How to do a Cold Weather Track Inspection on the Cumberland Mine Railroad
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2023
- Cold weather track inspections are vital and I will show you what all
the things we look for in the track during the cold winter months on
the Cumberland Mine Railroad. Cold weather can be very hard on track,
specially when we have a freeze thaw cycle. Plus with the heavy weight
of the train going over the track, things have a tendency to break more
often in the colder months. So I try to do at least a twice weekly track inspection.
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Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
spokes person for Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine. Any viewpoints,
opinions or anything that I show in the videos, or write in the video
descriptions or any answer to any comment, should NEVER be
misconstrued or interpreted as being in any way shape or form,
any kind of official or unofficial statement from Iron Senergy,
Iron Cumberland, Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management,
any of the contractors that may be shown in any video, nor of
any of my fellow co-workers.
Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the
descriptions, or in any answer to a comment is strictly that of my
own and NOT an official or unofficial statement or viewpoint that
Iron Synergy or any one at Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine
necessarily has or makes.
Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as our current
owners. Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Senergy,
Cumberland Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors
that may be shown. Thank You, Dave
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When you said to your boss "I'm not here for the income, I'm here for the outcome", that just proves your love and dedication to your profession. May you have a blessed holiday this year, Dave! Happy Rails To You, Sir!!
Thank you for the nice comment John. Seems like the older I get
the more I appreciate this job and what I can still do. Hope you and
your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
You are one of a kind Dave! We need more people like you in this world ! Thanks for the ride .
Thank you for the kind words Wilbur. Seems like I appreciate
more the work now than when I was younger, took a lot of things
for granted back then. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
It's a blessing to have a job that has you excited to be there. Track was sounding pretty good. I'm glad that Iron Senergy is putting in the time and money to slowly rehabilitate it from the poorer state that it was in from the old company's lack of investment. Thanks for another great video, Dave!
Thank you Shane for the nice comment. Yes it certainly is a very
good thing they are spending money on the track, the railroad is
the life blood of the mine, without it we couldn't transport very much
coal at all. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
You and Scoobydoo have a very necessary and important job! Love your work ethic.
Thank you for the nice comment. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection.
As a 70 year year old still working, I agree with all you said. It is a blessing when you enjoy your job and also we get to enjoy it with you. Seasonal Greetings Dave, take care.
Thank you Andy for the nice comment. It truly is a blessing when
you can still get up in the morning and go to a job you love to do.
Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Once again our man Dave gives us answers to questions we didn't know to ask. 😄 You keep the topic interesting and informative, explaining not only "what" is being done but also "why" and "HOW."
I hope you and your lovely wife have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year.
Thank you for the nice comment Robert, glad to hear you enjoyed
the show. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
And I couldn’t appreciate more. He’s a very dynamic person, an explanation and a grand personality.
Appreciate very much your kind words Douglas. Thank You.
Thumbs up 👍 for the opportunity to ride with you 😊
Thank you for the nice comment Clarence, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
Gotta love this inverted weather with El Nino. Up here in Rhinelander our lows have been in the 30s with highs in the 40s and NO SNOW! Thanks for taking us to work with you again, liked it much!
Yes so far this has been a very mild winter Poowg, I like it, however
the cold at night and warm during the day is hard on my track. Glad
you enjoyed the video. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Dave, I like your mindset. I am a greenskeeper and I try to do my best for my employer. If I succeed, they succeed. I have good days and so so days. I’m 58 years old and I get tired. When they succeed, people come and pay money to enjoy the golf course. ⛳️😊.
Thank you for the nice comment George. I too have good days and
so so days, but the older I get seems like the more I appreciate
my job and that I can still do it. When I was 58 my track buddy was
64 and retiring. I thought to myself back then, how in the world am
I ever going to make it to 64, yet I did and am still going. Hang
in there my friend. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection.
Wishing you and yours a merry and safe Christmas Dave!
Personally, I'm 55 years old and, my wife is 54 and, we've both missed a lot of family time due to our careers. I'm an owner operator truck driver, my wife is a nurse practitioner at a trauma center.
With all that said, this holiday season will be the last that we miss. I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning for an "out and back" run and she's already at work (she'll be working 12hr + shifts through next Friday). I'll leave again Christmas afternoon and be home early next Saturday morning. We both still love our jobs but, our grandchildren aren't getting any younger and we don't want to miss any more that what we already have.
Our "official" retirement day will be next Sunday (New Years Eve) and, weather permitting, the kids and grands will all be coming home to help us celebrate it! 2 weeks after that, my 2006 Freightliner Classic XL will be headed off for a motorhome conversion.
With 600 horses under my right foot and 13 gears under my right hand, it should still be a fun ride going to visit family and friends! I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled for you at rail crossings in Pennsylvania as well as watching every video that you post!
Congrats on your retirement
Thank you Mike for the nice comment. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Fortunately I work close to home
and can be with family for the most part for important occasions.
I do hear you on missing out on a lot of things, that is a tough life
being an owner operator. I certainly wish for you and the Mrs. a
great retirement! You are blessed to have grand children close that
you can enjoy. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Good morning Dave. What a great video. I always love riding the track with you. Have a great weekend my friend.
Thank you Lewis for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Thank you for sharing Dave! I learn from you on every episode, pretty soon I will know everything! Not really, but I enjoy your channel very much!
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond. You may not believe this
or not, but I still am learning new things about the RR all the time.
That's pretty neat. Great to hear you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
What a wonderful video Dave! So much fascinating information to ponder. Very impressed by the high tech scooby doo detector too 🙂 Sure is an interesting time for you and the crews as the seasons change. Oh, and 54 was indeed a very good year Dave, just had my 69th 🙂 Safe travels 👍
Thank you for the nice comment Richard. Happy birthday and wishing
for you many more to come. Seems like the older i get the more I
appreciate my job and that I can still do it. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
God bless the Railroads and Railroaders. Trains n Tracks have gave me so much joy for 60+ years now and I love my job too
Thank you for the nice comment AC. Great to hear you still love
what you do, that makes all the difference in the world. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
I was down Baltimore Fairfield yard today. Wondering where all that coal comes from... Now I know... Very cool stuff
I believe that our neighboring mine Baily sends some of their coal
to Baltimore Jim, we used to via CSX but no longer send our coal that
way. It was for overseas to Korea and S. American, but they didn't
renew those contracts. I would love to go and visit where they
load the coal at in Baltimore sometime. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
You and my stepdad would have got along great. He had 46 years on the Reading out of Manville,NJ and the last about 15 years was as a track inspector.
You are right about that JPBSR1, sure wish he and I could ride
track together, we would have a great time talking railroading!
The Reading was a great RR in it's day. When we played Monopoly
I always had to buy the Reading RR....:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
When i was in the mines the company shut down for two week between Christmas and new years. Although there wasn't any miners working, everything still had to be preshifted every 8 hours. I lived about a mile from the mine so I'd volunteer as many preshifting trips i could. Its was around a 3 hour trip from porthole to porthole and i got paid double time and a half for 8 hours for each run!
Whenever they shut down here the mine still has to be fire bosses
Jughead. I believe that is federal law. But you have to have fire boss
papers to do an inspection of the mine. They are planning on
taking one of their vacation periods next year here Christmas week,
the other week will be at Thanksgiving. Double time and a half
is good money, good for you! Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
@@ccrx6700 a fire boss has to do the inspection here to buy the company required a mine emergency technician go with them. That's where I came in! I didn't want anything to do with bossing papers but I was a MET.
And I surely could not agree more. He’s very dynamic one-of-a-kind.
Thank you for the nice comment Douglas. These track inspections are pretty important to catch small things before they develop into bigger problems down the line. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the cold weather inspection video my friend.
Merry Christmas Dave love the way you explain all that goes on.
Thank you John glad you enjoyed it. Hope you and your family also have a very happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.
Like has been said many times. "If you love your job, you'll never have to work a day in your life."
Really like your winning team analogy. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave and may you have a wonderful New Year.
Thank you Donnie for the very nice comment. If you want to be on
a winning team, you have to do your part in making that happen. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
It's always a pleasure to view your videos and learn about railroading. I have learned things I had not suspected. And thanks for the smile. Merry Christmas!
Thank you yorokobi for the nice comment. So pleased to hear
you are enjoying the videos. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Looks as if you have a good handle on the line Dave, you seem to have good top and levels all the way up, one of the best freight only lines I have come across. A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours 🎅🎄
Thank you Ian for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Love the video Dave! You are truly dedicated to your craft and your work ethic and positive outlook are inspiring.
Thank you for the kind words Tom. Got to do inspections to try
and find things and fix them before they turn into major repair jobs or worse, derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Very interesting Dave man with a lot of knowledge
Thank you Daniel and glad you enjoyed. I guess working this track
full time for the past 18 years I should know a little bit of something
about it.... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave! Thank you for sharing your experience with us and your determination and love for your railway.
Thank you Rachel for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
I learned more about the rails in your video. What a great job explaining what happens to rails in the summer heat and winter cold. Track maintenance is a lot more than making sure they are straight! Have a great Christmas.
Thank you Mary for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Cold weather causes track contractions joint bars get stressed other than soil problems great video thanks Dave
Yes it does Gary. We typically have 5 to 6 joint pull aparts here every
year. So far this year I've only had 1, so keep your fingers crossed
this will be a good year and we won't have anymore. The only good
thing about pull aparts is I get to light the Fire Snake and make
a video of that. People love seeing things on fire....:-) Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
I greatly admire your sense of vocation and your attitude towards your work. It’s evident you were raised right, young man. ;)
My dad was a good man AE, he taught me a good work ethic and
to be honest. Thank you so much for the very kind words. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
when you are a positive individual, and your profession is something you love to do! it is never
“work! “ it like I have always said, “you are only able to do your best in your position “ but
your attitude can have a positive impact upon others to do the same! if you do 100%
you keep your area so safe! by doing that someone will go home in the same condition that
they arrived ! there are so many hazards dealing with any railroad ! thanks for the explanation
about the rail inspection, it is key to minimize joint gaps, or damaged bolts! you do not want
the joints to break apart with an engine passing over it! great job ,you keep me smiling!
Thank you for the very nice comment Barry. Track inspections try
to catch things and fix them before they turn into major repair
jobs or worse derailments. Glad to hear you are still smiling....:-)
Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Thanks Dave! That was the most exciting and informative episode in quite a while. Most enjoyable, Sir! Your enthusiasm for life is infectious. 👍👍
Thank you Bradley for the very kind words. Really pleased to hear
you enjoyed this one. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Truly fantastic video Dave. Really appreciate all the information and history you share about the mine, and rail. Your dedication is outstanding and is something to be admired.
Have a wonderful Christmas my friend!
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Thank you Jim for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Very informative video Dave. They are pretty lucky to have you there keeping the rail in good condition.
Thank you Morse for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
The new mine owner is lucky to have you on his team. Have a Merry Christmas!
Thank you Kathie for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Dave, you are a joy to watch and so many answers to questions I have had for years. May God bless you with a very merry Christmas.
Thank you Joe for the very kind words. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Kids today just don't have that wonderful drive and vision you have.
Blessings my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Marty. It does seem like the
older I get the more I appreciate the job I have and that I can
still go to work. Too a lot of things for granted when I was younger. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Awesome, Dave.. Good information on what you are looking for.
Thank you Northernliving and glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.
Interesting topic with a lot of applied physics. I'm 79 and semiretired but have a part time job that I really like so I understand you comments and am so glad that you have an outlet for your talents and energy
Thank you for the nice comment Nat, glad you have a job you enjoy
doing also, that makes it a whole lot easier to get up in the morning
and go to work. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me
and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas Dave. Thanks for the nice videos. in germany we have 6 °C = 42,8 °F. No ice, no snow.
Your certainly welcome Berniaus. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Lots of interesting chat on this one Dave Yes a lot of things to look and listen out for. Odd how some places have pull aparts more often, I guess the sun plays a part in that locally heating an area or that area being more shady causing uneven expansion and contraction. A good day with only a few bolts to replace.
Thank you Cedarcam for the very kind words. It is interesting from
your comment that we have places the very seldom get any sun
during the winter, yet never have joint pull aparts there. Then there
are other places like west of the tunnel that don't get much sun,
yet have more pull aparts than other areas. Track is strange and
I'm still learning about all it's unusual quirks and behaviors. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas Dave to you, your family and the crew you work with 🎄
Thank you zulubravo. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Good stuff, Dave. Thanks for another fun informative ride with a pro. 🤠👍
Thank you Scotty. Track inspections are pretty important to find
things hopefully before they turn into major repair jobs or worse
derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me
and helping do a track inspection my friend.
I really am a fan of the videos you make. I will always watch your stuff before anything else. I've been busy and can't watch as much youtube as I'd like, but I always watch your videos before anything else. thanks!
Thank you for the very nice comment Kingibexx, so pleased to hear
you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
One has to keep their diligence on that track inspection lest and you have both your list of things to look for and then in your mind what to listen for or just doesn't seem right. Of course after years of looking at certain sections you'll easily remember where things are prone to going wrong. Thanks much for showing the truck being loaded and in the mining industry they are large but compared to some of the huge open pit mines they're tiny. A blessed Christmas to you and your family and all your little Junior track inspectors viewing this in the comfort of a warm home
Thank you for the nice comment Paul. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Track inspections are important as you try and catch things early before they turn into major repair
jobs or derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
What a glorious day to be out working! I wish all my employees were as mentally engaged as you are. I have always said that positivity breeds positivity, but is much more work to create and maintain. Being negative about your employer is much easier and sadly, more fun for some folks. The grass is generally not greener on the other side, just a different type of grass. It means alot to an employer to hear positive comments-they need encouragement as much as employees do! I'm so happy to hear that you have that employer support and they are dedicated to listening, creating a better and more stable work place as well as keeping a vision for the future. 😊
Thank you for the awesome comment Jennifer. You are so right
in everything you said. I've found one thing in life, the energy you
give off is the energy you get back. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping out with the track inspection my friend.
Love riding with you, Dave. Have a good Holly Day.
Thank you for the nice comment Shirley. Hope you and
your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Dave. I used to drive tanker and hauled a couple loads of out-of-spec antifreeze to a coal plant in rural eastern Kentucky. I inquired about it, and they said it was a cold weather release agent for the washed coal in the cars. Go figure.
Thank you David. I would say the side release agent they use here is
a glycol base with some additives in it. Interesting you also hauled
some of that similar stuff. It's pretty slimy. Wet coal in aluminum
cars has a real tendency to freeze to the sides and also the bottom
doors. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
What you say and are such a BLESSING TO ALL WHOME WATCH YOU YOUR ATTUDE IS 1,000 % GOOD may the LORD BLESS YOU MORE AND MORE... Mr Magoo in Milo, Maine
Thank you for the nice comment John. I try to stay positive.
Really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Loved the vid! at the end... was that 43tons of coal loaded that fast!?!? WOW!
Thank you dboatube, glad to hear you enjoyed this one. Yes
it loads pretty fast doesn't it! That's where they load the train
at. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Yes things expand and contract with temps great video Dave Merry Christmas 💞
Have to keep a close watch on track in winter time for sure David. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Happy and healthy new year to all at the mine!!
Thank you Nolan. Hope you and your family also have a most happy
holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me
and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Hi Dave,seasons greetings from the U.K. A very informative video as always.
by the way,over here ties are known as "sleepers" and joint bars are "fishplates"
Thank you Peter, glad you enjoyed. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Thanks Dave. It's been a wonderful year.
Thank you Earl for the nice comment. Yes it has been a wonderful year, we are all so fortunate. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Thanks Mr. Dave. Another great and very informative video sir. Stay warm and safe out there. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas.
Thank you Rick for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DAVE!!!
May you and your loved ones have a most blessed holiday.
Remember the reason for this season
Thank you for the nice comment Trainman Hope you and
your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
I’m with you I like winter that gets cold and stays that way once things adjust to the cold they seem to hold up better in my opinion anyway Merry Christmas to you and the Mrs!
You are right, cold and stay cold Wayne and things do seem to hold
up better once it sets in place. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Another great video, Dave! Thank you for the ride, for all the views of Greene County -- especially the White Covered Bridge and the underpass at Polecat Hollow Road! Merry Christmas, my northern friend!!
Thank you Pete for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season. Believe it or not was 63 degrees here
on Christmas day!
pretty good stuff
Love the words you said to your CEO, Dave Marry Christmas to you and yours and best for 2024 you and the Cumberland Mine company crew.
Thank you Mack for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Have a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year Dave. Keep the tops shiny and the bottom spiked.
Thank you Pete. Let's hope the rails stay shiny and spiked down!
Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas, Dave! Hope you and your family have a safe and happy holiday season!
Thank you Alex. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Thanks for sharing Dave. Great channel!
Thank you Calvary on the Fly, glad you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
"Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah". That's a lot of bolts Dave, great video.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be safe.
Lot's of bolts Russell. But it has paid dividends, got to keep my
track together. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas Dave. wonderful content I thoroughly enjoy watching.
Thank you David for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Inspecting track on the inspection track
Track inspections are very important Arkay, try to find things and
fix them before they turn into major repair jobs. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
90 👍's up thank you for sharing the work you do 😅
Thank you Scott and you are certainly welcome. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.
Merry Christmas to you and your family brother. I also followed your other channel. Didn’t know you had another channel. As always you’re the best!
Thank you 6firefightin. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate the nice comment and for your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Great video and once again took me back down memory lane on the RR. Thanks for sharing this with us and have a wonderful upcoming Holiday weekend.(Steve)
Thank you for the nice comment Steve. Track inspections in
cold weather are very important as you well know. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
I notice that your rail issues are due to only hauling coal and dust is the reason for your maintenance and cost to your company for the muddy spots.
But I am glad you work for such a fine company and treat you very well. 😊
Keep up the great work!😊
I have learned a lot about the railroad industry and always enjoy your videos and how a great railroad works.😊
DE N2JYG
You are certainly right about that Franklin, all the coal that has
spilled and leaked from the hopper cars just ruin my ballast, then
the water can't drain away and we get muddy spots which then
won't hold track surface. It's a real mess here in some places.
Really pleased to hear you have learned somethings from the
videos. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Thanks Dave foe the ride along. Have a blessed day.
You are certainly welcome Brian. Cold weather track inspections
are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Things tend
to break a lot with the cold temps. Very much appreciate your
riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection
my friend.
When the temperature drops below zero, everything wants to play up. 1989, we had several days -15F. Every little task becomes a JOB. Machines don't want to start, everything is stuck, and nothing seems easy. Thanks for all the great videos. Takes me back to a simpler time.
You are so right about that halfinchholes. Very cold weather seems
like everything is a much bigger struggle. Plus here we have a lot
more problems with the trains in very cold weather. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
Your enthusiasm is contagious!
Thank you for the nice comment KC, glad you enjoyed. These track inspections are pretty important to catch small things before they develop into bigger problems down the line. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the cold weather inspection my friend.
Great show again , Dave. MERRY Christmas 🌲🎁 to you'll!!
Thank you for the nice comment Robert. Hope you and your family
also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Yes, Dave. I did enjoy today's episode. I was wondering about the release agent. It seems that graphite would cause too much loss of tractive effort. We use a spray liquid for concrete, but that might hinder the use of coal.
Rooby Roo!
Thank you Jon, glad you enjoyed. LB Foster makes a special lubricant to spray the tops of the rails with that is a graphite base, then mix
it with water, however you are right, too much graphite and the
loco would just sit there and spin and never be able to stop either. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Awesome Possom Dave Hope You and Your Family have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Brother 🎄😊🙏
Thank you for the nice comment Kansas Trains. Hope you and
your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much
appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
Great video it's nice to know that there rail roads that care thumbs up to you Mr dave
Thank you for the very nice comment Barbara. I care about my
track and what I do. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping out with the track inspection my friend.
You got 12 years on me. I certainly for some unknown reason like work more in my older age than when I was younger. My grandfather worked until he literally couldn't anymore well into his 70s. My dad was no different. Dementia got him in the end but even that didn't stop him until within a year before he died. He passed Dec 15 2020. I hate twiddling my thumbs. I have to have something to do. Interesting about the tracks. Too bad there isn't a way to keep the tracks warm using geothermal of some sort. Heck, some day in the future we might have hover trains and tracks wont be needed anymore. LOL. Merry Christmas and stay safe. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅
I like work better the older I get too David. Guess I feel very blessed
I can still get up in the morning and do it. Whereas when you are
younger, you pretty much take things like that for granted. I'm
sorry to hear about your father, my mother in law had dementia,
it's a very sad situation. Really appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
I do love that enthusiasm you have and pride in your work that you exhibit! I take it that welded track is less likely to break? For those rails, does excessive heat or cold still bother them?
Thanks for taking us along! Loved the truck loading at the end!
Thank you for the nice comment Trena. Welded rail doesn't have the
joints, joints are very hard to keep up to track surface, they want to
keep dropping, they were the weak link in the chain. Welded rail
holds up much better for track surface. How much the heat and cold affects welded rail depends on the amount of rail anchors they have
in place and that are holding. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
That's railroading. Gotta love it👍
You are right nockreel, glad you enjoyed. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Things tend to break a lot with the cold temps. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection
my friend.
Thanks for this video, and for sharing your delight with us!
Thank you Robin for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
It was a great ride, Dave. Mini"you" has track#1 done on the layout. Speed restrictions off.2 GP38's and an Alco RS18 are pounding on it. Hopefully, I can take some time and post it. Merry Christmas, Dave&family. Your friend 150 nautical miles away on the north shore of Erie.🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷♂️⛏️🙋
Glad you enjoyed Doug. Sounds like you had a good MOW crew
on that job. GP's which have 2 axles are much easier on track than the SD models with 3 axles are. Will look forward to watching that
video. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Sorry haven’t been on not being well lately I guess 47 years of working in asbestos coal dust and steam oil is finally catching up on me lol ,I’ll be on more often getting back to normal sort of ,thanks for another great vid Dave wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year ❤
No need to apologize Lawrie, you just take care of yourself. I sure
hope you get things under control and get back to yourself soon!
I understand how physical problems can bog a person down.
Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
High tech track equipment inspection Scooby Doo, Dave but I know it is the simple things that make the job easy
He works pretty well Donald, Yes it often is the simple things that
make a big difference in track. Eyes and ears are simple things, but
they are vital to track inspections and finding things that will
prevent possible derailments. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Merry Christmas to you and your family Dave. Love your videos.
Thank you for the nice comment Scott, glad you are enjoying them. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold
weather track inspection my friend.
Nicely done ! 3-26
Thanks so much for riding track with me Alan. Always fun to
take a ride down track here. Appreciate your writing in and
for watching my friend.
I wish I could love my job the way you do.
A lot of folks don't love their job which as you know often makes it
difficult to get up in the morning and go. I am very fortunate that
I can still do this and love what I do here on the railroad. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Passing through your rainy neighborhood heading south on 79
. Happy New year. And have a good year.
Wish you could have stopped by and rode some track with me Jack.
May you also have a good upcoming 2024. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Nothing better than a job you enjoy. Put Scooby on the payroll. lol.
You are right in that Beverly, I'm so very fortunate to have a job I
truely love doing. Scooby is now a big You Tube star and has already
asked for a pay raise....:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
I like train videos on UA-cam 👍
That;'s good to hear Denise. You've come to the right place to
watch railroading videos here...:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Thanks for telling me about your other channel always good videos.
Your welcome Eddie, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Great Video and a Merry Christmas to you and your Family
Thank you Cecil for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also
have a blessed holiday season.
Thanks Dave 😊
You are certainly welcome Santafefrank. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Happy holidays from San Antonio, TEXAS!
Thank you JTG and hope you and your family also have a very
happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.
No problem at all as I am always learning something from any UA-cam channel that I subscribe to. Happy holidays!@@ccrx6700
MERRY CHRISTMAS Dave to you and the Mrs. God bless
Thank you Robert and hope you and your family also have a
very blessed holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.
Years ago, on the old IC Peoria district, it used to be jointed track. The MoW would use a track vehicle that would come through and loosen and then tighten the bolts on the joints. Very loud and hydraulic of course. The only time I ever saw such a machine. They had problems with some of them and would have to replace them as well. Of course, the jointed rail is long gone, and I would asume the same with the machine. Good video Dave.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Aaron. We too have a bolting machine, it
is gas powered and does one bolt at a time, have to push it down
the tracks. I've heard they have machines that are hydraulic and can
tighten all 3 bolts on one side at a time, but I've never seen one. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping out with the track inspection my friend.
Thanks Dave. I wish you and the family a very Merry Christmas..
You are certainly welcome Jon. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.
Merry Christmas Mr. (& Mrs.) Railroad!
Thank you Thom. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Thanks for the tour Dave. Happy Holidays!
Your certainly welcome 1208bug. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
Good evening CCRX That's Railroading! I hope you and yours a very Merry Christmas and hopefully a very Happy New Year!!!! 🌲🌲🌲🌲🎁🧑🎄✝️🥳🎇🎆👍❤️📹😃
Thank you Dana. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
MERRY CHRISTMAS DAVE AND HAPPY NEW YEARS...STAY AWESOME..
Thank you for the nice comment Ralph. Hope you and your family
also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.
As always Dave, great information. You said things the average joe wouldnt think of, especially tamping in cold weather and the joints on the bridges. And yhat side release agent. Never heard of that till you.. great stuff.. hope you have a merry Christmas 🎅
Thank you for the nice comment Pappy. This will make an excellent
training video for the guy who takes my place, if I ever decide to
retire...:-) Appreciate very much your riding with us and helping
with the track inspection my friend.