Fixing a Really Bad Mud Spot on the Railroad Track
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- Lot's of mud and some really bad cross ties. We gonna dig out the mud
and replace the ties here on curve 37. You'll see the grapple truck pulling
out bad ties and digging the mud out then watch me tamp this small section of track.
This is the same mud spot that we showed you in the last Track Inspection video,
link to watch that video:
• Inspecting Track for a...
Made June 12, 2022
Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Synergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Synergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Synergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
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Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the descriptions,
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Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Synergy as our current owners.
Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Synergy, Cumberland
Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors that may be
shown. Thank You, Dave
#MudSpotRailroad#BadTies
Something infectious about your laugh and smile :). Thanks for taking all the time to share these.
Your welcome pchris6662. Glad you could take the time to pay us a visit and check out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
I am absolutely amazed at luckie's grapple skills
The amount of time that man and machine saves you is outstanding
Thank you so much Dan for the very nice comment. Gonna
have a vid out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you
will get to meet Lucky. He is a great guy and always does
a good job for us here. Very much appreciate your taking the
time to watch and write in my friend.
It is the little details that make your videos so incredibly informative as well as highly entertaining for me. Don't drive the spike all the way in because the rail moves toward the joint. I would never have guessed that in a million years. Great job Dave, as always.
Thank you so very much darnoldie for the really kind words.
So pleased to hear you are enjoying. Appreciate all your
great support of the channel my friend.
After watch a bunch of your videos, it is very interesting to see how much work and knowledge goes into making tracks perform correctly. I think most Railfans don’t give much thought about tracks. I have so many questions about tracks now. Thank you all your videos explaining track maintenance!
Thank you very much My Life's Tracks for the awesome comment.
So pleased to hear you are enjoying the home movies and we
do appreciate your taking the time to watch my friend. I always
wondered why they call them rail fans instead of train fans. Most
folks are interested in watching trains which there is nothing
wrong with that, but my central preoccupation in life is
track and that's my niche market here on YT showing what
it takes to keep those trains running. Track work turns me on.
I've been around rails for almost 76 years, and I still learn stuff from your videos, although a lot of it is way beyond the steam years for sure.
Thank you jw 46 for the very nice comment. Really pleased to
have you watching these and I'm like you, always learning
something new on the rails. So cool to hear you were in the
steam era, that is awesome to me!
Your reply to Ross answered my first question. Looks like a lot of rock gets thrown away. But if it's cheaper to buy new, works for me. You certainly have enough work to do to not need more washing rock.
It does seem a shame to waste so much rock, but the cost
analysis says cheaper to just buy new. Thanks so much
for visiting with us today and taking in the video my friend.
"Fix what you can with what you got" and "we gotta clear for the train " Universal worldwide trackworker language
Yes sir Chris, they like to run trains here, so do what you
can with the small amount of time and man power and
machinery you got. Really appreciate your stopping by and
taking in the presentation today my friend.
Always something to do on the Rail Road.....Never Enough Time to do it all!......
.but you do do a good job of putting out the fires to keep the trains running safely!
Read your first sentence again and it is so true. It's a never ending battle here putting out the fires. Thank you so much my friend for all your great support and interesting comments you have given us over such a long time now.
You keep em rolling, I’ll keep watching!
Yes sir, I will certainly try my best Paul, but only because you asked
so nicely.... Have a great day and thanks so much for watching the
video my friend.
Nothin like clean mud-free ballast.
Good job! It’s always lucky to have lucky around.
Yep Bassotronics. Typical life of a good grade tie is 20 to 25 years.
When in a mud spot that is cut in half so good clean ballast is
critical to not only saving costs on new tie installation but
also in holding track surface. So very much appreciate your
tuning in today and taking in the presentation my friend.
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Would be nice to take all that muddy ballast, put it in a hopper, pressure wash it and reuse it again. 👍🏻
It's like watching an artist at work (Guy pulling and installing Ties).
Pleased to hear you had a good time on your visit with us
today Soupmanson. Appreciate your watching my friend.
Using a grapple to dig. Wow! I've also seen a backhoe used to pick up and move. Some of these operators are artists I can watch all day. And a backhoe with a thumb - unbelievable what one of those artists can do.
Got to do what you got to do with what you got to work with.
Glad you enjoyed being with us today Doc DuMont. Really
appreciate your stopping by and watching my good man.
I worked for a contractor pulling old rail back just out of high school in early 80s.man you talking bout a JOB.i worked my butt off for sure 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Railroading is not always an easy job that's for sure. You
probably were in pretty good physical shape after that
summer Bammer Smith.
Although I hope that you and Lucky don’t retire for many years, I also hope that you both -as “old heads” - are imparting your knowledge and skills to some willing “younger hands” through on-the-job training! (although based upon personal experience, I realize that it has become successively harder and harder to find younger hands who are “willing”!)
In the meantime, it’s good to watch you both keep on getting after it!!!
Thank you Eric for the very nice comment. You are so right about
finding younger guys wanting to learn. There are some good ones
out there tho. One thing about making these videos, as a secondary
motive, they are training films for my replacement. Actually
I've had several guys from other RR's who have written in and
tell me they use some of my videos as training films for their
new hires. That kinda swelled my head some.... but really made
me feel good to know I can share some of the experience that
the older guys have shared with me.
That operator is really slick.I've done a little and this is a master working.
We are Lucky to have Lucky! He always does a good job and
I will relay your compliments to him Ernie. There will be a
video out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you will
get a chance to meet him Thanks so much for taking in the
show today and writing in my good man.
You are such a HUGE assert to this company.
Thank you for the very kind words Vincent. We really appreciate
your paying us a visit and taking in the repair job my friend.
We cannot say this politically correct today, but the old railroad men of my youth, who told stories at the liar's bench, and who started their railroad work around 1900, would say that all that was needed to do that job were "4 micks and a dozen coolies." Those old timers had great stories and one could see in their eyes that they were still working line, firing a steam loco, and maybe toward the end of 30-40 years of working they would get to be the train driver.
One thing was for sure if you asked what time it was, several gold watches came out of vest pockets and the guy who was the odd man of the other watches immediately popped the back of his watch open and nudged the faster/slower watch control.
The old watch repairman had one of those clocks that were electrically correct in view of his front window. Those old railroad guys would look at that clock and set their pocket watches.
occasionally a Hobo would walk into town and would offer to do some work for a dollar. My dad would always try to find some job for them because sadly many of them were suffering from WWII and what would be called PTSD.
Yep a lot of the terms they used to say are no longer acceptable,
but they were colorful. My mom tells us of when she was young of the hobos and drifters that would stop by the house willing to
work for a sandwich. Tough times back when she was growing
up, she's 92 now. Thanks for sharing the story with us and
watching the video my friend.
Indeed where I grew up near the Milwaukee Road shops was a store front and when you looked in the window was the accurate RR clock. Sure they also had rings and trinkets for the ladies but time keeping was their bread and butter. Until the mid 90s.the gold lettering on the door proudly proclaimed Grandlich Jewelers. Official Watch Inspector for the CMSTP&P RR. When pride mattered
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Another GREAT video Dave. I love your coal railroad, and the EMD SD40-2's are some of the greatest, if not the greatest locomotives ever designed. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much Scotabot for the very nice comment. I love
my coal RR also! The 40-2 were one very popular loco back in
the day. Still a ton of them working out there, although many
have been relegated to switching service now. Really appreciate
your paying us a visit today my friend.
The SD40-2 has set the standards for reliability and maintenance that railroads expect in today's locomotives
Oh, those old ties that came out, they should be shipped to ESCANABA & LAKE SUPERIOR, for replacement of the extremely bad ties in East Kingsford.
I like the way you think!
@@TruthProvider yeah, those ties that came out from the Cumberland track are in much better condition than any ive seen on videos of ELS trackage!
@@paulsmith5398 Absolutely! No doubt about it.
Bring you truck over Paul and we'll load you up! We have
a bunch of old ties, if you can contact them, they are free
for the taking.
@@ccrx6700 i would have to rent a U-Haul, dont have a truck, what a bummer!
Fascinating ! I saw a video where in the UK the track had the same problem with water rot on several of the sleepers ( wooden rail supports ) that were first extracted, an underground drainage pipe was placed between three of the sleepers several inches between the new concrete sleepers after the track vibration levelling machine had levelled the track-rails .
This involved re digging between the concrete sleepers to place the drainage pipes that are just normal underground drain pipes that have 180 degrees diameter cuts to allow the water to enter said pipes and drain off .
I was told by a rail engineer that it is rare in the UK to use wooden sleepers as they do not have the resistance to damp as concrete and they are not environmentally acceptable !
Thanks for sharing and keep them video’s coming Man ……..Abe ( uk )
Thank you so much Abe for writing in and sharing that with us. I
did not know that wood ties were not acceptable in the UK. Interesting to find that out. Really appreciate your taking the time
to visit with us today and watch the presentation my good man.
You prove that there is no substitute for experience 👍
Thank you very much myesenc for the very kind words.
We do appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in
my friend.
WE GOT LUCKY HERE TODAY, 🤣🤣 oh thats his name... love it. You definitely had some bad ties and lucky made short work of it. Cool idea driving a spike so he could grip it. I like the way he sweeped it with the new tie to clear out the ballast. And the holes in the grapple was still way better than shoveling for sure. Love the Tamper view. AWESOME video Dave...
Thank you so much Pappy for the very nice comment. Gonna
have a video out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you
will get to meet Lucky. Great guy, always does a good job
for us. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and
watching my good friend.
@@ccrx6700 Awesome. I'll be waiting to meet lucky, have a good weekend. Be safe out there.
I like the intro. Music good too. Here in SA we call ties, sleepers and those sleepers you took out were " vrot". That's Afrikaans for rotten.
Thanks Bill, a fellow subscriber, Alex Sawyers created that for us.
Getting a lot of good comments on it. Vrot, I will remember that.
Very much appreciate all the great comments and support you
have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.
Nice video, it's always nice to see that crane-truck clawing away at the tracks.
Thank you so much Arkay, glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate
your paying us a visit today and watching my friend
I like watching tie gang watching the machines working my favorite machine Spike machine
Really appreciate your visiting with us today Tyler and checking out
the presentation. Here is a vid on the spiker in action you may
enjoy
th-cam.com/video/IoaTm9cQUyA/w-d-xo.html
@@ccrx6700 thanks for the video
Hi Mr Dave your job is tough to keep all the rolling stock safe, interesting how you all remove the rotted ties and replace them keep up the good work
Thank you Barbara. We certainly appreciate your
very nice comment and for taking in the video today my friend.
Hay Dave buddy, great show, entertaining for an old rail.
Thank you Frank and so very glad to hear you had a good time.
We do appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch
today my friend.
Haha. That's a new way to remove ties but it works quite well. Removing ties first and then changing tool on the machine had likely speeded things up even more. But... one use what one got...
What a terrible ballast there was...
Well done!
Yes Stefan there are better ways to do it, but like you say, got
to use what you have available even tho it is slow at times.
Always a pleasure to have you visit with us and write in my friend.
Just like another hand. 😊
You are right Jan and we can always use an extra "hand" on the railroad, specially a hydraulic one. Really glad you could check out the video and hope you have a very good day my friend.
Dam! Lucky knows how to make that claw dance!
He's a really good operator and a great guy. This fall there will
be a video out on New Bridge Timbers and you will get a chance
to meet Lucky in that video. So appreciate your taking the time
to watch and write in today my friend.
I worked a tiegang and railgang in the early 80s and the technology really has not changed that much in 40 years.
Really glad you had a good time watching the show today Ben.
We do thank you so much for watching my good man.
Wow ! That guy on the grapple truck was awesome, I bet he could pick up a tooth pick and not harm it 😂. He does deserve a raise 👍👍👍
Another great video , keep em coming & Thanks !
Gonna be a vid out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you
will get to meet Lucky in person. He always does a good job for
us when he comes. Thank you so much for tuning in and checking
out the video my good man.
Im a farmer and not a railroaderworker thingy. But dog darn this looks so fun. Smashing stuff, playing with grapple and showing off. And all other kind of railroading work thingy stuff. Again, I'm only a farmer and might be riding the rails once a year if I'm lucky. Never would have guessed that I would enjoy watching your informative videos. Thank you so much, good sir, for taking your time and explaining for all us viewers. Keep on working, good sir.
Wow Mr. Farmer what a really cool comment! So very glad
you are enjoying the home movies. Farming is not an easy
occupation, but one so vital to us.Railroaders, like the
army, moves on their stomachs and if it weren't for folks
like you we couldn't keep the trains running. So you work
is very important to keeping the nation's trains moving.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to watch and
write in my good man. PS: I used to farm on the side, and
had at one time 14 John Deere 2 cylinders, still have 6 of them
although they are stored in the barn and haven't ran for
several years now.
petcaretips.net/john-deere.html
Over here in the U.K we call joint bars "fishplates" and ties we call "sleepers". just found youre channel and enjoying it very much.
Glad to hear you are having a good time Peter, we welcome you
to our community. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I gotta hand it to Lucky... he's excellent with that grapple. He can twirl those ties around better than I can with chopsticks!
Thanks for the kind words TruthProvider. Lucky is a pretty
good operator. Video will be out sometime this fall on New Bridge Timbers where you will get to meet Lucky in person. Hope
you will watch it. Appreciate your tuning in today my friend.
I just started watching your videos last week and I'm so hooked! Thank you! I really liked how you pointed out why you leave the one spike up!
Thank you John and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy.
Here is an introduction video to get you a feel for what all we do here at the Railroad and a bit about our mine:
th-cam.com/video/oOug0z34118/w-d-xo.html
Lot's of cool RR videos on our home page if you would sometime care to check any of them out.
th-cam.com/users/ccrx6700
Dave , I am a follower of yours, I also like hard work.
We do appreciate your being a part of our community here titan titan.
Glad you are enjoying all the home movies my friend.
Lucky is a total pro on that rig
Yes he is G N. he always does a great job for us. Here in the fall
there will be another video out on New Bridge Timbers where
you will get to meet Lucky in person. He's a great guy. Thanks
so much for paying us a visit today and taking in the presentation
my friend.
Your videos are always interesting and informative, nice job 1👌
Thank you Greg for the very kind words, glad you are enjoying
them. Really appreciate your watching and writing in. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Just love looking at the railroad you call home and lovingly maintain. Getting a realistic insight for day to day operations...
Thank you so much Gregory for the very nice comment. We
do appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch
the show today my good man.
Another great job Dave! I know exactly what you are talking about when you sad you thought you were videoing but the camera was set to picture. Been there, done that. I've also filmed in time lapse by mistake 🥴
Thank you so much my good friend for the nice comment. I've goofed up several times. Made an awesome video of me running
the train only to find out I was in pic mode.... sigh. And I don't
very often get to run loco anymore so that was a real loss.
Very much appreciate your visit with us to watch.
I always wonder why they use wood under the rails. Now I see you would not have anything to spike the rails to. Your videos are awesome. Keep on showing the youth how its done.
Thank you so much for the very nice comment. We really appreciate
your taking the time to visit with us today and write in my friend.
The East Broad Top (narrow gauge road elsewhere in PA) has a little machine that basically does what Lucky was doing with the grapple... makes replacing ties easier with a volunteer crew.
That's pretty interesting to find out Renville, did not know that. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
You and Lucky do amazing work!
We are Lucky to have Lucky! He always does a good job and
I will relay your compliments to him. There will be a
video out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you will
get a chance to meet him, he is a great guy.
Cool to see how the work actually gets done
Really glad you enjoyed, we do appreciate your visiting with
us and taking in the presentation my friend.
That's Railroadin hope you are doing well Dave. Have blessed evening Sir.
Thanks so much Thomas for paying us a visit and checking
out the mud spot today my good man.
No problem my friend you and your wife have a blessed evening Sir.
Lucky needs a raise. That is amazing how he can work with them like an extension of his arms.
Yes he does Beverly. He's a great guy and your gonna get to
meet him in a vid out this fall on New Bridge Timbers. He always
does a great job for us when he comes in. Really appreciate your
visiting with us and taking in the movie my friend.
Another very awesome video Dave!
Thank you so much Rick for the awesome comment. So
pleased that you enjoyed and we really appreciate all your
wonderful support of the channel my friend.
This was oddly entertaining thank you sir.
Glad you had an odd time with us today Daniel. Track
work is the central preoccupation of my life and I love it.
Thank you so much for paying us a visit today and taking
in the home movie my good man.
@@ccrx6700 you're welcome! Yeah I never really thought about how one would go about fixing tracks! Now I know. :)
@@daniellee5147 😊👍
Your friend Lucky makes it look easy.
Lucky is a good man and a good operator for sure Robert.
Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the presentation my friend. We really appreciate your visiting with us.
I was on tie gang for 15 year’s. Never seen an grapple operator such as that. I ran all the machines at one time. Went home finally on a tamper or ballast regulator.
You also can just put your spike in backwards. To avoid the creep.
Really glad you enjoyed the show. We do appreciate your
coming out to play with us my friend. Lucky is a great guy and
always does a good job for us when he comes.
Very nice beautiful amazing unique Excellent 👍👍
Thank you very much for you very kind words. We do appreciate
your visit with us today to check out the video my good man.
Nice job. Really enjoyed watching this.
Thank you so kindly for the nice comment Crime Alley Comics.
Glad you enjoyed and we really appreciate your watching
and writing in my friend.
Someone's ancestor must have been a dentist, Dave. Nice work by Grabbo.
Thank you Barry for taking the time to stop by and take in
the video today my friend. Lucky always does a good job
for us when he comes. In the fall you will get to meet him
in a video on New Bridge Timbers. He is a great guy.
One of my favorite Channels. Always a thumbs up! Have been a rail fan for many years! As a young kid I had a Lionel O guage train and when older had a large HO layout. Hoping to get back to model trains when I retire. Never bothers me to wait for a train at a crossing. Love to watch the cars and hear the sounds.
That's great to hear Jeff. Really glad you are having a good time
with us. We do appreciate your wonderful support my friend.
Still got my Lionel set from the early 1960's although it hasn't
ran in a long, long time.
When Lucky was maneuvering the equipment and scooping the old ballast it almost looked like the dentist saying
"Open wide we have to fix this cavity" thanks for explaining why those spikes aren't driven in fully. I thought it was from the pounding of the trains working then loose. Another fine learning experience!
Lucky is a good man, always tries his best to do a good job
for us when he comes in Paul. Very much appreciate your
visit with us, it's always a pleasure to hear from you my friend.
It's great to learn was goes on behind the scenes, how ties and ballast are properly installed!
As a motorman(currently training) I love this video !!
Thank you gogetthegoose and so very glad to hear you had a good time. We do appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch
today my friend.
So nimble, so quick! That's how you keep the railroad runnin'! Thanks.
Your welcome Chris. Glad you had a good time with us today.
We do appreciate your taking the time to stop by and watch the
show my friend.
Thankyou sir.
Thanks for this good video of railway track steepler re placing work.. I really
impressed by your video.. I am from India
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Your very welcome, so very glad to have you visit with us
today T Railway T 9. Glad you enjoyed the presentation my
good man.
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Good stuff Dave! 👏
Really glad you had a good time with us Wilbur. We certainly
appreciate your visiting with us and taking in the show my friend.
Always love your videos! Thanks for this one.
Thank you David and very glad you are enjoying. We do appreciate
your taking the time to tune in and watch my friend.
Great video Dave great watch thanks
Thank you Gary, very pleased to hear you had a good time with us.
We certainly appreciate all the nice comments you send in
and for your great support of the channel for such a long time
now my friend.
Great job Dave :-)
Thank you CHB Rail. Very glad you had a good time with us today.
Appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
I love that intro I always watch the complete intro. Hey Dave you and Lucky make a heck of a team, he can really handle that grapple.Great great video Dave.👍👍
That's good to find out Russell, getting a lot of good comments
on it. Gonna be another vid out this fall on New Bridge Timbers
where you will get to meet Lucky in person, he is a great guy
and always does a good job when he comes here. Very much
appreciate your checking out the video my friend.
Nice Job Dave
Thank you Derrick, very much appreciate the kind words and
for you taking the time to tune in and watch today my friend.
Nice work Dave, thank you for bringing us along!
Thank you so much Raymond. Really appreciate all your
kind comments and for the great support you have given
the channel for such a long time now my friend.
More fabulous stuff, Dave! Now don't be afraid to show us the train moving through here. Love it!
Really glad you enjoyed Pete and thank you so much for the
very nice comment. Was going to show a train but had
to walk quite a way to get there and it was hot and I just
didn't have the time to get there.
Dave and Lucky...poetry in motion! Great follow up video. It's all those fine details that make the difference! Nice work 👍
We do work well together Richard. Lucky is an excellent operator
and always does a great job for us when he comes. You will get
to meet him in a vid out this fall on New Bridge Timbers. Thanks
so much for your kind words and for stopping by my friend.
An amazing job you guys perform! Thankfully, you folks have equipment. I think you said in there - it beats a shovel :) I am thinking you folks have a system or process so that the train crew and all know you are out doing track work. The repair looks awesome! I think Steve will give a nod of approval on that job!
Thanks so much Brian, very pleased that you had a good time with
us. Steve has given his approval! When a train passes and we get
on track we give him a red track behind him call on the radio. He is
not then allowed to enter any block behind him unless and until
we give him back a green track. Very much appreciate your
visiting with us and taking in the video my friend.
Thank Dave for sharing. A lot of great railroad stuff.!
Your very welcome John. So nice to see you visiting us today
and watching the home movie my friend.
Good job 👍👍👍👍👍 Way to go Dave. Hope you have a Great Day!!!!!
Thank you Wayne and very glad you had a good time with us.
We do appreciate your taking the time to stop by and take in
the show my friend.
Keep up the good work Dave ! Railroadin at it's finest !
Thank you so much Kurt for the very kind words. We really
do appreciate all the wonderful comments and support you
have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.
It is just amazing to me the amount of maintenance that it takes. I know after watching your videos that maintaining tracks in a coal mine is much more labor intensive probably that regular tracks but considering all the tracks in the U.S. alone. I sure do have a greater amount of respect for you gentlemen than ever. Thanks for all your inside knowledge. Not to mention your a pretty cool guy. Dang that guy can really work that grapple. I bought a new tape ruler just the other day. You know they just don’t make things as good as they used to. The one l bought was defective. All the numbers were upside down LOL.
Thank you Kevin for the awesome comment. So pleased
that you are having a good time with us. We really appreciate
your taking the time to watch and write in my friend. Dang,
I've never heard of a tape with the numbers upside down,
that's unique.
Awesome Dave great job
Thank you Daniel, so appreciate your stopping by and taking
in today's home movie my friend.
Dave thanks for another very informative video on track repair. Love your comentary and your very clear explanations. Love your channel and content. ❤🇨🇦
Thank you so much Ray for your very nice comment. We really
appreciate all the excellent support you have given the channel
for such a long time now my friend.
10:01 you called him, "lucky". lol
yes Vincent, that actually is his birth name.
Awesome job
Thank you Margaret, appreciate the very nice words and for
your tuning in to the show and watching my friend.
Fantastic video Dave! I really appreciate the information you provide, and showing the machines being operated. I never would've drempt the track will creep as much as you pointed out, and what affect it can have. No wonder those bolts can loosen and or shear over time! Thanks again Dave catch you on the next one!
Your very welcome Jim and thank you so much for the very nice
comment. Really pleased you are having a good time with us.
We do appreciate all the great support you have given the channel
my friend.
Lucky is the man.
We are Lucky to have Lucky! He always does a good job and
I will relay your compliments to him RGP. There will be a
video out in the fall on New Bridge Timbers where you will
get a chance to meet him. Appreciate your visit with us today
to check out the show my good man.
Dave, what a super video! To be able to watch the machine operator remove those ties, remove the gravel and mud and then wiggle the new ties in place is quite a process. The newly tamped gravel looks sharp. Another great day on the railroad!
Thank you very much Tom, so glad you had a good time with us.
We certainly appreciate all the great comments and support
you have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.
You put him on a higher Pay grade 😆 🤣 😂 😹
He did a great job for us for sure Joseph. Thank you so
much for stopping by and taking in the video today my good man.
Good work, that will take care of that mud hole for awhile. Thanks Dave!!
Thank you Rick for the nice comment. Very much appreciate
your paying us a visit today and taking in the home movie my friend.
Man Lucky is pretty awesome at running that machine, Dave. You and he make a great team replacing them ties. I really enjoy your videos!
Thank you so much William. Lucky is a very good operator. out
this fall will be a video New Bridge Timbers where you will
get to meet him up close. So pleased to hear that you are enjoying and we really appreciate all your great support of the channel my friend.
Absolutely magnificent to see this work, it looks superb seeing the end result of this. It is great to see this sort of work done close up. Even when I was a child I had a fascination with the maintenance of way work that was done near where I lived. Thank you for allowing us to join you.
Very pleased to hear you had a good time with us John. So
very much appreciate all the great comments and support you
have given us my friend.
I like the new video intro you've put together
Thank you Nathan for letting us know that. Intro is the creation
and compliments of a fellow subscriber, Alex Sawyers, a former
loco engineer on a Florida shortline. He did a good job and we're
getting a lot of good feedback on it. Really appreciate your
taking the time to watch and write in today my friend.
Dave. a GREAT new intro. Very professional just like your videos are while being fun too. Thanks
Thank you so much Alan for the very kind words! Intro is
creation and compliments of Alex Sawyers a fellow subscriber.
So glad you are enjoying the home movies and we really
do appreciate all the great support you have given the channel
my friend.
I love your content
Thank you very much, so very glad you are having a good time
with us. We really appreciate your wonderful support of the
channel my friend.
Good vid as usual ... Thx again ...
Thank you so much Eddy, glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate
your paying us a visit today and watching my friend.
Good afternoon, Dave! It's been a little while since I've watched one of your videos - I've been saving the StormySky series for when I have enough time to really appreciate them fully but it's been so busy recently! I'm sure you know how that goes.
Love the new intro, though! So glad to see some of my pictures and video clips could be of use to you and your intro!
I keep thinking as I watch this video how smooth Lucky is with his truck! He must have so many hours using it... he's good with it! Adding the spike for him to have some traction was clever, too. Then just seeing him pull it out like it was nothing. Very cool stuff!
Great to see the tamper in action, too! Fascinating to see all that's involved with the operating of that machine.
Thanks so much for the very nice comment Seth. Yes we certainly
do appreciate the pics you provided us with, they are great and
add an extra dimension to the video. I do understand busy
and really pleased that you took the time today to visit with
us and watch my good friend.
Thank you as always for the great content, Dave. Learned something new with the spike next to a joint bar like that. I was wondering, what do you guys usually do with the fouled ballast that you crib out?
Thank you Ross for the very nice comment and all the great
support you have given the channel. All the fouled ballast
gets graded out along the sides of the right of way. We do
not reclaim and clean it. They say since we buy new ballast for
only $18 a ton, it's not cost effective to try and clean the old ballast.
Dave, I bet Lucky could cut your toe nails with that grapple. It is always a pleasure to watch a skilled operator who operates a machine as an extension of himself! He gets more work done with damaging any equipment or machinery! Nice work! Joe
He already has Joe.... :-) Thanks for the kind words, Lucky
is a good, good man. Really want to thank you for watching
the show my friend.
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Thanks Dave
Your welcome Frank. thanks for taking the time to visit with
us and take in the presentation my friend.
Good job
Thank you Wayne. Very much appreciate your checking out
the presentation today and writing in my friend.
Another great video Dave!!! I love the new intro to the channel. Lucky is a legend with that crane. Keep up the great work Dave.
Thank you so much Joseph for the wonderful comment. Alex Sawyers a fellow subscriber created that intro for us. Getting
a lot of good comments on it. Lucky is awesome and you
will get to meet him in a vid out this fall on New Bridge Timbers.
Really appreciate your great support of the channel my friend.
I could not believe the mud under the ties! what a difference with the new stones
in place. great job with setting up the spikes near the joint bars. that is being
observant of what happens over time, and adapting to make things better.
so nice with the clean stones, and no mud. reminds me of a video on the
PC track it was horrible in spots. like a bog! no stones at all!
Thank you so much Barry for the very nice comment. Yes it
is a big difference from what it was and now will hold up
until we can get down there and do some serious cribbing on
this curve. Very much appreciate all the great comments and
support you have been giving the channel my friend.
Love the intro!
Very glad to hear that Veneroso. Credit it for it goes to Alex Sawyers
a fellow subscriber. he did a great job. Really appreciate your
visiting with us today and watching my friend.
Hi Dave! Just finished "eastbound Uncle Pete" on Stormy Skies, then ran right to your welcoming arms! 🖐🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚂🖑
We really appreciate your watching Steve's video and then ours
Mean Wolverine. 2 great shows back to back.... LOL Thanks
for your great support my good man.
The way we deal with mud spots is with a 328 hirail excavator with a 10’ under cutter bar attachment then we prop up the track with cinder blocks, dump ballast and tamp.
Undercutting is the best solution next to taking the tack out
completely and starting over. We have done both here but have
to have dead track to do it with the limited man power
and time we have. if I had all dead track could use that undercutter
for about a year here! Thanks so much for visiting with us
today and watching my good friend.
Great video Dave
Thank you Jason for the nice compliment. Very much appreciate
your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Great video Dave I really enjoyed the close view of the work, like being there with you, I think the track will be good for a while now. Good job there
Thank you so much cedarcam for the very nice comment. You
are right it will now hold up until we can get the time to get
back down there and crib the whole section out and do some
side drainage work. Really appreciate all the wonderful support
you have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.