I've Been Working on The NS Railroad...
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2013
- The Station Inn...A Better Way to Railfan www.stationinnpa.com/ in 720p HD...A Very In-Depth Look at..."I've Been Working On The NS Railroad!!
While visiting The Station Inn in Cresson, PA., I witnessed a parade of NS ROW track workers heading West--lots of waves and some good Toot Toots. A bit later I heard on the scanner they were at milepost 255...sounds like The Cassandra Footbridge location. I was right, and for the next few hours captured a great NS Crew replacing a continuous rail on Track 2--with a birds eye view from the bridge. Lots of traffic on Track 1 & 3 at the same time---Safety First!
The ROW Supervisor on duty told every passing engineer, "Make Lots of Noise"--and they did. Also of note, This Supervisor was on his very last day with NS---after 37 years! with The PRR & Conrail & Norfolk Southern. Congratulations & Enjoy Retirement !!!!!
Feel free to leave a comment for him & his great crew......Doug
Hey that’s me! I’m John! Lol. Won’t ever forget the tour of the area from you Doug. Must say I miss the motive power from back then, blast of nostalgia right here.
Very Cool! I was out there in July, and was able to catch them replacing the other rail on track two. Of course it only took about 2 hours in the summer sun hahaha. It is a very cool process though!
lol im a Canadian railroadewr love it mann
starting section on friday
I did not know that "Poetry in Motion" came from a railroad term. Thanks for the info.
"Von" did it so easily, with zero wasted energy. He is well known on the NS. If he tried, he could probably drive home a spike in 2 or 3 swings...lol..I don't think he was swearing though........
Well i worked with a guy that regularly drove a spike with 2 swings---this was with a spike mall, not the sledgehammer this guy was using. This was back in the late '70's to early '80's. Not a big guy either and softwood or hardwood ties--didn't seem to make any difference to him. I was pretty good with the spike mall too but not as good as him! Thanks for the video. Railroading gets in your blood. Those that don't enjoy being on a gang far from home either like it or quit. Some are lucky to work on a section and be home every day.
"Poetry in motion" is a Railroad term for swearing while you try to drive that wonderful railroad spike for the first time. It's harder than it looks and I assure you it takes time to make it look easy...
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in maine pan am railways is so cheap they dont even paint things much but still they make lots of money.
why not the new concrete ties.
They crack and break and when they need replaced, extra concrete ties are not cost effective to have on hand so a wooden tie would have to replace a broken concrete tie.
@pullerofspikes
With all due respect, but that's nonsense.
Concrete sleepers last longer, endure heavier loads, remain longer more precise and are therefore more cost effective. It is not for nothing that even high-load high-speed lines are built using concrete sleepers, as can be seen all over the world.
However, they require sophisticated and highly stable - and therefore quite expensive - machines because of their heavy weight. With the antiquated devices and procedures on American railways, as you can see in the video, there is nothing to win of course.
In addition, of course, higher quality prestressed concrete sleepers are needed and not the primitive badly made beatings, which were already installed by some American railroads and have brought the poor bad reputation due to the poor long-term behavior of the concrete sleepers.
@@pearlyhumbucker9065 What about freezing? I don't think Canadian railroads use concrete ties to a great extent---some places but not to a great extent. There must be a reason other than cost. "Sleepers"---is that an American term or where---where I come from it is "ties" whether wooden or concrete.
That adzer looks aincent
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