BROKEN RAIL -- Emergency at Carneys Crossing

Snow Squalls, Sparks and Smoke, and Trains. Signal has been lost and rail snapped on Main Line Track 3 Cresson Pa. Watch a great NS MOW crew replace this rail
in the snow squalls.
Also watch A Visit to The Station InnPA in HQ. Enjoy,bert

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[MrBNSFconductor]

Cool video.. Where was the "Emergency" at?

[bertbert14]

@MrBNSFconductor

I originally titled it Occurance at CC.

No emergency--but "Yellow alert?"--lol

[robertgift]

Nicely done. Thank you.

Was that section of rail already bent to match the curve?

Bent where?

[bertbert14]

@robertgift Thanks Robert,

The rail was not bent when delivered and placed on the track.

The mow crew replaced it using muscles to fit the slight curve of probadly 1%or 2% at most curve. The way I understand it, they used the gas heater on the rail to "relax" the rail and hold it in the new curved position, and to take the tension off of it so it would not want to straighten back out again..Then they sealed the nuts to the bolts with some thermite, much better than a lock washer. --lol--Doug

[NSNORFOLKSOUTHERNFAN]

Where did you get the scanner

[bertbert14]

They are available at a lot of places.Radio Shack has OK models, better ones out there.I have an older Yaesu TF60 FM transceiver,(much better--google it) with magnet mount antenna--which is great. Doug

[79supergasdriver]

@24preacherboy Ummm...probably because they just weren't working that day, or maybe assigned to a different crew in a different place, or maybe NS is a racist company that hates black people (since that's exactly what you wanted to hear). Go throw your victim complex elsewhere and leave these hardworking men alone.

[SgtRollo61]

man!! thats a busy place!!

[bigdv519]

Great video. Its a similiar operation on my model railroad. :)

[RoflmaoAtSheepeople]

Very cool job nice work and fast.

[ussoldierrail]

@ussoldierrail One last thought also thank you for taking the time to do this right. Most foamers will take about 1 m inute of film and get right back to the engines only. There is a guy in toledo mike harding that is a trouble for all real rail fans,. this guy tresspasses drives illegaly go's in between tracks and onto over passes you name it. Total jerk with 0 repsect for trains or the public and his little foamer group. Again this is a great video keep'n real brother

[ussoldierrail]

@ussoldierrail I actualy used this video to inspire me to build some MOW trucks out of some match box type deals. They are not HO scale but who cares I am not one of those silly PHD X high school science club tatle tales. I have a large HO scale layout but realize that they are tyos not real trains as these foamers from train orders and trains mag seem to think. Like Model RR mag bunch of yuppie suburbian morons who cause all of us to get into trouble at the tracks there unsafe rail fan..

[ussoldierrail]

@MrBNSFconductor This is a great video, u a RR employee? My dad and two uncles worked for CSX and are no recent retires. All were engineers and or condcutor brakeman at some point for C&O N Conrail to CSX. We rail fan when we have the time. My son got wounded last week in combat and I am a handic- vet.. toledoOHindependentrailfan is our deal on photobucket, we are christian n share our pics just no pubs deal GOD BLESS brother

[24preacherboy]

Why are there no black people in this video?