I still remember track walkers on the UP in the late 1970s inspecting each rail joint, tightening them and lubing them as necessary. They walked the entire line (a few miles a day).
This is really interesting I didn’t think they started welded rail until the late 60’s. I guess Santa Fe was ahead of the game. As a welder myself it’s neat to see the different welding processes. That was a dirty job for those guys especially the grinders🙊
My Uncle did rail head weld grinding for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe back in 1954 after getting discharged from Korea. Sadly all that was the mechanical works in Albuquerque burned down just to n the past few years do to arson. Even though it had a new life as the farmers market.😟
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I still remember track walkers on the UP in the late 1970s inspecting each rail joint, tightening them and lubing them as necessary. They walked the entire line (a few miles a day).
Damned hard work regardless of what your job was.
Flash-butt, and welding. Two activities that were both fun to do back in high school, though never both at the same time :)
I worked in the railroad for about 5 years, it was ok but left it for the steel mills. both jobs equally hard. The story of my life
The narrator explains this so well while the new vids are flashing HD and no info..
This is really interesting I didn’t think they started welded rail until the late 60’s. I guess Santa Fe was ahead of the game. As a welder myself it’s neat to see the different welding processes. That was a dirty job for those guys especially the grinders🙊
they were hooked up..now high speed trains will run on those tracks
There are some short lines that still use the old style.
The US Steel roads were some of the earliest to do it in the 1940s.
seriously - i worked at Norfolk Southern and thought CWR started in the 80s. Im impressed by Santa Fe !
This is so cool, nice video
Fascinating!
Wow very labor intensive!
My Uncle did rail head weld grinding for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe back in 1954 after getting discharged from Korea. Sadly all that was the mechanical works in Albuquerque burned down just to n the past few years do to arson. Even though it had a new life as the farmers market.😟
How things have changed and improved.
true,true,true.
All the men in this video are still alive - their bodies preserved with creosote.
even creosote can only do so much. there are goners, very funny
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too large logo over the image
And … it's 2019, transparency should be a default so that it's there, but not intrusive.
I have one of Santa Fe Railroad Spikes it’s made of stainless steel I bought it off eBay
A lot of human labor and more machines needed compared to today's MOW
Yeah, meaning more people actually had JOBS....
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So the work started from 9:18 till the end.
Look at the freaky old poles.
I didn't realized welded rail goes that far back.
1940s at least.
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Wow... And I thought continuously welded rail came out in the 1970s or something?
Back in the 60s BART in California constructed their tracks with welded rail.
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Heat and water conductor
Has any of this equipment been saved for posterity? In a museum or anything?
yeah right... a safe bet is a LOT if not all of it has been recycled many times over
Mountains water dirt to heat compacted
Some terrible operating practices with lots of injuries back then. Dangerous jobs.