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Historic Abandoned Railroad That Went to Florida Keys

August 22, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen I’m going to be walking South today on the abandoned FEC tracks here, just south of the Flagler street crossing See these have been abandoned since around 2008 you can see Recording this for posterity so future generations you can see what once was here when this is removed concrete cross ties Track view North and track view South There used to be a spur along the That warehouse there you can see that’s where the boxcars used to load But I’m not going to venture in there in a tall grass Probably got snakes and who knows what in there? So North and South These are nice houses they have here I bet they loved it when the train used to come through here made a whole lot of noise And their houses vibrated Yeah, here. There is no visible remnants of the spur that went along the side of the warehouse So where you see those cars is SW 4th Street? They recently removed those crossing gates too few months ago. I have a video on that, so I’ll include the link to it as well as I walked I also, have a video on the other side I Walked from South West 4th street to Southwest 8th ST so I’ll include that link also in the bottom the description Actually wait. I just noticed there’s a rail right here on the side of the warehouse, it’s still visible Boom look at that On the other side too. Yeah hurry up and get out of here in case any snakes are eye balling me. I don’t know why bus drivers still stops There’s no gates here Tracks over grown But I guess rules are rules right so yeah, so this is Southwest 4th Street And like I said I have a video from from there on so I’ll include the link to it. So you guys can continue viewing it right now. I’m going to walk back One second, I have one of these beautiful guys on on my shoe here. take out the rest of them later okay, so I’m going to walk North now, so This is what it would’ve looked like If you were on a cab ride, Northbound. At a very slow pace Again, we see the houses off to our right now which would be East You can see some cross ties here, surprising after all that rock. Right? You can see the sweat glistening off me here it is Hot hot hot today. It’s like nine nine o’clock in the morning It’s probably like 92 degrees already But it’s never too hot for an abandoned railroad right? That’s what I say It’s like cross training over here. This would keep you in shape man, woof! Yeah So we’re coming up on the Flagler street crossing that is where I originally began filming Take the trail for now because I’m not going to go through all that Somebody’s living quarters over here nice right next to transportation can’t beat that. And then I make a run for it right up here right back where we started from Time for a drink of water guys, please subscribe like or share Thank you very much reviewing over and out

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Unused Railroad Exploration

August 21, 2019

hello ladies and gentlemen, RailROL82 here. Your railroad archaeologist so I’m over here at the CSX Homestead
subdivision on you I tell you Rico drive processing I did a tour of this crossing
last year and today I’m gonna show you what this time looks like now that it’s
officially out of service here we can see some girls on it so Moodle right
there this thing was built this is facing
south west facing north east the sign was built in 1927 looking for a real
with the date on it 75 pound rail built by a Marilyn Marilyn steel I do not see
a date though but yeah I know for a fact that was built in 1927 and you can see
the old wooden ties and if I stand on this line okay it’s mostly gross just
see what it feels like to have been on this line this is what it was what it
would have felt like see a nice residential area next to here and
agriculture it’s on my right I’m gonna include a little map into that crossing
so you guys can know where I’m at and this is facing north east so you see
over here we can find a date on the rails yep
1926 right there 1926 built by the seaboard airline railroad design came
from my Annie from 5-9 the International Airport and do you ignore that it came
to haul away from from Central Florida to homestead homestead is a city that is
about a few miles south of here just to put it into perspective on this
Yurika drive here this crossing is 1 84th Street and this line ends at around
320 something 330 something Street so this is our about 20 miles away or so
from the end of the line you can see these rails pure rust that’s a shame because if these reels
could talk I’m sure they’d have some very interesting stories to tell and yeah there we see the gateless
crossing it’s really case on the other side so yeah guys that’s this crossing
and I’m gonna continue further south to Seoul I thank you for coming along with
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Looks Abandoned Railroad Crossing

August 21, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen RailROL82 again here today we’re in the Redlands this is my last video on
the crossings here at on the CSX homestead subdivision I have a whole bunch of
them and this is the last one that I need to complete the series on it this
is Southwest 248 Street so this is basically an out-of-service track right
and this crossing still has a WC Hayes mechanical Bell on it WC Hayes mechanical bell, we got a safe tran, those are safe tran incandescent lights all around which they’ve seen
better days and here you got the emergency contact info and signal base okay then here you got the meter for the
crossing, you can see it’s not using any electricity then here you got track view
North, this line is out of service I mean it’s unofficially abandoned here
you got the relay case Southwest 248th ST the relay case still has power to it I’m
gonna include a Google Maps link to this location here you can see crossties I’m
gonna look for a date on the rail and then you can see the grade crossing nobody coming alright there you can see
a mile post, mile post 62 I’ll get there right now but I wanted to show you
this side first, there we got the pavement markings still and the rxr sign Nice palm-trees so yeah so here we got
the rxr on this side backlight it’s terrible on that angle these are safe
tran also all around there’s no bell here emergency contact info on this side as well
the horseshoe for good luck maybe with that good luck they’ll bring back the
track to use and a safe tran signal base and then over here we got track
view South that looks like it might be a turtle shell
oh wow and then here we got mile post 62 right there Mile post 62 and I believe this line, holy crap! That guy just made the rails move! uh this line is still blocked by debris
from Hurricane Irma Look at that. This is facing South, sorry about the
instability you got. all right you guys oh and you know what
that is and here watch the rails shake, yeah! Needs to be repaired, but tracks out of service so I guess they’re not gonna do
it; all right you guys gonna give you a last shot of the mechanical ball on this
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Removed Railroad Crossing Track Exploration

August 20, 2019

ladies and gentlemen how’s it going? RailROL82 here, the railroad archaeologist here we see the pavement
marking for the crossing at Southwest 230 2nd Street in Miami Florida on the
CSX Homestead subdivision this crossing is officially out of service and last
year from the video here with after Hurricane Emma this crossing was
actually malfunctioning it was activated for the first time in years I didn’t
feel I’ll include a link to that in the bottom but what I wanted to show you
today was now that this this line is officially out of service I wanted to
give you a tour the actual line the actual tracks right you see when I got a
hearing here okay so we’re gonna be headed Dan all
these cars we’re gonna be headed facing northeast now okay yeah we’re gonna be fixing or deist
so right here see the crossing gate like I said I’ll include a link to that in
the bottom tonight to the location sorry to the previous video way the crossing
was activated for the first time in years so there you can see growth on the
line this is facing southeast ya facing southeast and look at all that growth
you can’t see the very sea any rails done that way all all grass this track
was originally built here though the real a case you got the small post but
you got some up peacocks over there I’ll include a Google Google Maps into this
location 75 pound rail from 1926 decapitated baby thanks
so as I said now I am walking here I am walking north eastward over here there’s
a family of chickens running there off in the distance further about a hundred feet here you
guys are gonna see there’s actually trees starting to grow in the center of
the line so as I said this track was built in 1926 the see the old dog
wouldn’t cross ties and the rusted rails in 1927 26 27 by Ozzie borderland which
then became seaboard coast line devoid systems and eventually CSX so here we
can see another tree starting to blossom right here and then that wasn’t the one
I was referring to you know what I’m referring to
there’s actually two of them you’ll see them right now so this area is is primarily
agricultural you see uh avocados strawberries orange trees citrus things
that I need you over here there isn’t much I don’t think there’s any industry
down this way so yeah right now I’m walking on a piece of
history I hope I don’t want to think this is sad to think this plate that
this line might be a future bike trail it’s a sad day in America but Eve is our papaya trees away yeah and on this particular what would have
been former crossing the signals were actually removed you can see there’s a
there’s no kind of lovers or crossbucks no lights the the crossing was done on December
16th 2016 and so so you had agreed which was silly of them to do because it’s
another service right so yeah judging by this doesn’t look out of service but it
is and if you don’t believe me I am going to show you the sign where it says
that it’s out of service so right now this is chrome Avenue the nice feet up
there perpendicular is 232 that’s where I began the tour so you guys can read right here it says
Trax out-of-service sad day in America guys well thank you for coming along on
this tour really appreciate it all please subscribe or like thank you for
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Abandoned Railroad

August 18, 2019

Okay ladies and gentlemen, I have a video up
to the bridge right now I’m going to continue walking northward
this is the FEC Railway the abandoned portion and I’m going to continue
walking northward now so let’s just see what this looks like over here this
is North of the Flagler Street crossing. And this is totally totally abandoned here. this is the South and this is North there hasn’t been a train through here
since 2008 Looking South again and looking North. You see nature is taking this back. I wonder what that sign held up maybe an
end of the track or who knows maybe it was a whistle post but why would it be in the
center of the track right and then starting to get a little bit dense over
here signs of life here nature is definitely winning the battle
to claim this. Look at this, these pine trees are going to be looking like that in a few years. yeah guys I think try walking a few more feet but over there it’s really
dense yeah that’s the end of the trail here I
don’t know I want to venture out because I don’t know if there’s anything yeah you can’t see that line anymore it’s
all consumed by bushes it so we’ll just walk South again remember him? yeah well it’s pretty in there. I’m guessing it was put in there by the FEC and not by somebody. I wonder if that might’ve been a No because this was dark territory there was no signals here so it
was nothing railroad related we’re going to use the East trail It’s a shame because other than shrubs and pine trees and grass seems like it
could still be used Further down the line I saw rails that were made by our
Maryland in 1928 so not bad for it being almost a hundred years old right ? Okay guys guys you guys are going to walk the bridge
with me East that would be West I used to be a gymnast in my past life
so let’s see I still remember how to do it! a little bit more tense than what you
can see on the video you can see further about some cross ties are rotten like
that one skip that one It was all busted up look at that walking on top of the
steel beam there so I have reinforcement in the bottom North. South you got to be on top of your game here, this
might have been essential to the crossing. You can see the wood there in the bottom Sweat is dripping down my arm! feels great though guys is a part of history
all right guys also leave you know I thank you very much for accompanying me on this
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Railroad Crossing Removed Before and After

August 15, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I’m over here at SW 40th ST which is also Bird Rd in Miami, FL. and this is the site of the former FEC Railway Right of way That went up South. This is looking South. Met up with US 1, with the mainline along US 1. That went to the Florida Keys and eventually become into the Oversea Railway. But yeah, as you can see, this is where I’m at. And this is the railroad bed here. Facing South. This would be looking North. And this would be the foundation where the cantilever once stood. See the big screws that held it in place here. There’s 8 screws. There’s 4 on that side and 4 on this side. And this is where the where the crossing gate stood. And this is where the crossing was. Apparently, they’re going to turn this into a trail. all along the former right of way. It’s going to be Ludlam Trail. Here’s all the bulldozers and heavy equipment. That’s going to undertake the job. In this 2008 picture, you can clearly see the pavement markings in the bottom facing West on Bird Rd. Cantilever up top. And in this 2013 picture we can see that there’s nothing left. No No pavement markings, no cantilevers no crossing. Completely gone. Please Subscribe or like. Thank you for viewing. Over and out.

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Unused Railroad Crossing Tour

August 14, 2019

Guys, this is the Homestead Subdivision, the last part of the CSX S line in Homestead Florida
this track is for all intents and purposes abandoned. Here we have some
some Mexicans harvesting, picking strawberries and now I am going to show
you the crossing at Southwest 304th ST is Kings Highway okay guys so there we have the fruit pickers and here we have the railroad by the way *clears throat* Southwest 10th Ave and Southwest 304th Street this is the crossing this is a a safe tran signal base with safe
tran lights cross buck, there’s an e dinger on that side, there we see the relay
case yeah these all have safe tran
signal bases track view North towards
Miami and track view south towards Homestead. You can see the wooden
crossing on the street there that is a very ancient crossing and then again we
have the safe tran base over here, safe Tran lights e dinger up top and the
cross buck so yeah guys and then this is facing West and this is facing
East and it’s starting to come down really hard so I’m gonna catch you guys
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Exploring Abandoned Railroad & Crossing

August 13, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen so an
update on an abandoned railroad crossing over here at Southwest 8th St. and SW 69th Ave so over here a few months ago I filmed this crossing where you can
see the cantilevers are missing the light and gates, crossbucks. I came to see
what else had been removed and at first glance it appears that they
haven’t touched anything else this is walking westward and SW 8th ST Where that Walmart is, that was the sight of Everglades Lumber, until 2008 when it closed. So on that side, opposite side
which would be the North side of the crossing you had the relay case and then here it
this would be track view South. And here you have the cantilever and where the
crossing gate once was. Notice the cut wires there and the four screws that held it
up this was all a Harmon Cantilever yeah you can see the brackets for the lights there. Nothing else. Track view South This line actually ends four blocks
South of here home at Southwest 12th ST have a video where I filmed the end of the line. It’s fenced off. yeah you can see this beyond that you
can see the remnants of the rail bed but nothing else give you a quick
glance here that there is Voodooo.
There’s a dead chicken in there. Whoever dropped that off thought that this track
will still active and that the train was going to take away the bad spirits but
there’s no train or bad spirits so jokes on them right ha ha ha. Track view South. Give you a walk here… see concrete cross ties one and two
among all the wooden cross ties. that house has probably been there as
long as the railroad it’s about the late 1920s or maybe earlier than that. Wow!
look at that building it’s totally covered in vines oh crap that’s amazing. Oh! Again I got all these guys sticking
along with me. This here is a mango tree. Been picked clean. okay Mobile home park there. damn I hate when these go inside your shoe, pinch you all over the place makes it uncomfortable to walk Can you see a date on there? hey guys this is all the end of the line
is about a hundred feet that way getting kind of cloudy and windy so I don’t want
those oh well you just walk a few hundred feet here and show you the There’s a spur here. Man! Look at this. This is freaking torture. Cheese 2 so this is the FEC track that
connected to the main along US one in Southwest 88th ST and then led into the
Oversea Railway but look at this. It’s a Wheel stop by Hayes, old school. so yeah the end of the track is just like I said about a hundred or so feet over there
where I have a video on so I’m going to head back before the rain guys- feel it
in the wind now walking northbound and this way it
went about maybe five or so miles then it went were the Miami International
Airport is went around the airport into the Hialeah yard which still exists.
Currently the Hialeah yard is the southernmost point for the FEC Railway now. Oh God! Another one. Those things are ruthless. I don’t know why I find this to be such a beautiful sight you think so? If you agree with me, comment below. I
don’t know it’s just maybe the history and it’s the potential
that that there is here or that there was here Or that nature is reclaiming what once belonged to man. take that in for a second look at how
old that is all in all, this track isn’t in bad shape for something years old right? and here we go SW 8th ST. Our original filming spot. So now, we were facing West. Now we’re going to be facing East. Alright guys, I thank for your accompanying me on that tour. Please Subscribe or Like! Take care, over and out.

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Unused Railroad Crossing

August 13, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen we have another unused railroad crossing here today in Southwest 200 Street This here as you can see this track isn’t in very good condition. It looks like a third-world country around here Right? This place is an agricultural area it’s all full of nursuries, fruits agriculture whatever have you? Those branches there are debris from Hurricane Irma So this here is a Southwest view of the track right. This is the CSX homestead subdivision which was built in 1927 and then here We have a safe tran signal base a safe tran gate mechanism safe tran lights all around, we got one hanging reco light there from Hurricane Irma And lets try to cross the line So this relay case as you can see has power. There’s a light up top And then further down the line you can see that it’s obstructed which makes no difference because it’s an unused line so See what we got on this side so Im going to include a Google maps link so you guys can see for yourself where im at This side it’s same same deal. We got a safe tran signal base safe tran gate mechanism Reco crossing lights the crossing gate We got safe tran Lights all around here too and an E dinger up top See the Emergency contact info here CSX S line homestead subdivision mile post 57.87 And then once again, that’s the South sorry North East view obstructed by the tree there wood SCL crossties and the Southwest view Which looks like a third world country Alright guys, Please subscribe or like Thank you very much for viewing Follow me on instagram at railrol82 over and out

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Signals Removed @ Abandoned Railroad Crossing

August 12, 2019

Hello ladies and gentlemen this is an update videos few months ago, I was at this crossing while they were removing the gates, lights and I wanted to come back here a few months after and see what had
taken place since then so it’s pretty much the same as I left it on the
cantilevers are still there obviously – the lights and gates and cross bucks but I
don’t think they’ve removed anything else yes, the concrete foundation for
the cantilever which is still here. I guess at some point they had a larger
cantilever or another one. You see the 4 screws over there. this is a track view North. This is Flagler Street in Miami Florida I’ll include the Google Maps link to it
to this location and then there we see the relay case off to the left this is facing West on Flagler Street
and I’m going to give you a shot at the cantilever right now, the sun’s in the way. this
would be the South side of the crossing. You can see the cantilever they’re still
there but the lights, gates, and cross bucks removed. You can see there’s a whistle
post and a mile post right there. Let me see if I can give you track view South here. It’s a pretty busy street so bare with me guys. yeah that would have been track view South there. there used to be a signal right like a
few feet South of that cantilever there, but not anymore This is the FEC track that went to US 1 and met up with the main and then went to the Oversea Railway. That was pre 1984
when they installed the metro rail Up until 2008 this line was in use it
serviced Everglades Lumber which was just near Southwest 8th ST and then
when that closed, this line was pretty much isolated because it was nobody left
on the line to service and looking North is over there where that overpass is the
link was, the line was cut so this line here is just isolated. See the wooden
cross ties. all righty guys please subscribe or like
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