Track Dropped on Curve 36A and we Tamp It Up to Specs 

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The fact that you kept records of your service is beyond commendable. I wish more people would do this, no matter what the job. Much respect to you.

I know alot of guys that refuse to film their work for fear of being criticized. The fact that you're so proud to do it, and there's just no end to the knowledge you have is absolutely amazing. Even when you have the guys helping you out, you just have all kinds of praise for their work also. This is why this is one of my all time favorite channels. Plus it helps that I'm a huge train buff anyhow, I'm probably one of the 10 guys in my town that loves to get railroaded 😁

Water is the enemy. I remember a Conrail executive telling me the three most important factors for the right of way are drainage, drainage, and drainage. Thank you Dave!

Good catch by the engineer, probably avoided a big mess. Thanks for taking us along for another day on the railroad!

We arrived at work one morning and dealt with something similar. Initially we packed ballast under the rail concerned, but every time a train went over, it would dip again. It was decided to put a temporary speed restriction on the section and have someone sit in a vehicle and monitor it. Turned out the cause was some recent work nearby had altered a water course and had been undermining the embankment.

Thanks for taking us along again Dave. Those record books are priceless.

You would almost think there is an underground spring or something causing the sinking. Lucky that you all work together to notice things like that so that you can avoid a disaster. Excellent record keeping on your part!

Job well done! Always good to be ahead of the curve on things. ;)

Hello, My grandfather was a fettler on the east coast line Australia.I loved him showing us his work. I really enjoy what you do and how you do it. Keep it up! God bless you sir From Goondiwindi, Queensland ,Australia.

Drainage to stop land slip is what you need here . There is water below ground flowing from up hill to the creek as its meant too. Your railroad line sits above it . Dang! Monitor, Repair and Profit. Keep up the great work D.

Boy, that sure was a lot of water flowing through there right at the end. Good job on the part of everyone involved with getting that little situation taken care of quickly. We all hope it holds steady for a good long time. Oh, by the way... that was a nice steady shot of the tines working doing their magic! I presuume a magnetically mounted GoPro used for that. 🤠👍

Great job Dave, that was a pretty big dip! Luckily you caught it before anything bad happened! 😊

Add some cribbing on the side of curve 39-A using some old sleepers and old rail pounded down into the curvature in order help hold the ballast in place. You might also need to install a drain pie under the roadbed in order to carry the water away better from the opposite side. You could have a natural spring coming off the mountain/hill on the high side that is slowly undermining the roadbed. And even if you already have 1 drainpipe, consider using a "W" formation of 3 pipes that all lead to the lowest point on the opposite side of the roadbed. Thus even if 1 gets clogged, you would still have 2 more remaining in operation.

Dave I am wearing my reflective vest and hard hat and gloves during your video tonight

Your engineer is going to have fun with the soil slip. That grade is going to keep sliding, hopefully slowly enough that you can keep up adding ballast on top. But a track in constant flux is not exactly ideal for a railroad, ha!

Excellent job with the records. I'm not surprised that this curve close to the creek is problematic because of the adjacent steep slope. I applaud the company's vigilance to be aware. A clean-up on that slope would be huge.

Boy that looked like a big dip in the he track. Thank God for the engineers that pay attention to track conditions and you and your tamper. Have a great week my friend.

Dave the slope is too steep the train going across that area is giggling the slope of the ballast . You have a ballast landslide. You need an engineered retaining wall after careful slope soil sampling with drills. Then a deep piling retaining wall with shoring between the piles. You could have water softening the undersoil.

Ahhhh love getting to see all the hard work always! Always super informative….thanks Dave!! Absolutely love learning more and more about the intricacies of what makes a railroad run… you’re the man!! Take care!!!

That was a good size dip! Great catch and repair before something major happen!

Another great job Dave! Railroads sure take a lot of maintenance!

Excellent track keeping records there. Such things help greatly with increasing track safety as you said, and both the company's area and yours are covered. Hope the flooded area drains soon! Flooding would not be helping things, that's for sure. Stay safe and well. Thanks for the work you do, for bringing us along and teaching us more about track safety!

Dave, if you want to see rainfall, you should move to South Florida. In one summer rainstorm I saw 2 inches of rain fall in 15 minutes. And that was recorded on an official National Weather Service Gage. Currently where I live we are somewhere around 120-130% of our normal rainfall to date at over 24.5". With more to fall tonight. We are now in the mow the yard twice a week season.

I know you can fix it. Happy rails Dave. No body does it better! 😃👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨🚙

Sounds like the hill side is still sliding off. Civil Engineers call it "Heel/Toe" slippage.

That log of work done and when is a great way to cover your back when things go south....

Thanks once more, Dave. I love your videos. You do far better than a pretty good job keeping those tracks in shape. A cracking great job is more like it.

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC video my good and dear friend, it really is fantastic 🤩🤩🤩🤩. Like 👍!!!!!!

Never a dull moment on the railroad. There must be soft fill in that hillside. Nice job fixing it Dave! I used to keep records on every piece of my equipment at work. I doubt the person that took my place is keeping up with that though.☹

Wow Dave underground sink hole not good . Hopefully the problem is fixed 👍🏻😎That’s RailRoading 😂

Those lights at 5:40 freaked me out for a sec...Look out!, train comin in hot!! 😂

Dave - You can suggest to your management that they talk to a Civil Engineer about stabilizing the slope with geotextiles (fabric). That would prevent, or minimize the shifting of the subgrade under the ballast.

The woods of New England hold a special place in my heart. Thanks for another excellent show.

Very interesting report, thanks. I appreciate you and all the folks with skills to keep our country's railroads running and safe.

This brought back a memory from my early years, when I was in engineering for a natural gas corporation - supply division. We had a section of a high pressure transmission line down in your area that we couldn't keep stable. It would shift which would put extreme pressure on some pipe sections and stretch it other places. They finally ended up driving piles into the ground about 40' and built a 'retaining wall' for the lack of a better term. It worked - the area was stable the remaining eight years I worked for them. The cause was logged as "aqua stimulated substrata geological realignment" - the ground shifted way down below grade because of the underground water flow. When Mother Nature wants to play games, it can be a real challenge. Hope you got 'er stabilized. "The best of mankind will be challenged the most"

Job well done!

Nice quick reaction from the whole team Dave, the creek is sure running high and ground can only soak up so much. Hopefully no more drops and monitoring is all you can do. Cheers and take care

Dave: Knowledge and humility! Good man, right there.

That part at 6:31 where you describe the track going down the hill is textbook and brings back a lot of memories of my time in environmental/engineering geology :)

Who do you call for a dip in the track. Dave after hours. Your record keeping is top notch. The creek from when you first showed it and then after the rain you as incredible how it has risen. You keep the rails safe Dave. Nice job.

Nice work! Hopefully you can go home and kick back now!

A never ending battle. It's always good to keep records on maintenance. Have a Great Day Dave.

That was cool. Great job.

That side even looks unstable how that track stays there is a miracle only a dam good tamper driver can sort it out Dave you’re the man .excellent vid thanks .

As always Dave. Thanks!! Hope the fix holds. Take care my friend.

Thanks for another great, informative vid, Dave. Thanks for taking us along on your job, and sharing what you do, for an obviously great company. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep tuning in.

Dave, Looks like Mother Nature is not cooperating with track safety. Regular track inspections and documentation is a must. Good thing your company makes safety a top priority...

Great job Dave ! That could have been a real mess .

Nice work Dave. They always keep you on your toes! Thank goodness for those machines as I'm guessing a problem like that would have been no easy fix in the old days. Keep those trains rolling 👍

Good catch by the engineer looks like a wash but I knew they had the right man for the job Dave ground locating radar to find ungrounded utilities great job great video thanks Dave

You ever see that video I think it's up in Canada where the whole track washed out? Good work dave!

Another good one. Thank you.

Great video Dave and as always you are very informative on what’s going on with the railroad. They are very blessed to have you as an employee. Stay safe and have a blessed day Dave. Happy Rails

Water can be powerful. This is why you keep a book 📖

Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy

Has you say my friend, Thats Rail Road in! Thanks

Something is moving under the track. Trimble has GPS stations to monitor ground movement for potential land slides.

Very good Dave!

Another fine day on the railroad. A job well done. Good video as always. Have a good day

Soft spots are a nuisance Dave, thanks for another great video

That was one heck of a dip.. but super Dave was on it.. crazy how far you guys moved the track up the slip.. can't believe how much rain you git in that short amount of time. Good stuff Dave

Great job Dave. Thanks for sharing.

That bank looks very steep😮

😮thanks Dave 😊

Thanks for bringing us along Dave

Thanks Dave! Just Mother Nature at work, you can't beat her, only fight to a draw most times. Hills don't wanna be hills. Looking at the previous roadbed and your log notations, it seems to move erratically, fits & starts, so rest easy cause you know next week, month or 2 years, it'll be at it again. Also, if those previous drains were working at all, there might still be a little washout/gully/ravine down the slope to help find them, though it'll be tough with summer's weeds.

Very interesting stuff enjoy your videos nice job

Looks good after completion. Great video once again Dave and have a wonderful upcoming week. Steve

Good thing they have a good troubleshooter like you!!!

it is so crazy how things shift and settle based upon the hydraulic water saturation! in the area. just like an earthquake effect, solid looking land can shift like quick sand! great job getting it fixed to resume train traffic running moving the coal to the barge's and keep the money coming in to keep it all rolling and running smooth!

Heya Dave Great video I really appreciate your content and look forward to seeing new content from ya Stay safe and hydrated. This heat is getting to everyone I think

Okay, I’ve watched and liked about 10 of your videos. Subscribed. You win. 😂👍👍

Yes...the hill is moving...and yes water is involved....there may be an active spring below the surface.....

"Spots" don't fall out for no reason at all. You've got an ongoing slide under the tracks. Put in five slope inclinometers along the downhill edge of the ballast, two beyond either edge of the slide, two 15' or so inside the slide, and one in the center of the slide. Read them every week for two months and you'll have a good idea of the depth of the slide. This look like a job for soldier piles, and you will definitely not like the price tag.

Your crick looks a lot like "Mud Lake" back home in Michigan. 3 inches of rain overnight will do that.

A derailment at that location could have been a disaster. Can you imagine a "coal spill" in that creek? ... I can hear the "EPA" all the way over here on Guam. Your company is fortunate to have you in charge of "TRACK"‼

One Dip or Two? One is plenty ! 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂

Another dilemma for Sir Toppemhat. Thanks Dave.

Hi Dave, really respect , you and your service, with the railroad! My father, liked trains! I miss my dad, he passed away, last july! Were you friends, with , Hobo shoestring? Im sure you get, that question, alot! Sad, what happened, to him!

Keep up good work. Thanks for what your company n crew are doing. Help keep country going. Be safe on the rail line. Back where track keeps giving out. Looks like gonna have to chk the pipes. Looking at grade of hill it's moving see way trees are moving . Might have to die down n shore up that hill with some big rock at bottom fill up to top tamp it down solid

Wow - that was a big drop, good quick repair. Looking at the slope from the cab of the tamper, pretty clear to see that the hill is sliding down towards the river. I think you will be needing some pretty major civil engineering works in the near future to stabilise that bank.

Awesome video have a great week

Dave... just had an idea... very liquid concrete slurry.. pour it in batches to allow it to soak into the Ballast on the downhill side of the sleepers so it does not run off the end of the ballast into the creek.. as soon as it drops into the ballast.. pour another layer... hopefully you will solidify the ballast deep and turn it into a solid mass.. you may have to do hopefully 4 or 5 batches. with the last one not quite as fluid... because its a concrete slurry with very fine sand it will not be as strong as full cement.. you may want to put up 2 sheets of plywood next to your ballast pile.. one horizontal and one vertical.. duplicate the slope angle with some ballast.. it will take less than 2 yards of ballast.. pour slurry from the top.. let it cure a few days.. flip it over with your front loader to see how it glued it all together. you might do several pours along the 8 foot length of plywood with various amounts of water added to the mix.. to see if you can find out which pours thru the ballast and gets deep.. alternative.. do like you showed and move the track farther away from the edge... does anybody rent a High rail low boy trailer so you could get a drilling rig to allow you to bore holes for Soldier beam or just drop in rebar tubes and fill with concrete.. so you have a deep foundation.. the MTA in los angeles had to do that on soft spots along san fernando road in burbank ca and also for the Alemeda Corridor south of Anaheim street in Long beach.. i think Malcom drilling was involved.. www.malcolmdrilling.com/locations/#modalMidAtlantic. chances that the sliding slope will fail and take out most of your rolling stock is HUGE.. your company may want to invest in a cheap depressed center flat car. to load cement mixers or drill rigs on. to get them to the corner. or as a work platform for bag mixers and water drums..

Wow love watching the video , keep up the good work stay safe

Hi Dave, I have a suggestion for the continuing dipped rail on Curve 36A, it's what Southern Pacific did in the early 1990's in Phoenix when a 20ft diameter 100 year old culvert collapsed 50 feet below the track. It was an old culvert that ceased use 50 years prior to the collapse. SP dug down 8 ft for a 40 ft length and added (under the rail) a concrete (10k - 15k psi strength) and 1" dia rebar footing of sorts. This footing was poured several feet below the track, and then normal ballast added. When the job was completed, you never knew there was an issue. With your Log Book showing so many repairs, why doesn't the railroad add a concrete/rebar sub-structure under the rail extended 20 feet out at each end like SP did? Thanks, and love your shows, you make everything fun and interesting!!! I'm from PA, been living in AZ for 47 yrs. Be glad you are not working on tracks when it's 115 degrees and scorpions aplenty! LOL Marc

keep track of the days it rained & snowed and amounts of precipitation received on those days. like fish biting..... temperature and moisture and depth proves alot.

Well I don’t know about that falling out thing big boy, that’s what we call passing out down SOUTH. Anyway, busy is as busy do. When it comes to railroading you be the 👷‍♂️⚒️😬

Great video Mr dave keep up the good work hope holding up ok in this heatwave 😊

That was one heck of a drop :) Good thing you folks caught it quickly, that would/could have led to a nasty derailment I think. You are on top of things as always! Great work with the tamper. I can't help but wonder if all that rain this spring could have caused some movement in the ground structures creating that drop - regardless, you have put it back to spec once again :)

That friendliness. That countenance. Reminds me of a serial killer. Am I right?

Thank you for sharing!

That's a pretty good dip what caused that ... Thanks for sharing Dave

Keep up the good work Dave from hog wallow Kentucky

Thank you. Very interesting.

Great work, Dave

Fascinating!

It's a Florida sinkhole! They're migrating north.

FRA inspector paid us a visit. 400+ ties need replaced, 3 switches out of service, etc!

David, you are one in a million of employees. There will be a little extra something in your Christmas stocking. Please continue with your work as long as possible. Show young people how to get the job done. Edit: if and when we decide to hire such, lots of candidates, but don't like hard work.