A Surfacing Gang Working at Summit on the Tehachapi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- I love it when I go to Tehachapi to conduct business and end up encountering all sorts of interesting railroad action to shoot and this was definitely one of those days!
A surfacing gang, a ribbon rail train, a tie train, a stalled train and plenty of traffic thrown in the mix.
So, join me for the beginning of a great day of railroading on the Tehachapi!
Now this peaks my interest. Never seen a machine like this. Thanks for explaining how its functioning!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for checking it out! Here is the link to my playlist "How Things Work On The Railroad". Lots of interesting stuff there as well! Thanks for checking it out!
th-cam.com/play/PL6ge3RoxmyvpcyRZPKJKl6W4l5IdiC-Ps.html
also, "Work Trains and On Track Equipment" th-cam.com/play/PL6ge3RoxmyvqSrz6HJe2voptS26pnd0lo.html
Thanks for showing the maintenance units in operation. Now we know a little more about what each unit does.
Nice video and good comments enjoyed this video.
This is another great video Mark. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out!
Another great video Mark. You do an awesome job on these videos. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍❤️
That’s quite a machine. Thanks for explaining the purpose. I surely would not know beans about this machinery.
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out!
Mark, Thanks for another's superb video. I very much appreciate your knowledge of the railroad and how it functions. Keep them coming and stay safe. BP
Have a great day Mark Love your videos great work you did for the Railway . And UPR . I learn alot about the Railway . Things I don't know cool thanks for sharing have a great week all the best Mark cheers sincerely Andrew Macintosh From Toronto Ontario Canada cheers 😃😃
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the channel!
@@MarkClayMcGowan always Mark Have a great weekend too cheers Sincerely Andrew Macintosh
From Toronto Ontario Canada.
Awesome Video Mark!
Nice video, enjoyed the close up of the Plasser Dyna Cat. he only had about a 1 inch lift that
is why he only used 1 insertion. The higher the lift the more insertions required. Not
being familiar with a Plasser, my 6700 tamper can move the work heads in and out to tamp
thru a turn out. Dragging equipment means something was below the rail
head to knock the dragger on the detector dragger over, seems strange that went off,
but who knows what set it off. Sure wish that 6700 was working, I would have
enjoyed watching it, but you can't help that. Thanks for sharing a lot of up close
stuff that not many get to see.
They did mention it was BNSF Train # 8210 so the (2) Rear Union Pacific (UP) DPU’s could have been included on the BNSF train. Thanks Mark! 👍
CSX took up all the concrete ties on my line and went back to wooden ties a few years ago. From what I recall asking one of the section gang workers ( we always called MOW crews Section Gangs) he said something about the soil was not right for concrete ties. What that meant,I have no idea, never was I a track worker. If Loram ever brings the shoulder ballast cleaner to town,that be a cool video, amazing piece of equipment to watch operate. The video Complaining about Complaining, well said. The 46 years my dad worked for the railroad, never heard one negative thing said by him about his job. The railroad was good to my family,he must have liked it to stay that long.
Here is the link to a video with the shoulder cleaner at work near Mojave. th-cam.com/video/Fm7wspAJLXA/w-d-xo.html
More great coverage of train surfacing gangs, dragging equipment detector and seeing the now unstuck train moving. Thanks Mark!!!!
Great video mark thank you that was very informative you should have a show on just the radial jargon on the walkie-talkie
Another awesome video Mark taking me back to many memories working on the track, Thanks again for sharing this great content with all of us. Have a great rest of the evening.
Interesting how you mention that Tampers and Regulators work together. I was working as a Switchtender one day in Winnipeg's Symington yard, a track foreman called me on the radio as 'Tamper and Broom' (Broom or Track Broom is an informal name for a Ballast Regulator). I responded to him ' Go ahead for the Tamper of Doom'. I didn't hear laughter on the other end, but at least I tried...
Those tampers are pretty nice pieces of engineering. They settle ballast and solidify the trackbed and they can also straighten out minor distortions in the rails as they go. I believe that is what the lasers are for. The other gear is cool as well. RR maintenance gear is designed to be functional and not "sexy" so the ballast shaper shapes and the regulator is a big rotating broom that sweeps :) I like it! Thank you for the education. Excellent as always! BTW - I appreciate your attention to the video length :)
Reminds me of the song we used to sing in elementary school. (Iv'e been workin on the railroad, all the livelong day.)
Hi Mark!
We always look forward to your new videos. Keep up the great work and God bless you and your family.
Bob Kozminski
Railfan in Michigan
Great video . Mark dose UP mark there bridges mow cards think they are called Southern marked there with ID all information .
I wish I had the freedom to take video like this at work. The carrier I work for would run me off so quick for it.
I couldn't have shot this while I was working. I had to wait until I retired! Go see my playlist called "The Forbidden Video Files".
@@MarkClayMcGowan brand new to the channel. I'll dig in and catch up
Union Pacific isn't friendly when it comes to Railfans taking Photographs on Tehachapi and I would be very Careful photos of a Union Pacific or BNSF Track Gang working on the Railroad
I spoke to the manager and foreman in charge
As long as you are standing on public property anything you can see, you can film. There is no expectation of privacy in public. RR can't stop you nor the police. It is a first amendment right...
How long does a concrete ties last compared to the wooden ones
It depends on the conditions. I've only been around the ones up here and, with the exception of a few of the more damp places, they've been around 20+ years. Wood are generally good for 20-25 yrs, again, depending on conditions.