A broken gate and "static drop switch move" OMLX 2254 CCR Railroad filming train in rain

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A broken gate and "static drop switch move" OMLX 2254 CCR Railroad filming train in rain

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I changed the title because the FRA felt the railroad needed investigated over this video. It is a perfectly legal and acceptable move. Sorry for bringing the heat down on the crew... Fuk the FRA.
On Friday March 23rd 2023 we caught the CCR finishing up for the day. This engine had been sitting on a siding for a long time inactive but something must have happened to the 2604 so we made sure to get right down to Cleveland Monday morning to catch them working. Unfortunately it was pissing rain but we made the best out of it by wrapping the cameras up with plastic and getting muddy! Their work for the day was a run east on the former Erie Lackawanna Randall Secondary. At E 116th St the gate was broke so the conductor had to assist it! At 6:18 they appear to be passing the remnants of a passenger platform. The last run of passenger service was on 14 January 1977. At Bedford Heights they tied down the engine on the main and let the cars roll into the siding to get the locomotive on the west end of the train. They would shove 1 hopper east to Nestle Stouffers but that shot is inaccesable from the ground.
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@TracksideSFL 10 ай бұрын

That was a phenomenally well executed gravity switch move! Amazing footage! Loved the video!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@rjb5847 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the video. I'm a retired CP Conductor & safety officer. The move you illustrated to re-position the cars onto the other end of the locomotive, is something we used to call a "gravity" or "static" drop on CP. The operation you've shown could make a good modeling project.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I’ve seen several railroads do this but this was the most cars I’ve seen done in a cut.

@kerryrock9248 9 ай бұрын

Yep, on Conrail we called it a gravity drop.

@michaelwalsh9475 10 ай бұрын

Thank you to all our rail workers! You keep the nation moving!!

@kerryrock9248 9 ай бұрын

Nice old GP35. We ran old NS 35s on the Wheeling and Lake Erie. Didn't mind running these long hood foreward since they had centered control panels.

@gp3829 10 ай бұрын

Hi, I enjoyed watching that. Thanks also to you and your kids for braving the rain and filming.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We got soaked but it was a good time

@poppopstrains8570 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Great video!

@anverh7488 9 ай бұрын

Amazing thanks ❤

@caseyjonessnr1200 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video, nice to see switching taking place in inclement weather conditions. I haven’t seen “Fly” switching in many a year. Thank you. 13:14

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I don’t prefer to shoot in the rain but when I do I return with some pretty good footage.

@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing and best regards

@erie910 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. I'm an Erie fan and former commuter out east. We did the gravity move on the railroad where I worked in Indiana. Its stlll done today. It's not an FRA regulation violation. A single handbrake will control a short cut of cars.

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. I filmed a similar move on the Wabash Central over in Indiana years ago.

@whiteknightcat 10 ай бұрын

OMLX 2254, an ancient GP35, ex PNR 2254, exx GWR 3042, exxx DRGW 3042, built 12/1964

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Been around a while

@Conrail1731 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I don't get to see a lot of that kind of switching 👍👍

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Wish industrial switching was easier to catch.

@davidbrown4823 9 ай бұрын

Great video.

@bobblundell2281 10 ай бұрын

Great job guys, family fun

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Spring break fun.

@kennethfuller8347 9 ай бұрын

Great video, Scott. I really enjoyed that, and I've been a railfan for many years. Glad to see your kids becoming railfans, too.

@freddypflugbeil6 10 ай бұрын

That was cool thanks for showing it. From New York

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@HavelockYard 10 ай бұрын

Awesome work!!!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bonntv 10 ай бұрын

Super Video "EXTRA" !!!

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@FrogandFlangeVideo 10 ай бұрын

Terrific video, Scott. James.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@paulhare662 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this, thanks. The grafitti collection was nice, looked like a group worked together on that.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. They might have. I’ve spotted taggers working in the CCR “yard”. Nobody bats an eye in this neighborhood!

@Nicola636128 10 ай бұрын

Very Interesting!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@leecarlson9713 9 ай бұрын

That must have been quite a decline, for the cars to move that easily! Very interesting to see. Thanks for the video! And in miserable weather, too.

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

I’m not sure what type of grade is needed for this type of move. Thanks for watching!

@StormySkyRailProductions 10 ай бұрын

Very cool video and catch during the inclement weather. Enjoyed watching and have a wonderul rest of your evening.(Steve)

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. The weather was miserable but I really needed to document this line. Glad this video has been well recurring view wise.

@StormySkyRailProductions 9 ай бұрын

Your welcome and maybe next time the weather can be better.@@ScottTaipaleRail

@paulbergen9114 10 ай бұрын

Another poor Eastern line that has fallen upon hard times and it looks like the big customer is a bakery with those North Dakota Mill cars. That old platform along with what appeared to be a shelter is a real throwback. You get extra credits for being out in bad weather but since it's a line that has infrequent service it's good documentation

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! There was so much rail served industry along this line back in the days of the EL. Only one direct customer left with a spur on the main. The rest is rail to truck but I’m not sure who gets the flour.

@paulbergen9114 10 ай бұрын

@@ScottTaipaleRail the way the conductor was moving the brake handle He looked like he was in the original Tugboat Willy cartoon from 1926

@rickcope3226 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching the video

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@LanternSignals 9 ай бұрын

Gravity drop. Nice catch!

@user-rk1hf4ud6i 9 ай бұрын

I love trains so much I'll be building my second layout in my apartment here soon two. Layouts in one apartment but its just me and my puppy here so its ok

@sernajrlouis 10 ай бұрын

Cool video

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@unpasaro 10 ай бұрын

Excellent !!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@railfansammy4974 10 ай бұрын

Awesome catching

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Trains4Fun 9 ай бұрын

4:20 Wow. That crossing gate in bad shape got to have extra crew out there just to move out of the way just so the train can get through.

@SteamCrane 9 ай бұрын

In 1961 I rode the NMRA Cleveland National Convention trip on the Erie from below CUT to the B+LE roundhouse in Greenville PA. I believe the engine was a Lima road switcher. It moved right along.

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

The NMRA used to have some interesting trips on the rails.

@shiftintohigh5564 10 ай бұрын

Nicely done gents.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@IsupportVehicles999 10 ай бұрын

Great work! Keep it up!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, visit again soon!

@DaveKnerler 10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@bradleyjanes2949 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. Great content😊

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@georgemurphy2579 9 ай бұрын

Not enough is invested in this most important aspect of our infrastructure.

@ikonseesmrno7300 10 ай бұрын

Someone should tell that fella, it's a brake wheel, not a steering wheel. 😁 Great video! I always like a good gravity move.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mrfingerlakes8735 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@billbaber6653 10 ай бұрын

Good show

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@TI4438 10 ай бұрын

Definitely a nice catch.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@p71collector 10 ай бұрын

The North Dakota Mill hopper cars are full of wheat flour, processed a few miles from me at Grand Forks ND. 😀

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Cool, I wonder who the end user is since most goes rail to truck from here.

@ICrailroadprod.2007 10 ай бұрын

That is an awesome P3 horn!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Good sounding horns are hard to find on trains anymore.

@JrFlexing909 10 ай бұрын

That is pretty cool but you got to make sure you know what you doing when you railing cars like that. First time I seen that. Great shot of this.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

I’m sure they do this several times a week.

@OldcampRanch 10 ай бұрын

What’s with all the trash? Interesting video 👍🏻

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

People’s lack of respect for the area they live. Thanks!

@2quintly 10 ай бұрын

I wonder what the FRA would say about "this type of railroading".

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Not sure but I’m sure the FRA is well aware.

@ronhill5118 10 ай бұрын

Was this track double track at one time? Looks awfully wide for single track.

@mr.boomer8794 10 ай бұрын

It was the old Erie main into Cleveland

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

Yes it was double tracked. The Erie moved a lot of ore out of Cleveland when they had their set of Hullets

@philliplee980 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@philliplee980 10 ай бұрын

@@ScottTaipaleRail your welcome

@gerrywilliams124 9 ай бұрын

amazing,,,,,,rusty rails

@andreasforster7757 10 ай бұрын

💯👍👍👍Andreas 👨‍✈😁

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍

@truckerkevthepaidtourist 10 ай бұрын

Signal maintainers We Don't need no stinking signal maintainers 😂😂

@Thunder_6278 10 ай бұрын

Isn't that a rolling switch move, I believe that is illegal by FRA rules.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

I don’t think so. I’ve seen several railroads do it.

@tomp8871 10 ай бұрын

You ever do it on the fly? That is scary, level grade, especially if you're manning the switch. ( I would guess still illegal)

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

I guess they get used to it when they do it several times a week.

@NWORails 10 ай бұрын

Once again another enteraining video.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@NWORails 10 ай бұрын

You're very much welcome.

@tincanboat 10 ай бұрын

what kind of track is that 1:25??

@battlesqueak5838 10 ай бұрын

Ur mom

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

It's a railroad track, I think? What do you mean?

@tincanboat 10 ай бұрын

It looks so different than normal track. it has little rectangular steel chunks and the bottom of the tracks look odd.@@SD40Fan_Jason

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

@@tincanboat are you referring to the rail joints every 80 ft.? Not all track is CWR

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Yeah sections of rail bolted together with joint bars. The telephoto makes them look very prominent in that scene.

@UsTrainsAndSirens 9 ай бұрын

What crossing was the first one in the beginning?

@jessstone7486 10 ай бұрын

That is a horn full of angst. Or perhaps its just me...

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

I’m surprised it sounds so good after sitting unused for a long time.

@suppylarue220 10 ай бұрын

in an earlier time, they would've performed a flying switch.

@rjb5847 10 ай бұрын

You're 100% correct & I've done both, but when grades allow for it, "static drops" as we called them, like the one performed in this video were much safer. Flying or running switches are inherently dangerous. When I was writing rules in CPs head office 20 plus years ago...running switches as we called them, were one of the first things I prohibited. In the old day you referred to, there were more than one member of the crew on the ground. Doing a flying switch with one person is all but impossible.

@michaelwalsh9475 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Someone had to physically lower the gates? No power?

@ScottTaipaleRail 9 ай бұрын

It had power but the way the gate was bent the motor couldn’t lower it.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

I am not comfortable with the conductor riding the point of the gravity drop. Would have been safer to ride the bottom. Also if the cut had been able to hold air, leave them bottled and bust the air once the cut had reached the point of clearance. But only if they were holding air. Other than that, they executed their job safely and efficiently. Hopefully Sergio doesn't see this video or he'll call them in for a safety meeting anyways.

@haroldreardon1407 10 ай бұрын

No problem with the man riding where he was. He had control of the brake wheel. That was his job.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

@@haroldreardon1407 if he had slipped and falled onto the gauge, there would have been a big problem!

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t be comfortable doing this but I run a printing press, not a train!

@cichlidman5598 10 ай бұрын

😲

@railpast 10 ай бұрын

You could have the best. I follow a Short line in my area to Southland and they do a lot of switching to used to do gravity switching like also. Lots of videos ony channel. Sub your channel.

@ScottTaipaleRail 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Shortlines is where my enjoyment in this hobby lies.