Thanks for showing some industrial sidings that are in use, and closeups of the track details. I'm a model railroader as well as an armchair railfan, so this kind of video gives me ideas for modelling purposes. Also, it was nice to see a lack of dead chickens. Cheers from Wisconsin.
So glad to see more active spurs! It is very encouraging Thanks for making my Sunday morning more enjoyable with This positive news Nice video Roly....it is appreciated...
Yes, it is refreshing to see these still around after all the abandonments we've seen. I appreciate the kind words, CD... Thanks as always for your views and comments!
That reminds me of how back in the day switchers would spot box cars all through downtown alleyways during the night. I found an old photograph from that era and it is a image of First Avenue North. The businesses lined up here would be open to Market Street which is today's Second Avenue that's all touristy and such. In the there is a boxcar being unloaded into a Market Street business. Awesome video you are the Railroad Archeologist!
OLNX reporting marks belong to the Olin Corporation. This is what comes up for Olin Corporation when you do a Google Search: Olin Corporation is a global manufacturer and distributor of chemical products and a leading U.S. manufacturer of ammunition. The 1791 placard indicates that the contents of the tank car is a hydrochloride solution. There is an acid in the tank car; probably hydrochloric acid. Black placards indicate an acid is in the container. Great video of active CSX industrial spurs. As you were documenting the white tank cars, I noticed the word "Seaboard" on the trailer at the trucking dock. My first thought was about the Seaboard Air Line. However, on closer examination, there is the word "Marine" beneath to word "Seabound". I was thinking the trailer might have something to do with Family Lines; but no such luck. Thank you for documenting these active industrial spurs and for sharing this video with us!
I thought the same thing the first time l ever saw Seaboard on a trailer too. Then l started putting 2 and 2 together as well and was heartbroken lol. Good work on the OLNX reporting marks, Thomas. I appreciate you sharing that info with us. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Yes!!!!! Love to see the rails in action! So great to see before they all disappear. Hopefully their business continues. Nice find. Stay safe my friend!
Great minds think alike, Blake! This place is a throwback to the Golden Era of Railroads. Thanks as always for your views and comments. Hope all is well.
Hopefully they stay active, but l believe they will. These have been active ever since they've been installed. Thanks as always for your views and comments, DP!
Just an FYI, that HazMat placard translates to mean that that tanker is hauling either a hypochlorite solution or sodium hypochlorite (aka liquid chlorine, the same stuff that’s used in some swimming pools). Corrosive is right-that stuff will do some damage in its concentrated form. I was a lifeguard for five years and a pool manager for two, so I’ve got plenty of memories of having to work with it. And thanks to having parents who are retired chemists and going through HazMat Ops training at the firehouse, I’ve got a healthy respect for those placards! Great catch and stay safe, Roly!
DD, it is always so rewarding to read your comments. I look forward to your insight since you've had experience with these things. When hauling certain hazmat, trains are required to go under a certain speed limit. Thanks as always for your views and comments. Hope all is well!
The Ebony & Ivory sub division. To top it off no piles of garbage and weeds plus how the track fans out to the 3 sidings off a curved approach. In honor of Mothers Day to mine who as a daughter of a Milw Rd employee encouraged me. Her love of history and the outdoors helped greatly and thanks for all those drives along trackside.
LOL @ The Ebony & Ivory sub division! My hat's off to your mom, she sounds like quite a lady. They don't make them like that anymore, my friend. Thanks as always for your views and comments!
Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta: For many years here in Alberta, even all around my hometown of Edmonton, there's all of these sidings and spur lines sitting unused, abandoned or torn out altogether. But good to see spur lines still in use!
Hello from south Florida! My wife and I rolled through Edmonton, Alberta in January of 2019 on the Canadian. Wonderful ride through a beautiful country! 👍🏻🇺🇸
I'm with you there. More trains on the rails means less trucks on the road, less accidents, and less pollution. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Alfonse!
Nice! I know exactly where that is. Thats a really cool part of the city that most people don't think of when you bring up Miami. Its not all South Beach and Down Town always.
Also, I never saw if you did a video of the North River Drive area by the CSX bridge. Those scrap yards and there is (or was) a massive metal shredder over there. Had tracks running by it... How did you like the shirt? Lol.
Yes sir, you're right on the money. Most people think of frozen daiquiris and Miami Beach when they think of Miami. I did make a video there, one of my 1st videos on this channel, but I should do a more in depth one. I LOVE THAT SHIRT!!!! That is the Mona Lisa of shirts!
I don’t know how you find these locations, but thank you for doing so! Surprised there aren’t any crossing gates or lights for an active area like that... Thank you, Railroad Archeologist!
For years, I used to go on Google Maps and study where tracks started and finished. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Robert. It is a real pleasure!
RIP crossing sign! another one bites the dust. I'm sure nice truck driver reported the damaged sign to the proper authority🌁🗼🗽🏰 these items are for sale.
What was that yellow device at 3:17? The emergency contact info, appreciate it is probably a mandatory feature but not sure with that crossing what could go wrong 😎. Guess maybe the yield sign could get knocked down
That yellow device is a derail. Companies put that in to prevent trains from going past a certain point for whatever reason, or else it will derail. Conductors are taught to spot those from a distance.
@@melperry3576 You're right lol. Sorry, I was thinking of my previous video. I recorded 6 crossings on this avenue all within about 2 miles, it is hard to keep "track"!
To keep it at least a used line -couldn't call it a fully active line but-they have to run the trains over it at least 1-2 times per year ..correct?...God Bless
I know that is the case in Chicago with the UP bridge that was once the largest in the world. Once a year, a Hi Rail truck comes through to keep it in the active status. I don't know if that rule is the same in all states. Thanks as always for your views and comments, JM!
It is unfortunately rare to see all the tracks on industry spurs like this active -- usually at least one of the tracks is unused or outright abandoned. Too many of these spurs are completely abandoned. It doesn't help that CSX shuns these 'smaller customers', since they want unit trains, intermodal, chemicals and autoracks. When the rock pit at Krome Ave is used up, the line south of Oleander Jct. will likely be abandoned, leaving only the line west of Oleander to about where NW 147 Ave would be. These rock pits, along with those served by the FEC branch along Okeechobee Rd, are larger and will last a lot longer than the Krome pit. SFRTA should take over what is already abandoned south of Sterling wye, since CSX has forfeited this line anyway and doesn't deserve compensation for it. SFRTA also should be required to pay only fair value for the right of way from Sterling to Oleander, since this line's future is not clear. The spur from Sterling to Krome should be thrown in as well, and could serve Miami Executive Airport. SFRTA has been talking for a long time about wanting to acquire the line west of Oleander, but never wanted the line to Homestead. CSX has always forced the inclusion of this line as part of the deal and wanted much more than what the state was willing to pay, which was about 110 million for the east west track parallel to SR 836 only. I wish there was some way for SFRTA to get Watco or Genesee and Wyoming to form a short line to handle freight along its tracks. Service would improve overnight and business would increase. They also would be willing to work with FEC for more freight opportunities and wouldn't shun traffic like CSX.
I always wondered why that deal with Tri Rail never made it passed the proposal stage, I had a hunch it was CSX asking too much and now you confirm it was because CSX's asking price. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said about the Sterling wye and Oleander spur; also, I think Genesee and Wyoming would do a fine job here. It would be much better than the alternative. I too am sick about trails and busways! But those dang highway lobbyists are too powerful here.
Have you ever told authorities that you were a railroad archeologist? They would be like," Oh sorry sir, we we're unaware of that. Can you please accept our sincere apologies? Continue on and here's a gift card." Hehe
LOL Well I know that the RR Archaeology bit might be a bit hard to swallow, but just in case, I still have my freight train conductor ID. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Joey.
Good question, that one eventually goes into the main about a mile North, then eventually a thousand or so miles North into the state of Virginia. Thanks as always for your views and comments, CD!
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Good Content that has good quality and it is interesting ! This just made sunday more awesome I bet everyone here can agree .
This is one of the best comments I've ever read! I really appreciate that my friend. Thank you very much!
Thanks for showing some industrial sidings that are in use, and closeups of the track details. I'm a model railroader as well as an armchair railfan, so this kind of video gives me ideas for modelling purposes. Also, it was nice to see a lack of dead chickens. Cheers from Wisconsin.
Wait I saw a dead chicken in a bag on the railroad track.
So glad to see more active spurs!
It is very encouraging
Thanks for making my Sunday morning more enjoyable with
This positive news
Nice video Roly....it is appreciated...
Yes, it is refreshing to see these still around after all the abandonments we've seen. I appreciate the kind words, CD...
Thanks as always for your views and comments!
Glad to see a active industrial spur in a big city like Miami
It is a refreshing site to see after all the abandonments. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Jim
We always enjoy your videos, Roly. Thanks as always for posting this video! Best wishes!👍🏻🇺🇸
That's music to my ears, James. I really appreciate that. Thanks as always for your views and comments! Best wishes to you too!
nice to see places that are still in use
It sure is. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Doug
Another great find Roly! And I cannot be the only one to notice that Seaboard trailer!
I think you were lol! Thanks as always for your views and comments, Mike. Hope all is well.
Awesome three active tracks.
My thoughts exactly! Thanks as always for your views and comments, Celio.
That reminds me of how back in the day switchers would spot box cars all through downtown alleyways during the night. I found an old photograph from that era and it is a image of First Avenue North. The businesses lined up here would be open to Market Street which is today's Second Avenue that's all touristy and such. In the there is a boxcar being unloaded into a Market Street business. Awesome video you are the Railroad Archeologist!
OLNX reporting marks belong to the Olin Corporation. This is what comes up for Olin Corporation when you do a Google Search: Olin Corporation is a global manufacturer and distributor of chemical products and a leading U.S. manufacturer of ammunition. The 1791 placard indicates that the contents of the tank car is a hydrochloride solution. There is an acid in the tank car; probably hydrochloric acid. Black placards indicate an acid is in the container. Great video of active CSX industrial spurs. As you were documenting the white tank cars, I noticed the word "Seaboard" on the trailer at the trucking dock. My first thought was about the Seaboard Air Line. However, on closer examination, there is the word "Marine" beneath to word "Seabound". I was thinking the trailer might have something to do with Family Lines; but no such luck. Thank you for documenting these active industrial spurs and for sharing this video with us!
I thought the same thing the first time l ever saw Seaboard on a trailer too. Then l started putting 2 and 2 together as well and was heartbroken lol. Good work on the OLNX reporting marks, Thomas. I appreciate you sharing that info with us. Thanks as always for the views and comments!
Yes!!!!! Love to see the rails in action! So great to see before they all disappear. Hopefully their business continues. Nice find. Stay safe my friend!
These have been active since they were installed which is very refreshing. Thanks as always for your views and comments, John. Hope all is well!
That's a really cool area! Definitely nice to see all that industry still relying on rail to move products! Great video Roly!
Great minds think alike, Blake! This place is a throwback to the Golden Era of Railroads. Thanks as always for your views and comments. Hope all is well.
Good Sunday Morning Roly!!
I appreciate that sir! Hope all is well.
👍👍👏 Always happy to see active tracks in use, hopefully they stay that way. Great video!
Hopefully they stay active, but l believe they will. These have been active ever since they've been installed. Thanks as always for your views and comments, DP!
Just an FYI, that HazMat placard translates to mean that that tanker is hauling either a hypochlorite solution or sodium hypochlorite (aka liquid chlorine, the same stuff that’s used in some swimming pools). Corrosive is right-that stuff will do some damage in its concentrated form. I was a lifeguard for five years and a pool manager for two, so I’ve got plenty of memories of having to work with it. And thanks to having parents who are retired chemists and going through HazMat Ops training at the firehouse, I’ve got a healthy respect for those placards! Great catch and stay safe, Roly!
DD, it is always so rewarding to read your comments. I look forward to your insight since you've had experience with these things. When hauling certain hazmat, trains are required to go under a certain speed limit. Thanks as always for your views and comments. Hope all is well!
Great video railrol that a great spur it’s great is in used
Yes sir, you don't see many like this anymore. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Alan!
The Ebony & Ivory sub division. To top it off no piles of garbage and weeds plus how the track fans out to the 3 sidings off a curved approach. In honor of Mothers Day to mine who as a daughter of a Milw Rd employee encouraged me. Her love of history and the outdoors helped greatly and thanks for all those drives along trackside.
LOL @ The Ebony & Ivory sub division! My hat's off to your mom, she sounds like quite a lady. They don't make them like that anymore, my friend. Thanks as always for your views and comments!
Nice to see those tracks active.
Yes sir, all 3 are. Thanks as always for the views and comments, Kevin!
5 🌟 video. Great to see active spurs!
I'm flattered you think so, Glenn! Thanks as always for the views and comments.
Nice to see a spur getting some use!
I wholeheartedly agree! Thanks as always for your views and comments, Ted.
Very nice Roly! Lots of good information on this. Great job! Cheers, Danny
I try to be as thorough as possible. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Danny!
Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta:
For many years here in Alberta, even all around my hometown of Edmonton, there's all of these sidings and spur lines sitting unused, abandoned or torn out altogether.
But good to see spur lines still in use!
Hello from south Florida! My wife and I rolled through Edmonton, Alberta in January of 2019 on the Canadian. Wonderful ride through a beautiful country! 👍🏻🇺🇸
I'd love to drive through Edmonton one day too! Thanks as always for your views and comments, gentlemen!
Glad the spurs are still in use more spurs and industrial areas should be added get some trucks off the road except for local delivery
I'm with you there. More trains on the rails means less trucks on the road, less accidents, and less pollution. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Alfonse!
3 active spurs 👏🏻 👏🏻 Cool 😎 I found another spur and service rail line adventure, and plan a side trip there soon. Great video !
That's the spirit, Sue! Leave no stone unturned! Thanks as always for your views and comments.
Don't think i've seen a 3 track crossbuck crossing before, but this sure was neat to watch.
Yes sir, this track has been here since the golden era of railroading. Thanks as always for your views and comments, C!
Nice! I know exactly where that is. Thats a really cool part of the city that most people don't think of when you bring up Miami. Its not all South Beach and Down Town always.
Also, I never saw if you did a video of the North River Drive area by the CSX bridge. Those scrap yards and there is (or was) a massive metal shredder over there. Had tracks running by it... How did you like the shirt? Lol.
Yes sir, you're right on the money. Most people think of frozen daiquiris and Miami Beach when they think of Miami. I did make a video there, one of my 1st videos on this channel, but I should do a more in depth one. I LOVE THAT SHIRT!!!! That is the Mona Lisa of shirts!
great video 👍
Thanks as always for your views and comments, Brian!
Excellent Video
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Thanks as always for your views and comments, Taslim
Ahh, it's good to see active spurs in use :-]
Wonderful video ROL82
TY very much my friend! I appreciate the support.
this switch is in the correct position.
Thanks as always for your views and comments, Lou.
There is another crossing like this on the palmetto expressway near 7th AVE
I know exactly where you mean!
Awesome!!
Thanks as always for your views and comments, Georgette!
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I don’t know how you find these locations, but thank you for doing so! Surprised there aren’t any crossing gates or lights for an active area like that... Thank you, Railroad Archeologist!
For years, I used to go on Google Maps and study where tracks started and finished. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Robert. It is a real pleasure!
TILX is Trinity Rail.
Your right about the piano 🎹. Do you play the 🎹. Very cool crossing
Thanks, and unfortunately, no, I don't play the piano. Thanks as always for your views and comments, World. Hope all is well!
" it's like a piano"
LOL It was the 1st thing that came to mind. Thanks as always for your views and comments!
RIP crossing sign! another one bites the dust. I'm sure nice truck driver reported the damaged sign to the proper authority🌁🗼🗽🏰 these items are for sale.
The truck drivers in Miami aren't that nice or considerate! Thanks as always for your views and comments, Mike.
about 2 weeks ago i film some abandoned track along the gauly river in gauly bridge west virginia and had a wield find in my part 2 video
That is awesome! I'd love to see that one day. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Walter!
Maxwell Yard is an active 3 track crossing
That is rare to see these days. Thanks as always for your views and comments!
IKR we only see 1 or 2 track active lines
@@csxtrainfan319 I'm going to do some drawbridge videos later on too.
some one us gonna get in trouble for not having the derail on.
I thought the same thing!
Dude. Look at the trailer at 2:39!! Look close!
Seaboard trailer?
What was that yellow device at 3:17?
The emergency contact info, appreciate it is probably a mandatory feature but not sure with that crossing what could go wrong 😎. Guess maybe the yield sign could get knocked down
That yellow device is a derail. Companies put that in to prevent trains from going past a certain point for whatever reason, or else it will derail. Conductors are taught to spot those from a distance.
that track with the tank cars, hasn't been used in years? ;-)
I'm assuming these receive regular service, maybe on a weekly basis or every 2-3 days. Hope all is well, Mel!
@@railrol82 rol, look at the rust,
especially between the switch and
the street crossing ;-)
@@melperry3576 You're right lol. Sorry, I was thinking of my previous video. I recorded 6 crossings on this avenue all within about 2 miles, it is hard to keep "track"!
@@railrol82 ;-)
To keep it at least a used line -couldn't call it a fully active line but-they have to run the trains over it at least 1-2 times per year ..correct?...God Bless
I know that is the case in Chicago with the UP bridge that was once the largest in the world. Once a year, a Hi Rail truck comes through to keep it in the active status. I don't know if that rule is the same in all states. Thanks as always for your views and comments, JM!
It is unfortunately rare to see all the tracks on industry spurs like this active -- usually at least one of the tracks is unused or outright abandoned. Too many of these spurs are completely abandoned. It doesn't help that CSX shuns these 'smaller customers', since they want unit trains, intermodal, chemicals and autoracks. When the rock pit at Krome Ave is used up, the line south of Oleander Jct. will likely be abandoned, leaving only the line west of Oleander to about where NW 147 Ave would be. These rock pits, along with those served by the FEC branch along Okeechobee Rd, are larger and will last a lot longer than the Krome pit. SFRTA should take over what is already abandoned south of Sterling wye, since CSX has forfeited this line anyway and doesn't deserve compensation for it. SFRTA also should be required to pay only fair value for the right of way from Sterling to Oleander, since this line's future is not clear. The spur from Sterling to Krome should be thrown in as well, and could serve Miami Executive Airport. SFRTA has been talking for a long time about wanting to acquire the line west of Oleander, but never wanted the line to Homestead. CSX has always forced the inclusion of this line as part of the deal and wanted much more than what the state was willing to pay, which was about 110 million for the east west track parallel to SR 836 only. I wish there was some way for SFRTA to get Watco or Genesee and Wyoming to form a short line to handle freight along its tracks. Service would improve overnight and business would increase. They also would be willing to work with FEC for more freight opportunities and wouldn't shun traffic like CSX.
What I hope also is that there are no more trails and bus ways -- it is beyond disgusting!
I always wondered why that deal with Tri Rail never made it passed the proposal stage, I had a hunch it was CSX asking too much and now you confirm it was because CSX's asking price. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said about the Sterling wye and Oleander spur; also, I think Genesee and Wyoming would do a fine job here. It would be much better than the alternative. I too am sick about trails and busways! But those dang highway lobbyists are too powerful here.
Have you ever told authorities that you were a railroad archeologist? They would be like," Oh sorry sir, we we're unaware of that. Can you please accept our sincere apologies? Continue on and here's a gift card." Hehe
LOL Well I know that the RR Archaeology bit might be a bit hard to swallow, but just in case, I still have my freight train conductor ID. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Joey.
somebody call CSX and tell them a Crossbuck is Missing then CSX should be able to since they still own the Line!
They'll probably reply with "One cross buck is good enough" lol. Thanks as always for your views and comments, Sega!
@@railrol82 well we tried then LOL
Were these tracks abandoned at one point???
No, they've been active since they were installed! Thanks as always for your views and comments, Anthony
@@railrol82 OK. Your always very welcome.
@@graphtonix6607 I appreciate that. TY very much!
That one line that goes off into infinity (at 2:06) how far does it go?
Good question, that one eventually goes into the main about a mile North, then eventually a thousand or so miles North into the state of Virginia. Thanks as always for your views and comments, CD!
@@railrol82 NP.