Ballast Cleaner 001

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  • @blythkd9017
    @blythkd9017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Railroad equipment never ceases to amaze me. A friend of mine used to work in a railway shop. Occasionally we sit around in his shop drinking a cold beer and sharing stories. I really like the stories about the rail grinders. Of course, I don't recall all the details but there are a series of grinders that re-shape the worn rails in series at a pretty remarkable speed. Sounded like their biggest concern was setting the ties on fire.

    • @epistte
      @epistte 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are numerous videos of the Loram rail grinders on TH-cam.

  • @Bushguyrocks
    @Bushguyrocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    To save everybody a lot of time and scrolling through the comments, I will tell you what this machine does.
    It picks up all the rocks at the side of the track, separates out all the sand and dirt, which is discarded, washes the rocks, coats them with Armour-All so they retain their clean look for a long time, then lays the rock back down all aligned by the grain of the rock (scanned by lasers) for the best possible shine from the microcrystals in the rock. The shine is enhanced by the Armour-All coating. This is done strictly for safety purposes, so the lights from the train, together with the modified reflective surface of the rock enhance the visibility at night so the train engineer is able to spot small animals such as squirrels crossing the track, and is able to stop the train in time to let them cross safely. This rock cleaning operation they have done over thousands of miles of track has saved the lives of over 50 small animals such as squirrels. Very impressive record!

    • @DeathAngelHRA
      @DeathAngelHRA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They also apply New Rail scented track freshener in my town for the residents which are plagued with S.T.S. (stinky track syndrome) and have trouble breathing. I was surprised to read of them using Armour-All where you're from for the ballast. We don't have the budget for that,so we just use Aqua Net Super-Hold hairspray. It takes forever to apply by spray can,but it holds the rock together very stylishly and has a nice healthy sheen.

    • @davidroosa4561
      @davidroosa4561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Everybody knows that, we're not newbies here!!!!

    • @marylousherman5471
      @marylousherman5471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Random Guy...you'd make s great politician!

    • @ralok77380
      @ralok77380 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks captain obvious

    • @nickmalone3143
      @nickmalone3143 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Armor-all .. you be pulling my leg why do that ?

  • @charlesjackson2759
    @charlesjackson2759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I doubt they would stop a train because a squirrel or some other small animal is on the track. However, they might honk the horn to get them out of the way. Most train drivers don't concentrate that closely anyway to see small objects ahead on the track. It would cause too much fatigue over a several-hour train run.

  • @dang1861
    @dang1861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The things a human mind can invent, design and create always amazes me

    • @thelearningchannel3014
      @thelearningchannel3014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine to the creative creatare who create to the genius humen so how much genius it Will be.

  • @traintools585
    @traintools585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Saw one of these a few years ago. Was at the railroad crossing, so had to wait for it to finish and clear the crossing (idiot me didn't think to grab my phone and video it). One of the worker came over and talked to us. It sifts dirt, small rock and other debris from the ballast and puts it off to the side and returns the ballast back to the track side. Clean ballast drains better. Wish I could remember the cost he said it was, but very expensive.

    • @Deere2154D
      @Deere2154D 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So is making ballast rock.

  • @fredbentley4944
    @fredbentley4944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very cool machine. I don't think anything like that has ever been used on any track within 100 miles of here where I am at.
    The machines they used around here wore hard hats and carried lunch buckets LOL.

  • @СумеречныйхранительНавсегда

    Awesome Cool Video

  • @RollingEasy
    @RollingEasy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ok Ballast cleaning. But what exactly is happening. What was before this machine and what is after it has passed by doing its thing? I was actually out walking a rail line a few days ago picking up hundreds of old rail spikes as they are great steel for all kinds of jobs and projects on a lathe. I could see that so many were mixed in with new ballast when new concrete sleepers had been laid. Personally I'm glad there were no massive magnets picking up all the steel because I got heaps and its great stuff.

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spikes are soft steel and rail, plates, anchors, and bolts are harder steel.

  • @billhouse8199
    @billhouse8199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was awesome did think they did that.

  • @clanzocu390
    @clanzocu390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just throwing this out there... If you guys have questions about working on one of these just shoot me a line, I worked a few weeks on BC-11 and spent the majority of my time on BC-10 from a groundsman (walking in ffront calling out everything) to B cab(shapes the ballast and controls everything back of the hopper) and A cab ( drove the train and operated the digging wheels and shaker).

  • @roberthenry9319
    @roberthenry9319 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They stop a 1,000 ft. + freight train for a squirrel? Really? That's gotta be one fast stopping train and one very slow squirrel.

  • @ssweeps
    @ssweeps 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice catch!

  • @superstarmcgee1128
    @superstarmcgee1128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They need to make this machine for scale model railroad systems! Would make building it more fun and less annoying.

  • @hunterriley9904
    @hunterriley9904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jeez what a damn machine ! Cool😎

  • @jnolette1030
    @jnolette1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Total beast

  • @gudurumohanprabhakar7660
    @gudurumohanprabhakar7660 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very very good technology

  • @austinmiller3497
    @austinmiller3497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow that is pretty cool I have never seen a ballast cleaner before I wonder if all the railroads including the Ohio Central railroad and the Columbus and Ohio River railroad has one of those

  • @scrappiron6307
    @scrappiron6307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well that's neat as all get out
    Tks 4 the vid

  • @cnote4461
    @cnote4461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've seen one in person back in the 90's at a rail crossing. But how is it actually "cleaning"? I see rocks from the track side scooped up, looks like their filtered then put back. Why the filtering, and the clean rock on a dump car? This machine is always interesting to watch...but I can never understand fully what it does.

    • @RangieNZ
      @RangieNZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The junk comes off the last conveyor and is dropped next to the ballast. 1:22

    • @Ragnar8504
      @Ragnar8504 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RangieNZ Yeah, basically it's sifting out any smaller particles and only allows the good ballast to go back.

    • @donnebes9421
      @donnebes9421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It picks rocks up and it puts rocks down.

    • @y0urm0mmy1
      @y0urm0mmy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the smaller and smoother rocks fall through the cracks... those get discarded. the good ballast flows back down. they have a cart of good ballast to replenish the tracks when the returned ballast is too little to make it proper fill

  • @ronaldperry9032
    @ronaldperry9032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd sure like to see the inside of that cab..

  • @jessieblanton9547
    @jessieblanton9547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THIS WORK NEED TO BE DONE IN NORTH CAROLINA BIG TIME.

  • @leoleduna85
    @leoleduna85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a machine ...

  • @hendisetiadi9936
    @hendisetiadi9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Machine, good

  • @joerobbins6318
    @joerobbins6318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a cool peice of equipment, I've always wanted to know how they done that, I didn't think it was done by hand

  • @ron827
    @ron827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now I know what I forgot to do, clean my ballast.

  • @galenrichard5706
    @galenrichard5706 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video

  • @stephenkirby6983
    @stephenkirby6983 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Took a while for the operators to realise that the dirty ballast was going back down on the far side of the track!
    The ballast doesn't look that dirty to start with, is this an important line?

    • @rushmore120
      @rushmore120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When I was a freight car inspector I saw these crews doing the same thing in the yards I worked..When the hopper car was full of the old ballast they wouldn't get another car, they'd just let the rocks fall to both sides of the track they were cleaning and we, the car inspectors, would have to walk on the big ass rocks to inspect the trains...Not good....

  • @sergiochavez9577
    @sergiochavez9577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What, this is awesome smart people,,👍👌👍

  • @markhall7646
    @markhall7646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Occasionally I fancy having my ballast cleaned and tamped. I think I'd feel pretty afterward.

    • @coldblue9mm
      @coldblue9mm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Hall I think you ate too many tie plugs in the old tool house.

  • @christopher8187
    @christopher8187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So is this SPECIFICALLY for rails where coal is run. They dig up the ballast and redistribute so water can drain?

  • @scotthayes5933
    @scotthayes5933 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A lot of fun to watch, if you're a railfan

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How much gold did they get in the sluice box?

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hundreds of ounces per day, plus diamonds.

  • @Hornhausen
    @Hornhausen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video.

  • @ryanfrogz
    @ryanfrogz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That thing can stop really fast! I wish my car was like that lol...

    • @thenexusmedia29
      @thenexusmedia29 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was thinking exactly the same. 😁

    • @y0urm0mmy1
      @y0urm0mmy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thenexusmedia29 well it does have 2 beaty claws dug into the groups and they appear to be going up hill

  • @dragonmeddler2152
    @dragonmeddler2152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the purpose of cleaning the rail ballast? Do scrubbed rocks make better ballast?

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to pick up the gold and diamonds that fell out of the coal trains that pass thru.

  • @scotthayes5933
    @scotthayes5933 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wish I could find one of these monsters in N-Scale for my model railroad.

  • @Longshadowsmodeltrees
    @Longshadowsmodeltrees 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That guy got some ball's being in there. I've seen that thing in the Tehachapi's working.
    Bob ;{)

  • @bicanroman
    @bicanroman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow.never seen anything like it.cool

  • @jamesshanks2614
    @jamesshanks2614 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is a common practice especially in mountain territory to keep good drainage. Where do you suppose all the sand the locomotive's put down for better traction goes? It drops into the ballast and stops water from flowing freely through the ballast so you need to clean it. You PRR fans, ever wonder why the PRR lines sat on several feet of ballast? Before ballast cleaners were invented the only way to ensure good drainage was to lay down a new layer of fresh ballast. Now the machine in this video is a shoulder ballast cleaner but to clean all the ballast you use a undercutting ballast cleaner which removes all the ballast up to a depth of 36 inches below the ties. When they brought in 2 undercutter cleaners there first pass the operators removed 36 inches of ballast and were running too fast to properly clean it so 90 percent of the removed ballast was wasted as spoil on the side of the right of way.2.9 miles of mainline mountain railroad of service for a month until over 300,000 tons of new ballast were brought in to fix the screwup. The railroad assigned track supervisors to closely watch what the contract ballast cleaners were doing and the track was usually returned to service by the end of the day. We used 200 modified old cement hoppers to dump the ballast one 100 car train was loading while one was being dumped. The quarry where we loaded the ballast was less than 20 mile away.

    • @cartman4885
      @cartman4885 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was going to ask why but you explained it very well.....thanks

    • @winkieman666
      @winkieman666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cartman4885 ditto

    • @nghialac5859
      @nghialac5859 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      News
      News

    • @IcelanderUSer
      @IcelanderUSer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So you’re saying the ballast cleaner removed three feet of sand? If the tracks had never been cleaned wouldn’t the cleaning job have lowered the track height? Which was to be expected? Or was it important to keep the track height the same which explained the new ballast being brought in. If they were dumping ballast on the side why couldn’t they just use that ballast? Why bring in new ballast? Just wondering.

    • @ScoutCrafter
      @ScoutCrafter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello James! Thanks very much for the excellent description and information! Really appreciate it!

  • @CrusherFitter
    @CrusherFitter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There they clean the track ballast and in NW England they don’t even clean inside the trains

  • @sighpocket5
    @sighpocket5 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice!!!!(thanks!)

  • @The301trainman
    @The301trainman 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a great place .. Thank you

  • @sumantkumar611
    @sumantkumar611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice videos bhai

  • @SWSimpson
    @SWSimpson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So, it picks up "ballast" from off of the side of the tracks, washes it and puts it back?

    • @clanzocu390
      @clanzocu390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not washes, we would just send it through a hopper that had 3 levels and 5 screen sizes that would shake the dirt and sand off the ballast, then boom backonto the track to be shaped

    • @Ragnar8504
      @Ragnar8504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@clanzocu390 Some cleaners also wash it to get any fine dust off. I do see a tank car, so this one might as well.

  • @craig11152
    @craig11152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reading the comments I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know what it does....other than create a couple jobs. There must be something about it don't see.

    • @brendenvosper7772
      @brendenvosper7772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s a shoulder ballast cleaner. It cleans the drainage path from the end of the tie and prevents water pooling under the tie where it can pump and destroy the geometry.
      It’s advantage is it does not disturb the track and is low cost. It’s a cyclic maintenance activity. The alternative is full track rebuilds with 50 times the cost and with it disruption to traffic etc.
      These have a place in the selection of tools to maintain the track.

    • @craig11152
      @craig11152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brendenvosper7772 Thanks for the explanation. 👍

  • @dacuzzz
    @dacuzzz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    great video...thanks or sharing
    vinny

  • @zubairahmed11111
    @zubairahmed11111 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding

  • @bobwarren3898
    @bobwarren3898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only a railroad could invent and actually use equipment like that.

  • @jayswarrow1196
    @jayswarrow1196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As much as i love complicated railway machinery, i don't really see the purpose of this.
    It doesn't make it look clean, it doesn't seem to remove earth from the mix, and all it does is just cultivating, which ruins all the integrity, that rocks gained with time, laying in shape.
    Correct me here, please.

    • @phatsdonahue2516
      @phatsdonahue2516 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jay Swarrow , dude, exactly. Unless it's specifically picking up railroad spikes and such after said components have been replaced. Other wise this does look useless.

    • @Shadowtiger2564
      @Shadowtiger2564 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It improves drainage. Its a part of a set, one of the trains that goes though after repacks the ballast

  • @edisoneladiosanchezluarte633
    @edisoneladiosanchezluarte633 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    QUE INTELIGENTE EL QUE INVENTÓ ESA MÁQUINA SUPERDOTADO

  • @farmerdave7965
    @farmerdave7965 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching ballast being cleaned is oddly satisfying.

  • @VasjaLar
    @VasjaLar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    очень, очень, очень, большое, большое, большое спасибо!!! давайте всё ремонтировать!! давайте всё налаживать!! не будем разрушать!!! хватит разрушать!!! ) хватит!!!

  • @9501599
    @9501599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What country is this in? Cheers

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do they sent a tamper in afterwards?

  • @gulhusain6015
    @gulhusain6015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone tell me what's the purpose of cleaning ballast

  • @GERRYMALONEY47
    @GERRYMALONEY47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was cleaner and brighter looking before they cleaned it and put it down

    • @tamugrad2007
      @tamugrad2007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its functional, not aesthetic.

  • @OskiTrains
    @OskiTrains 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @huntermac7058
    @huntermac7058 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A couple of questions.... why don't they just call it rocks instead of ballast? Why do the rocks appear to be even more dirty after they are "cleaned"? Why can't they use pavement to lay the ties on instead of rock?

    • @GWR4079
      @GWR4079 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hunter Mac ballast spreads loads and the ballast holds the track in place while allowing water to soak away

    • @trainman3801
      @trainman3801 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ballast is a general name given to any material that provides stability to a structure or vehicle. They could bolt the rails to concrete and it is done in some cases like underground railways but above ground the ballast helps with drainage, holds the track in place and absorbs some vibration from passing trains. Cleaning it removes dirt and other contaminants that could prevent water draining away, which if not fixed causes a buildup of mud in the ballast which if left long enough can force trains to slow down as they pass over the dip in the track the mud buildup can cause.

    • @iqbalbabvani8424
      @iqbalbabvani8424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      बालास्ट can absorb and registive also can bare he
      Hvest whait.

  • @popovroman7108
    @popovroman7108 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Кто то может обьяснить смысл этого убер девайса?)

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What does clean ballast do that dirty ballast does not?

  • @machinesundtrailers4804
    @machinesundtrailers4804 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great vid...in what country are these guys?

    • @clanzocu390
      @clanzocu390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LORAM operates mainly in the US and CANADA but I know a few years back we bought a UK company to startoperating over there and I know we set trains to china, brazil, mexico, germany and one or 2 other countries.

  • @simontaylor2319
    @simontaylor2319 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing machine

  • @tonymeman8405
    @tonymeman8405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesn't this ballast cleaner also take the ballast from underneath of the ties? In the video it appears that it's only cleaning what's left and right of the track.

  • @davidurban6813
    @davidurban6813 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How often do they do this for CN?

  • @rexluminus9867
    @rexluminus9867 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow ! *That's a complex operating sistem ! Thanks.

  • @cesarjulioquimbaya301
    @cesarjulioquimbaya301 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    quien sabe donde vendran pues a Colombia no han llegado todavia.pues por carbon que no lo hagan aca hay de sobra

  • @ATOM09
    @ATOM09 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So railroad rocks are called ballast?

    • @elektro4156
      @elektro4156 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ATOM09 Lm?,

    • @aaronballeck3153
      @aaronballeck3153 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @aaronballeck3153
      @aaronballeck3153 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      jerry arnold we use limestone in northwest Colorado

    • @aaronballeck3153
      @aaronballeck3153 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      jerry arnold for "private" coal spurs here. Maybe that's why.

    • @rvnmedic1968
      @rvnmedic1968 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I worked on a track repair crew, it was also called stone. They bought stone from a rock quarry and then we "dropped stone" on the rails, followed by the ballast tamper machine.

  • @joeboscarino2380
    @joeboscarino2380 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pick it up , run through a couple of conveyors , put back where it was ?

    • @Deere2154D
      @Deere2154D 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Screening out oversize by looks of it.

    • @y0urm0mmy1
      @y0urm0mmy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Deere2154D screening out the undersized :-)

    • @Deere2154D
      @Deere2154D 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@y0urm0mmy1 both i would imagine. Oversize being branches and what not, fines would be dust and needles and so forth. Not that I would know just worked on a crushing plant.

  • @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555
    @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about cleaning the ballast between the ties?

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That machine is an undercutter. It has a chain that travels under the ties, drags the ballast out and up to the screens before the ballast is shaken to remove the dirt and fines before directing the ballast back to the track. If the ballast is too dirty or broken down, the ballast can be dumped off the side and replaced with new. A trench has to be dug from one side of the track to the other and the chain threaded through the trench and hooked together to start or separated to end. Both of these processes are expensive but not nearly so as to dismantle the track and scoop out the ballast and rebuild the track.

    • @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555
      @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@royreynolds108 looked again .... and I'm still not seeing the ballast "underneath" the ties getting dragged out. Could just be simply that a correct camera angle is not present.
      I would also think that if it's being cleaned out underneath the ties that the track would have to be suspended, no?

  • @nickmalone3143
    @nickmalone3143 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gondola is full ...now what ?

  • @JohnBoyDeere
    @JohnBoyDeere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Roof air conditioners are mounted backwards, not very aerodynamic that way, har...

    • @dhbdbdhxhxh5984
      @dhbdbdhxhxh5984 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ព. ្ៀ៉, លក

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      These machines don't travel very fast working and only about 30 to 45 mph travelling.

  • @canalblocoemcaixeronaldoem8927
    @canalblocoemcaixeronaldoem8927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏🙏🙏🙏💪💪

  • @arbigdog73
    @arbigdog73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do you need to "Clean" rock?

  • @markthompsoncpa
    @markthompsoncpa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It cleans the rocks???????????

    • @clanzocu390
      @clanzocu390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its a ballast cleaner, It scoops it up and runs it through a shaker that has 3 levels and 6 different screen sizes, the dirt falls to the very bottomand is dumped on the "waste swing" and the ballast falls into the hoppers which drops it for "B cab" to re shape it up to the ties and so it drains properly... ( I worked on BC10 for a few years)

  • @enriquepais859
    @enriquepais859 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Increible tres operarios si fuera uruguay tendria 20 i las piedras las echan a mano ja ja ja ja

  • @markpalkowski9673
    @markpalkowski9673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can i get one in ho scale? lol

  • @fernandosalas8589
    @fernandosalas8589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More like ballast re-alingment.

  • @tomjones4318
    @tomjones4318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody know what the reason for this is?

    • @kevineich5029
      @kevineich5029 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The purpose is to remove dirt and "fines" (small stones) from the ballast that trap water and result in poor drainage. It improves the drainage capability of the ballast.

    • @tomjones4318
      @tomjones4318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevineich5029 OK thank you. Yes I understand with wood ties. But only a small percentage is treated. At the end grain at least.

  • @ExploringCabinsandMines
    @ExploringCabinsandMines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what's the point of cleaning 1 foot on each side of an 8 foot wide gravel track ?

    • @Ragnar8504
      @Ragnar8504 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it works like the other one I've seen a video on it digs out the entire width of the ballast, from unterneath the sleepers and scoops it up on one side.

  • @ianclampin103
    @ianclampin103 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, but what's the point, the ballast looked fine to begin with?

    • @spuriouseffect
      @spuriouseffect 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It gets filled up with silt and sand, and doesn't allow water to flow away from the ties. You can see all the debris being ejected at 1:20.

    • @ianclampin103
      @ianclampin103 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the reply, it makes sense now.

  • @ZekeTheElder
    @ZekeTheElder 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't get it. Why would you want to clean ballast?

    • @y0urm0mmy1
      @y0urm0mmy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      better drainage... it gets rid of the sand and small rocks that fill in the cracks between the big rocks

  • @jacksagrafsky4936
    @jacksagrafsky4936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We must keep our Ballast clean now, you know. Cant have dirty Ballast, it just makes for an untidy rail system.

  • @FUTURAGAEL
    @FUTURAGAEL 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Similar the model Plasser & Theurer RM-80-UHR

  • @moethettin8781
    @moethettin8781 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is in america?

    • @banjol4595
      @banjol4595  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, In the state of Georgia.

  • @vovan8547
    @vovan8547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Perfecto!

  • @markhall7646
    @markhall7646 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    After all, what else is ballast for?!

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To hold the track to elevation, grade, and line besides spreading the high loads from the ties to the ground so the ties don't sink into the grade. Also to provide drainage so the grade does not become saturated and make mud.

  • @KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS
    @KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh awesome, automatic machines.

  • @reginaldomartins4155
    @reginaldomartins4155 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @mariog4433
    @mariog4433 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do they need to clean the rocks ??

    • @AMacProOwner
      @AMacProOwner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mario G So things don't grow on them and damage the rail.

    • @aaronballeck3153
      @aaronballeck3153 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Drainage

    • @bobhenshall6544
      @bobhenshall6544 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes it look pretty. Nobody wants dirty ballast !

  • @jessieblanton9875
    @jessieblanton9875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ever rail road needs this did bad clevland country

  • @dochallenstein676
    @dochallenstein676 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is in ballast that needs to be cleaned out?

    • @SillyPutty3700
      @SillyPutty3700 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sand

    • @aaronballeck3153
      @aaronballeck3153 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Drainage to prevent tie rot and water buildup

    • @rogertycholiz2218
      @rogertycholiz2218 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The crushed stone ballast gets contaminated by sand and debris and prevents proper drainage.

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rocks of the ballast will also break down and erode besides sand and dirt getting in.

  • @levistocco9304
    @levistocco9304 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enquanto isso no Brasil eles acabam com as linhas fazendo avenida

  • @ПегийДудочник-с1г
    @ПегийДудочник-с1г 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Вопрос: зачем в принципе балласт чистить? Ну испачкался и хуле? лежит себе и лежит, с ним же чай-то не пить...

    • @СтаниславРябинкин-б7с
      @СтаниславРябинкин-б7с 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Бабло отомывают
      Или удаляют какашки от проходящих пассажирских поездов

    • @vovik313
      @vovik313 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@СтаниславРябинкин-б7с там, где эта машина работает, люди уже забыли, как это сбрасывать нечистоты на рельсы. Там давно биотуалеты в поездах.

  • @oldoffy4408
    @oldoffy4408 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    _Oh Lioneeel...._ _MTH...._

  • @Iankmuin
    @Iankmuin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice

  • @terrysturgill
    @terrysturgill 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha didn't sound like A Cab went out of work and idoled down .

    • @oldman2525
      @oldman2525 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      they did at 3:20 you can see the exhaust flap go down cant hear the buzzer because of the generator

  • @marryellen7713
    @marryellen7713 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    It does nothing for the ballast between the rails.

    • @paulbeach7129
      @paulbeach7129 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marry Ellen This machine is called an under cutter. There is a chain in front that pulls rock out from under, and in between the ties to the outside for the bucket wheels to dump into the screening plant.

    • @marryellen7713
      @marryellen7713 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would sure like to see that machine working.

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marryellen7713 There are some videos of this operation.

  • @merlinjust4753
    @merlinjust4753 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why don’t they load the back of the salvage ballast first, then they could see without looking over the pile.

  • @АлексейСурнаев-т8ч
    @АлексейСурнаев-т8ч 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Вот оно, пересыпание из пустого в порожнее.

    • @Юрий-т5ж9р
      @Юрий-т5ж9р 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Да при этом ещё приворовывают.

  • @javiercruzcabrera9159
    @javiercruzcabrera9159 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Que sera eso