Train on FL sub - video

Discussion in 'Pensacola Subdivision' started by trainchaser007 (Brandon Adams RIP 9/22/2017), Dec 31, 2012.

  1. trainchaser007 (Brandon Adams RIP 9/22/2017)

    trainchaser007 (Brandon Adams RIP 9/22/2017) Passed away September 22, 2017

    This is a link to a youtube video I just stumbled upon of an Alabama Gulfcoast Railway locomotive with a covered hopper before and after it picks up an empty car. The video was shot at the Gulf Beach Hwy crossing at the end of W. Main St. in Pensacola. I was just at that very spot back in July to visit the current end of the the old line. From the condition of the track, I never would have thought this segment was still in use. It looks abandoned but obviously it's not. I couldn't believe the signal at 1:22 still works. Here's the link...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WrAjRTdFGw&list=HL1356933043

    [video=youtube;_WrAjRTdFGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WrAjRTdFGw[/video]
     
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  2. Papa Bear

    Papa Bear Bridge Foreman

    I used to watch trains on this line back in the 80's. I also thought it was abandoned until I saw a train on it!

    The signal at 1:22 is at E Street and was installed in 1987. It is probably the newest one on that line.

    This is a video I took of the tracks a few years ago. They were in the same condition back in the 80's.

    [video=youtube_share;myYmG_Eqy18]http://youtu.be/myYmG_Eqy18[/video]
     
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