I worked with a section gang for a Rail Road contractor many years ago , replacing frogs , comp bars , rotten ties , it was a rewarding job for sure. Got real good with the hammer swing too , I was in good shape back in them days 😁 I worked with five fellas who were from Newfoundland , they were a great bunch. Your videos rekindle memories of those years , good memories.
Awesome to hear that Art! Thanks so much for writing in and sharing with us. We really appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch the home movie today my good man.
The railroad is very lucky to have you, as we are out here, you're Pleasant attitude and explanation of what you do goes a long way especially for some of us that don't know an awful lot about railroading, stay safe out there my friend drink lots of water and be careful!
In the world of CWR its nice to see the skills of working with jointed Rail issues not lost. Great job Dave I admire and respect someone who takes his job seriously. Your company is lucky to have someone such as yourself who obviously takes pride in his craft!!👍
Thank you Greg for the nice comment, that was very kind of you to say that. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Beer is no problem, however I'm not the life of the party, I prefer actually to stay in the back ground and yet I'm a big YT star, go figure that. Thanks so much for stopping by and watching today my good man. And I will buy the beer.
Thank you Mary for the nice comment.Glad to hear you are having a good time. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you Paul, glad you enjoyed. We very much appreciate your visiting with us today and taking in the video my good man. it's getting rarer and rarer to find folks who love their job, I'm very happy for you.
You are a hard working man Dave. Not many people could do that kind of work. Great video, please take care of yourself. We all love your videos. I hope it wasn't too hot out!
Thank you Valerie for the very kind words. Railroading isn't always easy but this went better than I thought it was going to. it was starting to get hot and was glad to get back in the AC truck! Thanks so much for paying me a visit tonight my lady friend.
@@ccrx6700 Love seeing your smiling face at the beginning and end. My husband and I think you are one really sweet man. So glad we have a chance to watch your videos.
It did go pretty quick Scotty, only thing I wish now I had included in the video was me spiking it back down. But at 68 years old I'm a large bit slow in windmill spiking not like I used to be and didn't want to embarrass myself.... LOL Thanks so much for watching today and the very nice comment my friend.
We still have those wrenches Bryan an use them on occasion for tightening a single bolt, will do a video on that sometime. But as you know, sometimes those bolts get froze and they are almost impossible to take off with a hand wrench. Have to cut them off. We use hand wrench for all the bolts on a bridge on the gage side when there are guard rails on the bridge and no room for the impact. I like hydraulics! Thanks so much for writing in and watching tonight my friend.
@@ccrx6700 yep, back in the day when I was younger, I did a lot of that. We even moved the rails on a short bridge once by hand and track jacks. The bridge was on a curve, and over time the track on either side had slowly shifted to the outside of the curve. There was room on the bridge to just pull all the spikes and push the rails over to make the curve more smooth and re-spike. I never got good at driving spikes by hand. I was the signal guy forced to help the track crew when needed! LOL
Nice job Dave! The advantage to the large bolts is you don't have a hard time finding them in the ballast! Again I learned a bit more about railroading today! Thank you Dave!
Appreciate the nice comment Alan and you are welcome. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the video. May you have a really good day my friend.
Thank you David and yep most days I do look forward to going to work. I'm 68 years of age and if I didn't feel that way, then would be retired. Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching the video today my good man.
Even 16.5 miles of track keeps you busy, Dave. Makes me wonder how bigger rail companies keep up with repairs. Thank you for showing your expertise. CCRX is very fortunate to have you on the job.
Nice job driving that drift pin. You make it look easy. If it was me I'd have smacked the side of the rail more times than I hit the pin. Thanks for sharing!
We at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum recently had to have compromise bars custom made to go from one section of girder rail to another section of girdere rail special work for smoe brand new street trackage. Fortunately for us our master machinist was able to do the fabrication. The street sill be paved in brick. So everything has to be done right the first time! So much easier, as you have shown to be able to use of the shelf parts!
Awesome Joseph! How cool is it he was able to make those for you. It has been over 25 years since I've visited you guys and yet your only 30 minutes, need to get over there and do some new exploring! Heard you got some 80 pound rail you want to get rid of, we could use that at the Historical Society. Thanks so much for watching the video my friend.
Thank you Nope Not Me for the very nice comment. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to check out the repair job. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you very much Donna for the really nice comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Always good to spot rail problems early on . Deftly corrected by yourself in double quick time . On the heritage rail that I have worked on in the UK these are called fish plates with the curve fitted to the rail on the inside ( on bull head rail ), so slightly different but with the same end result . Looking forward to your next upload on RU-vid as always .
Mine can't take too much of that at one time either Kent. Was glad to get it done and it went much better than I thought it might. Really appreciate your paying us a visit and taking in the show today my friend.
I'm a Brit and have worked in tunnel construction most of my working life, we used rail cars and diesel or electric locos to haul much out and tunnel concrete rings and other supplies in. So rail extension was a daily part of advancing the tunnel be it by hand mining or TBM boring and erection. Rail size depended on the actual diameter size of the tunnel and then the rolling stock used to suit, in my time on the tools fish plates were fitted both sides of the rail the inner plate had machined hole with lugs cut to a corresponding lug on the round headed bolt fitted into. All nuts were to to the outside of the rail to save on thread damage from deep flange wheels and derailments. All rail joints were supported by a steel or wooden sleeper the steel ones had clips pressed into them with one sleeper catching the outside rail flange and the next sleeper catching the inside flange. Wooden sleeper had timber dogs driven in by an impact hammer gun. In TBM tunnel's a set of rails would be laid for the back up trailers and carried forward when the last trailer cleared at the back end. Loco rails are of course left in until completion of all the tunnel works. Rail sizes were old school and one size comes to mind at 32 Lb. Ft. We earned our money building tunnel support rings, installing rail, water and compressed air pipes, power cables for each meter excavated.
Wow thanks so much for the awesome comment Good Morning Vietnam. Really enjoyed reading that. Tunnel construction I can imagine can be grueling dirty hard work. My hat is off to you sir!!! Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching the video my good man.
@@ccrx6700 The tunnel industry has taken me to many places around the world, often with stays of 4 years or more in many locations. We work with a lot of locals and so get a real taste of the country. Tunnels have many uses and I have worked on water supply, waste and drainage water, national power grid, road and rail. In 1994/5 I was in Ontario, Canada on a CN Rail tunnel under the St Clair River crossing the border into Michigan. On breakthrough day I forgot to bring along my passport, immigration asked how I got into the US without a passport. The crew behind me shouted out, he dug a tunnel.
Just a key hammer and a bloody big spanner to replace the fish plates when I worked on British rail back when. Always left the expansion gap alone unless specified on the work chit.
Really appreciate YT recommending this one to you Matt. Thanks for clicking on it and watching my good man. Hope you will check out some of my other RR videos sometime.
Thanks Gary, I don't know about skill but lucking out I meant didn't have to use the fire snake. Should have said that in the video. Was glad to get back in the AC truck tho as it was getting hot! Really appreciate your visit with us tonight my friend.
You seem like a real nice guy. It gets hard doing that kind of work when you get older, but your still at it. Good for you. I have been doing HVAC work for 30 years, and all the kneeling down over the years has got my knees shot. I'm 63 and I have two years to retire, fortunately I landed a desk job and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.
Thanks George for the kind words. It surely does get harder, I'm 68 and just cannot come near doing physically what used to. Really appreciate your paying us a visit today and watching my good man.
I bet that you are in far better shape than your peers who spent their working lives behind desks. Enjoy your retirement which i predict will be long and comfortable.
Well you taught me something new about railroading today. I knew about regular rail joiners but didn't know about the compromise joint bar. Just when I thought I was to old to learn. Thanks teacher Dave, I'll bring you an apple tomorrow!
Mr. Dave In 1960 I start work at B&O RailRoad In Blue Island Illinois,I have use a large wrench to tight bars Bolt, and some Time use the spike hammer. Good video,i'm 80 years.
Awesome Juan that you worked for B & O! I too have a large wrench but hydraulics now rule the day. I use my hand wrench on occasion when I only have 1 bolt to do. Thank you so much for writing in and sharing and for watching the video my fellow railroader.
Really pleased you enjoyed the home movie tonight Terence. So do appreciate your stopping by and watching my railroading friend. PS: got a small series of videos coming out starting this Sunday morning on track inspections that you are really gonna enjoy.
Been There! Done That! Started on the MoW crew on the Maine Central Railroad in 1974! Transferred to a Clerical position shortly after that. Ended up in the Signal crew in the late 1980s.
We would like to say Thank You very much for taking the time to visit with us today and watch the presentation Gerald. Hope you will sometime check out more of our Railroad videos at: ru-vid.com
Dave, absolutely awesome. I had no idea that you had different rail in place. Thanks so much for explaining it and for letting us tag along and watch a master at work! Take care.
No..We should call them "DAVES COMP BARS"....(.rail joint bars)...Since he fixes them with us all....We enjoyed the Show...thanks for taking us along....
Super video Dave! Years over that same rail and you know when something isn't right, huh?! And you answered my question about how you match up the different weight rail without me even asking! Thanks for another informative video!
Thank you Andrew for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to check out the repair job. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
That was some hard work on a hot day! A cold beverage of your choice should have been waiting for you when you got home. Thanks for letting us be a part of your crew. Shame I couldn't lend a hand.
Well John your wishes came true and yes there was that select choice of cold beverage waiting for me.... LOL So very much appreciate your visiting with me tonight and taking in the home movie my friend.
Great video Dave. I really enjoyed how you put this one together. Showed us the issue and then showed us an experts work to remedy it. Thank you for sharing
A most worthy fix. Thank you for sharing it with us. Hopefully it will address the problem of spreading on this outside rail on this outside turn and transport will continue. ;)
Thank you Suthon for the kind words. We appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and help change out the comp bar. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Master? LOL perhaps jack of all trades master of none.... :-) Thanks for the kind words. We do appreciate your tuning in and checking out the video today my friend.
Great job with this video Dave! Like so many other videos you’ve put together, this video is informative, entertaining, and your style of sharing all of this info is very unique (and even refreshing). You’re an awesome teacher my friend- keep up the great work! 👍😀🇺🇸
LOL maybe not Chuck but perhaps in an alternative universe you will be a RR worker.... just a random thought.... LOL Very much appreciate your visit with us tonight my good man.
I gotta say. That hydraulic impact is awesome. A pneumatic one of the same size like the ones I use at work are ridiculously loud. I'd love to have some of those hydraulic power tools. However, I'd bet that the impact itself is vastly more expensive than pneumatic, and factoring in all the ancillary equipment to run it would make it even more expensive. But man, that thing is nice.
It sure is Robert. RR tools are expensive and this 1 inch impact costs about $5500!!!! But it sure does a good job on stubborn frozen nuts. We are supposed to be getting an Ingersoll Rand battery 1 inch impact, it's 1/3 the cost and has 2 batteries so will do a video on that one if and when it shows up. They do have a purchase order approved for it. Thanks so much for joining in with us for the home movie my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I have heard good things about the IR impacts. My boss has been saying he's gonna get a Milwaukee 1" drive for our shop at work, but I have yet to see it. And, absolutely man! I love your videos. I'd love to work for a short line RR, but there is very, very few of them where I am, and unless you have experience, they won't give you a look at all. Gotta love that. Need experience for a job, but can't get a job to get experience in that job, because you don't have any experience.
Your very welcome William. So kind of you for your nice words. We really appreciate your taking the time to write in and for watching the video my good man.
I always enjoy these videos. Even though I know your job is a lot of work it still looks like fun. I learn something cool every time I wish I was younger. When I was though I took a stab at getting on with CSX but back then they did not need anyone. Thank You for the video
Dave it is nice to see you do some work on the railroad. You are very professional talented educated gentleman on the railroad. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I have enjoyed your channel and content. ❤🇨🇦
Thank you Ray for the very nice comment. We really appreciate all your comments and for the awesome support you have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.
Appreciate the very nice comment Clark and glad to hear you are finding out new stuff. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for this: another interesting and informative video! Kneepads may be useful if one's knees can take kneeling. A small bucket to hold the small parts and a floor drainage mat section just enough to lie down on might be considered.
Your very welcome Robin, thanks for the suggestions and I used to have knee pads, mostly for when crawling under the tamper ( if I had a hundred bucks for every time I crawled under that thing, I'd be richer than Donald Trump.... LOL) I do have a small bucket to put the scrap bolts and nuts in but didn't show it in the video. Like to keep that kind of stuff off the track surface so the tamping blades don't hit them. I do really appreciate all the great comments you have sent in and for the excellent support you have given the channel for a very long time now my friend.
I was recently talking to a guy at an HO railway club set-up. Apparently he watches you too. Needless to say, I'm gonna join the club. 😉 Thanks for the video!
I think those model railroading clubs are so cool K D. it amazes me some of the layouts that they build and how detailed some of them are. That's pretty neat both you guys watch these! Thanks so much for sharing that and for tuning in tonight to the presentation my friend.
Great video and tutorial of replacement of the Comp Rail! You're a Jack of All Trades when it comes to Railroads and we the fans/subscribers always learn something new Dave! Nice job as always and look fwd to seeing the next video! KABOOM!!!
Very glad you enjoyed Shawn and thank you so much for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us today my good man. Next video out tomorrow morning is totally unique, you will not see this on YT anywhere else.
Thank you so much Lewis. It's very pleasing to me when guys write in and say they learned something new. Few out there realize there are joint bars like this to join different sizes of rail together. Really appreciate your visiting with us tonight my friend.
Thank you for these great and informative videos. Been a RR fan since I was a kid. Couldn’t wait to see the train go by near where I lived years ago. This was the Southern Pacific.
Your welcome Glenn, glad you enjoyed. SP was a great RR. One of our locos, 3098 was originally made for SP. Really appreciate your visit with us today and for taking in the video. Here is a link to see 3098, it's near the end of that video if you would care to watch. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oOug0z34118.html
Awesome stuff l enjoy your videos immensely, as a former driver and now a rail safety teacher ..your information and knowledge help me to teach those who work on and around track. particularly those with no prior rail experience just to see whats what and how things are..many think its just track how hard or important can it be...they soon learn otherwise.thank-you so much regards Doc from Down Under.
Thank you so much Doc from Down Under for the very nice comment. I'm flattered and pleased to hear that. I'm passing along what many older guys have given to me over the years. Old school railroading. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
