Cleaning Up a Huge Coal Spill on the Railroad Track - Hulcher in for the Rescue
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- Nobody ever gets to see stuff like you gonna see today! Hopper Cars dumped a
huge pile of coal in the railroad tracks and Hulcher is in for the clean up.
See Hulcher's vacuum truck in operation and their grapple truck with a clam bucket
cleaning up the coal spill. You will see them moving the rail cars with their
grapple truck, then gonna show you what a Skate is and what it does on the railroad.
This is fascinating for me to watch how all this huge mess gets cleaned up
and I am so pleased to get it done. Fortunately the coal will be reclaimed,
the big expense is in the clean up, but it has to be done.
I love when Hulcher comes in because they tell me all these really cool
railroading stories of their derailment events and they do have some wild
stories! However I hate for the reasons why they must come in. But every railroad
has unpleasant events that happen and thank goodness contractors
like Hulcher exist to help us out with equipment and expertise we don't have.
If you haven't watched it, here's a link to the video on when the hopper cars opened up.
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When my uncle was a kid he would have loved this. He carried an empty bag to school everyday and had to fill it with coal from the tracks on his way home. Could not go home till it was full. 50lb feed sack. It was how his family heated their house
Thanks for taking the time to check out the video ram2791, we do
appreciate your tuning in my friend.
my dad said the same...he grew up in western,pa during the depression...
Nannie( dad's mom) said she had to do that to.
Woww, that's kind of a lot, no?? Must have taken forever to fill a 50 pound bag of coal pieces?! Must have come home hungry! 😯
@@Em22-wtf only source of heat..
Dave, you don't have to thank me for watching. I have to thank YOU for presenting just another outstanding video! I was wondering how that coal was going to be salvaged ...and now I know. Just awesome. Thanks Dave.
Glad you enjoyed Curt and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
gotta love the internet. heck in just one generation we can now see how things from all over the world are made, shipped, repaired, sold, consumed, mined, respected, rejected.....you name it we can see it, first hand. thanks to folks like you sir. also makes one appreciate how supply flow can be affected by just one mishap and how valuable folks like ya'll really are. i've had a great appreciation for the logistical side of military operations for a long time (since i really paid attention to history especially) and i know the struggles first hand. but most "normies" don't so vids like this help to open the eyes of those people of what it takes to function in society. kudos to you once again.
Awesome comment Scott and Debra! You are so right, it is just
amazing to me how technology has so changed the way we
view the world and learn and what all can be found out. So
appreciate your writing in and sharing that with us my friends.
“That’s railroading”, you’re awesome. Love seeing you work on these heavy projects.
Appreciate the very kind words Ira. That was thoughtful of
you to say that. What a pleasure it was to hear that my friend.
That's some major clean up and time consuming for sure. I would imagine the cost is way up there too. When you take into consideration the man hours and the down time for the rail service, it equals "wow". Thanks again Dave for providing great inside coverage of railroading for all of us!!
Keep on smilin' Dave.
Thanks for taking the time to check out the video Rick, we do
appreciate your tuning in my friend. Actually the recovered coal
will more than pay for the cost of cleanup. Coal prices are up around
50 a ton now.
It's all paid for by the taxpayers money.
But that shouldn't affect the train from running as normal.
DAVE, that's quite the operation, both the vacuum and the clamshell ! The finished product after the "bucket clamshell" went through is SURPRISINGLY clean ... ... shows a true PROFESSIONAL running that rig ! The "Vacuum Operation" reminds me of some DREDGING operations that I worked on here in Apra Harbor, Guam, ... ... main difference being we were using water instead of air to move the material. ... ... It too would get plugged up often, anything from rocks, rope and even old fishing nets. I realize you said that you did not know what they do with the coal after it's picked up ... ... but I would imagine it's a operation similar to separating the "wheat from the chaff" ... IDK ???
Dave, I can see by the other comments that I'm not the only one who appreciates your "RailRoad" videos. They are very informative and educational and a GREAT place for anyone to start that is considering a career in the RailRoad ! We ALL appreciate the fine work you do in editing all the footage of videos done by you to get the hours of footage that we are able to see and enjoy.
THANK YOU !
Captain BUCKLEY(ret.)
Glad you enjoyed Captain and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend and for the very nice comment. I can imagine dredging has it's own challenges too, I had
never thought of that. They do some dredging at our harbor, but
it is with a clam bucket. We used to get river tug boats in and tie
them off to a mooring cell then run the engines full ahead and
wheel wash the silt away. They usually did that after midnight so
the EPA wouldn't see it, but no longer do they do that.
@@ccrx6700 Have you ever heard of a "SILT CURTAIN"? NO WAY would the EPA let any silt escape to the coral !
Boy if I hadn't broke my back twice and became disabled my operator skills would fit perfectly with you folks, I sure would enjoy working with you.
Can always use good operators here! Wish you could come,
it would be fun. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video
my friend.
Had Hulcher out on our last coal spill a few weeks ago when 20 loaded NS coal hoppers went on the ground. Dumped every single car out to draw them off the main. Destroyed 3 main tracks about 800ft each. That was one hell of a mess and busy week!
Oh dear I can imagine what a mess and a huge expense. NS does
seem to have a large share of bad luck. Thanks for writing in and
watching the video my good man.
Brett: "It would be really cool to see how coal is recov....." (CCRX 6700 interrupts and delivers!!!) Thanks for these videos... amazing footage as usual!
Your welcome Brett. Glad you enjoyed and appreciate your
watching my friend.
Using the Vacuum Truck was pure genius !
Thank you Mike and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Wow, I didn't know that it could be recycled. It is looking better. So sorry that this happened to the company. I guess that's life. Never a dull moment. So glad that no one was hurt. They did a really good job cleaning the track up. Thank you for showing us what is being done and educating us again on the many things that can happen on the railroad. Stay healthy and safe.
That's railroadin! Play the hand the RR god's deal you. Unfortunate yes
but no one got hurt and nothing derailed so we did luck out on that.
Do appreciate your checking out the video Valerie and thank you
for writing in.
can't leave a fire hazard..
Dave you are such a happy dude. Love the videos!
Thank you very much Neptune for the kind words and for taking the time to check out the video. May you have a most blessed
day my friend.
That autorack derailment that you and the Hulcher foreman were talking about was shown on the Wide World of Trains you tube channel. It was crazy!
Yes it was pretty wild, I've never seen anything like that. Thanks
for writing in and watching the show today Loren.
This is just flat out happy video for us viewers.😊 nobody's getting killed, nobody's getting sassed at it's just good viewing. hard working people and machines. Kool stuff . Love it thank you
Thank you Tim for the nice comment. Really appreciate your
visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have
a most blessed day my friend.
Dave: thanks for sharing "I've been working for the railroad". Railroad heavy duty work is not going away soon. This is an inspiration for kids and a future career. Jobs are solving problems. Thanks for sharing all the behind the scenes work that track crews do to keep train supply chains in motion.
Your welcome Cliff, glad you enjoyed the home movie.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching sir. I like that:
jobs are solving problems!
That bucket at the end is well designed - not much leakage when it is closed and moving - makes for a neat result. 😁
Thank you very much Mike for the nice comment. We really
appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and write in
my friend. These guys did a good job for us.
Good job 👏 Dave.
Hang onto that timber for Plowing the coal and at least we know 1 car will go at least 3 car lengths for the coverage formula.
Glad you got the link I sent you for WWOT for the Dunkirk derailment.
WWTO is a neighbor to Scott Symonds and his steam engine. That's how I knew when Scott called me. He lives just around the corner from that location.
Stay safe and I'll talk to you soon.
Richard Bause
Glad you enjoyed Richard and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
@@ccrx6700 it was still a cold 🥶 day that day. Now spring is insight.
Coal ballest can be replaced with real stone and maybe the door gremlins will go into hibernation.
Stay safe and I'll reach into the magic hat for newer cars for ya.
The amount of resources dedicated to clean-up here is amazing
Thank you so much anthropic android for taking the time to tune in to
the channel and check out the video. Sadly we do have a lot
of coal spills, very, very sadly I say that..... May you have a really
good day my friend.
Even on the really bad days.... like cleaning up a mess like that.... its clear that you love your job! Thats awesome!
Thank you Mike for the very nice comment and yes I do love
this job for the most part, but it's like any other job, it has it's
down days. More up than down tho. Appreciate your watching
my friend.
I'm a lifelong rail fan and I really appreciate seeing the nuts and bolts and reality of your line of work. Once you clean up the spill, will you need to come back and re-ballast?
Thank you Ken for the nice comment, glad you are enjoying
the home moves. They brought in a vac truck and sucked up
almost all the coal, so no new ballast is needed for now. Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
😂 They are LITERALLY vacuuming the coal up! Lol!!! That is wild! I wouldn't mind a sit down controlling vacuum like this for my house, lol! 😂😉🏡
Thank you so very much for paying us a visit and checking out
the video, we really appreciate that and for writing in my friend.
Keep em coming Dave! The best railroad videos out there! I like the way you explain everything so even the non railroaders can understand! Stay safe!
Thank you very much Joe for the really nice comment. So pleased
that you are enjoying the home movies my friend.
I'm a trailer mounted vacuum repair technician! First hirail vac I have seen yet.
We know who to call when this beast breaks down! According to
Terry it is an electrical nightmare when something does go
wrong with it and I can believe it. Thanks for writing in and
checking out the adventure today Big Ben.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks cc, Yeah a lot of them are built by different techs that do things different. There never is a machine that is the same it seems. Engineered as it is built I guess.
Great video again Dave! Teamwork is key to getting through a tough situation. Thanks for giving us perspective on the unseen work done on a railroad. 👍😃
Your welcome Dennis and great to hear you enjoyed the adventure.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 hey Dave, I wanted to share this with you incase you weren't aware of these guys! th-cam.com/video/-RzMI8kskks/w-d-xo.html
Another cold wet day for you. Looks like it is slow going with the wet material. Sure beats using a hand shovel. Thanks for another great video.
Your welcome Thomas. Glad you enjoyed and appreciate your
watching my friend. Cold, wet, just another day for SW Pa. ....LOL
Doesn't matter what you're doing Dave, I love everything railroad related,and grew up running heavy equipment from age 10
Thank you so much for the very nice comment Tommy! I really do
appreciate your support of this channel my friend.
@@ccrx6700 watching the new video now with the brush cutter👍👍
I think there's a water remediation company who's slogan is: "just like it never happened..." I think when you guys are done cleaning the spill, you can steal their tag line. What a mess. But the clean up is pretty amazing.
Thank you John, glad you enjoyed the home movie.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching sir.
Thanks Dave , that was really interesting . Will those skates hold a car in place on a grade ? If you get an opportunity , a video about how the high rail equipment is adapted to road vehicles and how they get on and off the tracks would be of interest .
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed my friend. I do not have an
exact degree of grade that a skate will hold 1 loaded car on.
Obviously the higher percent grade the less ability one would have
to hold it. Gonna have a video come up sometime late spring
or summer on getting a hi rail grapple truck on track
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You certainly show us things we never get to see anywhere else. Not many ways to do this Clean-Up. Thanks Dave! 👍
Your welcome Ken and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Another great video Dave as usual and what a neat piece of MOW equipment! I'm sure it gets frustrating when the end of that vaccuum tube gets clogged from the coal being damp/wet. It definitely seems to do the job with added time but "THAT'S RAIL ROADING" lol. You mentioned the derailment in Dunkirk, and the cause was from the entire coupler assembly broke off the frame rail to it. Then when it tumbled down between the rails the AUTORACK rode over it breaking the pin holding the the bolster assembly and wedged itself just past the middle as if the AUTORACK had Landing gear like a trailer. They definitely had a mess and have never seen anything like it. Thanks again for sharing your videos with us along with your time and effort!
Thank you Shawn and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend. In that Dunkirk video, Terry the
road foreman was standing next to the coupler when the Cat
first came up on the tracks, he is a good friend of mine and
tells me all these cool stories of the derailments he's been on.
I've just had the YT algorithm show me your presentations Dave, as it happens the first offered was the "Bad day" that produced this mess. I also saw the one where the axle burned through causing a derailment.
I get the feeling that any day you can get through an accident or incident without someone getting hurt is a good one. I'm about your age or maybe a year younger and been a railfan since the days you and I were about knee high. This is a facet of railroading that doesn't get a lot of coverage so I doubly appreciate this.
Stay safe sir.
Very glad you enjoyed Robert. Yes any day nobody gets hurt
and nothing derails is a good day. We do have our share of
problems here, everything is worn out and in need of replacing,
but there's also only so much money to go around. Our new
owners are trying their best to replace stuff, but it takes time.
Thank you so much for visiting with us and writing in my friend.
The dude chilling at the back of the vac truck was funny to see. You said it was run by remote, so I figured it was the guy standing at the drivers rear tires. Very cool video to see.
Very glad you enjoyed the show GhostDrummer. We really
appreciate your visiting and taking in the clean up video my friend.
Thank you for sharing. That vacuum truck would be the perfect machine for cleaning my bachelor house. HA HA HW.
Your welcome David, glad you enjoyed the home movie.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching sir.
You are way to happy to be a railroader... :) I did 16 years in the last 11 as either CMO or shop manager (working) and I have to say I miss exactly what you are doing right now a great deal sir. Thanks for the time and effort these videos take and sharing your day with us...
Your welcome Jim and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend. Yes I am happy and blessed to
be able to do what I do and to be able to share it with you guys.
Just learned about this railroad from…Snapchat of all places (their maps feature not only shows every rail line but also shows the name of the line/railroad) and now I have a new operation I’d like to check out near my hometown! Cool to see the EMD power and all of your videos!
We been here since 1977 hope to see you sometime railfanning here.
openrailwaymap.com also has a very good map of all the rail lines
across the globe, only thing it doesn't have is crossing numbers
and mileposts, the FRA map has those but only covers US. Thanks for
checking out the video today.
I’m sure the reason you clean this coal dust is because it is flammable and it wouldn’t surprise me when engines go over it the traction motors could even suck coal dust into it an cause a fire some way. Keep the videos coming. Curtis, just south of Union Pacific railroad, Glidden subdivision just east of San Antonio, Tx.
Never helps to have something that will burn laying on top of
creosoted ties! Also as it rains the coal fines soak down into
the ballast and eventually will plug ballast up, so cleaning this
up is a win win situation albeit a bit expensive to do. Appreciate
your watching today Curtis.
thankyou dave for sharing the videos of spillage helps me understand all that happens on railroading
You're very welcome Robert. We appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video. May you have a most blessed
day my friend.
Thanks for posting this video. Great job on the clean up. Most interesting. Thanks again.
Your welcome Mike, really glad to hear you enjoyed the show today. We do appreciate your nice comment and for watching my friend.
Thank you for posting. I especially liked the bucket fabrication story. Ingenuity at it’s finest.
Glad you enjoyed the video William, we do appreciate your
tuning in and checking it out my friend.
This is a good adventure for me. I love how things are done and run. Thank you so much Dave. Keep showing us the way railroads handle life on the rails.
Thank you for the nice comment Marti. Appreciate your taking the time to visit and check out the video my friend.
Boy Dave, as I said before, that was a heck of a mess, but when you get the right folks with the right tools and know-how, they sure can take care of the messy business. Thanks as always for sharing with us.
Your welcome Scotty and glad you enjoyed the home movie my friend.
We appreciate your watching and writing in.
@@ccrx6700 Absolutely Dave. 👌
Kewl!!! We saw the magical opening of the cars video - we were waiting for the update!
Super! 👍🏻🙏
Glad you liked the show today Lydia. We do appreciate
your tuning in and watching my friend.
Thanks Dave for another Railroading video. It looking better after the cleanup.
Your welcome John and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
You know we love you out here, keep us informed and smiling!
Certainly glad you enjoyed pf flyer. We do appreciate your
stopping by and watching the show my good man.
Dunkirk, I went to school in Buffalo NY. Frontier yard wasn't far. The railroad bridges still said new York central. Some of them ran by Tuckers old car factory. And yes the grass is greener on the other side of the tracks.
Real nice to clean your ballast. And to recycle that coal. Love the video.
Thanks for taking the time to check out the video Tuco, we do
appreciate your tuning in my friend.
I would say you've had a bad few weeks. But I know it could of been a lot worse. At least it can be cleaned up. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day!!
That's railroadin! Unfortunate that things like this happen, but they
do and we play the hand the RR gods deal us. Appreciate
your checking out the show my friend.
Another very cool video and commentary on the mess that you guys had to clean up , The vac truck from Hulcher which we worked with plenty of times throughout my RR career. Thanks again for sharing this process with all of us. Have a great rest of the weekend.
Glad you enjoyed the video Steve, we do appreciate your
tuning in and checking it out my friend. Vac trucks are cool to
watch for sure and are a big help to us. I love having Hulcher come in,
they do great work for us and even found a really cool Hulcher
safety vest on my truck seat this morning! Almost as cool
as the PRR lantern I got for Christmas!!!
I really like these behind the scenes type railroad videos
Your welcome and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Thank you Dave for another awesome video. I did not know that they could recycle the oar. This was a major clean up the track looks great now. It is my pleasure to watch your video's. May God bless you and keep you safe. 😀❤🇨🇦
Thank you Ray, glad you enjoyed the home movie.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching my friend.
Was it the same "seasoned" guy which operated the machine that picked up the rails?
Fascinating how the man was describing all what they did with the buckets! Thank you for bringing us the video. Love watching! Have a good day, stay safe! As my niece used to say, Be careful, there's only one you!
No it was not Trena. He was with Frontier RR and this truck
is with Hulcher. The man talking about the buckets was Terry,
the road foreman for Hulcher. Appreciate your watching and
writing in my friend.
Great update on your coal problem. Thanks for sharing with us and have a great day.
Glad you enjoyed Lewis and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
Dave , if you want to see that auto rack which lost the truck, go to wide world of trains and check it out. That was a crazy mess . I really enjoy your videos and hope you keep them coming! Btw, just light that coal up and watch it disappear, LOL just kidding.
I saw that Wilbur When Hulcher came in that first day Terry gave me
that link to watch. At the beginning where the Cat was just getting
in place to pick the car up, Terry is the guy in the orange vest standing
next to the coupler on the car. Thanks for checking out the show
tonight my good man.
Thank YOU DAVE THAT CLAM BUCKET IS THE CATS MEOW FOR SURE We like how you bring the railroad to YOU...100 points
Thank you for the very nice comment John. Glad you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
WOW!! This is a great video. And you're right. Unless you happen to live near a major coal derailment, you're not going to get to see this without trespassing onto RR property. Awesome stuff and very informative. This two video series would make for great modeling! Thank you!
Your welcome Alaina and do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
Thank you for sharing. You sure have good work teams.
Thank you David and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Dave, thanks for taking us along on the coal cleanup process. Slow and steady gets the job done. That is an amazing process for the suction and for the clamshell bucket. Take care.
Your welcome Tom and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Wouldn't it figure as I was watching the video of the coal incident
How lucky am I
Just as I was about say something. I was without this video
😂😅
Very interesting! I really like that railroad. I just did a video showing a defect detector. I only know the basics but I was wondering if you know anything about the voice on the detector radio, is it a real person and how do they do that?
Glad you enjoyed the show my good man. Our detector is made by Progress Rail. The voice is of one of their technicians, Randy Goyer. You can hear his voice on a lot of detectors across the country. I heard Randy retired but that just rumor. I haven't talked with Randy for several years. If you would like to talk more I would be happy to share what I know. Here my email: peppypetsdaily@yahoo.com
Never have to thank me for watching its us who thank you for doing what you do
Well with out great viewers like you this channel would be
nothing more than something for me to watch when I retire.
So it's you guys who have made this channel such a success
and for that I am truly grateful NYandAtlantic.
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My name is Richard. Ny and Atlantic runs close to me and even closer to my job Without your videos I wouldn’t be on you tube so thanks and keep them coming
Great insight to how you go about the recovery. Thanks again, always something interesting to see and learn 👍
Glad you enjoyed Richard and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
great stuff, you're an excellent video presenter. interesting stuff indeed. Railways, who needs em? 😃😃
Thank you the kind words Deepak, glad you enjoyed the video.
Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and watch. May
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Wow, I don't know what to say except what a headache. So much extra time and work. Nothing else to do except just keeping on going! At least we got to see new railroading things getting done. 👍🏼👍🏼😁 Thanks Dave
Your welcome Jeff. Glad you enjoyed and appreciate your
watching tonight my friend. Gotta do what you gotta do. Big
expense to clean it up but at least the coal will be salvaged.
As always, it's an interesting video on what can happen when something doesn't work properly and the unique tools of the trade to fix the problems
Glad you enjoyed Doug and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
God bless you guys .Ill say again
always wondered how. something
like coal spill is cleaned up.
Interesting .and again. we all are
like gears.In all we make it work
Glad you enjoyed the video Paul, we do appreciate your
tuning in and checking it out my friend.
Hey dave good to see u again. Allso I will allways watch your videos that I miss. . U are the best railroad guy.👍👍🍻🍺🇨🇦
Glad you are enjoying Dan and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend and for the very nice comment.
you show....and explain to the youth. of america. what it takes to maintain track...who knows. maybe they'll chose this as there profession!thanks dave...
Thank you Dave for the very kind words. Always appreciate hearing
from you and for all your wonderful support of the channel my
friend.
Thanks Dave!!
Very Interesting to see the vacuum truck!!!
Glad you enjoyed James and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
Great video dave, I saw the auto rack I new york on another channel. That was crazy!
I saw that Jeff. When Hulcher came in that first day Terry gave me that link to watch. At the beginning where the Cat was just getting in place to pick the car up, Terry is the guy in the orange vest standing next to the coupler on the car. Pretty neat stuff. Appreciate
your writing in and watching today my friend.
Another great video Dave.
Your welcome and do appreciate your tuning in and checking out
the show today my friend.
Excellent Video of the cleanup operation 👍💯
Glad you enjoyed and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
You seemed to be one heck of railroader! Like watching and learning. Keep it up good sir
Thank you for the kind words MegaSilverStacker. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for checking out the video on cleaning up a coal spill my friend.
I had a vacuum truck come into my back yard and he dug out all my post holes I needed for my deck I was building. They sprayed water to lose up the dirt and make it easier for the vacuum to work.
Wow that would have made a good video! Must have been some
pretty loose dirt, these guys have an awful time here sucking
mud out of the cribs. Thanks for writing in and watching Martyn.
Snow here in Holland, Michigan. Hulcher cleaned up the Amtrak accident in Chase Maryland back in Jan of 87. Where 16 people died... 1/2 mile from my fire station. Horrible day.
That was a horrible accident Wayne but it did usher in the
advent of the positive train control technology that is in use today
in order to help prevent such types of tragedies. Unfortunately as
we all say, most RR rules are written in blood. Appreciate your
writing in and for watching today my friend.
Thank you for sharing this! You're a wonderful teacher!
Glad you enjoyed the video and you are welcome, we do appreciate your
tuning in and checking it out my friend.
Looking Great Dave! Proud of you and all the hard ya'll get done. Please except my humble thoughts and feelings when I say you inspire and motivate me in my personal direction with life. Thank you sir.
Wow thank you very much Mike for the very nice comment,
I'm flattered to say the least.... really glad to hear you are
enjoying the videos my friend.
Yet again.. great to see work on the rails! Good, bad or indifferent, it’s all interesting..
Thanks for the very nice comment Paul. We really appreciate
your joining in with us and checking out the show today my friend.
There is a video of the Autorack, with the wheel-set, half-way under the car, you mentioned. Type in train derail Dunkirk, NY. The video is from Wide World of Trains. With energy prices as high as they are, any form of energy, even contaminated coal is still worth good money.
I saw that Train Magnet. When Hulcher came in that first day Terry gave me that link to watch. At the beginning where the Cat was just getting in place to pick the car up, Terry is the guy in the orange vest standing next to the coupler on the car. Pretty neat stuff. Appreciate
your writing in and watching today my friend.
Good stuff as always Sir!
Something about the railroad that puts you into a state of mind like no other.😀
Thank you Bob, glad you enjoyed the home movie.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching my friend.
Thanks for this informative video!
Every lock on each door under. a hopper car should have a sensor: when one of them is not secured closed, the door should prevent release of the train's brakes until the defect is corrected. Many modern passenger trains have this safety feature.
Your welcome Robin. These cars have a safety latch but most of
them have wear and when the doors don't lock over because of
frozen coal then the latches don't function as they should. So
air pressure holds the doors up. Then when the train loses air,
viola the doors open. big problem was the afternoon shift
operator did not make sure the doors were properly locked over
so the safety latches would function correctly. Sensors on the
latch certainly would have mad a huge difference and a much
less costly one to correct. I will put your idea forward to the
powers that be and see if they would be interested in looking
into something like that for these cars. I think it's a great idea
and appreciate your sharing that with me my friend.
That is one big job :) We get the inside scoop from you on the workings of the coal RR and it is fascinating. So much work goes into things, often unexpected things. As you say "That's railroading" :) I watched a video of that autorack derailment you mentioned. I remember the crew working well into the day to repair that car and get that track re-opened. I am not surprised it was Hulcher :)
Glad you enjoyed Brian and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend. Terry the Hulcher road foreman was standing next to the coupler on that car in the video
when the Cat first pulled up onto the tracks, he is a good friend
of mine.
@@ccrx6700 that's cool!
Very interesting vehicles and explanations. Cool to see that cleaning up of the coal. Thumbs up! :)
Thank you megatwingo for the kind words. Really pleased to hear
that you enjoyed this one. We are very grateful for your taking the
time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
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Thanks Dave and that’s railroadin
Your welcome Mike. Glad you enjoyed and appreciate your
watching my friend.
Amazing cleanup! Interesting video.
Thank you and really glad you enjoyed the show.
Love the Comfo-Cap! Reminds me off my papaws old mining helmet!
Thanks for writing in and watching the video Z dog77. I have
my grandfather's old mining helmet and it wasn't very
sturdy compared to the ones we use now.
@@ccrx6700 Our local Coal Transloader , The Westmoreland Bullit Complex , actually supplied everyone until it closed with Identical helmets to what you are wearing from their patent in 1964 until it's closure in 1998! They bought a surplus of them in the 1960s and they handed them out until the 90s! My whole family wore them so that's where my appreciation of such a odd thing comes from.
Thanks Dave for another great video. You show us aspects of railroading that very few people ever get to see. I did get to see the LORAM RAILVAC equipment working on Amtrak's Keystone Line - same principle but on a bigger scale. Once again, Thanks for sharing and Stay Safe. BP
Glad you enjoyed Bruce and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend. I have made the suggestion
they get us a vac train like you describe, we sure need it with all
the coal spilled here, hopefully someday they will. But good news
is they are in the process of getting us some much newer hopper
cars and what a blessing that will be when they show up!
thanks for sharing. Between this an the other video it's very interesting to see how a spill like that is handled.
Your welcome J G and do appreciate your tuning in and checking out
the show today my friend.
Thanks Dave for sharing, great job so far in the cleanup.
Your welcome Brian and great to hear you enjoyed the adventure.
We do appreciate your tuning in and watching my friend.
You got a machine for everything.👍
Yep and much better than the old days when we had muscle
work for everything! Thanks for tuning in and watching the adventure today M.
That derailment in Dunkirk he mentions can be seen on my channel
I watched that. When Terry from Hulcher came in first day
he gave me that link. Terry is the guy on your video when the
Cat first hooked onto the car in the orange vest nearest the
coupler. thanks for tuning in and watching the show today
my good man.
@@ccrx6700 That's cool, they do great work
@@WideWorldofTrains I'm with Hulcher today and will tell Terry your kind words. Safety and doing the job right is very important with them.
Nice clean up Great Video.
Glad you enjoyed Derrick and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
Nice job! That was a lot of coal, you always have a great attitude, even when things go wrong!
Thank you Raymond and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
If you have not seen their videos, might I suggest you check out: East Terminal Railway. If you are close to their location (I think Ohio), you might find it interesting to meet up with them, and give them some advice about trackage. They are currently replacing some of their ties.
East Columbus Ohio, south of the airport.
Thanks William I will give them a check out. I would not do it
myself personally, but if you happen to see something that
you think would benefit them that's in one of my videos, make
the suggestion they watch it. I won't cause I wouldn't want them
to think I was using their channel as a means to advertise mine on.
That is a pretty slick operation
Way to improvise
Thank you Bob and do appreciate your tuning in and checking out
the show today my friend.
Great video Dave! I was amazed at how clean the track was in the second part of the video where you were loading it back onto a car! They're doing a great job of cleaning up!
Professional Hulcher Services! Yep they do a great job.
Other night wife wanted to make our first visit to Menards
in Morgantown. I told her I got to stay home and catch up
on watching Planet Mojo's videos I haven't seen yet.....
she said we going to Menards, I think more cause she wanted
me to take her to eat somewhere, but that why I haven't
gotten to seeing your last videos.....LOL That is some
kinda huge big store!
@@ccrx6700 Not sure about down there, but they should have 11% sales quite often. It's a good time to pick up a bunch of stuff you need - if you need a bunch of stuff 😉
@@ccrx6700 You answered the question I was going to ask... "How did they dump that nice row of coal that far from the tracks with no coal on the tracks?" ... haha they didn't... and it was already cleaned up. The bucket man is doing a nice job getting that row of coal into the hopper cars too.
great Video !!! Wish I could be there in person !! Im looking fwd to seeing the next one !!!
Glad you enjoyed and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
This was very interesting. Thanks for showing it. :)
Your welcome and really glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
Cool part two for a "Bad Day On The Railroad" 👍Are you now retired from the railroad? • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
Thank you trainroomgary and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend. What is retired mean? ...LOL
I'm almost 68 why would I want to retire? And if I did no more
cool on the scenes videos..... so wish me good health so you
can keep on watching for years to come! Ha Ha Ha
Clean mess. Good job clearing it.
Thanks Rich, glad you enjoyed watching today's adventure time.
We do appreciate your tuning in my friend.
I really enjoy your railroad content. Thank you for continuing to share!
Glad you are enjoying Scott and we do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the show today my friend.
Thanks for showing us how this cleanup works. So will you be adding any new ballast to the rail? Or will the ballast separated from the coal be returned to duty?
Glad you enjoyed John. New ballast will be dumped in the track.
Ballast that was cleaned out of the coal will be sent to the mine's
slate pile as the cost of recovery of it would be far more than
to buy new ballast. Appreciate your watching today my friend.
I was wondering how that coal was picked up good thing most of it can be recycled good job!!
Yes and after they scooped the big stuff up they came back with
their vacuum truck and got the small stuff David. Thanks so much
for checking out the cleaning up a huge coal spill my friend.