Workin' on the Railroad

Have you ever passed a track gang and wondered what all those machines actually do? Here's your answer and more. You'll visit a tie replacement and surfacing gang to witness the amazing parade of equipment as it progresses down the track. Closeup shots explain what each machine does. Then you'll tour a major shop to see in detail how coal hoppers are built. Next you're off to view undercutting machines cleaning ballast on BNSF.

Did you ever wonder what it's like to work as a dispatcher? You'll visit a Norfolk Southern facility where the chief dispatcher explains the operation. Returning to BNSF, you'll see one of the most awesome pieces of railroad equipment: the P-811 concrete tie layer. This gigantic device lifts welded rails from the ties and forces them to both sides of the machine. It then removes old ties from the right of way, replaces them with new ones, and puts the rails back in place, all in one continuous movement. It's an absolutely fascinating, complex apparatus. You're sure to enjoy this and all of the other exotic equipment!

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• working
• railroad
• pentrex
• mow
• union
• pacific
• bnsf
• track
• work

[chatanugadotorg]

I have this DVD. It's an awesome look at the behind the scenes of railroading. Granted, it's not everything that goes into railroading since that would be a series of videos/DVDs, but it's a good look at what it takes to keep trains running.

[cc10266]

I'm guessing welding is the stronger glue.

[crazyfvck]

@HarveyHenkelmann lol

[xGURICAx]

Fuck i wish we had those machines at work!!

[strilight]

Woah...Railroad maintenance looks complex...but cool!

[jmm2000]

I worked on a system gang for UP. We assemble and built a no. 24 crossover for the double track project between CA and TX. After it was ready, eight CAT front endloaders push the crossover into place, connected it to the main lines and within a couple days, it was running beautifully.

[ewsiscrap]

Spent every Saturday nights for 27 years on engineering trains in the North of England.

I have dropped millions of tons of ballast and laid many thousands on miles of track.

These shifts were nearly always 12 hours, sign on at 2200hrs till 1000hrs.

The thing that kept us going was billy can full of tea and strawberry jam sandwhiches.

I have also had many hours sleep on the cab floor of the locos, in the quiet times.

[Disturbnthapeace]

i work as a engineer On the CSX but use Conrail engines as mow

[brino182]

you know what I'm talking about,pentrex.

[brino182]

british engines are really cool like flying scotsman, mallard,silver link,the LMS black fives,duchess of hamilton,spider man,stepenson's rocket and green arrow.