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Rare Critter at Work: Model 40 Burro Rebuilds a Crossing
In the summer of 2020 I had the opportunity to see a Model 40 Burro Crane, one of the last of its kind, replacing a railroad crossing in Barrington IL.
Filmed over two weeks, you’ll see an incredibly rare look at an antique Burro Crane in the hands of an expert operator; lifting concrete panels and chunks of roadway, traveling at speed, and shoving with all its might against two to three train cars.
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This video contains eight separate days, which you can watch one or two at a time (I wanted to keep everything together instead of uploading 8 separate videos). When TH-cam is working correctly, you can click on the times below to automatically start the video at the beginning of the selected day:
0:00 - Start
1:22 - Day 0 - Journey to Barrington
12:26 - Day 1 - Road Removal
55:21 - Day 2 - Replacing Track 2
1:12:30 - Day 3 - Replacing Track 1
1:47:08 - Day 4 - Getting the New Crossing
2:27:38 - Day 5 - Double Runaround
2:49:00 - Day 6 - New Road
3:28:06 - Day 7 - Returning the Ballast Hoppers
Think of this like chasing an antique steam engine, but more exciting. There are even fewer of them in operation, they're doing work instead of showing off, they don't announce where they'll be and when so it's more of a challenge, they lift and move things with the crane boom, and it's neat to see the small crane struggle to move freight cars that are bigger than itself.
Model 40 Burro Cranes went into production at the end of WWII and in the following decades were commonplace on railroads across North America. Some say the last Model 40 Burro Crane rolled out of the factory as late as the 1990's. Since then, few have survived into modern day and they seem to be mostly forgotten about. The short videos linked below are the only 'modern' footage I've been able to find of one doing more than rolling along with a flatcar:
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Gyralight in the Night
มุมมอง 11K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on March 22, 2020 When Mars Lights were first invented in the 1930's to make an approaching train more visible, they were said to look like a light from Mars. To me they still hold that same sense of fascination and wonder. I've been wanting to film a video like this for years. When I was a young kid, I saw a scene similar to what you see between 5:04 and 5:24 in the video, with the swir...
Straining Grand Trunk Local Train (2018)
มุมมอง 2.6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on April 4, 2018 These local trains are a rare and exciting catch among the many larger mainline freight trains that CN runs on this line. This is the longest local yet at 11 cars, and you can hear this old Grand Trunk GP38-2 straining with the load as it accelerates from a dead stop, northbound at the Barrington diamond. (This is the old EJ&E line). I could hear the sound of the engine ...
Loaded Flat Rack Container (2018)
มุมมอง 6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on March 5, 2018 A Stack Train of the Future! When I first saw one of these back in 2016, I was told it was called a “Flat Rack” container. Here’s one with a load! (3:10).These are used for loads that must be lowered in from the top or from the side and can’t be loaded from the end, where the doors are on a standard container. This is the intermodal industry modernizing and expanding bey...
Ghostly Metra Horn (2018)
มุมมอง 9K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on February 9, 2018 On the evening of February 8, a winter storm dumped almost a foot of snow overnight. That morning I got up early and went out in the cold to film some trains in the fresh, blowing snow. It seems the horn on cabcar # 8573 must have gotten some snow in it because it sounded just like a steam whistle. Turn up the volume just after the first train passes. Despite the titl...
Crossing Malfunction: Train on the Diamond (2017)
มุมมอง 1.9K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on December 9, 2017 It was the first snow of the season. We'd had a bit of a warm fall, but on December 9, the temperature finally plunged below freezing and the first snow fell. I was driving along when the gates went down, and decided to pull over and film the train. By the time I stopped the car and started the camera rolling, the train should have already come. I kept looking back an...
Lowboy and Other Neat Rolling Stock (2017)
มุมมอง 1.8K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on October 30, 2017 at 4:15pm Sometimes you just have to get excited. Look what came northbound through Barrington Illinois. I love mixed freights for exactly this reason. 1:52 "Lowboy" flatcar used to carry extra tall or heavy loads. Then: Some MOW (Maintenance of Way) flatcars with (very uneven) track on them, used to transport repair equipment. The last one has a folded-up ramp for lo...
Lone Local Loco (2017)
มุมมอง 1.3K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on October 30, 2017 at 8:20am In between the big mainline freights, sometimes around 2 miles long, it's always a rare and funny sight to see these local trains. They travel the route of the old EJ&E, a C shape around Chicago. The Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railroad ran only local trains on this line, only a few times a week, serving some industries north of the city. In 2009 the EJ&E was bou...
Missing CN Logo (2017)
มุมมอง 1.8K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed October 2017 The logo seems to have disappeared from the side of this engine (CN 2020). What's up with that? Where did it go? I found some pictures of this engine on railpictures.net, some taken not too long before this video, and they show "CN" on the side, as it should be. But maybe that was the other side? One possibility is it's being sold to another railroad, but then why leave the ...
Orange Intermodal Structure (2017)
มุมมอง 1K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed August 2017 After seeing many, many "standard" shipping containers with sides, ends, and a roof, I was surprised to see this come southbound through Barrington Illinois. I'm curious what this carries. It has to be something long and narrow, but small at one end and larger at the other. Any ideas? Has anyone seen this with a load? Also on this train is an old-style 5 pack from before stac...
Empty Sand Train Flies Off the Starting Line (2017)
มุมมอง 1.9K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on August 21, 2017 A short train of empty covered hoppers is no match for the power of 2 modern diesels! This train was headed northbound through Barrington IL on The J, and got permission across the Barrington diamond in a small window between Metra trains.
UP Big Boy: The Great Chase from Butler to West Chicago
มุมมอง 1.4K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on July 26, 2019 The 4-8-8-4 Big Boy is the largest steam engine ever built. Union Pacific Railroad recently spent two and a half years rebuilding and restoring 4014, so now one of them is operational! Immediately following restoration, it travelled to Utah to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad's completion. Shortly afterward it went on a trip all acro...
Fixing a Broken Gate
มุมมอง 93K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on July 25, 2019 Three people work to fix a broken gate at the Route 59 crossing in Barrington Illinois. Quite interesting and not something you see everyday. This all took place during morning rush hour (albeit towards the end) which adds a level of urgency to the task. Metra trains are coming by fairly frequently, and a line of traffic is trying to get across the track. I happened to h...
UP Big Boy Comes Through Elmhurst
มุมมอง 9K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed on July 26, 2019 The 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" is the largest steam engine ever built. Now that number 4014 has been restored, one of them is operational. Here, the train comes through the Metra station in Elmhurst IL as part of it's trip across the Midwest, showing off the newly restored engine. As a side note, the Metra announcement near the beginning of the video is the funniest I've heard. I...
The ArroWedge Container
มุมมอง 8K7 ปีที่แล้ว
Footage From Summer 2017 The Union Pacific Railroad has been experimenting with a new way to save fuel: replacing the first stack container of a stack train with a special one that has a sloped front. This will in theory make the train more aerodynamic. The first time I saw one and found out what it was, it didn't seem to make sense. What about all those gaps between the cars, especially the pi...
Chasing the Hi-Rail Van
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Chasing the Hi-Rail Van
Chasing the Rio Grande in 2017
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Chasing the Rio Grande in 2017
Very Strange Amtrak Train
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Very Strange Amtrak Train
Oiling Switches at the Steel Mill
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Oiling Switches at the Steel Mill
Nonstop Action at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
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Nonstop Action at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
Awesome Switchers and Train Cars at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
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Awesome Switchers and Train Cars at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
Rare Bright Blue CN Locomotive
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Rare Bright Blue CN Locomotive
Metra's New Rebuilt F40PH-3’s
มุมมอง 23K7 ปีที่แล้ว
Metra's New Rebuilt F40PH-3’s
The Loram Rail Grinder at Night
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The Loram Rail Grinder at Night
Union Pacific's Rare "EC-5 Track Evaluation Car"
มุมมอง 22K7 ปีที่แล้ว
Union Pacific's Rare "EC-5 Track Evaluation Car"
The Shortest Metra Train I've Ever Seen!
มุมมอง 21K7 ปีที่แล้ว
The Shortest Metra Train I've Ever Seen!
Drone Footage of a Mixed Freight (Including a Blue CN Locomotive)
มุมมอง 4967 ปีที่แล้ว
Drone Footage of a Mixed Freight (Including a Blue CN Locomotive)
BC Rail Cowl Locomotive (4624)
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BC Rail Cowl Locomotive (4624)
Iowa Interstate Locomotive PUSHES 110 Freight Cars
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Iowa Interstate Locomotive PUSHES 110 Freight Cars
Indiana Harbor Belt Local With Genset and Caboose
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Indiana Harbor Belt Local With Genset and Caboose

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  • @briansokoloski776
    @briansokoloski776 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excess Blue Smoke from Locomotive Must Need Engine Work

  • @LonnyJay-vh4yg
    @LonnyJay-vh4yg 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is the best tie change video ive ever seen. Great job man😊

  • @LonnyJay-vh4yg
    @LonnyJay-vh4yg 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I apriciate the fact that you weathered really cold temps and put together an awsome video,❤thank you

  • @themanformerlyknownascomme777
    @themanformerlyknownascomme777 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    CN didn't purchase GTW, they always owned GTW as GTW was the manager of their American assets (CN was originally the Grand Trunk before it got nationalized, with all tracks they had over the border going to the control of a new subsidiary: GTW)

  • @Nvideofilms
    @Nvideofilms 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2:53 ANOTHER TRAIN COMING

  • @cedericocosantorini8013
    @cedericocosantorini8013 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here for the horn - but I don't know which type it was (?)

  • @IONUTOPRESCU-sn9if
    @IONUTOPRESCU-sn9if 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3560😊😊

  • @SeptaShorts
    @SeptaShorts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can we just talk about how he caught 42

  • @paramedicineman89
    @paramedicineman89 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a pain in the ass it must have been putting these trains together.

  • @BubbaThaumaturge
    @BubbaThaumaturge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss these headlamp types so very much.

  • @cjbeyer8340
    @cjbeyer8340 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What work it takes to keep the railroad running!! The use of different methods,materials and equipment to justify having a great network of rails to keep everything moving! It is a fact that the Union Pacific is Building America! You are amazing, love the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD!!!!

    • @captainkeyboard1007
      @captainkeyboard1007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This work leads the way to get America back into training!

  • @Nderak
    @Nderak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is so picturesque

  • @chaiwatpotichanid
    @chaiwatpotichanid 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ปี2024..😮เศรษฐกิจต่างประเทศโตจริงด้วยงบประมาณภาษีที่จัดเก็ยได้...คนป่วย%คนติดคุก%😮มีไหมประเทษพัฒนาแล้วอย่าง🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇳🇩🇪🇷🇺?.ในไทยยังมีคนป่วยสกปรกไม่รักตนเองอ้างรัฐขาดงบตรง😮

  • @Jack-t2n2e
    @Jack-t2n2e 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let me tell ya, when I worked the railroad, we did it by hand. There we're no machine to pull out or put in, we used our hands with body strength. But I'm glad they got machine to do it We used to see how many times one can strike a spike into the plate tie. Usually it took 3 hits. Some ties were softer and nail it twice into. It was competition between us . But usually just doing it could take 4 or 5 hits into. We made a game outta it, while working, and getting paid ...

  • @TherealJamorieDesean
    @TherealJamorieDesean 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    W road railer

  • @metra1383
    @metra1383 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    196 was repainted back in 2019, idk when did it repainted, nice video!

  • @richardvignola8000
    @richardvignola8000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, thanks.

  • @gaillaffer7579
    @gaillaffer7579 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to live right by Metra tracks in Ravenswood. It was a lovely sound and sight.

  • @shimmy5737
    @shimmy5737 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You know the boss ain't your pal, when he makes you drive the porta-potty hauler. He's the most important guy on the crew. The others can't go anywhere without him.

  • @davechapman7735
    @davechapman7735 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    well done!

  • @blendamorris4419
    @blendamorris4419 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An unbelievable adventure! Thank you to the videographers who did an absolutely fabulous job of zooming in so that all detail was seen!

  • @w.rustylane5650
    @w.rustylane5650 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great train and switching action. Cheers from eastern TN

  • @anb7408
    @anb7408 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rules of thumb: put the camera on a tripod and leave it there! And take your finger off the zoom button! Good grief, I miss the days when people actually knew how to properly shoot train videos…..before the advent of camera phones.

  • @FacundoLagresta-y2u
    @FacundoLagresta-y2u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

  • @FacundoLagresta-y2u
    @FacundoLagresta-y2u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @FacundoLagresta-y2u
    @FacundoLagresta-y2u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ALCO RSD39 ME C15 ARGENTINO RODRÍGUEZ RSD39 ME C15 ARGENTINO RODRÍGUEZ 668C 664 2024

  • @FacundoLagresta-y2u
    @FacundoLagresta-y2u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ARGENTINO Rodríguez LAGESTA FACUNDO

  • @rayanesantana8072
    @rayanesantana8072 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gcjrcjdn fudbthcfjuf Guto e você também é 3😅😮

  • @ebf82234
    @ebf82234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's with the "herky-jerky" camera work...shaking and wandering all over the goddam place??? Get your act together or get the hell off "the air". 👎👎👎

  • @joshthetrainfan
    @joshthetrainfan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these. I just bought 13 roadrailers from Swift, BNSF Ice Cold Express, and Triple Crown (and one unpainted one)

  • @stevenburns8817
    @stevenburns8817 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's a rebuilt engine-- a GPR9-- with a 645 engine.

  • @jseptoski
    @jseptoski 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grew up in Dolton from 1970-1987. The big railroad yards were two blocks south of where I lived, the tracks with the cars with white hot slag coming from the steel mills was about 5 blocks east and the Chicago city limits were 4 blocks north.

  • @Joe-d7m6k
    @Joe-d7m6k 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These things, the ROAD-RAILER,are on their way out, for whatever reason. They were pretty damn neat to see!

  • @Distributed-Power
    @Distributed-Power 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video and a good reference for someone like me who is thinking of visiting the area.

  • @rosesmith6208
    @rosesmith6208 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lava train, those capped ones sparkle, they are so hot, amazing had no idea that the bottles are made of metal that has a higher melting point, which I did not know there were metals that need to be more than 3000 degrees to melt, wow.

  • @calrazus
    @calrazus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It would be interesting to see what the machine operators see when they are doing their operations on the tracks.

  • @rosesmith6208
    @rosesmith6208 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lava trains,

  • @THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of
    @THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I MARVEL AT THE SKILLS THESE WORKERS GET THINGS DONE

  • @BabeParrot
    @BabeParrot ปีที่แล้ว

    One day i might wanna be railroad crossing fixer also that is a long arm gate

  • @southerncoloradorailfannin4027
    @southerncoloradorailfannin4027 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP roadrailers 😔

  • @jPaulSmith1994
    @jPaulSmith1994 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this!

  • @17837
    @17837 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative, excellent camera, clear annotions - Thank you! All that gear for about what, 1/4 mile of track? Yikes! Tho I guess 1/4 mi or 40 miles just means more/less days & diesel.

  • @CameronBlair-k8z
    @CameronBlair-k8z ปีที่แล้ว

    They need to start putting some dangerous chemicals in those safety tanks to make it more realistic.

  • @Greatdome99
    @Greatdome99 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's been rebuilt. Note the 1960s cab/low nose and more modern roof fans. Not original in any sense. The Canadian National was formed in the 1920s as a merger of the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk as a Crown Corporation owned by the Canadian gov't, so the CN did not purchase the GT, It got married.

  • @Владимир-я1о7г
    @Владимир-я1о7г ปีที่แล้ว

    У нас в России так нельзя, колеса спиздят на прицепах!😂😂😂

  • @planebois
    @planebois ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw it yesterday

  • @TooBaldeh
    @TooBaldeh ปีที่แล้ว

    its funny how the last car always have a different sound

  • @Nicky_TM
    @Nicky_TM ปีที่แล้ว

    This just shows you how important trains are. Imagine how many trucks it would’ve taken to transport the same amount of containers

    • @oubrioko
      @oubrioko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One truck for each trailer, perhaps?

    • @Lucho-mf3fx
      @Lucho-mf3fx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oubrioko1 para 2 o incluso 3 maximo

    • @arch9enius
      @arch9enius 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Lucho-mf3fx 1 for 4 if you're not particularly worried about what the last one is getting up to.

  • @АлександрКосенький-м9о
    @АлександрКосенький-м9о ปีที่แล้ว

    Придумано, просто изумительно но пандусы и шлагбаумы должны. Быть.

  • @leodolterf
    @leodolterf ปีที่แล้ว

    These were one of the most unstable consists of all time due to the lack of structural integrity of the trailers. They were never designed to be hauled like this.