I could listen to this guy talk all day long.

@drats1279

Жыл бұрын

me too, but for the content of his narrative, not his voice.

@byronholt3993

Жыл бұрын

My guess is he use to be in radio.

@robertwilmesherr7002

11 ай бұрын

I've seen the Juice train come thru the Callahan Sub. Thanks, Danny, for your great videos and history lessons.

I work for a company that does tree work for various railroads. The only trains we can't delay in order, are the UPS train and the Tropicana train. It is cool seeing the Orange Juice train rolling into the NYC area every day.

@the1burf

3 жыл бұрын

@@eegles I know that CSX gets fined by UPS thousands for every minute that the train is late.

@alexphillips4325

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, rail shipping is so efficient but it would suck if you didn't get things on time cause of train delays

"Low-rent activity" is a great line.

@91_C4_FL

4 жыл бұрын

@@solucky70 Bored kids like to throw things off of bridges. Or jump off them (since its over water). They could also graffiti the side of it.

@admydragon

4 жыл бұрын

Aahahahahahahahahah.

@Txepsiyu

4 жыл бұрын

"Low rent activity". I am stealing that one. :)

@h8GW

2 жыл бұрын

Smh when there's video games and the internet to eat up their attention nowadays.

The 11 shortest minutes on KZread

@clffliese26

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, completely. Danny could run these videos for an hour and I'd, still, watch and learn something new, every time.

@kamala2111

4 жыл бұрын

For sure

I live right outside Philadelphia in Feasterville,the juice train comes by once a week

Great vids Danny. Sitting at my desk at home in up-State NY it's 16* this morning as I recover from knee replacement surgery and listen to you give out old familiar names to towns and rivers I knew growing up in FL and GA. Thanks for the ride, from another Danny in the far north.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Danny... and best wishes from Tampa for a speedy recovery.

@dabprod

4 жыл бұрын

@@distantsignal Thank You.

@dabprod4962

4 жыл бұрын

Eugene......Yeah, was thinking the same thing.

Whenever I'm working in the area where CSX comes into Philly, I usually end up seeing this train.

@cjbotts

3 жыл бұрын

I see it stopped next to 95 in Chester

Once again another great job Mr. D. That Seaboard Air Line phantom trackage you spoke of in the video represented a lot of long gone business and industry in Bradenton. Heading north before you got to the long gone R. R bridge there was a Scotty's lumber, Wicks lumber, Suncoast roofing supply, the Bradenton shopping guide press then you crossed US41, now you are head West. There was a FL mining & mineral cement plant, Gulf propane then it came to a dead end with the Miller Tractor Trailer manufacturer Co. Tropicana yard was way bigger than your video shows. But like I said great job again.

It's been too long. Pouring a cup of coffee and enjoying this new upload!

A nice little bit of the old back and forth. Super informative and always entertaining. Thanks for sharing your Saturday with us, Danny. ;)

This is the best way to kick off this weekend! Excellent video, Danny!

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

09:12 42 are left on roster, with 9007, 9009, 9020, and 9029 having just recently been sold to Larry Trucking and Electric (LTEX).

Yay! After a month of waiting, another video! You’re videos are great, Danny. I caught a spent nuclear fuel rod train on the CSX new river subdivision yesterday!

A good day... Amateur Radio in the morning and a new Distant Signal video in the afternoon!

Great upload. Love seeing the juice train in Jersey where I live. Pronounced “Carney”

Always a pleasure when you post a new video...Thanks.

Fantastic shots and stock on this episode DH 👍 , especially the move over the Alafia

Lots of memories watching the Juice train leaving the RIchmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Alexandria yard in Northern Virginia heading north around Crystal City and crossing the Potomac River into Washibgton DC back in the early 1990's during lunch break from doing IT contract work at Program Executive Office- Submarines at NAVSEA Systems Command.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Always great to see you in action!

Loved the stereo radio chatter at 8:48 "Change the engine number..." on the right channel and some "...alright..." squawking on the left. Thanks for that audio easter egg!

Thanks for the excellent video, very interesting.

since his beginning on i watched all his video's. also every video show change's in Florida over 20 year's.

Good morning Danny!!! Today is gonna be a good day, starting off with a great video!

I do love this part of Florida. I am also a huge fan of the Seminole Gulf and I love learning about both the Atlantic coast line and the seaboard airline railroads as well as CSX.

As a teenager in the late 70’s, I remember seeing the juice trains on the Northeast Corridor just south of Philadelphia being pulled by GG1’s, E44’s and E33’s. There were hardly ever any graffiti tagged cars back then, at least on the juice train. Juice pulled by juice on the corridor......those were the days.

Absolutely amazing video keep up the good work Danny

"Low rent activity".........priceless! Looking forward to the next video Danny. Be safe out there.

Another great video, with an interesting history lesson to boot! Thanks for an enjoyable start to the day 👍

Nice, like how CSX still has YN2 paint scheme on a couple locomotives

I used to reside in Florida many years ago. I used to travel to Winter Haven every day. I would always pass the Tropicana Orange Juice Plant early in the morning and the smell of the oranges was just GLORIOUS. It always made the trip worthwhile. That's about the only thing I miss about Florida.

Nice history in this video, Mr. Harmon! Thanks for sharing!

Love them Reefers!!

Danny, that was a real nice sequence across the Alafia River Draw Bridge.

Hi Danny - Bradenton native here... Yes, you are correct, that was originally SAL tracks that crossed the river about where you were seeing the remnants of the bridge. In the late 80's the tracks and crossing gates were there and removed in the early 90's. The wye originally was the spur to Bradenton for the SAL terminal which was located just north of the Central Fire Station. A project we did found the original SAL tracks at the south end of the property behind Air and Energy - back in the day there was a diamond crossing there.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, someone sent me a USGS Map of Bradenton from the 1940's. I never knew there were so many lines running east and west...and two diamonds in town.

Danny, the line at the north end of the plant was the seaboard main from the valrico sub to Bradenton and Sarasota. There used to be a SBD draw bridge crossing the Manatee and went north thru Parrish. Part of that line still exists and is owned and used by the Florida Gulf Coast Railroad museum. Way back in the day, the juice went north on the Parrish line to the Valrico Sub where it cut in somewhere about the SZ 3.5. Turned south to Welcome then took the WYE at Welcome north on the Plant City Sub. Also, that same SW line is a still in use by CSX at the south end of Tropicana and goes south to Oneco where the Seminole Guld takes over ownership.

Thank You another Great Video.

Once again another pleasantly enjoyable video!

Here in New Orleans the juice cars are almost always part of a csx intermodal train.

This video brings back memories of my childhood as I grew up watching your Tropicana VHS tape multiple times along with the one you did on operations in the Bone Valley. I also grew up visiting Bradenton each summer on family vacation from Canada, which usually meant a regular railfan outing with my dad to chase the Tropicana Juice Train. It's been a few years since we last chased the Juice Train out of Bradenton, so if I go down next year it might be worth trying to do for old time's sake

I first discovered the Tropicana Juice train back around 1987 when i was working on a job that paralleled the West Trenton line just inside of NJ from Pa. I think if i remember correctly it had RF&P geeps for power on it back then. I remember thinking "wow, that whole train must be orange juice" lol. Still had orange and white mechanical reefers back then. Enjoyed the update Danny.

*Watches while drinking a glass of Tropicana orange juice

@stanpatterson5033

4 жыл бұрын

Nice avatar icon you have there.

@CesarHernandez-ht5ex

4 жыл бұрын

I would like to now about the difrent cars that the train pulls and what they put in them or use them for thanks

You are the GOLD Standard by which all other railfanning videos should be made by!

Always learn something new. thanks Danny!

These are my favorite rail videos, hands down.

Great vid!

when i lived in Ocala Florida in the early 80's me and my bro used to run the block distance to the bridge over highway 441/27 and watch the "juice train" go by...sometimes get a ride into town LMAO!

NJ is my main place! i always see those trops on CSXT Q032

@CSX2665

4 жыл бұрын

Northern NJ Rail Videos they’re always on q300 it seems

@jerseyrailvideos4139

4 жыл бұрын

CSX2665 yup

@CSX2665

4 жыл бұрын

Northern NJ Rail Videos it doesn’t make sense especially when I see them laying over in rocky mount yard

@jerseyrailvideos4139

4 жыл бұрын

CSX2665 yeah

@CSX2665

4 жыл бұрын

Northern NJ Rail Videos it’s nothing more but a giant train set in mommy’s basement for the board...

Awesome look at juice train ops. Your video's are an automatic thumbs up for me, thank you Danny.

Bradenton is where I live. Just down the street from the juice plant. Always wanted to know how they operated. Thanks

Living in Australia , it's always great to "visit" other railways around the world.

Nice work, Danny. I enjoy the investigative work.

The history lessons in your videos are what push them to the top of the heap, in my opinion. Keep up the great work!

I miss the Trop Juice train as a unit reefer train because of how fast this train went. I used to chase the unit train back in 2015 from Plant City to Bushnell. That was quite a chase. Thank you for sending Streak of Orange.

Thanks Danny. Like always,very informative and entertaining!

Happy Thanksgiving distant signal.Love the AZA Line too.That was my job at one time to go down and fetch the Tropicana train back in the 80's

Always enjoy the history lesson part of your videos. I learn so much about the trains I see when I visit Florida, things I would never know. Thanks Danny and yes let's find out how that juice train gets to New Jersey.

Nice catches Danny, Your an Amazing Railfanner, 100% thumbs up for this video.

Your videos are always entertaining and informative. Thanks for taking us on another chase.

always good to see the Juice in operation another railroad who does this is UP with the Fruit Express except they hook containers to their train and head to Global 1 in Chicago where they interchange to NS and CSX.

Wow seems cool! Last time I saw a train with refrigerated boxcars was on Q162 eastbound stack train! Nice work! Makes me happy to see you upload!

On a trip to New Jersey, I saw the juice train!

I have seen the Tropicana cars in a train way out here in Arizona.

Thanks professor, that was a most excellent lesson. Good to know you still have the 'juice" to get 'er done!

Yes as always another great video

From 1990 to 1996, I drove semi for a company out of Lake Placid, Florida. We had 10 semi's. Every morning, 8 trucks would go to Tropicana, get loaded with finished product and we delivered to Miami, Publix. Later I drove a tanker in and out of Tropicana. I lived in Lake Placid for 25 years after retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1989. Now I am totally retired and live in Crestview, Florida, up in the Panhandle.

As always, another interesting and informative video from mr Harlan...

Thanks for the nice catch, history lesson and all you do. From one TV guy to another. Thanks again!

Love your video's Danny, keep them coming..!! Hugh fan!!

GOOD JOB again, Danny!

Beautiful footage Danny as usual !! I used to watch the juice train on the A Line in Orlando at least once a week

Good morning Danny, as always I really enjoy your rail fan videos. Thanks for sharing your passion.

Terrific catch! Amazing chase!

Interesting find on the map there. I love tracing old right-of-ways, and sometimes existing track, it's not always obvious where a line goes or how it connects to other lines. Thanks for another great video!

We were friends of Sanna and Anthony Rossi. It is great to see the park honoring them as this was a spot they relly liked. They had condos in the buildings in the background.

I always enjoy your video"s, Thanks for sharing.

Great video, as always. I particularly likes the history lesson using Google Earth to follow the abandoned right-of-way. I've done the same many times. Keep 'em coming!

Awesome video nice learning tool about how the juice train runs in Florida🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

Enjoyed this one as I enjoy all of them.

Danny, thanks for another great video and the hard work and effort to provide these little gems.

5:18 I’ve gone there every time I’ve went to Florida since I found out about it 3 years ago

another great start to saturday with a super video. thanks much, enjoy the history as much as the rails. thx

I think what's so cool about your videos is that its so close to home and family for me and when I see you on the road or talking about places, I have been up and down the same roads plenty of times or my family is around that area and so on. That opening shot of the Veteran's Expressway and 275 is very familiar and nostalgic for sure.

Finally a video u r a great narrator

@andrewbatty8954

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly the best for this type of video currently IMO.

Love the sunrise and the water with train great videography and keep the history lessons coming. Fantastic video

Danny that was so interesting. I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for all you do. 👍👍👍❤️

I enjoy the narration you add to all your videos , packed full of information . I can remember entire Juice Trains coming through Philadelphia on the way the New Jersey . These were Hot Trains as you called them . Now these cars are just mixed into mixed freights , I recently got video of a mostly Tropicana train ,that was nice to see . There was 1 old style refer car in the mix which I thought was cool to see . May guess is they come from Georgia the Carolinas and into Fredericksburg Va and into the Philly Sub in Baltimore continue to Philly on to New Jersey , Thanks for the great videos .

Thank you for the interesting video! Those drawbridges are interesting to watch. We have number of them along the old Eastern Railroad, which ran between Boston and Portsmouth, NH. The largest of them stuck open in the 1970's and that ended through service north of Newburyport, and that end of the line was slowly cut back and closed recently. The Boston to Newburyport portion of the line is run as part of the commuter rail operations of the MBTA. I know that CSX sold a bunch of Dash-8's to Pan Am Railways, but I don't know of the whereabouts of the Dash-9's. Knowing the cheapskates that run PAR, the Dash-9's definitely didn't go there.

Another great video Danny, love your informative narrative.

Thank you for the history lesson, detailed map and narrative of the former trackage and train movements. It all adds up to a great video!

There is no doubt about it that I always learn something every video, today was O823, and the old railroad

In Missoula, Montana next to their rail yard as I type. Can confirm that they're _incredibly_ busy after the sun goes down.

@tessieaweekley6838

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. Me too! (Burton & Sherwood) It's fun to go hang out on the Scott Street bridge and watch as they clank and bang those cars together. Is it just me, or does Danny's voice sound a lot like Mike Roe?

Danny: Enjoyed the video, excellent job as always. Good catch of the 9002, and I figured you'd get some comments about it. The CSX 9000 series were transitional models which combined some Dash-8 and some Dash-9 spotting features. CSX 9000-9002 are basically Dash-9 bodies and "innards" on Dash -8 trucks and frames. CSX 9003-9052 are Dash-9 bodies, frames and innards on Dash-8 trucks. Further confusing the issue, they were all delivered as 4,400 hp units, but were subsequently de-rated to 4,000 hp. As for what is stenciled on the side of the cab - well, I think we've both fallen into that trap a time or two. Anyway, very cool that you caught it in the lead - one of only three units like this on the CSX roster, or anywhere for that matter.

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Ughhh!!! Thank you, Mike!!!! I knew I should have asked you before putting any locomotive info in. Ha! Lesson learned.

Your videos have made me a Tropicana Fruit train fan!

👍👍👍👍👍👍 Wonderful as always!

The production quality of this channel is fantastic! As a lifelong rail fan, I'm glad I found this channel. As an aside, I think you should come up to Alaska for a week or two during the summer. You'd probably have a blast chasing Alaska Railroad trains up and down the Seward Highway!

@distantsignal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Yes I would absolutely love that.

Excellent, Danny, as always! Thanks for sharing your considerable knowledge, and enthusiasm, with us! Now I can't wait for the next installment!

For those wondering about the Seaboard Air Line trackage in Bradenton, that spur crossing MLK and 9th Avenue used to continue west into downtown Bradenton until sometime around the late 50s - early 60s when they cut the line back to just shy of their crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line on this spur. This spur also served the Florida Tile Company located near where US 301/41 passes by a couple of municipal water department tanks (there's still a hump you can feel in the road where the spur crossed). This line was built to serve Bradenton as originally the Seaboard passed through the town of Manatee, located east of Bradenton, with Manatee being amalgamated into Bradenton during World War II. The original Seaboard Bradenton station was actually made of some stone or brick and lasted until the 1950s when the area was redeveloped into its more current state of commercial land-use. The Manatee Public Library has decent ground level and aerial photos of this area and station that are available online through their photo search. The Seaboard bridge across the Manatee River was removed sometime around 1970 but the rest of the Parrish Sub continued as a through route up until the early 80s when it began to be used for car storage and was thus downgraded. If you look at the shot of the Juice Train crossing the Manatee River, you can see two stone piers from what was the original wooden swing bridge that used to span this river back in the early 1900s before it was eventually replaced

Very cool! I love trains and moved from Michigan where I lived near RR’s. Now, living in FL, I am looking for trains to watch here. This was very helpful and enjoyable

Another goodie, Danny.

Hey Danny! You alluded to a question I was going to ask you. As a kid growing up in north Jersey, I was always fascinated by those Tropicana trains and how they got from Florida because I only knew (At that time) the train (Amtrak) to go as far south as Philadelphia (You see I never went beyond that as a kid) but man that was a great question. How in the world and what tracks to they ride on to get from Florida to New Jersey. I can't wait till you find the answer to that! Great video!! keep em coming!!