Major Track Rehabilitation Work on Curve 6 Got Done
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- We put in 340 feet of new rail and all new ties and a lot of new tie plates
got put in on Curve 6. 78 foot sticks of new rail were two 39 footers
that had been thermite welded together in order to eliminate some
joints on this curve.
See Also: Hauling 78 foot sticks of rail up to Curve 6:
• Hauling 78 Foot Sticks...
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Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
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#78footstickrail#stickrail#newrail
Even with all the MOW equipment, workers are needed to do the job. Thanks Dave.
You are certainly right about that William. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
It’s such a great fit. Your owners who care and want to invest in improvements and safety and you having the love for your job and the pride in the work you do. Job well done.
Appreciate the nice comment Beverly. You are right, we are lucky
they spend money on making our track safer. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great to see your 'headache' has been taken care of. I know from watching your videos this turn 6 has been a situation that you have been concerned about for a while.
Please let your upper-management team know that it is appreciated beyond words, that they permit yo to make these videos and post them.
I'm willing to bet they will use many of them as training films.
Great seeing you on the high iron, Dave!
Be safe, my friend and be careful.
"A man sees your face. God sees your heart"
Thank you for the nice comment Trainman. You are right, it was
a big relief to me to get this project done. Much nicer track now
than was there before. Appreciate your paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, Thank you for sharing this important repair and upgrade on curve 6. Knowing your hard work and Company's investment makes a safer working environment must be a rewarding experience...
Appreciate the nice comment Steve. You are right, this curve
was a mess and now it is a lot safer for trains and does make
my job easier and a lot less worry on my mind too. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Outstanding improvement on that curve. Great job by a dedicated crew who knew what they were doing.
Thank you for the nice comment Jon and you are right. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good to see the improvements on the track. Safety is priority 1. Nice video Dave, thanks.
You are certainly right about that Wilbur. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
The curve looks good, you all did a very nice job. What's nice about doing that kind of track work is that you can see the difference in the before and after. Very satisfying, isn't it!
Thank you for the nice comment Anthony and you are right, can sure see a difference. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Bad curve turned into best curve. 👍🏻
Yes it was the worst curve we had and now is a whole lot better
and safer Bassotronics. I was sure happy to see this work get
done. Appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
Thank you for sharing Dave, you really have a great company to work for, they aren't skimping on safety!
Glad you enjoyed Raymond and your certainly welcome. You are right, it is really good to see them spending money to make the track safer. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
It's great that you have such caring employers Dave. That curve really looks great now. Have a great weekend my friend.
You are right Lewis, we are very fortunate to have a company
that is spending money on track safety, but that money spent
pays off well in the long run with no train delays. Appreciate your
watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great company that takes the time and expense to do things right! They are fortunate to have such a dedicated employee like you too! When you love your job it’s not really like working
Appreciate the nice comment Wayne and you are right, it is good
that the company spends the money on making our track safer.
Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Man I love seeing
A good Job with a happy ending 👏😀. (5_4)
Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed Alan and your certainly welcome. Thanks so
much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day
my friend.
Another section of track restored, good work to you and the rest of the crew that made it happen.
Appreciate the nice comment Terry and you are right, everyone
did a really good job. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another awesome one of your videos Dave. You sure work for a great company that takes good care of their rail system.
Appreciate the nice comment William. You are right, this curve
was a mess and now it is a lot safer for trains and does make
my job easier and a lot less worry on my mind too. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
The way the spike pullers were shown was pretty cool: "Here's how we do it now..." "Here's how we USED TO DO IT the OLD SCHOOL way..."
And we are all glad we don't have to pull all those spikes out with
claw bars too Eric! That spike puller is the cat's meow. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
A lot of work replacing all those ties and rails. Nice job Dave! Thanks for sharing.
You are right about that Brian. We were fortunate to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Great video Dave! Nice to new sticks of rail going in to complement those new black bananas! Great job folks!
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo and you are right. This
curve really needed some TLC and it got it. Appreciate your
watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
*_You should paint smiley faces on the locos because they are so happy having nice track to ride on._* 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
Even happier is the loco operators! Track is riding pretty nice for
the most part now David. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Work never ends for the MOW crew! Keep up the good work Dave!
You are right about that Nolan and appreciate the nice comment. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hey Dave
Good seeing you
Another great video. Thank you
God bless
Thank you Clark, great to have you stop by and pay us a visit
tonight. May you have a very good day my friend.
@ccrx6700
I changed my name a bit, but
it's still me. Stay awesome
@@clarklindquist8137 👍😊
Great work Dave! The crew certainly made it happen. Definitely an insurance policy for safer running, so worth every cent! Stay warm and safe out there 👍
You are certainly right about that Richard. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Your new owners are really making a big investment in the track! Its nice to see a company that is willing to spend that amount of money to make things very good.... instead of leaving it as 'that should get us by'! Many companies (in all fields.. not just coal) don't want to reinvest in their infrastructure.... they usually just want to count the profits and not put that back into the company or the employees.
Yes they are Mike and it's really great to see happening. This
RR is the life blood of the mine and it pays big dividends to
keep the track safe and prevent derailments which are a huge
expense. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Yay for notifications being on! I love that the company lets you take care of the tracks, and pays the money to have them fixed properly. Much safer for everyone than letting them go to pot and causing derails all the time.
Appreciate the nice comment Tazror. You are right this section is
much safer for trains now, it was a mess before. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Awesome!! NO MORE MUD😁. The smithy in me always drools every time you show that pile of spikes haha!! Everyone wants spike knives, but with the railroads rules nowadays, they will be harder to legally come by, unless you can source them from the company-at least that's my understanding. So glad that troubled curve is fixed- and beautifully!
Appreciate the nice comment Jennifer and you are right, it's so good to see this curve made safer than it was. If you lived closer I could give you some of my collection of old spikes. Thanks so
much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day
my friend.
Its always a pleasure watching your videos!
Thank you for the nice comment Derrick and glad you are enjoying. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for the entertainment AND educational aspects of your videos Dave! 😊
You are certainly welcome Todd, glad you enjoyed. Thank you
so much for taking the time to write in and to watch the video.
May you have a very good day my friend.
Beautiful job done, Dave...that curve looks "gorgeous"!!! At the beginning of your video (reviewing the MofW equipment on site), Cummins power is definitely a "plus"!! No matter what "drives 'em", high-RPM MofW machines sound great...the louder, the better!! Your statement, "Good Day on the Railroad" is -- universally -- a perfect "fit"...I apply it wherever I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you...🤗👍👍
Your very welcome EBF and appreciate the really nice comment.
Curve sure is a lot better than it was before you are right about that. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Two thumbs up Dave. That was quite job. Have a good one.
Thanks for the nice comment Rail Baron. Everyone did do a very
good job and I was quite pleased to get this done. Appreciate
your stopping by tonight and may you have a very good day my
friend.
Great to see the railroad coming back to America. Imagine what that $98 Billion could have done for Our infrastructure.
We try here to keep our track safe as we can LT. It's good to see
the company spending the money on track improvements. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great to see all the work being done. It will sure make the track smoother and less maintenance to do in future with the longer rails. If they could of dug all the old ballast out and put new in it wold be perfect, but I know it is a big job getting machines in and the limited time you had to do the job.
It sure is Cedarcam. We are very fortunate they spent the money
on helping to make our track safer. You are right about getting
rid of the old ballast but it wasn't in the budget or time to do it
with all the other work that had to get done. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very cool Dave and looks like a job well done. Have a great rest of your weekend.(Steve)
You are certainly right about that Steve. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Your welcome and great when you do have a good crew.
These guys are hard workers! God bless them & keep them safe!❤
Thank you for the nice comment Gypsy Taz and you are right, they are very good workers, we were lucky to have them here. Appreciate your paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
Sounds like the lay off was just temporary while they were shifting things in the down under part of the mine, and now it is back to work as usual. That is good to hear. 😊
Yes Earl everything is now back to normal thank goodness. We've
ran pretty steady for the past several weeks. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
That was a nice job there, Dave. Good company indeed!
You are certainly right about that Michael. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Glade to see the new owners T.C.B. Great video Dave.👍👍
Appreciate the nice comment Russell and you are right, it is
very good to see the company spending money on making
our track safer. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, you can flip the videos you make on your phone selfie camera so that when you put then on UA-cam they are not backwards. Just check your phone's video settings. When you don't flip them before you publish your name looks like it's Russian. Best, Bill
You are right Bill, my problem is I keep forgetting to stop the video
when I'm done with the selfie. I've flipped videos before, but if
I continue to tape and flip it, the whole thing gets flipped. Someday my memory banks are going to kick in and I will stop
the selfie then start a new video so I can flip it. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 No issue Dave. I just wanted to share in case you were not aware that you can flip them. I enjoy and look forward to your vids. Thanks for making and sharing them. Best, Bill
@@williamgunn1076 👍😊
Hello Dave . It’s Robin how are you Sir . Love the job great work 👍🏻😎 Robin out
Thank you Robin and doing well here, glad you enjoyed the video. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Love your joy
Thank you James and glad you are enjoying. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave for Company spokesman !
Well KC I would take that over but they need me more on the
track.... :- ) Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time
to watch. May you have a very good day my friend.
I know it is very hard work, but I'm glad to see that men haven't been replaced totally by automation. I feel like only a real person can see if there are real issues once replacing/installing things like this. I can't deny that massive railroad tie machine was AMAZING though lol! Saw a video of a massive railway laying machine (I think overseas). Not sure there is one in the US, but was pretty neat looking. I can't believe how the old lines from ages past are still there, yes rotting wood, but for goodness sakes, mankind is pretty incredible that they built the old lines that still can be traveled on at times sans the rock falls.
Just started really looking into all this and I'm fascinated :) Thank you for your videos!
Thank you for the nice comment Yappytown and glad you enjoyed this one. You are right, these modern RR machines are
just incredible at what all they can do. We very much appreciate
your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Great coverage Dave, Thanks much!
Thank you Dave and glad you enjoyed this one. Appreciate your
visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
DAVE is on it !
Great video, as always !
👍👍🚂🚂
Thank you for the nice comment Yellow Lab. Appreciate your
paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 you have a great one also 👍👍🚂🚂
@@yellowlab5624 👍😊
Wish I was there I only get to play with the little variety these days but riding along with you hits that spot thanks for sharing Dave ,all the best.
Wish you were here too Lawrie, always use another good man on the job. We were lucky to have these guys, they all did really
good. Appreciate your paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another great take us along video Dave, was kinda weird seeing naked ties and the rail just laying there. But in the end looked great..
Glad you enjoyed Pappy. This curve definitely needed a make
over. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Great job guys. Everyone can have a beer on me
You are certainly right about that Johnny. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working. The guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Thanks Dave 😊
Your certainly welcome Mel. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave!
Your very welcome Tom. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very interesting to watch. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed Kevin and your certainly welcome. Thanks so
much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day
my friend.
Another great video Dave! 😃🚂
Glad you enjoyed Dennis. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow, that is a lot of work. Looks great
Thank you for the nice comment Bryan. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
another super interesting video Dave, great job! Thank you
Really appreciate the nice comment Dean and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another job well done.
You are certainly right about that Keith. We were fortunate
to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a
great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains.
Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
thank you Dave..
Your certainly welcome Ralph. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave! It is always a pleasure watching your videos!
You are certainly welcome Fred, glad you enjoyed. Thank you
so much for taking the time to write in and to watch the video.
May you have a very good day my friend.
GREAT VIDEO DAVE 🥳 ❤❤🎉
Glad you enjoyed GMC Guy. Thank you very much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
You’re the best!
Appreciate the really kind words Ryan. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Track looks good!
Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to
watch the video.
It does look good 👍
You are certainly right about that Clarence, this was a mess. We were fortunate to have a very good crew out there working, the guys did a great job and this section of track is much safer now for trains. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
That coal be from when you first started running trains down the line. Enjoyed the video Dave and I was going to ask you how make a curve with new rail.
That section gets a lot of spillage there Mike as you can see.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nice job dave interesting stuff cool stuff
Thank you for the nice comment Daniel. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
That was very interesting.
Great to hear you found it interesting RFM. Appreciate very much your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Glad to see you're making progress.
I guess you can only make progress and never get finished.
Yours are the most interesting railroad videos around.
Thank you.
At least we're going in the right direction Mike, some progress
is better than none. Glad you are enjoying the home movies and
appreciate your saying that. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for sharing Dave it’s really nice to see investment in the railway. Reducing the number of joints in jointed track is always a win. Have you considered thermite welding every other joint? It is a massive inspection and maintenance saving but very much depends on the operation. A mine near me ( Boulby Potash) did it roughly fifteen years ago, they never looked back
I'm going to do a video sometime on why we can't weld our
joints Ian, don't know when it will be out tho. Appreciate the nice
comment and you are right, it's really good to see them putting
money into making the track safer. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great content.. Good stuff. Thanks my man..
Thank you for the nice comment Frank and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looking good Dave to bad you can't get a undercutter on the line to clean up the loose coal that would help out a lot.
Thank you Donald, everyone did a very good job. You are right,
we really could use an undercutter in here, hopefully we can
get one in on our next shut down period. Appreciate very much
your dropping by tonight and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thank you Dave always enjoy your videos brother
@@donaldfaris4798 😊👍
Need to get a ballast cleaner on those curves to improve drainage ...well done on the video !
We sure could use a shoulder ballast cleaner John. But they are
big machines and since we do not interchange with another RR
I doubt if we will ever get one in here. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Understand and the cost has to be justified. I enjoy your videos,, I have worked track for years
Check that curve out!👷♂️👷♂️⛏️🪨👷♂️ I've got super elevated curves on the HO layout. Nightmare to make work. But great when it does🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋
All you need is an HO scale tamper to put that super in your
curves for you Doug, and an HO scale me to run it for you, oh I
forgot, you already got an HO scale me there.... Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
great job!
Thank you for the nice comment Dark Knight. Appreciate your
watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great video Dave and as always thanks for sharing this. I always look forward to seeing the exciting things you guys are doing I’m sure all this continues to make your job easier and much safer for the train. Have a blessed day and happy rails to you all.
Blessings
Appreciate the nice comment Donnie. You are right, this curve
was a mess and now it is a lot safer for trains and does make
my job easier and a lot less worry on my mind too. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Howdy!
Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Yall need a loram undercutter to clean the ballast
You are right, that really would be the cat's meow David. We have
had Hulcher's under cutter in here a few times in the past on other sections of the track. Guess it just wasn't in the budget to
do on this curve this time. But this curve is still a whole lot
better now than it was. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
as usual Dave, great video. Thanks.
You are certainly welcome Dave, glad you enjoyed. Thank you
so much for taking the time to write in and to watch the video.
May you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave
You are certainly welcome Thomas. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to watch the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for another informative video. I look forward to seeing your videos.
Your welcome Gary and really glad to hear you are enjoying the
home movies. Thank you so much for visiting with us tonight
and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great Video Dave! 👍
Thank you JG and glad you liked it. This curve was a mess and
it sure is a whole lot safer now. Appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Interesting tech and another great video!
Appreciate the nice comment Schadowolf. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Very cool Dave. Alway interesting. Stay safe and stay well sir.
Appreciate the nice comment Robert, glad you enjoyed. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to watch the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Good evening, Dave. Hey, I am not late to the tonight show. Question: Did they have their cripper/ azer machine to azes the ties? They had it here at the GET when they changed out the rail here. When vision was here at the GET last year, they had wooden stripes to install in the joints when they made up the joints to keep the gap.. Just a reminder don't ever use your IR gun on the bolts and hammer on the other side of the joint. That is what brakes the anvils in the bolt guns. The curve looks great. One tie and one rail at a time. Thumbs 👍 up to you, Dave, and you company on the capital project.
They have never brought in an adzer machine in here Samuel. In
fact I've never even seen one work. Good advice on the impact gun, I did not know that. This curve was a mess and you are right, it now looks and rides really good. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Maybe this rule only applies to the CWR (ribbon rail), but I did not think replacing rail when temps were below 85 or higher was a good idea. And yes, I do realize that necessity trumps all standards.
You are right laying CWR has stringent specs to do it. We have 16.8 miles of track and 16 miles of that is jointed already. Only
putting in a few strings of 78 foot rails will have very little affect
expansion or contraction. Plus every 78 foot there was a joint,
so no worries. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looks the the union more guys hold shovels than there are guys diggin 😂
They would qualify for Penn Dot..... :-)
That's really cool to see that the company spent the money to rehabilitate this section of track on "Curve 6". Question Dave, now that you've had these 78' "sticks" of rail installed, are there going to be thermite welds done in the future to eliminate more joints? On the railroad line in my neck of the woods, 78' sticks of rail were welded together mostly with the "full penetration" weld with an arc welder, instead of the usual thermite welds. About 4 or 5 miles of track were rehabilitated during the "Pestilence 19" lockdown and they replaced all of the rails, ties, tie plates etc in the process, including ballast. Most of this trackage had 115 Pound rail rolled by Beth Steelton in the mid 1990s / early 2000s, along with "early" Pandrol clips. This replaced the original tracks that had the B&O's 100 Pound stick rail from the mid 1930's, when a major grade crossing elimination project was done. (Some of the rails were rolled after WWII on some of the tracks) The old tracks from the 1930s had a brownish maroon colored ballast that looked a lot like oversized "pea gravel". This was slag that was used that B&O brought in hopper cars from the steel mills in PA. Not all of the 1930s era track is gone though, as there's still some old sections still in place. On the recently restored part that was abandoned in the early 1990s, this trackage was upgraded to 132 Pound rail "ribbon rail". I hope your able to rest from your labors on Saturday, as the Lord's Day is Saturday, not Sunday. (I'm an SDA Christian) Stay safe and God Bless.
You are right Josh, it is really good to have them spend money on
making our track safer. Loved the story about your rails, we had
considered slag ballast in the past, it's really cheap but I think it
would be really hard on my tamping tools. We have done many
thermite welds here in the past but to do a complete welding
of our main line will not happen. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nice
😅
Thank you for the nice comment Neal. Appreciate your
watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Sure hope you are getting more than $90 a ton for that scrap steel. Rail steel is very high value as it is free of other metals.
There is one scrap yard that does pay a premium for rail around
here Keith. Most don't and the last batch of rail we sold I do not
know what price they got for it. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Thank you for this video!
What criteria are used to decide that a rail has to be replaced?
When hammering on a long spike - or whatever it is called, it would be wise to hold it with tongs.
Your welcome Robin. In curves the main thing we look at is
what is called curve wear on the rail. The inside rail head gets a
wear to it so instead of the rail head having a normal profile of
the rail head being pretty much at a 90 degree angle, the rail
wears so it becomes a sloped area. The greater the curve wear
on the rail, the greater the chances become for a rail car wheel
to climb the rail and derail. I haven't done a video on curve
wear yet but will at some point. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
are you re-using the spikes Dave?.....I cant imagine there could be much wrong with a spike, unless it was bent.
They often do get a slight bend to them when pulling them out Mike. We never re use spikes, always put new ones in. Plus the old spikes do get some wear on the spike shank and don't have
the holding power a new one does. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Dave, I realize that given the product you haul the ballist is going to get messed up, but why not,( while you have the rail pulled) excavate the entire bed,clean the ballist , then replace it with the new ties and longer sticks of rail? Dirty ballist is the bain of ties as I’m sure you know. That said it does look better,thanks for the video.
Looks like there's been a spill or two or three there and it's a steep grade, Dave wouldn't call it a bad bad curve unless he really dislikes it & has a lotta experience there.
You are right John, that would have been the ideal way to go.
But apparently time and money constraints negated that in that
there was a bunch of other work that got done on main line track
where the train goes 25 and this curve the train is only gong at about 10 leaving the prep plant. So they spend the money and
time on working on higher speed track. But still this curve
is a whole lot better than it was before. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
At some point in my home state of Minnesota maybe you’ve heard about this already. They want to build a zip line all the way from Minneapolis to Rochester, Minnesota all the way down to Chicago. The purpose of that would be speed of transportation, convenience, and necessity. let me know if you have heard anything about it.
I have not heard of that Brad, but apparently they have broken
ground on the high speed track in Cal. with Brightline West. We shall see what happens they've talked high speed rails for years and we still don't have any. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
is,it still snowing were you are. It's not to bad in London UK. for may
Nope was in the 80's here Ralph, this video was made back
in February. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
All those spikes could be turned into bottle openers... people would buy them :P
Maybe an interesting adventure for me when I retire sell my collection of used spikes MJ.... :-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700people will buy anything.. people love swag...lol
Someone left a sledge hammer.
They will pick it up Ramon, don't worry. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
IS THERE ANY WAY TTO CLEAN THE OLD ROCK THAT IS REMOVED? I enjoy your videos.
Not without a major expense of building a wash plant and then
the environmental issues dealing with the coal slurry it would
produce. Far cheaper just to buy new rock at 18 a ton. Thanks so
much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day
my friend.
Nice Dave. Do you ever thermite weld the joints? Is there any benefit to thermite welded over joint bars? Do you have any rail road grade crossing? The company seems top notch in the safety department. Lucky man you are.
Yes we on occasion have welded the joints Pete. The nice thing
is with welding it eliminates the joints which is the weak spot
in the rail. We have no public road crossings and only a few
private ones. You are right, we are very fortunate they are
spending money on making our track safer. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
Hi Mr. Dave, it's always great to see a railroad kept up. Your a short line, what class 1 do you tie into i know you get don't interchange, just wandering.
Really appreciate the nice comment Terry. We do not connect with any other RR at all. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great to see the company putting money into the track, keeping the operation running smoothly, safely and efficiently! I’m curious though 8:25 since the rail is pretty much completely removed here would it have been possible to remove the ties and use a front loader to completely remove all the clogged ballast and replace with new clean ballast? And I just mean to the depth of the ties.
You are right about that Shaz, it is great to see them putting money into track safety. The rail on the low side of this curve
stayed in place so it would have not been possible to take everything out like you suggested. I wish we could have done
what you are saying tho, but time and money constraints
prohibited it. We had other projects main line where the speed
is 25 to do also, this curve is only 10 mph. Thank you for
paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 ah thanks for the clarification! I didn’t notice the other rail stayed in place. Well this work was a great improvement and will last many years I’m sure. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing these videos with us!
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salut dave
Thank you Michel and we certainly do appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy
Thank you Randy and we do appreciate your watching. May you have a very good day my friend.
Just a question, Dave.. how do you bend those long sticks to fit the curve? I love your vids! Keep 'em comin '!😊
Here is a link to a video I made on how to bend rail for a curve, it's all done by hand. Glad you are enjoying the home movies. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to watch. May you have a very good day my friend.
Link: ua-cam.com/video/kzWQZ8lgYl4/v-deo.html
Was the complete removal of the track on this curve considered,dozing all the old dirty ballast away and pretty much starting from scratch,replacing all the ties and ballast as well as the rails?
That was my exact suggestion to take the track out and start all
over again RJ, but time and money constraints negated that.
But at least we did make some major improvements and it
is much safer now for trains. Thank you very much for visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.
glad we got curve 6 fixed. it was starting to concern me. i though we wuz gunna lose a train there soon. well done nizzlers!
You and me both glad to get it done Not Listed. The guys all did
a very good job and now this section of track is a whole lot
safer. Thank you for paying us a visit and may you have a very good day my friend.
I’ll bring the bridge work to everyone like you do with railroading hahaha 😂
That's Bridging ...... and you do a great job of doing that Preston.
Thanks so much for checking out tonight's video and may you
have a very good day my friend.