I can believe that; you put that sharp a curve in a piece of steel that thick, it's got a heck of a lot of energy trapped inside it, and Heaven help you if it's suddenly released.

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Thank you very much!

I was thinking the same thing when I started watching the video. Just my two cents from 20 years on the T&E side.

I'm glad you liked the video! From what I can gather they scrambled to get the rail down and in before the winter really hit. They didn't have ties or a tie crew ready, so rail went in first. Along the line there was miscommunication, so they installed the rail, dropped new ballast, and then surfaced it. As soon as they finished surfacing the whole line they sent a ballast cleaner to come and shoot out all the ballast that was too small, which was almost all of it. So then they had to drop even more and surface it again. Not to mention there is a tie job lined up for when the winter ends, which will only mess up the ballast once again! This is what happens when a Jacksonville company tries to manage a service job from across the country!

@@IsaiahsTrains Can't stand contractors , they cut corners and don't care about SAFETY . They are also taking jobs away from railroad employees , the unions haven't fought for employees rights to their jobs .

Question, is the left rail right rail made different? I heard a video on you tube that the left rail tilts inward and the right rail tilts inward. That help's center the cars aka wheels. I know the wheels are not flat but slant toward the flange.

@@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on All of the rail is rolled at the mill is rolled the same way . The rail is rolled at a fast speed and is cut mostly in 80 foot pieces and delivered to the welding plants . UP has partnered with a company from Japan and their rail is cut in 400 ft. lengths , loaded on one of their partnered ships and delivered to the welding plant in California . The strings are welded into 1600 ft. strings . The partnership has two ships , one loaded ship is in route while the other ship is being unloaded at the welding plant . There is a video on KZfaq about the welding plant and explains the partnership .

A lot is made In Pueblo Colorado, some southern Chicago. It’s all USA.

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

You're welcome!

Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it!

It is getting quite the investment. Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Those both must have been really interesting operations to work on. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Really! I didn't know that.

@@IsaiahsTrains at 4:21 you can see where the sticker used to be, wonder why they took it off?

Thanks! It was a really cool process to watch

Me too! That's a process I've never seen.

Thank you very much!

Thanks Rob!

Thanks!

It looked like about 10 guys doing what?

Don't discount it... in the video they were waiting for the train crew to get the rail down but once they got going everyone had a job and they work FAST

I believe so!

Once they get to the end of a section they stop and bolt it together with a new section. Then when they install the rail they come back and weld the two together to remove the joint.

That would be great!

Thanks for sharing! I've never heard these before. Always love learning more about this line.

1/4 mile rail

I can imagine. That seems like it would be a nightmare

@@IsaiahsTrains I was thinking the same thing as they guide straight rail through curves. The long rail must be flexible enough to end through them.

It's all 136lbs/ft so it would take a minor miracle for that much weight to move on its own.

I was hoping they would too haha it had a cool horn

It was really cool to watch, but you're right - every grade crossing they had to stop for half an hour to an hour to drop extra rail and cut the strand they were on.

@@IsaiahsTrains The rail can either be cut for the crossings , extra rail piece cut for the crossing or a backhoe can dig out the crossing and the rail can be unloaded and continue unloading . Depends on what the roadmaster decides what is best for the crossing .

Enjoyed watching how they transport and lay new rail. Would like to see how they get the rail on these trains.

@@mathewrufrano7833 The way they have the welding process setup is the rail is staged on racks and the rail is transferred via a chain type table . The chains roll the rail in the line feeding the rail to the welder . Rail goes through the welder and continues through to the grinding stations and continues on rollers and onto the rail trains . When a full string is in position a worker helps guide the rail to the next position on the rail train . When the train is full or has the number of rails needed they position another rail train and continue the process . Partial loads of head hardened curve rail might be 20 or 30 rails and thats all that is loaded on a train . I've had been rail trains with only curve rail and would unload certain lengths of rail in exact locations on 10 or 15 different subdivisions and it would take as much as 3 weeks and a lot of riding to go to all of the locations on the different subdivisions . Unloading curve rail can be a real problem as the roadmasters always wants a little bit more rail unloaded than what is supposed to be unloaded . Usually resulting in the last location not getting any rail as there isn't any rail left on the train . I had a Superintendant want to fire me for not having rail for a curve . My boss kept me off that officials territory for six months to prevent me from getting fired . Some officials remember stuff like that and if they get a chance they will find some reason to get even . Us rail train guys were always under watch by certain officials just because we were doing our jobs but we could get into some sticky situations and piss someone off . It was difficult trying to keep everyone happy all the time .

@@mathewrufrano7833 I'm going to add the process of loading the old rail when it's been replaced in a comment to the original post for all to see . .

This was owned by the state of Massachusetts and Pan Am Railways. CSX recently purchased Pan Am and is restoring this line in hopes of heavy traffic up to Maine and Canada. I'm glad you enjoyed!

This line was operational, 10mph authorized speed.

Howdy sir , I never got to get a tour of the CF&I steel mill in Pueblo , Colorado when I was out there to ride a freshly welded load of rail while CF&I was rolling rail . Question is how long were the rails being rolled , I've heard different stories and I can imagine different plants rolled different lengths . CF&I cut their rail in 80 ft. pieces and loaded them on rail cars and they were moved to the welding plant at the end of their property . We had welding plants here in North Little Rock , Arkansas , Dennison , Texas , Pueblo , Colorado and Laramie , Wyoming . Pueblo is supposed to still be in operation to the best of my knowledge . UP built a new welding plant in the San Francisco bay area and UP partnered a Japanese rail steel mill that cuts their rail in 400 ft. lengths and ships the rail on two new ships built just for the rail . I've seen a video of the California welding facility and I believe they weld 1600 ft. strings of rail .

@@25vrd48 We rolled 84 ft. rail. They are still rolling rail at Steelton. I'm retired now. Steelton rolls a lot of specialty rail like 175 Crane Rail 171 crane rail. 141 Re I think CSX uses that 100 RB for the New York Subway Forgot to mention the Crane rail is used for the big dock cranes. They roll some other brands also. There is a weld plant near the rail mill that welds the string rail . That's in Steelton Pa. Also. We did roll some rail for Union Pacific if the needed some quickly that was awhile back I don't know if Steelton does or not anymore. I work taking samples the hot saw would cut me a 6 or 8 inch piece than that would go in a timed spray water cooling chamber Then brought into the floor man shanty to be micked for quality.

@@BeeLineEast Thank you sir . I added a web search of the UP Fort Stockton , California welding plant and the rail they get from Japan is 480 ft. rail . The railway track laying UP video is really cool too .

@@25vrd48Making rai is very costly especially now days. Steelton put a huge reheat furnace in a few years ago. They are natural gas furnaces and Steelmaking has all Electric Furnaces.and a continuous caster. Steel is poured into 175 ton lades the the ladel is taken to the top floor of the caster and slowly poured down shafts by gravity the when they reach the bottom the are cut in half with stationary burning torches to 15 ft then go to the reheat furnace to maintain a,temperature of around 2000 degrees Till they are ready to be rolled. That's just a fraction of the process.

@@25vrd48 Ok I see there rail is already longer. Cleveland Cliffs who owns the mill in Steelton now proposed on making a new rolling mill there. But I'm not sure when it will be.

6 3/4 miles of rail when unloading ' out of face ' in other words both sides of rail unloaded together time and at the same location or locations depending how much rail is designated to be unloaded .

1/4 mile sections I believe

the rail bends, just like it's bending to come off the racks onto the ground.

The line remained in service. The former owner PanAm railway spent very little money on maintenance. Many of their trains couldn’t do much over 5mph due to track conditions on their system. CSX is fulfilling their promise to rebuild it in order to improve service and reliability.

Thank you very interesting.

They follow the same curve that the rails themselves will be installed on, so yup.

You would be surprised at how flexible the rail really is , especially on Hot days . I've had it flex so much that I thought it was about to snap into .

Kinda reminds me of Con Ed in NYC … 6 guys watching 1 guy work .

@@herbward5240 They all have a job. Those guys in the middle are looking for any problems that may happen midway with the feeding of the rail.

It has remained open, but it has been slowly falling apart for a while due to lack of maintenance/money/reason to give it TLC. CSX recently purchased the line and intends on moving high volumes of traffic over it in the next decade, which is why it is getting a massive overhaul.

@@IsaiahsTrains good info

Corman doesnt own rail train sets. They hired csx to bring it over to them and their track guys assisted in laying it. CSX crew and MoW guys on the cars, RJ corman on the ground.

Not at the moment, but I wouldnt be surprised if that's the case within the next ten years. All the infrastructure (for the most part) can accomodate double track as the line used to be double track back in its prime.

The roads are even worse 😂

136lb is being laid.

Or we could just run a weed sprayer train like CSX plans to do...

Yea, right. In Massachusetts that would be considered abuse.

@@josephkearney9319 Times certainly have changed. I remember seeing prison work gangs in E. TX along the old SPRR (now UP) doing weed eradication type work in the hot Texas summers, mid 80s. . Straight out of Cool Hand Luke. With a Guard on horseback. Nice video BTW to Isaiahs Trains.

They definitely won't be running a weed sprayer there as the tracks go through the reservoir which houses the public drinking supply

@IsaiahsTrains that's why there's herbicides types like glyphosate. We spray near reservoirs and bodies of water that supply drinking water all the time on the railroad, considering a large portion of railroad tracks run along creeks, rivers, reservoirs, etc.

Steel rails are flexible, especially CWR or "ribbon rails". It's just like how a piece of HO flex track is more flexible, as opposed to something like say, a piece of 9" straight track. The 9" straight track have more rigid rails and don't bend that real easily. The same is true with the "real" railroads, when it comes to track.

@@joshbenton4080 >>> Rodger that...👍

If you watch a railway switch being operated, you'll see that even a (relatively) short length of track can bend a good four inches with no problem. I've been working on railways for over 40 years, and it still amazes me!

The steel is pretty soft actually not like most would think.

@@jackx4311 >>> Rodger that...👍