We bought an abandoned railroad, part 4 Fixing the track.
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
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We bought an abandoned railroad that hasn’t been used in 20+ years after clearing the brush we found a Roll piece of rail to keep anybody from shoving cars passed that point, we also found that are rail was 3 inches out of gauge in some places, that means instead of being 56 1/2 inches wide it was 53 inches wide.
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Drainage - Great call. Without drainage, you don't have a railway - just a swamp...
The find of that multipurpose truck! I ran those 1994-1999 and that is a do-all machine. "Rail recovery on a budget" involved a bunch of good lease agreements on regular equipment that we would tie down to shop made carts.
It is better to cut the rail with a saw than with a torch. The torch will make it brittle and more prone to breaking.
Coming along nicely.!!
What a wonderful project you have undertaken. This is something that I have always dreamed of doing myself. I wish you all the luck in the world and I look forward to following your progress.
I’m really enjoying this. Keep at it guys. 👍👍👍❤️
Enjoy railroad video! Mike from Missouri
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Great start, longer vids! How fascinating!
Great stuff guys - best of luck. If I were able I'd travel down and help you out. Its great to see an old railroad come back to life!
Just found your site..Fantastic job you're doing. Looking forward to watching more of your videos..
As a former track inspector. I hope you have plans to replace that torch cut rail. It's fine to leave in place while the track is out of service and no trains a running over it. Once in-service and trains running the FRA will have a field day with your checkbook.
Like Others have said, Please Don’t Rush and Torch Cut the Rails. Ruins Integrity of Steel Rails. 👍
since this we have bought a rail saw.
Go get yourself a little blower or something to simplify that job. You can get a really good, reliable stihl backpack blower for 400, and thats after taxes. It has a big gas tank as well, so you can work for a while before refueling
I was almost expecting a limerick about a bucket and a girl from Nantucket... G-rated of course.
Are you guys in Ohio? If so you should hit up Ventrac and see if they can bring out a 4500 with a sweeper or other attachments to help this project along.
When you get the rail all restored, lease yourself a locomotive and some rail cars ,then find yourself some industry to switch out then take the loads to a nearby exchange track with the billing dont forget the air test and your work will have all paid off!
or become a scenic railroad part time, (after the beer virus)
@@raymondleggs5508 I would love to ! I worked on the CSX RAILROAD for 43 years as a locomotive engineer I retired in 2010 and I really miss it . you are doing a great thing when railroads are abandoning tracks you are restoring them i really admire you !
Gauge rods? Are they not illegal in your neck of the woods - because here in Canada you cannot install them for any new track repairs - only maintain any old one's that were installed.
Good afternoon from St John Parish, Louisiana 27 Dec 20.
You should have never torch cut that rail! Rail is at its natural length at 60 degrees F. For every 10 degrees above 60 it wants to expand one inch! For every 10 degrees below 60 it will contract one inch. You mentioned in a later video that it was 80 degrees when you had your coffee. Instead of torch cutting the rail you could have cooled it off with water as well as the rail that it had to connect to. I had the same problem. we started at 7 am. By the time we were ready to connect the stock rail of a turnout the sun had risen and was shining on the rail. That rail had expanded to one half inch too long to bolt up. We were able to cool it off with water from a nearby creek which brought it back to where we could bolt it up. About 6 to 8 inches of the rail that was torch cut has been ruined by changing the temper of the steel!
It depends how long the rail is. For a 39 foot long rail and 10 deg F temperature change the rail will only expand or contract 0.04 inches. The adjacent spiked down rail is what expanded. For one inch and 10 deg change that rail would be need to be about 1200 feet long.
@@robertmcmanus4646 I was operating a light rail car early morning during a severe cold snap that had gone down to -22F. It was -20 when on the right side of the car, each wheel banged on what I could not see. At -20, I jumped out of the car in my shirtsleeves and ran back to see what I had hit. It was an 8 inch gap in a rail that had snapped from the severe cold. Do the math! At on inch/-10 deg. F below 60 degrees = 8 inches! I speak from hands on experience!
they'll find out when bolts start breaking
@@josephbrandtner7713 8" is a hell of a gap!
Main reason to not torch a rail is that it damages the steel temper and now it will break near the cut when a train is on it. Rail must be saw cut only and drilled only.
next time you cut rail please use a rail saw, 14" abrasive wheel cutter should do you.
we now have a rail saw. in our two most recent video's.
I love the videos.
Wish this one was longer. That said, I understand you don’t always have the time.
You going to share a video of the bearing conversion?
Yeah, I don't know what they're going to do about the flooding. They will have to dig deeper into the forest and find the source of the flooding and see if they can dig a trench away from the tracks. Unrealistic, and very expensive, but it's an idea.
You guys should get Cleetus Mcfarland to come down and help you guys out and do a youtube collab he just bought an abandoned racetrack
@Carmen Palamino a trick... Quit trying to scam people cause your going to try and scam the wrong person
What engines will you use please?
I would love to help
👍👍😎
Doesn’t seem like you have the right equipment for the job. Rent a Fecon Mulcher....
You need to make your videos longer. Make them 40mins to an hour. Film everything with plenty of detail.
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@@engineslovetostartmatthew shut the hell up stop self promoting
Do you have a Cummins engine in that Volvo ?
wat part of ohio
Why buy old railroad tracks?
For Railroad Car Storage. Tens of Thousands of Railroad Cars are currently NOT being used. 👍
I think it’s better if they restore an abandoned line because many of them are turned into trails or are just ripped out. Keep the history alive!
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Show more of the work less talking then i will subscribe?
Too much coffee…… And too much talking! Get to work!