Worlds largest track layer in 2011 - Plasser & Theurer SVM1000 Infranord at Haparandabanan, Sweden
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- In Kalix, Sweden they have build a new railroad between Kalix and Haparanda (Haparandabanan) 42km new railway
I was with a friend there last week in september 2011 and filmed the machine that lay down the track. A SVM 1000 from Plasser & Theurer.
There is two machine of this model in the world and this is the only one in Europe!
And at least in 2011 it was worlds largest track layer ;)
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Modärna Rallare
Världens största spårläggare lägger spåret för den nya delen av nya Haparandabanan mellan Kalix och Haparanda en sträcka på 42km
Rälsläggaren är en Plasser & Theurer SVM1000 ägs av Infranord och fins endast 2st sådana i världen den andra är i Austraulien.
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Very cool stuff there...was hoping to see the joints get welded together
You won't. All they need for this track-laying machine is to get the rail-ends together and secured by the Pandrol clips so the sleeper wagons can run onto the next section of CWR. After the tracklaying is complete, they pull the rail ends together with hydraulic power to a pre-determined tension then thermit-weld the butt-joint.
@@fergusmoffat1760 WELL SAID - the best part is "thermit-weld the butt-joint" w/ asterisk on (: thermit :)
@@NenadKralj Fe2O3 + 2 Al → 2 Fe + Al2O3 means never having to say you're sorry :D
@@mrz80 Thanks guys its like Fergus sad and here are a clip on the termite welding but Not mine clip th-cam.com/video/5uxsFglz2ig/w-d-xo.html
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This machine travels faster than the the actual trains in the UK.
Wow..I am an Engineer and this is a Marvel of man made ingenuity. In my area of Canada I have never seen railway tracks that weren't made of wood ties. I can only imagine the hours and labor this machine replaces with conventional means..Great Video..:)
Thanks Glad that this old video can still be appreciated :)
The labour is exactly what I figured would be hardest to achieve.
Am wondering if the Earth-works (movement mostly) would now be the most labour-intensive aspect of the process.
Funny thing is, we could make a machine that does all the job by itself. The road cutting, the road grading the tracks and cleanup. All automated, you just have to feed it components.
And as a matter of fact... we do, just not on the surface, and it's called a TBM. Those machines do it all (some, not all). They cut the road, they install tunnel walls, they clean up and lay track that they ride on.
It's wednesday night, time to watch some industrial machinery do a thing
It's Wednesday, my dudes. OOOOOHHHH
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it’s wednesday night, really
Apparently Friday nights are when I do said thing. :(
I can remember seeing men lay track by hand when I was a little kid. It was interesting to watch them & listen to them sing while they worked.
To keep the guys with the sledgehammers in sync with the guys with the "nails" then I understand!?
@@Bratfalken they sang driving the spikes & moving the rails. The singing set the timing of their movements. Like sailors used to do on sailing ships.
That machine is incredible. Wow 😯 I was very interested and pleased to watch. Times have changed
Even with all this computer controlled giant hydraulic machinery, it still comes down to a bunch of guys whacking things with sledge hammers! LOL
Yea, but now it's only 2 guys with a sledgehammer. As opposed to 20,000 guys with sledgehammers, pickaxes, shovels, and horses!
@@vienna11215 Exactly ☺
That's why kids these days should choose skilled labor courses in college or technical school because it will take several more decades before these types of job become automated unlike white collar jobs that are now being replaced because of Artificial Intelligence.
@@vienna11215 the way things are going, it will be again...
@@Nemesis_T_Type
What. And not go into debt for 120k after 4 years of gender studies only to come out and be a barista at Starbucks. Eventually the folks who actually work and don't sit behind a desk are going to leave the do nothing's behind.
Fantastic. Human ingenuity knows no bounds. Imagine the blood, sweat and tears involved in doing this in the past.
And life, back then there was a number of how many people died on each construction site, whereas now it's very rare and there's a lawsuit if someone dies
This is beyond fasinating!!! What a phenomenal piece of machinery!!!!!
Wow that is such a cool machine, sure makes track laying a breeze, just surprised the rails aren't bolted together. Thanks for sharing the video.
A gap is left because of expansion during hot weather, which could lead rails to bend causing an accident.
A beautiful piece of machinery...I love it!
Very well done, especially the close-ups bringing the rail together. Thanks !
Mycket bra gjort, särskilt närbilder föra skenorna samman. Tack!
Wow, this is so much easier and faster than the track laying team I saw in Blazing Saddles!
"Excuse me while I whip this out."
Tack för videon! kul att se att infranord har det bästa utav det bästa. Även intressant och ytterst lärorikt för mig som blivande projektör.
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Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.
You guys did a great Job Putting the tracks together and it was a Awesome video too.
Fascinating. Great to see the railroad industry still alive and well in Sweden. Thanks for posting.
Austria is not Sweden.
@@Baerchenization Who said anything about Austria? The video title and description said this was in Sweden.
@@geekverve Because the railroad industry in not alive and well in Sweden, but in Austria. They build tracks everywhere in the world, not only in Sweden - the industry in question is that of the MACHINE.
@@Baerchenization They're laying track in Sweden. Presumably that means there is railroad industry in Sweden.
@@geekverve Look. They are laying tracks in EVERY country, that is the most normal thing, as infrastructure gets gradually developed everywhere. So saying that a 1st world nation in Europe is having an alive and well railroad industry does not make sense in any other context, unless you somehow expected Sweden for some weird reason to NOT maintain/extend their network, for which there is absolutely no reason, unless you are out of touch...
That's a brilliant idea! Imagine the manual handling injuries avoided by this!
This doesn’t work so good on short sidings.
The machine is longer than the siding!
@@dangeary2134well in sidings they often use wooden ties and smaller machines the size of wheelbogies.
wow, this is amazing. thats some incredible machinery
It is designed and built in Austria.
Mesmerizing. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing machine! Thanks for sharing!
I am very impressed with your video. It is self explanatory and covered the important details of the process. Very informative.
Thanks it pleases me to hear when I'm trying to get my films as informative as possible and not just only a one minute with disjointed clips
Did you edit this or was it raw footage?
1961casey its are some editing the Slipers are was recorded a few weeks earlier and some stops is shortened :)
Incredible bit of engineering there.
Excellent film documentation, clarity and sound. Gives a person a sense of being there with all the sights and sounds. I have seen similar pieces of machinery but this one is top notch. Such engineering!! Magnificent! Thank you!!!
Thanks :) incredible it's 6 years since this video :)
Just another nail in the coffin of the working man!
There are a lot of very clever people in the world, and this video is amazing ! I didn't see any track welding going on though ? Very good 👍 and informative video, thank you.
I don't think it's too clever putting alot of criminals and drug abusers out of bussiness. But I could be wrong, but not likely wrong..
Great Video.
Now that is incredible....and awesome!
No matter how good mankind makes the machine,it still needs human input to complete the task. Brilliant video non the same!
I like this. The biggest, badass, most technologycal advanced machine and a man with a hammer.
kof ola ... It´s Tor (the Scandinavian name for Thor) with his earthly hammer !!!
Tor or Jeremy Clarkson
It’s not very often that you see a Railroad being built, with concrete ties, and machinery doing all the work, hard to believe over 100 years ago when it was a man with Big hammers hammering The rails onto the wooden ties, this video is very educational and I believe a lot of kids can learn something from this, keep posting videos like these as a train photographer, it’s hard to find anything like this happening..
Thanks for the kind words :) Yes it was an Unusually , construction work for me too, so it is nice to have it documented :) For me are road works and diggers more common for me ;) about the concrete ties I think that all the new or renovated tracks in Sweden have concrete ties But there is certainly a better insight that can answer that.
@@bm1113: Thank you for making a very educational as well as entertaining video that shows the advances in automation in our culture.
Incredibly satisfying to watch.. :)
Truly remarkable ! I’m going to have to show the kids !!
Very interesting video thanks for posting
Very very good to indianrailways
Incredible machine from Austria.
I knew a good ol guy that did railway installation the hard way . He used to say that 2 guys would double time slamming in rail spike's and that there was a certain technique to shoveling the rocks . His name was Steven Owens he was a hell of a good man. He died of alcohol consumption about 2 years ago. I spent many good times with him before he passed. RIP STEVE your missed immensely. Your friend Leonard.
Great video. I truly appreciate the lack of commercials.
Swedes are not much in favor of being interrupted while doing their IKEA, sex and watching TV.
A train on top of a train? What sorcery is this!
+So1othurn Only the well trained are allowed to train a trainee to operate a train on a train.
+newstart49 You are a cunning linguist! And not to be confused with a cunnilingus!
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Thank you for sharing. I live near the railway for the port of Charleston. Watching some of the Maintenance taking place is amazing.
Maintenance is a thankless job. 23 year experience.
Amazing machine. Certainly simplifies track laying.
A great way to lay down sleepers and tracks, a very interesting and technological change in the way that tracks are layed and so efficiently done.
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top stuff, great video thanks
Thanks :)
Nice video, how many miles can you do in a day work. They were moving right along a crew that knows how to work together just awesome.
This is pretty dang amazing...
Saw one of these in action on vacation in SW Minnesota back in 1988. Had to stop by the side of the road just to see it run! Only, the one I watched would lift the rail, pull out the spikes, discard the old tie, insert a new tie, tamp the gravel, then spike the new tie to the rail. And on and on. Hypnotic.
thats one amazing machine
Technology fascinates me!
Big ships engines
Who can watch these wonders, and remain unmoved!!!?
I think today we have not only one machine for Europe. In Germany alone we have a lot of track works for the moment. But it's amazing to see the size and power.
I believe you are right
How come none of the tie springs were pushed in, to lock down each end of the rails? I kept thinking the rails were about to fall over because they weren't secured! :(
+RangieNZ they need to adjust the gauge and after that one of these come th-cam.com/video/sGlcbZQw3c8/w-d-xo.html
Amaizing! Hello from Romania! 1 like!
Wow, didn't know such machine exists... Very nice...
what a clever machine,also the person who sat down and designed it. thank you for the video.
Thanks
Well it was originally designed and built in New Zealand in the 70s At Easttown workshops The national equiptment manger at the time was Dave Mitchell who went on to work for Plasser Australia I think We towed ours with a D7 Bulldozer, and I operated the gantry for 10 years we could lay 700 sleepers an hour with good bed
Rare footage, well done.
jpsholland not rare enough.
Great Vid. I wish it showed the rail connection method and the ballast finishing. Great anyway. Thank you!
Yes I thought the same thing! Still a cool video though
One word: fantastic.
Great work!!!!
Quarantine -
"Hey hon, you watching a movie?"
"Nope. Something even better."
That was so 😎 that was the first time ever seeing that done. Thank you great job.
Thanks Glad this almost 10 year old is still interesting :)
This kind of thing seems like it would be one of the coolest jobs in the world! :)
O sucesso da construção de ferrovias na idade contemporânea... quando veremos aqui? Máquinas no trabalho o sucesso da tecnológica e da ciência mecânica.
Cool!!! One question on the location of rail joints. It makes sense in terms of install speed to align the two weld points (since the equipment has to basically stop to position the new rail segment), but even with thermite welding, aren't you pairing up your likely failure points? And another question: How does any welded-rail system handle the tendency of steel to expand or contract with changes in ambient temperature?
I HAD THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE JOINTS TOO. BUT ALSO, WHY PUT THE JOINTS IN BETWEEN THE RAIL TIES INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE THE TWO ENDS OF THE RAILS ON THE TIES THEMSELVES? WOULDN'T IT BE STRONGER ON THE TIES FOR MORE SUPPORT? I KNOW THAT TRAIN'S ARE NOT LIGHT BY ANY MEANS, EVEN IF IT IS PULLING EMPTY CARS.
@@arynschroeder4059 no need to shout, but if you looked the joints on either side were in 2 different spots not directly across and as previously mentioned the weld or joint is actually stronger
@@arynschroeder4059 cost benefit of time/luck of where the joints are. To make sure all rail joints are on top of a support is like an entire other universe of planning which starts to eat away at the system theyve made to automate this process as much as they have. Welding is fantastic enough in our current day that im sure the risk is negligible. Everything has to be welded already, no matter what, so if you can assure the welding half of the project is secure then you can take it off of the checklist that the rail machine has to perform and thats savings
The big rig of the week!
I saw a similar machine laying track on UP in Cochise County AZ. It amazed me. It was pulled by Cat tracked loader.
Great video of a great piece of kit. For all its high tech wizardry, it still needs a bloke with a hammer!
yes there always be a bloke with a hammer
bluebelly Brown Still dangerous work ducking under and in-between giant machines though eh?
hostile177 Looks like we have two brits and a canadian here ^^
exileinderby51 that is exactly what I was thinking. i doubt the bloke with a BFH will ever be completely replaced. This piece of gear does put hundreds of hammer wielding blokes on the unemployement line though.
ther'yll always be spoons(":
wow, great video!
great video, thanks
That's incredible!
Steven Michael But it just came out of a curve you see the curve on the horizon in the picture;)
they laid out 26 miles new track with this layer
+bm1113 is that a day or per load of sleepers?
+freequest it was the specific job this time but of course this track layer has been on more jobs :)
bm1113 Still a impressive piece of machinery heck I didn't even know stuff like that existed. O BTW thanks for the awesome video (:
ever seen the Saturn v transporter crawler ? th-cam.com/video/OX-4Q0ue010/w-d-xo.htmlm43s make this look like a toy lol :)
Nice. Now lets lay sleepers with this thing. Oh, it cant do this? Worthless shit so far then....
This is a good distraction from the coronavirus.
Are you distracted? By carona virus seriously?or maybe just preoccupied if you need a distraction.I need a distraction from the fascists who created it.
i am from the future 2 yrs.. we still have corona 😔
Would be fascinated to know how the gantry rails are fitted to the sides of the flatbed wagons - it seems to roll so smoothly!
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen before good job guys. 😊😊
How much track/distance can they lay on average in a day. Also wished there was an audio narrative to explain what was happening along the way. Just a thought. Thank you to the uploader taking the time to film this and posting. Very informative.
1.25 miles a day...this machine is sick!!!!
@Dr Moriarty And for my part, I think it's better to be quiet instead of try to explain something in my bad English
Since there are few viewers who would understand Swedish ;)
@Dr Moriarty Thanks for the kind words.
I believe in having easier to get good in writing than what I have in speech because I don't have to think about pronunciation of different words
and spelling programs and Google can help me if I am uncertain even if they rarely think right about technical terms ;)
@Dr Moriarty wisely written.
It is much easier to change a description then need to take down and upload a new movie if something has gone wrong. And even though I am fascinated by railways, this is not my home ground so I have been needed to studying in retrospect exactly what I have been filming ;)
@Dr Moriarty Darn I wish I could have seen those... That is exact the type of content I look for... Best wishes.
We can rebuild it! Make it stronger, faster! We have the Technology!
that sound is relaxing, like a building's heartbeat
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Well this is freaking cool.
incredible machine. I see this for sleeping
2011: Nope
2012: Not yet
2013: Nah
2014: Ain't gonna happen
2015: Why?
2016: Wait a few more years
2017: Not this year either
2018: We're TH-cam
2019: Damn we're close
2020: Isn't the TH-cam algorithm awesome?
This was actually quite fun :) Especially since I upload TH-cam videos just because it's fun, I have no goal :) that's why you avoid advertising on my videos :) and it took one year to answer :)
@@bm1113 I know the feeling... it's just for the fun of it... :-)
Now let's see if you're gonna answer this reply in 2022... :-)
Men du... jag tänktre inte ens på att videon har ju svensk text... hehehehehe
@@thiesenf LOL almost 1H now and The feeling of being able to take it easy with filming for a year like these while others panicking is quite nice ;)
HeHe Ja så kan det gå Från början var nog allt på Svenska i denna video men ju mer man har lärt sig på dessa 10 år så har man ändrat på texten i varje fall :) och har ju hänt lite sen dess :) under de första två åren hade Filmen 17 tusen visningar ;) sen 117 ett år senare och sen vid 2015 börja det hända grejer :D
Brute strength and extreme precision...nice.
what a fantastic piece of machinery
Fantastic! Could we get a clip where the welding is none?
Håkan Berg Thanks Not mine clip but here are a similar welding th-cam.com/video/5uxsFglz2ig/w-d-xo.html
1946 my dad built railroad bridges cutting logs 12' x 100' driving his own piling.
Wow! That was really cool to see!!!!
An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
Wow! I wish they'd do this in Vermont!
do whenever still have train service here?
(in Vermont)
I want the job driving the spider moving the cross ties to the laying machine.
Careful what you wish for. He also has to drive the main train over the terrain whilst putting the strain on tha brain where the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
@@Chaosfury50 that was fire my guy
Everyone wants. Dream job :)
Marvellous machine!
Nice video. Thanks :-bd
Wouldn't it be much faster to screw the rails together with side plates during lay down already and remove these before thermite welding?
A lot of time taken to align lengths of rail. Why does the machine not also weld the lengths? In fact, how and when does the welding take place? When do the Pandrol clips get knocked into place?
@Colorado Cyber your reply literally had nothing to do with what he asked (3 years ago btw). He asked about the welding process and you just jabbered on about the old ways and how it used to be. No shit its faster, that has nothing to do with what he asked.
The rail is welded in front of the machine while it’s strung out on the ground. The machine doesn’t weld it because it would have to stop every time a weld is shot. The clips are knocked on by a separate machine following the train.
I like that traveler thing that brings the ties (or sleepers, if you prefer) from the rear of the train. But what happens to the small rails on which it rides when they go around a curve?
what an amazing piece of kit!
I wonder how much this can lay in an hour.
I have a CSX line that runs directly in front of my house. Trains 🚂 pass my house multiple times a day. I had no idea how much upkeep there is on railroad tracks. It seems like CSX is working on the tracks all the time. I have seen smaller versions of these machines pulling out old sleepers, and adding new ones. All still wood though.
The upkeep depends on what speed and tonnage the track is intended for. Most big-railroad mainline in the U.S. is inspected twice a week. Wood ties are replaced when too many have become too rotten. Rails are ultrasonically inspected once or twice a year. Signals are maintained constantly. The track is physically walked by a person once a year for a more detailed inspection.
Tealyamazing
superb. the ingenuity of that machine!
Great rail therapy...I like IT!!!!
I get proud of sweden when i see this kind of stuff. This country has come so far without having any oil or big amounts of gases. We arent the biggest manifacturer, but what get made has quality,
+TheMatrixBot Enough big corporations and iron ore.
+TheMatrixBot Something to be really proud of. You have no idea how big oil can put pressure on you when you are trying to break away from their grip. It's really punishing and it makes green technologies unaffordable.
+Phillip Mulligan yeah I can understand that. I just wish the world could agree at saving the world instead of being greedy as fuck :/
+TheMatrixBot The design of a large pavement slab machine has nothing to do with greed anymore than the track layer. The I do see that this track layer has less moving parts for the workers to be caught on than a concrete slab machine. The nice thing is the slab machine technology is quickly advancing as far as ease of operation and safety is concerned. Don't be surprised if the next few years if such a machine has been improved and shown on TH-cam. As for Sweden. They are trail blazers in production technologies for speed, efficiency and most important safety. Your country has my admiration, respect, envy and I say that as a Canadian.
+Phillip Mulligan I'd love to go to Canada. is it nice? :)
Great...i am retired but i still can feel the adrenaline... Hans Plasser, RIP
Bra klipp, sått sånt här arbeta har jag aldrig sett innan=).
My goodness what beautiful technology.