I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
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Machines have replaced backbreaking labor when railroads rebuild their track.
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| Producer | Green Frog Productions |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 45 Minutes |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
Machine and Space technology have replaced backbreaking labor when railroads rebuild their tracks. This action video tells it all, by comparing trackwork done by the railroads in the 1950s and earlier with the heavily automated way it is done today. Watch huge machines in action you will see nowhere else.
br>We first see work being done in the days of steam locomotives and trolley cars. Even then, early track machinery was taking on increasing importance. We watch a well oiled operation to replace wood ties in the 1950s.
br>We fast forward to the mid-1990s, where wood ties are being replaced with concrete ties. The rails are being changed at the same time as the long automated track machine crawls forward. Here is a graphic opportunity to learn about the work you have seen on the railroad in recent years, or to know what is happening the next time you see railroad work being done.
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rickyfreni –
Before we get to the Track Maintenance, there are vintage films & still images from a wreck on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois in the 1960s, Black & white films of the trolley line being serviced, a steam powered passenger train on the Delaware & Hudson in the 1940s with a steam shovel working at the exact same spot, & even fast forward to today’s Loraine Ditch Cleaning train. Afterwards, we moved on to the Slurring mixture followed by gang cars on the Rio Grande with A wood preservative, & a mighty Loram Rail Grinder.
In the old days, workmen used a pickaxe & white paint to mark the damaged ties, then there are machines to repair the rails: Ballast cars, a ballast regulator, spike pullers & Drivers, A Ballast Tamper, & a tie remover with flatbeds of already removed ties. There is also a segment on how the old ties are replaced at a railroad crossing by using a machine called a Pavement Breaker.
In the modern era, welded rail on the CSX line in Kennesaw Georgia is included as the old-fashioned jointed rail & wooden ties are officially retired & ready to be replaced with today’s welded rail & concrete ties which lasted much longer than expected. To Move the rails, a Burro Crane is used with a gondola to load & unload rails by using an electro-magnet, then a special machine called a Tie Tamper is used to remove the wooden ties & jointed rail & even install the concrete ties & jointed rails, followed by a Ballast Groomer, hoppers with new ballast which one of the cars still has the Louisville & Nashville Logo, & a Ballast Compactor.
According to one of the rails, this footage of the Welded rail operations was filmed on Sunday June 12, 1994.
Overall, Dan Chandler did a marvelous job narrating this program.