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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey guys! I recently changed my name from PWH1826 to LIRR Trainspotter, so if you don't recognize the name that's probably why.
On August 22, 2020, the LIRR planned on replacing older wooden ties with newer concrete ones along the Port Jeff branch. Since it was happening at Northport, I knew a bunch of spots I could go to see them work on the tracks. In this video you will see different types of Harsco equipment, and how it replaces the old ties with the new ones. I chased this train around all day, but it was definitely worth it to see this cool MOW equipment in action. The engineer didn't really want to be filmed, so I tried my best to leave him out of this video...
Earlier today I had gone out to Greenlawn and gotten video of this train switching out of the second track, and a friendly crew member jokingly asked me, "how did you know where we were going to be?" Later on that day when I took this video, the same worker pulled up in his truck right next to me. He got out and gave me a brand new LIRR tee shirt and hat, which was really cool! I told him that I was going to post this video onto youtube, and gave him my channel name. So if you're watching this, I just wanted to say thanks for being so friendly!
Concrete tie train switching out of Greenlawn earlier today:
• LIRR Concrete Tie Inst...
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*YAY!* We got footage of the tie installment! This is one of the best videos on this channel.
Thank you! It was definitely worth chasing this train around all day
Those cement ties last 100 years!
Hierbei könnte ich Stundenlang zuschauen. Das ist ein Super Job.😃
I've read of the process, but seeing it in motion is very impressive. Most commuters have no clue what it takes to keep a railroad going.
Totally agree. The looks on the faces of the people driving by were hilarious...they have no idea what the railroad does to maintain certain things.
I have no limit to what I'll come down on LIRR for when they screw up, but as best as I know this is the most appropriate way to maintain track. And good cement ties are a big improvement - and hopefully LIRR no longer buys defective ones like it did years ago (they had to replace piles of cement ties at one point). Only nice thing about that time were the rides from Long Island City on the old line (Lower Montauk or something like that) through LIC, cemeteries, abandoned stations all the way out to Jamaica - on the old rust buckets, and I'd often be out between cars looking around, maybe listening to the GP38-2's (nice sound). Pete Walsh was the conductor I usually saw, and he had loads of work on that run including dismounting from the train at times.
After seeing the condition of the wooden ties being removed, they made the right move to replace them. Definitely better than waiting for a problem to happen and then installing the concrete ones. I wonder what made them decide to replace just these ties and not anything else on the branch
In the past I've seen them replace a few ties here and there, but wood ties do rot, and with good cement ties you can predict when you will need to replace them, unlike with wood (IMHO). It was fascinating to see the 'platter' of ties flying backward toward the rear of the train, being dropped, then having the mechanical arm space them correctly, then the rail dropping to meet the ties.
The other day I saw a wooden tie at Northport station smoking after the rail grinder passed through (sparks I guess?). The inside of the tie was completely hollowed out, and might have even damaged the rail due to the heat. It was only about a half mile away from where they installed these concrete ones, so I’m kind of surprised they didn’t replace it lol
Good job guys😮😮😅
Can't wait for a smoother ride for my commute
MOW Equipment and MP15s now spotted idling at Kings Park about 30 mins ago. I will be uploading footage of it at Kings Park soon.
Thanks for the heads-up! Might go out later to see it...I’m getting photos of a medevac at Northport right now. Helicopter landed in a school field to transport an injured person
@@LIRRTV You're welcome. Based on your footage of the train being at Greenlawn recently, I think the train is moving eastward eventually towards Port Jeff. Not sure when it will reach there tho. Just saw three stranded pieces of Loram equipment at Smithtown just now.
Yeah there’s some equipment over here at Northport that’s putting down ballast, but no sight of the tie train. Just plasser american equipment. I don’t think they’re going all the way to Port Jeff because this is the last day of scheduled work. So they’ll probably only get as far as the tie train went. But don’t quote me on that :P
@@LIRRTV Ok. Just uploaded a bit of footage of the train idling at Kings Park.
Now I know- thanks.
Idk why other railroad companies don’t use these, MBTA definitely could use them
Because they are cheap. Quality maintenance costs money and most companies don't want to spend it. Rather give it to the shareholders and executives.
Nice, what video editor do you use?
Adobe Premiere Elements 2019. It’s kind of old, but I don’t really feel like getting a newer version lol
wondering where all those good quality wood sleepers ended up
Good question, I’m not sure what happened to them. From what I saw the majority of them were rotten or damaged in some way. I couldn’t believe the condition some of them were in
@@LIRRTV thx
They could've moved them over and put a second track but no
Can't wait for a smoother ride for my commute