I thoroughly enjoyed that and I understand the feeling. They tore down the big Terminal Station in Atlanta in 1972 and railroading changed here. Some may have tried to save it. You Tube and Wikipedia provide me with so many wonderful opportunities to learn about American railroads. So far, I've learned Southern Pacific, Erie Lackawanna, Denver and Rio Grande Western, Penn Central, Delaware and Hudson, Santa Fe..
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
3 жыл бұрын
I have also learned quite a bit bout railroad history and so much more here on KZitem. I was lucky to be alive during that era of railroading. Just wish I had the cameras of today back then, there would be many more pictures
@raymondpaller6475
10 ай бұрын
Terrific video!! In the early photos the track looked good, and at the end the welded rail tracks looked good, which I am happy to see, as in the middle scenes those 1980s era bolted rails and encroaching weeds were looking pretty sketch. Even though the white building is gone, it's good that the tracks themselves have been physically improved and maintained, and that the line is useful and needed.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the additional information....I'm sure those buildings were no longer needed. Back in the sixties , there was an operator on duty 24/7. The signal maintainer lived on railroad property in a house built by the IC south of the interlocking on the passenger main. Just to the north of the station was another building for the section foreman and his crew. You're comments are appreciated.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your memories of Lucy
@brianmiller3861
5 жыл бұрын
Neat, neat ,neat !!! I lived in Millington and worked on the ICRR. . Also worked the Woostock switcher which came out of North Yard in Memphis , what memories !!!
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
5 жыл бұрын
Hadn't realized the Woodstock switcher originated out of north yard. Always figured it came out of Johnston yard and took the double track belt north. Since I never really remember seeing it arrive or leave that was just an assumption. Seemed like it was always switching cars. Back in 1962 it was engine 8963 which I think was a GP-9. Had the joy of riding in it a few times as the crew switched the storage tracks with loads and empty's for DuPont. I remember a fast trip on the main line south to Toma steel. Made the trip at maximum speed permitted as to not tie up the main line. Back then Woodstock was manned 24/7 since the interlocking was controlled out of the small dark gray building. Signals always red till the operator lined the track for the main or the belt. I've heard stories of the overnight operator falling into such a sound sleep the he could not hear the bell ring on the board. Train would stop and move at restricted speed short of the interlocking, stop and sound the horn to wake the operator. Names I remember were C.D. Mitchell, Mr. Courtney, and some I don’t remember as operators. Mike Stevenson, section gang foreman. Mr. Woodruff, train master who would visit on occasion. The railroad provided a house right along the tracks for Mr. Garner, the signal maintainer since he was always on call. And by far my favorite, Joe Parker, clerk who dealt with the shippers, wrote out switch lists and all the other things clerks do. Understand after we moved to Florida he was transferred to Johnston yard. Only camera I had was a kodak brownie that took roll film with 12 exposures. Great memories, Brian, just like yours. Warm railroad regards, Dave
@TH-jt8eb
9 жыл бұрын
This was excellent. I enjoyed the blended media and shots of the buildings/signals. You should do more of these if you have material. Thanks for this !
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
9 жыл бұрын
T H Thanks for the kind words. It was a joy to make and brought back a lot of fond memories. Yes, with positive comments like yours there will be more. Now if I could just get my voice to work. Thanks for watching and taking the time to write.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
3 жыл бұрын
With kind words of encouragement from you there will be....Thanks
@mikewalsdorf8744
8 жыл бұрын
Excellent, very well done!
@bluegrassman3040
7 ай бұрын
My uncle, JM Hunt was an engineer between Fulton and Memphis.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
7 ай бұрын
He's probably not old enough, but had he been at the throttle back in 1962 he might have received a friendly wave from the kid with the brownie camera that used to hang out at Woodstock. Back then the interlocking was controlled by the operator from the building right next to it. Hope we were able to bring back some fond memories.
@bluegrassman3040
7 ай бұрын
@@DaveEdwardsEntertainment he wasn’t working for the railroad then. He went to work with the GM&O in Jackson just shortly before the merger. He worked out of Jackson until the ICG sold that route to NS, then he had to transfer to Memphis. The last 5 or so years he worked out of Fulton until he retired in 2005.
@B422TMack
10 жыл бұрын
Ah my ole Stomping grounds . im from Lucy & Can remember the IC Being double tracked & the Tracks were elevated Behind the house my grandparents lived in many years . & no matter weather it was a North or South bound train that ole house would shake rattle & roll but im told I would sleep like a log . Also the family farm was not far from where my grandparents lived & the Tracks Ran behind my Dads house & the farm. I also remember the ole station there . Good Memories . thanks for sharing .
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
3 жыл бұрын
And thanks for sharing yours.
@BNforever2009
10 жыл бұрын
nice video. loved it
@allgr8429
6 жыл бұрын
It's coincidental that the southbound hotshots were called CN's. After looking at maps of East Junction, I think you must have been looking north from the Grenada Sub's bridge over the belt line the first time you mentioned it. Then you turned around and actually looked south towards Grenada and Jackson. When they built East Junction, it appears that the only connecting leg omitted was the one from southbound belt line to southbound Grenada Sub, indicating that through freights never used the Grenada Sub. It's amazing that Amtrak lasted as long as it did on the Grenada Sub, then, which only had secondary importance to IC/CN.
@brianmiller3861
5 жыл бұрын
Just fyi , the eng 8963 was a GP-7 , the 9's started at # 9000 . You mentioned a few names - Jack Woodroff was the trainmaster that hired me. Also , maybe you remember Curt Owens . he was the operator when I was working the day switcher . Lots more stories, but don't have time right now !!#!
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
3 жыл бұрын
I do remember Curt Owens' If I remember correctly he lived in Frayser near Alta Vista St.
@rivitedrailfan
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I Railfan the Woodstock area to this day! Homeland Security is a big pain there, but it’s a nice place to sit and wait otherwise.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
4 жыл бұрын
I would think homeland security would be clustered around the bridges instead of Woodstock. But with the large DuPont plant nearby that might be the reason. I guess I had it made back in the 60's when I would do my railfanning from inside the station with some of the friendliest, kindness and most interesting people you could ever hope to meet and wait for a train to "hit the bell" on the board with the track display diagram that was used by the operator to control the interlocking. Such great memories. Glad you are still able to enjoy the action at Woodstock..
@rivitedrailfan
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And that’s interesting! I’ve actually been invited into the dispatcher building there for the local and DuPont plant. Also I’ve gotten permission to walk up there for photos of an EJ&E unit, much To Homeland Security’s dismay. HS has made a friend of mine delete his photos of the RSSX photos and have threatened to call the cops on me multiple times even though I was standing on a public road. even if the crossing was closed, it’s still public. Also, I’m planning a documentary about Memphis area railroads for Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum.
@dfd277
6 жыл бұрын
My best friends dad was a IC rail cop. We would park there and walk the tracks to the Loosahatchie and shoot .22's for hours. The train crews would just wave at us as they passed. We would be labeled domestic terrorists now.
@DaveEdwardsEntertainment
6 жыл бұрын
Back in '62 we would shoot at water moccasins in the same river from the IC double tracked belt line bridge just south of Woodstock. Now we would be labeled as domestic, non-Eco friendly terrorists. Of course there was another bridge just south of the DuPont plant that carried the single track passenger line into downtown Memphis. While walking from Frayser to Woodstock I was escorted off that one by an IC cop waiting at the north end of the trestle who drove me to the interlocking station at Woodstock to call my parents. Boy was he surprised when he opened the door and heard the warm, hello by first name greetings I got from the station agent, clerk, signal maintainer, section foreman and a few others trying to keep warm by the heater. Of course I got the usual safety lesson about trespassing on trestles. Those IC guys at Woodstock were the best. Learned a lot about railroading and got to insert the train order hoops into the fixed brackets next to the station. The operator loved it since he was about to retire and was no spring chicken, just like me now. Back then there was an operator on duty 24/7 to control the switches. If the operator did not line the switches for an approaching train from any direction all the signals were red. There were many stories I heard about operators falling asleep in the dead of night and not hearing the bell or seeing the white light on the board that showed the track diagram and train occupancy. After the train stopped at the restrictive signal the train would get close enough to the switch to stop again and lay on the horn. Once, so the story goes, the operator was in such a deep sleep a crew member had to bang on the locked station door to wake him up.
@donaldschlosser6964
3 жыл бұрын
To bad IC couldn't have taken over CN
@westtennesseerailfan8170
7 жыл бұрын
Fite road was riped up a little bit ago
@cbalducc
4 жыл бұрын
Accordingto Google Maps, the road is still there.
@westtennesseerailfan8170
4 жыл бұрын
cbalducc it’s torn up, I also heard that the bundling would be torn down, but I doubt it, I’ll have to ask around
@rivitedrailfan
4 жыл бұрын
There was a bridge built on another road in its place. The crossing on Fite has been gone for a while now. I usually park where the road ends when trying to Railfan there when Homeland Security doesn’t try kicking me out for being on a public road.
@rivitedrailfan
4 жыл бұрын
You know what I’m talking about West Tennessee Railfan.
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