New video at 6am on a Monday morning? Ehh who needs to shower before work anyway when I got some train watching to do...

@penny893

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you are so very very much right

Danny:uploads Everyone: *intense clicking noises*

You put this up around 6:00 and by 7:05 you have 598 views. Must be more retired insomniacs out there than I thought!! Thanks Danny! Mike

@ekimp252

4 жыл бұрын

Guilty as charged.

@mark12.31

4 жыл бұрын

No some of us are just gonna be late for work haha priorities!

@mikecraw9633

4 жыл бұрын

@@mark12.31 Can't argue with that.

@gregburrell6244

4 жыл бұрын

No job...lol

@MBTAMoreRailfan

4 жыл бұрын

Or schoolkids like me

When Danny uploads a new video you know it’s gonna be a good day

@richmondrailfan8444

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@KDubielak

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

Man, this is extremely high quality content. I can see this being part of a paid DVD series. I can’t imagine the work it must take to make these.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Thanks for the travel by map in the intro, greatly helps setting the scene! Loved it!

Love the shot at 12:02 of the NS locos speeding by with your buddy in the foreground. It puts some real emphasis on the scale and power of those things

@phmoffett

4 жыл бұрын

...wow!!!

Good morning, Danny! What a great way to start off this Monday morning!

@Ccota38

3 жыл бұрын

At 13:35

@Ccota38

3 жыл бұрын

13:35 that’s an NS tier 4 GEVO leading 209

I so appreciate the time, work, and styling of Distant Signal videos. Thank you Danny. You're where I wish I could go, plus providing facts and lore.

@cinthb

4 жыл бұрын

I would buy the T-shirt if one existed

Love the old smaller lines. Reminds me of railfanning with my Dad 70 years ago in the Catskill and Adirondak mountains of New York State. Great memories.

Best rail fan site on KZread. Thanks for explaining things to us novices.

Thank you Danny ! Your work is always top notch ! and also this ...... BRAVO ! sbf

Just have to say that it is amazing to get high quality, better then most, if not all professional videos for free on KZread. Thanks Danny for what you do.

"7 minutes ago"... Another great video!

Great production Danny, it’s cool to see old fashion railroading in a dark territory.

Cool video on a section of line I've never heard of thank you.

Awesome video. Love the details you give on the trains, the signals, the switches and the crew

It would be cool to see danny doing some west coast train watching during vacation

I remember when this line was the Seaboard System from 1982 to 1985.

@utubewatcher806

4 жыл бұрын

I remember when it was the Seaboard Coast Line, and for a brief part of my years the Atlantic Coast Line, hosting the South Wind north and southbound daily to/from Chicago. It also tended to run parallel with CofG trackage around Pike County and into Montgomery, AL where it connected to L&N, West Point Route/WRofA, and GM&O. I see a pattern, CSX reroutes freight traffic during main route rebuilding over low-volume lines it then rehabs for sale perhaps to boost the volume numbers and thus increase the appeal to potential purchasers.

Man those NS trains were moving! Love the action & all the videos, thanks Danny!

Love your films and your explantations. -Bob

Thank you for taking the time to drive to South Georgia and do a feature on the Bowline. Enjoyed the video and appreciate your input. Also, appreciate your local friends for their input. Please do more videos from this area, and hopefully CSX is getting ready to use this track more.

Gonna move to Florida in the next 5 years, thanks to your videos I’ll know where some hot spots are.

Thanks for another fine video. Your narration always make the difference from other railfan videos.

Great video Danny, it's always a pleasure to watch your work

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tommy!

Great video as always. In September, 1973, I began work with Southern Railway as a management trainee headquartered in Valdosta. I was there for a year. The area and names mentioned in the video brings back many memories.

Great job Danny and not that i don't like Florida rail fanning, I do, but it was great to see you in a different location doing what you do better than anyone else. Can't wait till the next one.

Great video, Danny! Loved the bowline action and scenery.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tolga!

Danny Harmon, I like every single train video that you post.

Great video Danny!

Nice drone work

Your shots, as usual, are glorious, Danny, as is your careful, measured storytelling. Such a pleasure, man, really. Thank you!

I watched this a couple of times. Very good job covering some old style jointed rail territory, it's neat to still see places like that. Looks like you had some good guides and once again came home with awesome footage. I hope you are doing well and staying safe!

Danny I just love the way you make your videos so informative and insightful. Please keep them coming!

A side comment DS. Yours is a dying craft. Too often, video is dedicated to the power source almost exclusively unless some rare or unique equipment is attached. You create a more complete trainspotter's experience showing the loads being hauled , the sounds that accompany the action and just as important, the quiet of the waiting. Reminder to that anticipation I had as a kid on my bicycle. Your great speaking voice makes a nice bow on Xmas present. Thank you

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Those are very kind words, MacKenzie. Many thanks!

Thanks for taking me back to my roots nearest rail line to where I live now is nearly 200 miles away.

I'm always so amazed on how informational your videos are keep up the great work.

Great video as usual. If you ever get up to the Greenville, SC area, there is a GE Gas Turbine Plant that ships oversize loads on the Carolina Piedmont RR (G&W) from Greenville to Laurens, SC, about 30 miles at 10 miles per hour. It goes through small towns and is easy to chase. It's quite a site. The catch is finding out when a shipment happens. They normally run late in the afternoon. There are other KZread videos of this but none of your caliber.

Darn you must do a lot of networking, you seem to know so many people with a lot of knowledge of train movement in there neck of the-woods! I’m glad you and your buddies are willing to share it with us! Thank you Danny 😎 I agree with another comment Keep them coming!

First discovered the Bow Line after my wife and I were married. She had relatives that lived in Climax and Bainbridge and an auto rack train came through. This was over 25 years ago. Great job on it Danny.

As I was just watching this a commercial came on the TV with a very familiar voice. No doubt who it was!

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Haha!! You've discovered my side hustle!

Thanks Danny. I always come away from watching your video's a little wiser in the way of trains and their operations. Happy Rail and take care!

Being from Dothan, AL I am very familiar with the Bow Line. When I was younger there used to be a lot more traffic than there is today on it but it was still never as busy as the A and S Lines are or ever were but I love it because I got to grow as a Railfan because of the Bow Line

Thank you, Danny! Great way to start the week with a Danny vid!

@WaltANelsonPHD

4 жыл бұрын

Danny. I hear your voice over on TV at healthvana.

Truly enjoy your information and train spotting. The Valdosta stop brings back so many memories since my wife's family is from there and I recall when we were dating traveling down there to visit family and getting stuck at several train crossings throughout the city, always a hassle back then, but they've since built a bridge over the main crossing! Blessings to you Danny!

Cool railfanning video. Thanks for sharing. LJL

Great railroad action Danny, the last time I was on the part of the line was as far as Jessup Ga., on Amtrak, about 28 yrs ago. Happy 😃 rail fanning Danny & be safe.😎👍👍👍🛤🚂

@norfolksouthernrailfan2006

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Baker, Amtrak still does run on part of the line from Savannah to Jessup.

@jeffbaker2897

4 жыл бұрын

Norfolk Southern Railfan Hey thanks for the infro, I guess I should have explained myself a little better, that was as far as I & my wife had tickets for to go was to Jessups on that line at that time. Thank you N.S. Railfan take care.😎👍🛤🚂

@norfolksouthernrailfan2006

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbaker2897 also Amtrak's Floridian ran this line between Montgomery, Alabama and Waycross, Georgia from 1971 to 1979.

Great video. The map at the beginning made a big difference for a wannabe like me, thanks.

Great start to the week. Thanks for this, Danny. And I want to agree with some of the comments...the maps are a great help, especially for those of us from Texas who only know Florida because of Marco Island or DisneyWorld! Keep up the great work, AND...KEEP THOSE VIDEOS COMING!

As usual a fine report from the high iron, thanks Danny and greetings from The Netherlands.👍😊

Such excellent shooting, editing and storytelling. Been a fan now for a couple years and always watch new videos the day they come out.

Good catch brother

Hi Danny Harmon. Hope I didn't misspell your name. At the end of your videos, you always say out. Well, I am in. In, to watching, as many of your train videos as possible, because not only do you have great videos, but you give excellent information on everything Railroad ( ie; signals, crossings, Yards, old lines, new lines, & so much more).Thank you again.

Nice catches! I like learning about the history of the railroad lines! I also like the narration in the video! Really nice!

Now that the Tallahassee and P&A subs are out at CSX, the Bowline would be a prime candidate for a spruce up to run more trains- but the issue is that the sidings aren’t much capable to handle much more than 7,000 feet- that’s much less than a majority of what runs now on CSX due to PSR. If it did go for sale, this line would likely fall culprit to the orange borg- an ideal candidate as there are several of their short lines that interchange to CSX on these two subdivisions. Who knows.

@ronjoe6292

2 жыл бұрын

Hah, I haven't heard "orange borg" before to describe GWI. Seems apt!

I love the history lessons in your videos.

These are priceless. Thank you. He would be dangerous in Chicago or other major midwest towns.

I always enjoy your videos and even the 2nd and 3rd times. You're very thorough eith information. Been watching the channel for several years now.

@distantsignal

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Makes sense now why you went to check out this line. When I used to live in Tallahassee in the early 2000s I would drive up to Thomasville, Bainbridge and Cairo to try to railfan some of these same lines - not very exciting. Anyway, thanks for documenting this. Great work and informative as usual.

Excellent stuff. I’ve always liked how NS’ Safetran signals are wider than everybody else’s as that ABS signal shows.

@jovetj

4 жыл бұрын

I think they're rather ugly. But they work. And they're not the catbox signals!

@CNWrip1995

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, but they're also different looking. Maybe that's what does it for me.

Interesting video. I am glad you guys help each other out. That help turned out beneficial.

Danny I have Loved Trains all my life. I lived in the Small town of Roebling NJ. On the Camden Line out Camden and Philadelphia main line to New York City. And runs through Trenton NJ.

A new video on a Monday morning from Distant Signal? What a great way to start the work week!

love the sound of rails whenthey are in perfect unison no flats it is like a jet engine

Hello.railroad fans. Mississippi River closed. Or minimal traffic. For barges. The rail cars are flowing here in southern Indiana. Trains and grain hoppers along with coal and soybeans are be shipped. Harvest time is big industry and river levels low means. Railroads get the business. Thanks for your videos. Great educational pieces. Employees of PTI dispatch need to watch your video to get better understanding. On crew change and locations. New employee have no clue about the railroad. But your videos are great training program. Keep them comming. Later.

@distantsignal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Dan, for your kind words. I wish I could get up there and cover all that rail action at harvest time. That's great information. All The Best!

Man those NS trains are *FAST!*

Always a treat to see your videos! wOW!!!

Good stuff! Keep your head down! The Weather Channel is forecasting storms for the southeast US of A. Big tornado hit Nashville last night and storms already in Georgia.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thanks! We're forecasted to get something from this system, but probably not what they're getting in GA today.

Great video, keep them coming thanks!

Another fantastic video! Nice to see NS from time to time!

Now thats some good ol fashion railfanning when you have dark territory plus jointed rail, awesome video Danny!

@SD40Fan_Jason

4 жыл бұрын

I am curious about how this is old fashioned? I've been railroading for 20 years now and have spent more time in Dark Territory than CTC. Some of the operations I worked on had routes that were a mix of both. When someone says Old-fashioned railroading, I think about the time before computers and radios when every train had a time slot. If you were fast, you would get ahead and block someone else. If you were slow you might get rear-ended! It's nothing like that today. I remember my track warrants coming with a check box that said "crew is relieved of flagging the rear of the train" meaning even on TWC if you had to stop you were responsible for flagging your train unless this box was checked.

@TrainNut85

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD40Fan_Jason if you paid attention to the video, one part of it at the beginning showed the one train having to wait, but there was no signal and the switch had a switch stand from the 1930s or so, plus some of the track was on jointed rail instead of welded rail. Thats what I meant by my comment plus Danny had the right idea of doing this segment to show this.

@SD40Fan_Jason

4 жыл бұрын

@@TrainNut85 I guess I am desensitized to this because I encountered the same thing for the past 20 years and it never occurred to me that it was old fashioned.

@TrainNut85

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD40Fan_Jason I wouldn't worry, at 34 years old I've seen a lot of changes but I have an appreciation for the older stuff

That drone footage looks like it's getting better every video. Thanks Danny.

Love your videos, keep up the good work

Thanks for the videos Danny. I really enjoy the details you provide.

Thanks Danny for all your great videos.

Thanks for your great work Danny. Much appreciated!

Good to see you this morning Mr Harmon... Hope all is well!

Loved it Danny!!

I always enjoy your videos and knowledge. Keep up the good work!

Great job Danny. I enjoy your railfaning experiences.

Another great video Danny! Thank you

Enjoyed it Danny , thanks again !

Danny, great stuff. I always learn something new from you.

Thanks for the lesson !!!

this is the very best !!!! thanks DH!!!!

Great video! What a way to start my morning!

Yet another great video with great rail fanning action.

Great report!

Another great video! Your narration and extensive knowledge of the operations and history makes these videos so much more interesting. I know it's pretty boring railfanning territory, but have you considered doing an Pinellas-focused video? Or maybe you have one in the archives that I can't find? There are definitely some neat areas and historic landmarks out here, only problem is CSX runs so infrequently.

Love your wit and wisdom, Danny!

Thanks for a great video and commentary to put it in context.

Love the video Danny!

Insanely good video Danny! Love the jointed rail.

Great stuff Danny

Beautiful video before some school testing... This video was awesome!

Great job Thank You for sharing

Another outstanding video, Danny!

Great coverage on the bow line.

Another Great video Danny! Keep up the great work!

Another great video for a Monday morning. Thanks!!😊