Love seeing the Maintenance of Way side of railroading. Thanks

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

William, your welcome, happy that your enjoying the show 😊

You seem like such a nice guy. A pleasure to watch

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Golly, Thank you. Really happy you enjoyed 🤗

That looks like quite a job, thanks for sharing. I came to appreciate how much oil & grease trains drop, years ago. I went to New York City to take in a show and needed a place to park. Lucky me! There was an open spot under the elevated transit tracks, so I parked there. Quite a few hours later, I leave. On the way home I noticed a myriad of little oil flecks on my windshield, when I got home I could see the entire car was covered. I guess the locals in the city know NOT to park under the EL. Lesson learned. Over the years, that would be quite an accumulation.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's interesting to read your comment, I never would have thought that either, live and learn. Our sd 40-2 dumps a good bit of oil out under it too, wouldn't wanna park under that thing either. Appreciate your watching

We gotta replace a switch on the layout this week on the HO scale layout. We play along as ya do it for real. Were watching🚂🇨🇦

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fun time. New switch remember put in new ballast ... lol 😏

@AlanCanon2222

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Kitty litter? :)

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlanCanon2222 🐹

@AlanCanon2222

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Or aquarium gravel!

Another good one Dave. I cant believe that one man does all that. Here in South Africa they would have a gang od workers and the tamping done by guys with machines that look like jackhammers. Perhaps one day when we get track laid again (long lengths stolan by our local midnight shoppers) they may become more mechanised. We did have tamping machines running a few years back. Contractor called Plasser. But even there there was a big crew. So hats off you Dave. Sterling work Sir.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bill, appreciate the nice comment. Those hand tampers we call jitterbugs. Like to give them to the young strong guys .... 😉

You sir a wonderful ambassador for the railroad industry. Thank you!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Skip, nice to hear you're liking what you see, appreciate your comment 🤗

@TheNemosdaddy

3 жыл бұрын

How? He is extremely Atypical in his situation. This is NOT railroading. This is what happens when you have captive service and have 2 employees to keep busy. They could just hire contractors all the time and get rid of these guys. This is NOTHING like what REAL railroading is like.

@thenasadude6878

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNemosdaddy maybe it's not how the biggest railroad companies manage their staff, but hired or contracted someone has to do the job, because the railroad needs it

@somethingsomeonesaid6455

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNemosdaddy Its got rails, an SD-40-2, excavators, hopper cars, coal, and ties...with spikes nontheless....looks like real railroading to me.

@chessiesystemrailfanman3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNemosdaddy and you are extremely rude and obnoxious to this gentleman showing us the video. Why don't you learn some manners and if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything.

Thank you for the explanation! I have kinda pieced together the explanation for cribbing from all of your other videos, but it's nice to confirm what you believe to be true! Thank you!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, really do appreciate your taking the time to watch 😊

Simply amazing how that ballast & coal make nearly concrete. VERY interesting getting it out of there. Thanks, Dave. Another part of railroading I had NO idea about.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Ray. We do have a unique situation here with all jointed track plus only running coal. If we ran all tank cars or intermodal then the ballast would stay a whole lot cleaner. Thanks for watching 😊

Thanks, this was a great explanation as to why water drainage problems happen and how to fix it. Cleaning up the ballast from coal goo. Makes sense! Hard work, but that's railroading!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, really glad you enjoyed it. Got 1 more vid coming on how I crib out ties before we move on to a different subject, Really do appreciate your comments and for watching

The work just never ends but you had a nice time, so did we, upon your visit to Cass park with the Shay engines, that was awesome and you offered to do some work there too you truly are a man amongst men and a God amongst woman as it's said.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Johnny. Work RR all year, then go on vacation for a week on another RR. Guess you figured out I kind of like railroading.... :-)

I like trains and your videos make railroads more interesting. Thank you so much 👍

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Larry for the nice comment, glad you are enjoying the home movies. Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

Thank you for the primer on ballast, its contamination with dirt, coal fines, etc. that plug up the ballast defeating its purpose of draining rain and snow water away from the ties.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your certainly welcome Clinton. We really appreciate your stopping by and checking out the tie cribbing show. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

I don't know if anybody told you yet but you did a good job at work today you did it in a fantastic job my friend

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe, your the first! Wish you were my boss ... lol appreciate the nice comment anf for watching 😊

Sir, I enjoy your videos, I love your knowledge and expertise. It's really great getting to see the MoW side of things and learn so much. It shows how much you enjoy your work, and the enthusiasm you have for sharing it with us really makes me smile. Keep up the good work, happy rails to you as well!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very nice comment, really glad you are enjoying, much appreciated 👍

Your "Down to Earth" videos are great, keep it up

@ccrx6700

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the show maxclark. We do appreciate your writing in and for checking out the video sir.

Great information! Happy to watch these videos. Have a great day!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, really glad you are enjoying

Love it Dave. Us guys that sit behind the throttle don't appreciate a good track until we have worked on a bad one. Kinda like a road you can't appreciate a new black top until you loose your teeth due to pot holes

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome my friend. Don't get any coal fines plugging track running intermodal or bathtub coal cars, we got a unique situation with jointed track and bottom discharge hoppers, double whammy. Luckily we only have 25 as track speed, can get away with a lot more than you guys have to deal with. But seems like all railroads have problems at grade crossings with mud and pumping track. It's a struggle to keep up with all our bridge approaches. Solid surface then track wants to dip off the bridges, having 14 bridges here, that's 28 approaches, drives me nuts trying to keep track surface up to grade

Interesting video, thanks for the ongoing education on railroadin'!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, really happy you are enjoying 👍

Great info, you really maintain those rails good job stay safe.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Russell. Glad you are enjoying watching 😊

You should write a book. Your knowledge is amazing! Thank you Dave.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne for the kind words, but just have some knowledge about my line of work, I'm sure you have an extensive knowledge of the line of work you do, or did, I don't know if you're still working or retired. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and taking in the movie today my friend.

Can't say it enough. I love your videos. That job looks so tedious and time consuming. Take care and I'm looking forward to your next video.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Valerie, your comments always brighten my day, you seem to be such a positive and uplifting person. We need more like you in this world.

You are the man Dave you have a great passion for what you d9 " Good Job"

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Was nice of you to write in Derek with the very nice comment. Glad you could take the time to pay us a visit and check out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

@derekdeabreu2413

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 I have watched you Dave for a entire month and the railroading is fortunate to have a hardworking and dedicated person such as yourself and the personal you work with Great Job Guys...

Cool video very well explained. I learned something new. Always interesting to watch your videos. Thankyou looking forward to more from you. Keep being Awesome 👊👊👍👍

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you John for the very kind words, much appreciated. Am happy you are enjoying 😊

You are a true professional!

what a great video and explanation. Thanks so much for sharing, I always enjoy your channel. Cheers Rob

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Rob, really glad you enjoying the shows, appreciate your watching sir

One time I kept finding these 1" glass marbles along the railroad through town, there on the Santa Fe main. So the track superintendent told me those 1" rough marbles were essentially glass ingots going to a glass foundry. Because if they shipped it as glass sand, in hoppers, half or more of the glass sand would be gone. The glass marbles don't fall out quite as easy from the hopper cars.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

That's very interesting Michael, good thinking on their part. Thanks for sharing sir

Thank you! Learning a ton about railroad MoW! You do a great job!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Duane, very glad you are enjoying, appreciate your kind comment and for watching

Great video Dave, I always see the water pumping on my railfan fishing trips but just thought It was lack of ballast, didnt think about plugged up ballast, always learning from you. Thanks again.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Pappy, we learning from each other my friend 👍

Good tutorial! Happy rails to you!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you glad you enjoyed, just the kind of info you needed to know ....lol

Excellent explanation of the topic! Easy to understand even for us rubber tired commoners.. Lol I learned a lot, thank you!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ben, nice that you enjoyed the show. Appreciate your viewing.

Great lesson on cribbing.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian, nice to know you're enjoying

God bless you and the railroad

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sean for the blessings, we need all the help we can get...lol

Doesn’t seem Fair to have ALL the Fun yourself. Interesting to learn how Cribbing works. Thx! 👍

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Ken, I know .... Glad you enjoyed the show

Your work never ends good lessen today

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very happy you are enjoying, I do appreciate your watching

Great explanation! Thank you!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeffrey, glad you liked and have you seen the video yet where you sit in the cab with me as we dig the cribs out? kzread.info/dash/bejne/ln-G0amHe6ecnNY.html

Thanks for that. I have an interest in, and have worked on, rail, tramways and mining. This applies everywhere. Thanks again m8. :)

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, glad you enjoyed sir. Always good to hear from another railroader

Another excellent video! Thank you. It's great to understand the M.O.W.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Perry, really glad you are enjoying the home movies 🎥 appreciate your watching

Love your vids bud keep up the good work! 👍

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shane, really glad you are enjoying them, appreciate the nice comment

I was hoping to see what you were doing exactly with your equipment. I was hoping to see you work! 😋

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, gonna make a future vid where you sit in cab and dig with me, may be awhile for I post it so stay tuned. Appreciate your watching 😊

One more time crx6700 provides valuable information on properly maintaining a rail bed. Thanks and keep up the good work>

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, nice to know you are enjoying the show. Do appreciate your watching

Nice explanation. Thank you

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Patrick, happy you are liking what you see sir Thank you for viewing

Like the video, Very interesting the way you guys crib out your ties with those machines, We are used to a different process.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed. Curious what other way do you use? We can't undercut unless we have a week or so of dead track. We don't have an undercutter and have to get Hulcher and they won't come in for any less than 4 days work, so this is our best option while still keeping the train running.

@StormySkyRailProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 We had a miniature undercutter that we stopped using just after I started, We then used the big contracting companies with the big undercutters, Ditchers, Shoulder cleaners and such, But then came fiber optic and they ruined the opportunities to undercut in many places along our RoW.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@StormySkyRailProductions guess when they buried that cable didnt think of ballast cleaning work, oh well, that's railroadin 😉

Awesome video! The local short line is getting some track upgrades! I'm looking forward to seeing how they will change out all of the old rail from the 20s with ribbon rail!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to see, good luck! Wonder if they would give you a small section rail with the mill brand on it. We have some bridge guard rail from 1928 🛤

@ericcoffedgp40

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 It definitely would! That would be pretty neat. Some of the rail is from 1925!

Would like to see a video about how to make a curve , how you bend the rail to make it curve . Keep up the good work , love the vids !

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Wow Mark, never thought of that, it would be an interesting video, I will keep it in mind for a distant future! It is amazing how that rail can be curved. Short explanation, when we replace a rail in a curve we have to manually bend it to make it fit. We do this by using lining bars stuck in a tie plate and pushing against the bar, then driving a spike to hold it, this follows along the rail until the next joint is made. Remember the old pictures of all the section gangs using lining bars to bend the rail in place? Thanks for watching and your comment sir!

@Mark-iy4no

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 thank you !

@rockybigdog8506

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Happy digging, can you video digging out the ties?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockybigdog8506 Gonna try make a new one in the future of doing that, for the meantime here's a link to an older vid I made as I'm digging, it's kinda slow going so you don't get the full effect, but am looking into a cam mount for the machine so I can do it much faster. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4yuzNR6hK7anNY.html

@rockybigdog8506

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Thanks just subscribe!

Progress! Thanks for the update!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

You bet! Thanks for viewing

I really like your videos. Keep up the great work

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, makes me feel good knowing your liking what you see, do appreciate your comment sir

@steelcityrailfan4808

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!! Have a great night!

Fine job my friend! That darn coal dust is always fouling things up! … but it does keep ballast rehab people working 😉

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment sir. Being that coal is high carbon, have you ever considered using it as a fertilizer? Or would it take too long to break down in the soil?

@PlanetMojo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 You are welcome! They absolutely use biochar (glorified charcoal) as fertilizer, but I don't know about coal. There may be too many impurities in coal. Does stuff grow well where there is a lot of coal dust on your RR?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetMojo well you did make me think there! Things grow really well along the tracks, i'm guessing cause of all the limestone dust from the ballast, but your right, where there is a lot of coal laying weeds don't do well. Our coal is about 4% sulpher so perhaps that has something to do with it? Sulpher content in coal is undesirable in burning for steam generation and our contracts with power companies stipulate that coal has to have below a certain % sulpher in it or price is adjusted

Love your videos! Turner's Falls Massachusetts here

@williamh.jarvis6795

3 жыл бұрын

I know where that is! A village in the town of Montague, MA.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very pleased to hear that

Love your videos! Not wasted blather but real facts and knowledge! You should come over in your spare time and help us build our excursion railroad! (Southern Oregon Historical Rail Society).

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, nice to hear your liking what you see, appreciate your comment. Would love to come out an help, but already been offered a job on the W&W RR, non paying albeit. See this video to find out some pretty cool history of what was once a very unique RR. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2umusesqJWnp9I.html

That’s railroading! QUESTION: Have you guys seen those swivel knuckle things for the excavator? You obviously know what your doing and seem fine without it, but some of the guys i watch on the tube ,have said it has really helped because the machine doesn’t need to be repositioned as often. Keep up the great work!

@ccrx6700

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have Israel and it would be so awesome to have a swivel on my machine, sure would make things a bit easier at times. We do appreciate your watching and for writing in sir

Dave! When I got up this morning I turned on my computer and saw your channel come up on my "RECOMMENDED" and per usual that is the 1st. page I open! I gotta tell ya; Your words are full of information! When I first found this channel, maybe a little better than a month ago, I would have been very confused what you were talking about. Terms like "coal fines," "cribbing" and "battered head"....... I would have been clueless as to what you was talkin. Heck! Now I feel like I could apply for employment at your Rail Road with confidence. At least nobody could tell me to go and get them a "Spare Wheel Flange" or to get their "Baby's Crib" off the track ! Hummmmmm....."Battered Head".....now there's some food for thought!.....

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Captain for the very nice comment, always nice to know that others are learning and enjoying. Just sharing some of what i've learned over the years. When I'm ready retire, gonna train my replacement by tell him just go watch these videos... lol Do appreciate your watching 😊

Happy Rails!!!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

😉 everyday nobody gets hurt, nothing breaks down or nothing derails is a good day on the RR

Fouled ballast, fun fun..

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Eric, it is fun to dig them out, makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something, at least the train operators and going to like the ride over this section a lot better than before!

Good morning from Norway! So you have enjoyed a weekend with what we call a "wash-out zone", it is a problem that occurs on the same place, year after year here! But it happens that the management gives us money to repair it properly! Most of the track that we are working on is from 1880- 1910, so the structure is often not drained properly. On the Railroad I work on, we have different enemies, one is the sun during summertime, water in the spring, leaf in the autumn, and snow in the winter! But of all things, water is the worst! It is almost not a year without a derailing one place on the line! At the line you have here, is it often you have derailment due to the structure? Well, i have my doubt, it look like a well maintained railroad you have there! But it would be interesting to know a litle bit about your... Challenges. Well, we are going out on a inspection trip today, it is room for us between some train now due to the Covid situation, so i have ordered time for my loco today at 1105 CET. And then we find out what to do next weekend! But then it is Easter, so it will make some extra money. Have a good day Sir!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Old time rail roader once told me there are 3 things you have to know about maintaining a track bed, they are Drainage, Drainage and Drainage.. You inspect track from your loco or do you pull a geometry car with it? They have problems with leaves in the autumn on several commuter lines in New England, they've tried different methods of trying to get the leaves off the tracks, We don't have that problem luckily. I started full time track maintenance 18 years ago and we've only had 1 derailment in that time due to track conditions, it was my first year and a joint bar broke on a high degree curve on a 2% up grade climb, the operator threw the train into emergency and 2 cars came off. Our biggest challenge is mud in the tracks and with all jointed track to deal with it's gotten far out of hand. There are only 2 of us that work track maintenance and we almost always have to work live track so time is limited. Send me a link or the name of the RR you work on so I can look it up and learn more about it please

We railroading lol love it.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir 👍 Thank you for watching Chad

awesome! thank you sir!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome David, happy to be able to do these and thankful for those who view them

Thank You Very nice it would be nice to see it in action

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, am gonna make happen sometime soon for ya. Appreciate your watching 😊

Bum ba dee, dah.... Cleaning fouled ballast. Smart and good.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, clean ballast means a healthy track surface that will stay in place for a good long time. The loco operators don't like going over roller coaster track .... lol Thanks for viewing

Thanks for the explanation at least your situation wasn't as bad as the Powder River muck debacle a while back. Also with lower speeds you don't get all the dust swirling off the top. Several months ago a major diamond near Milwaukee was replaced that supposedly was having drainage problems. Almost 60 trains per day

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, don't know anything bout that Powder River thing. Gonna have look it up. You're right not much dust coming off the top, every now and then someone will overload a bit and some of that comes off. Appreciate your watching and writing in

@paulbergen9114

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 The Powder River problem was 10 or so years ago when coal was still king out there. Years of deferred maintenance along with increased use of air discharge bottom dump did a number and resulted in sections being dug out to the subgrade and being repaid. Years ago it was estimated on a 100 car train it lost a whole car due to swirling wind. This led to mines applying a liquid wax coating to the load. Utilities sued as their stockpiles dwindled during a hot summer. So your problems look small by comparison. Many a unit train in long term storage so could get some low mileage beauties fairly cheap

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbergen9114 wow Paul, thats really interesting, thank you for sharing with me! Thats amazing losing over 100 tons per train, holy smokes Batman. I can just imagine what their ballast looked like.... hmmm, they needed me to dig! 😉

Thank you

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Jim, appreciate your watching 😊

Interesting wow

Hey, have you ever thought of giving us some "live action", like taking us along while you're running the excavator? There are guys like "lets dig 18" who just film themselves digging and working. It'd be fun to look over your shoulder as you show us how it's done!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Try this, I know it's rather slow because I don't have a phone holder but do show you how cribbing is done while I'm running the machine.. Anyway thanks for watching sir, kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4yuzNR6hK7anNY.html

@fredygump5578

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Thanks. I see someone commented on that video that you need a hands free mount, and I agree! You can find something to do the job on Amazon for like $10.

@espeescotty

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously I'm not the first with this idea, but I was thinking maybe looking into a GoPro. I just recently bought my first GoPro, a Hero 9. Not only can you mount it on different places around the equipment, but you could set it up on a tripod or something else and you can shoot time lapse videos showing the progress over say an hour or so. Time lapse vids and different hands-free angles really can show you doing you thing, plus it'll add nice variety to your vids.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@espeescotty Would love do that, and coming from a professional like yourself, advice is well taken. However.. As you know most RR's will not allow emplouees to do this stuff. We are very lucky I can. Management knows I do them on my cell phone. They are okay with that. Cell usage is accepted and part of our communication with train and dispatch. Taking these vids is allowed, but with some stipulations. I asked bout getting some vid equipment. I was told from management they didnt think that was a good idea for me to be carrying vid equipment around with me on the job. So i'm not willing to push my luck and take the chance of them simply saying no more videos at all. We are getting some management changes here so hopefully i can be given more freedom at that time, we will wait and see

@espeescotty

3 жыл бұрын

Ah right, I understand fully. Let's not risk a good thing and push the limits. I still enjoy your content as it is now, and I see many others do too. Happy railroading to you! 😁

Yep, sifter bucket is a good investment for your railroad it looks like. Right now looks like you are ready to double track her.😂

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Sure would be nice have double track, run trains on one while I get to work full days on the other, we need it! Am hoping they go for the sifter idea, they are fairly inexpensive, gotta get one that will fit my Kubota, it has a Kubota design hook up for the bucket so that gonna make it more expensive, the cribbing bucket was $1500. Thanks for watching

@bluefj-wc3vz

3 жыл бұрын

Just tell em “we need some double track. That’s railroadin!”😂

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluefj-wc3vz 👍

Standing water on the ballast is sure not good. You have video proof that you're working on the right spot. Another great edition of 'that's railroadin'!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff for the nice comment, really do appreciate your taking the time to watch these.

Yeah buddy!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adam, happy you are enjoying 😊

Happy rails indeed.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bob, at least the loco operators will be happy now, they didn't like all the rocking that was going on in this section. Get her all tamped up and it will be nice and even ride for them. Thanks for watching and hope all is well your way sir

I see a lone tie plate & spike I wonder how/where they came from. Damage along there someplace?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Lester, yea saw that, probably dropped off one of the tie gang machines when they were through here last fall.

Been watching a while now...cool content my friend. Wondering how long it will take you to do that small section solo with the machinery on hand?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

James, thanks for your comment and for watching, happy you are liking what you see. It usually takes me about an hour and a half to crib out 40 feet. In my next video on this subject will show that I also have to straighten ties and space them which takes some time to do also.

You need one of those big ballast cleaning MOW trains

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Warren, i need hit mega millions lotto, spend all the money on concrete ties, new rail and new locos ....lol 🤔 and did I mention all new ballast!

@Historail

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 That's the dream. I would very quickly be the owner of a shortline if I won the lottery, try and save my city's dying service

Considering how often you inspect and replace rails, how quickly would you say it took that battered head to show up? Is this something that "suddenly", all at once, shows up after years of up and down or it it something you noticed a while back and you've just been waiting for it to get "bad enough" over a few months?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

It's been happening for some time. With only 2 of us working track maintenance, we just can't get to everything that needs done right away, so this got put on the back burner until we could get there. If we don't replace that bad joint then eventually the head on the rail is just going to blow out, so it's on the list to get replaced soon. Appreciate your watching

They need to bring an undercutter in there and do the whole line, it would save you a lot of track maintenance.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

if we had enough dead track that would be ideal, but seems like they like to run trains here...LOL and getting the track time to undercut a lot just isn't gonna happen so we do what we can to keep the train running. Appreciate your watching

Love the knowledge you share, much appreciated. Don’t you need to use the saw attachment (forget what you call it already) to rake coal and mud debris from under the ties then place you new stone so the ties have a solid footing? So, that being said I guess maybe the rail bottoms between the ties also help displace that weight as the rail itself pushes on the stone? I am pretty clueless sorry, just trying to understand.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct sir. Do consider that we don't have an undercutter, we have to rely on Hulcher to come in and do it. They won't come in for any less than 4 days so we have to have time when the train isn't running to do it. This only happens for a few weeks every year. While it is the best way to do things, it's not something we can do on a consistant basis. So cribbing is our next best option. Also when I tamp and lift track that will put the new rock under the ties, after several passes tamping I will have lifted the track about 4 inches above where it currently is. Hope that explains a bit more, and thank you for asking a very intelligent question

@kurtzbradley

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Very good sir appreciate the thorough reply. I find the lifting/tamping, all of your specialized tools and equipment quite fascinating. Thanks for all you do for your viewers! Be safe out there!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurtzbradley your welcome, it's nice to be able to share, especially when it's appreciated and so many of those who write in are grateful. It's very special to me. 😊

One station added a '$applaud' to next to his like button, Missionary bush pilot, maybe you can too ?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Will check it out, I'm not the best at computer savvy, thanks

The hopper car door edges could be self-sealing somewhat similar to the way that couplers interlock.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

When the linkages are adjusted properly or don't have much wear on them, and the car doors aren't bent, they do seal pretty well, just that these are pretty old cars with a lot of wear and not enough mechanics to keep everything up to par. Do appreciate your watching and for writing in Robin

Great video,those little mounds of mud,can you film those when the train goes over it to show all of your followers what happens.Its cool to see but very bad for the track,but you explain well and it would let them understand more of why your doing that.Ive seen those little mud volcanoes really shoot stuff skyward.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

That's a really good idea there sir! Yep we have mud volcanoes in places too. One we have is really weird, there's mud in the tracks but this little volcano is about 4 feet off the side of the track, got a diameter of about 3 feet, every time a train goes over that section, that little guy spurts out a bit more mud. Rail is amazing the amount of flex it has in it. Glad you enjoyed the movie and really liked your comment!

I saw some ties out of place (nearly touching at one end). Are you able to move them back in place while you are cribbing?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Tom, excellent observation sir! Watch my next video which I will address that issue. Do appreciate your watching. Just can't think of everything when I make these, so made a second video to go over some more things, will publish it in a couple of days for you

Is there a track machine available that would be similar to a tie ejector that would simply shove the fouled ballast straight out from between the ties? Or maybe just a tie ejector that would use a ramrod of sorts to push material through. Seems faster than digging, but I suppose if it worked Jackson would already make one.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Matt, very good question and yes there is one. We are looking into possibly renting one if it becomes available. 😊

With having that much fine coal in the cribs and on the side does that also increase the chances of a fire happening from sparks off of brakes or wheels?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Stephen, you always got some good questions. Thankfully we've yet to have that happen, although there been several field firs along the tracks from sparks out of the loco exhaust, couple those fires were intense with several fire companies called out and the loco was used to shuttle them from fire to fire, that one had fires spread out over a 4 mile stretch. Thank you for watching sir 👍

@crabcake43011

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Wouldn’t have thought of that! There was a NW line next to my grandparents farmhouse and the concern was sparks from the steamers in the day. Didn’t consider diesels throwing sparks, but if the turbo gets carboned up from too much idling / low load- Bingo. Probably not as big of a concern with the Class 1’s. Seems they worry more about wholesale seal failures and the flame thrower that causes! The NW primarily hauled taconite and that made the ballast pretty dirty too.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@crabcake43011 William, can't imagine the fires that happened back in the 1800's in the prairies. Sometimes when our emd locos sit then the first run if it's after dark the operators have told me its a real spark show

Great interesting videos.How many miles of track do you maintain?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked the show. We have 17 miles of track, haul exclusively coal from the mine to a barge loading facility on the Monongahela river

Seems tedious, you must be a patient man!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

David, it is sir. Got to be really careful I don't pull the track out of alignment, have done that before. Doesn't take much the more ties that get uncovered. The ballast adds a lot of resistance and without it, then I can pull the alignment way out of whack ... try not do that cause then I gotta fix it ! Lol. Gotta be careful doing this when it real hot too, cause the heat will buckle a track without ballast pretty quick. Thanks for watching 😊

How big is the ballast you guys use, our mainline ballast is around 2"- 3" which provides better drainage, it's also known as farmers rock at some quarries.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Jason, the rock we use is called #3, it's about the size of tennis balls. NS around' here uses a similar size but it's granite. They have unit trains which bring it in, granite is way too expensive for us, it would be like triple the cost of limestone. Problem with limestone is first the dust, then because it softer than granite, continual tamping breaks it up which actually contributes to dust plugging up track, but we have no choice . We have 3 quarries here, they all have a different hardness in their limestone, long story bout that

@jasonbabila6006

3 жыл бұрын

Sending an email

@jasonbabila6006

3 жыл бұрын

We use basalt as our ballast and we get our ballast trains loaded up with basalt at a quarry with a balloon track.

How many miles of railroad do you do maintenance on? Either your company really wants their rails in impeccable condition, or the miles are so many, or this line requires extreme amounts of maintenence. Either way its always fun and interesting to watch. Thank you for your work and will to share

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

We have 17 miles track, it is unique. All jointed track and only thing we haul is coal. If we only hauled tankers or box cars, etc, then we wouldn't have much of these kind of problems, so yes with that combination we do have a lot of stuff that needs done. And with only 2 of us in MOW plus we have to work live track most of the time, it is sometimes limited to the amount we can get done. We only get about 2 weeks sometimes 3 out of the whole year where we have dead track which doesn't help either. Thanks for watching and for the comment, glad you are enjoying the show

lookin good! doin a fine job! i think your channel would be well served if you could find some kind of mount so you could show your process as you work. im sure a large percentage of your viewers have never witnessed many of your tasks. also, an inexpensive tripod would free up your hands to demonstrate things like spiking, snapping creepers etc. hope you dont mind....just trying to 'value add' . till next time.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, am looking into something better and see what I can do. Please also understand, as you very well know many RR's would not even allow this kind of taping. Management knows I take videos, they are okay with it. All of us carry cell phones, they are an important part of our communication with train and dispatch. Management allows me to do this, but with some stipulations. I asked about using better equipment than a cell, they said, "We don't think that's a good idea to carry video equipment on the job" So I have to be careful what I do, I sure don't want to risk having them tell me to stop videoing. I certainly do appreciate your comment, and I totally agree with you, but now that you know more of the story you'll better understand. I am going to get a gopro to do taping when I'm off the job, so that is a start in the right direction.

It goes to show you that one must keep on top of the rail system . There is always work to be done .

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

You are so right in that Erich, in railroading you ignore your infrastructure at your own peril. Thank you so much for visiting with us and watching. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

What do you use for NRT on your CWR back there? About 75 maybe?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

We have almost no CWR here, it's 98% jointed track, but generally we consider the neutral rail temp to be between 60 and 70. As you know it of far greater importance when installing CWR than jointed rail. Do appreciate your watching sir

@wasatchrangerailway6921

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 I really enjoy watching your enthusiasm!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@wasatchrangerailway6921 Thanks 🤗

Just curious, was this track neglected, or is this normal maintence? The reason I ask, is that the B&LE is just right next door, their track looks much worse, all clogged up with ore pellets. They run 2 CN or IC SD-70’s on the head end, over 100 hoppers, then 1 or 2 pushers. They don’t seem too worried about the ballast unless a rail breaks!

@ThePTBRULES

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone want to start a group to buy B&LEs Greenville Shops? It's probably simply too much work for a much larger railroad, especially when you're held by a Class 1 (CN). They probably have MOW trains occasionally re ballasts the whole sections of track.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo, we've never before cribbed this section, they been running since 1977 over it. Get it all tamped up and hopefully will be good for a lot of years to come. Do appreciate your watching 😊

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@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Raymond, appreciate your watching 😊

Lucky you. I work primarily in tunnels where there is no room for machinery. We have to crib ties the old fashioned way. Spades & shovels! 😔

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Gotta be a tough guy work all day like that! Sometimes when i'm dighing the stuff is so hard you gotta ram it 3 or 4 times to break it up. Can't imagine doing that with a hand pick. My hat is off to you sir 👍

@lajeff718

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Thank you! Keep doing what you're doing. I love your channel! Stay safe!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@lajeff718 Nice to know you are liking it. Where is you work at sir? We have 3 tunnels, 1 has concrete floor, other 2 are ballast. 1 of those desperately needs some cribbing, we need you! You're right, there is no room in there for a machine to do it

@lajeff718

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 NYC Transit. We have a lot of outdoor tracks also. But I'm primarily underground.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@lajeff718 Awesome! Have a friend who is engineer on 7 line, he runs morning rush, he's told me some unprintable stories of what sometimes happens there. Great to meet someone in MOW there! Hope you'll keep writing in. I'm Dave, nice to meet you. Be careful as I know you are on that 3rd rail!

A ROI assessment of Bethgon style coal cars and a rotary dumper vs all this track maintenance and rail replacement might show it is worth it. No tools exist that let you bore out the rock between the ties from the tie ends instead of using that narrow bucket?

@ThePTBRULES

3 жыл бұрын

It's fine particles, there is no way to fix that other than remove and replace the gravel. In theory, you could use a rock separator and reuse the gravel, but that probably isn't worth the time.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Having different cars would certainly make a huge difference, I'm always jealous when I visit NS tracks here, they use the high sided gons for coal and the ballast is clean,. Have never seen anything like a boring machine type used for this, very interesting idea!

Sweet!!! .. hey you missed a spot !!! 😂😁

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Very observant....watched the video and went back and got it done.....LOL You made me laugh

I was checking out the railroad on the Goggle Earth desktop app to see what it looks like. It says Imagery date 3/21/2021 and there's your tamper on top of a section of cribbed ties, the hi-rail a few yards away, and the mini off to one side. I'm like, "I know who's in that tamper!"

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow David that is teally awesome to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing with me 👍

You folks have any way to clean your ballast ?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Kurt, currently we don't, sure would be nice tho if we did. Would save a lot of money.

Were you saying that you'd have some machinery come in to clean the ballast outside the ties, where you'd dropped the mix from between the ties? IIRC, from some YT vids, there are some machines built especially for the purpose of "freshening up" the ballast. Way less expensive than replacing mucky mix with fresh stone.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Would be great idea if we could get it in here, but not being connected to another RR limits our options, so we have to do things the slow way sometimes. Thanks for viweing the vid sir 😊

You should see the ND&W in NW Ohio. That track will give you nightmares!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Eric, that's a new RR on me! Am learning all kinds of things never knew before. Thank you

@ericzerkle5214

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Yeah they run on the old Wabash Toledo branch from New Haven, Ind.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericzerkle5214 👍

@ericzerkle5214

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Look it up on here and watch the videos. You might cry seeing how bad it is.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericzerkle5214 Oh WOW, that was unbelievable! That video would make a good training film for Penn Central.. LOL Really appreciate your letting me know about it Eric kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWR5ybN7f8yoYpc.html

Shoulder clean the ends, water can’t stay under and it’s quicker, cheaper. In combination with a two inch lift for best results. The wasted ballast on the sides is huge. Why is the track not continuously welded?

@brendenvosper7772

3 жыл бұрын

When I wrote that I did not realize it was an isolated line.

I love watching the videos, but please use some form of video stabilization. It's available in KZread when you upload them, and after. It would make it so much easier to watch. Thanks.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, did some looking but was unable to find in the utube editor where that was available, can you point me in the right direction to find it?

@LiveeviL6969

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 I apologize, apparently KZread took that feature away since the last time I uploaded a video. The only way for you to do it would be through software before you upload. I'm sure you are just using your phone to video and uploading it directly so you don't have a good way to easily stabilize it. Oh well

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

@@LiveeviL6969 they must have, after your suggestion I tried find out how do it but failed. Better days are coming, am gonna buy a gopro, the reviews say the stabilization is pretty good, now I'm gonna have learn how use it, but I'll get it figured out. Always open for tips on how I can improve things 😉

What is the definition of relay rail?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Paul, read the description in this video for a short explanation of what relay rail is, and thanks for watching sir kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYWalLZtZanPZZc.html

OKS !!! Great ""EDUCATION"" on the rails !!! Seems like you could use ""LEFTY & MANUAL "" to help with the work ??? The ""OL"" DAYS are long gone ,,but the ""WORK "" remains to KEEP things Rolling !! Have a good week as more rain coming for TUES. PM & WED..AM according to ""TWC"" !! ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Git R Done! You can do it, best of luck to ya

What is the point of crabby them out and dumping more stone?

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

To provide a way for the water to run away from the track, when the ballast is contaminated the water wants to stay in the track instead of draining away. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and writing in

There was so much coal dust in the ballast that I thought it was all shale at first.

@ccrx6700

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's just full of coal fines, that stuff acts like a plug sealing in water from draining out, it's a constant battle we have to deal with. Thanks for watching