wow i never see that before where they use air to open hopper cars how long have they been doing that to hopper cars i always thought they take the pole and open the area where it dumps it out on the bottom that is defently new norfolk southern man out
This is what us fellow RR employees have called "luxury cars" lol. Sure beats unloading with sledge hammers and point bars, or having to bust your ass if a door wants to be stuck open!
@522549 115 tons of stone per car.35 tons car weight equals 150 tons per car, 14,500 tons for 100 cars.. Figure move time of 40 to 50 seconds per car,plus staging time . I think you see how time adds up..When I get some time I may show how slow swinging a sledge by two men opening the pockets rather than one man using a battery. I'm sure you wouldn't want to swing a sledge , open , close and lock pocket doors either. At the end of the stone season here these guys have arms like a Black Smith.
If I saw that correctly, the two wires coming from the thing the guy was holding (which looked like an old drill) touched the contact under the letters which triggered the door(s) to be opened?
unloading flour
BlackNyght1 3 weeks ago
whats with the air automatic opening thats wird new 21st century technogly can you give me info on that air opening thing thanks oil man out
chris64346 1 month ago
Thanks for posting that. I hadn't seen it before.
fredstuckmann 1 month ago
Shelly locomotive SD18M, CSX delivered the train and we staged train for departure..
ERIE1264 1 month ago
What engine were you using & why does it have a CSX EOT on it?
tartopfan 1 month ago
wow i never see that before where they use air to open hopper cars how long have they been doing that to hopper cars i always thought they take the pole and open the area where it dumps it out on the bottom that is defently new norfolk southern man out
chris64346 1 month ago
anybody see when the car is first unloading to the time its almost done, there is a little bit of a height distance change
pjtesar101 1 month ago
hard hat no hi vis....
wattsmilly01 2 months ago
Looks like a great job. Press three buttons and stand around and bullshit for 10 minutes. Must be union workers
niselat 3 months ago
@niselat Don't post, idiot
fyadcorp 2 weeks ago
What are t hey unloading?
schrap72 3 months ago
@schrap72 cocaine for Scarface
niselat 3 months ago
This is what us fellow RR employees have called "luxury cars" lol. Sure beats unloading with sledge hammers and point bars, or having to bust your ass if a door wants to be stuck open!
lonleyinosky 5 months ago
Well 6 minutes a car X 100 cars = 10 hours for one train, well that doesn't seem to modern to me!
522549 5 months ago
@522549 115 tons of stone per car.35 tons car weight equals 150 tons per car, 14,500 tons for 100 cars.. Figure move time of 40 to 50 seconds per car,plus staging time . I think you see how time adds up..When I get some time I may show how slow swinging a sledge by two men opening the pockets rather than one man using a battery. I'm sure you wouldn't want to swing a sledge , open , close and lock pocket doors either. At the end of the stone season here these guys have arms like a Black Smith.
ERIE1264 5 months ago
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522549 5 months ago
This looks like FUN!
dbdrdbag 6 months ago
tht has to take 4 ever just to do the whole train
gregorybush1000 7 months ago
This looks like a slow system.
sockguyvetinari 8 months ago
Notice how much the car's springs came up. Pretty neat!
Brandonbuilt 10 months ago
wow, this is pretty cool!
Seaboard1321 10 months ago
Hopefully the NEXT train isn't hauling diesel in a leaky tank ..... that thar be ammonia nitrate, makes big boom. :) :)
P.S. Just in case the DHS sees this post of mine, I've never actually TRIED to blow up anything with nitrate & fuel .... just read about it. :( :(
offamychain 1 year ago
Very nice. I've seen plenty of footage of rotary dump gons being unloaded, but not enough of the bottom-dump hoppers like this. Interesting.
FastFlyingVirginian 1 year ago
If I saw that correctly, the two wires coming from the thing the guy was holding (which looked like an old drill) touched the contact under the letters which triggered the door(s) to be opened?
csxketh1 1 year ago