How it's made, train wheels

[starguard]

Ever wonder how a train stays on the tracks without sliding off? If you think you know the answer, think again and watch this video: watch?v=y7h4OtFDnYE

The answer might surprise you

[Graham987654]

as an employee of the railway, this interests me but i would really like to know how they did it in the late 1800's before this automation stuff

[GitarStu]

In Australia, we have this annoying Canadian woman doing the voice overs. What he says is the same as what she does. Dunno why they bother changing voice actors.

[summersky77]

@GitarStu In Canada, we get these annoying Australian visitors that think the U.S and Americans are the same. Just saying...Dunno why they just don't stay home.

[GitarStu]

@summersky77 They go there to realise how lucky we are here!

[Deeablo24]

221804 guys where watching this....bet no girls did ;-)

[thetrainman08]

304 people dont know how to make train wheels

[legumefructe]

@thetrainman08 304 people does not know what a train is

[policevancan]

its gotta be hot as shit in that place.

[YoungJim409]

@policevancan If you want a pretty good idea what the Christian Hell looks like, try a steel mill. Hot, loud, dirty (on the inside at least) and smelly.

[Godzillalove3]

cant facking hear anything

[Quindal]

How was it made 150 years ago?

[Ninja3657]

How "How it's made" is made

[kc2jga]

For gods sake, I wish people would stop recording TV's!!!!

[jrmaximus]

cool - like watching someone elses TV from another part of the world.

Thanks for sharing :)

[totalrandomcrap]

Don't forget to turn down the volume before switching back to the porn you were watching.

[CAM72894ify]

Cool!

[Alexvideoclip]

Cool, thanks !

[Fluvance]

00:06 Bottom of the screen.... Yes, I'm sure I am...

[okzoia]

How much does a finished wheel set weigh?

[notalott]

@okzoia 2-3 tons. sorry i don't have the right number available at the moment.

[antimatter07]

recorded on a toaster

[Jiqsaw08]

Train Wheels Made in China xD

[tocsa120ls]

did you record this with your calculator?

[MadScientist267]

Ugh. And this is why there are so many crap videos on DoucheTube.

The process is interesting, but having to jack the volume wide open to hear what is being said sucks. Get a capture card and do it right. Don't waste our time with camcorder crap.

[digler99]

I watch how-it's-made for the music.

[STuKKie86]

fuck you

[TeamBadGuys]

Thanks for uploading. Don’t listen to those pussies.

[fairyheli2]

stop complaining about quality, at least the content is on youtube

[yamahonkawazuki]

@fairyheli2 agreed. its funny a troll would complain about someones lack of videos as well. ( not directed at you, but at trolls in general)

[tehatemachine]

I think they forgot to mention that when they machine them, They taper them on purpose so when in a turn, the only thing that would be making contact is the bottom wheel, The flange is for safety. Tapering rules!

[123MasterComputer]

Nice video but not much of man labour nice

[dathug85]

I work for a company in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada called Griffin Canada. Look it up we make train wheels there for C.P And C.N.

[savagenomore]

I miss this show..

[JetMechMA]

There's an interesting video on here of Richard Fineman the physicist explaining how train wheels go around a curve, given the fact that they are a solid axle. The secret is in the angle the wheel is ground to. It's not parallel to the rail surface. It's an angle. At a curve in the tracks, the smaller outside edge of one wheel takes the inside of the curve, and the larger diameter inside of the other wheel takes the outside edge of the curve. The flange is just for safety.

[av8rdav]

Why record TV with a camcorder or cell phone? No TV capture card?

[OhNoNotMyPenis]

you should watch

How its made: capture cards

[wolfmang22]

And I've actually tried to lift a fully assembled train wheel it's almIost impossible. I've seen cranes have trouble lifting those things

[wolfmang22]

At least it is in good quality

[JordanianPride80]

did u record this with a train wheel ?

[godbluffvdgg]

@JordanianPride80 I actually laughed out loud. Good one!

[goodkarma33]

Now where it's made............CHINA.

[prodrumernate]

thats where i left my bench weights :/

[eddson11]

they have metal that can withstand the heat needed for another type of metal to melt, but then how the heck do they make all the stuff that's made out of this awesome heatwithstanding metal?

[JetMechMA]

@eddson11 It's not so much the heat as it is the time that it comes into contact with the heat. The part being manufactured is heated over time in a fire-brick furnace whereas the steel machines handling it only come into contact with the heated part momentarily. It's all timed out so that the part gets sent on it's way before it damages the tool. But I've heard of mistakes being made or a break down occuring and the tool and the part get more or less welded together.

[atokombeled]

Uploader, please re-upload this in better quality, if possible!

Awesome material, but very low quality.

It'd be great to see this in higher resolution and with better sound.

Thanks for the upload though!

[WiiGeee]

glad the comments are here to tell me the sound is bad, i never would have noticed and im sure the uploader wouldn't have either.

[siyamand]

centrifigunal molding would be much much better and durable than these.

[umid95]

117 dislikes..dude,why?

[451753]

NIET LEUK

[pineappleisawesome1]

everyone turn up the fukin volume i can hear it fine, stop being douchebags

[SightlyAbyss]

needs to watch, how a capture card is made.

[mbcyclery]

normalize your audio dick!

[Kcducttaper1]

9,000 tone of pressure? Don't get your finger stuck in there.

[Kcducttaper1]

@Kcducttaper1 *tons

[bestamerica]

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where is the ball bearing on the axle or wheel,,,

or roll bearing,

or pin bearing

[positive17]

@bestamerica there isn't it is one part ! the bearing is for between the axle and the train chassi !!!

please check out my channel

[bestamerica]

positive17,

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okay send me another channel about bearing on the train axle / wheel

[krishanth82]

good info. FYI, i can hear clearly...

[qqcolaman]

This video was Rammstein's idea...

[tod3k]

Why the hell do you upload someting we cant hear??????????

[WNxRadeon]

can anyone please upload a propper vid of this? :S

[ZundappFan]

dude, filming a screen????

[BBT609]

ikr?



[MrMKH2010]

The had machines to do a lot of the work, it was just a lot slower because of no automation

[Zappyguy111]

It's a real shame that my country has lost all our major foundries... Now we just export all our ore and keep very little for ourselves... I think it's just too expensive, most of the stuff here is sold at a 200-400% profit...

[94Princesi]

well done.

[ericsantiago011]

i will use wieght lifting...

[sti8u]

@ericsantiago011 But first, you must learn the definition of grammar.

[ericsantiago011]

@sti8u lol its ok.... xD...

[Mattessj]

being a millwright at a plant like that would be a hot ass job.....

[The1stKukuDrifter]

Why do people record TV with a cam corder and then post it on youtube? It's horrible and you should be flogged for ruining the world with this junk.

[3nasacova]

@The1stKukuDrifter More importantly, how do people get away with posting content from the television on YouTube.

Why don't I just record and upload every damn thing thats on TV. Doing that would make me the most successful YouTube uploader ever.

[hapcimorgo]

@The1stKukuDrifter Well its better than nothing. At least now I know how its made....

[shomoser12]

@The1stKukuDrifter o shut up u ungreatfull sob

[jlg4880]

So that's how rolling stock wheels and axles are made! I always thought the wheels were steel castings with a separate steel tire heat shrunk on and finish machined.

[bronxborn70]

9000 tons of pressure. Reminds me of the press that squashed The Terminator 1.

Not the same, but you get what I mean.

[vector6977]

The blue bearing caps made by me in Erie,PA!

[csxconductor100]

@vector6977 witch RR buys them csx, ns, or short line?

[neonbluen851]

0:25 oh no camera. camera: 0:27 even closer. 0:30 the camera got crushed

[hwoods01]

In Poland, they use square train wheels.. This video of the US round wheel design offers a smoother ride, but costs more to produce.

[okzoia]

How much does a mounted wheel set wegh?

[adamackels]

I'd hate to pay the utility bill though...

[ergatis1001]

Very cool. Very intreresting machinery

[9952726608]

Nice collections... Hats off....

[TheDarkSide599]

MORGAN FREEMAN FOR ANNOUNCER!!!

[okzoia]

How much does the standard 36 inch wheel set weigh? I'm guessing at least 1,000lbs.

[2Cweed]

@okzoia A complete wheel set weighs about 3,000 pounds.

[markhinr]

@okzoia 2Cweed is correct. A wheel set weighs approximately 3000 pounds, depending on size of wheels. I once moved two 42" wheel sets for a Pullman heavyweight sleeping car. Called up a heavy duty wrecker service that tows semi tractors. The tow truck driver put down his outriggers and tried to lift the first wheel set with his boom but, instead of lifting the wheel set, the front end of his truck raised 3 feet off the ground. : )

[Primal67060]

@markhinr I drive a truck for a living. A tractor trailer with full load is 80K lbs. Empty weight is around 35K lbs. If a truck with both wheel's was lifted by a tow truck meant for big rig's, how does it come 3 feet off the ground. Considering the engine block in a big truck weighs as much as a lincoln town car alone. Something doesn't sound right with your story. A typical car only weighs around 3,500-4,000 lbs.

[markhinr]

@Primal67060 It wasn't a humongous tow truck, like the kind that will tow an entire semi tractor with trailer. Another difference is that a when you're towing a vehicle you're lifting one end, not usually free lifting it into the air.

[markhinr]

@Primal67060 Once the tow truck driver adjusted his outriggers more to the rear, he was able to lift the wheel sets, but was a bit surprised at their weight.

[debo2969]

I love those standard steel wheels. Are boring mill also dose Griffen Wheels and Sumotamo Wheel, Those SS wheels are so easy to run... But I want to re - QA check that guys tabs.... THEY WEREN'T FLAT.... No shortcuts, only quality. It is a fun process.

[gncamaro1991]

I thought they just did the wheels and the axle with just a lathe, not melting things, but i can see why they heat treat it though

[vulcan1429]

Did you film the tv screen? Nice job!

[crapper1]

wow thats freaking awsome

[Gavsta40]

Will car rims work? Lol.

Trying to see if they work.

[dithbmine1]

Wish that announcer was back.............

[Gannondalf]

makes you wonder how they did it before all these automated machines

[frollard]

@Gannondalf My grandfather did that job in British steel mills in fact. Imagine...same press, same bajillion tonnes of force to forge them...but a LOT more manual labour. :)

[Fu3R4]

@Gannondalf I'm fairly sure that back then they were cast in iron or steel then fitted with a hardened steel ring.

[Engineer9736]

@Fu3R4 Different countries got probably different manufacturing processes, i'm pretty sure as well that the trains here in the netherlands got steel rings around de wheels as well.

[Rhandahl]

@Gannondalf pretty much the same way, only with more manual methods, and using other techniques to end up with the same result.

[headmouse]

@Gannondalf By hand probably. :)

[PLUSHAIRPLANECARPET]

@Gannondalf on a lathe

[MrMKH2010]

@Gannondalf By hand.

[pyrobombs]

@Gannondalf Chinese sweatshops...

[Serostern]

@Gannondalf ...By hand.

Duh

[SrgScream]

@Gannondalf yah nevr thought of that until i read your com

[1MtnBoy]

@Gannondalf lol, bigger machines that were operated by hand, forging presses, overhead cranes and furnaces used to only handle one or two at a time.  Old-School !!

[atokombeled]

@Gannondalf

They were mostly cast or composite built, latter forged with simpler old timer industrial forging machines.

There were lots of different composite wheels like forged steel "rim" on cast iron hub and

other metal composites, with structures ranging from hollow wheels through semi hollows to solid ones.

There were even wood/cast iron composite ones in the early days of railways.

I've recently visited a museum for traffic technology and seen a lot of this stuff.

[arasharfa]

@Gannondalf well, they'd record it onto a DVD and then rip the DVD to the computer...

[jaglifter]

@Gannondalf They were manhandked and drop forged. My father inlaw used to do these at Loco works Derby.

[CNRailPusher]

@Gannondalf

Cast Iron

[Gannondalf]

@CNRailPusher ya but how crazy would it have been... must have been an exhausting job making train wheels

[RerailMe]

Model trains are scaled very well but, the wheel flanges on most are riduculously huge compared to the real thing. (Scaled)

[jmchessman]

@RerailMe

They do that to allow model trains to take much sharper turns. Scale curves would still be prohibitively large, even in "N" scale -- you wouldn't be able to fit them in the average sized home.

[marcheseDS]

Nice video, bad audio (volume too low)...thanks anyway

[Firelife3]

@marcheseDS just turn volume up =D

[locutus340]

@marcheseDS nice video? the stupid poster used a camera to show us this from his tv what a douch and your one too for thinking its a good video

[marcheseDS]

@locutus340 I like the "How it's made" videos, heavy steel stuff the most, and I appreciate the effort. We all prefer HD videos still we can live without as we have in the last decades...and I don't know what a douche is (a shower in french maybe?) so rudeness is futile ;)

[locutus340]

@marcheseDS a douch is well you... lol responding to comments is dumb i just lowered myself to your level

[tjmfishing]

I have a video of this show but with model trains, that car is shown in my video. Strange that the voice is different

[ch00bz0rzz]

harsh process lol

[SKYCAM20196]

walaah....!

[moonulica]

I loooooooove "how it's made" :D