I visited this location in 1992 when on an EU Mission in Albania where I lived for a year at that time. The stud of redundant steam locos at Durres was a sight to behold for a railway enthusiast. The other location which I visited was the Steel and Iron Works at Elbasan which had its own railway system but with diesels in charge. The lack of any H & S control in both these places was remarkable !!! GFR
Originally, it was a battery powered loco (we have a similar one - with batteries in Kemence, Hungary). The loc works with 40 Volts DC, no 230 V or higher voltages! :)
Un extraordinario vídeo para comprender y entender el desarrollo que el ferrocarril ha tenido a lo largo del tiempo. Desde su origen en el transporte de mineral, hasta nuestros días podemos ver un progreso en el tren continuo.
A link to this video was just posted on Railway Preservation News. Expect a lot of hits from US electric railway fans. A comment on the smiling attitude of the workers: this is probably a sign of a crew that has good teamwork, which goes a long way toward making up for the rather marginal equipment. I did notice that some of the workers had hard hats, which is more than one can say about the Empire State Bldg. slide show I saw the other day.
Yes, it can be just 40V. Amperage would be, of course, really high, I expect around 100A maybe more. But who cares, when the voltage is too low to make any harm? Human´s body has at this voltage very high resistance to be injured.
Oh, 100A, really? Yes maybe. I was just posting because of the reason that people read low voltage values (like 40V) and say, hah, as long as it's no 3-digit voltage value, it's not dangerous. This is a common (and probably very dangerous) misinformation!
I'm sure they do care about "labour protection", i.e. health and safety. The driver is wearing heavy-duty gloves to isolate himself from the power line, for instance. With the run-down state of the system, and probably no money to repair and otherwise improve it, what else can the workforce do to keep their jobs, get paid, and feed their families?
i guess its not a high voltage and maybe DC thats safe till around 45. The sign thats not high voltage is the sparcels are not very big but could also be something like 200V. Looks pretty scary though
this is a old sparky mining railroad we used to have quite a few of these in the USA, and no that is very high voltage dc very dangerous. just don't grab the wire!
“I wonder how many volts are in those rail?!” “It’s not the volts, it’s the amps!” “I wonder how many amps are in those rails?!” “Enough to move a train!”
Oh my god, go back to Elementary school and learn perfectly Ohm´s Law. Resistance of human body, which is more than 1Mohm, won´t allow the current to be higher than few amps. Amps are killer in case, when they are allowed to pass through body. The higher the voltage is, the lower the resistance of the body is (very simply said) but 40Volts is not enough to kill.
Seven foot Igor ran into the wire again! Should have been wearing his hardhat. Nice OHS high-voltage compliant gloves though. This is what happens when you have to earn a crust and there’s no spare money for luxuries like WHS. Not too different to stuff that was acceptable when I was 15 and new to the work force.
OMG...mir fehlen fast die Worte zu dieser "fortschritlichen" Bahn... Man bemerke den handbetriebenen Stromabnehmer(sehr sicher...loool) und die recht einfach zu stellende Weiche =)
@traktoros 40 volts? Really? That electric arc gave me the impression that there is much more than a mere 40 volts on these cables!! At least if you're right about 40 voits, the CURRENT seems fu*king high (I think 50 A minimum, I'm not kidding!!) Because: you won't get these sorts of sparks with a few milliamperes... BTW, did you know that 4 (four) volts can be deadly to you!! Think of electrolysis industry...(galvanotechnics) these devices have "only" a one-digit voltage and....10 000 A!!
I visited this location in 1992 when on an EU Mission in Albania where I lived for a year at that time. The stud of redundant steam locos at Durres was a sight to behold for a railway enthusiast. The other location which I visited was the Steel and Iron Works at Elbasan which had its own railway system but with diesels in charge. The lack of any H & S control in both these places was remarkable !!! GFR
"They said I could be anything, so I became a pantograph."
Originally, it was a battery powered loco (we have a similar one - with batteries in Kemence, Hungary). The loc works with 40 Volts DC, no 230 V or higher voltages! :)
that Pulse Width Modulation @ 1:28
:-) w mordę jeża tego największe umysły by nie wymyślały !
Mr Chopper!
All of you guys acting like you're better than us, fucking around with your ne555 and whatnot. This is how we do it in Eastern Europe
and now try to get in kHz range :D
I love the manual Overhead Pickup.
Un extraordinario vídeo para comprender y entender el desarrollo que el ferrocarril ha tenido a lo largo del tiempo. Desde su origen en el transporte de mineral, hasta nuestros días podemos ver un progreso en el tren continuo.
wow the human pantogragh.
Love the pointwork!
looks like fun to me
had jobs like this too
love the smiles
The most modern pantograph all over the world :))))
A link to this video was just posted on Railway Preservation News. Expect a lot of hits from US electric railway fans. A comment on the smiling attitude of the workers: this is probably a sign of a crew that has good teamwork, which goes a long way toward making up for the rather marginal equipment. I did notice that some of the workers had hard hats, which is more than one can say about the Empire State Bldg. slide show I saw the other day.
Yes, it can be just 40V. Amperage would be, of course, really high, I expect around 100A maybe more. But who cares, when the voltage is too low to make any harm? Human´s body has at this voltage very high resistance to be injured.
Oh, 100A, really? Yes maybe. I was just posting because of the reason that people read low voltage values (like 40V) and say, hah, as long as it's no 3-digit voltage value, it's not dangerous. This is a common (and probably very dangerous) misinformation!
Sure looks like an "E" ticket ride to me! Crazy! Like a speedway bike...It's either ON or OFF!
Send that guy some iron on patches for his elbows.
The latest pantograph tecnology all of the world ！！
wanderful !
"But the body has about 1000 Ohms, and then the Current would be 36mA, wich isn't deadly." I think there is more then 36mA in trolley.
depends on the voltage. it could actually be pretty safe
I'm sure they do care about "labour protection", i.e. health and safety. The driver is wearing heavy-duty gloves to isolate himself from the power line, for instance. With the run-down state of the system, and probably no money to repair and otherwise improve it, what else can the workforce do to keep their jobs, get paid, and feed their families?
This is obviously not the workers fault, it's their employers. If you don't have money to run a fucking mine safely it's better to close it down.
He's wearing the gloves so that he doesn't die. He can't earn money if he's dead.
Albanian PWM chopper
I LOVE IT!!!
Reminds me of the Manchester Metrolink...
i guess its not a high voltage and maybe DC thats safe till around 45.
The sign thats not high voltage is the sparcels are not very big but could also be something like 200V.
Looks pretty scary though
Its 40V DC
Probably low voltage high current DC.
First - I like the on / off switch for car drive.
that is so cool because those trains look so little.
So this is the mysterious manual PWM...
Albanian Shinkansen
What is this...Open electric Power Line.
Lignite is my hobby!
ciekawe rozwiązanie ;D
That just makes all sorts of sense
this is a old sparky mining railroad we used to have quite a few of these in the USA, and no that is very high voltage dc very dangerous. just don't grab the wire!
look the sparks, it's more the 200V volts.
This is too much!! Talk about basics. The hand-held 'trolley-pole' had me on the floor!!
Is that the Albanian ICE ?
Now I REALLY HAVE seen it all!
Does the job
Are these guys trying to outdo the darwin Awards?
With the extracted coal they solely produce the energy for the mine train...
Eastern block OH&S, up there with the sub continent and China.
“I wonder how many volts are in those rail?!”
“It’s not the volts, it’s the amps!”
“I wonder how many amps are in those rails?!”
“Enough to move a train!”
I couln´t believe it when I saw it.
5***** and favourite!
OSHA would be proud.
Wow
omg wow!
1:35 lol the cart grounding out and sparking on the rail
OMG - what a nightmare!
Ekipa Pantograf
"Don't cross the streams - that would be bad!"
Oh my god, go back to Elementary school and learn perfectly Ohm´s Law. Resistance of human body, which is more than 1Mohm, won´t allow the current to be higher than few amps. Amps are killer in case, when they are allowed to pass through body. The higher the voltage is, the lower the resistance of the body is (very simply said) but 40Volts is not enough to kill.
In Middlesex England in the 50s a guy got killed, wedged under a battery- electric milk-float busbar and a damp concrete floor at 12V.
1:30 - rozruch impulsowy ;-)
Ciekawe kiedy przepalą ten przewód i będzie "niespodzianka" :-)
If it rains? Dudes going to get a funky hairstyle!
to je šalina
sad... but true.
Geez, seems like a ride/attraction @ Class Action Park:/
wow
Hammergeiles Video ,Klasse die Stromaufname.Auch die Weichen sind Klasse.
Wer baut es im Modell nach???
ale kwadratowy rozjazd :-D
Seven foot Igor ran into the wire again! Should have been wearing his hardhat. Nice OHS high-voltage compliant gloves though.
This is what happens when you have to earn a crust and there’s no spare money for luxuries like WHS. Not too different to stuff that was acceptable when I was 15 and new to the work force.
People use pantograph stick to move the locomotive
Well, at least they have hardhats.
hey man, that is dangerous!:)
36V is harmless, 100 Amps is not... And amps are killer
It's like saying the earthquake doesn't kill, it's the tsunami afterwards that kills
@@ebtv445 i wasn't an electrician 13 years ago and I sure am not one today 😁😁😁 thanks for pinging this one tho.
To je jak před 100 lety
The Human Pantograph!!
That is so bad, it is good!
I swear I will never complain again about the state of British infrastructure!
Alter Verwalter ;-)
Und ich hab gedacht, ich hätt schon alles gesehen.
Et ça fonctionne ! 😄👍
freightliner on a bad day !
Good idea! But too dangerous.
I noticed that none of those guys were fat. Does that tell you anything about we Americans? :-)
allerliebst, der Lichtbogen =D
Podejrzewam, ze mniej wiecej tak wygladala by polska po 20 latach rzadow Korwina
Carai bagulho é doido
Call out the FRA STB and NTHSA
Mmm. Sparky...
OMG...mir fehlen fast die Worte zu dieser "fortschritlichen" Bahn...
Man bemerke den handbetriebenen Stromabnehmer(sehr sicher...loool)
und die recht einfach zu stellende Weiche =)
Dafür ist der sicherlich gut ausgebildete Weichensteller äußerst eifrig bei der Arbeit! 😜 - Und wegen der Stromabnahme, hauptsache CO² neutral! 👍
Wtf is that? One time a wet hand, and the driver is fried!
hollly shiiit. is this a "welding machine powered train"? LOL :D :D
And they didn't even scotch & clip the point's ! lol
@traktoros 40 volts? Really? That electric arc gave me the impression that there is much more than a mere 40 volts on these cables!! At least if you're right about 40 voits, the CURRENT seems fu*king high (I think 50 A minimum, I'm not kidding!!) Because: you won't get these sorts of sparks with a few milliamperes...
BTW, did you know that 4 (four) volts can be deadly to you!! Think of electrolysis industry...(galvanotechnics) these devices have "only" a one-digit voltage and....10 000 A!!
I'd love to see a European Health and Safety experts face if he saw this arrangement. He'd probably faint!
i te zasilanie impulsowe :-D
Albánští workmeni - BSP
1:27 Pantograph :D
správní chlapi
猴塞雷啊.手持式集電弓.
lool the collector :D
Fucking hell thats hilarious!
This is the US after Obama
Ez a biztonságos technológia ...
sou to pankáči :))
Ахаха Хочу себе такой же троллейбус
Funny
CZŁWIEK PANTOGRAF heh
ZAP! ick
ja pierdole 21 wiek gornictwo jak sie patrzy
Langweilig!