That oily stuff on the rails we call “crater” grease. Its used in the gear boxes. It comes in a sealed plastic bag; one throws the whole bag in the gearbox, and it chews it up. We put a bag in every 92 days. There really is no seal to the gearbox, so it more or less oozes out from everywhere. It let’s you know its in there.

@johniacono3725

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Just worried that something else was broken. I have some RR background. I worked as a Steam RR Fireman for the Valley RR in Conn. Lots of Fun but I got too old for the job. Lots of responsibility !

@richardbause2453

Жыл бұрын

Just don't get the Grease on your close or yourself, it doesn't like to come off and if bubblegum is bad on the bottom of your shoes, this is worse.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much my friend for sharing that info with us.

@1ironbird1

Жыл бұрын

I just stumbled on your videos tonight. Reminds me of good times when I was 18yr old working for a short line rr owned by Ideal Basics in South West Arkansas. Our train switched out the cement cars, and we had two feed mills for the chicken industry that is big here. I only worked there 5 years, part of the time on the track crew, part of the time in a shop repairing cars that came on the line. We did it all, also, derailments, filling the sand bunkers on the locomotives, pulling traction motors, etc. We had a two man shop crew that kept up our two locomotives we had. Just one thing we did with the rerailers, was to drive a spike in the ties behind the ears of device. I certainly would not try to tell you your job, you guys certainly got the job done 👍👍. Thank you for the videos! Brings back great memories.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@1ironbird1 👍😊❤️

Very interesting video. Don’t you guys just have a giant hand that comes down and puts the engine back on the track like I do in the basement?😅😅

@rearspeaker6364

Жыл бұрын

The Green giant was getting his nails done...........................

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

You mean an Addams Family giant Thing? he actually had a date that night with Cousin It's twin sister and was unavailable for re railing efforts.... LOL LOL. I hear you on the giant hand, that's the way i learned to re rail on my HO set as a kid. Those silly cars were always coming off. Thank you so much Jim for visiting with us and taking in tonight's home movie.

This is incredible that we get such detailed coverage of such incredibly unusual events. Thank you so much for the time and effort you take in putting these together for us.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome. So glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your very nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.

@johnpotter4750

Жыл бұрын

Nice to see even the initial failed re-rail event, never seen the like in my 40+ years (Ex-Electrification (ECRO) S.R. UK)

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpotter4750 👍😊

Aww shucks, I was hoping you had a steam crane coming in to set it back on. I stood in the rain one night about 55 years ago just to watch one of those steam cranes pick up and place a diesel locomotive back on the repaired track that was about 10' away from the track. Watching the operator pulling and pushing on those levers was impressive.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Now that would have been awesome to see a steam crane in here and see that working. They called them Big Hooks back in the day for lifting heavy stuff like locos. Thanks so much for dropping by and taking in tonight's show my friend.

@waynehall6273

Жыл бұрын

I have seen one of those Bucyrus steam cranes in operation back in the late 1960's working a derailment north of Oglethorpe, Ga. It was impressive watching it and the communications with the locomotive without a radio.

@bigun447

Жыл бұрын

@@waynehall6273 The thing that amazed me was that when he started any movement or lifts was the small size of the steam cylinders. That was when I really started realizing the power of steam. Seeing those side boom crawlers today just is not the same.

When them rerailer things slip off it shuts a guy's breathing off for a second. Whew-we Dave that was scary, that's enough breathing exercises for one day. Good video 😀

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

It gets really frustrating to see that happen Jim, but that's railroading. Thanks so much for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.

There is even mystery and suspense on the railroad! Thank you for sharing Dave! It is always a good idea to find the cause of a problem, but sometimes it is not possible, I think it happens to everyone eventually.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

This happened a year ago Raymond and I'm still puzzled as to why. We ran same loco for thousands of trains since then with no problems at all. Was just a bad hair day for the loco that night. But, that's railroading. Always a pleasure to have you pay us a visit my friend.

@CSltz

Жыл бұрын

When someone hits something on the road with a snowplow . And ruins the blade. They call it a “frozen squirrel “!

So cool. The forces at work are amazing. Always glad you bring us along.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed tonight's home movie oneFreetinker. We certainly do appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

FYI...I would recommend replacing all of the rails and ties every 5 years... Also the hopper cars every 10 years. The locos...every 10 years. Remember the workload these machines have to endure, plus the weather. I think it would actually save money in the long run. I understand the mine has at least 30 years of coal left. Steve in California

@ccrx6700

3 ай бұрын

Well let's see, 21 ties per 39 foot section of rail at $100 a tie to buy them and install. Next comes $1500 for a new stick of 39 foot rail, then replace both sides of the track, plus the cost to install the rail. Now figure that times 16 miles of track to do. Then for the cars, $20,000 per used car, plus another 20,000 just to get them here. If you buy new cars they are around $125,000 per car times 60 some cars we have. Better get a bigger calculator to figure all that up! Or we better start selling our coal for 500 a ton to pay for it.... :-)

Murphys law at work. Thats the first time I've seen a 3 axle truck only dump 1 axle off. Strange. Thanks for going in after hours to get the unique footage.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

First time for me also Matt. Very strange and I have yet to figure it out. Glad you enjoyed the show and we always appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.

Awesome video Dave, love your channel my friend!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Dave. Thank you so much for your very nice comment. We always appreciate your visiting with us my friend.

Dave you had another really good video this evening I really enjoyed it . Dave I really love watching your videos I even try to watch some of your older videos too .

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike for the really nice comment. We certainly appreciate your great support of the channel. So glad to hear you have having a good time with us my friend.

Thanks again, Dave, for another informative video.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Your welcome Barry, glad you enjoyed the show. That was quite a night, very cold, but we had some good help and the guys all worked very hard together to get that loco back on. Very grateful my friend for your taking the time to visit with us and check out the derailment video.

Great video Dave, very interesting on re-railing. Thanks for sharing.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian, so glad you liked watching. Always appreciate your taking the time to tune in my friend.

Great video Dave, healthy New Years wishes

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tom. Very glad you enjoyed the home movie. We certainly do appreciate your joining in with us and watching my friend.

Outtstanding! Thank you! Keep Going!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very nice comment Sue, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and watch my friend.

Another excellent video, Dave! Man #22 has had a hard few days! Glad they were able to get her back on the rails. Hope she's not cursed!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Shane, glad you enjoyed tonight's home movie. We certainly do appreciate your checking things out my friend.

I was cheering you guys on when you were trying to get er back on the rails and Aww man! When it didn't! Very good video. Glad it finally budged back where it had to go. Good teamwork! Thank you for sharing.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your efforts at helping Trena. You know how much we always enjoy hearing from you my friend.

Man if I could be half as happy as you are in these videos I’d be much better off….. my work absolutely pisses me off constantly

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for paying us a visit and checking out the presentation. Hope you soon get to feeling better at work my friend.

Great video Thanks

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin, very glad you enjoyed. Always appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.

Thank you...great...

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Ed for taking the time to check out the presentation my friend. We really appreciate your visiting with us.

Another great video

@ccrx6700

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much altpraize for the kind words, so pleased to hear you enjoyed this one. That was quite a night for sure! It was very cold which didn't help matters very much. They finally got the loco rerailed after they used a second loco to pull it up onto the rails. Very grateful my friend for your taking the time to visit with us and check this one out.

I admire your hard work and sharing the jobs you do with the rest of us. The more I see of #22, though, the more I think it is just on the verge of breaking down on every run. You deserve a lot of credit for keeping the wheels turning! Stay warm, spring is coming, the robins are already here in west Texas

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Jeff for taking the time to visit with us and for the nice comment. We really appreciate your watching the video my friend. 22 is currently in the shop awaiting an executive decision on whether to put a new engine in it or not, it does have some serious problems.

Awesome video of the challenges of railroading. Enjoyed watching and have a great upcoming weekend.(Steve)

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure you've been on many similar type of derailments over your career. This single axle sure has me puzzled as to why. Always appreciate your visiting with us my good friend, glad you enjoyed the show.

@StormySkyRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Yes I have and agree with you a 100%. Have a great rest of your day Dave.

Watched a video a few days ago where the last few cars had so much harmonic rocking it looked like the trucks were about to lift off the track, the guy filming even shouted, "It's going to derail!". Somehow those cars stayed on the rails, despite how far out those cars leaned. I needed to see this video of yours right now though. We're having one of those months where everything at home wants to break or go wrong at the same time. Puts our troubles into a little more perspective.

@ccrx6700

4 ай бұрын

I hear you on the when it rains it pours, seems like that happens in cycles around our home too,.... sigh. It is amazing how cars can rock so bad yet still stay on track, but at other times just the slightest little thing can cause a derail, one of life's big mysteries to me. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and check out the derailment video my friend.

Thanks Dave.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Gerald, always a pleasure to have you visit with us my friend. Glad you enjoyed tonight's home movie.

Made for a hard day's work didn't it Dave ... Thx for another great adventure ...

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Yes but that's railroading! LOL Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.

I’m amazed at the flex between axles on the same truck. Thanks for sharing the rerailing process. And hope I’m never involved in that process. Keep having fun Dave!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

The axles do have a good bit of up and down movement. If Rodney had been there, this never would have happened....LOL Always a pleasure to have you visit with us my friend.

Never a dull moment on the RR Dave. Get some sleep. Thanks

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks William for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us today and writing in my friend.

Sounds like you all might have a bit of haunted rail area.. may want to check back in the history archives.. but all said and done, one must admit, it makes for an interesting day and a GREAT video for us ! Thank you for sharing the good , the bad, and the ugly with us Dave!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed Paul. Thank you for the very nice comment and for taking the time to tune in and watch my friend.

Maybe the front traction motor stalled or is out if phase withe others, causing it to hop or bite the rail and jump out. Just my 2¢. Thanks for the update !

@rearspeaker6364

Жыл бұрын

now, that would be a good one.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

You never know, that was over a year ago and I'm still puzzled as to how it happened. Some weird goofball stuff sometimes happens on the RR. Over a year has passed since this was filmed, same loco, loading the cars same way, thousands of times since then with no problems. Go figure. Always a pleasure to have you pay us a visit my friend. Thank You.

Great show Dave. When I lived in Western Maryland I heated with COAL, in 1978 nut coal at the mine cost about $35.00 a ton. Great to see you helping to keep my lights on.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Joe for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your dropping by and watching. Nut coal now is going for $600 a ton! If you can find it. Europe is hurting for coal big time and is jacking up the price. It's really hard to find around here now.

What bad luck Dave and on cold night. Thank Dave for the video, it take a lot of dedication to do this work and video it too,

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us and writing in my friend.

good video as always

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, so glad you enjoyed the home movie today my friend. Really appreciate your stopping by and watching.

Thanks for the video. You had a very long day and the cold weather dose not help. Hard days work.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Cold always makes things more difficult, but that's railroading. Thank you so much Beverly for your very nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

Well that was exciting Dave ! I was yelling just like you were. The wife said " What's going on over their " as she sat at the kitchen table ! Totally awesome video ! The same thing happens on my model railroad. Sometimes I can't find any reason at all. At that point I say " Well that's railroadin " ! Thanks for sharing .

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Well your right Scott that's railroading.... :-) Sorry about Mrs. getting upset with you, please blame it on me.... I really enjoyed hearing that! Always appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

Another very interesting installment Dave! Man, I love seeing those old EMDs! The paint scheme is very unique! Great work gents!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the show Eric. Always appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

@ericcoffedgp40

Жыл бұрын

@ccrx 6700 That's Railroadin! Sure thing Dave and thanks for sharing!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@ericcoffedgp40 👍😊

You have a gremlin living up there Dave, he just likes to let you know he is still there. Thanks Dave stay warm out there, that truly was a that's railroadin story.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

I do think we do Jeff, but he makes for some pretty cool videos....LOL Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with me and check out the gremlin show my friend.

Your videos are so much better than watching trains going by.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike for the nice comment. Glad you are enjoying. Would have been hard to watch this train go by with loco on ground.... LOL Always appreciate your visiting with us my friend.

The things you do to provide content for this channel - commendable! :)

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the home movies Dick. Really appreciate the very nice comment and for all your wonderful support my friend.

Thanks for great video Dave. Yes, derailments ae a funny thing. Something things just derail just because. We always said it happened because things were going smoothly on the railroad. I've derailed the hyrail trucks and various equipment many times. I love those butterfly rerailers, the Camelbacks are nice too, not as easy to deploy as the butterflies. There's been many derailments where we used seemingly every trick in the book to get things back on. Used butterflies to get the wheels close enough for the Camelbacks, blocks of wood, tie plates and joint bars. Sometimes even had to build a temporary track underneath the car , that always sucked.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Zach, sure wish you had been with us that night, You'd have gotten her back on! Really appreciate your sharing some of your first hand experiences with us my good friend.

Thanks Dave.. Have a great 😃.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Wayne. So nice of you to stop by and watch the show today my friend.

@waynegarrison2481

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 do you collect railroad stuff.... If so next time I come east. I'll stop by and give it to you.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@waynegarrison2481 👍😊

I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I'm glad they got it back on and that no one was hurt. Thank you for your great videos. You sure have added a lot to my life. Don't worry it has all been great, you are a blessing to me and Steve.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very pleased to hear we had you in suspense Valerie. You might find this interesting. In 2nd grade my first girl friend was named Valerie. I told her I was going to marry her then, but I was going to work for a lumber company in a town 30 minutes away and didn't think that she would want to move that far away.... Anyway we graduated together and after 2nd grade did not pursue the romance, my mistake. She ended up marrying a guy with the same last name as me. She got cancer, survived and is now a volunteer person helping others with like problems. Always appreciate hearing from you my friend. Life is often quite an interesting adventure.

@valeriebassett3107

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Yes it is, but I don't believe that things happen for no reason at all. Have a great week.

You had me up doing stress circles in the break room watching this Have a great day

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Sorry if I caused any anxiety.... :-) Take 2 aspirin and call me in the morning..... Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

If there is a problem to figure out it would be you to solve it. Thanks for sharing the video Dave

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vote of confidence Rick, but this one still has me puzzled and everyone else too. Really appreciate your kind words and for checking out tonight's show my friend.

I've seen the re-railing process a bunch of times but, That's Railroadin'!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Andrew for stopping by and watching today's home movie my friend. Always an adventure re railing stuff.

Hey Dave, great video. I think the grease may have been knocked loose when the wheel went off rail. Indeed, the stresses on rail are most extreme in heat and cold. Keep hauling coal!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas, glad you enjoyed. I think you are correct in the grease thing. Was very cold that night and things always are more of a struggle in the cold as you probably already know. Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. yep, we hauling coal as best we can. Got to keep those fuel supplied for those electric cars.... LOL

Thanks for showing us how you put an engine back on the tracks. Have a great evening my friend.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Lewis, thank you for the very nice comment and for watching my friend.

Another great opportunity to see what 99% of people normally don’t get to. I’ve never heard of or seen a re-railer before but now I have thanks to you Dave! I always assumed locos and cars were re-railed by a crane. Great video man!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul for the very nice comment. Very glad you enjoyed this one. We certainly appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

Anoth great video Dave! It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this myself. That’s one thing I miss since I retired, the everyday things that happen, I sometimes wish that I had never retired!!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

I hear you on the wish not to be retired Joe, it will be extremely difficult for me to do. I do love being out here even if there are problems. Thank you very much for watching and writing in my friend.

Got to love them late night emergencies. We get them in the bridge construction from time to time.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Seems like everything unwanted happens at night.... Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

Being a yard and over the road engineer for Conrail out of Cedar Hill yard back in the "good old days" I was never on an engine that decided to jump rail but for my fellow locomotive drivers that did and you get something like that I just have the wreck master come down and weld that derailer right to the rails so it cannot slide. So much better, faster and easier just to throw a couple of tacks on it.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

That's so awesome you ran for CR. Have several guys who write in once in awhile that worked for PC thru into CR. I love hearing old RR history. We have a better set of rerailers that you have a bar that goes under the rail to hold them in place, however the ballast that night was frozen solid and what a chore that would have been to dig out the ballast. Thank you so very much for watching and writing in my friend.

Howdy Dave, I remember as a kid seeing this happen as i was watching a P&LE train from my kitchen window (a bit of a distance, but close enough to see) pulling out of Monessen steel mill, they got it re-railed in 4 tries. My theory is that the cold kept the truck from pivoting as free as it should, and forced the pressure side up and over, as a freak one time thing where all the stars aligned

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Cool story Matt. Thanks so much for sharing with us. Pretty neat you got to see them do that. Very much appreciate your dropping by and checking out the home movie my friend.

@JohnH0130

Жыл бұрын

When he said they were having trouble rerailing due to the truck pivot being stiff, I too wondered if that might have been the cause of the accident to begin with.

Wow tough night that one was. She sure was stubborn about not wanting to get back on that rail. Thanks for the fascinating and frustrating video.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your certainly welcome. Thank you for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us and writing in my friend.

Thanks Dave for the video. It's those darn little railroad gnomes. You can't see them, sometimes you hear them, and you think it's a tie squeaking, but it's really the little rascals up under the tie plates playing a fiddle. Well, that's railroading!!

@mackfisher4487

Жыл бұрын

I understand that during World War II, the Army air Corps rumor mill inadvertently started a rumor that when equipment went bad for no apparent reason it was because of gremlins.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Rick, agree on the gnomes, I have no explanation for why this happened. However our new favorite catch all phrase for everything that goes wrong is: Thermal expansion caused by global warming initiated by man made CO 2....LOL Always a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.

Nice to see the locomotive got back up on the track.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Wish I could have stayed to film that arkay, but it was late when they got it back on and I had to get home to bed for work the next day. Always appreciate hearing from you my friend.

Awesome vid Dave thanks for sharing we used jacks with a little tilt and a jack iron sometimes it would work other times the air was blue 😂😂😂😂

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed the show Lawrie. We really appreciate the nice comment and for your taking the time to watch my friend.

I can’t help but to crack up every time the rerail fails. Might just be your commentary etc 😂😂

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Much funnier now that it was that frigid night. Very frustrating indeed. Glad you got a chuckle out of watching. We certainly do appreciate your stopping by my friend.

Never seen a rerail device at work. Great to see the principle and how it is done. Still a pretty steep incline over a very short distance and with high axle loading enormous forces are created. Great it got sorted in the end. Great video and commentary.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the nice comment. We certainly do appreciate your taking the time to check out the presentation and write in my friend.

thank you

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the presentation my friend. We really appreciate your visiting with us.

Good VIDEO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you liked the home movie Timothy. It was a unique experience not many ever get to see close up like that. Thank you for tuning in my friend.

Wow, never get to see this stuff. Thanks so much! In my imagination the rim just bit a little too hard on the inside of the rail and it grabbed and walked over, maybe a rough spot in the steel or a bit of a cold weld happened, lot of high pressure physics going on under those locomotives. Thanks again!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed the show. Certainly appreciate the nice comment and for your taking the time to watch my friend.

What a night and I had a smile when you said G2, 50 years since I heard that, 😊. Thank you and enjoyed watching, cheers!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you EJ. Very glad you enjoyed the home movie. We certainly do appreciate your joining in with us and watching my friend.

That was pretty fascinating. I just figured every time a derailment happened you had to lift whatever derailed up and back on the rail. Wish we could have seen it go on here, but that's life. A friend and I took Amtrak out to Colorado to go skiing in 1994. There was a stopover in Denver and when we were pulling back out of the station the dining car derailed. It shook the train pretty good. They tried for about an hour to get it back on the rails and couldn't get it done. Luckily they were able to disconnect the dining car and just leave it out of the train. Since the dining car was not available anymore, they made plans to get Kentucky Fried Chicken for everyone. Our stop was the last one before the stop with the KFC, so we didn't get any. :( Oh well. I still had a lot of fun. Going through the Moffat Tunnel was a hoot. Snowing like crazy on one side and clear skies on the other. Anyway, thanks for making all of these videos and I will have a good day.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

That's true, but we had nothing to lift this loco with that night, wanted to avoid paying big bucks to Hulcher to come out so we gave it the old college try with rerailers. Come on over and I'll get you some KFC! :-) Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out the video my friend.

If railroading wasn't challenging, you'd soon get bored Dave! Great insight to some of those challenges. Just to help warm you up, it's 105 degrees at my place while I watch your wonderful video in air-conditioned comfort 😉

@trainandtruckmodeler786

Жыл бұрын

South Carolina and Florida at record lows! We're are you?

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

It was plenty air conditioned that night too Richard.... :-) I don't think Ive ever been bored my whole life. Very much appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

@richardaustin2640

Жыл бұрын

@@trainandtruckmodeler786 Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

@trainandtruckmodeler786

Жыл бұрын

@@richardaustin2640 oh man, such a fine place....I love Australia and Brasil.

try and try again lol, glad the locomotive is back on track dave .

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is and we are glad of it David....:-) Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.

You did well not swear like a sailor, mate! I was swearing just watching! I so wanted the re railer to work. Thanks Dave this was a really good video! 🤬👍👍

@ewp6505

Жыл бұрын

We had 7 blokes screaming at my phone just watching this

@jimcorn3268

Жыл бұрын

The butterfly retailer you are using have teeth on the bottom edge . They are designed to grab the crosstie but you have to clean the crosstie off first or it will just slide down the rail as you seen .

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your efforts at helping my friend! it was intense a few times. Very glad you enjoyed the show. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us and write in.

I remember back in the day when many locomotives would carry 1 and sometimes 2 rerailers. You could still see them on Rio Grande diesels up into the 1990's. I many times have wondered if the train crews were fully expected to use them and the difficulty they'd encounter, just like we've seen here. I've seen many rerailing videos and nearly every time, the rerailer would just slide along and put the problem further down the track. I mean obviously, at some point they do work, but I wonder if by now, someone could design a better more efficient rerailer? Thanks for sharing the trials and tribulations of railroading with us, Dave. 👍💪💪

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Our locos have hooks on them to carry the rerailers Scotty, and way in the past we used to carry them. So very rare here a loco derails tho. Gets lot's of cars go off. We have a better set of rerailers, they are aluminum and much lighter and have a bar that goes under the rail that helps very much in preventing sliding. problem that night they were at the harbor and the ballast was froze solid so it would have been a real chore to dig out under the rail. We tried using what we had up there. Always appreciate your paying us a visit and hearing from you my friend.

@espeescotty

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 I'm glad it doesn't happen very often for your RR. I'd like to see that other style rerailer doing its thing just to see a better "mousetrap" in action. Thanks, for all of the great information, Dave. 👍

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@espeescotty i hope i never have to use them again to show you 😉

@espeescotty

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 😆 10-4! 👍

Great coverage, Dave. I've got a HO Scale CN GMD SD9 highhood that does the exact same thing, sometimes. For no apparent reason, lol had everything apart several times😋🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷⛏️🙋

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

These are the times when one wishes he had a GoPro mounted to the axle to see what really happened! Sometimes weird stuff happens. This was taken over a year ago and we've ran thousands of trains since then over this with no more problems. My head is perplexed over this one. Thanks so much for visiting with us and writing in my friend.

With the weights involved, it is amazing trains work as well as they do (the weight probably helps keep them on the rail). Luckily, the engine is back on without having to call in an outside company. Like you said, that's railroading. Great video.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Rupert. Always is a pleasure to have you pay us a visit my friend. So glad you enjoyed the show today.

Cool video Dave i used to watch the Steelton and Highspire R.R. re rail gondolas. They were fairly easy to re rail. One of their locomotive went on the ground one time and they could never figure out why. Took them awhile to get the locomotive back on. Glad to see it wasn't a bad Steelton 132 Re that caused that Lol. anyways interesting video brought back memories when i watched the re rail cars on the S&H.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Michael for the very nice comment. This rail was US Steel Illinois 1975. Always a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.

Enjoyed your show, off the rail what a job, glad it's back on take it to the shop and find a leak of some sort, anyway I'll catch ya on the next one.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

What is most interesting is this video was made Dec 2021. Since that time there has been no further leaks like that. Very odd. Only thing I can chalk it up to is a fluke. I have no good explanation otherwise. Thank you so much for watching and writing in my friend.

@bigmackstruckstop9213

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 well,my I enteresting thing about the railroad is M.O.W,and I got to watch mow kinda close,it's fun to watch,eh hard work,and what's up front....the locomotive,6 axel truck and the truck assembly,power control inside the cab,I was on a CSXT SD40-2 probably 10 years ago that was awesome,to cold to watch trains,waiting on warmer weather,happy rails.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmackstruckstop9213 👍😊

THANK YOU DAVE,,WOW,NO EXPLANATION WHY IT DERAILED..STAY WELL

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed the home movie. We certainly do appreciate your joining in with us and watching my friend.

Thanks for sharing that Dave. Not a who dunnit, but a what dunnit mystery! That had to be gutting when it was so close, but wouldn't climb over! Pretty sure I was saying your swear words for you every time it slipped off the rerailer. Thanks again for a very interesting video! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Your certainly welcome Jim. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us. And thanks for your vocal efforts! :-) Very glad you enjoyed the show my friend.

I’d say this was a case of railroadin’. Good job.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, Railroading 101. When they call after dark, don't answer the phone....LOL But I did. A really goofball odd situation this was. Thanks so much for your nice comment and for watching my friend.

Great video Dave! I almost said a cuss word as well when the locomotive slipped-off! I thought it was a done deal 🤔 I saw them rerail a steam loco on another video with the help of a front end loader pulling from the other side. You do what you gotta do...

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

LOL, like the 3 Stooges, once Curly Joe was in the witness stand 'in court and the bailiff asked him do you swear. Joe answered, no but I know all the words.....:-) Appreciate your efforts you put into the re railing effort tonight Mojo! Believe me there were some "other" adjectives used on the opposite side of the loco, had to cut out some of the film short to eliminate those "railroad" words.... Always appreciate your visiting with me my friend.

Sounds like a gremlin at work down there, lol! Thanks for showing us how that works. Shame it didn't do it while you were there. I was cheering you on!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great efforts at helping John! I was so hoping it would have re railed, but that's railroading. Always a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.

"I almost said a cuss word" 😂

@ccrx6700

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked that part, a lot of cussing was going on that night WheezerOfJuice as you can imagine.....:-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and watching the video. May you have a very good day my friend.

Real American work. 👍👍👍

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

Hey Dave! Shane here! I have seen a wheel partially derail and the flange will ride right on top of the Tball for dozens of feet, and then derail seemingly with no reason. I think the flange lifted up on that concrete slab and rode the top of the Tball where it just decided to fall off seemingly with no rhyme or reason--- I would bet a 100$ on it!!!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

We certainly want to thank you for taking the time to visit with us Shane and for sharing your thoughts. Always is a pleasure to hear from you my friend.

@wasatchrangerailway6921

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 Thanks Dave----likewise!!!!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@wasatchrangerailway6921 👍😊

Gremlins are real, cause all kinds of problems. God bless ya my man, have a great day yourself.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

it certainly does appear to be that way many times Johnny! Really appreciate your paying us a visit and taking in the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

Great video and great channel. Not sure why I'm just finding you but you got a sub from me. I'm a machinist with NS in Juniata and my boys and I love to railfan as well. Glad we found your channel!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you finalizedtrains and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy. Here is an introduction video to get you a feel for what all we do here at the Railroad and a bit about our mine: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYOpyZKzY5eXYZs.html Lot's of cool RR videos on our home page if you would sometime care to check any of them out. kzread.info

@finalizedtrains

Жыл бұрын

@ccrx6700 thank you, we'll be sure to check it out 👍

It almost looks like that brake hung up and caused the truck to kick - derail thanks Dave great video

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Weird stuff sometimes happens as you know Gary. Video was in Dec 2021, we've loaded a lot of trains since then with same scenario and zero problems. I have no good explanations other than it was a fluke. The You Tube gods wanted to get a good video out and derailed the loco.... LOL Thanks so much for watching and writing in my friend.

I have been involved in a couple of times rerailing of cars in my short time working on the Maine Central Railroad track maintenance crew ("up north in Maine" to quote a Dick Curless song). We had different rerailers, as I remember them to have been a bit bigger!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Always an adventure re railing, this was actually the first time we ever had to try and use re railers for a loco, in the few times in the past when locos went off, had to call in Hulcher. Thanks for sharing your story Gerald. We certainly do appreciate your taking the time to watch the show my friend.

Those rerailers made some positively horrid sounds! Glad I could see the process ao in depth, thank you!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed the show. We very much appreciate your nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.

What a great video if you like trains, and I don't know anyone who doesn't. Real railroading, for sure.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob for the very nice comment. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with me my good friend. Very glad to hear you enjoyed this one.

Very interesting

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed today's home movie. We really appreciate your joining in with us and watching my friend.

Derails are always fun. I derailed 765 several years back.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Oh dear bet that made you sick to the stomach. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

Watchin that thing roll off the end of the re-railer is one of the scariest things I've ever seen.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't pretty for sure. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and check out the attempted re railing my friend.

Interesting ....🙂 👍

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Raimo. Very glad you enjoyed the home movie. We certainly do appreciate your joining in with us and watching my friend.

Dave: No I was working, last night and could not watch this till I got home. I still work one or two days a month. I got the notification, but can not watch vids while working. When I worked for Iowa RR, the old GE's were always jumping off the rail, in the yards light rail..

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you could join in with us Bill. Try to find the comment by Jason27 swg. He was an NS engineer and in his reply back to me he gives a very interesting story of a GP jumping track in a yard he was operating. Thank you so much my friend for your nice comment.

Perhaps #22 had a Christmas wish list and didn't get what it asked for. It is amazing how many times you see and hear someone trying to coax heavy equipment into responding to your wishes. For a while there you certainly were producing plenty of kindling wood. Doctor Diesel.Dave to the rescue!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

I found out long time ago with my tamper, you gotta talk to it and it doesn't like to be cussed at either....LOL This was a very odd occurrence for sure Paul. Thank you my good man for stopping by and checking out the home movie.

That's amazing how you do that.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Reginald. We really appreciate your visiting with us and writing in my friend. Thanks for the nice comment.

That is strange that there is no cause for the derailment. Thanks for sharing this Dave as I had wondered how a diesel could be put back on a rail and now I know.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

it is indeed very odd John. A year has passed since this video was made and they've loaded thousands of trains with no problems since then. I am perplexed. Always is a pleasure to hear from you my friend.

Maybe there's a ghost who plays pranks from time to time...🤣😉👍

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

I've seen some very strange things happen on the RR here over the years aleu. Ghosts and gremlins and track over Indian burial grounds, oh my.... LOL Thank you very kindly for taking the time to watch and write in my friend. I am totally perplexed at why this derailment happened.

My best guess is the bearing the C power truck was cold and stiff to swing. The truck never fully straightened out coming of the last curve. Maybe some bit of dirt or metal shaving caught and was impeding pivoting right then. A wheel flange on the truck while binding on the rail, finally caught enough traction to climb the rail. I am so glad my HO models are much easier to rerail!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Someone else with a HO set said they had a giant hand to re rail their cars.... :-) We need a giant Addams Family Thing to help us out. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

@klsc8510

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 I worked on the now long defunct KLS&C. Kalamazoo Lake Shore & Chicago Railway out of Paw Paw, MI. We had interchange with the CSX at Hartford, MI for freight. I earned qualifications as Trainman, Fireman, Engineer, and Conductor for scenic, dinner and freight trains. I never did track work like you. I did conduct several limb clearing trains to remove low hanging limbs prior to us getting 3 ex-UP dome cars for out second dinner train. There are three videos I know of from the KLS&C on You Tube. At one time or another I ran all the trains in the videos. Engine 85 was my favorite. That was an ex ATSF 2110 GP-7R. I enjoyed my time there. I felt like a kid in a candy store with and American Express card! A model railroader that was able to run real equipment!!!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@klsc8510 awesome 👍😊❤️

Damn that's nasty when just one axle comes off! We had the same problem at a preserved railway I use to work at back in 2007 when we had a Class 37 loco derail but the cause of our derailment was due to the track spreading. So we manually jacked the loco up and the had to manually crank the bogie back onto the track that was a hellish 5hr job!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a job I would not want to be on John! Locos derailing are never fun, specially when it's frigid outside like this was. Thank you so much for sharing and for checking out the show my friend.

Watching this is giving me tears of frustration!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

it was very frustrating being there too Cnw as you can well imagine. Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to the channel and check out the video. May you have a really good day my friend.

@Cnw8701

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 No problem! Love your content!

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

@@Cnw8701 👍😊

That was really exciting. It was disappointing that we didn't get to see that wheel set rerail and we were just watching. And a lot warmer 🤭

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Bob. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend. Wish i could have stayed to see the job thru, but had to get up the next morning to fix the broken rail.

@bobmeginnes324

Жыл бұрын

@@ccrx6700 You're forgiven 😀

Gettin' a tummy ache helping.

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Take 2 Alka Seltzer and call me in the morning Russ. :-) Thanks for your valiant efforts at trying to help. Very much appreciate your dropping by and checking out the show my friend.

I think I was just as dissapointed as you were, each time it rolled back off. always interesting to see the eqpt used on the RR

@ccrx6700

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir Dave, it was a real disappointment but that's railroading! Pretty neat to watch tho. Very much appreciate your checking out tonight's home movie my friend.