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@johnhood9567 Год назад

I modelled a wye on my old layout (long gone) in the 90s: I was reading up and suddenly I grasped the point of why they have 'em on the prototype. After I figured out how to wire it, (it was DC of course back then; twin cab with common rail and blocks) I well remember what a joy it was to reverse the train direction on the wye and it improved the functionality and fun of the layout by a quantum leap. Good times.

@MrAllenmurphy 4 года назад

That is incredible engineering. This will help with a scene on my layout that I was having a problem with a tight radius on. Another great video DJ, thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Very welcome!

@Panzermeister36 2 года назад

I've seen a similar setup in a street running industrial spur. The main track runs down the middle of the road, and the spur swings all the way out the curb on one side before crossing over the main and serving an industry on the other side of the road. The crossover lets the spur track cut in between two buildings on the street in what would otherwise have been too tight of a turn for the same reasons you showed in this video.

@southjersey10 4 года назад

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste” according to an old commercial. Good thing that the design engineers live in the world of innovation. Great video with supportive explanations. 👍🏾🌹👍🏾🌹👍🏾

@erleclaire 4 года назад

Trackage like this brings modeling a layout alive. Thanks!

@fleotusbing 4 года назад

The wye was fabulous-- some interesting engineering, there.....thanks for sharing!

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@DuncSargentsKarstValleyRR 4 года назад

As always, a pleasure. I just wish Kato Unitrack (N scale) had more angles on these diamond crossings. These video you do are truly historical documents. Maybe the Library of Congress would give you a grant! Cheers. --dunc

@djstrains 4 года назад

Right now I just really enjoy discovering stuff in my area and showing it to anybody who might be interested, I don't know what the future holds, but who knows? Maybe if the right opportunity comes up to expand my travels. I sincerely appreciate the compliment.

@daviddoyle9718 4 года назад

I wish I saw this before I finished my track work. I wanted to have a wye but radius was too tight. Great video. Thanks

@SPSteve Год назад

The wye, the bridges and the associated scenery would be an amazing addition to a layout. It'd take up a lot of space on an HO layout though.

@bobsturgis4674 4 года назад

Thanks DJ for the drone video,and looking forward to the layout build.To you and your Subscribers,i hope everyone is staying Healthy and Safe,take care of yourself.So you can keep on Model Railroading.🚂✌🌍

@RWSBaden 4 года назад

Hi DJ, Very neat drone footage of the ex-MGA / P&LE / PRR, PC, CR interchange trackage in Brownsville. The Western Maryland had the same sort of track arrangement at Cheat Jct. in West Virginia. You've seen this modeled on Roy's WVC&P, but may have not realized it was modeled after a real location. Also some of those signals are approach lit, so it maybe possible while you were filming this, the signal was dark. What's very interesting is that signal can only display 4 indications, stop, stop and proceed, restricting and slow approach. I was lucky enough to capture on 35mm film some of the last days of operations on the MGA when the MGA was still running the Super 7's in the MGA Gray, White and Red paint scheme. As they say, time marches on but not always for the best. Cheers, Rich S.

@ijzfzzy 4 года назад

Looks to me, they put the crossover in not because the curvature was too tight, but because they didn't want to have to build another bridge/culvert structure. By crossing the left leg over the existing bridge at the angle they did, no new structure was needed. IMHO

@jolliemark6294 4 года назад

Now that interesting and looks like sometime that could add interest to a layout too....thanks for sharing....Jack 👍

@sonnypruitt6639 4 года назад

Would like to see a step-by-step video of that scratch-build.

@djstrains 4 года назад

@simonetaormina7080 4 года назад

Very nice. I’m glad you showed that. I have built many model railroads but my next and last one I intend to keep it as prototypical as possible. .Videos are a big help, thanks

@Ruiluth 4 года назад

My biggest takeaway from this video is that camera drones are an amazing innovation with a plethora of uses for all kinds of people.

@djstrains 4 года назад

I seriously am addicted to it, lol.

@gregbowen617 4 года назад

Great video DJ! Between yourself and Danny Harmon, I learn more about US Railroading than I ever thought possible. The drone footage is fantastic and that scene with the WYE would make a real talking point but also probably help a few modellers solve an issue of a "curve too tight". Great stuff....look forward to seeing your layout progress.

@eelcobaak4987 2 года назад

Great solution for when the curve is too tight. And also the other way around: invent an situation that calls for a diamond. Great inspiring footage again! This way I get to know the US scenery a lot from here (Netherlands).

@JoeyBPhotography 4 года назад

Love the footage, really sparks the engineering imagination

@waltersobchek2465 4 года назад

Very cool DJ! I knew of diamonds and was trying not to need to incorporate any where my layout is at now but sometimes I need a crossover of sorts- I decided to use grade elevations but I never thought of diamonds for this purpose of too sharp of turns. Brilliant and prototypical to boot! Great video 👍👍 Thanks!

@djstrains 4 года назад

glad you liked it, my friend.

@DavidSmith-gi5yv 4 года назад

Thanks DJ, for showing the drone footage, that is very interesting and a creative way too solve the problem yet retain the wye.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@cak5171 4 года назад

Man I love the idea of modeling the little McKeesport scene! I used to deliver papers for the Daily News and cant wait to see how you build it.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Same here!

@djstrains 4 года назад

I delivered a box car around back in 1999 when they still had track and a loading dock door. No trace of it now.

@KutWrite 4 года назад

@@djstrains: You and I worked the area about the same time. I was doing my conductor OJT out of Demmler part of the time. Spotting boxes for the newspaper was tricky.

@mikediehl1468 4 года назад

Hi DJ. I like what you said about a reason for curves. Thank you for one more thing we modelers can keep in mind for realistic points of view.

@rdg2102 4 года назад

Catasaugua PA is even worse, the LNE came across the LV and then made a 90 degree so tight that the 0-6-0's that ran the connection had blind center drivers. One of those engines is preserved at the Illinois RR Museum. If you go to Catasaugua, PA, just south of Pine St Bridge over the Lehigh River, you can see the old LNE bridge. The LV ran along the "trail" parallel to the river. The LNE turned the corner and went under Pine St just to the left of the building next to the Pine St Bridge. it then ran up to where the "Ironton Rail Trail" runs parallel to the river.

@duenge 4 года назад

Synonymous to an overpass leading to a highway overpass...I like it!

@Perfusionist01 4 года назад

Cool!!! It just shows what railroads will do if they have to. The cost of the diamond and its maintenance must have been less that building another bridge/trestle over that joining creek. Pretty neat idea for modeling. From the shiny rails, I'm guessing that this route is still in use?

@djstrains 4 года назад

yes, very much used.

@johnhood9567 Год назад

Fascinating. Amazing skill with the drone!

@normanrowe2831 4 года назад

Very interesting! I look forward to your scratch builds. See ya next time.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you like them!

@pathvalleyrailroad9277 4 года назад

Brownsville and Uniontown are places I actually know because my wife's family is from that area. :)

@mickeforsberg4238 2 года назад

Ahh amazing clip DJ. You learn something new every day. They did a cleaver solution to that sharp turn. Thanks for showing this DJ. I think I'll do that solution on my layout just to have it. 😁

@djstrains 2 года назад

hahaha

@MrSw9guy 4 года назад

Drone shots have become an awesome tool for Model Railroaders! Thanks!

@djstrains 4 года назад

Yes they are!

@barrysmith1688 2 года назад

This is a great modeling opportunity

@Darker_420 2 года назад

This is a great idea for a trackplan. You have the best videos!

@djstrains 2 года назад

Glad you think so!

@sandmankelley6394 3 года назад

That's awesome. I have been to this area and filmed before.

@Rayzor66 2 года назад

So cool. Great Video. Didn't know they did that. Thanks for taking the time

@djstrains 2 года назад

Glad to help

@skerbs7755 3 года назад

Cool. Thanks for sharing. Very informative! Definitely something to consider for future layouts. Thanks!

@djstrains 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@gtown150 4 года назад

Your videos and information is very interesting. Good drone footage and explanations.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you like them!

@richardbedard1245 3 года назад

There is a traditional wye down in Tampa so they can back into the station. This wye set up is more interesting, as would be the scenery that would be the reason for it. Thank you.

@jmahaneydroid 4 года назад

One of your best EVER! Thank you! So cool...

@donaldmoore8920 4 года назад

Awesome video and kinda makes me want to model something like that

@richardterek3744 4 года назад

You have absolutely the best videos of ideas to model...another kickass view of the real world....thanks again

@djstrains 4 года назад

Man, I really needed that today!

@DadCooks2 4 года назад

Yes, very fascinating and interesting seeing this very unique trackage.

@djstrains 4 года назад

It really is!

@alcopower5710 4 года назад

Cool insight to remarkable engineering

@MMRails 4 года назад

Awesome. Just awesome.

@williamwatson840 2 года назад

Nice shots Thanks.

@djstrains 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@jedlahaye4765 4 года назад

That's a great overview of that prototype, room for plenty of interesting features, a good choice, thanks from Wairoa in New Zealand

@djstrains 4 года назад

Thanks for watching! So honored that you watch from so far away.

@jedlahaye4765 4 года назад

You're most welcome

@ECWnWWF 3 года назад

it's not designed like this, but there's a diamond in Darby, PA ... I read somewhere that it's the only Trolley / Train intersection in the world. The Train is a CSX line.

@YardLimit 4 года назад

Very cool idea!

@FarlandHowe 4 года назад

That is brilliant.

@Parry635 Год назад

Excellent video.!!!!!!

@djstrains Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@georgiasunbelt 4 года назад

I actually had a junction like that in my original track plan but designed it out. Now I wish I’d left it 😊. Anthony

@djburland 4 года назад

Very interesting to see 👍

@sturnie1 2 года назад

I do remember this from a previous episode

@samdean5465 4 года назад

Cool. Thanks!

@charlesmcvay7170 4 года назад

Thank you again for another great video. I always look forward for the next.

@modelrailroadadventureswit6347 4 года назад

Nice! That would be a cool plan to model off a peninsula 👍🏼👍🏼

@djstrains 4 года назад

I think so too!

@KutWrite 4 года назад

So cool to see that area. I have a friend who lives in Brownsville. There's a NS track right down the middle of a residential street over there! A coal train had to stop for someone's f-ed up parking job. So you work for CSX now... out of Newell, PA? At McKeesport, I used to pick up pipe at Dura-bond (1998 or so) and drop off boxcars of newsprint at the McKeesport newspaper. The latter was very hard to spot properly due to no clearance to hang off the car, a slight grade, and narrow doors on the paper plant. It was a question on the conductor's exam for the territory.

@djstrains 4 года назад

I hired 2/14/99 in New Castle, and then came down to demmler for a bit, then newell, and new castle and got called to engine school in 2000. I apologize for not recognizing you, what is your last name?

@KutWrite 4 года назад

@@djstrains Daniel Kuttner. I started with Dave Beckermann and Ron Main in 1998. There was a big push to mark up as a conductor, then go to engine school, due to the merger with Conrail. Unfortunately my mom had an eventually fatal stroke & I had to quit to tend to her. You might know another engineer who's since passed, Mark Kuhta (RIP), or the conductor "Doc" Holliday (also RIP). Our conductor mentor was Denny Hinton. By 2000 I was back & in Yardmaster school. I trained at Lordstown and Chicago Barr Yard 'til becoming a control operator at Connellsville from 2006 'til the furlough in 2008. Did they give you this intro video with the new-hire packet? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hJ7vPHNzqIc.html

@elrayaxtavo13 4 года назад

Thank you!

@djstrains 4 года назад

You're welcome!

@johnathanlewis2049 4 года назад

DJ - Great video. Brownsville isn’t very far from me. Love the street running through West Brownsville

@djstrains 4 года назад

Same here!

@RailfanNetwork 4 года назад

Cool video! A diamond is a pretty expensive solution, but interesting nonetheless! I shouted you out in my last video for something you taught me!

@djstrains 4 года назад

I will check it out

@RailfanNetwork 4 года назад

djstrains I’d be honored!

@ToddReuterOutdoors 4 года назад

I still get excited seeing those old code poles!

@KutWrite 4 года назад

...and the Pennsy position lights.

@BASILPANAS 4 года назад

Another great video, thank you DJ!

@seanthornton1659 4 года назад

Keep up the good work @djstrains I can't wait for the next video

@djstrains 4 года назад

envelope is in the mail today. Thanks!

@taztaztaz 4 года назад

very cool plans.. looking forward to following along.. and thanks for sharing!

@TomsTrainsandThings 4 года назад

Years ago, I recall something similar along Glassport Elizabeth Rd coming from the Clairton works. Don't think the bridge is there any longer. The Daily News. We did some shots back there before coming to see you last year. Also where the Yough meets the Mon. That will be interesting to see. Have you everthought of doing the tower the sits in the middle of the street? Used to be a major intersection.

@djstrains 4 года назад

They recently repainted it I think. Such a great piece of history. Did you see my making steel part 1 video? It features the bridge.

@TomsTrainsandThings 4 года назад

@@djstrains I'll have to check again. I've watched so many of your videos. Don't comment alll the time but I'm there lurking. lol Hope to meet up with you again when we get back up to Pa. Maybe I'll be good enough on my drone so we can race.

@thomassalerno5203 4 года назад

Yes fascinating and great I’ve been to this coal mecca. Love the wye crossover and explanation for it. Correct me if I’m wrong CSX has track rights south on the east side of the mon to Loveridge mines and west over to the Waynesburg Southern. Great video as always and look forward to incoming video’s

@shaunsandiford9048 4 года назад

Good video looking forward to your new build on your layout

@djstrains 4 года назад

Coming soon!

@cbgadget4740 4 года назад

Very cool video, learned a new reason for some crossovers Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍😎😎😎 Cary

@spencerbass7142 4 года назад

Pretty neat, a lot going on there.

@troysimpson9550 4 года назад

Thanks DJ for showings that cool piece of engineering, It actually inspired me on solving an issue i had with my track plan. Also just an suggestion for other video,,, I would really like to see some Yard servicing Facilities, what they do, how they do it, and how are they supplied. Fuel, sanding, car repair and they different Shops. I ask because I am designing an N Scale layout and want to have a large yard, with some operations within that yard, Other than of course car sorting. Also just curious has this Covid-19 situation, has effected the Train industry? is there more shipping now or less? Stay healthy and safe.

@djstrains 4 года назад

We lost the auto industry, so that hurts big time. We lost the glass plant and we just pray we don't lose the mines.

@jamescraft672 4 года назад

That is really neat! The only other solution would be to move the river :-).

@JoeyBPhotography 4 года назад

Lucky for model railroaders that's actually an option! Lol

@djstrains 4 года назад

hahaha

@everettrailfan 5 месяцев назад

Just something I noticed, it's weird to see towering hills covered in dead trees as someone who was born and raised in western Washington. Used to seeing mountains covered with dense evergreen tree cover lol

@djstrains 5 месяцев назад

Our winters are bleak and summers vibrant

@everettrailfan 5 месяцев назад

@@djstrains Our winters are rainy and green, our summers are sunny and green, and that's about it lol

@stewsstructures83 4 года назад

Great Video !!!! Love the drone footage !!

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@sofreak6 4 года назад

Cool video. That is an awesome wye track. Very interesting

@joebakewell7566 4 года назад

Never knew that about the diamond and I lived in West Brownsville for years. I was told that bridge is going to be replaced soon.

@djstrains 4 года назад

wow, that would be a task!

@hirsutusi5536 4 года назад

Interesting arrangement. Has anyone attempted making a curved diamond crossing?

@djstrains 4 года назад

no manufacturer that I am aware of. Would be a great idea, though.

@possumbayou8238 4 года назад

Very interesting

@nitrofumes2012 4 года назад

Very interesting! Thank you!

@djstrains 4 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@centeroftheearthmining4095 4 года назад

Wow!!! That is pretty cool

@johnshillinglaw8433 2 года назад

Do you ever make it down to Charleston SC? NS and CSX have an insane maze of track here....

@djstrains 2 года назад

Not yet. I am open to traveling this year and think its a great idea.

@orangehogger 4 года назад

Thanks! Love you videos!

@djstrains 4 года назад

You are so welcome!

@traintools585 4 года назад

Great and interesting scene to model. Question, do you ever get any grief for using your drone to railfan. Looks like a great way to check out trains without trespassing.

@djstrains 4 года назад

Even though I work for the railroad, I choose to avoid people when I fly it. I never film coworkers also. My friend did get harassed by a track inspector when he flew his from public property. There are many laws regarding airspace and where you can fly, so i don't encourage people, out of fear they may not read rules before buying a drone.

@traintools585 4 года назад

@@djstrains thanks for the answer

@dave6695 4 года назад

The bridge was built for double track. In the narration, another diamond was mentioned with a track going to Uniontown. So, was there ever a second track on the bridge? If so, did it cross the west leg of the wye and go straight to cross the "straight" route?

@djstrains 4 года назад

I am still searching for more info. if you are on facebook, look for the monongahela railroad facebook page, and join. Great guys with lots of knowledge and cool pics.

@austinyingst5902 4 года назад

Great fun. Good opportunity for scenery. Great, interesting bridge. In end-on view, the track looked offset to one side; are my eyes fooled? Or another scenery feature? Thanks.

@djstrains 4 года назад

i was told they moved it to accommodate the detroit edison coal trains that ran through there.

@MeigsCountyRR 4 года назад

That's all right! :) So who has control of that diamond? DSX or NS? Those were some really good shots. Waiting for more! Greg in TN

@TsugaCanadensis1979 4 года назад

That was the Monongahela RR originally. It was jointly owned by the PRR, P&LE(NYC) and later the B&O. The MRY is a fascinating railroad! It dieselized late and it only had Baldwin S12 locomotives to start with. Because the MRY didn't own its own cars, they had cars from just about any railroad on it at any time. These links show the junction during the "High Times" of MRY. digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A200907.1930.05537 digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A200907.1953.9619B digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A200907.1913.00820 digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1889.RR

@djstrains 4 года назад

fantastic

@southern207hobbies 4 года назад

This was the monaghaila railroad starting point the Brownsville yard was around the bend where Dunlap creek ( yes a creek with my last name) I'll post a video about it tomorrow evening

@kleetus92 4 года назад

That is very interesting that the one leg has bi-directional signalling, and the other does not. Also good to see real signals up still not those cheapo traffic lights that are being planted like weeds now. do you have a link for the picture archive that showed this in its original form? I'm having a hard time picturing where the removed double track from the bridge went with as little clearance as their is against the cut.... or was this the track that hit the diamond and went north?

@mgamga9476 Год назад

What I do not get is. The bridge is a perfect 90° to the main so if the right side curve is good why could they not do the same on the left side. I noticed the used a right side turn out from the bridge. What if the would have put a Y instead.

@johnathanlewis7059 4 года назад

DJ - could you do a video showing where the nearest csx Yard is in proximity to Brownsville? I know NS has a yard in West Brownsville Thanks

@djstrains 4 года назад

4 miles west is newell. See my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cOGkMKBNQXY.html

@jeffreyferretti8222 2 года назад

DJ is this Redstone Jct, where the PRR Monongahela Division, and the PRR Southwest Division meet the P&LE?

@djstrains 2 года назад

yes

@henrygross6583 4 года назад

D J, after the diamond and before the rejoining the main line it looks as if there was another siding or rip track to the right. Do you see what I noticed?

@djstrains 4 года назад

yes, a small stub I forgot to mention. nothing stored on it currently.

@rickchapman9232 4 года назад

Can you tell us how the crossings are activated?

@djstrains 4 года назад

most are motion sensor. Some sidings / other than main tracks, are activated when we get within 50' due to insulated rail joiners (basically) and the circuit for the signal is activated when our front wheels enter the circuit.