Big Dig 2009 - 10/27/2009 - West siding grading

Throughout the spring and summer of 2009, the R&GVRRM has been working very hard to clear the land of equipment and supplies to allow for the excavation to start for the second phase of the install of the R&GVRRM's new siding west of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad.

In 2008, the museum graded and installed nearly 400 feet of new siding off a newly installed switch in the LA&L's mainline. For 2009, the R&GVRRM hopes to complete the install of an additional 500 feet, but still had a lot of dirt to move.

In this video we see the museum's Huber-Warco road grader hard at work bringing the newly excavated area down to grade. The video also gives a nice perspective of the size of the project and its location west of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad, who's road train came south as the grader and our Case 580 backhoe were hard at work dealing with not so perfect conditions. It has been a wet fall here in Rochester.

The R&GVRRM is always looking for new volunteers to come out to help restore, maintain and operate the museum's heavy equipment collection. Interested? Please stop out or visit our website (www.rgvrrm.org) for more information on how to volunteer.

We hope you enjoy the video.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• RGVRRM
• rush
• new
• york
• rochester
• railroad
• museum
• construction
• equipment
• huber
• warco
• road
• motor
• grader
• detroit
• diesel
• case
• backhoe
• livonia
• avon
• lakeville
• la&l

[nightriderlopes]

if this were my machine, I would restore it! it deserves! machine is a classic!

[rgvrrm]

Our Huber is in our shop right now getting some much needed TLC including some cylinder rebuilds, engine maintenance (oil change, filters, etc.) and more. Not sure if it will find its way under the paint gun in 2010, but one never knows... Thanks for the comment.

[ottojimotto]

enjoyed the video. I have a Huber Warco grader that works great. The tranny is getting a bit sloppy. Does anyone know of a aftermarket tranny I can put in it to keep it going for years to come?

[bansao77]

Good video.This old Huber-Warco is SHOW!!!The operator is expert good! good!

[edktm]

I assume thats whats called a "full visability cab". That Detroit sure sounds healthy too. Is that a 353 or a four cyl?

[SuperJohndeere4020]

Road graders are cool. Had one once that needed the engine rebuilt but sold it.

[twospeed209]

cool blade,who makes it?Must be heck to find parts,thanks for sharing

[panhead55]

blading in the mud sucks, no matter what your running...

[delmontcrusier]

quite muddy from all the rain but it's comming along.this year was alot wetter than we all would have liked.