@@therailroadtiespiker Wow They had to be freezing. The local here with the Conrail caboose i guess they are lucky. In fact where they park it here at Hershey on the spur track is a spare caboose. So they have another one to fall back on. They use the whistle on the caboose at crossings which is cool.
@@old_school_guy I rode them also but not to far. I was a locomotive crane helper at the old Steelton Frog and Switch years ago. We had to dig out cars with one out of spur tracks Bethlehem Steel owned the Frog and Switch. It was demolished in 1993.I then went to the rail mill and retired from there. That's still operating under Cleveland Cliffs. I know you probably seen rails with Steelton on them.
8:57 honestly NS should rlly bring back thoroughbreds to there new 6ms. Like 4144 just keep the old stripe logo and replace the white head with a black and call it a day lol. Great video btw
I'm not certain what the NS standards are for the crew members but on CSX you must be able to hold on and stand on the grab irons for 15 minutes without stepping back to the ground. Oftentimes those grabirons on gondolas are smashed against the side of the car giving a poor grasp and these cars by nature are rough riding. Thanks for showing a necessity regarding switching and it's unfortunate downfalls. Looking at those truck frame cars I wonder which Builder and model they go with as they sure are bright!
Railroading is a pretty safe profession. In 2023 only 7 employees died in the US. that same year over 800 truckers died. nothing wrong riding a shove, just ask the engineer to put a little air under it and all is good. this is why we can still call our industry the safest in the world
@@therailroadtiespiker My grandpa and I made good money doing it. we did 12 a week.. I was 16 years old making $20 and hour.. but obviously my working on the RR is much better lol
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Another good video, I loved all the gondolas. Thanks for sharing and happy new year
@@CNder77 thank you so much for watching and Happy New Years
A train going backwards , so cool! Riding the point looks so dangerous, the train is moving a quite a pace too. 😮
The best riding are grain cars. You climb in and hang on!
Great catches!
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Awesome video. Enjoyed it
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Nice Location so Thanks for making the Run up to Toyota Country in Lafayette, IN. 🤔👍
@@kens.3729 I really need to film there more often…
Very cool 😎 freight trains 🚆 video 📹 great captures 👍👌
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Neat video spike 👍
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Nice video. The last train was very short, but still two locomotives at the front (I guess they need them at the destination) 🙂
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Very enjoyable video!
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really like watching IND trains . long in length with DPU's great videos
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great thanks
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Cool video. I like that Sharp curve. Poor guys don't have a caboose. That has to be brutal in the winter time.
@@BeeLineEast the temperature was about 30 degrees the day I filmed this and they were riding this train about 4 miles.
@@therailroadtiespiker Wow They had to be freezing. The local here with the Conrail caboose i guess they are lucky. In fact where they park it here at Hershey on the spur track is a spare caboose. So they have another one to fall back on. They use the whistle on the caboose at crossings which is cool.
And we didn't have big power like this, just end cab switchers.
These cars were not built to ride. The ladders are terrible. I rode one for about 3 miles and thought my arms were ready to break off.
@@old_school_guy I rode them also but not to far. I was a locomotive crane helper at the old Steelton Frog and Switch years ago. We had to dig out cars with one out of spur tracks Bethlehem Steel owned the Frog and Switch. It was demolished in 1993.I then went to the rail mill and retired from there. That's still operating under Cleveland Cliffs. I know you probably seen rails with Steelton on them.
Excellent video my Friends 😊 awesome 😮 greeting
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what is your scanner that you use to listen
@@timstandish2025 Baofeng scanner I bought on eBay for like $20.00
8:57 honestly NS should rlly bring back thoroughbreds to there new 6ms. Like 4144 just keep the old stripe logo and replace the white head with a black and call it a day lol. Great video btw
@@Random_Sh9945 I really like the red stripes on 4822 I think it really stands out. Thank you for watching
Awesome video with a dpu working hard 👍😎🇺🇸🚂👍
@@Patric5590 thank you Patrick for watching
I hated those long back up moves without a caboose on the rear. Back in the 70s
@@curtisophillipsjr378 I’ve been told gondolas are hard to ride long pushes on.
Pretty cool, u get a good look of the size of these railcars, wonder if they miss caboose’s.
very few people working the ground these days know what a caboose is
They still use them in switching all across the country. but most of them have doors welded shut
@@nancyhodges444 they use a caboose in Marion Ohio on the CSX and NS but I’ve never caught the NS caboose moving. I believe it’s red
I'm not certain what the NS standards are for the crew members but on CSX you must be able to hold on and stand on the grab irons for 15 minutes without stepping back to the ground. Oftentimes those grabirons on gondolas are smashed against the side of the car giving a poor grasp and these cars by nature are rough riding. Thanks for showing a necessity regarding switching and it's unfortunate downfalls. Looking at those truck frame cars I wonder which Builder and model they go with as they sure are bright!
@@paulbergen9114 I believe Ford but I could be wrong.
In a shoving move the conductor or flagman is in control of the movement.
Over the last dozen videos i have noticed loaded skelp going both ways. Anybody know why?
Given all the safety issues of they day, along with crew fatalities, those guys riding the shove is rather sketchy IMO.
Railroading is a pretty safe profession. In 2023 only 7 employees died in the US. that same year over 800 truckers died. nothing wrong riding a shove, just ask the engineer to put a little air under it and all is good. this is why we can still call our industry the safest in the world
@@Dickpeterballs6969 I drove truck for quite a few years and it sucked the entire time. 😂
@@therailroadtiespiker I did a little driving for my grandpa, mostly regional hauling asphalt.. before that I pumped septic tanks lol
@ you were a “Honey Dripper” my great grandpa did that along with working on the railroad.
@@therailroadtiespiker My grandpa and I made good money doing it. we did 12 a week.. I was 16 years old making $20 and hour.. but obviously my working on the RR is much better lol
Why a transfer van would be safer!
@@geoffreylee5199 it would be not sure why they don’t use them in Lafayette