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Uploaded by on Aug 12, 2010

Ergonomic way of unloading hopper cars..

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  • Shelly locomotive SD18M, CSX delivered the train and we staged train for departure..

  • Well 6 minutes a car X 100 cars = 10 hours for one train, well that doesn't seem to modern to me!

  • @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.

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  • @niselat Don't post, idiot

  • unloading flour

  • 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

  • Thanks for posting that. I hadn't seen it before.

  • What engine were you using & why does it have a CSX EOT on it?

  • 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

  • anybody see when the car is first unloading to the time its almost done, there is a little bit of a height distance change

  • hard hat no hi vis....

  • Looks like a great job. Press three buttons and stand around and bullshit for 10 minutes. Must be union workers

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