Albánie hnědouhelný důl / Albanian lignite mine

[glennofootscray]

Eastern block OH&S, up there with the sub continent and China.

[kloutvor]

To je jak před 100 lety

[paul2no]

So this is the mysterious manual PWM...

[SteamboatWilley]

"They said I could be anything, so I became a pantograph."

[AllYouNeedIsNerd]

Albania:

They have electric locomotive carts, but they have cease to discover the STICK.

[danieladamko]

If it's only around 40V then it has to be 200-300A...or more

[SittingMooseShaman]

...wet conditions...all metal equipment...open rheostat/terminal-box...hand-p­antograph...neck-high power-cables...the ground...IS the GROUND...bring your own rubber-gloves and Mickey Mouse boots... Yeah, sure. ...I'll be down in th' morning for 3rd shift... Hell, I can use the hand-o-graph t' light th' way! Pay? Fergitabouddit! Th' experience alone of workin' here will be worth it... It'll well prepare me, "for more years" of Obamas' socialism, back home in th' U.S. of A...

[albanpeder]

Ubij shiptera ubij islam

[Fant10000]

Anstatt den Draht da einfach hin zuhalten könnte er doch einfach ihn zu einem Bogen biegen, so muss er nicht dem Arm immer hochhalten ^^

P.S. : Gefährliche Spannungen ab 50 Volt DC

[drixdresspress]

Hammergeiles Video ,Klasse die Stromaufname.Auch die Weichen sind Klasse.

Wer baut es im Modell nach???

[ForsakenMelodeath]

TOO MUCH MINECRAFT

[pianoman74]

allerliebst, der Lichtbogen =D

[soundseeker63]

That is so bad, it is good!

I swear I will never complain again about the state of British infrastructure!

[TheHitolf]

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 =)

[Skywatcher31]

I have never seen a human pantograph before, but it's certainly a possible career option for those who have exhausted all other possibilities.

[papajaga]

Albánští workmeni - BSP

[V8FordTempo]

ZAP! ick

[traktoros]

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! :)

[pianoman74]

@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!!

[zazaoffice]

"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.

[pikomega]

@zazaoffice Definitely, but that current is going through the electric motor. It all depends on voltage and where the current is applied to.

[aloisbembel]

With the extracted coal they solely produce the energy for the mine train...

[dynamergr]

deregulation, neoliberalism, new order era...welcome to hell

[Euroman002]

Why you said that they do not care about labour protection? The pantograph has a helmet.

[ManSnowdrift]

Ахаха Хочу себе такой же троллейбус

[SirLikkAlot]

wait, in about twenty years this guy will have a very rare type of cancer.

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

This is too much!! Talk about basics. The hand-held 'trolley-pole' had me on the floor!!

[neiluk1984]

Reminds me of the Manchester Metrolink...

[xXxNameWasterxXx]

Marvada pinga

É que eu me atrapaio

Entro na venda e já dou meu taio

Pego no copo e dali nun saio

Ali memo eu bebo

Ali memo eu caio

Só pra carregar é que eu dô trabaio

[KPinfo]

CZŁWIEK PANTOGRAF heh

[Macius5991]

ciekawe rozwiązanie ;D

[ohxbjvan]

These are 36 Volts industry locomotives. They have 3 kilowatts motor taking 80-100 Amps, hence sparks.

36V is harmless to humans.

What's funny, these locos are made in a developed country, where the workers would strike if they had to work like that.

[welbhloud]

36V is harmless, 100 Amps is not... And amps are killer

[se11001]

@welbhloud

But the body has about 1000 Ohms, and then the Current would be 36mA, wich isn't deadly.

[ohxbjvan]

0:18 you can see a real voltage regulator (rheostat) that probably was conected to a decent pantograph.

1:30 thyristors? IGBTs? come one, a human PWM regulator!

[MrCledus159753]

to je šalina

[backwoodsgps]

looks like fun to me

had jobs like this too

love the smiles

[szegecs123]

yeah, but this was 15 years ago

[forgotten0freedom]

Wtf is that? One time a wet hand, and the driver is fried!

[MG06ZT]

OMG - what a nightmare!

[eleven68]

Ez a biztonságos technológia ...

[juasha]

"In what occupation are you?"

"I am a pantograph for electric locomotive."

[connerie26]

LOL xDDD

[SilentDrapeRunner]

1:30 - rozruch impulsowy ;-)

Ciekawe kiedy przepalą ten przewód i będzie "niespodzianka" :-)

[Antphoneigh]

omg wow!

[zqa6h1]

Anyád! Ezek nem szívbajosak vazzeg!

[karelfromholland]

Is that the Albanian ICE ?

[DNRY122]

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.

[Hanniker]

I wonder how many workers tripped and fell on that high tension line....

[megatwingo]

I couln´t believe it when I saw it.

5***** and favourite!

[Hobbytrem]

I feel like crying for them. Poor "poor" men. It is not life. It is hell on Earth.

[proxx1988]

sad... but true.

[jetztisfeierabend]

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

[Raminagrobisfr]

look the sparks, it's more the 200V volts.

[traindude70]

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!

[RenDad]

Tak to je fakt nářez..crazy traffic in Albania ,o))

[pioneer5555]

depends on the voltage. it could actually be pretty safe

[justlooking14]

looks pretty safe...

[peepingtom75]

(l)ignite hardcore

[paulmattt]

Lignite is my hobby!

[RBMNcndr]

I LOVE IT!!!

[trog3r]

hey man, that is dangerous!:)

[lechwos]

ja pierdole 21 wiek gornictwo jak sie patrzy

[chazsmateII]

Albanians, meet the Albanians

They're the modern stone-age family

Digging through the bedrock

They're a page right out of history

Let's ride with the nutters down the track

Through the courtesy of an electric crack

When you're with the Albanians

Have a yow-how-who-hoo time

A buzzing fizz time

You'll have a gay old time

[dumbbuff]

That just makes all sorts of sense

[jwerren78]

At first I thought this was a Union Pacific training video! Talk about crude equipment! Thanks for sharing!

[hrb266]

Live better electrically!

[skgecko]

...where time stoped

[clydio]

Notice these guys are SMILING!

[samgrown47]

WTF ,what happens when it rains?

[tompaah7503]

If it rains? Dudes going to get a funky hairstyle!

[limeyfox]

Now I REALLY HAVE seen it all!

[RRSpectra]

Similar railways in the West would be powered by 250 volts DC but I suspect this is powered by less than 50 volts DC and if the voltage is less than 24, it would be perfectly safe.

[sneebly]

Call out the FRA STB and NTHSA

[fuzzypeach777]

Remarkable cultural differences and industrial safety standards.

Life is cheap in Albania it would appear.

[w5cdt]

I noticed that none of those guys were fat. Does that tell you anything about we Americans? :-)

[MOVEZIG]

What does that have to do with this video?

[gargaj]

He probably means that these guys die from electric shocks a lot earlier before they could get fat.

[ngquang1945]

is the overhead wire carrying 600v dc?

[w5cdt]

Probably low voltage high current DC.

[Semifastslim]

Totally mental ! No headboards carriedski Simples..

[w5cdt]

OSHA would be proud.

[tantive4]

Mmm. Sparky...

[marek35]

sou to pankáči :))

[sognol]

Worlds best practice !!

[sognol]

Yep, life's cheap over there. Any complaints and there's always someone waiting to take your job. Emloyers heaven.

[k7tp]

Of course the single point is common in mining operations worldwide. Can't say the same for the electrical pickup. But you know, they're getting the job done.

[ShizukuSeiji]

Love the pointwork!

[1800isbest]

omg H+S eat your heart out

[7310543]

example of where to orthodox Communists completed facility far from back to the caves,,, our safety technician would receive a stroke :-D

[F2STU]

Fucking hell thats hilarious!

[yak52aholic]

hahahaha wat a fucking crack up

[flamerail]

LOL this is fucking halarious.

[doubletrack]

Dont touch the "Stinger" LOL

[herbgarratt]

Are these guys trying to outdo the darwin Awards?

[CryptoNkrems]

lool the collector :D