Railroad Track Construction Old And New

This is a little comparison of old and new ways to build railroad track. An interesting look back in time and compare it to our model building techniques. This is a “must watch” video for anyone interested in railroads and their construction.

[@patkcorcoran]

Now those guys were real he men. Not like me, wasting away watching videos of he men.

[@markm6488]

Great video, i guess if you laid the track by hand you earned a ride14:38 on the train😁

[@kirbyyork7669]

I wanna do this on my own land in 7 1/2 inch gauge.

[@dmurphy2891]

Invite me over when you're finished.

[@toddavis8603]

Olde trackmen were called gandy dancers.I was a Signalman for 25 1/2 yrs at NYCT.The track circuit detects the presence of a train☆☆☆ Robinson's Invention.

[@no-nb3td]

귀한 자료 잘 보고 갑니다

[@jonathantowes2787]

I see that in some countries, tracks aren’t laid on rocks, but in the dirt. Those tracks are used for 7 car passenger trains, not the big shipping cars. I’m guessing that isn’t the best way to do it. Is it ok for tracks to be laid in dirt if the speed and weight are lower?

[@bobdole27]

I wonder how much cheaper old tracks were compared to new tracks to build

[@saifullahkhalid1065]

Where did you find these old videos

[@djvelocity]

Question for the experts here, how does the railway spike keep from coming out of the ground? I get that it’s like 3’ long but it’s not anchored via self tapping and it isn’t pushed into cement, so what holds it? Is it the immense weight of the train? If so, is that what stabilizes the track? 🤔🤔🤔

[@dmurphy2891]

First off, the spikes are not driven into the ground, but rather into the wood cross ties. You can think of a spike as a very big nail, and yes they DO work loose. From time to time railroads pull out the spike, fill the hole with epoxy glue to protect the wood, and drive the spike into a different location. Next, you might like to know that sometimes the railroads use large screws rather than spikes, and in newer construction they use large clips rather than spikes to hold the rail in place.

[@johnstudd4245]

Take a walk along side a track that uses wood ties and spikes and you will see plenty of half pulled out spikes, missing spikes and completely pulled out spikes just laying there. Also a pretty good number of somewhat rotted ties. That even applies to the large class 1 railroads. Some lines are maintained better than others, especially high speed lines. Generally I think the more and heavier traffic a particular line sees the better it is maintained. So lines that don't see much traffic are a lot more likely to look like the ones I described above.

[@djvelocity]

I had no idea that anyone responded, I apologize for not appreciating these responses. Thank you to both of you for explaining it because I am clueless about stuff related to locomotive and transport ☺️🙌

[@THEButterKING25]

@@dmurphy2891 or they put a tie plug made of wood in the whole and re spike in the same hole

[@moshpetroleum8549]

Hi! Is it true that railway lines have to be built on a 100% flat surface? Or can they be built on uphill/downhill terrain? Thanks

[@dennismurphy4696]

Train Tracks do need to be rather flat, but of course they can handle ups and downs. Most modern railroads try to hold the grade below 1.5 degrees. Geared locomotives could handle up to 4 degree rise. Much more than that and the wheels will just spin.

[@moshpetroleum8549]

@@dennismurphy4696 thanks for the reply. Isn't it strange that the earth curves 8inches per mile (squared) - so over 100miles the curvature is supposed to be 6273.67 feet
dizzib.github.io/earth/curve-calc/?d0=100&h0=6&unit=imperial
And 1000 miles the curvature is 652683.15 feet
dizzib.github.io/earth/curve-calc/?d0=1000&h0=6&unit=imperial
Apologies for the random comment but I just thought that's a bit strange 😅

[@dmurphy2891]

Cool little fact. What you are saying is that even if the track is absolutely FLAT.... It's really... NOT! HAHAHAHAHAHAA! Thanks

[@terryboyer1342]

@@moshpetroleum8549 Your obviously not acquainted with the flat earthers.

[@MistakenMystery]

The earth is flat as fuck

[@KAFKUBA]

When men were real...everyone dead and buried now

[@vile1698]

2018 SONY SONY SONY

[@daves2624]

Can you slow it down a tad?

[@igbotimehopper64yearsago46]

It was a bit faster in ww2

[@davidanalyst671]

it cost a whole lot less too just to hire a bunch of men. The clips of building railroads today had just as many people, they were just standing around watching the machine do the work

[@igbotimehopper64yearsago46]

@@davidanalyst671 true

[@fuckheinschitt239]

Idi0t spotted

[@igbotimehopper64yearsago46]

@@fuckheinschitt239 yourself?

[@animal16365]

I wonder why railroads dont reuse old ballast rock??

[@Scotford_Maconochie]

It becomes fouled, contaminated and erodes which means its no longer angular to provide the property to lock together to provide solid vertical and lateral support for the track.

[@8472sevenofnine]

The navvies back in the day just put these boy's to shame😒

[@ed5649]

Drill ye tarriers drill