Amtrak Auto Train to Virginia

Onboard footage and runby footage of Amtrak Auto Train as it travels north from Sanford Florida to Lorton Virginia. Onboard footage recorded Summer 2009. Runby footage recorded in 2008.

Highlights:
00:00 Sanford Auto Train Facility
00:44 Switching Autoracks for Auto Train
01:57 Auto Train moving through the facility
03:13 View of the New Station under construction
04:00 Amtrak Auto Train P052 at Benson Junction. Engines #161 & #196. 15 Superliners + 22 Autoracks = 37 cars total
05:47 Jacksonville Florida
06:21 Callahan Florida
06:43 Folkston Georgia
07:56 Fredericksburg Virginia
08:42 Lorton Virginia
All rights reserved (C) Jared R. Davis
Whistlepost Productions

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Amtrak
• Auto
• Train
• Florida
• Virginia
• Sanford
• Lorton
• Genesis
• General
• Electric
• P42DC
• Superliner
• K5LA
• Runby
• Ride
• Longest
• Passenger
• World
• Station
• Terminal
• Autorack
• Benson
• Junction
• Fredericksburg
• Folkston
• Georgia
• Callahan
• Jacksonville
• Railfan
• Moncrief
• Yard
• Travel

[CMRSclub]

wow that that great1!! thanks alot for sharing! the whole ride over to Virginia! Appreciate the upload!

[WhistlepostWP]

@CMRSclub no problem. Glad you liked it!

[canonhf100]

Jared, I'm truly impressed with this masterful job. Your video and editing are top notch and, I must say, professional quality. Not overblown, no distracting effects or aggravating audio. Job well done.

[WhistlepostWP]

@canonhf100 Thanks Bob! I appreciate the compliment!

[JLJ061]

Nice GPS... I wish mine showed rail lines.

[ivinspates77]

there should be more auto trains to more places methinks

[TheBuddy1018]

Very nice video - a well told story.

[mytimton]

I loved riding the Auto Train when I was a kid

[kjrehberg]

Great video, the interposition of onboard footage and runby footage along with your GPS is really neat. Plus, the high drama of the crew startig at 8:50 is great, too. Thanks for a great video!!

[jackcolbypi]

Thanks for this great video. I've been to Sanford a few times and was even fortunate to be able to tour the facillity and engine shops. This was in 1994.

Matter of fact I am now digging through my footage and will post my vid. soon.

Thanks for the inspiration ! I love Florida Railroading.

[AmtrakFlorida]

Nice video! The ride looks so different in the summer, I just went 2 weeks ago. I think we had the same conductor. Was his name John?

[trainguy2020]

Hey Jared, this is a nice video! where do you suggest to get a scanner from? also, for Florida channels, what kind of scanner do you use?

[torg0]

Love the video! Do you remember what frequency you tuned in to get the crew radio?