroad for possibly 1 year because how busy I was and sadden that CSX hasn't runned their Manifest trains like they use to. There's a new local that was built 12 miles from me but I can hardly tell when the train comes because of all the trees around me and idk when the train comes because my radio doesn't pick up about 4 miles from the Distant Signal to my town. So I've decided to come back cause I got friends that misses my Train Sims and tend to get back into it. Its great to see your channel still growing and I wish you the best! 😊
Ohh and by the way, I'm hearing the passenger services wants to run on my line and my former Abbieville Sub I use to live by. I look foward to see some Passenger trains!
Great video Danny! Loved seeing that old Chessie Caboose, that was quite a surprise!
Hey Mr. Harmon, hope You'll had a good thanksgiving. I sure wished I taken my vacation this year, but I lost train of thought with work and other things. I hoping to take my vacation next year. Maybe I'll get back to Plant City !
Thank you for such an informative and entertaining video! Your videos always make my day! 🙂🙂
My dad worked out of the Nashville division for 40 years on the Bruceton&Chattanooga subs. Occasionally he ran the old Tennessee Central route and the Huntsville, Alabama route too.
Was Amtrak 91 filmed on Oct. 15?? I was on that train and saw you filming us! I was in car 25110 on the right side!
Yep. I got you at Auburndale on the fireman's side.
Thanks for the great video Danny and can’t wait to see the next video
The legend is back
Another amazing video. Great explanations about divisions, subdivisions, and junctions.
As a young railfan, all the railroad terminology can be confusing sometimes. Videos like this really do help! Thanks Danny!!
Same here
Great video as usual,the explanation of divisions and subdivisions were very informative.
11:09 Great narration on a brief history of the old line. It would be cool to learn more history of retired lines and what they serviced. Seems like something you'd be great at.
Thanks Danny. Excellent explanation. 👍🏻
Thanks again Danny for the high quality content 👍
Hi Danny, great video as always. Happy holidays to you and everyone on the channel.
Good to see another post from you. Here in Hutto Texas, the UP track has had enough ties replaced that the slow order has been lifted and Amtrak is now running full speed again. Some of the freight traffic is as well. This track is mostly east bound traffic, so I figure it must be paired with a like west bound rail. There are 2 sidings at about MP 151.7 as this is a single track. Both have clearly marked derail points. This has been parking for the MOW team, now up to 3 crew buses and a bunch of pairs of tie re-placers.. We had a Dyna-cat for a while, but something that large doesn't stay put very long. This route has had a slow order since mid-August. It was funny looking to see Amtrak only going 15 MPH when it used to run much faster. This single track runs east and west through Round Rock out to McNeil, Texas where there are two big wye's that allow interconnect to what is now Capitol Metro's line(ex MKT I think and a small yard operated by WAMX that seems to have a good crew of Diesel re-builders.) and also a CSX line. McNeil is home to the Austin White Lime plant, that was apparently large enough at one time to have it's own company store and port office including it's own zip code! The story I got in 1993 when I moved up from Houston was that they had been digging limestone out of the ground there for 40 years and there was another 40 year supply on this site. The stone is crushed and washed, then loaded into tankers for use in road building for the most part. This line takes commuter traffic downtown for now, but a future line will continue to the airport. Daytime is commuter traffic and freight at night and on weekends. The above mentioned ex-MKT line ran from a yard in Smithville up to Marble Falls One of the few west bound runs from Hutto is an almost daily train of hoppers going out to Marble Falls for gravel, which is then returned to a new yard at Frame Switch (now part of Taylor) where Samsung is building a huge new chip plant. This gravel trains runs around 105 cars with 3 power units, two up front and one pushing.
Thank you for posting another awesome 😎 video on UA-cam and you make these videos awesome 😎 and enjoyable and educational too! 5 Stars! @Distant Signal aka Danny Harmon!
Excellent explanations. Great video, Danny. 😀
My wife just went to the Tampa area for work, I should have tagged along to do some train watching with you.
Ty, Mr.Danny for the awesome and educational videos you make. Love em all!!!!!!!!!
Thanks as always for The Historical Reviews of The Area! Always nice to see a Tour of My Hometown Area & The Current State It's In.
I remember when the A-line was just thr Sanford Subdivision from JaxTerm all the way to Tampa Terminal. I cant imagine what kind of changes the Bone Valley Sub has undergone. Thanks Danny for sharing this.
You would make a good teacher or professor, You break those terms down
Thanks again Danny. Good question. Good answer. Keep them coming
another great and informative vid. love your photography or I guess it's videography . And I greatly admire that young gentleman using a tripod to film that train . I always aspire to use one and somehow it never happens. Thanks
Another Great informative video. Thanks Danny.
More 'Great Stuff' :) "The Norm" .... just perfect, sir..... very well done. Happy Holidays to you and yours
Your videos are always so informative and easy to watch!
I learn so much from all of your excellent videos!
As an engineer myself, it makes me so mad when I see a long train running 1 motor in the front and 1 in the middle. Makes it so difficult to get up to speed. Best way to do it is 2 and 1
At 5:57, there are some even longer subdivisions out there. The CN/Metrolinx Kingston Subdivision is 333.8 miles going from Montreal’s Gare Centrale to the Union Station Rail Corridor in Toronto. It’s so long it’s part of 2 separate CN Divisions. 0-127.4 is part of the Champlain Division while 127.4-333.8 is part of the Great Lakes Division.
I love how you do a fine job describing the different terms, and toss in some great railfanning action to spice it up and provide examples.
Always great to see Plant City, home of a couple of Virtual Railfan live cameras. I recognized that double-diamond and tower immediately. :)
Welcome back to UA-cam Danny! Missed you!
Enjoying your videos from Nova Scotia Canada!
Always love your videos Danny and learn something new every time. I took a trip on VIA Rails The Canadian from Toronto, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia, a trip you should take some time if you are ever up this way.
I did that trip in 1974, on CN's Super Continental. This was back before VIA and I worked for CN back then, so my fare was free, though I had to pay for my berths, which included meals. A very enjoyable trip