1950s Men Working on the Santa Fe Railroad

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1950s Men Working on the Santa Fe Railroad

[@jamesroberts2115]

Damned hard work regardless of what your job was.

[@Greatdome99]

I still remember track walkers on the UP in the late 1970s inspecting each rail joint, tightening them and lubing them as necessary. They walked the entire line (a few miles a day).

[@venusreena2532]

The narrator explains this so well while the new vids are flashing HD and no info..

[@jackjones3001]

I worked in the railroad for about 5 years, it was ok but left it for the steel mills. both jobs equally hard. The story of my life

[@stanpatterson5033]

Flash-butt, and welding. Two activities that were both fun to do back in high school, though never both at the same time :)

[@400exNick]

This is really interesting I didn’t think they started welded rail until the late 60’s. I guess Santa Fe was ahead of the game. As a welder myself it’s neat to see the different welding processes. That was a dirty job for those guys especially the grinders🙊

[@venusreena2532]

they were hooked up..now high speed trains will run on those tracks

[@hifijohn]

There are some short lines that still use the old style.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

The US Steel roads were some of the earliest to do it in the 1940s.

[@T-rick]

seriously - i worked at Norfolk Southern and thought CWR started in the 80s. Im impressed by Santa Fe !

[@cowboy87smith3]

My Uncle did rail head weld grinding for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe back in 1954 after getting discharged from Korea. Sadly all that was the mechanical works in Albuquerque burned down just to n the past few years do to arson. Even though it had a new life as the farmers market.😟

[@coasterworld9448]

This is so cool, nice video

[@fredsimmons6188]

Fascinating!

[@walden420]

Wow very labor intensive!

[@cmcer1995]

How things have changed and improved.

[@mybestieischloer2401]

true,true,true.

[@RONWOLPA]

too large logo over the image

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

And … it's 2019, transparency should be a default so that it's there, but not intrusive.

[@heatherrussell8255]

Look at the freaky old poles.

[@usnva5638]

All the men in this video are still alive - their bodies preserved with creosote.

[@jackjones3001]

even creosote can only do so much. there are goners, very funny

[@663rainmaker]

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[@663rainmaker]

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[@dmp9135]

A lot of human labor and more machines needed compared to today's MOW

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

Yeah, meaning more people actually had JOBS....

[@applesucks2633]

@ PoorManRC There are more jobs available in the United States right now than there are people to fill them! Change is in evitable. The old adage of the horse and buggy guy being replaced by the automobile… Time marches on

[@mybestieischloer2401]

@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks true,true.true

[@paducahandlouisvillerailro1694]

I have one of Santa Fe Railroad Spikes it’s made of stainless steel I bought it off eBay

[@cesaralemao6591]

Saudade tempinho bao🤣

[@jimmychanbers2424]

So the work started from 9:18 till the end.

[@JungleYT]

Wow... And I thought continuously welded rail came out in the 1970s or something?

[@eva.cassidy]

Back in the 60s BART in California constructed their tracks with welded rail.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I didn't realized welded rail goes that far back.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

1940s at least.

[@familymatters3485]

Heat and water conductor

[@applesucks2633]

Has any of this equipment been saved for posterity? In a museum or anything?

[@25mfd]

yeah right... a safe bet is a LOT if not all of it has been recycled many times over

[@663rainmaker]

Sharing this beautiful video? Videogates are awesome! Twitter? Facebook? KZbin? Yes indeed i am truly a dinosaur 🦕? And I do have a You Twit Face account

[@familymatters3485]

Mountains water dirt to heat compacted

[@robertseemueller6148]

Some terrible operating practices with lots of injuries back then. Dangerous jobs.

[@bendover9411]

If they could see how it's done now!

[@kylemiller7377]

Can someone tell me how they leveled the grounds dirt to lay the railties and rails before machine was invited Thank you

[@mybestieischloer2401]

@@kylemiller7377 very carfully.