TIE GANG IN ACTION ON THE UNION PACIFIC! ALL EQUIPMENT, CLOSE UPS, AND DRONE VIEWS, TRAIN TRAFFIC! 

Hello Red, the track construction work and the machines were filmed really well. It's great that the workers brought their Dixi with them. And your flag is waving in the wind again. Thanks for showing us, your drone footage is great again. Have fun and stay healthy. Best wishes, Wolfgang

Thanks for that amazing video. I had never before seen any of those machines in operation to service the rails and ties, and I didn't realize how great of an operation it was with so many machines involved.

What even more impressive is the Concrete Tie Installation. You don’t see this process done very often but there are thousands of miles of it across U.S. 👍🙏

Very fine!! Yes! WP/UP in 1978 used what can be described as a “dual-head sabre saw” to cut ties into thirds. The blades cut the tie inside the gauge at what is called “Hearst” on the old WP line from Niles, CA to Pleasanton, CA and thence to Stockton to the East and Oakland to the West. I received permission from the tie gang boss to take as many sections as I needed. Four loads in the bed of a 1957 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup…height-staggered vertically as a landscaping element at our new home.👍🚂

Great video Red. It’s fascinating watching the MOW crews work, I can only imagine how labor intensive track work was before the specialized machines came along.

Great equipment’s there and UP actions in Le grand Iowa and montour Iowa too working there too and NS mixed freight there I love how they work red 👍😊😊😊

Red, I believe that most of the hydraulic hose on all of this equipment was made in Red Oak, Iowa by Parker Hannifin.

Great Video on this MOW Tie Crew. Thanks for Sharing.

The trailng DPU on the coal train sure sounds good! 😄😄😄😄❤❤❤❤

Thanks Red great to see how they work.hope to se more in front of you place

Great video. Love watching MOW work and those amazing machines. But man, you have a great spot there in Montour. Thanks.

A good mixed manifest to end with, Red! I thank you for a very interesting video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I'd love to see the whole operation in person. I thought some of the ties they pulled still looked relatively good. I'm glad you explained why. It was a fabulous video! Thanks again! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤

Nothing looks odder than MOW equipment. It looks like some were designed by a kid with Legos. You can’t figure out what they do, until we get a video like this. The only thing I can recognize is the PortaPottie. I thought I saw the heatstroke victim up and walking; how would they rescue him? Things are sure looking lush and green there - haven't dropped in on you since early Spring. Thanks, Red. Always great trainwatching. Be back tomorrow to see the finish.

That's an absolutely awesome Video!👍😎

I would see that equipment when I was working in Boston MA.

The ballast crew still needs to come through. 😊

Dude I loved that video! That was so cool watching them putting in those new ties!

Cool hopper train, Red! Thank you. 🙂🙂🙂🙂❤❤❤❤

Enjoyed your video ,great like to watch thank you Red!!

It looked like some of the trailing machines weren't doing anything except going along for the ride. 😂🙂🙂

The porta potty is a must need🤠

I'm old enough to remember when section crews would do continuous maintenance and most of the work by hand. I remember watching them using the rail jacks to lift the tracks. This is good stuff!

This is a fantastic video, Red! This is the first video that I have seen of a full tie gang in action. I have seen videos that show a tamper and/or a regulator in action, but they are alone and no other equipment is in view. Thank you for taking the day off to capture this tie gang in action. It would have been nice if the tie gang had made it to Montour, Iowa. The trains that passed the tie gang as they were workingwre a bonus. (23 June 2024 at 2355 CDT)

You took a day off from work 😊and this is what you did, I hope you at least took your bike to get some videos 😊. Looks like a good place for your harley.

Good thing you had a mostly decent weather day to work along with the tie gang. It's amazing how over the years how much automation has gone into this and the speed it can be done at. I believe I did see one or two Nordberg machines which are built on the south side of Milwaukee and are actually a customer on the UP ex CNW New Line. The tie remover is definitely top shelf high volume equipment and that arm just pulls them out so fast it's hard to believe I too remember the ties being chopped in half and there were probably several reasons for it. You usually had equipment not capable of pulling out an entire tie so that's supposedly made it easier also for disposal it was easier to camouflage broken ties in the weeds or stack them up in piles to burn. One place that may still be done is on the triple track commuter areas in Chicago especially around stations with a platform and the middle track up against the fencing. Air conditioned cabs and tinted windows things even your father didn't dream of. Rail Freight definitely tapers off when this is occurring so the perpetually slow 2 unit WP&L train for Columbia power plant at Portage WI slogged it out while the westbound most likely returning from an industrial customer or KCBX terminal in South Chicago. A good size Intermodal plus the varied freight train help to wind up the day. Out of curiosity with no siiding in Montour how far did they have to go at night to tie up? Very nice coverage of an integral part of the rail system

Wait until up brings in the old tie removal crew. It's impressive seeing the loaders on top of the rail cars! Caught the CN in Northwest Iowa with a beautiful pair of SD40-2'S, unfortunately no time to chase the train. Great catch Red!

Red, I enjoy your videos. i was a tie gang foreman in the late 70's when the welded rail was first installed through Iowa. They are replacing tie's we put in 45 years ago. It's amazing how much work is done with machines.

Red, the equipment gets better and better over the years. Good shots of the process - thanks.

And the most important piece of equipment is behind the tie installer, the porta-potty!!

Awesome presentation, Red. Super interesting to see the tie gang work the rails. I hope the tie gang member who had some issues is alright. Thanks a lot for making the effort , taking a day PTO, to bring us this exciting presentation. 🙏💥💯🇺🇸❤

Gotta love the porta potty !

I hope that white blooming weed along the tracks isn't poison hemlock, you don't want to mess with that! I saw a lot of ties at an auction sell recently for $200/bundle.

Wow! about the R & N hoppers, @Jamie Makin always wants to know where they show up❗

Love watching the MOW crews

Tough guys use the bushes……even if Red is filming

How do they make sure that the solid steel tie plates are put back in the proper inward track angle inward..????

Nice Catch On The Dyna Cat Tamper

Wow thats pretty cool! Thanks for video😊

Wow that's pretty cool! Hey Red, you hear about the bridge collapse in Sioux City?

Thanks for the video. Great to watch. Good content.

Even a couple of AC cooled Porta-Potties! Only a few empty CNW coal hoppers 🤔☹😤❗

Awesome catch mow equipment working on the ties

1 two many beers for that track gang member. Come on. Let's Go. We got a job to do. Great video Red.

The MOW gang was outside of Clarence today

Nice catches!

That tie removal machine was fascinating! Just think how that had to be done in years past. It must’ve been labor-intensive. By the way, What is a tie plate? Great video👍🏼.

Thanks Red Looks like most of the manual labor has been eliminated

Red, the only time I've seen tie removal, the machine guillotined the old tie in the center and pulled them out both sides. I've never seen installation before. Any idea why they pass over some new ties sliding them in? 🙂🙂

So cool.watching this process

That was a rather short intermodal that went past. At least, short for this line! 🙃

very interesting video , always wondered how it all worked. Do you know how long the ties last before they need replacing? Oh was walking the old rock island line in CF behind some houses i like to check the dates on the rails saw one marked 1929 , been there awhile . Keep up the good work.

Red, going to Railroad days in Galesburg this coming weekend?

Stopped work as trains pass at speed. Guy is ok.

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Trains are 24/7 365 no days off. Otherwise no revenue...

Red how would you know when the battery starts to Go dead when the drone is in the Air?

What are anchors, and what do they, Red? 🙂🙂

Got their pissn post

What does the regulator do, Red? 🙂🙂

Do they let trains run that track when the tie gang gets off at a siding? 🙂🙂

Red, tie gang needs to stop work while train passes.

A Loaded Coal Train with a Solo Unit at Front and Foreign KCS at End. You have to wonder who is working in the Power Group at Class I’s nowadays ? Clueless. 🤪🤪

Red it’s looks like the graffiti artist R slowing down on the art work cuz there R 2 many unpainted rolling stock, lol😅😅

Great video Red! 1000 ties per mile. That's a huge amount of ties. That makes sense about the marking method, because you can't have the track out of service replacing them all at one time. I'll bet those ties are at least 20 years old, probably longer. 🚂🚃🚃