Vermont Strong: Recovering From Disaster on the Green Mountain Railroad 

Thank you for making this video 🎉

Hi from Florida, great video!

i was in Vermont shortly after the floods. Roads closed everywhere. It was sad for Vermont, particularly after they suffered so badly with flooding from Hurricane Irene in 2011.

A VERY interesting look at an aspect of railroading most of us don't even think about. Thanks Harrison! You really did a service with this one!

Great job and video extolling the people of Vermont and also Jay Wolfson’s best in class railroad

Nice catch! I am willing to bet that spot will wash out again in the next big storm. Once you have a washout that size, it’s hard to prevent it from happening again.

A really great video, Harrison! Thanks so much for making and sharing it! Steve Wshmrt

Thank you for the update on the Green Mountain railroad.

I was in Vermont 2 weeks ago for a small vacation and landed in Burlington. After a few days up north I went down to Montpelier, Northfield, Randolph and Richmond in half a day trip. The only construction I saw was in Montpelier and it was curb and some sewer work. The south part of the state really took it on the chin from the videos I saw and a testament to the railroad workers for their efforts to get things back on track. Great video!

I see you caught the white tail of the pan am helper crew

It is a very informative and enjoyable video. Thanks very much!!

A lesson in physics, and Ukraine? This was a great video. It was also a lesson in physics while they were unloading those rail cars full of extra large crushed stone. That material they were dumping is usually referred to as riprap when it's used as a berm or a support structure like that to hold the hillside back in that situation. The physics comes in as you can see as they dump the stone it always maintains the same angle as it's going down the hillside. That angle is called the angle of repose. It's a combination of the gravitational force holding those stones in place as well as the gravity trying to make each stone roll down the hill and how they interlock together. Especially how the smaller pieces naturally fall into the gaps and lock the whole structure together. You'll notice as they add more stone at the top the width of the top is directly proportional to the width at the bottom. So I'm assuming they probably want a good 10 - 20 ft or so shoulder beyond the rails to support the weight of the trains. I agree with you as you put it it was mesmerizing to watch. But I'm just a geek engineer so I'm intrigued as to the physics behind it. The other thing I found interesting is how those dump cars actually work. I was assuming it was hydraulic but it's actually a pneumatic air driven system. Large air cylinders are used to raise and tilt the dump box. I'm assuming they use the same air system that operates the train brakes. Pretty ingenious. Thanks for the opportunity to learn something new. The last point I'll make is political. As I was watching the excavator having to help the dump car push the hopper back down I couldn't help but think, how many billions of dollars are we sending to Ukraine? I'm sure Vermont could have used a few bucks to help rebuild their infrastructure. Or how about in that complete nightmare for those poor people in Maui? Or how about maybe in East Palestine Ohio? It's pretty sad how our China owned President it's so eager to send our funds abroad, yet if it wasn't for our hard working men and women like these folks working in here our own infrastructure would be crumbling. Thanks again for the good video. I'm a fellow member of the People's Republic of New York, spent most of my childhood growing up around Saranac Lake area. Take care.

The power of wind & 💦 water will be on display this week for the gulf coast of Florida. Vermonters are resilient.

Excellent job Harrison! Thank you for shooting this and sharing it with us.

Thanks for documenting this! Was in Ludlow last week and couldn’t believe now nearly fully the area has recovered. ❤️

8:03 is the most epic dump action, definitely worth rewatching like 10 times.

My family friend worked this restoration , carver hauled all the dirt and stone to get it up and running

Do you know what time B&R runs on Sundays?

Yea it was kinda bad around where we were and hi am

Great video. Become a journalist. You're great

No such place as "Okemo Mountain". Okemo is the name of the ski resort. The mountain is Ludlow Mountain.

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