Media Summary: Foundations of Amateur Radio One of the many challenges associated with being a radio amateur is actually being able to listen ... A question from a viewer prompted me to take a day long trip out to the main lines to try and explain what some of these railroad ... Railroaders make heavy use of the radio in their everyday operations. Listening to those conversations can really add to your ...

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Foundations of Amateur Radio One of the many challenges associated with being a radio amateur is actually being able to listen ... A question from a viewer prompted me to take a day long trip out to the main lines to try and explain what some of these railroad ... Railroaders make heavy use of the radio in their everyday operations. Listening to those conversations can really add to your ... I've gotten a lot of questions about this so... here's an attempt at explaining what I know about railroad radio jargon, just a few ... How a normal railfan outing can lead to meeting new people and discovering new things. I get lots of questions about wayside signs so I did some research

I was invited to speak at the Northern Shenandoah Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in March. I told them I would ... Richard Smith of Boca Raton invited me down to railfan The FEC and Brightline. He also invited John Petito of Delray Beach. A viewer wrote me asking "Who Controls Diamonds at RR Crossings?" It set me off These are unedited clips of video I shot in 2004 just after a fatal head-

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Decoding distant signals over the web?

Decoding distant signals over the web?

Foundations of Amateur Radio One of the many challenges associated with being a radio amateur is actually being able to listen ...

Distant Signals, Holdouts and other Railroad Secrets

Distant Signals, Holdouts and other Railroad Secrets

A question from a viewer prompted me to take a day long trip out to the main lines to try and explain what some of these railroad ...

What Are Those Guys Saying? Understanding Train Radio

What Are Those Guys Saying? Understanding Train Radio

Railroaders make heavy use of the radio in their everyday operations. Listening to those conversations can really add to your ...

Decoding Railroad Jargon

Decoding Railroad Jargon

I've gotten a lot of questions about this so... here's an attempt at explaining what I know about railroad radio jargon, just a few ...

How To Read Signals On The CSX Part 5 - ABS Signals

How To Read Signals On The CSX Part 5 - ABS Signals

In this chapter we cover Automatic Block

The End Of Train Order Signals

The End Of Train Order Signals

What happened to America's train order

Big Freights, Job Briefings & Defect Detectors

Big Freights, Job Briefings & Defect Detectors

How a normal railfan outing can lead to meeting new people and discovering new things.

How To Read Trackside Signs & Markers

How To Read Trackside Signs & Markers

I get lots of questions about wayside signs so I did some research

How To Find The Big Trains in VA, WV & MD

How To Find The Big Trains in VA, WV & MD

I was invited to speak at the Northern Shenandoah Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in March. I told them I would ...

Train After Train on the FEC!

Train After Train on the FEC!

Richard Smith of Boca Raton invited me down to railfan The FEC and Brightline. He also invited John Petito of Delray Beach.

Who Controls Railroad Diamonds?

Who Controls Railroad Diamonds?

A viewer wrote me asking "Who Controls Diamonds at RR Crossings?" It set me off

Two, One, Half, That'll do -  SWITCHING TATERS & Weird Signals

Two, One, Half, That'll do - SWITCHING TATERS & Weird Signals

An outing

2004 Head-On Collision At Vitis Jct.

2004 Head-On Collision At Vitis Jct.

These are unedited clips of video I shot in 2004 just after a fatal head-