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Your job sure isn't factory work, you do something different every day! Thank you for sharing Dave!

Looks like that was a good day's work on the railroad, Dave! I'll bet you can and do just about every job that ever needs doing on that line! Thanks for taking us along!

*_You sir are the TRUE meaning of.... Rock & Roll!!!_* (Had to read the comments to be sure no one else used this.. LOL) 🤣😆

Dave, Greatly enjoyed watching you and your co-worker AJ moving and dumping limestone ballast. Love listening to all the sounds of the different equipment you use. Thank you...

Thanks for the video! Ballast is part of the sanitation for railroad tracks. Looked like a Mountain Dew-stic day rather than a Fantastic day!

Hey, this video rocks! Thanks Dave!

Every day is a fun day with Dave when he shares his adventures thanks so much Dave for taking the time to produce these they are great!

Apparently all the track work has paid off, because I noticed a lot less sway in the ballast hoppers and the locomotive since the last couple cab rides you took us on. It has to be a great feeling when you know that all the hard work the crew has put in is not in vein .. that the results are showing. Thanks, as always, Dave for bringing the railroad to us .. HaHaa! Keep up the good work and we'll keep tuning in.

That was fun Dave!4-3

Very interesting. Looks like a nice day, not cold, but warmer.

0:55 Its the beans my man, gotta take it easy with them Thanks for another awesome show, love both your channels!

Southwest Pa is very scenic. Have fun playing with the big toys. thanks Dave.

Hello Dave . Great video 👍🏻 love that job 😂 nice day too . Thxs Robin out 😎

Spreading ballast... Rocks. 🤣🤨😳🙄 - 👍

Thanks for the ride a long! Love the cab ride showing the controls and throttle position

The country along the tracks looks so different before the trees go into leaf. You live in a beautiful area Dave.

Dang... that hopper car was built the year I was born, how cool to see it still ticking along... like me! I always enjoy and look forward to seeing your next video...educate and entertain at the same time, that's a great mix. Take care and stay safe out there!

Another stellar production. You sure do like to be positive and build everyone up! I think you were a cheerleader in a past life! I sure appreciate a positive attitude to help grease the bearings on life's wheels!!! Tearing people down is easy. Building a cohesive team is not.

Nice work, looks like a load of work as usual, but good to see more investment and maintenance going on.

Another fun ride on that cool ballast car. 🤠👍

It's a lucky man who loves his job, I'm sure many of your fans envy you. Thank for showing part of the railroad business that most of us don't otherwise get to see. And thank you for presenting the actual audio rather than covering it with music.

Awesome ballast video Dave and enjoyed watching.(Steve)

Great video as usual! Thanks to Dave! I hope Freddy helped with editing!

VERY COOL.THANK YOU..

Great Teamwork. Plus nice weather too.

Another fantastic day out with ya Dave absolutely brilliant thanks.

❤ new viewer from Cleveland Ohio....❤ love the train videos.. loved trains since I was a little boy

Hi Dave great video, can i say i really like the way you take the time to read and respond to your comments, most dont bother or just react to the top one or two, shows that your work ethic carries over to your content creation, great job!

Dave's idea of The Hard Rock Cafe, works for me!

I enjoyed watching this from your point of view loading stone and riding in the loco cab. Made it like we were there with you. I need to find a model ballast car but no luck so far. I know you converted yours but all the ones I found so far have doors like the coal hoppers.

Always a pleasure!

Great video Dave as always and thanks again for bringing us along for another adventure on the railroad. You can tell that you take great pride in your work and enjoy what you do. Have a blessed week.

Guess asking for a ballast silo and loading conveyor is out of the question..you could load the ballast spreader in 30 seconds flat 😊

Thanks Mr. Dave awesome job putting out the balance.

Dave, this is another wonderful adventure that has been brought to us by you and your amazing crew. There’s always something different to be done on the railroad and you guys have the best way of doing this type of work. You guys are very enthusiastic because you’re doing what you love, and making your customers very happy with quality work. i Thank you and your team so much for creating such awesome content for us to enjoy and be able to follow along and learn just what it’s like working on the railroad.

soo happy when i see u made another youtube

Good video!

Dropping ballast in the sunshine, thanks for another great video Dave

Love to see trains moving with freight, aggregate, coal, oil, etc………

Appears tree removal from the ROW may be on the upcoming maintenance list.

Thank you for shooting this in landscape mode.

great job taking care of the ballast to stabilize the track. it is looking great ! keep up the great jobs! you make sure it all keeps rolling!

Nice symmetry Dave, locomotive number 1 and car 1.

Enjoying your videos even more now Dave since finding the line on Google Earth. Helps gives a great perspective of all that surrounds you! Stay safe out there!

LMAO. ! Air lines not connected. Unstoppable. 777. Dewey. Get back on that train. 😊😅😂

Just seen everything I needed to see to know I could never work at that railroad! There's to much water beside the track and I don't think the company would care for me spending half my day buggin' for bluegill off the bridges.

Could you do a service truck tour of all the tools you Cary on your truck?

I do like loading ballast cars, it's actually relaxing for me 👍

That sure is some mighty fine looking ballast you use Dave.

Very enjoyable Dave ballast is all kinda fun to lay out great video thanks

Great video Dave! I love these cab ride views!

hello Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy

As a,ways, a relaxing video. Thanks Dave.

Thanks Dave! Is is cool to see an operators view from a front end loader. How many trips did it take to load? The dynamic braking was also cool!

Great video, thanks for sharing it with us.

Great video there Dave, I was wondering do y’all have very many trees to fall on the tracks ? Y’all be safe Sir may The Lord Bless and keep y’all safe.

Looks like you survived April Fools Day with all fun and NO issues!

Thanks Dave I really enjoy the cab ride👍👍

Yet another good look behind the curtain to see what goes on behind the scenes. The confession about when the ballast car was built surprised me ... 71 years old. I just turned 70 years young this last weekend and am starting to want to look into a 3rd career. Any suggestions? 😁😉 Many thanks to you and Mr. A.J. for this look. Best regards guys.

Looked like a nice day to be outside working! Nice video ! 👍🚂🚂

Thanks for sharing another fantastic video Dave. It would be a pleasure to work with you there. The things we would learn for each other. How many loads does it take for you to fill the ballast car?

Feller, that's some right pretty Rail Roading.

Great video, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the ride.

Great episode, Dave👷‍♂️ Your Case wheelloader is nice. But you have a John Deere wheelloader on the layout😋 It's good to see you're getting some good rock down. Bunch of rain here&there in the near future🌧🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

Hi Dave 👋 , Won't be long and will be waking up baby 👼bobcat and one of his first jobs will be the loading dock for ballast. As always, stay safe and have fun 👍. Richard Bause Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad.

Thank you for sharing this video

Thanks Dave, nice ride!

A great day for moving rock!

Outstanding video ccrx6700 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you for sharing!

Fun stuff Dave I enjoy your. Video

you have a kids dream job

Thanks Dave 😊

Hiya Dave. Great video. So approximately how many bucket loads does it take to fill the rock car? Have a great week my friend.

It doesn’t take long before the yard is empty, and a call goes out for more #3 limestone. 😊

way to go Dave, keep that Iron rolling

Looks fun to

Driver side shots were neat tell him than you !! Thanks dave

Well, it is 2:35 AM overhere, so I am off to bed. Have a good day y'all!!

Love the work and riding along on the SD-40, I'm assuming. Why only one ballast car. Asking because I don't know and if you explained that, sorry.

This is such a beautiful video, Dave! Thank you for sharing! I could watch you operate the various equipment all day. I know I've seen that ballast car a number of times before, but was that originally built as a covered hopper?

Dave, do you prefer to drive the locomotives or the heavy equipment on the rails (trucks, loaders, tampers, etc)? I would be hard pressed to pick one over the other if I was qualified on any of those.

I was reading about your company Dave from the local newspaper and I hope everything works out.

Nice

What is my Mountain Dew, doing on the dashboard? I know you were so careful to hide the label, but you can't fool me. I know my Dew when I see it.😅😅😅

getting stoned, eh? LOL Nice job!

Hey Dave !!! Thanks !!! 😂🙂🙃😉😊 Where does the coal barges end up at when loaded out ??? 🤔🙄 As you know ,, Baltimore port is shutdown & NO coal loads are going anywhere !!😡

That car is almost as old as me. lol glad you had a great day loving your job. How long did it take to load the ballast car? Beautiful view from your “office”.

I read where the Iron Senergy Cumberland Mine is closing. I hope that is not the case.

Dave our yard ballast car was a dump truck box with rail wheels on It I towed it on the track with my truck

So here is what I found and it doesn't make sense, but it is what is listed on the FCC records Site 1 is off Guards Fort Rd 54 foot tower with the only frequency listed as 452.000 Since this is the bungalow with the hot box detector, I think that 452.000 is actually the frequency used to throw the switch. The hotbox and the radio in the bungalow are using 464.200 Site 2 is a 30 mile radius around this bungalow The channel assignment probably doesn't match the channel numbers in the radios, but this is what is listed for site 2: Channel 1 - 150.815 Channel 2 - 154.490 Channel 3 - 452.000 Channel 4 - 457.000 Since the VHF frequencies are for a different type of radio, they are not used for this bungalow or switch Site 4 is a concrete block building in Hopwood PA. On route 2001. It has a 220 foot tall tower. I am betting this is a repeater but the license is not for a repeater but a fixed base. The two frequencies listed are Channel 1 - 462.200 Channel 2 - 464.200 It would make sense that the mobile and portable radios would use the 5 MHz higher frequency as their transmit to the input frequency of the repeater and the receiver frequency on the portables would be the repeater output So when you look at site 3 which is 30 miles around site 4, we see these channels listed, again, they most likely don't match the radio channels Channel 3 - 462.200 Channel 4 - 467.200 Channel 5 - 464.200 Channel 6 - 469.200 These would be the transmit frequencies, not the receive frequencies of the radio So channel 6 would actually be the channel to hit the repeater and here back on 464.200 Channel 4 would be the channel to hit the repeaters second frequency and here back on 462.200 Channel 3 would be the " talk around" channel for 462.200 If you can't hit the repeater, a talk around channel allows you to talk on the repeater output frequency directly without going through the repeater. Channel 5 would be the talk around frequency for 464.200 In the event the repeater is out of range or off you can communicate over a short distance of 5 miles on a talk around portable radio or even 50 miles on a Mobile radio Site 5 is listed as 30 miles around the bungalow and it is listed for 12 radios, most likely handhelds, because they are listed as 6 watts, they are a paired frequency set of Channel 1 - 451.3125 Channel 2 - 456.3125 I think this is for the digital controller linking the locomotives together I still think having a simple mobile scanner in your truck or even a handheld scanner with the 10 frequencies would be a good idea for the future. It can help find problems that you can't find any other way. And the plant should have a scanner too so they can monitor everything on one radio You can also program in local police and fire departments to have a good way to know if something is happening nearby. I have had my Ham radio licence for 20 years. I have a bunch of radios and scanners and they are very handy to keep me informed on what is happening in my area.

I used Google Maps to view CMR and found a crew working on a somewhat lengthy section of track. Thought you could be part of that crew. I was wondering if it was related to the turn 18 derailment I watched on your channel. On maps, the location of the crew working was right near the covered bridge on Roberts Run Rd.

Is that one of the areas done during the long wall move? Looks like a good profile on the bed with the old ballast….

I have unfortunate news. They found Hobo Shoestring's body by the lake by his house 😢

Dave and his Case....doing the work of 20 men with wheelbarrows and shovels in an hour or less................a question on the hopper cars...what keeps the gravel moving so steadily onto the tracks....an auger?...a Vibrator?...some beater paddles?

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What is the kachunk kachunk noise we keep hearing occasionally while you're laying ballast? Just curious!