Critical Alarm! Hot Wheel Detector Goes Nuts! on Dragging Equipment Message
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2021
- Critical Alarm, Critical Alarm, dragging equipment near axle 111, excessive alarms.
The little guy in the wayside bungalow apparently felt he wasn't getting enough
attention and went nuts with giving alarms. You get to see 4 trains pass thru our
detector site plus hear the critical alarm messages from 3 trains. And at
the end of the video will take you inside the cabinet and show what we did
to try and correct the critical alarm message.
I just happened to make a video of the train passing EB on this particular day
and lucked out hearing this message, it was the first time it goofed up. We ended
up having to get a tech from Progress Rail out to diagnose the problem. There
was some kind of glitch in the computer software that he had to reprogram,
I'm sorry I don't know exactly what it was but it is fixed now.
I have more videos of our hot wheel detector on a playlist you can view at this link:
• Hot Wheel Detector
#HotWheelDetector#DraggingEquipment#CriticalAlarm
Made 03/23/2021
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Very great commentary. I think that detector needed a cheeseburger. I am blind and I love trains. I learned a lot from these comments. And the people who work on the railroad. God bless you guys.
Thank you very much Christopher for the really nice comment,
it is special to me to hear your kind words, we also wish God's
blessing for you and your family my good sir.
@@ccrx6700 you’re certainly welcome. Hopefully I will get to meet you one day. Thank you so much. There are people who will not talk to you on social media because a lot of the people think that their stuff don’t stink.
Make sure the burger it gets is digital…
@@christophermattox3972 that would be awesome if we could sometime meet Christopher
Just a question, if you’re blind, how do you type and read comments, just curious
I honestly can't tell you how many steps I've walked when I was a conductor and how many hours I've wasted due to a defective detector. On the other hand I can't tell you how many times they have saved our asses
We've been pretty lucky here Jason, this is the first time this
thing goofed up, but it has caught several hot bearings over the
years saving us derailments. I can appreciate your comment!
Really do thank you for writing in and that comment was spot on good sir.
best case scenario, it keeps you alive, worst case, its an excuse to stretch yer legs.
I maintain 11 detectors.. got the most part they behave themselves..my guess is either loose mounting bolts or dirty contacts
Can these detect if a person is being dragged or is it just for other stuff? Unsure if people even get dragged so probably a stupid question.
@@Neilukuk If a body is being dragged by a train all there is going to be is minced meat. And it ain't a nice sight to remove whatever remains. Especially of it was a person.
Whenever our computers are messing up we try a little Applied Science on them. Whack them with a reasonable sized striking apparatus a couple times. When that doesn’t work we call IT and they tell us to give a few more whacks with something a little bigger.
We'd just pull the plug on them and then plug them back in. If they still didn't work right, the phone to our HQ would get used. IT didn't like getting phone calls at 0200. They'd tell us to pull the plug and then reboot again. And the control room didn't like hearing we had lost communications with our remotely controlled equipment. If we didn't get it back up in a half hour, it meant someone else was going to get a wake up call. And for the last two years I worked there, it meant I was the one who was going to get woke up. It made for some short nights and some long days as my reporting time was 0600 anyways. Twice in the same night meant no going home until 1430. If it was two of our remote locations, and the local one was working fine, it meant two people were going to be spending the night baby sitting the equipment till the crew from 100 miles away got there and got it fixed. Computers could be a help, or the bane of your life when you are working with critical infrastructure and have a Federal Judge who might get woke up. And anyone could see what the equipment was doing and make the call to the judge. I can still see it today and haven't worked there for 18 years.
Oh yeah. The old technical tap.
Sounds like a coal miner mechanic, if it doesn't budge with a big
hammer, get a bigger hammer....LOL We did shut it off first thing
but that didn't help. Tech guy finally came out and did a computer
adjustment. Do appreciate your watching my friend
As a life-long computer professional, I can tell you that there is a specific tool which some techs use to manually take care of a malfunctioning computer. We in the business call it "a 2x4"....
In the radio broadcasting business the whacks are called RCA field adjustments.
There is a switch in the dragging detector assembly, when the train knocks the paddle over it trips the switch. The ones I worked on had a relay in the shack, and you could hear it click when you kicked the paddle over with your foot, a good way to test it. The switch has a mechanism that allows it to trip with either back or forth deflection of the paddle, and that is a PAIN to adjust! If things get loose from all the vibration, the switch can go with the shaking of a passing train. There is also the possibility of water in the cable shorting things out, but in this case I would bet on the passing train vibration causing the activation. I preferred my equipment over this one, my detectors would send out a horn alarm over the radio when the detector paddle was hit, so people nearby could look at the exact spot on the passing train. This silent alarm is spooky!
@@douro20 The scanners for the bearings and wheels do, but we're just talking about the dragging equipment detector.
I wouldn't see much point to it. How often would there actually be someone standing nearby?
You are correct in this having a switch on the dragger that trips when knocked
over. I do believe the relay you are talking about is the one the tech had us
try jumping over to see if that eliminated the fault message, but as you saw
it knocked the whole system out of giving any kind of message. Appreciate
your writing in with your expert knowledge and sharing that with us my good man
@@NiceMuslimLady Well, if the dispatcher told me there might be a problem with an HBD, I would be standing there! I used to verify trains running over the systems every chance I got. I've often heard the radio alarm while standing there. The engineers who designed the system thought it would be valuable...
Of course, you are right about there not being someone around all the time.
@@Flintsmooth But that is after the detector malfunctions. There won't be anyone there the first time.
Thank you so very much for giving the people an inside look at this equipment for alerting you to problems with the rolling stock, this is much appreciated by the people.
Your welcome John, really glad to hear you enjoyed the show today
my good man, we do appreciate your writing in and for watching
I find it amazing that both the lead engine and dpu are so quiet! Wish they were that quiet when they pass my house.
Those sd 38-2's are a good bit quieter than the sd 40-2 we have.
the 38's are roots blown and the 40 is turbocharged. Do appreciate
your tuning in and watching the home movie today Chris
I would love a video going into more detail about the technology inside and outside the cabinets. How it works, how the tech diagnoses the problem, and how he fixes it. I love radio technology so this is my favorite video that I’ve found from you so far! Keep up the awesome work!
Check out Mark Clay McGown's channel. He has a video on "How Wayside Detectors Work"
Thanks for the very nice comment Augustine. Have several other videos on a playlist on my channel of the detector, one of which I
take you inside the cabinet and give a better view around than there was in this one. I'm not well versed on exactly how the tech stuff
works, but the boxes on the outside on the rail take an infrared
picture of each bearing and wheel and measure temperatures.
I'll have to study up and learn more about the tech aspect and
see what I can do with another video. Thanks for the suggestion and
for watching today's movie
A considerable amount of train monitoring equipment is run by DHS in the US.
It was great to see that equipment in action when you are by it even if it is faulty its always interesting to listen to you explaining the workings of your job
Golly Doug, great comment sir, really appreciated hearing you
enjoyed the show good sir
That little guy needs a hug. It's cold and lonely inside lol ! Thanks for sharing.
We here are all hoping he can get a date with Siri, and soon! He
not in a very good mood right now.... LOL Do appreciate your
watching the home movie today Scott
I have seen a "dragging equipment" detector but had no idea what it was-until now. You teach me something with every video- Thanks!
Good to hear you find these of some value Alan, we so much appreciate your writing in and watching 😊
We just call them "hot box" detectors as their primary job is to look for wheels that get too hot from malfunctioning air brakes.
Well, repairing the detector equipment is a lot cheaper than repairing the damage done by dragging equipment.
You are certainly right in that good sir. Was a computer gremlin and
the tech guy did something in the software to fix it. Do appreciate
your watching the show today
I appreciate what all of you that work in the railroads every day. You all keep the USA going!
Thanks for the out of the ordinary content! I really enjoyed this peak into your workday!
Thank you Jeffrey, really glad you enjoyed the show today. We do
appreciate your checking it out my friend.
I think Dave stretched out and tripped the alarm with his foot. It is not April Fool's Day yet but everyone knows that Dave likes a good laugh.
I've always wanted to trip it before a train went thru, but afraid
I'd get fired if something really was wrong. One guy on another RR
has told me when they see a dragger they kick it over and walk on.
Do appreciate your tuning in and watching today's home movie good sir
I was thinking you should just open the door and let the guy out. And that's when you said you've looked for him in there and couldn't find him. Well that just made me laugh!!
Thanks for showing us how railroading goes [crazy] sometimes!
Your welcome John, really glad to hear you enjoyed the show
my friend. We are trying to play match maker and get him
a date with Siri, maybe cheer him up a little. A night with
a female companion may get him over his grumpiness...LOL
Appreciate your watching
Man how lucky is that you decided to make a video by the detector that day. Thanks for sharing with us Dave! Have a good one.
Your very welcome Mike, was really lucky for sure. Do appreciate
your tuning in and watching the show, it is very much appreciated
my friend
I used to live by the switch yard in Roseville CA. I had a working bearcat scanner that would still pick up their radios. This was only 15y ago. I'm 46 now but the 12 year old in me will never leave where trains are involved. Thanx for the great video.
Your welcome 😊👍
Great catch Dave. As usual with electronic equipment, when you get different readings each time, it can be hard to pinpoint the trouble. Have a great day.
Thanks Lewis, glad to hear you enjoyed, was a lucky find for
this one. Do appreciate your watching and hope your day is great also my friend
Dave I appreciate the detail of all of your content and have to live vicariously through your videos. When I was just out of college I applied to Norfolk Southern a couple of times to be a conductor but I think my IT degree scared them lol. It all worked out because I have been doing IT for 25 years. Still love the trains though. Thank you for your posts.
Your certainly welcome and it is thrilling to me to hear you enjoy
these home movies. I really do appreciate your writing in and for
watching them my good man. With all the new technology out
there RR's are going to need a lot more IT guys in the future to
keep the trains running and that's a fact. It is amazing just the
high tech stuff on the new tampers let alone the locos
I really enjoy your videos they are very educational on how railroads work. Thought it was funny about the little guy in the cabinet going nuts. Keep up the good work and be safe!
Thank you very much Tom, really great to hear you enjoy these home
movies. We really do appreciate your writing in and for watching my
friend.
This reminds me of an episode on Chuggington. The episode was about a fault detector system that they had installed on the lines. It was having issues just like this. Saying "Faults Detected!" But, no faults were found. Its definitely a pain when they act up, but its also good to have these detectors in place to when they do find problems. It helps saves equipment from being totally messed up. And also, to keep the crews safe.
This one rarely goofs up, just got lucky and happened to be filming
when it did. You are sure right, they are important for safety reasons
and this one has already caught 4 hot bearings in the 5 years it's
been here, thus saving derailments that most likely could have
occurred. Thank you Paula for watching the video, we do appreciate that
It was 26 degrees at the office this morning.
The most annoying detector we have is the high/wide detector, the local triggers it every Tuesdays and Thursdays when they drag them jumbo reefer cars in and out of town, we rarely have issues with the dragging and hot journal detectors.
I imagine that is very annoying, never know when your gonna
get a true alarm. Do appreciate your tuning and watching the
show today my friend
This happens all the time on class 1 mainlines. It's a big part of why they have updated their equipment
Time to ditch the electronic box and go with a man in a caboose😋 #bringbackcaboose 🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲 still watching👍
Alas those days are gone, the advent of tech, while has been a blessing in many ways, has ruined a beautiful piece of old railroading,
everyone loves to see a caboose. Do appreciate your writing in
and for watching today's home movie my friend.
I love your sense of humor I’m just dying laughing over here. Really interesting all the maintenance that you have to do. Thanks for taking me along on that trip keep on filming.
Thank you Ed for the very nice comment. Glad you are having a good
time with us. We certainly appreciate your taking the time to watch
and write in my friend.
Wow, those cars are riding those rails straight as an arrow... thanks your your track levelling and straightening skills.
Thanks for the nice comment and for watching Jens, we do
appreciate that my good man
Looks like autumn came early in Pennsylvania, all your trees are bare. We still have leaves changing here in Illinois.
(Nevermind, just noticed this was from March lol. That explains it! :)
Well David, made this video last April so that why it looks
out of place. Do appreciate your writing in and for watching good sir
They're all gone in northern pa but philadelphia is currently in peak fall.
Glad that everything was good, when you were hollering for Russell you caught me off guard. I almost answered you Dave.
LOL, Russell is our best operator, every time I call him on radio,
you always come to mind. Your one of my most faithful followers
and I certainly do appreciate that my good man. Russell here is
a great guy, you would love to meet him, a hard worker, very
conscientious just like you
@@ccrx6700 Thank you Dave, I really enjoy your videos and the classes on behind the scenes of railroading.
@@russelltrupia4479 😊
I am learning a lot about practical railroading watching your videos. Thanks.
Well that's really great to hear Greg! I'm so pleased to know that
you enjoy these home movies and so appreciative that you are
watching them my good man
I enjoyed the video . I knew how a heat detector worked but not how the dragging detector worked . Learn something new every day. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed Sterling Spencer, we do appreciate your
watching sir.
Our dragging equipment detector gets set off constantly in the winter... ice and snow chunks fall off of our passenger trains and trips the dragger... Or the air hoses build up snow from the road crossings and then no longer have the clearance over the paddles... It's critical that we break all of the ice and snow off the train before it's first morning departure from the yard...it sucks!
Wow, that's a pretty neat comment Eric, I had no idea that could
happen, really appreciate your sharing it with us. I can totally
understand PIA doing that job. Thanks for watching my good man
When you find the little guy from the box give him a "chill" pill and a beer.
Advice coming from a Dr.! I will absolutely do that on your
expert recommendation, but can I also get myself a beer too?
LOL Do appreciate your writing in and for watching
Perhaps a Pilsner beer (pill)? Could we kill two birds with one beer? LOL
I'll drink to that! 🍺🥨🍺
Great Video, thanks
Another great video! Very informative. There is so much to learn about our rail system and you do a great job showing how it all works .
Thank you for the nice comment and you are welcome Mary.
Was nice of you to pay us a visit and check out the video my friend.
I didn't know Progress Rail built
hot bearing and dragging equipment
detectors!! There's a Progress Rail
Locomotive build shop only about
25 miles from me in Muncie Indiana
and they are now EMD builders!!!
Another great railroad video Dave!!!
I did not know they had a build shop in Muncie, do thank you
for sharing that with us, always like to learn new stuff like that
and it's so great when good folks like you write in and tell us
what else is going on out there. Do thank you for the nice comment
and for watching my good man
That guy in the silver box is such a jerk to not come out and chat 💬
Guess some folks are really shy and introverted....LOL
Appreciate your watching today's show
He's a recluse, hanging out with the other brown recluses...
That was crazy, and you didn't get to crib your ties, dang technology gets ya every time.
Oh now, never said I didn't get to crib that day, just a delay in
productions. Tech finally had to come out and exorcise the computer gremlin, do appreciate your watching my good friend
@@ccrx6700 lol I should have known better, of coarse you managed to get your work in, gonna call you super Dave, 🤣🤣
@@TriGogglin ☺
Good video, David. “Critical alert!” I love tech. Retired teacher. We had two different grading programs. Admin of course got rid of the easy one that we liked. Got one that had the IT guys running. They began every job with “Did you do…?”
Thank you Mark, glad you enjoyed watching. My wife is a professor
at Fairmont State, same deal as you had, the easy program they
had they did away with and went with a higher tech complicated one
that is always driving her nuts requiring IT intervention, she;s always
emailing them about some function in it not working.
I just love seeing these inside scenes of Railroadin'. THANKS!
Thank you Bender, glad you enjoyed. Appreciate the nice comment and for your visiting with us and watching. May you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks for the video. A couple of questions, whenever you have some time. How many trips a day do they make? How many train sets do you have? Do you have extra hoppers in case one needs repairs? Thanks a lot…
Your welcome Richard, really glad you enjoyed the home movie today.
When they are running good 6 to 7 round trips a day. There are 38
cars usually in the main train. They do have a second train with 25 cars that runs once in awhile but not very often. They just scrapped
13 cars that were junk, so all told right now we have about 68 or 70
cars, it's been a long time since I counted all of them
When you called IT, did they have you unplug it and then plug it back in? 🤣 Nice run by shots.
Yep Matt, first thing we tried, but to no avail. Had get tech out from
Progress Rail to exorcise a demon from the computer software.
I wasn't here when he came so don't know exactly what he did,
but all is well now. Do appreciate your tuning in and watching my good friend.
Great commentary in your video. I really enjoyed it. It reminded me of when I was 5 or 6 learning how to bowl. The bowling alley owner said there was a guy under the floor looking down the fault line to see if I stepped over it.
Thank you, really glad you liked the video. We do appreciate
your watching and for writing in. I should have taken bowling
lessons from you, I liked bowling but stunk at it!
Another great video from "ccrx 6700". I am not much of a railroad guy, but, I really enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.
Glad you enjoyed the show Dom, we do appreciate your tuning in
to the channel and watching and for the very nice comment my friend.
Did you try turning it off and then turning it back on?
Kicking it?
Pulling on random wires?
(Troubleshooting 101 lol)
Yep, on advice from tech, obviously first thing turn it off and on,
to no avail, didn't try kicking or beating with a big hammer tho....LOL
Tech had to come out and exorcise a demon from the software,
all is well now. Do very much appreciate your writing in and watching
Ben
Really enjoy seeing the older locos. Were they empty coming by in 8? I remember visiting the towers in my dad's hometown of Ashtabula. Grandpa was a judge and knew everybody. A neighbor a few doors down was way up with the nyc.
The through trains on the water level and the northbounds clawing to the harbor were deafening.
Ps: Its always the red wire in the movies!
What ever came of this? I seen detectors have false temperature readings of triple digits in the sub zero temps but not false dragging equipment. Its odd the numbers are all over the place. On the first pass it was axel 111, 113, 115 which was between your 27th and 28th car, (out of 38) but when you made a reverse move, it was the first and second axel. very strange.
Ended up being a gremlin in the computer software, had to get a
tech out to exorcise it. Was very strange message for sure, it had
us baffled, but did make for a pretty cool video...LOL Appreciate
your tuning in and watching the show my good sir
I always loved when you would trip the dragging equipment detector
I was always afraid to do that! Have thought about doing it many times tho. Do appreciate your watching the show today Jason
Technology is great when it works, lol ! That's railroadin' ! Keep up the good work, Dave ! Keep'em on the rails !
Your totally right in that Kurt! This detector has saved us several
derailments from catching hot bearings over the years so we've
been lucky to have it. Do so much appreciate your watching the
show today my friend and for writing in
Wonder if the ballast against the drag plate was enough to knock it out of wack where the rail flex would set it off but that plate looks free
Someone needs to smack that speak-n-spell or something lol
Good suggestion John, we gave that some thought and cleaned
out around the dragger, but ended up having get tech out to fix a
computer gremlin issue. Do appreciate your writing in and watching
the show today
The gear in the outhouse is nearly bulletproof. Smart money, it's crud or moisture in the sensors, or a gopher got in the wiring trunk and chewed the hell out of the wiring.
A poor man's way of detecting dragging gear is to spray paint an orange or blue line across the ballast from track to track. If that line's disturbed after a passing, then that manifest has got something wrong.
We did check the dragger electrical box for that, but tech had to
aome out and do something with the computer software, not sure
what as I wasn't there when he came. Do appreciate your watching
dave... I read the comments...and it's apparent that people respect your concern and devotion to your work.... dave we thank you...stay safe!
Thank you very much Dave for your very kind words. Most people
do seem to have a respect for the work and videos. It's folks
like you who are what make this a pretty good channel. If you
guys didn't watch, then channel would go nowhere.
Another good one. Very interesting. Don't see "defects" from the inside everyday.
Thank you, really glad you enjoyed the show, we do appreciate your
watching
You truly love your job. That's wonderful!
Yes I do Robert for the most part, always have those days
where you want to throw in the towel, but that's railraodin! LOL
Do appreciate your watching the show today good sir
Great catch on video! Highly enjoyable to watch. Thank you!
Thank you, just got lucky, this was the first time the detector
every gave that message. Really great to hear you enjoyed the show
today, we do appreciate your watching and writing in
The little guy just wanted a cookie. Thanks for sharing another aspect from your little hard-working railroad, Dave. Also, those horns sure sound a lot like the old Southern Pacific days...I'm thinking Nathan P3's.
You are correct Scotty Nathan P3. All 3 of our locos have them.
We tried get guy in the box a date with Siri, but he's shy, we even
tried to lure him out of his cave with a fresh baked cookie but
he staying in there and doesn't want to come out.....LOL
Appreciate your watching my friend
Maybe Alexa is more his type? 🤔 Hahahaha!
That gets your heart beating faster! Great video Dave.
Thank you very much Brian, really great to hear you liked it,
we do appreciate your tuning in and watching today's home movie
my friend
What an awesome video, even though the detector was out for lunch it shows that the technology is really good for avoiding problems when the detector is working ok.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed 😊
I worked for a Class 1, now 20-years ago, and we used Devtronics Hot Box Detectors. Most of dragging equipment detectors were 'flapper' style, but a few were static sensors - essentially a fixed-triangular steel plate, with percussive sensors beneath it. We had monthly routines we did on all of the HBDs, checking the thermal cameras, within the cast aluminum housings on the outside of the rails. We had a 'heat' source to simulate hot bears/journals. We also checked the transducers, both the advanced turn units, as well as those that count the axels. For the HBD to falsely alert, I suspect something is out of calibration.
Mice getting into the buildings can also cause things to go awry, from time to time. The life of a maintainer is never dull.
We also had on-track lightning protection, to protect the HBD equipment in the trackside hut from both induction & lightning strikes. Miles of track can do some crazy stuff to electronics.
Pretty neat stuff you shared with us, we really appreciate your
writing in. I love to hear stuff like that and will keep in mind the
mice for a future reference! There was a glitch in the computer
software and the tech had to come out and fix it, but wasn't
here when he did so I really don't know the exact thing he did.
Very interesting bout the lightening protection, I would like to
learn more about that. Once saw lightening strike the track and
a fireball went down the track bouncing from rail to rail,
my goodness that would have made an awesome video but it
was before I even had a cell phone years ago.
Exciting! Best of all, with a look see, nothing appeared to be wrong. Maybe the equipment in its little shed had developed cabin fever and just needed a little fresh air. I'm glad it was a real emergency. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much Shirley for dropping by and checking
out the critical alarm presentation. May you have a most blessed day my friend
Dave, Love your videos and love of railroading! Please post ann update of this incident. God less you!
Thank you very much Robert, great to hear that you do like them,
that means a lot to me. Tech from progress rail had to come out
and exorcise a computer demon and is all fixed now, sorry I wasn't
here when he came so don't know the details. We do appreciate
your watching today's home movie my good man
Worked at a school in maintenance dept for 8 years, we had fire alarm system that would go off like this atleast once every 2 weeks. Would find moisture causing it or shortly after thunderstorms we would get faults. Drove me crazy tracking them down lol
Thank you for another awesome video. I think you need to let that littlé man out a little more often and take him for a walk. Those sensors are there for a reason computer's and relay's do go bad. Have a great day and bless everyone. 😀❤👍🇨🇦
If I could find him Ray, I would or else get him a girl friend,
maybe Siri might be available for a date? Tech guy had to fix something in the computer, not sure what, I wasn't there when
he came. Do appreciate your watching the home movie my good man
I believe the electrodigitalbinarycapasator just needs a slight adjustment with a spike hammer! My word, what a mess. Thanks Dave, that was quiet a show.
How in the world did you ever spell that word or even think it up Rick? LOL Loved it!!! Really appreciate your watching my friend and I
got a really good laugh out of your comment. PS I can do slight
adjustments with a spike hammer
Thanks for sharing this with us!!
Your certainly welcome, my pleasure. Really great to hear you
enjoyed the home movie today, we do appreciate your watching
Very interesting, thanks for sharing Dave!
Your welcome Eric, we really appreciate your tuning in and watching
today's home movie my friend
@@ccrx6700 Right on! Great content as usual sir!
Hello David, your Hot 🔥 📦 Box Harry has the hiccups 🍾🥂 😁.
I had a similar experience while listening in as I watched a Conrail
railgrinder go through a detector.
Kept repeating itself, Hot Box- Hot Box, as if it was begging for the largest bottle of antacid you could find as the railgrinder passed over it.
Perfect test on your detector could of been to take that shovel and smack the fin. If it yelled "Ouch" from the cabinet, you might have a bigger problem for the service tech to fix 😉 🤔 🙄.
Black top season is done. Might be in your area soon and look you up. Stay safe.
Richard Bause
Yep he having a bad day, we been trying to get him a date with
Siri, but he's bashful and only wants to talk railroad, so kind of
turned Siri off, although methinks a night out with her would
do him a world of good....LOL Do appreciate your watching Richard
Another great little vid ... Thx for posting ...
Your welcome Eddy, great to hear you enjoyed watching
I really liked the commentary and appreciated the jokes! Nice work!
Thank you very much for the very nice comment and for
tuning in and watching the show, it is much appreciated.
Awesome. First time I see the inside one of those cabinet.
Glad you enjoyed Mario, here is an older video i had made
where I give you a longer tour of the inside of the cabinet
it you would care to watch sometime
ruclips.net/video/R7BGg82uQ1U/видео.html
Good job .. Dave. Have a great day.
Thank you Wayne, very much appreciate your writing in and for
watching good sir, hope you have a great day also my friend
Very cool that engine is still alive! Love those SD units! ☕🍻👍
Yes it is, really glad to hear you have a respect for older locos
still in daily revenue service instead of being relegated to a switch
yard. Do appreciate your writing in and for watching today's show
That was interesting! Thanks for sharing this.
Your very welcome John. Thank you for watching. Got a whole
playlist on my channel home page about the detector if sometime
you would care to check any more of them out. This detector has
definitely paid for itself by catching hot bearings and preventing
track from being tore up from a wheel off.
This is the man in the box's way of telling you he wants a raise 😂
We think he's lonely, we tried to get him a date with Siri but
he was too shy to come out for it..... Thanks so much for
taking the time to check out the critical alarm video. May
you have a really good day my friend.
Here in the UK its common for a train guard or driver to go out with a wheel hammer and listen to the rims and flanges after a good crisp whack as a blown bearing produces sometimes a different clang than a good bearing, also would lay hands on each bearing end to spot the "hot box" as we call it. A lot of our stock still uses encased bearings on axles except our container flats which use the same sort of wheels and bearings seen on those trains over there.
Our lot were taught about sight, sound and smell too, a pungent smell of burning grease or a sight of a bearing box smoking was a good indicator of problems and of course that grating squeal of a blown through bearing material was easily pinpointed on a slow moving consist. I worked on British railways in the 80's where hot box detectors were seen as space age tech and was cheaper to have a chap walk along a set and clang the ol' wheels and check the grease traps were loaded.
Very interesting always wondered what was inside those boxes and even the detector in the railroad track bed very interesting enjoyed
Very glad to hear you liked the show Mattie. We certainly appreciate
your tuning in and watching my friend.
"To err, is human.... to Really screw up, takes a computer"!!
this is a cool aspect of RR operations that ive never scene before or knew happened
Really glad you enjoyed the video, we do appreciate your writing
in and for watching the show today
Wow, what a catch!
Thank you David, got lucky on this one was the first time ever
gave this message. Do appreciate your writing in and for watching good sir
Awesome thank you Dave!
Your welcome David, really glad you enjoyed the show today good sir
Bob Seger's songs are amongst the most bittersweet ever written.
Think you have a bug in the box.
You had a similar thing back along.
Thanks for the video.
Your welcome Anthony, really glad you enjoyed and appreciate
your watching. Send some Raid Bug Spray ...LOL
Great video! Hello from western massachusetts
Thank you Timothy, great to hear you enjoyed the show today,
we do appreciate your writing in and for watching good sir
A new fan, very interesting and fun video.
Great to have you with us Donald and hope you will continue to enjoy
the home movies. Welcome to our railroad community here. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my new friend.
WOW! That was riveting! Got a ghost in the machine. Was it that relay you bypassed? Great video. Loved this one a lot. :)
Really glad you enjoyed this one good sir. Tech came out and made
a computer adjustment, don't know what he did, but it worked. Got
to love a guy with all the knowledge. Do appreciate your viewing
today's show
rhythem of the wheels over the switch and joints are really nice
Yep, got to love the sounds of a train over jointed track. Jointed
track a pain to maintain but it sure sounds great! Do appreciate
your watching the show today my friend
@@ccrx6700 did you hear about the pizza shop owner who robbed a bank?
I love your posts, very interesting
Really glad to hear you are enjoying the home movies Bill. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and check out the critical alarm video my friend.
Some railroaders think hot boxes are bad news. For me, I just hear that the oven is warm enough for me to cook my lunch on now!
Great catch, Dave. Never know what you are going to catch when you are out and about
Funny you should mention that, hot wheel detector caught a hot
bearing here yesterday morning. Thanks Sam for watching and I just
happened to get lucky in filming this one, That is the first time it
ever gave that kind of message before
When I lived in Tinley Park, IL. I would hear a Car that would sound like it had a Square Wheel!!!! This was back in the early 2000.
Sometimes they get flat spots on the Jim and clunk clunk thunk thunk down the track. Very much appreciate your visiting with
us and watching the show my friend.
Hey dave !! That was interesting ?? Did you guys sort it out ?? Anyhows,, Good you were at the right spot to see what wasn't wrong !! Must have been some stick or trash under the engine as said axle 1 to axle 2 ?? Have a good week & weather this weekend to be colder !! 🤔🙄👍🤠🤠👀👀
Glad you enjoyed K B, had get tech out from Progress Rail to
exorcise a demon in the computer software. Better to see what
not wrong than find a broken brake beam or busted hopper car
door dragging and tearing stuff up for sure. Do appreciate
your watching my good friend
@@ccrx6700 Oks !! That answers that till the next go round !! Get your insulated undies out as gona be COLD next week !!
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Great video.
Thank you very much Clyde, really great to hear you enjoyed the show
today, do appreciate your tuning in to our channel and watching my
good man
Looks like a good little dip in the track there .. :)
Yes sir there is, very observant of you. Gonna have to fire whoever
does track maintenance here....LOL, ugh, that would be me, but if
they fire me, then no more videos. Do appreciate your watching today's show
Excellent!
Really great to hear you enjoyed William, we do so much appreciate
your tuning in and watching my good man
I could watch trains all day going buy, there's something eternal about it.
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the nice comment, we do
appreciate your watching
Interesting you standing there when detector craps the bed. Lol
Just happened to get lucky on this one for sure. That has never
given a message like that in the past. Do appreciate your tuning in
and watching the show today good sir
Lol. Critical alarm.... I have malfunctioned. Critical alarm... I have lost it.
You don't need a tech, you need a Young Priest and an old Priest .... that thing is possessed !!!!!
Yep, tech had come out and perform an exorcism on the
gremlin in the computer software. Appreciate your watching and
writing in
Enjoyed the video
Really glad to hear you enjoyed the home movie today Paige,
we do appreciate your watching and writing in
Wow this is great Railroad videos by a Real Railroader!
Thanks, really great to hear you enjoy the videos. We do appreciate
your writing in and for watching my good man.
The only thing that looks odd is some serious pumping in the track. Is that what you meant to crib out, before the little gremlin derailed (heh!) your plans? Thank you for showing us the innards of the fault detector! That's not something I get to stick my nose into often, or at all for that matter! Cheers :)
Yes there is some pumping going on, very observant of you!
Hard to get proper drainage in this little spot here. it does need
cribbed for sure. Have another video on a playlist where I show
a much better look around of the insides of the cabinet it
you would care to watch sometime, it's on a playlist on my
channel here:
ruclips.net/p/PLTyDYTDnT027i3KeBR3YaLSnmY4KwBOoM
Nice video on the trackside detector.
Glad you enjoyed Steve, not something that has ever happened
here before, just lucky was in the right place at the right time.
Do so much appreciate your writing in and for watching my friend
@@ccrx6700 Its always good sometimes to be at the right place at the right time, You are very welcome on our comments, You may be interested in a UP pacing video we did on our channel, Look in our Union Pacific Playlist that I posted a couple weeks ago.
Your jumper offended the little guy, and now he wont talk to you at all! lol
I guess so Jerry, he having a bad day. We are trying to get him
a date with Siri, see if that improves his mood. Being cooped
up in that box for over 4 years now has definitely caused
some issues with his personality....LOL Do appreciate
your watching and writing in my good man
detector at work right there, great catch
Thank you very much, just really lucked out to have the camera
on when it passed by that day. Appreciate your checking out the
video Cyan.
@@ccrx6700 no prob man, great content, always a treat
Alco the Railroad Dog approves of this video. Alco says push the little red button labeled reset.
Thanks Ken and Alco, we did try pulling the plug and re booting to
no avail, had get a tech out and fix a software issue, do thank you
guys for watching my friends
It might be the angle, but that switch stand looked like, it is leaning in to close to the train?
Very cool video
Your right, it is, got hit by the regulator one time 😊 thanks for writing in and watching Mark