I like the way you refer to the track as “your track” Dave. It’s refreshing to see someone take ownership of their work and hold themself accountable like you do. Maybe it’s just me getting old but I don’t see the same work ethic displayed by some of the younger generation who will eventually succeed us. I hope the younger people who work with you develop the same enthusiasm and pride in their work as you have. And thank you for another entertaining and informative video!
That's a great point. 'Pride of ownership' and taking 'ownership/responsibility' is important. In my field, when a user criticized 'my software', I sometimes would take it a little too personal (how DARE you complain about my work lol). But after I calmed down and looked at their comments critically, I would see their point and work (often long hours) to improve things. I imagine Dave sometimes feels a little insulted if a train crew comes to him and complains about some section of track as well. After all, we try to do the best we can. But Dave knows his business and goes out and (within limits of money / time) takes care of the problems.
A good boss doesn't have to tell his people what to do every day. He instills pride of ownership, and lets them do what they need to do to to achieve excellence.
Dave, all that coal you are digging out reminds me of my grandmother old coal burning furnace. This must have been around 1967ish. Grandma furnace was hand coal fed from the coal bin with outside chute. She lived in Dearborn Michigan near the factories. One cold January day my dad and I went to to visit an grandma furnace needed coal. My dad showed me how to lay the coal evenly over inside firebox. Being 13 years old I dream of becoming an train engineer. Well sir, I started stoking my imaginary train boiler. This old octopus gravity air heating furnace was pumping out the heat to the second floor. My dad ran down stairs where I had my shirt off shoveling coal. The house was over 90 degrees in January with the windows open. Unfortunately there was so much coal dust on me I had to shower. My dad paid the coal man to an early delivery. About two or three years later the family split the cost for a new gas furnace. With my lawn cutting business being part of a part polish family. I gave my dad $200 for a gas furnace. My family and grandma gave me her coal shovel.
Pretty neat story missydOg. I can just see you doing that shovel on a little more coal (as Hank Snow once sang). Really appreciate your sharing with us and for watching the video my friend.
Thank you Gary for the very kind words. Glen has been here before working with me but it's been almost a year since last time. He is a fine young man who has a great work ethic and takes pride in his work. Wish he could help me out more. Always great to have you pay me a visit my good friend.
Beautiful job Dave it is refreshing to see someone take pride in their work. The company is lucky to have you Dave. The channel and content are excellent. ❤🇨🇦
Thanks Raymond for the very nice words. It is satisfying to take a really bad section of track and turn it into a showcase. Really appreciate your watching the show today my friend.
Awesome video to watch once again Dave and it looks great on the finished product.. Thanks again for bringing the railroadin to all of us. Have a great rest of your evening.
Thanks so much Steve for the very nice comment. Right of way is now all cleaned up and is track I can be proud of instead of being ashamed of. Will be far easier to keep this section maintained now than before. Always great to hear from a professional railroader like yourself.
Neat looking job there Good to see they sent you a good guy to work with cribbing out. I could see he was being careful and taking his time, so saving time in the long run. Nice to see the train passing by smoothly afterwards
Thank you very much cedarcam for the very nice comment. Glen has helped me in the past crib, but it's been a long time since he was here. Like over a year ago. Wish he could work with me every weekend! He is a fine young man who also takes pride in his work and has a great work ethic. Always great when you visit with me my friend.
Also, this is all great, I really love seeing this. My grandpa worked for track maintenance for NYC and then Penn Central. It was obviously a lot different, but to some extent, this makes me feel like I knew a little more about what he did, especially since I never was able to meet him.
Awesome Andrew. Wow would I ever have loved to been able to talk with your grandpa! I would have been like a sponge soaking in all his stories of the great NYC. No doubt he was very sad at what happened later with PC. Glad the video helped you some to relate.
Unfortunately, that's the problem I have with some of our backhoe operators with cribbing track. They get violent and rammy when cribbing and start moving the track all over the place which means I have to yell and scream to make them listen. They will comply for about 15 minutes and it starts all over again. Never ending frustration with some of these guys...
Yes sir, you can pull a line spot in a track pretty quick when a lot of cribs opened up. Ripping and tearing can be hard on ties also when a guy gouges them. Thanks so much my friend for visiting and watching today.
@@ccrx6700 Yep. Have had to go and add extra spikes and plug spike holes after rail has been lifted up out of the older ties. It irritates me to no end.
That really looks awesome Dave. That sure made a big difference in what you have done. I sure love watching and learning railroad maintenance from you.
Thanks so much William for the very nice comment. We're really glad you are having a good time with us and we do appreciate all your great support of the channel my friend.
Yep it never ending Bob, but I love it. What else would I do? Really makes me feel good to take a perfectly messed up section of track and turn it into a show case. Was great to have you visit with me tonight my good friend. Hoping you and family are doing exceptional. I really miss chatting with you and Ray and the other guys.
It really is Richard. Fun to do a messed up section of track and make it into a showcase. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and watching my friend.
Your welcome John. Thank you so much for checking out the show today my friend. There's always a lot of work to do here, not enough hours in the day nor man power to get it all done, but that's railroading.
Yes it is Valerie, I'm very glad to get this done. The right of way is now all cleaned up and everything is like a whole new track as you will see in a soon future video. Thank you my friend for dropping by and watching tonight.
I always learn something in each of your videos Dave! The track looks great. That backhoe operator has some impressive skills. It must be quite satisfying to transform that track. I look forward to your next video!
What an improvement! The original condition reminded me of a film put out by Penn Central when they were trying to get a federal bailout in the early 70's (it's on TH-cam). In their case, it seemed like most of their track looked like your "before" and they didn't have you to make it a great-looking "after."
I saw that film Jon. PC had no money, it was sad. 70 mph track was often reduced to 10. What a stupid boondoggle of a merger from two excellent RR's. The whole eastern economy would have collapsed had not the government created Conrail. Really appreciate your compliment and for taking the time to watch today my friend.
You are now in the “Big Time” with your professional introduction so having a makeup artist is a necessity ! 😂 I have really enjoyed, as well as learned a lot, from your recent videos including the 4 part series. Thank You very much my friend.
I was really hoping Alan that all you great viewers would pitch in and get me a nice looking female make up artist to ride track with me every day.... LOL But of course if I had one that wore a bikini every one of my videos would go over a million views! Food for thought .... Very pleased to hear my friend that you have having a good time with us despite my appearance. :-) We do appreciate all your great support.
Thanks Rick and it sure does. What was once the worst is now one of the best so that makes me feel good and also the operators are quite pleased. Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the show my friend.
Great work on that section of track! It looks as though the work never quite ends, but - as you say - that's railroading! You and that fellow running the other machine made short work of that cribbing - that was impressive to say the least :)
Thank you so much Brian for the very nice comment. it was great to get some help out here. They were supposed to be there the week before but somehow signals got crossed and they didn't show up, but that happens. Really appreciate your checking things out today my friend.
Excellent work Dave. The track looks so good with the new ballast. And the train looked stable as could be rollin on by! There are some other short lines, that I've watched videos of, that could learn a lot by watching how well you maintain your rail. Thanks for a great video my friend!
Thank you very much Jim for the very kind comment. I cannot speak for any other RR other than mine. I am fortunate that they let me do what I feel best on the track and also do try to provide me with needed funds, such as there is never a problem when I tell them to order me another 400 tons of ballast. In past month I've used up over 1200 tons of ballast and I never get questioned when I ask for more. Management tries to work with me as best they can, but also sometimes their hands are tied from higher up management who have no clue what goes on out on the RR. Long story so I won't say more. But all in all I usually get what I ask for. So with that said, one doesn't know what all funding is available to those RR you speak of as well as working relationships between management and employees. It really is pretty good here.
Dave, I really appreciate your videos. Your a dedicated knowledgeable man. You take pride in your job and the work you do shows it. They are lucky to have you. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming....
Appreciate the nice comment Bruce and glad you are enjoying. Thanks so very much for taking time to watch the Curve 14 video. May you have a very good day my friend.
That section looked really good after you were finished. Do the engineers ever give you an at-a-boy for the hard work you put in to maintain the rails?
Thank you John, it's now a whole lot safer. Yes sir the operators do often express their gratitude, a few don't say much of anything, but neither do those ever complain either. I don't know if it's strange or not, but those who complain the most also are most grateful when spots they report get fixed. Very much appreciate your checking things out today my friend.
Whats for supper tomorrow and I will show a video of that exact length just for you Annette... :-) Thank you so much for watching the show today my friend.
Hi Mr Dave really enjoyed the video looks really nice with the white stone it was interesting how the rails are cleaned out and redone thumbs up everyone
Cool video Dave. That locomotive making the spitting noise brings me back to the days of watching Alco C424s on the old Green Bay and Western. They used to make that sound. Track is looking good, enjoyed seeing that.
Thank you Brian. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend. GB&W that's a new one on me will have to do some research.
Yes it is Kabuki Jo. I really like taking a messed up section of track and making it into a showcase. The central preoccupation of my life. Thanks so much my friend for stopping by and taking in the show tonight.
Very glad you like that Thomas. Not a scene very many people ever get to see. We really appreciate your visiting with us and taking in the show today my friend.
Thank you very much Azi muth. We do appreciate your giving us a look at today. New ballast does look really good after seeing all that messed up ballast.
That's a good way to be Robert. You go to bed at night with a good feeling about yourself. And others speak highly of you when you practice that kind of ethic. Very much appreciate your checking things out today my friend.
You accomplished a lot. And really helps when you love your job. Thanks for taking me along as I sit in my comfy chair. But would love to ride along. How cool would That be. Thanks for the video.
We would love to have you ride along Beverly. Yes it certainly does help when you enjoy what your doing. I like to take a really messed up section of track and make it into a showcase. Really appreciate your nice comment and for coming to visit with me tonight my friend.
Thank you very much Ezekiel. Guess you could say you got a "first hand" look at it too. Was great to have you visit with me in person and on YT my good friend. PS: since YT is not always kind to me, please let me know when you post your Pole Cat video.
Like Rod Stewart sang, some guys have all the luck! And, guess what we had for supper too? Pizza and a beer, great minds do think alike Glenn! Really glad you visited with us my friend.
That's my baby Jeff. I've ran that tamper for 18 years and I can make her talk! Got many more videos of tamper in action if you someday might care to watch on a playlist on the channel. Thanks so much tor stopping by tonight and taking in the show my friend. Here's the playlist link: th-cam.com/play/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR.html
You have me worried. The track is starting to look so good, I am afraid you will run out of jobs to do. Thanks Dave for keeping alive the good old USA pride in doing your job right. I think people lose pride in their work when they know that as soon as the COMPANY finds an off shore country to give our jobs to, we will be out of work. Your company knows a good man when they see one and they let you do the job. Even the kid welding rail seems to be learning pride to do his job right. It wouldn't surprise me to learn he is some kin to you. Keep on smiling.
Appreciate the very nice comment George. That was very kind of you to write in and say that. I just do my job. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
And the AC in his machine works but not in mine. He was a big help on that day, Glen is a good guy wish he could come out more often. Really appreciate your stopping by and checking things out today my friend.
Yes it is Gerald, a big difference. Am really pleased at how well it turned out from the absolute mess it was. Thanks so much my friend for your visit with me tonight.
Great video Dave loved the side shot action of the ballast car. Glad you had help cribbing. Looked really good, How do you crib or tamp around the flange greaser..
Thank you very much Pappy for the very nice comment. We really appreciate all your great comments and excellent support of the channel my good friend. The greaser has been taken out, moved off to the side and will get put back in service after it's been cribbed and tamped up to my satisfaction. Was actually cribbing that section today, took the greaser out yesterday.
Great job Dave! I really liked the video of the locomotive coming in and spreading rock! I hope to see the video of the camshaft being replaced - the engines on those things are amazing! It's insane how muddy the track gets over time. Are there certain areas that get muddier than others, or is the entire line about the same? Another quick question: do you do the maintenance on all of those hydraulic lines on your tamper? That looks like a job in itself!
Thanks so much my friend, really glad you enjoyed. Not sure when the cam shaft video will be out. They did one on the SD 40-2 that I have footage of, was waiting for them to do it on #22 loco to add that in, no schedule on when they will be coming for that. You may not see it till sometime next year. The really bad spot you saw here actually happened over a short 3 week period. it was full of mud but not unlike the rest of the section here. Then we had a ton of rain for those 3 weeks and that little piece just went south quick. There is not set formula for how quickly a mud spot will turn really ugly. We've actually had some mud spots that dried up over time after tamping. Track is weird sometimes and keeps you on your toes. Go along for years with no problems and all of a sudden, wham track goes bad in a short time, you just never know, just keep putting out fires as they arise. Yes sir, I do 90% of the maintenance on the tamper. Fortunately I have had little problems with the hydraulic lines since we had this machine rebuilt in 2013. Knock on wood.
Slow and sure gets the job done RIGHT!!! What’s all the off track construction on curve 15 ? I see several cranes and a large building up on the hill…..
Small progress is better than no progress, but small adds up your right Franklin. That wall is for a natural gas well site. It is there to keep noise from going down in the valley. There is a dairy farm right below it and cows lose milk production when there's lots of loud noise. So it was very nice of the gas company 'to pay the expense to build that wall. There are thousands of gas wells in this county but only a few have walls, others are around residential areas.
Looking good but there's a long way to go and it's never ending because of the grade on either side of the rail but great job great video thanks thanks Dave
Thanks Gary, hope you will watch the 4th video in this mini series where we clean up the right of way. it's all beautiful now. In that video I also tell you about the rosy future of this mine. Coal is king here and gonna stay that way. Really appreciate your checking out the show today my friend.
Hi Dave! Great video and a very happy Saturday to you my friend. I love your attention to detail in your work Very good quality. Do the mine and railroad run 24 hours a day?
Thank you very much Johnathan for your very kind words. We do appreciate your checking things out my friend. Yes sir round the clock and the only days the mine doesn't run is Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Hi Dave I really enjoy your channel. How is the line signalled and how do you ensure there no conflicting movements. Is there a token system? Great work for a great company,
Glad to hear you are enjoying Paddy Blaney. We have no signals here. 1 track main and only 1 train running. We have a set of safety rules to follow. Train is not allowed to leave either portal unless and until they get a clear signal via radio transmission or cell phone call from the track crew. Also track crew must alert the train that we are on track. Train also calls out locations during their trip at 3 different places. Contractors on track are required to have a track crew member with them, not required if they are working 15 feet off the side of the track.
I know too well how muddy spots ride, and it’s always like hooray! When it gets fixed and smooth…on my road we got an undercutter with a busted cutter chain….needless to say new ones are on mars and will takes ages to get here!
I can really relate to that John. The operators are all very pleased, they feel a lot safer. Under cutters are amazing machines, but they are very high maintenance. Those chains take a real beating and are often breaking or wearing out. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and checking out the show my friend.
All part of our track beautification program.... LOL Got to keep the train operators happy. A happy employee is a productive employee and an employee that works safer.
It certainly is a big improvement. I will take you on a locomotive ride thru this section in the video after the next one on cleaning up the right of way. Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching today my friend.
Thanks Wilbur, appreciate your watching the video today. That is a natural gas well site and the wall is to prevent noise from coming down in the valley because there is a dairy farm right below that and milking cows lose production from lots of noise.
Great video. Track looks much better. I bet you wish you could get an undercutting machine in there. You could do the entire line in probably a month, or less.
Thanks Zach for the very nice words. Be sure to watch the next video out on digging out mud and appreciation for railroaders, I mentioned you in that one as a tribute to you for all the hard work you've done on the railroad over the years.
I am amazed at how much effort it takes to keep those rails in good condition! A quick question... roughly how long does it take for, example this curve, to go from freshly repaired and "the best stretch of track" to the condition you detailed in this miniseries? I'm sure there are areas that go bad much quicker than others. Any rough estimate? Keep up the great work!
We have our own unique set of challenges here. All jointed track with an insane number of high degree curves along with leaky hopper car doors and only 2 guys to maintain track trying to work around trains. So yes we have a lot of maintenance to do trying to keep track up. How long this curve will hold track surface well, depends a good bit on how much coal it accumulates and how fast that happens. One car that opens it's doors coming down track and it will fill this curve up with coal, then that soaks down into the ballast and starts plugging drainage up quickly, then the mud starts to come up. If coal never got into the track, then track surface and ballast conditions here would last for many decades or longer. No set formula on how long a track section takes before it needs rehabilitation. Thanks so much for watching and writing in today my good man.
Thank you Stephen for the very kind words. That certainly is quite a compliment to be spoken of in the same light as ATSF. Really appreciate your checking out the show today and writing in my friend.
it is a spitter valve Andrew. They are plumbed into both air reservoirs (one on each side of the loco). They are supposed to help eliminate moisture from the compressed air however in reality they don't work very well doing that. Sounds like a hit and miss engine on steroids and really detracts from the delightful sound of the EMD engine. But that's just my opinion. Thanks for watching the video today my good man.
That’s a lot of work!! Is that section of track still open while you’re working or were you able to red flag it off for hours of uninterrupted work? (Sorry for all the questions. I work in light rail, so it’s just super interesting to compare all the differences between heavy rail and light rail maintenance.)
The train was not running that day after it's first trip thru, so we had all day track with no interruptions. Usually when a train is running and I work behind it, I will call the train and inform him of a red track behind. He is not allowed to leave either portal unless and until I again give him a green indication. Also he is required to radio call me with a 10 cars to load call so I can have time to get off track so he can go thru. Always glad to share what we do here with another railroader Andy
Anther interesting video thanks Dave. Do you deal with RELAM in Ohio at all. If so do you if Carl Eberhardt is still going. I would guess he would have retired by now. Peter from Melbourne Australia.
Your very welcome Great Northern, glad you had a good time with us. Last I heard, couple years ago, Carl was still there. But I also heard RELAM was being sold and I do not know the current status of that. Really appreciate your watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks Dave. I purchased several sets of Pandrol Jackson 6700 tampers and Knox Kershaw regulators from Carl over 10 years ago and shipped them to Australia. He was always helpful and great to deal with.
Very pretty track! Could almost run the ballast through the wash plant at the mine and get all the coal dust back. What is your next priority for down track time? Not just in terms of track, but also regarding machine and operator availability. Of course, as soon as you got your worst spot fixed you got a new worst spot right away, haha.
Thanks 2xKTfc. It does look really good compared to the ugly it was. We still got miles of track that could be cribbed, after over 40 years of leaky hopper car doors, there is a lot of contaminated cribs. Our former track boss did not do a very good job in cribbing. It's only been in the past 3 years after he left that we have made a major effort into ballast rehabilitation. In that time I've done close to 4 miles of track! We do have a project at curve 10 for a down time that will require us to cut out rail and pull curve down from a 10 degree curve to a 5 degree curve, need to pull the curve over about 16 inches to do that. Will make a video on that when it happens.
@@ccrx6700 Dang cars always causing trouble. You'd think in 2022 someone had figured out doors that seal well but don't easily freeze closed. The train crews must feel a lot better running trains over that spot now. Moving a curve sounds like a major production that will fill multiple videos and overtime budgets.
Yes there is a considerable amount of time that was edited down. Whole project was over months and had over 30 individual videos to put together and cut stuff out. I could have showed you hours of our work here. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Yes I do Michael. I usually do a visual under the bridge inspection about twice a year. What i look for in the timbers underneath is not so much cracking but whether the timbers are soft. You can tell this by the timbers moving up and down when a train passes. Also on top of the bridge that's where you would be concerned about cracks in the timber wood. That will allow water to seep inside the timbers and start to rot them from the inside out. Also on top of the bridge you look at spikes, if they will not stay tight then that means there is some soft wood.
An old railroader once told me Peter, the 3 most important things to know about track maintenance are: 1 drainage, 2 drainage, 3 more drainage. Keeping the water to run away from the track saves so much in long term maintenance, and that is why we are doing all this work here. Really appreciate your showing up tonight to take in the video my good man.
We have never done that here Kenneth, it could be possible but with a lot of work. I do shape the sides so the water will run way off as you will see in the 4th video that is coming out in this mini series. Thanks so much my friend for visiting with me and taking in the show today.
These cars get extreme use Frank and the doors and mechanisms that control the doors have a lot of wear and tear on them. When a door gaps open a bit at the bottom it spills coal into the track. All we haul here is coal, 6 trains per 24 hours 7 days a week. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Yes it is Rachel plus all the worn out hopper cars we have with leaky doors contributing to the plugged up ballast. Track will stay good until a car door opens up accidently and spills a bunch more coal on my beautiful track. That actually happened last year after I cribbed out the west end of this curve, made me cry. Thanks for paying me a visit today and watching my friend.
The rail company is very blessed to have such a committed man as you.
Muslims actually invented railroads
Thank you stranno. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend.
I like the way you refer to the track as “your track” Dave. It’s refreshing to see someone take ownership of their work and hold themself accountable like you do. Maybe it’s just me getting old but I don’t see the same work ethic displayed by some of the younger generation who will eventually succeed us. I hope the younger people who work with you develop the same enthusiasm and pride in their work as you have. And thank you for another entertaining and informative video!
I agree.
That's a great point. 'Pride of ownership' and taking 'ownership/responsibility' is important. In my field, when a user criticized 'my software', I sometimes would take it a little too personal (how DARE you complain about my work lol). But after I calmed down and looked at their comments critically, I would see their point and work (often long hours) to improve things.
I imagine Dave sometimes feels a little insulted if a train crew comes to him and complains about some section of track as well. After all, we try to do the best we can. But Dave knows his business and goes out and (within limits of money / time) takes care of the problems.
A good boss doesn't have to tell his people what to do every day. He instills pride of ownership, and lets them do what they need to do to to achieve excellence.
@@mikefochtman7164 imagine if just a quarter of our workforce (U.S.) had Dave’s work ethic? Our productivity would go through the Roof!
@@Grandpa82547 lead by example and delegate. Good bosses don’t micromanage
Dave, all that coal you are digging out reminds me of my grandmother old coal burning furnace. This must have been around 1967ish. Grandma furnace was hand coal fed from the coal bin with outside chute. She lived in Dearborn Michigan near the factories. One cold January day my dad and I went to to visit an grandma furnace needed coal. My dad showed me how to lay the coal evenly over inside firebox.
Being 13 years old I dream of becoming an train engineer. Well sir, I started stoking my imaginary train boiler. This old octopus gravity air heating furnace was pumping out the heat to the second floor. My dad ran down stairs where I had my shirt off shoveling coal. The house was over 90 degrees in January with the windows open.
Unfortunately there was so much coal dust on me I had to shower. My dad paid the coal man to an early delivery. About two or three years later the family split the cost for a new gas furnace. With my lawn cutting business being part of a part polish family. I gave my dad $200 for a gas furnace. My family and grandma gave me her coal shovel.
Pretty neat story missydOg. I can just see you doing that shovel on
a little more coal (as Hank Snow once sang). Really appreciate
your sharing with us and for watching the video my friend.
First class job as always. Nice to have a competent partner helping. Great job, men.
Thank you Gary for the very kind words. Glen has been here
before working with me but it's been almost a year since last
time. He is a fine young man who has a great work ethic and
takes pride in his work. Wish he could help me out more.
Always great to have you pay me a visit my good friend.
Glad you had a good helper that respected the track! Wow it's looking really good!! Nice job!
Thank you Trena. Really appreciate your checking out the video today
and for your very nice comment my friend.
Beautiful job Dave it is refreshing to see someone take pride in their work. The company is lucky to have you Dave. The channel and content are excellent. ❤🇨🇦
Thank you so kindly Ray for your very nice words. So do appreciate
all your great comments and fantastic support of the channel
my friend.
Beautiful job Dave! I love to see a man take pride in his work, a job well done just makes you feel great!
Thanks Raymond for the very nice words. It is satisfying to
take a really bad section of track and turn it into a showcase.
Really appreciate your watching the show today my friend.
Awesome video to watch once again Dave and it looks great on the finished product.. Thanks again for bringing the railroadin to all of us. Have a great rest of your evening.
Thanks so much Steve for the very nice comment. Right of way is now all cleaned up and is track I can be proud of instead of
being ashamed of. Will be far easier to keep this section
maintained now than before. Always great to hear from a
professional railroader like yourself.
@@ccrx6700 Your very welcome and it always feels good to have good looking track.
Neat looking job there Good to see they sent you a good guy to work with cribbing out. I could see he was being careful and taking his time, so saving time in the long run. Nice to see the train passing by smoothly afterwards
Thank you very much cedarcam for the very nice comment.
Glen has helped me in the past crib, but it's been a long time
since he was here. Like over a year ago. Wish he could
work with me every weekend! He is a fine young man who
also takes pride in his work and has a great work ethic. Always
great when you visit with me my friend.
Also, this is all great, I really love seeing this. My grandpa worked for track maintenance for NYC and then Penn Central. It was obviously a lot different, but to some extent, this makes me feel like I knew a little more about what he did, especially since I never was able to meet him.
Awesome Andrew. Wow would I ever have loved to been
able to talk with your grandpa! I would have been like a sponge
soaking in all his stories of the great NYC. No doubt he
was very sad at what happened later with PC. Glad the
video helped you some to relate.
Unfortunately, that's the problem I have with some of our backhoe operators with cribbing track. They get violent and rammy when cribbing and start moving the track all over the place which means I have to yell and scream to make them listen. They will comply for about 15 minutes and it starts all over again. Never ending frustration with some of these guys...
Yes sir, you can pull a line spot in a track pretty quick when a lot
of cribs opened up. Ripping and tearing can be hard on ties
also when a guy gouges them. Thanks so much my friend for
visiting and watching today.
@@ccrx6700 Yep. Have had to go and add extra spikes and plug spike holes after rail has been lifted up out of the older ties. It irritates me to no end.
That really looks awesome Dave. That sure made a big difference in what you have done. I sure love watching and learning railroad maintenance from you.
Thanks so much William for the very nice comment. We're
really glad you are having a good time with us and we do
appreciate all your great support of the channel my friend.
The guy with the excavator IS good. Very precise and meticulous.
Yes he is Grandpa. wish he could be here helping me a lot more.
Thanks so much my friend for visiting with us and checking
out the video today.
Loco to fix, track to fix..never ending Dave.
railcars to fix.....
Yep it never ending Bob, but I love it. What else would I do?
Really makes me feel good to take a perfectly messed up
section of track and turn it into a show case. Was great to
have you visit with me tonight my good friend. Hoping you
and family are doing exceptional. I really miss chatting with you
and Ray and the other guys.
Must be very satisfying to get on top of a big job like that Dave. Know the cooler months are on the way and those nasty mud spots are no more! 👍
It really is Richard. Fun to do a messed up section of track
and make it into a showcase. Really appreciate your visiting
with us today and watching my friend.
Thanks Dave it really good to see these track maintenance video. There is a lot of work to keep a Railroad up to par.
Your welcome John. Thank you so much for checking out the
show today my friend. There's always a lot of work to do here,
not enough hours in the day nor man power to get it all done,
but that's railroading.
Looks like a different location. Great job by two hard workin men. That's a good thing to get that done before winter snow. 😁
Yes it is Valerie, I'm very glad to get this done. The right of way
is now all cleaned up and everything is like a whole new track
as you will see in a soon future video. Thank you my friend
for dropping by and watching tonight.
I always learn something in each of your videos Dave! The track looks great. That backhoe operator has some impressive skills. It must be quite satisfying to transform that track. I look forward to your next video!
Thank you Verne for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
DAVE !, When I see those "Hopper Cars" all running STRAIGHT" and "NOT DANCING" at the top ... ... THAT TRACK IS STRAIGHT ! NICE !🚂
Thank you Captain Tom for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
What an improvement! The original condition reminded me of a film put out by Penn Central when they were trying to get a federal bailout in the early 70's (it's on TH-cam). In their case, it seemed like most of their track looked like your "before" and they didn't have you to make it a great-looking "after."
I saw that film Jon. PC had no money, it was sad. 70 mph
track was often reduced to 10. What a stupid boondoggle
of a merger from two excellent RR's. The whole eastern
economy would have collapsed had not the government
created Conrail. Really appreciate your compliment and
for taking the time to watch today my friend.
Great video Dave, nice job guys!!! It looks great to see the mud gone and new ballist in place!!!!!
Thank you Ron for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
Excellent video Dave, Thanks again for hosting us (Steve, Bob and I) in June! I can relate to where this work was being done! (Dave).
Thank you very much Dave for the very kind words. We really
appreciate your checking out the show today my friend.
Great job. Pride in workmanship is such an undervalued work ethic. Well done, sir. :)
Thank you very much mustraline for your very kind words.
Do appreciate your checking things out today my friend.
That curve looks mighty fine now !
A considerable improvement from what it was for sure Scott.
Thanks so much my friend for checking out the show today.
You are now in the “Big Time” with your professional introduction so having a makeup artist is a necessity !
😂 I have really enjoyed, as well as learned a lot, from your recent videos including the 4 part series. Thank You very much my friend.
I was really hoping Alan that all you great viewers would
pitch in and get me a nice looking female make up artist
to ride track with me every day.... LOL But of course if I had
one that wore a bikini every one of my videos would go over
a million views! Food for thought .... Very pleased to hear
my friend that you have having a good time with us despite
my appearance. :-) We do appreciate all your great support.
That sure looks better Dave. I know it gives more piece of mind heading in to that approach at the bridge. Great job!!
Thanks Rick and it sure does. What was once the worst is now
one of the best so that makes me feel good and also the
operators are quite pleased. Really appreciate your visiting with
us and checking out the show my friend.
Great work on that section of track! It looks as though the work never quite ends, but - as you say - that's railroading! You and that fellow running the other machine made short work of that cribbing - that was impressive to say the least :)
Thank you so much Brian for the very nice comment. it was great
to get some help out here. They were supposed to be there the week
before but somehow signals got crossed and they didn't show up,
but that happens. Really appreciate your checking things out
today my friend.
Excellent work Dave. The track looks so good with the new ballast. And the train looked stable as could be rollin on by! There are some other short lines, that I've watched videos of, that could learn a lot by watching how well you maintain your rail. Thanks for a great video my friend!
Thank you very much Jim for the very kind comment. I cannot
speak for any other RR other than mine. I am fortunate that
they let me do what I feel best on the track and also do
try to provide me with needed funds, such as there is never
a problem when I tell them to order me another 400 tons
of ballast. In past month I've used up over 1200 tons of ballast
and I never get questioned when I ask for more. Management
tries to work with me as best they can, but also sometimes
their hands are tied from higher up management who have no
clue what goes on out on the RR. Long story so I won't say more.
But all in all I usually get what I ask for. So with that said,
one doesn't know what all funding is available to those RR
you speak of as well as working relationships between
management and employees. It really is pretty good here.
@@ccrx6700 Well, all I'm going to say is, they're very lucky to have you Dave!
Dave, I really appreciate your videos. Your a dedicated knowledgeable man.
You take pride in your job and the work you do shows it. They are lucky to have you. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming....
Appreciate the nice comment Bruce and glad you are enjoying. Thanks so very much for taking time to watch the Curve 14 video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave, happy to see a video upload on Friday Night - happy happy
Very glad you're happy about the show Byron. This world
needs more happy folks in it. Really appreciate your watching and
writing in today my friend.
Great video Dave! Well done 👍
Thank you Crazeejay for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
That section looked really good after you were finished. Do the engineers ever give you an at-a-boy for the hard work you put in to maintain the rails?
Thank you John, it's now a whole lot safer. Yes sir the operators
do often express their gratitude, a few don't say much of anything,
but neither do those ever complain either. I don't know if it's
strange or not, but those who complain the most also are
most grateful when spots they report get fixed. Very much
appreciate your checking things out today my friend.
It's very interesting watching these railroad videos. You do awesome work! One thing that makes the videos fun is watching your skilled work.
Really glad you had a good time watching the show today Scott.
We do thank you so much for watching and for the very
kind words my friend.
Hi Dave, your timing is perfect. 13:30 = 1 bacon sandwich and a cup of tea!!
Whats for supper tomorrow and I will show a video of that
exact length just for you Annette... :-) Thank you so much
for watching the show today my friend.
All of the ad's are terrific.
Thank you very much notch8 for stopping by and taking in
the video today.
Another great video Dave 👍 👍🚂
Thanks so much Christopher for the very nice comment. We do
appreciate all your great support of the channel my friend.
I really enjoyed seeing all the equipment in action! So much neat stuff to see!
Thank you Eric very glad you had a good time. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Sure thing Dave!
Now that's railroading Dave ... Keep em coming ... Thx for all you do ...
Thank you Eddy for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
Great video Dave. I enjoyed watching it with my morning coffee. Have a great day my friend.
Thank you TLewis. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend. Coffee is
the railroader's go juice.
@@ccrx6700 Dave I keep forgetting to ask you to post a video of your pond so we can see how it turned out.
Hi Mr Dave really enjoyed the video looks really nice with the white stone it was interesting how the rails are cleaned out and redone thumbs up everyone
Thank you Barbara for the very nice comment. Very glad you
enjoyed. We do appreciate your paying us a visit today and
watching my friend.
Cool video Dave. That locomotive making the spitting noise brings me back to the days of watching Alco C424s on the old Green Bay and Western. They used to make that sound. Track is looking good, enjoyed seeing that.
Thank you Brian. Really appreciate your checking out the video today
and for your very nice comment my friend. GB&W that's a new
one on me will have to do some research.
WOW you really got a lot done. Awesome job the before and after are outstanding Dave👍👍
Thank you Russell. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend.
Life is good when you love what you do!
Yes it is Kabuki Jo. I really like taking a messed up section
of track and making it into a showcase. The central preoccupation
of my life. Thanks so much my friend for stopping by and
taking in the show tonight.
Another GREAT day on the rails! You railroad boys sure get to play with some BIG tools!
it was a beautiful day on the RR tracks Bill! Thanks so much
my friend for visiting with me today and checking out the
video.
Awesome Stuff my Friend = Thank YOU!
Thank you theandymano. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend.
Loved the video from in side the Tamper. It takes a lot of effort to do a good job. Be Safe!
Very glad you like that Thomas. Not a scene very many
people ever get to see. We really appreciate your visiting with
us and taking in the show today my friend.
Always a joy to watch your videos!
Very glad you are having a good time with us Roy. We do
appreciate all your great support of the channel my friend.
Very nice cribbing job guys
Thank you very much Robert for the kind words.
You do nice work, Dave!
Thank you Shirley, I try. You always send in nice comments
for which we are very appreciative.
Tracks looking good.
Thank you Margaret for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
Ooooo I bet the engineers appreciate that work, makes the track much smoother and sturdy I’d assume 👍
Yes they do Joshua. Everyone is much happier now. Really
appreciate your nice comment and for taking the time to watch
my friend.
Great job 👍👍
Thank you very much Osvaldo. Really appreciate your
visiting with us and taking in the presentation today my friend.
Awesome job Dave..
Thank you Northern Living. Really appreciate all your positive comments and the great support you give the channel my friend.
The track looks great, you do good work
Thank you TArkay. Really appreciate your checking out the video today and for your very nice comment my friend.
Wow, nice work. Fresh rock looks so good.
Thank you very much Azi muth. We do appreciate your
giving us a look at today. New ballast does look really good
after seeing all that messed up ballast.
@@ccrx6700 Np man. Appreciate you too.
Great job done, great video.
Thanks
Thank you Kevin for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
Great video Great Job Dave.
Thank you Derrick. Really appreciate all your positive comments
and the great support you give the channel my friend.
Boy Dave you're a lot like me, I always left my patients and work areas in better condition than I found them them! That was always My work ethic!!
That's a good way to be Robert. You go to bed at night with a
good feeling about yourself. And others speak highly of you
when you practice that kind of ethic. Very much appreciate
your checking things out today my friend.
Beautiful job! Good video.
Thank you for the very kind words. Glad you enjoyed and we do appreciate your watching.
You accomplished a lot. And really helps when you love your job. Thanks for taking me along as I sit in my comfy chair. But would love to ride along. How cool would
That be. Thanks for the video.
We would love to have you ride along Beverly. Yes it certainly
does help when you enjoy what your doing. I like to take a
really messed up section of track and make it into a showcase.
Really appreciate your nice comment and for coming to visit
with me tonight my friend.
The track is looking good Dave!
Thank you Brian for the very kind words. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking things out my friend.
Looks good Dave!
Thank you very much Ezekiel. Guess you could say you got
a "first hand" look at it too. Was great to have you visit with
me in person and on YT my good friend. PS: since YT is not always
kind to me, please let me know when you post your Pole Cat
video.
@@ccrx6700 I sure will. I was gonna post it here tonight but got side tracked.
Very nice job
Thank you Daniel. Really appreciate all your positive comments
and the great support you give the channel my friend.
Hello lucky me I’m excited to watch your show having pizza having a beer awesome you’re awesome👍🏻
Like Rod Stewart sang, some guys have all the luck! And, guess
what we had for supper too? Pizza and a beer, great minds do
think alike Glenn! Really glad you visited with us my friend.
That packing/settling machine is amazing!
That's my baby Jeff. I've ran that tamper for 18 years and I
can make her talk! Got many more videos of tamper in
action if you someday might care to watch on a playlist on
the channel. Thanks so much tor stopping by tonight and
taking in the show my friend.
Here's the playlist link:
th-cam.com/play/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR.html
Thank you Dave and it looks really good I wouldn't be scared to ride that train all day there... lol
Amtrak only wishes they had me to work some of their track Roy.... LOL Very much appreciate your checking out the presentation
today my good man.
yes!! it looks good...
Thank you Dave, lot of work but it was a mess to start with.
@@ccrx6700 was this a wet spot?
You have me worried. The track is starting to look so good, I am afraid you will run out of jobs to do. Thanks Dave for keeping alive the good old USA pride in doing your job right. I think people lose pride in their work when they know that as soon as the COMPANY finds an off shore country to give our jobs to, we will be out of work. Your company knows a good man when they see one and they let you do the job. Even the kid welding rail seems to be learning pride to do his job right. It wouldn't surprise me to learn he is some kin to you. Keep on smiling.
Appreciate the very nice comment George. That was very kind
of you to write in and say that. I just do my job. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
That’s what you need Dave, Cat with a cab. 😂😺
And the AC in his machine works but not in mine. He was
a big help on that day, Glen is a good guy wish he could
come out more often. Really appreciate your stopping by
and checking things out today my friend.
Good Job considering all you had was the weekend, you got quite a bit done. thanks for sharing.
Thanks MarvUSA. Really appreciate your taking the time to
watch and write in my friend.
9:18 looking good now !
Yes it is Gerald, a big difference. Am really pleased at how
well it turned out from the absolute mess it was. Thanks so
much my friend for your visit with me tonight.
Great video Dave loved the side shot action of the ballast car. Glad you had help cribbing. Looked really good, How do you crib or tamp around the flange greaser..
Thank you very much Pappy for the very nice comment. We really
appreciate all your great comments and excellent support of
the channel my good friend. The greaser has been taken out,
moved off to the side and will get put back in service after
it's been cribbed and tamped up to my satisfaction. Was actually
cribbing that section today, took the greaser out yesterday.
Great job Dave! I really liked the video of the locomotive coming in and spreading rock! I hope to see the video of the camshaft being replaced - the engines on those things are amazing! It's insane how muddy the track gets over time. Are there certain areas that get muddier than others, or is the entire line about the same? Another quick question: do you do the maintenance on all of those hydraulic lines on your tamper? That looks like a job in itself!
Thanks so much my friend, really glad you enjoyed. Not sure
when the cam shaft video will be out. They did one on the SD 40-2
that I have footage of, was waiting for them to do it on #22 loco
to add that in, no schedule on when they will be coming for that.
You may not see it till sometime next year.
The really bad spot you saw here actually happened over a
short 3 week period. it was full of mud but not unlike the
rest of the section here. Then we had a ton of rain for those
3 weeks and that little piece just went south quick. There is
not set formula for how quickly a mud spot will turn really ugly.
We've actually had some mud spots that dried up over time
after tamping. Track is weird sometimes and keeps you on
your toes. Go along for years with no problems and all of
a sudden, wham track goes bad in a short time, you just never
know, just keep putting out fires as they arise.
Yes sir, I do 90% of the maintenance on the tamper. Fortunately
I have had little problems with the hydraulic lines since we
had this machine rebuilt in 2013. Knock on wood.
Nice video Dave!
Thank you Rick, Nice to have you join in with us and check
out the show today my friend.
👍Sir.
Your video is very perfect by seeing from everywhere of the view of your greate job.. I am your friend from India ❤️
Thank you T RAILWAY for the very kind words. We do so
appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Slow and sure gets the job done RIGHT!!!
What’s all the off track construction on curve 15 ? I see several cranes and a large building up on the hill…..
Small progress is better than no progress, but small adds up
your right Franklin. That wall is for a natural gas well site. It
is there to keep noise from going down in the valley. There is
a dairy farm right below it and cows lose milk production when
there's lots of loud noise. So it was very nice of the gas company
'to pay the expense to build that wall. There are thousands of
gas wells in this county but only a few have walls, others
are around residential areas.
Really Enjoyed your video looks great.! 👍😊
Very pleased to hear that Mark. We really appreciate your
taking the time to watch them my friend. Thanks so much
for stopping by tonight.
Looking good but there's a long way to go and it's never ending because of the grade on either side of the rail but great job great video thanks thanks Dave
Thanks Gary, hope you will watch the 4th video in this mini
series where we clean up the right of way. it's all beautiful now.
In that video I also tell you about the rosy future of this mine.
Coal is king here and gonna stay that way. Really appreciate
your checking out the show today my friend.
Hi Dave! Great video and a very happy Saturday to you my friend.
I love your attention to detail in your work
Very good quality.
Do the mine and railroad run 24 hours a day?
Thank you very much Johnathan for your very kind words.
We do appreciate your checking things out my friend. Yes
sir round the clock and the only days the mine doesn't run is Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Hi Dave I really enjoy your channel. How is the line signalled and how do you ensure there no conflicting movements. Is there a token system?
Great work for a great company,
Glad to hear you are enjoying Paddy Blaney. We have no signals
here. 1 track main and only 1 train running. We have a set of
safety rules to follow. Train is not allowed to leave either portal
unless and until they get a clear signal via radio transmission or
cell phone call from the track crew. Also track crew must alert
the train that we are on track. Train also calls out locations during
their trip at 3 different places. Contractors on track are
required to have a track crew member with them, not
required if they are working 15 feet off the side of the track.
I know too well how muddy spots ride, and it’s always like hooray! When it gets fixed and smooth…on my road we got an undercutter with a busted cutter chain….needless to say new ones are on mars and will takes ages to get here!
I can really relate to that John. The operators are all very
pleased, they feel a lot safer. Under cutters are amazing machines,
but they are very high maintenance. Those chains take a real
beating and are often breaking or wearing out. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today and checking out the show my friend.
Thanks for this video.
There should be a way to keep coal from falling on the tracks - may be a coal tray under each car.
Thank you Robin very glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate
your checking things out today and writing in my friend.
allrity finally everythings level. and no longer spongy. goodjob/!
Thanks for stopping by Cliff and taking in the presentation
today my good man.
Now the park looks nice, plant some flowers fake is ok they last longer any way.
All part of our track beautification program.... LOL Got
to keep the train operators happy. A happy employee is
a productive employee and an employee that works safer.
I bet they could feel the difference. Sure looked nice.
It certainly is a big improvement. I will take you on a locomotive
ride thru this section in the video after the next one on cleaning up
the right of way. Thanks so much for the kind words and for
watching today my friend.
Lookin good Dave! What is that large structure on the hill with 3 cranes?
Thanks Wilbur, appreciate your watching the video today.
That is a natural gas well site and the wall is to prevent noise
from coming down in the valley because there is a dairy farm
right below that and milking cows lose production from lots of
noise.
Great video. Track looks much better. I bet you wish you could get an undercutting machine in there. You could do the entire line in probably a month, or less.
Thanks Zach for the very nice words. Be sure to watch the
next video out on digging out mud and appreciation for railroaders,
I mentioned you in that one as a tribute to you for all the hard work
you've done on the railroad over the years.
@@ccrx6700 thank you very much. You didnt have to do that. I think.of you as a fellow railroader.
I am amazed at how much effort it takes to keep those rails in good condition! A quick question... roughly how long does it take for, example this curve, to go from freshly repaired and "the best stretch of track" to the condition you detailed in this miniseries? I'm sure there are areas that go bad much quicker than others. Any rough estimate? Keep up the great work!
We have our own unique set of challenges here. All jointed track
with an insane number of high degree curves along with leaky
hopper car doors and only 2 guys to maintain track trying to
work around trains. So yes we have a lot of maintenance to
do trying to keep track up.
How long this curve will hold track surface well, depends a good
bit on how much coal it accumulates and how fast that happens.
One car that opens it's doors coming down track and it
will fill this curve up with coal, then that soaks down into
the ballast and starts plugging drainage up quickly, then the
mud starts to come up. If coal never got into the track, then
track surface and ballast conditions here would last for
many decades or longer. No set formula on how long a track
section takes before it needs rehabilitation. Thanks so much
for watching and writing in today my good man.
You remind me of how the ATSF MOW'ers used to keep the El Paso Subdivision in similar conditon to what you keep this line up to. 😁😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you Stephen for the very kind words. That certainly is
quite a compliment to be spoken of in the same light as ATSF.
Really appreciate your checking out the show today and writing
in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 My pleasure sir.
I love the clicking/spitting sound the locomotive makes. Reddit says it's the spitter value or condenser blowing out moisture? Is that correct?
it is a spitter valve Andrew. They are plumbed into both air
reservoirs (one on each side of the loco). They are supposed
to help eliminate moisture from the compressed air however
in reality they don't work very well doing that. Sounds like a
hit and miss engine on steroids and really detracts from
the delightful sound of the EMD engine. But that's just my
opinion. Thanks for watching the video today my good man.
That’s a lot of work!! Is that section of track still open while you’re working or were you able to red flag it off for hours of uninterrupted work? (Sorry for all the questions. I work in light rail, so it’s just super interesting to compare all the differences between heavy rail and light rail maintenance.)
The train was not running that day after it's first trip thru, so we had all day track with no interruptions. Usually when a train is running
and I work behind it, I will call the train and inform him of a red track
behind. He is not allowed to leave either portal unless and until
I again give him a green indication. Also he is required to radio
call me with a 10 cars to load call so I can have time to
get off track so he can go thru. Always glad to share what
we do here with another railroader Andy
Anther interesting video thanks Dave.
Do you deal with RELAM in Ohio at all. If so do you if Carl Eberhardt is still going. I would guess he would have retired by now. Peter from Melbourne Australia.
Your very welcome Great Northern, glad you had a good time with
us. Last I heard, couple years ago, Carl was still there. But I also
heard RELAM was being sold and I do not know the current
status of that. Really appreciate your watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks Dave. I purchased several sets of Pandrol Jackson 6700 tampers and Knox Kershaw regulators from Carl over 10 years ago and shipped them to Australia. He was always helpful and great to deal with.
Very pretty track! Could almost run the ballast through the wash plant at the mine and get all the coal dust back. What is your next priority for down track time? Not just in terms of track, but also regarding machine and operator availability. Of course, as soon as you got your worst spot fixed you got a new worst spot right away, haha.
Thanks 2xKTfc. It does look really good compared to the ugly
it was. We still got miles of track that could be cribbed, after over
40 years of leaky hopper car doors, there is a lot of contaminated
cribs. Our former track boss did not do a very good job in
cribbing. It's only been in the past 3 years after he left that we
have made a major effort into ballast rehabilitation. In that time
I've done close to 4 miles of track! We do have a project at
curve 10 for a down time that will require us to cut out rail and
pull curve down from a 10 degree curve to a 5 degree curve,
need to pull the curve over about 16 inches to do that. Will
make a video on that when it happens.
@@ccrx6700 Dang cars always causing trouble. You'd think in 2022 someone had figured out doors that seal well but don't easily freeze closed. The train crews must feel a lot better running trains over that spot now. Moving a curve sounds like a major production that will fill multiple videos and overtime budgets.
@@2xKTfc 😊👍
This By drops a whole lotta hours into a few minutes here.
We know that was a full days work, shrunk down for our pleasure.
Yes there is a considerable amount of time that was edited
down. Whole project was over months and had over 30
individual videos to put together and cut stuff out. I could
have showed you hours of our work here. Thanks so much
for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700
"ccrx 6700 That's Video Editing!"
Do you look under the bridge for cracks of Timbers?
Yes I do Michael. I usually do a visual under the bridge inspection
about twice a year. What i look for in the timbers underneath is
not so much cracking but whether the timbers are soft.
You can tell this by the timbers moving up and down when
a train passes. Also on top of the bridge that's where you
would be concerned about cracks in the timber wood. That
will allow water to seep inside the timbers and start to rot
them from the inside out. Also on top of the bridge you
look at spikes, if they will not stay tight then that means
there is some soft wood.
All starts with good drainage
An old railroader once told me Peter, the 3 most important things to
know about track maintenance are: 1 drainage, 2 drainage, 3 more drainage. Keeping the water to run away from the track saves
so much in long term maintenance, and that is why we are
doing all this work here. Really appreciate your showing up tonight
to take in the video my good man.
Time to go to work
Thanks for taking the time to tune in and watch the video today
Wayne. Seems like it's always time to go to work on the RR.... :-)
Is there any way to install grey tile along side or under track for better drainage? Thanx Ken from gpt ms
We have never done that here Kenneth, it could be possible but
with a lot of work. I do shape the sides so the water will run
way off as you will see in the 4th video that is coming out in
this mini series. Thanks so much my friend for visiting with
me and taking in the show today.
Dave, why do the cars dump Cole on the tracks in the first place?
These cars get extreme use Frank and the doors and mechanisms that control the doors have a lot of wear and
tear on them. When a door gaps open a bit at the bottom it
spills coal into the track. All we haul here is coal, 6 trains per
24 hours 7 days a week. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave, is it a continuous battle with nature or if you get the drainage correct and geometry perfect will it stay in good condition for a long time?
Yes it is Rachel plus all the worn out hopper cars we have with
leaky doors contributing to the plugged up ballast. Track will
stay good until a car door opens up accidently and spills
a bunch more coal on my beautiful track. That actually happened
last year after I cribbed out the west end of this curve, made
me cry. Thanks for paying me a visit today and watching my friend.