TLE&W Railroad Trackwork On October 15, 2011

Filmed on October 15, 2011 using FlipShare. Watch in HD. In order to get our train up and running our track on the Toledo Lake Erie & Western Railroad must meet FRA standards. In order to run every 4th railroad tie must be in good condtion. We started placeing railroad tie in Waterville, Ohio at Mile Post 15 where the TLE&W ownership of the line starts. We used our tie inseter to install the ties. These new ties will need to be spiked but, that is another project. This tie inserter was built in France and is a former Union Pacific tie inserter. The line we run on is 11 miles of ex-NKP trackage known as the "Cloverleaf Division". The Toledo Lake Erie & Western Railway is a non-profit organization and is run entirely by volunteers such as me. Donations are greatly appericated to help us get our train running. For more information or how to donate please go to www.TLEW.org Video property of metraF40PH163.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Toledo Lake Erie & western
• TLE&W
• Railroad track work
• Waterville Ohio
• Railroad MOW

[SuperTrippdaddy]

You really need an update in your guys equipment,

[metraF40PH163]

@SuperTrippdaddy Why? This tie inserter is really not that old & does it's job fine. This railroad TLE&W RR is all run by volunteers & is a non-profit organization. We don't have the funds around to by brand new equipment. In order to purchase new equipment we usually use donated money & passenger train ticket revenue. If you wolud like to donate to us to get newer equipment let me know & I can send you a link to our website so you can donate, thanks

[pwalpar]

awesome

[metraF40PH163]

@pwalpar Thanks Walter

[TheZeke1974]

Ive watched the ITM In Noblesville use one of these a few times.. Pretty neat stuff!



[metraF40PH163]

@TheZeke1974 Thanks, track MOW equipment is neat

[ohiofoamer7612]

@mbta1000 We don't need to fix our track to class 1 standards anyway since we will only be running a few ties on the weekends and maby once through the week. We don't have enough money to fix our track to class 1 standards as of now. we plan to in the future but our main goal is get the train running!

[metraF40PH163]

@bgsudude81 Thanks! we still have a lot to do but, we are getting there

[bgsudude81]

Looking good! 

[metraF40PH163]

@DouglasP201 No, we are just doing more trackwork on our line to get it up to FRA standards. We have been using this line for well over 30 years