Track Dropped on Curve 36A and we Tamp It Up to Specs
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- North side of track fell out and we're going to get it tamped back up
to where the track geometry should be. Some sections of track
fall on occasion and that is why we make track inspections to find
these low spots and then get them tamped up to proper grade.
That's railroading!
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We arrived at work one morning and dealt with something similar.
Initially we packed ballast under the rail concerned, but every time a train went over, it would dip again.
It was decided to put a temporary speed restriction on the section and have someone sit in a vehicle and monitor it. Turned out the cause was some recent work nearby had altered a water course and had been undermining the embankment.
I think you are right Rat The Lookout, there is a water problem here like you had. It's in the hands of the mine engineering department see what they can come up with. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
The fact that you kept records of your service is beyond commendable. I wish more people would do this, no matter what the job. Much respect to you.
Thank you for the notice and kind words Doc Holliday. I keep a log book of every curve we have when it was tamped, what was done
when tamping and any major repairs or work done to the curves.
Also keep a maintenance log book for my tamper itself. Really
appreciate your dropping by and checking out the show. May you
have a very good day my friend.
I got track charts of several railroads that show all the work done and the dates done. Some notes even tell where the ballast came from. It's good to know when trying to recreate a scene based on a date.
That bank looks very steep😮
It certainly is John, I wouldn't want to climb it. Need a billy goat,
he would love that hill..... :-) Thanks so much for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow Dave underground sink hole not good . Hopefully the problem is fixed 👍🏻😎That’s RailRoading 😂
You are right about that Robin. Definitely there is a problem somewhere down there, it's in the hands of the mine engineering department now to see what they can come up with. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
That side even looks unstable how that track stays there is a miracle only a dam good tamper driver can sort it out Dave you’re the man .excellent vid thanks .
Thank you for the nice comment Lawrie. Just got to keep tamping it back up when it falls, oh well, that's railroading. Really appreciate
your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Has you say my friend, Thats Rail Road in! Thanks
Your right about that Alan! Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Love your channel! I watch it every night, keep up the awesome work! Blessings to you and your family😊
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you are enjoying the home movies James. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch them and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for sharing!
Your welcome Daniel. Definitely there is a problem somewhere down there, it's in the hands of the mine engineering department see what they can come up with. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Fascinating!
Thank you for the nice comment John, glad you enjoyed. We are very fortunate this company allows me to make these videos. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
You guys got your work cut out.
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Yes but that's railroading here Eddie. We just fix whatever we
need to when it breaks.... :-) Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hey retired track inspector here for a class 1.....is there any mud there?...a culvert.....is the rail surface bent?....I used to have the same problem all the time ...nice railroading to ya
No sir no culverts or mud, water problems under the track that
can't get away. I've got several other spots on track tho that have
culverts collapsing and a bunch of mud spots, never ending
battle keeping jointed track up. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
I know alot of guys that refuse to film their work for fear of being criticized. The fact that you're so proud to do it, and there's just no end to the knowledge you have is absolutely amazing. Even when you have the guys helping you out, you just have all kinds of praise for their work also. This is why this is one of my all time favorite channels. Plus it helps that I'm a huge train buff anyhow, I'm probably one of the 10 guys in my town that loves to get railroaded 😁
Thank you for the nice comment and very kind words This Ole Sign Guy. Glad you are enjoying the channel. We will try not to
"railroad" you, but will bring the railroad to you! :-) Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good catch by the engineer, probably avoided a big mess. Thanks for taking us along for another day on the railroad!
Thank you for the nice comment Poowg. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Water is the enemy. I remember a Conrail executive telling me the three most important factors for the right of way are drainage, drainage, and drainage. Thank you Dave!
That is a universal mantra in every language known to railroaders.
Stanley Crane.
You are so right in that Ted. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem, but I'm sure there is water down there someplace
giving us fits. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Thanks for taking us along again Dave. Those record books are priceless.
Your certainly welcome Donniee, you are right, keeping good records
sure is a big help at times. Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave the slope is too steep the train going across that area is giggling the slope of the ballast . You have a ballast landslide. You need an engineered retaining wall after careful slope soil sampling with drills. Then a deep piling retaining wall with shoring between the piles.
You could have water softening the undersoil.
Exactly what I am thinking.
Where I am from this is called a landslide., no matter the reason, or the speed of slippage. Big job, but better than chasing it away from the river down below, or disaster.
Dave, Wayne put my initial thoughts into a concise technical response! Is the integrity of the entire hillside a concern? You mentioned a 3” rain event, this is very concerning.
Wayne, the question is how deep the the weakened soil? I understand they can do some amazing things with screw piles these days.
Speaking of which, my department is spoiled with our compressor stations, That station is in a swamp! ….I have heard of some compressor packages being supported on screw piles versus the massive foundation blocks we have on our sights. This station near Dave’s tracks may be one of those cases! Dave thanks again and Wayne for the insight!
You are right Wayne, we've built retaining walls in the past in some
places out of old rail and old bridge timbers and they have worked
very well at holding the slopes. I think we got water problems too.
Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Job well done! Always good to be ahead of the curve on things. ;)
Thank you for the nice comment Bassotronics. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Hello,
My grandfather was a fettler on the east coast line Australia.I loved him showing us his work.
I really enjoy what you do and how you do it.
Keep it up!
God bless you sir
From Goondiwindi, Queensland ,Australia.
Awesome Brad, that is a term I never heard before, fettler, looked it up.
Thanks for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch. May
you have a very good day my friend.
Your engineer is going to have fun with the soil slip. That grade is going to keep sliding, hopefully slowly enough that you can keep up adding ballast on top. But a track in constant flux is not exactly ideal for a railroad, ha!
You are right 2xKTfc, we have a water drainage problem here. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Ahhhh love getting to see all the hard work always! Always super informative….thanks Dave!! Absolutely love learning more and more about the intricacies of what makes a railroad run… you’re the man!! Take care!!!
Thank you for the nice comment Al. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Sounds like the hill side is still sliding off.
Civil Engineers call it "Heel/Toe" slippage.
Your right about that JZ. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Dave I am wearing my reflective vest and hard hat and gloves during your video tonight
Awesome Mike! Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Add some cribbing on the side of curve 39-A using some old sleepers and old rail pounded down into the curvature in order help hold the ballast in place. You might also need to install a drain pie under the roadbed in order to carry the water away better from the opposite side. You could have a natural spring coming off the mountain/hill on the high side that is slowly undermining the roadbed. And even if you already have 1 drainpipe, consider using a "W" formation of 3 pipes that all lead to the lowest point on the opposite side of the roadbed. Thus even if 1 gets clogged, you would still have 2 more remaining in operation.
We have built retaining walls like you mention in the past in several
places Eric using old rail and old bridge timbers and they have worked
out very well for us in holding slips. You are right we also need drainage here. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
That log of work done and when is a great way to cover your back when things go south....
You are right about that Jon, that's why I started doing that record
keeping years ago. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Excellent job with the records. I'm not surprised that this curve close to the creek is problematic because of the adjacent steep slope. I applaud the company's vigilance to be aware. A clean-up on that slope would be huge.
Thank you for the nice comment Cecil. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Another great job Dave! Railroads sure take a lot of maintenance!
Thank you Raymond and you are so right in that, specially our track with all the joints and curves we got, plus the weather conditions. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Water can be powerful. This is why you keep a book 📖
You are so right in the Clarence, I've seen entire hill sides slide down
against the track because of water. Amazing how much power water
can have. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
this one out soon. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Dave, if you want to see rainfall, you should move to South Florida. In one summer rainstorm I saw 2 inches of rain fall in 15 minutes. And that was recorded on an official National Weather Service Gage. Currently where I live we are somewhere around 120-130% of our normal rainfall to date at over 24.5". With more to fall tonight. We are now in the mow the yard twice a week season.
I think I'll stay in SW Pa Don. It is rare we get than much rain
so quick. Our average annual rain fall here is 46 inches. We do
have to mow grass twice a week for a couple of weeks in
the spring, but often in the summer it's twice a month. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Something is moving under the track. Trimble has GPS stations to monitor ground movement for potential land slides.
You are right duotronic we have an unstable condition under the
track. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
It's a Florida sinkhole! They're migrating north.
Oh dear, I didn't think their migrating season was here yet Jim..... :-)
We in deep doo doo now.... Really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
"Spots" don't fall out for no reason at all. You've got an ongoing slide under the tracks. Put in five slope inclinometers along the downhill edge of the ballast, two beyond either edge of the slide, two 15' or so inside the slide, and one in the center of the slide. Read them every week for two months and you'll have a good idea of the depth of the slide. This look like a job for soldier piles, and you will definitely not like the price tag.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on that Jasmine. You are right, definitely there is a problem somewhere down there, it's in the hands of the mine engineering department see what they can come up with. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
That was a good size dip! Great catch and repair before something major happen!
Thank you for the nice comment Brian. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Nice quick reaction from the whole team Dave, the creek is sure running high and ground can only soak up so much. Hopefully no more drops and monitoring is all you can do. Cheers and take care
Thank you for the nice comment Pete. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
You ever see that video I think it's up in Canada where the whole track washed out? Good work dave!
No I have not Mat, I'll have to search for it. I saw a pic of an earthquake
took both sides of the track away in Alaska, that was wild. Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks once more, Dave. I love your videos. You do far better than a pretty good job keeping those tracks in shape. A cracking great job is more like it.
Thank you for the nice comment Eric. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Drainage to stop land slip is what you need here . There is water below ground flowing from up hill to the creek as its meant too. Your railroad line sits above it . Dang! Monitor, Repair and Profit. Keep up the great work D.
Thank you Philip. You are right we have a water drainage problem here. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Never a dull moment on the railroad. There must be soft fill in that hillside. Nice job fixing it Dave! I used to keep records on every piece of my equipment at work. I doubt the person that took my place is keeping up with that though.☹
Thank you Wilbur. Good for you, so many guys now never keep records. But you know it pays off in dividends in the end when you
do keep records. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Nice work! Hopefully you can go home and kick back now!
Thank you for the nice comment C Nosprandt. Just another day
on the railroad.... :-) Always a new adventure. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Your crick looks a lot like "Mud Lake" back home in Michigan. 3 inches of rain overnight will do that.
We rarely get that much rain that quick, but it happened, now it's as
dray as can be this week Robert. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
That was cool. Great job.
Thank you for the nice comment RFM. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Yes...the hill is moving...and yes water is involved....there may be an active spring below the surface.....
You are right Dave, I've often wondered if there was a spring under
there or perhaps an artesian well. It's in the hands of mine engineering
department now, see what they can come up with. Really appreciate
your sharing your thoughts and for watching. May you have a very
good day my friend.
Soft ground eats up gravel
You are right Chuck we have a water drainage problem here
making the ground soft underneath the track. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Job well done!
Thank you for the nice comment Derrick. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Very interesting report, thanks. I appreciate you and all the folks with skills to keep our country's railroads running and safe.
Thank you for the nice comment I B. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
You would almost think there is an underground spring or something causing the sinking. Lucky that you all work together to notice things like that so that you can avoid a disaster. Excellent record keeping on your part!
Thank you Dave, I've got records for every curve I have back thru
18 years ago. You are right we have a water drainage problem here. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Who do you call for a dip in the track. Dave after hours. Your record keeping is top notch. The creek from when you first showed it and then after the rain you as incredible how it has risen. You keep the rails safe Dave. Nice job.
Thank you for the nice comment Beverly.. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Boy that looked like a big dip in the he track. Thank God for the engineers that pay attention to track conditions and you and your tamper. Have a great week my friend.
You are right Lewis, we are happy to have a tamper here instead
of me having to hand jack and hand tamp track! Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave - You can suggest to your management that they talk to a Civil Engineer about stabilizing the slope with geotextiles (fabric). That would prevent, or minimize the shifting of the subgrade under the ballast.
You are right Nolan, however we have out own mining engineering
department here and now it's in their hands. I highly doubt they will bring in an outside engineering firm. But all I can do is wait and keep this tamped up when it falls again. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
*_Thats a bit scary. If that hill slides anymore could be dangerous. What about a retaining wall? Or hover tracks?_*
I like the idea of hover tracks David. Next project for your home
shop! We can then do a video together, that would get millions
of views, world's first ever hover track! We'd both be famous. I
like the way you think my good man. Hope you have a very good
day working in the shop tomorrow on this project.
Another dilemma for Sir Toppemhat. Thanks Dave.
Don't worry William, he will get to the bottom of this.... :-)
Thanks so much for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very interesting stuff enjoy your videos nice job
Thank you for the nice comment Daniel. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
That's a pretty good dip what caused that ... Thanks for sharing Dave
You are right David, I think there's water under the track from perhaps a spring. It's in the hands of mine engineering department now, see
what they can come up with. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I know you can fix it. Happy rails Dave. No body does it better! 😃👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨🚙
Thank you for the nice comment Train Chasers at Work. I'm just
doing my job tho. Really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
As always Dave. Thanks!! Hope the fix holds. Take care my friend.
Your welcome Fred. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Nice work Dave. They always keep you on your toes! Thank goodness for those machines as I'm guessing a problem like that would have been no easy fix in the old days. Keep those trains rolling 👍
In the old days Richard I would jack the track up by hand using a cross level measuring gauge and then tamp the ballast in with bars or if we
were lucky enough, air powered jitterbugs. This 6700 tamper sure
makes things much, much easier. Gotta keep those trains running
safely you are right. Thanks so much my friend for watching and
may you have a very good day.
Excellent presentation. Thank you. Does the tamper pull the track back up so that rock gets under the low spot?
Thank you Mark and yes the tamper lifts the track up, then shoves
ballast under the ties. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Could put some boulders in.. retaining walls are expensive.
Shot Rock is really cheap William and that would work, course
have to build a retaining wall first. It's in the hands of mine
engineering department, see what they come up with. But you
are right, big rock would hold that. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, Looks like Mother Nature is not cooperating with track safety. Regular track inspections and documentation is a must. Good thing your company makes safety a top priority...
Thank you for the nice comment Steve. You are right, glad they
care about our safety. Makes a world of difference. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Yea, this track section may require more drainage work that the company may want to spend.
You are right Chris we have a water drainage problem here. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure
out what to do about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Drive some pilings along there. Use your old rail.
I was tempted to suggest something like that too, but I think that is something the engineer will have to talk to management about.
We have used old rail and bridge timbers several other places in the
past to build retaining walls Dennis and they have worked out very
well for us. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Great video Dave and as always you are very informative on what’s going on with the railroad. They are very blessed to have you as an employee. Stay safe and have a blessed day Dave.
Happy Rails
Thank you for the kind words Donnie, just doing my job here and am
lucky I can still do it. Really appreciate your stopping by and checking
out tonight's episode. May you have a very good day my friend.
Very good Dave!
Thank you for the nice comment 1208n Bug. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy
Thank you Randy. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Great job Dave ! That could have been a real mess .
Thank you for the nice comment Scott. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Great job Dave. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the nice comment Richard. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave, really respect , you and your service, with the railroad! My father, liked trains! I miss my dad, he passed away, last july! Were you friends, with , Hobo shoestring? Im sure you get, that question, alot! Sad, what happened, to him!
Very sad ending for Hobo Shoestring . Life can at times be very unfair and makes no sense . I am also sorry for your loss .
Thank you for the nice comment Christopher. I'm sorry to hear
about your dad, mine passed 8 years ago and I know how you
feel. I knew who Mr. Shoestring but that is about it. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another good one. Thank you.
Thank you for the nice comment Jerry. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I'm sure the Engineers with your working knowledge can figure it out. Thanks for the videos and keep em coming.
@@Jerry_SWMO 👍😊
Excellent track keeping records there. Such things help greatly with increasing track safety as you said, and both the company's area and yours are covered. Hope the flooded area drains soon! Flooding would not be helping things, that's for sure. Stay safe and well. Thanks for the work you do, for bringing us along and teaching us more about track safety!
Thank you for the nice comment Trena. You are right, good record keeping helps out a lot. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hey Dave, when you tamp over ties covered with new ballast how do you miss hitting the ties with the forks?
He must have a better view then we've got.
It's not always easy as you can imagine Jim. If I can see just a small
part of a tie, then I'm okay. I've tamped before when there was 6 inches
of snow covering everything and I couldn't see a single bit of any tie,
then you just go by faith. But after 18 years of tamping I've gotten
fairly good at missing ties whether I can see them or not. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
CYA records, the only way to go.
I agree Aaron. I've got written records for every curve we have,
when I tamped them and major improvements to each curve
back to 18 years ago. Can't rely on my memory for that stuff.
Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Boy, that sure was a lot of water flowing through there right at the end. Good job on the part of everyone involved with getting that little situation taken care of quickly. We all hope it holds steady for a good long time. Oh, by the way... that was a nice steady shot of the tines working doing their magic! I presuume a magnetically mounted GoPro used for that. 🤠👍
You are right Scotty, GoPro on magnet mount. This is a problem area
and will continue to be. It's in the hands of mine engineering department now, see what they can figure out. Appreciate your
checking out the video my friend.
Looks good after completion. Great video once again Dave and have a wonderful upcoming week. Steve
Thank you Steve. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 you're welcome and hopefully that will happen soon.
A never ending battle. It's always good to keep records on maintenance. Have a Great Day Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment Anthony. You are right, good records sure do make a difference. We really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Those lights at 5:40 freaked me out for a sec...Look out!, train comin in hot!! 😂
Good thing I knew he was there and he knew I was there! That's the
worse feeling in the world to be on track and see lights coming at
you. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Heya Dave
Great video
I really appreciate your content and look forward to seeing new content from ya
Stay safe and hydrated. This heat is getting to everyone I think
Thank you for the nice comment Clark. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. That high heat has left us thankfully, was 80 here
today. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
@ccrx6700
I hope they can too.
I've seen where heat can make tracks buckle under certain conditions, but I'm not familiar enough with it to know exact causes. My friend had it happen a couple times when he was an engineer. Fortunately, no derailment, but it's scary when it happens
@clarklindquist8137 yes it is, someday i will do a video on a heat buckle for ya 😊👍
This video is "off the rails".
If they don't do something the rails may be off the track ..... :-) Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Dave: Knowledge and humility! Good man, right there.
Thank you for the kind words gogetthegoose. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC video my good and dear friend, it really is fantastic 🤩🤩🤩🤩. Like 👍!!!!!!
Thank you for the very nice comment and for checking out the video Leito. May you have a very good day and hope you are doing well my friend.
Great job Dave, that was a pretty big dip! Luckily you caught it before anything bad happened! 😊
Thank you Mojo. We got water problems here that can't get away from under the track. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what to do about it since they won't listen to me
about how to fix it. So I just keep on tamping the darn thing up. :-) Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
One Dip or Two? One is plenty ! 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂
You are right, one was enough Yellow Lab! We don't want anymore.
Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Speed limit dowm to 4 m p h ?
Our slow orders are usually 10 MPH Nicolay. At least that's what
I told them to run on this section until I could get it tamped.
Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good catch by the engineer & yourself. Do you think at some point you'll have to drive piles in the far shoulder?🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷♂️📐[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[/[[[[[[🙋
Thank you Doug. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Piling may be an option, we shall wait and see. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Awesome video have a great week
Thank you for the nice comment James. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Dave you Really show us the great life of Railroading from a perspective Nobody else can do = Thank You and Stay safe!
Appreciate the very nice comment theandymano, glad you are
enjoying the home movies. Thanks so much my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.
😮thanks Dave 😊
No problem Santafefrank, my pleasure. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
This was a good catch. Could have made a vary ugly mess. My first thought was mine subsidence. There is a coal mine down there someplace. It could be a lowering water table. It could also be a local gas well. Gas and water wells can be pressurized voids. When the pressure is reduced or the level of water, in the void, it no longer supports the land above as well as it once did. Or it could be that the hill side has decided it dose not like the tracks there. What a mess. There is no real way of knowing just what it is. I'm praying a sink hole dose not open up. What a mess that could be. Picture this, A down grade train is coming around that curve, only to find that a huge sink hole has opened up. That's when your stomach drops to your toes. " O what a feeling "! And not a Toyota in sight!
Very interesting comment Slee. yes this area was mined underneath probably back in the 1950's. it was room and pillar
mining, so there are blocks of coal left. Mine is flooded no doubt but how that is affecting the stability of the coal blocks, who knows. Secondly there are gas and water wells all over the place
here. Right below this curve is a big gas compressor station.
A gas line runs under our track about 50 yards up from this
curve. I need to find a map of where those gas wells go and
if they are a horizontal bore. Thirdly we've had sink holes in
the past although never right under the track but close, and
that hole was caused by a culvert pipe collapsing and water
shooting under the track. You are right, no way of knowing
what's under the ground unless they core drill. Thanks for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Yeah actually this is right about the same time this year we got 4 to 5 inches in an hour in northern ILL. I had just installed new sliding doors in the basement, they held back 8 inches of water against the door but some did make it through the weep holes. There is a 3 inch drain just outside of these doors and it was doing as best it could with all the water coming down our sloped hill. This kind of rain has not happened since the late 80's that I can remember. Only a day prior I was finishing up on these doors, could have been a real mess. Lucked out. 😀
I guess you really did luck out on that Curiosity. Wow that's
a lot of rain you guys got, we had about 3 inches an hour
before this happened.
7:20 I remember February 2014 vividly... I was doing facilities snow removal. With a shovel 😑
I bet you were R T. I remember that time vividly also getting this
track back in service. it was COLD! Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
🤔Hmmmmm..... The first time I commented, it took a while to show⁉ So I wrote it again ... and when I posted the second time; "VIOLA", There was my first comment. So I'm leaving all 3 up...helps with the algorithms ... I think🤔⁉
You the man!
Just seems when you have a small section that is problematic you might pull the track and fill it in with either cement or large boulders or both?
I suggested many years ago about pumping grout down
into the fill and also drilling to find the water and then pipe it
out. But nothing like that has been done, so whenever it drops,
I tamp it back up until it drops again.... sigh. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a
very good day my friend.
For thise heavy trains that dropp was significant. Driver light trains, I've seen much worse. The railcar tilted/listed severly...
You are right about that, and the higher the speed of the train the
worse they will ride over it. That's why I put a slow order on this
for the night. Really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Why do Amtrac tamp your rail line? Love your show!
Amtrac of Maryland is a contract tamping company and not
the Amtrak passenger service BluArq. It's confusing but the two
are not the same entitiy. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Sounds like it needs to be dug out and back filled with R4 or R5 rock and filled with screenings. Then heavy ballasted and those sticks of rail reinstalled and then ballasted with that No 3 ballast y’all already have there. You save your existing stone to reuse obviously. R4 or R5 are boulders they won’t go anywhere.
Same as the old PA roads they used 4s a little smaller (softball size or so) with screenings swept in then they’d pave it. Still did that until about the early 2000s then PennDot switched to 2A Modified. But 2A wouldn’t be heavy enough for heavy trains.
Are you still involved with the steam engine. Isn’t that like PRRs only narrow gauge loco remaining? I know it’s special one of a kind loco.
I think you're right on that SteamGent. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Yes I am still involved with #4 loco and yes
it is the only narrow gauge loco that is left over from the PRR. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Awsome job my friend I Just find you’re channel keep going , greetings from Florida 💪🏻💪🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Glad to have you with us Bob and welcome. Appreciate the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us. May you have a very
good day my new friend from Florida.
Hey Dave there is a GENERAL ELECTRIC DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE for sale on JJ Kane nearby that I think would be great for your work train.I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing that Tom. It would be great to have a loco
just for us and could use it for switching. I rather doubt that
currently they will get another loco, a whole lot of other
equipment needs to be purchased at the mine and prep plant and
also we need some new hopper cars. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
I wish I can work with you man. I love the work you do. Respect 🫡 for you boss. 🙌🏻🙏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Appreciate the nice comment Bebe. Thanks so much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
A derailment at that location could have been a disaster. Can you imagine a "coal spill" in that creek? ... I can hear the "EPA" all the way over here on Guam. Your company is fortunate to have you in charge of "TRACK"‼
Thank you for the nice comment Captain Tom, a coal spill in that
creek would be awful, you are right. Hopefully the mine engineering department can figure out what is causing this and then we can
correct the problem. Appreciate very much your taking the
time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.
Okay, I’ve watched and liked about 10 of your videos. Subscribed. You win. 😂👍👍
Great to hear you are enjoying the home movies Roger. We do appreciate your subbing and hope you will continue to have a good
time with us. We welcome you to our community here my new friend.
There is a place in heaven for you. Take your time, goodfella.
Thank you for the kind words Steve. And at some point we will meet
there. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.