"Folks who drive small pickup trucks never seem to be in a hurry." You have not met my husband. He drives everything like he stole it. Excellent video as always.

"If the cloud hadn't gotten me, it might have been perfect" - certainly a mantra among train chasers! Great video as always, if it weren't for you, I don't think I would have ever stepped out of my comfort zone to narrate my own videos. So thanks for the motivation and inspiration!

Put your seatbelt on Danny! Never know what could happen and we appreciate you too much

Thank you for explaining how railroads are paid for powering trains on a “foreign” line (horsepower x hours).

Danny, buffers are usually loaded with sand... in an attempt to provide enough mass to steer derailing hazmat cars away from the locomotives in the event of a pile up.

I have to tell you that I really enjoy your channel. I grew up in the 1960s loving trains (my mother worked for Southern in the late 40s/early 50s) but gradually my interests migrated towards aviation and airlines. I spent about 40 years as an airline dispatcher, and many of the operational-oriented issues I experienced I see reflected in your explanations in the videos. I can readily tell you the differences between different variants of the 737 family, and I'm now working on telling the difference between a GE and an EMD. ;) I especially appreciate all the little operational nuances you discuss that contribute to my understand of how the railroads run.

Hello from Pennsylvania. Fun video as always from you Danny. Spending a lot of time trackside during the lockdown along the NS main near my home in Lebanon. Major track maintenance job underway with unique MOW equipment. Got up close to the ballast cleaner unit last week. What a unique piece of equipment. Great fun to watch and hear. Really great way to spend time as we all await the OK to get on with our lives. Many thanks for this trip around CSX in FL. Stay well!! CAS.

Hi Danny. As always another fantastic video. I think the locals videos are my favorite. Thank you for all the awesome videos. I find them very relaxing after a hard days work. I love trains. I have since I was a kid.

Danny Harmon, the best rail fan on KZfaq. All agree.

You Know the routine, Drop everything, and watch the most recent premier! bet it will be another great one as always!

Danny: "This ain't like dropping a box somewhere on somebody's front porch." Me, an Amazon delivery driver: "Well I'll be damned."

My grandfather managed the City Products ice distribution plans on 17-92 in Sanford. He took me to watch vegetable trains being “bunker iced” in the Sanford yard several times in the late 50s. Amazing ice handling to put 25lb chunks into the open bunker doors on top of both ends of each car. The ice plant at the yard was at one time the largest in the world. All gone now just history.

At 12:15 buffer cars are usually loaded with an inert material like sand. They usually need to be a certain weight to be in a buffer service.

Having to stay at home, your videos make my day go faster and better; thank you.

As always Danny you are the celebrity amongst rail fans.. Amazingly well informed, articulate and very humble. We are not worthy ;-)

That first scene with the super faded cross bucks and stop sign was super cool, not to mention I love industrial track with very little ballast and gras growing through

I can’t wait see this video looks good Union Pacific power up front

Another great video, Dan! To my knowledge, buffer cars on unit tanker trains usually carry a dense material like sand or gravel, that’s my guess. Usually however ethanol trains are rarity in Nashville.

Very nice slowdown on that SOO LINE buffer car, I thought it was lag for a second, and then I realized what I was looking at LOL. Amazing video Danny! Even though this one is a couple years old, your videos NEVER get old. :)

13:21 I remember that creek. Millenniumforce ran through that creek screaming "HEY YOU FORGOT YOUR JUICE"

Love your videos Danny. I feel like I know more about florida railroads than I do here in Wilmington, N.C. Keep up the Great work.

As others may have explained, buffer cars typically are filled with sand or gravel, something with considerable mass. As always, great video! Kennedy

Thanks for the info on the chains - I didn't know that. Same about the spare knuckle, but it makes sense. The cloud didn't hurt the shot at all. As always your videos are much anticipated, and for good reason - never disappoint.

Thank you for explaining the 'simple' things! I appreciate when you explain terms like, "Spotting Cars", among other things. Being fairly new to the channel, when you take the time to put everything in layman's terms, it makes it very enjoyable. Thanks, Danny!

Fantastic videos Danny, keep up the great work, from a UK based US railroad fan.

Danny, beautiful under bridge shot of the ethanol train with UP Power. The amazing thing about the shot is the different eras represented. The bridge piles are timber with concrete caps, and still going strong. Great catches, as always.

Danny, I have a photo of an NS train using those chains for that very purpose. It is quite a sight to see! great video as always , Allan

First I took months to comb through Danny's archives. I subscribed and set up alerts. The alerts broke but that's fine because I was finding new videos the same day they were posted anyway. Now I'm finding myself waiting for the premieres. I've gone one step too far.

Love your videos. You have answered a lot of questions I’ve had about thing’s that are done on the way the railroad do things!

A great video Danny as usual. Lots of flats on the ethanol cars. I enjoy your videos as a railfan and more as a modeller. You help me to weather my cars by showing the mix of rust buckets to fresh to inbetweeners. Thanks mate from Melbourne (no the other one in Victoria Australia). Andrew from Andrew's Trains

Every time you are trying to catch up to a train you’re gonna get red lights and slow traffic. Has happened to me way to many times lol. Nice video Danny!

Buffer cars are either loaded with sand, usually, or sometimes water. Hatches are welded shut. It's their only purpose post life. Sweet video!

I quite enjoy your videos that feature some industrial works. Also, on CN engines we have a chain bin in the nose of the locomotive rather than hang them on the side. Keep the great videos coming!!

i have loved trains since i heard Gordon Lightfoots " Canadian Railroad Trilogy" in college in the 70's .what a marvelous song, just like he did with the Edmond fitzgerald using the music and voice to simulate long big waves peaks and troughs with the guitars and bass, this songs cadence perfectly sounds like the old trains of the era he sang about.....starting . speeding up , running.... another one he did that used the same technique was 'The Patriots Dream".....quite amazing song writter and arranger... Canadas best ever for sure..... he mentions trains many times in his huge library of music......Bless trains and Bless Gord... 'Ya cant jump a jet plane , like ya can a freight train, so i best me on my way , in the early morning rain..."

Love the switching segments of your videos.... could watch those all day!

That radio talk about the train and your info about the chains... immensely interesting.... great stuff Danny. As usual I enjoyed your post Danny. Peace and good health to you. Cheers from down-under.

Excellent video, Danny! I think I can give some insight on a few curiosities in this video: The UP power on the ethanol train is probably because (correct me if I’m wrong) UP leases some of their older GEVO’s (5500-5600) to CP. It’s still technically a CP train with CP/CSX paperwork, but just has UP power. As for the buffer cars, from my past conductor experience, buffer cars are usually partially loaded with either sand or gravel. Now that only applies to cars that are strictly for buffer service and should be marked “Buffer service only, do not load.” The capstan is usually removed after so the slider can’t slide back and forth anymore and or sometimes welded shut.

Those buffer cars will often have dried distillers grains loaded in them, a by product of ethanol production and a useful feedstuff for the cattle industry. Basically, the dried remnants of the leftover corn mash used for making the ethanol.

The shot you got of the ethanol train crossing Blackwater Creek was the best piece of videography that I've seen in a long time. IMHO, it may have been worth the chase/wait. My compliments to you.

Another great video Danny... on the UP we almost always have sand in the buffer cars. Also we run several trains out of Roseport, MN through WI to interchange in Chicago at Barr yard with csx power... foreign power is becoming the new normal on most trains since ptc is now interoperable between carriers.

Great job as usual Danny, ...........best narrator on KZfaq.

Love your videos. Professional and clean and easy to watch. Enjoy everything.

ALWAYS, learn something new about railroading from your videos, Thumbs Up!

Love the chase with the ethanol train. With CP possibly buying KCS there will be more oil trains coming from Hardisty, Alberta to Houston for refining since the Keystone XL pipeline has been cancelled for now

Right as I finished watching this video I look out the window and here comes a train with the Norfolk Southern Nickel Plate Road Heritage unit

Thanks Danny for explaining how the different railroads work with foreign power

Always interesting vids Thanks !!!

perfect as always.. Thank you Danny!!

Great video ! Thanks Danny.

Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely amazing Danny! Thanks for video!!

Another top notch video, thanks DH!

Danny, thanks for sharing your passion with us. Be careful out there. Slow down some. I don't want to have to bail you out of the clink.

Great videos as always!

Another great video! I feel your pain on the backroads with slow traffic! CR 35A by Dade City's former depot (you've done videos on the depot/museum!) is lots of turning traffic. And US 98/FL50 from I-75 east until where US98 turns South to Trilby has been under construction for what, two years now, often to one lane each way. I travel through there often too. Thx Danny!

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Buffer cars are loaded to at least 70% of their load capacity with junk/waste materials. When we loaded the 4 DME boxcars we use, we took the waste pile of sand from a dozen derailed frac sand cars and through that in the car. Those boxcar doors were welded shut and they have been running ever since. Covered hoppers typically get sand, or unrecyclable cement materials.

You have a great voice for narrating.

Another fine job. I can't get enough of your work.

Great video!

Thanks Danny ! Always enjoy your videos !

Awesome video. Iove how you give so much information on the train

Another great vid! Thanks Danny! 👍🏼

Great work as usual Danny. Love your work

Love the quality of your videos!

Another top notch job!

That's a treat,2 geeps switching. It reminds me of the day's.

i like these these help people learn and rail fan at the same time

Thanks Danny , Another grate Video. Tanks for sharing!

Great!! Another great one, Danny! Please keep them coming!

thanks for the explanation of the chain on the engines, I always wondered what they were for.

Always good to see new content from you, I always look forward to it!

Interesting, as always. Thanks, Danny.

Never disappointed! Thanks Danny 👍

Awesome video!

Awesome video as always Danny!

Another great video, Danny!

Awesome video! The narration made even more enjoyable. Enjoyed! Thankyou!

Great video and perfect narration as always!

Another great one Danny, thanks Chas.

Like always amazing and beautiful content Danny!

Another good one Danny 👍

Dude you catch the best catches ever man 👍👍👍👍👍

Great Video Danny! keep up the amazing work

Great video. I'm a big fan

Well that was a swell surprise to see this in my feed tonight! For National Train day I’ll say we both had a great one...at least from what I know! Also I’m fairly sure that those Buffer Cars are loaded with sand. That may not be fully accurate though.

Fantastic as always Danny. Thanks, Brendon

I sure do enjoy your video's. Keep up the great work.

Great job as always Danny! Best train vids and train information on KZfaq. Thanks for your channel! 😃

Great vid Dano ...

Once again Danny you did it again. Excellent job.

Good deal. Great video.👍🏼

Always entertaining. I love the way you narrate your videos!

I love the UP power:):):)

Great video 😀👍👍

Another Fine Piece Of Video As Usual! Good Job, Danny!

Great video.

Really enjoyed this video Danny. Loved it 👍👍👍❤️

You outdid yourself today Danny! Beautiful shots and the most unusual was over the railroad tressel and making it look like the train was headed downhill in Florida. Hard to do in the flatlands. You mentioned that the phosphate was headed out of the bone valley to Chicago. Can you sometimes add how long it will take to make the trip and how many crew changes it will take? More interesting information for railfans. Missed the drones today. Love it Danny!

Great video brother