Changing a truck set! You find the most interesting repairs to show us. I recall seeing a whole rail station being hoisted and moved so the weight was not so amazing, but since I enjoy the repair progress of whatever heavy equipment is working, this was such fun to watch. Thank you, Dave, for including those of us who love to watch.
Thank you for the kind words Shirley. We do get involved in a whole lot of different adventures here, but that makes the job interesting. Really pleased to hear you enjoyed watching this one. We are very grateful my friend for your taking the time to stop by and check out the video.
Not really fascinating, most railroads have electric hydraulic jacks for line of road. Also not sure why you'd change the whole truck set out? Change the wheel, put it back under and go. I've done it hundreds and hundreds of times. Never used a sidewinder or crane. Your company must have piles of cash to burn.
@@TheNemosdaddy Yeah, you're right. It's not really fascinating, Mr. Pimp. Please forgive me for choosing a descriptive adjective you felt was not warranted. Please feel free to follow my comments and be sure to tell me where else I need to change my poor taste. Live a long life.
I recall reading about flat cars with friction bearings that were used in the early’40s to ship heavy armor for Iowa class battle ships.Don’t remember how long the trip was, but when the train arrived at the Naval yard the bronze bearings had oozed out of the journals like butter.
I looked it up and a Tadano ATF160G-5 (the crane used for this lift) has a maximum capacity of 200T. I don't know if they had the full counterweight stack installed to allow maximum lift capacity, but that is a good sized crane. Most crane rental services have specs on their various machines posted online, and if not the manufacturers typically do.
Thanks Mark for sharing that info with us. I'm totally apologize, believe it or not, YT just sent me this comment 5 months later. Go figure that one out.
Awesome stuff. I used to volunteer at a museum in New Jersey. We have a 3 foot gauge 23 ton locomotive built by GE in October '42. We had to get a 55 ton crane out to hoist it up and place it on a truck to get hauled out to Pennsylvania for reconditioning. The whole electrical system took a big stinky one on us... No really, you could smell the hot electrics in the cab! When they got it, they said they found what they described as "one of everything from Thomas Edison's workshop in there." Now she'll be good as new for long into the foreseeable future. Was quite a sight to see it lifted like that though.
@@rearspeaker6364 Let's not forget Thomas Edison publicly electrocuted an elephant just to prove how dangerous his rival inventor(Nikolai Tesla)'s AC voltage was...
Great one Dave. Been on many sites with cranes erecting cell towers. Always a thrill. Never had an incident. HSE always enforced. Crane operators knew their jobs. Biggest one was where the crane arrived with 6 trucksbin attendance for the boom and counterweights. Think it took 4 hours to set up crane. 15 minutes to lift cell phone container onto building roof and quite some time to de-establish the crane and of course quite expensive. I think the building was 18 stories. Nail biting but crane crew took it in their stride.
Bill, thank you, glad you enjoyed. WOW that really musta been some crane to do that, bet that was an awesome experience. Crane crews from what i have seen are extremely safety conscious and highly trained
@@mikeschmidt5328 Mike, you got that right, have often wanted do a G scale here at the house, prices are like unreal, my model railroading career may take a second job to pay for...LOL
I took your suggestion, had no clue how to do it, but figured it out and started some playlists. Pretty neat, I really thank you for suggesting that. Got more to do, but take a look and please let me know what you think and any other suggestions you might make. That was fun doing it once I got it figured out how. Really, Really thank you sir!
@@ccrx6700 I hear ya. I got a ton of H O equipment, but I haven't had a layout since the early 90"s. Would love to set it up again just need more time and money.
Dave, this was fantastic! What an awesome thing to get to observe. I certainly appreciate what you do to bring these videos to us. That is a huge crane and the operator was so careful. That is a lot of weight. Thanks again! Have a great day.
Thank you Tom, really great to hear you enjoyed the show. We got another bad bearing on a car right now so there may be another video like this in the future! Appreciate your watching my friend.
Your videos are one of the first ones I watch. You are like a walking encyclopedia. Thanks for sharing. Please be safe and keep healthy. We will be waiting for your next video.
Valerie, wow, golly gee, thank you, really appreciate your watching and thank you for the really swell comments you have sent in, glad you are enjoying. I'm almost 67 and believe me safety is a major concern for me. By the way, I'm Dave, been railroading for over 40 years so oughta know a little something bout it.
Thank you, really glad you enjoyed watching, hope you will stick around, got a lot more vids planned for the upcoming year, plus if you would like to watch, a lot more on my channel. Really appreciate your watching and comment
EJ, yep, only 2 pins to hook up the brake linkage. Many folks assume there is some kind of tie down from car body to truck set, but there is not. There is a bowl on truck set that the body sets in with a teflon disc, then we throw 2 packets of grease in there. Will show that when i do vid on truck sets.
A time or two David. Really helps out to have guys who know what they are doing. Makes the job go a whole lot easier. Thanks for the nice comment. We are very grateful for your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Michael, im sorry but gonna disappoint you there, i had to help hook up brake linkages so didn't get a chance to make another vid. But really good that you are liking these, thank you
it surely is MJ, take 2 pins out for the brake linkage and lift the car body off the truck set. Thank you so much for taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks for the follow up, I find this very interesting and I appreciate the extra work you do putting these together, please stay safe and keep up your great work!
Michael, thank you sir, glad you enjoyed watching and appreciate your comments sir, and believe me, I'm almost 67 years old, safety is a great concern.
i just found your channel,its excellentl because you should the real work of railroading not just videos of trains going down the tracks, my buddy works for bnsf
Thank you Kelvin for the kind words, glad you are enjoying. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the replacing a truck set video my friend. BNSF is top notch in my book.
@@SilasWasHere Silas, nobody here has ever figured that out for our RR. However, Association American Railroads once did a study on Class 1 RR's. They determined RR's can move 1 ton of freight an average of 470 miles on 1 gallon of fuel! Amazing to me
I farm and rail service is critical to agriculture. It's nice to see and understand what is invested into the railroad system and how it works. I benefit from the railroad directly every day and didn't know or appreciate how it all works. Thank you for taking the extra time to show the world how it works.
I really enjoy seeing these videos. I like to research stuff so I know what I'm talking about. Most people think they're a railroad maintenance expert after the east Palestine derailment. I like to learn about stuff before I open my mouth.
Thank you very much MiJak123 for the nice comment. Really nice to hear you are enjoying the home movies. We appreciate your visiting with us and watching. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
It is great to see this work being done, these bogies go through a lot of wear and tear, they certainly pay for themselves. It is a costly business running a railroad. Thank you for for taking the time to share this with us.
John, lol, bogies... you must be from UK or Europe, that what they call them there, here we call them truck sets, same thing, just different terminology. Thank you for watching and commenting sir
@@ccrx6700 I realized that but it is just that I like to use the terms used in the country from which the video comes. I would use railroad when referring to the United States of America but I noticed that that is not universally used as there is a RU-vidr from the New England area who uses the term, 'railway' which I was surprised about. The term 'railroad' was used as well as 'railway' certainly in the 1800s in the UK. It is interesting how language developes!
@@johnsmart964 John, understand sir. Railroad here when referring to track, many companies refer to themselves as railway, such as BNSF Railway, hope that helps distinguish a bit better
We had one bearing overheat and grenade years ago. Ended up snapping the truck in half which dipped down and broke over 250 bolts and caused a few small fires. Have to re-rail a locomotive in the morning, that's always fun.
Thank you Ray, sorry to disappoint but had to help hook up linkage on brakes so did not make another vid putting new truck set under. Really do appreciate your watching
Nice and thank for the video. The manufacturer of the autocrane comes from Germany. Unfortunately, she went to insovents just before Christmas 2020. The last major car crane manufacturer in Germany thus the company liebherr. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
Worked in a oil refinery for 14 years those pop off valves are everywhere ! You can be in no man's land and still hear Pppppphhhhsssssstttt !!! Randomly, Almost every pipe was steam traced and wrapped in asbestos then painted with good old lead paint.
hello dave its is randy and i like your video super & to see the replacing a truck on hopper car that an overheatd bearing thanks dave cool super video thanks friends randy
Thank you Randy for the very nice comment, glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your dropping in on us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Matt, thank you. Am going to do a special vid on all the parts of a truck set in the future so will certainly cover your request when that one comes out. Appreciate your watching
I'm a car man, jacked 3 cars just this week. Had a coal car that overheated the bearing so bad the bearing adapter fused to the bearing. 10 minutes with a sledge didnt knock it off. That wheel set just left today, bearing adapter still on it months later.
This is really cool to see. Never knew these things happen . Really interesting to see. Thankyou for sharing. Looking forward to seeing more great content from you.
@@ccrx6700 I am very picky about what I subscribe to. Your channel is educational an I like learning things. Also I think your narrating I like the passion you have. Am almost watching your videos. My brother used to work Union Pacific as conductor years ago but left for another job so he could be with his family more. Thankyou.
Used to get involved in this type of work when I was an apprentice on the UK Railways 40 plus years ago, except we use a rail mounted steam crane, hydraulic jacks and cribbing
Harold, thank you for watching, I will do that if I ever get the chance. This loco has a problem with it's air dryer, I don't know exactly what it is, but parts have been ordered to fix it. The air dryer is not supposed to sound the way it does in this vid.
Excellent advice Greg, like the old farmers here say, always get a bigger tractor than what you think you'll need. Like Tim the Tool Man Taylor said, More Power!!!
Ezekiel, thanks for writing in. Those jacks you are referring to are pretty nifty, we do not have them. This is a loaded car, would you happen to know how much weight those jacks will pick up? We have those huge jacks to lift a loco at our car shop, but we did not want to risk a derailment running the car back 8 miles to get there. Appreciate your watching sir
@@ccrx6700 I’m sure of the capacity of them. I don’t work with car department. I’ve just seen the system used in passing. I’ll ask around and see what I can did up.
@Ken S I’ve been doing construction and railroad for 25 yrs there is alway a level of danger involved. But that’s what makes us union skilled labor. There’s a difference.
That bearing .... was something else. I'd be interested to see the damage done when the truck is disassembled. I know that's not possible. Thank you for the update.
Yes that would also be interesting to me, but unfortionately these are sent out to our rebuilder where they take them apart and I can't get there to see it. Alas
I'm surprised no jackstand was placed under hopper car - as a safety back measure? Pretty cool video! I saw another video where repair crew used hydraulic jacks to lift a boxcar.
If you were ever a musician, or knew of one, I'd think it'd be a bit humorous to make a blue-grass railroad ballad of the "Bearing Blues." Oh, the stories that could tell. Cool video.
That would be a really good song there my friend! Thank you for watching, gonna have to get John Lee Hooker to do some background music for these...LOL
Seen a video on RU-vid where they just use a heavy duty forklift to do exactly the same job at a wagon repair shop. Cheat is though, they're empty. Whole different ball game when the truck is full. ;)
@@ccrx6700 There's still a few museums lines running them on narrow gauge stuff. I see why they were replaced with better trucks. Bolted together flat steel doesn't stay square long! Getting the journal boxes to line up takes some assistance with a 6 foot steel bar and three other men.
Thanks Rick, no crane in future for me, but we have another bad bearing car sitting in the siding right now so will sometime soon have another crane in here to replace the truck set on that car, but that video won't be coming out till next fall or so. Appreciate your watching my good man.
We do not have the portable jacks those guys have, we have permanent jacks in the shop, they will even lift a loco up, that is awesome to see done. It's pretty neat how they change out a wheel set with those portable jacks and a fork lift.
Nice videos, We subbed your channel last weekend and I really enjoy watching it due to me relating to track work since I have 25 years at the CP in the track department.
@@ccrx6700 Anytime and look forward to seeing more published material, If my wife and I get out that way we would like to check that RR outlooks very interesting.
Stephen, thank you, almost impossible for the crane to set up on our side track as it is located, thus need to bring it out here where we have a lot more room to work. There is only a mud road back along the siding and it's rather narrow. We do not have portable jacks so must rely on a rented crane to do this. Do appreciate your watching sir and for your comments you send in
Dave, love your videos ! They answer so many questions I didn't know I even had ! On that crane, those things are so expensive, don't you guys have a shop with an overhead crane that you could lift these cars yourself & save $$$ ?
Thank you for the very kind words gtf g. We really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend. We do have car jacks in our shop, they will even pick up a loco.
I wish I could record them picking up an entire SD70ace off it's truck-set at the shop with the overhead cranes but I am not allowed to record or take pictures out there due to my contract, policies, and homeland security stuff. it is absolutely amazing how they can lift such a thing straight up like they do though.
Yes that would be really cool if you were allowed. I understand, I'm pretty fortunate to be able to do these. I've seen a few still pictures of those cranes doing that, it is amazing. Thanks again for watching
Thank you luke atthat, glad you enjoyed. They put the new truck set under that car in the video. I did not show us hooking up the brake linkage tho as I had to help do that. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the replacing a truck set video my friend.
Your crane a Faun 160G-5, 200 ton capacity... Rental cost for that could be $400 - $500 hour, plus counterweights charges...usually 4 - 5 hour minimum rental...ballpark $3500 for half day...
@@ccrx6700 Hey...watching your vid, I pulled crane info off crane...Cranes Mfg label their equipment with model info to id capacity.. The 160 signifies 160 meter tons, converts to 200 imperal tons.
Makes a guy nervous getting under there and hooking the brake linkage back up on the truck set for sure! Glad you could take the time to visit with us and watch my good man.
Skilled heavy lifting and skilled rigging. Craftsman at work. Can't get that from smart phones. Still need good old skilled manpower heh? Thanks for posting this. It lifts my spirits (pun intended).
Bill, thank you, glad you enjoyed, these guys were really good, worked safely and efficiently, you are right not something you can get from a smart phone
They had to bring the car out on the main so the crane would be close enough to make the lift. we could have done what you suggested had the crane been able to get close to the car while it was in the siding here. Thank you for watching
Timmy, sorry, I had to help hook up brake linkages so couldn't video and do that at the same time, but I do thank you for watching. Car was taken back and dumped and is now back in revenue service.
The ones I've seen done will not take both truck-sets out but lift the car so that only the defective set gets removed. It surprised me to see you pulled both out.
Yes sir, that happens a good many times. We had a reconditioned truck set up here already. We also felt there was enough wear on the front wheels that replacing both wheel sets was frugal. So it was just as easy to change entire truck set for us on this one. Thank you for your comment and for watching
Power companies use a big "hand of God" crane like that, to set power poles in back yards in the city. Anywhere that the normal power line trucks can't access the poles by road, they bring in one of these big cranes, and lift the poles over the house and plant them in the back yard.
