This was cool! I went to apply at CSX as a signal maintainer / radio man. As I wanted to work on equipment like this. Took the test and the guy kept saying during the test "you will be shoveling ballast stone". I explained all my experience, FCC licenses and education. He looked at me and said "you will be shoveling ballast stone." Thus ended my career with CSX.
There are lots of rail fan videos on here. This is so much nicer, seeing videos made by someone who actually works for a railroad. Thank you for doing these.
Thanks for the explanation. I would have expected more equipment in that shed given its size. Neat to see what goes into those detectors. Thanks for posting!!
Thank you for explaining all of the line side equipment that helps aid the railroad. I know that hot wheel bearings can cause a derailment if it softens up the axle ends. Excellent video again I thank you sir, happy railroading.
I've seen trains go by at night with one wheel where the brakes were applied full force, and the steel wheel was glowing red hot and throwing sparks into the dry brush along the tracks heading south. I called 911 and told them about it, and they were totally uninterested until I told them that I knew my call was being recorded, and that they were now responsible for fires set along that track by those sparks, and families killed in their homes as a result. That got the dispatcher's attention, and she said she would get right on it.
This was very interesting. I’ve seen your other videos on this detector and wondered how it knew a wheel was hot or something was dragging. Thanks Dave.
Alco the Railroad Dog approves of this video. I liked it as well. Where I grew up they wayside buildings were called Silver Pagodas because of their shape.
Once again, thanks for the back story. I walk along the D&R trail here in the Poconos and wonder. I hope some one explains how the graffiti artist get there work on such unobtainable bridges and so forth.
With a software change we set up a couple at the bottom of a long grade and it would flag the cars where the brakes were not working as they should. BTW the bearing scanner is on the left and it looks at the tiny piece of axle between the bearing and the wheel, the wheel scanner is on the right. Enjoyed the video
Back in 2020 the progress rail micro for the CSX defect detector was replacing into a STC smartscan NG2 after the wrong milepost but they changed a milepost 507.1 at Huntington, West Virginia.
Wow! Some temperature sensors with heaters, a couple small industrial computers, a couple of i/o interfaces a base radio and a battery in a shed. I would have thought 30 grand would have been high, but then you mentioned Caterpillar. That explains it.
This was cool! I went to apply at CSX as a signal maintainer / radio man. As I wanted to work on equipment like this. Took the test and the guy kept saying during the test "you will be shoveling ballast stone". I explained all my experience, FCC licenses and education. He looked at me and said "you will be shoveling ballast stone." Thus ended my career with CSX.
There are lots of rail fan videos on here. This is so much nicer, seeing videos made by someone who actually works for a railroad. Thank you for doing these.
Thanks for the explanation. I would have expected more equipment in that shed given its size. Neat to see what goes into those detectors. Thanks for posting!!
Thank you for explaining all of the line side equipment that helps aid the railroad. I know that hot wheel bearings can cause a derailment if it softens up the axle ends. Excellent video again I thank you sir, happy railroading.
I've seen trains go by at night with one wheel where the brakes were applied full force, and the steel wheel was glowing red hot and throwing sparks into the dry brush along the tracks heading south. I called 911 and told them about it, and they were totally uninterested until I told them that I knew my call was being recorded, and that they were now responsible for fires set along that track by those sparks, and families killed in their homes as a result. That got the dispatcher's attention, and she said she would get right on it.
I love defect detectors. That’s very cool.
This was very interesting. I’ve seen your other videos on this detector and wondered how it knew a wheel was hot or something was dragging. Thanks Dave.
When I first saw the Sea on the side of the train I thought it was Cumberland Mine Train. Thanks
Awesome piece of very important safety equipment ...great video Dave
Alco the Railroad Dog approves of this video. I liked it as well. Where I grew up they wayside buildings were called Silver Pagodas because of their shape.
As usual, great video! 👍🏻🙏
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Excellent videos! Thanks!
Once again, thanks for the back story. I walk along the D&R trail here in the Poconos and wonder. I hope some one explains how the graffiti artist get there work on such unobtainable bridges and so forth.
With a software change we set up a couple at the bottom of a long grade and it would flag the cars where the brakes were not working as they should. BTW the bearing scanner is on the left and it looks at the tiny piece of axle between the bearing and the wheel, the wheel scanner is on the right. Enjoyed the video
Enjoy your videos, and the fact that you seem to love your job. Lucky man.. Keep up the videos!!!!!
A wayside bungalow? I always called it a power shed. Good to know. See stuff we can't see keep it going Dave, thats all you need.
Thank you. I've always wondered what wizardry happened in those sheds.
Back in 2020 the progress rail micro for the CSX defect detector was replacing into a STC smartscan NG2 after the wrong milepost but they changed a milepost 507.1 at Huntington, West Virginia.
Wow! Some temperature sensors with heaters, a couple small industrial computers, a couple of i/o interfaces a base radio and a battery in a shed. I would have thought 30 grand would have been high, but then you mentioned Caterpillar. That explains it.