Thank you for this one! Love watching construction since too small to see thru the sidewalk windows without shifting foot to foot on tiptoes, went into a CE career in roadways & still smitten after 10 yrs of retirement. I know why those ‘extra’ guys are standing around: they gotta be on the spot the second they’re needed, no time to go get somebody off another task. Plus that is a cool caboose, love the safety paint job.
Real good track building coverage, JT. I just love to see tracks getting installed. Hate to see tracks getting removed. Bike paths, BWAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
@@JawTooth Yep...I caught ya Nice report on the construction project, by the way. Keep us up to date - especially when the switch gets installed; that'll be cool to watch.
Dang! I was working and missed it!, Next time let me know ahead of time and I'll close the state park early. I'll even host a Jawtooth Party for everyone in my area. Cheers, Danny
hey from the uk just want to say we love your vids you always make us smile if you get a chance would you give a big LIVE ACTION shout out to Bob from somerset uk youl make his year thankyou and keep up the good work Andy
I always thought they could add a siding into the asphalt plant we had near by. The ash could be brought out form Ford Steel and a power plant in stead of gravel trains (trucks) . Would have saved the roads around here but would have put some teamsters out of work.
Interesting video. I enjoyed watching the tracks being laid at the crossing, and how the rails bend to the required shape. We see so many railways disappearing and it is really good to see when new lines are being laid. The caboose (or we called them 'Guards Van" in the UK) also disappeared from trains since the 1990's. I well remember seeing them on all goods (freight) trains in my childhood. However, I remember that they were always at the end of the train. Do you know why the caboose in your video is not at the end of the train? I thought that their purpose was to enable the guard to apply breaks in the event of wagons becoming detached from the train if the link broke. This would stop run away trucks from rolling back down hills if they became detached from the rest of the train. Keep those videos coming!
Jeremy Preece in the US cabooses carried brakemen, but after air brakes the no longer had to help stop the train. The brakeman is a title given to the employees who do the ground work. The electronic rear end device, and electronic way side detectors do the job that used to need eyeballs, so no need for anyone back there
12:33 Raise your hand if you heard the wheels going over a joint in the rails and thought that it sounded like a beat that could be used for a song! I found it soothing and relaxing! :D Thanks Jaw Tooth, for another excellent video, as usual! :D
Wow I didn't know that the rail could flex and move like that. I always learn something from your videos. Very very good!!! Keep filming and stay healthy during this pandemic.
I have never seen new trackage built before. Fascinating how they somehow bend the rails for the curves. You are going to have an all new location to shoot train action from, Brian!
olentangy74 all rails are "straight" and not bent. Most folks would call a bent rail kinked. The only rails that are actually bent are guard rails at turnouts and bridge and tunnels. The rail you saw installed follows the line of the curve, but is not "bent "
Oh WOW! As always... Love that caboose! 😍 It was amazing to watch them installing the track! Must be a small town, I noticed the little water plant at 11:52. I'm also late watching all my notifications, I fell behind! Trying to catch up! Thanks for sharing! ☺
The autoracks are actually the CIND - Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis; the I&O in that location is the branch that used to go to Brookville but now stops a bit short of that, around State Rd 46. Both are G&W properties. The spur is indeed on the I&O portion. I really enjoy your videos Jaw Tooth.
I'm heading down to Plant City with my box of torpedoes ..so when the Amtrak going backwards hits them torpedeos we can blame it all on MilleniumFarce!!! And have a great time...
I had a box of torpedoes when worked for SP...put a few on a BN slow line (by city hall)...some kid hiding in the bushes...saw me do it....called the cops....I TOLD them (cops) what they were for.....next day....forced to resign or face legal troubles.....never "played" with them again!
The CarCarrier Train, interesting Cross Shadow on train, only one visible on railroad cars as they moved, despite multiple poles, nice, inadvertent, effect.
That caboose was in pretty good shape for just being a shoving platform. Most used for that job look all beat up with all the windows patched out. Good catch. Good video as always! 👍
That was cool watching them work that rail in there, honestly had no idea steel rail was that flexible...guess I never thought of it before. I mean seeing how it flexes and twists like that while being handled.
Jaw Tooth, if you're going to railfan around a construction site, you should do it properly! That is, have a safety jacket with "Jaw Tooth" (Railfan) on the jacket, have a hardhat on your head, and steel toed boots on your feet! Always remember safety first around a construction site! :D
I'm not sure you would want that job. It only pays $35/hour Monday through Thursday with 3 days off, you get 4 weeks paid vacation every year plus 1 week sick pay and the boss never checks on you.
That's what he was doing at this time but grading for the crossing, roadbed, and laying track is rough work 90% of the time for the ground man. You have to do all the bs that the big equipment can't and the operator won't get down to help with. Not always a cake walk. Hes just getting a short break this day. 👍 👷♂️⛏🔧⛓🔩🧹 This is the only equipment he gets to use.
You’d have to practice throwing your hands around like you’re being helpful to the machine operator who would like nothing more than knock you over with the boom.
If you go up where the trestle crosses DryFork Creek there is a story about Indian mounds and the problems they had when they built it. Look up Little Egypt Kilbu Rd.
Hi Brain, I'm really curious about the autoracks, what they look like empty inside, how they're loaded & off-loaded, how many vehicles they can carry, etc. Could you make a video showing and explaining that?? You are the only rail-fan videographer I subscribe to and watch! Always fun & good stuff to watch and learn! Thanks!
How many workers does it take to install rail roadtracks? Three workers to operate 3 pieces of heavy machinery and 6 workers standing around watching. #LiveAction #ButWaitTheresMore
I noticed at the end on that CSX freight the two Conrail boxcars had NYC reporting marks my question is who gets the revenue when that car is loaded anyways another good video Jaw Tooth PS if you ever come to visit the Cajon Pass let me know I’ll show you around that’s my playground I’m 60 so I don’t get out like I use to
When you said grade crossing I thought you meant signals. That's a concrete pad crossing. . The quarry can supply it's own ballast love to see the tamping and sweeping. They will probably we those joints both sides.
On CSX, a local caboose is used for spur routing, and a safe platform to operate the consist remotely. The doors and windows are all welded shut. Having to back up a couple of miles with multiple crossings is not safe for a worker on the ground, or hanging off of a car. Nice to see, but cabooses are fading away....
Do you ever go and film in northern Ohio? Do you film Wheeling and Lake Erie trains? Have you ever filmed track improvement vehicles? I work for a tree care company that prunes railroads and we are going to be doing some work for W&LE sometime in the next few weeks or so. If you are interested I can let you know when. I do know the work is going to be on the Carey Line starting around MP 60 and heading east.
And the next time that you come here jaw tooth hopefully I'll see trains go across that new Crossing Spur and has railroad crossing signals with Gates & I&O #4030 is a old Ohio Central engine
Hi Brian! Looks like you have some beautiful weather to install a railway crossing! I like the prefabricated concrete base. What railway will be serving Valley Ashphalt?
Hey JT!!! When we see cabooses used these days, what are they used for? I thought they got rid of them years ago? (I'm a newbie railfan) I googled this question with no good answers. Thanks for answering my questions.
Would be cool to see a caboose on the end with its taillight on (cabooses have them at both ends, instead of having that electronic contraption at the end
Another question: I am really grateful that whenever I have asked a question about American Rail Roads on any of these video comments, either Jaw Tooth or another American in the know has answered. This time, my question is about the Caboose (or Guards van as we call them in the UK). The shape of the caboose in this video is completely different from that of the other video ua-cam.com/video/BryABrANC4U/v-deo.html Therefore I was wondering whether there were a variety of caboose types, shapes etc. or whether they vary according to the RR company, or type of freight etc. Also, did the colour vary, until now the only American cabooses that I have seen were red.
Yes, they did (do) come in different types/configurations depending on corporate preference. Sometimes a RR would have one type, and then switch to another type when someone in management decided that it was "better". To my knowledge, the size/shape/layout was specific to the RR, not the type of freight. Cabooses are traditionally red. I've been told that red was an easy and cheap color to make, which is why you will see a lot of red on cabooses, older box cars, barns, etc. Eventually the RRs started painting the cabooses in corporate colors, such as this one in CSX cyan/yellow.
Once upon a time cabooses had a couple on top so the crew could observe the train ahead. I’m guessing that the advent of excess height cars blocked the foreword view. Bay window types became common near the end of the caboo era and I imagine provided a more comfortable ride.
@@ohgary Thanks for that. Being able to observe the train forward explains why the other cabooses have that raised section in the middle. Yes I had noticed how some USA RRs have freight containers stacked one on top of another, as well as some very tall wagons. I also have now seen passenger carriages that are two storeys high. This must mean that the entrance to tunnels and the bridges over railways in the USA must be higher than in the UK. There is no way that rolling stock that high would get under UK bridges and enter tunnels.
Before I started watching videos I never realized how flexible rail is.
Jaw tooth so cool train with caboose ❤😊
Thank you for this one! Love watching construction since too small to see thru the sidewalk windows without shifting foot to foot on tiptoes, went into a CE career in roadways & still smitten after 10 yrs of retirement. I know why those ‘extra’ guys are standing around: they gotta be on the spot the second they’re needed, no time to go get somebody off another task. Plus that is a cool caboose, love the safety paint job.
Mr. Tooth- Good to see that old caboose bringing up the middle of the train instead of holding on to the rear. I love the variety in your content.
Turbo Lives In my heart Thank you!
Real good track building coverage, JT. I just love to see tracks getting installed. Hate to see tracks getting removed. Bike paths, BWAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
Cool watching them stretch that rail for the crossing. Then those auto racks were cool too!
Thxs Jaw some good stuff, I'm amazed at how that steel track bends.
Hello everyone! I’m in LaGrange Kentucky right now. Look on the live webcam. Lol
Mr Gone Look up Virtual Railfan and go to the live LaGrange site
@@JawTooth
Yep...I caught ya
Nice report on the construction project, by the way.
Keep us up to date - especially when the switch gets installed; that'll be cool to watch.
@@mrgone658 jjkn
Dang! I was working and missed it!, Next time let me know ahead of time and I'll close the state park early. I'll even host a Jawtooth Party for everyone in my area. Cheers, Danny
hey from the uk just want to say we love your vids you always make us smile if you get a chance would you give a big LIVE ACTION shout out to Bob from somerset uk youl make his year thankyou and keep up the good work Andy
I always thought they could add a siding into the asphalt plant we had near by. The ash could be brought out form Ford Steel and a power plant in stead of gravel trains (trucks) . Would have saved the roads around here but would have put some teamsters out of work.
Interesting video. I enjoyed watching the tracks being laid at the crossing, and how the rails bend to the required shape. We see so many railways disappearing and it is really good to see when new lines are being laid.
The caboose (or we called them 'Guards Van" in the UK) also disappeared from trains since the 1990's. I well remember seeing them on all goods (freight) trains in my childhood. However, I remember that they were always at the end of the train. Do you know why the caboose in your video is not at the end of the train? I thought that their purpose was to enable the guard to apply breaks in the event of wagons becoming detached from the train if the link broke. This would stop run away trucks from rolling back down hills if they became detached from the rest of the train.
Keep those videos coming!
Jeremy Preece in the US cabooses carried brakemen, but after air brakes the no longer had to help stop the train. The brakeman is a title given to the employees who do the ground work. The electronic rear end device, and electronic way side detectors do the job that used to need eyeballs, so no need for anyone back there
@@ronbelnap8370 Ron: Thank you for that information.
12:33 Raise your hand if you heard the wheels going over a joint in the rails and thought that it sounded like a beat that could be used for a song! I found it soothing and relaxing! :D Thanks Jaw Tooth, for another excellent video, as usual! :D
It does kink of sound like music
the applause still cracks me up....I love it....and the adventure you take us on
Amazing how flexible that rail is
Wow I didn't know that the rail could flex and move like that. I always learn something from your videos. Very very good!!! Keep filming and stay healthy during this pandemic.
I have never seen new trackage built before. Fascinating how they somehow bend the rails for the curves.
You are going to have an all new location to shoot train action from, Brian!
olentangy74 all rails are "straight" and not bent. Most folks would call a bent rail kinked. The only rails that are actually bent are guard rails at turnouts and bridge and tunnels. The rail you saw installed follows the line of the curve, but is not "bent "
Ron Belnap ok thank you
Awesome video jaw tooth and that is beat seeing the crews installing a new train track crossing spur and more and Bernie stowe Field looks awesome
Love The Chassis in the Auto rack Mix, Reminds me of when Framingham mass GM plant was open.
Oh WOW! As always... Love that caboose! 😍 It was amazing to watch them installing the track! Must be a small town, I noticed the little water plant at 11:52. I'm also late watching all my notifications, I fell behind! Trying to catch up! Thanks for sharing! ☺
The autoracks are actually the CIND - Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis; the I&O in that location is the branch that used to go to Brookville but now stops a bit short of that, around State Rd 46. Both are G&W properties. The spur is indeed on the I&O portion. I really enjoy your videos Jaw Tooth.
At anytime did all those workers actually do something ..love it how people call you MR TOOTH
Did you know that the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky? If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.
Awesome seeing a caboose again, cool video.
First time I've seen a prefab grade crossing pad that they set the rails into. Interesting. Always enjoy your videos, Jawtooth
Love that horn, on the Ohio Central unit.
Amazing how flexible track is..great video JT..
I'm heading down to Plant City with my box of torpedoes ..so when the Amtrak going backwards hits them torpedeos we can blame it all on MilleniumFarce!!! And have a great time...
j snidow Lol, I’m going down at the end of January
I had a box of torpedoes when worked for SP...put a few on a BN slow line (by city hall)...some kid hiding in the bushes...saw me do it....called the cops....I TOLD them (cops) what they were for.....next day....forced to resign or face legal troubles.....never "played" with them again!
The CarCarrier Train, interesting Cross Shadow on train, only one visible on railroad cars as they moved, despite multiple poles, nice, inadvertent, effect.
That caboose was in pretty good shape for just being a shoving platform. Most used for that job look all beat up with all the windows patched out. Good catch. Good video as always! 👍
Smitty SF-3751
More great video's, they sure did a great job on the caboose. Also that is the nearest I have been to a ball park in years. Thanks
That was cool watching them work that rail in there, honestly had no idea steel rail was that flexible...guess I never thought of it before. I mean seeing how it flexes and twists like that while being handled.
Nice memorial to Bernie Stowe. One can watch or play baseball and watch trains at the same time.
At 0:55. I like that white house with the pillars.
It's not everyday you can video them making a crossing. Long live the caboose!
Cool. I was up past the Quarry in Wilmington the other day. They got a mess of Hopper cars just waiting.
👍Thanks for nice and sharp live action
Oh wow I pick up loads in Wilmington every so often @ R&L
That's great a new spur line is being added to an exsisting line.
Jaw Tooth, if you're going to railfan around a construction site, you should do it properly! That is, have a safety jacket with "Jaw Tooth" (Railfan) on the jacket, have a hardhat on your head, and steel toed boots on your feet! Always remember safety first around a construction site! :D
That Load of Haulers will Hold a Lot of Vehicles. The Last Train had a Lot of Vehicle Frames for the Car Plant. 👍
Yeah, awesome catch jawtooth!
I want that job standing there with a shovel. Lol
I'm not sure you would want that job. It only pays $35/hour Monday through Thursday with 3 days off, you get 4 weeks paid vacation every year plus 1 week sick pay and the boss never checks on you.
That's what he was doing at this time but grading for the crossing, roadbed, and laying track is rough work 90% of the time for the ground man. You have to do all the bs that the big equipment can't and the operator won't get down to help with. Not always a cake walk. Hes just getting a short break this day. 👍
👷♂️⛏🔧⛓🔩🧹 This is the only equipment he gets to use.
Which one? Look like city or state employees!
You’d have to practice throwing your hands around like you’re being helpful to the machine operator who would like nothing more than knock you over with the boom.
Thanks for the nice video Brian,have a nice weekend .
It’s Funny they placed the Caboose four (4) cars from the End of the Train.
its nice to see new tracks being build
great video.. thank you
Always a good video with more live action!
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Beautiful video have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and your family my awesome best friend for life
Daniel Davis Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
If you go up where the trestle crosses DryFork Creek there is a story about Indian mounds and the problems they had when they built it. Look up Little Egypt Kilbu Rd.
Jawtooth I built welded on almost every single tank you can see on Southside avenue. Bought out by Westway terminals around 2010. CGB.
Hi Brain, I'm really curious about the autoracks, what they look like empty inside, how they're loaded & off-loaded, how many vehicles they can carry, etc. Could you make a video showing and explaining that?? You are the only rail-fan videographer I subscribe to and watch! Always fun & good stuff to watch and learn! Thanks!
Cant say I ever saw a Precast Grade Crossing.
Excellent!
How many workers does it take to install rail roadtracks? Three workers to operate 3 pieces of heavy machinery and 6 workers standing around watching.
#LiveAction #ButWaitTheresMore
Maybe they're practicing for a second career in the government.
WOO! LIVE ACTION!!
That caboose is in the wrong spot!
yeah! it should be where ALL cabooses go
On the END of train!!
I noticed at the end on that CSX freight the two Conrail boxcars had NYC reporting marks my question is who gets the revenue when that car is loaded anyways another good video Jaw Tooth PS if you ever come to visit the Cajon Pass let me know I’ll show you around that’s my playground I’m 60 so I don’t get out like I use to
Awesome video!!!
The caboose is destined to make a comeback.
CSX is the only large RR to maintain a fleet of cabooses.
I like train videos on UA-cam jawtooth 😁
Very cool
When you said grade crossing I thought you meant signals. That's a concrete pad crossing. . The quarry can supply it's own ballast love to see the tamping and sweeping. They will probably we those joints both sides.
On CSX, a local caboose is used for spur routing, and a safe platform to operate the consist remotely. The doors and windows are all welded shut. Having to back up a couple of miles with multiple crossings is not safe for a worker on the ground, or hanging off of a car. Nice to see, but cabooses are fading away....
Szép videó!👍👍👍
Excellent Video Jaw Tooth
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Looks like the Enerfab building towards the end. Must be by the ferryboat.
But wait there's more. Hahaha. Great video.
I think that caboose should be at the end of the auto rack train...... wherever the end is!
Do you ever go and film in northern Ohio? Do you film Wheeling and Lake Erie trains? Have you ever filmed track improvement vehicles? I work for a tree care company that prunes railroads and we are going to be doing some work for W&LE sometime in the next few weeks or so. If you are interested I can let you know when. I do know the work is going to be on the Carey Line starting around MP 60 and heading east.
that was cool man.
Great video. Will you do an update on that new crossing?
The new track they clue the rails in on the crossing.
What do you mean, clue the rails in?
7:00 That rail looks as limp as a wet noodle 🍜😂
Next time you go to that location see if you can get a close up of that bad rail starting at around 20:55
Them men are making some money today. Wooooo but wait there is more. Alot more. Have not saw more live action than this since Turtle man. W000000000
Live action, going to get in this pond, reach down in the mud and grab a snapper!
Nice information's!
Last year I meet Alan Smith at plant City
I wonder if a foul ball from Bernie Stowe field ever hit a train while it was going by?
And the next time that you come here jaw tooth hopefully I'll see trains go across that new Crossing Spur and has railroad crossing signals with Gates & I&O #4030 is a old Ohio Central engine
Hi Brian! Looks like you have some beautiful weather to install a railway crossing! I like the prefabricated concrete base.
What railway will be serving Valley Ashphalt?
Are you coming to see Paducah and Louisville railroad in madisonville Kentucky Beulah Rd., West yard
Hey JT!!! When we see cabooses used these days, what are they used for? I thought they got rid of them years ago? (I'm a newbie railfan) I googled this question with no good answers. Thanks for answering my questions.
Any updates on the progress of this spur
wauw,nice haircut Brian.
Another fine video. When you film a locomotive can you please us what HP rating it has if possible.
I think that BNSF ripped off that orange paint from Rio Grande LOL
The Orange is GN.The RG Orange is lighter
Would be cool to see a caboose on the end with its taillight on (cabooses have them at both ends, instead of having that electronic contraption at the end
STAND BY FOR MORE LIVE ACTION BRIAN!!!!!!!!!
U r the rr man!!!!!
cool
Cool to see OHCR still in its own paint. How long before the orange empire repaints it?
I am surprised that you didn't torture us (who know how good it is) with pictures of your lunch at Skyline Chili.
Skyline chili came to northern OhioJust before I moved away. I couldn’t wait to try it. I was underwhelmed. Never went back. Sorry.
that was a long train for sure
Awesome catches! How many of the ns heritage units have you seen?
I don't know but at least half of them. I saw a train a few years ago at Natural Tunnel, Virginia that had 3 of them leading it
Any update vids of the finished crossing?
No. They have installed the crossing and thats it so far. I want to go back when some track is laid
@@JawTooth Cool...............bring Preston with you when you do =)
That Caboose should not be in between those tanker cars I don't know why they did that.
That is no longer a caboose it is a safety classroom in a caboose-shaped object. If a
I wonder if those who tag rail cars watch trains to see if their products go by.
Make America Freight Again
Unfortunately not many of those around anymore
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Jaw tooth is now hairless.
Another question:
I am really grateful that whenever I have asked a question about American Rail Roads on any of these video comments, either Jaw Tooth or another American in the know has answered. This time, my question is about the Caboose (or Guards van as we call them in the UK). The shape of the caboose in this video is completely different from that of the other video ua-cam.com/video/BryABrANC4U/v-deo.html Therefore I was wondering whether there were a variety of caboose types, shapes etc. or whether they vary according to the RR company, or type of freight etc. Also, did the colour vary, until now the only American cabooses that I have seen were red.
Yes, they did (do) come in different types/configurations depending on corporate preference. Sometimes a RR would have one type, and then switch to another type when someone in management decided that it was "better". To my knowledge, the size/shape/layout was specific to the RR, not the type of freight.
Cabooses are traditionally red. I've been told that red was an easy and cheap color to make, which is why you will see a lot of red on cabooses, older box cars, barns, etc. Eventually the RRs started painting the cabooses in corporate colors, such as this one in CSX cyan/yellow.
@@jameslehnert5054 Thank you James for that information.
Once upon a time cabooses had a couple on top so the crew could observe the train ahead. I’m guessing that the advent of excess height cars blocked the foreword view. Bay window types became common near the end of the caboo era and I imagine provided a more comfortable ride.
Damned auto correct. A coupla on top!
@@ohgary Thanks for that. Being able to observe the train forward explains why the other cabooses have that raised section in the middle. Yes I had noticed how some USA RRs have freight containers stacked one on top of another, as well as some very tall wagons. I also have now seen passenger carriages that are two storeys high. This must mean that the entrance to tunnels and the bridges over railways in the USA must be higher than in the UK. There is no way that rolling stock that high would get under UK bridges and enter tunnels.
Man, how long was that auto train?