When you said to your boss "I'm not here for the income, I'm here for the outcome", that just proves your love and dedication to your profession. May you have a blessed holiday this year, Dave! Happy Rails To You, Sir!!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment John. Seems like the older I get the more I appreciate this job and what I can still do. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

You are one of a kind Dave! We need more people like you in this world ! Thanks for the ride .

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Wilbur. Seems like I appreciate more the work now than when I was younger, took a lot of things for granted back then. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

It's a blessing to have a job that has you excited to be there. Track was sounding pretty good. I'm glad that Iron Senergy is putting in the time and money to slowly rehabilitate it from the poorer state that it was in from the old company's lack of investment. Thanks for another great video, Dave!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Shane for the nice comment. Yes it certainly is a very good thing they are spending money on the track, the railroad is the life blood of the mine, without it we couldn't transport very much coal at all. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

You and Scoobydoo have a very necessary and important job! Love your work ethic.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection.

Once again our man Dave gives us answers to questions we didn't know to ask. 😄 You keep the topic interesting and informative, explaining not only "what" is being done but also "why" and "HOW." I hope you and your lovely wife have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Robert, glad to hear you enjoyed the show. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Dave, you are a joy to watch and so many answers to questions I have had for years. May God bless you with a very merry Christmas.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe for the very kind words. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

As a 70 year year old still working, I agree with all you said. It is a blessing when you enjoy your job and also we get to enjoy it with you. Seasonal Greetings Dave, take care.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Andy for the nice comment. It truly is a blessing when you can still get up in the morning and go to a job you love to do. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

And I surely could not agree more. He’s very dynamic one-of-a-kind.

@ccrx6700

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Douglas. These track inspections are pretty important to catch small things before they develop into bigger problems down the line. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the cold weather inspection video my friend.

Cold weather causes track contractions joint bars get stressed other than soil problems great video thanks Dave

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Yes it does Gary. We typically have 5 to 6 joint pull aparts here every year. So far this year I've only had 1, so keep your fingers crossed this will be a good year and we won't have anymore. The only good thing about pull aparts is I get to light the Fire Snake and make a video of that. People love seeing things on fire....:-) Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Gotta love this inverted weather with El Nino. Up here in Rhinelander our lows have been in the 30s with highs in the 40s and NO SNOW! Thanks for taking us to work with you again, liked it much!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Yes so far this has been a very mild winter Poowg, I like it, however the cold at night and warm during the day is hard on my track. Glad you enjoyed the video. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

And I couldn’t appreciate more. He’s a very dynamic person, an explanation and a grand personality.

@ccrx6700

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate very much your kind words Douglas. Thank You.

Thumbs up 👍 for the opportunity to ride with you 😊

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Clarence, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Dave, I like your mindset. I am a greenskeeper and I try to do my best for my employer. If I succeed, they succeed. I have good days and so so days. I’m 58 years old and I get tired. When they succeed, people come and pay money to enjoy the golf course. ⛳️😊.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment George. I too have good days and so so days, but the older I get seems like the more I appreciate my job and that I can still do it. When I was 58 my track buddy was 64 and retiring. I thought to myself back then, how in the world am I ever going to make it to 64, yet I did and am still going. Hang in there my friend. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection.

The new mine owner is lucky to have you on his team. Have a Merry Christmas!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Kathie for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Wishing you and yours a merry and safe Christmas Dave! Personally, I'm 55 years old and, my wife is 54 and, we've both missed a lot of family time due to our careers. I'm an owner operator truck driver, my wife is a nurse practitioner at a trauma center. With all that said, this holiday season will be the last that we miss. I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning for an "out and back" run and she's already at work (she'll be working 12hr + shifts through next Friday). I'll leave again Christmas afternoon and be home early next Saturday morning. We both still love our jobs but, our grandchildren aren't getting any younger and we don't want to miss any more that what we already have. Our "official" retirement day will be next Sunday (New Years Eve) and, weather permitting, the kids and grands will all be coming home to help us celebrate it! 2 weeks after that, my 2006 Freightliner Classic XL will be headed off for a motorhome conversion. With 600 horses under my right foot and 13 gears under my right hand, it should still be a fun ride going to visit family and friends! I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled for you at rail crossings in Pennsylvania as well as watching every video that you post!

@jason27swg

7 ай бұрын

Congrats on your retirement

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mike for the nice comment. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Fortunately I work close to home and can be with family for the most part for important occasions. I do hear you on missing out on a lot of things, that is a tough life being an owner operator. I certainly wish for you and the Mrs. a great retirement! You are blessed to have grand children close that you can enjoy. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Good morning Dave. What a great video. I always love riding the track with you. Have a great weekend my friend.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Lewis for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

You and my stepdad would have got along great. He had 46 years on the Reading out of Manville,NJ and the last about 15 years was as a track inspector.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are right about that JPBSR1, sure wish he and I could ride track together, we would have a great time talking railroading! The Reading was a great RR in it's day. When we played Monopoly I always had to buy the Reading RR....:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

I greatly admire your sense of vocation and your attitude towards your work. It’s evident you were raised right, young man. ;)

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

My dad was a good man AE, he taught me a good work ethic and to be honest. Thank you so much for the very kind words. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

When i was in the mines the company shut down for two week between Christmas and new years. Although there wasn't any miners working, everything still had to be preshifted every 8 hours. I lived about a mile from the mine so I'd volunteer as many preshifting trips i could. Its was around a 3 hour trip from porthole to porthole and i got paid double time and a half for 8 hours for each run!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Whenever they shut down here the mine still has to be fire bosses Jughead. I believe that is federal law. But you have to have fire boss papers to do an inspection of the mine. They are planning on taking one of their vacation periods next year here Christmas week, the other week will be at Thanksgiving. Double time and a half is good money, good for you! Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

@jughead8988

7 ай бұрын

@@ccrx6700 a fire boss has to do the inspection here to buy the company required a mine emergency technician go with them. That's where I came in! I didn't want anything to do with bossing papers but I was a MET.

Merry Christmas Dave love the way you explain all that goes on.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you John glad you enjoyed it. Hope you and your family also have a very happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.

I was down Baltimore Fairfield yard today. Wondering where all that coal comes from... Now I know... Very cool stuff

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

I believe that our neighboring mine Baily sends some of their coal to Baltimore Jim, we used to via CSX but no longer send our coal that way. It was for overseas to Korea and S. American, but they didn't renew those contracts. I would love to go and visit where they load the coal at in Baltimore sometime. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

when you are a positive individual, and your profession is something you love to do! it is never “work! “ it like I have always said, “you are only able to do your best in your position “ but your attitude can have a positive impact upon others to do the same! if you do 100% you keep your area so safe! by doing that someone will go home in the same condition that they arrived ! there are so many hazards dealing with any railroad ! thanks for the explanation about the rail inspection, it is key to minimize joint gaps, or damaged bolts! you do not want the joints to break apart with an engine passing over it! great job ,you keep me smiling!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very nice comment Barry. Track inspections try to catch things and fix them before they turn into major repair jobs or worse derailments. Glad to hear you are still smiling....:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Looks as if you have a good handle on the line Dave, you seem to have good top and levels all the way up, one of the best freight only lines I have come across. A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours 🎅🎄

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Ian for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Thank you for sharing Dave! I learn from you on every episode, pretty soon I will know everything! Not really, but I enjoy your channel very much!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Raymond. You may not believe this or not, but I still am learning new things about the RR all the time. That's pretty neat. Great to hear you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

What a wonderful video Dave! So much fascinating information to ponder. Very impressed by the high tech scooby doo detector too 🙂 Sure is an interesting time for you and the crews as the seasons change. Oh, and 54 was indeed a very good year Dave, just had my 69th 🙂 Safe travels 👍

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Richard. Happy birthday and wishing for you many more to come. Seems like the older i get the more I appreciate my job and that I can still do it. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Very interesting Dave man with a lot of knowledge

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Daniel and glad you enjoyed. I guess working this track full time for the past 18 years I should know a little bit of something about it.... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.

Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave! Thank you for sharing your experience with us and your determination and love for your railway.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Rachel for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Love the video Dave! You are truly dedicated to your craft and your work ethic and positive outlook are inspiring.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Tom. Got to do inspections to try and find things and fix them before they turn into major repair jobs or worse, derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Love riding with you, Dave. Have a good Holly Day.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Shirley. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Thanks Dave. It's been a wonderful year.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Earl for the nice comment. Yes it has been a wonderful year, we are all so fortunate. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

It's always a pleasure to view your videos and learn about railroading. I have learned things I had not suspected. And thanks for the smile. Merry Christmas!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you yorokobi for the nice comment. So pleased to hear you are enjoying the videos. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Thanks for sharing Dave. Great channel!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Calvary on the Fly, glad you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Happy and healthy new year to all at the mine!!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Nolan. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Like has been said many times. "If you love your job, you'll never have to work a day in your life." Really like your winning team analogy. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave and may you have a wonderful New Year.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Donnie for the very nice comment. If you want to be on a winning team, you have to do your part in making that happen. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

I learned more about the rails in your video. What a great job explaining what happens to rails in the summer heat and winter cold. Track maintenance is a lot more than making sure they are straight! Have a great Christmas.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mary for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

I really am a fan of the videos you make. I will always watch your stuff before anything else. I've been busy and can't watch as much youtube as I'd like, but I always watch your videos before anything else. thanks!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very nice comment Kingibexx, so pleased to hear you are enjoying the shows. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Yes things expand and contract with temps great video Dave Merry Christmas 💞

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Have to keep a close watch on track in winter time for sure David. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Loved the vid! at the end... was that 43tons of coal loaded that fast!?!? WOW!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you dboatube, glad to hear you enjoyed this one. Yes it loads pretty fast doesn't it! That's where they load the train at. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Interesting topic with a lot of applied physics. I'm 79 and semiretired but have a part time job that I really like so I understand you comments and am so glad that you have an outlet for your talents and energy

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Nat, glad you have a job you enjoy doing also, that makes it a whole lot easier to get up in the morning and go to work. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Very informative video Dave. They are pretty lucky to have you there keeping the rail in good condition.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Morse for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

God bless the Railroads and Railroaders. Trains n Tracks have gave me so much joy for 60+ years now and I love my job too

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment AC. Great to hear you still love what you do, that makes all the difference in the world. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Good stuff, Dave. Thanks for another fun informative ride with a pro. 🤠👍

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Scotty. Track inspections are pretty important to find things hopefully before they turn into major repair jobs or worse derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping do a track inspection my friend.

Awesome, Dave.. Good information on what you are looking for.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Northernliving and glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.

Truly fantastic video Dave. Really appreciate all the information and history you share about the mine, and rail. Your dedication is outstanding and is something to be admired. Have a wonderful Christmas my friend! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Jim for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

What you say and are such a BLESSING TO ALL WHOME WATCH YOU YOUR ATTUDE IS 1,000 % GOOD may the LORD BLESS YOU MORE AND MORE... Mr Magoo in Milo, Maine

@ccrx6700

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment John. I try to stay positive. Really appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

When the temperature drops below zero, everything wants to play up. 1989, we had several days -15F. Every little task becomes a JOB. Machines don't want to start, everything is stuck, and nothing seems easy. Thanks for all the great videos. Takes me back to a simpler time.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are so right about that halfinchholes. Very cold weather seems like everything is a much bigger struggle. Plus here we have a lot more problems with the trains in very cold weather. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Glad you are enjoying the videos.

Hi Dave,seasons greetings from the U.K. A very informative video as always. by the way,over here ties are known as "sleepers" and joint bars are "fishplates"

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Peter, glad you enjoyed. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, DAVE!!! May you and your loved ones have a most blessed holiday. Remember the reason for this season

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Trainman Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Merry Christmas Dave to you, your family and the crew you work with 🎄

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you zulubravo. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Merry Christmas Dave. Thanks for the nice videos. in germany we have 6 °C = 42,8 °F. No ice, no snow.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Your certainly welcome Berniaus. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Lots of interesting chat on this one Dave Yes a lot of things to look and listen out for. Odd how some places have pull aparts more often, I guess the sun plays a part in that locally heating an area or that area being more shady causing uneven expansion and contraction. A good day with only a few bolts to replace.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Cedarcam for the very kind words. It is interesting from your comment that we have places the very seldom get any sun during the winter, yet never have joint pull aparts there. Then there are other places like west of the tunnel that don't get much sun, yet have more pull aparts than other areas. Track is strange and I'm still learning about all it's unusual quirks and behaviors. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Have a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year Dave. Keep the tops shiny and the bottom spiked.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Pete. Let's hope the rails stay shiny and spiked down! Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Merry Christmas, Dave! Hope you and your family have a safe and happy holiday season!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Alex. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Kids today just don't have that wonderful drive and vision you have. Blessings my friend.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Marty. It does seem like the older I get the more I appreciate the job I have and that I can still go to work. Too a lot of things for granted when I was younger. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

What a glorious day to be out working! I wish all my employees were as mentally engaged as you are. I have always said that positivity breeds positivity, but is much more work to create and maintain. Being negative about your employer is much easier and sadly, more fun for some folks. The grass is generally not greener on the other side, just a different type of grass. It means alot to an employer to hear positive comments-they need encouragement as much as employees do! I'm so happy to hear that you have that employer support and they are dedicated to listening, creating a better and more stable work place as well as keeping a vision for the future. 😊

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the awesome comment Jennifer. You are so right in everything you said. I've found one thing in life, the energy you give off is the energy you get back. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping out with the track inspection my friend.

Thanks Dave! That was the most exciting and informative episode in quite a while. Most enjoyable, Sir! Your enthusiasm for life is infectious. 👍👍

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Bradley for the very kind words. Really pleased to hear you enjoyed this one. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Merry Christmas Dave. wonderful content I thoroughly enjoy watching.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you David for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Dave. I used to drive tanker and hauled a couple loads of out-of-spec antifreeze to a coal plant in rural eastern Kentucky. I inquired about it, and they said it was a cold weather release agent for the washed coal in the cars. Go figure.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you David. I would say the side release agent they use here is a glycol base with some additives in it. Interesting you also hauled some of that similar stuff. It's pretty slimy. Wet coal in aluminum cars has a real tendency to freeze to the sides and also the bottom doors. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

One has to keep their diligence on that track inspection lest and you have both your list of things to look for and then in your mind what to listen for or just doesn't seem right. Of course after years of looking at certain sections you'll easily remember where things are prone to going wrong. Thanks much for showing the truck being loaded and in the mining industry they are large but compared to some of the huge open pit mines they're tiny. A blessed Christmas to you and your family and all your little Junior track inspectors viewing this in the comfort of a warm home

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Paul. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Track inspections are important as you try and catch things early before they turn into major repair jobs or derailments. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Another great video, Dave! Thank you for the ride, for all the views of Greene County -- especially the White Covered Bridge and the underpass at Polecat Hollow Road! Merry Christmas, my northern friend!!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Pete for the very kind words. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season. Believe it or not was 63 degrees here on Christmas day!

pretty good stuff Love the words you said to your CEO, Dave Marry Christmas to you and yours and best for 2024 you and the Cumberland Mine company crew.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mack for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Great show again , Dave. MERRY Christmas 🌲🎁 to you'll!!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Robert. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

I’m with you I like winter that gets cold and stays that way once things adjust to the cold they seem to hold up better in my opinion anyway Merry Christmas to you and the Mrs!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are right, cold and stay cold Wayne and things do seem to hold up better once it sets in place. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

I do love that enthusiasm you have and pride in your work that you exhibit! I take it that welded track is less likely to break? For those rails, does excessive heat or cold still bother them? Thanks for taking us along! Loved the truck loading at the end!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Trena. Welded rail doesn't have the joints, joints are very hard to keep up to track surface, they want to keep dropping, they were the weak link in the chain. Welded rail holds up much better for track surface. How much the heat and cold affects welded rail depends on the amount of rail anchors they have in place and that are holding. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Your enthusiasm is contagious!

@ccrx6700

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment KC, glad you enjoyed. These track inspections are pretty important to catch small things before they develop into bigger problems down the line. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the cold weather inspection my friend.

Thanks Dave foe the ride along. Have a blessed day.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are certainly welcome Brian. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Things tend to break a lot with the cold temps. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

"Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah". That's a lot of bolts Dave, great video. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be safe.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Lot's of bolts Russell. But it has paid dividends, got to keep my track together. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Inspecting track on the inspection track

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Track inspections are very important Arkay, try to find things and fix them before they turn into major repair jobs. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Thanks Mr. Dave. Another great and very informative video sir. Stay warm and safe out there. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Rick for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Merry Christmas to you and your family brother. I also followed your other channel. Didn’t know you had another channel. As always you’re the best!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 6firefightin. Hope you and your family also have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate the nice comment and for your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

It was a great ride, Dave. Mini"you" has track#1 done on the layout. Speed restrictions off.2 GP38's and an Alco RS18 are pounding on it. Hopefully, I can take some time and post it. Merry Christmas, Dave&family. Your friend 150 nautical miles away on the north shore of Erie.🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷‍♂️⛏️🙋

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Doug. Sounds like you had a good MOW crew on that job. GP's which have 2 axles are much easier on track than the SD models with 3 axles are. Will look forward to watching that video. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Yes, Dave. I did enjoy today's episode. I was wondering about the release agent. It seems that graphite would cause too much loss of tractive effort. We use a spray liquid for concrete, but that might hinder the use of coal. Rooby Roo!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Jon, glad you enjoyed. LB Foster makes a special lubricant to spray the tops of the rails with that is a graphite base, then mix it with water, however you are right, too much graphite and the loco would just sit there and spin and never be able to stop either. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

I notice that your rail issues are due to only hauling coal and dust is the reason for your maintenance and cost to your company for the muddy spots. But I am glad you work for such a fine company and treat you very well. 😊 Keep up the great work!😊 I have learned a lot about the railroad industry and always enjoy your videos and how a great railroad works.😊 DE N2JYG

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are certainly right about that Franklin, all the coal that has spilled and leaked from the hopper cars just ruin my ballast, then the water can't drain away and we get muddy spots which then won't hold track surface. It's a real mess here in some places. Really pleased to hear you have learned somethings from the videos. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Awesome Possom Dave Hope You and Your Family have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Brother 🎄😊🙏

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Kansas Trains. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Nothing better than a job you enjoy. Put Scooby on the payroll. lol.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are right in that Beverly, I'm so very fortunate to have a job I truely love doing. Scooby is now a big You Tube star and has already asked for a pay raise....:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Thanks for this video, and for sharing your delight with us!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Robin for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Merry Christmas to you and your family Dave. Love your videos.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Scott, glad you are enjoying them. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

That's railroading. Gotta love it👍

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are right nockreel, glad you enjoyed. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Things tend to break a lot with the cold temps. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

You got 12 years on me. I certainly for some unknown reason like work more in my older age than when I was younger. My grandfather worked until he literally couldn't anymore well into his 70s. My dad was no different. Dementia got him in the end but even that didn't stop him until within a year before he died. He passed Dec 15 2020. I hate twiddling my thumbs. I have to have something to do. Interesting about the tracks. Too bad there isn't a way to keep the tracks warm using geothermal of some sort. Heck, some day in the future we might have hover trains and tracks wont be needed anymore. LOL. Merry Christmas and stay safe. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

I like work better the older I get too David. Guess I feel very blessed I can still get up in the morning and do it. Whereas when you are younger, you pretty much take things like that for granted. I'm sorry to hear about your father, my mother in law had dementia, it's a very sad situation. Really appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Great Video and a Merry Christmas to you and your Family

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Cecil for the nice comment. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Great video it's nice to know that there rail roads that care thumbs up to you Mr dave

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very nice comment Barbara. I care about my track and what I do. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping out with the track inspection my friend.

I wish I could love my job the way you do.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

A lot of folks don't love their job which as you know often makes it difficult to get up in the morning and go. I am very fortunate that I can still do this and love what I do here on the railroad. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Sorry haven’t been on not being well lately I guess 47 years of working in asbestos coal dust and steam oil is finally catching up on me lol ,I’ll be on more often getting back to normal sort of ,thanks for another great vid Dave wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year ❤

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

No need to apologize Lawrie, you just take care of yourself. I sure hope you get things under control and get back to yourself soon! I understand how physical problems can bog a person down. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

90 👍's up thank you for sharing the work you do 😅

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Scott and you are certainly welcome. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.

High tech track equipment inspection Scooby Doo, Dave but I know it is the simple things that make the job easy

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

He works pretty well Donald, Yes it often is the simple things that make a big difference in track. Eyes and ears are simple things, but they are vital to track inspections and finding things that will prevent possible derailments. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Thanks Dave 😊

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are certainly welcome Santafefrank. Cold weather track inspections are pretty vital to keeping my track safe for the trains. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Passing through your rainy neighborhood heading south on 79 . Happy New year. And have a good year.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Wish you could have stopped by and rode some track with me Jack. May you also have a good upcoming 2024. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

Great video and once again took me back down memory lane on the RR. Thanks for sharing this with us and have a wonderful upcoming Holiday weekend.(Steve)

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Steve. Track inspections in cold weather are very important as you well know. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Nicely done ! 3-26

@ccrx6700

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for riding track with me Alan. Always fun to take a ride down track here. Appreciate your writing in and for watching my friend.

Merry Christmas Mr. (& Mrs.) Railroad!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Thom. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Thanks Dave. I wish you and the family a very Merry Christmas..

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

You are certainly welcome Jon. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend. Hope you and your family also have a blessed holiday season.

Thanks for the tour Dave. Happy Holidays!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Your certainly welcome 1208bug. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

I love this channel! So interesting!!

@ccrx6700

Ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words Steve and glad you are enjoying the home movies. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

Thanks for telling me about your other channel always good videos.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Your welcome Eddie, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Dave to you and the Mrs. God bless

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Robert and hope you and your family also have a very blessed holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding track with me today and helping with the track inspection my friend.

I like train videos on KZread 👍

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

That;'s good to hear Denise. You've come to the right place to watch railroading videos here...:-) Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

Have a Merry Christmas and a great 2024 New Year.

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you wolfpacva and hope you and your family also have a very happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride the rails with us and check out the track inspection video my friend.

Good evening CCRX That's Railroading! I hope you and yours a very Merry Christmas and hopefully a very Happy New Year!!!! 🌲🌲🌲🌲🎁🧑‍🎄✝️🥳🎇🎆👍❤️📹😃

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Dana. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND THE FAMILY !!!

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Ron and may you and your family have a most happy holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding track with me and helping with the track inspection my friend.

MERRY CHRISTMAS DAVE AND HAPPY NEW YEARS...STAY AWESOME..

@ccrx6700

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Ralph. Hope you and your family also have a wonderful holiday season. Very much appreciate your riding the rails with us and helping do a cold weather track inspection my friend.