Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Freight Car Springs but were Afraid to Ask
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
- All about freight rail car springs. This is one Cool Video! Show you defects and types of springs on rail freight cars along with showing you the springs getting compressed
as the car is loaded and decompressed as the car is getting unloaded. We will show
you rail car spring groups and patterns of groups along with a nest of springs and
spring designations.
Check out my other You Tube channel with more cool railroad and
rail fanning videos along with other adventures Dave has:
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This video made April 2023
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
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I have a question for you. Do you have any crates full of springs? With A tag on it that says Union Spring ......if you do could you include them in a video close up sometime...
You should do a video, from loading the coal to dumping at the port, a how it's done ride along.
@parker990 we have 1 crate with new springs i checked today no tags on the crate
@@ccrx6700 thanks for looking probley wouldn't be any writing left on a tag if there was one there. after all its been 20 years just was hoping there was something left over from back then .i use to be a palletizer at union spring in chillicothe ohio
Thanks, so much for your informative videos!! Kudos to Both you and your company. I learned something new today after 50 + years o foaming: one rocker in a cut, can be a broken spring! Great Great video!
I think it’s very wholesome that your company lets you film and record videos so that you can help spread knowledge to your audience.
I would hope the company also sees the positive business reason to invest his time. I guarantee his videos have recruited young people in to the railroad industry, where they otherwise might have never considered going into that career. These videos are really interesting and show the many facets of the railroad world.
it's good to show people how this kind of thing gets done so that they have an appreciation of the work. There are a lot of times when rules and legislation is done without the people writing the rules and legislation having any idea about the subject matter. The rail industry (and coal for that matter) are background industries that people take for granted. What these guys do makes our way of life possible and people should see it. Besides, it's just fun stuff to watch!
@@acars9999 I have often wished I had gone into it in my 20's. Now in my 40's I suspect I might not have enough in me to try.
Thank you for the nice comment Local Railfan and you are right. We are very fortunate they do allow me to make these. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 thank you! I hope you have a great day as well
When it seems that the world is burning and everything is bleak your videos are a godsend. Your positivity is seriously a ray of hope Dave!
Thank you for the kind words Jonathan. Appreciate very much your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
These coal runners have never heard of fossil fueled climate change.
Ive seen the cars loaded and unloaded, but never watched the springs compress as its getting loaded. That was pretty cool! 👍
Glad you liked that Michael, I've gotten many requests to show
that and most folks have never really seen that either. I'll bet the
next time you see a car getting loaded you will watch the springs
and bolster going down. :-) Thanks so much my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.
I guess it's fitting that this video came out in the spring time.
LOL, I never thought about that Arkay, but you are right, spring
show for the spring season! Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
That comment will get you suspended 😊
"Ahh, spring is in the air!"
"No wait, we don't want them in the air"
This comment made me feel decompressed.
I would make a reply here but nothing springs to mind.
After this vid somehow appeared in my YT feed, I just popped on to give the vid a 👍for the title alone.
thanks. every time Im stopped at a RR crossing, I am watching the trains, the wheels, the cars, and now I gotta look at the springs.
Your quite welcome David, glad you found this interesting. it makes for train watching more interesting doesn't it. Thank
you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I have a freight car spring story from my childhood. In the 1920s there was a train wreck near my house in southern illinois, and they left most of the wreckage in the creek. As a child in the 1990s and 2000s I dug up a lot of that debris in the creek and those springs must have been born to fly because some were a bit further from the wreckage than I expected. I can imagine they were under a lot of tension when the bridge collapsed and then got instantly released. I still have those springs and they are absolute beasts.
They likely more moved about by little boys such as yourself.
Wow that's a pretty cool story Rinoa, those springs that old
should be real keep sakes. Thanks so much for sharing and may
you have a really good day my friend.
Your positivity and joyful approach to your career, plus your appreciation of your job is a real inspiration. Plus, I hope I can swing a sledge like you at almost 70 years old.
Very glad to hear you enjoyed Eric and thank you for the nice
comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
You don't know what "fun" truly is until you replace the leaf springs on a heavyweight Pullman passenger car. My Dad taught me when I was a little kid how to check the springs to see if the car was loaded or not. I seem to recall certain Milwaukee Road boxcars with wood sides and fishbelly frames with leaf springs that had been converted to work train service. Excellent video, thanks Dave!
I bet it wasn't easy.
@@looptheloopish Lots of weight, tight confines and hoping the bolts used for spring compressors don't fail before the install.
Leaf springs work well on cars that are light weight and aren't
loaded very heavy like cabooses Poowg. They would never work
on the heavy cars we have tho. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for this video. I’m a former railroader and life long rail fan! I’ve heard other fans
talk about the springs on passing trains being compressed! Those cars are
loaded, they’d say! I never could really see what they were
talking about. I got an education today! Thank you for
this video! And I appreciate your other videos, too! Thanks,
again!
Very glad to hear you enjoyed Donald and thank you for the nice
comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Having built several 7.5” gauge cars, I’ve gained respect for the all the technology and engineering that goes into frames and and trucks to keep them on the tracks
We visited the Mill Creek Central last summer and rode on their
7 inch track Tom, it was a really cool 2 days there. Have yet to
show the videos tho. I was just amazed at the detail in those
steam locos they had there. Thank you for visiting with us
and may you have a really good day my friend.
A good teacher knows how to break down complaketed subjects into simplified understandable bite sizes. They also know how to make relatively simple subjects interesting. You made springs interesting. There were several interesting points. Great video.
I really enjoy the enthusiasm you have about your career. I'm now retired, and I was fairly enthusiastic about my career as a heavy equipment mechanic and later as an industrial maintenance technician. Please help us all figure out how to bottle up enthusiasm and soak the young people with it.
Thank you for the nice comment Namar and great to hear you
found it interesting. If I could bottle enthusiasm and sell it I'd have more money than I know what to do with... :-) Appreciate very much your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Thanks for always being fun with a good attitude and making interesting programs. I always enjoy learning from you. Like when I was a kid in school. The best teacher's made learning fun.
Thank you for the very kind words Adriaan. Glad you are having a good
time with us. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit
with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hello Dave, I just want to tell you how much I enjoy your videos, you are one lucky guy to have a great job that you love, keep the videos coming. Sincerely, John
Really glad you are enjoying the home movies John. Thanks for
the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us. May
you have a very good day my friend.
Good to see some one so enthusiastic in their work, thanks for showing me something I have no understanding of. 😊😊
Thank you for the nice comment C Dresser and your welcome. Really appreciate your checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend
I don't know what's wrong with me but I can't get enough of this program. Who enjoys watching rocks, who salivates when a rail is cracked? I am guilty of a strange addiction to That's Railroading.
Unfortionately there is is no cure for being addicted to my channel, and no therapy you can go to Lynn, so sorry bout your
luck on that.... :-) Really appreciate the nice comment and for
your faithfulness in watching. May you have a very good day
my friend.
To an untrained eye it looks like some of the bolsters drop more than others. I'm fascinated with trains, railroad etc. If I knew the stuff you've forgotten about the trains I'd be alright.I love how you love your job and the company you work for. Mr, that's becoming more and more rare. I've done road building construction for 24 years. 20 years ago I had so much fun that it never felt like work.
Very observant Brian. I bet not a whole lot of folks noticed that.
We have 3 different makers of truck sets under our cars. Barber, Motion Control and Ridemaster. Each maker has their own design for the damping system (suspension system). Although each maker is similar and they all work, but the different designs are what you are seeing in the difference in bolster drop and rise.
Really appreciate your writing in and for taking the time to watch.
May you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave it is nice to see parts that my dad help make for 39 years in your video. My dad worked for American Steel Foundries in Geanite City, IL which made side frames.
Sounds like your Dad had some cool stories.
Wow that's really cool Leonard, I would love to see how they
are made. Wasn't there also rail rolled at one time in Granite City?
Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
And Dave knocks another video out of the Park !!
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Thank you for the nice comment Yellow Lab and great to hear you
found it interesting. Appreciate very much your visiting with us
and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 , as always , friend, my pleasure!!👍🚂
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Very informative. I’ll be adding this to the continuing education folder for all rail operations personnel. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed and found it interesting Jacob. Appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I hadn't been able to see what people were talking about when they said a car was loaded or empty. Now I see where to look. Thank you, Dave.
Your welcome Barry and glad you found out something new.
Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for taking the time to share some knowledge with us Dave. Them sure are very beefy looking springs.
Your quite welcome William, glad you found this interesting. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Your enthusiasm is infectious! I always end your videos in a better mood. Your grin from ear to ear... it's very clear you are sincere and joyful about these trains. I wish I could have seen these when I was a kid.
Exactly... I'm sure he has inspired more than a few young folks to choose railroading as a career. This guy is an inspiration.
Thank you for the nice comment Music By Winston, glad you
enjoyed this one. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I could look at those books you have for weeks on end. Thankyou Dave for shearing more RXR knowledge.
I bought those books Eddie, no one here has anything like them.
I wanted to learn from the experts and not go around not knowing. But you know I love all things RR anyway. Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Always learning something New Have a wonderful day.Be Safe!
Glad you enjoyed this Alan and found out something new. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very
good day my friend.
How is it something so simple can be so fascinating!! Thanks Dave! i wish more folks enjoyed their jobs as much as you do! Keep up the good, no wait, keep up the GREAT work!!!
Thank you for the nice comment Michael and great to hear you
found it interesting. Appreciate very much your visiting with us
and may you have a really good day my friend.
What I never knew is the small spring inside a bigger spring inside an even bigger spring!
Glad you found out something new Bassotronics. Most folks did not know that either. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow, this was really neat to watch those springs in action! Always wondered about how far they compress, and how it would look while decompressing.
Cool video. Learn more every time I watch!! Thank you for posting. Have a great day!
Thank you for the nice comment Trena and great to hear you
found it interesting. Appreciate very much your visiting with us
and may you have a really good day my friend.
Thanks, Dave! I'm getting caught up on all your latest that I haven't had time for lately. One of the things I always look at when freights are passing me are the springs. I like to see which cars are loaded vs. empty. And whenever I see coal or aggregate cars being unloaded, again, I'm watching those springs uncompress. Thanks, for showing the goods that not everyone will notice. A few more to go and I'll be all caught up. 🤠👍
Car springs are fascinating to watch and talk about. Someday I will
do a video on the rest of the car damping system. Thanks so much
for your faithfulness in watching my friend.
Thank You. Very Informative. Awesome to watch the springs compress when loading and decompress when unloading. You are hilarious and make me laugh.
Your quite welcome Paul, glad you found this interesting. Thank
you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I have been nuts about trains since I was a kid. This is the 1st time I have actually understood what someone was explaining and what exactly is going on in the video.
Thank you. I have subscribed too.
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Thank you for the nice comment George and welcome to our
channel. Hope you will continue to enjoy the home movies. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave...you are simply awesome, a delight to watch! I learn a great deal from you with every viewing. You don't have to be doing these videos, yet you obviously enjoy sharing your knowledge with those of us who have keen interest in railroading, and your efforts certainly don't go to waste. We appreciate you! God Bless!
Thank you for the very nice comment Bob. So glad to hear you
are enjoying the home movies. We certainly do appreciate your
taking the time to watch them and may you have a very good
day my friend.
I learn something new with every presentation Dave. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Your quite welcome Robert, glad you found this interesting. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for posting this Dave. I always learn something new from your videos. It’s always great to see your enthusiasm for railroading!
Very glad to hear you enjoyed Canuckman and thank you for the nice comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Those cars were the best to hop as kids. Nice platform to stretch out on to lay low when passing crossings and RR detectives. Fun times.
Not a very good idea to train hop, but I did a lot of stupid things
myself when I was younger. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Without rail, the country would fail. Great video!
trucks, railroad cars are never at the gas station por your grocery store are they
You are right about that, it wouldn't last very long indeed. Glad you enjoyed the video blabbergasted. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I really enjoy watching You work and all the knowledge that You share with us! Keep up the great work my friend! 👍
Appreciate the nice comment DirectCurrent, glad you are enjoying. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Whoopee I learned something new today. Thank you
Your quite welcome hootnanny, glad you found this interesting. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, you are fantastic! I could watch your "how it works" videos all day, every day, and still want more.
You know what we, the armchair railroaders, want to learn and see.
Excellent video!
"God is the coal for our heart's furnace"
Very glad to hear you enjoyed the movie Trainman and thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Mr Dave, I always wanted to know how they worked, now I know.
Your certainly welcome Rev. Harry and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for taking the time to check out the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
When i was young and restless, (many, many moons ago), i went to a local RR shop and got 4 discarded freight car springs. I had them put in the suspension of my "roll'n' can hardly" at an automotive shop, they gave it quite a bit more ground clearance, but also a very stiff ride. (Even with expensive shock absorbers!)
I can imagine that ride was pretty stiff Paul! :-)
@@ccrx6700 and i didnt have to get a "lift kit" like a lot of "motorheads" at the time did. And, with me being short, those springs provided just enough lift for me to see further down the road !
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A blacksmith who I know has or had a full set from a railcar that had been wrecked & was using them to make knives very good knives
14:30 for anyone who maybe didn't spend time in science labs in high school, a "tare" is the weight of the container without anything in it. The tare weight of a beaker or a rail car is used to zero out the scales so you can measure the weight of the contents, and not count the weight of the container. Just a little sidebar for the wider audience. Such that there might be a wide audience of people watching a video about rail car springs :) But you never know! As the gentleman says, this is interesting stuff!
I surf youtube for railcams sometimes but this video was just randomly on my youtube page suggested, glad I happened upon your channels! It's fun to watch em go, but interesting from someone outside the rail industry to see some of HOW they go.
Appreciate your sharing that info with us Gretchen, you are
correct. Seems like this video is getting a pretty wide audience.
Your show is delightful to learn from and watch. I never knew that freight cars have suspension springs on their trucks as do modern rapid transit rail cars. Thank you for teaching us more about railcars no one would ever teach. I love your "stuff!"💙
Appreciate the nice comment Captain Keyboard and glad to hear you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I am pleased to be your friend. I wish I knew what I know now when I was younger! I thank you, you are welcome, and Happy Railroading!
@@captainkeyboard1007 👍😊
@@ccrx6700 Happy Railroading!⭐
Dave, many thanks for giving us across the pond a nod. I have often wondered why a Bogie became a truck. Another great informative video.
If I had not said that Andy, I would have gotten 50 comments on
what they are called in other countries.... :-) I personally think
that bogie is a more appropriate name to call them, but that's
not what N. American RR terms call them. Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
It’s so cool to have real engineers talking about trains from the real thing! My child is fascinated, so don’t be surprised if you get a new member to the railroading family in a few years!
Appreciate the very nice comment Mark and great to hear you
child is enjoying the home movies. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
That was fun, nice to see a guy that loves his job.
Glad to hear you enjoyed Bob. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Your welcome, even though I knew everything you showed, I watched the whole thing. Then I sent it to my girlfriend, lol, now she's familiar with bolsters and springs.😁
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That was fascinating. It never ceases to amaze me the extensive design and engineering that goes into every bit of a railroad. Sure appreciate you taking the time to really explain and demonstrate how things work. Thank you!
Appreciate the nice comment Erin and great to hear you
found it interesting. The entire damping system on the truck sets
are fascinating to me how they work.
It's a small wonder how anything could compress 9 heavy spring sets at the corners, amazing to see this in action, GREAT video!
You are right and remember there are 9 other spring packs on
the opposite side of the bolster that are being compressed
also. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us
and may you have a wonderful day my friend.
Well done! Thank you. Expected thempty car'springs to be all the way up. Nice seeing the springs being slowly compressed.
Very glad to hear you enjoyed the movie Robert and thank you for
the nice comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hello my friend. Always glad to see your happy smile on your videos. This was interesting because not many people get to see rail cars being loaded, in this case 115 tons, and see the springs compressed or not. Usually when train watching you either see cars go by either loaded or unloaded by the springs. Hope you continue to be healthy and happy…
Glad to hear you enjoyed Kraz and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
All this time, I thought there were six spring sets on each side of the trucks..but with your video, I learn there's nine!..and there's up to three coils assembled together making each spring pack! Wow! Thanks for another educational video Dave. You always keep it interesting. Have a good rest of the weekend my friend.
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Thank you for the nice comment Jim and glad you found out
something new. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Watching your videos, I know more about engines , cars, tracks, and rail equipment than any non-railroad person should know. I thoroughly enjoy your friendly attitude toward your work and life in general .
Thank you for the nice comment Ramon and glad you are enjoying the home movies. We very much appreciate your
taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Well Dave, you do know somethings about passenger car suspensions. Tho there may be significant differences from freight trucks there are also many basic similarities to passenger gear (like springs!) and your expertise on freight trucks gives you much basic knowhow on passenger car requiements.
Always good to have you demonstrate the critical basics of railroad equipment and functions!
And some Amtrak cars have super-duper sized airbags in their trucks instead of springs, for a really smooth ride, and disc brakes instead of the shoe-types.
You may be true in that Kenneth but I sure don't know enough about them yet to be able to make a video that has any kind
of authority about it. But that don't mean I can't learn and you
are right, I do have a basic knowledge. Thank you for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Boy daby those springs look a lot easier to change the the ones I have done on my cars in the long past. Have a great day my friend .
Bit harder to change the springs on the inside of the truck set
Lewis, but it can be done. Outside springs are easy. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for this video!
A small piece of bronze covered when loaded and exposed when empty would make it easier.
Your quite welcome Robin. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Out standing - An educational video worth watching! Thanks Dave
Thank you for the nice comment Hongya Ma. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you Dave for the very interesting videos. I always look forward to your videos as a way to escape this crazy world!
Your certainly welcome Bob and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for taking the time to check out the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
One of your most educational videos yet, Dave! Great job!
Very glad to hear you enjoyed the movie Nolan and thank you for
the nice comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for another great video. Years ago, I worked with a welder who would use the old car springs to make all kinds of "art" work.
Your quite welcome Dan, glad you found this interesting. Thank
you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another well done video Dave. Sometime you will have to make a video to test us on all the things we have learned !
Thank you for the nice comment Scott. Final tests will be cominig
out soon, so study up..... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
This is one of your finest ("instructional") videos ever, Dave. I've always been interested in the underbody "goings-on" of freight and passenger cars, and this show has motivated me to "spring into action" and look even closer at railcars as they pass by me trackside!! Down here in Central Florida where I live, CSX handles countless numbers of hoppers loaded with sand, aggregate, and coal...and I watch / video many of them in various consists. The aggregate loads are most accessible (from a "railfan's" perspective), as they are oftentimes set-out on sidings for later transfers into their respective plants / destinations. With what you've now taught me, I will take a much closer look at these "truck sets" and the stenciling on the carbodies. Thank you, thank you, thank you...another "great day on the railroad"!! 🤗👌👍👍
Thank you for the nice comment EBF and great to hear you
found it interesting. Yes it does make for a more enriching rail fan experience when you know stuff like this. Appreciate very much your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Good job Dave 👏 👍 👍.
It's always a good spring day when you have enough grass around for your nest😮😂😂😂😂.
The casting dates stand out on the truck frames and bolster with the build date on the consolidated stencil.
Built November 1996.
Oh, 😮 bent sturipp , defect in need of fixing 😂.
Stay safe and have fun my friend.
Very glad to hear you enjoyed Richard and thank you for the nice
comment. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
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Remember, to always wear the appropriate PPE 😉 when moving your lawn 😀 ,
But have fun doing so.
Picking up my B-day 🎂 present 🎁 Monday from East Terminal Railroad.
Volvo Hi-Rail logtruck with magnet 🧲.
Need a hand 🤚?or 2🤚🤚.
i love your videos, your amazing attitude and love for your work show through. you are the kind of person anyone would love to work with. maybe one day ill get a job working on these things 🤞
First thing when I woke up this morning I was thinking about my knowledge gap on freight car springs. You da man! 😊 Okay 👌!
I had a premonition myself this morning and it was Mark is needing
to find this information out, so I followed my intuitions and made
this just for you. Appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I've watched them hot wind springs like this at a spring vendor I used to do business with years ago. They were doing it in a very crude way using a old lathe to wind them. Not something I would want any part of doing! These springs used on rail cars are made on automated spring winders spitting them out by the thousands. As always thanks for sharing.
Wow would I love to see them winding those coils 4GSR. I can't
imagine doing it on a lathe! Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
If I have a bad day for whatever reason that's all I have to do is come on UA-cam and watch a couple of your videos, Dave. You Brighten Everybody's Day Up with your Personality you are Truly One of a Kind that's for sure no Doubt about it. Great Video Dave, very, very Interesting. Much Love Dave From GMCGUY From New England Area up in the North East Near Boston we All Love you Dave Thanks for keeping Me and Everyone Else In a good mood and in great spirits.❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉Great Video Buddy 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Thank you for the kind words GMC Guy. Really glad you enjoyed watching this video. Appreciate very much your visiting with us
and may you have a really good day my friend.
This is how I feel about working for savage. Best place ever to work.
It's great when you have a good company to work for and you
enjoy going. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good spring maintenance prevents damaged railcars as well as track wear
You are certainly right in that and prevents derailments.
Seeing the actual difference between empty & loaded taught me a lot as well as a better understanding of the spring sets.. Thanks Dave..
Your quite welcome Jon, glad you found this interesting. Thank
you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
I worked around trains for a few years and a friend worked at a spring making facility (Hammond In). This video puts it all together THANKS!!
Glad you found it interesting Daniel. Very much appreciate
your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Thanks Dave, always a treat
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The amount of knowledgeable you jave is amazong! So glad you put it on video and share it
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Professor Dave at his best again!
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Springs are important pieces on the railroad. Thanks for the solid presentation. Lighter track vehicles, like trams, sometimes use plates of steel and rubber, I guess, arranged side by side but with a taper.
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Wow! Now I can finally tell if a car is loaded or not.
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Just love to hear the passion in your voice sir 💪👍
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That was great ! Learned something new.
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Dude, we wear the same glasses!!! I've only ever seen one other person with the same Sferoflex frames.
Great minds think alike they say ML.... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for sharing DaveI Enjoyed watching! Happy rails Bud! 😀👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨
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I don’t know you but the video looks wholesome so I decided to watch gotta start watching good things.
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Great video explaining car springs!
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one of your best and most iinteresting videos......never thought there was so much to freight car springs.............a real eye opener....thanks.
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Very interesting. I never knew so much about truck springs. Watching train wheels slowly roll by as the cars take on tons of loads is really cool. I could watch that for hours. And then your additional commentary makes it all that more interesting and educational. Thank you!
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Dave, I think the world of you ! Those rails are so low in the ground that I derailed a SD 40 Southern Pacific Tunnel unit at Paducah KY. But I reverced the unit and back on the track , Only going 3 miles a hr. Heard it pop and stopped . The type of rail you used is jointed . With it buryed I could see a broken Splice bar. Please raise those tracks !
Thank you for the kind words Robert. Up where the cars were
being loaded at is a concrete base, so perhaps that is what
you were seeing. Concrete goes right up to the rail head on
the outside of the rail and has enough space on the inside to
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Great video Dave, I've heard folks talk about this many times, always wondered, now I know. Thank you very much
Stay safely blessed
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I never knew there were so many springs in a coal carrying railcar
And now you know, don't feel bad a lot of folks didn't know
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Cool awesome dave
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Really great content. Very informative. Thank you.
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You do such a good job with all the videos, content and information. Thank you!
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Informative video Dave, never really looked at springs the way you did, now when a train goes by I'll be having a look when I'm in the big city (closest active tracks are 2 hours away). Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers and take care my friend.
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ALWAYS enjoyed your shows Dave, you remind me of my favorite cartoon character Porky Pig, both you
guys are AWESOME !
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Thanks Dave, for another excellent educational video!
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Thanks, Dave! I didn't know anything about those springs.
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I don't know why I'm watching this but it's somehow interesting
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You’re the happiest man I’ve met. 😊
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Your videos are amazing. You show and explain every detail and I just love it.
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Thanks for sharing and taking the time to make this
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Nice Dave. Show more Railroading 101 type videos.
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thank you very much, a simple technology, but so impressive and fascinating what the railway network is.👍👍thank's.
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