Building a Bench with the Ballast Regulator and Hi Lift at MP 8
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2024
- Lot's of ballast regulator action in this video as we are building a
bench along side the track at MP 8 to set new rail on. Regulator will
shove the ballast out away from the track, and then the Case hi lift will
shove that further away from the track. After the bench is completed
then take a ride up track on the back of my ballast car.
Check out my second You Tube channel with more cool railroad and rail fanning
videos along with other adventures Dave has:
/ @thatsdavesotherdoings
Made November 26, 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
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
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Another fun video. Thanks Dave! Always like seeing the less known workings of the railroad! Good to see 3098 putting in a little MOW work as well.
Thank you for the nice comment Shane, glad you enjoyed. Next year
you can get me an N scale ballast car to pull behind my 3098 :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thank you Dave for recording your day creating a ballest bench. Everyday is practically a different adventure in railroading at your coal mine...
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed watching it Steve. Always something to do around here, but it makes life and work interesting.
Like my dad used to say, variety is the spice of life. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
And thank you very much David this is her. It’s been an experience for me. I really appreciate it all that you do take care.
Thank you for the nice comment Douglas, glad you enjoyed. Now if I
could just get someone here to appreciate what I do.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Considering the land the track was built on, bench building would be about the only way to store "supplies" along the track. Excellent job, Dave.
You are right. Thank you for the nice comment Shirley. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thank you Dave for another great video. Sure enjoy watching your videos and I appreciate you taking the time to share these great videos with us and bringing us along with you on the railroad 🛤️.
Thank you for the nice comment Donnie, glad to hear you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Always bringing us something different in your day on the job. You are never running out of work to maintain your railroad. Thanks for letting us ride along.
You're certainly welcome Beverly. Always a new adventure going on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
You ever wish Dave you had your own sandbox, a big sandbox, a very big sandbox
This RR is my VERY big sandbox.....LOL Much bigger than the 4 x 8
sheet of plywood I had as a kid with my Lionel O scale and HO scale
train sets on it.
And now I know what a ballast bench is. Great video!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Paul. Always a new adventure going
on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Thanks Dave loved every minute of it you really bring the railroad to us fantastic job.
Thank you for the nice comment Lawrie, glad you enjoyed it. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thanks Dave. At first I thought you were going to use some lumber to build a bench to sit on. Then I read the title more careful! 👍
Your welcome 1208bug. But this is not a woodworking channel.....LOL
Although we could use a good bench at our MP 8 siding to sit on! Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Hang on there, Dave! That's railroadin'!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Alan. For sure that's railroading.... :-) Makes life interesting getting to do a wide variety of things. Like my dad used to say, variety is the spice of life. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
That was nice. It's interesting to see
the work that goes into preparing the area for the bench.
Thank you for the nice comment Jim, glad you enjoyed. We would be lost here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
You are not likely to get bored working on the railroad, there are so many different jobs to do. Thank you for sharing with us Dave!
You're quite welcome Raymond. Nothing boring going on here, always a new adventure doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
now I get it, build a bench???. had me lost for awhile. Looked like your just messing around in the ballast.
thanks Dave.
Some folks thought I was building a wood bench to sit on Marty,
but this is not a wood working channel, although we could use a
good bench to sit on at the MP 8 siding....LOL Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Thank you Mr. Dave, for explaining rail bed work. Your Videos are very informative for an old guy like me, who often wonders how things work. I am 72 yrs old and always learning. Just to show you, do not ever stop learning. I got my Doctorate in Theology at the age of 70, so always be teachable and continue to learn. Had I not drove 18 wheelers for 35 years and Pastored and started churches for last going on 44 years, I would had been an engineer or conductor, love trains that much, But growing up the closest rail office for trains was over 500 miles away from my home. I just was not in my Booklet of life, My Wife tells me all the time, She says: "I will be hauling people around Heaven either by truck or train, LOL." Mr. Dave, you have a wonderful day, stay dry, bunch of rain and snow heading to your area today: 1-9-24. Later, my Friend.
Thank you for the really nice comment RevHarry. What a really inspiring story! That's awesome. Quite an interesting diversion, driving
truck and being a pastor. One of our train operators here also
pastors a non denominational church in his time away from the RR. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thank you Mr. Dave for responding, Have a wonderful weekend.@@ccrx6700
hello Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool Thanks Dave Friends Randy
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Randy. Very much appreciate
your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Little Kershaw is working as hard as it can. Thank you, Dave, for another unique angle of railroading
👷♂️⛏️🪨🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed watching it Doug. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Hi Mr Dave always enjoy the work you all do is wonderful, the regulator awesome, keep up the good work
Thank you for the nice comment Barbara. We would be lost
here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
The regulator driver knows his stuff. Thanks Dave
Thank you William for the kind words. We would be lost here without that regulator, it sure can do a lot of work. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
There are so many "behind the scenes" actions involved in RR maintenance that the casual observer will never comprehend.
As always, great job & a great video...Thanks, Dave.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Jon. You are right, there is
so much behind the scenes stuff that goes on to keep trains moving that most folks have no clue what all it takes. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Love how you always get it done with what you got Dave, wish the newer generations would keep to this line of thinking.. "Good Stuff"
Thank you for the nice comment Pappy. We work with the equipment we got available, what else can you do. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Its always interesting see how the regulator can be manipulated and shove the ballast around. Excellent video Dave!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Jim. We would be lost
here without that regulator, it sure can do a lot of work. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
So Educational and Informative. lol
Really glad you enjoyed watching it nomadsempirebuilder. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Great video Dave! I would love to ride on the end of that car and dump ballast! That regulator can really be finessed to move that rock around where it's needed, very cool 😊
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo. We would be lost here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Pay me a visit and I'll
let you ride on the back of that car and dump ballast! You'd be a
natural. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
I ran a Ballast Regulator most of my career on the KCS railroad! I retired in November 2020 after 41 plus years! I miss running railroad equipment but I don’t miss the Class 1 railroad rules and management!😊
Thank you for the nice comment Bruce. Maybe you can pay us a visit and share your expertise with the guy running the regulator sometime!
I can certainly understand your not missing the rules and management. But railroading gets in your blood and you can't get it out. You will always be a railroader at heart. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thanks Dave very interesting video👍👍
Thank you for the nice comment Russell, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
It was great to see how the regulator can move the ballast around. It looks like it will not slip as the load gets too heavy. I think you showed it is a hydraulic drive so is why the engine is not labouring as the weight increases. The bench will make it a lot easier to load rails, good job. My SD 38 is in IL so on its way over the pond soon
Thank you for the nice comment Cedarcam. We would be lost
here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. I'm looking forward to watching a video on that loco!! Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I will take a bit of video for you and see that it runs OK on DC. I am looking for some coal cars over here but not found and 5 door ones yet.
@@cedarcam 👍😊
awesome videos thx you so much for sharing lots of people don't get to see this side of railroading.😊😊👍👍👍
Thank you for the nice comment cncpgreatlakesdiv. We would be lost
here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
That regulator is an amazing piece of equipment especially with a true professional operating it. Thanks for sharing this piece of track improvement. Have a great day my friend.
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed Lewis. We would be lost here
without a regulator, it does a lot of work. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Free train rides! What a great job!
I saw building a bench in the description and thought you were going to demonstrate some wood craft skills LOL! Nice teamwork, looks good 😊
I need to expand the channel to include wood working now Jennifer....:-) You are right, and they pay me to ride the train, what's
better than that! Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 😄
Very cool and nice video dave. Enjoyed watching yet again. Have nice rest of your day.(Steve)
Thank you for the nice comment Steve. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 you are welcome Dave
A lot of work to PROPERLY maintain tracks ! 👍👍🚂🚂😁
It sure is yellowlab. This track is a nightmare to maintain with 16 miles
of jointed track along with the large number of high degree curves
and all the coal that has spilled into my track over the years from
leaky hopper car doors. It's a constant vigil to try and keep the train
moving and safe. Very much appreciate your writing in and watching the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 👍😁, keep em rolling 🚂🚂🚂
@@yellowlab5624 👍😊
Amazing what machines can do! Nice job.
Thank you for the nice comment. We would be lost here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video.
That is a interesting piece of machinery 👍
Thank you Colin, we would be lost here without that regulator. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
You are very welcome. @@ccrx6700
Always stuff to do on the railroad!!
Yes there certainly is Preston, never a dull moment here. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Very interesting, Dave. Thanks 😊
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Santafefrank. Always a new adventure
going on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Thanks Dave, interesting stuff. 👍
You are certainly welcome Mark, glad you enjoyed. We would be lost
here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Wow. A loader, hightail, and an engine all in one shot. Busy day on the rails!! Great work Dave and crew
Really glad you enjoyed watching it Michael and thank you for
the kind words. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Interesting machine
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Tom. We would be lost here without
a regulator. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out
the building a bench video my friend.
haha that's tailroading
good job Dave
Thank you for the nice comment Neal. We would be lost here without
a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Hello Dave . Get Dre done job 👍🏻😎 track in good shape nice work . 😎👍🏻Robin out be safe .
Thank you for the nice comment Robin. We would be lost here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Always interesting
Thank you for the nice comment Rex, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Nice Job.
Thank you for the nice comment Derrick. We would be lost here without a regulator. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Well done!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Dave. Always a new adventure going on
here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 will this bench remain, after its usage?
@@davewallace8219 most likely it will Dave
@@ccrx6700 I'm sure, that in the future...that bench will come in handy as a. Work station...
Thanks Dave!
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed watching it Wilbur. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
I love watching the regulator work! By any chance do you have a video from inside the cab while it's working?
Really glad you enjoyed watching it Jughead. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend. Here is a video with me running it cleaning up a coal spill on the track:
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The regulator is acting like a mini Jordan spreader!
And that's just about what it is Dave! We would be lost here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Great idea Dave your getting smarter in your old age lol were both the same age great video thanks bye the way there's a brand new harsco tamper sitting on a low boy trailer waiting to be delivered to mass coastal rail
Thank you Gary. Like the old Amish proverb goes tho, We grow old
too soon and too late smart..... Glad you enjoyed the video. I would
love to come and see that tamper!!! Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
good job
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Cecil. Always a new adventure going on
here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
LOL! Three words keep echoing: It's the "sandbox on stearoids". Makes sense to me. Hehe!
That's about right Eric. This RR is my sandbox too....LOL Always a new adventure going on here doing something or other. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Ballast being ballasty on the railroad
It sure is Arkay, even if a good bit of it is filled up with coal..... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
To bad you can't go down track and salvage some of that dirty ballast that was pushed off the side. Thanks for the video. Jon
We certainly could use one of those big shoulder ballast cleaners
in here for sure Jon, but since we don't interchange with another
RR then getting one in here is pretty much impossible. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Cool.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed RFMCaboose. Always a new adventure
going on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Always a quality job Dave!! Just like Speed Queen 👑 washers!!!!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Robert. We would be lost
here without that regulator, it sure can do a lot of work. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Lovely video! Watching the spreader work is endlessly fascinating. It's a very capable machine! Sure appreciate you bringing us along.
Thank you for the nice comment NoewerrATall. We would be lost
here without a regulator to move ballast around for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Hello again Dave, sorry but I had been away so Merry Late Christmas and Happy New Year. I will be binge watching tonight some of your videos and I have some fresh popcorn to make. Today, Jan 09. 2024, we are having some bad storms in the North West which could make their way to you so be careful out there.
Thank you Harold, better late than never. Hope you and your family
also had a very good holiday season. It's rained all day here, lot of
flooding with more rain to come, then get really cold this weekend.
My buddy from Wisconsin text me they got 5 inches snow up there.
Fresh popcorn and railroad videos are a sure winner in anyone's book!
Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Happy New Year Dave and your railroad buddies. Stay warm and snow free
Thank you, may you and your family also have a great year in 2024
Missydog. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Like to see a video on loading the boats.
Thank you for the suggestion rcman, I will do that sometime, many
folks have asked for that, I just haven't gotten around to doing one
yet. Be patient with me, it will come sooner or later. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Looks like a nice bench! Great work Dave!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Brian. It will do a good
job in storing rail and ties right up close to the track now. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Good job. It’s looking like you’re going to have all you need! Thanks again for bringing us along 😊
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Clarence. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
*_You're really high up in that dozer. I'm not sure how you can see what the bucket is doing. I need you to come over and use that bucket loader on my back yard. I'll even make you lunch!_* 🚜🚜🚜🚜
Sounds like a deal I can't pass up David! :-) Don't think that big machine will fit on my small trailer tho, we'll have to work on that.....
Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend. I may have to rename my channel: Dave's
Home Shop....LOL
@@ccrx6700 HA HA HA!!!!
Loved the video...
So what your saying is hunting from the train engine is more fruitful at bridge 6.... 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers... 👍
Glad to hear you enjoyed MJ. In the days of old the track crew at
the time would hunt out of their hi rail truck. Management no longer
sees that as being a productive day..... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I can see management being upset about productivity going down...
Hope you guys are ready for the crap weather heading your way... we're currenting sitting at -30C which translates to -22F.
Hope all your couplers for your airbrake connectors on the cars have good seals... this crap weather can screw up that seal.
@@mjphillips76 -22 ! Wow!
Thanks for showing us what you guys are up to and explaining the "how to" of it. Is it my imagination or is the '40 your "go to guy" for work train power?
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed watching it Robert. We do have
3098 on the ballast car a good bit. Most of the time our two SD 38-2 locos are on the main train. the 40-2 is used mostly for running
the smaller train. They don't very often run the small train so
that is the loco that is available to use for us. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Awesome job
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Daniel. Always a new adventure
going on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Looks like you could use a little bit larger machine. Years ago I got to witness a 1900 era Jordan spreader/flanger pushed by 2 GP-10s on the Milwaukee Road. It was amazing how much ballast it could move. Another great work video, appreciate it much. Thanks Dave!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Poowg. it would be nice if
we had a bigger regulator like a Kershaw 925, but we don't so have
to work with what we got. I can imagine those Jordan spreaders
could really move some ballast pushed by a loco! Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Adapt and overcome!
@@poowg2657 😊👍
Hi🎉
Howdy Daren, hope you are doing well. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Happy New years Dave
Thank you MrJeep, hope you and your family have a very good
coming year in 2024 also. Thanks for taking the time to check out the building a bench show my friend.
I enjoyed your latest video, Dave! You're always doing a great job maintaining the tracks.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Morse. Always a new adventure going on
here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
TOWBOAT DARLANE B.,,,,,we pik up 6 barge loads of coal from C-MINE,, and take most of it to LaBELLE,, to be shipped CHINA,, MONONGAHELA RIVER, towboater
LaBelle where? Thanks. All google gets me is Florida on the canal through lake Okeechobee, the cross Florida barge canal. Used to see paddle wheel tows going down the Mon. by the old Lock 4.
Look up Fredricktown Pa. Alro, our facility we unload barges at and
then load the coal on CSX trains is at LaBelle, about a half mile
up river from Fredricktown. It's on the opposite side of the river
from Fredricktown. Vesta mine used to be there. The little town of
Vesta is across the river from our LaBelle facility.
We do appreciate your hard work in transporting our coal Roger. Be safe out there on the river. River is getting higher and higher right now
with all this rain we've gotten and more to come. LaBelle has a huge
stock pile of coal right now, I heard they weren't taking anymore
for awhile? Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
You may have gotten the regulator brand new, but it sure don't look brand new anymore. 😮 Guess it needs a little sprucing up.
You are right about that Earl. It has had a hard life here, several
operators that weren't so good beat the day lights out of it. Plus
it's gotten hit several times with the locomotive. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Pretty neat work there! Looks really nice. That's for a delivery of some sticks of rail?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Trena. Yep we built that to store new
rail on when it gets delivered so it will be close to the track and the
grapple truck can grab the rail while the truck is sitting on track. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Happy wonderful 2024 start to you Dave. It sure seems the new year will be busy with repairs left and right. The greatest challenge in my eyes is the depressions that are to do soft ground and swamps. Upon the railway was once build. Now as far as my understanding goes and they just filled the depressions in until it was even or ground level. But over time the foundation would start to slowly sink to do heavy freight cars and erosion?
Thank you, may you also have a great new year in 2024 SuperMAZ. You are right, the excavating company that build the track bed just filled in many places and never compacted anything except with a
dozer. We have had numerous problems over the years because
of that. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700Thanks Dave. I'm convinced the line currently under repairs will be much safer and better for freight trains. Today we have machines to compact the soil and filling materials. In the very old days people had to do all that by hand. Thats why some older foundations at some point became unstable in swampy areas. You could actually see the rails would take a certain curvature up or down in places where the foundation started to move. Have a bit of sad news as well. Our local railway company called OPERAIL scrapped 40 old GE C36 locomotives. A era on the railway came to a end.
@@SuperMAZ007 sad to hear of the scrapped locos 😭
me too :( @@ccrx6700 They where old Union Pacific locomotives from the 80s.I don't know why the company decided to scrap so many of them. 9 remained in service and about 60 arrived in 2002.
that flat will sure make it convenient to lay track in a spot close to a good pick up spot for laying down
where it is needed. so often it is hard to find a good spot that will work well for everyone. place the rail
then still,be able to pick it up for use to easily in a good location. did you do it with the ties too?
Thank you for the nice comment Barry. You are right, it sure will
make things convenient. Yes we will also use it for ties. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Fascinating, how it works. Noticed the John Deere and you operating a Case. Relatives have a big Nebraska farm, so I notice all the farm machinery and heavy equipment. Odd question; have you ever had a need for the Loram Rail Grinder? Your railroad is fabulously maintained, but the Loram can add year to its life. Apologies if you answered this already. Thank you.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Joanie. I may have to come and visit
that farm someday. That would be cool. Hope they have green tractors.....LOL I would love to have a rail grinding program here,
however we cannot get those huge Loram grinders in here because
we do not interchange with another RR. Everything has to get trucked in and it would be almost impossible to get a Loram grinder in here. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 oh! Yes. It’s all John Deere Greene at our cousins farm in Nebraska.
That way you need two more soil dean hopper to add to the first hopper if one empty you have the 2 rock hopper full back on and wend the 2 hopper is empty then you 3rd hopper to finish up of putting rock on the track that you are on my brother
That would be nice Thomas, but we only have 1 ballast car here,
we are not a big RR, so have to do with the small amount of
equipment we have. Very much appreciate your taking the time to
check out how to build a bench my friend.
Building a bench, lol thought you meant a bench😂😂😂
This is not a wood working channel Angela....:-) Although we could
use a good bench to sit on at that siding! Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Neat video Dave, BTW you are filming in 1080 50hz mode. Looks good though.
Really glad you enjoyed watching it Transmitterguy. I film most of
my stuff with my cell phone, it does a decent job and is convenient. I have a GoPro that takes very good video but the files are huge and
I don't have a lot of space on my old computer, phone files are
small. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Hi DAVE ! Can you tell us what that; "Klack... Klunk ... Klack, ... Klunk, Klack, klunk, Klack, Klunk noise is while you were dumping rock❓ Could it be some kind of a "Shaker Mechanism" for stuck rocks❓ IDK❓ I've NEVER heard any noise like that on a ship⁉LOL 🤔🤣😂
The doors on the ballast car operate by air over hydraulics Captain Tom. That noise was the sound of the pump working to pump hydraulic oil to the cylinders that control the doors. Klack is opening, klunk is closing....LOL Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Are you using your new rock to.build a simple bench?
New and old yes muckingplacer. Wasn't my decision, I would have
used cheap fill dirt then put a layer of ballast on top of that just
for storing rail and ties, but what do I know....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Dave, I am only assuming but you weren’t the only one in your family history to work for the railroad. Did other people work for the railroad
Never assume Brad, because no one in my family ever worked for
a RR. Coal mines yes. I do think that in one of my past lives I worked
for PRR tho.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Mel. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
So you were making a place for a tactor trailer to park close to the rail? Was it compacted?
We could possibly back a tractor trailer on there Kevin, but the
main purpose of doing this was to have a place close to the track
to store rail or ties on so the grapple truck can be on the track and
just load the materials from the bench. The only compaction was
running over it with the loader. No need for more just to store
rail on. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Tom. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
That things is underpowered. Take your loader, and with the bucket turned up a little, simply back drag the rock and smooth out what's beyond his reach.
Surprised that it got enough traction with those little wheels to move/scrape as much as it did.
Yes it is an older regulator with small engine and small wheels William,
sure would be nice if we had a bigger one like a Kershaw 925, but
we don't so have to use what we got. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
I'm just curious Dave, is the plan to line the shelf with ties for the rails to sit on or will the just be placed right on top of the shelf as is there at the end?
A few ties will be placed on top of that bench to lay the rail on Scotty,
but it will not be lined. We are getting new rail in this Tuesday and
i will video that so you can see how it's done, but who knows when
I will get that video published. Supposed to be 9 degrees here that
morning! Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Ok, I figured at least a few strategically placed ties would be beneficial. It does seem that the new shelf will make things more efficient. Brrrr brrrr brrrr 🥶 9° is plenty cold enough. Stay warm. I'll be watching when that one hits the airwaves. 🤠👍
Hey Dave, I've heard that they don't actually change the oil in locomotives. It's just slowly added into the fuel and burned off. Is this true? What about filter changes? Thanks.
It's been a long long time since we've changed oil in one of our
locos here Brian. Many RR's very seldom change oil in their locos
either, same with filter changes. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Thank you for this nice video!
Would some filler like clay hold the ballast together and keep mud out?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching it Robin. We could have used
some fill dirt to build this and then put gravel on top, but management wanted it all gravel for whatever reason, sure cost a lot more to do that way! Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Bench, I thought you were going to make yourself a little rest area.
Well we kind of need one of those there shopshop! I may have to
branch out and expand this channel to include a wood working section next year....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Can hunters park near your buildings as they walk to hunt or do they need to park farther away?
Some park near the entrance to our harbor and some park outside
the gate at our MP 8 siding. None of them actually get near the
buildings Shirley.
How do you keep the rail level on a long straight away ? I seen some do this with laser ?
Since I don't have laser equipment on the tamper, I pretty much do what I can by eye Keith. If need be I could bring in my laser transit and shoot the track to see exactly where it is low, and have done that a few
times in the past. But for a slow speed RR like we have doing it by
eye works well enough. If this was a high speed track then
things would be different and I would be more precise. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video and writing in my friend.
Can you please explain to me how you can measure trek curve using the term angle. I am an engineer, and we always have to use radius, and the angle would be the length of the curve
Take a 100 foot chord on the arc of a railroad curve. Then take the
radius from both ends of that chord to the center of what would be
a circle if the curve went a complete circle. The degrees between
the 2 radii is the degree of curvature. That is good enough for RR
work. If you were shooting a rocket to the moon then there is a
mathematical formula to figure out exact degree of curvature which
I'm sure you already know. Hope that explains it for you. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench
video my friend.
Doesn't deer hunting begin the next day in PA? I used to live there and places would clear out while everyone went deer hunting.
They have changed opening day date since you were here Nolan. It
used to always be on Monday, but changed that in an effort to get
more hunters out on opening day. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
I forgot to ask, can you regulate the speed that the ballast comes out of the railroad car?
Yes the doors open via air over hydraulics. Air off the loco runs a
hydraulic pump, then pulling a lever the doors can be adjusted to regulate the flow of the ballast out of the cars depending on how far you open the doors up Robert.
sounds like you need too grease that loader
It's old and has some creaky noises Greg, but actually it was
greased about a month ago and not many hours on it after that
was done.
Actally high time to go to bed but resisting Your video.... not happening.
It looks like a rather slow process. Wouldn't it pay off to hire more efficient machines? Moving ballast sideways in that small amount..... Okey, I know You're not the CEO.....
Cheers Dave!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed Stefan. It would be nice if we had a
bigger regulator but since we don't have to work with what we've got on hand. If I was CEO this railroad would be a showcase....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.
Seems as if the loader would have been quicker
Perhaps it would have been Tim, but I had to keep my buddy
working or else he would have taken a nap.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
Know what’s amazing metro north workers don’t do any of this work it’s all outside contractors..from other states
I think if some in management had their way a lot of the track
work would be done by contractors here too Sunshinemano. Lucky
we have a union that keeps a lot of the jobs away from contractors.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the building a bench video my friend.
What the heck is a high lift? You mean a loader?
Yes sir a loader, we call them hi lifts around here, but you got
it right Eric. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and check out the building a bench video my friend.
American railroad is the laziest and dumbest of the whole world.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us John. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video.
Nice building something new
Thank you, it was an interesting diversion Wayne. Seems like there is always a new adventure going on here doing something or other. :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the building a bench video my friend.