RANDS YARD, SANFORD, FLORIDA, SCL, SEABOARD COAST LINE 1982

[mrserious55]

notice the Blomberg (EMD) trucks on the lead GE unit

[mrserious55]

@mrserious55 actually all 3 units were so equiped

[Runkleforskin]

WOW I turned exactly 1 year old on this exact day :)

[400exNick]

Very Cool video! I was born 2 days after this video was shot! LOL. That's cool that the road channell has never changed over the years I listen to 160.590 all the time when I railfan the CSX A-line in North Carolina. Thanks for a nice look into the past!

[yepimkilla]

awesome. Grew up in Raleigh and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Spent the early 80's watching those black and yellow beauties. Then came CSX... ah well. Can't win 'em all huh? Great video. Brings back memories. My grandma used to take me down to Hamlet back then too. What a great spot to see SCL, Family Lines and Seaboard System power. Good stuff.

[KJ4AQT]

The Roster is SCL-1805 A U36B Built a month before i was born in June of 1971, and SCL-340 A Baby Boat U-18B Built in 1973

and the last one appears to be U-18B 365 Built in 1964 but no photos exist

[KJ4AQT]

now ken knows why i liked SCL Uboats for my A Line route for msts

[KJ4AQT]

As a Kid (Hmmm right around this time exactly, my stepdad had the shop next to the FP&L facility close to the crossing (which was made into an overpass because they would block the 46 crossing (which dave i believe was 4 lane just before the bridge was built but i was only 11 when this was made) the crossing would be blocked for hours and there was a path behind the shop at the north end of rands yard which i sat on an old telephone pole and would watch the old auto trains and scl frieghts pass

[daveedwards1051]

@KJ4AQT ..Thanks for the roster info and additional details Jason.

Glad I could bring back some memories.

[daveedwards1051]

Your kind words inspire me to find more of these video's and post them here. Thanks so much for watching and leaving your comments.

[afradwright]

Thanks so much for posting this vid. It's great to see the SCL in movie. It's a sight that I for certain would never have seen in real life. Thanks to people like you, and your willingness to share, I now have a chance to see and hear them. Thanks again. Much appreciated!

[ACLTony]

Very nice, loud air "Pop-Off" from 3:37 - 3:40. From their chugging to the pop off, to the RS5T-RR0 horns, those SCL U-Boats were rolling industrial music machines (or noise makers to non-railfands). I most certainly miss them.

[ACLTony]

This is super! Always enjoyed hearing that classic GE FDL 4 cycle "chug". I have so many fond memories (and a number of photos) of the railfan friendly SCL in the Tampa Bay area. What a stark difference from then to now. BTW: Are you a member of the Yahoo ACL-SAL-SCL forum?

[1975grandville]

Very nice! I would like to see more from this era.

[daveedwards1051]

Consider it done. Amtraks Silver Palm through Aurburndle is now up, from 1982 also. Thanks for the kind words