What amazes me just as much as this Machine does are the people who don't get amazed by this level of Engineering!! look at what this Machine does and what it must have taken to design and build something like this!
The machine that comes along afterwards to level the track is pretty amazing as well; I am geologist who worked on the Bethrunga Rail Spiral back in the 90s, amazing to watch it at work as I stopped for lunch...
This is awesome! It's so "easy" to build railroads in those times... let's remember how difficult was in the past to build railroads... Mirific video, thanks a lot for posting!
If I recall, historically, the railroads were built with hammers, big nails, and the collaboration of many people. And now...there are machines to facilitate the building of railroads? That's awesome!! Historicamente si me acuerdo, los ferrocarriles were construidos con martillos, clavos, y la colaboracion de muchas personas. Y ahora...hay maquinas para facilitar la construccion de los ferrocarriles? Muy impresionante!!
I was a surveyor for Southern Pacific Railroad about 40 years ago.I wonder what they used to instead of Men? I became a locomotive engineer, this is incredable, it would make for a very smooth ride.
Raised on U.S. railroads as a WWII kid. Steam Trains and 'Gandy Dancers' were my life. Walked the rails with Hobo's. Gandy's were overwhelmingly Mexican's. Lived in converted boxcars on the sidings. All 'Danced' to the orders of a bi-lingual, absolutely huge and powerful, German or Irish Foreman. Same on every section. End of WWII, Mexicans that had Not gotten educated and Citizenship, were all sent home. Returning troops took their places. History, Live it, to really Know it..
I work with this machine (actualy, I'm the man in blue in the beginning 0:58) This machine is the P93 LS. It was build by Matisa, a Swiss company specialized in railroad construction machines, 20 Years ago. It was bought by the Belgian railroad in 1994. It does about 300 meters per hour. It is not the only one, there are a lot of newer and older track renewal machines working around the world.
Dankjewel raimcameddy voor de prachtige video die je maakte van onze werf ! @ rolandvia: we finish up 200 to 300 metres an hour. We worked for 7 weekends at this track to replace 20 kilometres.
La tecnología facilitando la vida. La aplicación del método científico. Sin saberlo, un ejemplo de lo que postula el Movimiento Zeitgeist! Maravilloso!
This is amazing and impressive! So many people in the general public today still think that railroad tracks are still laid by hand, picks, hammers, and shovels. They're the same yahoos that think that railroads don't employ modern technology. - Thank you for posting this vid :-)
That is totally amazing, it boggles my mind to think of a bunch of engineers sitting at some drawing tables, and roughing out this idea and deciding "Hey this will work!"
Let me explain a few things: First you see the P93 Track laying train (and its annex WP93) and the C75 ballast cleaner both made by MATISA, a Swiss based company. Then a SSP203 ballast regulator followed by the 09-3X tamping machine, both made by PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. All the machines you see are owned by Infabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Check out the websites of the constructors.
I was on the first of these machines (It's called a P811) used on the Burlington Northern RR back in 1987 in Washington State. My Union agreed to a joint contractor/Union member project way back then. And we have been upgrading tracks and replacing wood ties for concrete ever since with this machine.
@sliceman420 Like I wrote before: This one is caled the P93 LS made by the Swiss company MATISA in 1993 and owned by Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Actually in almost every country where they have railroads (even China has at least one P95). Another company specialised in railroad construction machines is PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. Both are lonely at the top in this branch.
i would just like to say thank you for sharing such a brilliant video,one of quality, thank you (Ik zou alleen willen zeggen dat je bedanken voor het delen zulk een briljante video, een van de kwaliteit, dank u)
Maintenance on the automated equipment probably exceeds the effort to lay the rail by hand? Re-lay a turnout or cross and really impress me. In all, however, one IMPRESSIVE collection of machinery!
Pois é... muito fascinante. Já trampei com essas geringonças na Vale... mas a primeira que aparece colocando os dormentes eu nunca tinha visto. mas recordar é viver.
@LivingSquirel I'll try... 0:00-0:57 picking up concrete ties and transporting to the tie machine. :57-1:35 replacing the old ties. 1:35-1:55 final alignment of the new ties. 1:56-2:14 pulling the rails back in line. 2:15-2:49 clipping the rail onto the ties. 2:50-2:56 putting the old ballast back in place. 2:57-3:31 loosening up and replacing the rest of the old ballast. 3:32-4:02 detail ballast application. 4:03-4:51 tamping the ballast under the ties. 4:52-end topping off ballast.
An amazing video. Which country was this video shot in ? Although I have seen track tamping machines, have never seen a whole range of machines doing all the work from removing the old sleepers, installing new ones to setting the track.
Já viajei para mais de 50países e acho o Brasil, surreal! Em 14anos que vivi fora, nunca vi um atrazo tão grande.Uma enrolação sem tamanho e uma corrução Jupiteriana! Sei do que estou falando.Morei em países do 1º e do3ºmundo.
@rolandvia This crew appears to be just replacing the ties and ballast. The train picks up the rail and spreads it so that the ties will roll up the conveyor without being hung up on the rail. After that the new ties roll down into place of the old ones. I would love to see them when they finnaly start to lay high speed rail.
Reminds me of tunneling machines. Hopefully these machines will serve us and us not them. That is their purpose. To serve man and relieve us of the back breaking jobs. I drove thousands of spikes in the 70's while in my youth in Alberta Canada and so I appreciate this very much.
@JulienVercel Hallo ! Wie gehts ?!! Well, mine Deuscht ist kein gut ! My husband discovered this video in internet, and we thought it was one of the most fantastic thing we had ever , ever imagined ! The up to date German Technology-amazing- ! Then today I saw your commentary that's it's an old technology ! Something 20 yrs old! Awesome ! Here , Brasil, it's still an all man's hard conventional work !
Nota-se Overpelt fica na Bélgica. Perfeito. Trens é um dos mais eficaz, econômicos meio de transporte tanto para carga como de passageiro. BR no passado havia muito trens, hj infelizmente as concessionárias não "permitiam" mais que isso ocorresse. Um vagão de trem de carga, tira 7 caminhões da estrada. Melhoraria as condições da estrada, acidentes com caminhões por mostoristas usarem medicamentos para manter acordado, diminuiriam e muitas outras citações. Perfeito esta construção de ferrovia
Would love to see this with some kind of voice over explaining the various steps, seems there are far more than I would have guesses, very cool machine and vid!
@rolandvia Not even US railroads lay ties by hand anymore. They have machines and a crew of people that are part of a "TIE GANG." Very seldom do you see anyone replacing ties by hand unless it is just a tie or 2 that need changing.
Amazing! Perfect ! This is what Brazil needs, progress, man working and linking Brazil fm North to South, and so on.... Parem de votar em Ladrões,.... Acorda Brasil, Wake up Brazil ! :-)
Colombia necesita que el próximo Ministro de Transporte, designe aun Ingeniero de Vías y Transporte y vea esta portentosa maquinaria, con el fin de reactivar los Ferrocarriles de Colombia y no nombrar gente como el sobrino de Pinedo que desfalco al erario publico en un negociado de proyecto de tecnologías ferroviarias para nuestro país DR. ALVARO SEQUERA DUARTE.
Seria excelente se o Brasil voltasse a investir em ferrovias. Cairia o custo de frete, e isso refleteria no preço final dos produtos que consumimos. Fora que muitos produtores teriam espaços em outros mercados. Além do transporte de cargas, o transporte de pessoas também beneficiaria o país, pois você viajaria com mais segurança e conforto.
É um sistema sobre trilhos que remove o antigo trilho e vai recolocando novos. em um sitema quase todo automatizado. Muito bom. eu ainda acredito no poder das ferrovias. poderia ser melhor aproveitado no brasil. (as ferrovias)
Anyone got a bit more play for play on this. Great vid but like I get sorta what the first minute is bringing in the blocks but I'd love a little more on whats happening.
O meu sonho sempre foi mudar o Brasil.O que acontece que é que na hora de organizar um movimento, ninguém quer perder a novelinha, o churrasquinho e futebol do final de semana.Quando nego vê que dá muito trabalho transformar um país, nego recua e fica esperando quem vai aparecer do nada para resolver o problema para ele.Assim é o Brasileiro. Ele não se organiza, não luta! Apenas fica esperando para ver quem vai lutar por ele.Por causa disso o país está perdendo até áreas territoriais!
I have seen this type of machinery operating at a distance, but had no idea just how intricate and complicated the process is. Fascinating!
As a railroader myself, and one that worked the tamper when we were replacing ties, I can really appreciate that.
What amazes me just as much as this Machine does are the people who don't get amazed by this level of Engineering!! look at what this Machine does and what it must have taken to design and build something like this!
This is something along the lines my little son wrote when he was about 4.
Excellent! We need these in the US.
We have them in the US. Search for 'Track Renewal Train,' there's lot of videos of them at work!
How could 6 people dislike this? It is incredible!!!
I've worked track maintenance professionally, and this is the coolest machine I've ever seen! Sweet!
I WORKED ON LINES IN SCOTLAND DOING THIS BY HAND ,HARD WORK SLOW AND ALL DONE AND NIGHT IN ALL WEATHER , HOW I WISH WE HAD THESE MACHINES
The machine that comes along afterwards to level the track is pretty amazing as well; I am geologist who worked on the Bethrunga Rail Spiral back in the 90s, amazing to watch it at work as I stopped for lunch...
This is awesome! It's so "easy" to build railroads in those times... let's remember how difficult was in the past to build railroads... Mirific video, thanks a lot for posting!
If I recall, historically, the railroads were built with hammers, big nails, and the collaboration of many people. And now...there are machines to facilitate the building of railroads? That's awesome!!
Historicamente si me acuerdo, los ferrocarriles were construidos con martillos, clavos, y la colaboracion de muchas personas. Y ahora...hay maquinas para facilitar la construccion de los ferrocarriles? Muy impresionante!!
I was a surveyor for Southern Pacific Railroad about 40 years ago.I wonder what they used to instead of Men? I became a locomotive engineer, this is incredable, it would make for a very smooth ride.
Raised on U.S. railroads as a WWII kid. Steam Trains and 'Gandy Dancers' were my life. Walked the rails with Hobo's. Gandy's were overwhelmingly Mexican's. Lived in converted boxcars on the sidings. All 'Danced' to the orders of a bi-lingual, absolutely huge and powerful, German or Irish Foreman. Same on every section. End of WWII, Mexicans that had Not gotten educated and Citizenship, were all sent home. Returning troops took their places. History, Live it, to really Know it..
Dit is heel interessant om te zien. Ik had geen idee dat zo'n gigantische machines hier voor zorgden...
I work with this machine (actualy, I'm the man in blue in the beginning 0:58) This machine is the P93 LS. It was build by Matisa, a Swiss company specialized in railroad construction machines, 20 Years ago. It was bought by the Belgian railroad in 1994. It does about 300 meters per hour. It is not the only one, there are a lot of newer and older track renewal machines working around the world.
Dankjewel raimcameddy voor de prachtige video die je maakte van onze werf !
@ rolandvia: we finish up 200 to 300 metres an hour. We worked for 7 weekends at this track to replace 20 kilometres.
La tecnología facilitando la vida. La aplicación del método científico. Sin saberlo, un ejemplo de lo que postula el Movimiento Zeitgeist!
Maravilloso!
DANKE and THANK YOU for this FORMIDABLE VIDEO !!!!
MERCI BEACOUP !!!!!
from SPAIN and ARGENTINA !!!
THANK YOU !
Definitely not the days of Pierre Berton's "The Last Spike"! Awesome!
左手でITや大自然に強く惹かれながら、右手で土木の力にも感動してしまう。これは凄いもの。
This is amazing and impressive! So many people in the general public today still think that railroad tracks are still laid by hand, picks, hammers, and shovels. They're the same yahoos that think that railroads don't employ modern technology. - Thank you for posting this vid :-)
That is totally amazing, it boggles my mind to think of a bunch of engineers sitting at some drawing tables, and roughing out this idea and deciding "Hey this will work!"
Very interesting and well done documentary step by step.
Thanks for posting.
Let me explain a few things: First you see the P93 Track laying train (and its annex WP93) and the C75 ballast cleaner both made by MATISA, a Swiss based company. Then a SSP203 ballast regulator followed by the 09-3X tamping machine, both made by PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. All the machines you see are owned by Infabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Check out the websites of the constructors.
I was on the first of these machines (It's called a P811) used on the Burlington Northern RR back in 1987 in Washington State. My Union agreed to a joint contractor/Union member project way back then. And we have been upgrading tracks and replacing wood ties for concrete ever since with this machine.
@sliceman420 Like I wrote before: This one is caled the P93 LS made by the Swiss company MATISA in 1993 and owned by Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Actually in almost every country where they have railroads (even China has at least one P95). Another company specialised in railroad construction machines is PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. Both are lonely at the top in this branch.
i would just like to say thank you for sharing such a brilliant video,one of quality, thank you (Ik zou alleen willen zeggen dat je bedanken voor het delen zulk een briljante video, een van de kwaliteit, dank u)
The tamper in the later part of the video is SWEET!
Process Control engineering ! The most exciting job in the world ! I'm really proud of to be one of them !
Maintenance on the automated equipment probably exceeds the effort to lay the rail by hand? Re-lay a turnout or cross and really impress me. In all, however, one IMPRESSIVE collection of machinery!
@Oroborus12 Yep, it's Belgium allright. On the machine you can read "Infrabel", the Belgium company that manages all the railway equipment.
Pois é... muito fascinante. Já trampei com essas geringonças na Vale... mas a primeira que aparece colocando os dormentes eu nunca tinha visto. mas recordar é viver.
Whoooo ! Quelle organisation ! Magnifique !
@LivingSquirel I'll try... 0:00-0:57 picking up concrete ties and transporting to the tie machine. :57-1:35 replacing the old ties. 1:35-1:55 final alignment of the new ties. 1:56-2:14 pulling the rails back in line. 2:15-2:49 clipping the rail onto the ties. 2:50-2:56 putting the old ballast back in place. 2:57-3:31 loosening up and replacing the rest of the old ballast. 3:32-4:02 detail ballast application. 4:03-4:51 tamping the ballast under the ties. 4:52-end topping off ballast.
Prachtig gefilmd, zo heb je eens een mooi overzicht hoe het allemaal in zijn werk gaat!
es una locura, alto proyecto de ingenieria diseñar estas maquinas.
Have we forgotten who build the railroads 150 years ago, if life was that easy then?
@amaralgustavo
The machine in 4:30 is a ballast tamper or tamping machine.
An amazing video. Which country was this video shot in ? Although I have seen track tamping machines, have never seen a whole range of machines doing all the work from removing the old sleepers, installing new ones to setting the track.
Já viajei para mais de 50países e acho o Brasil, surreal!
Em 14anos que vivi fora, nunca vi um atrazo tão grande.Uma enrolação sem tamanho e uma corrução Jupiteriana! Sei do que estou falando.Morei em países do 1º e do3ºmundo.
Alguem sabe onde fica isso??? Anyone know where is it??
@1brewski2 This one is made by the Swiss company Matisa in 1993 and owned by Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure.
@rolandvia This crew appears to be just replacing the ties and ballast. The train picks up the rail and spreads it so that the ties will roll up the conveyor without being hung up on the rail. After that the new ties roll down into place of the old ones. I would love to see them when they finnaly start to lay high speed rail.
Absolutely amazing. The wonders of technology.
Nunca antes neste país se construiu uma ferrovia assim. Este video mostra a construção de trecho da ferrovia Garanhuns - Recife
Execelente vídeo. As ferrovias exercem um fascínio em qualquer Engenheiro...
Great and interesting video! Greetings from Latvia.
Human Ingenuity displayed clearly here!!!
You find information looking in the google for Plasser & Teurer, it is a german company. You will find a complete page on it.
@amaralgustavo
They are evenly distributing the ballast for the tracks by vibrating it into place
wow! very impressive! wonderful engineering!
Reminds me of tunneling machines. Hopefully these machines will serve us and us not them. That is their purpose. To serve man and relieve us of the back breaking jobs. I drove thousands of spikes in the 70's while in my youth in Alberta Canada and so I appreciate this very much.
@JulienVercel is it possible to lay railroad for high speeds trains (i mean at least 200 km/h) as well with this equipment?
wonder what machinery like that cost to design & build?
That is amazing!!! Looks like it would be so much safer for the workers.
Incredible video! Respect to author!
Excellent machine, any of these conditions would have to come to South America?
What devices are used building US railways?
@johnwest666 It is in BELGIUM!
Wish Australia has that kind of efficiency and technology.
excellent engineering ..very cool work.
Simply amazing. I'm sure Otto von Bismarck would be proud.
beautiful, i'm in total awe
that is amazing. thanks to the poster!
@mtorquato :situa-se na Belgica. Acho muito intgeressante alguém escrever que there are not germans around. E a Siemens faz o que lá ? abraços, werner
They didnt show the bit where they stretch the rail so as to prevent it from buckling in heat.
@JulienVercel Hallo ! Wie gehts ?!! Well, mine Deuscht ist kein gut ! My husband discovered this video in internet, and we thought it was one of the most fantastic thing we had ever , ever imagined ! The up to date German Technology-amazing- ! Then today I saw your commentary that's it's an old technology ! Something 20 yrs old! Awesome ! Here , Brasil, it's still an all man's hard conventional work !
That's like the badass way to build the tracks.
Or should I say "Building the tracks in style, eh? "
A very handy device - where can I get one, and how much? (include delivery to Perth , Western Australia)
Great video! Short of new rail, that is a brand new line!
Freaking amazing!
What's even more amazing, is the fact three people hit the "disliked" button...I'm going to assume they were drunk and high...
Sensacional... é disso que precisamos no Brasil
Wonder if it can make curves? Pretty sweet, should try making one of these in LEGO sometime, lol!
The most efficient machine ever seen!
Was there a track there before?
@godofwar007 trains are still one of the best ways to move people and goods. we need more of them.
What devices are used in the US?
@ Plasser & Theurer aktuellTV - Interesting reports from the world of track maintenance combined with international news.
Nota-se Overpelt fica na Bélgica.
Perfeito.
Trens é um dos mais eficaz, econômicos meio de transporte tanto para carga como de passageiro.
BR no passado havia muito trens, hj infelizmente as concessionárias não "permitiam" mais que isso ocorresse.
Um vagão de trem de carga, tira 7 caminhões da estrada. Melhoraria as condições da estrada, acidentes com caminhões por mostoristas usarem medicamentos para manter acordado, diminuiriam e muitas outras citações.
Perfeito esta construção de ferrovia
@Styath Also, "Impending robot uprising" was that your cue to take me seriously?
Would love to see this with some kind of voice over explaining the various steps, seems there are far more than I would have guesses, very cool machine and vid!
Heel mooie video!
THIS IS EVEN OLD SCHOOL TO WHEN THE MAGLEV TRAINS ARE COMMON PLACE
@rolandvia Not even US railroads lay ties by hand anymore. They have machines and a crew of people that are part of a "TIE GANG." Very seldom do you see anyone replacing ties by hand unless it is just a tie or 2 that need changing.
Amazing! Perfect ! This is what Brazil needs, progress, man working and linking Brazil fm North to South, and so on.... Parem de votar em Ladrões,.... Acorda Brasil,
Wake up Brazil ! :-)
this is for laying new track right?
What is the machine called?
這不是在德國，是在比利時東北方接近荷蘭邊境的城市 Overpelt，這段鐵路工程影片是拍攝通往附近Mol城市的建造過程。比利時北方講荷蘭文，所說明才是荷蘭文。
thanks for posting.
Colombia necesita que el próximo Ministro de Transporte, designe aun Ingeniero de Vías y Transporte y vea esta portentosa maquinaria, con el fin de reactivar los Ferrocarriles de Colombia y no nombrar gente como el sobrino de Pinedo que desfalco al erario publico en un negociado de proyecto de tecnologías ferroviarias para nuestro país
DR. ALVARO SEQUERA DUARTE.
It's in Belgium mate.
Seria excelente se o Brasil voltasse a investir em ferrovias. Cairia o custo de frete, e isso refleteria no preço final dos produtos que consumimos. Fora que muitos produtores teriam espaços em outros mercados. Além do transporte de cargas, o transporte de pessoas também beneficiaria o país, pois você viajaria com mais segurança e conforto.
Is dit allemaal op dezelfde dag gebeurt?
That's just amazing ! thanks
Is this a train-ception?
É um sistema sobre trilhos que remove o antigo trilho e vai recolocando novos. em um sitema quase todo automatizado. Muito bom. eu ainda acredito no poder das ferrovias. poderia ser melhor aproveitado no brasil. (as ferrovias)
Anyone got a bit more play for play on this. Great vid but like I get sorta what the first minute is bringing in the blocks but I'd love a little more on whats happening.
what a lot of work! impressive! :)
Fantástico. Maravilhoso. Fantastic. Amazing.
I guess it's time to retire that famous old song "I've been workin' on the rail road".
O meu sonho sempre foi mudar o Brasil.O que acontece que é que na hora de organizar um movimento, ninguém quer perder a novelinha, o churrasquinho e futebol do final de semana.Quando nego vê que dá muito trabalho transformar um país, nego recua e fica esperando quem vai aparecer do nada para resolver o problema para ele.Assim é o Brasileiro. Ele não se organiza, não luta! Apenas fica esperando para ver quem vai lutar por ele.Por causa disso o país está perdendo até áreas territoriais!