What amazes me just as much as this Machine does are the people who don't get amazed by this level of Engineering!! look at what this Machine does and what it must have taken to design and build something like this!
The machine that comes along afterwards to level the track is pretty amazing as well; I am geologist who worked on the Bethrunga Rail Spiral back in the 90s, amazing to watch it at work as I stopped for lunch...
I work with this machine (actualy, I'm the man in blue in the beginning 0:58) This machine is the P93 LS. It was build by Matisa, a Swiss company specialized in railroad construction machines, 20 Years ago. It was bought by the Belgian railroad in 1994. It does about 300 meters per hour. It is not the only one, there are a lot of newer and older track renewal machines working around the world.
Raised on U.S. railroads as a WWII kid. Steam Trains and 'Gandy Dancers' were my life. Walked the rails with Hobo's. Gandy's were overwhelmingly Mexican's. Lived in converted boxcars on the sidings. All 'Danced' to the orders of a bi-lingual, absolutely huge and powerful, German or Irish Foreman. Same on every section. End of WWII, Mexicans that had Not gotten educated and Citizenship, were all sent home. Returning troops took their places. History, Live it, to really Know it..
This is awesome! It's so "easy" to build railroads in those times... let's remember how difficult was in the past to build railroads... Mirific video, thanks a lot for posting!
I was a surveyor for Southern Pacific Railroad about 40 years ago.I wonder what they used to instead of Men? I became a locomotive engineer, this is incredable, it would make for a very smooth ride.
That is totally amazing, it boggles my mind to think of a bunch of engineers sitting at some drawing tables, and roughing out this idea and deciding "Hey this will work!"
Dankjewel raimcameddy voor de prachtige video die je maakte van onze werf ! @ rolandvia: we finish up 200 to 300 metres an hour. We worked for 7 weekends at this track to replace 20 kilometres.
I was on the first of these machines (It's called a P811) used on the Burlington Northern RR back in 1987 in Washington State. My Union agreed to a joint contractor/Union member project way back then. And we have been upgrading tracks and replacing wood ties for concrete ever since with this machine.
This is amazing and impressive! So many people in the general public today still think that railroad tracks are still laid by hand, picks, hammers, and shovels. They're the same yahoos that think that railroads don't employ modern technology. - Thank you for posting this vid :-)
La tecnología facilitando la vida. La aplicación del método científico. Sin saberlo, un ejemplo de lo que postula el Movimiento Zeitgeist! Maravilloso!
If I recall, historically, the railroads were built with hammers, big nails, and the collaboration of many people. And now...there are machines to facilitate the building of railroads? That's awesome!! Historicamente si me acuerdo, los ferrocarriles were construidos con martillos, clavos, y la colaboracion de muchas personas. Y ahora...hay maquinas para facilitar la construccion de los ferrocarriles? Muy impresionante!!
i would just like to say thank you for sharing such a brilliant video,one of quality, thank you (Ik zou alleen willen zeggen dat je bedanken voor het delen zulk een briljante video, een van de kwaliteit, dank u)
An amazing video. Which country was this video shot in ? Although I have seen track tamping machines, have never seen a whole range of machines doing all the work from removing the old sleepers, installing new ones to setting the track.
Let me explain a few things: First you see the P93 Track laying train (and its annex WP93) and the C75 ballast cleaner both made by MATISA, a Swiss based company. Then a SSP203 ballast regulator followed by the 09-3X tamping machine, both made by PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. All the machines you see are owned by Infabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Check out the websites of the constructors.
Would love to see this with some kind of voice over explaining the various steps, seems there are far more than I would have guesses, very cool machine and vid!
Maintenance on the automated equipment probably exceeds the effort to lay the rail by hand? Re-lay a turnout or cross and really impress me. In all, however, one IMPRESSIVE collection of machinery!
@sliceman420 Like I wrote before: This one is caled the P93 LS made by the Swiss company MATISA in 1993 and owned by Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Actually in almost every country where they have railroads (even China has at least one P95). Another company specialised in railroad construction machines is PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. Both are lonely at the top in this branch.
@JulienVercel Hallo ! Wie gehts ?!! Well, mine Deuscht ist kein gut ! My husband discovered this video in internet, and we thought it was one of the most fantastic thing we had ever , ever imagined ! The up to date German Technology-amazing- ! Then today I saw your commentary that's it's an old technology ! Something 20 yrs old! Awesome ! Here , Brasil, it's still an all man's hard conventional work !
Hallo, is het mogelijk deze video te verkrijgen in de originele kwaliteit en vooral geluid. RUclips degradeerd toch wel redelijk veel en ik vind het een zeer knappe video. Wil zelfs eventueel een dvdtje betalen als een file sharing service niet mogelijk is. Bedankt.
Reminds me of tunneling machines. Hopefully these machines will serve us and us not them. That is their purpose. To serve man and relieve us of the back breaking jobs. I drove thousands of spikes in the 70's while in my youth in Alberta Canada and so I appreciate this very much.
bonjour Marie Rose, oui comme tu dit,et dire que les homme fessais cela a la main avant, tu devrais regarde a la télé (super construction) tu connais??
Já viajei para mais de 50países e acho o Brasil, surreal! Em 14anos que vivi fora, nunca vi um atrazo tão grande.Uma enrolação sem tamanho e uma corrução Jupiteriana! Sei do que estou falando.Morei em países do 1º e do3ºmundo.
@Mangina9000 Was that even English? And for the record, it wasn't people laying tracks that worked America out of the Great Depression. It was the superheating of the U.S. Economy caused by world War II that finally ended the depression. Still, your comment must have sounded great when your college professor said it, huh?
Pois é... muito fascinante. Já trampei com essas geringonças na Vale... mas a primeira que aparece colocando os dormentes eu nunca tinha visto. mas recordar é viver.
Anyone got a bit more play for play on this. Great video but like I get sorta what the first minute is bringing in the blocks but I'd love a little more on whats happening.
@rolandvia This crew appears to be just replacing the ties and ballast. The train picks up the rail and spreads it so that the ties will roll up the conveyor without being hung up on the rail. After that the new ties roll down into place of the old ones. I would love to see them when they finnaly start to lay high speed rail.
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I have seen this type of machinery operating at a distance, but had no idea just how intricate and complicated the process is. Fascinating!
What amazes me just as much as this Machine does are the people who don't get amazed by this level of Engineering!! look at what this Machine does and what it must have taken to design and build something like this!
The machine that comes along afterwards to level the track is pretty amazing as well; I am geologist who worked on the Bethrunga Rail Spiral back in the 90s, amazing to watch it at work as I stopped for lunch...
This is something along the lines my little son wrote when he was about 4.
Excellent! We need these in the US.
We have them in the US. Search for 'Track Renewal Train,' there's lot of videos of them at work!
How could 6 people dislike this? It is incredible!!!
As a railroader myself, and one that worked the tamper when we were replacing ties, I can really appreciate that.
I WORKED ON LINES IN SCOTLAND DOING THIS BY HAND ,HARD WORK SLOW AND ALL DONE AND NIGHT IN ALL WEATHER , HOW I WISH WE HAD THESE MACHINES
I've worked track maintenance professionally, and this is the coolest machine I've ever seen! Sweet!
I work with this machine (actualy, I'm the man in blue in the beginning 0:58) This machine is the P93 LS. It was build by Matisa, a Swiss company specialized in railroad construction machines, 20 Years ago. It was bought by the Belgian railroad in 1994. It does about 300 meters per hour. It is not the only one, there are a lot of newer and older track renewal machines working around the world.
Dit is heel interessant om te zien. Ik had geen idee dat zo'n gigantische machines hier voor zorgden...
Raised on U.S. railroads as a WWII kid. Steam Trains and 'Gandy Dancers' were my life. Walked the rails with Hobo's. Gandy's were overwhelmingly Mexican's. Lived in converted boxcars on the sidings. All 'Danced' to the orders of a bi-lingual, absolutely huge and powerful, German or Irish Foreman. Same on every section. End of WWII, Mexicans that had Not gotten educated and Citizenship, were all sent home. Returning troops took their places. History, Live it, to really Know it..
This is awesome! It's so "easy" to build railroads in those times... let's remember how difficult was in the past to build railroads... Mirific video, thanks a lot for posting!
I was a surveyor for Southern Pacific Railroad about 40 years ago.I wonder what they used to instead of Men? I became a locomotive engineer, this is incredable, it would make for a very smooth ride.
That is totally amazing, it boggles my mind to think of a bunch of engineers sitting at some drawing tables, and roughing out this idea and deciding "Hey this will work!"
Dankjewel raimcameddy voor de prachtige video die je maakte van onze werf !
@ rolandvia: we finish up 200 to 300 metres an hour. We worked for 7 weekends at this track to replace 20 kilometres.
The tamper in the later part of the video is SWEET!
I was on the first of these machines (It's called a P811) used on the Burlington Northern RR back in 1987 in Washington State. My Union agreed to a joint contractor/Union member project way back then. And we have been upgrading tracks and replacing wood ties for concrete ever since with this machine.
Definitely not the days of Pierre Berton's "The Last Spike"! Awesome!
This is amazing and impressive! So many people in the general public today still think that railroad tracks are still laid by hand, picks, hammers, and shovels. They're the same yahoos that think that railroads don't employ modern technology. - Thank you for posting this vid :-)
DANKE and THANK YOU for this FORMIDABLE VIDEO !!!!
MERCI BEACOUP !!!!!
from SPAIN and ARGENTINA !!!
THANK YOU !
Very interesting and well done documentary step by step.
Thanks for posting.
Prachtig gefilmd, zo heb je eens een mooi overzicht hoe het allemaal in zijn werk gaat!
La tecnología facilitando la vida. La aplicación del método científico. Sin saberlo, un ejemplo de lo que postula el Movimiento Zeitgeist!
Maravilloso!
If I recall, historically, the railroads were built with hammers, big nails, and the collaboration of many people. And now...there are machines to facilitate the building of railroads? That's awesome!!
Historicamente si me acuerdo, los ferrocarriles were construidos con martillos, clavos, y la colaboracion de muchas personas. Y ahora...hay maquinas para facilitar la construccion de los ferrocarriles? Muy impresionante!!
Whoooo ! Quelle organisation ! Magnifique !
Wonder if it can make curves? Pretty sweet, should try making one of these in LEGO sometime, lol!
Process Control engineering ! The most exciting job in the world ! I'm really proud of to be one of them !
Great and interesting video! Greetings from Latvia.
Absolutely amazing. The wonders of technology.
That's like the badass way to build the tracks.
Or should I say "Building the tracks in style, eh? "
i would just like to say thank you for sharing such a brilliant video,one of quality, thank you (Ik zou alleen willen zeggen dat je bedanken voor het delen zulk een briljante video, een van de kwaliteit, dank u)
Freaking amazing!
What's even more amazing, is the fact three people hit the "disliked" button...I'm going to assume they were drunk and high...
An amazing video. Which country was this video shot in ? Although I have seen track tamping machines, have never seen a whole range of machines doing all the work from removing the old sleepers, installing new ones to setting the track.
Velice zajímavé video , to by naše tratě potřebovaly ...)
wow! very impressive! wonderful engineering!
Let me explain a few things: First you see the P93 Track laying train (and its annex WP93) and the C75 ballast cleaner both made by MATISA, a Swiss based company. Then a SSP203 ballast regulator followed by the 09-3X tamping machine, both made by PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. All the machines you see are owned by Infabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Check out the websites of the constructors.
左手でITや大自然に強く惹かれながら、右手で土木の力にも感動してしまう。これは凄いもの。
Heel mooie video!
Great video! Short of new rail, that is a brand new line!
Would love to see this with some kind of voice over explaining the various steps, seems there are far more than I would have guesses, very cool machine and vid!
Incredible video! Respect to author!
Simply amazing. I'm sure Otto von Bismarck would be proud.
Is dit allemaal op dezelfde dag gebeurt?
that is amazing. thanks to the poster!
beautiful, i'm in total awe
Have we forgotten who build the railroads 150 years ago, if life was that easy then?
thanks for posting.
It's in Belgium mate.
這不是在德國，是在比利時東北方接近荷蘭邊境的城市 Overpelt，這段鐵路工程影片是拍攝通往附近Mol城市的建造過程。比利時北方講荷蘭文，所說明才是荷蘭文。
That is amazing!!! Looks like it would be so much safer for the workers.
es una locura, alto proyecto de ingenieria diseñar estas maquinas.
excellent engineering ..very cool work.
Excellent video!
Maintenance on the automated equipment probably exceeds the effort to lay the rail by hand? Re-lay a turnout or cross and really impress me. In all, however, one IMPRESSIVE collection of machinery!
That's just amazing ! thanks
what a lot of work! impressive! :)
Excellent machine, any of these conditions would have to come to South America?
@sliceman420 Like I wrote before: This one is caled the P93 LS made by the Swiss company MATISA in 1993 and owned by Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure. There are many of these and more recent versions working around the world. Actually in almost every country where they have railroads (even China has at least one P95). Another company specialised in railroad construction machines is PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. Both are lonely at the top in this branch.
@JulienVercel Hallo ! Wie gehts ?!! Well, mine Deuscht ist kein gut ! My husband discovered this video in internet, and we thought it was one of the most fantastic thing we had ever , ever imagined ! The up to date German Technology-amazing- ! Then today I saw your commentary that's it's an old technology ! Something 20 yrs old! Awesome ! Here , Brasil, it's still an all man's hard conventional work !
A very handy device - where can I get one, and how much? (include delivery to Perth , Western Australia)
Wish Australia has that kind of efficiency and technology.
Hallo, is het mogelijk deze video te verkrijgen in de originele kwaliteit en vooral geluid. RUclips degradeerd toch wel redelijk veel en ik vind het een zeer knappe video. Wil zelfs eventueel een dvdtje betalen als een file sharing service niet mogelijk is. Bedankt.
@mtorquato :situa-se na Belgica. Acho muito intgeressante alguém escrever que there are not germans around. E a Siemens faz o que lá ? abraços, werner
this is for laying new track right?
Reminds me of tunneling machines. Hopefully these machines will serve us and us not them. That is their purpose. To serve man and relieve us of the back breaking jobs. I drove thousands of spikes in the 70's while in my youth in Alberta Canada and so I appreciate this very much.
Très interessant !
bonjour Marie Rose, oui comme tu dit,et dire que les homme fessais cela a la main avant, tu devrais regarde a la télé (super construction) tu connais??
sacré engin!
Alguem sabe onde fica isso??? Anyone know where is it??
Já viajei para mais de 50países e acho o Brasil, surreal!
Em 14anos que vivi fora, nunca vi um atrazo tão grande.Uma enrolação sem tamanho e uma corrução Jupiteriana! Sei do que estou falando.Morei em países do 1º e do3ºmundo.
The most efficient machine ever seen!
Is this a track *Replacement* machine, or laying new track? Because it *looks* like it's digging up old track and replacing it with new.
@Styath Also, "Impending robot uprising" was that your cue to take me seriously?
@Mangina9000 Was that even English? And for the record, it wasn't people laying tracks that worked America out of the Great Depression. It was the superheating of the U.S. Economy caused by world War II that finally ended the depression.
Still, your comment must have sounded great when your college professor said it, huh?
That was fantastic.
Pois é... muito fascinante. Já trampei com essas geringonças na Vale... mas a primeira que aparece colocando os dormentes eu nunca tinha visto. mas recordar é viver.
@JulienVercel is it possible to lay railroad for high speeds trains (i mean at least 200 km/h) as well with this equipment?
@humanivorous judging by the title and description, they aren't Germans, they are Dutch
@godofwar007 trains are still one of the best ways to move people and goods. we need more of them.
Execelente vídeo. As ferrovias exercem um fascínio em qualquer Engenheiro...
Is this a train-ception?
I guess it's time to retire that famous old song "I've been workin' on the rail road".
Man that is awesome!
Was there a track there before?
They didnt show the bit where they stretch the rail so as to prevent it from buckling in heat.
Anyone got a bit more play for play on this. Great video but like I get sorta what the first minute is bringing in the blocks but I'd love a little more on whats happening.
wonder what machinery like that cost to design & build?
@Oroborus12 Yep, it's Belgium allright. On the machine you can read "Infrabel", the Belgium company that manages all the railway equipment.
@johnwest666 It is in BELGIUM!
Fuc*** awesome... fantastic... amazing work...
excelente... primeiro mundo eh froid...
@amaralgustavo
The machine in 4:30 is a ballast tamper or tamping machine.
Thx for sharing!
Woah... The guy pushing the train at 1:14 is hardcore.
Human Ingenuity displayed clearly here!!!
Who's the weirdo who disliked this video. How can you manage to find this vid randomly, check it, and dislike it. Well...
Sensacional... é disso que precisamos no Brasil
You find information looking in the google for Plasser & Teurer, it is a german company. You will find a complete page on it.
2 people disliked this? Must be truckers.
I love rails and trains!!
This is so cool!!
That was awesome.
@rolandvia This crew appears to be just replacing the ties and ballast. The train picks up the rail and spreads it so that the ties will roll up the conveyor without being hung up on the rail. After that the new ties roll down into place of the old ones. I would love to see them when they finnaly start to lay high speed rail.