Railway Ballast Cleaning Machine on a high-speed railway line

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  • čas přidán 4. 03. 2020
  • The RMW 1500 high capacity ballast cleaning machine from the manufacturer Plasser & Theurer was used in June 2019 on the high-speed railway line Hannover-Göttingen. The 150 meter long machine can clean up to 1,500 m³ of ballast per hour. The ballast is removed with a 35 cm high excavating chain. The clearing width can be set between 4.05 and 5.5 meters. The track bed cleaning machine was followed by a high output railway track laying machine, which renewed rails and sleepers: • Railway Track Laying M...
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  • @MrUtubeobia
    @MrUtubeobia Před 2 lety +148

    How long did it take to design and build this complex machine. What a marvel of engineering.

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 Před rokem +7

      My thoughts exactly! It levitates the sleepers while riding on the rail!

    • @a.n.7863
      @a.n.7863 Před rokem +2

      I immediately thought of that show “Modern Marvels” upon coming across this video.

  • @stopbunsen
    @stopbunsen Před 2 lety +69

    Looks really impressive! It just looks like it has so many moving parts. It would require a lot of maintenance itself

  • @dopplerfox
    @dopplerfox Před 4 lety +111

    I thought that thumbnail showed some horrific rail accident, but this is some impressive engineering!

  • @nacnud_
    @nacnud_ Před rokem +11

    Now, more human time into projects like this, less into destruction. Amazing stuff!

  • @goodorusty
    @goodorusty Před 2 lety +20

    That machine must be so loud in real life. Amazing what machines exist out there!

  • @danieljones2924
    @danieljones2924 Před 2 lety +59

    The saying "I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire" has now been replaced with "I wouldn't give you sleeping pills if a ballast cleaning machine went past your house"

  • @Crazcompart
    @Crazcompart Před 2 lety +43

    Woww! Heard about them, but never saw one in operation before! Strips the rail bed of all the ballast with the accumulation of oil, fuel, garbage, grease, debris, etc. that gets into the rocks over time, and then puts fresh ballast back again...

    • @OriginalJetForMe
      @OriginalJetForMe Před rokem +3

      How does it get it under the sleepers without causing them to settle substantially once they’re back down with weight on top?

    • @otlseal9159
      @otlseal9159 Před rokem

      @@OriginalJetForMe am told its because you cant compress the ballast any more than how it lands

  • @humbleopinion1499
    @humbleopinion1499 Před 2 lety +17

    Great video - I guess many of us never realize the maintenance that goes into a railway track.

  • @k3w1b3an5
    @k3w1b3an5 Před 2 lety +13

    The combination of size, power and complexity boggles my mind.

  • @davidbrady5618
    @davidbrady5618 Před rokem +4

    Recently finished a project involving tons of rocks and it was such damn hard work. So watching this machine scoop them up from underneath an active track like they are peanuts is mind bending.

  • @byzanttine
    @byzanttine Před 2 lety +4

    To say this is an engineering marvel would be an understatement.

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 Před 2 lety +5

    Can you image the time waiting at a rail crossing for this thing to go by.

  • @ShipsYouShouldKnow
    @ShipsYouShouldKnow Před 4 lety +12

    Es ist doch immer wieder faszinierend zu sehen, was es für Maschinen gibt. Tolle und interessante Aufnahmen mal wieder von Dir ... klasse Film 👍 Gruß Carsten

  • @inselvideo
    @inselvideo Před 4 lety +8

    Sehr interessante Technik hast Du da wieder gefilmt. Beeindruckend was da für ein Aufwand getrieben wird und wie lang auch diese Maschine ist. Die Bildqualität ist toll, hab es auch in HDR geschaut. Tolle Farben und auch die Schattenbereiche haben eine schöne Durchzeichnung. Klasse gemacht! Daumen hoch! Gruss inselvideo!

  • @kdwaynec
    @kdwaynec Před rokem +1

    Glad I found this again. I was trying to explain to my son how this worked. It still blows my mind how 'flimsy' the tracks are once the ballast is removed.

  • @HarukiYamamoto
    @HarukiYamamoto Před 2 lety +4

    WOW! That's not a machine. It's a factory on wheels.

  • @hermask815
    @hermask815 Před 2 lety +15

    Now that’s a reason to wear a ffp2 mask.

  • @MachineHeadDissent
    @MachineHeadDissent Před 4 lety +7

    Fascinating how that works!!...🤙😎🤘

  • @mrmofo36
    @mrmofo36 Před 2 lety +2

    this woulda been great in a bond movie

  • @TheAutisticCapricorn811
    @TheAutisticCapricorn811 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Aaow man, this is such a fascinating railroading process. This reminds me of that super neat story called "Ballast" in the Small Railway Engines book of the Railway Series. I just love how real live railroading job experiences are put into stories. I'm hearing a nice narration of this video in relation of a railroad line being constructed or reconstructed, all in my head.

  • @ianthomson5382
    @ianthomson5382 Před 2 lety +1

    This is up there with Tunnel Boring Machines as among the most awesome machines I have ever seen ..

  • @JG40061
    @JG40061 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing!!

  • @kenhurley4441
    @kenhurley4441 Před 2 lety +2

    This machinge really "rocks" on!

  • @bosatsu76
    @bosatsu76 Před 2 lety +2

    More impressive than the monstrosity of the machine itself are the brains that came up with the idea and pushed it through the engineering and manufacturing...

    • @timothyward8564
      @timothyward8564 Před 2 lety

      When I started on the RR and I started seeing some of the track equipment ,,I learned the power of hydraulic fluid

  • @lindaterrell5535
    @lindaterrell5535 Před 3 lety +2

    Holy guacamole, it’s a whole factory!

  • @terry_willis
    @terry_willis Před 2 lety +3

    Video does not show or explain how the ballast is cleaned.

  • @zenflowerpeace4384
    @zenflowerpeace4384 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow! I never knew all it takes to maintain and run the trains efficiently!

    • @naterbaternaterbater
      @naterbaternaterbater Před 2 lety

      For sure!
      Train and car wheels need to be turned on a lathe to reshape them.
      The rails need to be ground back to a proper shape.
      The rocks (shown in this video) need to be cleaned of debris and gunk.
      Ties need to be released.
      When a train derails, it's an automatic 1 million dollar fine plus cost of labor to undo the derailment (plus loss of productivity)
      Maintenance is extremely important!

  • @kepler186f4
    @kepler186f4 Před 2 lety +2

    To borrow a line from Volkswagen.... "the finest of German technology. This is far beyond anything America needs.

  • @ARockRaider
    @ARockRaider Před 2 lety +6

    Very Interesting! I never knew but am not surprised that intermodal hoppers are a thing.
    What does surprise me is that there aren't water systems to keep all that dust down!

    • @javeedsultan8484
      @javeedsultan8484 Před 2 lety +3

      Would image it has the capability to suppress dust some how, especially in built up areas,
      Not sure using water would be practical,, even if you recycle it you would still need a lot

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 Před rokem

      They wouldn't be able to sort out the detritus effectively/efficiently if the ballast were wet.

    • @TheWizardGamez
      @TheWizardGamez Před rokem +1

      @@javeedsultan8484 how would you recycle it? He’s talking about airborne dust. The water is lost to the air. Unless you got a condenser it’s already an accounted loss. Besides it’s not even going to be that much water. Anyways, the machine was probably just complex enough that they said “Fuck it, we already made a train that can ride hovering rails,”

    • @mrbig9595
      @mrbig9595 Před 2 měsíci

      Uk fleet has dust suppression

  • @farmerdave7965
    @farmerdave7965 Před 2 lety +3

    The undercutter is my favorite machine.

    • @TheGuruNetOn
      @TheGuruNetOn Před 2 lety

      The Incredibles :
      "I am the Underminer!!
      I'm beneath you, but nothing is beneath me!!"

  • @johnnycee5179
    @johnnycee5179 Před rokem

    It's just unbelievable the amount of work needed to maintain tracks.

  • @TheSRBgamer63
    @TheSRBgamer63 Před 5 měsíci

    What a simple looking machine .....

  • @arboristo4407
    @arboristo4407 Před 5 měsíci

    Incredibly amazing system. Couple centuries of ingenuity rail is the way.❤️👍🤠

  • @Unimedien
    @Unimedien Před 4 lety +1

    Klasse Video von dem Einsatz dieser Bahnbautechnik. Daumen hoch. Gruß Unimedien.

  • @Misha29ify
    @Misha29ify Před 2 lety

    One of the most fascinating things I have seen

  • @pathankarimkhan2303
    @pathankarimkhan2303 Před 3 lety

    What a machine 👌👌👌

  • @batman_2004
    @batman_2004 Před rokem

    Amazing beautiful machine.

  • @tetracor
    @tetracor Před 2 lety

    Amazing !!!

  • @hans983
    @hans983 Před 4 lety +11

    Rolling Stones

  • @stevenjordan9497
    @stevenjordan9497 Před rokem +1

    UNREAL.

  • @EtzEchad
    @EtzEchad Před 2 lety +6

    What a huge machine! There must be a way to get load it with new ballast since they are offloading a lot of the old, but the video didn't show it.
    How do they ensure that the ballast gets under the ties?

    • @yiply42
      @yiply42 Před 2 lety +2

      I think at 2:14 it shows at least some of the ballast being replaced and it looks like there are little brushes that push it off of the ties around 2:00

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro Před 2 lety +1

      @@yiply42 I bet it recycles enough of the ballast to allow the sleepers to rest on top of that, and the ballast for above the bottom face of the sleepers can be put in by the rail laying machine.

  • @googoo-gjoob
    @googoo-gjoob Před 9 měsíci

    just what a RR loves to see.... MOW on *both tracks*

  • @Laluan
    @Laluan Před 2 lety

    Awesome!

  • @ear2thestreet
    @ear2thestreet Před 4 lety +3

    Sehr tolle Aufnahmen. Die Herrschaften haben wirklich einen brutalen Job...Staub und Lärm bis zum Umfallen.

  • @HM-nh7nc
    @HM-nh7nc Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, really impressive. So much work over there and time consuming. Where are the used/old ballast taken via the other cargo train?

  • @Wolfgodmak
    @Wolfgodmak Před 3 lety +1

    Rocks, rocks and more rocks

  • @fishbone08070
    @fishbone08070 Před 2 lety

    Amazing..

  • @johnnycee5179
    @johnnycee5179 Před rokem

    Wow, what a machine

  • @johnaugsburger6192
    @johnaugsburger6192 Před 2 lety

    Thanks

  • @spaceboy5293
    @spaceboy5293 Před 2 měsíci

    this is nuts

  • @kmranmustafa9489
    @kmranmustafa9489 Před 3 lety

    Good
    Man

  • @pfridell8424
    @pfridell8424 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow! I am truly impressed!! What was it doing with the rocks that it put in the railway cars? I would love to see one of these babies live.

    • @douglasgallardojr4759
      @douglasgallardojr4759 Před rokem

      The rocks are called ballast and this machine is replacing and/or cleaning it. The ballast being loaded into the other railway cars is probably going to be cleaned and reused.

    • @noahpettit557
      @noahpettit557 Před rokem

      Ah thanks. So the machine on the rails is not actually cleaning the stones themselves but replacing with fresh ballast?

  • @orionharmon6017
    @orionharmon6017 Před 2 lety +2

    Railroad rocks are called railroad ballast, I never knew that I was trying to figure out that how rocks like that are made but these railroad cleaning machines right here are insane putting new railroad ballast into the rails. We have railroad machines like that makes new rails and ballast, Norfolk Southern, Conrail, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Amtrak and others they all have railroad machines like that making new rails, ties/sleepers and ballast for them.

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ Před 2 lety +1

      ballast not ballest

    • @orionharmon6017
      @orionharmon6017 Před 2 lety

      @@frizky._ Oh well excuse me that confuses me sometimes.

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ Před 2 lety +1

      @@orionharmon6017 it's ok

    • @orionharmon6017
      @orionharmon6017 Před 2 lety

      @@frizky._ But thanks for letting me know that by the way;) 👍🏽

    • @frizky._
      @frizky._ Před 2 lety +1

      @@orionharmon6017 you're welcome

  • @FallOfTheLiving
    @FallOfTheLiving Před 2 lety +1

    here i was thinking it was cleaning on the loco itself and replacing with the same stock with additional ballast to sure it up. Instead they process it offsite? or do they dispose of it

  • @timkis64
    @timkis64 Před 2 lety

    the complexity of the maintenence machines the rail companies have is mind boggling.im sure the cost of them is equally mind boggling.

  • @Cline3911
    @Cline3911 Před rokem +1

    Today, weez is learnin about rawks.

  • @legotechnictrains8999
    @legotechnictrains8999 Před 3 měsíci

    Oh baby!

  • @Mahdi-wb9nw
    @Mahdi-wb9nw Před 2 lety

    Cool

  • @central3425
    @central3425 Před 2 lety +1

    Can't believe it goes under the ties like that

  • @DrTWG
    @DrTWG Před rokem

    Thumb looked like a mass accident/derailment. Very impressive machine . This is 2+2=4 Engineering .

  • @J3scribe
    @J3scribe Před 10 měsíci

    Not technically "cleaning" ballast, but replacing it, which is just as impressive. New ballast is fed from the long string of hoppers ahead of the ballast shredder. There is some storage of old ballast behind. The dirty ballast is being off-loaded onto the hopper train on the adjacent rail line at 3:40. There's a cool segment at 2:38 where you see the conveyor system replacing old versus new aggregate. The conveyor for the older stone is wider because it's dirtier, hence larger. This video is cool AF. In the USA, Herzog and Loram have automated this process to the point where operators don't have to wear PPE to protect themselves from harmful particulates. 4:25 They work in environmentally controlled workspaces on the train.

    • @carlislehendersonthethird7799
      @carlislehendersonthethird7799 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Not exactly. This is definitely cleaning and reusing the ballast. That’s what the shaker units are for. I worked for years on one of these. They use a combination of new and recycled ballast.

  • @ausbare140
    @ausbare140 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video
    I would like to know or see how the ballast is cleaned on a single line track.

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro Před 2 lety

      No high speed rail would be single track. But I don't see why it wouldn't be possible as long as your right of way is wide enough for trucks to drive up next to the machine. Or the belt could possibly be modified to load a single rail car in front of the front end. Then you'd need a single shunting locomotive which has to haul those single cars to the next switch where you can couple them together for the rest of the trip over the rail system.

  • @shihabudheenoachira6510

    സൂപ്പർ

  • @ahillmann
    @ahillmann Před rokem

    I wonder what detergent they are using to clean the ballast. I would like to use it to clean my dishes.

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Před rokem

    I guess expecting a high-speed version of this.
    Set playback speed to 2x. :)

  • @christianuhlemann5688
    @christianuhlemann5688 Před 4 lety +3

    Geiles Gerät, aber wenn die den Schotter verladen, im Dorf - lauft ! Bei uns war das halbe Dorf grau 😉😂

  • @agefvlog6267
    @agefvlog6267 Před 4 lety

    Joss👍👍🙏🔔🔔

  • @rogerhislip5269
    @rogerhislip5269 Před 10 dny

    I saw one in Wyoming years ago. The noise is as bad as being next to a jet taking off

  • @tsuchan
    @tsuchan Před 11 měsíci

    Oh my word!

  • @EvilBaggOBolts
    @EvilBaggOBolts Před rokem

    Everything in Germany is well maintained and engineered perfectly.

  • @peterpetersen4619
    @peterpetersen4619 Před rokem

    I didn't know that something like this was necessary. if someone had told me that the stones had to be cleaned and sorted and that there was such a complex and large machine, I would have thought them crazy.

  • @AhsanulHolikin
    @AhsanulHolikin Před 4 lety

    Serba canggih 🖒

  • @hanskostka6788
    @hanskostka6788 Před 2 lety +1

    Does this only exist in Germany or do other countries also clean their "Schotter" ?

  • @timeforbeans
    @timeforbeans Před rokem +1

    This video makes me want to stat TUBTHUMPING
    👯💃👯💃👯💃👯💃

  • @NitroModelsAndComics
    @NitroModelsAndComics Před 2 lety

    A before and after would have been nice.

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 Před rokem

    To us it's exciting to see a country and a team to be innovative and design things to better each of our lifes.....Its extremely sad to see Hatred in this beautiful world that God put us in Hatred is just Non economic Production...

  • @veramae4098
    @veramae4098 Před 2 lety +2

    Why such a long line of machines? Are they cleaning the ballast over and over again, or do different machines do different actions, or ... what else?

    • @EliasProbst
      @EliasProbst Před rokem

      Most of the length is taken up by wagons providing fresh ballast and wagons for dumping the old dirty one.
      They serve as a buffer until the train on the parallel tracks comes along, refills the fresh ones and takes away the dirty ones.

  • @trailwayt9H337
    @trailwayt9H337 Před 2 lety

    👍GREATE MECHINARY SYSTEM👍🌹

  • @florianrose7493
    @florianrose7493 Před 3 lety

    Auf welcher Webseite steht wo gerade das Gleisbett Repariert wird

  • @JohnWalker-rt6ue
    @JohnWalker-rt6ue Před 2 lety +1

    Is the ballast cleaned on site, or is it taken elsewhere, and replaced by clean ballast?

    • @ricmiddletown7685
      @ricmiddletown7685 Před rokem +1

      its sorted and classified as it moves, the small is removed, the dust is removed by vibration and extra is available on other cars. the small and debris is removed. it truly is amazing machinery

  • @joohny9322
    @joohny9322 Před rokem

    Jbzd pozdrawiam

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 Před 3 lety +12

    European infrastructure is decades ahead of the US.

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 Před 2 lety +2

      Which needs addressing, given that Rail is going to become a much bigger issue in the coming years…

    • @coolcat-nq4mj
      @coolcat-nq4mj Před 2 lety +2

      US road infrastructure is decades ahead of Europe's

    • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
      @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 Před 2 lety +6

      @@coolcat-nq4mj Lol, is that what you tell yourself?

    • @rickakashockshockey9151
      @rickakashockshockey9151 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, but a lot smaller area.

    • @acidset
      @acidset Před 2 lety +1

      @@rickakashockshockey9151 that's no excuse, if anything the bigger the population (and also the area) the greater the need for infrastructure

  • @noahpettit557
    @noahpettit557 Před rokem

    Are the stones being cleaned on the fly by the machine or are they being replaced with fresh ballast ?

    • @HD1080ide
      @HD1080ide  Před 11 měsíci

      Both. Stones that can be reused are cleaned. Stones that are too small for example are replaced with fresh ballast.

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 Před 2 lety +2

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

  • @jonhelmer8591
    @jonhelmer8591 Před 2 lety +1

    How much are they?
    I want one.

  • @BLUESKY-zt1nv
    @BLUESKY-zt1nv Před 2 lety +1

    Where can i buy a second hand rail ballast cleaning machine from ..? how much would one cost in the UK ...?

  • @123Attack
    @123Attack Před 4 lety

    Hallo... FROM INDONESIA

  • @chrisperrien7055
    @chrisperrien7055 Před 2 lety

    Awesome machine, Nice if you owned it , rather running it,I can see, sucking up all that dust.
    If you owned that machine, you are sitting on a beach, not running it.

  • @phil700ag5
    @phil700ag5 Před 2 lety

    Where is this?

  • @shivaramjalapur
    @shivaramjalapur Před 2 lety

    Houses nearby should close all their windows and doors

  • @karenielsen4713
    @karenielsen4713 Před rokem

    Someone drew and designed this! Someone build it! WTF 😮

  • @pramodmehta1349
    @pramodmehta1349 Před 2 lety

    ALL FUTURE RAIL TRACK SHOULD BE HIGH SPEED IF WE WANT TO BE SUPER POWER UP TO 2047........

  • @karlbjorkquist7489
    @karlbjorkquist7489 Před 2 lety

    I want to also see a machine that cleans the Ballast Cleaning Machine.

  • @vaderbase
    @vaderbase Před 2 lety

    Wieso wird der Schotter "gereinigt"?

  • @SKF358
    @SKF358 Před rokem

    Hard to tell what's happening to the track.

  • @MrChickenselects
    @MrChickenselects Před 2 lety

    why exactly is it being cleaned

  • @davidanalyst671
    @davidanalyst671 Před 3 lety

    This really fascinates me. The only thing i don't get is that I saw them fill the railroad cars with the ballast. Why don't they just get one of those shaker machines and some sieves to get the aggregate right, then put it back?

    • @lenchisholm6356
      @lenchisholm6356 Před 3 lety +9

      They do! What goes off in the second train is the rubbish that went through the sieve. Older cleaners just dumped it off the side of the line with a swinging conveyor arm. You can see the conveyor belts returning the good stuff to the track.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 Před 2 lety +4

      undersize, oily rocks get rejected.ballast must be a certain size and angular so it locks together

  • @CaptainSpacedOut
    @CaptainSpacedOut Před rokem

    I'd like to see this irl

  • @wyskass861
    @wyskass861 Před rokem

    How much to rent for a day?

  • @bobsum1745
    @bobsum1745 Před 2 lety +2

    Men, I prefer work in my office environment. No money would make me to work near this machine.