BNSF TP03 Tie Gang - See Description for Machine List 

Thank you for these videos of MOW. My father did this for Southern Railway for over fifty years. He started out in the 1930s, went through WW2 with a U. S. Army Railway Operating Battalion in the European theater. Resumed MOW work for Southern after coming home . I would sometimes go with him for a day or two if his work was close to home and get to see him work, it was a completely different time and way of things back then.

Where would we be today without all this? The work, the cost is all incredible and they still have about 1700 derailments annually.

It's cool to see all of that track maintenance equipment.

What amazes me is the designers of these machines and how they are manufactured and built.

In 1969 I worked for Norfolk & Western Railroad out of Moberly, Missouri on an “extra tie gang” we took out old ties & put in new ones, we did about a half a mile or so a day using 5 machines & 28 laborers & Gandy dancers using tie-tongs, tamping bars, claw bars, picks/shovels, rail tongs, lining bars & other tools. The machines in this video did in hours what took us all day to do. We worked 10 hours a day, 5 days a week for a measly $150.00 a week, but hey, in 1969 that was good money. The work in the video seems so robotic, & monotonous & I understand progress from the way we used to do it 53 years ago, but on our tie gang we had the same camaraderie that I felt in the Army. The old way that we worked, joked & sang putting in ties is what they used to write songs about, I never heard any railroad songs about clanging machines! 🤣🎶✌️🤘👍

Tie Crane was my machine.

Love this video too much, cannot wait for your next video! Thanks!

What a neat machine

Great work, nice images with machines in action! Thumbs Up & Subscribe Greetings from Romania Andrew

Grappler lines up the new ties NOW that operator IS GOOD AT HIS JOB

Wow, Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

Great operator's

Y’all did a lot of work in North Dakota last year and was trying to get a 19A out there because I have buddy who was on your gang.

I see where each piece of equipment is designed to move on the tracks , but how do they get to where they are going, surely they don't travel great distances do they? It seems like I watched one video where when they were done and ready to go to their next destination they were loaded up on flat bed railcars, is that how it's done?

Fascinating. I realize these machines are far from the old days of labor intensive railway gangs, but you can't take away the great skill of these operators. I wonder how much track this crew is charged with maintaining and how far they get in a day?

I know I was hearing some Detroit’s running… miss that sound man

This is so cool! haha

I see these here in Oklahoma but never paid attention to how do things

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The amount of money in maintenance and parts on these specialized machines makes my stomach hurt. Not saying it's not worth it, just comparing it to what u make a year lol

As i remember ALL work was to stop when a passing train went by and that the workers were to do a watch on the roll by. What happen to safety?

This is so cool!

No Gandy dancers left. They didn't even sing for us

Good

I work on the railroad and we so everything with a backhoe lining bars claw bars tamper regulator spike driver spike puller hydraulic impact rail saw hydraulic rail drill

How long does it take to replace 1 mile of ties? And how many ties are there per mile?

Neat operation.what happens to the old spikes and plates?

I like this but how can you tell from the old to the new railroad ties

In India we use only concrete sleepers. Are we more advanced.?

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О лядь! Даже биосортир с собой! Причём со смывом! О как! Не то что мы в ближайший лесок, и кормить комаров своей голой задницей! 🤣🤣🤣

В России есть ПРМ-5 каторая только путь рехтует и подсыпку делает.

3:22 What does this machine do?

Good video, but I think you have the gang number wrong.

фигня какая! все автоматизировано, тяжелой работы нет и погода хорошая а у нас в дождь и снег вручную все это делается, а из автоматизации лом и лопата!

Also the line is not electric traction.

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