I am amazed as to how you were able to cook that bacon and brew the coffee with a pot belly stove with no fire in it, and it doesn't even need a chimney because there is no smoke either.

@rearspeaker6364

3 жыл бұрын

its a microwave........

@xheralt

3 жыл бұрын

The stove only serves as a table. The actual cooking is done on the white ceramic electric skillet he mentioned early on, if you had paid attention.

@borderlinelen4687

3 жыл бұрын

Smokeless dilithium crystals? He mentioned in an earlier vid they grow by the tracks near the old bordello.

@brianmillar5075

3 жыл бұрын

@@xheralt Yes he did say there were biscuits in the ceramic cooker, but holding his hand to warm at the pot belly stove that isn't going is BS.

@xheralt

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillar5075 it's not bs it's _acting_

Gotta love the sound of a Detroit

You have some of the best wisdom for life. Good luck with the railroad!

Amen Brother! Good word on the five "F's"

Sound was perfect this video

That 453 started right up! They’re cold blooded beasts! The combo between the engine and transmission....extremely reliable. Thanks for posting.

Great video. It’s so encouraging to see all the progress that you guys are making and planning. I really enjoyed this video. 👍👍👍❤️

Sounds Great and Love the fact that body work was apparently done to this piece of equipment.👍

Love watching your progress, guys. That ol' Detroit sure SINGS, doesn't it? Can't wait to see it singing down the tracks some day!

Hello from the heart of Europe. Thank you for improvement of the sound in last video. It's perfect. I hope that you will get a nice locomotive for your railroad. Best wishes from Prague.

Bad ordered after 38 years and still can't get it out of my mind 15 years later. Love your posts add the way you are trying to save our history. Wish I could spend some time helping.

@harrypotter4309

3 жыл бұрын

I'm retired but I'd be down there like a shot (if you wanted me), but I'm 5000miles away, so I guess that won't happen.

Thanks for another great video. The sound is much improved. Keep up the great work and involving all of us in your reclamation efforts.

Your Audio Outdoors sounds Great. Thanks for getting this important piece of your videos fixed.👍

Your audio is perfect! Nice work.

Fun story about a potbelly stove. It's from a WW2 unit called the Devil's Brigade. They were being shipped to another part of the front during the winter. One of the soldiers asked if a few of the guys could stand around the stove while they wait for the train to move again and the conductor refused. While the conductor was doing his job outside one of the soldiers had figured out how to move a potbelly stove that is red hot into the train car.

So happy for you and your son on this endeavor. My grandfather worked for Penn Central and later Conrail after the merger. I used to go to work with him during summer break from school and spent alot of time on engines, and in the rail yard. Best of luck and I'm looking forward to your next video!

Great video ,love the messroom talk ,looking forward to your loco shopping trip!

2 stroke Detroit engines are awesome for turning diesel into noise. Enjoyed the video guys. Safe travels

Loved your description of wealth. Faith, family, friends and fitness are so important and we often only think of the finance part of wealth.

That old Detroit is running strong. I cannot wait to see her. In full color.

I started watching this about a month ago. Love old switching R.R.s . Wish we knew the history. But I keep finding the first videos when you had just bought it. What a dream - nightmare to own this thing. Glad to be on board.

So proud of what you're all doing. So many old railways just disappear and can't ever return. Really awesome that you're making a go of this!

Looking forward to more videos, your content is very good. Good luck to you guys.

Thanks for the 5 F’s this is the kinda wisdoms that only old timers experience can have. It truly makes me happy. Also I do know of an older truck up in Erie that was for sail but I am not up there rate now and they are getting happened with snow so it is probably a lost cause.

Look forward to that roadtrip, thanks for the update. 😎👍👌😷

18 White Castle customers disliked this video. In all seriousness, you guys are doing an awesome job. Taking an old stretch of track and making it useful again is something I'll never get tired of seeing. Do you guys have a Facebook page? It might help spread the word about the railroad and more people could help find things you need. I cant wait for the locomotive shop field trip, I'd also love to see a paint scheme and logo for any locomotive you might get. Keep doing what you're doing and I can't wait for the next video.

I watched the rj cormen story and that is truly a story to remember... wow

I know nothing about all this, but I am learning a lot by watching. Even better than all that is your interesting sense of humor woven throughout. I enjoy it all and can’t wait until you get some cars to store.

Your sound has absolutely improved - as someone who listens on headphones I sincerely appreciate that as the commercials can blast me out. Now it's all really good! Love the videos. Also - MAN I love the sound of an old Detroit Diesel!!

Thank you for your 5x 5 sound! Boom! Cant wait to see your dump truck. I fried a lb of bacon and baked some biscuits for brunch right now! Blow that RR horn !

I’m learning so much 👍🏻 God bless you guys 😄 Keep safe and warm 🤣 Cheers Stevie 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

You mentioned putting in more track and would it be worth it. One way to make it worth it would be to find an industry that no longer uses rail service that wants to remove their spur. Even if the rail is light, 75 to 90 lbs and well worn it would be usable for storage. Part of your payment for removing the spur would be to keep the rail, ties, tie plates, spikes, angle bars and bolts, switches, and maybe even the ballast. A deal I put together many years ago the contractor got the ballast for replacing it with dirt and grading it out. When our organization lost the front part, around 500 feet, of our yard we pulled it up for our land lord and was able to keep anything we wanted. We relocated it further back on the property we were keeping. We pulled all the spikes and unbolted the joint where we could still keep the rail and pulled each ribbon of the rail onto the property we were keeping. Then later on we pulled it to its new location in the back section of our yard. We lost 4 tracks and around 1800 feet of track between two warehouses. So we pulled up about 3600 feet of rail in 400 to 500 feet sections.

Great videos! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more videos. Applaud your statements on faith. May God bless in all your endeavors

Sound much improved guys. Nothing sounds like an old Detroit diesel motor. Can't wait to see this machine in action on the rails.

Looking good. In car storage not only you charge for storage you have switching fee for inbound and outbound move. Also if you have any car longer than 53.1 ft than sure charge more for storage due too the car take up move space. 53.1 ft $4 per day 53.2 ft. - 60.5 ft. $4.76 per day Be safe look forward to the next video.

That old trackmobile is nice! I love railcar movers!

Health is worth more than wealth,Faith because it is there in good and bad times,family and friends this makes you wealthy.Its great seeing you bring an abandoned railroad back to life.👍😀😀🇬🇧🚂

Hey there!!!! I think when you fully finish your a abandoned railroad you should take everyone on a rail ride!!!! Give tours of your accomplishments and show everyone what it was like to work on the railroad.

@ernestpassaro9663

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you

Great video. I agree that faith is the main thing. I wish you well in this awesome adventure.

I admire your determination and wish you well on this undertaking. My Father in Law came back from WWII and operated a 150 ton steamcrane for New York Central out of Harmon Yards in Croton, New York on the Water Level Route. After Penn Central folded he operated it for Metro North. Even after he retired they would call him to come in and run it. That crane is now at the New York Central Railroad Museum in Indiana. I am thoroughly enjoying your videos, keep up the great work and be healthy!

I appreciate your yardstick. Good talk. I understood the self tipping hopper that that fella mentioned to be an actual piece of rolling stock, like a Maintenance of Way side-tipping gondola. If you could find one of those, you could move a lot of earth at once and probably just need one gondola. I've seen them dumping gravel on the UP and even seen excavators crawl along the top of the gondola dumping ties for replacement.

Rent a chipper and shred as much brush as possible; try and shred all the trees and brush on the "J" Lead. I realize that the J Lead won't be ready for a few years, but it's easier to shred when you've got the chipper

Good one! King of the Road!

That's so cool having your own railway

Have you considered running a forestry mulcher (i.e. Fecon) down either side of the rails? At least on the off side of the ditches. One mounted on a skid steer would probably give you about the correct width and it just grinds everything into mulch as it goes so no clean up. Once your done spray with garlon to kill the roots and you should have a pretty good right of way. Just a thought.

Your Mic sound quality is so much cleaner and louder! Really like it

I'd love a video that has follows the tracks from end to end. Just a thought. Keep up the good work!!!

First peice of equipment!!!! Awsome!

I got faith weeeeeeeeeee. thanks for sharing very good videos ..

I would suggest looking at a dump trailer. They are ubiquitous and they come in many sizes. The mechanicals are self contained so it could be dumped while using any motive source IE the mini-ex. It would also be an asset that could be put back on the axle and readily sold.

You could use a chain "preventer" to restrict the dump action when tipping smaller gravel batches.

Without Faith, you have nothing. Faith, Family and Friends here. Stay safe.

I agree on your perspective on faith!

First clip reminds me of the caboose I sometimes say in which is owned by the scenic railroad I volunteer for

Great update video! Liked the audio quality too! :)

The draft on the door shows no flameage, and as pointed out, no chimney pipe.

@daltonmego3541

3 жыл бұрын

this guys imagination is great

@patrickolaughlin6027

3 жыл бұрын

It was a joke dude.

What a railroad! Already got one o' them space age hi tech flameless AND smokeless potbelly stoves.

@rearspeaker6364

3 жыл бұрын

amazing,what they make into microwaves now a days.

I really really enjoy every episode. You are not only creating a railroad, but in may ways a small family. With that in mind, would you consider sharing what you did for a living prior, or a mini back in time bio about yourself. Where did you grow up, was your family involved in railroads, how you got so interested, and more of those type of q&a’s. I know you want to keep some privacy, but you are really creating something special. Thank you again.

I have an identical 5-TM for our railroad we use it to move loads and empties to serve our customers its a very versatile machine

How about a hopper/feeder, it's a hopper with a conveyor belt to take whatever is put in the hopper a distance away, you could mount it on your rail cart and have the conveyor belt out away from the tracks into the woods. It can then be attached to the scoop truck so it moves with it and the tailings from the ditch would be spread out in the woods.

Good counselling session!

I have fond memories from Scouts was staying in a rustic cabin with a wood stove. We got it red-hot and it practically drove us out.

Great job on the video! Thanks for the cold start, those ole Detroit’s will take a beating and keep on tickin’. I especially favor the 4-53N since they were installed in quite a few Oliver tractors. Powerful and reliable. Just keep a good load on her once it’s warmed up, and it’ll keep on running!

Eagerly awaiting the next installment!

Loved the 6 Fs, but not sure I can continue watching, as I think my sight might be failing . . . the potbelly stove was the first indication . . . 😏👍🏻 Keep up the good work!

Love the GM 2-strokes both Detroit and EMD.

I look forward to new videos each time I come to KZread, you guys are the channel I check first. I might have missed it in an earlier video, but are you planning to monetize your channel? That would be a great way for viewers to help pitch in a little cash by watching an ad or two. Potentially even more lucrative than $4 a day per car if the channel grows. Blessings to you all!

Schweet,Best Job Ever!!!

Looking forward to the locomotive field trip. Love this channel!

@eastterminalrailway5975

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

Great job guys ... you are tickling the everyman's ambition to be "working on the railroad!" I grew up on the B&O's Wilsmere yard in Wilmington, DE (yes, the President's hometown!) and have forever been fascinated by the Railroad Industry. You might get a page going selling "Swag" with the railroad logo, slogan, etc. to be a prominent funding/revenue source with 12K subscribers already in 2+ months ... Great job. I can provide some info with that with my background. And your acting is gaining in polish. Keep being yourself and honest and forthcoming in your story telling, you have a unique perspective with your railroad vendor experience

Looking just at dump trucks is a mistake as there are other options like a dump trailer and as you want to mount it onto the cart you don't care how the wheels/axles are so you can get them cheap used.

@ryananthony4840

3 жыл бұрын

Or check the junkyards

I would set up the grapel truck with a coupler and air brakes. I used to design railway brakes, and the control system doesn't have to be a full locomotive system. A regulator for release (90psi), a regulator for desired apply (between 70 and 85), and emergency (large normally open solenoid valve on truck bumper by the coupler. Just remember you must recharge the car after doing a brake application. Edit: it is really important to make sure the emergency valve you use is large enough to cause the vent valves on the coupled cars to open up.

I tell some people I know that worry about things in their Lives that “Worry is a Lack of Faith”. 🙏👍

@TIMMEH19991

3 жыл бұрын

blind faith can get you killed........

@eastterminalrailway5975

3 жыл бұрын

@@TIMMEH19991 faith with trust can lead you far! But Faith without trust isn’t faith, it’s worry, doubt and fear. And that is what will lead someone to failure. - Graham ETR

For the dump trunk, it might be useful to put the dump on a very large lazy Susan. With proper bearings and a locking mechanism you could maneuver the bucket either perpendicular or parallel to the track. The bucket itself could then be controlled by either hydraulics or by self dumping

So crazy idea. Why not use a dumping gondola? You could use your track-mobile to move it along the lines and it would be pretty handy on a lot of your "management" tasks. Food for thought.

You are my railway mentor

A guy (Johnathan W) on youtube is trying to fix up an old dragline from 1952 and it has a 2/71 Detroit in it. Never saw one that small. Used to seeing the 6/71's Bus Grease Monkey is always messing about with.

Came across one of these in action. Search “vintage trackmobile pushing cn locomotive”. Pretty impressive 👍🏻. Good luck with your railroad project! Waiting for more videos.

How about one of those dumps that mounts in a pickup truck bed. I worked in a coal yard back in the 70’s and we used those in deliveries everyday without any problem. The trucks wore out before the bed. I still see new ones for sale here in SC. They just sat in the pickups bed, good luck and watch your eyes when bending down, you may not see a little stick pointing up when you bend down to pick up a cut sapling. I remember it happening to a guy when we were taking up some of the Pennsylvania Railroads track up in Indiana in the 80’s when they were abandoned all that track.

Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana 20 Jan 21.

One more thing you now need a NY NH C car to go with you PC car. That old J lead you could easily turn into a dog bone just by adding another switch down the line a little bit. Which would add a little versatility to storage, and give you a run around. I just understand it a little from my old model. That I would love to start up again may be sometime in the near future.

Maybe you can get a mini excavator we're the cab is junk .and a dump box. Mount together for home made rotary dump.it will take little welding and ingenuity but you got that

I know where there is a GMC RR dump truck. The truck is a rust bucket. But the bed is good. It has the RR wheels and a bed that turns 360degrees. It's in Danville KY. A good friend owns it and was in the RR business all his life. He had everything you needed. But he sold most of it off. You need to look how other co. work on the RR. You will learn how to do things. First go get a good Backhoe. The backhoe will do more things you need to be done.

@rocketdude1979

3 жыл бұрын

Agree to back hoe. My dad ran Gradalls and seeing what they can do, good idea 💡 but back hoe. RR I worked for used backhoe to spot replace ties. They "put it on the rail" by using bucket to hold front (steering wheels) off tracks, then "sliding" to suspect ties. Other bucket used to loosen ballast, hand tools used to pull spike/plates etc, then backhoe would push old tie out...

Maybe once the track condition has improved you could try and find one of those Difco Side Dump Gondolas to use for MoW.

I worked for Simpson Timber co. In Portland Oregon and we use big paper rolls from Westvaco paper and we would get these in boxcars and paper is very heavy and we had one of these track mobiles with a gas engine and it would move about 3 full cars of paper down a small hill but you had to have a guy running the hand brake on the last car because the brakes wouldn't hold real good on the track mobile and you would slide last your spot at the warehouse and then it was hard to push the cars back up the hill even with the Sanders on. Fun to run though.

Look at the California State Railway museums website they have some old post there of their track gang working and they have fabricated their own hoppers to be pulled by speeders as well as air track maintenance equipment. All can be fabricated in the shop.

@tonyczuleger4591

3 жыл бұрын

Here is the web site. It has not been updated for several years because the guy doing the website had cancer and I don’t know honestly if he is still with us he did a fantastic job doing the upkeep on the website and upkeep on the track out the Sacramento Southern. The website is SSRRsignal. Com And look under maintenance of way.

Dump box with conveyor? One that can slide hydraulically to either side. Just like 10th generations dairy man's feed cart. Can't wait for the end, and the Whispaaaa Chipppaa!

Great content sir

It would be fun if you purchased a old caboose for your break room/office on site.

@ironmatic1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it probably would be fun to spend upwards of $30,000

Boy that old girl runs like a champ

I had a thought for you that would perfect for your little rail car. Why not get an insert dump like they use on pick-up trucks or 1 tone dump trailers that you could pin down to your trailer and pick up with a set or forks or an excavator to swing around and then dump.

The dump bed we used on our cart wash believe bought/donated from a contractor who removed it from an old pickup. It’s an EZ Dumper with all self contained machinery on a metal frame. We chain it to the cart and use a backhoe to lift and rotate it if needed. Super easy to use and holds about 2-3 tons of materials. Dumps very easy and never needs to be tied down to the rail if it’s placed correctly on the cart. Takes a lot of trips back and forth with bigger jobs, but gets those jobs done!

Good stuff. Can’t wait for the field trip. I’m sure you can lay more rail at affordable price. You will find it at scrap value. Or better yet? Ask your followers here to donate it. Surely they have old Raul laying around....

Made me feel good

You might want to save some of that wood. When the ground starts softening up in spring, you may want to sure up the banks of the waterway. If so, perhaps a short wicker wall with mud behind it may be a cheap way to do that. You'd have all the material you'd need. The only cost would be man hours.

You probably need at least two tracks that are usable if you plan to do any switching of cars in storage. You might get 100 cars stored on a mile of siding? It sounds like you might be able to set up a repair shop for trucks, flat wheels, bearings, air brakes, replacement wheels etc. for rail cars.

Don't rule out hydraulic dump trailers as well... you might be able to find a dump trailer that would be easy to mount on that rail cart. Also, next time, light a fire in that pot belly stove... it will be much warmer... love the videos!

First off love your channel...lots of good content. Thanks for posting your vids.. few questions if you can answer. Who was the former owner of your railroad? Any chance you can share cost of your railroad? Finally how did you go about buying a railroad? Thanks again, look forward to your upcoming videos

What about using petty bone forklift and the hopper? I worked on the capital building in Jefferson City Missouri and some of the labors use that to our benefit. Those things are beasts!!🦣🦏

Put a clam bucket on the grapple truck , add temporary sideboards, then you can pile further off tracks