Railway Ballast Cleaning Machine on a high-speed railway line

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @MrUtubeobia
    @MrUtubeobia 2 роки тому +158

    How long did it take to design and build this complex machine. What a marvel of engineering.

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 2 роки тому +8

      My thoughts exactly! It levitates the sleepers while riding on the rail!

    • @a.n.7863
      @a.n.7863 2 роки тому +2

      I immediately thought of that show “Modern Marvels” upon coming across this video.

    • @PierreDole
      @PierreDole Місяць тому

      Like all other technologies and machines, this one also was evolved over time.

  • @dopplerfox
    @dopplerfox 4 роки тому +116

    I thought that thumbnail showed some horrific rail accident, but this is some impressive engineering!

    • @buizelmeme6288
      @buizelmeme6288 2 роки тому +1

      Same!

    • @drankfrebin
      @drankfrebin 2 роки тому

      Yes as well

    • @Laluan
      @Laluan 2 роки тому

      Same 🤣

    • @mercuriallimit
      @mercuriallimit 2 роки тому

      It is well captured and edited too! First time seeing this, quite amazing actually

  • @stopbunsen
    @stopbunsen 2 роки тому +72

    Looks really impressive! It just looks like it has so many moving parts. It would require a lot of maintenance itself

  • @nacnud_
    @nacnud_ 2 роки тому +13

    Now, more human time into projects like this, less into destruction. Amazing stuff!

  • @goodorusty
    @goodorusty 2 роки тому +22

    That machine must be so loud in real life. Amazing what machines exist out there!

  • @Jhihmoac
    @Jhihmoac 3 роки тому +46

    Woww! Heard about them, but never saw one in operation before! Strips the rail bed of all the ballast with the accumulation of oil, fuel, garbage, grease, debris, etc. that gets into the rocks over time, and then puts fresh ballast back again...

    • @OriginalJetForMe
      @OriginalJetForMe Рік тому +4

      How does it get it under the sleepers without causing them to settle substantially once they’re back down with weight on top?

    • @otlseal9159
      @otlseal9159 Рік тому +1

      @@OriginalJetForMe am told its because you cant compress the ballast any more than how it lands

    • @GunsniperRZ8
      @GunsniperRZ8 2 місяці тому

      @@OriginalJetForMe
      the rehab train hase roller claws to lift and hold the rails including the sleepers in the working section, also spreads long over so there is no load on the unsupported rails
      the Ballast gets filtered and washed before its filled back in after the new ballast comes with the compactor train.
      ua-cam.com/video/7zsyMxRnQ68/v-deo.html
      this is a better video on how it works

    • @GunsniperRZ8
      @GunsniperRZ8 2 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/7zsyMxRnQ68/v-deo.html
      this explains it how that entire thing works

  • @humbleopinion1499
    @humbleopinion1499 2 роки тому +18

    Great video - I guess many of us never realize the maintenance that goes into a railway track.

  • @davidbrady5618
    @davidbrady5618 Рік тому +5

    Recently finished a project involving tons of rocks and it was such damn hard work. So watching this machine scoop them up from underneath an active track like they are peanuts is mind bending.

  • @kdwaynec
    @kdwaynec Рік тому +2

    Glad I found this again. I was trying to explain to my son how this worked. It still blows my mind how 'flimsy' the tracks are once the ballast is removed.

  • @danieljones2924
    @danieljones2924 2 роки тому +62

    The saying "I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire" has now been replaced with "I wouldn't give you sleeping pills if a ballast cleaning machine went past your house"

    • @Chadmiral
      @Chadmiral 2 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @davebowman6497
      @davebowman6497 4 місяці тому

      After the ballast cleaner comes the tamper, a machine that adjusts the track and compacts the ballast around the sleepers. That's even louder.. (I once lived at a place where a tamper was working more than 500 meters away at night. Sleepless from the noise, so I thought I might as well go watch it. Impressive. And LOUD! 😊)
      Several videos of that on UA-cam. Search for eg how to make perfect levelled railroad tracks".

  • @k3w1b3an5
    @k3w1b3an5 2 роки тому +14

    The combination of size, power and complexity boggles my mind.

  • @byzanttine
    @byzanttine 2 роки тому +5

    To say this is an engineering marvel would be an understatement.

  • @Lexwell_Lavers
    @Lexwell_Lavers 2 роки тому +8

    Can you image the time waiting at a rail crossing for this thing to go by.

  • @TheAutisticCapricorn811
    @TheAutisticCapricorn811 Рік тому +1

    Aaow man, this is such a fascinating railroading process. This reminds me of that super neat story called "Ballast" in the Small Railway Engines book of the Railway Series. I just love how real live railroading job experiences are put into stories. I'm hearing a nice narration of this video in relation of a railroad line being constructed or reconstructed, all in my head.

  • @ARockRaider
    @ARockRaider 2 роки тому +6

    Very Interesting! I never knew but am not surprised that intermodal hoppers are a thing.
    What does surprise me is that there aren't water systems to keep all that dust down!

    • @javeedsultan8484
      @javeedsultan8484 2 роки тому +3

      Would image it has the capability to suppress dust some how, especially in built up areas,
      Not sure using water would be practical,, even if you recycle it you would still need a lot

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 2 роки тому

      They wouldn't be able to sort out the detritus effectively/efficiently if the ballast were wet.

    • @TheWizardGamez
      @TheWizardGamez Рік тому +1

      @@javeedsultan8484 how would you recycle it? He’s talking about airborne dust. The water is lost to the air. Unless you got a condenser it’s already an accounted loss. Besides it’s not even going to be that much water. Anyways, the machine was probably just complex enough that they said “Fuck it, we already made a train that can ride hovering rails,”

    • @mrbig9595
      @mrbig9595 9 місяців тому

      Uk fleet has dust suppression

  • @inselvideo
    @inselvideo 4 роки тому +8

    Sehr interessante Technik hast Du da wieder gefilmt. Beeindruckend was da für ein Aufwand getrieben wird und wie lang auch diese Maschine ist. Die Bildqualität ist toll, hab es auch in HDR geschaut. Tolle Farben und auch die Schattenbereiche haben eine schöne Durchzeichnung. Klasse gemacht! Daumen hoch! Gruss inselvideo!

  • @ShipsYouShouldKnow
    @ShipsYouShouldKnow 4 роки тому +12

    Es ist doch immer wieder faszinierend zu sehen, was es für Maschinen gibt. Tolle und interessante Aufnahmen mal wieder von Dir ... klasse Film 👍 Gruß Carsten

  • @bosatsu76
    @bosatsu76 2 роки тому +2

    More impressive than the monstrosity of the machine itself are the brains that came up with the idea and pushed it through the engineering and manufacturing...

    • @timothyward8564
      @timothyward8564 2 роки тому

      When I started on the RR and I started seeing some of the track equipment ,,I learned the power of hydraulic fluid

  • @ianthomson5382
    @ianthomson5382 2 роки тому +1

    This is up there with Tunnel Boring Machines as among the most awesome machines I have ever seen ..

  • @EtzEchad
    @EtzEchad 2 роки тому +5

    What a huge machine! There must be a way to get load it with new ballast since they are offloading a lot of the old, but the video didn't show it.
    How do they ensure that the ballast gets under the ties?

    • @yiply42
      @yiply42 2 роки тому +2

      I think at 2:14 it shows at least some of the ballast being replaced and it looks like there are little brushes that push it off of the ties around 2:00

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro 2 роки тому +1

      @@yiply42 I bet it recycles enough of the ballast to allow the sleepers to rest on top of that, and the ballast for above the bottom face of the sleepers can be put in by the rail laying machine.

  • @zenflowerpeace4384
    @zenflowerpeace4384 2 роки тому +4

    Wow! I never knew all it takes to maintain and run the trains efficiently!

    • @naterbaternaterbater
      @naterbaternaterbater 2 роки тому

      For sure!
      Train and car wheels need to be turned on a lathe to reshape them.
      The rails need to be ground back to a proper shape.
      The rocks (shown in this video) need to be cleaned of debris and gunk.
      Ties need to be released.
      When a train derails, it's an automatic 1 million dollar fine plus cost of labor to undo the derailment (plus loss of productivity)
      Maintenance is extremely important!

  • @pfridell8424
    @pfridell8424 2 роки тому +2

    Wow! I am truly impressed!! What was it doing with the rocks that it put in the railway cars? I would love to see one of these babies live.

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 2 роки тому

      The rocks are called ballast and this machine is replacing and/or cleaning it. The ballast being loaded into the other railway cars is probably going to be cleaned and reused.

    • @noahpettit557
      @noahpettit557 Рік тому

      Ah thanks. So the machine on the rails is not actually cleaning the stones themselves but replacing with fresh ballast?

  • @kenhurley4441
    @kenhurley4441 2 роки тому +2

    This machinge really "rocks" on!

  • @HarukiYamamoto
    @HarukiYamamoto 2 роки тому +5

    WOW! That's not a machine. It's a factory on wheels.

  • @MachineHeadDissent
    @MachineHeadDissent 4 роки тому +7

    Fascinating how that works!!...🤙😎🤘

  • @arboristo4407
    @arboristo4407 11 місяців тому

    Incredibly amazing system. Couple centuries of ingenuity rail is the way.❤️👍🤠

  • @terry_willis
    @terry_willis 2 роки тому +4

    Video does not show or explain how the ballast is cleaned.

  • @HM-nh7nc
    @HM-nh7nc 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, really impressive. So much work over there and time consuming. Where are the used/old ballast taken via the other cargo train?

  • @J3scribe
    @J3scribe Рік тому

    Not technically "cleaning" ballast, but replacing it, which is just as impressive. New ballast is fed from the long string of hoppers ahead of the ballast shredder. There is some storage of old ballast behind. The dirty ballast is being off-loaded onto the hopper train on the adjacent rail line at 3:40. There's a cool segment at 2:38 where you see the conveyor system replacing old versus new aggregate. The conveyor for the older stone is wider because it's dirtier, hence larger. This video is cool AF. In the USA, Herzog and Loram have automated this process to the point where operators don't have to wear PPE to protect themselves from harmful particulates. 4:25 They work in environmentally controlled workspaces on the train.

    • @carlislehendersonthethird7799
      @carlislehendersonthethird7799 Рік тому +1

      Not exactly. This is definitely cleaning and reusing the ballast. That’s what the shaker units are for. I worked for years on one of these. They use a combination of new and recycled ballast.

  • @kepler186f4
    @kepler186f4 2 роки тому +2

    To borrow a line from Volkswagen.... "the finest of German technology. This is far beyond anything America needs.

  • @johnnycee5179
    @johnnycee5179 Рік тому

    It's just unbelievable the amount of work needed to maintain tracks.

  • @lindaterrell5535
    @lindaterrell5535 3 роки тому +2

    Holy guacamole, it’s a whole factory!

  • @FallOfTheLiving
    @FallOfTheLiving 2 роки тому +1

    here i was thinking it was cleaning on the loco itself and replacing with the same stock with additional ballast to sure it up. Instead they process it offsite? or do they dispose of it

  • @orionharmon6017
    @orionharmon6017 3 роки тому +2

    Railroad rocks are called railroad ballast, I never knew that I was trying to figure out that how rocks like that are made but these railroad cleaning machines right here are insane putting new railroad ballast into the rails. We have railroad machines like that makes new rails and ballast, Norfolk Southern, Conrail, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Amtrak and others they all have railroad machines like that making new rails, ties/sleepers and ballast for them.

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ 2 роки тому +1

      ballast not ballest

    • @orionharmon6017
      @orionharmon6017 2 роки тому

      @@frizky._ Oh well excuse me that confuses me sometimes.

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ 2 роки тому +1

      @@orionharmon6017 it's ok

    • @orionharmon6017
      @orionharmon6017 2 роки тому

      @@frizky._ But thanks for letting me know that by the way;) 👍🏽

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ 2 роки тому +1

      @@orionharmon6017 you're welcome

  • @maisiedogonline
    @maisiedogonline 2 місяці тому

    I liked the bit where it cleaned the ballast.

  • @farmerdave7965
    @farmerdave7965 3 роки тому +3

    The undercutter is my favorite machine.

    • @TheGuruNetOn
      @TheGuruNetOn 2 роки тому

      The Incredibles :
      "I am the Underminer!!
      I'm beneath you, but nothing is beneath me!!"

  • @mrmofo36
    @mrmofo36 2 роки тому +2

    this woulda been great in a bond movie

  • @Misha29ify
    @Misha29ify 2 роки тому

    One of the most fascinating things I have seen

  • @Unimedien
    @Unimedien 4 роки тому +1

    Klasse Video von dem Einsatz dieser Bahnbautechnik. Daumen hoch. Gruß Unimedien.

  • @hermask815
    @hermask815 2 роки тому +15

    Now that’s a reason to wear a ffp2 mask.

  • @stevenjordan9497
    @stevenjordan9497 Рік тому +1

    UNREAL.

  • @googoo-gjoob
    @googoo-gjoob Рік тому

    just what a RR loves to see.... MOW on *both tracks*

  • @steveclark5357
    @steveclark5357 6 місяців тому

    this is just freaking amazing

  • @JG40061
    @JG40061 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for sharing!!

  • @ear2thestreet
    @ear2thestreet 4 роки тому +3

    Sehr tolle Aufnahmen. Die Herrschaften haben wirklich einen brutalen Job...Staub und Lärm bis zum Umfallen.

  • @ausbare140
    @ausbare140 2 роки тому +1

    Great video
    I would like to know or see how the ballast is cleaned on a single line track.

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro 2 роки тому

      No high speed rail would be single track. But I don't see why it wouldn't be possible as long as your right of way is wide enough for trucks to drive up next to the machine. Or the belt could possibly be modified to load a single rail car in front of the front end. Then you'd need a single shunting locomotive which has to haul those single cars to the next switch where you can couple them together for the rest of the trip over the rail system.

  • @timkis64
    @timkis64 2 роки тому

    the complexity of the maintenence machines the rail companies have is mind boggling.im sure the cost of them is equally mind boggling.

  • @batman_2004
    @batman_2004 2 роки тому

    Amazing beautiful machine.

  • @TheSRBgamer63
    @TheSRBgamer63 11 місяців тому

    What a simple looking machine .....

  • @ahillmann
    @ahillmann 2 роки тому

    I wonder what detergent they are using to clean the ballast. I would like to use it to clean my dishes.

  • @JohnWalker-rt6ue
    @JohnWalker-rt6ue 2 роки тому +1

    Is the ballast cleaned on site, or is it taken elsewhere, and replaced by clean ballast?

    • @ricmiddletown7685
      @ricmiddletown7685 2 роки тому +1

      its sorted and classified as it moves, the small is removed, the dust is removed by vibration and extra is available on other cars. the small and debris is removed. it truly is amazing machinery

  • @johnnycee5179
    @johnnycee5179 Рік тому

    Wow, what a machine

  • @veramae4098
    @veramae4098 2 роки тому +2

    Why such a long line of machines? Are they cleaning the ballast over and over again, or do different machines do different actions, or ... what else?

    • @EliasProbst
      @EliasProbst Рік тому +1

      Most of the length is taken up by wagons providing fresh ballast and wagons for dumping the old dirty one.
      They serve as a buffer until the train on the parallel tracks comes along, refills the fresh ones and takes away the dirty ones.

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 3 роки тому +13

    European infrastructure is decades ahead of the US.

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 3 роки тому +2

      Which needs addressing, given that Rail is going to become a much bigger issue in the coming years…

    • @coolcat-nq4mj
      @coolcat-nq4mj 2 роки тому +2

      US road infrastructure is decades ahead of Europe's

    • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
      @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 2 роки тому +7

      @@coolcat-nq4mj Lol, is that what you tell yourself?

    • @rickakashockshockey9151
      @rickakashockshockey9151 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, but a lot smaller area.

    • @acidset
      @acidset 2 роки тому +2

      @@rickakashockshockey9151 that's no excuse, if anything the bigger the population (and also the area) the greater the need for infrastructure

  • @Wolfgodmak
    @Wolfgodmak 4 роки тому +1

    Rocks, rocks and more rocks

  • @hanskostka6788
    @hanskostka6788 2 роки тому +1

    Does this only exist in Germany or do other countries also clean their "Schotter" ?

  • @Laluan
    @Laluan 2 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @noahpettit557
    @noahpettit557 Рік тому

    Are the stones being cleaned on the fly by the machine or are they being replaced with fresh ballast ?

    • @HD1080ide
      @HD1080ide  Рік тому +1

      Both. Stones that can be reused are cleaned. Stones that are too small for example are replaced with fresh ballast.

  • @BLUESKY-zt1nv
    @BLUESKY-zt1nv 3 роки тому +1

    Where can i buy a second hand rail ballast cleaning machine from ..? how much would one cost in the UK ...?

  • @legotechnictrains8999
    @legotechnictrains8999 9 місяців тому

    Oh baby!

  • @DrTWG
    @DrTWG Рік тому

    Thumb looked like a mass accident/derailment. Very impressive machine . This is 2+2=4 Engineering .

  • @christianuhlemann5688
    @christianuhlemann5688 4 роки тому +3

    Geiles Gerät, aber wenn die den Schotter verladen, im Dorf - lauft ! Bei uns war das halbe Dorf grau 😉😂

  • @hans983
    @hans983 4 роки тому +11

    Rolling Stones

  • @johnaugsburger6192
    @johnaugsburger6192 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @pathankarimkhan2303
    @pathankarimkhan2303 3 роки тому

    What a machine 👌👌👌

  • @bobsum1745
    @bobsum1745 2 роки тому +2

    Men, I prefer work in my office environment. No money would make me to work near this machine.

  • @jonhelmer8591
    @jonhelmer8591 2 роки тому +1

    How much are they?
    I want one.

  • @tetracor
    @tetracor 2 роки тому

    Amazing !!!

  • @EvilBaggOBolts
    @EvilBaggOBolts 2 роки тому

    Everything in Germany is well maintained and engineered perfectly.

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 2 роки тому

      They've had a couple of chances to start over with new technology.

  • @peterpetersen4619
    @peterpetersen4619 Рік тому

    I didn't know that something like this was necessary. if someone had told me that the stones had to be cleaned and sorted and that there was such a complex and large machine, I would have thought them crazy.

  • @central3425
    @central3425 2 роки тому +1

    Can't believe it goes under the ties like that

  • @fishbone08070
    @fishbone08070 2 роки тому

    Amazing..

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 2 роки тому +2

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Рік тому

    I guess expecting a high-speed version of this.
    Set playback speed to 2x. :)

  • @spaceboy5293
    @spaceboy5293 9 місяців тому

    this is nuts

  • @kmranmustafa9489
    @kmranmustafa9489 3 роки тому

    Good
    Man

  • @johnr5252
    @johnr5252 2 роки тому

    Why does the ballast need to be cleaned?

  • @NitroModelsAndComics
    @NitroModelsAndComics 2 роки тому

    A before and after would have been nice.

  • @MrChickenselects
    @MrChickenselects 2 роки тому

    why exactly is it being cleaned

  • @wyskass861
    @wyskass861 2 роки тому

    How much to rent for a day?

  • @florianrose7493
    @florianrose7493 4 роки тому

    Auf welcher Webseite steht wo gerade das Gleisbett Repariert wird

  • @vaderbase
    @vaderbase 2 роки тому

    Wieso wird der Schotter "gereinigt"?

  • @orange_cat
    @orange_cat 2 роки тому

    Can I order one of those machines online? What's the shipping cost?

  • @Cline3911
    @Cline3911 Рік тому +1

    Today, weez is learnin about rawks.

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 Рік тому

    To us it's exciting to see a country and a team to be innovative and design things to better each of our lifes.....Its extremely sad to see Hatred in this beautiful world that God put us in Hatred is just Non economic Production...

  • @phil700ag5
    @phil700ag5 3 роки тому

    Where is this?

  • @rogerhislip5269
    @rogerhislip5269 6 місяців тому

    I saw one in Wyoming years ago. The noise is as bad as being next to a jet taking off

  • @Mahdi-wb9nw
    @Mahdi-wb9nw 3 роки тому

    Cool

  • @shihabudheenoachira6510
    @shihabudheenoachira6510 Рік тому

    സൂപ്പർ

  • @karlbjorkquist7489
    @karlbjorkquist7489 2 роки тому

    I want to also see a machine that cleans the Ballast Cleaning Machine.

  • @SKF358
    @SKF358 Рік тому

    Hard to tell what's happening to the track.

  • @tsuchan
    @tsuchan Рік тому

    Oh my word!

  • @timeforbeans
    @timeforbeans Рік тому +1

    This video makes me want to stat TUBTHUMPING
    👯💃👯💃👯💃👯💃

  • @davidanalyst671
    @davidanalyst671 3 роки тому

    This really fascinates me. The only thing i don't get is that I saw them fill the railroad cars with the ballast. Why don't they just get one of those shaker machines and some sieves to get the aggregate right, then put it back?

    • @lenchisholm6356
      @lenchisholm6356 3 роки тому +10

      They do! What goes off in the second train is the rubbish that went through the sieve. Older cleaners just dumped it off the side of the line with a swinging conveyor arm. You can see the conveyor belts returning the good stuff to the track.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 2 роки тому +5

      undersize, oily rocks get rejected.ballast must be a certain size and angular so it locks together

  • @youtubeuser2195
    @youtubeuser2195 2 роки тому

    Please explain what actually is happening here?

  • @agefvlog6267
    @agefvlog6267 4 роки тому

    Joss👍👍🙏🔔🔔

  • @trailwayt9H337
    @trailwayt9H337 3 роки тому

    👍GREATE MECHINARY SYSTEM👍🌹

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky 4 роки тому +5

    Why is no one asking or explaining why the fcking ballast need to be cleaned, they are rocks.

    • @farmerdave7965
      @farmerdave7965 4 роки тому +6

      We don't like dirty rocks.

    • @BreakYourMark
      @BreakYourMark 4 роки тому +3

      Dirty rocks get processed through the shame train

    • @terry_willis
      @terry_willis 2 роки тому +2

      Cleaning is needed because of Eur. Union regulations.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 2 роки тому +9

      they need to remove undersized smoothed rocks and finer material. the ballast does wear out . when trains go over the rails the rails go up and down pounding the rocks. eventually they break down too small. it's not just a bunch of rocks. they keep the track bed stable.and dirt can cause water to pool as well.

    • @dlasky
      @dlasky 2 роки тому +1

      @@ronblack7870 Thanks!

  • @kevinolesik1500
    @kevinolesik1500 2 роки тому

    we can't have dirty ballast now , can we ? ...

  • @StarsManny
    @StarsManny 2 роки тому

    Why?