We put about 115 tons in a car Repairman. it is fine for use in electric steam generating plants. At the plant they will pulverize it even finer to a dust and blow it in the boilers. Thank you very much for watching and writing in my friend.
What a way to start the day. At least the cars weren't at an angle inside the tunnel. As you indicated the cars you use Far and Away see the most unloading activity. Sadly that mess was like someone running to the bathroom at 3 a.m. but missing the bowl. The UP his 30 wrecked coal cars to scoop up near Gothenburg NE but it's hard to resell because it's mixed with dirt and Stone. With the downturn in coal traffic there aren't that many new cars in service and the majority in storage are rotary dump only. One place you might want to check is the operator of the Joppa IL plant which shutdown in the last two or three months and I believe they used bottom dump cars like yours. Also many Indiana power plants have closed or are closing and may have something you could use. Just like shopping for a used car except no price haggling in person
thanks for the videos, very informative also glad no vulgarity, profanity, or that kinda stuff! I stumbled across your videos a few weeks ago, watch them mostly when i do the treadmill, and now have my wife 'sorta interested' in watching them at our meal time too !
Your very welcome Leon. Thank you for the very nice comment. This is a family friendly channel, We get a lot of young ones who watch and we do keep it clean. I'm sure you know that RR talk is sometimes like a sailor's mouth, but we leave that stuff out. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
Thank you Michael, Nope, nothing gets me shook up. no use in fretting over what you can't control. Thank you so very much for the really nice comment and for watching the show tonight my friend.
Dear, oh dear, not something you wanted to see first thing in the morning Dave. I guess the only bright side was none of the wagons left the rails. Good to see every thing rolling again.
You are right, it could have been much worse with a derailment. We did get lucky there Richard. Thank you so much for visiting with us and taking in the show my friend.
Bet there is nobody with high blood pressure anywhere in your life! Wat a Pleasant Joy it is to watch you as you take us on these Journeys. Hope your blood pressure is really low as well! Thank you! Sounds like a guy in the yard forgot to latch a bad latch. No bailing wire again! Yes, beautiful "steam loco"
Thank you Barbara for the very nice comment. So glad you are enjoying the home movies. We really appreciate your visiting with us and writing in my friend.
Very important to keep your cool during frustrating stuff like this incident. One of the huge factors work accident happens are due to lack of concentration.
Thank you Doug for the very nice comment. Could have been worse, spilled on a bridge over a road or stream. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
When i drove a semi cold weather sucks well we all know what the other word is and it does all kinds of garbage happens seems to make everything like a thin piece of glass i hate it too but semis dont make a mess like a train
I live in Croatia in Beli Manastir, which is located in Croatia. My small town of 10,000 inhabitants is located on the main line between Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The continuation of the line after Sarajevo leads to the Adriatic Sea and after Budapest to Central Europe. I have never heard of a train derailment on the part of the track where I live in my life and i am 47. It happened a couple of times that people did not respect traffic signs and were killed by a train in a car or some agricultural machine, and that only at crossings that were not marked with a ramp. I think the problem in the USA is too little investment in the maintenance and construction of new railways. I look with admiration at the ccrx 6700 man of 69 years who is still doing this hard work. My dad is a retired professor at the age of 65 and I can't imagine him doing this hard work because of his age. Many greetings from Croatia.
🎼🎺 Da Da Daaaa !!! Mighty baby 👶 Bobcat 443 💪to the rescue !!! He may be a little tike, only 44 inches wide, but just loves working inside the track gauge helping out his bigger brother with tracks😃. The formula seems to be working out to be 1 car dump equals 4 car lengths of mess like on that cold 🥶 day last January 😳. Them gremlins just keep popping up with those cars, Dave, hopefully before you ever retire newer cars will be on the property. Stay safe my friend and, we know, your having fun 😀. Richard Bause
@@ccrx6700 Baby bobcat 👶 is sleeping💤 😴 under his tarp tonight, he's had his high octane bottle 🍼 of go go juice 🤣 so he'll be full of power to take on the next snow ❄ storm 💪😁🤣. Take care 🙂.
Thank you very much Curb for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Cool headed and not because of the weather, although I’ll bet it helps! Thank you for sharing a tough start to a day.. made my troubles seem like nothing!
Your very welcome Paul, always is a pleasure to have you visit with us my friend. Everyone has troubles, but one can always look around and find someone or something far worse off.
WOW what a mess is right. Nice video of the tarins during the snow and what a cleanup for sure. Enjoyed watching and have a wonderful rest of your evening Dave.(Steve)
Of all places that had to happen in a tunnel. That smoking locomotive kind of reminded me of the Reading & Northern 2102 at Miller's crossing in Schuylkill County Pa. Well not quite that smoky. Lol. Tunnel was cool looking. Enjoyed the video.
At least not much of my ballast got fouled Michael! :-) Very glad you had a good time with us tonight. It's always a real pleasure to have you visit and write in my friend.
Nice to see all that coal still being mined. California thanks you. Once the floods are over and they crawl out from under all that snow. Keep it up, I’ve always wanted to live in the tropics at 45 degrees north.
Thank you Tom for the very nice comment. We can sell all the coal here we can mine. The demand for coal right now world wide is tremendous. We cannot keep up with demand. Really appreciate your dropping in on us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you very much Stephen for the really kind words. We do appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video. May you have a most blessed and prosperous day my friend.
Coal spill sure is a lot easier to clean up than chemicals. Glad we don't haul chemicals here, just coal. Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the big spill my friend.
Great Content Sir......I'm a Tri Axle Dump Driver From Butler County and I've hauled my fair share of Coal. I've hauled coal and Limestone to Homer City plant Keystone plant and Cheswick plants. From Neville Island off the Barges from the Coal pits all around Western and South eastern Pa. Off the Rail cars in Monaca to Homer City or Keystone 4 to 6 loads a day. I'm in Butler County Pennsylvania the Birth place of the Jeep by the way AND countless abandoned and old strip mines and strip cuts. West Freedom Pa had at one time in the late 90s Two Giant walking electric Drag Lines and Giant Machines working huge strip cuts for A few Decades from the late 70s to the mid 2000s I used to watch them work and wish I could operate them.
Thank you for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend. Been to the Butler fair many times, used to go watch the tractor pulls.
We have a several week shut down coming up soon and we have contract mechanics coming in to go over all 3 of our locos with a fine tooth comb. They will fix whatever is needed. Really appreciate your paying us a visit and watching my friend.
Thank you J Lane for the really kind words. So glad to hear you are having a good time with us. Really appreciate your going on the mine map tour with us tonight my friend.
from steam to diesel technology has come a long way but now and again the technology mucks up we have you to come and fix things thank you for what you do to keep the railroad safe Thank You.
This is a good company to work for. They are trying very hard to promote good public relations. They have also given a tremendous amount of money to local charities and organizations. It's very important that a big company support their community and have good public relations. These videos are helping to foster good vibs about our company Iron Synergy. (I do not get paid by the company to make these videos, but management here does know I make them and they give their blessings to me). We really appreciate your taking the time to tour the mine with us and write in with the nice comment my friend.
I'm glad you explained that you situation is unique in that your cars are filled and emptied more or less daily whereas most cars are filled and emptied, perhaps weekly.
Glad your gonna have enough Ralph. Fortunately it's been an extremely mild winter, at least here. Always appreciate your paying us a visit and hearing from you my friend.
All that coal covering the tunnel floor + what's piled. Really gives a good reference for just how much coal 1 coal car holds. If I was the owner and had the $ I would replace the dock dump system with a rotary dump and replace the cars with rotary dump cars. Wouldn't have to worry about doors coming open in route or refusing to open at dock ever again.
Our cars are loaded to about 115 tons Jason. rotary would be awesome also should buy bath tub cars what a help that would be. Currently new owners have multi, multi million dollar expense underground and at the prep plant. They are trying their best but there's only so much moola to go around. They have made considerable improvements in their 2 years here tho. Always a pleasure to have you visit with us and write in my friend.
I just found your videos recently and i love them, it brings back memories to when i worked at R.J.Corman railroad , i left in 2006 when i was much younger and thinner, i hauled all oversized equipment all around to several states, i never thought about taking any pictures or video and now i wish i did, i never did work on the track i just delivered the goods and everything was so heavy and expensive , I was paid very well and he always had nice clean equipment.
Thank you Brian and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy. Here is an introduction video to get you a feel for what all we do here at the Railroad and a bit about our mine: ruclips.net/video/oOug0z34118/видео.html Lot's of cool RR videos on our home page if you would sometime care to check any of them out. ruclips.net/user/ccrx6700
We certainly want to thank you Crazeejay for taking the time to visit with us and writing in with the nice comment. Glad you enjoyed the show my friend.
That sounds like a mess and a half, good luck getting that clean. And if your replacing some of the cars, you could fill an old one with water and use it as a swimming pool in the summer.
I like the swimming pool idea arkay, but first we have to figure out how to keep coal from leaking out the doors let along water....LOL. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
You should design a mechanical lock for these hopper doors. You’d make zillions!! Always love seeing that happy face of yours no matter how bad it gets…
All these cars have safety latches kraz. Sometimes they get worn and also the linkages get worn so when air bleeds off car dump line the doors open. Thank you for the nice comment and for watching my friend.
Hi Dave. I can't believe they didn't give you a shovel and spare car and just shovel the coal back into the empty car! Thanks for making and sharing this, it's nearly lunch time on Saturday now.😉
The distant view of the train was awsome. Also the one from top of tunnel on first pass. Hutcherson is about 90 miles from me here in illinois. Thank you for your effort.
You have a great job, most of the time you watch!!! I'm the same way in my older age. I do still work but I'm a boss. When we have bigger jobs I'm a pointer and a pencil pusher. Typist these days. that was fun learning in the 90's .
We have a several week shut down coming up soon and we have contract mechanics coming in to go over all 3 of our locos with a fine tooth comb. They will fix whatever is needed. Really appreciate your paying us a visit and watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I look at the accidental messes that happen in my day and then the accidental messes that happen in your day and I think 'yap, you're ok'. And you keep smiling through it! :)
Dave - I'm not what you would call a railfan but I do look at trains when they pass and wonder about the cargo and where it's going as well as be amazed at the power of the locomotives. I've watched and enjoyed many of your videos. It is very interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes from loading to unloading as well as what happens when things go sideways. I spent about 35 years in manufacturing and was often involved in correcting issues as well as preventing them so I can relate to what you are doing. Keep up the good work both on the railroad and the videos.
Thank you for the nice comment David and glad you are enjoying the home movies we make. Railroading here is what you did, you are right, correcting and preventing. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
We have coal mine mechanics here, they are responsible for a ton of other things around the harbor besides rail cars. I suggested many years ago, if they were going to continue to run these old cars they should hire a dedicated car repair crew. You are right in your thoughts Timothy.
yep we are, but that's railroading. At least we don't have the bad luck NS has.... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Great video, Dave! Thank you for allowing us to "join" you on your job. You're always so kind and have a great sense of humor... everyone should aspire to be like you! Is this coal ruined now since it's going to sit out in bad weather? I can't believe how much one car holds! 😳 Stay safe and have a great day!!
Thank you for the very nice comment Lisa. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and write in my friend. Coal will be taken back to prep plant and reprocessed.
We've had many cars do that here and also one time a loco walked off from ice built up on a crossing. I've derailed my tamper from ice on the track too. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Seems like there is always something going on here to keep me occupied. Wanted or not.... Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us tonight and write in my friend.
You could have followed the safety orders of class ones ignore the spill plow through it and send coal over the road above!!!!! On a serious note this is how safety is done. Clear the rail, inspect the rail, place a slow order, inspect the rail, then continue the day as long as EVERYTHING is safe. Great job top notch
Thank you so much Jason for the nice comment. We try to do things safely here despite all our problems with the worn out cars. Always appreciate hearing from a true RR expert like you my good friend.
Great video and tutorial of the tunnel filled with coal. That skid steer came in handy for that vs shoveling! I've seen many coal cars like that b4 and have always wondered if that particular design would be problematic causing it to malfunction. I guess it's no difference really than the bathtub style. I like those ole GP38'S especially the color that makes it eye catching! Thanks again Dave for all you do getting us great footage and teaching us something new on each video! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware.
"I guess it's no difference really than the bathtub style." No, it's massively different to the bathtub style. The bathtub cars are gondolas -- they're loaded from the top and emptied from the top, by tipping the car over. There are no bottom doors on a gondola, so the bottom doors can't fail. "I like those ole GP38'S" They're six-axle locomotives -- two SD38-2s and an SD40-2.
in the old days a bunch of guys with shovels most of a day, that is a rough way to start the day. guessing even with a vac truck not a quick cleanup. take care Dave catch ya on the next one.
Glad you enjoyed B GE. That coal spill has all been cleaned up now. Really appreciate your checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Those little BobCat's have to be one of the handyest tools ever made. Now you need one with a sweeper brush on the front and lots of time. Good video Dave 👍
Thank you for bringing us this very interesting and informative video presentation. The upside of the car emptying its load within the tunnel meant that most of it was kept dry and therefore easier to vacuum up. Ideally it would be better not to happen at all but as you mentioned, this rolling stock gets a lot of use!
We certainly want to thank you John for taking the time to visit with us and writing in with the nice comment. Glad you enjoyed the show my friend. you are so right in dry coal is way much easier to vac up than wet coal.
"Another fine mess you got us into Olly" what a classic line.. Laura and Hardy were some great guys and entertainers. This the same tunnel that was dumped in as before that cleaned so nice?
I had to say that Johnny, several folks in the past have written in requesting I say that. Yes it is the same tunnel, that is the coal spill they cleaned up in that other video. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
This sounds like a lot of future problems for the bed on the ties .Filling up with coal. Causing major drainage problems. This does keep you busy though. How do the doors open on the coal hoppers while the train is moving? Is it vandals or faulty equipment? I would think if it’s faulty equipment. The company that owns the equipment,coal mine and Railroad,would install on each hopper. Some type of fail proof safety device that would prevent the doors from opening. Until they are supposed to be opened. Maybe a vertical slot and pin with two side by side springs slightly pressing on horizontal length of the pin. Attached somewhere close to the linkage of the air opening system. Having an air release valve inside one of the springs.That would release the air preventing the doors from opening. Better losing air an possibly the train brakes coming on stopping the train. Than dumping tons of coal on the Rail Bed. I pulled many stone trains on NJTRO. From point A to Point B.The stone hoppers were definitely built before 1983 and still being used. When NJTRO purchased them. They weren’t opened using air. But were manually opened. Not once did any of the bottom doors open without someone opening them. Anyway that’s railroading.
Bottom discharge hopper cars have a safety latch which helps prevent the doors from opening when air is lost on the dump line. However, sometimes safety latches and linkages get wear on them. So when air is lost the doors can come open. You might notice on our hopper cars it is stenciled in Do Not Hump. That means those cars are not to be pushed thru a hump yard because jarring the cars can cause doors to open if there is wear on latches and linkages. In our case, the cars had came uncoupled. This caused the train to go into emergency and also caused the dump line hoses to come apart and lose air. And from the loss of air, the doors opened up. Thank you very much for watching the video and writing in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I would think the owners of the railroad and coal mining operations. Unless these coal hoppers are rusted out. If not they should spend the money to repair them. I would think it would cost a lot less than purchasing new or used hoppers. You must have people working there with the knowledge to do these repairs. Like rebuilding the air dump system that operated the bottom doors. Even just weld on slots for big pins that would prevent these bottom doors from opening. I don’t know how a coal operation works anyway. There has to be a better way, than what the owners are doing now.
The Chicago & North Western's "Cowboy" line in Nebraska was run at 10 mph before abandonment. It wasn't deferred maintenance, it was, "We don't need no stinkin' track maintenance!"
Sounds like what happened at Penn Central, formerly 70 MPH track was down to 10 by the time Conrail took over. Thank you very much for writing in and watching my friend.
Whenever I am feeling stressed - your videos make me smile and calm - thanks - I really appreciate your smiles and laughs - HA - and giggles. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.
I worked for Duke Energy in the 1970s and got a tour of the McGuire coal fired steam Station. Coal-fired plants don't work anything like you might think they do. The coal is ground down into a fine powder and basically burned in a controlled explosion. It looks a bit like an oil furnace with an oil injector. This arrangement allows the ignition of the coal to be stopped and started in a much shorter time with very little inertia. Before that, I had the basic guess that there must be a guy shoveling coal into the bottom of a burner and just sit there heating the water until it burned up and turned into Ash.
Thanks for sharing that Art. I started in 1972 for Hatfield Power Station near Masontown Pa. Worked there until1977. I've been around all aspects of that power plant and you are right, coal is pulverized to a fine powder and blown into the boilers. Very much appreciate your watching the video today my friend.
Yikes! That’s one heck of a mess. I really love that you can keep smiling even with a situation like this. The positivity is infectious!
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Thank you Ryan for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Wow that's a lot of coal from one car. That is really fine ground coal.
We put about 115 tons in a car Repairman. it is fine for use
in electric steam generating plants. At the plant they will pulverize
it even finer to a dust and blow it in the boilers. Thank you
very much for watching and writing in my friend.
Wow! I got tired out just looking at all that coal scattered on the tracks!
Me too Barney.... LOL. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Jeeze! That one drunk railcar!
Things happen that are not under our control. Just part of Railroadin’. One faulty door can sure make a mess.
It certainly can Bassotronics. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
What a way to start the day. At least the cars weren't at an angle inside the tunnel. As you indicated the cars you use Far and Away see the most unloading activity. Sadly that mess was like someone running to the bathroom at 3 a.m. but missing the bowl. The UP his 30 wrecked coal cars to scoop up near Gothenburg NE but it's hard to resell because it's mixed with dirt and Stone. With the downturn in coal traffic there aren't that many new cars in service and the majority in storage are rotary dump only. One place you might want to check is the operator of the Joppa IL plant which shutdown in the last two or three months and I believe they used bottom dump cars like yours. Also many Indiana power plants have closed or are closing and may have something you could use. Just like shopping for a used car except no price haggling in person
Yes Paul things could have been a whole lot worse. Always is a pleasure to have you stop by and write in my friend.
thanks for the videos, very informative also glad no vulgarity, profanity, or that kinda stuff! I stumbled across your videos a few weeks ago, watch them mostly when i do the treadmill, and now have my wife 'sorta interested' in watching them at our meal time too !
Your very welcome Leon. Thank you for the very nice comment.
This is a family friendly channel, We get a lot of young ones
who watch and we do keep it clean. I'm sure you know that
RR talk is sometimes like a sailor's mouth, but we leave that
stuff out. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and watching
my friend.
I love how nothing ever seems to rile you up.
A great attitude Dave.
Thank you Michael, Nope, nothing gets me shook up. no use in
fretting over what you can't control. Thank you so very much
for the really nice comment and for watching the show tonight
my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Is it true that an track that isn't properly care for could cause problems like this?
I know some people that Work where I did and have 50+ years and now understand why. Because they Love their Jobs almost as much as you do, Dave. 😬👍🙏
Thank you for the very nice comment kens. We really
appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and write in
my friend.
Dear, oh dear, not something you wanted to see first thing in the morning Dave. I guess the only bright side was none of the wagons left the rails. Good to see every thing rolling again.
You are right, it could have been much worse with a derailment.
We did get lucky there Richard. Thank you so much for
visiting with us and taking in the show my friend.
At least the spill didn't happen at 10 minutes to knock off time!
Dave you've got a good mess but I know you will deal with it thanks for a great video
Thank you Gary for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your
taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Bet there is nobody with high blood pressure anywhere in your life! Wat a Pleasant Joy it is to watch you as you take us on these Journeys. Hope your blood pressure is really low as well! Thank you! Sounds like a guy in the yard forgot to latch a bad latch. No bailing wire again! Yes, beautiful "steam loco"
Thank you Barbara for the very nice comment. So glad you
are enjoying the home movies. We really appreciate your
visiting with us and writing in my friend.
My brother in law is a doctor in wheeling so I have traveled through your area. Always a very interesting part of the country.
It is nice country here Mike. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
I think it is great that you always keep your sense of humor even when things go wrong. Thank you for sharing Dave!
Thank you Raymond for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Very important to keep your cool during frustrating stuff like this incident. One of the huge factors work accident happens are due to lack of concentration.
@@spectralducklin 👍😊
looks like another fun day on the railroad. good video as always
Always a fun day on the RR... :-) We certainly want to thank you for taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.
Good news, the coal's not getting wet in the tunnel. Bad news the coal got spilled in the tunnel. Thanks for sharing, Dave
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Thank you Doug for the very nice comment. Could have been
worse, spilled on a bridge over a road or stream. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Ever notice that things like this never happens when it's nice weather?
It does seem to appear that way peteengard! Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend. Thank You.
When i drove a semi cold weather sucks well we all know what the other word is and it does all kinds of garbage happens seems to make everything like a thin piece of glass i hate it too but semis dont make a mess like a train
At least it don’t ruin the real good sunny days
I live in Croatia in Beli Manastir, which is located in Croatia. My small town of 10,000 inhabitants is located on the main line between Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The continuation of the line after Sarajevo leads to the Adriatic Sea and after Budapest to Central Europe. I have never heard of a train derailment on the part of the track where I live in my life and i am 47. It happened a couple of times that people did not respect traffic signs and were killed by a train in a car or some agricultural machine, and that only at crossings that were not marked with a ramp. I think the problem in the USA is too little investment in the maintenance and construction of new railways. I look with admiration at the ccrx 6700 man of 69 years who is still doing this hard work. My dad is a retired professor at the age of 65 and I can't imagine him doing this hard work because of his age. Many greetings from Croatia.
Thank you for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your
taking the time to watch the video and share with us your
thoughts my friend.
Who needs reality TV when we have you! Thank you so much for bringing your work and railroader happenings to us to learn about and enjoy watching. ❤
You're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed the presentation. We
really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
🎼🎺 Da Da Daaaa !!! Mighty baby 👶 Bobcat 443 💪to the rescue !!!
He may be a little tike, only 44 inches wide, but just loves working inside the track gauge helping out his bigger brother with tracks😃.
The formula seems to be working out to be 1 car dump equals 4 car lengths of mess like on that cold 🥶 day last January 😳.
Them gremlins just keep popping up with those cars, Dave, hopefully before you ever retire newer cars will be on the property.
Stay safe my friend and, we know, your having fun 😀.
Richard Bause
it did a very fine job didn't it Richard. Sure beats shoveling!
Thank you very much for dropping by and checking out the
big spill video my friend.
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Baby bobcat 👶 is sleeping💤 😴 under his tarp tonight, he's had his high octane bottle 🍼 of go go juice 🤣 so he'll be full of power to take on the next snow ❄ storm 💪😁🤣. Take care 🙂.
Your guys engines and cars look great.
Thank you very much Curb for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed.
Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video.
May you have a most blessed day my friend.
I wish everyone could love and enjoy their jobs like you do
Thank you The Man for the nice comment. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.
Cool headed and not because of the weather, although I’ll bet it helps! Thank you for sharing a tough start to a day.. made my troubles seem like nothing!
Your very welcome Paul, always is a pleasure to have you
visit with us my friend. Everyone has troubles, but one can
always look around and find someone or something far
worse off.
WOW what a mess is right. Nice video of the tarins during the snow and what a cleanup for sure. Enjoyed watching and have a wonderful rest of your evening Dave.(Steve)
Thank you Steve for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my good friend.
@@ccrx6700 Your very welcome Dave and no problem.
Of all places that had to happen in a tunnel. That smoking locomotive kind of reminded me of the Reading & Northern 2102 at Miller's crossing in Schuylkill County Pa. Well not quite that smoky. Lol. Tunnel was cool looking. Enjoyed the video.
At least not much of my ballast got fouled Michael! :-) Very glad
you had a good time with us tonight. It's always a real pleasure
to have you visit and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 My pleasure Dave.
Nice to see all that coal still being mined. California thanks you. Once the floods are over and they crawl out from under all that snow. Keep it up, I’ve always wanted to live in the tropics at 45 degrees north.
Thank you Tom for the very nice comment. We can sell all the
coal here we can mine. The demand for coal right now world wide
is tremendous. We cannot keep up with demand.
Really appreciate your dropping in on us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
What a mess is right! But it made for a terrific video! One of your best.
We certainly want to thank you for taking the time to
visit with us and write in.
Dave's laugh is just so joyful! What a great guy.
Thank you for the nice comment Eric and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for letting us in on railroading!... things tend to break, period! Job well done!
Thank you very much Stephen for the really kind words.
We do appreciate your taking the time to visit with us
and check out the video. May you have a most blessed and
prosperous day my friend.
A KCS train derailed and 8 cars dumped their coal. It was a mess but much better than chemicals. Fun to watch them clean it up. No harm done.
Coal spill sure is a lot easier to clean up than chemicals. Glad we
don't haul chemicals here, just coal. Really appreciate your
visiting with us and checking out the big spill my friend.
Found your videos! The best railroading on the tube.
Thank you Gary for the very kind words. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.
Great Content Sir......I'm a Tri Axle Dump Driver From Butler County and I've hauled my fair share of Coal. I've hauled coal and Limestone to Homer City plant Keystone plant and Cheswick plants. From Neville Island off the Barges from the Coal pits all around Western and South eastern Pa. Off the Rail cars in Monaca to Homer City or Keystone 4 to 6 loads a day. I'm in Butler County Pennsylvania the Birth place of the Jeep by the way AND countless abandoned and old strip mines and strip cuts. West Freedom Pa had at one time in the late 90s Two Giant walking electric Drag Lines and Giant Machines working huge strip cuts for A few Decades from the late 70s to the mid 2000s I used to watch them work and wish I could operate them.
Thank you for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your
taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend. Been to
the Butler fair many times, used to go watch the tractor pulls.
Wow. When an EMD prime mover smokes that bad, you got a sick engine
We have a several week shut down coming up soon and
we have contract mechanics coming in to go over all 3 of our
locos with a fine tooth comb. They will fix whatever is needed.
Really appreciate your paying us a visit and watching my friend.
10-4 Dave. Another great show. Love watching your shows.
Thank you J Lane for the really kind words. So glad to hear
you are having a good time with us. Really appreciate your
going on the mine map tour with us tonight my friend.
The Stories of the Cumberland Mine Railroad. Always something isn't it CCRX? Never a dull moment
It does seem that way... :-). We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Never a dull day in railroading . Problems happen but they are always overcome by team work & team spirit .
Thank you John for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
from steam to diesel technology has come a long way but now and again the technology mucks up we have you to come and fix things thank you for what you do to keep the railroad safe Thank You.
Thank you Wes for the really cool comment. We very much
appreciate your visiting with us and writing in my friend.
new owners seem like great people seems as they really do care about you guys and the community
This is a good company to work for. They are trying very hard
to promote good public relations. They have also given a tremendous
amount of money to local charities and organizations. It's very
important that a big company support their community and
have good public relations. These videos are helping to
foster good vibs about our company Iron Synergy. (I do not
get paid by the company to make these videos, but management
here does know I make them and they give their blessings to me).
We really appreciate your taking the time to tour the mine
with us and write in with the nice comment my friend.
@@ccrx6700 that's incredible and absolutely my friend
I can tell you love your job. I always enjoy your videos.
Thank you for dropping in on us and checking out the big spill
Donna. Really appreciate the very nice comment my friend.
He enjoys his job, how refreshing.
Thank you for the very nice comment. Yes sir I do love my job.
Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and
write in my friend.
As usual, jolly good show old boy
Glad you enjoyed the presentation Jims6320. We
really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
I'm glad you explained that you situation is unique in that your cars are filled and emptied more or less daily whereas most cars are filled and emptied, perhaps weekly.
Thank you Gilmer John for the very nice comment. We do appreciate
your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day thanks for the video
You're very welcome Anthony. Glad you enjoyed the presentation. We
really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
Horrible mess, but I have to say that I really love the paint on your engines. Such a beautiful splash of color against the stark winter landscape.
it was a pretty picture wasn't it! Really swell of you to take the
time to stop by and watch tonight my friend. Thank You.
WOW,I LIVED NEAR THERE,I CLEAN IT UP FOR FREE...LOL,,,I STILL HAVE PLENTY OF COAL FOR THIS WINTER..STAY AWESOME DAVE..
Glad your gonna have enough Ralph. Fortunately it's been an
extremely mild winter, at least here. Always appreciate your
paying us a visit and hearing from you my friend.
All that coal covering the tunnel floor + what's piled. Really gives a good reference for just how much coal 1 coal car holds.
If I was the owner and had the $ I would replace the dock dump system with a rotary dump and replace the cars with rotary dump cars. Wouldn't have to worry about doors coming open in route or refusing to open at dock ever again.
Our cars are loaded to about 115 tons Jason. rotary would be
awesome also should buy bath tub cars what a help that would
be. Currently new owners have multi, multi million dollar expense
underground and at the prep plant. They are trying their best but
there's only so much moola to go around. They have made
considerable improvements in their 2 years here tho. Always a
pleasure to have you visit with us and write in my friend.
I just found your videos recently and i love them, it brings back memories to when i worked at R.J.Corman railroad , i left in 2006 when i was much younger and thinner, i hauled all oversized equipment all around to several states, i never thought about taking any pictures or video and now i wish i did, i never did work on the track i just delivered the goods and everything was so heavy and expensive , I was paid very well and he always had nice clean equipment.
Thank you Brian and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy.
Here is an introduction video to get you a feel for what all we do here at the Railroad and a bit about our mine:
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Lot's of cool RR videos on our home page if you would sometime care to check any of them out.
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Good ol' Cumberland Mine RR
Never a dull moment.
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Always a pleasure to see you Dave,
Glad all is well.
Eddie
it does appear that way Eddie.... :-). We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Great video Dave! Cheers buddy!
We certainly want to thank you Crazeejay for taking the time to
visit with us and writing in with the nice comment. Glad you
enjoyed the show my friend.
Well, not even astronomers have walked throgh black holes. Thanks for showing us a black hole up close!
LOL!! That was a priceless reply!!
Always my pleasure Robin to please you.... :-). We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
That sounds like a mess and a half, good luck getting that clean. And if your replacing some of the cars, you could fill an old one with water and use it as a swimming pool in the summer.
I like the swimming pool idea arkay, but first we have to figure
out how to keep coal from leaking out the doors let along water....LOL. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Never a Dull day on the railroad . It could have been worse . Great video Sir .
Nope always something going on here, you never know what
gonna get into. Thank you very much for stopping by
and taking in the video my friend.
You should design a mechanical lock for these hopper doors. You’d make zillions!! Always love seeing that happy face of yours no matter how bad it gets…
All these cars have safety latches kraz. Sometimes they get worn
and also the linkages get worn so when air bleeds off car
dump line the doors open. Thank you for the nice comment
and for watching my friend.
Hi Dave. I can't believe they didn't give you a shovel and spare car and just shovel the coal back into the empty car!
Thanks for making and sharing this, it's nearly lunch time on Saturday now.😉
Oooops, I forgot to show that part in the video Annette....:-)
Always is a pleasure to have you pay us a visit and hear
from you my friend.
Thanks for sharing Dave.
You are certainly welcome Tony, glad you enjoyed the show. We very
much appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 my pleasure as always sir
@@TonyLasagna 😊
Wow what a mess Dave, guess that is Railroading! Never know what your facing!
every day is an adventure here Dave.... :-). We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
The distant view of the train was awsome. Also the one from top of tunnel on first pass. Hutcherson is about 90 miles from me here in illinois. Thank you for your effort.
Hulcher
Very glad you enjoyed the presentation Michael. Thanks so
much for the nice comment.
Good video of a good man doing a good job
Thank you John for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your
taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
You have a great job, most of the time you watch!!! I'm the same way in my older age. I do still work but I'm a boss. When we have bigger jobs I'm a pointer and a pencil pusher. Typist these days. that was fun learning in the 90's .
Thank you monmixer for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Job well done Gentlemen 💪.
Thank you Alan, glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Those engines look pretty clean.😊
Thank you Michael. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Great video Dave sorry about the mess.
Glad you had a good time with us Russell. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
That was some mighty blue smoke coming outta that locomotive.
oil buildup in the airbox, too much idling.
We have a several week shut down coming up soon and
we have contract mechanics coming in to go over all 3 of our
locos with a fine tooth comb. They will fix whatever is needed.
Really appreciate your paying us a visit and watching my friend.
Wow, that’s a lot of work you don’t need. Well done to everyone for keeping the operation moving.
Thank you very much Rachel. Always is a pleasure to have
you stop by and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I look at the accidental messes that happen in my day and then the accidental messes that happen in your day and I think 'yap, you're ok'. And you keep smiling through it! :)
Good luck getting it cleaned up.
Thank you Margaret, hopefully that will happen soon. Always is
a real pleasure to hear from you my friend.
Dave - I'm not what you would call a railfan but I do look at trains when they pass and wonder about the cargo and where it's going as well as be amazed at the power of the locomotives. I've watched and enjoyed many of your videos. It is very interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes from loading to unloading as well as what happens when things go sideways. I spent about 35 years in manufacturing and was often involved in correcting issues as well as preventing them so I can relate to what you are doing. Keep up the good work both on the railroad and the videos.
Thank you for the nice comment David and glad you are enjoying the home movies we make. Railroading here is what you did,
you are right, correcting and preventing. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Preventive maintenance is what those rail cars need 😊
We have coal mine mechanics here, they are responsible for a ton
of other things around the harbor besides rail cars. I suggested many
years ago, if they were going to continue to run these old cars they
should hire a dedicated car repair crew. You are right in your thoughts
Timothy.
As a blacksmith, I'm cryin right now....
I would imagine you are Lawren..... We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Man oh man, you guys are having a helluva time lately ! Stay safe buddy !
yep we are, but that's railroading. At least we don't have the
bad luck NS has.... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time
to watch and write in my friend.
Interesting. Thanks Dave.
You're very welcome Steve. Glad you enjoyed the presentation. We
really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
Great video Dave! What a mess to clean up!
Thank you Brian for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
tanks Dave for the update~~
Your very welcome HMSSfrigate12. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Great video, Dave! Thank you for allowing us to "join" you on your job. You're always so kind and have a great sense of humor... everyone should aspire to be like you!
Is this coal ruined now since it's going to sit out in bad weather? I can't believe how much one car holds! 😳 Stay safe and have a great day!!
Thank you for the very nice comment Lisa. We really
appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and write in
my friend. Coal will be taken back to prep plant and reprocessed.
11:30 how awesome is that sound!
Very glad you liked it Mike. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Saw an engine walk off the track one time in southern West Virginia at prep plant because the coal built up to high on the rail.
We've had many cars do that here and also one time a loco
walked off from ice built up on a crossing. I've derailed my
tamper from ice on the track too. Really appreciate your
taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Much more real than "reality tv"! Thanks Dave :)
Your quite welcome, so glad you enjoyed the show. We really
appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in
my friend.
Looks like Murphy was doing his tricks again!
That darn Murphy!! Can't seem to lose him here Paul. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Better than anything on tv, thanks Dave
Very glad you enjoyed the presentation Tom. Thanks for the
nice comment. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
Never a dull moment on the railroad is there Dave. Thanks for the video!
Seems like there is always something going on here to keep
me occupied. Wanted or not.... Really appreciate your taking the
time to visit with us tonight and write in my friend.
He is putting the power to motor.😊
Gotta get up to speed climb that grade :-)
Good little vid Dave ... Stay safe ...
Thank you Eddy. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
You could have followed the safety orders of class ones ignore the spill plow through it and send coal over the road above!!!!! On a serious note this is how safety is done. Clear the rail, inspect the rail, place a slow order, inspect the rail, then continue the day as long as EVERYTHING is safe. Great job top notch
Thank you so much Jason for the nice comment. We try to do
things safely here despite all our problems with the worn out
cars. Always appreciate hearing from a true RR expert like
you my good friend.
Dave great point on the heavy use on your coal cars never gave it a thought until today, good luck on hoovering the tunnel !
Thank you Donald. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Very good Dave and a big thank you for showing us this!
We certainly want to thank you Red for taking the time to
visit with us and writing in with the nice comment. Glad you
enjoyed the show my friend.
Great video and tutorial of the tunnel filled with coal. That skid steer came in handy for that vs shoveling! I've seen many coal cars like that b4 and have always wondered if that particular design would be problematic causing it to malfunction. I guess it's no difference really than the bathtub style. I like those ole GP38'S especially the color that makes it eye catching! Thanks again Dave for all you do getting us great footage and teaching us something new on each video! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware.
"I guess it's no difference really than the bathtub style."
No, it's massively different to the bathtub style. The bathtub cars are gondolas -- they're loaded from the top and emptied from the top, by tipping the car over. There are no bottom doors on a gondola, so the bottom doors can't fail.
"I like those ole GP38'S"
They're six-axle locomotives -- two SD38-2s and an SD40-2.
Thank you for dropping in on us and checking out the big spill
Shawn. Always is a pleasure to have you visit and hear from
you my friend.
in the old days a bunch of guys with shovels most of a day, that is a rough way to start the day. guessing even with a vac truck not a quick cleanup. take care Dave catch ya on the next one.
Really appreciate your taking the time Kenn to watch the video and
write in my friend. Thank You. We like vac trucks!
Thanks for sharing another one of your awesome railroading videos Dave! I love watching all of the things you're involved in doing your job.
Your certainly welcome morse. Always is a pleasure to have
you stop by and write in my friend. Glad you are enjoying the home
movies.
Oh no… Great Video!!
Thank you lmtrains, glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Love the overhead shots of the empty cars. Not a view one get often.
Glad you enjoyed B GE. That coal spill has all been cleaned up
now. Really appreciate your checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Those little BobCat's have to be one of the handyest tools ever made. Now you need one with a sweeper brush on the front and lots of time. Good video Dave 👍
Thank you very much Jim. Always is a pleasure to have
you stop by and write in my friend. We also need a vacuum train here! LOL
So I Google earthed iron senergy and followed your rail line and found you working on a repair!
How cool is that!. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
Look at the positive, Dave: job security. Probably makes the day go faster. Sorry about the mess.
Thank you John for the very nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Thank you for bringing us this very interesting and informative video presentation. The upside of the car emptying its load within the tunnel meant that most of it was kept dry and therefore easier to vacuum up. Ideally it would be better not to happen at all but as you mentioned, this rolling stock gets a lot of use!
We certainly want to thank you John for taking the time to
visit with us and writing in with the nice comment. Glad you
enjoyed the show my friend. you are so right in dry coal is
way much easier to vac up than wet coal.
That was an incredible mess! it is amazing how much coal one car can hold. Thanks for sharing this Dave.
Your very welcome John. We really appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
"Another fine mess you got us into Olly" what a classic line.. Laura and Hardy were some great guys and entertainers.
This the same tunnel that was dumped in as before that cleaned so nice?
I had to say that Johnny, several folks in the past have written in
requesting I say that. Yes it is the same tunnel, that is the coal
spill they cleaned up in that other video. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Oh, I didn't know you did requests, in that case how about "Orange Blossom Special", I know it by Johnny Cash
This sounds like a lot of future problems for the bed on the ties .Filling up with coal. Causing major drainage problems. This does keep you busy though.
How do the doors open on the coal hoppers while the train is moving? Is it vandals or faulty equipment? I would think if it’s faulty equipment. The company that owns the equipment,coal mine and Railroad,would install on each hopper. Some type of fail proof safety device that would prevent the doors from opening. Until they are supposed to be opened. Maybe a vertical slot and pin with two side by side springs slightly pressing on horizontal length of the pin. Attached somewhere close to the linkage of the air opening system. Having an air release valve inside one of the springs.That would release the air preventing the doors from opening. Better losing air an possibly the train brakes coming on stopping the train. Than dumping tons of coal on the Rail Bed.
I pulled many stone trains on NJTRO. From point A to Point B.The stone hoppers were definitely built before 1983 and still being used. When NJTRO purchased them. They weren’t opened using air. But were manually opened. Not once did any of the bottom doors open without someone opening them. Anyway that’s railroading.
Bottom discharge hopper cars have a safety latch which helps
prevent the doors from opening when air is lost on the dump line.
However, sometimes safety latches and linkages get wear on
them. So when air is lost the doors can come open. You might
notice on our hopper cars it is stenciled in Do Not Hump. That
means those cars are not to be pushed thru a hump yard
because jarring the cars can cause doors to open if there is
wear on latches and linkages.
In our case, the cars had came uncoupled. This caused the
train to go into emergency and also caused the dump line hoses
to come apart and lose air. And from the loss of air, the doors
opened up. Thank you very much for watching the video and
writing in my friend.
@@ccrx6700
I would think the owners of the railroad and coal mining operations. Unless these coal hoppers are rusted out. If not they should spend the money to repair them. I would think it would cost a lot less than purchasing new or used hoppers. You must have people working there with the knowledge to do these repairs. Like rebuilding the air dump system that operated the bottom doors. Even just weld on slots for big pins that would prevent these bottom doors from opening. I don’t know how a coal operation works anyway. There has to be a better way, than what the owners are doing now.
Hope you get some newer hoppers soon Dave. That was a mess for you guy's but the video was interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for dropping in on us and checking out the big spill
Scott. Always is a pleasure to have you visit and hear from
you my friend.
The Chicago & North Western's "Cowboy" line in Nebraska was run at 10 mph before abandonment. It wasn't deferred maintenance, it was, "We don't need no stinkin' track maintenance!"
Sounds like what happened at Penn Central, formerly 70 MPH
track was down to 10 by the time Conrail took over. Thank
you very much for writing in and watching my friend.
Whenever I am feeling stressed - your videos make me smile and calm - thanks - I really appreciate your smiles and laughs - HA - and giggles. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for the really nice comment Private Private. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.
Great video Dave, at least you’re out of the bad weather in the tunnel.
Thank you Mark for the really nice comment. We do appreciate your
taking the time to visit with us and watch my friend.
I worked for Duke Energy in the 1970s and got a tour of the McGuire coal fired steam Station. Coal-fired plants don't work anything like you might think they do. The coal is ground down into a fine powder and basically burned in a controlled explosion. It looks a bit like an oil furnace with an oil injector. This arrangement allows the ignition of the coal to be stopped and started in a much shorter time with very little inertia.
Before that, I had the basic guess that there must be a guy shoveling coal into the bottom of a burner and just sit there heating the water until it burned up and turned into Ash.
Thanks for sharing that Art. I started in 1972 for Hatfield Power Station near Masontown Pa. Worked there until1977. I've been
around all aspects of that power plant and you are right, coal is
pulverized to a fine powder and blown into the boilers. Very
much appreciate your watching the video today my friend.