My Dad retired front Conrail as engineer. He ran out of Hawthorn yard and Avon. Didn't see him much growing up. But he took great care of us. We never did without.
Grew up along side of this old Pennsy line. Spent much time walking the track into Greenwood as a kid. Glad to see the Louisville and Indiana doing well with CSX. I still live close. Great video. Keep up the good work.
I love mechatronics it makes jobs like this so much easier on the workers than it used to be Nowadays Track can be removed and replaced much faster than it used to be done And it's all because some nerds thought Up amazing machines that make stuff easier
Worked for Newberry railroad for 6 months 2003 & gesh yall gat it easy. Bro they paid me & my homie just about 11 an hour. Fixed my MF record for a reason.
Wow it just pulls them out like it's nothing and you know those are really heavy and in there good, cool that huge magnet just picking it up ,very interesting,
The 'Joint Bar Unbolter' is called a 'Nut Runner'. The 'Debris and Rail Magnet" is just the "magnet", the machine that is carrying it is called a 'Speedswing', earlier versions were called 'Pettibones' after their manufacturer. The 'Tie Painter' is actually injecting a two part urethane compound into the old spike holes to seal them from collecting water. Incredibly tough and rubbery stuff when cured. The 'Tie Sweeper' is called a 'Cribber', it cleans the stone off the ties for the tie plates and in the spaces between the ties (the cribs) for clearance for the anchoring . Sometimes another machine called the 'Adzer' is required. It follows the cribber and literally machines the ties flat in the tie plate area for even bearing of the tie plates.Not always needed unless the existing ties are 'plate cut' so badly the new tie plates won't sit properly. Also usually requires a spray of fresh creosote or preservative on the raw machined wood surface afterwards. "Anchor plates' are called tie plates. The Rail crane uses a 'head threader' to place the rail. It rolls along under the head of the rail as it carries it. The machine also carries a pair of 'rail dogs' aka 'rail tongs' on it's other hook. The 'Rail Grinder' is called the 'Polisher'. In railroading the Rail Grinder is a machine, usually a specialized three car self propelled set, that cleans the mill scale and rust off new rail for electrical conductivity for the signal system or to reshape the head of worn rails to a consistent profile to allow longer service before replacement. See 'Loram' Flash Butt welding heats the rail as you describe, but at the last moment of it's cycle, it uses hydraulic pressure to force the rail ends together. It is actually forging the two rails into one. The beauty is no foreign filler metal is added at the weld, but it does consume about two inches of rail in the process. The excess material shown at 8:20 is called the 'upset' and was cut from the weld by the 'shear die', which is a cutter shaped like the rail section. You'll need a different shear die for each size of rail. Afterwards a heavy duty angle grinder will usually suffice to dress the weld. A worn shear die will require a profile grinder to remove the excess upset and smooth the weld. Flash Butt welds are usually Magnaflux tested afterwards for cracks or flaws. The weld shown at 12:01 is a thermite weld, a completely different process that uses a molten steel filler metal to fuse the rail ends together. Special molds are set up at the joint holding a one inch gap between the ends of the rails to be joined. Thermite welds are usually Ultrasonically tested to look for internal flaws.
@@lumpar87 Did I get the rest right? :) My favorite track surfacing outfit uses Kershaw regulators (pressure cabs with filtered air and A/C) now after finally retiring their old faithful Fairmont machines (hot, dusty and noisy).
Well I've done my part delivering several loads of rail ties and cross ties for this project. What is clear on this line is the lack of crossing arms at various grade crossings because even with train approaching, people continue to dart in front of the train.
A few errors need to be corrected. The "painter" does not paint anythong on the ties. This particular machine's job is to inject a compound into the spike holes to allow the new spikes to grip into the tie.
12:05. That flash butt weld should not sound like a joint. It shouldnt be making any noise at all. Result of either a vertical offset, negative crown, or bad grinding job.
My brother is a welder for the railroad back in Indiana, but I _'think'_ he stays in the yard. I'll have to ask next time we talk. I do know he makes a pile of money.
Need to update your video. The "painter" is a tie plugging machine used to fill old spike holes so when spikes go back in they hold the rail down. The cleaner is actually a cribber-adzer. The track plate have to sit in the same plane along the length of the ribbon of rail. The adzer grinds down a Grove on high sitting ties so rail stays true.
Hey you changed your channel name. Almost couldn't find ya, was watching mower review comments turned off so on one I've already seen to say hello have a great week
A few missing spikes , at end of video, when BNSF led train goes through that weakly guarded crossing. Safety measures needed, at that crossing. Cross arms too short in length.
@@indianachannel4486 looking at RU-vid USA railroads video's I would say about 45%. That could be broken down into 30% concrete, 10% steel and 5% plastic.
One example of where you can see concrete ties is in Kearney, Nebraska on a Union Pacific mainline which you can see on Virtual Railfan RU-vid channel livestream.
bonjour pourquoi aux Etats Unis qui est un pays très moderne vous n'utilisez pas des traverses en béton et restez a des techniques centenaires clous carrés et traverses bois?
I could’ve missed something but why is there no support underneath the end rails where it just was welded? And anchored for safety? I wouldn’t put THAT much trust in a weld that’s supported by the air and with DPU units and pulling cars at a HIGHER speed. Best of luck ppl.
