I used to haul grain to that Independent elevator years ago. There where 2 C&NW grain hoppers parked on the siding which are now long gone. I liked traveling along 212 and looking at the Twin Cities & Western line.
Nice, 2010's got a Transtronic E-Bell, 2011's got a Ekyrail E-Bell (the successor). Now there's two you don't hear everyday, though I hear the Ekyrail's are slowly spreading!
It boils down to knowing the right people, and staying up to date on various groups online. Fans of the Twin Cities and Western, and Minnesota Railroads are good places to start on FB.
@@SD457500 a thermite uses molds and molten steel like a casting. Flash butt welding is used with electricity that heats up the ends of the rail to being red hot. Then it squeezes them together. If you look at each side of the weld you can see the web of the rail is ground with a grinder. That is where the machine grabs the rail and electricity flows between the 2 rails.
Outstanding camera angles!
Thank you so very much for the kind words, and watching!
Excellent, excellent video quality, I love your videos
Thank you very much! I am *always* looking for new ways, methods, and things to shoot, while keeping it interesting to watch.
I used to haul grain to that Independent elevator years ago. There where 2 C&NW grain hoppers parked on the siding which are now long gone. I liked traveling along 212 and looking at the Twin Cities & Western line.
It's cool to still see those GP30Cs out there.
I can almost smell the burned up turbo from here :)
It sure is, and I wish they had PTC so they could lead into the Twin Cities. They sound so throaty when they're working!
Very cool, what a great livery, love to see more, do like shortlines and regionals , all the best from Lancashire UK
Many thanks! I have a lot of that in the works, and some neat stuff with Progressive Rail. Stay tuned!
Very very nice 👍👍
Awesome!! Thank you!!
Many thanks; glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent work as always. Truly a pleasure to see your videos posted every time!
Glad you like them, and enjoy watching! :D I am always striving to make the next video better then the last one.
Pretty cool footage my Douglas! This railroad seems to have a bright future. That's great. :)
It truly is; the TC&W does an excellent job of attracting new business, and working with their customers.
very interesting
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Good stuff, I've watched several vids on this cold WV morning! New sub from the "Mountain State".
Nice, 2010's got a Transtronic E-Bell, 2011's got a Ekyrail E-Bell (the successor). Now there's two you don't hear everyday, though I hear the Ekyrail's are slowly spreading!
Thanks for the info on the E-Bells; I didn't know that there many variants to them.
Great video of the Glencoe Turn. Do you possibly know who the new customer will be?
Not that I know of...yet! I'm sure we'll find out in the near future though.
You should go down to Twr E14 now. We got a lot of the track put down this week.
Will do! I saw some pictures on FB yesterday, and it really seems to be coming along over there. Great to see more business coming to the TCWR.
I always wonder how you are you able to know when a cool operation is happening? Are there groups for this?
It boils down to knowing the right people, and staying up to date on various groups online. Fans of the Twin Cities and Western, and Minnesota Railroads are good places to start on FB.
That is flashbutt welding, not thermite welding.
Thank you for the clarification on this, and correction! Can you shed some light on how that is different from thermite welds?
@@SD457500 a thermite uses molds and molten steel like a casting. Flash butt welding is used with electricity that heats up the ends of the rail to being red hot. Then it squeezes them together. If you look at each side of the weld you can see the web of the rail is ground with a grinder. That is where the machine grabs the rail and electricity flows between the 2 rails.
I appreciate the explanation on this! It would be a neat operation and process to see happen sometime. Thank you again for the clarification.