First Brightline Train at the Orlando Station

First Brightline Train at the Orlando Station - May 17, 2022

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Orlando, Brightline has arrived at the Station!!
On Tuesday, May 17th at approximately 5:39PM, Brightline's BrightBlue 2 train arrived at the future Orlando Station at the Orlando International Airport (MCO) Intermodal Terminal, becoming the first train at the station. The train, which had no passengers, was at the station for about an hour for some testing before returning to the Vehicle Maintenance Facility for the night.
My thanks go out to Brightline for inviting me to document this historic event.
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1:37 BrightBlue 2 arriving at the platform for the first time from the Vehicle Maintenance Facility
4:15 Walk alongside train at platform
6:25 Moving to north end of the platform
8:37 Moving to Track 1
13:39 Arriving on Track 1
15:17 Departing back to the Vehicle Maintenance Facility
This was filmed on May 17, 2022.
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@Pensyfan19 2 жыл бұрын

After all these years: welcome to Orlando, Brightline! Long live the King!

@cooper7031 2 жыл бұрын

Ya got that right!

@bibiforero5024 2 жыл бұрын

I can't wait...😊 great new!

@22817hm 2 жыл бұрын

This is a huge milestone! I'm so happy to see the first train arrive at the Orlando station!

@JThom-yh3ef 2 жыл бұрын

For real. Can’t wait.

@terranempire2 Жыл бұрын

Bright Blue looks like a gorgeous train set.

@justinstrickland5382 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Brightline gave you such exclusive access…maybe they should bring you on their marketing team?

@trucksanddirt1506 2 жыл бұрын

Being from Germany, I hope blind politicians will not kill this project. I live north of Florida and hope that someday our area will be served. From Orlando to Miami, I'll be using this train.

@ralpho37 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I can’t wait for it to reach Jax, if it ever does that is.

@OhioCentralModeler 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always skeptical of transit projects actually going somewhere, though Brightline less so since it's not under the direct control of incompetent government bureaucrats. (And you know, they're already providing real passenger service on the existing FEC Corridor, but I'm a "I'll believe it when I see it" type of guy as a matter of principle.) But it's stuff like this that makes me go "Man, this is really happening for real" and it just makes my day.

@oblivieon1567 2 жыл бұрын

It is cool right? I think things are getting better regarding rail in the US. While it took long enough there are some rail systems that have been expanded and are actually useful.

@loganfn7 Жыл бұрын

Brightline is very promising. Rode it from Miami to Palm Beach and back just for fun (one time in smart class and premium on the way back) last night and it was a very comfortable, smooth, and fast ride. The amenities were great, stations are clean, and staff very friendly. Driving to palm beach and back in under three hours seemed almost unthinkable before Brightline and I am beyond excited for the Orlando and Tampa extension.

@philmarro1588 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking us on this journey

@jimlove8144 2 жыл бұрын

That horn will let everyone in Orlando you have arrived!

@michaelw.458 2 жыл бұрын

It is interesting to see how much Brightline has been able to do is such a short time compared with the High Speed Rail in California.

@frglee 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice to see modernisation and new lines for the American rail network.

@arthazeldine5921 2 жыл бұрын

And thanks for all the great videos. I look forward to each one every week. I sure hope BL invites you aboard the inaugural run between MCO and WPB.

@BYoung_500 2 жыл бұрын

I’m Proud to be apart of this amazing JV W/ Herzog, Stacey and Railworks. We’ve accomplished so much in the past 3 years. Building a class 6 railroad and rehabbing the Existing Fec mainline. It’s Not easy with freights running all day it hinders our production but safety is key.! #BrightlinetoJacksonville

@trevorderper5050 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta like the horn that locomotive was using, anyways the horn tooting sounds like a celebration to me.

@keonikaig9247 2 жыл бұрын

WOW , #150....Wonderful progress Thank you for all you've done....

@redstonerelic 2 жыл бұрын

I made a transfer in Orlando International Airport back in april. I could see the right of way from the plane and i got some nice pictures of it!

@RailFanRob 2 жыл бұрын

BrightLine trains are so awesome looking...

@donaldstanfield8862 2 жыл бұрын

Will be awesome to see it stretch across to Tampa!!

@lovedfriend2020 2 жыл бұрын

I cant wait to ride on it to my cruise in 2023!

@Brianrockrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Brightline Construction video :)

@terrancecooley3165 2 жыл бұрын

Sunrail is like I feel all alone just waiting for my buddy brightline to be with me....

@trainsofmichiganproduction5418 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome 😎

@zacadams7070 2 жыл бұрын

Great video today! Glad that Brightline allowed you to be a part of it and that you got some exclusive angles!

@oreosk8ter 2 жыл бұрын

Living in Lakeland. Never been to Miami. I'm looking forward to Traveling Orlando to Miami like as soon as tickets are available. It will become the new normal to spend a day or two down south with such access. Thank you Bright Line!

@michaelchristie6830 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 150!

@garypetreskysr4947 2 жыл бұрын

I have been watching the progress of this for a year now. My brother and his wife came down from PA to FT. Lauderdale earlier in May and I told him about this. They took the train and Loved it. I cannot wait until my wife and I get to ride it. Super!

@tallflguy 2 жыл бұрын

Very exciting to see!

@brycestewart7228 2 жыл бұрын

As always great work and congrats on being able to.see first hand the first train into.the station

@SunRailMV 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait for wait to bring Brightline trains that are happy to see them being welcomed to the Orlando International Airport (MCO)!

@aalox 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 150 amazing videos!

@murda2999 2 жыл бұрын

Progress!! That great that they made sure to include you in this big moment so that you can share it with all of us. Thanks!! (150 videos is quite the commitment on your part. Thanks for that as well.)

@currentfaves65 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to riding this nice clean train.

@chrisfrailfan7541 2 жыл бұрын

Man that horn is music to my ears and love the echo as it is pulling into the Orlando Station

@jonathanlanglois2742 2 жыл бұрын

That's smart of them to invite you. Free publicity. I wish more organisations understood the visibility social media creators like you can bring to a project.

@MicrobyteAlan 2 жыл бұрын

150 👍👍 great video, we’ve come a long way. It’s happening I can’t believe it. Thanks for all your hard work, I personally totally appreciate it.

@bennetfox 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and I've really enjoyed watching the progress of Brightline!

@forestfan7974 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on #150. Love the videos and the precise geographical slant you bring to the construction process.

@garrettaldershoff7849 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to say thank you for your 150 films on the Brightline Train. Your films are really interesting to watch everytime you release a new film. Otherwise I would not know about the Brightline trains ;in Florida and on the otherside California high speed train either. From Scotia, New York

@TheCheffydave 2 жыл бұрын

150 updates (so far). I have seen many of them! FIRST CLASS JOB!

@Hillsidedojo 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome progress, thanks for the update.

@ericneumann8509 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! on over 9K Subscribers.

@pleaseholdinc 2 жыл бұрын

Finally!!!! It is beautiful!

@TrebleSketch 2 жыл бұрын

This is extremely exciting and congrats to Brightline in this achievement!!!

@danielcluley870 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the updates. This is so cool to see a real HS train in Orlando!

@RailFanRob 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent historic event for sure...thanks for sharing. I have been following this series from the start!!

@turtlekoff1 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your vids. Congratulations on 150! Lots of work here in Vero Beach on the crossings and the second track. Come see us! Ch

@az196823 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your 150 update & yes finally the station see's its first train. Looking forward to see Passenger service on this line

@blakearmistead8785 2 жыл бұрын

This is an exciting day. I hope we will all get to see the trains rolling through Orlando soon

@philthai99 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice.

@EmilC2012 2 жыл бұрын

This was marvelous! So glad that you could get the opportunity to document such a massive milestone. I'm very happy for you. Looking forward to the next milestones that lay ahead!

@MervynPartin 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see the progress at my favourite destination airport. I hope that the project is a success, both financially and with the travelling public.

@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071 2 жыл бұрын

It is good to see a IC train finally moving into the Orlando Airport station. Can't wait to see been open to the public. It's something I will be using later on too.

@J3scribe 2 жыл бұрын

So cool you get this level of access. All of your effort has paid off in spades. Of course, only you would know. But thank you so much for sharing all your insights and access. This is the largest railroad construction project since Southern Pacific built the Palmdale Cutoff. I imagine SP documented that project in great detail, but all that film is lost to history. You are making a serious contribution to the world of railroading!

@fidelitysadventures5896 2 жыл бұрын

New York, California and Chicago could never compare to such clean, neat and beauty Florida is just beautiful

@RashMonroe 2 жыл бұрын

So happy this is staying on track! I hope it’s successful!

@ScottysAir 2 жыл бұрын

It’s perfect!!! Can’t wait to get on it! See you next year!

@greyfoxtrains3244 2 жыл бұрын

Those are some great on the train shots. Seeing this progress getting so close to completion be great. You have produced so many videos documenting this.

@joeagri1 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. This is very exciting!

@OldSchool-px1xk 2 жыл бұрын

Orlando will have one of the finest train stations in the country. It would be best if Sunrail would come to that station soon. Brightline should be a pure highspeed passenger service. Serving the Disney resorts could be done by Sunrail better. It would bring the revenue to that system it is lacking now.

@Acehitman369 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍🏽

@BillRicker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping us informed!

@bos2pdx2yvr 2 жыл бұрын

Huge congrats on 150 episodes! I look forward to seeing your updates, thanks for making this such a great inside look into how a railroad is built and the important milestones it reaches!

@whatsup89100 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@timnewman1172 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on #150 and being there tp document this momentous occasion! This IS the future of passenger rail travel in America, hoping several more routes across the country can be developed in the near future...

@hopetee9739 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.... great info, and thanks for the continued updates. Can't wait to take a ride. Very good look for Central Florida...and Florida in general.👍💯

@pirazel7858 2 жыл бұрын

Brightline and the airlines would be clever if they combine the plane and train tickets. Getting people to and from the airport by rail

@Loud.Thoughts 2 жыл бұрын

The sky is the limit for this train once it actually comes into fruition. I mean think about the economy, price of gas and the state of the nation right now… it has all the perfect conditions to propel this project to the moon! Then that infrastructure bill?? To top it all off, the influx of more people to the amazing state of Florida??? Brightline couldn’t have timed this any better. I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

@kirthianand 2 жыл бұрын

Hope to see connection to Jacksonville and Tampa soon.

@jeffroonthego5584 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! Thanks for the update! Looking forward to riding this train someday.

@dree6003 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to take a ride from Miami to Orlando in this train

@doublediamondrailroad5949 2 жыл бұрын

Where’s the Love Button!??

@TxCyn3169 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the Orlando / Miami trip

@SpartanML 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see how much Brightline and the other companies involved in the project are giving you access like this as things progress. Congrats on 150!

@ndfrspd198622 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on #150!! I look forward to the continued updates, especially as we hear more about possible Disney and Universal stations, and especially the Tampa station. The Tampa portion just got a huge boost today from a recent grant that was received for the track between Orlando and Tampa to be built.

@MrWphilips 2 жыл бұрын

This video and historic event makes me very optimistic for the future Las Vegas, Los Angeles route- I predict that it will be incredibly profitable!

@johanfalk2875 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome!! Finally!

@PaulCashman 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic footage of a great milestone.

@gametendough3380 2 жыл бұрын

As always, an excellent update; congratulations on reaching 150 updates!

@paulmoreno6279 2 жыл бұрын

150 updates?! 🙌 👍 👏

@PTB_BE 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the 150th video & nice views

@mattbrewster8051 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!

@ViewpointUnique 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome progress! Also...how freaking cool is it that they worked with you to get you special access!!! You do good videography and it's nice to see a company understand how good this makes them look. Keep up the good work!

@cooper7031 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@nicolewembley3093 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Video, please keep doing more of the area. Thank You.

@fiveinitaly 2 жыл бұрын

Love it ❤️ ciao from italy🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

@jcspotter7322 2 жыл бұрын

I really hope this takes off as a really popular way to get to miami from orlando. Sure this looks cool, but only time will tell how successful this route is

@DirectorBird 2 жыл бұрын

Finally.

@jcd110681 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for this service to begin and the future plans to go through Disney to Tampa

@68Jaguar420G 2 жыл бұрын

Great that you were invited to attend this bit of history. But given the the amount of support and free publicity your videos provide them it would have been something of a travesty if they had not invited you. As always very good camera work and excellent voiceover to explain what is happening.

@canadaphil6068 Жыл бұрын

I would personally be OVER THE MOON if there is a future Cocoa Station linking Port Canaveral with the Brightline system. I am seriously considering buying a vacation home in Canaveral and this would be the final piece of that decision! EDIT: Thanks so much for these fantastic videos!

@UrbanRail 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 150.

@m7express774 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is awesome!

@rocksteel9087 2 жыл бұрын

That's really cool thank you

@djsurf 2 жыл бұрын

Henry Flagler, as well as Henry Plant, would be happy -

@scottscherer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy

@ioaircraft 2 жыл бұрын

Im gonna ride it just cause it exists. Comes by me in Cocoa regularly in their tests.

@th3juic3man 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@fenlinescouser4105 2 жыл бұрын

150! Do I need to start saving up for the Brightline Completion Compendium Edition Blu-Ray release? :-)

@divox9pqr 2 жыл бұрын

A great milestone. Florida is looking better and better has a place that is desirable to live. Now let’s see if Brightline can kick it up to Jacksonville to interface with the extension of the Sunset Ltd Amtrak through service from Los Angeles.

@johnp139 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, but I just missed it. I road the APM into the intermodal terminal just yesterday.

@jackwilson2304 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to be able to take a train from Orlando to Miami to catch an afternoon Marlins game and back the same day on either Brightline or Amtrak or both.