New Information and Some Updates on the Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- Coal as a fertilizer, bad engine on #22 locomotive, a disaster
at the prep plant and the generosity of our new owners.
We cover several different topics in today's video giving you new
information and some updates on our last 2 videos that we did
not go over in them. Links to those 2 videos are below.
Coal is not a soil contaminant, but conversely is a soil enhancer,
increasing the organic matter of the soil thus improving overall
soil quality. Thus by spreading the coal fines along the right of way,
we are actually fertilizing the soil and improving organic matter content.
However, I do not spread coal fines anyplace where they could possibly
get into streams.
Here is the link to the article on using Coal as a Fertilizer I had talked
about in this video:
www.coalage.com/features/pure...
Coal and derivatives from it has hundreds of uses in our world, you
would be surprised to find out, so here is a link to see some of the
uses coal has:
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/...
Link to watch video on Why we don't Reclaim and Wash our Ballast:
• Why Don't we Reclaim a...
Link to watch video on our Locomotive's new look:
• A New Look for our Loc...
Made October 24, 2022
Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Synergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Synergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Synergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
spokes person for Iron Synergy or Cumberland Mine. Any viewpoints,
opinions or anything that I show in the videos, or write in the video
descriptions or any answer to any comment, should NEVER be
misconstrued or interpreted as being in any way shape or form,
any kind of official or unofficial statement from Iron Synergy,
Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management, any of the
contractors that may be shown in any video, nor of any of
my fellow co-wokers.
Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the descriptions,
or in any answer to a comment is strictly that of my own and NOT an
official or unofficial statement or viewpoint that Iron Synergy or
any one at Iron Synergy or Cumberland Mine necessarily has or makes.
Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Synergy as our current owners.
Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Synergy, Cumberland
Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors that may be
shown. Thank You, Dave
#CoalFertilizer#CoalSoilEnhancer
Interesting read in the Coal Age article. Even more of interest to me as I am a former UF/IFAS employee who did work in the ag research end. Although we did little with corn but a lot with tomatoes. And as the article says, the staff ate the corn as tests, we ate many of the things that we grew but it was feast or famine. One week we could have a ton of tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, corn, potatoes and the next week have none. We often went looking for places to take the food and all that was asked was a report back on how it tasted. By the time it was put out, we had already done the tests on the chemical makeups of test samples. Many don't know how tedious doing plot work is for the testings as in a 10 acre block, we could have over 2000 test plots if more than 5 mixes of fertilizer were used. Here is an article on lignin based fertilizer coatings from my old employers. And yes, I know this researcher. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/trec/2022/03/17/trec-research-report-dr-yuncong-li/ I wonder if coating the coal based fertilizer with the lignin based coating would produce even better results? May need to go talk to Dr Li.🙂
Very interesting comment gravelydon. Thanks so much for sharing
that info with us. I did check out the article link, Nice! Glad you
were able to "taste test" your crops! Fringe benefits! Really
appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.
That last hopper is rocking a bit.
Track behind crossing needs a good tamping. Hard to keep
up tamping everything when we have 16 miles of jointed track
and a tamper that is a dinosaur built in 1994 and likes to break down.
Thanks for watching the show today my good man.
It really feels like in today's world everybody is a expert environmentalists. When I was going up I would find pieces of coal in our garden all the time. It came from the coal wagons delivering it to the old house a neighborhood houses back when everybody heat their houses with it. It never seemed to hurt anything we planted there.
seriously people overreact over some solid dust, imagine if they realized how much engine oil leaks out of all the older vehicles in their neighborhoods. Their heads would explode.
The acidity in coal dust is actually beneficial if you have high alkaline soil.
Ya have to explain to all the ignorant do good Karen and Kens out there.
Thanks Timothy for the very nice comment. Lot's of experts out
there for sure, how thankful we are for them.... :-) being a bit facetious with that.... Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds
of uses, here's a link to see many of them. Really appreciate
your visiting with us my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
Social media made everyone an expert at everything. I call it the Facebook degree.
One of the main ingredients in charcoal briquettes is coal fines. Did I mention soap, aspirins, solvents, dyes, plastics, carbon fibers, rayon and nylon contain byproducts derived from coal fines? Some people don't like you spreading coal dust around on the ground, but some of those are perfectly happy wearing clothes made from it or consuming products which contain it.
You are so right Joseph, coal has many by products. One you might
not know is facial moisturizer. Nutrogeno (spelling?) has some of
it's ingredients distilled down from creosote. Creosote as you
prob already know is a coal tar derivative. So these people are
putting coal by product on their faces and not even knowing it.... :-)
Really appreciate your watching and writing in today my friend.
Nice to have the new owners supporting the local community! That will go a long way! Sounds like they are real interested in the Company's and the employees future!
it certainly is Joe. We are lucky to have some new owners
that really treat their employees well. they have a lot of major,
multi multi million dollar expenses from our last company,
but they are trying with only so many dollars to go around.
Really appreciate the nice comment and for watching my friend.
I did not know that coal was used as a fertilizer........one learns something every day!......TY for sharing that!
A lot of folks did not know that either irongoatrocky. After
all the derogatory comments I had gotten from the last
video about spreading coal out along the ROW, guess
I felt the need to address that. Learning new things is
always good, I'm always learning new stuff my self.
it's always a pleasure to have you join with us and write
in my friend.
When I lived by Point Beach Wisconsin, we would find coal on the beach (lots of coal) from all of the old shipwrecks off the point. The fishing in that area is phenomenal, and the coal has been there for well over 100 years. 😊
Very interesting Planet Mojo. I guess from all the steam powered
ships back then it makes sense. Thanks so much my friend
for watching and writing in today.
That’s a thing of beauty Dave
Thanks for the very nice comment Hugh. So nice of you to take
the time to watch and write in my friend.
Your awesome friendly personality will always bring me back to your channel
Thank you so much for the very kind comment! Really glad
you are having a good time with us and we certainly
appreciate your wonderful support.
Glad the plants up and no one was hurt. Congrats to the new owners on their good works.
Yes sir North Detroit, those guys certainly had their guardian angels
working for them that night. New owners are a blessing compared
from our former owners. Really appreciate your visiting with
us and watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 My pleasure.
Poor 22, sounds like he needs quite a bit of work done, kinda sounds like your mine needs a spare locomotive. Also great video Dave.
Sure hope they get moving on this change out soon Arkay, we
need that loco back in service. Sure wish transportation cost
wasn't so astronomical or they would definitely consider
getting another loco in here. I've suggested several years
ago to get an EMD 1500 switcher in here, they are cheap to
purchase, no one wants them anymore, but the transportation
is triple what the cost of the loco would be, Wow! Always
a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.
I am glad that you mentioned that coal can be a fertiliser. I never knew that. It makes sense since it comes from plants. I talk about coal a lot and never heard that before. Another good thing about coal
There is an incredible amount of products that can be derived
from coal, most folks would be really surprised if they took
the time to look up what all coal is used for. Thank you so much
for being an advocate for coal! You have a great following and
are respected by your community you have built up and that's
just awesome to hear you are speaking up for coal. Really
appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
PS; If you want to catch coal trains, around here the coal trains
are all over the place. Baily Mine sold 23 million tons last year
and the coal trains from there into Pittsburgh are tremendous.
About 3 loads and 3 empties per 8 hours. Plus CSX across the
river is hauling all kinds of coal right now into and out of WV.
The demand for coal is just tremendous right now. We ran 5.1
million last year, projected to do 7 million in 2023. A local
power plant is even buying raw coal right out of the
mine before the slate is removed in trying to get enough coal
to power their units. That has never happened here before.
@@ccrx6700 Wow, that is awesome to hear! I am always looking for coal trains. I rarely get to see one near Cincinnati. When I was little I would visit my relatives in Kentucky. They lived across the road from a railroad and tunnel. There was a huge coal loading tipple down the road and that was where I hung out watching the coal trains. Everything there is gone now but I go to West Virginia looking for coal trains. I want to film some of them in your area. Thanks for the information! You have an awesome channel and it is really growing so keep posting awesome content! I love the railroad that you work for. I read about it and looked it up on Google Maps. The covered bridge by the railroad is a very scenic area
@@JawTooth thank you so much for the very nice reply my friend. Hopefully someday we will meet up. Keep on promoting coal 👍
I absolutely hate it when the engine has Gremlins, wishing it a speedy recovery
Engines, hot wheel detectors, tampers, we have our share
of unwanted pests haunting our equipment....we gonna
have to call out Ghostbusters. Really appreciate your visiting
with us my friend.
Dave, growing up there was a commercial on tv with a mechanic saying, "Pay me now or pay me a lot later" This is so true about preventative and re occurring maintenance...
Oh you are so right in that Kraz here on the RR. Truer words were
never spoken. Excellent comment my friend. Thanks so much for
sharing that.
It's reassuring to see American coal still being mined and used !
For now until the globalist traitors buy it out to shut it down and send us back 500 years into cold and starvation.
Yes it certainly is Kurt. Many, many products are derived from coal,
far more than most people realize. Always a pleasure to have
you drop by and watch my friend. Here is a link to many uses
of coal
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
So happy to hear no injuries during the accident. Great to hear what the new owners are doing for the community. Sorry to see #22 in sick bay. Coal has had a bad name which is so sad to see. Nice you explained the benefit of it in the environment. More needs to hear that.
#22 is accepting get well cards Beverly.... Thank you so much
for the very kind comment. Always is a pleasure to hear from
you. Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of
uses in our world. Link is below if you would like to see more
of what coal is used for. Really appreciate your visiting with
us today and watching my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
Thank you for addressing the concern and it can be frustrating at times like this, I would guess when folks criticize something without a complete understanding. So much of that is going on today and I am sorry to hear that you caught some undeserved heat. Don’t let them get you down or quit the channel, I enjoy what you post. Thank you again, take care and peace out.
Thanks EJ for the very kind comment. Negative comments don't
get me down, but they make me more aware of the need to
educate, sometimes they help me understand how I can make
better videos, I never know what I leave out of a video until
the comments start rolling in and I think, dang, why didn't I
address that. But really appreciate your visiting with us and
writing in my friend.
EMD SDs Forever. ! Sounds like the same problem I had with my 60series. Camshaft. Rollers and injectors. I used to haul 645s to get rebuilt. That will be a treat to change engines. Good luck with that project. Great Video. Stay Safe out There. 🇺🇸 🦺👍
Thanks Charles, they've changed 2 other engines in the past
here and I saw both of them being done, a BIG job, but that
was before I was taping so hope to get some footage this time.
It's really cool to see them set the engine in. Well you know
how big those things are. Really appreciate your watching and
writing in my friend.
Great video & lesson, thanks Dave 👍👍🚂
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Thank you so much Christopher for your very kind words.
We really appreciate all your wonderful support of the channel
my friend.
You are very correct concerning coal's use as fertilizer. Before my father had the house converted to oil heat we heated with coal. The delivery truck dumped the coal through a front basement window into the coal bin. The coal jockey hosed down the coal as it was going down the chute. One of my jobs was to sweep up the dust and fragments and wheel barrow it out to our garden, a big one at that. We had the nicest, tastiest veggies in Vienna, NJ. The ashes from the furnace were used in the driveway and for traction in the winter. I knew how to shake down the fire, bank, etc. to keep the fire going all night and tend to it in the morning before school. Ironically, when I hired out as a tower man a lot of the towers still had coal furnaces and the tower man from each trick had to tend the fire or no heat in the tower. If the day trick came in and the tower was cold, you were in for it. A lot of the cabooses had coal stoves as well. I used to start the fire in the hack for the 2nd Boonton drill at 0100, the drill went on duty at 0200. Crews appreciated it and on swag night I always got a share of the booty.
Sounds a lot like what we did on the farm also.
Awesome story Gary. Those child hood skills you learning
to fire came in mighty handy in later years. That's a skill
cannot imagine any young person has nowadays. All my grandparents heated by coal. It was plentiful around here.
My grade school had a coal fired heating system in it and
my grand father was janitor, so got to stay after school many
times with him and saw him cover the fire. School was cold
in the morning and roasting near noon after we ate and
all we wanted to do was sleep after lunch from the heat. Really
appreciate your sharing with us and for watching the show my friend.
There's lots of uneducated "Karen's" out there Dave..glad you're able to shed some light, and maybe help them out a little in life!
I hope you can show us the engine swap in No.22. Although from a mechanic background I'd really like to see the internals of the original engine!
Great video as always my friend!👍👍💪
We are all in the "process" of learning new things Jim. Just
had an abundance of comments about me contaminating the
soil on that one video and felt the need to address that. Really
appreciate your nice comment and for watching my friend.
I sure hope I can get footage of the engine swap too. I've been
here when they changed 2 other engines but that was before
I began taping. It's a big, big job.
Enjoyed watching this with my morning coffee.
It just makes sense that the coal fines are a form of fertilizer. It was organic material way back when.
Thanks for dropping by Scott and taking in the Good Morning
America Railroad show.... :-) Always a pleasure to have you
visit with us my friend.
Thank you for the information how they use Cole for fertilizer 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I did not know this as well.
Your welcome Mel. Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of
uses in our world. Link is below if you would like to see more
of what coal is used for. Really appreciate your visiting with
us today and watching my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
That track with new ballast looks great, you could see the stability of the track asked the train passed over it. I once found a lovely piece of fossil tree route from an open cast coal mine. Coal, plant based energy.
Thank you John. Approach into the crossing could use a good
tamping tho, cars rocking a bit back, but I'll get to it sometime.
Very much appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
Great video Dave if I was 40 years younger I would more than love to work on that locomotive and get that thing running nicely again I love working with diesels Of all types Thank you for the great video you put out take care now my friend😊👍
Thank you Mike for the nice comment. We'd love to have you
visit with us sometime. Bring your tools! Can always
use expertise. Really appreciate your dropping by and watching
the show today my friend.
Dave, a fantastic educational explanation of coal. Some people just leach on to something and think they know more than the people working with it.
Thank you so much Dennis for the very kind comment. Many folks
have a lot of misconceptions about fossil fuels, coal and fracking.
Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of uses in our world. Link is below if you would like to see more of what coal is used for. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and watching my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
Those last 2 cars were shaking pretty hard just before they hit the area with the new ballast.
Yes they were Mike, I reported them to mechanics to take a look
see. Those cars were just put in the train the other day after
they took a couple of bad order cars out. They may need to
pull those back out too. Really appreciate your dropping by
and watching today my friend.
Great lesson about coal Dave. Coal is organic. Nice work on that section of track.
Thank you so much Brian for the very kind words. Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of uses in our world. Link is below if you would like to see more of what coal is used for. Really appreciate your visiting with us today and watching my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
Thanks for taking us along and explaining to use about the Coal.
Certainly you are welcome Derrick. We really appreciate your
visiting with us and taking in the show my friend.
Great video Dave, I don't think a lot of people understand all the good that comes from coal and everything it's used in. Thanks for sharing my friend!!!!
Thank you Ron. Yep coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of
uses that most don't know about. I have to laugh cause probably
many of the "green" advocates are using products that have
been derived from coal and don't even know it. Really appreciate
your dropping by and checking things out my friend.
Thanks for the education that a mixture involving coal is used as a fertilizer. Your explanation is excellent.
Your certainly welcome Eliot. Very much appreciate your
nice comment and for watching today my friend.
A great overall video Dave. Dont tell anyone but I use the ash from my woodstove for my potatoes&carrots rows😋🚂🚃🚃🚃🇨🇦🇺🇲👷🙋
Thanks Doug, coal ash has been used for peanuts for over 50
years to help make the soil pliable, so same for your crops.
Really appreciate your dropping by and watching today my
good friend. PS: if I've missed any of your videos please email
me, YT hasn't sent me a notification for you for a good while now.
Your track looks great. Just beautiful!!!!! 🤩
Thanks for the very kind words Valerie. Always a pleasure
when you come to visit me my friend.
Gray video and as always so very interesting. I hope you get some shots of the repairs on 22 thanks Dave.
Thank you Russell, I hope they get started on changing that
engine real soon. I've seen them do it before here twice, it's
a big, big job. Those 2 times were before I started making
videos tho, sure wish I was making them back then. Always
a pleasure to have you join in with us my friend.
Amazing. I know the science as taught to me as young-in about how coal was formed from decayed and compressed plant matter over a period of hundreds of thousands or millions of years, but it never occurred to me that it could become an important ingredient in fertilizer.
I love this about your videos Dave, I'm always learning something new and not always about railroading.
Very pleased to hear you are finding the home movies to be
of some value Robert. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you Sir. Looking at your video makes me want to come to the Pittsburgh area to see my daughter and grandchildren. It sure is pretty there compared to the desert where I live. Be safe.
Hope you get a chance to come visit Ron, we're only an hour south
of Pittsburgh. Always a pleasure to have you stop by and watch
the video my friend.
I've said it before, but you are lucky to get to work in such pretty country. All of us desert railroaders out here always want to work where there is trees, grass and water.
For every nice day there’s a week where it’s not worth a 💩. The two most lousiest to work. The flight line. Aircraft maintenance / and out on the rails. To hot,to cold to wet to dry!! And always maybe getting home late.
Well at least you can see the scenery from the videos Michael.
It is beautiful this time of year, but like last year, leaves are
falling off really quick. Thanks so much my good friend for
stopping by and watching.
Great video. Looking forward to the engine replacement one. Glad to see new owners treating you all right.
Thank you Thomas. New development since this video was made.
They checked out the engine in storage and somebody forgot to
seal it up very well. Engine was full of mice nests, so new game plan
is to put in new power packs and a new cam shaft in the old
engine, they are supposed to start tomorrow on that project.
Appreciate your watching and I will keep you updated my friend.
Looks like Fall has come to Pa.
Another great video Dave!
Yes sir it has, 2 weeks ago had our first frost, leaves were
all out, and now are half gone. Corn picking time around here now.
Thanks so much Michael for your kind words and for watching tonight.
Railroads and Trains are and the people who maintain them are a great service to our Country.
Love coal, it beats frozen wind turbines.
Thank you Peter for the really nice comment. We certainly
appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Hi again sir ! Over the years, I never paid attention to engine weight. I did with the cars because in model railroading, we are used to see them on reporting marks. An SD40 is around 180 tons and the bigger and latest ones like SD90MAC are over 200 tons. That's a lot of weight even if it's distributed on 6 axles. I'm amazed by the fact that tracks are keeping up with all that weight especially the turnouts where switching points are narrowed rails. You're doing a great MOW job. Thanks !
Thank you for the nice comment Luc, and for sharing your story. We appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Something about the way you talk to the public makes me think you’re an awesome guy to work with!
Well thanks for the very kind words MrMeaty, but in actuality
I'm an extreme introvert, believe it. Say good morning and then
say have a nice evening and that's enough conversation for
me for a 12 hour shift. But I do get excited talking about
RR! Really appreciate your watching today my good man.
On top of being interesting and informative, you're so dadgum cheery every time that every one of your videos is a bright spot when they show up.
Now that's a word I haven't heard in a coon's age TJ, dadgum. I
like that word. Was very nice of you to watch and write in
today my friend. We appreciate your very kind comment.
The track looked good! Pretty good rail singing also.
Thank you and very glad you enjoyed csxtq110. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch the show my friend.
Hey Dave! Another thing about coal that may be surprising: There are some dandruff shampoos in which coal extract is used! No, really! I used it at one time, but it's not necessary (for me) any longer. Love seeing autumn play out along the rails in Greene County! Thank you so much!
Nutrogena, facial moisturizer is derived from creosote distilled down, at least that what the owner of the tie plant we visited told me. Some of these "green People" might just be amazed at what all
they are using that comes from coal. It was beautiful here this
past 2 weeks, but just like last year, leaves are falling quick!
thanks for that imformation as I had no idea that they could use coal as some form of fertiliser, but makes sense to me now that you mention how it was formed millons of years ago from decacaded plant material, good job keep them comming matey.
Your welcome Alf, Really appreciate your nice comment and
for taking the time to watch the video my friend.
2:07 they uh rockin and a rollin! and the metal is all thru out the engine, oil pumps shot also
Track behind crossing needs a good tamping RDC. Hard to keep
up tamping everything when we have 16 miles of jointed track
and a tamper that is a dinosaur built in 1994 and likes to break down.
Thanks for watching the show today my good man.
Morning Dave, i love the Sound of this Lokos . Take Care and be Save Dave
Good morning, glad you liked that Uwe Michael John. We
really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the
video my friend.
Great video, loved looking in the new engine shed, sorry the ol girl needs a new engine, but that's gonna be a great video. Also so great of your company looking after the community and so glad no one got hurt in the explosion. Thanks for the eco tips at the end of the vid.. greatcshow today Dave....
Thank you so much Mr. Pappy for the very nice comment. Always
a pleasure to have you join in with us my good friend.
I always like what you have to talk about that's railroading
Thank you Wayne for the very kind words. Really pleased to
hear you are having a good time watching and we certainly
do appreciate all your wonderful support of the channel
my friend.
Wow those first two cars were rockin just before where you tamped and some others in the train too. It's great to hear your company is putting so much into the community. They will become well respected like Cumberland Mine was in the old days. Well I never knew coal was used as a fertiliser but my comment about your lineside would soon be green again in the last video was from what I have seen myself where coal has spilled from trains and moss grown over it and grass soon taking over. I sure like the pretty picture and took a screen shot of that to print out. the light and shadow looks lovely. Another enjoyable watch Dave Thanks
Your certainly welcome cedarcam. Very much appreciate your
nice comment and for watching today my friend. You remember
the 4 videos I made last month on curve 15 where I put the
spent ballast (dross.... a kind person from UK told me that...)
Anyway you would be amazed at how the plants are growing
up there now in that short amount of time. Always great to
have you visit with me.
@@ccrx6700 Ah thats good to hear So as we knew it would soon be as green as it was before you began. You must have quite a few names of things from followers around the world now. Wonder if our Australian friends have a name for their spent ballast as well.
If you’ve ever been to a peat bog, you’ve seen coal in the making! Most of the coal we mine today was once leaf litter and other plant material submerged in shallow bodies of water.
I have never been to one Ryan. Never even seen peat, but
sure have seen a lot of coal! Always great to have you visit
with me and write in my friend.
@@ccrx6700 In many places, Peat is harvested and loaded on narrow gauge railroads to be taken to a nearby plant to be processed. Westmoreland County PA has a bog there and there are a few in Ohio. Cranberry Glades in Pocahontas County, WV isn't far from you either. That county is known for a couple other things also. Snowshoe Ski Resort and Cass Scenic RR.🙂
@@gravelydon7072 👍😊
Great and informative video Dave. I wish I lived somewhere that had the great fall colors that you have. As usual I enjoyed it with my morning coffee. Have a great day my friend
Thank you Lewis. Like last year, colors only are lasting a few
short weeks, over half have fallen off by now, yet some trees
are still green. Really appreciate your visiting with me and checking out the video my friend.
You are so awesome! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, your life, your knowledge and experiences. You are an amazing teacher and person!
Wow, what a really kind thing for you to say HugsBach. We certainly
do appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Thanks again for the tutorial about the ballast. I also found it fascinating watching you move the old ballast.
Your very welcome John. So glad you had a good time with
us. It's always a real pleasure to have you watch and write in
my friend.
Man, those rails are singing! Great job!!
Thank you so much Stevie for stopping by and checking out
the video today my friend.
Thanks for a great video Dave. I am glad the new owners care about not only the mine but the community where they operate. I'm sure its frustrating on their part with all the things that have been happening this year, but that happens when something isnt maintained properly like.the previous owners seemed to do.
Your very welcome Zach. You certainly hit the nail on the head
with the rest of your comment, couldn't have said it better myself.
Always great to have you visit with me and watch my good friend.
Thank you for sharing Dave! You have an excellent temperament for pr!
Your welcome Raymond. Very nice words my friend and
they are appreciated coming from a scholar and gentleman
like you. Always a pleasure to hear from you.
Thanks for taking us along and explaining everything. I always enjoy your videos 👍👍
Your very welcome Bradley, very much appreciate your
visiting with us tonight my friend.
Dave, thanks for the information and all of the updates. Sounds like community will benefit more in the future. Looking forward to future updates on 22. Take care.
Your certainly welcome Tom. Very much appreciate your
nice comment and for watching today my friend.
Great video and info Dave, Thanks much my friend!
Thank you Dave for the very kind comment. Glad you had a good
time. Always a pleasure to have you with us my friend.
Excellent video Dave, very informative. Glad to hear your new owners are making a good connection with the community.
Thank you very much Jeff for the nice comment. Yes it is a welcome
relief from our last owners. Really appreciate your visiting with
us and checking things out today my friend.
I happen to like the new look on the locomotives!
Thanks silicon212 for the nice comment, seems like most folks
do like it. They are going to wrap the entire engine sometime
next year. The wrap company has been contacted and is
making the design as we speak. Really appreciate your
watching and writing in today my good man.
Man, those EMDs are so neat to see! It's gonna be interesting to see how the engine replacement/repower goes!
I've seen them change 2 engines here before Eric, but those
were before I made videos, darn.... it's a big, big job as
you can imagine. Hope they get started real soon on this
one, we need that loco back in service. Really swell of you
to visit with me tonight my friend.
@@ccrx6700 I hear you loud and clear, the locomotives are the lifeline of the railroad! Hopefully you guys get that classic EMD up and running soon, I have faith the mechanics!
I don't know if you know this or not but in Chicago's Willis Tower (originally called Sears Tower)
they have two EMD Engines and Generators as the Auxiliary Power System for the building if ever needed!
@@irongoatrocky2343 I had no idea, pretty neat! There are two EMD 567s that sit in a steel pole barn that used to power a local hospital which has since gone bankrupt.
@@ericcoffedgp40 wow!!
Glad to hear nobody was hurt in that explosion. Certainly a freak occurrence but could have been catastrophic. Don't know if you caught it but when you were at MP8 looking at the crossing you tamped. Right before it where that sign was the cars were catching a hump and rocking pretty good. It was definitely well before the work you did.
Yes sharkey those guys really had an angel looking out for them.
Yes sir on the rocking, needs a good tamping going into that
crossing, just another thing on the to do list, we haven't gotten
to yet. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and write
in my good man.
@@ccrx6700 Absolutely brother, stay safe out there!
Really enjoyed this video. Interesting information about coal being a good fertilizer---I learned a lot! Foliage beautiful in some of these scenes.
Nutrugena a facial moisturizer is also one of many, many products
that have coal as their base. Thanks so much for stopping
by and watching today.
Great videos,glad your able to share 👍🏻
Thank you John for taking the time to watch the video. May
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Hi Mr Dave enjoyed your video it was so informative and loved the engines keep up the good work.
Thank you Barbara, so very glad you enjoyed. We appreciate
your dropping by and paying us a visit today my friend.
Thank you for setting the record straight on coal and fertilizer. Too many people shooting off their mouths when nothing is in their brains. IMO, the best public relations are really high paying jobs which enable the workers to bless their own community where the needs are greatest. Secondary is public relations such as companies sponsoring non-profits and such. Both are important, that's just the order in which I'd place them. Lastly, I think you Dave, are the best public relations the company has because you give us the information for us to know what is best for the environment and not the yahoos who want to take us back to stone knives and pitchforks. (Medical update: Procedure on Friday. Prayers welcome.)
Thanks Fireball, you said it very well, high paying jobs so people
can support the community is a much better way than just
giving money away. A lot we could say about the benefits of
doing that. Makes everyone feel more appreciated. Another
thing that I did not mention is all the support industries that
prosper because of a big company like this. Our company is
giving tons of work to local support industries and buying
from them instead of going way outside the area, they try
to get what they need local. Keep me posted after Friday
my friend, will have another video out prob Saturday night.
Hope to hear from you then.
@@ccrx6700 Thank you Dave, I count you as a friend, a dear friend. Hope you and your family and channel prosper exceedingly.
@@fireballxl-5748 😊👍
Leonardite is weathered coal fertilizer. Far more active than biochar which can contain toxic polycyclic hydrocarbons.
Soils require bacterial, fungal and archae organisms to be productive. They all feed on carbon sources.
Keep up the GREAT content! Would love to see that engine swap. I've worked on tiny Detroit Diesels, swapping cylinders etc.
Healthy soils are becoming less and less with the heavy use
of commercial NPK fertilizers which are providing nutrients to
the crops, but sterilizing the soil in the process. Carbon as you
say is lacking and yet a vital ingredient in the soil health. Thanks
so much Keith for writing in and sharing my friend.
Thanks Dave
Your welcome Frank. Always a pleasure to have your join
in with us and watch my friend.
Nice update video. Happy to hear trains are running again!
Thank you Trackside. Trains are running but they are slow,
only about half capacity of what we normally do, still having
problems at prep plant. Train turn around time is 5 to 6
hours instead of the normal 4. But at least that's better than
no trains! Always great to have you drop by and write in
my friend.
Rail looks real good after your work it's not cheaper to replace a whole engine than replacing the cam shaft and power packs you are having bad stuff happening but you know sh happens great informative video Dave thanks
Thank you very much Gary for the really nice comment. We certainly
appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
My engineer sir.
Your all videos very beautifull, enjoyfull and very informable with view of experience on your duty.. Your videos are particularly different of experience from other also. Good morning my engineer
Sir. ❤️🧡💛💚
Good morning Thomas and thanks so much for the generous
complimentary words my friend. We do appreciate your being
a part of our channel.
Great video. Thanks for the update. Replacing the engine on 22 will be very interesting, especially with the hood off of the loco. Thank you. :)
Thanks mustraline for the nice comment. I've seen them change
2 other engines here but that was before I was taping stuff,
hopefully I can get some footage this time. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today my friend.
Another excellent and informative video
Thank you so much for the very kind comment gogetthegoose.
We really appreciate your tuning in and watching the video
today my good man.
You have a wonderful day too Dave 👍🏼‼️
Thank you very much Nick, hope yours is as well. Really
appreciate your joining with us today and checking out
the video my friend.
Evening Dave, with it's 2 sisters doing all the work now, crossing your fingers that they stay healthy until 22 comes back to join them.
Using a Brant truck 🚚 as a pusher might not be fun. Be interesting though 🤔 😉.
Have a good night 😴.
Richard Bause
You got that right Richard, keeping out fingers crossed cause
you know how things go around here! Always a pleasure to
have you watch and write in my friend.
Great information about coal.
Thank you and very glad you enjoyed OzyWizard1973. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch the show my friend.
its always a very good day, when there is a accident that happens with out any one hurt.
Your certainly right Ken. Things could always be a lot worse.
Very much appreciate your visiting with us and taking in the
show today my friend.
great info! thanks
Thank you very much Dave. Glad you enjoyed, we really appreciate
your visiting with us and watching my friend.
Is it possible they want.
Happy people, families and workers work harder and safer.
New owners have said they want to treat their employees
like they would like to be treated. Now how cool is that Ronald
in this day and age of corporate greed. Amazing. We so
do appreciate your great support of this channel for such
a long time now my friend. Thank You.
Great informational video Dave!
Thank you Rick, really pleased to see you with us. Pappy
texted me. I am pulling for you my friend. Keep us posted.
@@ccrx6700 thanks Dave and I will keep you updated
@@Boilermaker-Rick 👍😊
You're doing a really good job of PR for the company all by yourself. So am I to understand you're getting a whole new loco? Or just the motor from another loco? Would def need to see footage of a new loco being brought in. Maybe even drone footage as well.
Hopefully they rebuild number 22 and keep in storage for another rainy day. 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
Just going to replace the motor in it David. No chance for a long
time will we ever get another loco in here. The transportation
cost is phenomenal for that. Really appreciate your dropping
by and watching tonight my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Well, still would love to see footage of the replacement work. :)
Nice sd-40. Great video
Thank you so much for the nice comment. We really appreciate
your watching and writing in today my friend.
Love you videos and your enthusiasm you have for your job.Keep those great videos coming.
Golly Robert what a nice comment. Really glad you are
having a good time with us and we certainly appreciate
all you wonderful support of the channel my friend. Lot's
videos coming your way.
your soo cheerful, your so fun
Thank you for the kind words cncbill. Very much appreciate your
taking the time to visit with us and check out the railroad update
video my friend.
Coal slag, carbon, whatever you want to call it is in every aquarium power filter made. It Purifies the water, removes chemicals, medications, dyes etc. So if someone is crying they need to educate themselves before pontificating.
Very interesting to hear that! We have a home water distiller
here that has charcoal filter on the exit cariffs that the water
goes thru before going into the cariff. Coal has tons of uses
as it gets further and further refined down. Even to such
things as facial creme which has some ingredients refined
down from creosote. Creosote comes from coal tar.
if those prehistoric plants only knew the benefits they would
be providing us some 300 million years later..... :-) Thanks
so much my friend for watching and writing in tonight.
It's more than that, large scale water treatment plants use anthracite (a type of coal) to filter drinking water on industrial scales for large population centres. So without it, many cities would have drinking water problems.
Hey Dave, thank you for another informational and enjoyable video! Sorry to hear about the situation with the explosion, but am glad to hear that no one was hurt. It's really interesting to hear about the coal, as well - it always amazes me how much you know about pretty much every aspect of that railroad operation!
Thank you so much Seth for the very kind comment.
Coal and it's derivatives have hundreds of
uses in our world. Link is below if you would like to see more
of what coal is used for. Really appreciate your visiting with
us today and watching my friend.
www.worldcoal.org/coal-facts/other-uses-of-coal/
Some good information about the coal Dave. Also, I liked the follow-up on some of the other projects. Would love to see the engine swap but I`m sure the mechanics won`t want to be on the video like usual, lol.
Thank you Wilbur for the very kind words. You're right these
new mechanics don't want me taping them. They also work
for Corman and another RR so don't want to be seen, but i
will tape what I can. I need to find out how to blur out faces,
don't know if my editing software allows me to do that or not,
I will experiment with that tomorrow. Always a pleasure when
you come to visit with me my friend.
So coal is a better fertilizer then the commercial chemical {petrochemical based}
ones! who would have thought that a natural formed material would be better
then one synthized in a factory from chemicals that would kill you. As always
your positive energy just makes me smile! a great way to start my day at 0400.
great video, very informative and I just love learning the inside info on railroading!
Oh coal fine dust is classed as a “flammable solid” and if you are between it’s
lel to uel (lower explosion limit, upper explosion limit ) it can cause a “flash fire “
be safe, stay healthy and enjoy your day barry
Thanks for writing in Barry with the nice comment. Amazing how
a natural product can work so well. There has been so much use of
the commercial NPK fertilizers that our soils are becoming
sterile. Weaning off those NPK and going organic farmers are
finding out that it takes many years before they can build their
soil back to be able to not use the NPK. Also, float dust is
a constant enemy at the mine. Belts and drives are always
being hosed off to keep float dust down. Underground everything
is rock dusted, so underground if you've never seen pics is all
white, except for the face where they are cutting. Really appreciate
your checking things out today my friend.
Hey Dave, Ive been watching your videos for a while now and I really want to thank you for all your work. Im not really the kind of guy who comments on youtube, but your videos are fascinating. Im an 18 yr old kid from Butler and take photos of trains all the time up here (Bessemer and Lake Erie if you know of them) is there a general time of day the coal trains run on the weekends? I have a drone I use all the time and I could give you the footage I record if you want to use it in your videos. Glad to see the new owners are treating you guys well!
Thank you so much Andy for the very nice comment. Butler
not that far from us. Very pleased to hear you are having a good
time with us. Let me know if you ever want to visit and we
will hook up. We run coal 24/7. However in the past 6 months
there has been a lot of problems under ground and at the prep plant,
so trains may or may not run,, nothing is certain any more,
it's always a crap shoot if a train is going to run on schedule or
not. Thank you for your kind offer on the drone, that would be
really cool.
Next to past hopper was rocking 😂
Track behind crossing needs a good tamping 55tmilam. Hard to keep
up tamping everything when we have 16 miles of jointed track
and a tamper that is a dinosaur built in 1994 and likes to break down.
Thanks for watching the show today my good man.
Number 1 , thx for the history lesson , and number 2 , thx for a great little vid ... And try to video as much of the work on the SD 40-2 you can do ... Thx for all you do !!!
Thank you Eddy for the very nice comment and you are certainly
welcome. It's fun making these and sharing them with you guys.
I will do my best on the engine swap. Really appreciate
your visiting with us today my friend.
Excellent run down on coal and why its not this horrible thing. Its plants!
Thank you Scott for the very nice comment. Big problem
with coal is it's emissions while burning it. Many power
plants put in scrubbers which took a large percentage of
pollutants out of the smoke, but then, like the local power
plant after spending hundreds of millions on scrubbers, the EPA
upgraded their regulations and made them even more
stringent to comply with. For our local plant that meant
they simply could not afford hundreds of more millions
to keep in compliance. Sorry bout the rant..... Do appreciate
your watching and writing in today my friend.
@@ccrx6700
No need for apology! Great to watch machinery from the inside view. Very interesting.
@@scottsmith7051 👍😊
the United States is blessed. to have so much coal!!
We certainly are. Demand for coal right now is tremendous,
as well as natural gas. We have plenty. Europe is now trying to
get us to sell the liquified natural gas because of the shortage.
UK buyers have approached our neighbor mine, Baily and offered
them $600 a ton to sell them coal, and yes that is not a typo 600!
Agreed. Coal is naturally formed from natural things. Coal is awesome. I love it and now that I finally got to volunteer at a museum with a steam engine, I get to fire with it again. It is the best stuff ever. I sure miss firing the big industrial boilers on coal. Any monkey can run this gas plant I am sitting in now. What a joke. It takes a skilled fireman to fire on coal and it is awesome!
You're right, but this argument isn't very convincing - asbestos is natural from natural things, too...
You are so right about that Bryan. Not just everyone can fire
a boiler with coal. Firing coal locomotives was an art to get
just the right combustion. A gray smoke was the indicator
the fire box had the right combustion. Got a great book here
on how to fire a steam locomotive that really goes into
detail about the process. Too much black smoke and too much
carbon not being burned.
If your interested in reading that book it's: The Locomotive
Engineman's Manual by WP James. Got mine off Ebay,
really goes into depth on how a steam loco works, everything
about one. I'm very happy for you that you are able to be around
a steam loco and kudos for your volunteering there.
@@ccrx6700 awesome, thank you! :)
Love to see ya'll hauling coal!
You and me both Wade! We like to haul coal and make money
for the company. The more coal the better. Worldwide demand
for coal and natural gas is tremendous. We are trying to do
our part. Glad you could stop by and take in the show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 NO dinosaur left behind should be company policy.
@@Wade6854 👍💪
First again for your awesome video
Did you want the small, medium or large size Teddy Bear for
winning the prize? Really appreciate all your wonderful support
my friend.
@@ccrx6700 large and your very welcome
🐨🙂
While the freshly ballasted area ran smoother than a baby's behind, i noticed a few cars dancing right before it.............🤔🙄👍❗
They just put a couple of cars in that train that are rocking around
pretty good, I reported them to have the mechanics take a look see Paul. Track surface was pretty tight thru there, need some tamping
on the approach tho. Really appreciate your tuning in tonight
and watching my friend.
@@ccrx6700 yes, those cars need some TLC, dont need a derailment on your freshly rehabbed track!😵😲😱❗