Doodlebugs & Sperry Cars?

Sperry Cars roam the rails in countries all over the world. They look for defects the naked eye just can't see and help to prevent train accidents.
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[@kens.3729]

Hey Charlie. There are only two (2) TH-cam Channels that Routinely give us Information that NO other Channel dives into. Thanks for Covering this Topic. 👍

[@v12productions]

Thanks!!

[@RailsofForney]

Foamer moment:

[@WillamsonCountyRailfan]

I love thease videos i wish we got more weekly :/

[@SuperOwensTrainsYT]

Same

[@vuurvrproductions4656]

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[@v12productions]

I wish I could do one per week!

[@WillamsonCountyRailfan]

@@v12productions i understand you are a very busy person.

[@RailsofForney]

@@WillamsonCountyRailfanYrah…justt laern hauw too tipe.

[@stretchlimo7275]

Definitely learned something new about the Sperry cars, never knew that’s what they was used for. Excellent video, keep up the good work dude 👍🏼😎🇺🇸

[@v12productions]

Thanks, will do!

[@ReggieArford]

I'm surprised that you didn't offer a shot of the East Broad Top RR's "doodlebug", the M-1. It still sees occasional service. @@v12productions

[@markschloemer727]

Excellent video. I worked for Sperry many years ago. I started out on car #124 testing rail between Galesburg and Minneapolis on the BNSF. I then went to car #135 and tested from Minneapolis to Minot on CP Rail. My last car was #145 testing between Galesburg and KC on BNSF.

[@v12productions]

That's really cool! Thanks!

[@TheRealVastile]

There's a Sperry that I see parked behind a club building in town every few weeks or so. The crew must sleep when I drove by at 4am.
The rail I find them resting on seems like a pretty busy bit of line.

[@sharpola1]

I worked/lived on I think six different sperry cars between 2001 and 2011. And even though the big cars are fun to see, I can tell you switching to trucks makes for a much more comfortable life. Hotels with clean showers and clean sheets every night, instead of dirty smelly old sperry cars! Lol

[@JawTooth]

Awesome video! I got the Sperry In Indiana recently

[@bigrod_li]

Thanks for the knowledge! I came across Sperry Car SRS 129 last week. Was not quite sure what I was looking at and only snapped a few pictures of it. I had never seen one before.

[@DanHPage]

Charlie, great summary of this neat rail MOW car! Love the models! Thanks, Dan Page

[@v12productions]

Thanks Dan!

[@RailsofForney]

6:26 The GP60M is a beautiful locomotive. I wish more were produced.

[@ctloyd640]

I worked for Sperry 1983-84. Car 127, 145, and 132 I think were the numbers. Started in Lordsburg, NM went from there to Tucson,AZ. Then to Louisiana, Texas, Oklhoma, Colorado, to Brownsville,TX right up to Mata Morris, MX. Home to Illinois for Christmas and then to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Then to Septile Island Quebec, Labrador City, New Foundland. Back to Philly, and DC on the 110 mph Amtracks.
For a 19 year old kid, I saw a lot of country in a short time. Thing about trains, you rarely see the pretty parts of town.
They paid double minimum wage + a decent stipen. Usually 5 - 10 hrs OT. Good money for a single kid.

[@NicholasBlazonis]

i worked for them a few years back

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

The sperry cars were once doodlebugs before becoming the track inspection cars we all know. The railcars are all bright yellow. They're still used for track inspection today. The Sperry cars look good

[@FFred-us9tw]

Not all of them started out as retired Doodlebugs. Quite a few of them were built from scratch by Sperry.

[@Bassotronics]

I was kinda wondering what that yellow school bus on rails was about when I saw it on the CSX Cumberland terminal.
Thanks!

[@jenniferanderson4654]

Dear v12, those are gonna be historic and still operate in in future

[@marinablueGS]

Thanks for posting! Always interesting content to be found here. Looking forward to the video about the autonomous cars.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@ARP_GA]

Awesome video Charlie! Me and a few of my friends will be on the south end, and around Austell this weekend. Hope to see you around soon!

[@v12productions]

Thanks man!

[@wideslammer]

As always, another informative video.

[@chrislanglois7786]

Loudest thing I was ever a pilot on, the engine compartment protruded into the cab area, could even talk to the rtc without leaving the cab. the guy that ran the car had a real love for gold chains and told me about it, guess they must have paid these guys well. Any time we had to pull over for a meet we would fly remote control helicopters that they kept in the car or play video games and shoot at things with slingshots, fun days on the rails!!

[@pruittiii]

Great video, Charlie. I have never seen the Doodlebugs on the Lineville. The Geometry, yes, but never the Doodlebug.
I did get stopped one Sunday morning when the were putting a high rail on the Lineville between LaGrange and Warm Springs. It's not a quick process.

[@MattTheUPRailfan2006]

Wowsers, awesome Educational video of Sperry Car!!!

[@santafewarbonnetproductions]

I wish Walthers would make another run of these in ho scale

[@NE-Explorer]

Some of these instantly communicate defects to the back office and the back office sends slow orders through the PTC system back to the head end on locomotives following the Sperry and the back end may call for a track inspector right away.

[@kenvandevoort7820]

I found a Walthers car at a train sale. Now all I have to do is convert it to DCC.

[@jenniferanderson4654]

Hey again I saw 144 one day before I saw my first time returning to see Bnsf with Csx 4558,the former c&o ebleam unit with ns 1013 again bro very good location : Brunswick md

[@jeffreykornspan9053]

Thanks for the cool video. Would like to see the inside of that truck or rail car.

[@22NCRAILFAN23]

Nice Video V12!

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@AtlantaNorthDistrict_Railfan]

Nice video now I learned

[@jenniferanderson4654]

I saw Csx geometry caf at Brunswick the first time I returned there

[@usa_rail_productions]

Awesome video
I see them in Brunswick MD a lot👍

[@joTrains]

I’ve missed all the ones in Brunswick lol

[@rickdee67]

Great video, great channel

[@v12productions]

Thank you very much!

[@SantaFe19484]

Nice video!

[@paulkoza8652]

Hi Charlie, another great video. How often are the rails inspected? Also, I'm assuming that the inspection is only for main line and not for sidings.

[@v12productions]

I'm not sure about how often they do inspections with the Sperry Car, but I do know busy mainlines are supposed to get a hi-rail inspection at least twice per week.

[@sharpola1]

All tracks are tested periodically, frequency depends on annual gross tonnage

[@heeznutz946]

those are high speed cameras. irs bright under there because you need a lot of light when shooting at high speed.

[@FFred-us9tw]

Sperry cars do not utilize cameras for flaw detection. They use Ultrasonic and Induction technology to look for internal rail flaws. Surface flaws are documented by other technology not associated with Sperry or their trucks/cars.

[@sharpola1]

Sperry cars 100% do use cameras to look for defects, along with ultrasonic and induction

[@mijicalmagiemance8014]

doodlebug sounds like something from spongebob

[@vincentandhimi6990]

I was on a highway and saw a Sperry truck

[@jaybo3303]

Very interesting!

[@rexjamison2170]

thank you for de information

[@RAILFANNER128]

what they hell is this weird looking passenger car

[@railfaninacar]

Nice

[@johnalder6028]

Very interesting

[@madlinerose5038]

Always wonder what is the actual lifetime of a railroad tie made of creosoted wood? How do RR's legally dispose of used ties? What is the distance fron each side of a track that is railroad property? Are RR's legally responsible fo maintaining their rail sides of invasive weeds?😊

[@freedomfan4272]

ccrx 6700 That's railroadin could answer your question. Dave does track maintenance for a coal mining RR and post videos regularly

[@UnstoppableRailfan]

Nice!

[@Paulftate]

you sure that's not a hoochie coochie wagon

[@nancy8521]

Sweet

[@jenniferanderson4654]

It YN2/stealth

[@nickamandastjean1462]

Cool

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Cool.

[@SteamSagaLore]

what mic do you use?

[@v12productions]

Rode NT-USB for narration and a Sony ECM-44B for my on-camera shots.

[@SteamSagaLore]

@@v12productions nt-usb+ or NT-usb?
Thanks for replying btw!

[@railfankaleb645]

Does the goat reply

[@v12productions]

Sometimes

[@jacksonsdrones]

FIRST!

[@railfaninacar]

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[@mrtjbiga1784]

they need to upgrade them little silly horns ha

[@haroldalexis4200]

I like this video. I have a model of this in HO scale by WALTHERS since the 1990's. 🎥👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🛤🛤