Have you ever wondered how far a crew takes a train? where is it going to? What yards does it work?

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5 ай бұрын

Have you ever wondered how far a crew takes a train? Filmed in Peru, Indiana.on 2023-02-06
NS 120 was pulling 81 cars, 336 axles and a length of 6, 219 feet.
NS 32N was pulling 93 cars, 402 axles and a length of 5,268 feet.
NS 18K was pulling 76 cars, 352 axles and a length of 4, 653 feet.

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@kens.3729 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed Seeing ALL the Colorful Box Cars. 👍🙏

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

This line always has such interesting trains.

@lfdtravels 5 ай бұрын

This is so great

@brandonreeves5979 5 ай бұрын

Man that was so informative. Thank you for sharing that information with us. Another great video 👍🏻🎥💯

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Brandon for watching

@brandonreeves5979 5 ай бұрын

@@therailroadtiespiker you’re welcome

@billmorris2613 5 күн бұрын

Nice video, but you did not answer the part about how far a crew goes. The first train that was going 700 plus miles to its destination would take at least 3 crews and possibly 5 crews. Most subdivisions that I know of are 125 to 235 miles long. Most crew change points were established decades ago. Before our yard, UP, was built in Livonia, LA by the MP, we had two subdivisions. New Orleans to Alexandria which was 197 miles. But a lot of our trains originated in Avondale which was only 181 miles to Alexandria. The next crew only went to Shreveport which was 125 miles or Monroe which was 100 miles even. Our other subdivision was from New Orleans to DeQuincy, La which was 233 miles. All these trains were destined for Houston TX. About half the trains originated or terminated in Avondale which was 217 miles from DeQuincy. A DeQuincy crew would take it to Houston. The KCS crews ran from New Orleans area to Alexandria, LA. The IC crews ran from Metairie, La (New Orleans area) to Jackson, Mississippi. The Southern Pacific ran from the New Orleans area to Lafayette, La around 160 miles. The NS crews ran to Meridian, MS. And the CSX crews ran to Mobile, Alabama. I still do Railroad Operations Consulting work so I occasionally need to go to the UP yard office in Avondale. There is a closed circuited T V screen with company stats on it. The last time I remember seeing the average train speed it was 18 MPH.

@therailroadtiespiker 5 күн бұрын

@@billmorris2613 that’s it the big question it’s more about the hours than the miles when they’re outlawed they’re not going any further so if they sat in the yard waiting for there turn to leave and they burned up there hours they’re not going anywhere. My father told me many stories about going about 10 miles and running out of hours. 😆

@therailroadtiespiker 5 күн бұрын

@@billmorris2613 and you’re right I need to do a better job on the how far information on a future video. Thank you so much for watching

@billmorris2613 5 күн бұрын

@@therailroadtiespiker It has been about the hours ever since the Hog law went into effect. It is 12 hours today. When I went to work in 1973 it had recently been lowered from 14 hours. When a train crew runs out of time they must stop the train by the end of their 12 hours, unless there was some type of emergency. Then another crew has to recrew the train to take it to the original crew change point. Depending on where the train stops and local union agreements the new crew may be able to go through the original crew change point to the next crew change point.

@billmorris2613 5 күн бұрын

@@therailroadtiespiker I was once called for a train and rushed out of the yard office to go across the Mississippi River to pick up a Southern interchange train that was waiting for us with a major crossing blocked. When we got to Central Ave, at the East end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, there was no train there. Nine hours later the train was still in Meridian, MS. So we were relieved and sent home instead of being deadhead to DeQuincy to catch our return train back to New Orleans the next day. We did got paid for the round trip though.

@raekwonjones9175 5 ай бұрын

I work for csx in Manchester ga took a train to Jacksonville that’s 290 rail miles

@adrian33161 5 ай бұрын

Great footage! That first train looked so majestic.

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@nancyhodges444 5 ай бұрын

Great video my friend, always eager to learn more about trains.

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Nancy for watching…. Tomorrow’s video will be back in Elwood at the street run.

@sanddabz5635 5 ай бұрын

The "ole'-timey" intro brings a smile to my face every time😊

@asullivan4047 4 ай бұрын

Remember the " Singing Breakman " Jimmie Rogers.

@sanddabz5635 4 ай бұрын

@@asullivan4047 Thanks for giving me the heads up, I had not heard of him. I checked them out here on KZfaq, nice!

@kens.3729 5 ай бұрын

When you think about ALL the Logistics and Delays involved for a Crew, you can Better Understand why there are Crew Shortages and PSR made it Worse.🤪👎

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Yes it has. They used to run 40 to 50 trains a day through this line with no crew shortage now there’s about 20 trains a day with all kinds of crew shortages.

@BillMorris-sx7vi 5 ай бұрын

Good evening Spike, another good video my friend.

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Bill for watching

@user-dz9iq7ud2m 5 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. I was in Peru around 2. I didn't have my scanner but I saw 4679 leading 4678

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

I’m thinking about going up tomorrow morning.

@25mfd 5 ай бұрын

*Have you ever wondered how far a crew takes a train* From a CBA angle, for a long time, 100 miles was equal to an 8 hr basic day on the road. (12.5 x 8=100) That 12.5 is the mph (later it was called an overtime divisor but they both mean the same thing). As the mileage between stations increased, the formula was altered to 130 miles equals a basic day. (16.25 x 8=130) But nowadays they use what's called trip rates. That began with article V of the 2002 national agreement under the official term "pay system simplification"

@EntertainmentWorldz 5 ай бұрын

nice video bro❤❤😍😍

@randydobson1863 5 ай бұрын

hello The Railroad Tie Spiker & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks The Railroad Tie Spiker Friends Randy

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Randy for watching

@humanoverlord6708 5 ай бұрын

Those flat-spotted wheels on the empty auto-racks . dang

@svenmartin840 5 ай бұрын

The Grand Trunk lives!!!!! When I was in Germany in 1984. I read my Grandfather's train log. He went from Kornwesthiem Germany at the time it was West Germany. To Frankfurt then on to Hamburg for a 36-hour layover then. Travel back to Kornwesthiem. Then off. Then take the newly built Porsches or Mercedes from the classification yard to Munich or Bonn. I hope you get to go to Germany. And Kornwesthiem is 4 stops away from Stuggart. Great video and I noticed that Norfolk-Southern's signals are Die Bahn influenced. Sven

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing your story.

@svenmartin840 5 ай бұрын

@@therailroadtiespiker you're welcome I hope you get to go there

@richardtrudeau7363 5 ай бұрын

All the different names on the box cars do the owners know where they are at.

@ChainsawNW1218 5 ай бұрын

Like seeing those old auto parts box cars and blue trash containers,the GE AC44C6M was rolling coal, blasting out diesel exhaust!🛤🚂

@briankeith2205 5 ай бұрын

I meant to tell you i caught my first elephant 8 engines via union pacific in Little Rock Arkansas this past month it was pulling a fully loaded un intermodal / car haulers

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Wow 8 in a row…. They must have been moving power with that train.

@troyehnisz9907 5 ай бұрын

Train crews can only run 11 1/2 hours before tie down.most crews run between 150-300 miles depending on traffic, form b and other restrictions or if they have cars to pickup or set out on route

@RJSAMCRO 5 ай бұрын

I actually do know where the crews take trains. I work for RailCrew Express and it's my job to pick up crews either at our home yard in Bostic NC or any number of other crossings or yards. The best job and best crews.

@paulw.woodring7304 5 ай бұрын

As a retired Class I railroader I found this to be more than a little bit of a disappointment. From the title I was sort of expecting a deep-ish dive into how railroads structure crew districts, set up long and short pools, determine seniority districts, mileage pay rates, things like that. I think that would be interesting to some of your viewers. I know those are things that I really didn't know the details about until I went to work for a Class I freight railroad. I wanted to see your take on it. BTW, Train 32N (known as 32 "Nasty" by crews) was the train involved in the East Palestine, Ohio disaster last year, only it was a massive train that night. Really, 8,000 ft. had gotten to be a rather average-size train by that point. Some of these trains are running up to 18,000 feet long with DPUs, and coming close to 20,000 tons in weight. I have to laugh when I hear a British video talk about a long, heavy train being 1,800 tons and nearly 2,000 feet long. That's a switching move here.

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

I am working on a video about train length and the length of sidings and how the train are to big for a lot of the sidings.

@CreachterZ 5 ай бұрын

So how does that work? Is the crew that finished their shift get a hotel room and then head back home on their next shift?

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

They stay at a dorm or they go to a hotel.

@asullivan4047 4 ай бұрын

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Noticed graffiti art work on box cars. Perhaps the artist's are viewing their creations on this presentation-???🤔. Viewing this presentation from the safe & comfort zone. Along the " Space Coast " 🚀 of Florida🐊 🐊. Wishing viewers/R.R. employees/graffiti artist. A safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )🌈🎉😉.

@therailroadtiespiker 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching….

@araneaetvelivolum1086 5 ай бұрын

Was 32N tied down on the main line?

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

Yes on main line one for about 20 minutes

@araneaetvelivolum1086 5 ай бұрын

@@therailroadtiespiker ah, ok makes sense. I was wondering where it went 😂 Peru seems to be really busy these days .

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

@@araneaetvelivolum1086 some days I can catch 3 to 5 trains in a morning then times when I see 1 train in all morning. Lol

@MiguelNavarreteCruz 5 ай бұрын

Tren larguísimo de vagones que son un montón 😂😂😂

@goldstandardaviation1667 5 ай бұрын

Let's just say that I could drive a car much much further in one shift.

@anthonyklein1879 5 ай бұрын

Why did 32N have 4 crew members

@therailroadtiespiker 5 ай бұрын

I’ve wondered that my self… I think it might have a crew from another train and they were getting a ride back from the Lafayette yard but I’ll find out by asking some of the crews that work out of that yard.