Street Running Track Replacement! First Trains Over New Railroad Tracks Included! My Full Video
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2020
- Completely replacing the street running railroad tracks down the middle of Main Street! Heavy machinery removing the railroad tracks and replacing them. CSX maintenance of way crews using track cutting equipment, removing the main line, welding the tracks together, moving dirt in CSX high rail dump trucks, back hoes etc. All of this heavy railroad replacement work took place just feet away from the downtown businesses and homes. Also included are the first couple of trains cautiously moving over the new unlevel tracks. I put both of my videos into one. I wasn't able to do this initially due to the length of the videos. This CSX street running railroad is located in LaGrange, Kentucky on the CSX Short Line. This line is ex Louisville & Nashville, L&N, and runs from Louisville, Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio. There are about 10 or 11 trains a day on this line. The best frequency to listen to for this line is 161.370. I spent the whole day here on February 11, 2020. Hopefully this video will make it easier to watch the replacement work in one video instead of having to watch both . I was probably the only person who filmed the first 2 trains over the new tracks. Thanks for watching!
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It never ceases to amaze me just how "noodley" the iron rails look like when they're picked up by heavy equipment. They're heavy and immovable with human-scale power, but pick them up with an excavator, and they seem no more solid than cooked spaghetti.
Hilariously, flat Earthers present railways as evidence of a flat Earth. They say that rails could not conform to a curvature of 2.2cm/km. ;)
Excellent. I watched the entire video. I was thoroughly impressed by the way that crew finished this job so fast. Great video, JawTooth.
Thank you very much!
You bet - - took them less than 90 minutes, right?
It's nice to see CSX is planning on keeping this line open for the foreseeable future.
We sat glued to this video. Thank you for taking the time to stand there for so long. You did a great job.
I don't think I've ever commented on one of your videos before (although I enjoy them all) but this one is just awesome. What an excellent documentation of what this job entails.
Wow, thank you! I am glad that you enjoy my videos. Have a great week Bill!
Hi
@@JawTooth Hi,
What do they do with all the used railroad ties and the rails? How often do they replace the rails and ties? That is a lot different now than when the railroads first started laying down track . You don’t have as many people pounding each rail.
How long did it take for him to cut through the rail? How long are all the rails?
These people earn their keep job well done I mean it I give them all A+ for a job well done
This is where these employees make their money day in and day out. A necessary replacement. 👍
A necessary replacement ? or gotta spend the money before they give to some other department !
Depending on the time of year, also probably a tax write off
It's great that you document this stuff, always interesting too. I have to compliment you on your camera work, you know how to hold a camera steady and pan at a reasonable rate, which really helps make these videos enjoyable.
Wow! Really neat to see how the tracks come pre-assembled like that. Nice job documenting , sure is an interesting process.
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My father started on thr the RR, when
He was 18yrs old, and his job was what
Their doing here. The only difference between then and now is the level of
Automation, I.E. the big machines used on the mainline. Everything here
Is the same. Now their called M.O.W.
Workers, back in the late '50s,early 60's, when he did it they were called
(GANDY DANCERS). THAT job description had been around since before the turn of the last century. It's pretty amazing to think and see just how far they have advanced in the level modernization we come. Bc remember that their forefathers did the same work by hand
One way to look at it from a locals point of view is that CSX is paying for a newly paved road and not the city! Great job on the hour plus long video
Tremendous amount of work goes into updating rails. I amazed. Ty again for time, talent and energy Jawtooth.
Wow,,this makes me feel much better about having to re-lay some track on my HO scale layout because of derailments! Laughs!
I watched them replacing the tracks on VR, great to see it from the ground perspective! Thanks Jawtooth!
Great work Jaw Tooth. This took a lot of effort and is a fine insight into what goes on "behind the scenes" on a railroad. Thanks for all the great videos.
Watching all this equipment working makes me miss being an operator. I enjoyed it so it never really felt like work to me....
Stuff like this is really interesting. You never get to see them replacing track. Thanks for sharing.
A very well choreographed crew. CSX has to be very proud of them
Yes, a lot of good strong workers
I'm seeing this vid today on the TV, awesome!. So glad machines do majority of the heavy lifting. 👍
Absolutely amazing work JT! I left my phone at work and Mom and I just caught it. We thank you for your time and dedication.
So AWESOME!!!
William from Moms account.❤
Got you a new sub too.
Way cool!! I love watching stuff like this! That is a lot of hard work for them, and for you filming! Thank you Jaw Tooth for sharing with us!
Our pleasure!
years ago, I didn't think putting down 30 inch length flex track on my N- scale layout looked realistic. Now I find out it's as close to real as you can get. I never once thought train track was pre-assembled in such length. Then watching them knock out the sleepers like how they do it really blew me away. Today's technology in laying rail is amazing, and can be copied in scale.
Thank you JT for your wonderful videos another great job thank you so much ❤
Amazing how CSX get on it en masse, I think that's French for many or great volume. I guess JT they wanna get this project done before heavy snowfalls set in. Thanks for sharing.
great close up shots of the rails being joined together and the ballast tamper was fun to watch. awesome camera work, thanks!
JT you are the man, You did it you got the smoking guitar, you hit the mother load, i see a Nobel Prize coming very soon. This was AMAZING!!!! thanks railroad brother :-)
hey Brian i sent you copy back about a month or so ago , about the CSX ex Band O St Louis line from here were they put all those old rail cars into storage and the towns made them move them ? i sent over Facebook Messenger? Let know thanks BTW it would be under my name Erik McCottrell.
This has got to be one of your best videos yet keep up the great work and be safe
I watched some of this on Virtual Railfan, but your street level view provides more closeup details and is complementary to their high up views. Good job.
An hour and a half of coolness! I dig that CSX Rhino machine!!
Live Action and more!!
Really great vid. Thanks for sticking it out! !
I’m amazed they have a street running train like this still in existence. I mean look at how many cars they had on that train going through that street! Train had to be a mile long at least. Just moving along a street in town nothing to see here 😂
Would love to see this in the snow. Bet that makes for a great Christmas scene especially if they run a holiday train on the short line
I think I saw some of this previously - perhaps from another railfan. It is amazing what they do and how they do it!!
Thanks JT, a very cool video. Will let the public see the steps involved in how to change out rail, ties, and ballast all at the same time. Also how the new track is aligned.
How do they align the track? When you look at the video in the 1hour and almost two minute Mark - the track looks really wobbly in the distance.
The machine that aligns and tamps the ties starts at the 51:16 mark in the video. The rigging out in the front of the main machine has a set of lasers on it. This machine is working for several minutes and you can see it stop over each cross tie and picks it up and adjust the ballast under and around each cross tie.to it’s proper level and when it’s done the tracks are level and very straight with the proper gauge..
Super Video!!!! Thank you so much for your great shots
Thanks for getting out in the cold to get this!! :)
Yes thanks Brian for a great video. You get a gold star 🌟 for this one. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
I love these kinds of videos thank you for recording it and posting it
You missed one very important part. The VRF fans, though online donations given in the live chat on the cameras donated and paid for a full pizza lunch for all these hard workers. They set up a covered area right by the main crossing and all enjoyed a hot meal on us.
You don't know how much that means. Although I wasn't there. THANK YOU to who did that. I literally been cussed out by people for disrupting their commute.
That is awesome!! You are good people. How long did that job take, do you remember?
@@TomHigginsWx It was awhile ago but I am going to say about 5 days start to finish?
So glad they replaced them instead of bypassing the town
nothing better than an hour long jaw tooth vid ! keep up the great work !
We did a similar job back in 2010, but we built the panels with Pandrol plated 10' ties and somewhere between 1200' to 1400'
Railroad workers are the bones of the railroad .
thanks jt for the amazing look how they replace the street running train you done an amazing gob documenting this process this will help me model this on my h o scale railroad thanks again for an amazing video. love all your videos especially the street running trains..val in utah
You always find a good spot to go to watch
I LOVE SEEING RAILROAD TRACKS LIKE THIS😊
You have real dedication to do that for you subscribers many thanks for bring us quality videos as always🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️
You are so welcome
It’s so cool how they have the howl track in one single piece
Your video shows a lot more up close activity and work the railroad employees did versus the video that was shot from the cctv cameras . Another great video Jaw Tooth . thanks
Love your videos JawTooth. So the goal is to make the street accessible for both train, pedestrians and passenger cars. Tracks looks nice and fresh. Like a Lionel Train set.
Good video . Interesting to watch . Thank you 👍👍👊👊
you're doing a great job for all of us railfans. keep up the good work😊again val in utah
Thank you very much!
Sadly the most famous of all street running railways in England, the Weymouth Tramway, had its track lifted forever during November. Well worth having a look when trains used it if you get the time....
👍 Great live 👀 Action street rail replacement 👌🎥
VERY GOOD VIDEO LOTS OF ACTION THANK YOU JT FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT I ENJOYED IT STAY WARM GOOD TO SEE ALL THE ACTION, JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👌
The operator in the John Deere is an experienced operator good video jaw tooth as always enjoy your videos you and your son are the bomb
Yes, the construction machine ballet is the most beautiful in track construction. The rails used there is the American counterpart to the UIC-60 rail. Greetings from Berlin/ Germnay. Sven
Pictures from the normal US as it's best.Normal people at work,who buildt Americas infrastructure new again.Great vlog,great pictures,Respect👍👍
love the old classic csx box cars tords the end very nice video brother
Looks like they might be over staffed! Looks like when you see utility workers where a handful of guys are working and the rest are yacking!
Or, you know, different people have jobs to do at different times. For example, at 10:40, the guy standing around while the truck's being loaded appears to be its driver. Nothing for him to do until the loading's done, but that doesn't mean he doesn't need to be there.
Union job way over staffed even if that will make some people mad.
Just found this vid! Nice record of some unusual work.
Looked at the finish article on a certain other site -after it had been done -and it looks the part now ! It's ok to watch from up high on CCTV-but actual ground level filming gives you the real view and atmosphere! This was a reasonably big job -causing allsorts of mayhem to the town -should imagine the businesses were too pleased either !! As always Jawtooth provides the real McCoy!!
Regards
Those crosstie tamper machines are amazing at leveling the roadbed.
Yes they are!
We were there the Saturday before the work was supposed to start for the Chocolate Crawl. The got a jump start on the construction. Started to close the road before they were supposed to.
The last time I saw that many lard butts standing around was over forty years ago when the Duncan Doughnuts burned down across from the cop shop down town.
Your channel creativity is great! Feels great! Very beautiful and attractive! thank you!
Beautiful bran new tracks awesome ❤
Even tho i havent seen trains going down the streets like that, I think that is awesome but wouldnt want to drive down them. Doesnt look like there is enough room for us and them thru there Jaw. That last train was a very long one. Thanks for bringing awesome content my friend.
Absolutely amazing
Good work keep up the good work
This was really cool lol I hope my street one day would build a railroad track in the street or in my alley😉
I like the tools that they use I also like the earth movers too if I had to pick one I'll pick the drill also the saw
Thanks anyway for the video Brian,have a nice weekend,greetins to the familie.greetz:Peer en Tony. laterzzz.
You know, there's 2 sides to railroad construction. You either get the construction happening or get the influx of trains being rerouted.
Wow this is cool, I work in road construction so this is pretty sick!
That's really cool to see. You would think that if they were going to replace the entire track they would have figured a way of relocating the entire track so that it still services the same purpose but not run thru the center of town interrupting all those businesses. That was a long train.
In the UK they have a massive train unit that does most of the work!
They surely do in the US, too. But that kind of equipment can only be used on regular ballasted track, not in specialist situations like this. They can't even use it on some bridges.
That was cool you were able to get this. Steven Sipes
I think I made two videos of it because I know I filmed the first train over the new track. Thanks for watching. I am also planning on filming the street running track replacement in Elwood Indiana when they start that project
I like the way you video. It's like being there ...your intro and exit tunes are really good too...and I love pets ...please don't change this format...its really good
Thank you! Will do!
Hay JT I hope that they gave you a bite to eat too it looked pretty good ❤
I have been working on the Railroad all the live long day.
I watched this live from start to finish.
It's actually pretty interesting.
I’m from upstate New York Jawtooth and love trains like you do but I DO have two words for you. In colder weather, “DRESS WARMER!”
Below 40 degrees you never have enough warm clothes on and you always say “I’m freezing out here.”
Thanks for the info! lol
This is a great video. Good job
Thank you!
Bravo Guys.
Them Rose of stores down that street reminds me of what Pratt Street used to look like here in Baltimore Maryland now they're all boarded up and abandoned on west pratt street
Most of the track are now continuous welded rail on the major rail lines. They are about 1/4 miles lengths and hauled by ribbon rail trains. Looks like CSX does all the major track work there still. Being done in the city makes things a bit more complicated. I am just an old retired railroader.
Awesome video.
Interesting video, looks like quite a job
Very!
Thump thump...thump thump... about to go sand it smooth whith my grinder😂
great video. THANKS
Glad you liked it!
I’m looking for shoestring, I know he was in one of those cars. Probably the Cadillac grainer catchin up on some Z’s. RIP brother
Hi from Cincinnati!
Love your channel jaw tooth keep up the great work
Well hai. My husband was named William Terrell.
From Elkhart, is the new rail larger than the old?
Interesting that it appears to be all CSX crews rather than subcontractors. When a similar but far shorter section was replaced near me, it was a subcontracting company that did the work.
3:30 At first, I thought there was a massive bend in the rail under the stop sign and wondered how on earth it had happened. Then, I realised it's a kerb. 🤣
awesome thanks for shareing.
Good afternoon from St John Parish, Louisiana 3 Dec 20.
I can only imagine what the price tag on a project like this cost.
Maybe 100K or more.
@@creeperkillere a lot more
The most important thing is, that this project is and others will be done.People have a job, money and the big wheel keeps turning.Have a nice weekend.
@@creeperkillere It would be safe to say it was probably close to 500k if not more
@@trackdawg7637 in the millions..
Looking at the old rail & ties removed, lots of those tails & ties looks like they could be used again on secondary lines.