Grandpa's Railroad Movies - Florida

Grandpa's Railroad Movies - Florida - ACL & SAL

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KillerBee

4 жыл бұрын

Movies my Grandfather shot during the 1950's and 1960's in Florida of the ACL and SAL.

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@distantsignal 2 жыл бұрын

Man!!! Thanks to your grandfather!!! This is priceless footage. Best stuff at Plant City I've ever seen from that era.

@darrellsmith4463 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 1960's and the railroad that ran through my home town was the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. I didn't know of anyone who had a camera back then, probably because most couldn't afford one. Any video footage of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad are rare to begin with especially ACL in the purple and silver scheme and SAL in the citrus scheme. Thanks to you and your Grandfather for sharing these precious memories.

@tonyhurd5697 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell grandpa was a train enthusiast. Great job grandpa 👍

@carlstout7948 8 ай бұрын

Love 💕 this!

@jimlogan2329 Жыл бұрын

Love these trains. Thanks to your Grandfather I have now cheered up in what is a dreary winter evening in Scotland. 😊

@ItchingToScratch 5 ай бұрын

Great history!

@kennethtiller7916 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Footage such as this keeps the memories of ACL and SAL alive

@timetable5245 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for preserving this bit of history.

@garysprandel1817 Жыл бұрын

Though the closest I ever got to the Atlantic Coast Line was a neighbor's garage layout with a Revell SW7 I always loved that purple and silver paint job

@ericberman4193 Жыл бұрын

If it’s Revell, it’s swell!

@timetable5245 2 жыл бұрын

Love the mail crane snatch 1:54

@jaymorgenthal9479 2 жыл бұрын

Great film. Great color. what was once a large area served by the 2 railroads is now a paltry pair of Amtrak trains

@gomba65 3 ай бұрын

It's crazy to see how different Plant City was back then. At 4:16 its also jaw dropping to see those buildings on the left in the video, they have really stood the test of time. Today they have a couple of great places in em called the Krazy Kup and Whistle Stop Cafe.

@danielboone3770 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos!

@gerardrusso4156 11 күн бұрын

Outstanding 👍🏽🚂

@killerbee6310 9 күн бұрын

Thank you - glad that people appreciate them.

@gleanerk Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing these !

@ronaldryerson2303 3 жыл бұрын

Great movie

@rayinpau.s.a.6351 Жыл бұрын

Excellent , Thank You for sharing!

@PrismRisen 2 жыл бұрын

Great scenes and railroad stock, plus a nicely selected sound track. Old steam engine at 3:00 is very special. Thanks!

@DistanceNsVeterans 2 жыл бұрын

The station in my city that was built in 1921 by the ACL railroad is still up and open for people and still it orginal state like it used to be I'm glad and there was a freight depot that was beside it to tho it sadly caught fire in 19 something but it's still up to this day

@joeman1437 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@intercity1971 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and beautiful video ! 👏👏👏

@dwightmiley7122 2 жыл бұрын

look liike the last part of video was filmed in plant city

@greeproductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Do you know what areas he visited in the footage? I know the last bit is Plant City but the rest I don't know.

@killerbee6310 3 жыл бұрын

All I know is near Largo, Clearwater, Abay Pines (?), Lakeland. I have cryptic notes but unfortunately don't know which was what.

@Nitron2097 Жыл бұрын

2:11 is the Long Bayou trestle that crossed Boca Ciega Bay on the SAL line in south Pinellas County. And after at 2:27, Bay Pines was a station where the SAL line stopped at what is now the huge VA hospital in the Tyrone/Boca Ciega area just west of where the trestle crossed the bay.