How to Bend Rail for a Curve on the Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2022
- Find out how we Bend Rail to make a Curved section of track.
We'll show you several different methods of bending rail that we have used to get
a straight stick of rail to follow a curve radius. This is not main line track, the video
was taken on excepted track, meaning the track speed there is 10 MPH. It is the track
they use when loading the coal cars at the prep plant.
Here is the link to watch the video where I was tamping and the
rail broke on curve 11 that I had told you about in this video:
• This is the 7th Rail I...
Made November 12, 16, 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
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shown. Thank You, Dave
#HowBendRail#BendRailCurve
Great video Dave. Seeing the amount of followers and the number of comments you have a lot of people interested in “railroadin” you bringing information to the masses maybe people will have a better respect for what we do. And the crew working in the rain shows we are hard workers because we work in all weather conditions
Thank you so much for the awesome comment. Railroaders
are like the US Postal Service, the mail must go thru and the
trains must go thru despite what the weather is. Always
is a pleasure to have you visit with us and hear from you
my fellow railroading friend.
I for one do in fact now have a greater respect for you guys and imagine the work done on other tracks would be similar.
People would be surprised how much flex rail has. My wife was shocked when I told her we bend rail around a curve by hand most of the time.
I always thought, the rails needed to be heated, not red hot, but just literally smoking hot.
Is the rail really "bent" or is it curved under pressure? If the spikes came out for reason, would it snap straight again?
@@davep6977 It'll straighten again, though not when it's still bolted to the next rail at each end. And I doubt it'd "snap" straight. Rail's heavy, and it has a lot of friction against the tie plates, so it's not going to move fast.
What, over the knee then?
The only time we've ever had to use heat is when making the
sharp bend in a turnout curved closure rail We've been bending
rail with bars since the beginning. Not often have we had
a grapple truck to help us. Thanks so much my good friend
for joining me on the rail bending party.
The man's personality is definitely infectious. In a good way. 😊
Thank you very much G Mac for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed.
Really appreciate your paying us a visit and taking in the video.
May you have a most blessed day my friend.
When I worked for a industrial RR for one summer we did some work replacing some tie plates. I could not aim the nail hammer at all. Props to the the guys that fix rail all the time. I stuck to being a brakeman lol.
Don't feel bad, I still miss spike head on occasion after all these
years. Still break a maul handle on occasion to. That's railroading. LOL Thanks for taking the time to tune in and watch the show
my friend.
I keep coming back because we'll, I really enjoy train and rail education but Dave is the perfect person for this, very knowledgeable and cordial. Thanks Dave, you're the best buddy.
Thank you very much Johnny for the nice comment. Glad you are
enjoying. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit
with us and watch. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks for another lesson! I wouldn't have thought that bending a rail was that easy, but that bar does have a lot of leverage.
Your welcome, glad you enjoyed. Archimedes once said, give
me a lever big enough and I can move the world. Actually
bending rail is pretty easy, it's no big deal. Certainly appreciate
your visiting with us my friend.
Just found your channel. Excellent content. Thank you.
I always wondered how you bent the rail. You made it look easy Dave! Thank you for sharing!
And now you know Raymond. Easy peasy. We've been bending
rail like that since the beginning here, it's actually not that hard to do.
Always do enjoy having your presence with us my friend.
Thanks Dave. Good reminder of the hard work you guys do, year round, to keep America rolling. Stay safe. 👍
Your welcome Stanley, so glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your
visiting with us today and taking in the show my friend.
Man, when I was a kid I always thought everything about railroads was rock solid, now I realize it’s all springy sproingy rubber, and that it’s about designing it to work together and not fall apart. Wow!
When I was a kid I thought there was a Santa Claus and Easter
Bunny. Our beliefs do change about things don't they. But between
you and me, still want to believe in Santa. he brought me some really
cool toys back then. Appreciate your visiting with us
and taking in the video today my friend.
As always great video. Thanks for throwing it together and sharing it with us 👍
Thank you so much Daniel for the very kind words. Really glad
you enjoyed the home movie tonight my friend.
Another fine job and video by Dave! Steve and I love watching your videos. You bring so much to our lives! God bless you and your family.
Thank you Valerie. Glad you guys are having a good time with us.
Hope you have an '"in" with Santa and can email him about
what a good boy I've been this year.... LOL Always is a treat
to hear from you my friend. We do appreciate all your
wonderful support.
Dave, that is absolutely amazing! I never imagined you had to bend the rail, or even that it COULD be bent. And what a mess you have to work in . . . thank you for another great train teaching moment!
Thank you Pete for the really nice comment. We've been bending rail
like that here from the beginning, it's actually no big deal, just
another day at the office... LOL Always is a pleasure to have
you visit with me my friend.
While walking the NCR Trail 2 weeks ago, my friend asked how the rail got bent. I said they probably did it gradually and now I can show him. Thanks for the timely video, sir. They are always informative and fun to watch. OH, and as an aside, I was telling him how Lincoln would have seen the same vistas we were seeing on his way to Gettysburg. And as it turned out, he traveled on that line 159 years to the day we were walking along it.
That's pretty cool John. Thanks for the awesome comment.
Always is a pleasure to have you come visit with us my friend.
At age almost 74, this has been quite an education for me. Here in the UK, I think virtually all railway lines are continuous rail and have been since some time in the 60s. If we look carefully in some of our rail terminii, we might see this old track joined with what we call 'fishplates' as the speed is slow with trains coming to a halt.
Also, in l'il olde England I have never seen spikes. The rails have always been mounted on chairs and in the old days held in place with wooden wedges, then a mega-scale spring clip of a kind.
Keep up the good work! Now we know! Pry it over with a bar(s) and if that isn't enough, here I think they have a hydraulic device of some sort.
Glad to hear you have found this to be educational Jozef. Yes UK and us do have some differences. A good many RR's in this country have
all welded rail and use Pandrol clips instead of spikes to hold the
rail gauge. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you
have a very good day my friend.
I Appreciate the video. It's great to see the specifics of how those sticks are replaced. I would live to see more. Thanks again
Glad you enjoyed the home movie today gogetthegoose. Wish I
could have taped more, but it's not fair to the other guys working
for me to be standing there taping while they are doing all the
work, but I know you understand that. Appreciate so much my
friend for your taking in today's home movie.
Thank you, Dave! My daughter and I were wondering how rail was bent and your video was really fun and informative. :)
Thank you for the nice comment Kate, glad you guys enjoyed it. Was very nice of you to stop by and take the time to check out the video my friend.
Awesome video Dave we always learn something new.👍👍
Thank you so much Russell. Very glad you found this to
be interesting. We really appreciate all your great support of
the channel and great comments my friend.
Do whatever you need to do Dave, your videos are always appreciated.
Thank you Robert, always is a pleasure for me hearing these
videos are appreciated. That was very thoughtful of you to
write in and say that.
Thanks Dave! It's amazing just how much rail will bend. I love to watch a train loaded with continuous rail going thru the curves. Always blows my mind.
In an episode of _Railroad Alaska,_ they were unloading a section of continuous rail. It looked, and behaved almost like a piece of spaghetti!
Your very welcome Rick. So glad you enjoyed the show
and we certainly appreciate your visiting with us to watch
my friend. Yes those CWR trains are amazing to watch.
Dave, another great video!! Not only do I learn something with every video it is very enjoyable. Keep on bringing the railroad to us! Take care.
Thank you so much Tom, great to find out you enjoyed the rail
bending party today. It's always a pleasure to have you join
in with us my friend.
Great video Dave. I was just telling some friends of mine a few days ago that rail was bent by hand. They didn't believe me. Now I have the proof to show them. Keep the videos coming. 👍
Thank you so much Ken. Glad you got some "proof" now to
show you friends. We've been bending rail like that from the
beginning here. We don't very often get the help of a grapple truck
tho. That made it nice. Actually it's not that difficult to bend rail
by hand. Confession that I've never told anyone before: When I
first started way back on RR, I thought all rail for our track
was purchased with the curvature in it. Boy was I wrong about that!
This one is really surprising to me because I thought you were going to show us some huge machines that heated and bent the rail. To find out you can do it by hand is amazing.
Thank you Marc for writing in with the nice comment, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks for a great video Dave!
Your certainly welcome Lester. Thank you so much for watching.
Always is a pleasure to have you join with us my friend.
Another great video. Thanks for taking the time.
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed. Always is a pleasure
to have you visit with us my friend.
Love your enthusiasm!
Thank you Mike, glad you are enjoying. We certainly appreciate
your taking the time to tune in and watch the home movie today
my good man.
@@ccrx6700 Dear sir, I always dreamed of working on the RR. I used to live in Brooklyn NY, in the 60's and 70's. We had one freight line through Flatbush, was the LIRR branch but ran the old New Haven electrics. Finally chsnged to Penn Central and now, I think its the NY and Atlantic.
Anyway, we lived on a dead end right up against the tracks. I got to know the engineer and he wound up letting me drive that switcher all the way from Flatbush to Bay Ridge and back.
Greatest part of my childhood.
Again, thanks for the vids and I admire your happy go lucky attitude!
Thanks for the informative video Dave! I one saw a video of rail crews dropping-off very long welded rail, and was surprised at how it looked like spaghetti it was so flexible! It wobbled and twisted all over the place! It's real interesting to see how it's done with individual sticks like this - the way it was done the first hundred years or-so on the main lines, and lives on on the numerous short line railroads throughout the country 😊
Very glad you enjoyed. it is amazing how flexible rail is,
specially the CWR on those long trains how they take it
thru so many curves on the cars. Actually bending rail is
fairly easy. We lucked out with the grapple truck there, we
seldom have that luxury and have bent rail by hand since
the beginning here. Checked out the laser tapes on Ebay,
quite a variety and reasonably priced, not sure yet which
one I will get, but I will get one, have a day off Thursday
so will do more research on them then. Also with the
great flexibility of the rail, specially when it's hot outside,
now you know why I don't tamp in hot weather, that rail
can go pretzle shape on me in a heartbeat.
Another good one. Thanks Dave !!!
Thank you very much Chris for the really nice comment. We always
appreciate your visiting with us and hearing from you. May
you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks Dave, I always enjoy your videos. Educational for me.
Appreciate the very nice comment Warren and glad you are
enjoying the home movies. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the rail bending video. May you have a very good day my friend.
Dave that was awesome! Thank you for showing us how to repair rail. Working with you must fun your always in good spirits even if it’s not the best of situations! Wish my guys could have that type of mentality!!!
Thank you so much Mike for the awesome comment. So very
glad to hear you enjoyed it. We very much appreciate your
paying us a visit and checking out today's home movie my friend.
I worked for the railroad for 38 yrs. I loved getting out of bed every morning to work for the railway. Like Dave I love trains and just being on the track. I have worked for and with fellas like Dave and it sure makes a great atmosphere to work in and just adds to the pleasure getting out of bed and going to work. They really earn your respect. You are a very respectable, intelligent, hard working, kind sole!!
I work in the cranberry industry and we have a great group of guys that love there job. I try to stay positive and humble and set good examples for my underclassman so there work day isn’t dreadful. We all them days but I always tell myself when the situation is less than ideal I still give try and give myself positive re enforcement. Farming in New England is a challenge everyday when you’re at mother nature’s mercy. Thank you for your awesome comment!
Wow I had no idea that’s how the rails get fitted into curves, thanks for showing us!
Your certainly welcome Joshuam. Thank you so much for watching.
Always is a pleasure to have you join with us my friend.
Brilliant video as usual Dave, Thanks for making and sharing it. Just the right length for dinner again!!🙃
Glad you enjoyed Annette. When I retire, I would love to visit the UK,
have made several friends there from this YT thing. When I do,
sure would be nice if you'd invite me for one of your famous
home cooked meals! We can eat and watch a video together
and make fun of me while we're watching!
Thank you for these rail laying and construction updates and information. I do enjoy them and are very educative and interesting to watch too....I do really appreciate your teaching and information on these giants....Please continue to do the task.
Your welcome Charles and thank you very much for the very
kind comment. We certainly appreciate your checking out the video
today my friend.
Great video on how you bend rail Dave!
Thank you very much Rick. Glad you could take the time to
tune in and check out the video tonight my friend.
Enjoyed this video very much! Thanks!
Thank you very much, so glad you had a good time. We certainly
appreciate your joining in with us for the party my friend.
I love all of the different types of railroadin equipment they're pretty cool to watch in operation.
You and me both, it's amazing what all RR equipment is
out there and how they are all designed and the job they do.
Thank you very much for this very interesting video presentation which is very much appreciated by the people. It is always fascinating to see how it's done as far as track maintenance is concerned, the work that you and the team do in all weathers is very impressive.
Your certainly welcome John. Thank you so much for watching.
Always is a pleasure to have you join with us my friend.
Blessed love my brother, great video as usual bro, watching from Jamaica west Indies !!
Thank you very much Peter for taking the time to check out the presentation my friend. We really appreciate your visiting with us.
Cool videos thanks for sharing Dave.
Thank you very much Leslie for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed.
Really appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video.
May you have a most blessed day my friend.
These guys are awesome! 👍 Not always working under the best conditions ! Take care! ❤
Thank you for the very kind words Carlos. We really appreciate
your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
Great video great informative video thanks Dave
Glad you enjoyed the video Gary. We certainly appreciate your
taking the time to watch and write in my good man.
That was oddly interesting, thank you for sharing. This is just one of those random things I would think about and wonder, and now I know how it's done
Your certainly welcome Rich. Very much appreciate your visiting
with us and taking in the home movie today my friend.
This was interesting to watch and learn how you guys bend those rails, nice work.
Very glad you enjoyed the home movie today Robert. We
very much appreciate your tuning in and watching my friend.
Wow!..and here I thought heat would have been involved..ya learn something every day! Thanks for another informative video Dave!
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Your certainly welcome Hyrev1. So glad you enjoyed. We very
much appreciate your taking the time to watch and write in
today my good man.
Raw and uncut, love that. You obviously love your job! I'm amazed that a single rail, can flex so much, yet hold the weight of a freight train. Amazing. Subbing for sure. Thanks Dave
Very glad you enjoyed SRT. Yes I do love my job, railroading is
the central preoccupation of my life sir. Appreciate your subbing
and for taking the time to check out the video and write in my
new friend.
we learn something new every day Dave thanks to people like you taking time to show us. grear work Sir cheers again from NZ..
Really glad you found this interesting Dave. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Cold wet and windy Uggh. One of those days you are glad all went right on the job. I miss being out trackside but not on that kind of day LOL. Good video. You made lots of people happy seeing how this is done, and done in the old way not all by machines like on the big railroads. Proper old school railroading.
Thanks cedarcam for the very kind comment. Been bending rail
with a bar from the beginning here, guess I take it for granted.
Am surprised at how well this video has done so far, but then
too, guess not very many people actually ever get to see this
done. Always love to have you visit and write in my friend.
Dave you had another really good video I enjoyed it.
Thank you Mike for the very nice comment. Really glad to hear
you had a good time. We certainly appreciate your stopping
by and watching today my friend.
Well there you go. On one level I knew rails had to be bent to go around a curve, I never wondered how it was done. I never would have thought it could be done by hand.
Thanks for the explanation Dave. Once again you've kept it simple for people like me with no knowledge whatsoever about what you do, and don't worry about lack of footage - keeping the trains on the tracks is more important than me needing to understand all the detail! 👍
Thank you Meriphistimo for the very nice comment, glad you enjoyed.
Really appreciate your dropping in on us and checking out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Great video Dave, that works well for bending rail!!! Stay safe my friend!!!!
Thank you very much Ron. So glad you enjoyed the show
and we certainly appreciate your visiting with us to watch
my friend.
Amazing that rail is so flexible thanks for sharing
Rail certainly is amazing at how flexible yet brittle at the same time
it really is David. It's actually pretty easy to bend rail to fit a curve
like this, even easier in the warm weather. Very much appreciate your taking the time to pay us a visit and check out the rail bending video my friend.
Great video. I learn something new each time.
Thank you very much, so glad to hear you enjoyed today's home
movie. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to tune
in and watch my friend.
Awesome video Dave.
Thanks Derrick. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with
us and write in my friend.
Great video all of you great job looks nice, keep up the good work
Thank you so much Barbara for the very nice comment.
Always is a pleasure to have you join in with us my friend.
Appreciate all the wonderful support you give to the channel.
amazing videos love everyone of them and thanks
Appreciate the very kind words Almar-Music. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and write in my friend.
Good stuff Dave!
Thank you Dave, very glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate
your tuning in and watching the video tonight my friend.
I learned a lot...thank you!
Appreciate the kind words ham radio jim, glad you had a good time. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.
Good job Dave!
Thank you for the kind words Mike. Glad you enjoyed. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and write in my friend.
Nice looking tool you engineered!!! Sometimes it’s manpower only available and anything you can do to make it easy I’m sure is appreciated! Thanks for the info
Thanks. Really appreciate your joining in with us for the rail
bending party today my friend.
Excellent and amazing!
Very glad to hear you enjoyed Tim. Appreciate the really nice
comment. Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to
watch and write in. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Love that smile! Priceless
Thank James. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch
and write in today my friend.
More great video. Thanks Dave!
Thank you Fireball. Glad you enjoyed and certainly appreciate
your presence with us my friend.
I love these videos. Always loved trains. I am a machinist and now work in the engineering field so this sort of stuff is fascinating to me. I'd have though those rails were rolled into a curve but now I learned something new today.
Really glad to hear that hootinuts. Thank you very much for taking the time to tune in and check out the video and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thank you, always wondered about that.
Your certainly welcome. We very much appreciate your nice
comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.
Growing up in the 1970's i lived close enough to the train tracks in a small town in Texas every time I heard a train horn I would ride my bike as fast as I could to watch the Cotton Belt trains come thru town. Back then I thought the Cotton Belt ran all over the U.S.A but researching it years later found out it ran maybe 150 miles.
Thanks for sharing your story with us truthteller. Something
about trains and being young, always is an attraction. Very
much appreciate your tuning in to the channel and watching
the video my friend. Keep on watching those trains! :-)
Thanks for another great video Dave. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Certainly welcome, very glad you enjoyed and to have you
visit with us my friend.
You make it look easy, Dave.
Thank you very much Shirley for the kind words.
Really appreciate your paying us a visit and taking in the video.
May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Mr. Dave I love the videos, I worked as track labor B&O RR 1960. and I did the job same way you have explained fascinante.
Thank you Juan. Glad you enjoyed the show. How cool you worked
B&O! Awesome, wish we could sometime get together and
I'd be all ears listening to your RR stories!
VERY COOL,NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BENDING RAIL...COOL....STAY WELL
Thanks, so glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your
taking the time to stop by and watch my friend.
Wow, I was expecting to see a big machine with machine driven roller wheels doing all of the work, not a man with a beefy lever! Pretty cool stuff! I get the feeling that you truly love your job, and that's awesome.
Thank you for the very nice comment Beavus. Glad you enjoyed.
Pretty cool stuff isn't it. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Very interesting video! Was always curious how they curved rail, now I know! Great video as always!
Appreciate the nice comment schadowolf. Pretty interesting stuff isn't it. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the video my friend.
Great Video Dave.TY
Thank you Ed. glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate your
dropping by and watching today my friend.
With peace and love, you look to me like, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, from the original Dune movie, 1984. Played by Kenneth McMillan. Love your videos.
Thanks, have no clue who he was but I'm sure he got paid better! LOL
Very glad to hear you are having a good time with us Thomas.
We certainly appreciate your great support of the channel my friend.
Dave anytime you bring us the behind the scenes of the railroad is a good video no matter the conditions!
we all know that railroad maintenance crews are like electrical lineman crews.......
they work in all kinds of weather conditions as well!
Thank you my friend for the very nice comment. It's always a
treat to have you visit with us and write in my friend. We do
appreciate all your wonderful support of the channel.
Well I learned something else today from ole Dave and that's how to bend rail ... Thx for another interesting vid ...
You're very welcome. So glad you enjoyed the show
and we certainly appreciate your visiting with us to watch
my friend.
Dave my friend not a sunny day but I know the work must carry on. Thanks for the video, it takes a lot of dedication to make video on a day like that.
RR like the US Mail, neither rain nor sleet.....will stop us....LOL
But my dad always said, into every life a little rain will fall. Very
much appreciate your joining us today for the rail bending party
my friend.
Good educational video Dave thank you very much
Thank you Roy, glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate your
visiting with us and watching my friend.
Always wondered how it’s done. Thanks
Your very welcome Larry. So glad you enjoyed the show
and we certainly appreciate your visiting with us to watch
my friend.
First video I've seen of yours. You remind me of my dad. Passed in 2015 but when he was younger he had the same kind of laugh and spunky personality.
Thank you for the compliment David. Glad I could help bring back
some fond memories. My dad also passed in 15. Appreciate
your dropping by and watching the video today my good man.
You make it look so easy. I always wondered how the 'straight' rail gets curved!
It is fairly easy to do Ed. Amazing how flexible rail really is.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to watch and
write in today my friend.
I TAUGHT MY JOB IS HARD .WHEN I SAW YOUR VIDEOS I CHANGED MY MIND. HONEST AND HARD WORKING AMERICAN PEOPLE. LOTS OF RESPECT AND LOVE
Thank you very much Saeid for taking the time to visit with
us and share the nice words. We really appreciate your
watching the video my friend.
Nice job Dave
Thank you Wayne, so nice of you to stop by and join in on
the rail bending party today my friend.
No fun working in cold rain. The only job I ever had where I had to work in the rain was when I was in the army. We had rain gear but for some reason we still ended up soaked under it all. Kudos to you for doing such a tough job in cold rain. 🌧☔
It's like the US Postal Service the mail and the trains must
go through despite rain, snow or sleet....LOL I guess that
also goes for the US Army! Yep, wear a rain suit and you get
wet from the sweat instead of the rain. Thanks so much
David for visiting with us and watching my friend.
This is one of those magic things you always wondered as a child. Thanks! now I officially know after 65 yrs.
Glad you enjoyed the show Daryl. One of life's many wonders
now solved for you.... :-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
I love watching your videos I always learn something new I'm always wondering how things are done
Thank you Larry, glad to hear you are having a good time with us.
We certainly appreciate your watching and writing in my friend.
Seems like your on a never ending job ..good job you have gotba good repairs team 👍👍👍👍
Always something to do here on the RR John and a lot of variety
we get into too. Glad you could stop by and watch the rail bending party.
Good video, I enjoyed it. You certainly picked a miserable day to have to do a job like that but you kept smiling. I worked in Ship Repair and can sympathize with you when it's damp wet and cold. You have my subscription. All the best to you and your " Gang" and greetings from the UK, keep them rolling.
Thank you very much Peter for the really nice comment and
for subbing. We very much appreciate your taking the time to
watch and write in. Hope you will continue to enjoy
the home movies my new friend.
Wow, Looks like a simple task but also hard work I'd imagine.
Great stuff thank you .
I'd watched this being done for our national railroads on similar curve but was done on a machine that appeared to run on rails laid outside of mainline track but then again I didn't really know what I was looking for or at 😂
Glad you enjoyed Declan. We've bent rail with bars here by hand
since the beginning. Not very often we've had a grapple truck
to help. Appreciate your visiting with us and taking in the
show my good man.
Looking good!
Thank you Bill for the nice comment and for taking the time to watch. Happy rails to you until we meet again my friend.
TRUTH MUST BE TOLD . PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS MADE THIS COUNTRY IN VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. WE IMMIGRANTS HAVE TO APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. THANKS AGAIN AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Thank you for the very kind words Saeid. We really appreciate
your taking the time to check out the video and write in my friend.
Year, thats misic in my ears. Nice. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
Glad you enjoyed Sven. Really appreciate your joining in with
us and watching today my friend. On the last video about the
impact wrench, I shared your comment many times about
buying from China cheap, but will end up buying twice.
I am not a railroad worker but I very much enjoyed your explanation of bending rails. You seem to have a pleasant personality with a nice smile & laugh. I have subscribed & look forward to more videos.
Thank you for the nice comment and for subbing Earl. Great to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy the home
movies my new friend.
Interesting that the job is done manually. I am glad it isn't overly taxing physically, but doing the work in the poor weather takes some level of dedication for sure :) I did see that the joint between the new and the existing rail was flexing, so I assume there is some tamping and possibly cribbing to do. Just as I typed this - you said it in the video - LOL! It is good to see how well it works when the train rolls over the new sections flawlessly. Thanks for filming all of this live in the weather!
It's like the US Postal Service the mail and the trains must
go through despite rain, snow or sleet....LOL Thanks so much
Brian for visiting with us and watching my friend.
Great video! I learned a lot.
Thank you very much Christy. Very glad you enjoyed it. WE
certainly appreciate your watching and writing in tonight
my friend.
Pretty Cool Dave!
Glad you enjoyed Richard. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the rail bending party my friend.
I worked outside from 14 to 46 I started doing finish work on high end buildings. I respect you guys out there 40+ hrs a week no matter the weather .I don't miss it though
Anyone who works out in the elements deserves respect Brent.
Thank you for the very nice comment. We are very grateful for
your taking the time to visit with us and check out the rail bending
video my friend.
Thanks Mr.Bob I learned something. I agree with others comments.I am sorry for do like on my time.
Have a great day to you and your team.
your welcome Richard, very glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate
your tuning in and watching the video tonight my friend.
Amazes me with the war on coal raging on and yet your railroad is still managing to keep its head above water. Good video as usual
The world wide demand for coal right now is tremendous. We
cannot mine enough coal to satisfy all our customers. Coal traffic
across the Class 1 RR;'s has significantly increased from 2 years
ago. Some politicians like to talk big about shutting down
the fossil fuels, specially before elections when they think their
"green" talk will buy votes. However the current President just last week got himself into very hot water upsetting all the "green people"
when he gave the okay for one of the largest oil transfer
facilities ever built in this country to start construction in
the Gulf. This week he gave Chevron the go ahead to resume
oil pumping in Venezuela. Glad you enjoyed the video and
thanks for stopping by my friend.
fantastic video. thanks! ;)
Thank you, so very glad you enjoyed. We certainly appreciate
your tuning in and watching today my friend.
This is cool!
Thank you Train Master. Very glad you enjoyed tonight's home movie.
We very much appreciate your joining in with us my friend.
I did not know it was that easy to bend rail. Working in that slop did not look like fun. Stay safe out there. Thanks for the video.
Your certainly welcome Beverly. Thank you so much for watching.
Always is a pleasure to have you join with us my friend.It is
amazing how flexible rail really is. We've been bending rail like
that here since the beginning, it's no big deal.