Dave, just wanna say I think you are a treasure for rail fans. I might have said it before, but it can’t be said enough. You really DO bring the railroad to me, and in such a low key, personal way. Great enthusiasm, great style. Many thanks! 😊👍👍
Thank you for the really nice comment aceadman. Great to hear you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching today's video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I’m always here, and always enjoy learning from, and being entertained by your hard work. It is very much appreciated. This one was especially terrific. But they are all pretty darn great. Best of luck, and can’t wait for more. 😊
I'm not really a railfan. I'm not sure what I am, other than somebody from the Northeast Ohio rust heap who appreciates our rather shabby industrial heritage.
The delightful sounds of a train Aaron, what not to love about that. But I do hear you on the morning body sounds too.....:-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
Your right William, you really should wait a few more years before you start..... :-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Good evening from wet San Rafael Bay, and a few feet of snow at Lake Tahoe. Thank you for a nice reply. Ah ha a private on price property railroad. This reminds me of a little railroad company that serves the oil refinery in Richmond CA, Richmond Railway Company so cool small engines that are always in shining condition. Take care in the weather Dave. Keep these videos coming 😊😊😊😊🎉 Best Kristy
Thank you for the nice comment Kristy. You can tell, a RR that keeps their locos looking good, is a RR that keeps their tracks in nice shape and the rest of their equipment too. Videos will keep coming, but only because you asked so nicely and I like you. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
Dave, warm greetings from Finland. You are a true gem for your employer and for us railroading fans from all around the world. Just enjoying my Sunday morning coffee with your video. Keep up the good work and I hope all the best for you.
Thank you for the nice comment and hope the coffee is good this morning sikkimuikku. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I have asked him to ride track with me Peter. But owning a big coal mine there is plenty of things for him to give his attention to and he know the RR is in good hands....:-) Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Man I love a ride along! Locomotives are so cool! Driving one would be a dream! I could really see the truck steering on the 14deg curve too! I spent a lot of years working on conveyor systems for clay mines in west TN and that conveyor sound is very familiar!
Thank you for the nice comment Lowell and glad you enjoyed the ride. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Yellowlab. Yes sir, just another day in paradise here.... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
Keep that electric car fuel moving. 14° is tight. Can't remember what the limit is for an SD but that'll make the wheels squeal. I swear this whole planet is back ordered, months long wait for almost everything. Another great day on the job, liked it much. Thanks Dave!
Yes sir I will do my part in making that happen Poowg! My air handler on my HVAC system had a control module blow out in August from a power line surge. I'm still waiting on a part, it's back ordered......sigh. According to the EMD operators manual for our SD 40-2, that loco when not coupled to a car and having single shoe brake shoes can negotiate a 30 degree curve. If I had not read that right out of the manual, I wouldn't believe it tho. Glad you enjoyed the show and we very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 When run on a curve like in the manual it will look like a model on an 18" radius track in HO scale. And I wouldn't want to look at the cables for the motors at that point either. We ran the passenger train one time around the Wye in Homestead. The Pacific and SW1200 had no problems with it but the heavy weight passenger cars did not like it with their 6 wheel trucks. After that we ran the train into the straight section of the Wye and just switched the loco to the other end. If it was just the SW1200 and 4 wheel cars, then we would run the whole train around the Wye.
@@gravelydon7072 I was curious and calculated out some numbers. 14 degrees is about 410' radius, which would be 57" radius in HO scale. 10 degrees is about 580'', or about 80" in HO scale. And 30 degrees is 200' radius, so a 27" radius. We sure are used to tight curves on our models!
Now that's a good day on the railroad, Dave! Got to be a conductor for a bit! Always love seeing the operation side of the coin. And always a joy to get up close with one of the big SD's that keep those black diamonds moving. What's all that white stuff falling out of the sky?
Thank you for the nice comment Shane. I guess you wouldn't know what that white stuff is living down there where you're at....:-) Got a really cool video coming out sometime soon on them doing a load test on 3098, lot's of smoke and engine sounds you will love. They just did it last night when I was leaving work and happened to catch it on film. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
To still be laughing in the snow and loving your job when most have been retired for 5 years...that is a rare treasure indeed! Thoroughly enjoyed riding around and listening to the radio talk and watching the maneuvers! This was so fun!
Thank you for the nice comment Jennifer, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Yes it certainly is Arkay....:-) Snowy railroady..... Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on the rails video my friend.
It’s crazy what all goes into dumping refuse. That long beltline, plus the amount of land that’s slowly filled and made into larger hills, all of it from refuse. It’s something that most don’t consider. The fact that Blacksvlle #2 ran out of room to dump their refuse is one of the main reasons why they shut down. That, and then something about having to get another longwall permit, which to my understanding new permits will never be granted after seeing the damage that longwall mining permits inflicts on the surface. Otherwise, they could have kept pushing westward for the next hundred years, who knows…
Yes it certainly is MyVideos. A lot involved but you have to clean the slate and clay and other impurities out of the coal before it gets sold. We are building a new empoundment area as we speak, both of our slate dumps are almost completely full now. So we should have enough room for another 30 years of mining to occur once the new pile is opened. You are right, it is sad about what happened at Blacksville. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
Dave, not many jobs that we can love to go to work every day, AND GET PAID FOR HAVING ALL THAT FUN!!! I had a few options and had difficulty deciding which. Commercial electrical install and/or repair, Electric motor service and replacement, railroading, construction, or a couple other options. I was top of the food chain for motor control and service, so I went with that. In less than 3 years, the steel mills were shutting down, so whatever I chose was near the end of a high demand occupation. Sometimes I wish I would have chosen railroading.
You are right about that Jeff, I am very lucky to be able to have a job that I enjoy doing. Appreciate your visiting with us and riding on the loco with me today my friend.
You have the best job indeed.. thanks for the trip Dave, and gave us a real good look at the back side of the silo and belt and the prep plant.. you have all the fun. 🤣🤣 appreciate you freezing your fingers off for us..
@@TriGogglin These are just the kind of details I am looking for. Walthers make an old fire escape kit, that could be just right for the loading tower, I am going to a show in a couple of weeks and will see if there is one there
Thank you for the nice comment Pappy. All we need now to really make me happy is some Conrail cars.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
When I was a brakeman, point alignment inspection was a must. When the engine would cut away, we would only close the angle clock on the engine, and the train brakes would set when the glad hands disconnected..your are a dedicated railroaded..congrats on the great stats. Thanks my friend..
Absolutely must check the switch points as you point out William. I sure don't want a car splitting the switch on my watch! :-) Where we set the cars off was level grade plus the 2 curves were there so the cars didn't need to have their brakes set. Thank you for the nice comment and we very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
We call it a pull apart check Joe, but you are right, always best to make a check to see if they are coupled, we've had them numerous times in the past when they weren't. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
The Engineer set the brakes on that cut of cars I suppose and then you guys bottled the air. That surprised me a little. When I railroaded, we did everything by hand signals.
In this instance the grade the cars were stopped on was level HunHunter . Plus with the 10 and 14 degree curves the cars were stopped on, the cars would not roll away as you saw in the video. Had we been on a grade, then the brakes on the cars obviously would have been set before uncoupling. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Should be against the law for a feller to have a job he likes that much. lol! I was only that lucky a few times in my work career, then some over educated genius would come along and ruin it. I'm really happy for you Mr. Dave and I hope it will last for you as long as you desire sir. Great video my friend, thanks for the ride.
Thank you for the nice comment Rick. Yes I am lucky and let's hope the over educated geniuses we have stay away from me..... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Hi Dave, ever since I was a kid ive been fascinated by trains. My Grandfather worked for Santa Fe back in the steam days. Thanks for your videos. Im going to share them with my Grandson who is 8 now. You would be a blast to work with and you know your stuff.
Thank you for the really nice comment kcscarecrow. I sure would have enjoyed talking with your grandfather. Bet he had a lot of cool stories to tell. Santa Fe was a great RR in it's day. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and ride on #22with me my friend.
You are certainly welcome Bassotronics, great to hear you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Got some Snow,nice. Dave I’m so sorry I retired. I’m still relatively healthy at 68 years old. My wife and Children applied a lot of pressure for me to retire. I loved my job as a Locomotive Engineer. I worked over the road freight ,local freight,yard freight and everything in between . Plus Passenger trains for Amtrak and ended my Career with NJTRO. I even had an assignment to move the rail train 2 times and that was quite interesting. The rail train was filled with 1/4 mile long welded rail. Going through the interlocking at Hunter Tower on the North East Corridor was a 15 mph crossover switch from 3 main to 2 main tracks. Watching the rail bend going over this crossover was amazing. How the rail bended. The maximum speed of the rail train is 45 mph. When I could go 45 mph I was going 45 mph. The Wire Train was another unusual train. Having men on top of coaches, tightening the clamps and replacing the trolley wire. This was in 25K catenary system. There were 2 trusted electricians that stayed at opposing catenary poles where they disconnected the power to the Catenary System to allow work to be done. The workers still used a ground wire and a pantograph for grounding and aligning the trolley wire. So the pantograph would go side to side on the trolley wire. Anyway these men were TRUSTED to not reconnect the power to the Catenary System until they were 100% sure it was okay. Even though the power was disconnected from the catenary system. There was a lot of static electricity in the wires. The men at the catenary poles. Had to reconnect the catenary system when electric trains were approaching. A very dangerous job if all SAFETY APPLICATIONS ARE NOT FOLLOWED. I witnessed a person being electrocuted by 11K catenary. A new electrician turned on the power while another electrician was working on a Pantograph. I had just signed up and saw a bright flash of light and heard an explosion. I knew something went bad at the Electric Motor Pit. I ran from the yard office to the pit. I see a man sitting on the stairs and he was so hot his clothes kept lighting on fire. I couldn’t believe he was alive. I kept telling this man that you’re going to be okay. I couldn’t leave him. Finally my Conductor made it to the pit. I ran over to the engine house and told the foreman to call the EMT’s NOW. One of your employees has been electrocuted and is still alive. The EMT’s were there in under 5 minutes. They stripped him of his clothes and put all this cloth like material all over this man’s body and some kind of liquid. I was told later that if I or someone else didn’t notice what happened. This man could have been there for a hour or longer before someone wondered where he was and that he would have definitely died. He did survive being electrocuted. The electricity burned off his fingers and toes and also exited his Scrotum. The man that turned the power on tried to flee. The rear brakeman blocked the road so he couldn’t leave. What a coward trying to leave. He was of course fired. But no other charges were brought against him. Anyway Dave Keep doing a great job. Don’t allow anyone to talk you into retiring.
I hear you on the retirement mdlanor. A lot of guys I have been around here have retired, for some it was easy and they couldn't wait, but others it was hard and they wish they had stayed working. I said years ago that making the decision to retire is one of the hardest decisions you will ever make in your life. If I retire here, I can't come back because of the union shop. I have had many job offers in the RR industry over the years, but all of them require traveling and being away from home a lot which is not what I want to do. So I will be here until I fall over and they can just tamp me into the ballast.....:-) Did you happen to know Gary Kuipers at NYJ? He is a good friend of mine and retired about 10 years ago. Appreciate very much your sharing your experiences with the trains. We would have a lot of good conversation if we got together talking railroading all day!
@@ccrx6700 No I didn’t know Gary. I do know a few retired prior rights Erie Lackawanna Locomotive Engineers. I’ll messenger them and see if they knew Gary. Do you know if he worked on the Hoboken Division? I worked on the NY Division. I didn’t know many railroaders from the prior,prior rights of the Erie or the Lackawanna. The same goes for the prior rights Erie Lackawanna. I was a prior rights Penn Central Fireman/Locomotive Engineer. I was still a Fireman when Conrail broke up. I wasn’t sure I could even hold any assignments as a Locomotive Engineer. I was protected being a prior rights Penn Central Fireman. The UTU represented Fireman. Myself along with around 100 prior rights Penn Central Railroad. Were placed on the Trainman’s roster with according to our hiring dates . Just in case there wasn’t a Locomotion Engineer assignment I could hold after Conrail broke up. I would have went Conducting until a Locomotive Engineer position opened up. I also would have had the opportunity to stay as a Conductor and finish my railroad career as one. I was 5 from being on the bottom of the roster as a locomotive engineer on the NJTRO Locomotive Engineers Roster. The Roster was called Select Order. Within a year over 20 Pennsylvania,Penn Central Locomotive Engineers that hired on in 1941 retired. After these men retired. I had a better number on the Locomotive Engineers Roster than Erie or Lackawanna Locomotives Engineers that hired on before I was born. This caused a lot of animosity..For no reason,not one Prior Rights Penn Central Was Engineer went and worked on the Hoboken Division. When I passed the Locomotive Engineers Training Program in 1975. I was just about to turn 20 years old and legally couldn’t operate a train in Ny,NJ,Delaware,Maryland, Pennsylvania and into Union Station Washington DC. You had to be 21 legally operate a train in these states. I was the only Locomotive Engineer in this position. I hired on the Penn Central right after I turned 18. I was allowed to operate trains through legislation. I finally got permanently promoted to Locomotive Engineer on January 1,1982. I was 27 years old and the youngest in age on NJTRO as a Locomotive Engineer. As you know Seniority is everything on the railroad. 1 number can make the difference from holding a high paying assignment to a basic weeks pay.,When NJTRO happened I was awarded the worst job on NJTRO. It signed up at Sunny Side Yard in Queens NYC at 5:30 am. I worked until 7:30 pm Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday I signed up at 6:00 am and was off duty at 8:20 pm. I had no choice but to drive to Queens 7 days a week. Until NJTRO changed all the assignments to a 5 day work week. The assignment I was on was one of the highest paying on NJTRO,but had the absolute worst hours.This was the only time I didn’t like being a Locomotive Engineer. Anyway keep up the excellent work you do for the coal mine railroad. P.S. Did the Coal Company ever find any decent hoppers to purchase
What's not to love about a coal train for sure Bob. I would love to see one of those up there. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment John. You are right, moving lot's of freight by RR is the cheapest way to go. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the very nice comment CNC. Glad you are enjoying the home movies. We really appreciate your taking the time ride along with me on #22 my friend.
Ya don't often see a railroad car numbered 1. Most often it would be a passenger car. But, here we see CYMX 1, a dirty greasy open top hopper loaded with coal a long way from the glorified spit shined office car life. After yunz guys ran around the train you coupled up to the CYMX 1 and it was the 1st car in your train. Hope you or the Hawg played the lottery that day! I used to have a picture of PEPX 1, a open top Pepco gondola I hauled up and down the road quite a few years ago. Cant find it tho.
We had leased a fleet of brand new CYMX cars and they were numbered that way 1 thru 30 when they came Jim. We now own those cars and they have seen a ton of use and are worn to a frazzle. They keep fixing them back up tho. Appreciate very much your taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
That's a pretty good saying Paul. He's right. I'm glad I found this job and love it. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
So cool! Nice to see the property in the snow. Something about the white snow and black coal + the blue buildings makes for such a neat atmosphere. I’d bet the portal was making a nice smoke show too. Love your videos Pard. Keep em coming!
Thank you for the nice comment RRConductor, great to hear you enjoyed. it is a pretty picturesque combination of colors. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Dave I rode Amtrak last night 2/12/24, from Savannah to Fredericksburg, VA in a small room. 10 hour ride and to hear that click clack all night long. Got on at 9pm got into Fredericksburg at 6am. Not freight, but conductors and crew were great. Love your channel. Passed much CSX stuff it was incredible.
I'm going to miss my trips on Amtrak when I move permanently to Ohio. But I can say that I have been to the southernmost section of rail in the US both as passenger and crew.
Wow that would have been a cool ride Bruce, good for you. Glad you are enjoying our home movies and very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and ride on 22 with us my friend.
I think I joined when you were only about 850 subs. You're pushing 66k now and I'm wondering why it isn't approaching 250k. I love grass roots channels and you are indeed the perfect host Dave.
That was quite awhile ago, great that you're still with us ThePaulv. Appreciate the kind words and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Always a good day when MOW guy gets to ride the locomotive hauling ballast. When we do it I often get to even run the loco and give the operator a break, that's a lot of fun. Very glad you could take the time to stop by tonight and ride along my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Pete, glad you enjoyed the home movie. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching my friend.
Yes sir we will, mine has projected tonnages into 2055, so that's great news for the future of this mine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Tom, glad you enjoyed. I do like to play trains, specially in 1 to 1 scale....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment James. Like Louis Armstrong sang, when you're smiling the whole world smiles with you. I like that song. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
Dave is having way too much fun!😊 My wifes home town, Cureo, Texas, UP has a track running through town that has a 97° turn. Lots of squealing as the railcars pass on those tracks. BTW, it's primarily for moving coal trains to the power plant south of the town about 40 miles. It infact goes through one more city before heading to the power plant. Thanks for sharing, Ken
I am sorry bout having too much fun Ken....I will try to curb that in the future.....:-) Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Always love your videos. That laugh kills me each time. You’re filled with that exciting feeling we all get just like you just watching you get to do your job. When I was a kid my stepdad was a steam train fan and we went to Pennsylvania a couple times for vacation. As a kid I never knew about steam trains. I always was so curious about the crossings LOL. As I’ve gotten older there is just less steam and more diesel and although I can appreciate the diesel I miss the steam. It would be nice if we could find better alternatives of fuel but you lose this amazing history that PA has. Everytime I see a video of yours it just makes me happy because it’s you. You throw in those laughs and I’m just like man what a day with him must be like. The snow is beautiful but I hate the cold and I live in Southeastern Mass!
Really glad you are enjoying the home movies David. I too really like the steam locos, probably aren't very many of them active in Mass I would imagine. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
the term is snap back, when the pressure catches up to speed the springs on the couplers expand back, and when enough of them do it in conjunction the momentum builds from the recently snapped coupler thru the chain. the heavy locomotive/dpu further down the line usually keeps enough tension due to it's weight resistance to incredibly reduce snap back. further more a dpu using it's power in conjunction incredibly reduces the springs snap motion to much less considerable speed and force thus less violent of a reaction and a more well regulated easing of the springs. great train engineers know how to do the perfect take off with out snapback and the sign a train engineer is getting good is when there is little snap or very light snap, means they have almost dialed in how to handle the locos they are dealing with with the cars they have in tow.to understand this easily, tie 20-40 rubber bands together and lay them on the ground tied to a wheeled toy and just slowly move the toy car until the rubber bands pick up off the ground and then stretch them out less stretch will give you a slower motion understanding you can more easily see. an electric train will work great, so will an RC truck.and if you have an HO scale train those rubber bands for dental braces are just small enough to show this easily...and if you know DJ from DJS trains the CSX engineer, load your cars with product such as coal or metal pipe or chunks of wood or sand or pebble rocks to replicate a real load and slack action tug and pull and push and shove forces.
Thank you for sharing that detailed information with us April Generic. Very good analogy with the rubber bands. It is a bit harder to control the train we have using the remote box than it is if you were actually in the loco and doing it manually. With the remote box you just don't get that "feel" for what is happening like you do sitting in the loco seat. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride on #22 with me my friend.
Great Video Thanks, couple things i never really looked at the few times i got to ride on the Soo Line locos and cabooses between my house by LORAM MoW and the siding at my grandparents near marks Choo Choo bar and grill (Great chicken wings!) which has an old wooden burlington caboose inside the bar you can eat in
Hey Dave, even though 2023 wasn't a banner year thanks to you performing diligent track inspections and maintenance, everything ran as well as it could !!
Thank you for the kind words Aerospace Ed. I just do my job in trying to keep trains running and do it safely here. We are fortunate the company allows me to make these videos and show them. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
50,484!!! That's number of cars/hoppers loaded, moved & unloaded last year for 5.8 million tons at 115 tons per car. Lotta trips with only 30-40 at a time. Also, Thanks for the brake & hopper door air hose disconnect, great shot.
Wow, that's a lot of cars Al, I never figured that out. Cool. That was the first time I ever shot those hoses coming apart on camera, it is pretty neat to watch. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you fer this video! And thanks to Iron Senergy ror letting you do so. The rails repositioning as the switch was thrown was a particularly good shot!
Thank you for the really nice comment Dave. Great to hear you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
You're certainly welcome Ralph. Coal is king for sure, and hope it stays that way! Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thank Dave I know what it's like to drive an engine you are great railroader l am the same age as you and my career as a EMD gen tech is at it's end major surgery on the left shoulder and more skin cancer removal march 6th I'm glad to say are a friend and a friend to all rail road fans thanks Dave
Thank you for the really kind words Gary. I am sorry to hear you will be leaving the RR, I'm sure you will be missed. Keep me informed how your health issues are coming along. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thanks you Dave! You definitely brought the railroading to us today! Love the locomotive rides, but seeing those air lines snap was quit the treat as well, and the snow was the icing on the cake 😊
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo, glad you enjoyed. That's the first time I've ever gotten to record the air lines coming apart, it is pretty cool. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Well done Dave! Does your company give tours of the mine and or railroad? I would love for my 12-year old son to see it first hand. He might want to make a career in it. 😁
Thank you Rodney, glad you enjoyed. No the mine does not give tours, they have given a couple of tours under ground way in the past but that was for employees only. Too much safety stuff is involved to give tours to the public, sorry bout that. But we do get a good many rail fans come to watch the train, don't have to be on company property to do that. If you do decide to come be sure and get in touch with me. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thanks for the ride in the snow Dave. Another great video as usual. Very interesting learning about that Loop Switch feature , something which I never knew about.
You are certainly welcome, glad you had a good time Scotty. Appreciate very much your taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
You always make me smile. Loved the video, especially the radio controlled switches and explaining how the proximity sensors work. Learn something every day...!
Thank you for the nice comment Stephanie. Glad to hear you are getting a smile out of the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video on riding #22 locomotive my friend.
I worked there between Cumberland and Emerald for 10 years loved it.. More time a Cumberland Selling Coal at the Scale house. and riding that Rail a few times.
Dave, that looked like a 'lot' of slack in those couplers and draft gear. The more slack, the more slamming. Not good long term. We still need to bore those door hinges and replace with bronze bushings for the amount you run these cars. Opening and closing everyday, more than overland car for the month. Keep up the great content. Every video takes me back to my early 1990s.
Great to hear you are enjoying the home movies halfinchholes. A lot of our draft gears need to be replaced along with other car parts. We surely do need some professional car men here who understand car repair and know what they are doing as you can well see. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Another great video Dave thank you, some impressive figures on tonnages and trips run. It’s a wonderful feeling when your colliery is coaling well. Happy days
Thank you for the nice comment Ian. Yes it is a great feeling when they are running lot's of coal. Everyone tends to get uptight when trains aren't running as you can imagine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment DaRealPhillyJawn,, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
No sir I have not. Over the years since 1977 we have gotten almost no one to ever hop a ride on our cars Bobby, which is a very good thing, it is rather unsafe to do. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment William, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I always enjoy it when one of your videos pops up to watch. Love the joy and enthusiasm you have for your role in keeping things going and jumping into other jobs here and there. I don't know why but it's so much fun seeing those air hoses pop loose when unhooking too.
Thank you for the nice comment rdbrnr, glad you enjoyed. Yes it's always a sight to watch the hoses. That was the first time I ever captured it on camera tho. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Great video once again Dave. Those of us that care rarely get to see the inner workings of a railroad line. It's rare because most companies don't allow this kind of access. The company you work for seems to be on the up and up. Once again great content Dave
Thank you for the nice comment bowdoin, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Nice VIDEOS super Dave.....It be so cool to run tourist trains PERHAPS using 2 Cabooses on rear of last Engines ..But We will settle for Super Dave "TAKING US ALL ALONG "
Thank you for the nice comment Bradford, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Clarence, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Would LOVE to see more of these shows where you are riding the rails and looking at the loading and unloading and any other rail operations. Thanks!! Totally enjoy these wonderful videos.!
Thank you for the nice comment and suggestion Dharma Track, glad you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Eddie and glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
It's unsafe to try and uncouple those lines when they have air pressure on them Mike. In order to uncouple manually, you have to stick something sharp like a screw driver in the rubber gasket to relieve the pressure and that can wear a hole in that gasket and you get an air leak. These glad hands are made to uncouple like you saw in the video. They are made like that in case of a car pull apart as the train is going down track. Appreciate your writing in and for riding along with me my friend.
I live in texas and we get 1 snow a year and it usually starts melting the next day. I can't imagine living in Pennsylvania, it's like different countries!😎
This year has been really mild here Steve, the other night we got about 4 inches and that is the most we've had all year. Some years in the past we've gotten 12 to 15 inches at a time. I don't like that. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
I bet you used to watch Lawrence Welk too, I used to walk to my grand mother's house and watch him on TV then listen to Tiger's baseball on her old portable AM radio, I still remember her remarking about a player named Wockenfuss one of her favorites.
Yes I did growing up Bobbi. And a 1 and a 2.....:-) John Wockenfuss. The Tigers had some great teams in the past. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment uTube486, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Fabulous, Dave! I really enjoyed seeing part of the rail line I hadn’t seen before! Keep up the good work showing us railroading and, of course, Greene County! 😊
I like 1 to 1 scale Doug, although it is a bit harder to rerail cars than O scale is....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
hey big guy if fans want to see the mine progress they can google PA Active Underground Bituminous Coal Mining and see a map of your long wall panels the ones done and in production.
Wow, I never figured that out John, that's a lot of cars! No wonder our cars are worn out.....:-) Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Always very appreciative when you bring us along to work! Hopefully the new year will be smooth working for everyone. Sent you an email about locomotive liveries.
Thank you for the nice comment Erin, great to hear you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
L❤VE the video! A really excellent close-up view of the couplers at work. Loved when the hoses let loose, looked like snakes! So glad to know you're always working well with others as a team. The backbone of the rails are good workers, and the fact that the company is on board, working with you all on maintaining things, is wonderful! Working together. Just love it! May it always be so! Happy rails!
Thank you for the really nice comment Trena. Yes we are fortunate that most of us here work very well together as a team. We are dedicated to keeping trains running and running safely. People sometimes tend to get uptight when trains aren't running as you might imagine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
That's pretty cool, wish I had known that or I would have stopped and got to meet you Donald. Great to hear you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video on riding the loco my friend.
Thanks for another great rail/mining operation video, Dave. I love your enthusiasm, and I always learn something new .. cool to watch the slack action and coupling. Thanks again for braving the elements and bringing the railroad to us.
Thank you for the nice comment Kenneth, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Cool Dave that you showed the run around. I remember when we did that when i was a locomotive crane helper. Some of the spur tracks ran in different directions so we had to run around the cars so we could shove them in to unload or load them.
Excellent, excellent video, Dave. Terrific "inside" view on doing the run-around / shunting those cars. Down here in Orlando (FL), I've recently been watching a similar operation at the Conrad Yelvington distribution terminal, where a vintage EMD SW9 moves hoppers loaded with aggregate into an onsite unloading facility, then shoves the empties (back) out to CSX's Kaley Yard nearby. Thank you, thank you 😊😊...
Thank you for the nice comment EBF, glad you enjoyed. SW's are always fun to watch and sound great. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
You are certainly welcome Mike, glad you enjoyed. It was a lot of fun to make. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the kind words realtruth. That was very thoughtful of you to say that. We do so much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Derrick, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment trainchasersatwork, glad you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I hope the track gauge has been widened by 3/8 inch in the curves from 4 to 8 degrees and 1/2 inch for curves over 8 degrees to lessen the binding of the flanges on those sharp curves. The 3-axle loco trucks will be the worst offenders in those sharp curves.
You are absolutely right about the 3 axle trucks being hard on sharp degree curves Roy. I've tried to get them to widen the gauge numerous times on those curves over the years, but no one has yet to listen to me. I'm pleased to hear that you agree with me on gauge widening. That was a common practice back in the days of steam with those locos that had a lot of drivers. Maybe you should apply for the track boss job here. At least you understand railroading. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Beverly, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Dave, just wanna say I think you are a treasure for rail fans. I might have said it before, but it can’t be said enough. You really DO bring the railroad to me, and in such a low key, personal way. Great enthusiasm, great style. Many thanks! 😊👍👍
Thank you for the really nice comment aceadman. Great to hear you
are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching today's video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I’m always here, and always enjoy learning from, and being entertained by your hard work. It is very much appreciated. This one was especially terrific. But they are all pretty darn great. Best of luck, and can’t wait for more. 😊
@@aceadman 👍😊
I'm not really a railfan. I'm not sure what I am, other than somebody from the Northeast Ohio rust heap who appreciates our rather shabby industrial heritage.
The pure joy in your voice is easily heard. What a blessing to have a job that you are in love with.
Thank you for the nice comment Noah, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Cars creaking and groaning like my bones in the morning.
Same lol
The delightful sounds of a train Aaron, what not to love about that.
But I do hear you on the morning body sounds too.....:-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
Oh how I can relate! Pushing 50 and every year my bones crack more and more! 😆
@@sarahlynn7894 just like jointed rail. 😆
Dang Dave, If I wasn't 70 years old, I'd run away from home and get a job on the railroad!
Your right William, you really should wait a few more years before you start..... :-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and checking out the video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Good evening from wet San Rafael Bay, and a few feet of snow at Lake Tahoe. Thank you for a nice reply. Ah ha a private on price property railroad.
This reminds me of a little railroad company that serves the oil refinery in Richmond CA,
Richmond Railway Company so cool small engines that are always in shining condition.
Take care in the weather Dave. Keep these videos coming 😊😊😊😊🎉
Best
Kristy
Thank you for the nice comment Kristy. You can tell, a RR that keeps
their locos looking good, is a RR that keeps their tracks in nice shape
and the rest of their equipment too. Videos will keep coming, but
only because you asked so nicely and I like you. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
Thank you for taking us along Dave! 🙂👍
Your certainly welcome 1208bug, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Dave, warm greetings from Finland. You are a true gem for your employer and for us railroading fans from all around the world. Just enjoying my Sunday morning coffee with your video. Keep up the good work and I hope all the best for you.
Thank you for the nice comment and hope the coffee is good this morning sikkimuikku. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
1300+ trains per year!! You need to ask your CEO if he would like to do a ride along!!!!
I have asked him to ride track with me Peter. But owning a
big coal mine there is plenty of things for him to give his attention to and he know the RR is in good hands....:-) Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Man I love a ride along! Locomotives are so cool! Driving one would be a dream! I could really see the truck steering on the 14deg curve too! I spent a lot of years working on conveyor systems for clay mines in west TN and that conveyor sound is very familiar!
Thank you for the nice comment Lowell and glad you enjoyed the ride. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Living the Dream ! Working at a job you love! 👍👍🚂
Thank you for the nice comment Yellowlab. Yes sir, just another day
in paradise here.... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 my pleasure, keep the Double Deuce rollin !👍🚂🚂
@@yellowlab5624 😊👍
Keep that electric car fuel moving. 14° is tight. Can't remember what the limit is for an SD but that'll make the wheels squeal. I swear this whole planet is back ordered, months long wait for almost everything. Another great day on the job, liked it much. Thanks Dave!
Yes sir I will do my part in making that happen Poowg! My air handler
on my HVAC system had a control module blow out in August from
a power line surge. I'm still waiting on a part, it's back ordered......sigh.
According to the EMD operators manual for our SD 40-2, that loco
when not coupled to a car and having single shoe brake shoes can
negotiate a 30 degree curve. If I had not read that right out of the
manual, I wouldn't believe it tho. Glad you enjoyed the show and we
very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 When run on a curve like in the manual it will look like a model on an 18" radius track in HO scale. And I wouldn't want to look at the cables for the motors at that point either.
We ran the passenger train one time around the Wye in Homestead. The Pacific and SW1200 had no problems with it but the heavy weight passenger cars did not like it with their 6 wheel trucks. After that we ran the train into the straight section of the Wye and just switched the loco to the other end. If it was just the SW1200 and 4 wheel cars, then we would run the whole train around the Wye.
@@gravelydon7072 👍😊 Thanks Don
@@gravelydon7072 I was curious and calculated out some numbers. 14 degrees is about 410' radius, which would be 57" radius in HO scale. 10 degrees is about 580'', or about 80" in HO scale. And 30 degrees is 200' radius, so a 27" radius. We sure are used to tight curves on our models!
Now that's a good day on the railroad, Dave! Got to be a conductor for a bit! Always love seeing the operation side of the coin. And always a joy to get up close with one of the big SD's that keep those black diamonds moving. What's all that white stuff falling out of the sky?
Thank you for the nice comment Shane. I guess you wouldn't know
what that white stuff is living down there where you're at....:-) Got
a really cool video coming out sometime soon on them doing a load
test on 3098, lot's of smoke and engine sounds you will love. They
just did it last night when I was leaving work and happened to
catch it on film. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 LOL yeah not much frozen stuff falling from the sky in my part of Texas. I prefer it that way. Can't wait to see the video on 3098!!!
@@Trains-With-Shane 👍😊
To still be laughing in the snow and loving your job when most have been retired for 5 years...that is a rare treasure indeed! Thoroughly enjoyed riding around and listening to the radio talk and watching the maneuvers! This was so fun!
Thank you for the nice comment Jennifer, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Very railroady indeed.
Yes it certainly is Arkay....:-) Snowy railroady..... Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on the rails video my friend.
It’s crazy what all goes into dumping refuse. That long beltline, plus the amount of land that’s slowly filled and made into larger hills, all of it from refuse. It’s something that most don’t consider.
The fact that Blacksvlle #2 ran out of room to dump their refuse is one of the main reasons why they shut down. That, and then something about having to get another longwall permit, which to my understanding new permits will never be granted after seeing the damage that longwall mining permits inflicts on the surface. Otherwise, they could have kept pushing westward for the next hundred years, who knows…
Yes it certainly is MyVideos. A lot involved but you have to clean the
slate and clay and other impurities out of the coal before it gets sold.
We are building a new empoundment area as we speak, both of our
slate dumps are almost completely full now. So we should have
enough room for another 30 years of mining to occur once the
new pile is opened. You are right, it is sad about what happened at
Blacksville. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
Dave, not many jobs that we can love to go to work every day, AND GET PAID FOR HAVING ALL THAT FUN!!! I had a few options and had difficulty deciding which. Commercial electrical install and/or repair, Electric motor service and replacement, railroading, construction, or a couple other options. I was top of the food chain for motor control and service, so I went with that. In less than 3 years, the steel mills were shutting down, so whatever I chose was near the end of a high demand occupation. Sometimes I wish I would have chosen railroading.
You are right about that Jeff, I am very lucky to be able to have
a job that I enjoy doing. Appreciate your visiting with us and riding on the loco with me today my friend.
You have the best job indeed.. thanks for the trip Dave, and gave us a real good look at the back side of the silo and belt and the prep plant.. you have all the fun. 🤣🤣 appreciate you freezing your fingers off for us..
So glad Dave showed us that view. More screen shots to add to my collection :)
@@cedarcam 🤣 I was thinking the same thing, and thought Cedar will like this... more modeling angles
@@TriGogglin These are just the kind of details I am looking for. Walthers make an old fire escape kit, that could be just right for the loading tower, I am going to a show in a couple of weeks and will see if there is one there
Thank you for the nice comment Pappy. All we need now to really make me happy is some Conrail cars.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 conrail cars at the Cumberland mine, man wouldn't that be something..
When I was a brakeman, point alignment inspection was a must. When the engine would cut away, we would only close the angle clock on the engine, and the train brakes would set when the glad hands disconnected..your are a dedicated railroaded..congrats on the great stats. Thanks my friend..
Absolutely must check the switch points as you point out William.
I sure don't want a car splitting the switch on my watch! :-) Where we
set the cars off was level grade plus the 2 curves were there so the
cars didn't need to have their brakes set. Thank you for the nice comment and we very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Your so cheerful and full of knowledge. You remind me of my grandpa. Keep on doin what your doin sir! We love it ❤💪
Appreciate the very nice comment Mad Max. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
“Stretch Ahead” 18:44 - just to make sure everything is coupled before you connect the air [ learned the hard way - only once!]
We call it a pull apart check Joe, but you are right, always best to
make a check to see if they are coupled, we've had them numerous
times in the past when they weren't. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
The Engineer set the brakes on that cut of cars I suppose and then you guys bottled the air. That surprised me a little. When I railroaded, we did everything by hand signals.
In this instance the grade the cars were stopped on was level HunHunter . Plus with the 10 and 14 degree curves the cars were stopped on, the cars would not roll away as you saw in the video. Had we been on a grade, then the brakes on the cars obviously would have been set before uncoupling. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Should be against the law for a feller to have a job he likes that much. lol! I was only that lucky a few times in my work career, then some over educated genius would come along and ruin it. I'm really happy for you Mr. Dave and I hope it will last for you as long as you desire sir. Great video my friend, thanks for the ride.
Thank you for the nice comment Rick. Yes I am lucky and let's hope the over educated geniuses we have stay away from me..... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Hi Dave, ever since I was a kid ive been fascinated by trains. My Grandfather worked for Santa Fe back in the steam days. Thanks for your videos. Im going to share them with my Grandson who is 8 now. You would be a blast to work with and you know your stuff.
Thank you for the really nice comment kcscarecrow. I sure would
have enjoyed talking with your grandfather. Bet he had a lot of cool
stories to tell. Santa Fe was a great RR in it's day. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and ride on #22with me my friend.
Thanks for the ride!
I felt like I was engineering with Dave.
👍🏻😁👍🏻
You are certainly welcome Bassotronics, great to hear you enjoyed.
Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Got some Snow,nice. Dave I’m so sorry I retired. I’m still relatively healthy at 68 years old. My wife and Children applied a lot of pressure for me to retire. I loved my job as a Locomotive Engineer. I worked over the road freight ,local freight,yard freight and everything in between . Plus Passenger trains for Amtrak and ended my Career with NJTRO. I even had an assignment to move the rail train 2 times and that was quite interesting. The rail train was filled with 1/4 mile long welded rail. Going through the interlocking at Hunter Tower on the North East Corridor was a 15 mph crossover switch from 3 main to 2 main tracks. Watching the rail bend going over this crossover was amazing. How the rail bended. The maximum speed of the rail train is 45 mph. When I could go 45 mph I was going 45 mph. The Wire Train was another unusual train. Having men on top of coaches, tightening the clamps and replacing the trolley wire. This was in 25K catenary system. There were 2 trusted electricians that stayed at opposing catenary poles where they disconnected the power to the Catenary System to allow work to be done. The workers still used a ground wire and a pantograph for grounding and aligning the trolley wire. So the pantograph would go side to side on the trolley wire. Anyway these men were TRUSTED to not reconnect the power to the Catenary System until they were 100% sure it was okay. Even though the power was disconnected from the catenary system. There was a lot of static electricity in the wires. The men at the catenary poles. Had to reconnect the catenary system when electric trains were approaching. A very dangerous job if all SAFETY APPLICATIONS ARE NOT FOLLOWED. I witnessed a person being electrocuted by 11K catenary. A new electrician turned on the power while another electrician was working on a Pantograph. I had just signed up and saw a bright flash of light and heard an explosion. I knew something went bad at the Electric Motor Pit. I ran from the yard office to the pit. I see a man sitting on the stairs and he was so hot his clothes kept lighting on fire. I couldn’t believe he was alive. I kept telling this man that you’re going to be okay. I couldn’t leave him. Finally my Conductor made it to the pit. I ran over to the engine house and told the foreman to call the EMT’s NOW. One of your employees has been electrocuted and is still alive. The EMT’s were there in under 5 minutes. They stripped him of his clothes and put all this cloth like material all over this man’s body and some kind of liquid. I was told later that if I or someone else didn’t notice what happened. This man could have been there for a hour or longer before someone wondered where he was and that he would have definitely died. He did survive being electrocuted. The electricity burned off his fingers and toes and also exited his Scrotum. The man that turned the power on tried to flee. The rear brakeman blocked the road so he couldn’t leave. What a coward trying to leave. He was of course fired. But no other charges were brought against him. Anyway Dave Keep doing a great job. Don’t allow anyone to talk you into retiring.
I hear you on the retirement mdlanor. A lot of guys I have been around
here have retired, for some it was easy and they couldn't wait, but
others it was hard and they wish they had stayed working. I said
years ago that making the decision to retire is one of the hardest
decisions you will ever make in your life. If I retire here, I can't come
back because of the union shop. I have had many job offers in the
RR industry over the years, but all of them require traveling and being
away from home a lot which is not what I want to do. So I will be
here until I fall over and they can just tamp me into the ballast.....:-)
Did you happen to know Gary Kuipers at NYJ? He is a good friend of
mine and retired about 10 years ago. Appreciate very much your
sharing your experiences with the trains. We would have a lot of
good conversation if we got together talking railroading all day!
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No I didn’t know Gary. I do know a few retired prior rights Erie Lackawanna Locomotive Engineers. I’ll messenger them and see if they knew Gary. Do you know if he worked on the Hoboken Division? I worked on the NY Division. I didn’t know many railroaders from the prior,prior rights of the Erie or the Lackawanna. The same goes for the prior rights Erie Lackawanna. I was a prior rights Penn Central Fireman/Locomotive Engineer. I was still a Fireman when Conrail broke up. I wasn’t sure I could even hold any assignments as a Locomotive Engineer. I was protected being a prior rights Penn Central Fireman. The UTU represented Fireman. Myself along with around 100 prior rights Penn Central Railroad. Were placed on the Trainman’s roster with according to our hiring dates . Just in case there wasn’t a Locomotion Engineer assignment I could hold after Conrail broke up. I would have went Conducting until a Locomotive Engineer position opened up. I also would have had the opportunity to stay as a Conductor and finish my railroad career as one. I was 5 from being on the bottom of the roster as a locomotive engineer on the NJTRO Locomotive Engineers Roster. The Roster was called Select Order. Within a year over 20 Pennsylvania,Penn Central Locomotive Engineers that hired on in 1941 retired. After these men retired. I had a better number on the Locomotive Engineers Roster than Erie or Lackawanna Locomotives Engineers that hired on before I was born. This caused a lot of animosity..For no reason,not one Prior Rights Penn Central Was Engineer went and worked on the Hoboken Division. When I passed the Locomotive Engineers Training Program in 1975. I was just about to turn 20 years old and legally couldn’t operate a train in Ny,NJ,Delaware,Maryland, Pennsylvania and into Union Station Washington DC. You had to be 21 legally operate a train in these states. I was the only Locomotive Engineer in this position. I hired on the Penn Central right after I turned 18. I was allowed to operate trains through legislation. I finally got permanently promoted to Locomotive Engineer on January 1,1982. I was 27 years old and the youngest in age on NJTRO as a Locomotive Engineer. As you know Seniority is everything on the railroad. 1 number can make the difference from holding a high paying assignment to a basic weeks pay.,When NJTRO happened I was awarded the worst job on NJTRO. It signed up at Sunny Side Yard in Queens NYC at 5:30 am. I worked until 7:30 pm Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday I signed up at 6:00 am and was off duty at 8:20 pm. I had no choice but to drive to Queens 7 days a week. Until NJTRO changed all the assignments to a 5 day work week. The assignment I was on was one of the highest paying on NJTRO,but had the absolute worst hours.This was the only time I didn’t like being a Locomotive Engineer. Anyway keep up the excellent work you do for the coal mine railroad.
P.S. Did the Coal Company ever find any decent hoppers to purchase
Love watching the huge coal trains when in BC.
What's not to love about a coal train for sure Bob. I would love to see
one of those up there. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
I keep saying it; Railroads are freakin' awesome!!! Moving that much freight that efficiently, can't beat it!
Thank you for the nice comment John. You are right, moving lot's of
freight by RR is the cheapest way to go. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
awesome video one of the best on you tube thanks and stay safe.😊😊👍👍
Thank you for the very nice comment CNC. Glad you are enjoying the home movies. We really appreciate your taking the time ride along
with me on #22 my friend.
Ya don't often see a railroad car numbered 1. Most often it would be a passenger car. But, here we see CYMX 1, a dirty greasy open top hopper loaded with coal a long way from the glorified spit shined office car life. After yunz guys ran around the train you coupled up to the CYMX 1 and it was the 1st car in your train. Hope you or the Hawg played the lottery that day! I used to have a picture of PEPX 1, a open top Pepco gondola I hauled up and down the road quite a few years ago. Cant find it tho.
We had leased a fleet of brand new CYMX cars and they were
numbered that way 1 thru 30 when they came Jim. We now own
those cars and they have seen a ton of use and are worn to a frazzle.
They keep fixing them back up tho. Appreciate very much your
taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
My dad was known for saying: Find a job that pays well and then learn to love it.
That's a pretty good saying Paul. He's right. I'm glad I found this
job and love it. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
So cool! Nice to see the property in the snow. Something about the white snow and black coal + the blue buildings makes for such a neat atmosphere. I’d bet the portal was making a nice smoke show too. Love your videos Pard. Keep em coming!
Thank you for the nice comment RRConductor, great to hear you enjoyed. it is a pretty picturesque combination of colors. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Good job Dave Thanks for a small view of what a conductor does
Thank you for the nice comment Craig, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Dave I rode Amtrak last night 2/12/24, from Savannah to Fredericksburg, VA in a small room. 10 hour ride and to hear that click clack all night long. Got on at 9pm got into Fredericksburg at 6am. Not freight, but conductors and crew were great. Love your channel. Passed much CSX stuff it was incredible.
I'm going to miss my trips on Amtrak when I move permanently to Ohio. But I can say that I have been to the southernmost section of rail in the US both as passenger and crew.
Wow that would have been a cool ride Bruce, good for you. Glad
you are enjoying our home movies and very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and ride on 22 with us my friend.
I think I joined when you were only about 850 subs. You're pushing 66k now and I'm wondering why it isn't approaching 250k.
I love grass roots channels and you are indeed the perfect host Dave.
That was quite awhile ago, great that you're still with us ThePaulv.
Appreciate the kind words and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Took me a little train ride hauling ballast today, hauling more tomorrow 👍
Always a good day when MOW guy gets to ride the locomotive
hauling ballast. When we do it I often get to even run the loco
and give the operator a break, that's a lot of fun. Very glad you could
take the time to stop by tonight and ride along my friend.
Dave that was a great video. 👍
Thank you for the nice comment Pete, glad you enjoyed the home
movie. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching my friend.
Keep digging that coal.
Yes sir we will, mine has projected tonnages into 2055, so that's
great news for the future of this mine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
It’s a great day when I get to watch Dave play trains
Thank you for the nice comment Tom, glad you enjoyed. I do like to play trains, specially in 1 to 1 scale....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Keep it up. Your smile is infectious
Thank you for the nice comment James. Like Louis Armstrong sang,
when you're smiling the whole world smiles with you. I like that song.
Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22
locomotive with me my friend.
Dave is having way too much fun!😊
My wifes home town, Cureo, Texas, UP has a track running through town that has a 97° turn. Lots of squealing as the railcars pass on those tracks. BTW, it's primarily for moving coal trains to the power plant south of the town about 40 miles. It infact goes through one more city before heading to the power plant.
Thanks for sharing, Ken
I am sorry bout having too much fun Ken....I will try to curb that in
the future.....:-) Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Keep the fun up, that's what makes your videos so good!@@ccrx6700
Always love your videos. That laugh kills me each time. You’re filled with that exciting feeling we all get just like you just watching you get to do your job. When I was a kid my stepdad was a steam train fan and we went to Pennsylvania a couple times for vacation. As a kid I never knew about steam trains. I always was so curious about the crossings LOL. As I’ve gotten older there is just less steam and more diesel and although I can appreciate the diesel I miss the steam. It would be nice if we could find better alternatives of fuel but you lose this amazing history that PA has. Everytime I see a video of yours it just makes me happy because it’s you. You throw in those laughs and I’m just like man what a day with him must be like. The snow is beautiful but I hate the cold and I live in Southeastern Mass!
Really glad you are enjoying the home movies David. I too really like
the steam locos, probably aren't very many of them active in Mass
I would imagine. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
the term is snap back, when the pressure catches up to speed the springs on the couplers expand back, and when enough of them do it in conjunction the momentum builds from the recently snapped coupler thru the chain. the heavy locomotive/dpu further down the line usually keeps enough tension due to it's weight resistance to incredibly reduce snap back. further more a dpu using it's power in conjunction incredibly reduces the springs snap motion to much less considerable speed and force thus less violent of a reaction and a more well regulated easing of the springs.
great train engineers know how to do the perfect take off with out snapback and the sign a train engineer is getting good is when there is little snap or very light snap, means they have almost dialed in how to handle the locos they are dealing with with the cars they have in tow.to understand this easily, tie 20-40 rubber bands together and lay them on the ground tied to a wheeled toy and just slowly move the toy car until the rubber bands pick up off the ground and then stretch them out less stretch will give you a slower motion understanding you can more easily see. an electric train will work great, so will an RC truck.and if you have an HO scale train those rubber bands for dental braces are just small enough to show this easily...and if you know DJ from DJS trains the CSX engineer, load your cars with product such as coal or metal pipe or chunks of wood or sand or pebble rocks to replicate a real load and slack action tug and pull and push and shove forces.
Thank you for sharing that detailed information with us April Generic.
Very good analogy with the rubber bands. It is a bit harder to control
the train we have using the remote box than it is if you were actually
in the loco and doing it manually. With the remote box you just
don't get that "feel" for what is happening like you do sitting in
the loco seat. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride on #22 with me my friend.
Great Video Thanks, couple things i never really looked at the few times i got to ride on the Soo Line locos and cabooses between my house by LORAM MoW and the siding at my grandparents near marks Choo Choo bar and grill (Great chicken wings!) which has an old wooden burlington caboose inside the bar you can eat in
Choo Choo bar sounds like a great place to go, whats' not to love
about a BN caboose in the bar! :-)
Hey Dave, even though 2023 wasn't a banner year thanks to you performing diligent track inspections and maintenance, everything ran as well as it could !!
Thank you for the kind words Aerospace Ed. I just do my job in trying to keep trains running and do it safely here. We are fortunate the company allows me to make these videos and show them. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
50,484!!! That's number of cars/hoppers loaded, moved & unloaded last year for 5.8 million tons at 115 tons per car.
Lotta trips with only 30-40 at a time. Also, Thanks for the brake & hopper door air hose disconnect, great shot.
Wow, that's a lot of cars Al, I never figured that out. Cool. That was
the first time I ever shot those hoses coming apart on camera, it
is pretty neat to watch. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you fer this video! And thanks to Iron Senergy ror letting you do so.
The rails repositioning as the switch was thrown was a particularly good shot!
Thank you for the nice comment Robin, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
One of your best videos Dave, love it.
Thank you for the really nice comment Dave. Great to hear you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to ride along on #22 locomotive with me my friend.
I had to chuckle when I heard you talk about sagging couplers those poor hoppers that's no laughing matter but couldn't help it.
It's okay Bobbi, at least you're not laughing at me.....:-)
COAL IS KING AND ALWAYS WILL BE..THANK YOU DAVE
You're certainly welcome Ralph. Coal is king for sure, and hope it
stays that way! Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thanks for the ride!
You are certainly welcome Jon, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank Dave I know what it's like to drive an engine you are great railroader l am the same age as you and my career as a EMD gen tech is at it's end major surgery on the left shoulder and more skin cancer removal march 6th I'm glad to say are a friend and a friend to all rail road fans thanks Dave
Thank you for the really kind words Gary. I am sorry to hear you will
be leaving the RR, I'm sure you will be missed. Keep me informed
how your health issues are coming along. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Hope Synergy appreciates what they have in you,you are indeed an asset,good luck in 24.
Thank you for the kind words Chip. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thanks you Dave! You definitely brought the railroading to us today! Love the locomotive rides, but seeing those air lines snap was quit the treat as well, and the snow was the icing on the cake 😊
Thank you for the nice comment Mojo, glad you enjoyed. That's the
first time I've ever gotten to record the air lines coming apart, it is
pretty cool. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Well done Dave! Does your company give tours of the mine and or railroad? I would love for my 12-year old son to see it first hand. He might want to make a career in it. 😁
Thank you Rodney, glad you enjoyed. No the mine does not give
tours, they have given a couple of tours under ground way in the
past but that was for employees only. Too much safety stuff is
involved to give tours to the public, sorry bout that. But we do
get a good many rail fans come to watch the train, don't have to
be on company property to do that. If you do decide to come
be sure and get in touch with me. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thanks for the ride in the snow Dave. Another great video as usual. Very interesting learning about that Loop Switch feature , something which I never knew about.
You are certainly welcome Ric, great to hear you enjoyed.
Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Dave - The thickener collects all the coal dust at the bottom of the tank and it is conveyed out. It's a pollution control device.
Thank you for sharing that info Nolan. They are replacing a gear
box in it this week, a pretty big job I guess.
Thanks for another great tour and ride-along, Dave. That's railroadin'. 🤠👍
You are certainly welcome, glad you had a good time Scotty. Appreciate very much your taking the time to write in and to ride on #22 with me my friend.
You always make me smile. Loved the video, especially the radio controlled switches and explaining how the proximity sensors work. Learn something every day...!
Thank you for the nice comment Stephanie. Glad to hear you are
getting a smile out of the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video on
riding #22 locomotive my friend.
I worked there between Cumberland and Emerald for 10 years loved it..
More time a Cumberland Selling Coal at the Scale house. and riding that Rail a few times.
They haven't used that scale house at all in 2023, not a single
dump truck they sold last year.
Dave, that looked like a 'lot' of slack in those couplers and draft gear. The more slack, the more slamming. Not good long term. We still need to bore those door hinges and replace with bronze bushings for the amount you run these cars. Opening and closing everyday, more than overland car for the month. Keep up the great content. Every video takes me back to my early 1990s.
Great to hear you are enjoying the home movies halfinchholes.
A lot of our draft gears need to be replaced along with other car
parts. We surely do need some professional car men here who
understand car repair and know what they are doing as you can
well see. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Another great video Dave thank you, some impressive figures on tonnages and trips run. It’s a wonderful feeling when your colliery is coaling well. Happy days
Thank you for the nice comment Ian. Yes it is a great feeling when they are running lot's of coal. Everyone tends to get uptight when
trains aren't running as you can imagine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
Dave, I love this!!! I felt like a little kid riding along with you in this video. So fun and learned new things! You're awesome man. Thanks so much!
Thank you for the nice comment DaRealPhillyJawn,, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Say Dave have you ever met Hobo Shoestring as long you've been working the Railroad, he's been riding the containers
No sir I have not. Over the years since 1977 we have gotten almost
no one to ever hop a ride on our cars Bobby, which is a very good thing, it is rather unsafe to do. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Another one of your awesome train videos Dave. This is fun watching from the engine. I really enjoyed riding along with you Dave.
Thank you for the nice comment William, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I always enjoy it when one of your videos pops up to watch. Love the joy and enthusiasm you have for your role in keeping things going and jumping into other jobs here and there. I don't know why but it's so much fun seeing those air hoses pop loose when unhooking too.
Thank you for the nice comment rdbrnr, glad you enjoyed. Yes it's always a sight to watch the hoses. That was the first time I ever
captured it on camera tho. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Great video once again Dave. Those of us that care rarely get to see the inner workings of a railroad line. It's rare because most companies don't allow this kind of access. The company you work for seems to be on the up and up. Once again great content Dave
Thank you for the nice comment bowdoin, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Nice VIDEOS super Dave.....It be so cool to run tourist trains PERHAPS using 2 Cabooses on rear of last Engines ..But We will settle for Super Dave "TAKING US ALL ALONG "
Thank you for the nice comment Bradford, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
It is a good day! Thumbs up 👍
Thank you for the nice comment Clarence, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Great video Dave. That was fun to ride along on the runaround
Thank you for the nice comment Pete, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I really enjoyed this one especially seeing those air lins pop apart. Thanks Dave👍👍👍👍🏆🏆🏆🏆
Thank you for the nice comment Eddie, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Would LOVE to see more of these shows where you are riding the rails and looking at the loading and unloading and any other rail operations. Thanks!! Totally enjoy these wonderful videos.!
Thank you for the nice comment and suggestion Dharma Track, glad you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Another enjoyable video Dave. It's good that you really enjoy your job.
Thank you for the nice comment Eddie and glad you enjoyed.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to ride along with me on #22 locomotive my friend.
Thanks Dave for taking us on the ride. It is always great to see the coal trains running. Have a great day my friend.
You are certainly welcome Lewis, glad you enjoyed. Very much
appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Its interesting that you just pull the air lines apart, and not disconnect them first. Doesn't that add wear or bend the air connectors/glad hands?
they are quick couplers made to do that.
It's unsafe to try and uncouple those lines when they have air
pressure on them Mike. In order to uncouple manually, you have to
stick something sharp like a screw driver in the rubber gasket to relieve the pressure and that can wear a hole in that gasket and you get an air leak. These glad hands are made to uncouple like you saw in the video. They are made like that in case of a car pull apart as the train is going down track. Appreciate your writing in and for riding
along with me my friend.
I live in texas and we get 1 snow a year and it usually starts melting the next day. I can't imagine living in Pennsylvania, it's like different countries!😎
This year has been really mild here Steve, the other night we got
about 4 inches and that is the most we've had all year. Some years
in the past we've gotten 12 to 15 inches at a time. I don't like that.
Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
I bet you used to watch Lawrence Welk too, I used to walk to my grand mother's house and watch him on TV then listen to Tiger's baseball on her old portable AM radio, I still remember her remarking about a player named Wockenfuss one of her favorites.
Yes I did growing up Bobbi. And a 1 and a 2.....:-) John Wockenfuss.
The Tigers had some great teams in the past. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Happiest guy on You Tube. This video was particularly good too!
Thank you for the nice comment uTube486, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Fabulous, Dave! I really enjoyed seeing part of the rail line I hadn’t seen before! Keep up the good work showing us railroading and, of course, Greene County! 😊
Thank you for the nice comment Pete, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
An operations session in 1:1 Scale😊 Fantastic access on how it's done👷♂️🚂🙋🇨🇦🇺🇲
I like 1 to 1 scale Doug, although it is a bit harder to rerail cars than
O scale is....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Hello Dave well that was cool Thxs for the video very lnteresting . That’s Railroading 😂😂 be safe Robin out .
Thank you for the nice comment Robin, glad you enjoyed. Very
much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
hey big guy if fans want to see the mine progress they can google PA Active Underground Bituminous Coal Mining and see a map of your long wall panels the ones done and in production.
Thank you for sharing that with us Keith. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
5.8 million tons at 115 tons per car is 50434 cars...that is some number! Congrats!
Wow, I never figured that out John, that's a lot of cars! No wonder our
cars are worn out.....:-) Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
That was a good one
Thank you craftmasters, great to hear you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Always very appreciative when you bring us along to work! Hopefully the new year will be smooth working for everyone.
Sent you an email about locomotive liveries.
Thank you for the nice comment Erin, great to hear you enjoyed.
Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
L❤VE the video! A really excellent close-up view of the couplers at work. Loved when the hoses let loose, looked like snakes! So glad to know you're always working well with others as a team. The backbone of the rails are good workers, and the fact that the company is on board, working with you all on maintaining things, is wonderful! Working together. Just love it! May it always be so! Happy rails!
Thank you for the really nice comment Trena. Yes we are fortunate
that most of us here work very well together as a team. We are
dedicated to keeping trains running and running safely. People
sometimes tend to get uptight when trains aren't running as you
might imagine. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video my friend.
Seen you out Tuesday working and keeping them trains on the track! Love the videos Dave
That's pretty cool, wish I had known that or I would have stopped
and got to meet you Donald. Great to hear you are enjoying the
home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video on riding the loco my friend.
That was quite a ride. Nice to be able to see this.
Glad you enjoyed the ride. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the ride on #22 video.
Thanks for another great rail/mining operation video, Dave. I love your enthusiasm, and I always learn something new .. cool to watch the slack action and coupling. Thanks again for braving the elements and bringing the railroad to us.
Thank you for the nice comment Kenneth, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Dave, Absolutely wonderful video riding engine 22 and learning about how switches operate. Thank you for recording and uploading this snowy episode...
Thank you for the nice comment Steve, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Cool Dave that you showed the run around. I remember when we did that when i was a locomotive crane helper. Some of the spur tracks ran in different directions so we had to run around the cars so we could shove them in to unload or load them.
Glad you enjoyed Michael. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Excellent, excellent video, Dave. Terrific "inside" view on doing the run-around / shunting those cars. Down here in Orlando (FL), I've recently been watching a similar operation at the Conrad Yelvington distribution terminal, where a vintage EMD SW9 moves hoppers loaded with aggregate into an onsite unloading facility, then shoves the empties (back) out to CSX's Kaley Yard nearby. Thank you, thank you 😊😊...
Thank you for the nice comment EBF, glad you enjoyed. SW's are
always fun to watch and sound great. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Dave, I love to see the detailed train operation! Thanks!!
You are certainly welcome Mike, glad you enjoyed. It was a lot of fun to make. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
happy go lucky people make this world better dave your one of them
Thank you for the kind words realtruth. That was very thoughtful of
you to say that. We do so much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
You still got the block Dave John Henry, thanks again.
Thank you for the nice comment Brad, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Another one of your awesome train videos Cold Day.
Thank you for the nice comment Derrick, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
It's a lot of fun to ride these trains, isn't it? It shows in your narration.
Great to hear you enjoyed riding along Nolan. Appreciate very much your writing in and for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
Thanks Dave, your videos are always awesome. Love them! 😀👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨
Thank you for the nice comment trainchasersatwork, glad you are enjoying the home movies. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
I hope the track gauge has been widened by 3/8 inch in the curves from 4 to 8 degrees and 1/2 inch for curves over 8 degrees to lessen the binding of the flanges on those sharp curves. The 3-axle loco trucks will be the worst offenders in those sharp curves.
You are absolutely right about the 3 axle trucks being hard on sharp
degree curves Roy. I've tried to get them to widen the gauge numerous times on those curves over the years, but no one has yet to listen to me. I'm pleased to hear that you agree with me on gauge widening. That was a common practice back in the days of steam with those locos that had a lot of drivers. Maybe you should apply
for the track boss job here. At least you understand railroading.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and also for watching the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I have over 20 years of track experience.
That was a great ride along. Nobody loves their job more than you do.
Thank you for the nice comment Beverly, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Thank you for the ride Dave, I always love it when you take us along!
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond, glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.