Pretty sad. Scotty whoever dreamed are steel would be coming from overseas. I remember hauling steel out of Kaiser in funtukey late '70s early '80s been to the steel mills on the east Coast I guess we'll see what happens next year. Thanks for sharing 👍😎👍
Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, I liked and subscribed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Obrigado amigo! I'm glad you are enjoying my videos and thank you for subscribing. I will try to get more videos to share before it gets too hot here in Arizona. 🤠👍
The hat guy is back!!Interesting video.The water tower is kinda large to my eyes because towers over here tend to be of 5000gal capacity.Mixed train looked good.5 locos seems a bit of overkill but looked great....
Oh boy...5,000 gallons is just the humidity in some of the big tenders! It wouldn't get the train to the next tank, 20-miles away. I do think "Calibrated eyeballs" of the hatted fellow misjudged this tank though. I suspect it is closer to 50,000-gallons. 🤠👍
@espeescotty we are a small country so the scale of everything suits the need...we have only around 2500 miles of track.....id say you guys have longer sideings🤣
I'm pretty observant and very detail oriented, and I have NEVER seen a date nail in a tie nor in the ballast 😟 I have however seen a cool spot where there were still a good number of date nails, 1937, in their original as intended spot out there on the UP. Maybe next time I go out that way, I'll have to stop and show you guys a video out it. 🤠👍
That's 136 pound rail . Strings are welded 1320 feet strings . Dates on the rail are when it was made , hash marks are the count of months . 136 pound rail is 3 feet in length .
Years ago, I watched a video about how Colorado Fuel & Iron's rail mill in Pueblo, Colorado would weld individual sticks into quarter mile (1320-feet) for the railroads to purchase. Of course, some railroads would weld their own sticks into ribbon rail, including Union Pacific. The old 1957 and 1970 rails here have most likely been sitting here since originally laid by the Southern Pacific, who probably purchased them from CF&I as ribbon rail. My presumption was that one extra 39-foot stick was welded on by CF&I to get it to 1359-feet, rounded up to 1360. Since my primary focus was to show a well-seasoned MOW pro, I did forget to explain in the video about the hash marks and the way rail weights are counted by the yard. Thanks for filling in those oversites on my part. 🤠👍
That was a great train you snagged and a fine job on the track and tower descriptions.. Interesting stuff Scotty !!
Thanks, Richard! I've been wanting to get trains rolling by the old tank for years...this time I went for it, and I'm glad I did. 🤠👍
A quad and a toot. You are lucking OUT! Happy 1/4 day job, Palley!
Yes, another eSPeeScotty fan! 😆👍 Thanks, Lewie!
Pretty sad. Scotty whoever dreamed are steel would be coming from overseas. I remember hauling steel out of Kaiser in funtukey late '70s early '80s been to the steel mills on the east Coast I guess we'll see what happens next year. Thanks for sharing 👍😎👍
@@espeescotty A GOOD note!
Excellent tour of the track and tank. I was surprised at the amount of high spikes, makes me feel good i dont have all that many high spikes 👍😊
Hahahaha...I knew you were going to spot those! I don't carry a maul in the truck, so I couldn't help old Uncle Pete out that day. 😁👍
Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars.
Thumbs up.
Keep up the perfect work, my friend, I liked and subscribed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Obrigado amigo! I'm glad you are enjoying my videos and thank you for subscribing. I will try to get more videos to share before it gets too hot here in Arizona. 🤠👍
Awesome manifest train, I spotted a SD70M in the mix 👍🏻, nice video bro.
Is the remnants of the old gas station and store still on the north side?
Yes sir...as soon as I saw it in the consist, I immediately thought of you. 🤠👍
Just the concrete pad and the awning are still there...NOTHING else, unfortunately. 🤠👍
The hat guy is back!!Interesting video.The water tower is kinda large to my eyes because towers over here tend to be of 5000gal capacity.Mixed train looked good.5 locos seems a bit of overkill but looked great....
Oh boy...5,000 gallons is just the humidity in some of the big tenders! It wouldn't get the train to the next tank, 20-miles away. I do think "Calibrated eyeballs" of the hatted fellow misjudged this tank though. I suspect it is closer to 50,000-gallons. 🤠👍
@espeescotty we are a small country so the scale of everything suits the need...we have only around 2500 miles of track.....id say you guys have longer sideings🤣
Look for date nails on the ties
I'm pretty observant and very detail oriented, and I have NEVER seen a date nail in a tie nor in the ballast 😟 I have however seen a cool spot where there were still a good number of date nails, 1937, in their original as intended spot out there on the UP. Maybe next time I go out that way, I'll have to stop and show you guys a video out it. 🤠👍
That's 136 pound rail . Strings are welded 1320 feet strings . Dates on the rail are when it was made , hash marks are the count of months . 136 pound rail is 3 feet in length .
Years ago, I watched a video about how Colorado Fuel & Iron's rail mill in Pueblo, Colorado would weld individual sticks into quarter mile (1320-feet) for the railroads to purchase. Of course, some railroads would weld their own sticks into ribbon rail, including Union Pacific. The old 1957 and 1970 rails here have most likely been sitting here since originally laid by the Southern Pacific, who probably purchased them from CF&I as ribbon rail. My presumption was that one extra 39-foot stick was welded on by CF&I to get it to 1359-feet, rounded up to 1360. Since my primary focus was to show a well-seasoned MOW pro, I did forget to explain in the video about the hash marks and the way rail weights are counted by the yard. Thanks for filling in those oversites on my part. 🤠👍