7:06 is one of the hydraulic motors for travel, not pump. The tie-holding fingers are easily welded up to take care of any wear. The brake cylinders and assemblies look like off-the-shelf truck air brake assemblies. If you can handle a tamper-liner, you should be able to run one of these. You should learn how. 8:16 shows hydraulic oil tank needing oil to be at minimum level. This machine has the weight and clamping force on the ties to pull them from under the rails. The section-gang machine we had on the Huckleberry had to have the cribs cleared by hand before a tie could be pulled. The weight of the tie clamps was not heavy enough to penetrate the ballast to grab the tie. Using it within its limitation made it a great help in replacing ties. I don't understand the logic of replacing 3 ties in a row instead of spreading out the number of ties to be replaced. I realize I did not see the ties in track as they were marked. I tried to keep our track a good solid Class II and at least one good tie under each joint. That would give at least 2 ties between replaced ties unless there was a "nest" of bad ties. Our heaviest axle load would be 25K or 27K lbs from locomotives or the occasional use of a Little Giant truck crane hyrailed for 3-foot gauge and had about 30K axle load under the crane end.
Thanks for the correction Roy and for the very interesting comment. Appreciate your sharing that with us and for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
I was thinking the same thing . . that's a lot of ties to pull consecutively. I have watched these pullers in operation where a machine would follow closely behind, inserting the new ties. Then another machine would come along pulling initially skipped ties, etc., so the track at all times had reasonable support.
Your welcome Shane, always reminds me of a road grader also. Really do want to thank you my friend for taking the time to watch the show tonight my friend.
No problem, it was my pleasure. Thank you for the very nice comment Bela Lugrisi. All kind of cool stuff goes on behind the scenes to keep trains running.
Dave we all say it over and over again on how much we appreciate these videos, but I have to say it again, there's no way we can see any of this with out Trespassing on any railroad property to get up vlose and personal like you do, your videos are always informative. Thanks Dave, stay safe out there.
Thank you so much Pappy for the very kind words. Very much appreciate your dropping in on us today and checking things out my good friend. I may bring you the railroad, but you bring us the location!
A veritable production line to replace those ties. That coal dust when it solidifies is like concrete and even dirt turning into mud makes that machine work harder. After that old tie comes out and the machine releases the rail I loved that "whoosh" sound as of releasing the brakes. The machines way of saying "Whew . sure glad that ones done with" To think all of this started with Dave making that orange mark on the tie
It is pretty neat to see the tie gang in action Paul, these guys really got slowed down because they only had 1 TRIPP in here and also because of the excessively hard ballast they had to deal with, but they did a superb job and never gave up. Thanks so much my friend for dropping by and taking in the show today.
I have just discovered your posts, as I sit recovering from illness. Thanks so much for taking the time to post, I am loving watching something new to me. Cheers from New Zealand mate.👍
Dave it is very professional of you to explain to us how highly technical the new machines have become over the early years. Also love the explanations how each machine works. I love your enthusiasm about your life long involvement on the railroad. Also your happy go lucky personality. You make learning about your career choice fun. The railroad in mining has been a very integral parts of our lives. The city that I live in my father told me when the coal cars came through how people walked along the tracks picking up coal to heat there houses he is 96 now. Love all your new graphics you have added to the channel. ❤🇨🇦
These machines are a culmination of many many years of back breaking labor and thinking.... there must be an easier way.. similar to the invention of the cotton gin
Thank you so very much Ray for the really awesome comment. You know how much we appreciate all your great comments and support you have given the channel. Back in the day many folks heated their homes with coal they gathered along the tracks. Miners would even sneak home coal in their lunch boxes back then. Times were tough for those guys, we are lucky we never experienced what they did to survive.
TH-cam just recommend this video to me, although I'm not into railroads or trains and know only that you should never play chicken with a train because chances are you lose. But maybe they thought I'd like it because I like all kinds of heavy machinery and interesting machines. And this machine here - that I never knew existed - fit the bill. So, yes, I'll watch a few more. But what I REALLY liked best was: you have the face of a man who has found his dream job and loves everything about it. THAT smile was contagious and made me a bit jealous because it is so rare these days to see someone who is so excited about his work. And your job does look like it is not just pressing buttons and pulling levers. Your hands have seen hard work. I just wanted to let you know that while I really like your content, the reason I'm now interested in "railroad maintenance machines" is the way you look at these monsters with such fascination and joy. Oh, and to all the railroad people who see thus comment, please excuse my use of terminology that may be totally incorrect. Like I said, I like machinery (i.e. it looks like you called a hydraulic motor/drive a pump and that reminded me of myself at my younger years, until I worked long enough with big hydraulics to know the difference) but hey, as long as everybody is having fun and knows what it does, no harm done, right? Thanks to TH-cam for recommending your channel. And thanks to you for getting me interested in something new. PS: your hydraulic oil seems a bit cloudy and low. Maybe have someone look at that. Contaminated oil really messes up the cylinder seals and can scratch up the piston rods. Oh, and lie oil levels cause unnecessary heat and that's not good for the whole system, but especially the pumps and drive-motors. (No criticism, just a habit I developed over decades of diagnosing problems) And a tip I gave my clients: ALWAYS keep all hydraulic fittings and connections clean. Including all parts that have seals and gaskets (like where the face plates meet the pump or drive housing) Like shiny clean. Once cleaned the first time, it's REAL easy and quick to keep it clean. That way you can quickly see if a problem is starting and you can fix it while it's still small (And cheap)
Thank you so much F Z for the very interesting and informative comment. Point well taken on the oil and keeping things clean. You are right. Appreciate the kind words about me, we are very glad to hear you are having a good time watching, Shows are for entertainment purposes only....LOL Seriously, we are grateful for your support of the channel my friend.
It sure is a life saver from having to replace all those by hand! Can't imagine even trying to pull those ties with tie tongs in that extremely hard ballast. Really appreciate your dropping in on us today and taking in the show my friend.
I always really enjoy when you do a walk around and am I cab view before you show the equipment in operation. It gives me different things to watch for. Have a great day.
Well thank you very much Lewis for telling me. I always wonder how the audience feels about how things get presented. When I know those kind of things, it helps me do better in the future. Very much appreciate your taking the time to tune in tonight and watch my friend.
Never ceases to amaze me, all the highly specialized machinery. Things must cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and they're basically just to maintain the track. All just part of railroadin' :)
Oh the love of hydraulics Mike. Imagine doing this by hand with pulling ties with a tie tong. In this kind of ballast conditions it is extremely hard, in loose ballast tie tongs aren't so awful bad, but much slower than with this machine. Thanks so much for watching my friend, it's always great when you pay us a visit.
It's amazing that people can make a machine like that. I think off all the manufacturing that goes into a simple wind-up bell timer, and then that......way beyond my brain.
Necessity is the mother of invention they have always said. When the RR's want to get rid of people, they invent machines to replace them. Yes it is amazing what some of the RR machines can do Thomas. So glad to have you join in with us today my friend.
The fact that you don't know makes you among the best maintenance guys on TH-cam. Keep up the good work. Ask what's wrong first, ask who knows more second, then ask how we fix it.
Well thank you very much for those very nice words. I don't know everything. I'm always learning, and that's pretty cool. But am so honored that I can share a little bit about track maintenance with you guys and the fact that you guys watch these. We really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Wish we had one of these where I work! We have to pull by hand. But we also do smaller jobs, nowhere near 1600 or so that you mentioned. Thanks for the video! Glad I found this channel. I work as a track maintenance worker for a metro passenger train network.
Thank you Dont Bovver and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy. That's really cool your MOW also! Pulling ties with a tie tong sucks! I can appreciate what you are doing with that my friend. 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
Once again simplicity at its best. Coming from a highly technical discipline (Aviation) I appreciate that there are many ways to accomplish the same task. The end result is a safe operation which it appears your have. Your hard work and dedication the your craft really show in your video work.
Dave, I have been watching your videos and learned alot! I will never look at a train track the same as I did before. You are a very great ambassador for your company and your profession.
That's not easy work and very hot in summer. I tip my hat to you Darren. Takes a good man to do what you do. Thank you for being a railroad worker. Very much appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
Train has stopped and is starting to unload in this section. Thus there is a lot of jarring of the cars which leaky car doors have coal sifted out onto the track. Yep it's full of coal fines, makes for some hard work pulling ties. Always a good day when you visit with us and write in my friend.
We used to have an ancient geismar inserter that you stood on a platform to run. Our little jackson 925 might not look like much but it is fast pulling ties and stuffing new ones in.
Looks don't pull ties, functionality does. Anything is easier than using tie tongs! LOL Very much appreciate your dropping in on us tonight and watching my good friend.
We had an old tie inserted. It was open air cab and we called it a TKO. I cant remember if I ever got to run it. Taking the rail anchors off really helps to remove and insert the ties. I wish we had something that fancy and nice. Thanks for a great video, Dave.
Your so right about the anchors Zach! This was really hard stuff he was working, if it was loose ballast he could have pulled 3 or 4 ties in the same time it took him to pull 1 here. They had an awful time that week with it being so dry and hard. Really appreciate your visit with me today my good friend.
@@ccrx6700 oh man, those spots suck. Most of my operators struggle at changing switch ties. I would have to hop on the back hoe and show them how it's done. Now mind you I rarely operated equipment, partially to personal preference and being the foreman I had to be close to the truck to answer when the train or dispatcher called me. I appreciate the wonderful content you share with us. What fun you and I would have working together.
I do believe the newer Nordco machines use Cummins, the engine in my tamper is a Cummins, in our regulator is a JD. Really appreciate your visit with me tonight my good friend.
it certainly does Wilbur, I've said that many times in the past. Pretty cool machine. My uncle ran a road grader for the township here many years ago and I've always wanted to run a grader, but never have. Very much appreciate your choosing to visit with me tonight and taking in the show my friend.
Very nice presentation. Love the equipment "tours" all the way around, in and out. Saw a brake engaged atop wheels, and hoped to see them release. Got a quick look see at end. Lets up, rolls forward, presses down and then the rail grips grab and hang on tight! Wow, do the tracks jump - and the ties along with them!
In work mode ( or index mode) the brakes are applied. When you press the forward pedal they release and reapply when you let your foot off the pedal. In travel mode it's more like a truck(tractor) with air brakes. You release the brakes and they remain released unless you press brake pedal or set parking brake
Hi Dave, John from Putnam Connecticut, just want to say how much I really enjoy your videos, I could watch things like this all day, it is really interesting to watch and learn how equipment operates..
Well thank you very much John from Connecticut. We really appreciate the very nice comment and for your tuning in to the presentation tonight my friend. So glad you had a good time with us.
It certainly does Eddy. I'm so honored and pleased to be able to share with everyone some of the stuff that goes on behind the scenes to keep trains running. We are also honored to have you join in with us and watch my friend.
Awesome machinery for sure! It has the cutest little wheels I ever seen! But has to be that way so the machine can lift the rail much easier. When I see a crew like that working nearby, I usually head to the rail yard around 6:00 pm because that’s the time they call it a day. Then I take a video of them heading back to the yard like a cool parade of machines while I wave hello.
Great walk-around and explanation! What a labor saver. I can’t imagine the hard work of removing ties by hand. I too wonder about greasing. I would hope it’s automatic as it would take a significant amount of time to grease all the moving parts on that machine!
It's not automatic (grease) and compared to using a backhoe to pull ties it's a pleasure to get paid to grease a machine like this and only takes a few minutes
This is an absolutely amazing machine, how helpful it is in providing good and secure rail and these ties are dealt with so quickly. Thank you so much for showing us the terrific machine and how it's done!
It certainly is a really cool machine John. Always do I enjoy watching it work. This guy is a good operator. Some of the guys in the past really rip and tear and can mess up track surface and alignment, and I've got to follow them with tamper resurfacing and lining track. I did almost none of that following this guy, he was good. It's always a good day when you visit with us my friend. We do appreciate you.
Some one else wrote in he thought one of his dentists used that machine one time to pull a tooth for him.... LOL Very much appreciate your dropping by and taking in the show today my friend.
So fascinating! It’s always amazing to see all the work that goes into maintaining our favorite little railroad in Greene County! And your reactions are priceless, Dave!
Well thank you Mr. Zapadka for the very nice comment. It's always a good day when we see your smiling face here to visit with us. FYI: Rodney is losing all kinds of weight, he's about half the size he was. I don't think he has a medical condition causing it tho.
Another interesting video. I am surprised the lifting of the rail does not mess withthe level of the track by allowing some ballast to fall into the gap below the ties. I would love to see a future video on how long straight sections of track deal with expansion and contraction of the rail with temp changes without distorting the track.
Thanks Tom, glad you had a good time. Sometimes the rail does get humped and also track thrown out of alignment, that is why I follow the tie gang with my tamper to make corrections and also squeeze any loose ballast under the ties. Continuous welded rail has anchors on every single tie to help deal with the expansion. I am planning a video on how rail anchors hold track and also in that video will be a discussion on thermal expansion and contraction and rail creep, but have no idea when it will be shown. Thanks so much for watching the show today my friend.
Awesome kelaro75. I've been running a 6700 for about 18 years now. Here is some of the videos of it if you would sometime care to check them out: th-cam.com/play/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR.html
1600 ties.. That made my head spin. Cool machine. I esp like how they incorporate ancient Egyptian symbols on the machines console... Rabbit, turtle, light etc......
Sounds like a lot David, but with 2 TRIPP machines running and in good ballast conditions 1500 ties can be done in a 10 hour day. it really slowed them down here the hard ballast and they only had 1 TRIPP in here, the 1600 took them 4 full days to do. That made me laugh about the symbols! Made my night after a hard, hot day today tamping. Thanks so much my friend for visiting with me tonight.
Thank you so very much Doug for your very kind words! it was really swell of you to take the time to write in. We do appreciate your great support of the channel my friend.
Thank you so much Doug for paying us a visit today. Yes sir, all the EV get powered by coal and natural gas to produce electricity for them. You might like to watch this video on EV's, it's an eye opener. I do watch Sorelle a lot, she got best advice out there on finances and what is really going on in the world, and she nice to look at.... LOL th-cam.com/video/TUx8yIlKVpU/w-d-xo.html
Really glad you enjoyed the show Roy. I will have another one out sometime on him stuffing ties back in. Not sure when it will be shown yet. Very much appreciate your visiting with us today my friend.
It's pretty neat to watch Eric. Couple of these machines, one pulling and the other inserting can get a whole lot of ties done in one day. Appreciate your dropping in on us tonight and watching the home movie my friend.
Very pleased to hear that Harrison. So glad you are having a good time with us and we are very grateful for your being a part of our channel my friend.
Yes it does Gerald. They keep it maintained pretty good, but as you can see it definitely needs it. Mechanic was here for several days working on it before it went out to work, but he also had the tie crane and spike puller to work on then too. Really appreciate your deciding to drop by tonight and take in the show my friend.
Thankyou my engineer sir. Your all videos are very informable.💚 Thankyou sir for the beautifull view with introducing of railway track steeplers replacing mechine.. and It's.. steeplers replacing works 😍👍👍 ❤️💛💚
Yes it does John. so much better than pulling them out by hand with tie tongs! Gotta love hydraulics. Very much appreciate your coming over to visit tonight and taking in the presentation my friend.
Thank you Olivine Honey, that is the creation of a subscriber, Alex Sawyers, he did a very good job in putting it together. We really appreciate your stopping by today and checking out the show my friend.
What a fantastic machine Dave, great to see the inside view, walk round first then in action. Suspect there is a limit to the number of consecutive ties that can be removed before the rails behind the machine spread and the machine goes on the floor !
Nice to hear you enjoyed Zeno elea, it was very nice of you to drop by and take in the presentation today my friend. I'm sure there is a limit on how many can be pulled before gage spreads, but don't know an exact figure. Usually when they have a lot of ties close together to pull, they will skip some, pull the old ones out and insert new ones, spike it down and then come back to get the others.
This is the best walkaround so far Dave. Loads of switches and labels to read. I like to see that kind of thing and get an idea of what the operator has to do. Looks like a lot of setting up to do first then once done I guess it is mostly operated from the joystick.
Thank you cedarcam, very pleased to hear you liked this one. This is an amazing piece of equipment, sure much better than pulling ties by hand! Very much appreciate your dropping in today and checking out the show my friend.
I can believe that Ryan. it is an awesome machine and a lot of fun to watch working. Will have another video of this one inserting ties coming out soon. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and taking in the presentation my friend.
Thats an amazing machine Dave. I'm familiar with how heavy those ties are. Dad used them for cribbing when lifting houses up to be moved. And that machine slides and moves them around like match sticks! Looking forward to seeing the reinstalling process. Thanks Dave!
Your very welcome my friend. So do appreciate your dropping in on us today and checking out the presentation Jim. Will have a another video out sometime, not sure when, on this guy stuffing ties back in for you.
Great video Dave! We used to watch the guys on the Milwaukee Road replace ties by hand back in the early 70's. I believe they used a tie machine as well, but I remember them pulling up in their little runner cart with a small flat bed with ties and tools on it, and getting to work by hand. The nearby Chicago Northwestern line was far more up-to-date and used automated machinery, but that may be because it was a main line. The Milwaukee Road line was a long spur.
Old days we did it by hand / levage bar. 9 crew gang. I did a 60 crew gang. major track restore. By hand. With one backhoe he lift the rail away for one mile.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and watch the video today Johnny. Those old days were a lot of hard, backbreaking work, but it made a man out of you.
Hi Dave, just long enough for Monday lunch, (bank holiday over here), well done!! Nice to see "gallons" as a measurement Almost everything in litres in UK and Europe. Enjoyed the video🤠
I recently saw another tie extractor and inserter on another Channel and that operator use the opposite arm to push the tie out and then grabbed it from the other side and pulled it out and he was removing a tie every minute or two
Pretty interesting Earl, thanks for sharing that with us. This machine can go much faster in loose ballast, the ballast here was very hard and difficult to pull ties in. Really appreciate your paying us a visit today and checking things out my friend.
Yes sir ocsrc. They are a lot of fun to watch and I would love to operate on sometime, but hey, a guy can dream, although a tie crane would be more fun for me I think. Really appreciate your visiting with me tonight and taking in the show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 in the next decade I bet they will have a n A.I. machine that runs this and another A.I. will identify the bad ties, and lay down the new ties for the other machine to replace I couldn't believe it when I saw the harvest tractor from John Deer and the truck that goes with it. They actually had 3 of these and they were cutting down the corn fields and loading the tractor trailers by themselves using GPS and a new software that is owned by John Deer. You can't fix the equipment, you have to call John Deer and they bring a laptop with special software and a single that plugs into the tractor and it has the special code, each of their machines uses a special key unique to that serial number. You can't do anything without that dongle and only John Deer techs have it It is the same technology that I saw when I worked at the satellite relay center and the same technology that Motorola uses to work on their radios and networks. Without the dongle and the software and the key for each network and the superior administration login no changes can be made. You can't even read the eeprom without it Every radio's eeprom is read and write protected each time they do anything to the radio, and John Deer has done this, so it encrypts and locks the eeprom each time, and it will "BRICK" the radio, or the tractor, if you attempt to read the eeprom without the dongle or if you enter the wrong key 3 times, even if you have the dongle. Intellectual property rights are now considered a matter of National Security I understand that they want to make money, but this idea that you can no longer buy physical items and own them, like a tractor, or a car, or a satellite receiver, that is so unAmerican You pay 150,000 dollars for a Tesla, and you have to pay a yearly fee of 30,000 for " administration ", and you have to pay for the mandatory factory software upgraded they force into the car's computer over their 1.2 GHz radio network that they have all over the world. And after all that money, you should be able to own the car, but the sale agreement is not a sale agreement, it is a lease agreement that says that the car will always belong to Tesla and you can never work on " their" property and must use the dealership to do any repairs. DirecTV and Echostar and every other satellite company has you sign the same thing and they take the equipment back when you cancel service The FCC made the cable companies and Internet companies that provide phone service give people the right to buy their own cable modem that has the phone jacks So, I had the modem from the internet company and they charged me 30 dollars a month Rental fee for the cable modem. I went through all the work and bought my own modem, and the internet company came out and they said they would not allow any equipment that wasn't theirs, even though it was the exact same model and brand new. So they installed a new cable modem and they left the original one with the phone jacks and they said I would not be charged for the original modem since I had filed to have my own modem. But, instead of just leaving the connection to the modem for the TV and Internet, they installed a second box, identical to the first one, just to be able to keep collecting 30.00 a month extra in rental fees That's the greed that should be illegal I have no problem with people making money, but when you buy a drug that the company was selling for 20 dollars that is a life or death drug, and you raise the cost for each injection from 20 dollars to 8000 dollars, just because you can, that is pure evil To say that you know people will die and you don't care, and your greed is the thing killing them, that's sick and evil. Nazi Germany gas Chambers EVIL Our government should be able to have Medicare4all at 100% These multinational corporations bought up all the doctors, all the hospitals, and the first thing they did was to sell off the new equipment. They had us pull the old paper EKG machines from the 70s out of the basement and I boxed up all the new equipment and shipped it overseas. They fired all the employees and brought in doctors from Africa on A1 visas and we had a connection problem with the network and I went to the medical building at 2am and opened the basement door to check the internet equipment and they were living in the basement. The doctors who they brought in and were paying 300 dollars a week, they were living in the basements of all the medical buildings. They had unplugged the internet switches and plugged in extension cords and hot plates and other stuff They were using the mop sink and attached the hose to the metal frame of the basement ceiling above the floor drain, and that was how they were taking showers And they wore scrubs they washed in the mop sink. And the corporate office knew all of it and they did not care. Maximum profit I was maintain the billing servers, making sure the computers all worked and the billing was done by the company that was paid to do it. They had me build a billing server, an identical copy of what they were paying for, and I told them they needed a full time IT crew, not just me they were paying 200 dollars a week. They didn't listen They started billing themselves and I saw they were submitting the same charges 3 and 4 times for many patients. I told them we needed to get together and go over the process and make sure these mistakes were not happening. I found the employees were not making errors The CEO was logging in at night after I ran all the billing through the clearing house, and rebilling, deliberately. These people are billionaires That's the sickest thing They have all the money they will ever need I had several of the doctors that I knew personally who still had their jobs because they got lawyers and took the hospitals to court The new HD monitors for reading MRI and CT scans, they had me box those up and put back the old Carts and the resolution was horrible. The doctor asked me if I could get a monitor exactly like what we had, and I said sure, I would see where I could order one from. She paid me out of her pocket and I got it shipped overnight and I brought it to the hospital and went in the tech room and I put in the new monitor The next morning I got a call from the doctor and she asked when I was going to bring the new monitor I told her I did She said there was no new monitor I went in, and the old monitor was back in the spot I went to security and I reviewed the footage and I left around 5am. The CEO came in around 7am, saw the new monitor, and took it. I called him,cat home, and told Jim that the monitor was MINE , AND I LOANED IT TO MY FRIEND SO SHE COULD READ THE SCANS He didn't believe me I brought him a copy of the invoice, and he said he would not accept a copy I had a color copy made and brought that and he said he would have a check made out for me. I told him we needed the monitor, not the check. He said no, he would have a check cut I asked him if I bought another monitor for the doctor would it be safe or would it be taken. He said not to bring anything new in Long story short, he never paid me, and he claimed I never gave him the invoice I went to small claims court, but lost I still am pissed about this. And this wasn't just my area Companies all across America bought all the medical offices and hospitals. The decadence I have seen The one family was from India and they actually had slaves. In America. They owned other Indian people who they brought in illegally and owned. They didn't pay them, they were chained up. Actually chained up. Evil Just no other words for it And these people see nothing wrong with anything they do They have no MORALS ETHICS COMPASSION SYMPATHY EMPATHY DECENCY I have nightmares every night because of the things I have seen I don't think of myself as a good person, but I am not a monster. These people are monsters 👹👹👹
Great video Dave! Sorry if i missed any videos. I'm looking back to catch them all. I've been in the hospital for a week and a day. I hope to get out tomorrow. Keep up the great work!
Not ever having been in a Cessna, I will take your word for it Richard. Glad you had a good time with us and we do appreciate your watching today my friend.
Dave, great video as usual, buy one little correction to something I have noticed you do on several occasions. The hydraulic units that drive the wheels or other devices are hydraulic motors , not pumps. The hydraulic pump my look identical, but it is driven by the engine to provide pressurized hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motors.
Thank you very much Dennis. You are certainly correct, they are called motors. My mind sometimes gets things mixed up, so appreciate your writing in and setting the record straight on that. I have no problem in being corrected when it is due. I like to be factual, even tho I sometimes make a mistake. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Whole heck of a lot better than pulling them by hand with tie tongs! Specially in this hard ballast Jason. Thank goodness for hydraulics. We really do thank you for tuning in and watching the show tonight my friend.
Definitely enjoyable to watch! I can see what a great increase in speed this machine provides as I can't imagine doing this by hand :) Two thoughts I had while watching: 1) How much work is involved after the ties are back in place - do you need to tamp and crib? 2) What would be involved in switching over to concrete sleepers? BTW you folks get all that cool equipment and I thank you for letting us watch it in action :)
Very glad you had a good time with us today Brian. 1. after tie replacement I follow with tamper correcting any humps or alignment issues in the track that may have been caused by the tie gang. This was a good tie gang and they caused me very little follow up work. Some tie gangs rip and tear and cause me a lot of work tamping! 2. Here is a video I had made that explains why we cannot use concrete ties here. That explanation is about 1/3 of the way into that video. th-cam.com/video/oOug0z34118/w-d-xo.html
Ahhhhh, no worry about calling cylinders pistons, the pistons are inside the cylinders anyway. I just did a teardown on a 20 hp V-twin engine, the guy ran it with no oil.........the crankshaft, one piston, both connecting rods, and one cyinder and cast iron cylinder liner are history.........
Oil is a pretty important component..... LOL Guess there weren't any idiot lights on that machine.... :-) But I can't talk much, had weed trimmers for years and after all those years one day my mind derailed and put gas in it that wasn't mixed.... Didn't last long as you can imagine. Thanks so much my friend for dropping by and taking in the show tonight.
@@ccrx6700 its a 2002 John Deere L120, has a 48 inch mowing deck, and a shot engine. The oil stick didnt show any oil, but there was enough in it that the EXXON-MOBIL ship came to my garage, when i took the oil sump off. The guy asked me to work on it way back in 2007, when i spun the engine by hand, i knew it was doomed. Then i asked him if he ever checked the oil, his reply, "gee, i didnt know the oil had to be checked"! Then i told him, "the engine has thrown both rods, do you want me to repair it or not?" Then he said, "well if thats the case, you can have the tractor". Sooooo, now i have to find what a "short block" costs, and i will have a nice machine for both summer and winter, because there is a snow blade kit for it! As for the weed wacker, yes, sometimes that happens, you get in a hurry or are tired, and oooopsies! My son did that too, he messed up a nearly new Lawn-Boy mower that i was trying to sell, and of course you know what happened. He was nowhere to be found when i got home from work that day, and my daughter surprised the solar eclipse out of me, she piped up, " thats one of those mowers you gave to mix oil and gas, he put straight gas in it!" Not bad for a young lady that had never been behind a lawnmower in her life!
@@ccrx6700 yes, that 20 hp engine did have provisions for both an oil pressure gauge, and an automatic low oil shut-off, but neither one was installed.
Back in the late 80s, Cub Cadet came out with the 17 hp Kohler twin cylinder lawn tractors. Koehler got a little to much sealer around the oil passages in the crankcase, plus the oil pickup was only on one side of the engine. If you ran it on a side hill it lost all lubrication. Others, with the oil passages glued shut, received no lubrication. They would break a rod, and shove it out the side of the case. I short blocked numerous engines with less than 50 hours on them. Kohler made some quick upgrades, and no more issues
@@robertheinkel6225 this engine is/was a 20 hp V-twin, OHV, Briggs and Stratton, with a 9/11/2002 build date, there was plenty of evidence the oil pump, etc, were working, the guy was one of those that evidently just didnt care. And i have also worked on Kohler engines besides the one you described, that, like you said, if tilted to one side or the other would starve the lube system of oil, and we both know what happens!
Dave, As I've watched the various vids you've made about all the work needed to keep everything below the rails in good shape, and have been surprised how much is needed, I've wondered if any studies have been done about the cost of doing the ongoing maintenance piecemeal, a few ties every year, some renewal of the ballast here and there, vs every 10 years or so getting one of those operations where the ballast is all cleaned and new ties are laid? Plus, if you did that you could probably sell tickets to watch that show! As the old ties were pulled out, its amazing to see how much fines and 'dust' there is in with the ballast. How much of a problem, if at all, is that? Good video!
Good question shop shop and no one has ever done any sort of study like that here. We typically put in 2,000 ties every year and have done so for over 25 years now, with a few exceptions. And, we are in constant cribbing mode when we can. I've done miles of cribbing over the past 3 years, a little at a time, but it adds up over the long time frame. That section is particulary bad because it's over where the train has stopped and is dumping, so the jarring of the cars causes more coal fines to fall out of leaky doors. When dry like it is in the video, that coal and ballast get very hard, and it is very hard to pull the ties out as you could tell. In loose ballast he would most likely have pulled 3 ties to every one he did in the video. But I was unable to be with him anywhere else that week than here.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks. Not only are your videos good, but its good of you to answer so many questions. Yep, it seems like you are painting the Golden Gate bridge, takes something like 5 or 6 years, and when they get to one end, they go back and start over! How many ties do you think do you think the line has in total?
Very good question Valerie. Couple of weeks before the tie gang comes in, myself or someone else will walk track and mark the bad ties with an orange spray painted dot. Then the grapple truck comes in and spreads the ties. Next the spike puller will go out and pull spikes on the marked ties. Then this machine comes behind and pulls the ties that have the spikes pulled. Appreciate your visiting with me tonight my friend.
Glad you enjoyed the show Jim. Here they often bring in 2 TRIPP's, a spike puller, a spiker and a plater. However this time they only had 1 TRIPP and no plater, really slowed things down and with the hard ballast conditions made things worse. Thanks so much for stopping by my friend.
Thanks for the nice comment al ro. Yes all MOW equipment comes in on tractor trailers. However no crane, they have specialty trailers that have 2 rails on the bed and they drive and winch the machines on and off the trailer. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and writing in my friend.
Everything is trucked in to here JJE siince we do not interchange with another RR. Here is link to a video of them unloading a couple of pieces of equipment off a tractor trailer. th-cam.com/video/cF3KWNi6bh4/w-d-xo.html
Since this is a contractor running it, not sure he would go for it, but I could ask him next time Johnnie. Thanks for visiting with us today and taking in the presentation my good man.
Did they crib the spots where the ties were? Would be a bit of a waste to just put new ties into that coal dust laden mud so they can rot quicker? With the ties gone, digging them would be way easier.
No we did not here Allison. I certainly agree with your logic, but time constraints and plus we had much other cribbing to do first before we can get to this spot. We are cribbing on 25 mph track, this section you saw is 10 mph. Thanks so much for stopping by and writing in my friend.
May I ask how the old ties are disposed of ? Here in New Zealand they would be in high demand by landscapers and suppliers and sold for a pretty penny too. 😀
Some are given away to local people, some we donated to local historical society that has a small narrow gage track, some are given to the Pa. Game Commission, the decent ties that can be reused are kept, and the rotten ones are put in dumpsters. No one yet here has embraced the idea I suggested years ago about selling them to landscapers.
Thanks Dave, the ties or sleepers as they are known here are all made of concrete now, this makes genuine timber sleepers a very high demand item for landscaping, so much so that mills are making “sleepers” for the market demand. Crazy stuff.
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7:06 is one of the hydraulic motors for travel, not pump. The tie-holding fingers are easily welded up to take care of any wear. The brake cylinders and assemblies look like off-the-shelf truck air brake assemblies. If you can handle a tamper-liner, you should be able to run one of these. You should learn how. 8:16 shows hydraulic oil tank needing oil to be at minimum level. This machine has the weight and clamping force on the ties to pull them from under the rails. The section-gang machine we had on the Huckleberry had to have the cribs cleared by hand before a tie could be pulled. The weight of the tie clamps was not heavy enough to penetrate the ballast to grab the tie. Using it within its limitation made it a great help in replacing ties. I don't understand the logic of replacing 3 ties in a row instead of spreading out the number of ties to be replaced. I realize I did not see the ties in track as they were marked. I tried to keep our track a good solid Class II and at least one good tie under each joint. That would give at least 2 ties between replaced ties unless there was a "nest" of bad ties. Our heaviest axle load would be 25K or 27K lbs from locomotives or the occasional use of a Little Giant truck crane hyrailed for 3-foot gauge and had about 30K axle load under the crane end.
I assume you are from the CSX crew? 😄👍🏻
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the correction Roy and for the very interesting comment.
Appreciate your sharing that with us and for taking the time to
watch and write in my friend.
I was thinking the same thing . . that's a lot of ties to pull consecutively. I have watched these pullers in operation where a machine would follow closely behind, inserting the new ties. Then another machine would come along pulling initially skipped ties, etc., so the track at all times had reasonable support.
The frame of that beast sure resembles a road grater. Pretty cool machine. Thanks for sharing it with us, Dave!
Your welcome Shane, always reminds me of a road grader
also. Really do want to thank you my friend for taking the
time to watch the show tonight my friend.
Amazing how much work that machine does. Anyone who has ever had to move a railroad tie by hand will appreciate it.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and
watch the video today Jeff and for your nice comment.
Thanks for showing us the unsung heroes that keep our society humming along! Very cool to see~
No problem, it was my pleasure. Thank you for the very nice comment Bela Lugrisi. All kind of cool stuff goes on behind
the scenes to keep trains running.
Dave we all say it over and over again on how much we appreciate these videos, but I have to say it again, there's no way we can see any of this with out Trespassing on any railroad property to get up vlose and personal like you do, your videos are always informative. Thanks Dave, stay safe out there.
Great video indeed.
Thank you so much Pappy for the very kind words. Very much
appreciate your dropping in on us today and checking things
out my good friend. I may bring you the railroad, but you bring
us the location!
A veritable production line to replace those ties. That coal dust when it solidifies is like concrete and even dirt turning into mud makes that machine work harder. After that old tie comes out and the machine releases the rail I loved that "whoosh" sound as of releasing the brakes. The machines way of saying "Whew . sure glad that ones done with" To think all of this started with Dave making that orange mark on the tie
It is pretty neat to see the tie gang in action Paul, these guys really
got slowed down because they only had 1 TRIPP in here and also
because of the excessively hard ballast they had to deal with, but
they did a superb job and never gave up. Thanks so much my
friend for dropping by and taking in the show today.
I have just discovered your posts, as I sit recovering from illness. Thanks so much for taking the time to post, I am loving watching something new to me. Cheers from New Zealand mate.👍
Glad to have you aboard with us Bob and pleased to hear
you are enjoying the shows. We do appreciate your watching
my friend.
Dave it is very professional of you to explain to us how highly technical the new machines have become over the early years. Also love the explanations how each machine works. I love your enthusiasm about your life long involvement on the railroad. Also your happy go lucky personality. You make learning about your career choice fun. The railroad in mining has been a very integral parts of our lives. The city that I live in my father told me when the coal cars came through how people walked along the tracks picking up coal to heat there houses he is 96 now. Love all your new graphics you have added to the channel. ❤🇨🇦
These machines are a culmination of many many years of back breaking labor and thinking.... there must be an easier way.. similar to the invention of the cotton gin
Thank you so very much Ray for the really awesome comment.
You know how much we appreciate all your great comments
and support you have given the channel. Back in the day
many folks heated their homes with coal they gathered along
the tracks. Miners would even sneak home coal in their
lunch boxes back then. Times were tough for those guys,
we are lucky we never experienced what they did to survive.
TH-cam just recommend this video to me, although I'm not into railroads or trains and know only that you should never play chicken with a train because chances are you lose.
But maybe they thought I'd like it because I like all kinds of heavy machinery and interesting machines.
And this machine here - that I never knew existed - fit the bill.
So, yes, I'll watch a few more.
But what I REALLY liked best was: you have the face of a man who has found his dream job and loves everything about it.
THAT smile was contagious and made me a bit jealous because it is so rare these days to see someone who is so excited about his work. And your job does look like it is not just pressing buttons and pulling levers. Your hands have seen hard work.
I just wanted to let you know that while I really like your content, the reason I'm now interested in "railroad maintenance machines" is the way you look at these monsters with such fascination and joy.
Oh, and to all the railroad people who see thus comment, please excuse my use of terminology that may be totally incorrect. Like I said, I like machinery (i.e. it looks like you called a hydraulic motor/drive a pump and that reminded me of myself at my younger years, until I worked long enough with big hydraulics to know the difference) but hey, as long as everybody is having fun and knows what it does, no harm done, right?
Thanks to TH-cam for recommending your channel.
And thanks to you for getting me interested in something new.
PS: your hydraulic oil seems a bit cloudy and low. Maybe have someone look at that. Contaminated oil really messes up the cylinder seals and can scratch up the piston rods. Oh, and lie oil levels cause unnecessary heat and that's not good for the whole system, but especially the pumps and drive-motors. (No criticism, just a habit I developed over decades of diagnosing problems)
And a tip I gave my clients: ALWAYS keep all hydraulic fittings and connections clean. Including all parts that have seals and gaskets (like where the face plates meet the pump or drive housing)
Like shiny clean. Once cleaned the first time, it's REAL easy and quick to keep it clean.
That way you can quickly see if a problem is starting and you can fix it while it's still small (And cheap)
Thank you so much F Z for the very interesting and informative
comment. Point well taken on the oil and keeping things clean.
You are right. Appreciate the kind words about me, we are very
glad to hear you are having a good time watching, Shows
are for entertainment purposes only....LOL Seriously, we
are grateful for your support of the channel my friend.
That's a very cool machine. Thousands of man hours and back muscles saved.
It sure is a life saver from having to replace all those by hand!
Can't imagine even trying to pull those ties with tie tongs in
that extremely hard ballast. Really appreciate your dropping
in on us today and taking in the show my friend.
Thanks for your joy and smile, it helps on my bad days!
Your welcome Louis. Very glad to hear you are having a good
time watching. We really do appreciate your visiting with us
and writing in my friend.
It's amazing how track maitenance has been perfected down to a science
Very glad you enjoyed today Arkay. We do appreciate your
dropping by and taking in the presentation my friend.
Thanks for all of these videos. Its neat to see this stuff that I normally wouldn"t get to see.
Your very welcome Riley, my pleasure. Glad you had a good time
and we do appreciate your taking the time to watch and write
in my good man.
Thanks for another upload
Your welcome, thanks for visiting with us today some beach.
they honestly should make a video game character based on you in like starcraft or something you got the best energy man.
We want to say Thank You for dropping in on us and watching
the presentation today Texanleon. Appreciate the very nice
comment my good man.
I always really enjoy when you do a walk around and am I cab view before you show the equipment in operation. It gives me different things to watch for. Have a great day.
Well thank you very much Lewis for telling me. I always wonder
how the audience feels about how things get presented. When
I know those kind of things, it helps me do better in the future.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to tune in tonight
and watch my friend.
Never ceases to amaze me, all the highly specialized machinery. Things must cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and they're basically just to maintain the track. All just part of railroadin' :)
replaces about 25 men for this machine alone.......
Oh the love of hydraulics Mike. Imagine doing this by hand with
pulling ties with a tie tong. In this kind of ballast conditions it
is extremely hard, in loose ballast tie tongs aren't so awful bad,
but much slower than with this machine. Thanks so much
for watching my friend, it's always great when you pay us a
visit.
@@rearspeaker6364 All those Gandy Dancers... out of work.
My dad used to do that work.
You’re a rare breed! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much my friend for the very nice comment.
We really appreciate your visiting with us today and
taking in the home movie David.
It's amazing that people can make a machine like that. I think off all the manufacturing that goes into a simple wind-up bell timer, and then that......way beyond my brain.
A Rube Goldberg machine.
Necessity is the mother of invention they have always said. When
the RR's want to get rid of people, they invent machines to
replace them. Yes it is amazing what some of the RR machines
can do Thomas. So glad to have you join in with us today
my friend.
The fact that you don't know makes you among the best maintenance guys on TH-cam. Keep up the good work. Ask what's wrong first, ask who knows more second, then ask how we fix it.
Well thank you very much for those very nice words. I don't know
everything. I'm always learning, and that's pretty cool. But am
so honored that I can share a little bit about track maintenance
with you guys and the fact that you guys watch these. We
really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my
friend.
Wish we had one of these where I work! We have to pull by hand. But we also do smaller jobs, nowhere near 1600 or so that you mentioned. Thanks for the video! Glad I found this channel. I work as a track maintenance worker for a metro passenger train network.
Thank you Dont Bovver and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy. That's
really cool your MOW also! Pulling ties with a tie tong sucks!
I can appreciate what you are doing with that my friend.
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
Very cool machine working on the railroad!
Nice to hear you enjoyed Derrick. it was very nice of you to
drop by and take in the presentation today my friend.
thanks for another cool video sir.
You are very welcome Scott and Debra. We really appreciate
your nice comment and for visiting with us tonight my friends.
Once again simplicity at its best. Coming from a highly technical discipline (Aviation) I appreciate that there are many ways to accomplish the same task. The end result is a safe operation which it appears your have. Your hard work and dedication the your craft really show in your video work.
Thank you kindly Lynn for the very nice comment. Really
appreciate your checking out the video today and taking the
time to write in my friend.
Dave, I have been watching your videos and learned alot!
I will never look at a train track the same as I did before.
You are a very great ambassador for your company and your
profession.
Thank you very much my friend for the very nice comment.
We really appreciate your visiting with us today and
taking in the home movie r aeronca.
Very cool walk around and, video of the Nordco TRIPP in action Dave! (Dave).
Thank you Steve , very glad you had a good time. Very much
appreciate your paying us a visit today my good friend.
I worked behind the trip picking plates i enjoy the work met some good operators my favorite piece of equipment working on track
That's not easy work and very hot in summer. I tip my hat to you
Darren. Takes a good man to do what you do. Thank you for
being a railroad worker. Very much appreciate your watching and
writing in my friend.
Always interesting to see machinery at work. Thanks for showing us how it works.
Very pleased to hear that you had a good time tonight Dave.
Always a pleasure to have a man of your caliber visit with us
my friend.
The amount of coal just beneath the ballast is just stunning. Your work will never end. Thanks :)
Train has stopped and is starting to unload in this section.
Thus there is a lot of jarring of the cars which leaky car doors
have coal sifted out onto the track. Yep it's full of coal fines,
makes for some hard work pulling ties. Always a good day
when you visit with us and write in my friend.
Thanks Dave. Must take months to learn how to run that machine. Thanks for sharing...
Very glad you enjoyed today Wayne. We do appreciate your
dropping by and taking in the presentation my friend.
6:57 the shape of this machine reminds me of our snow plows in Toronto.
Always reminded me of a road grader. Thanks so much for
paying us a visit and taking in the show my friend.
We used to have an ancient geismar inserter that you stood on a platform to run. Our little jackson 925 might not look like much but it is fast pulling ties and stuffing new ones in.
Looks don't pull ties, functionality does. Anything is easier
than using tie tongs! LOL Very much appreciate your dropping
in on us tonight and watching my good friend.
Quite a machine. Interesting to watch it work.
Thanks for taking the time to tune in and watch the show today.
Cool machine Dave. A hydraulic nightmare. Thanks
Your very welcome William, glad you had a good time with us.
We really appreciate your paying us a visit today and watching
my good man.
We had an old tie inserted. It was open air cab and we called it a TKO. I cant remember if I ever got to run it. Taking the rail anchors off really helps to remove and insert the ties. I wish we had something that fancy and nice. Thanks for a great video, Dave.
Your so right about the anchors Zach! This was really hard stuff
he was working, if it was loose ballast he could have pulled 3 or 4 ties in the same time it took him to pull 1 here. They had an awful
time that week with it being so dry and hard. Really appreciate
your visit with me today my good friend.
@@ccrx6700 oh man, those spots suck. Most of my operators struggle at changing switch ties. I would have to hop on the back hoe and show them how it's done. Now mind you I rarely operated equipment, partially to personal preference and being the foreman I had to be close to the truck to answer when the train or dispatcher called me. I appreciate the wonderful content you share with us. What fun you and I would have working together.
@@rebelrailroader 😊👍
I did not realize they had JD engines. I would have guessed Kabota, or Yanmar. Good stuff!
that's a 6068 JD engine, at least 200hp.
I do believe the newer Nordco machines use Cummins, the engine in my tamper is a Cummins, in our regulator is a JD. Really appreciate
your visit with me tonight my good friend.
Kinda looks a lot like a road grader. Once again you don`t let us down!😎
it certainly does Wilbur, I've said that many times in the past.
Pretty cool machine. My uncle ran a road grader for the township
here many years ago and I've always wanted to run a grader,
but never have. Very much appreciate your choosing to visit
with me tonight and taking in the show my friend.
Very nice presentation. Love the equipment "tours" all the way around, in and out. Saw a brake engaged atop wheels, and hoped to see them release. Got a quick look see at end. Lets up, rolls forward, presses down and then the rail grips grab and hang on tight! Wow, do the tracks jump - and the ties along with them!
Your very welcome my friend. So do appreciate your dropping
in on us today and checking out the presentation Trena.
In work mode ( or index mode) the brakes are applied. When you press the forward pedal they release and reapply when you let your foot off the pedal. In travel mode it's more like a truck(tractor) with air brakes. You release the brakes and they remain released unless you press brake pedal or set parking brake
Hi Dave, John from Putnam Connecticut, just want to say how much I really enjoy your videos, I could watch things like this all day, it is really interesting to watch and learn how equipment operates..
Well thank you very much John from Connecticut. We really
appreciate the very nice comment and for your tuning in
to the presentation tonight my friend. So glad you had a good time
with us.
A lot of work and effort goes into maintaining our railroads ... Thx Dave ...
It certainly does Eddy. I'm so honored and pleased to be able
to share with everyone some of the stuff that goes on behind
the scenes to keep trains running. We are also honored
to have you join in with us and watch my friend.
Awesome machinery for sure!
It has the cutest little wheels I ever seen! But has to be that way so the machine can lift the rail much easier. When I see a crew like that working nearby, I usually head to the rail yard around 6:00 pm because that’s the time they call it a day. Then I take a video of them heading back to the yard like a cool parade of machines while I wave hello.
Very glad you had a good time with us today Bassotronics.
We are grateful for having you join us to watch the show my friend.
This was very educational, thank you for the detailed information
Thank you very much my friend for the very nice comment.
We really appreciate your visiting with us today and
taking in the home movie Tony.
😃HELLO😃Fantastic video 👍Thumbs Up👍
Thank you very much my friend for the very nice comment.
We really appreciate your visiting with us today and
taking in the home movie Thomas1980.
Great walk-around and explanation! What a labor saver. I can’t imagine the hard work of removing ties by hand. I too wonder about greasing. I would hope it’s automatic as it would take a significant amount of time to grease all the moving parts on that machine!
It's not automatic (grease) and compared to using a backhoe to pull ties it's a pleasure to get paid to grease a machine like this and only takes a few minutes
Thank you very much Verne for the very nice comment. So glad
you had a good time with us. We really appreciate your taking
in the show my friend.
This is an absolutely amazing machine, how helpful it is in providing good and secure rail and these ties are dealt with so quickly. Thank you so much for showing us the terrific machine and how it's done!
It certainly is a really cool machine John. Always do I enjoy watching it work. This guy is a good operator. Some of the guys in the past
really rip and tear and can mess up track surface and alignment,
and I've got to follow them with tamper resurfacing and lining
track. I did almost none of that following this guy, he was good.
It's always a good day when you visit with us my friend. We
do appreciate you.
Thanks for that awesome tour of that piece of equipment Dave.I never realized how much work went into track maintenance.👍
Your very welcome my friend. So do appreciate your dropping
in on us today and checking out the presentation Russell.
Thanks Dave for another great videos, working on the railroad!
Your welcome Brian, very glad you had a good time. So do
appreciate your paying us a visit today and taking in the show my friend.
kinda like pulling teeth...cool machine.....cool name Tripp....it trips something in my mind, reminding me of a trip hammer....crazy
Some one else wrote in he thought one of his dentists used that
machine one time to pull a tooth for him.... LOL Very much
appreciate your dropping by and taking in the show today my friend.
So fascinating! It’s always amazing to see all the work that goes into maintaining our favorite little railroad in Greene County! And your reactions are priceless, Dave!
Well thank you Mr. Zapadka for the very nice comment. It's
always a good day when we see your smiling face here to
visit with us. FYI: Rodney is losing all kinds of weight, he's
about half the size he was. I don't think he has a medical
condition causing it tho.
@@ccrx6700 Well, all the best to you and to Rodney! I hope he still has that nice cabin and he's using it a lot!
Another interesting video. I am surprised the lifting of the rail does not mess withthe level of the track by allowing some ballast to fall into the gap below the ties.
I would love to see a future video on how long straight sections of track deal with expansion and contraction of the rail with temp changes without distorting the track.
There is normally a ballast machine that levels the track and endures the ballast is in the right places, that follows this machine.
Thanks Tom, glad you had a good time. Sometimes the rail
does get humped and also track thrown out of alignment, that
is why I follow the tie gang with my tamper to make corrections
and also squeeze any loose ballast under the ties.
Continuous welded rail has anchors on every single tie to
help deal with the expansion. I am planning a video on how
rail anchors hold track and also in that video will be a discussion
on thermal expansion and contraction and rail creep, but have
no idea when it will be shown. Thanks so much for watching
the show today my friend.
I work on a surfacing gang behind the tie gang, I've been on the Jackson tamper for about 8 months. I use to operate the SDAG( spiker ) for 10 years.
Awesome kelaro75. I've been running a 6700 for about 18 years now.
Here is some of the videos of it if you would sometime care to
check them out:
th-cam.com/play/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR.html
Dave, thanks for the great explanation of the machine parts. That is an awesome machine. Another great day of the railroad!
Your very welcome Tom. Thank you my friend for visiting with
me today and watching. It's always good to have you here.
The complexity of them machines just amazes me! Thank you for sharing Dave!
Your welcome Raymond, very glad you had a good time. So do
appreciate your paying us a visit today and taking in the show my friend.
1600 ties.. That made my head spin. Cool machine. I esp like how they incorporate ancient Egyptian symbols on the machines console... Rabbit, turtle, light etc......
Sounds like a lot David, but with 2 TRIPP machines running
and in good ballast conditions 1500 ties can be done in a 10
hour day. it really slowed them down here the hard ballast and
they only had 1 TRIPP in here, the 1600 took them 4 full days
to do. That made me laugh about the symbols! Made my night
after a hard, hot day today tamping. Thanks so much my friend
for visiting with me tonight.
The only reason I subscribed to this channel was to support a real working man! To few to find nowadays!
Thank you so very much Doug for your very kind words! it
was really swell of you to take the time to write in. We do
appreciate your great support of the channel my friend.
Hey Dave, Great video my friend.👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much Ron for taking the time to watch and
write in with the very nice comment my friend.
Thanks Dave
Your welcome Frank, appreciate your stopping by and taking
in the show today my friend.
Very cool video Dave. It's fun to see all of the different equipment you use to maintain the track.
Thank you William, very glad you had a good time. Very much
appreciate your paying us a visit today my friend.
A great behind the scenes look at railroading&the effort it takes to stay productive. EVs run on coal one way or the other👷⛏️🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋
Thank you so much Doug for paying us a visit today. Yes sir,
all the EV get powered by coal and natural gas to produce
electricity for them. You might like to watch this video on EV's,
it's an eye opener. I do watch Sorelle a lot, she got best advice
out there on finances and what is really going on in the world,
and she nice to look at.... LOL
th-cam.com/video/TUx8yIlKVpU/w-d-xo.html
Very cool machine. Love watching them work.
Really glad you enjoyed the show Roy. I will have another one
out sometime on him stuffing ties back in. Not sure when it
will be shown yet. Very much appreciate your visiting with us
today my friend.
That's one neat rig there Dave!
It's pretty neat to watch Eric. Couple of these machines, one
pulling and the other inserting can get a whole lot of ties done
in one day. Appreciate your dropping in on us tonight and
watching the home movie my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Yes, neat machines for sure! You're very welcome Dave!
Way to cool . You have an awesome job and you are a very happy soul ..... puts a smile on my face thanks . I really enjoy your videos sir
Very pleased to hear that Harrison. So glad you are having a
good time with us and we are very grateful for your being
a part of our channel my friend.
@@ccrx6700 yes I am and thank you and you are welcome sir
WOW that machine takes a Beating, surprised it has lasted 11 years !
Yes it does Gerald. They keep it maintained pretty good, but
as you can see it definitely needs it. Mechanic was here for
several days working on it before it went out to work, but
he also had the tie crane and spike puller to work on then too.
Really appreciate your deciding to drop by tonight and
take in the show my friend.
Ok, love the intro man!
Thanks and glad you like it. That is the creation of Alex Sawyers,
a subscriber, we are very grateful for his contribution and efforts.
Wow. That sucker looks like a modified road grader chassis!
Yep it always reminded me of a grader too Dryan. Thanks
so much for popping in and watching the show today my friend.
Thankyou my engineer sir.
Your all videos are very informable.💚
Thankyou sir for the beautifull view with
introducing of railway track steeplers replacing mechine.. and It's.. steeplers replacing works 😍👍👍 ❤️💛💚
Your welcome and thank you for taking in the video today
my friend.
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That's a great machine to have. It makes fast work of changing out those ties.
Yes it does John. so much better than pulling them out by
hand with tie tongs! Gotta love hydraulics. Very much
appreciate your coming over to visit tonight and taking in
the presentation my friend.
Amazing the equipment that can do such detail work operating the joy sticks. Guess the operator is a wiz at video games.
Yes it is Beverly, how much we love hydraulics on the RR!
Thanks so much for joining us today. It's always a pleasure
when you visit.
Thanks for this informative video!
Your very welcome Robin. Do so appreciate your paying me
a visit tonight my friend and watching the presentation.
Love The new intro
Thank you Olivine Honey, that is the creation of a subscriber, Alex Sawyers, he did a very good job in putting it together. We really
appreciate your stopping by today and checking out the show my friend.
What a fantastic machine Dave, great to see the inside view, walk round first then in action.
Suspect there is a limit to the number of consecutive ties that can be removed before the rails behind the machine spread and the machine goes on the floor !
Nice to hear you enjoyed Zeno elea, it was very nice of you to
drop by and take in the presentation today my friend. I'm sure
there is a limit on how many can be pulled before gage spreads,
but don't know an exact figure. Usually when they have a lot
of ties close together to pull, they will skip some, pull the old
ones out and insert new ones, spike it down and then come
back to get the others.
This is the best walkaround so far Dave. Loads of switches and labels to read. I like to see that kind of thing and get an idea of what the operator has to do. Looks like a lot of setting up to do first then once done I guess it is mostly operated from the joystick.
Thank you cedarcam, very pleased to hear you liked this one.
This is an amazing piece of equipment, sure much better than
pulling ties by hand! Very much appreciate your dropping in
today and checking out the show my friend.
We have the exact same trip. It's a really fast machine. So fast it can damage itself if you're not easy on the stick.
I can believe that Ryan. it is an awesome machine and a lot
of fun to watch working. Will have another video of this
one inserting ties coming out soon. Really appreciate your
visiting with us today and taking in the presentation my friend.
You be tripping with that bad boy Dave!! Man that thing moves your world. I think I went to a dentist that used one of those one time. lol!!
I hear you on the dentist! LOL Loved that one Rick!!!! Very much
appreciate your visit with us today my friend and for the good laugh
you gave me.
This is so cool!!
Thank you Jennifer. Very much appreciate your coming to visit
with me tonight and check out what we had to offer my friend.
Thats an amazing machine Dave. I'm familiar with how heavy those ties are. Dad used them for cribbing when lifting houses up to be moved. And that machine slides and moves them around like match sticks! Looking forward to seeing the reinstalling process. Thanks Dave!
Your very welcome my friend. So do appreciate your dropping
in on us today and checking out the presentation Jim. Will
have a another video out sometime, not sure when, on
this guy stuffing ties back in for you.
Good things there's a machine for that because it would be hell to try to do that by hand.
LOL I just answered your last comment saying about pulling ties
out by hand before I saw this one.
Great video Dave! We used to watch the guys on the Milwaukee Road replace ties by hand back in the early 70's. I believe they used a tie machine as well, but I remember them pulling up in their little runner cart with a small flat bed with ties and tools on it, and getting to work by hand. The nearby Chicago Northwestern line was far more up-to-date and used automated machinery, but that may be because it was a main line. The Milwaukee Road line was a long spur.
Thank you Planet Mojo , very glad you had a good time. Very much
appreciate your paying us a visit today my good friend and for
sharing your story.
Old days we did it by hand / levage bar. 9 crew gang.
I did a 60 crew gang. major track restore. By hand. With one backhoe he lift the rail away for one mile.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and
watch the video today Johnny. Those old days were a lot of
hard, backbreaking work, but it made a man out of you.
@@ccrx6700 No the US army made a man out of me.
@@johnnyfisherr2656 😊👍
Hi Dave, just long enough for Monday lunch, (bank holiday over here), well done!! Nice to see "gallons" as a measurement Almost everything in litres in UK and Europe. Enjoyed the video🤠
Sweet Annette. Wish I could sometime have lunch with you.
It's always a pleasure to have you visit with us here on YT
my friend.
Isn't it by law to give out your beer in pints in the UK ?
@@deconteesawyer5758 .
Good point, but only if you buy dr
draught beer from a pub/club. Bottles are metric☹️
@@annettelaurence5716 At least you drive for miles even if it is on the wrong side.
I recently saw another tie extractor and inserter on another Channel and that operator use the opposite arm to push the tie out and then grabbed it from the other side and pulled it out and he was removing a tie every minute or two
Pretty interesting Earl, thanks for sharing that with us. This
machine can go much faster in loose ballast, the ballast here
was very hard and difficult to pull ties in. Really appreciate
your paying us a visit today and checking things out my friend.
Awesome machine
Yes sir ocsrc. They are a lot of fun to watch and I would love
to operate on sometime, but hey, a guy can dream, although
a tie crane would be more fun for me I think. Really appreciate
your visiting with me tonight and taking in the show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 in the next decade I bet they will have a n A.I. machine that runs this and another A.I. will identify the bad ties, and lay down the new ties for the other machine to replace
I couldn't believe it when I saw the harvest tractor from John Deer and the truck that goes with it.
They actually had 3 of these and they were cutting down the corn fields and loading the tractor trailers by themselves using GPS and a new software that is owned by John Deer.
You can't fix the equipment, you have to call John Deer and they bring a laptop with special software and a single that plugs into the tractor and it has the special code, each of their machines uses a special key unique to that serial number.
You can't do anything without that dongle and only John Deer techs have it
It is the same technology that I saw when I worked at the satellite relay center and the same technology that Motorola uses to work on their radios and networks.
Without the dongle and the software and the key for each network and the superior administration login no changes can be made.
You can't even read the eeprom without it
Every radio's eeprom is read and write protected each time they do anything to the radio, and John Deer has done this, so it encrypts and locks the eeprom each time, and it will "BRICK" the radio, or the tractor, if you attempt to read the eeprom without the dongle or if you enter the wrong key 3 times, even if you have the dongle.
Intellectual property rights are now considered a matter of National Security
I understand that they want to make money, but this idea that you can no longer buy physical items and own them, like a tractor, or a car, or a satellite receiver, that is so unAmerican
You pay 150,000 dollars for a Tesla, and you have to pay a yearly fee of 30,000 for " administration ", and you have to pay for the mandatory factory software upgraded they force into the car's computer over their 1.2 GHz radio network that they have all over the world.
And after all that money, you should be able to own the car, but the sale agreement is not a sale agreement, it is a lease agreement that says that the car will always belong to Tesla and you can never work on " their" property and must use the dealership to do any repairs.
DirecTV and Echostar and every other satellite company has you sign the same thing and they take the equipment back when you cancel service
The FCC made the cable companies and Internet companies that provide phone service give people the right to buy their own cable modem that has the phone jacks
So, I had the modem from the internet company and they charged me 30 dollars a month Rental fee for the cable modem.
I went through all the work and bought my own modem, and the internet company came out and they said they would not allow any equipment that wasn't theirs, even though it was the exact same model and brand new.
So they installed a new cable modem and they left the original one with the phone jacks and they said I would not be charged for the original modem since I had filed to have my own modem. But, instead of just leaving the connection to the modem for the TV and Internet, they installed a second box, identical to the first one, just to be able to keep collecting 30.00 a month extra in rental fees
That's the greed that should be illegal
I have no problem with people making money, but when you buy a drug that the company was selling for 20 dollars that is a life or death drug, and you raise the cost for each injection from 20 dollars to 8000 dollars, just because you can, that is pure evil
To say that you know people will die and you don't care, and your greed is the thing killing them, that's sick and evil. Nazi Germany gas Chambers EVIL
Our government should be able to have Medicare4all at 100%
These multinational corporations bought up all the doctors, all the hospitals, and the first thing they did was to sell off the new equipment.
They had us pull the old paper EKG machines from the 70s out of the basement and I boxed up all the new equipment and shipped it overseas.
They fired all the employees and brought in doctors from Africa on A1 visas and we had a connection problem with the network and I went to the medical building at 2am and opened the basement door to check the internet equipment and they were living in the basement. The doctors who they brought in and were paying 300 dollars a week, they were living in the basements of all the medical buildings.
They had unplugged the internet switches and plugged in extension cords and hot plates and other stuff
They were using the mop sink and attached the hose to the metal frame of the basement ceiling above the floor drain, and that was how they were taking showers
And they wore scrubs they washed in the mop sink.
And the corporate office knew all of it and they did not care.
Maximum profit
I was maintain the billing servers, making sure the computers all worked and the billing was done by the company that was paid to do it.
They had me build a billing server, an identical copy of what they were paying for, and I told them they needed a full time IT crew, not just me they were paying 200 dollars a week.
They didn't listen
They started billing themselves and I saw they were submitting the same charges 3 and 4 times for many patients.
I told them we needed to get together and go over the process and make sure these mistakes were not happening.
I found the employees were not making errors
The CEO was logging in at night after I ran all the billing through the clearing house, and rebilling, deliberately.
These people are billionaires
That's the sickest thing
They have all the money they will ever need
I had several of the doctors that I knew personally who still had their jobs because they got lawyers and took the hospitals to court
The new HD monitors for reading MRI and CT scans, they had me box those up and put back the old Carts and the resolution was horrible.
The doctor asked me if I could get a monitor exactly like what we had, and I said sure, I would see where I could order one from. She paid me out of her pocket and I got it shipped overnight and I brought it to the hospital and went in the tech room and I put in the new monitor
The next morning I got a call from the doctor and she asked when I was going to bring the new monitor
I told her I did
She said there was no new monitor
I went in, and the old monitor was back in the spot
I went to security and I reviewed the footage and I left around 5am.
The CEO came in around 7am, saw the new monitor, and took it.
I called him,cat home, and told Jim that the monitor was MINE , AND I LOANED IT TO MY FRIEND SO SHE COULD READ THE SCANS
He didn't believe me
I brought him a copy of the invoice, and he said he would not accept a copy
I had a color copy made and brought that and he said he would have a check made out for me.
I told him we needed the monitor, not the check.
He said no, he would have a check cut
I asked him if I bought another monitor for the doctor would it be safe or would it be taken.
He said not to bring anything new in
Long story short, he never paid me, and he claimed I never gave him the invoice
I went to small claims court, but lost
I still am pissed about this.
And this wasn't just my area
Companies all across America bought all the medical offices and hospitals.
The decadence I have seen
The one family was from India and they actually had slaves. In America.
They owned other Indian people who they brought in illegally and owned.
They didn't pay them, they were chained up. Actually chained up.
Evil
Just no other words for it
And these people see nothing wrong with anything they do
They have no MORALS ETHICS COMPASSION SYMPATHY EMPATHY DECENCY
I have nightmares every night because of the things I have seen
I don't think of myself as a good person, but I am not a monster. These people are monsters 👹👹👹
Great 👍
Really glad you had a good time Christopher. So nice of you
to stop by and take in the show today my friend.
Great video Dave! Sorry if i missed any videos. I'm looking back to catch them all. I've been in the hospital for a week and a day. I hope to get out tomorrow. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Rick and really hope you are in a good recovery mode.
We will keep you in our prayers my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I was dismissed from the hospital Tuesday at 5 pm. I had bacteria in my bloodstream. I'm all good now, thanks for the prayers.
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Fascinating piece of machinery Dave, more switches than a Cessna! Great to it in action. Looks like it always wins the battle 🙂
Not ever having been in a Cessna, I will take your word for it
Richard. Glad you had a good time with us and we do appreciate
your watching today my friend.
Interesting wow nice job
Glad you enjoyed the show Daniel. We do appreciate your
taking in the show today my friend.
Dave, great video as usual, buy one little correction to something I have noticed you do on several occasions. The hydraulic units that drive the wheels or other devices are hydraulic motors , not pumps. The hydraulic pump my look identical, but it is driven by the engine to provide pressurized hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motors.
Thank you very much Dennis. You are certainly correct, they are called motors. My mind sometimes gets things mixed up, so appreciate your writing in and setting the record straight on that.
I have no problem in being corrected when it is due. I like to
be factual, even tho I sometimes make a mistake. Really appreciate
your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
It goes forwards and backwards, thats it!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take in the video today Tom.
Sure makes it a lot easier to pull ties out.
Whole heck of a lot better than pulling them by hand with
tie tongs! Specially in this hard ballast Jason. Thank goodness
for hydraulics. We really do thank you for tuning in and
watching the show tonight my friend.
Definitely enjoyable to watch! I can see what a great increase in speed this machine provides as I can't imagine doing this by hand :) Two thoughts I had while watching: 1) How much work is involved after the ties are back in place - do you need to tamp and crib? 2) What would be involved in switching over to concrete sleepers? BTW you folks get all that cool equipment and I thank you for letting us watch it in action :)
Very glad you had a good time with us today Brian.
1. after tie replacement I follow with tamper correcting
any humps or alignment issues in the track that may have
been caused by the tie gang. This was a good tie gang and
they caused me very little follow up work. Some tie gangs
rip and tear and cause me a lot of work tamping!
2. Here is a video I had made that explains why we cannot
use concrete ties here. That explanation is about 1/3
of the way into that video.
th-cam.com/video/oOug0z34118/w-d-xo.html
Ahhhhh, no worry about calling cylinders pistons, the pistons are inside the cylinders anyway. I just did a teardown on a 20 hp V-twin engine, the guy ran it with no oil.........the crankshaft, one piston, both connecting rods, and one cyinder and cast iron cylinder liner are history.........
Oil is a pretty important component..... LOL Guess there weren't
any idiot lights on that machine.... :-) But I can't talk much,
had weed trimmers for years and after all those years one
day my mind derailed and put gas in it that wasn't mixed....
Didn't last long as you can imagine. Thanks so much my
friend for dropping by and taking in the show tonight.
@@ccrx6700 its a 2002 John Deere L120, has a 48 inch mowing deck, and a shot engine. The oil stick didnt show any oil, but there was enough in it that the EXXON-MOBIL ship came to my garage, when i took the oil sump off. The guy asked me to work on it way back in 2007, when i spun the engine by hand, i knew it was doomed. Then i asked him if he ever checked the oil, his reply, "gee, i didnt know the oil had to be checked"! Then i told him, "the engine has thrown both rods, do you want me to repair it or not?" Then he said, "well if thats the case, you can have the tractor". Sooooo, now i have to find what a "short block" costs, and i will have a nice machine for both summer and winter, because there is a snow blade kit for it! As for the weed wacker, yes, sometimes that happens, you get in a hurry or are tired, and oooopsies! My son did that too, he messed up a nearly new Lawn-Boy mower that i was trying to sell, and of course you know what happened. He was nowhere to be found when i got home from work that day, and my daughter surprised the solar eclipse out of me, she piped up, " thats one of those mowers you gave to mix oil and gas, he put straight gas in it!" Not bad for a young lady that had never been behind a lawnmower in her life!
@@ccrx6700 yes, that 20 hp engine did have provisions for both an oil pressure gauge, and an automatic low oil shut-off, but neither one was installed.
Back in the late 80s, Cub Cadet came out with the 17 hp Kohler twin cylinder lawn tractors. Koehler got a little to much sealer around the oil passages in the crankcase, plus the oil pickup was only on one side of the engine. If you ran it on a side hill it lost all lubrication. Others, with the oil passages glued shut, received no lubrication. They would break a rod, and shove it out the side of the case. I short blocked numerous engines with less than 50 hours on them. Kohler made some quick upgrades, and no more issues
@@robertheinkel6225 this engine is/was a 20 hp V-twin, OHV, Briggs and Stratton, with a 9/11/2002 build date, there was plenty of evidence the oil pump, etc, were working, the guy was one of those that evidently just didnt care. And i have also worked on Kohler engines besides the one you described, that, like you said, if tilted to one side or the other would starve the lube system of oil, and we both know what happens!
Dave, As I've watched the various vids you've made about all the work needed to keep everything below the rails in good shape, and have been surprised how much is needed, I've wondered if any studies have been done about the cost of doing the ongoing maintenance piecemeal, a few ties every year, some renewal of the ballast here and there, vs every 10 years or so getting one of those operations where the ballast is all cleaned and new ties are laid? Plus, if you did that you could probably sell tickets to watch that show!
As the old ties were pulled out, its amazing to see how much fines and 'dust' there is in with the ballast. How much of a problem, if at all, is that?
Good video!
Good question shop shop and no one has ever done any
sort of study like that here. We typically put in 2,000 ties
every year and have done so for over 25 years now, with a
few exceptions. And, we are in constant cribbing mode when
we can. I've done miles of cribbing over the past 3 years, a
little at a time, but it adds up over the long time frame. That
section is particulary bad because it's over where the train
has stopped and is dumping, so the jarring of the cars causes
more coal fines to fall out of leaky doors. When dry like it
is in the video, that coal and ballast get very hard, and it
is very hard to pull the ties out as you could tell. In loose
ballast he would most likely have pulled 3 ties to every one
he did in the video. But I was unable to be with him anywhere
else that week than here.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks. Not only are your videos good, but its good of you to answer so many questions. Yep, it seems like you are painting the Golden Gate bridge, takes something like 5 or 6 years, and when they get to one end, they go back and start over! How many ties do you think do you think the line has in total?
@@shopshop144 😊❤️
How does he know what ties to pull out? Amazing equipment and machines. Really enjoy your videos!
Very good question Valerie. Couple of weeks before the tie
gang comes in, myself or someone else will walk track and
mark the bad ties with an orange spray painted dot. Then
the grapple truck comes in and spreads the ties. Next
the spike puller will go out and pull spikes on the marked
ties. Then this machine comes behind and pulls the ties that
have the spikes pulled. Appreciate your visiting with me tonight
my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks for getting back to me so quick. I didn't see any paint (orange), but that's a great way to do it.
The spots of paint can be seen on the side of the far rail
Fascinating machine to watch. So, normally how many pieces of equipment do they need to accomplish replacing ties? Thanks
Glad you enjoyed the show Jim. Here they often bring in 2 TRIPP's,
a spike puller, a spiker and a plater. However this time they
only had 1 TRIPP and no plater, really slowed things down
and with the hard ballast conditions made things worse. Thanks
so much for stopping by my friend.
Think those hydraulic"pumps" you identified near the trucks are motors with chain drive to trucks.
Your are correct Cregg F. My mistake. Thanks for writing in
and taking in the video today my good man.
He's moving pretty fast, must be piece work by the tie, not hourly pay. Thanks Dave! Also, how does it get there on the track, flatbed & crane?
Thanks for the nice comment al ro. Yes all MOW equipment comes in
on tractor trailers. However no crane, they have specialty trailers
that have 2 rails on the bed and they drive and winch the machines
on and off the trailer. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and writing in my friend.
How do they get these wonderful toys on and off the mainline? How are they brought to the site initially? I would love to see footage of that.
Everything is trucked in to here JJE siince we do not interchange
with another RR. Here is link to a video of them unloading a couple of pieces of equipment off a tractor trailer.
th-cam.com/video/cF3KWNi6bh4/w-d-xo.html
@@ccrx6700 Totaly amazing that they transport those things all over for jobs and a bit ironic too.
Good video. How about putting a Go-Pro camera in the cab so we can see the joystick and feet if you do this one again? :)
Since this is a contractor running it, not sure he would go for
it, but I could ask him next time Johnnie. Thanks for visiting
with us today and taking in the presentation my good man.
Did they crib the spots where the ties were? Would be a bit of a waste to just put new ties into that coal dust laden mud so they can rot quicker? With the ties gone, digging them would be way easier.
No we did not here Allison. I certainly agree with your logic,
but time constraints and plus we had much other cribbing to
do first before we can get to this spot. We are cribbing on 25 mph
track, this section you saw is 10 mph. Thanks so much for
stopping by and writing in my friend.
May I ask how the old ties are disposed of ? Here in New Zealand they would be in high demand by landscapers and suppliers and sold for a pretty penny too. 😀
Some are given away to local people, some we donated to
local historical society that has a small narrow gage track,
some are given to the Pa. Game Commission, the decent
ties that can be reused are kept, and the rotten ones are
put in dumpsters. No one yet here has embraced the idea
I suggested years ago about selling them to landscapers.
Thanks Dave, the ties or sleepers as they are known here are all made of concrete now, this makes genuine timber sleepers a very high demand item for landscaping, so much so that mills are making “sleepers” for the market demand. Crazy stuff.
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